Weathiest Planter in Virginia

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Piersey, Abraham, the wealthiest planter, died in 1632, and his last will and testament instructed that his body should be interred in the garden in which his new framed house had been erected. Source: Abstracts of Proceedings of Virginia Company of London, Vol. I, pp. 189, 190; British State Papers, Colonial, vol. III, No. 5.




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Abraham Piersey

In 1639 the accumulated wealth was comparatively small. Sir John Harvey stated that Virginia at this time consisted of very poor men. The largest estate belonged to Abraham Piersey whose occupation as a Cape Merchant had provided considerable advantage, although most of his wealth had probably been gotten in England.

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Abraham Piersey

When Abraham Piercy died in 1632, he was the wealthiest resident of the Virginia Colony. In his last will and testamentt he directed that his body be interred in the garden in which his new framed house had been erected.

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