Thomas Hansford: First Virginia-Born Rebel Executed for Treason

Thomas Hansford: First Virginia-Born Rebel Executed for Treason

Thomas Hansford

A Virginia-born planter and military officer, he was one of Nathaniel Bacon's chief military commanders during Bacon's Rebellion. Born into a prominent York County family, he inherited property after the death of his father, John Hansford. During the 1676 rebellion, he led rebel forces against Governor William Berkeley's loyalists, but was captured, tried by court-martial, and hanged for treason.

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Year Thomas Hansford
1646
Birth of Thomas Hansford (Period: c. 1646 (exact date unknown), Location: Around Yorktown (present-day York County area, Virginia))
Born into a Prominent York County Family (Period: Around 1646, Location: York County, Virginia Colony)
1660
Marriage to Elizabeth Jones (Age: 14 years old, Period: Mid-1660s–Around 1667, Location: Virginia Colony)
Marriage (Thomas Hansford and Elizabeth Jones, Age: 14 years old, Period: Mid-1660s–Around 1667, Location: Virginia Colony (Exact Location Unknown))
1661
Death of Father John Hansford and Inheritance of Property (Age: 15 years old, Period: 1661–1667, Location: York County, Virginia Colony)
1667
Land and Court Activities in York County (Age: 21 years old, Period: 1667–1676, Location: York County, Virginia Colony)
Marriage (Age: 21 years old, Period: Around 1667–1674, Location: York County Courthouse, Virginia Colony)
Inheritance of Father’s Property (Age: 21 years old, Period: November 12, 1667, Location: York County, Virginia Colony)
1676
Bacon’s Rebellion (Age: 30 years old, Period: 1676–1677, Location: Virginia Colony, Jamestown, Northern Neck, Westmoreland County, etc.)
Participation in Bacon’s Rebellion (Age: 30 years old, Period: 1676, Location: Virginia Colony, Jamestown and Surrounding Areas)
Conflict with William Digges (Age: 30 years old, Period: Around 1676, Location: York County, Virginia Colony)
Command of Rebel Forces at Tindall’s Point (Age: 30 years old, Period: November 1676, Location: Tindall’s Point, Near the Mouth of the York River)
Capture at Tindall’s Point (Age: 30 years old, Period: November 7, 1676, Location: Tindall’s Point, Near the Mouth of the York River (Present-day Yorktown Area))
Transfer to Accomack (Age: 30 years old, Period: November 7–13, 1676, Location: Eastern Shore of Virginia, Accomack County)
Death of Thomas Hansford (Age: 30 years old, Period: November 13, 1676)
Court-Martial and Execution of Thomas Hansford (Age: 30 years old, Period: November 13, 1676, Location: Accomack County, Eastern Shore of Virginia)
Execution by Hanging (Age: 30 years old, Period: November 13, 1676, Location: Accomack County, 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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