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     Caroline Seabrook Blocker was born in 1824 in Edgefield County, South Carolina.

Caroline married Dr. Mathew Wills ABNEY, son of Jonathan Bay ABNEY and Martha "Patsy" WILLS, on 24 December 1840 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. Her grandfather was one of the committee who entertained the Marquis de Lafayett on his visit to Charleston. Caroline's mother used part of the tablecloth from that occasion at her daughter's wedding feast. The wedding service was performed by Rev. James Chiles.^1,2

Mathew died on 20 March 1885 in Edgefield County, South Carolina, at age 71 leaving Caroline as a widow.³

On 13 October 1892 Caroline filed for a widow's pension based on her husband's service in the Florida wars.

Caroline Seabrook Blocker died in 1898 in Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina. She was buried in Edgefield Village Baptist Church Cemetery, Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina.

     Sgt, John Bay ABNEY, son of Dr. Mathew Wills ABNEY and Caroline Seabrook Blocker, was born in 1845 in Edgefield County, South Carolina.¹

John entered the service of the Confederate States on 7 December 1861 in Edgefield Courthouse, Edgefield County, South Carolina, when he enlisted at age 16 in Company A 22nd South Carolina Infantry commanded by his uncle, Col. Joseph Abney, and then 30 Jun 1862 in company B 6th regiment South Carolina Cavalry, also known as Aiken's Partisan Rangers, commanded by Col. Aiken, and was discharged from each due to age or disability.

He enlisted 15 Apr 1863 in company A 2nd battalion of South Carolina Sharpshooters commanded by the now Maj. Joseph Abney. Also in the company was his brother-in-law, Pickens Butler Watts. John served as a hospital steward until 30 Sep 1863 when the battalion united with another to form the 27th South Carolina Infantry, part of Johnson Hagood's brigade of Robert Hoke's Division.

He was appointed sargeant of Company E and participated in the action at Walthall Junction in May 1864. At one period of the battle, being much exposed, his company faltered when ordered to advance, and he, the youngest of its members, moved forward to the onset, and by his example re-established the courage and confidence of his comrades. For this brilliant conduct on his first field, he was recommended for promotion, whilst his brother-in-law Watts was alike commended for equally conspicious behavior.

On the 24th of June, at Petersburg when Hagood's South Carolina Brigade carried as skirmishers, the rifle pits of the enemy, Sergeants Abney and Watts, in the absence of commanding officers, were each appointed by General Hagood, Lieutenants, pro tempore, in compliment to their skill and gallantry, and assigned to the command of companies. Sergeant Watts, in an almost hand to hand conflict with the foe, fell like a hero on their bristling ramparts. Sergeant Abney, more fortunate for the time, carried with his company, and the company on his right or left, which had lost its commander, the extreme right of the enemy's lines resting on the Appomattox, and after holding it for some time, actually carried off 25-30 prisoners. The demeanor of our troops, on this part of the line, elicited from General Robert E. Lee, who was a beholder from the other side of the river, the warmest praise.

But the next engagement of Gen. Hagood's brigade ended in disaster. Acting on inaccurate information, instead of striking the flank and rear of the Union position on the Weldon Railroad, their division's assault hit the Federals head-on, with predictable results. Some 60 percent of Hagood's men fell under a withering fire. John Abney, along with many others, was captured 21 Aug 1864 and carried as a prisoner to Point Lookout, Maryland. There the kidney disease that he had been suffering for years became aggravated by privation and exposure, and upon his release 30 Oct 1964 he returned home only to linger and die.^2,3

Sgt, John Bay ABNEY died on 30 June 1866 in Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina.^1,2 He was buried in Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina.

