Partial Listing of Plantations in Early 17th Century
Based upon the makeup of the House of Burgesses, a partial list of early plantations and their representatives were:
- for James City: Ensign William Spense and Captain William Powell
- for Charles City: Samuel Sharpe and Samuel Jordan
- for the City of Henricus: Thomas Dowse and John Plentine
- for Kiccowtan: Captain William Tucker and William Capp
- for Martin's Brandon, Captain John Martin's Plantation: Thomas Davis and Robert Stacy
- for Smythe's Hundred Plantation: Captain Thomas Graves and Walter Shelley
- for Martin's Hundred Plantation (also known as Wolstenholme Towne): John Boys and John Jackson
- for Argall's Gift Plantation: Thomas Pawlett and Edward Gourgainy
- for Flowerdew Hundred Plantation: Ensign Edmund Rossingham and John Jefferson
- for Captain Lawne's Plantation: Captain Christopher Lawne and Ensign Washer
- for Captain Warde's Plantation: Captain John Warde and Lieutenant John Gibbes
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