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George Percy (September 4, 1580 - 1632)
was an English explorer and author.
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He sailed to the New World and became deputy governor in 1609
after John Smith sailed back to England.
In 1607 at Jamestown, Virginia, he married Anne Floyd (1593-1618).
The couple had one child:
* Lady Anne Percy (b. 1608). She married John West, Governor of Virginia.
In 1612, he sailed back to England himself.
He then wrote 2 books called "A True Virginian"
and "Discourse of the Plantation of Virginia".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Percy
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