Hi Debra,
'Henry Cantrell came as a passenger on board the Unicorn to Virginia in the
James River'
This is the most recent info on Henry that I know of; this from Craig
Cantrell; his sourse: Warren Cantrell-Kileen, TX (WGCantrell(a)aol.com):
'Later research of Virginia records by Warren G. Cantrell'
In 1976, the Commonwealth of Virginia, appointed a Virginia Independence
Bicentennial Commision to examine the Virginia Colonial Records for the dates
1632 to 1634. In 1977, Robert C. Cantrell of VA was serving on the staff of
the of House Operations Committee. He heard of the Commission and asked that
he be informed if Cantrell name turned up in the records. He was informed in
Sept. 1978 and was sent copies of a suit in England of William Cantrell
against Matthew Smallwood. 9 Nov 1633 to 24 Oct. 1634. Testimony in the case
from a Patrick Kennede of Radriffe, Surrey that he was pilot of the Unicorn
which loaded tobacco at Blunt Point in the River of Virginia from November to
January 1630/31. He testified that Henry Cantrell came as a passenger on
board the Unicorn to Virginia in the James River, Where he loaded on board
the ship, whilst at anchor off Blunt Point, certain hogsheads of tobacco, and
Matthew Smallwood, servant, and factor for John Prynn, one of the freighters
of the Unicorn, signed most of the bills in the place of the purser. On 13
November 1633, Oliver Henly of St. Mary, Woolchurch, London haberdasher, aged
61, gave evidence that two of the hogsheads loaded on the Unicorn and
consigned to William Cantrell were of Number one and number three- the former
weighing 108 lbs, net the latter 8 130 Ibs, net. Henly himself received 76
Ibs from one of these hogsheads, which he sent to Haviland Riley, a
shopkeeper in Poole, Dorset, who sold it 8 for him at 2/6d a pound. On 15
Apri1 1634, Peter Prestwood of St. Michael's Comhill, London, age 34,
clothworker, testified that in 1632, Thomas Higgins, living at Tunstall, in
Staffordshre whilst lodging at witness's house, completed a bargain with
William Cantrell over three or four rolls of Virginia tobacco, at 2/- or
2/6d. Two or three weeks later, Higgins sent for the tobacco and also
forwarded the money. These rolls were part of the tobacco sent in 1631 by
Henry Cantrell, a planter in Virginia, and William's brother. In 1984, Peter
Wilson Coldham published a book of Abstracts of Examination in the High Court
of Admiralty with Reference to Colonial America. The book was titled English
Adventurers and Emigrants, 1609-1660 The case was listed on page 41 of the
publication. From the publication; Early Virginia Families along the James
River, by Louise Pledge Heath Foley Volll we find on page 58, that John
Merryman 10 May 1638 conveyed to Henry Cantrell 150 acres and on 10 Jan 1640,
800 acres of land was granted to Henry Cantrell. On 26 Oct 1650 the land was
referred to as lying at the head of Weyonoke, bound south upon the heads of
Wionoke, east upon Mateshoes. On 5 Jan 1664 the land was again referred to
as now in the possesson of Mr. Horsmanden. What happened to Henry Cantrell
between Jan 1640 and Oct 1650 we do not know. There were several Indian raids
according to colonial history and entire households were wiped out.'
Carol
Carol Cantrell-Hopchak
P. O. Box 369
Evington, VA
24550
Phone (434) 821-4156
E-mail CantrellCousin(a)aol.com