John Smith

{10}{e}{e}Captain John Smith was an adventurer, soldier, explorer and author. He was baptized on January 9, 1580, at Saint Helena's Church in Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England. His parents were George and Alice Smith. George was a yeoman farmer who owned land in Lincolnshire and rented land from Lord Willoughby, his landlord and relation by marriage. He eventually established a Virginia colony in Jamestown. He also met Pocahontas and befriended her. Smith was captured and taken to England in 1609. He died