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I understand that the first group to settlers to Jamestown were 104 men and boys. When did the first women arrive?

ANSWER: The first two women arrive to Jamestown on the second resupply in 1608; Mistress Forrest and her maid servant Anne Burras.
Water color portrait of Captian John Smith  

Did You Know?
Captain John Smith produced a dictionary of over 500 Powhatan Indian words. Opossum, raccoon, persimmon and Chesapeake are all Powhatan Indian words.

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