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Burgesses for the Assembly of 1619

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In this list are the twenty-two burgesses who gathered in Jamestown on July 30, 1619, for the first meeting of the unicameral General Assembly. The two representatives from Martin’s Brandon, a plantation owned by Captain John Martin, were denied their seats when it was called to the attention of Governor Sir George Yeardley that a clause in Martin’s land patent exempted him from England’s uniform laws and from any laws passed by the General Assembly.

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    Transcription Source: H. R. McIlwaine, ed., Journals of the House of Burgesses, 1619–1658/59 (Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1915), vi.

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    • Argall’s Gift: Thomas Pawlett, Edward Gourgaing
    • Charles City: Samuel Sharpe, Samuel Jordan
    • Flowerdieu Hundred: Edmund Roffingham, John Jefferson
    • Henricus: Thomas Dowse, John Polentine [probably Pollington]
    • James City: William Powell, William Spense (Spence)
    • Kiccowtan: William Tucker, William Capp
    • Lawne’s Plantation: Christopher Lawne, Ensign Washer
    • Martin’s Brandon: * Thomas Davis, Robert Stacy
    • Martin’s Hundred: John Boys, John Jackson
    • Captain Warde’s Plantation: John Warde, John Gibbes
    • Smythes Hundred: Thomas Graves, Walter Shelley

    * The representatives form this plantation were not allowed to serve.

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    Twenty-two burgesses gather in Jamestown for the first meeting of the unicameral General Assembly.
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    General Assembly. Burgesses for the Assembly of 1619. (2020, December 07). In Encyclopedia Virginia. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/burgesses-for-the-assembly-of-1619.
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    General Assembly. "Burgesses for the Assembly of 1619" Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Humanities, (07 Dec. 2020). Web. 04 Jun. 2023
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