Henry Soane
13th Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
In office
1661–1661
Preceded byTheodorick Bland of Westover
Succeeded byRobert Wynne
Member of the House of Burgesses for James City County, Colony of Virginia 1
In office
1660-1662
Preceded byMathew Edlowe
Succeeded byEdward Ramsay
In office
1658
Preceded byRobert Ellyson
Succeeded byWalter Chiles
In office
1652-1655
Preceded byWalter Chiles
Succeeded byRobert Ellyson
Personal details
Born1622
Died1661
Virginia
SpouseJudith Fuller
ChildrenHenry Jr.]], Judith Soane Randolph, John, Elizabeth, William
ResidenceJames City County, Virginia
OccupationFarmer

Henry Soane (1622–1661) was a Virginia politician, real estate investor and landowner who served in the House of Burgesses 1652–55, 1658, and 1660–61, and was its Speaker in 1661.[1][2]

Early and family life

He married Judith Fuller,[3] which whom they had five children. His son William Soane and grandson Henry Soane II would also serve in the House of Burgesses representing Henrico County and James City County, respectively. His daughter Judith Soane first married Henry Randolph I (the clerk of the house of burgesses) and after his death in 1673, Major Peter Field of Henrico County. His son John Soane became a noted surveyor, as well as agent of the Royal African Company, but never married and gave his plantation in Henrico County, Poplar Spring, to his brother William and his surveying instruments to Williams' son Henry Soane II.[4] The progenitor of a political dynasty that spanned two centuries, Soane is the great-great grandfather of President Thomas Jefferson.

Career

Soane began speculating in Virginia real estate by 1651, patenting land on the upper side of the Chickahominy River, as well as the northeast side of the Mattaponi River and the south side of the Rappahannock River. His main plantation was in James City County, and in 1626 he purchased 2200 acres. His and his eldest son Henry Jr's land in New Kent County totalled 2800 acres by 1656.[5] Some of the land was along Diascund Creek, which became the dividing line between James City County and New Kent County in 1651. The Mattaponi land was then in New Kent County. He assigned his 45- acres on the Rappahannock River patented in 1652 to Governor Sir Henry Chicheley in 1654

James City County voters repeatedly elected Soane as one of the men representing them in the House of Burgesses, and burgesses elected him as their Speaker.[6] During his speakership, he asked Col. Fransis Moryson and Randolph to prepare a collection of acts passed by the legislature, for which he received tobacco worth 50 pounds sterling and which was published in London in 1662.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kukla, Jon (1981). Speakers and Clerks of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1643–1776. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library. pp. 61-62. ISBN 0-88490-075-4.
  2. ↑ McCartney, Martha W. (2012). Jamestown people to 1800 : landowners, public officials, minorities, and native leaders. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-8063-1872-1. OCLC 812189309.
  3. ↑ McLean, Dabney Neff (1985). Henry Soane, Progenitor of Thomas Jefferson. D.N. McLean. ISBN 9780961493400. "This collection of abstracts will focus on his [i.e. Thomas Jefferson] great grandparents Peter Field and Judith Soane, and on his great grandparents Henry Soane and Judith Fuller for whom there are few extant records." (p. 5).
  4. ↑ McCartney p. 375
  5. ↑ Kukla p. 61
  6. ↑ Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) pp. xiii, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37, 38
  7. ↑ Kukla


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