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Augustine Warner Sr. 1611-1674
Photo found at: https://wikimili.com/en/Augustine_Warner_Sr.
"Augustine was born in Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom (England).
He arrived in Virginia in 1628 at the age of seventeen.
A member of the House of Burgesses in 1652 and then in 1659 a member of the King's Council, which he held until his death (1674, age 63). About 1657, he moved across the York River to Gloucester County, where he settled and built the first house at Warner Hall."
"There was no monarch in England between 1649 and 1659. This was a period known as the Commonwealth administered by Oliver Cromwell 1649 - 1658, and Richard Cromwell 1658 - 1659. The House of Stuart was restored with Charles ll in 1660."
This may actually be of Augustine Warner Jr. as he was the Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses and this portrait was loaned to William and Mary College in Williamsburg to hang in the library according to page 51 of the online book "Lewis of Warner Hall" found - https://books.google.com/books?id=yeWgvfDpwbwC&pg=PA17&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false
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