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Samuel Woodson Venable 1756–1821 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 September 1756

Birth Location: Slate Hill, Prince Edward, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 7 Sep 1821

Death Location: Sweet Springs, Monroe County, West Virginia, United States of America

Father: Nathaniel Venable

Mother: Elizabeth Woodson

Spouse(s): Mary Carrington

Children(s): Abraham Venable, Henningham Venable, Mary Venable, Mildred Venable, Anne Venable, Elizabeth Watkins, Mildred Shepperson, Agnes Venable, Nathaniel Venable, Abraham Venable, Samuel Venable, Paul Venable, Margaret Cabell, Clementina Venable, Mildred Shepperson, Abraham Venable

Samuel Woodson Venable was born in 1756 in Slate Hill, Prince Edward, Virginia, USA, the child of Nathaniel Venable And Elizabeth Micheaux Woodson. Samuel Woodson Venable married Mary Scott Carrington, and had children including Abraham Watkins Venable, Agnes Woodson Venable, Anne Mayo Venable, Clementina Venable, Elizabeth Woodson Watkins, Henningham Carrington Venable, Margaret Read Cabell, Mary Carrington Venable, Mildred Coles Shepperson, Mildred Coles Venable, Nathaniel E Venable, Paul Carrington Venable, Samuel Woodson Venable. Samuel Woodson Venable passed away in 1821 in Sweet Springs, Monroe County, West Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Samuel Woodson Venable was born in 1756 in Slate Hill, Prince Edward, Virginia, USA, the child of Nathaniel Venable And Elizabeth Micheaux Woodson.
  • Samuel Woodson Venable married Mary Scott Carrington, and had children including Abraham Watkins Venable, Agnes Woodson Venable, Anne Mayo Venable, Clementina Venable, Elizabeth Woodson Watkins, Henningham Carrington Venable, Margaret Read Cabell, Mary Carrington Venable, Mildred Coles Shepperson, Mildred Coles Venable, Nathaniel E Venable, Paul Carrington Venable, Samuel Woodson Venable.
  • Samuel Woodson Venable passed away in 1821 in Sweet Springs, Monroe County, West Virginia, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Nathaniel Venable
1733–1804
Birth Location: , Hanover, Virginia, USA
NV
Elizabeth Woodson
1740–1791
Birth Location: Poplar Hill, Henrico, Virginia, United States
EW

Spouses(s)

Mary Carrington
1758–1837
Birth Location: Virginia, United States of America
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Children(s)

Abraham Venable
1799–1876
Birth Location: Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States of America
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Henningham Venable
1790–1861
Birth Location: Springfield, Prince Edward, VA, Virginia, USA
HV
Mary Venable
1786–1867
Birth Location: Springfield, Prince Edward, VA, Virginia, USA
MV
Mildred Venable
1803–1895
Birth Location: Springfield, Prince Edward, VA, Virginia, USA
MV
Anne Venable
1784–1869
Birth Location: Prince Edward, Virginia, USA
AV
Elizabeth Watkins
1782–1858
Birth Location: Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States of America
EW
Mildred Shepperson
1803–1871
Birth Location: Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States of America
MS
Agnes Venable
1796–1868
Birth Location: Springfield, Prince Edward, VA, Virginia, USA
AV
Nathaniel Venable
1791–1841
Birth Location: Springfield, Prince Edward, VA, Virginia, USA
NV
Abraham Venable
1799–1876
Birth Location: Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States of America
AV
Samuel Venable
1797–1855
Birth Location: Springfield, Prince Edward, VA, Virginia, USA
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Paul Venable
1794–1876
Birth Location: Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States of America
PV
Margaret Cabell
1782–1857
Birth Location: Springfield, Prince Edward, VA, Virginia, USA
MC
Clementina Venable
1788–1841
Birth Location: Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States of America
CV
Mildred Shepperson
1803–1871
Birth Location: Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States of America
MS
Abraham Venable
1799–1876
Birth Location: Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States of America
AV

