The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, vol. VI (1937), ed. by Frederick A. Virkus, page 104: Cornelius D'Aubigne immigrated to Virginia.
Early Dabney family historians show his name as originally D'Aubney.
He was the official interpreter for Cockacoeske, Queen of the Pamunkey tribe, and reportedly married Cockacoeske's daughter Susannah "Swann" after the death of his first wife, Edith.
Such marriages were traditional with Indian traders and interpreters and this marriage is covered extensively in three books by Dr. William Leonard Deyo, Official Historian of the Patomeck Tribe of Virginia and a direct descendant of Cornelius Dabney:
History of the Patowomeck Tribe of Virginia Indians
Ancestry of William Dabney of Hanover and Albemarle Counties, Virginia
The Monteith Family of Stafford County and the Potomac, or Patawomeck, Indian Tribe
Among the descendants were Mary Winston, grandmother of Patrick Henry, the orator and Governor of Virginia, and the great-grandmother of Dolley Madison, wife of President James Madison; Dabney Carr (1743-1773), Virginia burgess and brother-in-law of President Thomas Jefferson; Lady Nancy Astor, first woman to sit in the British House of Commons; President Zachary Taylor and his daughter Sarah Knox Taylor, the first wife of President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy; Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart; General Edmund Pendleton Gaines; Col. George Strother Gaines; and numerous other notable Southern American families.
"CORNELIUS DEBANY, 200acs. New Kent Co., 27 Sept. 1664,
p. 370, (406). Beg. at the mouth of Totopotomoys Cr. upon the S. side of Yorke Riv. a little below the fort of Manaskin, running up the river, bound ing on same N.W. &c. Part of patent of 312 acs. grantedto Capt. Gyles Brent, by him deserted & now granted sd. Debany by order of court
dated herewith & due for trans. of 4 pers: Fra. Marlow, Wm. Luelin, Tho. Spann, Mary Forte."
He died in St. Peter's Parish.
Probably buried at St. Peter's Church where his son George was buried.∼1874. Cornelius DABNEY was born on 11 Dec 1630/1632 in Bucknall, Lincolnshire England. He died 23 Oct 1693 - 1 May 1694 in Virginia. He married Susanna about 1664 in Pamunkey River,Saint Peter, , New Kent, Virginia.
[Parents] Cornelius Debany (Dabony) was granted 200 acres in New Kent County, Virginia on 27 Sept. 1664 beg, at the mouth of Totopotomoys Cr. Upon the S. side of Yorke Riv., etc. (Patent Book #5, p. 406); 640 acres upon the lower side of Tottopotomoys Cr. etc. on 7 June 1666 (Patent Book # 5, p.625), and 100 acres on south side Yorke Riv. Above Totopotomoyes Cr. beg. at the mouth of same on 16 Mar. 1667/8 (Patent Book #6, p.114; Cavaliers and Pioneers by Nell Nugent, Vol. 1, pp. 515 and 559, and Vol. 2, p. 31).This land is now in Hanover County.
Cornelius DABNEY was married to Edith he became the interpreter and close companion of Cockacoeske, Queen of the Pamunkey Indians, and widow of Chief Totopotomoi, a grandson of one of the two sisters of Chief Powhatan, father of Pocahontas. Cornelius Dabney's second wife, Susanna, is considered by many to have been of the family of Chief Totopotomoi and Cockacoeske. Queen Cockacoeske had an illegitimate son, Capt. John West, by John West, son of Gov. John West of Va. Capt. John West was with his mother, Cockacoeske, and Cornelius Dabney in the late 1670s when the famous Treaty of Middle Plantation was signed by the various leaders of the tribes under Queen Cockacoeske.
In 1679 the Pamunkey Indians leased for 99 years "six or seven hundred acres" to Cornelius Dabney (English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records, compiled by Louis des Cognets, Jr., p. 58). In Sainsbury's Abstracts of Colonial State Papers, in the Public Records Office in London, there are two letters from Cornelius Dabney, the "Interpreter to the Queen of Pamunkey." The first is a state letter from the Queen of the Pamunkeys translated by Cornelius Dabney in his official capacity and transmitted to Colonel Francis Moryson of the Royal Commission of Virginia. The second is a personal letter to Colonel Moryson, dated Virginia, Jun ye 29th, 1678, in which Cornelius Dabney concluded: "...Sr. my wife Eedeth has her humble service p'sented unto y' Hono'. (she) would gladly send y' one of her Boyes a yeare or two hence. My humble service to y' Hono'. I am: Sr: y' Hono's most humble servant in all obedience. Cornelius Dabney." (Charles William Dabney, "The Origin of the Dabney Family of Virginia," Va. Mag. of History and Biography, April 1937, Vol. 45, No. 2, p. 134).
