Captain Hugh Norvell was a Virginia planter, soldier and politician.
10 Facts About Hugh Norvell
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Hugh Norvell served in King William's War, helped found and govern Williamsburg and several times served as a vestryman of Bruton Parish Church.
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Hugh Norvell is a shortened form of the name de Normanville.
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Hugh Norvell ran tobacco plantations using enslaved labor across the York County boundary near Williamsburg.
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Hugh Norvell appeared as the guardian of his daughter Elizabeth in a 1694 lawsuit against Mr Robert Harrison and Mrs.
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Hugh Norvell is mentioned as a juror in a 1710 trial involving eight Tuscarora Indians.
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Hugh Norvell was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses about 1719.
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Hugh Norvell served on a committee to welcome Rev Dr Blair as President of the College of William and Mary.
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Hugh Norvell served on the committee that between 1710 and 1715 oversaw building of the new church that remains today as a National Historic Landmark.
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Some of Captain Hugh Norvell's descendants include US Senator John Norvell of Michigan, William Walker, the Filibusterer in Nicaragua; and Oliver Hardy, the actor-comedian and movie star, son of Emily Norvell Hardy.