Samuel Venable's Ancestors

Self
Samuel Venable
1756–1821
Birth Place: Slate Hill, Prince Edward, Virginia, USA
Parents
Nathaniel Venable
1733–1804
, Hanover, Virginia, USA
Elizabeth (Micheaux) Woodson
1740–1791
Poplar Hill, Henrico, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Abraham (Bedford Venable) ll
1700–1768
New Kent, New Kent Co, Virginia, USA
Martha (Hannah) Davis
1702–1765
Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America
Richard (Ferris) Woodson
1695–1774
Henrico, Virginia, USA
Anne (Madelin) Michaux
1693–1796
Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Pays-Bas
Great-Grandparents
Abraham Venables
1661–1710
Sarah Lewis
1665–1702
Nathaniel Davis
1655–1743
Elizabeth Hughes
1654–1740
Richard Woodson
1662–1716
Ann Smith
1670–1746
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Kenderton
1643–1733
Margery Shawe
1642–1693
Col. Woodson
1632–1707
Elizabeth Ferris
1634–1689
Lt Smith
1625–1691
Hannah Daft
1644–1680

Samuel Venable's Descendants

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Samuel (Woodson) Venable (19 September 1756–7 Sep 1821) m. Mary (Scott) Carrington (21 June 1758–21 Mar 1837)
  1. 1. Abraham (Watkins) Venable 1799–1876 m. Isabella (Alston) Venable 1807–1876
    1. 1. Samuel (Frederick) Venable 1830–1903
    2. 2. Isabella (Brown) Martin 1836–1904
    3. 3. Martha (Elizabeth) Hamilton 1833–1877
    4. 4. Thomas (Brown) Venable 1824–1893
    5. 5. Mary (Grace) Daniel 1827–1851
  2. 2. Henningham (Carrington) Venable 1790–1861
  3. 3. Mary (Carrington) Venable 1786–1867
  4. 4. Mildred (Coles) Venable 1803–1895
  5. 5. Anne (Mayo) Venable 1784–1869 m. Issac (Wright Read) Jr 1777–1823
    1. 1. Nicholas (Cabell) Read 1809–1872 m. Margaretta (E) Mitchell 1809– m. Clarisa (Jane) Read 1812–1847
      1. 1. Harriet (Scott) Meade 1839–1870 m. Benjamin (Everard) Meade 1831–1873
        1. 1. Nicholas (Cabell) Meade 1866–1876
        2. 2. Mary (E.) Meade 1869–1870
      2. 2. George (Whitfield) Read 1843–1888 m. Mariam (Ann) Carper 1849–1932
        1. 1. Jennie Read 1871–1957 m. James Adams 1860–1929
        2. 2. George (David) Read 1872–1939
        3. 3. Mary (M.) Read 1874–1927
        4. 4. Herbert (Browning) Reid 1877–1928
        5. 5. Frank (Athey) Read 1889–1969
      3. 3. Rosa Reade 1845–1846
      4. 4. Jane Reade 1838–1911
      5. 5. Clement Read 1835–1898 m. Elizabeth (Ann) Sheridan 1847–1910
        1. 1. Ann (Mayo) Read 1871–1890
        2. 2. Arnnie Read 1872–
      6. 6. Isaac (Archibald) Read 1842–1864
      7. 7. Sarah Read 1843–1854
      8. 8. Anne (Mayo) Read 1832–1875 m. Henry (Clay) Slaughter 1835–1891
        1. 1. Henry ('Harry') Slaughter 1872–1940 m. Zadie Slaughter 1880–
        2. 2. Stonewall (Jackson) Slaughter 1863–1945 m. Elizabeth (Gracie) Maury 1893–1985 m. Mattie (Sue) Carter 1868–1917
        3. 3. Juliet (Edmonia) Slaughter 1861–1942
        4. 4. Nicholas Slaughter 1863–1870
        5. 5. Henry (C "Harry") Slaughter 1870–1937
      9. 9. Margaretta (Mitchell) Reade 1856–
    2. 2. Isaac (Wright Read) III 1807–1887
    3. 3. Samuel (Venable) Reade 1804–1820
    4. 4. Clement (Carrington) Reade 1805–1872 m. Anne (Edmunds) Watkins 1803–1870
      1. 1. Elisabeth McIlwaine 1834–1920
      2. 2. Anne (Cabell) Carrington 1831–1893
      3. 3. Sarah (Embra) Read 1841–1875
      4. 4. Isaac Read 1836–1915
    5. 5. Sarah (Embrea) Read 1811–1855
    6. 6. Mary (Louise) Read 1813–1883
