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. Surviving records do not include lists of members for some years, especially before 1676, and do not include all the members for some of the sessions. Some of these omissions may be covered by the names of persons who served in several sessions. This list does not include officials of the assembly, such as chaplains or clerks, who were not burgesses, or persons who were elected but denied a seat.[1][2]

"(Burgess)" is used in many titles of linked articles or planned articles below to distinguish members of the Virginia House of Burgesses from other persons with the same name. Two burgesses of the same name are distinguished by showing the first year served in the assembly after the word "burgess" in the link. "Burgess" may need to be added to some titles of unwritten articles if articles of similar name are written first and need for disambiguation arises. Militia officer grades are shown only if they are identified as such or included with a military grade title (e.g. captain) on a list of burgesses in a source or in a thumbnail or other biography. These grades, or ranks, were generally, but not always, shown on original lists of members of sessions. The absence of such a grade before a name on the list should not be assumed to mean the burgess was not a militia officer at some time in his life.

A

  • Robert Abrahall (sometimes spelled Robert Abrell)
  • John Ackiss
  • William Acrill, Jr.[3]
  • William Acrill, Sr.
  • Richard Adams[3]
  • Robert Adams (sometimes spelled Robert Addams)
  • Thomas Adams
  • William Aitchison
  • Gerard Alexander
  • John Alexander[3]
  • (Major) Arthur Allen II[4]
  • Edmund Allen
  • Edward Allen
  • John Allen
  • William Allen
  • William Allen
  • Isaac Allerton Jr.
  • Willoughby Allerton
  • Thomas Allonby
  • Edward Ambler
  • John Ambler
  • Charles Anderson
  • George Anderson
  • John Anderson
  • Matthew Anderson
  • Richard Anderson
  • Robert Anderson
  • William Anderson
  • William Andrews
  • William Andrews, Jr.
  • John Appleton
  • (Captain) Henry Applewhaite, Jr.
  • Henry Applewhaite, Sr.
  • Anthony Armistead
  • Anthony Armistead, Jr.
  • Gill Armistead
  • (Colonel) Henry Armistead
  • John Armistead
  • Robert Armistead
  • Robert Armistead
  • William Armistead
  • John Arundell
  • Charles Ashton
  • Henry Ashton
  • Peter Ashton
  • (Lt. Colonel) Walter Aston
  • John Atkins
  • Henry Aubrey
  • William Aubrey
  • William Aylett
  • William Aylett
  • William Aylett[3]

B

C

D

E

  • Samuel Earle
  • John Eaton
  • Matthew Edlowe (sometimes spelled Edlow or Edloe)
  • Matthew Edlowe, Jr. (sometimes spelled Edlow, Jr. or Edloe, Jr.)
  • James Edmondson[3]
  • John Edmunds
  • Thomas Edmunds
  • James Edmundson
  • Thomas Edmundson (sometimes spelled Edmondson)
  • Nathaniel Edwards
  • William Edwards, 1652
  • William Edwards, 1703
  • Joseph Eggleston
  • Jacob Elligood
  • Anthony Elliott (sometimes spelled Anthony Ellyott)
  • (Captain) Robert Ellyson
  • Henry Embry
  • William Embry
  • William Emerson
  • John English
  • William English
  • (Captain) Francis Eppes
  • (Colonel) Francis Eppes
  • (Colonel) Francis Eppes
  • Francis Eppes
  • Isham Eppes
  • John Eppes
  • Littlebury Eppes
  • Richard Eppes
  • (Colonel) George Eskridge
  • Samuel Ewell
  • Solomon Ewell
  • Littleton Eyre
  • Robert Eyre (sometimes spelled Eyres)
  • Severn Eyre

