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Edward Maria Wingfield, sometimes hyphenated as Edward-Maria Wingfield (1550 in Stonely Priory, near Kimbolton – 1631) was a soldier, Member of Parliament (1593), and English colonist in America. He was the son of Thomas Maria Wingfield, and the grandson of Richard Wingfield.
- 1631 (aged 81), Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, England
26 de may. de 2017 · Edward Maria Wingfield was a founding member of the Virginia Company of London and the first president of the Council of Virginia, a group of Jamestown settlers appointed by the company to make local decisions for the colony.
Captain Edward-Maria Wingfield, of Stonely Priory near Huntingdon, born 1550, a distinguished soldier in the Low Countries and Ireland. One of the Big Eight named in the 1606 Virginia Charter. In 1607 the Founding Father of Jamestown, Virginia. Crews alias Cruwys, Gamaliel, of Swaffham, Norfolk.
5 de ago. de 2023 · Edward Wingfield MP is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society. He was the eldest son of Thomas Maria Wingfield, the Elder, and Margaret (née Kaye; from Woodsome, Yorkshire). His father died when he was seven years old.
- Male
- April 1, 1631
Contents. Edward-Maria Wingfield. English businessman and colonist. Learn about this topic in these articles: history of Jamestown Colony. In Jamestown Colony: Origins (1606–07)
Edward Maria Wingfield. Edward-Maria Wingfield was the only member of the Virginia Company s leaders to go to Jamestown to oversee his investment and became the colony s first president. Wingfield came from wealthy stock in England and served in the military in Holland and Ireland.
WINGFIELD, Edward Maria (c.1550-c.1614), of Stoneley, Hunts. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981. Available from Boydell and Brewer.
