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RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Abernathy/Abernethy Family Genealogy
# ID: I00143
# Name: Robert Abernethy
# Sex: M
# Birth: 1624 in Scotland
# Death: JAN 1684/85 in James River, Prince George Co, Va
# Note:
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Robert was one of 1610 prisoners of war shipped to America by the year 1652, and arrived in Jamestown, Va where he served 4 years as an indentured servant. He appears to have been on the losing Scots side against Oliver Cromwell‘s English Roundheads in either the battle of Dunbar on Sept 3, 1650 or the battle of Worcester on Sept 3, 1651. The losing Scots were lead by Lord David Leslie. The final battle took place at Worcester, England by the river Severn, and resulted in 3000 dead Scots and up to 10,000 prisoners.
Some information on Robert came from these sources:
“The Robert Abernethy Family” by Arvord M. Abernethy
“Abernethy Family in Scotland, Virginia and Alabama” by Thomas Perkins Abernethy
Father: George Abernethy De Barrie b: in Scotland
Marriage 1 Sarah Cabbigo b: 1628
* Married: 1657 in Bristol Parish, VA
Children
1. Has Children Robert Abernethy b: 1656 in Prince George Co, VA
via RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Abernathy/Abernethy Family Genealogy.