F

  • Thomas Fallowes
  • George William Fairfax
  • William Fairfax
  • Thomas Farley
  • Lodowick Farmer
  • Thomas Farmer
  • (Lieutenant Colonel) John Farrar
  • (Colonel) William Farrar
  • (Major) William Farrar
  • Nicholas Faulcon, Jr.[3]
  • Thomas Fawcett
  • George Fawdon (sometimes spelled Fawdoin or Faudoun or Fawdown)
  • (Colonel) Moore Fauntleroy
  • William Fauntleroy
  • Thomas Fawcett (sometimes spelled Fossett)
  • John Feild
  • Peter Feild
  • (Captain) Robert Felgate (sometimes spelled Fellgate)
  • Henry Field, Jr. (sometimes spelled Feild, Jr.)[3]
  • Henry Filmer
  • George Fitzhugh
  • Henry Fitzhugh
  • Henry Fitzhugh
  • (Major) John Fitzhugh
  • William Fitzhugh
  • William Fitzhugh
  • William Fitzhugh
  • (Colonel) William Fitzhugh
  • William Fitzhugh[3]
  • John Fleming
  • John Fleming, Jr.
  • Robert Fleming
  • Henry Fleet
  • George Fletcher
  • Richard Flint
  • (Lieutenant) Thomas Flint
  • John Flood
  • Charles Floyd
  • Thomas Follis
  • Richard Ford
  • (Captain) Richard Fossaker
  • Thomas Fossett
  • Joseph Foster
  • (Captain) Richard Foster
  • Gerrard Fowke (brother of Thomas Foulke below)
  • Thomas Fowke (sometimes spelled Foulke)
  • Francis Fowler
  • David Fox
  • Henry Fox
  • Henry Fox, Jr.
  • William Fox
  • Thomas Francis
  • Ferdinand Franklin
  • Bridges Freeman
  • Henry Fry
  • John Fry
  • Joshua Fry
  • Francis Fulford

G

  • Harry Gaines
  • John Gaddes (sometimes spelled Gadis)
  • Thomas Gale
  • James Garnett
  • Thomas Gaskins
  • Thomas Glasscock
  • (Colonel) John George
  • (Lieutenant) John Gibbs[5][9]
  • Jonathan Gibson
  • John Giles (sometimes spelled Gyles)
  • (Captain) Stephen Gill
  • Matthew Godfrey
  • Joseph Godwin
  • (Colonel) Thomas Godwin[4]
  • Thomas Godwin, Jr.
  • William Gooch
  • Charles Goodrich
  • Edward Goodrich
  • Edward Goodrich, Jr.
  • John Goodrich
  • James Goodwin
  • Daniel Gookin
  • John Gookin
  • Matthew Gough
  • Nathaniel Gough
  • William Gough
  • Francis Gouldman (burgess)
  • Thomas Gouldman
  • Edward Gourgainy[5][10]
  • Abell Gower
  • Captain Thomas Graves[5]
  • (Colonel) Edwin Gray[3]
  • Francis Gray
  • (Colonel) Joseph Gray
  • William Gray
  • William Gray, Jr.
  • John Green
  • William Green
  • David Greenhill
  • Paschall Greenhill
  • Richard Gregory
  • Thomas Gregson
  • Edward Grendon (sometimes spelled Grindon or Grindall)
  • Thomas Grendon
  • Thomas Grendon, Jr.
  • Thomas Griffin
  • Edward Griffth
  • Benjamin Grymes
  • Charles Grymes
  • John Grymes
  • Philip Ludwell Grymes
  • George Gwillen
  • David Gwyn
  • Hugh Gwyn

