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Elizabeth Parks McClenachan Abney

Birth
Augusta County, Virginia, USA
Death
7 Jul 1854 (aged 80)
Mint Spring, Augusta County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Fishersville, Augusta County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
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The surname spelling for Elizabeth Parks McClenachan is recorded as 'McClanahan' by 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 September of 1850.
The surname spelling for Elizabeth Parks McClenachan is recorded as 'McClanahan' by 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 September of 1850.


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