Colonial Period Legislators from Accomack & Northampton Counties Timeline
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Eastern Shore Representatives in the Colonial, the State, and the National Governments
Eastern Shore Public Library Research Project #3
1-Apr-1978
Colonial Period
By 1634, when Virginia's eight original shires were formed, the Eastern Shore county had for some time been called Accomack. Eight years later, its name was changed to Northampton. When the county was divided in 1662, the lower portion retained the name Northampton, and the upper revived that of Accomack.
Governor's Council: |
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| 1625/26-1637 | Claiborne, William | Eastern Shore (Accomack) |
| 1635-1640(?) | Graves, Thomas | Accomack |
| 1639-1655 | Yeardley, Argoll | Accomack (Northampton) |
| 1641-1654 | Littleton, Nathaniel | Accomack (Northampton) |
| 1655-1662 | Robins, Obedience | Northampton |
| 1677-1696 | Custis, John, II | Northampton |
| 1691-1702 | Scarburgh, Charles | Accomack |
| 1699-1713 | Custis, John, III | Northampton |
| 1727-1749 | Custis, John, IV | Northampton |
House of Burgessess: |
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| 1623/24 | Wilcocks, John | Eastern Shore |
| Watkins, Henry | Eastern Shore | |
| 1625 | none identifiable | |
| 1627/28 | West, John | Eastern Shore |
| 1629 | no burgessess appeared | Eastern Shore |
| By 1634, when Virginia's eight original shires were formed, the Eastern Shore county had for some time been called Acccomack | ||
House of Burgessess: |
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| 1629/30 | Graves, Thomas | Accomack |
| Scarburgh, Edumnd, I | Accomack | |
| Robins, Obedience | Accomack | |
| Bagwell, Henry | Accomack | |
| 1631/2 | Scarburgh, Edumnd, I | Accomack |
| Howe, John | Accomack | |
| 1632 | Graves, Thomas | Accomack |
| Howe, John | Accomack | |
| Bagwell, Henry | Accomack | |
| Harmer, Charles | Accomack | |
| 1632/3-1633 | Scarburgh, Edumnd, I | Accomack |
| Howe, John | Accomack | |
| Saunders, Rober | Accomack | |
| Wilkinson, John | Accomack | |
| 1636 | Roper, William | Accomack |
| 1639 | Burdett, William | Accomack |
| 1639/40 | Robins, Obedience | Accomack |
| Neale, John | Accomack | |
| 1641 | Burdett, William | Accomack |
| 1641/2-1642 | Wilkins, John | Accomack |
| Neale, John | Accomack | |
| April 1642 | Neale, John | Accomack |
| Robins, Obedience | Accomack | |
| In 1642 the name of the Eastern Shore county was changed from Accomack to Northampton. | ||
House of Burgessess: |
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| 1642/43 | Taylor, Phillip | Northampton |
| Scarburgh, Edumnd, II | Northampton | |
| 16434/44 | Roper, William | Northampton |
| Douglas, Edward | Northampton | |
| Oct 1644 | Robins, Obedience | Northampton |
| Douglas, Edward | Northampton | |
| 1644/45 | Scarburgh, Edmund, II | Northampton |
| Charlton, Stephen | Northampton | |
| 1645/46 | Scarburgh, Edmund, II | Northampton (Speaker) |
| Johnson, Thomas | Northampton | |
| Oct 1646 | Douglas, Edward | Northampton |
| Johnson, Thomas | Northampton | |
| 1647/48 | Scarburgh, Edmund, II | Northampton |
| Charlton, Stephen | Northampton | |
| 1649 | no burgessess listed | Northampton |
| 1651-1651/2 | no burgessess listed | Northampton |
| April 1652 | Robins, Obedience | Northampton |
| Scarburgh, Edmund, II | Northampton | |
| Johnson, Thomas | Northampton | |
| Jones, William | Northampton | |
| Hoskins, Anthony | Northampton | |
| Nov 1652 | Robins, Obedience | Northampton |
| Charlton, Stephen | Northampton | |
| 1653 | Johnson, Thomas | Northampton |
| Melling, William | Northampton | |
| Horsey, Stephen | Northampton | |
| 1654-1655 | Walker, Peter | Northampton |
| Waters, William | Northampton | |
| Johnson, Thomas | Northampton | |
| 1655/56-1656 | Scarburgh, Edmund, II | Northampton |
| 1657/8-1658 | Kendall, William | Northampton |
| Melling, William | Northampton | |
| Michell, William | Northampton | |
| Revell, Randall | Northampton | |
| Willcox, John | Northampton | |
| 1658/59 | Stringer, John | Northampton |
| Jones, William | Northampton | |
| 1659/60 | Stringer, John | Northampton |
