Richard Lawrence: The Intellectual Strategist of the Rebellion

Richard Lawrence

An intellectual referred to by contemporaries as "Thoughtful Mr. Lawrence," he was one of the primary leaders of Bacon's Rebellion alongside William Drummond. Following the suppression of the rebellion, he is believed to have fled to escape execution.

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Year	Richard Lawrence
1623	Education at Oxford University (Age: 17 years before birth, Period: Around 1623–1629, Location: Oxford, England)
1640	Birth of Richard Lawrence (Period: Unknown (Born before 1640), Location: Unknown (No specific city or region for his birthplace can be confirmed)) Birth in England (Period: Before 1640, Location: England)
1660	Tavern Management in Jamestown (Age: 20 years old, Period: Late 1660s–1676, Location: Jamestown, Virginia Colony)
1662	Emigration to the Virginia Colony (Richard Lawrence, Age: 22 years old, Period: Before 1662, Location: Virginia Colony) Acquisition of Land in Virginia Colony (Richard Lawrence, Age: 22 years old, Period: 1662–1664, Location: Lancaster County and Rappahannock River Basin, Virginia Colony) Marriage (Richard Lawrence and Dorothy, Age: 22 years old, Period: Before 1662, Location: Unknown (Believed to be England or Virginia Colony)) Acquisition of Headrights (Richard Lawrence, Age: 22 years old, Period: September 10, 1662, Location: Lancaster County, Virginia Colony)
1663	Acquisition of Large Land Patent (Richard Lawrence, Age: 23 years old, Period: 1663–1664, Location: Rappahannock River Basin, Virginia Colony)
1667	Move to Jamestown (Richard Lawrence, Age: 27 years old, Period: Around 1667, Location: Jamestown, Virginia Colony) Political and Economic Activities in Jamestown (Age: 27 years old, Period: 1667–1676, Location: Jamestown, Virginia Colony)
1668	Activities as Colonial Surveyor (Age: 28 years old, Period: 1668–1672, Location: Various Locations Across Virginia Colony)
1672	Conflict with the Virginia Governor’s Office (Age: 32 years old, Period: 1672–1675, Location: Jamestown, Virginia Colony)
1675	Frontier Conflicts with Native Americans (Age: 35 years old, Period: 1675–1676, Location: Western and Northern Frontiers of Virginia Colony)
1676	Bacon’s Rebellion (Age: 36 years old, Period: 1676–1677, Location: Virginia Colony, Jamestown, Northern Neck, Westmoreland County, etc.) Becoming Bacon’s Primary Advisor (Age: 36 years old, Period: 1676, Location: Jamestown, Virginia Colony) Election as Burgess for James City County (Age: 36 years old, Period: June 1676, Location: James City County, Virginia Colony) Meeting with Bacon in Jamestown (Age: 36 years old, Period: June 1676, Location: Jamestown, Virginia Colony) Full-scale Participation in Bacon’s Rebellion (Age: 36 years old, Period: June–October 1676, Location: Various Locations Across Virginia Colony) Election as Representative for James City County (Age: 36 years old, Period: June 1676, Location: Virginia Colonial Assembly, Jamestown) Burning of Jamestown (Age: 36 years old, Period: September 19, 1676, Location: Jamestown, Virginia Colony) Continuation of the Rebellion After Bacon’s Death (Age: 36 years old, Period: October 1676–January 1677, Location: Virginia Colony, New Kent County and Pamunkey River Basin, etc.) Flight After Bacon’s Death (Age: 36 years old, Period: October–December 1676, Location: New Kent County to Virginia Colonial Frontier) Death of Richard Lawrence (Age: 36 years old, Period: After December 1676 (exact date and place of death unknown)) Flight to New Kent County (Age: 36 years old, Period: Around December 1676, Location: New Kent County, Virginia Colony) Disappearance (Age: 36 years old, Period: After December 1676, Location: Unknown)
1677	Search and Confiscation of Property (Age: 37 years old, Period: After 1677, Location: Jamestown, Virginia Colony)

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Colonial settlement	John Smith Christopher Newport George Percy Edward Maria Wingfield Thomas Gates Samuel Argall William Strachey
Bacon's Rebellion	Nathaniel Bacon William Berkeley William Drummond Richard Lawrence Thomas Hansford Joseph Ingram
The Washington family	Augustine Warner Jr. Lawrence Washington Augustine Washington Sr. George Washington John Washington
North Carolina Early Settlers	John Lawson Thomas Cary Edward Hyde John Jenkins John Culpeper
Virginia politician	George Washington Patrick Henry Thomas Jefferson Richard Henry Lee Francis Lightfoot Lee Peyton Randolph George Mason IV

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