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The son of the former Agnes Knowles and her husband, Col. John Armistead, was born in New Kent County. He was likely named to honor his grandfather, Capt. (then Major) William Armistead, who had a brother Gill Armistead and both served on the vestry of Blisland Parish (although Col. John Armistead moved to St. Peter's Parish and served on its vestry, in addition to his military duties and ...
William Armitstead may refer to: William Armistead (burgess) (died c. 1716), represented Elizabeth City, Virginia in the Virginia House of Burgesses; William Armistead (1754–1793), slave owner and namesake of former slave and spy James Armistead Lafayette; William Armistead (1762–1842), Revolutionary war veteran and Alabama pioneer
William Armistead (1762–1799) was a Revolutionary War drummer boy from Elizabeth City County, Virginia, who became a planter (and slaveowner) in North Carolina and later in Alabama. [1] This William Armistead was born in 1762 to one of the First Families of Virginia , and considerable genealogical research has been performed to determine his ...
Maj. Lewis Burwell (1621–1653), [3] was baptized on 5 March 1621/22 at Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England.In 1650, the wealthy planter (who owned about 7000 acres of land) married Lucy Higginson, whose parents had likewise emigrated to the Virginia colony to escape the English Civil War, but whose father Robert, after leading the Middle Plantation militia and arranging a stockade to protect ...
Hening, William Waller. The Statutes at Large; being a Collection of all the Laws of Virginia, from the First Session of the Legislature, in the year 1619, Volume I . New York: Published pursuant to an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, passed on the Fifth day of February One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eight, Printed for the Editor by R ...
Robert Carter I (c. 1664 – 4 August 1732) was an American planter, merchant, and colonial administrator who served as the acting governor of Virginia from 1726 to 1727. . An agent for the Northern Neck Proprietary, Carter emerged as the wealthiest settler in the British colony of Virginia and received the sobriquet "King" from his contemporaries connoting his autocratic approach and ...
Armistead C. Gordon, 5x great-grandson of William Randolph was a Virginia lawyer and a prolific writer of prose and poetry. John Skelton Williams , 2x great-grandson of Edmund Randolph, great-grandson of Peyton Randolph, was Comptroller of the Currency under President Woodrow Wilson .
William Armistead (died circa 1716) was a Virginia planter and politician in Elizabeth City County, Virginia, which he represented in the House of Burgesses for ...