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Richard Lamb Major 1740–1786 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1740

Birth Location: Albemarle, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1786

Death Location: Brunswick, Virginia

Father: Thomas Lamb

Mother: Sarah Moore

Spouse(s): Clarissa Boswell, Nancy Moore, Mary Petty

Children(s): Nancy Lamb, Margaret Lamb, Matthew Lamb, William LAMB, Thomas Shiflet, Sarah Lamb, Sophia Lamb, Elizabeth Lamb, Ermine Lamb, Clarissa Lamb

The story of Richard Lamb Major began in 1740 in Albemarle, Virginia, USA. Richard Lamb Major married Clarissa Mary Boswell, Mary Petty, Nancy Moore, and had children including Clarissa Lamb, Elizabeth Betty Lamb, Ermine Lamb, Jennetta Lamb, Margaret Patience Lamb, Matthew William Lamb, Nancy Lucinda Cinda Lamb, Sarah Love Lamb, Sophia Musgrove Lamb, Thomas Shiflet, William Boswell Lamb. Richard Lamb Major passed away in 1786 in Brunswick, Virginia.

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Biography

  • The story of Richard Lamb Major began in 1740 in Albemarle, Virginia, USA.
  • Richard Lamb Major married Clarissa Mary Boswell, Mary Petty, Nancy Moore, and had children including Clarissa Lamb, Elizabeth Betty Lamb, Ermine Lamb, Jennetta Lamb, Margaret Patience Lamb, Matthew William Lamb, Nancy Lucinda Cinda Lamb, Sarah Love Lamb, Sophia Musgrove Lamb, Thomas Shiflet, William Boswell Lamb.
  • Richard Lamb Major passed away in 1786 in Brunswick, Virginia.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Richard Major's Ancestors

Self
Richard Major
1740–1786
Birth Place: Albemarle, Virginia, USA
Parents
Thomas Lamb
1726–1788
Nansemond, Virginia, United States
Sarah Moore
1725–1833
Union, Union, South Carolina, United States
Grandparents
Henry Lamb
1697–1761
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Gulielma (Elizabeth) Henly
1700–1774
New Kent,,Virginia,USA
Robert Moore
1698–1755
Saint Olave, Southwark, Surrey, England
Hannah Manwaring
1690–1724
Perquimans, North Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
Mary Alcock
1652–1700
Joshua Lamb
1674–1754
John HENLEY
1664–1726
Judith Attaway
1668–1730
William Moor
1677–1732
Elizabeth McBride
1678–1727
Stephen Manwarring
1645–1699
Hannah Vose
1670–1696
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Joshua Col
1642–1690
Mary Whitman)
1652–1700
Henrie Hanley
1627–1696
Mary Henry
1638–1762
Thomas Attaway
1650–1716
Dorothy Bailey
1644–1700
JOHN JR
1635–1715
Mary Faulkner
1645–1725
Admiral *.
1658–1720
MARGARET *.
1654–1720
(Rev) Mainwaring)
1624–1708
William Voss
1650–1712
Martha Chesson
1654–1700

Richard Major's Descendants

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Richard (Lamb) Major (1740–1786) m. Clarissa (Mary) Boswell (1762–1814) m. Nancy Moore (Abt 1750–) m. Mary Petty (1753–23 Apr 1853)
  1. 1. Nancy (Lucinda "Cinda" *) Lamb 1764–1844
  2. 2. Margaret (Patience) Lamb 1790–
  3. 3. Matthew (William) Lamb 1770–1850
  4. 4. William (Boswell) LAMB 1776–1851
  5. 5. Thomas Shiflet 1768–1843
  6. 6. Sarah (Love) Lamb 1772–1853
  7. 7. Sophia (Musgrove) Lamb 1784–1861
  8. 8. Elizabeth ("Betty") Lamb 1768–1843
  9. 9. Ermine Lamb 1781–
  10. 10. Clarissa Lamb 1780–

Richard Major's Timeline

2 Records

1740
1740
Birth of Richard Lamb Major in Albemarle, Virginia, USA
Albemarle, Virginia, USA
1786
1786
Age 46
Death of Richard Lamb Major in Brunswick, Virginia
Brunswick, Virginia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1740
    Event Place: Albemarle, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1786
    Event Place: Brunswick, Virginia

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