w/o 1st Abner Abney, m. 1729 in Fluvanna Co., Virginia. and possibly 2nd to Samuel Taliaferro. Not sure of her death date considering the actions taken by Francis in 1815.**
NOTE: Ann may have remarried a Mr. Sam TALIAFERRO, Jr. (who was granted guardianship of her daughter Milly after Abner's death) , 1760, VA.++
From the Old Pendleton District Newsletter, April 2005:
In the saga of Samuel Taliaferro, Ann's identity remains unknown, although several Albemarle documents identify families to whom Samuel was obviously close. On t I June I752, Samuel signed as security for the widow Mary Lively, executrix of Mark Lively-a type of financial obligation that men of this era commonly assumed for trusted kin or in laws.
++One hypothesis, yet unproved, is that Samuel married Ann Abney, widow of Abner Abney, who had died in 175I.........
John Lewis (husband of Sarah Taliaferro) bought from Joel Lewis,
200 acres on Moore's Creek, adjoining William and David Lewis'
(This year l?62 also marked the appearance of a wife for Samuel
Taliaferro, Jr.-possibly the widowed Ann Abney of Moore's Creek,
for whose child Samuel Taliaferro served as guardian').
A theory based on a pair of Albemarle transactions of 1768 and 1771 . 'The first. document reports a survey of 100 acres on "Branches of Moore's Creek of the Rivanna River '' in the name of Milly Abney, "an infant," represented by her guardian, Samuel Taliaferro. Subsequently, the land was transferred from Milly's name to that of Samuel; and on I2 September 1771 Samuel, sold it to John Moore'....i.e., sold Milly's inheritance from her father, Abner Abney.
Samuel's change in family status apparently worsened his marginal economic existence. After selling off more than half of his real estate for 24 lbs. in 1758, he mortgaged much (if not all) of his personal property two years later to raise another 35 lbs. The debt was not cleared until 1762 and only then by selling the remainder of his land, including his fifty acre homestead.
**Subsequent records place Samuel as a resident and tavern keeper in the town of Charlottesville. The family's lifestyle remained marginal. Beginning with a one-half acre purchased for purchased in 1764 for 31 shillings, they acquired another two improved lots in 1773. The 1782 tax roll credits the family with two houses and no horses. One of the buildings may have served as the ordinary for which Samuel was granted a license in April 1783, (with John Allen serving as his surety). Various records continue to name Samuel through 1796 and the apparently younger Ann, as his widow' through 1815.
No further mention of Milly who now has no dower. Need help with finding Milly.
NOTE: Ann may have remarried a Mr. Sam TALIAFERRO, Jr. (who was granted guardianship of her daughter Milly after Abner's death) , 1760, VA.++
From the Old Pendleton District Newsletter, April 2005:
In the saga of Samuel Taliaferro, Ann's identity remains unknown, although several Albemarle documents identify families to whom Samuel was obviously close. On t I June I752, Samuel signed as security for the widow Mary Lively, executrix of Mark Lively-a type of financial obligation that men of this era commonly assumed for trusted kin or in laws.
++One hypothesis, yet unproved, is that Samuel married Ann Abney, widow of Abner Abney, who had died in 175I.........
John Lewis (husband of Sarah Taliaferro) bought from Joel Lewis,
200 acres on Moore's Creek, adjoining William and David Lewis'
(This year l?62 also marked the appearance of a wife for Samuel
Taliaferro, Jr.-possibly the widowed Ann Abney of Moore's Creek,
for whose child Samuel Taliaferro served as guardian').
A theory based on a pair of Albemarle transactions of 1768 and 1771 . 'The first. document reports a survey of 100 acres on "Branches of Moore's Creek of the Rivanna River '' in the name of Milly Abney, "an infant," represented by her guardian, Samuel Taliaferro. Subsequently, the land was transferred from Milly's name to that of Samuel; and on I2 September 1771 Samuel, sold it to John Moore'....i.e., sold Milly's inheritance from her father, Abner Abney.
Samuel's change in family status apparently worsened his marginal economic existence. After selling off more than half of his real estate for 24 lbs. in 1758, he mortgaged much (if not all) of his personal property two years later to raise another 35 lbs. The debt was not cleared until 1762 and only then by selling the remainder of his land, including his fifty acre homestead.
**Subsequent records place Samuel as a resident and tavern keeper in the town of Charlottesville. The family's lifestyle remained marginal. Beginning with a one-half acre purchased for purchased in 1764 for 31 shillings, they acquired another two improved lots in 1773. The 1782 tax roll credits the family with two houses and no horses. One of the buildings may have served as the ordinary for which Samuel was granted a license in April 1783, (with John Allen serving as his surety). Various records continue to name Samuel through 1796 and the apparently younger Ann, as his widow' through 1815.
