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| Captain John Smith |
When the ship
Seaventure left England it did so with 150 adventurers of men, women and children. But it wrecked in the Bermuda Islands where its passengers were marooned for nine months. They finally arrived in the
Patience and
Deliverance commanded by Sir Thomas Gates and Sir George Somers. The
newcomers, who already had passed through a harrowing experience, faced
a forlorn situation in the land of their destination; and so their
leaders concurred in a decision to return to England. But, the timely arrival of Lord De La
Warr with three ships exceedingly well furnished with
all necessaries, changed the outlook. Here were not only the means of
survival but resources for some stable home life. Several of the women
who had sailed in the 1609 expedition reached Jamestown ahead of their
shipwrecked husbands, who had accompanied the official party on the
Seaventure. Among these were Mrs. Joane Peirce, wife of Captain
William Peirce, and their daughter Joane, who arrived at Jamestown,
1609, on the
Blessing.
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