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Many of the Burgesses were ill and suffered from the heat and humidity. One Burgess, Mr. Shelley, representing Smythes Hundred died on August 1, 1619. The Governor, Sir [[George Yeardley]] decided to end the meeting after six days. | Many of the Burgesses were ill and suffered from the heat and humidity. One Burgess, Mr. Shelley, representing Smythes Hundred died on August 1, 1619. The Governor, Sir [[George Yeardley]] decided to end the meeting after six days. | ||
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Revision as of 17:49, March 11, 2011
Lt. John Gibbs (c. 1600 – 1659) is an early American settler and member of the Virginia House of Burgesses.
John Gibbs was born in England around 1600. He arrived on the ship Supply at Jamestown in 1619. He was the partner of Christopher Stafford who had arrived on the ship The Treasuror in 1613.
Gibbs was a Representative from Captain Wardes Plantation along with Captain John Warde at the first House of Burgesses meeting in Virginia held in the choir of the Church of Jamestown.[1]
Many of the Burgesses were ill and suffered from the heat and humidity. One Burgess, Mr. Shelley, representing Smythes Hundred died on August 1, 1619. The Governor, Sir George Yeardley decided to end the meeting after six days.
Lt. Gibbs did not survive the March 22, 1622 Indian attack of Westover.[2]
References
- ↑ The First Legislative Assembly
- ↑ Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary, Martha W. McCartney, page 325.