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- ↑ Hills, Leon Clark (2009). History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters and the First Comers to Ye Olde Colonie. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 186. ISBN 9780806307756.
- 1 2 Tyler, Lyon Gardiner (1915). Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Under the Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Volume 1. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 276.
- ↑ Leslie, Frank (1896). Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. Frank Leslie Publishing House. p. 140.