George "Henry" ABNEY
M, b. 1532, d. 1 March 1577
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Relationship=10th great-grandfather of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
Willesley Chapel
George "Henry" ABNEY was born in 1532 in Willesley, Derbyshire, England, son of John ABNEY and Margaret (?). He was Lord of Willesley.
George "Henry" ABNEY purchased Newton and Swebebeston from William Devy of Littleton in Gloucestershire.
George married Ellen WOLSELEY, daughter of John Wolseley and Anne STANLEY, in England. They were the parents of 21 children, 11 sons and 10 daughters.
George "Henry" ABNEY died on 1 March 1577 in Willesley, Derbyshire, England.1 He was buried in the chancel (beneath the floor), Willesley Chapel. An alabaster slab in channel shows the figure of a man in civilian dress and his wife in French cap and brocaded petticoat. There are nine children shown below them, apparently three boys and six girls. An inscription reads: "Here lieth the bodirs of George Abney esquier and Ellene his wife deceased the first day of Marche in the year of our Lord God 1578 and said Ellene deceased in the iii day of December in the year of our Lord God McVclxxl."2 His estate was probated on 27 January 1578 in Derbyshire, England.3
Last Edited=24 Feb 2009
Children of George "Henry" ABNEY and Ellen WOLSELEY
- Maria ABNEY b. c 1517
- Lord James ABNEY+ b. 1558, d. 1620
- Robert Abney+ b. 1560, d. 1602
- Edmund ABNEY+ b. 1562, d. 25 Jan 1604
- Ann ABNEY b. 1564
- John ABNEY b. 1566
- Thomas ABNEY b. 1568
- Walter ABNEY b. 1570
Citations
- [S148] R. Robert Abney, Editor, Abney Family Researcher ,Vol. VI, Issue I, December 2002. The year of death was listed as 1577/78.
- [S730] Order of the Crown of Charlemagne (OCC), James Madison Dean, application 2069, through ancestor Dannett Abney, accessed 15 Feb 2009.
- [S148] R. Robert Abney, Editor, Abney Family Researcher ,Vol. VI, Issue I, December 2002.
Information on this site has been gathered over many years from many sources. Although great care has been taken, inaccuracies may exist.
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