Thomas Wellborn (also: Welbourn, Welbourne, Wellbourne), son of John Wellborn II,[1]: 9 was born in
Accomack County,
Virginia in 1640 and died in 1702.[1]: 8 He served as Captain in the King's Militia, and in the Virginia
House of Burgesses from 1699 to 1702.[2][3][4] He was also a member of the Board of Justices.[5] In 1678, he became the first English settler to claim land on the Fox Islands in
Chesapeake Bay, patenting 83 acres (34 hectares) on Little Fox Island.[6] He had a son, William, who served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War.[3]
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Wilburn, Hiram Coleman (1953). Welborn--Wilburn, history--genealogy: the families in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Hiram Coleman Wilburn.
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Shepherd, W. Flora (1981). Genealogy, history and biographical records of the descendants of Philip Hupp and Mary Buzzard, John Shain and Mary Turpin, and allied families. Capitol City.
^H.L. McIlwaine, ed. (1913).
"Wednesday, May th 3d, 1699". Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1695-1702. Colonial Press, E. Waddy Company. p. 140. Resolved. That Mr. Tully Robinson and Mr. Thomas Welbourn are duly elected and returned Burgesses to Serve in this Assembly for Accomack County.
^Daughters of the American Colonists (1931).
Lineage Book, Volume 3. Daughters of the American Colonists.