Martha W. McCartney

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Martha W. McCartney is an American research historian and writer.

McCartney is a William and Mary graduate. She worked for thirteen years at the Virginia Research Center for Archaeology, researching and excavating archaeological sites in Virginia. Since 1986 she has worked as an independent historian. [1] She is also a consultant for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and was project historian for the five-year Jamestown Archaeological Assessment conducted by the National Park Service. [2] [3]

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Her books include James City County: Keystone of the Commonwealth (1997), [4] The History of Green Spring Plantation (1998), The Free Black Community at Centerville (2000), Jamestown: An American Legacy (2001), which won the 2004 National Park Service Excellence in Interpretive Media award in the Cultural Book Category, [5] With Reverence for the Past: Gloucester County, Virginia (2001), [6] Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607–1635: A Biographical Dictionary (2007), [1] [3] Jordan's Point, Virginia: Archaeology in Perspective, Prehistoric to Modern Times (2011), [7] and Mathews County, Virginia: Lost Landscapes, Untold Stories (2015). [8]

McCartney has won historic preservation awards, including a National History Award from the Daughters of the American Revolution in 2001. [2] [7]

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William Farrar was an early settler, landholder, and legislator of the Colony of Virginia. He was a subscriber to the third charter of the Virginia Company who emigrated to the colony in 1618. After surviving the Powhatan surprise attack of 1622, he moved to Jordan's Journey. In the following year, Farrar became involved in North America's first breach of promise suit when he proposed to Cecily Jordan. In 1626, Farrar was appointed to the Council of Virginia where he served as an advisor to the royal governor, a judge of the highest court in the colony, and a member of the Virginia General Assembly of Colonial Jamestown. He was also appointed magistrate of the upper James River community. In both these roles, he served as a voice of the early planters' interest as the colony transitioned from being managed by the Virginia Company and becoming a royal colony under Charles I of England. Farrar was also on the Council when it arrested Governor John Harvey for misgovernance and forced his temporary return to England. By the time of his death around 1637, Farrar had sold off his remaining assets in England and established rights to a 2000 acre patent on Farrar's Island, located on a curl of the James River.

Cecily Jordan Farrar was one of the earliest women settlers of colonial Jamestown, Virginia. She arrived in the colony as a child in 1610 and was established as one of the few female ancient planters by 1620. After her husband Samuel Jordan died in 1623, Cecily obtained oversight of his 450-acre plantation, Jordan’s Journey. In the Jamestown Muster of 1624/25, she is one of less than 10 women who are mentioned as a head of household, and the only woman listed as sharing the head of household with a man she was not married to. In the year of Samuel Jordan's death, she also set off the first breach of promise lawsuit in English North America when she chose the marriage proposal of William Farrar, who was bonded to help settle her estate, over that of Greville Pooley, who claimed his proposal had already been accepted. In 1625, Farrar prevailed when Pooley withdrew his claim. Afterwards, she married William Farrar.

References

  1. 1 2 Waselkov, Gregory A. (Summer 2008). "Review:Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, 1607–1635; A Biographical Dictionary by Martha W. McCartney". Southeastern Archaeology. 27 (1): 155&ndash, 56. JSTOR   25746191.
  2. 1 2 "New book on Mathews history due out Dec. 2". Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal. November 18, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Erickson, Mark St. John (February 7, 2015). "A look at Jamestown's role in forging the chains of slavery". Daily Press .
  4. ↑ Bogger, Tommy L. (2001). "Review: James City County: Keystone of the Commonwealth by Martha W. McCartney; Williamsburg, Virginia: A City before the State, 1699–1999 by Robert P. Maccubbin". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 109 (1): 93&ndash, 95. JSTOR   4249894.
  5. ↑ Cherry, Lisa (January 16, 2005). "Book Corner: 'Jamestown' Author Brings Award-winning Insight". Daily Press.
  6. ↑ Salmon, Emily (2001). "Review: With Reverence for the Past: Gloucester County, Virginia by Martha W. McCartney". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 109 (4): 419&ndash, 20. JSTOR   4249959.
  7. 1 2 "Jordan's Point, Virginia: Archaeology in Perspective, Prehistoric to Modern Times, Martha W. McCartney". University of Virginia Press. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  8. ↑ Hubbard, Frances (November 30, 2015). "Mathews Historical Society introduces new book on Mathews history". Daily Press (Blog).


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