George Kendall (Jamestown council member)

Captain
George Kendall
Bornc. 1570
Kingdom of England
DiedDecember 1, 1608(1608-12-01) (aged 37–38)
Jamestown, Colony of Virginia
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad
Other namesKendal, "Tindol"[1]
OccupationGentleman-adventurer[1]
Known forMember of first Virginia Governor's Council
Conviction(s)"Mutiny"
Criminal penaltyDeath

Captain George Kendall (b.c. 1570d. 1608) was a member of the first council appointed at Jamestown in the Colony of Virginia. Kendall arrived with the founding fleet, and was sworn to the council on 23 May [O.S. 13 May] 1607. After landfall was made at Jamestown Island, Kendall was apparently instrumental in the construction of the first fortification.

  1. ^ a b Barbour, Philip L. “Captain George Kendall: Mutineer or Intelligencer?” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 70, no. 3, 1962, pp. 297–313. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4246865. Accessed 23 Sept. 2024.