    7. 7. Anne (Cabell) Reade 1815–
    8. 8. Pauline (Cabell) Reade 1819–1909
    9. 9. William (Watkins) Reade 1821–1889
  6. 6. Elizabeth (Woodson) Watkins 1782–1858
  7. 7. Mildred (Coles) Shepperson 1803–1871
  8. 8. Agnes (Woodson) Venable 1796–1868 m. Henry (Edward) Watkins 1782–1856
    1. 1. Francis (Nathaniel) Watkins 1813–1885
    2. 2. Margaret (C Watkins) Martin 1828–1912
    3. 3. Henrietta (Mattie) Watkins 1828–
  9. 9. Nathaniel (E) Venable 1791–1841 m. Mary (Embra) Scott 1793–1865
    1. 1. Mary (Priscilla) Venable 1815–1881 m. Thomas (Frederick) Venable 1812–1881
      1. 1. Clement (Reade) Venable 1840–1888 m. Virginia (Alice) McGehee 1842–1934
        1. 1. Nathaniel (Abram) Venable 1870–1949 m. Sarah ("Sadie" Russell) Julian 1874–1962
  10. 10. Abraham (Watkins) Venable 1799–1876
  11. 11. Samuel (Woodson) Venable 1797–1855 m. Jane (Stuart) Reid 1800–
    1. 1. Andrew (Reid) Venable 1832–1909
  12. 12. Paul (Carrington) Venable 1794–1876 m. Elizabeth (Anne Davis) Coleman –1822 m. Emily (Eaton) Carrington 1805–1871
    1. 1. Anna Venable 1845–1898
    2. 2. Arthur Venable 1846–
    3. 3. Emily Venable 1832–1917
    4. 4. Etta Venable 1830–
    5. 5. George (Carrington) Venable 1827–1901 m. Margaret (Ann) Venable 1838–1907
      1. 1. George (Vernon) Venable 1871–1939
      2. 2. Julia (F) Venable 1856–1867
      3. 3. Emily Venable 1862–1890
      4. 4. Harrietta Venable 1865–1864
      5. 5. Kathline Venable 1867–1898
      6. 6. Mary (T) Venable –1911
      7. 7. Margarette (I.) Venable 1873–
      8. 8. Pauline Venable 1876–
      9. 9. Sarah (C.) Venable 1879–
      10. 10. Arthur Venable 1865–1880
    6. 6. Henrietta (Clementina) Venable 1839–1856
    7. 7. Louisa (Jane) Venable 1842–1916
    8. 8. Louise (Cabell) Venable 1836–
    9. 9. Lucy Venable 1820–1897
    10. 10. Margaret Venable 1835–1922 m. Jesse Irvine 1832–1895
    11. 11. Mary (Elizabeth) Venable 1829–1903 m. Fredrick (Edward) Hughes 1830–1895
      1. 1. Louisa Calhoun 1857–1929
      2. 2. George (Venable Hughes) Sr 1854–1909
      3. 3. John (Venable) Hughes 1858–1924
      4. 4. Mary (Belle) Hughes 1868–1941
      5. 5. Frederick (Venable Hughes) Sr 1861–1933
      6. 6. Paul (Venable) Hughes 1852–1862
    12. 12. P (Arthur) Venable 1860–
    13. 13. Paul (Nathaniel) Venable 1850–1852
    14. 14. Sally (Tucker) Venable 1825–1897 m. William (Goodridge) Venable 1819–1908
      1. 1. Paul (C) Venable 1852–1908
      2. 2. William (Goodridge Venable) Jr 1859–1929
      3. 3. Albert (Sidney) Venable 1862–1936
      4. 4. Mildred (Lightfoot) Lyte 1850–1935
      5. 5. Sallie (E) Venable 1855–1895
      6. 6. David (Proctor) Venable 1846–1846
      7. 7. Frederick (Nantz) Venable 1848–1861
      8. 8. Frances (W) Venable 1857–1858
      9. 9. George (Curtis Moon) Venable 1867–1875
  13. 13. Margaret (Read) Cabell 1782–1857 m. Nicholas Cabell 1780–1809
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Nicholas Hare) Cabell 1803–1822
    2. 2. Nathaniel (Francis) Cabell 1807–1891
  14. 14. Clementina Venable 1788–1841 m. William (Shields Reid) Sr 1778–1853
    1. 1. Agnes (Jane) Reid 1822–1861
    2. 2. Clementina (Frances) Reid –1920
    3. 3. George Reid 1810–
    4. 4. Henningham (V) Reid 1818–1892
    5. 5. Isabell (Mildred) Reid 1830–1910
    6. 6. Margaret (Nicholas Cabell) Reid 1816–1887
    7. 7. Martha (Ann) Reid 1809– m. Philo Calhoun 1806–
