General Notes

Marriage 1 John PROCTOR b: 1583 in London, England
Married: 1610 in London, England 1
Children
Daughter PROCTOR b: 1616 in London, England
Daughter PROCTOR b: 1618 in London, England
Robert PROCTOR b: 1621 in London, England
George PROCTOR b: 1622 in Jamestown Colony, Virginia
John PROCTOR b: 1622 in Spotsylvania, Virginia
Richard PROCTOR b: 1623 in Jamestown Colony, Virginia
William PROCTOR b: in Jamestown Colony, Virginia
Note:
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John, William and Thomas Proctor (brothers) from England, c
ame to
Surry County, Colony of Virginia, between 1609 - 1623. On
e moved to New
England, One moved to Illinois, and one to North Carolina.
The following information is from Ethel Maddox Byrd's "Proc
tor
Family History", a manuscript compiled in the year 1946. Se
e page 35 for
letter dated July 18, 1935 to Mrs. Robert LeRoy Byrd (Ethe
l Maddox Byrd)
of Manassas, Virginia from Robert B. Proctor of Charlotte
, NC saying:
"The Proctor's in England were King's messenger. Paradise V
ale and
Thjorp - upon the Hills, Yorkshire, England are the seats o
f the
Proctors. The first Proctors came to America in 1635 settli
ng at
Ipswich, Massachusetts. They were: John, George, Richard, a
nd Robert.
The line of Robert Proctor is that of the Proctors of Vermo
nt, New
Hampshire, New York, and Ohio. Proctorville, Vermont was fo
unded by a
descendant of Captain Leonard Proctor of the Continental Ar
my (the Robert
lines). I am enclosing a copy of the Proctor coat of arms
. Note the
greyhound and three doves, all symbols of the messenger."
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List of Immigrants to America, 1600-1700, J.C. Hotten, 1962
, Geneal.
Publ. Co. shows the following:
John Proctor, Husbandman, age 59 on the "Susan" and "Ellin"
, Captain
Edward Payne arrived 16 April 1635 with Martha Proctor, ag
e 28 and John
Proctor, age 3,
John Proctor, 1626, Henrico, 100 acres on south side of Fal
les north of
the James River.
(Research):SOURCE: AMERICAN PLANTATIONS AND COLONIES: The S
hip "SEA VENTURE."
Note: "Newly appointed governor of Jamestown, Virginia, Si
r William
Gates, and Sir George Somers, sailed for Virginia with 9 sh
ips: (cit. 2,
Page 139), June 2, 1609 on board the "Sea Venture." The Se
a Venture was
the flagship of the "Third Supply" (six ships and two pinna
ces), departed
London, England. A hurricane caught the flotilla on July 23
, 1609
separating the Sea Venture from the others. Four days later
, the Sea
Venture suddenly took on water to 5 ft. above her ballast
, but within
sight of land. Approching, the ship was caught between tw
o sections of
reef less than a mile from shore and all 150 passengers o
n board
(encluding John Proctor] were safely rowed to shore, then t
he crew
salvaged most of the equipment and supplies before the shi
p sank. (A
45-foot section of the keel, with a few artifacts, was disc
overed in
1959, then further recoveries were made in 1978 for the Ber
muda Maritime
Museum Association.) During the next 9 months, under the di
rection of
Sir George Somers, the men built two pinnaces, in the for
m of small
barks, which were named the PATIENCE and the DELIVERANCE. A
ll but two
men, who became the permanent settlers of Bermuda, sailed o
n in the
pinnaces arriving at Jamestown, Virginia, on May 10, 1610.
SHIP INFORMATION: Burthen: about 240 tons; Keel length, pos
sibly 75 ft.
(25cm); Built: East Anglia, England, about 1603.
PASSENGERS INFORMATION: Sir Thomas Gates, Knight; governo
r of Jamestown,
Virginia, Sir George Somers, Admiral fo the flotilla "Sea V
enture;"
William Strachey (who established eye-witness account in 16
10), Silvester
Jourdain (who also published an eye-witness account in 1610
), and Samuel
Sharpe (Samuel's wife, Elizabeth Sharpe arrived on the MARG
ARET & JOHN in
1621). Listed on the Musters of the Sea Venture were also
: Josuah Chard,
age 36, in Vir