Captain John Smith was born in 6 January 1580 in Willoughby, England, and he died on 21st June 1631 (aged 51 years) in London, England. The founder of the first permanent English colony to settle in Virginia, John Smith arrived there in 1607 to set up the Jamestown colony when he was captured by the Native American tribe of Powhatan to be executed. He was buried in 1633 in the south aisle of Saint Sepulchre-without-Newgate Church, Holborn Viaduct, London. The chief’s daughter, Pocahontas, saved his life. He also explored the northern coast of America and called it ‘New England’.
Do you know: In 1602, John Smith was captured and sold into slavery but he managed to escape and travel all the way back to England.
