Indian Massacre of 1622 nearly wiped out the colony
             o The earliest school in Virginia to survive was established by Benjamin Symmes, a planter, who willed in 1635 that 200 acres and the milk of 8 cows be set towards the education of children of Elizabeth and Kiquotan Parishes
             o Thomas Eaton in 1659 founded another school in Elizabeth City with 500 acres, 2 slaves, and cattle.
             § Both schools were united in 1805 to form Hampton Academy.
             - Many wills of other Virginia Planters were used for education
             o Richard Russell – Set aside part of his estate for the education of 6 poor children
             o Reverend John Farnefold – Gave 100 acres and all the school books in his library to form the Winchester School
             - In general, the practice of so called free schools in southern colonies was to collect fees from parents able to pay and only freely admit orphans and those children too poor to pay for private schooling
             - The great distances that separated plantations scattered along the bays and rivers of Virginia and Maryland made most of them inaccessible to such schools as were established. Every planter with money tried to hire a tutor for his children; two or three planters sometimes joined together to jointly hire a tutor for their children
             - In many instances, tutors and teachers were indentured servan
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