I think it is interesting that about 90% of those children were sent to Va in 1618 - 1619. They were really building up the colony in those years - 1619 is also when the first women and the first slaves were sent to Va. Bev ========Original Message======== Subj: [VAROOTS] FW: [SCUNION] Children sent to Virginia Date: 7/29/2003 9:46:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: <A HREF="mailto:margaret.teat2@verizon.net">margaret.teat2@verizon.net</A> Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com">VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com</A> To: <A HREF="mailto:VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com">VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com</A> Sent from the Internet (Details) FORWARDED by List Mom with permission of author: Somebody sent this to another list and I found it fascinating. As long as I have been involved in genealogy, I did not know that England actually banished children to Virginia for all sorts of reasons, even as early as 1619 when the grown-ups were starving! Have a look at this: http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/ Page down a bit and click on: Family Pages Index On the Family Index Page click: CHILDREN SENT TO VA 1618-1642. But there is lots of good stuff for those of us who have Virginia ancestry (and don't we all?) so look around a bit. ==== SCUNION Mailing List ==== The Union County SC GenWeb Archives is at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/sca_unio.html ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

I can't imagine the conditions that these poor children came to. I wonder how many died? Children were also kidnapped off the streets for free labor. My family was one of the early Jamestown families. We can trace to Barbados then before that we can't find anything. I descend from the Renfrew/Renfro/Rentfro/Rentfre/Reynfre family. We located the line in Barbados but before that nothing. Someday I will turn over the right rock and find the line in Europe. Ylana Stoneyfields Ranch Remember what your elders used to say, "Birds of a feather flock together." If you're an eagle, don't hang around chickens: Chickens Can't Fly! You can't soar with the Eagles if you hoot with the hoot owls. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Ms2001@aol.com> To: <VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 9:17 PM Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] FW: [SCUNION] Children sent to Virginia | I think it is interesting that about 90% of those children were sent to Va in | 1618 - 1619. They were really building up the colony in those years - 1619 | is also when the first women and the first slaves were sent to Va. | | Bev | | ========Original Message======== | Subj: [VAROOTS] FW: [SCUNION] Children sent to Virginia | Date: 7/29/2003 9:46:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time | From: <A HREF="mailto:margaret.teat2@verizon.net">margaret.teat2@verizon.net</A> | Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com">VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com</A> | To: <A HREF="mailto:VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com">VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com</A> | Sent from the Internet (Details) | | | | FORWARDED by List Mom with permission of author: | | Somebody sent this to another list and I found it fascinating. As long as I | have been involved in genealogy, I did not know that England actually | banished children to Virginia for all sorts of reasons, even as early as | 1619 when the grown-ups were starving! Have a look at this: | | http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/ | | Page down a bit and click on: | | Family Pages Index | | On the Family Index Page click: CHILDREN SENT TO VA 1618-1642. | | But there is lots of good stuff for those of us who have Virginia ancestry | (and don't we all?) so look around a bit. | | | | | | | ==== SCUNION Mailing List ==== | The Union County SC GenWeb Archives is at: | http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/sca_unio.html | | ============================== | To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go | to: | http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 | | | | ============================== | To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go | to: | http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 | | | | ============================== | To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: | http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 |