Abraham Nicholas

Abraham Nicholas
Mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia
In office
1735–1736
Adjutant-General of the Virginia Colony
In office
1 November 1728 – September 3, 1738
Personal details
Died(1738-09-03)September 3, 1738

Major Abraham Nicholas (died September 3, 1738) served as mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia, from 1735 to 1736. He married a woman named Ann and had at least one son, Abraham Nicholas who died on March 5, 1751.

Nicholas was the first Adjutant-General of the Virginia Colony from 1 November 1728, until his death ten years later. (Succeeded by Isham Randolph, appointed Adjutant-General by Governor William Gooch, who was approved by the Council on 9 November 1738.)

References

  1. ↑ History of Williamsburg, Virginia Archived October 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 "Personal Notices from the Virginia Gazette". William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. 5 (1). The College: 242. July 1896. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Executive Journals of the Council of colonial Virginia, Vol. 4, p. 189: 1 NOV 1728; accessed 2 SEP 2019
  4. ↑ Executive Journals of the Council of colonial Virginia, Vol. 4, p. 429: 9 NOV 1738; accessed 2 SEP 2019
  5. ↑ Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography- Abraham, Major Nicholas; accessed 2 September 2019.