Chesapeake, and most famously, Lower Norfolk County which became the modern City of Norfolk. Despite his widespread and long-lasting influence in South Hampton Roads, his choice of residence was along the Lynnhaven River, also named for his home in England. In 1635, he earned a land patent for over 5,000 acres (20 km2) in this area for having earlier persuaded 105 new residents to settle in Virginia, including Augustine Warner, an ancestor of both President George Washington and General Robert E. Lee. Thoroughgood appears to have had the foresight to realize earlier than many other leaders that Lower Norfolk County (which encompassed the modern cities of Portsmouth, Norfolk, Chesapeake, and Virginia Beach) was too large for a single site for convenient worship and court affairs. He led the effort to establish a second parish church (now known as Old Donation Episcopal Church), a court, and a glebe house at what was then known as Churches Point on the Lynnhaven River in the eastern portion of the county, that was later subdivided to form Princess Anne County in 1691. The present City of Virginia Beach was incorporated in 1963. In 1640, at the young age of 36, Thoroughgood suddenly became ill and died. The Adam Thoroughgood House is now an historic museum. Family Adam Thorowgood married Sarah Offley of London. Before his death in August 1642 they had 4 children: Adam, who became Lt. Colonel Ann, who married Job Chandler of Maryland Sarah who also married a Maryland gentleman Elizabeth, who married John Michael, Sr., a member of the Board of Commissioners of Northampton County, Virginia. His widow Sarah married several more times, first to Captain John Gookin, and lastly to Francis Yeardley, youngest son of Governor Sir George Yeardley. See also Ferry Plantation House References Sources Bellamy, Joe Davis The Bellamys of Early Virginia (iUniverse, 2005). Stanard, William G. and Mary Newton Stanard. The Virginia Colonial Register. Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons Publishers, 1902. , Retrieved July 15, 2011. Grimston Parish Register Thoroughgood House, Virginia Beach History Museums 1604 births 1640 deaths People from King's Lynn Virginia colonial people House of Burgesses members Politicians from Virginia Beach, Virginia Virginia Governor's Council members English emigrants