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  ABC News: Jamestown Remains Excavated in England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold oversaw an expedition that led to the founding of Jamestown in 1607 in what is now the coastal state of Virginia.
Bartholomew Gosnold oversaw an expedition that led to the founding of Jamestown in 1607 in what is now Virginia.
Gosnold, though largely unrecognized historically, is considered a primary organizer and head of the expedition that led to Jamestown's founding.
abcnews.go.com /Technology/wireStory?id=844946&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312   (485 words)

  
 "We Took Great Store of Codfish and Called it Cape Cod:" Bartholomew Gosnold Sails Along Northeastern North America, ...
Bartholomew Gosnold undertook a small prospecting expedition on the vessel Concord in 1602, passing down the coasts of Maine and Massachusetts to explore the northern Virginia coast.
Gosnold was the first European to see and set foot on Cape Cod—which received its name for its abundance of cod fish—and built a small fur trading station there.
By this time Captain Gosnold was come with twelve men more from aboard, and to show the savage seignior that he was our captain, we received him in a guard, which he passing through, saluted the seignior with ceremonies of our salutations whereat he nothing moved or altered himself.
historymatters.gmu.edu /d/6617   (2254 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Gosnold Bartholomew
Gosnold, Bartholomew (died 1607), English explorer and colonizer.
The English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold landed on Nantucket Island in 1602.
Cape Cod was named in 1602 by the English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold, who was impressed by the abundance of cod in the surrounding waters.
uk.encarta.msn.com /Gosnold_Bartholomew.html   (104 words)

  
 Gosnold
His parents, Anthony and Dorothy (Bacon) Gosnold, were both of notable families in England during the reign of the "Virgin Queen", Elizabeth I. Anthony Gosnold had a royal descent from King Edward III of England.
Bartholomew's mother was of the same gene pool that produced Lord Francis Bacon.
Gosnold would be accompanied by 8 crewmembers and 23 "Gentleman Discoverers", some of whom were intending to remain in the new world.
kennebunks.tripod.com /gosnold.htm   (1255 words)

  
 Notable Connections - Otley Hall, Otley, Suffolk, UK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Gosnolds of Otley Hall were related to the Royal Family through Winifred Windsor who married John Gosnold, third son of Robert Gosnold III who held positions at Court, and was Gentleman Usher to Elizabeth 1 and James 1, and Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber to Charles.
Bartholomew Gosnold of the Gosnolds of Otley Hall arguably did more than any other Englishman to see that North America was successfully settled by the English in the early 1600s through his expeditions of 1602 and 1606/7.
Bartholomew Gosnold was the "prime mover" in the Virginia expedition to Jamestown in 1606/7, the first permanent English-speaking colony in America, settled 13 years before the Pilgrims set sail from Plymouth aboard the Mayflower.
www.otleyhall.co.uk /connections.htm   (510 words)

  
 U.K. Excavation May Rewrite U.S. History
The Church of England has agreed, for the first time in its history, to allow excavation under the floor of a hamlet church where Gosnold's sister is buried, to extract a piece of her remains for DNA analysis.
If tests prove that the bones are Gosnold's, his story will be the centerpiece of a new exhibit planned for Jamestown, where Virginia is preparing to mark in 2007 the 400th anniversary of the first permanent English settlement in America.
Until then, the bones of the man presumed to be Bartholomew Gosnold lie in a glass case in a Jamestown laboratory.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/08/AR2005050801003_pf.html   (1144 words)

  
 Gosnold, Massachusetts - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Gosnold is a town located in Dukes County, Massachusetts.
The islands were discovered in 1602 by Bartholomew Gosnold.
Gosnold was first settled in 1641 and was officially incorporated in 1864.
www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Gosnold,_Massachusetts   (407 words)

  
 Prospero's Hen
Gosnold’s youth in his family seat at Otley Hall in Suffolk was filled with stories of the great voyages of discovery by men like Giovanni Verrazano and Sir Humphrey Gilbert.
Gosnold was connected through his mother to Sir Francis Bacon and on his father’s side to Bartholomew Gilbert, Gosnold’s co-captain in the "discovery" of Martha’s Vineyard.
Bartholomew’s bride, Mary Golding, was related in two separate generations to the de Veres, the 16th and 17th Earls of Oxford.
www.humilitypress.org /a_little_room/prosperos_hen.htm   (3817 words)

  
 Bartholomew_Gosnold Information, Facts, Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bartholomew Gosnold (1572 - August 22, 1607) was an English lawyer, explorer, and privateer.
He was instrumental in founding the Virginia Company of London, and also Jamestown, Virginia, and is considered by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) to be the "prime mover of the colonization of Virginia." He was the first non-indigenous person to visit Cape Cod, on May 15, 1602.
Gosnold himself served as vice-admiral of the expedition, and captain of the Godspeed (one of the three ships of the expedition).
www.mbceo.com /index.php?title=Bartholomew_Gosnold   (554 words)

