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Anthony Armistead
Captain Anthony Armistead (ca. 1645–before 1705) was a planter, militia officer, politician and Justice of the Peace in the Colony and Dominion of Virginia in the British Empire. He may be best known for participating in the courts-martial after Bacon's Rebellion in 1676, for his own multiple terms in the House of Burgesses representing Elizabeth City County, Virginia, or for increasing the wealth and political prominence of his Tidewater Virginia family. Early and family life The youngest of three sons of William Armistead and his wife Anne, who had emigrated from Yorkshire, England to Elizabeth City County, Virginia in the 1730s. He was named to honor his English grandfather. His father proved shrewd in amassing land and influence for the family, in part by strategic marriages. His eldest brother John Armistead eventually served on the Governor's Council. This Captain Armistead married Hannah Ellyson, daughter of Dr. (and burgess) Robert Ellyson, of James City County, Virgi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Elizabeth City County, Virginia
Elizabeth City County was a county in southeastern Virginia from 1634 until 1952 when it was merged into the city of Hampton. Originally created in 1634 as Elizabeth River Shire, it was one of eight shires created in the Virginia Colony by order of the King Charles I. In 1636, it was subdivided, and the portion north of the harbor of Hampton Roads became known as Elizabeth City Shire. It was renamed Elizabeth City County a short time later. Elizabeth City was originally named Kikotan (also spelled Kecoughtan and Kikowtan), presumably a word for the Native Americans living there when the English arrived in 1607. They were friendly to the English, but Sir Thomas Gates either worried about safety (including potential attack by the Spaniards and the Dutch) or coveted their corn fields after the "starving time" of the 1609–10 winter. The English seized their land while the men were out hunting, and for some reason, the natives never attacked the settlement in response. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
James City County, Virginia
James City County is a county (United States), county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 78,254. Although politically separate from the county, the county seat is the adjacent independent city of Williamsburg, Virginia, Williamsburg. Located on the Virginia Peninsula, James City County is included in the Virginia Beach, Virginia, Virginia Beach-Norfolk, Virginia, Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia, Newport News, VA-North Carolina, NC Hampton Roads, Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is often associated with Williamsburg, Virginia, Williamsburg, an Independent city (United States), independent city, and Jamestown, Virginia, Jamestown which is within the county. First settled by the English colonists in 1607 at Jamestown, Virginia, Jamestown in the Virginia Colony, the county was formally created in 1634 as James City Shire by order of King Charles I of England, Charles I. James City County is considered one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
People From Elizabeth City County, Virginia
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House Of Burgesses Members
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Colonial American Justices Of The Peace
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1726 Deaths
Events January–March * January 23 – (January 12 Old Style) The Conventicle Act (Sweden), Conventicle Act (''Konventikelplakatet'') is adopted in Sweden, outlawing all non-Lutheran religious meetings outside of church services. * January 26 – The Peace of Vienna (1725), First Treaty of Vienna is signed between Habsburg monarchy, Austria, the Holy Roman Empire and History of Spain (1700-1810), Spain, creating the Austro-Spanish Alliance in advance of a war against Great Britain. * January 27 – On its maiden voyage, the Dutch East India Company frigate Aagtekerke (1724), ''Aagtekerke'' departs from the Dutch Cape Colony on the second leg of its journey to the Dutch East Indies and is never seen again. ''Aagtekerke'' had carried with it a crew of 200 men and was lost somewhere in the Indian Ocean. * February 8 – The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russian Empire, Russia. * February 13 – The Parliament of Negrete (1726), Parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1640s Births
Year 164 ( CLXIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Macrinus and Celsus (or, less frequently, year 917 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 164 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Marcus Aurelius gives his daughter Lucilla in marriage to his co-emperor Lucius Verus. * Avidius Cassius, one of Lucius Verus' generals, crosses the Euphrates and invades Parthia. * Ctesiphon is captured by the Romans, but returns to the Parthians after the end of the war. * The Antonine Wall in Scotland is abandoned by the Romans. * Seleucia on the Tigris is destroyed. Births * Bruttia Crispina Bruttia Crispina (164 – 191 AD) was List of Roman and Byzantine empresses, Roman empress from 178 to 191 as the consort of Roman emperor Commodus. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