| Scarburgh, Edmund, II | Northampton | |
| Waters, William | Northampton | |
| 1660 | no list of burgesses located | |
| In 1662 the Eastern Shore was divided into two counties. The lower portion retained the name Northampton and the upper revived that of Accomack | |||
| Northampton: | Accomack: | ||
| 1660/61-1665 | Kendall, William | 1663/64-1665 | Browne, Devoreux |
| Andrews, William | Yeo, Hugh | ||
| 1666-1676 | Kendall, William | 1666-1670/71 | Scarburgh, Edmund, II |
| Savage, John | Yeo, Hugh | ||
| 1676 | no burgesses listed | 1670/71-1676 | Yeo, Hugh |
| Feb 1676/77 | Custis, John, II | 1676 | no burgesses listed |
| Foxcroft, Isaac | Feb 1676/77 | Littleton, Southey | |
| Oct 1677 | no burgesses listed | Custis, William | |
| 1679 | no burgesses listed | Oct 1677 | no burgesses listed |
| 1680 | Waters, William | 1679 | no burgesses listed |
| Whittington, William | 1680-1682 | Scarburgh, Charles | |
| 1682 | Whittington, William | 1684 | Scarburgh, Charles |
| 1684 | Kendall, William | Jennifer, Daniel | |
| Custis, John, II | 1685/86 | Anderson, William | |
| 1685 | Custis, John, III | Jennifer, Daniel | |
| Foxcroft, Isaac | 1688-1691 | Scarburgh, Charles | |
| Kendall, William (Speaker) | Anderson, William | ||
| 1686 | Custis, John, III | 1692 | Anderson, William |
| Foxcroft, Isaac | 1692/93 | Bayly, Richard | |
| 1688 | Harmanson, Thomas | Sandford, Samuel | |
| Kendall, William | 1693 | Jennifer, Daniel | |
| 1691-1692 | Robins, John | Washburne, John | |
| Harmanson, Thomas | 1695-1696 | Anderson, William | |
| 1692/3 | Custis, John, III | Washburne, John | |
| Kendall, William | Sept 1696-1697 | Washburne, John | |
| 1693-1697 | Custis, John, III | Bayly, Richard | |
| Waters, William | 1698 | no burgesses appeared | |
| 1698-1699 | Custis, John, III | 1699-1702 | Robinson, Tully |
| Littleton, Nathaniel | Welbourne, Thomas | ||
| 1700-1702 | Waters, William | 1702/3-1705 | Robinson, Tully |
| Powell, John | Drummond, Richard | ||
| 1702/3-1705 | Nottingham, Benjamin | 1705-1706 | Washburne, John |
| Johnson, Jacob | Wise, John | ||
| Oct 1705-1706 | Waters, William | 1710-1711 | Custis, Hancock |
| Custis, John, IV | Drummond, Richard | ||
| 1710-1711 | Nottingham, Benjamin | 1712-1715 | Robinson, Tully |
| Floyd, Charles | Drummond, Richard | ||
| 1712-1714 | Waters, William | 1718 | Robinson, Tully |
| Floyd, Charles | Ewell, Solomon | ||
| 1715 | Harmanson, John | 1720 | Teackle, John |
| Floyd, Charles | Ewell, Solomon | ||
| 1718 | Waters, William | 1722 | Robinson, Tully |
| Floyd, Charles | Ewell, Solomon | ||
| 1720 | Waters, William | 1723 | Robinson, Tully |
| Harmanson, George | Scarburgh, Edmund | ||
| 1722-1723 | Harmanson, George | 1726 | Scarburgh, Henry |
| Harmanson, Thomas | Scarburgh, Edmund | ||
| 1726 | Harmanson, George | 1727-1730 | Anderson, William |
| Marshall, Thomas | Parker, Sacker | ||
| 1727-1730 | Bowdoin, Peter | 1732 | Parker, Sacker |
| Marshall, Thomas | 1734 | Parker, Sacker | |
| 1732 | Marshall, Thomas | Ewell, Solomon | |
| not identified | 1736 | Scarburgh, Henry | |
| 1736-1740 | Harmanson, Mathew | Parker, Sacker | |
| 1738 | Scarburgh, Henry | ||
| Bowdoin, Peter | Scarburgh, Edmund | ||
| 1740 | Scarburgh, Edmund | ||
| Allen, Edward | |||
| 1742-1749 | Eyre, Littleton | 1742 | Scarburgh, Henry |
| Douglas, George (lost seat to Wm. Andrews who was soon expelled) | |||
| 1744 | Scarburgh, Henry | ||
| Harmanson, Mathew | Douglas, George | ||
| 1745-1747 | Douglas, George | ||
| not identified | |||
| 1748-1749 | Parramore, Thomas | ||
| Allen, Edmund | |||
| 1752-1761 | Eyre, Littleton | 1752 | Allen, Edmund |
| Douglas, George | |||
| 1753-1755 | Douglas, George | ||
| Kendall, John | Justice, Ralph | ||
| 1756-1758 | Allen, Edmund | ||
| Justice, Ralph | |||
| Nov 1761-1765 | Harmanson, John | Sept 1758-1761 | Allen, Edmund |
| Dalby, Thomas | Parramore, Thomas | ||
| 1766-May 1769 | Harmanson, John | Nov 1761-1771 | Parramore, Thomas |
| Eyre, Severn | Simpson, Southey | ||
| Nov 1769-1772 | Burton, John | 1772-1774 | Simpson, Southey |
| Eyre, Severn | Henry, James | ||
| 1773-1775 | Bowdoin, John | 1775 | Simpson, Southey |
| Burton, John | Smith, Isaac | ||
