William Capps

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William Capps (occasionally spelled Capp or Cappes) was born in Norfolk, England in or around 1575. He and his wife, Catherine Jernegan (born 1596), traveled to the Colony of Virginia aboard the Sea Venture in 1609-10 and were shipwrecked in Bermuda for several months before reaching the New World. William and Catherine settled in Kecoughtan, Virginia (modern-day Hampton County) and had five children together: Henry, Frances, Wllloughby, Anne, and William. During his life, Capps was designated an Ancient Planter and also served as a representative in the inaugural House of Burgesses in 1619. He died in or around 1634 in Virginia.