The Spring Meeting of the Chesapeake Bay Company took place on May 1, 2010, at the Driftwood Restaurant in Coles Point, Westmoreland County, in the restaurant's meeting room. Governor Jean Booth McKenney convened an Executive Committee meeting at 10:00 A.M., followed by the Membership Meeting at 10:30 A.M.

The speaker was Robert J. Teagle, Education Director and Curator at Historic Christ Church, who also addressed the Company at the November 2009 meeting. His presentation was "The Church in the Post Revolutionary War Era."of England in Colonial Virginia." Mr. Teagle's talk addressed the various ways the Colony in Virginia assessed and addressed its complex relationship with the Church of England. Not even the Revolutionary War severed those ties, but made possible improvements such as the counties' having the ability to take over the glebe lands after a period of time. The status of dissenters was also addressed. Dissenters could have been Presbyterians, Quakers, Puritans or other groups who were not affiliated with the Church of England.

The Company thanks Mr. Teagle for his talk and PowerPoint presentation, and enjoyed the fare at the Driftwood Restaurant.

Members who have not yet submitted their 2010 dues payment of $15 are asked to send them to Mary E. Stewart, Treasurer, POB 485, Irvington, VA 22485. Checks should be made payable to Chesapeake Bay Company of the Jamestowne Society.

Save the date of October 23, 2010, for the Fall Meeting of the Company at Historic Christ Church in Irvington!