Person:William Norvell (11)

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William Norvell
b.1746 Hanover Co, VA
d.7 Jan 1794 Hanover Co, Virginia
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1720
  1. James Norvell1713 - 1789
  2. George Norvell1722 - 1789
  3. John Norvell1724 - Aft 1791
  4. Sarah Rhoda Norvell1730 - 1812
  5. John NorvellBet 1734 & 1738 - Aft 1791
  6. Holdcroft Norvell1739 - 1812
  7. William Norvell1746 - 1794
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1767
  1. Thomas Norvell1765 - 1817
  2. Reuben Norvell1768 - 1852
  3. William Norvell1770 - 1823
  4. Martha Norvell1775 - 1848
  5. Elizabeth Norvell1781 - 1868
  6. Mary Norvell1783 - 1821
  7. Lucy Norvell1787 - 1865
  8. Edmund Butler Norvell1789 - 1830
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] William Norvell
Gender Male
Birth[9][10] 1746 Hanover Co, VA
Marriage Abt 1767 to Martha Lucy Butler
Alt Marriage 1767 HANOVER COUNTY, VIRGINIAto Martha Lucy Butler
Alt Marriage 1767 Hanover, Virginia, USAto Martha Lucy Butler
Death[11][12] 7 Jan 1794 Hanover Co, Virginia
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Lived in Lynchburg

from [v74t0162.ftw] William Norvell served as a captain in the American Revolution. This is noted in the United States Pension Papers of one Robert Snead of Hanover County , Virginia, on file in the National Archives in Washington, DC. Included is the statemant "He served three months under Captain William Norville( Norvell) William Norvell owned 300 acres in Hanover county as early as 1780 (see tax roles of Hanover county in the collection of the Virginia Historical Society.)

He later managed a mercantile business in Richmond, Va. He imported some blankets from Philadelphia, where a smallpox epidemic was raging( see " Medicine in Virginia in the eighteenth century" p25). In the eighteenth century book" A Brief Geneological Sketch of the Norvell family in America" it is stated that at the time of William's death in 1794 he was engaged in the mercantile business in Richmond. His family contracted the disease and he died as a result.

Leaving this question- was William responsible for the smallpox epidemic in Richmond?

References
  1. ↑ History of the Norvell and Related Families, John Edward Norvell, 4thd ed, 2006.
  2. ↑ v74t0162.ftw.

    Date of Import: Jan 5, 2003

  3. ↑ v74t0162.ftw.

    Date of Import: Jan 3, 2003

  4. ↑ v03t4421.ftw.

    Date of Import: Jan 30, 2003

  5. ↑ v74t0162.ftw.

    Date of Import: Feb 2, 2003

  6. ↑ v74t0162.ftw.

    Date of Import: 17 Sep 2005

  7. ↑ Ancestry.com. One World Tree (sm) (9). (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d.).

    Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.

  8. ↑ John E. Norvell. Anc Martha Ann Norvell.FTW.

    Date of Import: Mar 31, 2008

  9. ↑ History of the Norvell and Related Families, John Edward Norvell, 4thd ed, 2006.
  10. ↑ John E. Norvell. Anc Martha Ann Norvell.FTW.

    Date of Import: Mar 31, 2008

  11. ↑ Ancestry.com. One World Tree (sm) (9). (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d.).

    Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.

  12. ↑ John E. Norvell. Anc Martha Ann Norvell.FTW.

    Date of Import: Mar 31, 2008

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