It was one of the original James River plantations named after the treasurer of the Virginia Company, Sir Thomas Smythe.
The first General Assembly (which became the House of Burgesses) in 1619 included two representatives for Smythe's Hundred Plantation: Captain Thomas Graves and Walter Shelley.
[3] Along with others who contributed to the church was an unknown person who gave a set of Communion Silver (Hallmark: London 1617/1618).
After his death, the Jamestown court in 1628 had William Claiborne, land surveyor for the Colony, inventory the items from Smith's Hundred.
[2] This silver comprises the oldest church artifacts in continuous use from the colonial period in the United States.