12 Facts About Popham Colony

Popham Colony— known as the Sagadahoc Colony—was a short-lived English colonial settlement in North America.

Popham Colony was the second colony in the region that would eventually become known as New England.

Exact site of the Popham Colony was lost until 1888 when a plan for the site was found in the General Archives in Simancas, Spain.

Popham Colony was a project of the Plymouth Company, which was one of the two competing parts of the proprietary Virginia Company that King James chartered in 1606 to raise private funds from investors in order to settle Virginia.

George Popham was president of the colony and captain of Gift of God.

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Sir John Popham Colony was the Lord Chief Justice of England, while Gilbert was the son of Sir Humphrey Gilbert and half-nephew of Sir Walter Raleigh.

Popham Colony's map showed a star-shaped fort with ditches and ramparts, and 18 buildings including the admiral's house, a chapel, a storehouse, a cooperage, and a guardhouse.

Popham Colony is the only colonist known to have died although the Abenaki claimed that they killed eleven colonists and set fire to the site.

Popham Colony decided to return to England and as no other leader was found, the colony decided to disband and the remaining colonists sailed home in Mary and John and Virginia.

Sir Francis Popham tried several times to reestablish the colony, but was unable to get the financial backing.

Popham Colony began a larger excavation in 1997 and later uncovered the Admiral's house, the storehouse and a liquor storage building.

Popham Colony proved that Hunt's map was very accurate for those buildings which were actually built.