john smith founded jamestown in what is now virginia.
who founded jamestown in what is now virginia?
john smith
the road was named for the former warwick county, virginia, one of the original eight shires of virginia which consolidated with the city of newport news in 1958 and assumed the better-known name. warwick county was named in 1634 for robert rich (1587–1658), second earl of warwick and a prominent member of the virginia company of london, the proprietary venture which founded jamestown in 1607. the western reaches of warwick boulevard transverse the denbigh area, long the county seat of warwick county.





























notable sites along warwick boulevard or close by, west to east, include:





























bullet::::- lee hall (several attractions)
u.s. route 60 in virginia
martin arrived in virginia along with his teenage son john on 26 april 1607, when what came to be called the "first landing" occurred at the place where south edge of the mouth of the chesapeake bay meets then atlantic ocean, a location the colonists named cape henry. he was named to the council to oversee the new colony by the virginia company in an order that was held in a sealed box which was only to be opened in virginia. after finding a location to build their settlement which met the requirements set forth in their sealed orders, they founded jamestown on 14 may 1607. shortly after this, the council elected edward maria wingfield president of the colony. wingfield reported that, ""master martyn followed with, he reporteth that i do slack the service in the collonye, and doe nothing but tend my pott, spitt, and oven, but he hath starved my sonne, and denyed him a spoonfull of beere; i have friends in england shalbe revenged on him if ever he come in london." "
john martin (jamestown)