Walter Shelley sailed to the English colony at
Jamestown, Virginia
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James (Powhatan) River about southwest of the center of modern Williamsburg. It was ...
before 1619.
Walter Shelley was one of the original subscribers to the
London Company
The London Company, officially known as the Virginia Company of London, was a division of the Virginia Company with responsibility for colonizing the east coast of North America between latitudes 34° and 41° N.
History Origins
The territor ...
. He was a member of the First Legislative Assembly in America and sat for
Smith's Hundred
Smith's Hundred or Smythe's Hundred was a colonial English settlement in the Province of Virginia, in the modern United States of America. It was one of the original James River plantations named after the treasurer of the Virginia Company, Sir Tho ...
when they met at Jamestown on July 30, 1619.
[American Historical Association (1894)]
'' Writings on American History''
pp. 307-08. Government Printing Office. His name appears on a monument to the first
House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the Colony of Virginia. With the creation of the House of Burgesses in 1642, the General Assembly, which had been established ...
which stands at Jamestown today.
Shelley died of fever in 1619, very shortly after the Assembly began.
[
]
References
1619 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Virginia colonial people
People from Jamestown, Virginia
{{Virginia-politician-stub