Jr. Charles E. Hatch

Charles E. Hatch, Jr. wrote popular history focused on colonial Virginia, especially Jamestown. His best-known works include The First Seventeen Years: Virginia, 1607–1624 and Jamestown, Virginia: The Townsite and Its Story, both written to explain the colony’s early history in a clear, readable way for a broad audience.

Available records connect him with National Park Service historical publications, and his Jamestown handbook was issued in cooperation with preservation groups working to interpret the site for visitors. His books center on the founding years of English America, drawing attention to settlement, survival, and the development of Virginia’s earliest communities.

Reliable biographical detail about his personal life appears to be scarce in the sources I could confirm here, so this overview focuses on his published work and its subject matter rather than uncertain background facts.