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References
- ↑ Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Cyclopedia of Virginia Biography (1915) vol. 1 p. 87
- ↑ McCartney, Martha W. (2007). Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 376. ISBN 978-0-8063-1774-8.
- ↑ Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978 pp. xx, 6, 7
- ↑ John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia 1607-1624/5 (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. (4th Ed. 2004) vol. 2, p. 299n.2
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