Talk:List of members of the Virginia House of Burgesses

Rev. Robert Bracewell; Rev. John Waugh
In 1653, Rev. Robert Bracewell was refused a seat as a member of the House of Burgesses because he was a clergyman. (page 74) Rev. John Waugh also was refused a seat in 1699. Yet, five clergymen served in the Virginia Governor's Council during the colonial period. (page 75) Swem, E.G. The Disqualification of Ministers in State Constitutions. William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Volume 26. October 1917. Richmond, VA: Whittet and Shepperson, 1918. . Retrieved February 6, 2014. Bracewell and Waugh are not listed as members of the House of Burgesses in Hening or standard references such as Tyler and Stanard; full citations for these sources are in the article. Tyler, Vol. 1, notes that Waugh was elected but was denied a seat. Tyler and Stanard show that Waugh's son, John Waugh or Jno. Waugh, later served as a burgess, after the Rev. Waugh's death in 1706. Donner60 (talk) 10:24, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Tyree Alonzo Tabb
I found no source for the addition of this name so I deleted it. If anyone can cite a reliable and verifiable source for addition of the name, it can be restored. Donner60 (talk) 10:03, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

By the way, although I made the revert and placed this method as if this were a good faith addition, I am convinced that it was bogus. Tyree would not have been a first name in that period except perhaps in the most unlikely event it was a last name in use, which in turn is unlikely. People did not use middle names throughout the colonial period (except in a few instances, especially when an additional surname as a middle name might have been used - and yes, I know about Wingfield). For example see how many are on the list and consider George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry - and these were at the end of the period. The use of a Spanish middle name is rather unlikely as well. Most importantly, this name does not show up in sources, in particular the main ones of Stanard and Tyler. Donner60 (talk) 21:43, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

Piping red link article names; Writing new articles
An editor (and administrator) added piping to all the proposed articles which had burgess, or in some cases years in office, as part of the title for disambiguation purposes (because there are already articles for other persons of the same name). This presents a cleaner appearance by only showing the name. However, anyone who wishes to add an article for any burgess for which there is no article now is asked to check the red link to see if a disambiguated title is present. If so, use of this title will prevent ambiguous duplicate titles or titles which differ from the hidden titles here which would prevent an automatic link from appearing. I had intended to write at least stub articles for as many burgesses as possible as quickly as I could do so. I have not written many yet because of concentration on other articles or other Wikipedia tasks but I hope to get back to this project soon. Donner60 (talk) 10:03, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

Need for disambiguations may arise
I did not put burgess or other modifier to disambiguate titles in the list when I prepared the list for any name for which there was no existing title for another person at the time. I have not written these articles as quickly as I thought I might have. Disambiguations may arise if someone creates an article for a person of the same name without a modifier (the usual practice, of course) before an article is created for the burgess listed in this article. If so, a modifier will be necessary and I suggest {burgess) which I have used for most articles except where more than one person of the same name required me to use years in office as the modifier. Donner60 (talk) 10:03, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

John Heyward vs John Hayward
I believe this is a misspelling. John Hayward is a direct ancestor, a member of the house of Burgess from York County. All of my research shows the spelling to be Hayward with an "A". Later changed to Howard. The footnote 10 has a similar history to the one I found. https://www.geni.com/people/John-Howard-Burgess-of-York-County/6000000002135438101 76.191.87.2 (talk) 00:52, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Redlinks need clean-up
A lot of the redlinked people probably won't have articles ever made about them because they fail WP:GNG. I've just cleaned up a bluelink to William Melling, who is an actor alive today. I think almost all of the redlinks should be removed. IgnatiusofLondon (talk) 14:46, 12 February 2024 (UTC)