_Richard CANTRELL _+
_Richard C. CANTRELL _|
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| _Abraham CANTRELL _
|_Talitha CANTRELL ____|
|_Sarah DURHAM _____
_Ralph CANTRELL\CANTRILL\CHANTRELL _+
_William CANTRILL _|
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|--William CANTRILL
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Was listed as a "Genteleman" and a scribe
Was one of fourteen men who accompanied Captain John Smith on his
discovery of Chesapeake Bay on June 2nd, 1608. An area between the
Potomac and Rappehannock Rivers was named Cantrill Point in honor of him.
"Hennings Statutes or the Laws of Virginia" records the subscription of
William Cantrill to the Second Virginia Charter(The Great Charter) dated
May 23, 1609.
Alexander Brown Genesis of the Unitied States" states that William
Cantrill, Gentleman, was an Incorporator in the First, Second, and Third
Virginia Charter.
The book Adventurers of Virginia preparedfrom a list in 1620 lists
William Cantrill, Gentleman.
He was a close friend and companion to Rev. Robert Hunt and was proably
present at the baptism and marriage of Pocahuntas. He had the family
crest engraved on the rifle stock of his prized gun.
He was a scribe and known to be a gentleman of fortuneand consequence in
the reigns of Henry VIII & Elizabeth.
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_Absolem Elcainy HAMMONS _|
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| _Joseph CANTRIL _+
|_Delilah CANTRELL _|
|_Sarah HILLIARD _
_Edmund PAGE _
_Robert PAGE ____|
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