'George Percy' (
September 4,
1580 -
1632) was an
English explorer and author. He was the youngest son of
Henry Percy, 2nd/8th Earl of Northumberland and Lady Catherine Neville. 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, the son of
Thomas West, 2nd Baron De La Warr and
Lady Anne Knollys.
In 1612, he sailed back to England himself. He then wrote 2 books called "A True Virginian" and "Discourse of the Plantation of Virginia".