Cornelius was the interpreter for Queen Cockacoeske of the Pamunkey Indians from Virginia, who was the daughter of Chief Opechancanough whom was the brother of Chief Powhatan. Chief Opechancanough was a brilliant tactician and War Chief. On a raid in 1622 that was comprised of an assault front that was no less than 140 miles in length. His warriors killed over 350 colonists and destroyed the towns' ironworks. This was so effective in hindering the colonists that there were no further raids until 1644. He could have easily wiped out the remaining colonists at Jamestown, however his goal was to curtail the encroachment of the settlers on his hunting grounds that were needed to feed his people. This treaty was ratified in the year 1677 and was signed by Queen Cockacoeske who was known as the Weroansqua. An excellent website complete with historical art and pictures that explores the history of the Powhatan Confederacy and associated tribes may be found at The Mariners Museum. http://www.comanchelodge.com/western-cherokee.html
Virginia County Records, VI New Kent County Book No. 6. Original Source Page Name: 114 Cornelius Dabney 1667 Comment: 300 acres ID: I00711 Name: Cornelius D'AUBIGNE Sex: M Birth: 1640 in France Cornelius Dabney The Dabney family was originally of French descent and the name was changed from the French d'Aubigne to the English Dabney.
Probably one of the first of that name who came to the colonly of Virginia was Cornelius Dabney who patented land here in 1664, 1666, and 1667. He was a vestryman in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, and was interpreter for the Crown to the Queen of the Pamunkey Indians. 1664 Sept 27, Cornelius DeBaney (his name, appearing several times in the patent, has been incorrectly copied as DeBonis and DeBoney); 200 acres on Tottopotomoy's Creek, South side of York River, a little below the fort of Manaskin. For the transportation of 4 persons. 1666 June 7th, Cornelius Dabney, 640 acres upon the lower side of Tottopotomey's Creek, beginning at the upper line of Robert Henderson and John Fleming, purchased of Mr. Littlepage and James Turner, running to the extent thereof s.s.e.eastely, etc., June 7, 1666, for the transportation of 13 persons. 1667-8 Mar 16, 300 acres in New Kent Co., "on the south side of York River and upper side of Tottopotompy's Creek. For the transportation of 2 persons, Jone Winter and Besse, an Indian.
1668 married in England about this time. Susanna was born about 1643 in of the family of Chief Totopotomoi and Cockacoeske. She died after 5 Feb 1724 in Hanover, Virginia. Susannah is believed to be the daughter or granddaughter of Cockacoeske and her husband, Chief Totopotomoi. If the Dabneys descend from Totopotomoi and Cocacoeske, th y not only have a double descent from Pocahonta's father's sisters, but also descent from his brother Opechancanough , who married Powhatan's daughter, Cleopatra, the wife of O pechancanough.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/a/x/Marlene-D-Maxwell-DE/GENE1-0004.html
Thanks go to Clyde Ray IV for the majority of the family information.
First wife Edith was still living as of Jun.29,1678, since researchers reported on reading a letter in the Public Record Offices, in London, England, prior to 1935, sent by Cornelius
Dabney, in Virginia, to Col.Francis Morrison, no doubt a relative of Edith's, with that date,
which included Edith's respects to Col.Morrison and the announcement of her intentions
of sending her sons to England, and his care, (no doubt for their education), within a year
or two. Therefore references in the biography to the marriage of Cornelius Dabney and Susanna Swann taking place around 1664 are definitely wrong, and Susanna is probably
much younger than the birth year given to her. Her 1724 will, by which time she was the
widow of David Anderson, only indicates 4 children: Cornelius Dabney Jr., (ca.1686-1764);
Mary (Dabney) Carr, (1688-1748); Ruth (Dabney or Anderson?), who had married before that date James Trice; and David Anderson, (abt.1698-1735). There is no evidence linking
any child of Cornelius Dabney Sr., other than those named in Susanna's will, to his second wife.
The family of Cornelius Dabney according to Bridgette RN (48763388):
Cornelius Dabney and wife Edith had two known sons:
1. James Dabney b. c1655 m. Ann Sherwood
2. John Dabney b. c1657
Cornelius Dabney and Susannah had children:
3. George Dabney b. c1669 m. Elizabeth Anderson
4. Sarah Dabney 1675-1702 m.1 John Jennings, m.2 Wm Winston
5. Mary Ann Dabney b. c1679 m. Isaac Winston
6. Dorothy Dabney 1682-1732 m. James Trice (others say James Anderson)
7. Mary Dabney 1686-1748 m. Thomas Carr
8. Cornelius Dabney Jr. 1688-1764 m. Sarah unknown
Early Dabney family historians show his name as originally D'Aubney.
