John Flood, Trader of Ft. Henry

John Flood, Trader of Ft. Henry John Flood II --Spelled Flewd and also Floyd) - Ft Henry Trader and Powhatan Translator at "fforte Henery alias Appmattucke fforte." https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000125002159854&graph_node_id=profile-34721418496&mode=followed&fbclid=IwAR1FH8oM9hsvBbFljiYqPaAPDpZB-5qWkliBzndLPOlTRjcyHL2zRspD38U#

Unknown Mother: Appotomatux Native Mother likely Oppossoquionuske, sister of the "King of Appomatux" - -https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1453901/captain-frances-eppes-appom... Possible Father: Col. John Flood, of Jamestown ydna R1b same group as William Floyd, Cian Blue Group.(very old news) https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Floyd/default.aspx?section=yre... Name alternately spelled Flood, which a tester of same group still carries that spelling. Same ydna as Nathaniel Floyd line. The inlaw Briggs line became translators with Dimery for William Penn's Colony. Probable son: John Floyd, of Northampton County

Fellowship of Traders: John Floyd, Abraham Wood, and Edward Bland: 1st Traders for British official trade (when not talking about Dutch Trader Davis'horn who predated this group with the Mingo). Two places were for trade: Ft. Henry and the house of John Floyd (not the John Flood who was from England on the Swann Ship). The Grand Assembly held at James City October 5, 1646, enacted-" that upon any occasion of message to the Gov'r. or trade, the said Necotowance and his people the Indians doe repair to fforte Henery alias Appmattucke fforte, or to the house of Capt. John Ffloud, and to no other place or places of the south side of the river, att which places the aforesayd badges of striped stuffe are to be and remaine." ***"Be it also inacted that Capt. John Ffloud be interpreter for the collony, and that for his service therin and transporting such indians as shall be employed from thme to tyme to the Gov'r. in message or otherwise, he is to be allowed from the publique the salary of four thousand pounds of tob'o. yeerly." ("Virginia Historical Genealogies" by John Bennett Boddie, pg 301, 302" "John Flood had become so proficient in the language of the Indians and so tactful in his dealings with them that he was made official interpreter for the Colony, and the Indians were commanded to go to no other but to his home or Fort Henry on the south side of the river when they had a message for the Governor". ("My Southern Families" pg.330)

Disputer that Floyd of Ft Henry, Nathaniel Floyd Line, William Floyd line and Floyd of Hog Island were native is this statement in public discussion about a perception that Accomack is a point of note; which the Northern Neck which includes where Hog Island is split off as Northampton from the Accomack Province in 1663, which is 53 miles from the Petersburg / Countrie of Appomatuck, meaning there is not a travel issue precluding these people of the same R1b ydna as being kin.

Maven B. Helms PRO 3/2/20 at 9:36 AM stated Specifically, thi bit of horse manure: "http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/p697.htm#i69655Headright = Immigrant = is disputed as meaning NOT BORN HERE. is applicable when the "Countrie of Appamatux" as it was stated was at the time where the headright to the back country was being purchased; which is why headrights were obtaine."

APPOMATTOX "COUNTRY" IS. NOT. ON. THE. EASTERN. SHORE. and has NOTHING!!! to do with ACCOMACK County!!! Additional argumentative malarkey continues down the page. Somebody please revert to before all the crap was plastered in. Maven B. Helms PRO Cleanup is satisfactory (I tweaked it just a bit more).
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About the "Countrie of Appomatica" as listed by the National Archives, it's where Petersburg, Va is today and approx 53 miles from Hog Island where John Floyd of Northampton purchased the strip of land later in his life, much after his original headright which was not at Hog Island, his later purchase.

The "Countrie of Appomatica" as listed by the National Archives, it's where Petersburg, Va is today and approx 53 miles from Hog Island where John Floyd of Northampton purchased the strip of land later in his life, much after his original headright which was not at Hog Island, his later purchase.

Friendly relationship established, the Appomattox were agreeable enough. When the colonists had settled themselves at Jamestown, they made several exploratory expeditions that brought them into the "Countrey of the Apamatica*" On one of these journeys, wrote Captain John Smith, the Queen again "kindely intreated us;" and on another she brought him water to wash his hands, "a Turkie cock, and breade to eate." The Nottoway, whose villages were scattered along the Nottoway and Blackwater rivers, also roamed across the area that is now Dinwiddie.

http://www.vagenweb.org/dinwiddie/apamatica/ch1.htm

To a statement made that John Floyd of Northhampton was not indigenous goes against the census facts of 1666 Tax List of Northampton, easy to be searched online; and is specific about the ethnicity of John Floyd of Northhampton and the others paying taxes as free person of color portion of the 1666 census the number of tithables on each plantation. He payed taxes on his skin color specific to his mother's standing a a free person of color, which is how the tax worked. http://genealogytrails.com/vir/northampton/1666tithables.html

The history of Dinwiddie County has been presented in the publication of severalhistorical overviews in recent years. Basic general works that include considerablematerial on individual buildings are Dinwiddie County: The Country of Apamatica (Richmond: Whittet and Shepperson, 1942)

https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/pdf_files/SpecialCollections/DW-099_Su...

