# Thomas Jarvis

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{{Short description|American politician (1623–1694)}}
{{Distinguish|Thomas J. Jarvis}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = 
| name = Thomas Jarvis
| office = 1st [Deputy Governor of North Carolina](/source/List_of_colonial_governors_of_North_Carolina)
| term_start = 1691
| term_end = 1694
| preceded = ''Position established''
| succeeded = [Thomas Harvey](/source/Thomas_Harvey_(North_Carolina_governor))
| birth_date = unknown (about 1620)
| birth_place = unknown (England or Virginia)
| death_date = 1694
| death_place = Whites Island, North Carolina
| birth_name =
| spouse = Dorcas 
| children = 3
| alma_mater = 
}}

'''Thomas Jarvis''' (1623–1694) was the [Deputy Governor](/source/Deputy_Governor) of the [Carolina Province](/source/Carolina_Province) from 1691 to 1694.

== Biography ==
Thomas Jarvis started his political career in 1672 as a member of the executive council under Governor [Peter Carteret](/source/Peter_Carteret) and continued to play an active role in [colonial](/source/Colonial_history_of_the_United_States) politics for two decades.<ref name="ncpethomja">[http://ncpedia.org/biography/governors/jarvis-thomas NCpedia:Thomas Jarvis]. Retrieved in August 27, 2015, to 22:40 pm.</ref><ref name="carothojav">[http://www.carolana.com/Carolina/Governors/tjarvis.html Carolana: Thomas Jarvis. President and Acting Governor of "Ye Lands North and East of Cape Feare" 1690 to 1691].</ref> He ventured south to the [Albemarle Region](/source/Albemarle_County%2C_North_Carolina) with [George Durant](/source/George_Durant), [John Jenkins](/source/John_Jenkins_(governor)), [Thomas Harvey](/source/Thomas_Harvey_(North_Carolina_governor)) and others, mainly from [Isle of Wight](/source/Isle_of_Wight_County%2C_Virginia) and [Nansemond](/source/Nansemond_County%2C_Virginia) Counties, Virginia in 1658.<ref name="carothojav" />  From 1683 to 1689, Jarvis was the acting chief executive during the tenures of governors [Seth Sothel](/source/Seth_Sothel) and John Gibbs.<ref name="ncpethomja"/> In 1691 he was appointed Deputy Governor of North and South Carolina where he served under Governor Philip [Ludwell](/source/Philip_Ludwell). With this appointment, Thomas became the first deputy governor of the entire colony, including the area north-east of [Cape Fear](/source/Cape_Fear_(region)).<ref name="Carolina University">[http://media.lib.ecu.edu/archives/pr_display.cfm?id=20 East Carolina University]. Retrieved in August 02, 2012, to 23:27 pm.</ref><ref name="ncpethomja"/>

Very little is known about his private life or his origin (neither his birthplace nor his parents are known). Jarvis married Dorcas Foster.  They had a son, Foster, and a daughter, Dorcas, who married Charles Neal.<ref name="ncpethomja" /> He purchased a piece of land located between the [Perquimans River](/source/Perquimans_River) and Carolina Sound (at that time known as the Albemarle county). This land was purchased in conjunction with a [Native American tribe](/source/Native_American_tribe). Jarvis was also granted 2600 acres (jointly with Col. Lemuel Mason and Thomas Willoughby) known as "White's Island", then stated to be "at" Currituck within Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, in 1688<ref>[https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990007764350205756 Virginia Land Office Patents No. 7, 1679-1689, p. 655 (Reel 7)]</ref> (now known as "Church Island")<ref>[https://ncgazetteer.org/sj2wxrht4j5bjrxpzcvwz.html "Church Island", NC Gazetteer]</ref> It was here that he made his primary residence. Sometime before his appointment to deputy governor in 1691, Jarvis was a ship captain. In addition, Jarvis owned at least seven [slaves](/source/Slavery) (three were [African Americans](/source/African_Americans), two were [Native Americans](/source/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States), and two were of biracial descent).<ref name="ncpethomja"/> He died in White's Island, [Currituck County, North Carolina](/source/Currituck_County%2C_NC) in 1694.<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89GW-C96F-M?i=51&cat=353956 North Carolina wills and court records, 1679-1775, Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 1941 film18054 (unpaginated)]</ref>

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
[http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h624.html]

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