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Cole Digges (1691-1744) was a Virginia merchant,planter and politician who helped establish Yorktown,Virginia,and served more than two decades on the Virginia Governor's Council after representing Warwick County in the House of Burgesses.
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William Cole (1691-1729) was a planter and politician who represented Warwick County in the House of Burgesses (1715-1728).
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Edward Digges was a Virginia merchant,planter and politician who represented York County in the House of Burgesses.
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Otto Thorpe or Thorp(1630-winter of 1696/1697) was an English merchant who became a militia officer and politician of Middle Plantation in the Colony of Virginia. His home was commandeered during Bacon's Rebellion,and in April 1682,Thorpe briefly represented York County in the House of Burgesses,before returning to England,where he died more than a decade later.
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- ↑ "Colonial NHP: Cole Digges House - Historic Structures Report (Appendix I)". www.nps.gov. Archived from the original on November 2, 2023. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
- ↑ Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) p. 47
- 1 2 "Colonial National Historical Park | COLE DIGGES HOUSE". Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved November 2, 2023.