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| Bellefield Plantation | |
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| E.D. Plantation | |
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| Type | Plantation |
| Location | York County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37°16′13″N 76°34′19″W / 37.270302°N 76.572079°W |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
| Official name | Bellefield Site & Cemetery |
| Reference no. | Candidate Site 099-0002 |
Bellefield Plantation (or Bellfield, also called E.D. Plantation) is a historic plantation site located in York County, Virginia. In modern times, the former site is located off the Colonial Parkway next to the York River and abutts Naval Weapons Station Yorktown.
In 1630, the Virginia Colony made the decision to plant a settlement on the York River:
"... for the securing & taking in of a tract of Land called ye fforest bordering uppon the cheife residence of ye Pamunkey King the most dangerous head of the Indian enemy ..."[citation needed]
John West (governor) received a land grant for this purpose, 600 acres "on the east side of Felgates".[1] "Felgates" refers to Robert Felgate's 1632 grant of "350 acres lying at Kiskeyacke upon Pamunkey".[2] In 1635 after the "thrusting out" of Governor Sir John Harvey, John West was chosen as temporary replacement,[3] and served until 1637 when Harvey was restored to his position. In 1640, West was ordered to England, along with neighbor John Utie, Samuel Matthews (captain), and William Peirce (burgess) to answer charges in the Star Chamber. All four were eventually cleared, and returned to Virginia.
West sold the original 600 acres, along with adjoining land for a total of 1250 acres to Edward Digges in 1650.[4][5]It became known as the "E.D." Plantation at this time.
...renamed by later owners as "Bellfield".
www.jstor.org/stable/1915735 "Bellfield." The William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, vol. 15, no. 1, 1906, pp. 36–39. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1915735. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.]</ref>
VDHR ID 099-0002 Bellefield Site & Cemetery
From:
https://www.yorkcounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/134/Historic-Resources---2035-Comprehensive-Plan-PDF
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=39797
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2285733/digges-family-at-bellfield-plantation
https://www.dailypress.com/2013/05/25/a-cradle-of-slavery-on-the-york/
Related:
Dudley Digges House https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=61596 VDHR ID 099-0022 Dudley Digges House (West House)
Cole Digges House https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=100096 VDHR ID 099-0027 Thomas Pate House (Cole Digges House) https://npshistory.com/publications/york/cole-digges-hsr/app1.htm
Some valuable sources found thanks to StevePrutz
- “Bellfield.” The William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, vol. 15, no. 1, 1906, pp. 36–39. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1915735. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
- Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Under the Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler. United States, Lewis historical publishing Company, 1915. PAGE 48
- Bellfield Estate General Study by Charles E. Hatch, Jr. 1970.
Pages already mentioning this topic:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denbigh_Plantation_Site
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Digges_(burgess)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_West_(colonel)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Digges_(burgess)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Digges
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Digges
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Digges_(patriot)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Digges_Jr.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Digges_(burgess)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Digges_(burgess)
- ^ "Extracts from the Records of York County". The William and Mary Quarterly. 26 (1 ed.): 27–37. July 1917.
- ^ Virginia Land Office Patents (Report). Vol. 1 (1 & 2 ed.). 1623–1643. p. 105.
{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ^ Thornton, J Mills (January 1968). "The Thrusting out of Governor Harvey: A Seventeenth-Century Rebellion". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Vol. 76 (1 ed.). pp. 11–26.
- ^ Hatch, Charles E. Jr. (1970). Bellfield Estate General Study.
- ^ Land Office Patents (Report). Vol. 2. 1643–1651. p. 316.
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