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The House of Burgesses (/ ˈ b ɜːr dʒ ə s ɪ z /) was the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly from 1619 to 1776. It existed during the colonial history of the United States when Virginia was a British colony .
This is a list of members of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1619 to 1775 from the references listed at the end of the article. The members of the first assembly in 1619, the members of the last assembly in 1775 and the Speakers of the House are designated by footnotes.
On July 30, 1619, the Virginia House of Burgesses was convened as the first representative legislature in the Americas for a six-day meeting at the new timber church on Jamestown Island, Virginia. The legislative body was composed of the Governor, Council of State appointed by the Virginia Company, and 22 locally elected representatives ...
In 1619, Samuel Sharpe represented Charles City (sometimes referred to as Bermuda City) at the first assembly of the Virginia House of Burgesses. [2] [9] McIlwaine, H. R., ed. Volume 1 of Journals of the House of Burgesses, 1619 - 1658/59. Richmond, VA, 1915, p. viii shows Sharpe as the representative for Westover, an incorporation of Charles ...
Members of Virginia's first legislative assembly, which was a unicameral session including burgesses, the council, and the governor, gathered at the rough-hewn Anglican Jamestown Church on July 30, 1619. This was the first representative government in the European colonies in North America. [2]
William Spence (sometimes shown as Spense) was an early Virginia colonist on Jamestown Island. He was member of the first assembly of the Virginia House of Burgesses in Jamestown, Virginia in 1619. Spence became an ensign in the local militia and is thus sometimes identified as Ensign William Spence or Ensign Spence.
Ensign Thomas Washer was an early Virginia colonist who settled in the area that became Isle of Wight County, Virginia.Washer and Christopher Lawne represented Lawne's Plantation as burgesses in the first assembly of the Virginia House of Burgesses, the lower house of the colonial Virginia General Assembly, in 1619.
1619-1633: Parent(s) Dionysis Rossingham (father), Mary Flowerdew (mother) Relatives: Temperance Flowerdew (aunt), George Yeardley (uncle) Member Virginia House of Burgesses; Personal details; Residence(s) Flowerdew Hundred Plantation, Virginia Colony: Military service; Branch/service: Virginia colonial militia: Rank: Ensign (1619); later Captain