Mary LEE
F, b. 19 January 1663/64, d. after 1736
- Relationship
- 6th great-grandmother of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
Mary LEE, daughter of Rev. Joseph LEE and Bathshua STRATTON, was born on 19 January 1663/64 in England.
Mary married Dannett ABNEY Sr., son of George ABNEY and Bathshua STRATTON, 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, Dannett included.1,2
Mary LEE was named executrix and an heir in the will of Dannett ABNEY Sr. dated on 5 February 1732 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. She was to have his whole estate, and if the plantation was not sold by the time of her death she was to leave it to their sons Paul and Abney Abney.3
Dannett died on 5 March 1733 in Charlottesville, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, at age 73 leaving Mary ABNEY as a widow.4,5
George ABNEY, Dannett ABNEY Jr., Mary ABNEY and Dr. Abraham ABNEY moved from Spotsylvania county to Henrico County, Virginia, in June 1733. After Dannett, Sr. died in March 1733 in Spotsylvania Co. three of his sons, Dannett, Jr., Abraham & George moved to this area just below Richmond City (sons Paul & Abner went west). Their mother Mary Lee Abney soon followed. She died in this timeframe but her burial location is unknown.6
Mary Lee Abney and her son, Dannett Abney, Jr., sold a tract of land to Humphrey Hill on 2 October 1733 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. According to the deed abstract, Dannit Abney, the elder, of Spotsylvania Co., planter, and Mary, his wife, and Dannitt Abney, the younger, of Hanover County, planter, and Mary, his wife, to Humphrey Hill of King William Co., Gentleman. Whereas John Wilkins was granted 400 acres in King Willliam Co., now Spotsylvania Co., by patent dated June 2, 1722, and by deed dated July 7, 1724, said Wilkins conveyed to Dannit Abney, the Elder, and Dannit Abney, the Younger, the said parcel or tract of land, for consideration therein named. For 80 pounds currency, the Abneys convey this land to said Humphrey Hill, etc. Witnesses: Roderick Gordon, Thomas Hill, Thomas Todd, Joseph Woolfolk, Anthony Rhodes, Junr. October 2, 1733.7
Mary ABNEY, of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia, sold a tract of land to Edwin Hickman on 4 November 1735, conveying 209 acres in Spotsylvania County, half a tract granted to Thomas Hill and Dannett Abney in 1728.7
Mary LEE died after 1736.
Mary married Dannett ABNEY Sr., son of George ABNEY and Bathshua STRATTON, 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, Dannett included.1,2
Mary LEE was named executrix and an heir in the will of Dannett ABNEY Sr. dated on 5 February 1732 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. She was to have his whole estate, and if the plantation was not sold by the time of her death she was to leave it to their sons Paul and Abney Abney.3
Dannett died on 5 March 1733 in Charlottesville, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, at age 73 leaving Mary ABNEY as a widow.4,5
George ABNEY, Dannett ABNEY Jr., Mary ABNEY and Dr. Abraham ABNEY moved from Spotsylvania county to Henrico County, Virginia, in June 1733. After Dannett, Sr. died in March 1733 in Spotsylvania Co. three of his sons, Dannett, Jr., Abraham & George moved to this area just below Richmond City (sons Paul & Abner went west). Their mother Mary Lee Abney soon followed. She died in this timeframe but her burial location is unknown.6
Mary Lee Abney and her son, Dannett Abney, Jr., sold a tract of land to Humphrey Hill on 2 October 1733 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. According to the deed abstract, Dannit Abney, the elder, of Spotsylvania Co., planter, and Mary, his wife, and Dannitt Abney, the younger, of Hanover County, planter, and Mary, his wife, to Humphrey Hill of King William Co., Gentleman. Whereas John Wilkins was granted 400 acres in King Willliam Co., now Spotsylvania Co., by patent dated June 2, 1722, and by deed dated July 7, 1724, said Wilkins conveyed to Dannit Abney, the Elder, and Dannit Abney, the Younger, the said parcel or tract of land, for consideration therein named. For 80 pounds currency, the Abneys convey this land to said Humphrey Hill, etc. Witnesses: Roderick Gordon, Thomas Hill, Thomas Todd, Joseph Woolfolk, Anthony Rhodes, Junr. October 2, 1733.7
Mary ABNEY, of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia, sold a tract of land to Edwin Hickman on 4 November 1735, conveying 209 acres in Spotsylvania County, half a tract granted to Thomas Hill and Dannett Abney in 1728.7
Mary LEE died after 1736.
Last Edited=25 Jan 2024
Children of Mary LEE and Dannett ABNEY Sr.
- 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. 30 Sep 1786
- Dr. Abraham ABNEY+ b. 27 Dec 1702, d. a 1783
- Martha ABNEY+ b. c 1705, d. 15 Mar 1759
- Bathshua ABNEY+ b. c 1708, d. a 1773
- Abner ABNEY+ b. c 1711, d. 11 Jun 1752
- Mary ABNEY+ b. c 1714
Citations
- [S731] Rev. Doug McIntosh, Descendants of Sir James Stanley (1392-1913), 15 Feb 2009.
- [S836] Douglas Richardson and Kimball G. Everingham, Plantagenet Ancestry 2004, pg. 35 -- Gives marriage date of c1702 and said she was the widow of Dannett's brother, Paul.
- [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.
- [S836] Douglas Richardson and Kimball G. Everingham, Plantagenet Ancestry 2004, pg. 35 - This was the date the will was proven.
- [S1173] "The Real Abneys" , posted by Robert Hal Abney, 30 Jun 2022.
- [S846] Virginia Historical Society, The Virginia Magazine, Vol. 34, pg. 357.
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