Flowerdew Hundred Plantation dates to 1618/19 with the patent of 1,000 acres on the south side of the James River in Virginia. Sir George Yeardley, the Governor and Captain General of the Virginia Colony, named the property after his wife, Temperance Flowerdew. Their primary residence was in Jamestown when Sir George called the first General Assembly in Jamestown in 1620. With a population of about 30, the plantation was economically successful with thousands of pounds of tobacco produced along with corn, fish and livestock. Sir George paid 120 pounds (possibly a hogshead of tobacco) to build the first windmill in British America. - Source: Wikipedia
