Thomas Herrick Explained
Thomas Herrick, sometimes spelled Thomas Hayrick or Thomas Heyrick or Thomas Heyricke was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, the elected lower house of the colonial Virginia General Assembly, from the "Upper Part of" Elizabeth City, Virginia, later Elizabeth City County, Virginia, now Hampton, Virginia, in 1629 - 1630.[1] [2] [3]
In a note in the Richmond Standard quoted in other sources, Henry Herrick, burgess for Warwick County, Virginia in 1644 - 1645, is said to be a nephew of Thomas Herrick.[4]
On March 24, 1630, Herrick and six other burgesses were ordered by Act II of the assembly of 1629 - 1630 to inspect the site for a fort at Old Point Comfort at the extreme tip of the Virginia Peninsula at Hampton Roads and to agree with Captain Samuel Mathews for the building of the fort.[5] [6] [7] [8]
References
- Hening, William Walter, ed. Statutes at Large, (Laws of Virginia) Volume 1, Richmond: Samuel Pleasants, 1809.
- McCartney, Martha W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007. . Retrieved March 7, 2013.
- Stanard, William G. and Mary Newton Stanard. The Virginia Colonial Register. Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons Publishers, 1902., Retrieved July 15, 2011.
- Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed. 'Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography'. Volume 1. New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915. . Retrieved February 16, 2013.
Notes and References
- Stanard, William G. and Mary Newton Stanard. The Virginia Colonial Register. Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons Publishers, 1902., Retrieved July 15, 2011. pp. 55, 56.
- Stanard, 1902, p. 56 shows "Thomas Hayrick" as one of the burgesses for "The Upper Part of Elizabeth City."
- [Lyon Gardiner Tyler|Tyler, Lyon Gardiner]
- Tyler, 1915, p. 257.
- McCartney, Martha W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007. . Retrieved March 7, 2013.
- Hening, William Walter, ed. Statutes at Large, (Laws of Virginia) Volume 1, Richmond: Samuel Pleasants, 1809. p. 150.
- Herrick's name is shown as "Thomas Hayrick" in Act II of the Assembly.
- Mathews was Governor of Virginia in 1658 - 1660. Stanard, 1902, p. 16. Stanard spells his name "Matthews" but Tyler, 1915, pp. 48 - 49 spells it "Mathews." Act II of the Assembly spells the name "Mathewes."
