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Elizabeth Jennings Dabney

Female 1751 - 1826  (74 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Jennings Dabney  [1, 2
    Born 18 Jun 1751  Hanover County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Died Jun 1826  Albemarle County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I683  Dabneys of Virginia
    Last Modified 14 Aug 2015 

    Father John Dabney,   b. Abt 1715, New Kent County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1771, Hanover County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Mother Anna Harris,   b. 31 Mar 1724, Albemarle County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft Jul 1766, Hanover County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 42 years) 
    Married Abt 1739/40  [3
    Family ID F322  Group Sheet

    Family Bernard Brown,   b. 28 Jan 1750, Albemarle County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1800, Albemarle County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Married 22 Jun 1772  [1, 2
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2011 
    Family ID F480  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • Elizabeth Jennings Dabney was born to John and Anna (Harris) Dabney June 18, 1751, in Hanover County, Virginia.
      She married Bernard Brown of Albemarle County June 22, 1772. He was born January 28, 1750, to Benjamin and Sarah (Thompson) Brown in Albemarle County. Bernard and Ellizabeth had twelve children: Francina, born May 24, 1775; Robert Jennings and Reuben Dabney (twins), born January 16, 1777; Lucy, born November 7, 1778; Bernard, born March 15, 1781; Charles, born May 3, 1783; Thomas H., born April 16, 1785; Bezalleel, born September 22, 1787; Benjamin Hescott, born November 12, 1790; Sarah, born June 6, 1792; Ira Benajah and Asa Brightberry (twins), born June 5, 1794.
      Bernard served in the Revolutionary War, carrying dispatches from New York to Charleston, South Carolina. He was trained as a lawyer and served as a Justice of the Peace in Albemarle County. THey lived on Doyles River located in the northwestern part of the county. He was listed in the Albemarle personal property tax rolls from 1782 (earliest surviving year) to 1799 with 3-16 slaves and 6-9 horses, followed by Bernard Brown estate in 1800, which continued through 1812.
      Bernard was killed by a falling tree February 26, 1800, in Albemarle County. Elizabeth died in June, 1826. [2, 4, 5, 6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S352]

    2. [S538]

    3. [S263]

    4. [S1056] pp. 151-154, 398..

    5. [S1688] Brown Family Bible..

    6. [S1697]