Abraham Iverson

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Abraham Iverson
Member Virginia House of Burgesses
In office
1653–1653
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OccupationPlanter, Politician

Abraham Iverson, shown in some records, including land patents, as Abraham Iveson [1] was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, the elected lower house of the colonial Virginia General Assembly, from Gloucester County, in 1653. [2] [3]

On October 17, 1636, James Vanerit acquired 1,000 acres of land in Elizabeth City County, Virginia, now Norfolk, Virginia, from one Stafferton. [4] Stafferton was owed the land for providing the transportation of 20 colonists, including "Abr. Iveson" to Virginia. [4]

A bill of lading of Joseph Clifton, a London merchant shows goods conveyed on the Tristan & Jane of London, April 26, 1637, to "Abraham Iveson, planter", among others. [5]

"Mr. Abraham Iveson" acquired 655 acres of land on the southwest side of the North River in "Mockjack" (or Mobjack) Bay in Gloucester County in a patent dated June 10, 1651. [6]

Notes

  1. Nugent, Nell Marion. 'Cavaliers and Pioneers: 1666-1695'. Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1977. OCLC   556349822. Retrieved March 6, 2013. p. 50, 217.
  2. Stanard, William G. and Mary Newton Stanard. The Virginia Colonial Register. Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons Publishers, 1902. OCLC   253261475, Retrieved July 15, 2011. p. 70.
  3. Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Volume 1. New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915. OCLC   229136302. Retrieved February 16, 2013. p. 263.
  4. 1 2 Nugent, 1977, p. 50.
  5. Tepper, Michael, ed. New World Immigrants: A Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists and Associated Data from Periodical Literature. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Com, 1979. ISBN   978-0-8063-0854-8. p. 80.
  6. Nugent, 1977, p. 217

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