Record #:

12801

Author(s):

Crabtree, Beth

Abstract:

The first American born governor, Captain Samuel Stephens, succeeded William Drummond in October 1667. Son of Richard Stephens and Elizabeth Piersey, natives of London, Samuel was born in 1629, at Bolthrope plantation, Virginia.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 28 Issue 5, Aug 1960, p12

Subject(s):

Governors