Family records filed by the Rochester family in Salt Lake City indicate that there were four Nathaniel Friths (Thrifts) in succession in Virginia, first in the Jamestown area, possibly in Isle of Wight County, just across the James River near Smithfield, Virginia. Early land patents were granted to Robert Thrift there in the 1630's. Pettinger notes that Nathaniel Frith I was born in 1598, which means he was born in England or Scotland and he would probably be the right age to be the son of Richard Frith (Thrift). Therefore it is very possible that we are direct descendants of one of the first settlers of James Towne.365