Aristocratic Governor During the Jamestown Starving Time

George Percy

Born into the prominent aristocratic Earl of Northumberland family, he was active as a soldier in places like the Netherlands and Ireland. In the colony, he was involved in exploration, military operations, and administration, and he is also important as a writer who later documented early Jamestown history.

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Year	George Percy
1580	Birth of George Percy (Period: September 4, 1580)
1597	Graduation from Oxford University (George Percy, Age: 16 years old, Period: 1597)
1600	Eighty Years’ War (Age: 19 years old, Period: Early 1600s) Military Service in the Netherlands (Age: 19 years old, Period: Early 1600s)
1606	Participation in the First Jamestown Colonizing Fleet (Age: 26 years old, Period: December 1606 – 1607)
1607	Exploration of the James River (Age: 26 years old, Period: May–June 1607) Support for Edward Maria Wingfield and Internal Political Conflict in the Colony (Age: 26 years old, Period: Autumn 1607) Record of Early Colonial Life in Jamestown (Age: 26 years old, Period: 1607–1608)
1609	First Anglo-Powhatan War (Age: 28 years old, Period: 1609–1614) Starving Time (Age: 28 years old, Period: Winter 1609–1610) Construction of Fort Algernon (Age: 28 years old, Period: 1609–1610) Return of John Smith to England (George Percy) and Commencement of Percy’s Governance (Age: 28 years old, Period: September 1609) Assumption of Office as President of the Virginia Colony (George Percy, Age: 28 years old, Period: September 1609 – May 1610)
1610	Defensive Battle of Jamestown Fort (Age: 29 years old, Period: Around 1610) Transfer of Authority to Sir Thomas Gates (Age: 29 years old, Period: May 1610) Attacks on the Paspahegh and Chickahominy (Age: 29 years old, Period: August 1610)
1611	Appointment as Deputy Governor (George Percy) After De La Warr’s Return (Age: 30 years old, Period: March–May 1611) Assumption of Office as Deputy Governor of the Virginia Colony (George Percy, Age: 30 years old, Period: March–May 1611)
1612	Return from Virginia (George Percy, Age: 31 years old, Period: April 22, 1612)
1615	Guiana Exploration Plan (Age: 34 years old, Period: 1615)
1620	Authoring of "A True Relation of the Proceedings and Occurrents of Moment" (Age: 39 years old, Period: Mid-1620s) Sale of Virginia Company Stock (Age: 39 years old, Period: May 15, 1620)
1621	Resumption of Military Activities in the Netherlands (Age: 40 years old, Period: Around 1621–1627)
1632	Death of George Percy (Age: 51 years old, Period: 1632. Exact date unknown, believed to be before March 19.)
Unknown	Marriage (George Percy, theory that spouse was Anne Floyd) Anglo-Spanish War (Period: Early 17th century) Marriage (George Percy, Not Applicable, Period: Not Applicable)

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