Abraham B. VENABLE III

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ABRAHAM B. VENABLE, b. Jan. 9, 1725; d. March 20, 1778 (will dated, March 13, 1778, proved in Prince Edward Co., at the April Court, 1778) ; mar., 1751; Elizabeth Michaux, b. June 18, 1731, in Goochland Co., Va.; d. 1801, in Prince Edward Co., Va. a daughter of Jacob Michaux (b. in Holland, 1700) of Cumberland Co., Va., and Judith Woodson (married, 1722), b. 1703 in Henrico Co., Va. This Jacob Michaux was a son of the Huguenot refugees, Abraham Michaux and Susanne (Rochet) Michaux. "Tradition informs us that Abraham B. Venable was a man of broad understanding and enlarged public spirit." Elizabeth Michaux, his wife, is spoken of as "a lady of marked character and vigor of intellect." Rev. Archibald Alexander, D.D., in a journey through southern Virginia in 1791 visited at her house. In his biography by his son, Rev. J. W. Alexander, D.D., on page 125, we find the following mention of her: "The next morning brought us to the Hospitable Mansion of old Mrs. Venable, in the edge of Prince Edward County. She was of the Micheaux family and a descendant of Huguenots who had settled on James River, a matron of great shrewdness, information, and piety. Her husband had long been dead and her children grown up." Numerous and distinguished issue.

Abraham married Elizabeth MICHAUX. (Elizabeth MICHAUX was born in 1731 and died in 1778 in Prince Edward, VA.)