When Farrar went to Virginia, it was still part of the Virginia Company of London, a joint-stock company, sanctioned by Royal Charter. By the time of his death around 1637, Farrar had sold off his remaining assets in England and established rights to a 2000 acre patent on Farrar's Island, located on a curl of the James River.įacsimile cover of 'Nova Britannia', a tract from Farrar's time used to recruit people to Virginia. In both these roles, he served as a voice of the early planters' interest as the colony transitioned from being managed by the Virginia Company and becoming a royal colony under Charles I of England.įarrar was also on the Council when it arrested Governor John Harvey for misgovernance and forced his temporary return to England. He was also appointed magistrate of the upper James River community. In 1626, Farrar was appointed to the Council of Virginia where he served as an advisor to the royal governor, a judge of the highest court in the colony, and a member of the Virginia General Assembly of Colonial Jamestown. In the following year, Farrar became involved in North America's first breach of promise suit when he proposed to Cecily Jordan. After surviving the Jamestown massacre of 1622, he moved to Jordan's Journey. He was a subscriber to the third charter of the Virginia Company who immigrated to the colony from England in 1618. 1637) was a landowner and politician in colonial Virginia. Unbeknownst to her, said payback will take Mia all the way to Perujin, dragging in a multitude of people and culminating in a showdown that will change the fate of the entire country forever.Councillor - Council of Virginia and Virginia General Assembly No one picks a fight with Mia Luna Tearmoon and gets away with it. Remembering the indignity she once suffered at his hands, a wolfish smile creeps across her face. You'd think surviving an assassination attempt would entitle her to some rest and recreation-so much for taking it easy!Īs she investigates the source of all this, an old name from her past life resurfaces, along with a host of bitter memories associated with it-Shalloak Cornrogue, the Merchant King. Without their logistics, Mia's famine prevention plan is now critically hobbled. Just as Mia's getting ready to take it easy for a while, her old friend the great famine comes knocking again, this time in the form of a complete collapse of Forkroad & Co.'s business. When Mia decides to teach him a lesson, her payback leads her to Perujin. Mia just barely avoided an assassination, and new trouble is already afoot! The meddling of Shalloak Cornrogue, the Merchant King, has crippled Mia's famine prevention plan.

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