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References
- 1 2 Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (1915) vol. 1, p. 215
- 1 2 3 4 John Frederick Dorman, Adventures of Purse and Person: 1607-1624/5 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 2004; 4th edition) pp. 716-718
- ↑ Marianne E. Julienne and Sara B. Bears, "Cole, William (1638-1684)" in Dictionary of Virginia Biography (Richmond: Library of Virginia 2006) pp.355-356, also available at https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/cole-william-1638-or-1639-1694/
- ↑ William Lindsay Hopkins, Selected Wills from the Burned Record Counties, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy Vol. 31 no. 4, pp. 353-354
- ↑ Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) pp. 68, 69, 71, 73
- ↑ https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/VLR_to_transfer/PDFNoms/121-0005_Nomination_REDACTED.pdf