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{ "pid": "GCF1-41V", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Scrivener", "name": "Matthew Scrivener", "gender": "Male", "desc": "Matthew Scrivener 1580 – January 7, 1609 was an English colonist in Virginia. He served briefly as acting governor of Jamestown, but drowned while attempting to cross to nearby Hog Island in a storm in 1609. Eight other colonists were also drowned, half of them members of the governing Council, including Bartholomew Gosnold's brother Anthony. Scrivener was succeeded by Captain John Smith." }