Christopher Newport (1561–1617) was an English seaman and privateer. He is best known as the captain of the Susan Constant, the largest of three ships which carried settlers for the Virginia Company in 1607 on the way to find the settlement at Jamestown in the Virginia Colony, which became the first permanent English settlement in North America. He was also in overall command of the other two ships on that initial voyage, in order of their size, the Godspeed and the Discovery.
He made several voyages of supply between England and Jamestown; in 1609, he became Captain of the Virginia Company's new supply ship, Sea Venture, which met a hurricane during the Third Supply mission, and was shipwrecked on the archipelago of Bermuda. Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia is named for Newport. It is also possible, but less than certain, that Newport News Point (later within the city of the same name) was named for him.
Read more about Christopher Newport: Early Career, Expedition That Established Jamestown, First and Second Supply Missions To Jamestown, Third Supply: Ill-fated Sea Venture, Final Arrival At Jamestown, Later Voyages, Death, Legacy
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