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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."
}