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- 1 2 3 Stanard, W. G. Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents, in Bruce, Philip Alexander, and William Glover Stanard, eds. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Vol. 4. Virginia Historical Society., 1896, p427
- 1 2 Games, Alison. Migration and the origins of the English Atlantic World. Harvard University Press, 1999. p111
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- ↑ Leonard, Cynthia Miller (1978). Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978. Richmond: Virginia State Library. p. 12.
- 1 2 Meyer p. 7
- 1 2 Hayden
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- 1 2 Meyer p. 8
- 1 2 Meyer p. 9
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- ↑ Meyers p. 8