He was the official interpreter for Cockacoeske, Queen of the Pamunkey tribe, and reportedly married Cockacoeske's daughter Susannah "Swann" after the death of his first wife, Edith.
Such marriages were traditional with Indian traders and interpreters and this marriage is covered extensively in three books by Dr. William Leonard Deyo, Official Historian of the Patomeck Tribe of Virginia and a direct descendant of Cornelius Dabney:
History of the Patowomeck Tribe of Virginia Indians
Ancestry of William Dabney of Hanover and Albemarle Counties, Virginia
The Monteith Family of Stafford County and the Potomac, or Patawomeck, Indian Tribe
Among the descendants were Mary Winston, grandmother of Patrick Henry, the orator and Governor of Virginia, and the great-grandmother of Dolley Madison, wife of President James Madison; Dabney Carr (1743-1773), Virginia burgess and brother-in-law of President Thomas Jefferson; Lady Nancy Astor, first woman to sit in the British House of Commons; President Zachary Taylor and his daughter Sarah Knox Taylor, the first wife of President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy; Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart; General Edmund Pendleton Gaines; Col. George Strother Gaines; and numerous other notable Southern American families.
"CORNELIUS DEBANY, 200acs. New Kent Co., 27 Sept. 1664,
p. 370, (406). Beg. at the mouth of Totopotomoys Cr. upon the S. side of Yorke Riv. a little below the fort of Manaskin, running up the river, bound ing on same N.W. &c. Part of patent of 312 acs. grantedto Capt. Gyles Brent, by him deserted & now granted sd. Debany by order of court
dated herewith & due for trans. of 4 pers: Fra. Marlow, Wm. Luelin, Tho. Spann, Mary Forte."
He died in St. Peter's Parish.
Probably buried at St. Peter's Church where his son George was buried.∼1874. Cornelius DABNEY was born on 11 Dec 1630/1632 in Bucknall, Lincolnshire England. He died 23 Oct 1693 - 1 May 1694 in Virginia. He married Susanna about 1664 in Pamunkey River,Saint Peter, , New Kent, Virginia.
[Parents] Cornelius Debany (Dabony) was granted 200 acres in New Kent County, Virginia on 27 Sept. 1664 beg, at the mouth of Totopotomoys Cr. Upon the S. side of Yorke Riv., etc. (Patent Book #5, p. 406); 640 acres upon the lower side of Tottopotomoys Cr. etc. on 7 June 1666 (Patent Book # 5, p.625), and 100 acres on south side Yorke Riv. Above Totopotomoyes Cr. beg. at the mouth of same on 16 Mar. 1667/8 (Patent Book #6, p.114; Cavaliers and Pioneers by Nell Nugent, Vol. 1, pp. 515 and 559, and Vol. 2, p. 31).This land is now in Hanover County.
Cornelius DABNEY was married to Edith he became the interpreter and close companion of Cockacoeske, Queen of the Pamunkey Indians, and widow of Chief Totopotomoi, a grandson of one of the two sisters of Chief Powhatan, father of Pocahontas. Cornelius Dabney's second wife, Susanna, is considered by many to have been of the family of Chief Totopotomoi and Cockacoeske. Queen Cockacoeske had an illegitimate son, Capt. John West, by John West, son of Gov. John West of Va. Capt. John West was with his mother, Cockacoeske, and Cornelius Dabney in the late 1670s when the famous Treaty of Middle Plantation was signed by the various leaders of the tribes under Queen Cockacoeske.
In 1679 the Pamunkey Indians leased for 99 years "six or seven hundred acres" to Cornelius Dabney (English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records, compiled by Louis des Cognets, Jr., p. 58). In Sainsbury's Abstracts of Colonial State Papers, in the Public Records Office in London, there are two letters from Cornelius Dabney, the "Interpreter to the Queen of Pamunkey." The first is a state letter from the Queen of the Pamunkeys translated by Cornelius Dabney in his official capacity and transmitted to Colonel Francis Moryson of the Royal Commission of Virginia. The second is a personal letter to Colonel Moryson, dated Virginia, Jun ye 29th, 1678, in which Cornelius Dabney concluded: "...Sr. my wife Eedeth has her humble service p'sented unto y' Hono'. (she) would gladly send y' one of her Boyes a yeare or two hence. My humble service to y' Hono'. I am: Sr: y' Hono's most humble servant in all obedience. Cornelius Dabney." (Charles William Dabney, "The Origin of the Dabney Family of Virginia," Va. Mag. of History and Biography, April 1937, Vol. 45, No. 2, p. 134).
