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DABNEY, Sarah

DABNEY, Sarah

Female Aft 1678 - Bef 1713  (34 years)   Has 14 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name DABNEY, Sarah  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth Aft 1678  [4
    Gender Female 
    Land 25 Apr 1700  King William County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    granted to her 
    Land 25 Apr 1701  King and Queen County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    granted her, 179.5 acres, within the Pamunkey Neck in St. John's Parish, 
    • This was adjacent to land garnted to her brother James and to her sister Dorothy at the same time.
    Death Bef Feb 1712/13  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    • It is assumed that she died in New Kent Co. before her husband, William WINSTON II, moved to Essex Co. and married his second wife. - W. Winston COCHRANE IV, 2014
    Age 34 years 
    Person ID I305  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 28 Jul 2025 

    Father DABNEY, Cornelius Sr.,   b. 11 Dec 1631, Bucknall, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1 May 1694, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Mother —?—, Eedeth   d. Aft Jun 1678 
    Family ID F2353  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family WINSTON, William Jr.,   b. Bef 1680, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 19 May 1725 and 17 Jan 1725/26, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Marriage Aft 25 Apr 1700  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 6
    • Married sometime after 25 Apr 1700, when Sarah DABNEY received a land grant in her name in the Pamunkey Neck, King & Queen Co., which became King William Co. in 1702.
    Age at Marriage She : ~ 21 years and 4 months - He : 20 years and 4 months. 
    Marriage Status Bef Feb 1712/13 
    Ended with Wife's death 
    Children 
       1. Male WINSTON, Isaac,   b. 1702, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +  2. Male WINSTON, Major William "Essex" III,   b. Abt 1704, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1781, Hanover County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F124  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Jun 2022 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsLand - granted to her - 25 Apr 1700 - King William County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Aft 25 Apr 1700 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - granted her, 179.5 acres, within the Pamunkey Neck in St. John's Parish, - 25 Apr 1701 - King and Queen County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Bef Feb 1712/13 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S158] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Cochrane Family History, (Coshocton, Ohio: self published, April 1943.), 30 Aug 2010, Pg. 1.

    2. [S492] Alfred Sumner Winston III, Book - Winstons of Hanover County, VA, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1992.), 24 Jul 2013, Major William "Essex" Winston: 653-61.

    3. [S935] Virginia. King William County., Land Deeds - VA - King William County (Microfilm), 25 Jan 2014, Book 5: 80-81, Indenture, William Winston of King & Queen Co. to Cornelius Dabney of King William Co,, re-recorded 29 Apr 1887; Microfilm Reel 25.
      The original deed record for the land sale on 17 May 1732, was destroyed by fire 18 Jan 1885.
      King William Co., VA Deed - William 'Essex' Winston to Cornelius Dabney
      King William Co., VA Deed - William "Essex" Winston to Cornelius Dabney


    4. [S1515] Facebook - Hanover County, Virginia Genealogy, 18 Jun 2022, Anne Baker, "Dabney Family," >, 17 February 2019 to 5 March 2020 (https://www.facebook.com/groups/466034350136179 : accessed 27 May 2020).
      Facebook - Dabney Family - Anne Baker
      Facebook - Dabney Family - Anne Baker


    5. [S494] Clayton Torrence, Book - Winston of VA, (Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1927.), 27 Jan 2014, 173.

    6. [S508] Baker, Anne R. Supplied by compiler Lexington, KY., Pedigree Chart - Winston, William II, 27 Aug 2013.


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