Abraham Nicholas

Major Abraham Nicholas (died Sunday, September 3, 1738) served as mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia from 1735 to 1736.[1] He married a woman named Ann and had at least one son, Abraham Nicholas who died on March 5, 1751.[2]

Nicholas was the first Adjutant-General of the Virginia Colony from 1 November 1728, until his death ten years later.[3] (Succeeded by Isham Randolph, appointed Adjutant-General by Governor William Gooch, who was approved by the Council on 9 November 1738.)[2][4][5]

Preceded by
John Holloway		 Mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia
1735–1736		 Succeeded by
Edward Barradall

References
  1. History of Williamsburg, Virginia Archived October 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Personal Notices from the Virginia Gazette". William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. The College. 5 (1): 242. July 1896. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  3. Executive Journals of the Council of colonial Virginia, Vol. 4, p. 189: 1 NOV 1728; accessed 2 SEP 2019
  4. Executive Journals of the Council of colonial Virginia, Vol. 4, p. 429: 9 NOV 1738; accessed 2 SEP 2019
  5. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography- Abraham, Major Nicholas; ; accessed 2 September 2019.


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