Cornelius was the interpreter for Queen Cockacoeske of the Pamunkey Indians from Virginia, who was the daughter of Chief Opechancanough whom was the brother of Chief Powhatan. Chief Opechancanough was a brilliant tactician and War Chief. On a raid in 1622 that was comprised of an assault front that was no less than 140 miles in length. His warriors killed over 350 colonists and destroyed the towns' ironworks. This was so effective in hindering the colonists that there were no further raids until 1644. He could have easily wiped out the remaining colonists at Jamestown, however his goal was to curtail the encroachment of the settlers on his hunting grounds that were needed to feed his people. This treaty was ratified in the year 1677 and was signed by Queen Cockacoeske who was known as the Weroansqua. An excellent website complete with historical art and pictures that explores the history of the Powhatan Confederacy and associated tribes may be found at The Mariners Museum. http://www.comanchelodge.com/western-cherokee.html
Virginia County Records, VI New Kent County Book No. 6. Original Source Page Name: 114 Cornelius Dabney 1667 Comment: 300 acres ID: I00711 Name: Cornelius D'AUBIGNE Sex: M Birth: 1640 in France Cornelius Dabney The Dabney family was originally of French descent and the name was changed from the French d'Aubigne to the English Dabney.
Probably one of the first of that name who came to the colonly of Virginia was Cornelius Dabney who patented land here in 1664, 1666, and 1667. He was a vestryman in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, and was interpreter for the Crown to the Queen of the Pamunkey Indians. 1664 Sept 27, Cornelius DeBaney (his name, appearing several times in the patent, has been incorrectly copied as DeBonis and DeBoney); 200 acres on Tottopotomoy's Creek, South side of York River, a little below the fort of Manaskin. For the transportation of 4 persons. 1666 June 7th, Cornelius Dabney, 640 acres upon the lower side of Tottopotomey's Creek, beginning at the upper line of Robert Henderson and John Fleming, purchased of Mr. Littlepage and James Turner, running to the extent thereof s.s.e.eastely, etc., June 7, 1666, for the transportation of 13 persons. 1667-8 Mar 16, 300 acres in New Kent Co., "on the south side of York River and upper side of Tottopotompy's Creek. For the transportation of 2 persons, Jone Winter and Besse, an Indian.
1668 married in England about this time. Susanna was born about 1643 in of the family of Chief Totopotomoi and Cockacoeske. She died after 5 Feb 1724 in Hanover, Virginia. Susannah is believed to be the daughter or granddaughter of Cockacoeske and her husband, Chief Totopotomoi. If the Dabneys descend from Totopotomoi and Cocacoeske, th y not only have a double descent from Pocahonta's father's sisters, but also descent from his brother Opechancanough , who married Powhatan's daughter, Cleopatra, the wife of O pechancanough.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/a/x/Marlene-D-Maxwell-DE/GENE1-0004.html
Thanks go to Clyde Ray IV for the majority of the family information.
First wife Edith was still living as of Jun.29,1678, since researchers reported on reading a letter in the Public Record Offices, in London, England, prior to 1935, sent by Cornelius
Dabney, in Virginia, to Col.Francis Morrison, no doubt a relative of Edith's, with that date,
which included Edith's respects to Col.Morrison and the announcement of her intentions
of sending her sons to England, and his care, (no doubt for their education), within a year
or two. Therefore references in the biography to the marriage of Cornelius Dabney and Susanna Swann taking place around 1664 are definitely wrong, and Susanna is probably
much younger than the birth year given to her. Her 1724 will, by which time she was the
widow of David Anderson, only indicates 4 children: Cornelius Dabney Jr., (ca.1686-1764);
Mary (Dabney) Carr, (1688-1748); Ruth (Dabney or Anderson?), who had married before that date James Trice; and David Anderson, (abt.1698-1735). There is no evidence linking
any child of Cornelius Dabney Sr., other than those named in Susanna's will, to his second wife.
The family of Cornelius Dabney according to Bridgette RN (48763388):
Cornelius Dabney and wife Edith had two known sons:
1. James Dabney b. c1655 m. Ann Sherwood
2. John Dabney b. c1657
Cornelius Dabney and Susannah had children:
3. George Dabney b. c1669 m. Elizabeth Anderson
4. Sarah Dabney 1675-1702 m.1 John Jennings, m.2 Wm Winston
5. Mary Ann Dabney b. c1679 m. Isaac Winston
6. Dorothy Dabney 1682-1732 m. James Trice (others say James Anderson)
7. Mary Dabney 1686-1748 m. Thomas Carr
8. Cornelius Dabney Jr. 1688-1764 m. Sarah unknown
The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, vol. VI (1937), ed. by Frederick A. Virkus, page 104: Cornelius D'Aubigne immigrated to Virginia.
