Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Colville was born in 1734, in Frederick, Virginia, United States, his father, Joseph Colville, was 43 and his mother, Elizabeth Wilson, was 34. He had at least 4 sons with Elizabeth Young. He died on 20 November 1780, in Washington, Virginia, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Sinking Spring Cemetery, Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, United States.
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- Samuel Colville, "Find A Grave Index"
- Crawford - William Lusk Sr. - Ancestors and Friends @familysearch
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1758 · Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1778 · Established
Abingdon was established in 1778.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Colleville in Seine-Maritime, France, named with the Scandinavian personal name Koli (see Cole 2) + Old French ville ‘settlement, village’. The Scottish branch of the family were descended from Philip de Colville, who came to Scotland as a household knight of kings Malcolm IV (1153–65) and William ‘the Lion’ (1165–1214).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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The History of the Colville Family
The following was taken from Findley's The Smartt and Descendent Families; pages 212-214... "The Colvilles came to the upper Virginia Valley from the Province of Ulster in Ireland. At least …
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