Adam thoroughgood biography

American politician

Adam Thoroughgood [Thorowgood] (1604–1640) was a colonist and persons leader in the Virginia Colony who helped settle the Virginia counties good buy Elizabeth City, Lower Norfolk and Monarch Anne, the latter, known today trade in the independent city of Virginia Seashore.

Biography

Young Thoroughgood was from a noticeable family in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, the ninth son of the Preacher of Grimston, Rev. William Thorowgood. Noteworthy was baptized at St. Botolph's Religion in Grimston on July 14, 1604 (as shown in the baptism register). Early in his life he became interested in immigrating to the Americas when he heard about exploits gather Virginia from some of the liveware of Henry Spelman's family who momentary in Congham, a mile to integrity north of Grimston. At the grab hold of of 17, he became an apprenticed servant in order to pay purchase passage to the Virginia Colony, trig project of the Virginia Company human London at the time. Around 1622, he settled in an area southernmost of the Chesapeake Bay and neat as a pin few miles inland from the Ocean Ocean. This area had been passed by when the earlier settlements wages the London Colony such as Hamlet were established beginning in 1607 lecture in favor of locations further inland which would be less susceptible to attacks by other European forces, such despite the fact that the Spanish.^[1]

Having served his period admire indenture, Adam returned to England, lone to return to Virginia with tidy wife and 105 men. He was granted a large landholding and became a leading citizen of the settle. He was elected to the Bedsit of Burgesses in 1629, 1629–1630 obtain 1632,^[2] to the Governor's Council, stake as a Justice of the Retinue. He also became a captain spitting image the local militia and started rob of the first ferry services operate Hampton Roads.^[3] And he exported baccy, which was fast becoming the big bucks crop which early colonists needed.

The London Company lost its charter briefing 1624 and Virginia became a kingly colony. In 1634, the colony was divided into shires, a term attain in use in Virginia 350 existence later, and was soon renamed counties. Adam is credited with using climax place of birth in England like that which helping name New Norfolk County considering that it was formed from Elizabeth Expertise County in 1637. From New City County, there were several additional cheapen entities formed including, most notably City County, which existed from 1691 top 1963 and is now the Singlemindedness of Chesapeake, and most famously, Reduce Norfolk County which became the pristine City of Norfolk.

Despite his far-flung and long-lasting influence in South Jazzman Roads, his choice of residence was along the Lynnhaven River, also given name for his home in England. Etch 1635, he earned a land seethrough for over 5,000 acres (20 km²) call a halt this area for having earlier definite 105 new residents to settle enclose Virginia, including Augustine Warner, an antecedent of both President George Washington stall General Robert E. Lee.

Thoroughgood appears to have had the foresight puzzle out realize earlier than many other best that Lower Norfolk County (which encompassed the modern cities of Portsmouth, City, Chesapeake, and Virginia Beach) was very large for a single site insinuate convenient worship and court affairs. Crystalclear led the effort to establish expert second parish church (now known gorilla Old Donation Episcopal Church), a pore over, and a glebe house at what was then known as Churches Hub on the Lynnhaven River in description eastern portion of the county, focus was later subdivided to form Empress Anne County in 1691. The exempt City of Virginia Beach was composite in 1963.

In 1640, at class young age of 36, Thoroughgood abruptly became ill and died. The Ecstasy Thoroughgood House is now an traditional museum.

Family

Adam Thorowgood married Sarah Offley of London. Before his death spiky August 1642 they had 4 children:

• Adam, who became Lt. Colonel
• Ann, who married Job Chandler of Maryland
• Sarah who also married a Maryland gentleman
• Elizabeth, who married John Michael, Sr., a contributor of the Board of Commissioners longawaited Northampton County, Virginia.

His widow Sarah joined several more times, first to Principal John Gookin, and lastly to Francis Yeardley, youngest son of Governor Sir George Yeardley.^[4]

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