Henry Hartwell Explained

Henry Hartwell
Term:1692-1695
Term1:1684-1688
Preceded1:Thomas Clayton
Succeeded1:William Sherwood
Birth Date:circa 1649
Birth Place:Middle Plantation Colony of Virginia
Death Date:Summer, 1699
Death Place:Stepney, Middlesex County, England
Occupation:attorney, planter, politician
Spouse:Jane Meriwether
Relatives:William Hartwell (brother)

Henry Hartwell (c. 1641 – summer 1699) was a British attorney who also became a planter, official, military officer and politician in the Colony of Virginia, serving as clerk of the General Court and later of the Council of State (1672-1681) (including during Bacon's Rebellion), and in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly. He represented Jamestown in the House of Burgesses (1684-1688) and served on the Council of State (1692-1695) before returning to England, where he died. Although an ally of Governor William Berkeley during the rebellion (and his brother WIlliam led the Governor's guard and was wounded during the conflict), Hartwell together with Rev. James Blair and attorney Edward Chilton later prepared a report on the colony's administration which was published as "the Present State of Virginia]] in 1699.[1] [2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lyon Gardiner . Tyler . Lyon Gardiner Tyler . Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography . I . 1915 . 144. Lewis Historical Publishing Company . New York .
  2. Book: McCartney, Martha W. . Jamestown people to 1800 : landowners, public officials, minorities, and native leaders . Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore, Md. . 2012 . 195–196. 978-0-8063-1872-1 . 812189309.
  3. Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) pp.xx, xxii, 47, 48, 50