Col. William Dabney, of Aldingham

10 - 1773/74  (~ 176 years)

• Name	Col. William Dabney, of Aldingham  [1]
  Prefix	Col.
  Suffix	of Aldingham
  Born	C1707-10	King William County, Virginia   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1773/74	Hanover County, Virginia   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I213	Dabneys of Virginia
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	George Dabney, I,   b. Abt 1670, New Kent County, Virginia ,   d. 1729-34, King William County, Virginia
  Mother	Elizabeth (Eliza) (__),   d. Aft 1729
  Married	C1693/94
  Family ID	F81	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Ann Barrett,   b. 1715,   d. Dec 1779  (Age 64 years)
  Married	1737-39  [4]
  Children	1. William Dabney,   b. died young   2. Capt. George Dabney,   b. 1740, Hanover County, Virginia ,   d. 1824, Hanover County, Virginia  (Age 84 years)   3. Mary Dabney,   b. Bef 1741, Hanover County, Virginia   4. Elizabeth Dabney,   b. Abt 1744, Hanover County, Virginia ,   d. Abt 1820  (Age ~ 76 years)   5. Col. Charles Dabney, of Dabney’s Legion,   b. 1745, Hanover County, Virginia ,   d. 15 Dec 1829, Hanover County, Virginia  (Age 84 years)   6. Samuel Dabney,   b. 14 Apr 1752, Hanover County, Virginia ,   d. 1812, Louisa County, Virginia  (Age 59 years)   7. Robert (”Robin”) Dabney,   b. 1763/64, Hanover County, Virginia ,   d. Abt 1803, Louisa County, Virginia  (Age 39 years)   8. Susannah Dabney,   d. 1799
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2013
  Family ID	F153	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  William Dabney was born to George Dabney I and Elizabeth his wife about 1707-10 on the Greenville farm in King William County, Virginia. He married Anne Barrett about 1737-39, a daughter of Charles B. and Mary (Leigh) Barret/Barrett. They had eight children: William, died young; George, born 1740; Mary, born bef 1741; Elizabeth, born abt 1744; Charles, born 1745; Samuel, born 14 Apr 1752; Robert (“Robin”), born 1763/64; and Susannah. William inherited 600 acres from his father, George Dabney I, who died about 1729-1734. It was located in the northwestern part of Hanover County between the South Anna River and Taylors Creek about 2 miles west of where the Creek empties into the River. About 1760, he built a large house on the property and named it Aldingham. Until then, he lived at The Grove near Montpelier, about 5 miles distant. He gave The Grove to his son, Capt. George Dabney, who lived there for the rest of his life. William also inherited from his father a tract of unspecified size on nearby Wolf Swamp and the southern half of a tract of 1200 acres on Cub Creek that George acquired in three patents for 400 acres each July 9, 1724 in Hanover County (now in Louisa County). In the Quit Rent Roll for Hanover County for 1763, William was taxed on 800 acres. In February, 1752, the State Assembly passed an Act for clearing the Appomattox and Pamunkey Rivers that appointed William and seven other gentlemen trustees to see that the Pamunkey River was cleared of mill dams, fish hedges, and other obstructions to the passage of boats. In 1752, William was appointed a Justice of the Peace by the Governor. William served as sheriff for Hanover County in 1756 and was a colonel in the militia. With four other residents, William was a trustee in 1768 for the estate of Nathaniel West Dandridge who had signed a deed of trust to pledge the income of the estate to pay his extensive debts. In 1769, William advertised finding a wandering horse in Hanover County. William Dabney died in 1773/74, aged about 63-67. Anne (Barrett) Dabney died in 1779, aged about 64. After the deaths of William and Anne, their second son, Col. Charles Dabney of Dabneys Legion in the Revolution continued to live at Aldingham with his sister Susannah, both of whom never married. After Col. Charles Dabney died in 1829, he left Aldingham to his brother Samuel’s sixth son, Charles Dabney Jr., who helped him greatly in running the farm in his later years. Charles Jr. died in 1833 and left the estate to his son, Charles William Dabney, who sold it in 1875 to Harlan Howard. [2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23]

  
  

• Sources

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