H

  • Peter Hack
  • (Captain) Thomas Hackett
  • Samuel Hairston
  • Robert Hall
  • John Halloway[4]
  • Jeremy Ham (sometimes shown as Jerom Ham)
  • Edward Hamerton
  • James Hamilton
  • John Hamlin
  • Stephen Hamlin
  • John Hammond
  • Francis Hardiman
  • John Hardiman
  • William Hardwick, alternately show as Hardinge, Hardidge and Hardage
  • George Hardy
  • Richard Hardy
  • John Harlowe
  • Ambrose Harmer[4]
  • George Harmanson
  • John Harmanson
  • Matthew Harmanson
  • Thomas Harmanson
  • Thomas Harmanson, Jr.
  • Charles Harmer
  • John Harmer
  • John Harris
  • John Harris
  • Richard Harris
  • Robert Harris
  • (Captain) Thomas Harris
  • William Harris
  • William Samuel Harris
  • Benjamin Harrison, Jr.
  • Benjamin Harrison III[4]
  • Benjamin Harrison IV
  • Benjamin Harrison V[3]
  • (Lieutenant) George Harrison
  • Henry Harrison
  • Nathaniel Harrison
  • Thomas Harrison, Jr.
  • William Harrison
  • Henry Hartwell
  • William Hartwell
  • Humphrey Harwood
  • Joseph Harwood
  • Samuel Harwood
  • Samuel Harwood, Jr.
  • Thomas Harwood[4]
  • William Harwood (councillor)
  • William Harwood
  • William Harwood, Jr.[3]
  • William Hatcher
  • John Hawkins
  • (Captain) Thomas Hawkins
  • (Major) Thomas Hawkins. Jr.
  • William Hay
  • Thomas Haynes
  • (Captain) John Haynie (sometimes spelled Haney)
  • Richard Haynie
  • Samuel Hayward
  • George Heale
  • George Heale
  • Peter Hedgman
  • James Henry
  • Patrick Henry[3]
  • Henry Herrick (sometimes spelled Hayrick or Heyrick)
  • Thomas Herrick (sometimes spelled Hayrick)
  • John Hayward[11]
  • Edward Hill[4]
  • Edward Hill, Jr.[4]
  • Edward Hill III
  • John Hill
  • Thomas Hill
  • Abraham Hite
  • John Hite[3]
  • Thomas Hite
  • Francis Hobbs
  • Thomas Hobson
  • William Hockaday
  • Nathaniel Hoggard (sometimes spelled Hoggart)
  • John Hoddin (sometimes spelled Hodin)
  • Thomas Hodges
  • Anthony Holiday
  • Anthony Holladay
  • Gabriel Holland
  • Simon Hollier
  • John Holloway
  • John Hollows
  • John Holman
  • James Holt[3]
  • Robert Holt
  • Thomas Holt
  • Rice Hooe
  • Daniel Hornby
  • Stephen Horsey
  • Warham Horsmanden
  • Anthony Hoskins
  • Batholomew Hoskins
  • Francis Hough
  • Allen Howard
  • Benjamin Howard
  • John Howe
  • Robert Hubbard
  • Peter Hull
  • Richard Hull
  • William Hunter
  • John Hutchings
  • John Hutchings, Jr.
  • Joseph Hutchings[3]
  • (Captain) Robert Hutchinson
  • William Hutchison (sometimes spelled Hutchinson)

I

J

K

  • Barnaby Kearne
  • William Keeling
  • John Keeton
  • James Keith
  • Matthew Kemp[4]
  • Matthew Kemp
  • William Kempe
  • William Kendall[4]
  • William Kendall Jr.
  • Richard Kenner
  • Rodham Kenner
  • Rodham Kenner[3]
  • Richard Kennon
  • Richard Kennon
  • William Kennon
  • Thomas Key
  • Henry King[3]
  • Joseph King
  • Richard Kingsmill (sometimes spelled Kingsmell)
  • Thomas Kingston
  • (Captain) Peter Knight
  • John Knowles

L

M

N

O

  • Thomas Oldis
  • Edward Osborne, Jr.
  • Richard Osborne
  • (Captain) Thomas Osborne
  • Thomas Osborne
  • (Captain) Thomas Ousley

P

  • John Page
  • John Page
  • John Page
  • Mann Page, Jr.[3]
  • Mann Page III
  • Matthew Page
  • Anthony Pagett
  • Thomas Palmer
  • Daniel Parke, Sr.
  • Mr. Parker
  • Sacker Parker
  • Thomas Parker
  • Thomas Parramore
  • Richard Pate
  • Thomas Pate
  • (Captain) Thomas Pawlett[5]
  • Florentine Payne
  • John Payne
  • Josias Payne
  • William Peeine
  • William Peirce
  • Edmund Pendleton
  • Henry Pendleton[3]
  • John Pendleton
  • Mr. Perkins
  • Peter Perkins[3]
  • Richard Perrott
  • Henry Perry
  • Peter Perry
  • (Captain) William Perry
  • Thomas Pettus[3]
  • Francis Peyton[3]
  • Henry Peyton
  • John Peyton
  • Yelverton Peyton
  • John Phelps
  • William Pierce
  • (Captain) John Pinkard
  • Robert Pitt
  • Thomas Pitt
  • John Pollington (sometimes shown as John Polentine or similar variations)[5][14]
  • Henry Poole
  • William Popleton (sometimes spelled as Popkton)
  • John Porter
  • William Portlock
  • John Pory[4]
  • (Captain) Francis Pott
  • John Powell
  • John Powell Jr.
  • John Powell
  • (Captain) William Powell[5]
  • Mr. Power
  • James Power
  • Francis Poythress
  • John Poythress
  • Peter Poythress[3]
  • Peter Presly
  • Peter Presly Jr.
  • William Presly
  • William Preston
  • Arthur Price
  • Thomas Price
  • Walter Price
  • Edward Prince
  • Thomas Prosser
  • Daniel Pugh
  • (Captain) Thomas Purifoy (sometimes spelled as Purefoy)
  • James Pyland[15][16]

