Abraham Iverson I (abt. 1585 - aft. 1656)

Born about 1585 in Scotland

Descendants

Died after 1656 after about age 71 in Gloucester, Virginia Colony

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Biography

Abraham Iverson I is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society

Abraham Iverson I was a Virginia colonist.

ABRAHAM IVERSON,^[1] sometimes seen as IVESON, arrived at Gloucester County, Virginia in 1636.^[2] It is believed that he may have been born around 1585 but no record has been found. He may have traveled from England, though the family doubtless originated at Scotland, part of Clan MacIver.

He married JOAN UNKNOWN. We know her name, because on 9 October 1677, she made a gift of an African slave girl to her grandson William, son of James Kay, when he came of age, and the children of this slave girl to be bequeathed to James’s other children. Witnesses were William Kay and Abraham Iveson.^[3]

On 17 October 1636 Abraham was a headright for James Vanerit. James Vanerit acquired 1,000 acres of land at Elizabeth City County, Virginia (now Norfolk), from one Stafferton. 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 10 June 1651.^{[6] [7]}

Abraham was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, the elected lower house of the colonial Virginia General Assembly, from Gloucester County, in 1653.^{[8] [9] [10]}

Abraham I died sometime after 1656; or perhaps by 1677. ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Iversonn, Abraham - A4203; died after 1672, Gloucester Co.: 1653 (Burgess). accessed 4 September 2021
2. ↑ Cavaliers and Pioneers; Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants
3. ↑ Genealogies of Virginia Families
4. ↑ Cavaliers and Pioneers; Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants
5. ↑ Wikipedia, Abraham Iverson
6. ↑ Wikipedia, Abraham Iverson
7. ↑ Genealogies of Virginia Families
8. ↑ Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography
9. ↑ Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
10. ↑ New River Notes, Colonial Virginia Register
11. ↑ Genealogies of Virginia Families

• Wikipedia, Abraham Iverson
• Nugent, Nell Marion. Cavaliers and Pioneers; Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1800; in Five Volumes; Vol. 1. Richmond, VA: Press of the Dietz Printing Co., 1934.
• Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Volume 1. New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915.
• Virginia Historical Society. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 5. Richmond, Virginia: House of the Society, 1898.
• Genealogies of Virginia Families By Tylers Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine
• Old New Kent County (Virginia): Some Account of the Planters, Plantations ...By Malcolm Harris

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