List of members of the Virginia House of Burgesses

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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.

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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 Jr.
  • (Major) William Farrar III
  • 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
  • Hugh Gwynn

H

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

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

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

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