 1700 - 1774 (74 år)
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William Cabell |
| Født |
9 Mar 1700 |
Warminster, England  |
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Mann |
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12 Apr 1774 |
Warminster, Nelson County, Virginia |
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- Surgeon, born near Warminster, England, 9 March, 1700; died near Warminster, Nelson County, Virginia, 12 April, 1774. He was the son of Nicholas, an English gentleman belonging to the Cabells of Devon and Somersetshire, whose estates were confiscated, either wholly or in part, because of their allegiance to Cromwell. One of the finest specimens of mediaeval glass that has survived the iconoclasm of the Roundheads is in the church of St. John of Frome Selwood, which preserves the Cabell arms in the four panels of a chapel-window. According to tradition, Dr. William Cabell was a surgeon in the British navy, who was captivated by the Virginian climate, resigned his commission about 1723, and procured extensive grants of land along James river, in the present counties of Buckingham, Nelson, Appomattox, and Amherst. The patent for these was issued 12 September, 1738. Dr. Cabell married Elizabeth Birks, but whether in England or America is uncertain. In 1735 he was called to England by the death of his father, and left his wife in charge of the Virginia property. He remained in England for nearly six years, settling the estates of his father and other recently deceased relatives and practicing his profession.
On his return he made his home on his patented lands, and was appointed assistant surveyor, an office that enabled him to increase his already generous estate by a large addition of valuable lands, though not equal in fertility to those at first obtained. He promoted immigration, established a private hospital near his residence, and made professional visits far and near, charging from £1 to £5 for a visit, according to the distance traveled. For amputating an arm the charge was £7 10s., or £12 to £15 if "a cure was guaranteed." He had apparently a genuine enthusiasm for his profession, and executive abilities of a high order to carry on such extensive enterprises in a professional way as well as superintending his landed interests and filling acceptably the local offices that he held. His first wife, by whom alone he had issue, died 21 September, 1756, and on 27 September, 1762, he married Mrs. Margaret Meredith (a widow), who died 26 February, 1765. Dr. Cabell had six children, a daughter and five sons; and all of the sons save one, who died in childhood, attained eminence.
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I124241 |
Wæraas-Nygård |
| Sist endret |
10 Mar 2007 |
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