Eventually its members were only elected by men with fifty acres of land or more, and its seat was moved to Middle Plantation.  
Members of its first council included John Twine, clerk of the General Assembly, and John Pory, who was designated its secretary and speaker.  It initially consisted of 22 members based on a plan drawn up by Governor George Yeardley, who awarded each settlement two representatives.  Eventually its members were only elected by men with fifty acres of land or more, and its seat was moved to Middle Plantation.  FTP, name this group whose later members would include Patrick Henry, and when it was formed in 1619 in Jamestown, was the first elected legislative assembly in the New World.
Members of its first council included John Twine, clerk of the General Assembly, and John Pory, who was designated its secretary and speaker.  
House of Burgesses