Polish connection

[Joe Gondek]

The last time I was at Jamestown Festival Park there was a plaque placed tere by the Amer.Polish Legion to honor the first Poles arrival and the date
of 1608 or it might of been 1609 I can't remember which,getting old

I thought that they came over as glass blowers but lumberman is possilble too

[TheKiltedWonder]

You might be right about the glass blowing. That was one of Jamestown's big industries, what with all hte plentiful sand in the James. The glass blowers' is also the best place to visit!

[macwilkin]

You might be right about the glass blowing. That was one of Jamestown's big industries, what with all hte plentiful sand in the James. The glass blowers' is also the best place to visit!

There's a reference to Poles in this site bulletin from the NPS:

http://www.nps.gov/jame/historycultu...-jamestown.htm

T.

[Joe Gondek]

thanks cajunscot

That explains the 1608 date for the first Poles in Jamestown
It seems that it was a Virginia Company / Polish connection
and not an England /Poland connection that brought the 1st Poles to Jamestown

[macwilkin]

thanks cajunscot

That explains the 1608 date for the first Poles in Jamestown
It seems that it was a Virginia Company / Polish connection
and not an England /Poland connection that brought the 1st Poles to Jamestown

Of course, the Va. Co. of London was an English joint-stock company, but it was an official government institution. It wouldn't be until the 1620's when the Va. Co. would turn the colony of Virginia over to the Crown.

T.