Thomas Graves (c. 1580–1635) was one of the original Adventurers (stockholders) of the Virginia Company of London , and one of the very early Planters (settlers) who founded Jamestown, Virginia , the first permanent English settlement in North America. He was also the first known person named Graves in North America. Captain Thomas Graves is listed as one of the original Adventurers as "Thomas Grave" on page 364, Records of the Virginia Company of London , vol. IV.
22-494: Thomas or Tom Graves may refer to: Captain Thomas Graves (c. 1580–1635), English planter in colonial Virginia Thomas Graves (engineer) (c. 1585–1662), English engineer who laid out Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts in 1629 Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves (1725–1802), British naval officer, colonial official, peer Thomas Graves (judge) (1684–1747), associate justice of
44-584: A NASA space launch base, is located near Chincoteague. At the southern end of the Chesapeake Bay coast, the beach community of Cape Charles , a historic railroad town, is home to the Cape Charles Yacht Center, a super yacht service center. The town of Wachapreague on the Atlantic coast is a popular destination for fishing and guided trips out to the wild barrier islands. Onancock , a harbor town on
66-676: A monument to the first House of Burgesses which stands at Jamestown today. Smythe's Hundred was abandoned after the Indian uprising of 1622. The next record of Captain Graves showed him living on the Eastern Shore of Virginia by February 16, 1624. On February 8, 1627, Captain Francis West , Governor of Virginia, ordered that Thomas Graves have a commission to command the Plantation at Accomac. Graves
88-611: A national seashore and is a popular outdoor recreation destination for fishing, boating, hiking and kayaking. It is also an important birding hotspot along the Atlantic Flyway at the southernmost tip of the Delmarva Peninsula. There are public beaches at Cape Charles , Kiptopeke State Park , Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve , Tangier Island and the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge abutting
110-564: Is WESR 103.3 FM, which operates the website ShoreDailyNews.com. The Eastern Shore is politically divided, with Accomack County generally voting for the Republican Party and Northampton County generally voting for the Democratic Party . As a whole, the Shore is generally a competitive region, but also leans Republican owing to Accomack's larger share of the population. It voted against
132-720: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Captain Thomas Graves Graves arrived in Virginia in October 1608 on the ship Mary and Margaret with Captain Christopher Newport 's second supply. He paid 25 pounds for two shares in the London Company and thereby was entitled to 200 acres (0.81 km ). Captain Thomas Graves settled at Smythe's Hundred , situated on
154-490: The Assateague Island National Seashore . The area includes 70 miles of barrier islands , the longest chain of undeveloped barrier islands in the global temperate zone and a United Nations International Biosphere Reserve. At the northern end of the Atlantic side is the beach community of Chincoteague , famous for its annual wild pony roundup , gathered from Assateague Island . Wallops Flight Facility ,
176-588: The Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean . The rural area has long been devoted to cotton , soybean , vegetable and truck farming , and large-scale chicken farms. Since the late 20th century, vineyards have been developed in both counties, and the Eastern Shore has received recognition as an American Viticultural Area (AVA). The region has more than 78,000 acres of preserved parks, refuges, preserves and
198-472: The Little Creek-Cape Charles Ferry provided the continuation of U.S. 13 across this stretch of water. STAR Transit provides public transit services for both Accomack and Northampton counties, serving both with fixed-route bus and paratransit operations. The area is served by the weekl y Eastern Shore Post and the monthly publication Eastern Shore First . The predominant radio station
220-558: The Virginia General Assembly re-created it in 1671. In 1940, the General Assembly officially added a "k" to the end of the county's name to arrive at its current spelling, which is Accomack . The terrain is overall very flat, ranging from sea level to just 50 feet (15 m) above sea level. It is characterized by sandy and deep soil. The weather in the area has temperate summers and winters, significantly affected by
242-400: The Chesapeake Bay, has a ferry service to Tangier Island , off the western shore in the Chesapeake Bay, during spring, summer and fall. Some maps of Virginia do not include the Eastern Shore. Encyclopedia Virginia ' s logo began depicting the region in 2018, after the inauguration of Ralph Northam , the second Governor of Virginia from the Eastern Shore. Geographically removed from
