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Samuel Maycock - His Story and Lineage


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NOTES:
  • The U.S. Library of Congress has transcripts of 17th Century Virginia Company records.  Here is a transcript of   March 10, 1617/18 letter from Governor Argall to the Virginia Company in England.  In it, he refers to Samuel Maycock as a Cambridge scholar and requests "orders" for him (requests that the Church of England ordain him a priest).  CLICK HERE to see a PDF copy of the transcript.

  • Several websites say that Samuel Maycock was on the governor's council.  To understand that we first have to understand what the council was and how it worked in colonial government.  CLICK HERE to read how the governor's council worked with the House of Burgesses in bicameral government that voted as one.
    [source: https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/governors-council-the/]

  • Problems arise when trying to locate original Virginia Company Records that confirm that Samuel Maycock was a member of the governor's council.  He was and there is proof but first we must understand how the government was organized. Once we understand how it was organized, then we need to understand where copies of records came from that we have today.

    HOW COLONIAL GOV'T WAS ORGANIZED - Members of the House of Burgesses were elected by the various plantations on which they resided.  Samuel Maycock was NOT a member of this house.  He was on the governors council.  That's why his name never appears in a list of original 1619 (or later) members of this house.  Because he was on the council, he was required to reside near the governor and always be present when needed to give his voice on the council or the council's court (called the Quarter Court).  He was therefore present in the July 24, 1621 court record which outlined the difference between the governor's council and the House of Burgesses.  CLICK HERE to view a transcript of this court's record.

    HOW WE KNOW THE PROVENANCE OF THESE RECORDS - Original Virginia Company records created in America were sent to the Virginia Company of London.  Copies were kept in the colony.  These copied were duplicated over time.  The originals, the copies kept, and the duplicates made of them were all handwritten on looseleaf papers.  One set of these papers was purchased by U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.  Eventually they were moved from the Jefferson Library (in his home) to the Library of Congress (in Washington D.C.).

    Because "originals" were always copies of copies of copies, we have no way of comparing with original records.  The manuscripts kept by the Library of Congress were copied by Columbia University graduate student, Susan Myra Kingsbury, in 1905.  The university persuaded the Library of Congress to print copies from her printer's manuscript for distribution to various universities.  The Congressional Library also has copies.  CLICK HERE to view a more detailed explanation of this printed manuscript and to view or download a huge (34MB) PDF of Vol. 1.

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