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Anne (Nance) Abernathy (1742 - aft. 1785)

Anne Abernathy formerly Nance
Born in Bristol Parish, Prince George County, Colony of Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , and
Wife of — married 1765 in Prince George County, Virginia Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , and
Died after after age 42 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United Statesmap
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Biography

Anne Nance was born 15 January 1741/2, and she was christened 13 June 1742, in Bristol Parish, Prince George County, Virginia. She is the daughter of Richard Nance and Mary Leonard.[1][2]

Anne is listed in the same parish records as her siblings:[1]

John, b. 15 Dec 1724
Eliz'a., b. 7 Nov 1726
Leonard, b. 15 Dec 1730
Nathaniel, b. 9 Dec 1731

Ann was the first wife of Robert Abernathy. They were married in 1765 in Prince George County, Virginia. They had the following children:[citation needed]

  1. Louisa E. Abernathy
  2. William Abernathy
  3. Shadrach Abernathy
  4. Joseph Abernathy

Ann died about 1782 in Lincoln County, North Carolina.[citation needed]

Research Notes

Disputed Relationships

The biography previously contained the following unsourced sibling:

Ann was the sister of Daniel Nance, Captain in the North Carolina Militia and Revolutionary Armies of North Carolina. He served as Captain in the expedition of July to October 1776 against the Cherokee Indians, commanded by General Griffith Rutherford.[citation needed]

There is no Daniel listed in the Parish Register as a son of Richard and Mary Nance. There is no Daniel attached as a sibling here. Spratlin-29 22:26, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Digging into this well put together site and finding General Griffith Rutherford and his Captains. There is NO Daniel Nance listed as a Captain under General Griffith Rutherford!

  1. The American Revolution in North Carolina
ALL Known North Carolina Ground Troops: https://www.carolana.com/NC/Revolution/revolution_patriot_troops_nc.html
Captains: https://www.carolana.com/NC/Revolution/nc_patriot_military_captains.html
Nance-248 24 Feb 2023

Death

An alternate, unsourced death of 7 January 1795 in Lincoln, North Carolina, was listed in a profile merged into this profile.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 C. G. Chamberlayne, The Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish, Virginia, 1720–1789 (1898), p347; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/378689), image 354.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR5Y-24R : 28 January 2020), Anne Nances, 1742.

See also:

  • The Nance Memorial Nance Memorial: A History of the Nance Family in General, But More ...... By George Washington Nance

See also - other family trees:

  • Find a Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #83495808 : accessed 21 February 2023), memorial page for Ann Nance Abernathy (15 Jan 1742–7 Jan 1795), Find a Grave Memorial ID 83495808; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by d yancey (contributor 47108011) (memorial only, no headstone photo).

Acknowledgments

  • Thank you to Margaret Moyer for creating WikiTree profile Nance-298 through the import of mmcook3.ged on May 24, 2013.




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Ken Spratlin
Nance-3009 and Nance-246 appear to represent the same person because: Profiles are largely identical, with each having some additional content. Both either attach or state the parents are the same.
posted by Ken Spratlin
Ronald Nance
The Biography needs to be corrected. Anne's siblings are listed in the Bristol Parish Register. Anne did not have a brother named Daniel. If there is a source for this sibling relationship, please cite the source or remove the biography information referring to Daniel.
posted by Ronald Nance
Nance-248 Sonia (Nance) Roberts
Because Ann is incorrectly stated as "Ann" and not "Anne" as on

the Bristol Parish Register of Henrico, Prince George, and Dinwiddie Counties, Virginia, 1720-1798 Anne D. of Richard & Mary Nances Born Janr 15th 1741-2 & Bapt June 13th 1742.

and is not connected to parents as also stated in birth register and previously attached birth record. Isn't the point to attach families?

A duplicate was created Anne (Nance) Abernathy (1752 - 1795) Nance-3009

Also Anne did NOT have a brother named Daniel; Would love to see who and the source for this Daniel is.

If it is the Daniel Nance III (1744-1802) I have record of being in the Revolutionary, that Daniel was the son of Daniel Nance, II (1707-1784) and Mary Nance (1710-1771), or if it was his father that Daniel Nance, II (1707-1784) was the son of a Daniel, mother Elizabeth

Anne Nance (b. 1741) was the dau. of Richard Nance & Mary Leonard, and is in same birth register as her siblings John, Nathaniel, Leonard, and Eliza

Making Anne and Daniel Nance not siblings.

posted by Sonia (Nance) Roberts
edited by Sonia (Nance) Roberts
Nance-248 Sonia (Nance) Roberts
Nance-298 and Nance-246 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, same birth, one has correct spouse, the other has the correct parents
posted by Sonia (Nance) Roberts
Angelyn McCabe
Although Find A Grave isn't a very reliable resource, it does show that her date of death is 7 Jan 1795, a date that would clear up the Suggestion that she was dead before son Abernathy-325 was born. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83495808

Also have found birth record on FamilySearch "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR5Y-24R : 28 January 2020), Anne Nances, 1742.

posted by Angelyn McCabe
Douglass-990 David Douglass
The date of birth given on the Family Search record is 15 Jan, 1741. The 1742 date appears to be the Christening date. The FS record does not have an image of the original record and no source is listed in the record so it's reliability is unknown. The Nance Memorial:A History of the Nance Family in General, But More ...... By George Washington Nance also gives Anne's date of birth as 15 Jan, 1741 and cites as the source reference the Bristol Parish record, Prince George, VA. This gives more credence to the 1741 date of birth.

The Find A Grave memorial gives no source for the death date but we could contact the submitter to see if they have something that would support the 1795 date of death. I have contacted the Find A Grave contributor to see if a source is available.

posted by David Douglass
edited by David Douglass
Angelyn McCabe
Thank you, I did send a message to the manager of her Find A Grave memorial profile, hopefully they will have a reliable source for her date of death.
posted by Angelyn McCabe

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