George Wythe Timeline

• 1719 - Wythe's father, Thomas Wythe III, marries his mother, Margaret Keith Walker

• 1726/1727 - George Wythe born

• 1740s - Wythe apprenticed to Stephen Dewey

• 1746 - Margaret Wythe dies? Or 1755?

• 1746, Spring - Wythe licensed to practice in county courts

• December 26, 1747 - Wythe marries Ann Lewis (both are 21 years old)

• August 8, 1748 - Ann Wythe dies

• 1748/1749 - Wythe appointed clerk to two committees in the House of Burgesses

• 1754 - Wythe temporarily becomes Attorney General, is elected to the House of Burgesses representing Williamsburg and is admitted to the General Court bar

• 1755 - Wythe inherits the family plantation of Chesterville when his older brother, Thomas Wythe dies without heirs; Wythe marries Elizabeth Taliaferro