Estelle Abernathy

Ancestors

Daughter of Charles Hubert Abernathy and Jane Heartwell Fleshood

Descendants

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Biography

Descendant of Robert Abernathy.

Charles Abernathy Jane Fleshood

Estelle Abernathy is a member of the Abernathy Name Study Project.

Estelle Abernathy has Scottish Ancestors.

Estelle Abernathy has German Roots.

Abernathy Name History

Descendant of Robert Abernathy.

Abernethy/Abernathy

Crest A raven Sable, beaked and membered Gules

Motto Salus per Christum (salvation through Christ)

The origins of the name Abernethy are uncertain. Abernethy is the name of a district in Speyside and of a village near Perth. ‘Aber’ means 'mouth of' and ‘Nethy’ is a Celtic river name of uncertain origin. Abernethy is known to have had a former Pictish royal residence and a Christian settlement around the year 600. Sir William de Abernethy was implicated in the murder of Duncan, Earl of Fife in 1288 and was sentenced to life in prison. William de Abernethy, called Lord Saltoun, affixed his seal to the Declaration of Abroath in 1320. King David II granted the family the lands of Rothiemay. Margaret, heiress of the last Abernethy Lord Saltoun, married Sir Alexander Fraser of Philorth. The main family were afterwards absorbed into Clan Fraser, with their son declared Lord Saltoun by Parliament in 1669.

The arms of Abernethy are now to be found quartered with those of Fraser in the heraldry of the present Fraser chief, Lady Saltoun. Eighteenth-century heraldic authority, Alexander Nisbet, gave the main cadet branch to be Abernethy of Auchnacloich. Bearers of the name Abernethy were heavily involved in the religious conflicts of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. John Abernethy, minister of Jedburgh, was appointed Bishop of Caithness in 1616. He was ejected from office in 1638 when the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland decisively rejected episcopacy, leading to the First Bishop’s War the following year. William Abernethy Drummond (1720-1809) was descended from the Abernethy of Saltoun family, and became Episcopal bishop of Edinburgh and Glasgow in 1787.

DNA Source

Estelle Abernathy, the grandparents of Teresa (Clary) Willis and great grandparents of MC. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st cousin 1x removed, based on sharing 513 cM across 16 segments.

* Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Teresa (Clary Willis) Willis and Lynn Abernathy, her 2nd cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Charles Abernathy and Susan Abernathy, the great great grandparents of Teresa (Clary Willis) Willis and great grandparents of Lynn Abernathy. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd cousin 1x removed, based on sharing 115 cM across 4 segments. <p style="color:blue;">* Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Teresa (Clary) Willis and J.R., her 1st cousin 2x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Ferdinand Fleshood and Maggie Johnson, the great great grandparents of Teresa (Clary) Willis and grandparents of J.R.. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st cousin 2x removed, based on sharing 241 cM across 11 segments.

Sources

• Year: 1910; Census Place: Sturgeon, Brunswick, Virginia; Roll: T624_1623; Page: 11a; Enumeration District: 0014; FHL microfilm: 1375636
• United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Powellton, Brunswick
• Source: #S1002 Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Marriages, 1936-2014; Roll: 101168237 File #S1002 Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Marriages, 1936-2014; Roll: 101168237 File
• Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA; Virginia Marriages, 1853-1935
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95497566/estelle-l-clary: accessed 01 October 2023), memorial page for Estelle L Abernathy Clary (3 Feb 1914–9 Jun 2003), Find a Grave Memorial ID 95497566, citing Olive Branch United Methodist Church Cemetery, Gasburg, Brunswick County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by BKB (contributor 47293994).