William Harwood (councillor)
William Harwood | |
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| Member of the Virginia Governor's Council | |
| In office 1620-1622 | |
| Member of the House of Burgesses for Martin's Hundred, Colony of Virginia | |
| In office 1625-1628 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Addams |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Fawcett |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1589 Lincolnshire, England |
| Died | After 1635 England |
| Parent(s) | Sir George Harwood, Catherine Phesant Harwood |
| Relatives | Thomas Harwood (nephew) |
| Education | in England |
| Occupation | officer, planter, politician |
William Harwood (c. 1589-after 1635) became a soldier, landowner and politician in the Colony of Virginia, and survived the massacre of 1622, but was recalled to Britain in 1635.[1][2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Cyclopedia of Virginia Biography (1915) vol. 1 p. 87
- ^ McCartney, Martha W. (2007). Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 376. ISBN 978-0-8063-1774-8.
- ^ Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978 pp. xx, 6, 7
- ^ John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia 1607-1624/5 (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. (4th Ed. 2004) vol. 2, p. 299n.2
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