Our son's 4th grade class is preparing for a visit to
Jamestown this month. The visit calls to mind my previous posts on our
early Virginia ancestors. Coincidentally, later today I am also doing an Internet video interview with a California student working on a National History Day project based on the life of
Elizabeth Key Grinstead. This look back on
my Virginia connections is timely. It also reminds me to watch the PBS-imported British
series Jamestown, a fictional take on the arrival of some of the first women to Jamestown in 1619.
I am still looking for more resources and documents related to Elizabeth Key. Encyclopedia Virginia has published
a transcript of part of the 1655/56 decision from the Virginia General Assembly, finding in favor of Elizabeth Key and granting her freedom from the estate of Colonel John Mottrom. I am interested in seeing the original case documents, if they still exist, or other references to Elizabeth and William Grinstead.
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