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Venable Abraham [Male] b. 22 MAR 1700 New Kent, Louisa, Virginia, United States - d. 16 DEC 1768 Lousia, Virginia, United States

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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Public Member Trees
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:
2006;

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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Public Member Trees
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:
2006;

He lived first on the Pamunky River and then settled in the fork between the Rivanna and the James Riveers. He owned immense tracts of land in Hanover, Louisa, Goochland, and Albermarle counties, on the Hardware River in South Garden and on "Ye Byrd Creek." He was prominent in the affairs of his country and church; justice of the peace of Hanover County, Va., bef. 1742; one of the first justices of Louisa County, Dec. 1742; after 1742, County Lieutenant of Louisa; Captain in the Colonial Militia, Louisa County; Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from Louisa for over twenty years. He was vestryman of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover Co., Va., prior to 1742, of Trinity Parish 1762-68, and of Fredericksville Parish, 1742-61. He was friend, political supporter, and client of Patrick Henry.

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