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John Jefferson Abney

John Jefferson Abney[1, 2]

Male 1851 - 1886  (35 years)

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  • Name John Jefferson Abney 
    Born 14 Jul 1851  Greene County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 14 Oct 1886  Henry Co., Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Died from Typhoid Fever
    Person ID I7578  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2021 

    Father John III Abney,   b. 1803, Estill Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1860, Taney County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Ball,   b. Est 1810,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 1844 
    Family ID F7113  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Ann Adkins,   b. 1 Feb 1849, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 1923, Henry County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 22 Dec 1871  Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Allen Lee Abney,   b. 14 Oct 1872, Vernon County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1957, Henry County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     2. Herodias Abney,   b. 1 Feb 1874, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1954, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     3. William Nealy Abney,   b. 9 Mar 1876, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Apr 1947, St. Clair County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     4. Franklin Ward Abney,   b. 1881, Henry County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1953, Yellowstone County, Montana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     5. Estella Abney,   b. 31 May 1883, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 1969, Johnson County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     6. Pearl Abney,   b. 26 Jan 1875, Henry County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1950, Arapahoe County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2021 
    Family ID F2621  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35296253.
      John Jefferson Abney
      Birth 24 Jun 1851
      Illinois, USA
      Death 14 Oct 1886 (aged 35)
      Burial: Adkins Cemetery
      Henry County, Missouri

    2. [S73] Deeds, http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/va/lunenburg/wills/1746-1825-b.txt.
      352. Mays, William 11-8-1748; 10-1-1751; W.B. 1/39-40
      Mentions:
      Wife: Mary Mays
      Sons: William Mays, Mattox Mays, Joseph Mays
      Daughters: Francis White, Lucy Ellis
      Grandsons: William Childrey, Thomas Childrey
      Granddaughter: Mary Mattox Giles
      Executors: Mattox Mays, Joseph Mays
      Witnesses: James Hunt, William (his X mark) Faris, George Abney.
      George Abney is found in Lunenburg Deeds 8 Nov 1748.
      Root of this line. s/o Paul; Immigrant Dannet Abney, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=135945542
      Dannett Abney Sr.
      Birth 26 Feb 1657
      Leicestershire, England
      Death Feb 1733 (aged 75?76)
      Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
      Burial
      Saint Georges Episcopal Burial Ground
      Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA
      Plot Dannett's grave now covered by the church, an office building and open air market per church records

    3. [S73] Deeds, http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/va/lunenburg/wills/1746-1825-b.txt.
      352. Mays, William 11-8-1748; 10-1-1751; W.B. 1/39-40
      Mentions:
      Wife: Mary Mays
      Sons: William Mays, Mattox Mays, Joseph Mays
      Daughters: Francis White, Lucy Ellis
      Grandsons: William Childrey, Thomas Childrey
      Granddaughter: Mary Mattox Giles
      Executors: Mattox Mays, Joseph Mays
      Witnesses: James Hunt, William (his X mark) Faris, George Abney.
      George Abney is found in Lunenburg Deeds 8 Nov 1748.
      Root of this line. s/o Paul; Immigrant Dannet Abney, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=135945542
      Dannett Abney Sr.
      Birth 26 Feb 1657
      Leicestershire, England
      Death Feb 1733 (aged 75?76)
      Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
      Burial
      Saint Georges Episcopal Burial Ground
      Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA
      Plot Dannett's grave now covered by the church, an office building and open air market per church records


      Thanks to our cousin R.R. Abney for his extensive work on the Family of Dannett Abney. His work can be found in his publication, "Abney Book".

      Dannett Abney, cooper and planter, baptized at St. Mary's, Leicester, England, 2-26-1659.

      Christening record:
      "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JMG3-7VS : Danett Abney, 26 Feb 1660; citing Saint Mary, Leicester, Leicester, England, reference; FHL microfilm 599,895."

      Dannett, our "Gateway Ancestor of Virginia", came to America on the Frigate/Barque/Fluyt* 'Josiah' under Captain Sharpe about 1679 sailing in the company of his brother Paul; He was indentured to Mary Lee's uncle John Lee who had a land patent in Nansemond Co.VA; source Plantagenet Ancestry. Mary Lee did not marry Paul but married Dannett, apparently on his return trip to England.

      Enlarge photo to view Dannett's first 1704 land deed in the Virginia Colony(King William Co.). DOES ANYONE HAVE A PLAT?

      Dannett Abney left a will dated 5 Feb 1732, proved 5 Mar 1733 at Charlottesville, VA., naming his wife, Mary Lee Abney.

      Dannett was the son of George & Bathshua Stratton Abney.

      Children: 1)Ursula Witt? 1693, 2)Dannett Jr. 1695, George 1697, 4)Paul 1699, 5)Abraham 1702, 6)Martha Spraggins 1705, 7)Bathshua Hill 1708, 8)Abner 1711, 9)Mary Barnard 1714,per R.R. Abney via John K. Brown web site.

      Gateway ancestor of all American Abneys/Abners.

      While he was living in Spotsylvania Co. at death he is thought to be buried in the First Rappahannock Church, Fredericksburg, VA. Dannett's grave is now covered by the church, an office building and an open air market per church records. In the late 1840s, it was decided to expand the size of the church. While the construction was going on some graves were probably removed/relocated/or build over. This may have occurred earlier (ca 1815) when the current Faulkner Hall was added to the lot.
      +Thanks to Abney cousin Reba Johnson for this info.

      The Spotsylvania land is partially underwater. His 400 acres is the present day Valentine Cove on Lake Anna. His son's , Dannett Jr., 381 acres is the present day Chewings Corner on Partlow Road.

      Almost all of the Abney family history linked on Find-a-Grave is the result of the very diligent work of Raymond Robert Abney of the old CAA website & his new ABNEY BOOK**. His generous & proven work has helped many, many descendants of Dannett Abney find their "roots". We are grateful.

      Please feel free to add your connection/line to the flower & note column.

      *Note: Sources used:
      "The History and Background of St. George's Episcopal Church - Fredericksburg, Virginia" by Carroll H. Quenzel. (Saunders & Son, Richmond, VA., 1951, 124 pp.)

      "St. George's Cemetery: A Sketch Prepared in the Interest of the LadiesCemetery Guild of St. George's Church, Fredericksburg, Virginia; and
      Containing a List of Burials in St. George's Cemetery" by William Meade Clark. (Fredericksburg, VA, n.p., 1892, 12 pp.)