FATHER: John Hansford 1590-1661
MOTHER: Elizabeth Jands

SOUSE:Elizabeth JONES
Marriage: about 1665 Hogg Island, Surry, New York
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!Death: Thomas was hanged by Gov. Berkley of Virginia for his participation in Bacons Rebellion. He is said to be the first American born person to be executed in the Colonies.Cause: Hanging
Southside Virginia Families, Vol. 1, by John Bennett Boddie, Genealogical Pub. Co, 1966, page 157.

NOTE: one source says as many as 23 Men were hung. Did not state Names.
THANK YOU MARY for BELOW. I LOVE DETAILS.

You might want to check the death location of Thomas Hansford. In her book, JAMESTOWN PEOPLE TO 1800, p. 189, Martha W. McCartney says that in 1676 Thomas Hansford "was executed at John Custis II's Arlington Plantation on the Eastern Shore." Today's map would put the site in Northampton County. Please contact me if you have any questions. Mary DeLara.

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His land was confiscated by the government.

Virginia frontiersmen, indentured servants and slaves took part in this rebellion under Bacon.
After these activities, Virginia tightened its Indian Policy, cracked down on indentured servants that were difficult to trust, and decided to grow its slave population.
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Bacon Rebellion 1676-1677
: King George II was King of England and the Colonies.
: Sir William Berkeley was the appointed Royal Governor of Virginia.
: Jametown was the Capital of Virginia
: Nathaniel Bacon was a land owner and House of Burgess Member for the counties of Henrico County.
. Gov. Berkeley fled Jamestown twice during these activities. Berkeley had retaken Jamestown on Sept. 8, 1676. Around Sept. 14, Bacon again took Jamestown and Berkeley escaped the second time. Bacon could not hold Jamestown and could not give it back over to Berkeley so he and his men Burned Jamestown.
"" to "laye itt level with the Ground." His men ran from building to building with burning brands, torching numerous homes as well as the statehouse complex, warehouses, taverns, and even the church. Berkeley and the loyalist refugees, anchored just downstream, watched the glow of the flames. ""
. October 26, 1676, Bacon died. ill with typhus and dysentery, or what the colonists called the "Bloody Flux
.On October 27, 1676, Charles II signed a proclamation for putting down the rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon.
. The most bitter and sustained fighting of the rebellion commenced in November 1676. Fighting on the "...York River garrisons that brought back dozens of rebels to hang or languish in jails on the Eastern Shore."
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...."Hearing of Bacon's death, Governor Berkeley returned to reclaim his government. He had sent to England for more troops, which set sail Nov. 24, 1676. The remainder of the fleet left on Dec. 8 and 9. The Bristol, under Admiral Sir John Berry and Francis Moryson, sailed up the James River Jan. 29, 1677, with the other forces arriving between Feb 1 and 14. Governor Berkeley used these forces in exacting revenge. Among his first acts was to hang leaders of the rebellion—some 23 men. He seized rebel property without benefit of trial. Finally, an outraged Assembly insisted that the executions and reprisals stop.

Berkeley's excessive reprisals were not greeted pleasurably in England. An investigating committee there reported to King Charles II. Berkeley was relieved of his Council seat and recalled to England. He sailed for the mother country on Apr. 20. In August, Berkeley died in England without ever having seen the king. [26] "



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This is one story of Bacon Rebellion. A very small portion of what happened and WHY it happened. There were 2 other Rebel's hung when a garrison fell later. These November Rebel's were hung or Languishis in jails.
Bacon had died and just weeks after Gov. Berkeley was recalled to England he died it appears before he gave his story to King George II.



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