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Cornelius Dabney (b 1630) and his descendants
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Cornelius Dabney

Male 98 - Bef 1738  (< 164 years)


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  • Name Cornelius Dabney 
    Born 1690-98  King And Queen County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef 1738  King William County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I79  Dabneys of Virginia
    Last Modified 16 Oct 2018 

    Father James Dabney,   b. 1660-70, New Kent County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1710, King William County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 164 years) 
    Mother Ann Sherwood,   b. 1666, Sittingbourne Parish, Rappahannock County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1752  (Age 86 years) 
    Married Bef 1690  Old Rappahannock County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F69  Group Sheet

    Family Lucy Winston,   b. Abt 1710-20,   d. 1784, Hanover County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 176 years) 
    Married Abt 1720  [4, 5
    Children 
     1. William Dabney,   b. 1721, King William County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1767, King William County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
     2. Isaac Dabney,   b. Aft 1725, King William County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Died early
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2016 
    Family ID F65  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • Cornelius Dabney of King William County was born to James and Ann (Sherwood) Dabney about 1690-98 in King and Queen County, later King William County. About 1720-25, he married Lucy Winston, the daughter of Isaac Winston Sr. and his wife, Sarah (Dabney) Winston, of neighboring Hanover County. Sarah Winston was a sister of James Dabney, so Lucy was Cornelius’ first cousin.
      On May 17, 1732, William Winston of King and Queen County, Lucy’s brother, sold Cornelius for a token payment the tract of land that William and Lucy’s mother, Sarah (Dabney) Winston, patented in 1701 as the daughter of Cornelius Dabney I with her siblings, Dorothy, James, and George. The description in the deed of the boundary of the tract mentioned that Cornelius was the occupant of the adjoining tract patented in 1701 by James Dabney, which confirms that Cornelius was probably the son of James.
      Cornelius and Lucy had two children: William, born about 1721-25, and Isaac, born after 1725 and probably deceased before or soon after reaching adulthood.
      In 1724, Cornelius obtained a land grant for 400 acres on the north side of the South Anna River in what is now Louisa County and in 1729, he received a second grant of 400 acres adjoining the first grant. Cornelius’ son, William, inherited this property and left it in his will to be divided between his second and third sons, Richard and Owen. The patents were located on the north side of the Horseshoe Bend of the South Anna River about 5 miles northwest of Ashland in Hanover County.
      Cornelius died before 1739, when he would have been about 36-44. Lucy remarried to William (or Williams) Coles after 1739 and before 1745, when Lucy and her second husband, William Coles, appeared in court in opposition to a petition asking the court to order the sale of 1 acre of the land of Lucy’s son, Isaac Dabney, to construct a mill.
      William and Lucy Coles lived mostly in Hanover County, but may have lived for a while after their marriage on Lucy’s deceased husband’s farm in King William County. They had three children: Walter, died in April, 1769; Mary, died in February, 1808; and Lucy, who was born about 1741. William Coles emigrated to America from Ireland about 1739 and settled in Hanover County. He died about 1781 on his farm called Coles Hill in Hanover County.
      Lucy (Winston) Dabney Coles died in 1784. Through her sister, Sarah Winston, who married first Col. John Syme, then John Henry, she was an aunt of Sarah’s son, Patrick Henry. Her daughter Mary Coles married John Payne. Their daughter Dolly Payne married James Madison, fourth President of the United States, who played a major role in the Constitutional Convention and has been called the father of the Constitution and of the Bill of Rights. [1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]

  • Sources 
    1. [S88]

    2. [S56]

    3. [S55]

    4. [S85]

    5. [S17] p. 889..

    6. [S265] p. 114-117, 506. The will of Isaac Winston Sr. lists Lucy Winston Dabney Coles’ children as his grandchildren..

    7. [S270] p. 49..

    8. [S273]

    9. [S276]

    10. [S96] v. III, pp. 275, 362. Images of the original patents can be down loaded from the Library of Virginia internet site..

    11. [S158]

    12. [S1034]

    13. [S270] p. 45..

    14. [S270]