Early Dabney family historians show his name as originally D'Aubney.
He was the official interpreter for Cockacoeske, Queen of the Pamunkey tribe, and reportedly married Cockacoeske's daughter Susannah "Swann" after the death of his first wife, Edith.
Such marriages were traditional with Indian traders and interpreters and this marriage is covered extensively in three books by Dr. William Leonard Deyo, Official Historian of the Patomeck Tribe of Virginia and a direct descendant of Cornelius Dabney:
History of the Patowomeck Tribe of Virginia Indians
Ancestry of William Dabney of Hanover and Albemarle Counties, Virginia
The Monteith Family of Stafford County and the Potomac, or Patawomeck, Indian Tribe
Among the descendants were Mary Winston, grandmother of Patrick Henry, the orator and Governor of Virginia, and the great-grandmother of Dolley Madison, wife of President James Madison; Dabney Carr (1743-1773), Virginia burgess and brother-in-law of President Thomas Jefferson; Lady Nancy Astor, first woman to sit in the British House of Commons; President Zachary Taylor and his daughter Sarah Knox Taylor, the first wife of President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy; Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart; General Edmund Pendleton Gaines; Col. George Strother Gaines; and numerous other notable Southern American families.
"CORNELIUS DEBANY, 200acs. New Kent Co., 27 Sept. 1664,
p. 370, (406). Beg. at the mouth of Totopotomoys Cr. upon the S. side of Yorke Riv. a little below the fort of Manaskin, running up the river, bound ing on same N.W. &c. Part of patent of 312 acs. grantedto Capt. Gyles Brent, by him deserted & now granted sd. Debany by order of court
dated herewith & due for trans. of 4 pers: Fra. Marlow, Wm. Luelin, Tho. Spann, Mary Forte."
He died in St. Peter's Parish.
Probably buried at St. Peter's Church where his son George was buried.∼1874. Cornelius DABNEY was born on 11 Dec 1630/1632 in Bucknall, Lincolnshire England. He died 23 Oct 1693 - 1 May 1694 in Virginia. He married Susanna about 1664 in Pamunkey River,Saint Peter, , New Kent, Virginia.
[Parents] Cornelius Debany (Dabony) was granted 200 acres in New Kent County, Virginia on 27 Sept. 1664 beg, at the mouth of Totopotomoys Cr. Upon the S. side of Yorke Riv., etc. (Patent Book #5, p. 406); 640 acres upon the lower side of Tottopotomoys Cr. etc. on 7 June 1666 (Patent Book # 5, p.625), and 100 acres on south side Yorke Riv. Above Totopotomoyes Cr. beg. at the mouth of same on 16 Mar. 1667/8 (Patent Book #6, p.114; Cavaliers and Pioneers by Nell Nugent, Vol. 1, pp. 515 and 559, and Vol. 2, p. 31).This land is now in Hanover County.
Cornelius DABNEY was married to Edith he became the interpreter and close companion of Cockacoeske, Queen of the Pamunkey Indians, and widow of Chief Totopotomoi, a grandson of one of the two sisters of Chief Powhatan, father of Pocahontas. Cornelius Dabney's second wife, Susanna, is considered by many to have been of the family of Chief Totopotomoi and Cockacoeske. Queen Cockacoeske had an illegitimate son, Capt. John West, by John West, son of Gov. John West of Va. Capt. John West was with his mother, Cockacoeske, and Cornelius Dabney in the late 1670s when the famous Treaty of Middle Plantation was signed by the various leaders of the tribes under Queen Cockacoeske.
In 1679 the Pamunkey Indians leased for 99 years "six or seven hundred acres" to Cornelius Dabney (English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records, compiled by Louis des Cognets, Jr., p. 58). In Sainsbury's Abstracts of Colonial State Papers, in the Public Records Office in London, there are two letters from Cornelius Dabney, the "Interpreter to the Queen of Pamunkey." The first is a state letter from the Queen of the Pamunkeys translated by Cornelius Dabney in his official capacity and transmitted to Colonel Francis Moryson of the Royal Commission of Virginia. The second is a personal letter to Colonel Moryson, dated Virginia, Jun ye 29th, 1678, in which Cornelius Dabney concluded: "...Sr. my wife Eedeth has her humble service p'sented unto y' Hono'. (she) would gladly send y' one of her Boyes a yeare or two hence. My humble service to y' Hono'. I am: Sr: y' Hono's most humble servant in all obedience. Cornelius Dabney." (Charles William Dabney, "The Origin of the Dabney Family of Virginia," Va. Mag. of History and Biography, April 1937, Vol. 45, No. 2, p. 134).
