A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
NameLord James Abney I
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Birthbef 1550
Death1620, Willesley, Derbyshire, England11 Age: 70
BurialWillesley, Derbyshire, England11
Spouses
ChildrenEllen (1551-1641)
Notes for Lord James Abney I
First son of George & Ellen Abney and inherited Willesley Hall from his father in 1578. James remained at Willesley, son Robert to Measham & son Edmund to Leicester.
h/o Mary Millward, daughter of Henry Millward of Doverbridge, County of Stafford.
Lord James died in 1620 in Willesley, Derbyshire, England, His estate was probated on 7 April 1620, directed that he be buried in the Chapel of Willesley "where my ancestors lie" and names heirs as "my grandchildren (grandsons under 21 and grand daughter under 16) the children of my sons and heir, George Abney, and of my son-in-laws, Richard Adderley of Coton, County Stafford, John Wilson of Gilford, County Surry and Thomas Farmer of Hagglescote Grange, County Leicester, gentleman. It also mentions his brother, John Abney, the children of Robert Abney; brother Walter and Thomas Abney; my servant Alice Dethiek; Richard Robinson of Willesley and his executor, his nephew William Eyre of Belton, County Leicester, gentleman.
Thank you R. Robert Abney.11