No further mention of Milly who now has no dower. Need help with finding Milly.
w/o 1st Abner Abney, m. 1729 in Fluvanna Co., Virginia. and possibly 2nd to Samuel Taliaferro. Not sure of her death date considering the actions taken by Francis in 1815.**
NOTE: Ann may have remarried a Mr. Sam TALIAFERRO, Jr. (who was granted guardianship of her daughter Milly after Abner's death) , 1760, VA.++
From the Old Pendleton District Newsletter, April 2005:
In the saga of Samuel Taliaferro, Ann's identity remains unknown, although several Albemarle documents identify families to whom Samuel was obviously close. On t I June I752, Samuel signed as security for the widow Mary Lively, executrix of Mark Lively-a type of financial obligation that men of this era commonly assumed for trusted kin or in laws.
++One hypothesis, yet unproved, is that Samuel married Ann Abney, widow of Abner Abney, who had died in 175I.........
John Lewis (husband of Sarah Taliaferro) bought from Joel Lewis,
200 acres on Moore's Creek, adjoining William and David Lewis'
(This year l?62 also marked the appearance of a wife for Samuel
Taliaferro, Jr.-possibly the widowed Ann Abney of Moore's Creek,
for whose child Samuel Taliaferro served as guardian').
A theory based on a pair of Albemarle transactions of 1768 and 1771 . 'The first. document reports a survey of 100 acres on "Branches of Moore's Creek of the Rivanna River '' in the name of Milly Abney, "an infant," represented by her guardian, Samuel Taliaferro. Subsequently, the land was transferred from Milly's name to that of Samuel; and on I2 September 1771 Samuel, sold it to John Moore'....i.e., sold Milly's inheritance from her father, Abner Abney.
Samuel's change in family status apparently worsened his marginal economic existence. After selling off more than half of his real estate for 24 lbs. in 1758, he mortgaged much (if not all) of his personal property two years later to raise another 35 lbs. The debt was not cleared until 1762 and only then by selling the remainder of his land, including his fifty acre homestead.
**Subsequent records place Samuel as a resident and tavern keeper in the town of Charlottesville. The family's lifestyle remained marginal. Beginning with a one-half acre purchased for purchased in 1764 for 31 shillings, they acquired another two improved lots in 1773. The 1782 tax roll credits the family with two houses and no horses. One of the buildings may have served as the ordinary for which Samuel was granted a license in April 1783, (with John Allen serving as his surety). Various records continue to name Samuel through 1796 and the apparently younger Ann, as his widow' through 1815.
No further mention of Milly who now has no dower. Need help with finding Milly.
NOTE: Ann may have remarried a Mr. Sam TALIAFERRO, Jr. (who was granted guardianship of her daughter Milly after Abner's death) , 1760, VA.++
From the Old Pendleton District Newsletter, April 2005:
In the saga of Samuel Taliaferro, Ann's identity remains unknown, although several Albemarle documents identify families to whom Samuel was obviously close. On t I June I752, Samuel signed as security for the widow Mary Lively, executrix of Mark Lively-a type of financial obligation that men of this era commonly assumed for trusted kin or in laws.
++One hypothesis, yet unproved, is that Samuel married Ann Abney, widow of Abner Abney, who had died in 175I.........
John Lewis (husband of Sarah Taliaferro) bought from Joel Lewis,
200 acres on Moore's Creek, adjoining William and David Lewis'
(This year l?62 also marked the appearance of a wife for Samuel
Taliaferro, Jr.-possibly the widowed Ann Abney of Moore's Creek,
for whose child Samuel Taliaferro served as guardian').
A theory based on a pair of Albemarle transactions of 1768 and 1771 . 'The first. document reports a survey of 100 acres on "Branches of Moore's Creek of the Rivanna River '' in the name of Milly Abney, "an infant," represented by her guardian, Samuel Taliaferro. Subsequently, the land was transferred from Milly's name to that of Samuel; and on I2 September 1771 Samuel, sold it to John Moore'....i.e., sold Milly's inheritance from her father, Abner Abney.
Samuel's change in family status apparently worsened his marginal economic existence. After selling off more than half of his real estate for 24 lbs. in 1758, he mortgaged much (if not all) of his personal property two years later to raise another 35 lbs. The debt was not cleared until 1762 and only then by selling the remainder of his land, including his fifty acre homestead.
**Subsequent records place Samuel as a resident and tavern keeper in the town of Charlottesville. The family's lifestyle remained marginal. Beginning with a one-half acre purchased for purchased in 1764 for 31 shillings, they acquired another two improved lots in 1773. The 1782 tax roll credits the family with two houses and no horses. One of the buildings may have served as the ordinary for which Samuel was granted a license in April 1783, (with John Allen serving as his surety). Various records continue to name Samuel through 1796 and the apparently younger Ann, as his widow' through 1815.
No further mention of Milly who now has no dower. Need help with finding Milly.
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