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James City Shire

Index James City Shire

James City Shire was formed in the British colony of Virginia in 1634. [1]

18 relations: Charles City County, Virginia, Charles I of England, County (United States), County seat, Crown colony, George Yeardley, Hampton Roads, Independent city, James City County, Virginia, James River, James VI and I, Jamestown, Virginia, Kecoughtan, Virginia, London Company, New Kent County, Virginia, Shire, Surry County, Virginia, Williamsburg, Virginia.

Charles City County, Virginia

Charles City County is a historic county located in the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia.

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Charles I of England

Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.

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County (United States)

In the United States, an administrative or political subdivision of a state is a county, which is a region having specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority.

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County seat

A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish.

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Crown colony

Crown colony, dependent territory and royal colony are terms used to describe the administration of United Kingdom overseas territories that are controlled by the British Government.

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George Yeardley

Sir George Yeardley (1587–1627) was a planter and three time colonial Governor of the British Colony of Virginia.

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Hampton Roads

Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water in Virginia and the surrounding metropolitan region in Southeastern Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina, United States.

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Independent city

An independent city or independent town is a city or town that does not form part of another general-purpose local government entity (such as a county).

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James City County, Virginia

James City County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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James River

The James River is a river in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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James VI and I

James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.

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Jamestown, Virginia

The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.

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Kecoughtan, Virginia

Kecoughtan in Virginia was originally named Kikotan (also spelled Kiccowtan, Kikowtan etc.), the name of the Algonquian Native Americans living there when the English colonists arrived in the Hampton Roads area in 1607.

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London Company

The London Company (also called the Virginia Company of London) was an English joint stock company established in 1606 by royal charter by King James I with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.

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New Kent County, Virginia

New Kent County is a county located in the eastern part the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Shire

A shire is a traditional term for a division of land, found in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and some other English speaking countries.

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Surry County, Virginia

Surry County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Williamsburg, Virginia

Williamsburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_City_Shire

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