Abraham Iverson

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Abraham Iverson
Member Virginia House of Burgesses
In office
1653–1653
Personal details
OccupationPlanter, Politician

Abraham Iverson, shown in some records, including land patents, as Abraham Iveson[1] was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, the elected lower house of the colonial Virginia General Assembly, from Gloucester County, in 1653.[2][3]

On October 17, 1636, James Vanerit acquired 1,000 acres of land in Elizabeth City County, Virginia, now Norfolk, Virginia, from one Stafferton.[4] Stafferton was owed the land for providing the transportation of 20 colonists, including "Abr. Iveson" to Virginia.[4]

A bill of lading of Joseph Clifton, a London merchant shows goods conveyed on the Tristan & Jane of London, April 26, 1637, to "Abraham Iveson, planter", among others.[5]

"Mr. Abraham Iveson" acquired 655 acres of land on the southwest side of the North River in "Mockjack" (or Mobjack) Bay in Gloucester County in a patent dated June 10, 1651.[6]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Nugent, Nell Marion. 'Cavaliers and Pioneers: 1666-1695'. Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1977. OCLC 556349822. Retrieved March 6, 2013. p. 50, 217.
  2. ^ Stanard, William G. and Mary Newton Stanard. The Virginia Colonial Register. Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons Publishers, 1902. OCLC 253261475, Retrieved July 15, 2011. p. 70.
  3. ^ Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Volume 1. New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915. OCLC 229136302. Retrieved February 16, 2013. p. 263.
  4. ^ a b Nugent, 1977, p. 50.
  5. ^ Tepper, Michael, ed. New World Immigrants: A Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists and Associated Data from Periodical Literature. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Com, 1979. ISBN 978-0-8063-0854-8. p. 80.
  6. ^ Nugent, 1977, p. 217

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