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#1732851220405264-1144: The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Thomas Graves (naturalist) (1805–1856), British naval officer and naturalist Thomas Graves (priest) (1745–1828), Irish priest, Dean of Ardfert, Dean of Connor Thomas Graves (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1747–1814), Irish naval officer and cousin of 1st Baron Graves Thomas Graves, 2nd Baron Graves (1775–1830), Irish peer and politician Thomas Ashley Graves Jr. (1924–2016), American educational executive Thomas J. Graves (1866–1944), American soldier Tom Graves (born 1970), American politician Tom Graves (American football) (born 1955), American football player Tom Graves (writer) (born 1954), American journalist, nonfiction writer, and novelist Tomás Graves (born 1953), English-Spanish graphic designer, printer, musician, writer, son of Robert Graves Thomas Graves Law (1836–1904), English priest, historian, bibliographer, descendant of 2nd Baron Graves Thomas Graves Meredith (1853–1945), Canadian lawyer [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
286-563: The Native American word Accawmack, which means, "the other shore". In 1642, the name was changed to Northampton County . (In England, "shires" and "counties" are the same thing.) In 1663, Northampton County was split into two counties. The northern two thirds took the original Accomac name, while the southern third remained as Northampton. In 1670, the Virginia Colony 's Royal Governor William Berkeley abolished Accomac County, but
308-580: The South but its engagement with technology and rapid transformation of the landscape betrayed other allegiances, motives, forces, and effects. The 17.6-mile-long (28.3 km) Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel , which is part of U.S. Route 13 , spans the mouth of the Bay and connects the Eastern Shore to South Hampton Roads and the rest of Virginia. Before the Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel was built in 1964,
330-550: The mainland of Virginia by the Chesapeake Bay . The 70-mile-long (110 km) region is part of the Delmarva Peninsula . Its population was 45,695 as of 2020. Accomac Shire was established in the Virginia Colony by the House of Burgesses in 1634 under the direction of King Charles I . It was one of the original eight shires of Virginia , and consisted of the whole of Virginia's Delmarva territory. The shire's name comes from
352-582: The north shore of the James River ten miles from Jamestown. Governor George Yeardley placed Graves in charge of Smythe's Hundred on May 30, 1618, after one man killed another in a fight. Capt. Thomas Graves was a member of the First Legislative Assembly in America, and, with Mr. Walter Shelley , sat for Smythe's Hundred when they met at Jamestown, Virginia on July 30, 1619. His name appears on
374-415: The presidential winner in 2020 and 1992. Also, Democrats won Virginia in 2016, 2020, and 2024, but lost the Eastern Shore each time. In the 2017 gubernatorial election , it gave 50.5% of the vote to Republican Ed Gillespie and 49.0% of the vote to Democrat Ralph Northam , with Northam winning the election statewide. It is represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Republican Jen Kiggans , in
396-526: The rest of Virginia, it has had a unique history of settlement and development influenced by agriculture, fishing, tourism, and the Pennsylvania Railroad . William G. Thomas describes the Eastern Shore during the late 19th and early 20th century as "a highly complex and interdependent landscape". He continues: It was a liminal place, a zone of interpenetration, where the settlement patterns, speech, demography, and political outcomes defined its place in
418-407: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Graves&oldid=1137224911 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
440-566: Was Founding Father Thomas Stone , a signatory of the declaration of independence, and nephew of Founding Father Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer . Eastern Shore of Virginia The Eastern Shore of Virginia is the easternmost region of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States . It consists of two counties ( Accomack and Northampton ) on the Atlantic coast. It is detached from
462-758: Was designated as "Esquire" on January 6, 1635, he may have been a member of the Council. Captain Thomas Graves, Esquire, was recorded as being a Justice at a court held for Accomac on April 13, 1635. He died between November 1635, when he witnessed a deed, and January 5, 1635/6, when suit was entered for Mrs. Graves concerning theft by a servant. He was survived by his wife, Katherine, and six children: John, Thomas, Ann, Verlinda, Katherine and Francis. His daughter, Verlinda, eventually married governor of Maryland, William Stone , and his daughter Anne married Harvard 's headmaster Nathaniel Eaton , and had at least one son named James Eaton. A descendant of Gov. Stone and Verlinda
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#1732851220405484-537: Was the second Commander. As an " ancient planter " he received one of the first patents there on March 14, 1628, consisting of 200 acres (0.81 km ). He lived on Old Plantation Creek, now in Northampton County, Virginia , and served as Commissioner for Accomac Shire in 1629. Captain Graves and three others represented the Eastern Shore in the Assembly of 1629‑30. He served again as a burgess in 1632. Because he
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