captain john woodlief but about how they celebrated thanksgiving in america. lart mark horton described his project, looking for artifacts from the settlement to determine it's exact location. >> hi, my name is graham woodlief, president of the virginia thanksgiving festival which is an organization devoted to the history of the first thanksgiving in america which we share at berkeley plantation. in journey began in the spring of 1618 when four gentlemen met in london to form the berkeley company. their names were were william morten ob john smith, george thorpe and richard berkeley who owned berkeley castle in england. they met in lond pd as i said because they were give and grant of 8,000 acres of beautiful land in virginia to start a settlement and to bring profits back to england. at that point in the early 17th century england was going through a severe recession. poverty was rampant. king james i had tierneyle rearedship. and people wanted to go to the new world and see what it was like and try to gain fortune and profit. it was easy to get people to go t

that leader was john woodlief. after looking at certain people, several people, they chose captain john woodlief to lead the expedition to the new world. he had been to the new world several times. he was an ancient planter, quite a distinction in those days. he was a merchant trader. he was in jamestown during the starving time, so he had experienced the new world and experienced the leadership of an expedition. the group in london made him a captain and first governor of the colony and he set on to his task of leading the expedition to the new world. what he had to do first was a margaret, from bristol, england, -- was a lease a ship, the good ship margaret, from bristol, england, in 1619. its name was the margaret and it was due to take off from the new world with the expedition on the september 16. next he had to get a crew and he found men that were capable of building a settlement, carpenters, journeyman, those kinds of professions that were craftsmen who knew how to build a settlement that could last for a l

that leader was john woodlief. after looking at certain people, several people, they chose captain john woodlief to lead the expedition to the new world. john woodlief had been to the new world several times. he wasn't ancient planter, which was a title of distinction in those days -- he was an ancient planter, which was a title of distinction in those days. he had been to the new world, experienced the new world, and experienced leadership in the expedition. a group in london made him a captain in the first governor of the colony. he set on to his task of leading the expedition to the new world. what he had to do first was lease a ship. he released the good ship margaret from edward williams in bristol, england, in 1619. its name was the margaret. it was due to take off for the new world on september 16. next, captain woodlief had to get a crew. he found men that were capable of building a settlement. they were carpenters, journeyman , those kinds of professions that were craftsmen, who knew how to build a sturdy

after looking at certain people, several people, they chose captain john woodlief.ief. after looking at certain people, several people, they chose captain john woodlief. john woodlief was an ancient planter. he was in jamestown during the starving time. he'd experienced the leadership of an expedition. the group in london made him a captain and the first governor of the colony and he seat on to his task of leading the expedition to the new world. he leased the good ship margaret from bristol and it was due to take off with the expedition on september 16. next captain woodlief had to get a crew and he found men capable of building a settlement, that are carpenters, turners, journeymen, craftsmen who knew how to build a settlement that would last for a long time. so he chose 35 men to go across t as the settlement progressed. he needed provisions for the ship and he started to do that. he had food. that included biscuits and bread, wheat, peas, bacon and horse meat and other kinds of things like that. he also had beer, cider and aqua vitae which was an alcoholic bever

we talked to graham woodlief, descendent of the group's leader, captain john woodlief, about how these colonists celebrated the first english thanksgiving in america. later, archaeologists marquart and describes his current project, looking for artifacts from the settlement to determine is exact location. graham: hi, my name is graham woodlief and i'm president of the virginia thanksgiving festival, an organization devoted to the history of the first thanksgiving.

we talked to graham woodlief, descendent of the group's leader, captain john woodlief, about how these colonists celebrated the first english -- first english thanksgiving in america. artifacts from the settlement to determine is exact location.