The story is made more interesting by the fact that the Veney name came 
from Bess's husband, William Venners, the "Mulatto" son of a white woman 
named Elizabeth Venners who was a servant at his birth in Northumberland 
County [Order Book 1721-32, 652, 658].

Paul

On 6/2/2021 9:12 AM, Brooks, Vincent wrote:
> The origins and long quest for freedom of the Northern Neck's Veney family
> is revealed in a chancery cause from Montgomery County. Read more in
> today's The UncommonWealth.
>
> https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2021/06/02/the-veney-family-of-the-northern-neck-sarahs-story/
>
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