Was appointed Royal Commissioner to deal with the rebellious Virginians who refused to acknowledge the rule of "regicides and tyrants."
At the execution of King Charles I, Governor Sir William Berkeley of Virginia, with the approbation of the colonists, proclaimed the late King's son, Charles II, "King of Virginia" and invited the exiled monarch to come and reign in his colony. The young King was so touched that he referred to Virginia as "My Old Dominion", which Virginians have cherished since.Politics: 1651 Royal Commissioner in Cromwell's Parliament.
Drowned at sea.
I'm confused about the three marriages different sources have for Elizabeth.
Thomas had no sons, thus offering to make William Byrd-17 at the time (John Byrd's son), his heir, provided they came to the "Dominion" (Virginia). Thomas Stegge inherited the Virginia property from his father.
Captian Thomas Stegge and his young wife lived in a two-story stone house with one chimney in the exact center of the roof. The house was built on a flat meadow where the river made a broad bend below the cliffs and was more fortress than dwelling.In 1670, cultivation and habitation stopped dead at what was called the Fall Line---the line stretching from NE to SW across the colony where the alluvial plain ended in a sharp upthrust of land. Here the tides from the sea stopped as did navigation by ship on all the great rivers of Virgina---the Potomac, the James, the Appomattox, the York and the Rappahannock. This Fall Line effectively halted the advance of civilization for the first 100 years of Virginia history.
In 1622 the Indians tried to take their country back and nearly suceeded. Since the marriage of Pocahontas to John Rolfe in April 1614, the colonists no longer feared the Indians.
On March 21, 1622, the eve of Good Friday, the Indians brought presents of deer, turkeys, fish and fruit to their English friends, many of them spending the night outside the settler's houses and turning up for breakfast.
At 8:oo am on Good Friday, when most of the men had gone out to the fields to work, the Indians in all the scattered settlements and lonely cabins up and down the James River for 140 miles, suddenly attacked their hosts. Some never knew what hit them, many children's skulls were cracked, wives multilated and the men tortured...the Indians acted on the orders from their head chief Opecancanough, who acted in great conspiracy and utter secrecy.
Had it not been for Chanco, a Christian Indian, who got wind of the massacre the night before and warned his master, Richard Pace. Pace rowed across the James River at night to warn Governor Sir Francis Wyatt in Jamestown, who spread the alarm as far as possible before the Indians' attacked. 347 colonists were killed but thousands of lives saved. After that, the Virginians could never expect anything other than an armed truce, not trusting the Indians, which was broken by both sides. Captain Stegge, introduced his heir, William Byrd to meet Virginia Society...during the wedding of Governor William Berkeley and Frances (Culpepper) Stevens, a big extravaganza of the new Virginian aristocracy. After the wedding, the party adjourned to Sir William Berkeley's plantation, "Green Spring", the first of the great mansions of Tidewater, Virginia. Thomas' Will-----bequeathed 50 pounds to Sir William Berkeley, Knight: 100 pounds to each of his nieces and nephews, provided something for his wife, but all the lands, goods, businesses in Virginia and England were left to William Byrd, his nephew., which also included a little advice...that William is "not to be led away by the evil instructions he shall receive from others, but to be governed by the prudent and provident counsel of his aunt, the testator's loving wife"...the first part of the sentence was sound, the second could have been disastrous.
London Merchant.
I'm confused about the three marriages different sources have for Elizabeth.
Edward was in Jamestown before 1620 - "Ancient Planter".
150 acres granted on December 5, 1620, called "Frindall's Hill" near James City.