Abigail CAWSON^{[1, 2]}

• Name	Abigail CAWSON
  Gender	Female
  living	1780	Norfolk Co, VA   [3]
  	Abigail was living in 1780 when she was listed on the Norfolk County Tithables for Ferry Point to Great Bridge as taxable for eight Negroes.
  Person ID	I1220	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Jonas CAWSON,   b. England d. 1726
  Mother	Abigail CHURCH,   b. c.1688
  Marriage	After 15 Nov 1710  [4, 5]
  	The couple was married after 15 November 1710, the date on which Abigail was named by the Norfolk County Court as "Abigail Church".
  Family ID	F1916	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry HERBERT,   b. c. 1715, Virginia Colony d. Oct 1778 (Age 63 years)
  Children	1. Caleb HERBERT,   b. Before 1744   d. c. 1796 (Age 52 years)   2. Capt. Jonas HERBERT,   b. Norfolk Co, VA d. Abt 1782   3. James HERBERT,   b. Bef 9 Dec 1749   4. Christopher HERBERT   d. Abt 1774   5. Argyle HERBERT   d. Abt 1785   6. Henry HERBERT   d. Bef 7 Nov 1797   7. Jonathan HERBERT   d. After 18 May 1796   8. Lydia HERBERT   9. Abigail HERBERT,   b. c.1760, Virginia Colony d. 3 Jul 1840, Richmond City, VA   10. Maximillian HERBERT,   b. Aft 1739   d. Bef 29 Jun 1777 (Age < 36 years)
  Family ID	F2273	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S169] Charles Fleming McIntosh, compiler, McIntosh, Brief Abstracts of Norfolk County Wills 1710 - 1753, ((1922, Rpt. Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1982)), ISBN 0-89308-324-0. pp. 113-114: Jonas Cawson will. [S172] Anne E. Maling, abstractor, Maling Princess Anne County, Virginia Land and Probate Records Abstracted from Deed Books One to Seven, 1691 - 1755, ((Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1992)). p. 67: Abigail Cawson alias Whiddon deposition. [S4063] Elizabeth B. Wingo & W. Bruce Wingo, compilers, Wingo & Wingo, Norfolk County, Virginia, Tithables 1766 - 1780, (Norfolk, VA: by the compilers, 1985). p. 276. [S4498] George Newton, deposition (1736), Norfolk Co, VA Deed Book 12, p. 202. [S4795] Elizabeth Church, probate (1710), Norfolk Co, VA Deed Book 9, p. 266.