His obituary appeared an unknown date in the Edgefield Advertiser, published in Edgefield, South Carolina. Departed this life, at the residence of his parents, in the village of Edgefield, on the 30th of June, 1866, and in the 21st year of his age, John Bay Abney, the last son of Dr. M. W and Caroline Seabrook Abney... But in his death, he has left us the same example of heroic endurance, of Christian fortitude, and Christian hope, that illustrated the higher portion of his youthful existence. Amid his long protracted sufferings, he never repined-never complained at the dispensations of Providence. His whole life was marked by filial devotion, and was free from guile, and as he had lived without reproach, he died without fear. This family has been truly afflicted by the scourge of war. Their oldest son, Joseph Abney, who was a pattern of every virtue, after passing through all the earlier battles and campaigns, with little injury to his person, and after winning a name for courage and intrepidity, that would have done honor to the proudest soldier in the army of Virginia, perished, in the front ranks of his company, on the bloody field of Sharpsburg. Then the chivalrous high-souled Watts followed in his track of glory; and John B. Abney, the last, the only son, and because the last, the best beloved, is now summoned to heaven to join his immortal brothers, "Where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest."⁴

     Joseph Mathew ABNEY, son of Dr. Mathew Wills ABNEY and Caroline Seabrook Blocker, was born in 1841 in Edgefield County, South Carolina.²

Joseph began military service in January 1861 in Edgefield, South Carolina, enlisting in the "Edgefield Rifles." After some months of service on Sullivan's and Morris' Islands, he volunteered to go with the 1st South Carolina regiment under Col. Gregg. After serving out his time with the First he returned home only to suffer a severe attack of typhoid fever. Surviving that illness he enlisted in Col. Bland's company H of the 7th South Carolina Infantry, serving in every campaign and battle of that regiment from the Manassas retreat to the battles around Richmond to Sharpsburg where he was killed. In a letter to Joseph's mother a neighbor wrote, "It affords me a melancholy pleasure to give you such a slight information concerning him as I possess, and to testify to the gallant manner in which he conducted himself upon the Feld on which he was wounded. On the 17th of September we engaged the enemy at Sharpsburg, Maryland. In making a desperate, but unsuccessful charge upon one of the enemy's batteries, many of our men fell, and amongst them, near to the guns, your son was shot down. I saw him as we fell back. He called to me as I passed him, asked me if I could give him a drink of water from my canteen, saying at the same time, 'I am wounded in the leg.' I paused a moment to glance at him, but having no water, being unable to render him any assistance, and being left in command of my regiment, I passed on to a point at which we were ordered to rally. ...In my association with your son, I had learned to regard him as high-toned, gallant, honorable. He won the affection of his companions and the respect of all who knew him."

Colonel Joseph Abney, in a letter to his brother: "He was the most trust-worthy and reliable young man of all my kindred and of all my acquaintance, and he had the highest place in my esteem and in my warm affections. His image can never be effaced from my heart, and if he is fallen, the lost to me is irreparable, for he stood to me as the same relation as son."³

Joseph Mathew ABNEY died on 17 September 1862 in Sharpsburg, Maryland.¹ He was buried in Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina.

     Isabel Madison ABNEY, daughter of Dr. Mathew Wills ABNEY and Caroline Seabrook Blocker, was born circa 1843 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. She was also known as Belle.

Isabel married first Pickens Butler Watts on 27 June 1861 in Edgefield County, South Carolina.

Pickens died on 24 June 1864 in Petersburg, Virginia, leaving Isabel Madison ABNEY as a widow.

Isabel married first James Franklin Boykin on 4 November 1870 in Edgefield County, South Carolina.^1,2

Isabel Madison ABNEY died in 1888 in Edgefield County, South Carolina.³ She was buried in Edgefield Village Baptist Church Cemetery, Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina.

     Pickens Butler Watts was born in 1832 in South Carolina.¹

Pickens married Isabel Madison ABNEY, daughter of Dr. Mathew Wills ABNEY and Caroline Seabrook Blocker, on 27 June 1861 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. He served as a sergeant with Sgt, John Bay ABNEY in the 2nd Battalion of South Carolina Sharpshooters under Maj. Joseph Abney and in the consolidated 27th South Carolina Infantry. On the 24th of June, at Petersburg when Hagood's Brigade suffered terrible loses, sergeants Abney and Watts, in the absence of commanding officers, were each appointed by Gen. Hagood, Lieutenants, pro tempore, and assigned to the command of companies. Watts, in hand-to-hand combat in taking the enemy rifle pits, fell in action on the Union ramparts.^2,3

Pickens saw military service between 1862 and 1864 in Edgefield County, South Carolina, as a lieutenant in Compamy F 27th South Carolina Infantry, CSA. He was killed in action near Petersburg, Virginia in 1864.¹

On 24 June 1864 Pickens Butler died in Petersburg, Virginia, leaving Isabel Madison a widow. He was buried in Edgefield Village Baptist Church Cemetery, Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina.

