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CABELL, Col. William Sr.

CABELL, Col. William Sr.

Male 1730 - 1798  (68 years)   Has 2 ancestors and 16 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name CABELL, William  [1
    Prefix Col. 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 13 Mar 1729/30  Goochland County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 113521077 
    Death 23 Mar 1798  Amherst County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Age 68 years 
    Burial Union Hill Cemetery, Wingina, Amherst, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Address:
    Union Hill Cemetery
    Wingina, Virginia
    USA 
    Person ID I3637  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2025 

    Father CABELL, Dr. William,   b. 9 Mar 1698/99, Warminster, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1774, Amherst County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother BURKS, Elizabeth,   b. 1705, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 1756 (Age 51 years) 
    Family ID F1447  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family JORDAN, Margaret Meredith,   b. 1742   d. Mar 1812, Hardwicksville (Wingina), Nelson, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 1756  [6
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 25 years and 9 months - She : ~ 14 years
    Children 
    +  1. Male CABELL, Col. Samuel Jordan Sr.,   b. 15 Dec 1756, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Aug 1818, Soldier's Joy - Cabell Family Home, Hardwicksville (Wingina), Nelson, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    >  2. Male CABELL, Col. William Jr.,   b. 25 Mar 1759   d. 22 Nov 1822 (Age 63 years)
    >  3. Female CABELL, Paulina,   b. 1763   d. 5 Feb 1845, Charlotte County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    >  4. Male CABELL, Landon,   b. 1763   d. 17 Nov 1833 (Age 70 years)
    >  5. Male CABELL, Hector,   b. Abt 1768   d. 6 Jan 1807, Spring Hill - Cabell Family Home, Norwood, Amherst, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)
    >  6. Female CABELL, Margaret Jordan,   b. 25 Dec 1770   d. 19 Aug 1815 (Age 44 years)
    >  7. Female CABELL, Elizabeth,   b. 1774   d. 5 Nov 1801, Amherst County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)
    Family ID F1446  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2015 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 Mar 1729/30 - Goochland County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 Mar 1798 - Amherst County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    Union Hill Cemetery
    Wingina, Virginia
    USA - - Union Hill Cemetery, Wingina, Amherst, Virginia, USA
    Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S607] Alexander Brown, Book - Cabells and Their Kin (Internet Archives), (Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1895.), 1 Mar 2015, p 72.

    2. [S607] Alexander Brown, Book - Cabells and Their Kin (Internet Archives), (Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1895.), 1 Mar 2015, p 75.

    3. [S607] Alexander Brown, Book - Cabells and Their Kin (Internet Archives), (Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1895.), 1 Mar 2015, p 121.

    4. [S607] Alexander Brown, Book - Cabells and Their Kin (Internet Archives), (Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1895.), 1 Mar 2015, p 124.

    5. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 8 Mar 2015, accessed 8 March 2015<, Memorial #113521077, Col. William Cabell, Sr.

    6. [S607] Alexander Brown, Book - Cabells and Their Kin (Internet Archives), (Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1895.), 1 Mar 2015, p 77.


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