Thomas Dew (politician)

Thomas Dew

7th Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
In office 1652–1652
Preceded by	Edward Major
Succeeded by	Walter Chiles
Personal details
Died	c. 1681
Residence	Nansemond County, Virginia
Occupation	Farmer

Thomas Dew (died c. 1681) was a Virginia landowner and politician. He settled in the vicinity of the Nansemond River by 1634, and represented Upper Norfolk County in the General Assembly of 1642. He was elected to the House of Burgesses several times between 1652 and 1656, succeeding his neighbor Edward Major as Speaker in the November 1652 session.^[1]

In 1656 he was authorized to explore the coast of North Carolina between Cape Hatteras and Cape Fear. Later in life, he became a Quaker.^[1]

Notes

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

Speakers of the Virginia House of Burgesses

Stegg Hill Sr. Scarborough Harmer Harwood Major Dew Chiles Whitby Hill Sr. Moryson Smith Hill Sr. Bland Soane Wynne Warner Godwin Warner Travers Kemp Ballard Hill Jr. Kendall Allen Milner Ludwell Carter W. Randolph Carter Beverley Harrison Beverley McCarty Holloway J. Randolph Robinson P. Randolph

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