Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

Cornelius Dabney

Male 1631 - 1694  (62 years)


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  • Name Cornelius Dabney  [1
    Birth 2 May 1631  Bucknall Parish, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 30 Apr 1694  St Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I23628  Tree1
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2024 

    Family 1 Edith Moryson,   b. Abt 1641, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1678, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 38 years) 
    Marriage 1651  Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. James Dabney,   b. 24 May 1657, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Sep 1739, King William County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. John Dabney,   b. 1661, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Apr 1688, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. George Dabney,   b. 1671, Hanover County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Oct 1729, King William County, Virginia - will date Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]
     4. Cornelius Dabney,   b. 1674, Pumunkey, St. Peter Parish, New Kent County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 7 Feb 1765, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 91 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F14697  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2024 

    Family 2 Susannah Swann,   b. 10 Oct 1643, Pumunkey River, St Peter Parish, New Kent County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1724, Hanover County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage Aft 1678  Hanover County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary Dabney,   b. 22 Jan 1688, Pamunkey River, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Sep 1748, Caroline County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Elizabeth Dabney,   b. Aft 1672, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1688, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 14 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Sarah Dabney,   b. 11 Feb 1682, St. John's Parish, King William County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1714, St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F15541  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2024 

    Children 
     1. Sarah Dabney,   b. 11 Feb 1682, St. John's Parish, King William County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1714, St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F56233  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
    • (Charles William Dabney, "The Origin of the Dabney Family of Virginia," Va. Mag. of History and Biography, April 1937, Vol. 45, No. 2, Page 134).

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      On 22 May 1686, Mr. Cornelius Dabnee was listed as a vestryman of St. Peter's Parish Church, New Kent. He died between 23 October 1693 and 1 May 1694 (Vestry Book and Register of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent and James City Counties, Virginia 1684-1786, transcribed and edited by C. G. Chamberlayne (Richmond: The Library Board, 1937, Page 4, 40, 43)).

      In 1699 his children "James Dabney, Geo. Dabney, Dorothy Dabney, and Sarah Dabney (were) devisees of Cornelius Dabney dec'd (of) 700 acres to which is added of Low Land thereto adjoining 150 acres" in Pamunkey Neck.(Louis des Cognets, Jr., English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records, p.59).

      "The Library of Virginia Digital Collection" (Electronic Card Index) records these Land Office Patents and Grants in King and Queen Co. in Pamunkey Neck:

      Date
      To Whom Granted
      Number of Acres
      Patent Book

      25 Apr 1701
      Dabney, James
      204
      #9, Page 346

      "
      Anderson, Dorothy (Dabney)
      179.5
      #9, Page 350

      "
      Dabney, George
      293
      #9, Page 351

      "
      Dabney, Sarah
      179
      #9. Page 352

      1 Apr 1702
      Dabney, James
      1000
      #9, Page 445

  • Sources 
    1. [S75] Genealogies of Virginia Families Vol. II, from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography.

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