John West III
John West III (1666–1734) inherited West Point plantation from his father, and served in the House of Burgesses, representing the newly created King William County, Virginia, King William County 1702-1706. He was the eldest son of Colonel John West, and grandson of John West (governor). Early life The first born son of Unity Croshaw, the daughter of Major Joseph Croshaw, who represented York County, Virginia, York County in the House of Burgesses and her husband John West (colonel), Col. John West was born between 1665 and 1669. He had two younger brothers who like him also later served in Virginia's legislature, as well as owned vast estates farmed by indentured (and increasingly by enslaved) labor. Career John West inherited the West Point, Virginia, West Point plantation established by his grandfather, Governor John West, which in this man's lifetime changed from New Kent County (which his father had represented in the House of Burgesses) to in 1691 King and Queen County, Virg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Anthony Armistead Jr
Anthony, also spelled Antony, is a masculine given name derived from the ''Antonii'', a ''gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, a son of Heracles. Anthony is an English name that is in use in many countries. It has been among the top 100 most popular male baby names in the United States since the late 19th century and has been among the top 100 male baby names between 1998 and 2018 in many countries including Canada, Australia, England, Ireland and Scotland. Equivalents include ''Antonio'' in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Maltese; ''Αντώνιος'' in Greek; ''António'' or ''Antônio'' in Portuguese; ''Antoni'' in Catalan, Polish, and Slovene; ''Anton'' in Dutch, Galician, German, Icelandic, Romanian, Russian, and Scandinavian languages; ''Antoine'' in French; '' Antal'' in Hungarian; and ''Antun'' or ''Ante'' in Croatian. The usual abbreviated fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Robert Ellyson
Robert Ellyson ( 1615/20–1671) was a legislator, lawyer, military officer, and physician who served as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses representing James City County from 1655 to 1656 and from 1660 to 1665. Ellyson was selected sheriff of St. Mary's County, investigated the Richard Ingle uprising, and served as a physician in Kent County. By 1646, he had moved to York County, Virginia and began practicing law. In 1655, he was elected a burgess for James City County and appointed a justice of Gloucester County in 1657. An officer in the Virginia militia, accepted various local positions and was re-elected as a burgess in subsequent sessions. By the 1660s, he had patented hundreds of acres on the Virginia Peninsula. Ellyson died about 1671 in James City County. Background Ellyson's origins are disputed. He may have been born between 1615 and 1620 in Lanarkshire, Scotland, although this has not been confirmed. Ellyson's descendant, Elizabeth Allison Ervin, claim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Williamsburg, Virginia
Williamsburg is an Independent city (United States), independent city in Virginia, United States. It had a population of 15,425 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located on the Virginia Peninsula, Williamsburg is in the northern part of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. It is bordered by James City County, Virginia, James City County on the west and south and York County, Virginia, York County on the east. English settlers founded Williamsburg in 1632 as Middle Plantation (Virginia), Middle Plantation, a fortified settlement on high ground between the James River, James and York River (Virginia), York rivers, and farther inland than their headquarters at Jamestown, Virginia, Jamestown. The city functioned as the capital of the Colony of Virginia, Colony and Commonwealth of Virginia from 1699 to 1780 and became the center of political events in Virginia leading to the American Revolution. The College of William & Mary, established in 1693, is the second-oldest inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tidewater Virginia
Tidewater is a region in the Atlantic Plains of the United States located east of the Atlantic Seaboard fall line (the natural border where the tidewater meets with the Piedmont region) and north of the Deep South. The term "tidewater" can be applied to any region where water levels are affected by the tide. Still, culturally and historically, the Tidewater region refers most commonly to the low-lying plains of southeastern Virginia (known as the coastal plain or Tidewater Virginia), eastern Maryland, the Eastern Shore, and the Chesapeake Bay. It can also encompass Delaware, the remainder of the Delmarva Peninsula, and Northeastern North Carolina. The cultural Tidewater region got its name from the effects of changing ocean tides on local rivers, sounds, and shorelines. The area has a centuries-old cultural heritage that sets itself apart from the adjacent inland parts of the United States, especially concerning its distinctive dialects of English, which are gradually disappe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
