Tests of remains to tell whether skeleton is Jamestown founder

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: June 14, 2005 | Copyright information

SHELLEY, England -- Archeologists hoping to determine whether an unearthed skeleton belongs to one of the founders of the Jamestown colony began work Monday to excavate his sister's 360-year-old remains in England.

Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold oversaw the expedition that led to the founding of the first permanent English settlement in North America in 1607. Evidence suggests that a skeleton found outside the site ...

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