R

S

  • Rowland Sadler
  • Joseph Salmon
  • Samuel Sanford
  • John Sandiford
  • Roger Saunders
  • (Captain) Joseph Savage
  • Robert Savin
  • Francis Sayer
  • Charles Scarburgh (sometimes spelled Charles Scarborough)
  • (Captain) Edmund Scarborough
  • (Colonel) Edmund Scarborough (sometimes spelled Edmund Scarsborough)[4]
  • (Colonel) Edmund Scarborough
  • Henry Scarburgh, Jr.
  • Martin Scarlett
  • Robert Scotchmore
  • Edward Scott
  • James Scott[3]
  • John Scott
  • Samuel Scott
  • Thomas Scott
  • Henry Seawell
  • Thomas Seely
  • James Selden[3]
  • John Seward
  • Samuel Sharpe (sometimes spelled Samuel Sharp)[5]
  • (Sergeant) William Sharpe (sometimes spelled William Sharp)[19]
  • Walter Shelley[5]
  • Robert Shephard (sometimes spelled Shepherd)
  • John Shepherd
  • John Sheppard
  • Thomas Sheppard
  • Michael Sherman
  • William Sherwood
  • John Sidney
  • John Simmons
  • Southey Simpson[3]
  • John Sipsey
  • Joseph Sipsey
  • Reuben Skelton
  • Francis Slaughter[3]
  • Robert Slaughter
  • Thomas Slaughter
  • Colonel Arthur Smith
  • Arthur Smith
  • Augustine Smith
  • Charles Smith
  • Francis Smith
  • Isaac Smith[3]
  • (Major) John Smith[4][20]
  • John Smith
  • John Smith
  • John Smith
  • (Colonel) Lawrence Smith
  • Lawrence Smith
  • Meriwether Smith[3]
  • Nicholas Smith
  • Nicholas Smith
  • Toby Smith
  • John Smyth sometimes spelled John Smythe
  • Henry Soane[4]
  • William Soane
  • Thomas Southcoat, probably "Otho" Southcoat[21]
  • John Southern sometimes spelled John Southerne
  • Cuthbert Span
  • James Speed[3]
  • Thomas Speke
  • Alexander Spence
  • Nicholas Spencer
  • (Ensign) William Spence (sometimes spelled Spense)
  • William Spencer[5]
  • John Spier
  • John Spotswood
  • Henry Spratt
  • Robert Stacy[5]
  • John Stanup
  • Bolling Starke
  • Thomas Stegg[4]
  • Thomas Stegg Jr.
  • George Stephens
  • (Captain) Richard Stephens
  • Drury Stith
  • Drury Stith
  • (Major) John Stith
  • (Captain) John Stith II
  • (Lieutenant Colonel) John Stith III
  • Thomas Stith
  • Christopher Stokes
  • (Captain) John Stone
  • Joshua Story
  • Samuel Stoughton
  • Mister Strafferton
  • Joseph Stratton
  • (Captain) Edward Streeter
  • John Stretchley
  • John Stringer
  • William Strother
  • George Stubblefield[3]
  • Alexander Swann
  • Samuel Swann
  • Thomas Swann Sr.
  • (Captain) Thomas Swann Jr.
  • Thomas Swearingen
  • Meritt Sweeney sometimes spelled Swinney
  • John Syme
  • John Syme[3]

T

  • Edward Tabb
  • John Tabb[3]
  • Thomas Tabb
  • John Talbot[3]
  • John Taliaferro
  • Walker Taliaferro
  • William Taliaferro
  • John Tarpley
  • John Tatem
  • John Tayloe I
  • John Tayloe II
  • William Tayloe (the nephew)
  • William Tayloe (the immigrant)
  • Ethelred Taylor
  • George Taylor
  • Henry Taylor[3]
  • James Taylor[3]
  • John Taylor
  • Philip Taylor
  • Thomas Taylor
  • William Taylor
  • William Taylor
  • William Taylor
  • Henry Tazewell[3]
  • Foushee Tebbs
  • Nathaniel Terry[3]
  • Edwin Thacker
  • Cornelius Thomas
  • Edward Thomas
  • William Thomas
  • George Thompson
  • John Thompson
  • Samuel Thompson
  • Thomas Thornbury
  • Francis Thornton
  • (Major) John Thornton
  • (Colonel) John Thornton
  • Peter Thornton[3]
  • Presley Thornton
  • William Thornton
  • William Thornton
  • William Thornton
  • Otho Thorpe
  • Adam Thoroughgood sometimes spelled Thorowgood
  • Adam Thoroughgood sometimes spelled Thorowgood
  • John Thoroughgood sometimes spelled Thorowgood
  • Malachi Thruston
  • Robert Todd
  • Richard Townsend
  • John Trahorne
  • Raleigh Travers
  • Samuel Travers
  • (Colonel) William Travers[4]
  • Champion Travis[3]
  • Edward Travis
  • Edward Champion Travis
  • Richard Tree
  • Alexander Trent
  • Stephen Trigg[3]
  • John Trussell
  • (Colonel) Robert Tucker
  • Robert Tucker
  • (Captain) William Tucker[5]
  • James Tuke sometimes spelled Took
  • Edward Tunstall
  • (Colonel) Richard Tunstall
  • John Turberville
  • Harry Turner
  • Thomas Turner

