Doddson, John

* Birth: 1580 in Great Neck, Yorkshire, England
* Death: Bef 1670 in Richmond County Virginia
* Emigration: Between 1607-1609 North Carolina

The Dodsons orginate from the Jamestown colony and to the
orginal John Dodd.
John Dodd(son) came to America from England aboard the Susan
Constant, commanded by Captain Christopher Newport. There were
two other ships on this voyage, the Goodspeed, with Capt.
Bartholomew Gosnold and the Discovery, with Capt. John
Ratcliffe. They saw the Virginia Capes on April 26, 1607. After
exploring the waters of Hampton Roads they proceeded up a broad
river about thirty-two miles. They named this river the James.
After exploring the river, Capt Newport left one hundred and
four to form a settlement, and sailed to England.
Due to the poor location of the colony and the Indians, by
September there were only forty-six survivors. The colony which
had been named Jamestown in honor of King James, was the site of
disease, starvation and internal problems, however our John
Dodd(son) survived. After a period of twelve years and more than
eighteen hundred immigrants having come from England to
Jamestown, there still were only six hundred colonists
surviving.
In the year 1619 a ship brought over to Jamestown eighty women
as prospective wives. The colonist could get a wife, with her
permission, by paying her transportation in the amount of one
hundred and twenty pounds of tobacco. It is not known for sure
whether John Dodson bought a wife or married an indian wife,
however he is known to have two sons - Jesse and William. There
may have been other children, one of whom may have been
Benjamin. Jesse was born about 1621 and William about 1623.