JAMESTOWN — DNA analysis, used to identify the remains of men buried in the chancel of the 1608 church at Jamestown, has revealed that two share a maternal lineage with Virginia’s first ...

Located high on coastal cliffs in Jamestown, Fort Wetherill dates back to the American Revolution, where the Continental Army attempted to use it to prevent attacks on Newport by the British.

It was here that the original 1607 Jamestown Fort was believed to have been lost to the waters of the James. A cypress tree in the water seemed to mark the place where the land had once been.

In May, they establish Jamestown, the first permanent English ... which they complete on June 15 and name James Fort. A week later, Captain Newport sails back to England, while a preselected ...

The site where they landed is now Fort Monroe National Monument in Hampton, Virginia. 9. Women went to Jamestown as “tobacco brides.” By 1621, Jamestown’s population was faltering ...