Thomas Stegg

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Thomas Stegg
1st Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
In office
1643–1643
Succeeded byEdward Hill, Sr.
Personal details
Died1652
Atlantic Ocean, aboard the ship John
OccupationMerchant

Thomas Stegg (died 1652)[1] was a Virginia merchant and politician. He was the first Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses in the 1643 session, when the Burgesses first met as a separate lower house of the Virginia General Assembly.[1] He was the grandfather of William Byrd I through his daughter Grace Stegge Byrd.

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Kukla, pp. 35–36

References[]

  • Kukla, Jon (1981). Speakers and Clerks of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1643–1776. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library. ISBN 0-88490-075-4.


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