Michael Sicklemore Explained

Michael Sicklemore (born, died 1609) was an English gentleman, soldier, and explorer. He was a colonist with the Jamestown first supply and led an unsuccessful expedition to find traces of Walter Raleigh's lost Roanoke Colony.

Biography

In October 1607, Sicklemore left England for the Colony of Virginia.^[1] He was a colonist with the first supply and a lieutenant in the Army.^{[2] [3] [4]} From June through September 1608, Sicklemore was one of the selected crew members on captain John Smith's boat Discovery Barge on its two expeditions throughout the Chesapeake Bay.^{[5] [6]}

In late 1608, he was asked by captain John Smith to lead an unsuccessful expedition to find traces of Raleigh's "Lost Colony" at Roanoke, south into the Chowanoc country.^{[7] [8] [9]} He was accompanied by Warraskoyack tribal guides during his expedition.^{[10] [11] [12]}

In 1609, Sicklemore was deputized by captain John Martin to take charge at the Nansemond settlement in his absence during the Anglo-Powhatan Wars.^[13] Shortly afterwards, Sicklemore went on an expedition from the settlement in an attempt to trade for food. He was found dead within a few days' time.^{[14] [15]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: First Supply . https://web.archive.org/web/20090323025637/https://apva.org/history/1stsup.html . 2009-03-23.
2. Web site: Image 196 of Volume 1 (General Collections copy) . 2024-05-09 . Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
3. Cato . Farrah . 2021-05-13 . John Smith . Open Anthology of American Literature . en.
4. Book: Barbour, Philip L. . The Complete Works of Captain John Smith, 1580-1631, Volume I: Volume I . 2018-01-01 . UNC Press Books . 978-1-4696-0005-5 . en.
5. Web site: Smith . John . The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles: With the Names of the Adventurers, Planters, and Governours From Their First Beginning Ano: 1584. To This Present 1624. . 2024-05-09 . docsouth.unc.edu.
6. Web site: A Closer Look: John Smith's Chesapeake Voyages . National Park Service.
7. Web site: Egloff . Nancy . 'Trusty Servants' and 'Converted Infidells': Cultural Intermediaries In Early Virginia . Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation.
8. Book: Kupperman, Karen Ordahl . Indians and English: Facing Off in Early America . 2000 . Cornell University Press . 978-0-8014-8282-3 . en.
9. Book: Williams, Tony . The Jamestown Experiment: The Remarkable Story of the Enterprising Colony and the Unexpected Results That Shaped America . 2011-02-01 . Sourcebooks, Inc. . 978-1-4022-4566-4 . en.
10. Book: Rountree, Helen C. . Pocahontas, Powhatan, Opechancanough: Three Indian Lives Changed by Jamestown . 2006-07-05 . University of Virginia Press . 978-0-8139-3340-5 . en.
11. Web site: Reports . Staff . 2024-02-05 . English colonists befriended the Warraskoyack locally . 2024-05-09 . Smithfield Times . en.
12. Book: Grizzard . Frank E. . Jamestown Colony: A Political, Social, and Cultural History . Smith . Daniel Boyd . 2007-03-21 . Bloomsbury Academic . 978-1-85109-637-4 . en.
13. Book: Price, David A. . Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Start of a New Nation . 2007-12-18 . Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group . 978-0-307-42670-3 . en.
14. Book: Childs, David . Invading America: The English Assault on the New World 1497-1630 . 2012-08-15 . Naval Institute Press . 978-1-61251-932-6 . en.
15. Book: White, Sam . A Cold Welcome: The Little Ice Age and Europe's Encounter with North America . 2017-10-16 . Harvard University Press . 978-0-674-98134-8 . en.