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Photographer: Kevin W.
Taken: July 11, 2012
Caption: Marker at Roy Chimneys
Additional Description: Port Royal was first settled in 1652 and was chartered in 1744.
Tradition says that Port Royal was named after the Roy Family.
John and Dorothy Roy owned a warehouse chartered by the crown, a ferry service and a tavern.
Dorothy Roy was the first woman entrepreneur in the colonies.
These chimneys are all that remain of the Roy home.
Submitted: July 15, 2012, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p212219
File Size: 2.321 Megabytes

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