Dorcas ABNEY
F, b. circa 1732, d. 27 February 1804
- Relationship
- 4th great-grandaunt of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
Dorcas ABNEY, daughter of George ABNEY and Unity Meredith, was born circa 1732 in Virginia.1
Dorcas married first Mattox MAYS in 1757 in Lunenburg (now Campbell) County, Virginia.2
Dorcas married second William HILL, son of Thomas HILL and Bathshua ABNEY, circa 1773 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. They were cousins. Dorcas, William, and the Mays children moved to Edgefield District, South Carolina, about 1775, in company with several of her Abney kin.3,4
Dorcas left a will dated 1804.5
Dorcas ABNEY died on 27 February 1804 in Edgefield County, South Carolina.2 She was buried in Old Mays Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina.
Dorcas married first Mattox MAYS in 1757 in Lunenburg (now Campbell) County, Virginia.2
Dorcas married second William HILL, son of Thomas HILL and Bathshua ABNEY, circa 1773 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. They were cousins. Dorcas, William, and the Mays children moved to Edgefield District, South Carolina, about 1775, in company with several of her Abney kin.3,4
Dorcas left a will dated 1804.5
Dorcas ABNEY died on 27 February 1804 in Edgefield County, South Carolina.2 She was buried in Old Mays Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina.
Last Edited=13 Feb 2021
Children of Dorcas ABNEY and Mattox MAYS
- Abney MAYS+ b. 1758, d. 4 Feb 1804
- Sally MAYS b. c 1760
- William MAYS b. 1761, d. 11 Sep 1801
- Samuel MAYS b. 23 Jul 1762, d. 25 Jan 1816
- Tabitha MAYS b. 1768, d. 4 Apr 1844
Child of Dorcas ABNEY and William HILL
- Dannett HILL2 b. 1774, d. 7 Aug 1807
Citations
- [S391] Raymond R. Abney, AFR January 2001.
- [S696] Find A Grave (website), online http://www.findagrave.com, Dorcas Abney Mays Hill, Memorial ID 138426698.
- [S148] R. Robert Abney, Editor, Abney Family Researcher ,Vol. VI, Issue I, December 2002.
- [S696] Find A Grave (website), online http://www.findagrave.com, Gives 1801 date and credits RR Abney, however that can't be correct because son, Dannett Hill, was born in 1774.
- [S199] Abney Hintgen Brewer, "Abney Research," e-mail to John K. Brown, 25 January 2006.
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