     Sophia E. ABNEY, daughter of Dr. Mathew Wills ABNEY and Caroline Seabrook Blocker, was born in 1847 in Edgefield County, South Carolina.¹ She was also known as Sophie.

Marie Mathilde ABNEY and Sophia E. ABNEY appeared in a newspaper article 29 May 1918 in the Edgefield Advertiser, published in Edgefield, South Carolina. Misses Sophia and Marie Abney are at home again after spending several weeks in Savannah with their niece, Mrs. Anson Ives, Miss Marie Abney will re-open the library on Thursday afternoon, June 6.

Sophia E. ABNEY died on 25 January 1925 in Saluda County, South Carolina.¹ She was buried in Edgefield Village Baptist Church Cemetery, Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina.

     Edmund ABNEY was baptised on 27 October 1616 at St. Mary de Castro Church in Leicester, England, son of Dannett ABNEY and Anne Gladwin.²

     Dannett ABNEY was baptised on 10 May 1629 at St. Mary de Castro Church in Leicester, England, son of Dannett ABNEY and Anne Gladwin.^1,2

Dannett ABNEY died in 1630 in Leicestershire, England. He was buried on 18 February 1630 in St. Mary de Castro Churchyard, Leicester, England.³

     Ellen ABNEY, daughter of Lord James ABNEY and Mary Milward, was born circa 1578 in Willesley, Derbyshire, England.¹ She was also known as Helen.

Ellen married Richard Adderley circa 1599 in Derbyshire, England. He was the son of Ralph Adderley and Margaret Bagot, daughter of Thomas Bagot of Blithfield. Richard inherited the estate of Coton in county Stafford from his father in 1595. They had eleven children.¹

Ellen ABNEY died in 1641 in England.

     Sarah Adderley, daughter of Richard Adderley and Ellen ABNEY, was born in 1620 in Coton, Staffordshire, England.

Sarah married Rev. Joseph LEE circa 1641 in Leicestershire, England.¹

On 27 October 1663 Sarah died in Leicestershire, England. She was buried in Saint Mary's Churchyard, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England.

     Robert D'Abbeneye, son of William D'Albini "Brito" III and Margery de Umfraville, was born in 1216 in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England. He was also known as Robert D'Albini of Abney. He was Lord of Hungerton and Wyville (aka Wiwell). He was granted Hungerton and Wyville by his father, William in Leicestershire, England.¹

At Offerton, Derbyshire, England, Robert D'Abbeneye witnessed a grant from Hugh fil [son of] William de Offerton to William fil Philippi de Thornhyl sometime between 1216 and 1272 (the reign of Henry III) of all his land, etc., in Kenteney. Rent, a pair of white gloves. Witnesses Peter de Hyrst, Elyas de Baumford, Elyas de Aston, Robert de Abeney, Peter le Hoare de Hope.²

Between 1220 and 1250 Robert was witness to a gift by Thomas Langesdun son of Robert son of Walthef of Mornesale [Monsal Dale] to God, Blessed Mary and monks of Rufford to all his lands in Brittrichiffeld [Brushfield] which he had by gift of his grandfather Walthef and his father Robert, in frankalmoign and for yearly rent for one mark. WitnessesL Sir Adam of Ednesover [Edensor], Mathew of Langesdon, John of Tadyngton [Taddington], Henry son of Adam of Langisdun, Robert of Abbeney [Abney], William of Langisdun, Eustace of Mornesale and William his son, etc.

About the same time he witnessed a gift William of Langesdun and wife Basilia to God, Church of Blessed Mary of Rufford, and monks serving God there of all lands in Britrichefeld [Brushfield] theirs by gift of Walthef of Morneshale [Monsal Dale] and the gifts and confirmations of his heirs in frankalmoign paying yearly to William, Basilia and their heirs 1 mark of silver within octave of Nativity of St. John the Baptist [24 June]. Witnesses: Thomas of Langisdun, Mathew of the same place, Henry of Thadinton [Taddington], Willliam son of Eustace of Mornesale, John of Thadinton, Robert of Abney, William of Newrlane and others.

