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William Kendall Jr. (burgess)
William Kendall Jr. (II) (1659–1696) was a planter and politician in the Colony of Virginia who twice represented Northampton County, Virginia, Northampton County in the House of Burgesses as had his father Early and family life Kendall was born in 1659, probably in Northampton County, to Sarah, the second wife of merchant, planter and politician William Kendall (burgess), William Kendall. Career When his father died in 1686, he became his father's primary heir, although his mother, married sister Mary (the wife of Hancock Lee) and her children also received property. In April 1692, Kendall patented 2,750 acres in nearby Accomack County, Virginia, Accomack County, also on Virginia's Eastern Shore of Virginia, Eastern Shore. Northampton County voters twice elected Kendall as one of their representatives in the House of Burgesses, first in 1688 (although he failed to win re-election) and again for the 1692-1693 session.Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
