Thomas Stegg Jr.
Thomas Stegg | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Virginia Governor's Council | |
| In office 1662–1667 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Britain |
| Died | 1670 |
| Spouse | Sarah |
| Occupation | Merchant, politician |
Thomas Stegg Jr. (died 1670), like his father of the same name, was a British merchant and politician in the Colony of Virginia.
Career
[edit]He helped his father import indentured servants into the Virginia colony, and after his father's death at sea in late 1651 or early 1652, inherited property in Charles City County.[1] He patented land in Henrico County with Manwaring Hammond, who was a justice of the peace in Charles City County, and made it his home and trading post.[2]
In 1662 Stegg was appointed to the Virginia Governor's Council, and served until shortly before his death in 1670.[3]
Death and legacy
[edit]After Stegg died in 1670, his widow Sarah married burgess Thomas Grendon, Jr. of Charles City County, and bore a son. During Bacon's Rebellion, Sarah vociferously endorsed Nathaniel Bacon and the rebels, incurring the wrath of Governor William Berkeley.
References
[edit]- ^ McCartney, Martha W. Jamestown People to 1800. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co. 2012) ISBN 978-0-8063-1872-1. p. 13
- ^ McCartney pp. 187, 384
- ^ Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619–1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) p. xxi