Cornelius was the interpreter for Queen Cockacoeske of the Pamunkey Indians from Virginia, who was the daughter of Chief Opechancanough whom was the brother of Chief Powhatan. Chief Opechancanough was a brilliant tactician and War Chief. On a raid in 1622 that was comprised of an assault front that was no less than 140 miles in length. His warriors killed over 350 colonists and destroyed the towns' ironworks. This was so effective in hindering the colonists that there were no further raids until 1644. He could have easily wiped out the remaining colonists at Jamestown, however his goal was to curtail the encroachment of the settlers on his hunting grounds that were needed to feed his people. This treaty was ratified in the year 1677 and was signed by Queen Cockacoeske who was known as the Weroansqua. An excellent website complete with historical art and pictures that explores the history of the Powhatan Confederacy and associated tribes may be found at The Mariners Museum. http://www.comanchelodge.com/western-cherokee.html
Virginia County Records, VI New Kent County Book No. 6. Original Source Page Name: 114 Cornelius Dabney 1667 Comment: 300 acres ID: I00711 Name: Cornelius D'AUBIGNE Sex: M Birth: 1640 in France Cornelius Dabney The Dabney family was originally of French descent and the name was changed from the French d'Aubigne to the English Dabney.
Probably one of the first of that name who came to the colonly of Virginia was Cornelius Dabney who patented land here in 1664, 1666, and 1667. He was a vestryman in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, and was interpreter for the Crown to the Queen of the Pamunkey Indians. 1664 Sept 27, Cornelius DeBaney (his name, appearing several times in the patent, has been incorrectly copied as DeBonis and DeBoney); 200 acres on Tottopotomoy's Creek, South side of York River, a little below the fort of Manaskin. For the transportation of 4 persons. 1666 June 7th, Cornelius Dabney, 640 acres upon the lower side of Tottopotomey's Creek, beginning at the upper line of Robert Henderson and John Fleming, purchased of Mr. Littlepage and James Turner, running to the extent thereof s.s.e.eastely, etc., June 7, 1666, for the transportation of 13 persons. 1667-8 Mar 16, 300 acres in New Kent Co., "on the south side of York River and upper side of Tottopotompy's Creek. For the transportation of 2 persons, Jone Winter and Besse, an Indian.
1668 married in England about this time. Susanna was born about 1643 in of the family of Chief Totopotomoi and Cockacoeske. She died after 5 Feb 1724 in Hanover, Virginia. Susannah is believed to be the daughter or granddaughter of Cockacoeske and her husband, Chief Totopotomoi. If the Dabneys descend from Totopotomoi and Cocacoeske, th y not only have a double descent from Pocahonta's father's sisters, but also descent from his brother Opechancanough , who married Powhatan's daughter, Cleopatra, the wife of O pechancanough.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/a/x/Marlene-D-Maxwell-DE/GENE1-0004.html
Thanks go to Clyde Ray IV for the majority of the family information.
First wife Edith was still living as of Jun.29,1678, since researchers reported on reading a letter in the Public Record Offices, in London, England, prior to 1935, sent by Cornelius
Dabney, in Virginia, to Col.Francis Morrison, no doubt a relative of Edith's, with that date,
which included Edith's respects to Col.Morrison and the announcement of her intentions
of sending her sons to England, and his care, (no doubt for their education), within a year
or two. Therefore references in the biography to the marriage of Cornelius Dabney and Susanna Swann taking place around 1664 are definitely wrong, and Susanna is probably
much younger than the birth year given to her. Her 1724 will, by which time she was the
widow of David Anderson, only indicates 4 children: Cornelius Dabney Jr., (ca.1686-1764);
Mary (Dabney) Carr, (1688-1748); Ruth (Dabney or Anderson?), who had married before that date James Trice; and David Anderson, (abt.1698-1735). There is no evidence linking
any child of Cornelius Dabney Sr., other than those named in Susanna's will, to his second wife.
The family of Cornelius Dabney according to Bridgette RN (48763388):
Cornelius Dabney and wife Edith had two known sons:
1. James Dabney b. c1655 m. Ann Sherwood
2. John Dabney b. c1657
Cornelius Dabney and Susannah had children:
3. George Dabney b. c1669 m. Elizabeth Anderson
4. Sarah Dabney 1675-1702 m.1 John Jennings, m.2 Wm Winston
5. Mary Ann Dabney b. c1679 m. Isaac Winston
6. Dorothy Dabney 1682-1732 m. James Trice (others say James Anderson)
7. Mary Dabney 1686-1748 m. Thomas Carr
8. Cornelius Dabney Jr. 1688-1764 m. Sarah unknown
Early Dabney family historians show his name as originally D'Aubney.
