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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 .
Key's successful lawsuit was based upon the circumstances of her birth: her English father was a member of the House of Burgesses; had acknowledged his paternity of Elizabeth, who was baptized as a Christian in the Church of England; and, before his death, had arranged a guardianship for her, by way of indentured servitude until she came of age.
James Mason (d. circa 1667) was a Virginia planter, real estate investor and politician who represented Surry County in the House of Burgesses in 1654–55, although his half-brother Colonel Lemuel Mason would serve multiple terms representing Lower Norfolk County and later Norfolk County.
Among the co-conspirators were John Langston, who was a member of the House of Burgesses for New Kent. Langston was expelled [13] and George Morris took his place beginning on 9 June 1680, [1] serving on the Private Causes Committee. [14] On George's swearing in he was listed as Major George Morris.
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.
Mason was born to the former Anne Seawell, daughter of burgess Henry Seawell and her husband, Colonel (and often burgess) Lemuel Mason.He had brothers Lemuel Mason Jr. (possibly a Norfolk merchant who died in 1711) as well as Thomas, and several sisters, including Anne, who married burgess William Kendall, Frances who married burgess George Newton and after his death Major Francis Sayre ...
Thomas Foulke or Fowke (died 1663) was an English merchant who became a planter, military officer and politician in the Colony of Virginia.He represented James City County and later Westmoreland County in the House of Burgesses after he and his brother and business partner Gerrard Fowke bought property in the Northern Neck of Virginia.
Palmer was one of the House of Burgesses at Jamestown on October 16 1629, representing Shirley Hundred Island (now Eppes Island). Palmer was a first cousin of poet Sir Thomas Overbury, whose mother Mary (née Palmer) was the sister of Thomas Palmer's father, the noted antiquarian Edward Palmer.