William Sherwood (burgess)
William Sherwood (1641-1697) was a British attorney who also became a planter and politician in the Colony of Virginia, as well as invested in the Royal African Company and became its official representative in the colony. He alienated both sides during Bacon's Rebellion, and later served as the colony's Attorney General until disbarred for a previous felony, as well as represented Jamestown and surrounding James City County in the House of Burgesses. He (and his widow, who remarried) leased land and meeting spaces to the Virginia General Assembly and also held localoffices across the James River in Surry County.[1][2][3]
William Sherwood | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Burgesses for James City, Colony of Virginia | |
| In office 1688 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Hartwell |
| Succeeded by | Henry Hartwell |
| Member of the House of Burgesses for James City County, Colony of Virginia | |
| In office 1682-1684 | |
| Preceded by | William White |
| Succeeded by | position eliminated |
| Personal details | |
| Born | circa 1641 Whitechapel, London, England |
| Died | 1697 Governor's Land Colony of Virginia |
| Resting place | Jamestown Churchyard, Virginia |
| Spouse | Rachel Codd James |
| Children | Richard James II (stepson) |
| Occupation | attorney planter, politician |
References
- Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed. (1915). Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Vol. I. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 323.
- McCartney, Martha W. (2012). Jamestown people to 1800 : landowners, public officials, minorities, and native leaders. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co. pp. 364–366. ISBN 978-0-8063-1872-1. OCLC 812189309.
- Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) pp. 45, 47, 49. 54. 56
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