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Nicholas died in the post of Adjutant, The Executive Council Journals, Volume 4, record his successor was appointed 9 NOV 1738. |
Nicholas appointed Adjutant in 1733, according to the Dictionary of Virginia Biography |
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'''Major Abraham Nicholas''' (died c. September 8, 1738) served as [[mayor]] of [[Williamsburg, Virginia]] from 1735 to 1736.<ref>[http://www.ci.williamsburg.va.us/gen/history/govh7.htm History of Williamsburg, Virginia] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061011022747/http://www.ci.williamsburg.va.us/gen/history/govh7.htm |date=October 11, 2006 }}</ref> He married a woman named Ann and had at least one son, Abraham Nicholas who died on March 5, 1751.<ref name=Gazette>{{cite journal|title=Personal Notices from the Virginia Gazette|journal=William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine|date=July 1896|volume=5|issue=1|page=242|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aThDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA242&lpg=PA242#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=11 December 2016|publisher=The College|language=en}}</ref> |
'''Major Abraham Nicholas''' (died c. September 8, 1738) served as [[mayor]] of [[Williamsburg, Virginia]] from 1735 to 1736.<ref>[http://www.ci.williamsburg.va.us/gen/history/govh7.htm History of Williamsburg, Virginia] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061011022747/http://www.ci.williamsburg.va.us/gen/history/govh7.htm |date=October 11, 2006 }}</ref> He married a woman named Ann and had at least one son, Abraham Nicholas who died on March 5, 1751.<ref name=Gazette>{{cite journal|title=Personal Notices from the Virginia Gazette|journal=William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine|date=July 1896|volume=5|issue=1|page=242|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aThDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA242&lpg=PA242#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=11 December 2016|publisher=The College|language=en}}</ref> |
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Nicholas was also Adjutant-General of the Virginia Colony |
Nicholas was also Adjutant-General of the Virginia Colony from 1733, until his death.(Succeeded by Isham Randolph, appointed Adjutant-General by Governor William Gooch, approved by the Council on 9 November 1738.)<ref name=Gazette/><ref>''Executive Journals of the Council of colonial Virginia'', Vol. 4, p. 429: 9 NOV 1738; accessed 2 SEP 2019</ref><ref>''Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography''- Abraham, Major Nicholas; ; accessed 2 September 2019.</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:10, 2 September 2019
Major Abraham Nicholas (died c. September 8, 1738) served as mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia from 1735 to 1736.[1] He married a woman named Ann and had at least one son, Abraham Nicholas who died on March 5, 1751.[2]
Nicholas was also Adjutant-General of the Virginia Colony from 1733, until his death.(Succeeded by Isham Randolph, appointed Adjutant-General by Governor William Gooch, approved by the Council on 9 November 1738.)[2][3][4]
References
- ^ History of Williamsburg, Virginia Archived October 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Personal Notices from the Virginia Gazette". William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. 5 (1). The College: 242. July 1896. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ Executive Journals of the Council of colonial Virginia, Vol. 4, p. 429: 9 NOV 1738; accessed 2 SEP 2019
- ^ Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography- Abraham, Major Nicholas; ; accessed 2 September 2019.
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