Posted on April 10, 2019August 2, 2020Immigrant Ancestors in the Virginia House of Burgesses History of the Virginia House of Burgesses The first meeting of the House of Burgesses was held in the church at Jamestown in the summer of 1619. This was the first legislative body in the Americas that was elected by the people. They met in Williamsburg beginning in 1699. (Public domain) Dr. Robert Booth Thomas Burgess Christopher Branch First meeting of the burgesses in 1619. (Public domain) Captain Francis Eppes Francis Eppes II Reconstructed chamber of the House of Burgesses in Williamsburg. (Source: Public domain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Burgesses) Thomas Pawlett Francis Poythress Henry Soane Argall Yardley Doctoris Christmas William Clopton Capt. Henry Isham Capt. Thomas Harris Stephen Hamlin Adam Thorowgood Henry Woodhouse Thomas Keeling Nathaniel Basse James Garnett Salvator Muscoe