He was the official interpreter for Cockacoeske, Queen of the Pamunkey tribe, and reportedly married Cockacoeske's daughter Susannah "Swann" after the death of his first wife, Edith.
Such marriages were traditional with Indian traders and interpreters and this marriage is covered extensively in three books by Dr. William Leonard Deyo, Official Historian of the Patomeck Tribe of Virginia and a direct descendant of Cornelius Dabney:
History of the Patowomeck Tribe of Virginia Indians
Ancestry of William Dabney of Hanover and Albemarle Counties, Virginia
The Monteith Family of Stafford County and the Potomac, or Patawomeck, Indian Tribe
Among the descendants were Mary Winston, grandmother of Patrick Henry, the orator and Governor of Virginia, and the great-grandmother of Dolley Madison, wife of President James Madison; Dabney Carr (1743-1773), Virginia burgess and brother-in-law of President Thomas Jefferson; Lady Nancy Astor, first woman to sit in the British House of Commons; President Zachary Taylor and his daughter Sarah Knox Taylor, the first wife of President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy; Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart; General Edmund Pendleton Gaines; Col. George Strother Gaines; and numerous other notable Southern American families.
"CORNELIUS DEBANY, 200acs. New Kent Co., 27 Sept. 1664,
p. 370, (406). Beg. at the mouth of Totopotomoys Cr. upon the S. side of Yorke Riv. a little below the fort of Manaskin, running up the river, bound ing on same N.W. &c. Part of patent of 312 acs. grantedto Capt. Gyles Brent, by him deserted & now granted sd. Debany by order of court
dated herewith & due for trans. of 4 pers: Fra. Marlow, Wm. Luelin, Tho. Spann, Mary Forte."
He died in St. Peter's Parish.
Probably buried at St. Peter's Church where his son George was buried.∼1874. Cornelius DABNEY was born on 11 Dec 1630/1632 in Bucknall, Lincolnshire England. He died 23 Oct 1693 - 1 May 1694 in Virginia. He married Susanna about 1664 in Pamunkey River,Saint Peter, , New Kent, Virginia.
[Parents] Cornelius Debany (Dabony) was granted 200 acres in New Kent County, Virginia on 27 Sept. 1664 beg, at the mouth of Totopotomoys Cr. Upon the S. side of Yorke Riv., etc. (Patent Book #5, p. 406); 640 acres upon the lower side of Tottopotomoys Cr. etc. on 7 June 1666 (Patent Book # 5, p.625), and 100 acres on south side Yorke Riv. Above Totopotomoyes Cr. beg. at the mouth of same on 16 Mar. 1667/8 (Patent Book #6, p.114; Cavaliers and Pioneers by Nell Nugent, Vol. 1, pp. 515 and 559, and Vol. 2, p. 31).This land is now in Hanover County.
Cornelius DABNEY was married to Edith he became the interpreter and close companion of Cockacoeske, Queen of the Pamunkey Indians, and widow of Chief Totopotomoi, a grandson of one of the two sisters of Chief Powhatan, father of Pocahontas. Cornelius Dabney's second wife, Susanna, is considered by many to have been of the family of Chief Totopotomoi and Cockacoeske. Queen Cockacoeske had an illegitimate son, Capt. John West, by John West, son of Gov. John West of Va. Capt. John West was with his mother, Cockacoeske, and Cornelius Dabney in the late 1670s when the famous Treaty of Middle Plantation was signed by the various leaders of the tribes under Queen Cockacoeske.
In 1679 the Pamunkey Indians leased for 99 years "six or seven hundred acres" to Cornelius Dabney (English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records, compiled by Louis des Cognets, Jr., p. 58). In Sainsbury's Abstracts of Colonial State Papers, in the Public Records Office in London, there are two letters from Cornelius Dabney, the "Interpreter to the Queen of Pamunkey." The first is a state letter from the Queen of the Pamunkeys translated by Cornelius Dabney in his official capacity and transmitted to Colonel Francis Moryson of the Royal Commission of Virginia. The second is a personal letter to Colonel Moryson, dated Virginia, Jun ye 29th, 1678, in which Cornelius Dabney concluded: "...Sr. my wife Eedeth has her humble service p'sented unto y' Hono'. (she) would gladly send y' one of her Boyes a yeare or two hence. My humble service to y' Hono'. I am: Sr: y' Hono's most humble servant in all obedience. Cornelius Dabney." (Charles William Dabney, "The Origin of the Dabney Family of Virginia," Va. Mag. of History and Biography, April 1937, Vol. 45, No. 2, p. 134).