Robert's surname is derived from the village of Abney in the Peak District of county Derby. Surnames as we know them today were first assumed in Europe from the 11th to the 15th Century. They were not in use in England or in Scotland before the Norman Conquest, and were first found in the Domesday Book. The Normans themselves had not long before adopted the custom. It became, in course of time, a mark of gentler blood, and it was deemed a disgrace for gentlemen to have but one single name, as the meaner sort had.

The Manor of Abney consists of two separate hamlets - Abney and Abney Grange - which are about a mile apart. Together they form one township in the Union of Bakewell, containing about 1,400 acres. Prior to 1875, when, much against its will, this township was included in the new ecclesiastical parish of Bradwell, it formed part of the large and widely-straggling parish of Hope.

Before the Norman invasion in 1066 it was held by Swain. In the Domesday Book, commissioned in 1086, Abney is included among the numerous manors bestowed by the Conqueror on William Peverel; and is thus described: "In Habenai, Swain had one carucate of land to be taxed. Land to one plough [a "plowland" is the amount of land in which a plowteam of eigth oxen can plow in a year, approx. 100-120 acres]. It is waste."

Presumedly it passed out of the possession of the Peverel family, together with the rest of their vast estates, in 1155, when William, the third of his name, was banished in consequence of the murder of Ranulph, Earl of Chester, of which crime he was accused. During the next four centuries the history of the manor is not very clear. According to the Derbyshire County Council's Manorial Records Guide it for a time belonged to the "Albeney or Albini Family." About half a century after it passed out of the possession of William Peverel it appears to have formed part of the possessions of one Gilbert de Stoke, for among the earliest of the Rufford charters (fol. 129) is one which is dated 2 John (1200), and, as quoted by Mr. Pym Yeatman in his section viii., p. 402, is as follows:- "Gerebertus: de Stoca gave half of Abbeneia to the Abbey of Rufford." Another charter, from the same source, is quoted, in section v., p. 189, to this effect:- "Galfrey Pavelli had license of concord with Eustace de Mortain. Robert Pavelli attested a charter of Amicia, Lady of Stoke, to Rufford, concerning half the manor of Abney - dated 3. John." - (Rufford Charters, 234.)

To this day there is almost conclusive evidence that a portion at least of Abney was held by the Abbey in the word "Grange" attached to the smaller of the two hamlets. A grange, although it signified a repository for grain, was, in feudal times, the term specially applied to an outlying farm-house, with barns, belonging to a religious establishment, or a feudal lord, where crops and tithes in kind were stored; the land attached to the house and buildings being farmed in the interests of the Abbey.

Whether Amicia, Lady of Stoke, owned the manor of Abney in her own right, or in that of her husband, Gilbert, is not clear. Nor is it clear as to the date or manner in which this estate passed into their hands. Mr. Pym Yeatman more than suggests that this Amicia was a member of the Norman Albini family, and obtained the manor of Abney through her father, and sees in this fact another proof that Albini and, Abney were one and the same word, and one and the same family.

According to his pedigree of the Albinis, Amicia, daughter of Henry Albini, Lord of Cainhoe (vita 1107), married Mathew, son of Walthieu de Ponington, and by him, "who gave the whole of Albenya to Rufford", had one daughter and sole heir, Amicia, who married Lancelin de Stokes, son of Lancelin, of whom, in 12 Henry III. (1227), are proved by a fine of that date to have been in possession of the "Manor of Abney".

From another Rufford charter (fol. 127) we obtain the knowledge that Richard de Grey made a grant to the Abbey of "half of the manor of Abney, which he had of the grant of Lancelin de Stokes and Amicia, his wife, and the ancestors of the said Amicia."

From the Manorial Records Guide "in 1317 the lord of the manor was Robert Archer. In 1504 Nicholas Bagshaw was lord of the manor. In 1594 it was purchased by the Bradshaw family, who owned it until the mid-18th century, when it passed by marriage to the Galliard family (of Edmonton, Middlesex). It then passed to Charles Bowles (of East Sheen, Surry) in 1789, whose son, Humphrey Bowles, was lord from 1795 to 1859. It remained with the Bowles family, Humphrey Charles Bowles being said to be lord in 1941."^3,4,5

Robert married Eustacia De Fancourt in 1238 in England. She was the daughter of Gerard de Fancourt. She held Wiwell as her dowry and it fell to her at the death of her husband in 1286.¹

