The surname spelling for Elizabeth Parks McClenachan is recorded as McClanahan for her siblings and their subsequent generations.
Elizabeth was the youngest daughter of Irish immigrant and American Revolution officer Col. Alexander McClenachan, Sr. (1734-1797). Her mother was Eleanor "Sallie" Shelton (1741-1774) of the Virginia Colony.
Elizabeth McClanahan's marriage to William Abney was on 23 Dec 1794 in Augusta County, Virginia. :They had (at least) these four known children, two daughters and two sons:
Nancy Abney (1793)
Isabella Abney (1795)
William Austin Abney (1806)
Shelton Spillsbury Abney (1813).
1850 census
Elizabeth last appears in the U.S. census of Augusta County in September 1850 at the age of seventy-six,
Household Member Gender Age Birth place
Elizabeth Abney F 76 Virginia
Nancy Abney F 51 Virginia
John Grills M 17 Virginia Farmer
Byner Grills M 15 Virginia
Lycurgus Grills M 11 Virginia
Washington Grills M 7 Virginia
Death and burial
Elizabeth died of unknown causes on 27 June 1774, a few days before her eightieth birthday. She is buried at Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fishersville, Augusta County, Virginia.[1]
From Findagrave.com
Elizabeth Parks McClenachan Abney
Birth: Jun. 27, 1774, Augusta County, Virginia; Death: Jul. 7, 1854, Mint Spring, Augusta County, Virginia, USA.
The surname spelling for Elizabeth Parks McClenachan is recorded as 'McClanahan' for her siblings and their subsequent generations. Elizabeth was the youngest daughter of Irish immigrant and American Revolution officer Col. Alexander McClenachan, Sr. (1734-1797). Her mother was Eleanor "Sallie" Shelton (1741-1774) of the Virginia Colony.
Records indicate her (known) siblings were: Alexander McClanahan Jr. (1759–1824), John McClanahan (1770–?), Letitia Washington McClanahan (1772–1823), Alexander McClanahan (1775–1851).
Her marriage to William Abney was on 23 Dec 1794 in Augusta County, Virginia. They had (at least) these known children: Nancy Abney (1793), Isabella Abney (1795), William Austin Abney (1806), Shelton Spillsbury Abney (1813).
Elizabeth last appears in the U.S. census of Augusta County in Sep 1850.
Family links: Spouse: William Abney (1772 - 1828).
Burial: Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fishersville, Augusta County, Virginia, USA. Plot: location of plot undetermined[2]
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M88G-Y7D : accessed 5 June 2016), Elizabeth Abney, Augusta county, Augusta, Virginia, United States; citing family 1237, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
McClanahan-563 and McClanahan-168 appear to represent the same person because: Elizabeth McClanahan, daughter of Col Alexander McClanahan is the same Elizabeth McClanahan that married William Abney. The father and the husband both match up.