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Thomas Lygon

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83: 225:, representing Henrico County, and was a member of the Committee for Private Causes. His brother-in-law, Major William Harris, held the other Henrico County seat. Lygon was active in the county militia, serving as a lieutenant colonel and later as a colonel. On 1 August 1657, he was appointed as a 186:
in 1641. On 18 April 1644, while Lygon was living at the home of John and Sarah Woodson, their settlement was attacked by Native Americans. During the battle, Lygon shot and killed seven people. The gun he used is now owned by the
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were granted to Lygon and Major William Farrar. On 7 April 1671, Lygon was granted 387 acres of land on the north side of the Appomattox. On 20 September 1672, he was granted 1,468 acres along the James River.
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Lygon was active in government in the colony, and was appointed to represent his cousin on various occasions. He served in the
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until his death in 1675. He was the patriarch of the American branch of the Lygon family.
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for refusing to attend Anglican services. He was a great-great-grandson of
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Captain Thomas Harris, and had at least five children with her.
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Following his cousin, Sir William Berkely, who was appointed by
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in the early 1640s, at the age of sixteen, arriving in
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in 1581 and, in 1592, his grandmother was fined as a
122:. The home of Lygon's grandparents, Thomas Lygon of 403:"Four Thomas Lygons (Ligons) An - Genealogy.com" 385:"Ligon Family and Kinsman Association - History" 430:"Colonel Thomas Lygon – Encyclopedia Virginia" 424: 422: 420: 418: 416: 66:. Lygon owned large parcels of land along the 120:John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton 8: 334: 332: 240:He died in Henrico County on 16 March 1675. 98:and Elizabeth Pratt. He was baptized in the 198:several large parcels of land north of the 46:family in England, Lygon emigrated to the 475: 473: 471: 458:"Colonel Thomas Lygon Historical Marker" 313: 311: 309: 307: 214:He married Mary Harris, daughter of the 589:Colonial American justices of the peace 357:Dorman, John Frederick (May 24, 2004). 249: 494:Boddie, John Bennett (June 24, 2009). 300:. Bond Press – via Google Books. 296:Ligon, William Daniel (May 24, 1947). 50:in the early 1640s. He served in the 7: 609:Military personnel from Warwickshire 298:"The Ligon Family and Connections" 14: 444:"In England/In America – LEAGANS" 574:17th-century American landowners 86:Coat of arms of the Lygon family 614:Politicians from Worcestershire 500:. Genealogical Publishing Com. 497:Virginia Historical Genealogies 363:. Genealogical Publishing Com. 144:High Sheriff of Gloucestershire 540:"VA-K203 Colonel Thomas Lygon" 263:The William and Mary Quarterly 1: 544:photos.historical-markers.org 257:Boddie, John Bennett (1936). 231:Charles City County, Virginia 202:in The Cowpens, then part of 189:Virginia Historical Society 106:. Lygon was a member of an 630: 594:House of Burgesses members 526:history.house.virginia.gov 176:Royal Governor of Virginia 18: 579:American militia officers 510:– via Google Books. 373:– via Google Books. 237:until his death in 1675. 178:, Lygon emigrated to the 19:Not to be confused with 110:that were part of the 87: 114:. 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Index

Thomas Watkins Ligon
genteel
Virginia Colony
House of Burgesses
Henrico County
justice of the peace
Charles City County
Appomattox River
surveyor

Warwickshire
Madresfield Court
Church of England
Walsgrave on Sowe
aristocratic family
landed gentry
Sir William Berkeley
John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton
Elkstone
Dennis
priest hunters
recusant
Sir William Denys
High Sheriff of Gloucestershire
Esquire of the Body
Henry VIII
Berkeley
Berkeley Castle
Charles I
Royal Governor of Virginia

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