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- ↑ Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, and Walter Goodwin Davis. (1991 Reprint of the 1928-39 ed., which was originally published in five parts). Genealogical dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 335.
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- ↑ Salley, Alexander Samuel. "Narratives of early Carolina, 1650-1708 : Salley, A. S. (Alexander Samuel), 1871-1961 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming". Internet Archive. pp. 31–57. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
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