Newport News (Va.) Where the Name Comes From-- Part 2

There are several versions of where the name came from.  Probably the best goes back to the earliest days of the colony in the 1600s.

An early group of colonists left Jamestown to return the England after the Starving Time during the winter of 1609-1610 aboard the ship of Captain Christopher Newport.  They encountered a supply ship coming from England off Mulberry Island.  The new royal governor was aboard, Thomas West, the 3rd Baron De La Warr (from whose title the name Delaware came from).

He ordered them to turn around.

Of course, the name might come from the English captain.

The name Newport means "Good News."  Another possibility of the Newport News name is that the olde English word "News" which means "New Town."

So, There You Have It.  --Old Seceshport