Thomas Godwin (politician)

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Thomas Godwin
16th Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
In office
1676
In office
June 1676 – June 1676
Preceded byAugustine Warner Jr.
Succeeded byAugustine Warner Jr.
Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses for Nansemond County, Virginia
Preceded byJohn Blake
Succeeded byposition suspended
Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses for Upper Norfolk County, Virginia
In office
1659
Preceded byThomas Francis
Succeeded byLemuel Mason
Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses for Nansemond County, Virginia
In office
1654-1655
Preceded byEdward Major
Succeeded byEdward Stretter
Personal details
Died1677/8
Virginia
ChildrenThomas, Edmund, Elizabeth
ResidenceNansemond County, Virginia
Military service
Branch/serviceVirginia militia
RankColonel

Thomas Godwin (also spelled Goodwyn, Godwyn) (died 1677/8) was a Virginia politician, planter and real estate speculator in Tidewater Virginia. He thrice served in the House of Burgesses representing the Nansemond River area (variously Nansemond County, and later Upper Norfolk County), and was its Speaker in the June 1676 session that preceded Bacon's Rebellion.[1][2]

  1. ^ Martha W. McCartney, Jamestown People to 1800 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. ISBN 978-0-8063-1872-1) p. 174
  2. ^ Kukla, Jon (1981). Speakers and Clerks of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1643–1776. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library. ISBN 0-88490-075-4.Kukla, pp. 68-69