Family of
Archibald Dancy
Archibald Dancy
b.
September 28, 1751, Albermarle, Virginia
baptized November 17, 1751, godparents David Mason, Jos. Pennington, Anne
Stevens
m. Hannah Sessums
father: William Dancy
mother: Mary Mason
Archibald was a wealthy planter in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. In his
will, dated September 24, 1798, and probated November 1800, he left all property
to his wife.
Hannah Sessums
father: Jacob
Sessums, b. 1744 Edgecombe County, North Carolina (ancestry)
mother: Frances ?
CHILDREN:
1.
Samuel Dancy (same as James Dancy?)
b. ca 1776, Edgecombe County, North
Carolina
executor of Archibald Dancy’s will
2. Elizabeth Dancy
b. June 7, 1778, Edgecombe County, North
Carolina
m. ca 1800,
Edgecombe County, North Carolina, to Robert Sessums
d. July 6,
1845
3.
Rebeccah (Rebekah) Dancy
b. ca 1782,
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
m. June 7, 1799, Edgecombe County,
North Carolina, to John E. Coleman
d. 1811,
Livingston County, Kentucky
See photos of members of this family
here.
4.
Nancy
Josephine Dancy
b. about 1785, Edgecombe County,
North Carolina
m. ca 1803,
Edgecombe County, North Carolina, to William Hodge
d. June 11, 1849, Crittenden County,
Kentucky
5. Sarah "Sallie" Dancy
Named in
father's will. No further record.
