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]
Henry Hartwell | |
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| Member of the Council of State for the Colony of Virginia | |
| In office 1692-1695 | |
| Member of the House of Burgesses for James City, Colony of Virginia | |
| In office 1684-1688 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Clayton |
| Succeeded by | William Sherwood |
| Personal details | |
| Born | circa 1649 Middle Plantation Colony of Virginia |
| Died | Summer, 1699 Stepney, Middlesex County, England |
| Spouse | Jane Meriwether |
| Relatives | William Hartwell (brother) |
| Occupation | attorney, planter, politician |
References
edit- ^ Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed. (1915). Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Vol. I. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 144.
- ^ McCartney, Martha W. (2012). Jamestown people to 1800 : landowners, public officials, minorities, and native leaders. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co. pp. 195–196. ISBN 978-0-8063-1872-1. OCLC 812189309.
- ^ Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) pp.xx, xxii, 47, 48, 50