Merchant's Hope was the name of a plantation and church established in the Virginia Colony in the 17th century. It was also the name of an English sailing ship, Merchant’s Hope, which plied the waters regularly from England to the Colonies. The Merchant's Hope was owned by a man named William Barker who was a wealthy English merchant and ship owner who patented land in Virginia.
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