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))
1676
Bacon’s Rebellion (Age: 30 years old, Period: 1676–1677, Location: Virginia Colony, Jamestown, Northern Neck, Westmoreland County, etc.)
Death of Thomas Hansford (Age: 30 years old, Period: November 13, 1676)

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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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