Sir Samuel Argall (1572? - 1626?) was an English adventurer and naval officer.
from The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants, Gary Boyd Roberts, 2004, Genealogical Publishing Company: "ca. 1576-1626, colonial governor of Virginia, died unmarried."
SamuelArgall was in the employ of the Virginia Company of London in 1609 and was commissioned to discover a shorter route to Virginia and to fish for sturgeon, valued for the caviar.
Argall looted the settlement of everything he wanted, butchered some of the livestock, and carried other animals off alive, then burned the settlement to the ground except for the mill and a few isolated barns.
Argall blamed the Jesuits for causing the governor of Virginia to order the attack and Biencourt demanded the surrender of Biard to be hanged.
ARGALL, Sir Samuel, English deputy governor of Virginia, born in Bristol, England, in 1572" died in 1639.
By the present of a copper kettle, Argall induced the Indian in charge of the girl to entice her on board his vessel, hoping to receive a large ransom from her father" but this Powhatan refused to give.
Argall took part in the expedition against the Algerines in 1620, was knighted in 1623, and in 1625 joined an expedition against the Spanish.
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