Nancy, Thank you for the information! K.
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 1:10 PM, Nancy Couto <[email protected]> wrote: > K, do you know about the book "On the Edge of History," by Joseph C. Abdo? > The first chapter includes a mention of the Huguenot leader Agrippa > d'Aubigne. The author states that the brothers Cornelius, John, and Robert > d'Aubigne fled to Britain to escape religious persecution. Cornelius and > John later left for Virginia and changed the family name to Dabney. Robert > went to Boston. Robert's great-grandson John Bass Dabney is the main focus > of Abdo's account, and a family tree of his descendants is included. I > don't believe Cornelius's descendants are mentioned. But, if you are > interested in the account, Amazon is selling the book in an expensive > paperback edition and a very reasonably priced Kindle edition. Also, there > are apparently used copies available. > > Since your ancestor immigrated to Virginia sometime between 1715 and 1717, > you might be able to find information on him through Ancestry.com or one of > the other genealogy sites. There's a lot of information available on > Colonial Virginia. > > Good luck. > Nancy > > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:58 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > >> K, I don't think there are any M.D.s on this list. You'd have to go to a >> university or search the PubMed on Crohns Disease. We are a genealogy list >> and research our ancestors going back in time. I also believe that the >> Dabney family you speak of lived before Crohn's was labeled as such. >> >> I don't know if anyone has researched the Dabney family and has it >> documented with primary sources. Many records that could be used as primary >> sources just don't exist from then. If you are a male, you should take a >> Y-DNA test. It will follow your Dabney line all the way back in time >> (assuming there's no illegitimacy or skeleton in the closet on that line). >> Family Tree DNA is the only company who still offers Y-DNA testing for >> genealogy. I'd do a Y-DNA 67 marker. If that's not in your budget, start of >> at a lower resolution and add more markers as the budget allows. DNA can >> help in the tracing of family lines when there's no paper trail to follow. >> >> Cheri Mello >> Listowner, Azores-Gen >> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, >> Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Azores Genealogy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
