10 Facts About Henry Fleete

Henry Fleete was an early English trader in the Colony of Virginia and Province of Maryland.

Henry Fleete was a Burgess representative for the Virginia Colony, and interacted with William Claiborne during the time of conflict between Protestant Virginians and Catholic Maryland leadership.

Henry Fleete was a great-grandson of Thomas Wyatt the Younger.

Henry Fleete emigrated to Jamestown, Virginia in 1621 with incoming John Harvey.

Henry Fleete returned to England to tell others of his abduction, and persuaded William Cloberry and his organization associates to finance fur trade with natives in Virginia, specifically North American beaver fur.

Henry Fleete settled at "St George's Hundred" on land granted to him near the St Georges Creek.

Henry Fleete traded around the Potomac River, but was arrested for tax evasion by rival traders Charles Harman and John Utie.

Henry Fleete was put on trial for tax evasion, but let free.

In 1634, "Captain Henry Fleete, gentleman" sailed with Leonard Calvert's colonists to act as a guide for the natives in Virginia and Maryland.

Henry Fleete is credited for capturing infamous Opechancanough with Virginian forces in 1646.