Colonists at Jamestown, the First Successful Colony?

 

On May 24, 1607, 105 colonists landed at Jamestown under a patent from the London Company.  Among the members of this group there were:

 

54 colonists listed as “gentlemen”

2 surgeons

4 carpenters

12 laborers

1 blacksmith

1 sailor

1 barber

1 bricklayer

1 stone mason

1 tailor

1 drummer

and 4 boys.

 

Starvation and disease reduced the original 105 to 32 during the first seven months.  A year later the first supply ship arrived with 120 new colonists.  Among those new members there were:

 

33 colonists listed as “gentlemen”

21 laborers

6 tailors

2 apothecaries

1 jeweler

3 goldsmiths

1 gunsmith

1 barber

1 perfumer

1 surgeon

1 cooper

1 tobacco-pipe maker

and 1 blacksmith

 

During the Starving Time that followed 3 out of 4 colonists died.

 

Between 1607 and 1624 6,000 colonists arrived in Jamestown; by 1625 there were only 1,200 left in the colony.

Estimated number of Africans in Virginia in 1619: 20
Estimated number of Africans in Virginia in 1649: 300
Estimated number of Africans in Virginia in 1674: 1,500 to 2,500
Estimated number of slaves in Virginia in 1700: 13,000
Estimated number of slaves in Virginia in 1720: 27,000