Flowerdew Hundred Plantation
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flowerdew-hundred-plantation-161-15995746
title:
Flowerdew Hundred Plantation
text:
Flowerdew Hundred Plantation dates to 1618/19 with the patent by Sir George Yeardley, the Governor and Captain General of Virginia, of 1,000 acres (400 ha) on the south side of the James River. Yeardley probably named the plantation after his wife's wealthy father, Anthony Flowerdew, just as he named another plantation "Stanley Hundred" after his wife's wealthy mother, Martha Stanley. A "hundred" was historically a division of a shire or county. With a population of about 30, the plantation was
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description:
Archaeological site in Virginia, United States
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowerdew_Hundred_Plantation
date created:
2007-02-15T17:57:22Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T16:48:33Z
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