Ye Kingdom of Accawmacke Or The Eastern Shore of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century 400+ pages, Indexed *************************************************************************** Digital Book CD Requires Adobe Reader 5 or higher to View By Jennings Cropper Wise, Published 1911 ************************************************************************** $11.99 + $1.99 shipping and handling http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200301020404 County History Accomac Shire was established in 1634 as one of the original eight shires of Virginia. The shire's name comes from the Native American word Accawmack, meaning "on the other side". In 1642 the name was changed to Northampton by the British, to eliminate "heathen" names in the New World. Northampton was split into two counties in 1663. The northern section assumed the original Accomac name, the southern, Northampton. In 1670, the Virginia Colony's Royal Governor William Berkeley abolished Accomac County, but the Virginia General Assembly re-created it in 1671. Unlike most of Virginia, during the Civil War, the county was not under Confederate control, but held by the forces of the United States government. In 1940, the General Assembly officially added a "k" to the end of the county's name to arrive at its current spelling. Towns • Accomac • Belle Haven, Partially within Northampton County as well • Bloxom • Chincoteague • Hallwood • Keller • Melfa • Onancock • Conley • Painter • Parksley • Saxis • Tangier • Wachapreague BOOK CONTENTS I. Verrazano Discovers the Eastern Shore — 1524. The Massacre of Gilbert— 1603 1 II. The Coming of the English and Smith's Explora- tions— 1607-8 11 III. Argoll's Visit and Dale's Gift— 1613-20 21 IV. The Plantation of Accomack— 1620-34 27 V. The Kingdom of Accawmacke and the Aborigines 49 VI. Origin of the People 68 VII. The County or Shire of Accomack. Kent Island —1634-42 81 VIII. The County of Northampton. Indian Scares — 1642-1652 96 IX. The Dutch War. The Eastern Shore under the Commonwealth. The Northampton Protest — 1652-1659 124 X. The Quakers. Maryland Boundary Troubles. The Assateague War— 1659-1660 153 XI. The Restoration. Accomack Formed from North- ampton. The Calvert-Scarburgh Line. The Pirates— 1660-1674 164 XII. The Arlington-Culpeper Grant. Bacon's Rebel- lion— 1674-1677 191 XIII. Towns and Courthouses Built. Tobacco Troubles. Jacobitism— 1677-1700 223 XIV. The Early Church on the Eastern Shore. Puritan Ministers. Makemie 250 XV. The Negro and the Slave 285 XVI. Trade. Commerce. Industries 289 XVII. Horses. Stock. Game. Fish, Etc 307 XVIII. Social Conditions. Customs and Traditions 316