Catherine Elizabeth Abney

F, b. 28 February 1810, d. 12 January 1887
Relationship
7th cousin 4 times removed of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
     Catherine Elizabeth Abney, daughter of William Wootton Abney and Elizabeth Richardson, was born on 28 February 1810 in Fulford, Yorkshire, England.1

Catherine Elizabeth Abney was baptised on 15 March 1810 in Fulford, East Riding, Yorkshire, England, daughter of William Wootton Abney and Elizabeth Richardson.1

Catherine married Rev. William Travis Sandys on 6 August 1835 at the Parish Church in Measham, Derbyshire, England.

Catherine Elizabeth Abney appeared in a newspaper article 14 August 1835 in the The Hull Packet and East Riding Times, published in Hull, an unknown place . MARRIAGES -- On yesterday week, at the parish church at Measham, by the Rev. Edward Henry Abney, B. A. of Exeter College, Oxford, the Rev. William T. Sandys, M.A. Vicar of St. Mary's, Beverley, to Catherine Elizabeth, only daugther of the late William Wootton Abney, Esq. Royal Horse Guards Blue, and sister of William Wootton Abney, Esq. of Measham Hall, Derbyshire.

Catherine Elizabeth Abney and Rev. William Travis Sandys appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1841 in Vicar Lane, Beverley, East Riding, Yorkshire, England. The household was listed as William Sandys, 35 (1806); Catherine Sandys, 26 (1815); Edwin Sandys, 3 (1838); Elizabeth Abney, 50 (1791); William Wilson, 30 (1811); Ann Coupland, 20 (1821); Rachel Jimmison, 30 (1811); Martha Pattison, 30 (1811), and Ellen Brown, 20 (1821).

Catherine Elizabeth Abney and Rev. William Travis Sandys appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1851 in St. Mary, Beverley, East Riding, Yorkshire, England. The household was listed as William Travis Sandys, Vicar of St. Mary's and St. Nicolas, age 48 (1803); his wife Catherine E. Sandys, age 40 (1811); daughter Catherine M., 6 (1845); daughter Harriet J., 4 (1847); daughter Frances Anne, 2 (1849); mother-in-law Elizabeth Abney, 65 (1786), widow; house servant George Exelby, 24 (1827); ladies maid Mary Bate, 30 (1821); nursemaid Jane Day, 21 (1830); and cook maid Ann Masterman, 28 (1823). All of the servants were unmarried.

Catherine Elizabeth Abney and Rev. William Travis Sandys In 1867 trustees were appointed under their marriage settlement. The parties of the first part were Rev. William Travis Sandys formerly of Beverly, now of Burton Coggles near Grantham county Lincolnshire and Catherine Elizabeth, his wife. Parties of the second part were their sister in law Helen John Sinclair Abney of Measham Hall Derby, widow; Right Honorable Sir Andrew Buchanan, ambassador at the court of Russia; Helen's brother, James Buchanan of Craig End Castle county Stirling, esquire; and Edward Buchanan of county Middlesex, esquire. The parties of the third part was Rev. Charles Peach of Duffield county Derby and Arthur Walker of Edinburgh, esquire. in 1867 in Yorkshire, England.

Catherine Elizabeth Abney died on 12 January 1887 at age 76.
Last Edited=20 Sep 2020

Child of Catherine Elizabeth Abney and Rev. William Travis Sandys

Citations

  1. [S1082] "Yorkshre Baptisms" , Borthwick Institute for Archives, B-PR-FUL-4, Yorkshire Baptisms, pg. 24.

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