  
 Newspaper online, Chronicle Newspapers, The Chronicle, The Fairfax Chronicle, The South County Chronicle, Virginia, ...
Bartholomew Gosnold was born in England in 1572.
In 1602, Gosnold captained the Concord, with 20 colonists and 12 sailors.
Gosnold was popular with the colonists, though opinions vary on how his popularity rested with the colony's leadership.
www.south-county.info /articles/2005/03/03/news/news17.txt   (667 words)

  
 Is it Gosnold? APVA Preservation Virginia Archaeologists Seek Matching DNA--Historic Jamestowne
Gosnold, who died August 22, 1607, at age 36 after a 3-week illness and was "honorably buried, having all the ordinance in the fort shot off with many volleys of small shot," according to George Percy;
Based on the historical documentation about Gosnold's ceremonial burial, combined with his status as a captain and his importance to the colony, and the other archaeological and forensic evidence, Kelso is confident that they have found Gosnold's grave.
Only two candidates for a DNA match have been identified, including Gosnold's sister, Elizabeth Tilney, who, according to her will, is buried at Shelley All Saints church near her home in Suffolk, England, next to her husband in the chancel.
www.historicjamestowne.org /news/gosnold_dna_01.php   (1292 words)

  
 Nantucket Cape Cod MA by Cape Cod Nantucket .com
Bartholomew was trained as a lawyer, attending Cambridge University and studied law at Middle Temple where there is a record of him in 1592.
Bartholomew's first trip to the New World was an unsuccessful attempt to found a colony in Virginia, with Sir Walter Raleigh.
small town of Gosnold in the Elizabeth Islands of Massachustess is named for Batholomew, and a 70 foot high monument to the explorer stands on the beach.
www.capecodnantucket.com /gosnold.html   (891 words)

  
 bartholomew gosnold
Bartholomew is the most notable Gosnold that lived.
This site is a tribute to the achievements of Bartholomew Gosnold who is often referred to as the "forgotten man of history".
Bartholomew Gosnold was my first cousin 14 times removed.
www.gosnold.info   (223 words)

  
 Skeleton believed to be Capt. Gosnold's: 2/13/03
This skeleton, unearthed during the Jamestown archaelogical dig under way in Virginia, is believed to be that of Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold, a high-ranking colonist who was vice admiral of the colony.
It was intended that a handful of Gosnold's exploration party would stay behind to establish a permanent trading post, but none remained for fear of losing their share of profits from the voyage.
Other indications that the skeleton is Gosnold include the location of the grave in a wall of the fort and the time archaeologists believe it came from.
www.s-t.com /daily/02-03/02-13-03/a01lo007.htm   (819 words)

  
 DNA & Founding Fathers? - Founding Fathers - tribe.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Archaeologists in Virginia, USA, believe that they have found the remains of Bartholomew Gosnold, who was born in Grundisburgh, Suffolk, and is said to have founded the first English-speaking American colony in Virginia in 1607.
Gosnold’s niece, Katherine Blackerby, is believed to be buried at St Peter and St Mary Church, Stowmarket, Suffolk.
“Gosnold was the principal promoter, vice-admiral and one of the most influential leaders of the Jamestown colony, which eventually gave birth to the development of the United States.
foundingfathers.tribe.net /thread/6a6a15c8-0422-44bf-a1bd-1cfb0a67277e   (607 words)

  
 GOSNOLD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Gosnold was admitted to the Middle Temple at the Inns of Court in the 1580’s where Hakluyt gave lectures.
On board were: Captain Bartholomew Gosnold, the leader of the expedition; his plan was to stay Captain Bartholomew Gilbert, the captain of the Concord; out and back.
Gosnold and the crew of the Concord immediately met some Indians off what he called Savage Rock (the locals from Cape Elizabeth to Cape Neddick, each claim to have a Savage Rock on their own piece of coastline).
ancientgreece-earlyamerica.com /html/gosnold.html   (10851 words)

  
 Nantucket Features   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Early in 1602, Bartholomew Gosnold and an associate named John Brereton began an effort to start a colony far to the north of Raleigh’s first aborted expedition, in what later became known as New England.
Meanwhile, Gosnold and Brereton departed from Falmouth, England on the bark Concord with a total of twenty colonists and twelve sailors.
Sailing further south Gosnold named a chain of islands the Elizabeth Islands after his queen, and Martha’s Vineyard after his daughter, who had died as an infant and was buried in the churchyard at Bury St Edmunds.
www.yesterdaysisland.com /05_articles/satire/forgot2.html   (1842 words)

