Augustine Warner Jr. | |
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 Portrait of Col. Augustine Warner Jr. | |
| Member of theVirginia Governor's Council | |
| In office 1677–1681 | |
| 15th Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses | |
| In office March 1676 – May 1676 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Wynne |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Godwin |
| In office February 1677 – April 2, 1677 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Godwin |
| Succeeded by | William Travers |
| Member of theHouse of Burgesses forGloucester County | |
| In office 1672–1677 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Jenings |
| Succeeded by | John Armistead |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1642-06-03)June 3, 1642 |
| Died | (1681-06-19)June 19, 1681 (aged 39) |
| Resting place | Warner Hall,Gloucester County, Virginia |
| Spouse | Mildred Reade |
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| Parent(s) | Augustine Warner Sr. Mary Townley |
| Relatives | Thomas Warner (grandfather) |
| Residence(s) | Warner Hall, Gloucester County, Virginia |
| Occupation | Planter and politician |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Virginia militia |
| Rank | Colonel[1][2] |
| Battles/wars | Bacon's Rebellion |
ColonelAugustine Warner Jr. (June 3, 1642 – June 19, 1681) was an American planter, military officer and politician.[2] He served in theHouse of Burgesses from 1666 to 1677 and was itsSpeaker in two separate sessions in 1676 and 1677, before and afterBacon's Rebellion. Warner then served on theVirginia Governor's Council from October 1677 until his death.[3] Warner is thelast common ancestor ofGeorge Washington andKing Charles III.[4]
Augustine Warner Jr. was born on June 3, 1642. He was the only son ofAugustine Warner Sr., who in 1628 had settled in the Virginia Colony and by 1642 had established aplantation called "Austin's Desire" inGloucester County, buildingWarner Hall on the property, and wife Mary Townley. The elder Warner served on the Council from 1659 until shortly before his death in 1674.[5][3][6]
The younger Warner went to London in 1658 and attended theMerchant Taylors' School. He returned to Virginia after finishing his education and married Mildred Reade, daughter of George Reade, Secretary of the Virginia Colony.
Warner settled on a farm in Gloucester County, living there until he inherited Warner Hall in 1674.[3] He soon assumed his father's position as Colonel of the Gloucester county militia.[1] Meanwhile, Warner began his political career as a burgess representing Gloucester County in 1672, during what had been called the "Long Assembly" in which elections were only held to replace deceased members, probably in this instance Warner's neighbor, planter and lawyerPeter Jenings.[7]
In March 1676 theGeneral Assembly called by Governor SirWilliam Berkeley in 1661 held its last session. Warner was elected Speaker, replacingRobert Wynne, who died the previous year. On May 10, as theNathaniel Bacon crisis was building, Berkeley dissolved the House of Burgesses and called new elections. It is not known if Warner served in the new House that met in June.[3]
Fighting began in late July. Warner remained loyal to Berkeley, joining his forces. Bacon's forces capturedJamestown and burned it on September 19, then crossed theYork River and seized Warner Hall. Bacon died in October, but the rebellion continued until early January 1677.[3]
Warner served on a court-martial headed by Berkeley on January 11, 1677, at which rebels were executed. Berkeley called for elections, and Warner was not only elected to represent Gloucester County, but fellow burgesses elected him Speaker of the new House when it convened in February. The Assembly met until early April. It revoked all acts of the June 1676 Assembly, and then reenacted some.[3]
In late September – early October 1677, after Berkeley had been recalled and sailed for England, Warner was appointed to the Governor's Council. Although he remained aligned with the "Green Spring faction" of Berkeley loyalists after Berkeley's removal as governor, he was not removed from the Council, unlike such diehards asPhilip Ludwell andThomas Ballard.[3]
Warner suedWilliam Byrd I, a sometime ally of Bacon, for the damage the rebels had done to Warner Hall. Byrd claimed in his defense that he was Bacon's captive, not his supporter, and was not responsible.[3]
About 1665 he married Mildred Reade, daughter ofSir George Reade and wife Elizabeth Martiau.[8]
Warner died June 19, 1681, and was interred at Warner Hall.[3][2]
Although looted in Bacon's Rebellion discussed above,Warner Hall survives today and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980.Abingdon Church, the second building built on land Warner donated for spiritual purposes, also remains in use today. Despite periods of disuse and disrepair, it has been listed on the National Register since 1970.
Augustine Jr. had three sons, all of whom died unmarried, and three daughters, who inherited the Warner property and left many descendants:
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