Download or read book First Seventeen Years written by Charles E. Hatch and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A permanent settlement was the objective. Support, financial and popular, came from a cross section of English life. It seems obvious from accounts and papers of the period that it was generally thought that Virginia was being settled for the glory of God, for the honor of the King, for the welfare of England, and for the advancement of the Company and its individual members.