Thomas Wellborn (also: Welbourn, Welbourne, Wellbourne), son of John Wellborn II,[1]: 9 was born in Accomack County, Virginia in 1640 and died in 1702.[1]: 8 He served as Captain in the King's Militia, and in the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1699 to 1702.[2][3][4] He was also a member of the Board of Justices.[5] In 1678, he became the first English settler to claim land on the Fox Islands in Chesapeake Bay, patenting 83 acres (34 hectares) on Little Fox Island.[6] He had a son, William, who served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Wilburn, Hiram Coleman (1953). Welborn--Wilburn, history--genealogy: the families in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Hiram Coleman Wilburn.
- ^ Shepherd, W. Flora (1981). Genealogy, history and biographical records of the descendants of Philip Hupp and Mary Buzzard, John Shain and Mary Turpin, and allied families. Capitol City.
- ^ a b Thomas McAdory Owen; Marie Bankhead Owen (1921). History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume 4. S. J. Clarke publishing Company. p. 1744.
- ^ H.L. McIlwaine, ed. (1913). "Wednesday, May th 3d, 1699". Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1695-1702. Colonial Press, E. Waddy Company. p. 140.
Resolved. That Mr. Tully Robinson and Mr. Thomas Welbourn are duly elected and returned Burgesses to Serve in this Assembly for Accomack County.
- ^ Daughters of the American Colonists (1931). Lineage Book, Volume 3. Daughters of the American Colonists.
- ^ William B. Cronin (2005). The Disappearing Islands of the Chesapeake. JHU Press. p. 101. ISBN 9780801874352.
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