U

  • (Major) William Underwood
  • John Upshaw
  • (Captain) John Upton
  • John Utie (sometimes spelled Utey or Uty)

V

  • Robert Vaulx
  • Thomas Veal
  • George Veale
  • Abraham Venable
  • Nathaniel Venable

W

Y

  • Francis Yeardley (sometimes spelled Yardley)
  • George Yeardley
  • Hugh Yeo
  • Leonard Yeo
  • (Captain) Thomas Yowell (sometimes spelled Youell)
  • Richard Yarborough

Z

See also

Notes

  1. In 1653, Rev. Robert Bracewell and in 1699, Rev. John Waugh, were denied seats because they were clergymen. Swem, E.G. The Disqualification of Ministers in State Constitutions. William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Volume 26. October 1917. Richmond, VA: Whittet and Shepperson, 1918. OCLC 865941007. Pages 74–75. Retrieved February 6, 2014. Bracewell and Waugh are not listed as members of the House of Burgesses in Hening, Statutes at Large Vol. 1, 2d ed. 1823, Stanard, 1902 or Tyler, 1915. Rev. Waugh's son, John or Jno. Waugh, later served as a burgess.
  2. Thomas Pierse was sergeant-at-arms of the first general assembly at Jamestown on July 30, 1619. Tyler, Volume 1, 1915, p. 303.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 Member of Last Assembly of 1775–1776; last official session met beginning June 1, 1775, later meetings had no quorum. Stanard, 1902, pp. 197–200.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 A speaker of the House. Stanard, 1902, pp. 51–52.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Member of First Assembly, July 30, 1619. Stanard, 1902, p. 52.
  6. Died before taking his seat in 1748.
  7. Stanard, 1902, p. 52 shows his last name as "Capp."
  8. The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol VII, p845
  9. Stanard, 1902, p. 52 shows his name as "Lieutenant Gibbes."
  10. Stanard, 1902, p. 52 shows his name as "Mr. Gourgainy"
  11. Tyler, Volume 1, 1915, p. 257 says the name was pronounced "Howard" and that John was the ancestor of the Howard family of York County, Virginia.
  12. Stanard, 1902, p. 52 shows his name as "Mr. Jefferson."
  13. Some sources have Philip Ludwell, Sr., rather than his son Philip Ludwell, Jr., as Speaker of the House in 1695–1696.
  14. See the article for a full explanation of the variations of the name referring to the same person.
  15. Hening, 1823, p. 374 shows James Pyland as a "returned Burgesse for the upper parish of the Isle of Wight."
  16. Hening, 1823, p. 506 shows James Pyland among the names of Burgesses for Isle of Wight County in the Grand Assembly of 1658-59.
  17. Should not be confused with Beverley Randolph, governor of Virginia from 1788 to 1791.
  18. Stanard, 1902, p. 52 shows his name as "Ensign Rossingham."
  19. McCartney, Martha W. Virginia immigrants and adventurers, 1607-1635: a biographical dictionary Archived 2023-04-21 at the Wayback Machine. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2007. ISBN 978-0-8063-1774-8. p. 631.
  20. Smith changed his name to Francis Dade after he moved to Westmoreland County, Virginia after his term as speaker for the 1658 assembly. He died in 1662. Tyler, Volume 1, 1915, p. 326.
  21. Tyler, Volume 1, 1915, p. 328.
  22. Stanard, 1902, p. 52 shows his name as "Captain Ward."
  23. Stanard, 1902, p. 52, and Tyler, Volume 1, 1915, p. 352, show his name as "Ensign Washer." Only one source was found for the article on Washer which states that his first name was "Thos" (Thomas).

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