The eight day of May we discovered up the River. We landed in the Countrey of Apamatica.1 At our landing, there came many stout and able Savages to resist us with their Bowes and Arrowes, in a most warlike manner, with the swords at their backes beset with sharpe stones, and pieces of yron able to cleave a man in sunder. Amongst the rest one of the chiefest, standing before them cross-legged, with his Arrow readie in his Bow in one hand, and taking a Pipe of Tobacco in the other, with a bold uttering of his speech, demanded of us our being there, willing us to bee gone. Wee made signes of peace, which they perceived in the end, and let us land in quietnesse. The twelfth day we went backe to our ships, and discovered a point of Land, called Archers Hope,2 which was sufficient 1 The "country of Apamatica " was the region of the Appomattox River. Thirty miles up the river is Petersburg; at its mouth is City Point, first called Charles City. 2 This point is made by a creek, at the head of which five miles inland is situated the city of Williamsburg, made the capital of Virginia in 1699 after the burning of the State House at Jamestown.

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Linda Carr Buchholz, Kit # FW864102C1 yesterday at 9:56 PM Report Apamatica, a country in Virginia, - 1688 https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=Hp3iyvlFzFsC&hl=en&...

On the 8th day of May they went farther up the river. They went on shore in the country belonging to the tribe of Apamatica, where they were met by a large body of Indians armed " with bows and arrows in a most warlike manner, with the swords at their backs beset with sharp stones and pieces of iron, able to cleave a man in sun der." But, on making signs of peace, they were suffered to land without molestation. On the 13th day of May, they pitched upon the place of their settlement, which was a peninsula on the north side of James River, about forty miles from the mouth, to which they gave the name of Jamestown. https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=PjMNAAAAIAAJ&hl=en&...

[6] The next day, being the fifth of May, the Werowance of Rapahanna sent a Messenger to have us come to him. We entertained the said Messenger, and gave him trifles [trinkets] which pleased him. We manned our shallop with Muskets and Targatiers [foot soldiers armed with shields] sufficiently: this said Messenger guided us where our determination was to go. When we landed, the Werowance of Rapahanna came down to the water side with all his train [followers]… playing on a Flute made of a Reed…. He entertained us in so modest a proud fashion, as though he had been a Prince of civil government, holding his countenance [keeping his bearing] without laughter or any such ill behavior.

[7] The eighth day of May we discovered [explored] up the River. We landed in the Country of Apamatica. At our landing, there came many stout and able Savages to resist us with their Bows and Arrows, in a most warlike manner, with the swords at their backs beset with sharp stones, and pieces of iron able to cleave a man in sunder [cut a man in two]. Among the rest one of the chiefest, standing before them cross-legged, with his Arrow ready in his Bow in one hand, and taking a Pipe of Tobacco in the other, with a bold uttering of his speech, demanded of us our being there, willing us to be gone. We made signs of peace, which they perceived in the end, and let us land in quietness.

https://americainclass.org/successful-european-colonies-in-the-new-...

May 4

Arrived at Werowance of Paspihe settlement

May 5

Entertained messenger from the Werowance of Rapahanna; left for Rapahanna

May 8

Arrived in "country of Apamatica"

May 12

Arrived at point of land and named it Archer's Hope

May 13

Arrived at "seating place, " eight miles from Archer's Hope

http://www.virtualjamestown.org/percy_time.html

The eighth day of May we discovered [explored] up the River. We landed in the Country of Apamatica.

At our landing, there came many stout and able Savages to resist us with their Bows and Arrows, in a most warlike manner, with the swords at their backs beset with sharp stones, and pieces of iron able to cleave a man in sunder. Among the rest one of the chiefest, standing before them cross-legged, with his Arrow ready in his Bow in one hand, and taking a Pipe of Tobacco in the other, with a bold uttering of his speech, demanded of us our being there, willing us to be gone.

We made signs of peace, which they perceived in the end, and let us land in quietness. . . . The thirteenth day, we came to our seating place [Jamestown] in Paspihas Country, some eight miles from the point of Land, which I made mention before: where our ships do lie so near the shore that they are moored to the Trees in six fathom water.

http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/amerbegin/settlement/text1/...

anuary 2, 1776: Hon’ble Sir: The committee of correspondence for Dinwiddie County beg leave to inform you that a certain Thomas Irving an inhabitant of this town is deputy post-master for Mr. Dixon that he is also an agent for Neil Jameison, who we understand is inimical to this country, and a partisan of Lord Dunmore’s. (“Dinwiddie County “The Country of the Apamatica”

http://www.carolshouse.com/familyhistory/dickson/

Wee passed through the Woods in fine paths, having most pleasant Springs which issued from the Mountaines. Wee also went through thegoodhest Corne fieldes that ever was scene in any Countrey.

AVhen wee came to Rapahannos Towne, hee entertained usin good humanitie.

