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, from Warwick County, in 1644 and 1644–1645.Stanard, William G. and Mary Newton Stanard
''The Virginia Colonial Register''
Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons Publishers, 1902. , Retrieved July 15, 2011. pp. 63, 64. Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed
''Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography''
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, burgess for "The Upper Part of"

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, in 1629–1630.Stanard, 1902, p. 56. He was the son of

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and his wife, Joan, daughter of Richard May of London and his wife, Mary Hilderson of Devonshire.

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* Stanard, William G. and Mary Newton Stanard
''The Virginia Colonial Register''
Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons Publishers, 1902. , Retrieved July 15, 2011. * Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed
'Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography'
Volume 1. New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915. . Retrieved February 16, 2013. People from Warwick County, Virginia Virginia colonial people House of Burgesses members 17th-century American politicians 1604 births 1671 deaths {{Virginia-politician-stub