Wolstenholme Towne was an English settlement in the Colony of Virginia , east of the colonial capital , Jamestown . One of the earliest English settlements in the New World , the town existed for roughly four years until its destruction in the Indian massacre of 1622 . The Wolstenholme Towne site was later built upon by the Carter 's Grove plantation in 1750 , and is located within the present day community of Grove , Virginia , United States
Indian massacre of 1622
Indian massacre of 1622
Wolstenholme Towne