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Edward Maria Wingfield, sometimes hyphenated as Edward-Maria Wingfield (1550 in Stonely Priory, near Kimbolton – 1631) was a soldier, Member of Parliament (1593), and English colonist in America. He was the son of Thomas Maria Wingfield, and the grandson of Richard Wingfield.
Edward Maria Wingfield, né en 1550 à Stonely (en) près de Kimbolton et mort en 1631, est un soldat, membre du Parlement et colon en Amérique du Nord anglais. Il est le petit-fils de Richard Wingfield. Débarqué en Virginie, il succédera à John Ratcliffe comme gouverneur de la colonie (1607–1607) qui devint plus tard Jamestown.
26 mai 2017 · Edward Maria Wingfield was a founding member of the Virginia Company of London and the first president of the Council of Virginia, a group of Jamestown settlers appointed by the company to make local decisions for the colony.
5 août 2023 · Edward Wingfield MP is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society. He was the eldest son of Thomas Maria Wingfield, the Elder, and Margaret (née Kaye; from Woodsome, Yorkshire). His father died when he was seven years old.
CAPTAIN EDWARD MARIA WINGFIELD. Born about 1560, Son of Thomas Maria Wingfield, M.P, of Huntingdonshire, and Grandson of Sir Richard Wingfield, K.G, of Kimbolton Castle. A Valiant Soldier in Ireland and in the Netherlands.
Although Edward Maria Wingfield is well known by reason of his part in the settlement of Virginia, he has not previously been identified with the ‘Edward Wingfeild esquire’ who sat in the Parliament of 1593.
Edward-Maria Wingfield was the only member of the Virginia Company’s leaders to go to Jamestown to oversee his investment and became the colony’s first president. Wingfield came from wealthy stock in England and served in the military in Holland and Ireland.
