Download or read book Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century written by Annie Lash Jester and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[...]longing for the comforts of their own firesides. The first wedding in Virginia took place in 1608, not long after the arrival of Mrs. Forest and her maid, who, as may be surmised, did not long remain a maid. John Laydon, who had come as a laborer in 1607, took her, a girl fourteen years old, then of marriageable age, for a bride. In 1625, they were living with their four daughters in Elizabeth City Corporation. [...]".