Blunt Poynt

Blunt Poynt
Blunt Poynt
	Historical Marker for Blunt Poynt, October 2024.
Type	Historical Location
Location	Hidenwood, Newport News
Coordinates	37°3′50.5″N 76°31′9.9″W / 37.064028°N 76.519417°W
Area	236 acres (96 ha)

Blunt Poynt (also spelled 'Blount Point' or 'Blunt Point') is a historic site located on the north shore of the James River near or in the modern-day Hidenwood neighborhood of Newport News, Virginia. It is named for an incident on July 1610. Sir Thomas Gates was going down the river, and observed an adrift longboat from Fort Algernon near Old Point Comfort. Gates sent Humphrey Blunt to retrieve the boat, but Blunt was ambushed and killed by Nansemond Indians while Gates observed. In retaliation, just a few days later, Gates would seize the native village of Kecoughtan, Virginia. These events were early conflicts leading up to the in the Anglo-Powhatan Wars^[1]^[2]

Because of the early date of this incident, it exists as one of the earliest English place-names in America. The name Blunt Poynt was used as a landmark of reference in some of the earliest land grants and reports of the Colony of Virginia.

A marker for the site was erected by the city of Newport News on April 17, 2019.^[3]

References

^ "Blunt Poynt history fascinates". April 18, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
^ Brown, Alexander (1898). The First Republic in America: An Account of the Origin of this Nation, Written from the Records Then (1624) Concealed by the Council, Rather Than from the Histories Then Licensed by the Crown. Houghton. p. 129-133. ISBN 9780722265451.
^ "Historic Blunt Poynt site in Newport News receives marker". Daily Press. April 11, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2024.

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[1] "Blunt Poynt history fascinates". April 18, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2024.

[2] Brown, Alexander (1898). The First Republic in America: An Account of the Origin of this Nation, Written from the Records Then (1624) Concealed by the Council, Rather Than from the Histories Then Licensed by the Crown. Houghton. p. 129-133. ISBN 9780722265451.

[3] "Historic Blunt Poynt site in Newport News receives marker". Daily Press. April 11, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2024.

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