      1. 1. George (A) Calhoun 1840– m. Emily Tucker 1848–
        1. 1. George Calhoun 1876–
        2. 2. William Calhoun 1879–
        3. 3. Henry Calhoun 1881–
        4. 4. Mary Ross 1875–
      2. 2. Clemens (F) Calhoun 1841–
      3. 3. Mary (P) Calhoun 1844–
      4. 4. Courtlandt (H) Calhoun 1849–1917
      5. 5. Emily Tucker 1848– m. John (Needham) Tucker 1840–1914 m. George (A) Calhoun 1840–
        1. 1. Annie Tucker 1882–1963 m. William (J) O'Roark 1871–
        2. 2. Claud Tucker 1886–
        3. 3. Maggie Tucker 1879–
        4. 4. Neely Tucker 1887–
    8. 8. Mary (Carrington) Reid 1812–1837
    9. 9. Paul (Anna) Reid 1824–1861
    10. 10. Samuel (Venable) Reid 1831–1886
    11. 11. William (Shields) Reid 1814–1862
    12. 12. Aaron (M.) Read 1817–1872 m. Mary (E) Cunningham 1834–1917
      1. 1. Mary (Virginia) Reid 1833–1929 m. Manson (A) Farries 1858–1926
        1. 1. Lillie (Maud) Farris 1890–1966 m. James (C) Godsie 1894–
        2. 2. Jack (David) Farries 1900–1992
      2. 2. Charlotte (Elizabeth "Bettie") Reid 1848–1922
      3. 3. Sarah (Ann) Reid 1853–1932
      4. 4. William (Samuel (Bill)) Reid 1854–1920
      5. 5. Jinnie Read 1858–
      6. 6. Martha (Thomas) Reid 1859–1941
      7. 7. James (Henry "Dinks") Reid 1865–1942
      8. 8. Amanda (E) Read 1868–1932
      9. 9. Robert (Manson) Reid 1862–1925 m. Martha (Guthrie) Reid 1868–1938
        1. 1. Robert (L) Read 1891–1973 m. Ethel Reid 1895–1973
        2. 2. Lucy Cunningham 1889–
        3. 3. Annie Tibbs 1885–
        4. 4. Mary Waller 1902–
        5. 5. Nora Glass 1897–
        6. 6. Nannie (B) Harris 1894–
        7. 7. Mary Reed 1904–
        8. 8. Nannie (B) Harris 1895–
        9. 9. Gladys Reed 1917–
        10. 10. Anna Read 1885–
        11. 11. Lucy (J) Read 1889–
        12. 12. Naomi Read 1893–
        13. 13. Nora Read 1897–
      10. 10. Lucy (Hester) Reid 1872–1929
      11. 11. Elma (Mae) Reid 1868–1932
  15. 15. Mildred (Coles) Shepperson 1803–1871
  16. 16. Abraham (Watkins) Venable 1799–1876

Samuel Venable's Timeline

2 Records

1756
19 September 1756
Birth of Samuel Woodson Venable in Slate Hill, Prince Edward, Virginia, USA
Slate Hill, Prince Edward, Virginia, USA
1821
7 Sep 1821
Age 65
Death of Samuel Woodson Venable in Sweet Springs, Monroe County, West Virginia, USA
Sweet Springs, Monroe County, West Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 September 1756
    Event Place: Slate Hill, Prince Edward, Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [2] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Volume: 278
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [4] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [5] North America, Family Histories
    [6] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 022 : 1897
    [7] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 Sep 1821
    Event Place: Sweet Springs, Monroe County, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [2] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Volume: 278
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [4] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [5] North America, Family Histories
    [6] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 022 : 1897
    [7] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Sweet Springs, Monroe County, West Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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