Otho Thorpe

Otto Thorpe
Member of the House of Burgesses for York County
In office
April 1682
Preceded byJohn Page
Succeeded byHenry Jenkins
Personal details
Bornbaptized November 6, 1630
King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire, England
Diedwinter of 1696/7
London, England
Resting placeAll-Hallows-the-Wall parish, London
Spouse(s)Elizabeth, Frances
RelativesGeorge Thorpe

Otto Thorpe or Thorp(1630-winter of 1696/1697) was an English merchant who became a militia officer and politician of Middle Plantation (the future Williamsburg) in the Colony of Virginia. His home was commandeered during Bacon's Rebellion, and in April 1682, Thorpe briefly represented York County in the House of Burgesses, before returning to England, where he died more than a decade later.[1][2]

  1. ^ McCartney, Martha W. (2012). Jamestown People to 1800. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. p. 404. ISBN 978-0-8063-1872-1.
  2. ^ Tyler, Lyon Gardiner (1915). Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography vol.1. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. pp. 341–342.