Cornelius was the interpreter for Queen Cockacoeske of the Pamunkey Indians from Virginia, who was the daughter of Chief Opechancanough whom was the brother of Chief Powhatan. Chief Opechancanough was a brilliant tactician and War Chief. On a raid in 1622 that was comprised of an assault front that was no less than 140 miles in length. His warriors killed over 350 colonists and destroyed the towns' ironworks. This was so effective in hindering the colonists that there were no further raids until 1644. He could have easily wiped out the remaining colonists at Jamestown, however his goal was to curtail the encroachment of the settlers on his hunting grounds that were needed to feed his people. This treaty was ratified in the year 1677 and was signed by Queen Cockacoeske who was known as the Weroansqua. An excellent website complete with historical art and pictures that explores the history of the Powhatan Confederacy and associated tribes may be found at The Mariners Museum. http://www.comanchelodge.com/western-cherokee.html
Virginia County Records, VI New Kent County Book No. 6. Original Source Page Name: 114 Cornelius Dabney 1667 Comment: 300 acres ID: I00711 Name: Cornelius D'AUBIGNE Sex: M Birth: 1640 in France Cornelius Dabney The Dabney family was originally of French descent and the name was changed from the French d'Aubigne to the English Dabney.
Probably one of the first of that name who came to the colonly of Virginia was Cornelius Dabney who patented land here in 1664, 1666, and 1667. He was a vestryman in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, and was interpreter for the Crown to the Queen of the Pamunkey Indians. 1664 Sept 27, Cornelius DeBaney (his name, appearing several times in the patent, has been incorrectly copied as DeBonis and DeBoney); 200 acres on Tottopotomoy's Creek, South side of York River, a little below the fort of Manaskin. For the transportation of 4 persons. 1666 June 7th, Cornelius Dabney, 640 acres upon the lower side of Tottopotomey's Creek, beginning at the upper line of Robert Henderson and John Fleming, purchased of Mr. Littlepage and James Turner, running to the extent thereof s.s.e.eastely, etc., June 7, 1666, for the transportation of 13 persons. 1667-8 Mar 16, 300 acres in New Kent Co., "on the south side of York River and upper side of Tottopotompy's Creek. For the transportation of 2 persons, Jone Winter and Besse, an Indian.
1668 married in England about this time. Susanna was born about 1643 in of the family of Chief Totopotomoi and Cockacoeske. She died after 5 Feb 1724 in Hanover, Virginia. Susannah is believed to be the daughter or granddaughter of Cockacoeske and her husband, Chief Totopotomoi. If the Dabneys descend from Totopotomoi and Cocacoeske, th y not only have a double descent from Pocahonta's father's sisters, but also descent from his brother Opechancanough , who married Powhatan's daughter, Cleopatra, the wife of O pechancanough.
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Thanks go to Clyde Ray IV for the majority of the family information.
First wife Edith was still living as of Jun.29,1678, since researchers reported on reading a letter in the Public Record Offices, in London, England, prior to 1935, sent by Cornelius
Dabney, in Virginia, to Col.Francis Morrison, no doubt a relative of Edith's, with that date,
which included Edith's respects to Col.Morrison and the announcement of her intentions
of sending her sons to England, and his care, (no doubt for their education), within a year
or two. Therefore references in the biography to the marriage of Cornelius Dabney and Susanna Swann taking place around 1664 are definitely wrong, and Susanna is probably
much younger than the birth year given to her. Her 1724 will, by which time she was the
widow of David Anderson, only indicates 4 children: Cornelius Dabney Jr., (ca.1686-1764);
Mary (Dabney) Carr, (1688-1748); Ruth (Dabney or Anderson?), who had married before that date James Trice; and David Anderson, (abt.1698-1735). There is no evidence linking
any child of Cornelius Dabney Sr., other than those named in Susanna's will, to his second wife.
The family of Cornelius Dabney according to Bridgette RN (48763388):
Cornelius Dabney and wife Edith had two known sons:
1. James Dabney b. c1655 m. Ann Sherwood
2. John Dabney b. c1657
Cornelius Dabney and Susannah had children:
3. George Dabney b. c1669 m. Elizabeth Anderson
4. Sarah Dabney 1675-1702 m.1 John Jennings, m.2 Wm Winston
5. Mary Ann Dabney b. c1679 m. Isaac Winston
6. Dorothy Dabney 1682-1732 m. James Trice (others say James Anderson)
7. Mary Dabney 1686-1748 m. Thomas Carr
8. Cornelius Dabney Jr. 1688-1764 m. Sarah unknown
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