Key Figures in the Colonial American South

List of People: South

Key Southern colonial figures shaped early American history. John Smith and John Rolfe established Jamestown's survival and tobacco economy. Oglethorpe founded Georgia, while Bacon led a pivotal rebellion. Eliza Pinckney revolutionized agriculture with indigo, cementing the region's plantation economy.

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17th century: Unknown (believed to be the late 17th century)
17th century: Unknown. Believed to have been born in England in the first half of the 17th century.

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1550	Birth of Edward Maria Wingfield (Location: Around Kimbolton, in present-day Cambridgeshire)
1561	Birth of Christopher Newport (Location: London (Limehouse remains a district within London today))
1572	Birth of William Strachey (Location: Saffron Walden, a town in Essex, England today)
1580	Birth of Thomas Gates (Location: Birthplace within Essex is unknown as it cannot be specified) Birth of John Smith (Location: Willoughby (a village in Lincolnshire, England today). Near Alford.) Birth of George Percy (Location: Around Petworth, in present-day West Sussex, England) Birth of Samuel Argall (Location: East Sutton (presently near Maidstone, Kent, England))
1605	Birth of William Berkeley (Location: Hanworth (present-day around the London Borough of Hounslow))
1609	Birth of Edward Hyde (Location: Dinton (a village still located in Wiltshire, England). Administratively, it is situated in the area surrounding Salisbury, Wiltshire)
1617	Birth of William Drummond (Location: Unknown (Born in Scotland. Some theories suggest near Paisley or Perthshire, but it cannot be definitively confirmed)) Death of Christopher Newport
1621	Death of William Strachey
1622	Death of Thomas Gates
1626	Death of Samuel Argall
1631	Death of Edward Maria Wingfield Death of John Smith
1632	Death of George Percy
1633	Birth of John Washington (Location: Tring (present-day Hertfordshire, England))
1640	Birth of Richard Lawrence (Location: Unknown (No specific city or region for his birthplace can be confirmed))
1642	Birth of Augustine Warner Jr. (Location: Around Gloucester)
1644	Birth of John Culpeper (Location: Believed to be around Bridgetown. However, a specific town for birth_place cannot be confirmed. NCpedia contains a differing description citing England as the birth_place, showing discrepancies among historical records.)
1646	Birth of Thomas Hansford (Location: Around Yorktown (present-day York County area, Virginia))
1647	Birth of Nathaniel Bacon (Location: Friston (present-day East Suffolk district, Suffolk). Friston remains a village today, with the neighboring town of Saxmundham nearby.)
1674	Death of Edward Hyde Birth of John Lawson (Location: Reliable records to identify birth_place are lacking, making it difficult to specify the current city name)
1676	Birth of Joseph Ingram (Location: Unknown (No specific birthplace can be confirmed)) Death of Nathaniel Bacon Death of Thomas Hansford Death of Richard Lawrence
1677	Death of John Washington Death of William Drummond Death of William Berkeley
1681	Death of Augustine Warner Jr. Death of John Jenkins
1694	Death of John Culpeper Birth of Augustine Washington Sr. (Location: Around Montross (present-day Westmoreland County, Virginia))
1711	Death of John Lawson
1718	Birth of Lawrence Washington (Location: Around Westmoreland County (present-day Westmoreland County, Virginia)) Death of Thomas Cary
1721	Birth of Peyton Randolph (Location: Williamsburg, present-day Virginia)
1725	Birth of George Mason IV (Location: Mason Neck, present-day Fairfax County, Virginia)
1732	Birth of Richard Henry Lee (Location: Around Montross, in present-day Westmoreland County, Virginia) Birth of George Washington (Location: Around Colonial Beach, in present-day Westmoreland County, Virginia)
1734	Birth of Francis Lightfoot Lee (Location: Around Montross, in present-day Westmoreland County, Virginia)
1736	Birth of Patrick Henry (Location: Present-day Hanover County, Virginia, United States)
1743	Death of Augustine Washington Sr. Birth of Thomas Jefferson (Location: Near Charlottesville, Virginia)
1752	Death of Lawrence Washington
1775	Death of Peyton Randolph
1792	Death of George Mason IV
1794	Death of Richard Henry Lee
1797	Death of Francis Lightfoot Lee
1799	Death of Patrick Henry Death of George Washington
1826	Death of Thomas Jefferson
Unknown	Birth of Thomas Cary (Location: Unspecifiable. Historical records state "Buckinghamshire, England," with no specific town recorded.) Birth of John Jenkins (Location: Unknown. Historical records state birth_place as "England," and a specific town or city cannot be confirmed. He may have graduated from Clare College, Cambridge in 1642.) Death of Joseph Ingram

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