James Dabney

James Dabney was born to Cornelius l and Edith Dabney about 1660-1670.

It is likely that he was their eldest male child, since he was mentioned first in the commission report recommending issuance of patents to Cornelius eldest four children and his patent was recorded first in the patent books.

He married Ann Sherwood between November, 1685, when Ann was identified as single in a court order and April, 1690, when James and Ann sold two tracts totalling 125 acres in Old Rappahannock County that Ann had inherited from her father, Philip Sherwood.

James and Ann had at least two children:

• Cornelius, born about 1690-98, and
• Welthen, baptized January 8, 1699, but has not been found in later records and probably died early.
• A third possible child is Elizabeth Dabney (ca 1705-1794), who married Thomas Waller (1705-1765) about 1725.

Nothing has been found to indicate when he or Ann died, because very few of the fire-damaged records of King William County have survived between 1706 and 1721.

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