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Captain Ralph Hamor (Hamer) was one of the original colonists to settle in Virginia, and author of ''A True Discourse of the Present State of Virginia'', which he wrote when he returned to London in 1615. ==Early Years== Captain Ralph Hamor was the second son of Ralph Hamor and Mabell, née Loveland, Hamor of London. In 1609, Hamor and his father, both members of the London Company, joined the Second Charter of Virginia to sail to the New World as part of the large investment in settling a new colony in Virginia. Funded by the Earls of Salisbury, Suffolk, Southampton, Pembroke, and others, a fleet of nine ships set sail in May, 1609, with five hundred people aboard for what would be known as Jamestown. The fleet, led by the admiral ship the "Sea-Venture" and commanded by the three commissions of Captain Christopher Newport, Sir Thomas Gates, and Sir George Somers, set sail for Jamestown. But, as the fleet passed Bermuda on July 25, the tail end of a hurricane caught the flagship, which carried 150 passengers, stranding it on the island and sinking one of the other smaller vessels. Captain Ralph Hamor's ship, along with the other six ships commanded by Captains Ratcliffe, Martin, Wood, Webbe, Moon, King and Davies arrived in Virginia safe.〔 In the fall of 1609, Hamor returned to London, returning to Virginia the following spring. On April 9, 1610, Captain Hamor escorted Lord Delaware and about one hundred new settlers, including "Frenchmen to plant vines, and Swiss to find mines," aboard the "De La Warr", the "Blessing of Plymouth" and the "Hercules of Rye", back to Virginia. The three ships arrived safely in Jamestown on Sunday, June 20, 1610. On June 22, 1610, Hamor was named Secretary of the Colony by Lord Delaware, and served from 1611 to 1614.〔 In 1611 Hamor and Thomas Savage visited the Native American village of Matchcot, to sit with Chief Powhatan, father of Pocahontas. Ralph Hamor forgot to weae the pearl necklace to signify his status as a representative of his government, but told the chief that Sir Thomas Dale wanted to marry one of his daughters.〔"Order of First Families of Virginia", 3rd Ed, 1987, p. 197〕 In 1615, he returned to London to publish their stories in the "A True Discourse of the Present State of Virginia". In his tales, he talks about Pocahontas as the most beloved child of her father, his "delight and darling,".〔Hamor, ''True Discourse''. p. 802.〕 He returned to Virginia on November 28, 1616, and was named Vice-Admiral to Admiral Samuel Argall.〔The Robinsons and their kin folk By Robinson Genealogical Society, Robinson Family Genealogical and Historical Association〕 On January 18, 1617, Hamor was awarded eight shares of the Virginia Company and was put in charge of 16 men.〔 By summer of 1621, some local Indian tribes became increasingly hostile towards the colonists. Hamor wrote in a letter to the Council after the attack on the Flowerieu Hundred plantation: "So sudden in their cruel execution, that few or none discerned the weapon or blow that brought them to destruction." That evening, Captain Hamor took his ship and a Pinnace to attempt to collect the wounded from the different plantations. On June 27, Hamor reached an agreement with the King of the Potomac Indians against the Opechancanough and Necochincos tribes, "Their and our enemy." In mid-July, Captain Newport was killed in an attack.〔https://archive.org/stream/robinsonstheirki02robi/robinsonstheirki02robi_djvu.txt〕 As Council member, Hamor was granted land from the Virginia Company in June 1621, upon which he began to establish his own plantation. And, on November 28, 1621, the new Governor, Sir Francis Wyatt, appointed Ralph Hamor to the King's Council.〔 One of Captain Hamor's official duties as Council member was to insure that Lady Cecily Delaware was satisfied with the cultivation of her assigned Virginian land. In February, 1622, Captain Ralph Hamor returned from England to Virginia in command of the "Sea Flower" with 120 new settlers, which included two servants of Hamor's, Thomas Powell and Elkinton Ratliffe, both to work on Hog Island.〔Musters of the Inhabitants in Virginia 1624/1625 chapters, pages 201 thru 265〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ralph Hamor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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