1643/06/00 |
Governor William Berkeley |
Owner |
As Royal Governor, Sir William is granted 984 acres of land designated "by name of Green Spring" in June 1643. |
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1649/00/00 |
Governor William Berkeley |
Royal Governor |
By 1649, Sir William' residence is finished to where he can entertain on a fairly lavish scale. |
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1650/02/00 |
Governor William Berkeley |
Host |
In Virginia, Berkeley initially refuses to recognize Cromwell's English government and welcomes Royalists to Virginia. His "house and purse were open to all," according to Henry Norwood, one of the guests of Green Spring who had fled Cromwell's England. |
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1667/00/00 |
Governor William Berkeley |
Owner |
Sericulture is a special interest of Sir William's, and the Governor plants many mulberry trees at Green Spring. By 1667, Virginia sent the Charles II of England a gift of 300 pounds of silk. Black walnut trees on Berkeley's estate yielded wainscoting. |
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1677/01/25 |
Governor William Berkeley |
Royal Governor |
Berkeley returns to his burned capital and his looted home. His wife describes Green Spring in a letter: for the house it looked like one of those the boys pull down at Shrovetide, and was almost as much to repair as if it had beene new to build. |
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Bacon's Rebellion |
1677/02/00 |
Governor William Berkeley |
Royal Governor |
The General Assembly meets at Green Spring, beginning their reign of terror. Enemies are imprisoned or executed, their lands and properties confiscated. Ruins of the jail where these men were confined are the only standing structure at Green Spring today. |
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Bacon's Rebellion |
1680/00/00 |
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Philip Ludwell, a friend of Sir William, marries his youthful widow, Lady Frances. |
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1701/12/05 |
Hannah Harrison Ludwell Lee |
Born |
Hannah Harrison, wife of Philip Ludwell, gives birth to a daughter, Hannah Harrison Ludwell, at Greenspring plantation in James City County, Colony of Virginia. |
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1710/00/00 |
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Philip Ludwell's son from a previous marriage, Philip Ludwell II inherits Green Spring. It would remain in the Ludwell hands for nearly a century. The diary of William Byrd II frequently refers to entertainments the author enjoyed at Green Spring. |
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1726/03/00 |
William Lee (diplomat) |
Home |
William Lee inherits Greenspring as part of the estate from his father-in-law and uncle, Philip Ludwell. |
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1772/00/00 |
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Philip Ludwell III inherits Green Spring Plantation, from his father, Philip Ludwell II. By the time he inherited the property from his convivial father, planters no longer sought out the estate as a place to gather during "public times" at Williamsburg. |
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1781/07/06 |
Gen Anthony Wayne |
American General |
Americans under the command of the Marquis de Lafayette use the house at Green Spring Farm as marshalling area prior to a small engagement known as the Battle of Green Spring Farm. The house will be left in a bad state. |
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Battle of Green Spring Farm |
1781/07/06 |
Gen Anthony Wayne |
American General |
Patriot Brigadier General Anthony Wayne, leading the advance forces of the Marquis de Lafayette, is ambushed near Green Spring by British forces led by Cornwallis in the last major land battle of the Virginia campaign prior to the Siege of Yorktown. |
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Battle of Green Spring Farm |
1781/07/06 |
Charles Cornwallis |
British Genaral |
Patriot Brigadier General Anthony Wayne, leading the advance forces of the Marquis de Lafayette, is ambushed near Green Spring by British forces led by Cornwallis in the last major land battle of the Virginia campaign prior to the Siege of Yorktown. |
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Battle of Green Spring Farm |
1795/06/27 |
William Lee (diplomat) |
Died |
William Lee dies at age 55 in Greenspring, James City, Virginia. Mr Lee is buried beside his Ludwell grandparents in Jamestown. His son, William Ludwell Lee, inherits Green Spring. |
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1796/00/00 |
Benjamin H Latrobe |
Consulting Architect |
William L Lee hires Benjamin Latrobe to study Green Spring. He makes a watercolor sketch of the mansion, but finds the it unsuitable. Lee has Green Spring dismantled and later builds a house about 300 feet behind the original, it burn in the Civil War. |
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1954/00/00 |
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Archeologist uncover the foundation, kitchen site and greenhouse finding a pottery kiln built by Berkeley, two ovens, ceramics, glassware, tiles and bricks. The remains were reburied after the excavation work was completed. |
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