Georgia’s Original Citizens

These are the hearty souls who made the difficult and dangerous, 2 ½ month voyage from England to the colony of Georgia.

Ironically, the first to die was Doctor William Cox, Georgia’s first Physician, who succumbed in just 59 days to one of the many diseases he was treating, which were plaguing the new arrivals. He was the first to be buried in Savannah’s first cemetery on the northwest corner of Wright Square. He was given a full military honors funeral by General Oglethorpe. His 10 year old son soon after apprenticed as a carpenter and was among those who built America’s oldest Orphanage, Bethesda. He later became a shipwright. Direct descendants of his family still live in Savannah.

You may find your family name listed below. You may be a descendant of one of the original colonists. If you are, we invite you to contact us http://www.georgiasfirstday.com\contactus.asp and participate with other descendants in this

Remembrance and celebration.

Georgia’s Original Colonists

There are 115 individual names in 40 families on this list. This list is accurate except where question marks appear.

1. Amatis, Paul, Italian Silk Man Gardner & Silk Care

2. Bowling, Timothy, 38, Potash Maker

3. Calvert, William, 44, Trader in Goods

• Calvert, Mary, 42, Wife of William
  
• Greenfield, William, 19, Nephew
  
• Greenfield, Charles, 16, Nephew
  
• Greenfield, Sarah, 16, Niece
  

4. Cannon, Richard, 36, Carpenter

• Cannon, Mary 33, wife to Richard
  
• Cannon, Clementine, 3, Daughter
  
• Cannon, James, 7 months, son, died enroute, 26 Nov. 1732
  
• Cannon, Marmaduke, 9, son
  
• Hicks, Mary, Servant
  

5. Carwell, James, 35 Peruke maker

• Carwell, Margaret, 32, wife
  

6. Causton, Thomas, 40, Calico Printer

7. Christie, Thomas, 32, Merchant

Johnson, Robert, 17, Servant

8. Clark, Robert, 37, Tailor

• Clark, Judith, 24, wife
  
• Clark, Charles, 11, son
  
• Clark, John, 4, son
  
• Clark, Peter, 3, son
  
• Clark, James, 9 months, son, died on Ann, Dec 22, 1732
  

9. Close, Henry, 42, Cloth worker

Close, Hanna, 32, Wife

Close, Ann, 2, Daughter to Henry

10. Coles, Joseph, 28, Miller and Baker

• Coles, Anna, 32, Wife
  
• Coles, Anna, 13, Daughter
  
• Wellen, Elias Ann, 18, Servant
  

11. Cooper, Joseph, 34, Writer

12. Cox, William, 41, Doctor

• Cox, Frances, 35, Wife
  
• ?Cox, William, 12? Son of William
  
• Cox, Eunice, 3, Daughter
  
• Lloyd, Henry, 21, Servant
  

13. Fitzwater, Joseph, 31, Gardner

14. Fox, Walter, 35, Turner

15. Goddard, James, 35, Carpenter and joiner

• Goddard, Elizabeth, 42, Wife
  
• Goddard, John, 9, Son
  
• Goddard, Elizabeth, 5, Daughter
  

16. Gordon, Peter, 34, Upholsterer

• Gordon, Katherine, 28, Wife
  

17. Gready, John, 22, farmer

18. Hodges, Richard, 50, Basket maker

• Hodges, Mary, 42, Wife
  
• Hodges, Mary, 18, Daughter
  
• Hodges, Elizabeth, 16, Daughter
  
• Hodges, Sarah, 5, Daughter
  

19. Hughes, Joseph, 28, Cider Trade

• Hughes, Elizabeth, 22, Wife
  

20. Jones, Noble, 32, Carpenter, Surveyor

• Jones, Sarah, 32, Wife
  
• Jones, Noble W., 10, Son
  
• Jones, Mary, 3, Daughter
  
• Cormock, Mary, 11, Servant
  
• Ellis, Thomas, 17, Servant
  

21. Little or Littel, William, 31, Understands Flax and Hemp

• Little or Littel, Elizabeth, 31, Wife
  
• Little or Littel, Mary, 5, Daughter
  
• Little or Littel, William, 2, Son
  

22. Milledge, Thomas

• Milledge, Elizabeth, 40, Wife
  
• Milledge, John, 11, Son
  
• Milledge, Sarah, 9, Daughter
  
• Milledge, Richard, 8, Son
  
• Milledge, Frances, 5, Daughter
  
• Milledge, James, 2, Son
  

23. Mugridge, Francis, 39, Sawyer

24. Muir, James, 28, Peruke Maker

• Muir, Ellen, 38 Wife
  
• Muir, John, 2, Son
  
• Satchfield, Elizabeth, 24, Servant
  

25. Overend, Joshua, 40, Mercer

26. Parker, Samuel, 33, Heelmaker

• Parker, Jane, 36, Wife
  
• Parker, Samuel, Jr., 16, Son
  
• Parker, Thomas, 9, Son
  

27. Penrose, John, 35, Husbandman, Pilot at Tybee, Georgia

• Penrose, Elizabeth, 46, wife
  

28. Pratt, Thomas, 21

29. Sammes, John, 42, Cordwainer

30. Scott, Francis, 40, Military

• Cameron, John Richard, 35, Servant
  

31. Stanley, Joseph, 41, Stockingman

• Stanley, Elizabeth, 35, Wife
  
• Mackay, John, 25, Servant
  

32. Symes, George, 55, Apothecary

• Symes, Sarah, 52, Wife
  
• Symes, Ann, 21, Daughter
  

33. Thibaut, Daniel, 50, Understands vines

• Thibaut, Mary, 40, Wife
  
• Thibaut, James, 12, Son
  
• Thibaut, Diana, 7, Daughter
  

34. ?Wallis, John

• ?Wallis, Elizabeth, 27, Wife
  

35. Warren, John, 34, Flax & Hemp Dresser

• Warren, Elizabeth, 27, wife
  
• Warren, William, 6, Son
  
• Warren, Richard, 4, Son
  
• Warren, Elizabeth, 3, Daughter
  
• Warren, John, 2, Son
  
• Warren, Georgius Marinus - Born on ship, Oglethorpe was godfather.
  

36. Waterland, William, 44, Mercer

37. West, John, 33, Smith

• West, Elizabeth, 33, Wife
  
• West, Richard, 5, Son
  

38. Wilson, James, 21, Sawyer

39. Wright, John, 33, Vintner

• Wright, Penelope, 33, Wife
  
• Wright, John Norton, 13, Son
  
• Wright, Elizabeth, 11, Daughter
  

40. Young, Thomas, 45, Wheelwright

Herbert Henry, a minister who appears on some lists did make the trip, offering a prayer when the ship arrived in South Carolina.