,. Third Generation
THIRD GENERATION
THE DABNEY FAMILY
THE DABNEY FAMILY
The original name from which the American Dabney Is derived has three final endings, namely, Aubigini, a town in France seated on the River Neere. This had the title of a duchy as belonging to the Duke of Richmond In right of the Duchess of Aubigini from whom Richmond was descended. The second ending was that of D'Aubigney as given it by the English, Duke George Gordon Lennox, at the time when the duchy was conferred by Louis XIV on Louis Renal de Penceencourt of England in favor of her son, Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond, 1684.
The children of Cornelius Dabney and Sarah Jennings were:
The third ending was given by the French as Aubigne and it Is generally known there by that appellation. In America, it resolved itself into Dabney. Theodore Agrippa D'Aubigne, a French Calvinist, was a follower of Henri IV and died In Geneva in 1639. His son, Constant, was the father of the notorious Madame de Maintenon and was an eminent author of that period. In fact, the literary talent of the family has been noted through several generations and one of the best of the modern pal nters of France was of the D'Aubigne family. Cornelius D'Aubigne, or Dabney, descendant of Theodore Agrippa D'Aubigne, came to America early In the 18th century. In 1721, he married his second wife, Sarah Jennings, in Hanover County. She had accompanied the Dabneys to America as a companion to the first wife of Dabney. She was the daughter of Charles Jennings, whose brother, William Jennings, of Acton Place, London, was very wealthy. Sarah Dabney was his sole heir. Numerous efforts have been made by her descendants to recover the estate but without avail. Cornelius Dabney was allowed a certain sum of money by the Colonial Council for acting as interpreter to the Indians. He died in 1764 leaving a will which was probated in Hanover County in 1765. His wife survived him many years and made her home with her daughter, Frances, wife of John Maupin (7). She was buried in the yard of his home.
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married Lucy Winston. He was born in 1756 and died in 1821. He served in the American army in the Revolution. William married Phi lade! phi a Gwathney. John (1724-1821 ). Born in Hanover County, VA. He commanded Dabney's Legion at Yorktown at the time of the surrender of Cornwallis. He married, first, Anna Harris; second, Margaret Smith. The chi I d ren by Anna Harris were: a - Sarah, married Thomas Waller. b - Mary, married Thomas Minor. c - William, married ----~- ___ Quarles. d -John, married Anna Harris. e - Anna, married Henry Terrill. f - Elizabeth, married Bernard Brown. son, Bernard, married Miriam, daughter of Daniel Maupin (19). g - Susan, married Thomas Harris, son of James and Mary Harris of Albemarle. Thomas Harris was blind. Their children were: 1. Wi II iam Harris, married Kate, daughter of Daniel Maupin (19). 2. Jarratt Harris, married Children: A. Nancy, married Thomas Maupin (43). B. Mary Virginia, married Arthur Maupin (44a). C. Larkin Harris of Monroe County, MO. 3. Betty Harris, married Bernard Maupin. h -Lucy Dabney, married Thomas McReynolds. i - Rebecca, married Thomas Warner. j - Cornelius, married Jane Harris. k -Nancy, married John Hunter. Mary first wife of Christopher Harris. Her descendants also intermarried with the Maupin family. See Harris Family. Elizabeth-married Daniel Maupin (8). Frances- married John Maupin (7). Ann married David Thompson. Sarah married Matthew Brown. married William Johnson. Cornelius Dabney was 90 years old when he died hence he must have been born about 1674.
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