At Eyam, Derbyshire, England, Robert D'Abbeneye was witness between 1216 and 1272 to a grant by Eustace de Moreton to Richard de Straford of three bovates of land in Eyam, one of which Richard, father of the aforesaid Richard, held; another which Adam de Kileburn held; and the third 'quam ei perfeci de ipso dominico meo' [until the end of the domain]; to hold by service of finding a lamp burning before the altar of St. Helen in the church of Eyam during divine services. Witnesses were: Serio de Begete, Peter de Hassop, Robert de Calfhover, Robert de Abeneya, and Oliver de Saucherverol.^6,7

Robert D'Abbeneye was a witness to a grant between 1244 and 1272 in Derbyshire, England, from Richard Daniel of Tideswelle to Richard, his son, Rankelli de Parva Hokelawe of the whole village of Parva Hokelawe as he himself had it by grant from Henry de Laxington, sometime Bishop of Lincoln, [1253-58]. Witnesses: Dom. William de Morteyng, Gervase de Bernak, Richard de Harthul, Robert his brother, knights, Robert de Abbeneye, John Foleiambe, and Robert Foleiambe.⁸

A survey of the fees of Peverel in Derbyshire was entered 10 Oct 1250 and was entered under "oath of approved and lawful persons, viz.-- Nicholas de Knyveton, Robert de Corlaveton, Will de Kilvington, John de Eyleston, Gilbert d Brunesley, Hugo Cost de Hokenallm, Reginald de Afiesleg, Richard de Jorz, John de Leke, and Henry de Byrchewood of the county of Nottingham, and Elye de Bamford, Roger Fuljambe, Robert de Albeney, Peter de Hirst. Adam le Seneschal, Will le Lucy de Pencz, Ralph de Wynefeld, and Peter de Ulkelthorpe Oakerthorpe) of the county of Derby, who say upon their oath that Gerard De Rhodes holds the Manor of Langar.

From a Tithe Roll taken from the Lichfield Records dated 1254 were listed: Wm. de Longsdon and Mathew Mercator in Blakewell, Math. de Langsdon in Ralund, Thos. Longsdon of Wardlow, Robt. le Archer of Hucklow, Galf le Archer of Dadley, and Rob. de Abney of Abany.

Between 1260 and 1272 Robert witnessed a grant in Hucklow from Richard Daniel of Tideswelle to Richard fil. [son of] Rankellii de Parva Hokelawe of the whole vill of Parva Hokelawe [Small Hucklow] as he himself had it by grant from Henry de Laxinton, sometime Bishop of Lincoln [1253-58]. Witnesses: Dom. William de Morteyng, Gervase de Bernak, Richard de Herthul, Robert his brother, knights, Robert de Abbeneye, John Foleiambe, Robert Foleiambe, etc. Late Henry III [1216-1272].⁹

Robert D'Abbeneye was granted land between 1272 and 1307 in Abney, Derbyshire, England. Grant from William de Barkystun and Marjory, his wife, to Robert de Abbeneye, of a bovate of land in Abbeneye. Wtnesses: Oljrver de Langeford, Simon de Gonsyl, John de Baraforde, etc.¹⁰

Robert D'Abbeneye was a juror for an Inquistion taken in January 1275 in High Peak, Derbyshire, England. "Inquisition taken at Darby Wednesday next, after the Epiphany in the 3rd year of King Edward, before Richard de Creping and Thomas de Leuknor, Inquisitors of the King, and by other jurors, namelly, Hugh de Straddely, Thomas de Lodgesdon, Robt. Bozon, Simon de Goushull, Thomas de Stratton, Robt. le Wyne, Will de Longesdon, Wm. de Buxton, Adam de Buggesworth, Peter de Roland, Robt. de Albeny, Ranulf de Winter, for inquiriing concerning the underwritten articles.¹¹

Robert D'Abbeneye died in 1286 in Derbyshire, England.

Robert de Aubeni for himself and Eustacia, his wife, and for William, his father, and Margarie, his mother, made a grant to Belvoir Priory out of Wywell. William de Aubeni also gave what his father Robert had given to Belvoir (in 1286). Eustacia de Fancourt, Robert Aubini's widow, was Lady of Wywell.

     Alexander De ABNEY, son of William De ABNEY, was born circa 1312 in Derbyshire, England.

