Person:Abraham Childress (7)

Name	Abraham Childress
Alt Name	_____ Childers
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	Est 1622	England
Marriage	Abt 1643	Henrico Co. Va.to Jane Howard
Death^[1]	16 Aug 1679	Henrico, Virginia, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Abraham Childers, in Find A Grave.

1622 - 16 Aug 1679
no sources cited

These birth and death dates for Abraham Childers/Childress have been around for some time, with no better citations than various derivatives of unpublished research and family traditions (such as Ancestry's Family Data Collections). However, it is known that he died before 20 Nov 1680 and that he left a will.
Torrence, Clayton, ed; Edward Pleasants Valentine; and Mary Lightfoot, index Garland. The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers: Abstracts of Records in the Local and General Archives of Virginia Relating to the Families of Allen, Bacon, Ballard, Batchelder, Blouet, Brassieur (Brashear), Cary, Crenshaw, Dabney, Exum, Ferris, Fontaine, Gray, Hardy, Isham (Henrico County), Jordan, Langston, Lyddall, Mann, Mosby, Palmer, Pasteur, Pleasants, Povall, Randolph, Satterwhite, Scott, Smith (the Family of Francis Smith of Hanover County), Valentine, Waddy, Watts, Winston, Womack, Woodson. (Richmond, Virginia: Valentine Museum, 1927)
2:1067.

"20 Nov. 1680 Abraham Childers Henrico Co., in consideration of ... conveys to said Pleasants, 140 acres, N. side James River, Henrico Co. ... it being the whole dividend purchased by my father Abram Childers, deceased, of Maj. William Harris and given us by his will" citing "Henrico Co. Records Nov. 1677-Dec.1692" p. 150