Thomas Harvey (North Carolina governor)

Thomas Harvey
3rd Deputy Governor of the Province of Carolina
In office
1694–1699
Preceded by Thomas Jarvis
Succeeded by Henderson Walker
Personal details
Born 1668
Berkeley Precinct, Albemarle County (modern Perquimans County), North Carolina
Died c. 1699
Albemarle County
Spouse(s) Johanna Jenkins and Sarah Laker
Children John (who died young), Thomas, and Mary
Occupation Politician

Thomas Harvey (1668 - 1699) was the Deputy Governor of North Carolina between 1694 and 1699.

Early life

Harvey was born in 1668, in Berkeley Precinct, Albemarle County (modern Perquimans County), North Carolina, to John Harvey and Dorothy Tooke. He had two brothers: Robert and Richard,[1] and was cousin of former governor of Albemarle Sound John Harvey.[2]

Career

In March 1683 Harvey was a county court justice. He was a member on the colonial council from 1683 to 1695, serving as its president between 1692 and 1695.[2]

He was appointed deputy governor of North Carolina in 1694.[1] Harvey and his council established the "proprietors’s liberal land policies" and he reorganized the colonial government. In December 1696, Harvey created another county in North Carolina in modern Bath, because settlers had created settlements in places beyond Albemarle County. The tensions between North Carolina and Virginia increased over a border dispute (along with other issues).[2] His term ended in 1699.[1]

Personal life

Harvey married two times: In the first of them, he married widow of John Jenkins, Joanna, on 13 April 1682. After the dead of him (on March 27, 1688),[3] he married Sarah Laker in Perquimans County, North Carolina. Harvey and Laker had three children: John (who died young), Thomas, and Mary.[1][3]

He died on July 3, 1699, in Albemarle County.[1]

References

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