Philip Ludwell II
(1672-1726)
BIRTH
February 4, 1672
PLACE
Fairfield plantation, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia
DEATH
January 11, 1726
PLACE
James City County, Colony of Virginia
FAMILY
WIFE
Hannah Harrison Ludwell Lee
(1701-1750)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
CHRISTIAN
ANGLICAN
MEMBERSHIPS
BRUTON PARISH VESTRY MEMBER, COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY RECTOR, COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY TRUSTEE, VIRGINIA COLONY GOVERNOR’S COUNCIL MEMBER
AWARDS
Philip Ludwell II was a Virginia planter and colonial official born in 1672. He inherited interests at Green Spring and Rich Neck, served in the House of Burgesses and joined the governor’s council in 1702. In 1709 he and William Byrd II worked on the Virginia–Carolina boundary. His wife was Hannah Harrison, and their son Philip Ludwell III inherited family property. His death is recorded as January 1726/27. The linked Hannah’s dates appear to belong to a younger generation.
EARLY LIFE
Philip Ludwell II was born Feb 4, 1672. The external genealogical record identifies Philip Ludwell as a parent. Surviving structured biographical sources provide limited detail about childhood, education, household routines, or the economic circumstances in which this person grew up.
No distinct public profession or office for Philip Ludwell II is established by the structured external record used for this entry. The surviving information is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independently recorded public career. Philip Ludwell II died Jan 11, 1726. Additional claims about employment, officeholding, military service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted record did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
In 1709 he and William Byrd II worked on the Virginia–Carolina boundary. Philip Ludwell II's death is recorded as January 1726/27. The surviving information is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independently recorded public career. Philip Ludwell II died Jan 11, 1726. The available biographical account does not describe a continuous final medical course. It gives no dependable sequence of treatment and last symptoms from which to reconstruct a more detailed bedside narrative.
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