Littletown
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N 37° 15.290 W 076° 43.860
18S E 346491 N 4124546
Erected 1998 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number W-48.)
Waymark Code: WMGH6J
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 03/06/2013
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In the second quarter of the 17th-century, merchant George Menefie developed a 1,200-acre plantation just east of here he called Littletown. In March 1633, Dutch trader David DeVies observed that his two-acre garden was "full of Provence roses, apple, pear and cherry trees,... with different kinds of sweet-smelling herbs, such as rosemary, sage, marjoram, thyme." Richard Kemp later acquired the tract and called it Rich Neck. Rich Neck was home to three generations of the Ludwell family and Ludwell's Mill (at modern Lake Matoaka) was an important 18th-century landmark.
Marker Number: W 48
Marker Title: Littletown
Marker Location: Williamsburg Va
County or Independent City: Williamsburg County
Web Site: Not listed
Marker Program Sponsor: Not listed
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