The plantation survived the Indian massacre of 1622 with only six deaths , remaining an active and fortified private plantation unlike many others in the area , such as the Citie of Henricus and Martin 's Hundred , that were abandoned . The first windmill erected in English North America was built at Flowerdew Hundred by 1621 , and was an English post mill . In 1624 , Abraham Piersey , Cape Merchant of the Virginia Company , purchased Flowerdew Hundred renaming it Piersey 's Hundred . Piersey 's Stone House was the first home with a permanent foundation in the colony . The 1624 Muster lists approximately sixty occupants at the settlement , including some of the first Africans in Virginia
Indian massacre of 1622
Indian massacre of 1622
Flowerdew Hundred Plantation