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Mary Ann Gosden

F, b. 30 March 1793, d. 3 April 1848
Mary Ann Gosden|b. 30 Mar 1793\nd. 3 Apr 1848|p40.htm|James Gosden/Gausden|||Mary Ann CECIL|d. b 1817|p43.htm|||||||Lord CECIL||||||
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2nd great-grandmother of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
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     Mary Ann Gosden was born on 30 March 1793 in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, daughter of James Gosden/Gausden and Mary Ann CECIL.1,2
     Mary married Thomas Hamilton ABNEY, son of Samuel ABNEY Jr. and Mary KENNEDY, on 24 December 1817 in Richmond, Virginia. Mary's father or step-father was a very well-to-do man and they inherited his fine house which he had built on his second wife's property.3
     Mary Ann Gosden was named an heir in the will of James Gosden/Gausden dated 1818 in Richmond, Virginia. She was willed the Gosden House upon the death of her step-mother.
     Mary Ann Gosden and Thomas Hamilton ABNEY appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 June 1830 in Bibb (now Chilton) County, Alabama. The household was listed as one male age 30-39 [Thomas]; one male age 5-9 [Alexander]; one male under 5 [Cinncinatus]; one female age 20-29 [Mary Ann]; two females age 10-14 [Mary Cecil, Frances]; one female age 5-9 [Aurelia]; and two females under 5 [Virginia, Amanda].4
     Mary Ann Gosden and Thomas Hamilton ABNEY appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 June 1840 in Bibb (now Chilton) County, Alabama. The household was listed as one male age 40-49 [Thomas]; one male age 15-19 [Alexander]; one male age 10-14 [Cinncinatus]; one male age 5-9 [Henry]; three males under 5 [Sam, Zach, Thomas]; one female age 40-49 [Mary Anne]; one female age 20-29 [Mary Cecil]; one female age 15-19 [Aurelia]; two females age 10-14 [Virginia, Amanda]; and one female under 5 [???]. Living with them was one female age 60-69 [Mary Kennedy Abney]. They owned 13 slaves.5
     Mary Ann Gosden died on 3 April 1848 in Bibb County, Alabama, at age 55.3 She was buried in Abney Family Cemetery, Maplesville, Chilton County, Alabama.

Last Edited=7 Jul 2009

Children of Mary Ann Gosden and Thomas Hamilton ABNEY

Citations

  1. [S148] R. Robert Abney, Editor, Abney Family Researcher.
  2. [S179] F. Edward Wright, "Swedes Church Records."
  3. [S169] T. H. Abney Bible.
  4. [S229] 1830 U. S. Census, Bibb County, Alabama, Thos. Abney household, pg. 173.
  5. [S241] 1840 U. S. Census, Bibb County, Alabama, Thos. H. Abney household, pg. 100.

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