I descend from at least three people that would qualify me for the Jamestowne Society:

John Woodson QA/A 9103, who died 18 Apr 1644.

Sarah Woodson QA/A 9112, who died 1660/1.

John Clay QA/A 1706, who lived 1587 to 1664/5 and who was also an Ancient Planter.

The term “Ancient Planter” is applied to those persons who arrived in Virginia prior to June 1616, remained for a period of three years, and paid their passage. They received the first patents of land in the new world from the Virginia Company of London, as authorized by Governor Sir Thomas Dale in 1618, for their personal adventure.

John Clay, John Woodson, and Sarah Woodson connect to my family tree using the Lineage Paper Project as well as “Adventurers of Purse and Person: Virginia 1607 – 1624/5” Compiled and Edited by John Frederick Dorman.