The eight day of May we discovered up the River. We landed in the Countrey of Apamatica.^

https://www.flutopedia.com/refs/Percy_1607_Observations_FP.pdf

We landed in the Countrey of Apamatica … there came many stout and able Sauages to resist vs with their Bowes and Arrowes … with the swords at their backes beset with sharpe stones, and pieces of yron … The twelfth day we went backe to our ships and discouered a point of Land, called Archers Hope … There are also great store of Vines in bigness of a mans thigh, running vp to the tops of the Trees in great abundance. We also did see many Squirels, Conies, Black Birds with crimson wings, and diuerse other Fowles and Birds of diuers and sundrie collours … We found store of Turkie nests and many Egges (pp. 137-138).

The fourteenth day we landed all our men which were set to worke about the fortification [foundation of Iames Towne] (p. 138).

https://nutritionalgeography.faculty.ucdavis.edu/virginia-explorati...

May 5, 1607 - the English are welcomed by the Paspahegh in the village of Rapahanna.

There was a prominent rivalry between Paspahegh Wowinchappuncke and the weroance of Rapahanna. This one had hardly appreciated the welcome reserved to the new settlers the day before and was eager to invite them in his turn. He appeared in ceremonial dress so as to impress them. His body was entirely painted in red and his face in blue. He wore a bead necklace and in his ears pendants which could be of copper or gold. On his head, he wore a crown of red deer hair, on the side a copper plate and two long feathers looking like horns in sign of his status. [18/05/1607]

May 8, 1607 - The settlers continue to explore the river and reach the country of Apamatica. The Indians behave warlike and try to keep them away by pointing their bows and arrows. Their chief speaks by making gestures asking to the English to leave. These answer by peace signs and the Indians let them land. They had gone up James River hoping to find a Passage to the Pacific but a series of waterfalls soon prevented them to go further.

https://sites.google.com/site/atimelineofamerica/1607?tmpl=%2Fsyste...

The chief of the Appomattox tribe who lived at what is now Bermuda Hundred, Chesterfield County, bade them defiance, demanding their business upon his territory and desired that they should be gone, but at last permitted their "landing in quietness."

" The eight of May wee discovered up the River. We landed in the countrey of Apamatica, at our landing, there came many stout and able Savages to resist us with their Bowes and Arrowes, in a most warlike manner, with the swords at their backes beset with sharpe stones, and pieces of iron able to cleave a man in sunder. Amongst the rest one of the chiefest standing before them crosse legged, with his Arrow readie in his Bow in one hand, and taking a Pipe of Tobacco in the other, with a bold uttering of his speech, demanded of us our being there, willing us to bee gone. Wee made signs of peace, which they perceived in the end, and let us land in qnietnesse."

They were almost determined to settle at Archers Hope, but finally decide upon a point of land which they afterwards named Jamestown.

"The twelfth day we went backe to our ships, and discovered a point of Land, called Archers Hope, which was sufficient with a little harbour to defend ourselves against an enemy. The soile was good and fruitfull, with excellent good Timber. There are also stores of Vines in bignesse of a mans thigh running up to the tops of the Trees in great abundance. We also did see many Squirrels, Conies, Black Birds with crimson wings, and divers other Fowles and Birds of divers and sundrie colours of crimson."

https://www.newrivernotes.com/topical_books_1907_life_old_virginia.htm

The fleet came to a Paspahegh village where the colonists were entertained with "much welcome"; a werowance from across the river"seemed to take displeasure" from the colonists'being with the Paspahegh (Percy). Went to visit the werowance across the river The colonists sailed up the James River to the "Countrey of Apamatica,"

http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/xml_docs/jamestown/john_smith_1.xml

The chief of the Appomattox tribe who lived at what is now Bermuda Hundred, Chesterfield County, bade them defiance, demanding their business upon his territory and desired that they should be gone, but at last permitted their " landing in quietness." " The eight of May wee discovered up the Eiver. We landed in the countrey of Apamatica,

http://www.ancestraltrackers.net/va/resources/life-old-virginia-190...

GEORGE PERCY'S ACCOUNT OF VIRGINIA IN 1607 The eighth day of May we discovered up the River. We landed in the Countrey of Apamatica.

http://www.survivorlibrary.com/library/virginia_reader-a_treasury_o...

We landed in the Countrey of Apamatica. At our landing, there came many stout and able Sauages to resist vs, with their Bowes and Arrowes, in a most warlike manner : with their swords at their backes beset with sharpe stones, and pieces of yron able to cleaue a man in sunder.

Amongst the rest, one of the chiefest, standing before them cross-legged, with his Arrow readie in his Bow in one hand, and taking a Pipe of Tobacco in the other, with a bold vttering of his speech, demanded of vs, [of] our being there, willing vs to bee gone. Wee made signes of peace ; which they perceiued in the end, and let vs land in quietnesse.

The twelfth day [of May], we went backe to our ships ; and discouered a point of Land, called Archers Hope, which was sufficient with a little labour to defend our selues against any Enemy.

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Proof of parents requested - not listed in http://www.genealogical.com/images/Topic%204700.pdf

References

• “Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia 1607-1625 and Their Families”, Annie Lash Jester (ed.). p.176. (Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1956). Page 176. FamilySearch