Rev. John ABNEY

     Rev. John ABNEY, son of John ABNEY and Tabitha Bennett, was born in 1692.

Rev. John ABNEY was baptised on 23 May 1692 at St. Martin's Church in Leicester, England, son of John ABNEY and Tabitha Bennett.¹

Rev. John ABNEY began college on 14 November 1710 at Lincoln College in Oxford University, England. He graduated there with a bachelor of arts degree in 1714. He received his ordination as deacon 13 Mar 1715 and priest 21 Dec 1717.²

On 14 Jul 1715 Rev. John Abney of Leicester, clerk, Rev. John Blayton [Clayton] of Leicester, and Anne [Abney] his wife, Tabitha Abney of Braunton, spinster, daughter of John Abney of Leicester, gentleman, released a messuage of land in South Gate, Leicester.³

On 1 Nov 1716 Tabitha Abney of Braunston, widow, and John Abney, her son and heir, leased to Edward Pollard of Braunston, yeoman, a close of pasture in Braunston called Hatt Slade containing 10 acres to hold from 25th March next for a term of 21 years at rent of 11 pounds per year.⁴

On 11 March 1718 a convocation elected Rev. John ABNEY the Vicar of St. Peter and St. Paul church in Syston. In 1717 he had been Vicar of Thornton with Bagworth. He was the last male heir of Edmund Abney's branch left in England. A monument to his memory was erected in that church. His first position had been deacon at Leicester St. Nicholas on 14 Mar 1715.²

Rev. John ABNEY died in 1744 in Syston, England.¹ He was buried in Saint Peter & Saint Paul's Churchyard, Syston, England.