  
 Bartholomew Gosnold - TheBestLinks.com - August 22, Azores, Cambridge University, England, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bartholomew Gosnold, August 22, Azores, Cambridge University, England, May, May...
Bartholomew Gosnold (1572 - August 22, 1607) was an English lawyer and explorer.
He established a small post on Elizabeth's Island, which is now called Cuttyhunk Island and is part of the town of Gosnold.
www.thebestlinks.com /Bartholomew_Gosnold.html   (374 words)

  
 Postal event on June 10 to honor explorer Bartholomew Gosnold: 5/30/02
NEW BEDFORD -- Bartholomew Gosnold was an early British explorer and settler of the "New World" whose party is even thought to have reached what is now New Bedford Harbor.
Sailing around the cape, Gosnold named the island of Martha's Vineyard after his daughter and the Elizabeth Islands after Queen Elizabeth I. Gosnold and the colonists built a fort on Cuttyhunk and stayed there three weeks.
Proceeds from the Gosnold event will be used for a fund that maintains the lighthouses in New Bedford waters.
www.s-t.com /daily/05-02/05-30-02/a04lo017.htm   (328 words)

  
 Colonial history quiz: Bartholomew who? | csmonitor.com
That's because Bartholomew Gosnold is a man history classes have largely left behind.
After Gosnold and Smith's arrival in Jamestown, it would be another 13 years before the Pilgrims sailed the Mayflower to Plymouth, Mass., using Smith's navigational maps.
Gosnold, a lawyer turned privateer, played a pivotal role in organizing the expedition and securing a charter from King James.
www.csmonitor.com /2005/0616/p11s01-ussc.htm   (783 words)

  
 Newszine | Health   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Archeologist William M. Kelso stands over the remains believed to be of Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold at the Jamestown National Park in Jamestown, Va.
To do so, they need to find the graves of Gosnold's sister and niece, who were buried in two churches in Suffolk, England, and conduct DNA analysis.
Gosnold has been largely unrecognized by historians, who relied instead on written accounts by other settlers, notably Capt. John Smith.
iml.jou.ufl.edu /newszine/Archive/020905/health/6.htm   (282 words)

  
 Gosnold Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Attempts are being made to verify the skeleton's identity by DNA comparison to the skeleton of Bartholomew's sister, Elizabeth.
Both the Blois MSS, and the BM Add MSS (which is based on the Blois MSS) have Anne Gosnold, the first daughter of Robert Gosnold and Mary Vesey, as married to this Thomas Thorne.
A Captain Robert Gosnold served in the army for Britain in Flanders, and had command of the coastal defence at Harwich and was the "lieutenant" of Languard Fort, in England, in 1628.
www.home.earthlink.net /~chrisgosnell/geneal/gosnold3.html   (3655 words)

  
 Bartholomew Gosnold   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
To form the core of what would become the Jamestown colony, he recruited his cousin-by-marriage Edward M. Wingfield, as well as John Smith, his brother and a cousin, in addition to members of his 1602 expedition.
In 2005, the APVA announced that they believed their archaeological dig at Jamestown had found his grave, and started an attempt to verify that using genetic fingerprinting.
By June, researchers had received the approval of the Church of England to take DNA samples from bodies in two churches in an attempt to establish whether a skeleton found by the APVA is that of Gosnold.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/B/Bartholomew-Gosnold.htm   (629 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Scientists head to England on mission to identify Jamestown, Va., skeleton
Gosnold, though largely unrecognized historically, is considered a primary organizer and head of the expedition that led to Jamestown's founding in 1607.
The nearly intact skeleton appeared to be that of an English male in his 30s, and a decorative staff used by captains of the era lay on the coffin's lid.
The Church of England granted permission for the project since the remains of Gosnold's sister, Elizabeth Gosnold Tilney, were believed to be under the floor of Shelley All Saints Church in Suffolk, England.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20050606-2316-jamestownremains.html   (556 words)

  
 Some Events Around Boston - 1
Bartholomew Gosnold was the leader of the expedition and with him were several mariners who had gone to Virginia with Sir Francis Drake in 1585.
The Gosnold Monument is on a small island in a pond in the larger island of Cuttyhunk.
Gosnold is the name of the near-by town which embraces all the Elizabeth Islands.
www.kellscraft.com /EventsBoston/EventsBoston01.html   (579 words)

  
 Gosnold, Bartholomew on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
THE MAN WHO WENT TO SEARCH FOR AMERICA; Thirteen years before the 'Mayflower' set sail, Captain Bartholomew Gosnold helped to establish an English-speaking colony in Virginia.
GOSNOLD'S CAPE COD; With its rugged landscape, reminiscent of home, and its ties to the Kennedy's, it's a real fit for the Irish
This skeleton, unearthed during the Jamestown archaeological dig currently underway in Virginia, is believed to be Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold, a high-ranking colonist who was vice admiral of the colony
www.encyclopedia.com /html/G/Gosnold.asp   (348 words)

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