Dannett ABNEY Sr.
M, b. 26 February 1657/58, d. 5 February 1732
Dannett ABNEY Sr.|b. 26 Feb 1657/58\nd. 5 Feb 1732|p87.htm|George ABNEY|b. 11 Jul 1631\nd. 3 May 1661|p90.htm|Bathshua STRATTON|d. 31 Aug 1712|p91.htm|Paul ABNEY|b. c 1588\nd. 10 Jun 1635|p92.htm|Mary BROKESBY|b. c 1590|p93.htm|||||||
Relationship=6th great-grandfather of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
Abney Family Crest
Dannett ABNEY Sr. was born on 26 February 1657/58 in Leicester, England, son of George ABNEY and Bathshua STRATTON. He was a farmer and a cooper (barrel maker). Dannett immigrated to America before 1692, living in Abington Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia. Later he lived in York, Spottsylvania, and Hanover Counties.
Dannett married Mary LEE, daughter of Rev. Joseph LEE and Anne _____, in 1692 in England. Dannett had became engaged to Mary, his mother's stepdaugher, before sailing to America. He evidently returned to England to marry her and returned to Virginia along with her step-brother, John Lee, who had received a patent for transporting settlers to Virginia, dated 1694, wherein Dannett is listed.2
Dannett ABNEY Sr. was named an heir in the will of his mother, Bathshua LEE, dated on 8 January 1706 in Leicester, England. Dannett was already in Virginia by this time and never returned to England t claim his estate. The estate was escheated to the crown.3
Dannett ABNEY Sr. and William HILL patented 419 acres signed by King George II on 2 September 1728 in Spottsylvania County, Virginia. Dannett patented another 381 acres in the same area. He and Mary lived on a plantation in Albermarle county. After his death, Mary then living in St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, with or near her sons sold part of these grants in Spottsylvania County to Samuel Hickman on 4 Nov 1735.2
Dannett ABNEY Sr. left a will circa February 1732 in Albemarle County, Virginia. It names sons Paul and Abner: "...it is my Desire that if ye plantation whear i now live is not Sold before my Wyfes Deathe that Shee wold give ye plantation and land belonging to it to my tow Sons paul Abney and Abner Abney..." [Sic]4
Dannett ABNEY Sr. died on 5 February 1732 in Charlottesville, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, at age 73.5
Last Edited=22 Feb 2009
Children of Dannett ABNEY Sr. and Mary LEE
- George ABNEY+ b. bt 1692 - 1695, d. 1 Oct 1766
- Ursula ABNEY b. 11 Jun 1693
- Dannett ABNEY Jr.+ b. c 1695, d. 1757
- Paul ABNEY+ b. 24 Dec 1699, d. a 1786
- Dr. Abraham ABNEY+ b. 27 Dec 1702, d. a 1783
- Martha ABNEY+ b. c 1705
- Bathshua ABNEY+ b. c 1708, d. a 1773
- Abner ABNEY+ b. c 1711, d. 1752
- Mary ABNEY+ b. c 1714
Citations
- [S199] Abney Hintgen Brewer, "Abney Research," e-mail to John K. Brown, 25 January 2006.
- [S731] Rev. Doug McIntosh, Descendants of Sir James Stanley (1392-1913), 15 Feb 2009.
- [S732] The Bernard Family, online http://www.jerrybernard.com/BernardGenerations.htm, 15 Feb 2009.
- [S345] Robert R. Abney, "Abney Family Researcher", Pg. 2.
- [S730] Order of the Crown of Charlemagne (OCC), James Madison Dean, application 2069, through ancestor Dannett Abney, accessed 15 Feb 2009.
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