Reverend Henry Skyren
Henry Skyren was born about 1729 in Whitehaven, England. Not much is known about his upbringing, home, or family life. It is likely that he grew up in a strongly religious household as he...
Category: Biographies
Unknown to Known: How Cicero Gained His Identity
In the colonial era, documents mentioning enslaved persons are hard to come by, and even rarer are documents with details about the slaves themselves. Newspaper advertisements for runaway enslaved persons would often mention slaves...
Anne Catherine Spotswood: A woman ahead of her time
Colonial Virginia history has many women who hold a place in this Commonwealth, some well-known, but many who are not. One such woman who holds an important place among Virginia’s colonial history was Anne...
Benjamin Temple: Virginia’s Forgotten Patriot and Statesman
The Year was 1676. There was much unrest in the colony as supporters of Governor Berkeley, those of Bacon, and natives were going around killing one another. Much of the hubbub was the result...
Anthony Arnold’s Treason
The year 1676 saw the colony of Virginia in a state of Rebellion. The unrest that would come to be known as Bacon’s Rebellion, began at a time of discord in the colony over...
Robert Partin of Jamestown
In early August of 1609, when Robert Partin arrived at Jamestown, he probably thanked God that he made it there alive. In May 1609, the Virginia Company had reorganized and gained a second charter...
Simon Bolivar: The Makings of a Revolutionary
A few weeks ago, I was talking about genealogy with a co-worker of mine. He told me that he was related to Simon Bolivar, a famous South American revolutionary leader. Ironically, when I was...