Alexander De ABNEY and William De ABNEY were witnesses to a quitclaim 29 September 1333 in Offerton, Derbyshire, England, from Richard del Strindes to William, son of John Fox and Joan his wife, of 16 acres of land in Offerton. Witnesses: John Foleiumbe of Tiddleswelle, William de Abbeneye, and Alexander de Abbeneye.¹

     Thomas De ABNEY, son of William De ABNEY, was born circa 1319 in Derbyshire, England.

On 26 May 1343 Thomas De ABNEY , son of William De ABNEY, granted land in Offerton, Derbyshire, England, to William, son of William Fox of Offerton, including a messuage of land on Le Storthe in Offerton.¹

Thomas De ABNEY was a witness to a grant 3 May 1361 in Bamford, Derbyshire, England, from John, son of Oliveri de Baumford, to John, the son of him and of Isabella Clement, of a messuage and a bovate of land which Rosa quondam uxor [former wife of] Petri de Baumford held in dower in Baumford. Witnesses: Thomas de Abbeney, William de Northleghes, and Nicholas de Baumford.²

     Mary Sharpe was born circa 1755 in Leicestershire, England.

Mary married Edward Abney, son of William Abney and Catherine Wootton, circa 1775 at St. Martin's Church in Leicester, England.¹

In August 1776 Mary died in Measham, Derbyshire, England, leaving Edward a widower. She died in childbirth and her baby died a couple of weeks later. She was buried on 23 August 1776 in Swepstone, Leicestershire, England.

     Catharina-Martha Abney, daughter of Edward Abney and Mary Sharpe, was born on 23 August 1776 in Measham, Derbyshire, England.

Catharina-Martha Abney died on 3 September 1776 in Measham, Derbyshire, England.

     Capt. Henry Stair Sandys, son of Rev. William Travis Sandys and Catherine Elizabeth Abney, was born in 1842.

Henry married Frances Beatrice Abney, daughter of Rev. Edward Henry Abney and Catherine Strutt, on 13 February 1866 at St Alkmund's Church in Derby, England. The bishop of Lichfield performed the ceremony. The groom was a captain in the royal navy.¹

     Frances Beatrice Abney was baptised on 25 April 1841 at St Alkmund's Church in Derby, Derbyshire, England, daughter of Rev. Edward Henry Abney and Catherine Strutt.¹

Frances married Capt. Henry Stair Sandys, son of Rev. William Travis Sandys and Catherine Elizabeth Abney, on 13 February 1866 at St Alkmund's Church in Derby, England. The bishop of Lichfield performed the ceremony. The groom was a captain in the royal navy.²

Frances Beatrice Abney died on 1 April 1874 at age 32.

     Charles Edward Abney, son of Rev. Edward Henry Abney and Catherine Strutt, was born on 26 March 1850 in Derby, Derbyshire, England.

Charles was the grandfather of the actor, William Edward Charles Wootton Abney who appeared in movies (most notably "Curse of the Pink Panther", 1983) and stage theater. William claimed to be the last male English born Abney. Since he left no issue, with his decease so ended the legacy of the Abney family, once so prominent in England.

Charles married Sarah Alice Gliddon on 12 January 1878 at Marylebone in London, England. She was a shorthand writer and the daughter of Joshua Gliddon.

Charles Edward Abney and Sarah Alice Gliddon appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1881 in St. Werburgh, Derby, Derbyshire, England. The household was listed as Charles E. Abney, solicitor, 31, born in Derby; his wife Sarah A. Abney, 24, born Walworth, Surrey; son Evelyn E. C. W. Abney, 1, born Derby; cook/domestic Sarah Pets, 21, born Newhall, Derbyshire; and housemaid Sarah Shaw, 19, born Derby. They lived at 95 Uttoxeter New Road.

Charles Edward Abney appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1901 in East Molesey, Surrey County, England. The household was listed as Charles Abney, head, 51, solicitor; Alice Abney, wife, 39; Edward Abney, son, 21, clerk; Winchester Abney, son, 20, clerk; Henry Abney, son, 19, clerk; Mary Dwight, servant, 19, and Lizzie Dwight, servant, 16.

Charles Edward Abney died on 14 February 1914 in Marylebone, Middlesex, England, at age 63.