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Abner Legrand Gaines 1762–1839 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Feb 1762

Birth Location: Orange Co., Virginia

Death Date: 30 Oct 1839

Death Location: Walton, Boone Co., Kentucky

Father: James Gaines

Mother: Mildred Pollard

Spouse(s): Susan Mathews

Children(s): Harriett Gaines, Abner Gaines, Mary Gaines, Mildred Gaines, John Gaines, James Gaines, Archibald Gaines, William Gaines, Augustus Gaines, Benjamin Gaines, Elizabeth Gaines, Richard Gaines

In 1762, Abner Legrand Gaines entered the world in Orange Co., Virginia, born to James Gaines And Mildred Bland Pollard. Abner Legrand Gaines married Susan Elizabeth Mathews, and had children including Abner Legrand Gaines, Archibald Kincaid Gaines, Augustus Woodford Gaines, Benjamin Pollard Gaines, Elizabeth Harrison Gaines, Harriett B Gaines, James Mathews Gaines, John Pollard Gaines, Mary Wright Gaines, Mildred Pollard Gaines, Richard Mathews Gaines, William Haney Gaines. Abner Legrand Gaines passed away in 1839 in Walton, Boone Co., Kentucky.

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Biography

  • In 1762, Abner Legrand Gaines entered the world in Orange Co., Virginia, born to James Gaines And Mildred Bland Pollard.
  • Abner Legrand Gaines married Susan Elizabeth Mathews, and had children including Abner Legrand Gaines, Archibald Kincaid Gaines, Augustus Woodford Gaines, Benjamin Pollard Gaines, Elizabeth Harrison Gaines, Harriett B Gaines, James Mathews Gaines, John Pollard Gaines, Mary Wright Gaines, Mildred Pollard Gaines, Richard Mathews Gaines, William Haney Gaines.
  • Abner Legrand Gaines passed away in 1839 in Walton, Boone Co., Kentucky.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Gaines
1739–1788
Birth Location: Orange Co., Virginia
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Mildred Pollard
1736–1796
Birth Location: King and Queen Co., Virginia
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Spouses(s)

Susan Mathews
1774–1861
Birth Location: Augusta Co., Virginia
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Children(s)

Harriett Gaines
1817–
Birth Location: –
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Abner Gaines
1810–1877
Birth Location: –
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Mary Gaines
1800–
Birth Location: –
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Mildred Gaines
1815–1900
Birth Location: –
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John Gaines
1795–1857
Birth Location: Augusta Co., Virginia
JG
James Gaines
1793–
Birth Location: Augusta Co., Virginia
JG
Archibald Gaines
1808–1871
Birth Location: –
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William Gaines
1797–1894
Birth Location: –
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Augustus Gaines
1805–1860
Birth Location: Woodford Co., Kentucky
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Benjamin Gaines
1803–1878
Birth Location: –
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Elizabeth Gaines
1812–1887
Birth Location: Kentucky
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Richard Gaines
1802–1871
Birth Location: Boone Co., Kentucky
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Abner Gaines's Ancestors

Self
Abner Gaines
1762–1839
Birth Place: Orange Co., Virginia
Parents
James Gaines
1739–1788
Orange Co., Virginia
Mildred (Bland) Pollard
1736–1796
King and Queen Co., Virginia
Grandparents
James Gaines
1710–1786
King and Queen Co, Virginia
Mary Pendleton
1717–1803
King and Queen Co., Virginia
Robert Pollard
1699–1759
Great-Grandparents
Richard Gaines
1670–1755
Henry Pendleton
1683–1721
Mary Taylor
1688–1770
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Gaines
1629–1705
Philip Pendleton
1650–1721
Isabella Hurt
1654–1724
Col Taylor
1643–1698
Mary Gregory
1665–1747

Abner Gaines's Descendants

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Abner (Legrand) Gaines (12 Feb 1762–30 Oct 1839) m. Susan (Elizabeth) Mathews (29 Dec 1774–30 Nov 1861)
  1. 1. Harriett (B.) Gaines 1817–
  2. 2. Abner (Legrand) Gaines 1810–1877
  3. 3. Mary (Wright) Gaines 1800–
  4. 4. Mildred (Pollard) Gaines 1815–1900 m. Anthony (Harpin) Davies 1798–1862
    1. 1. Pollard (Harpin) Davies 1841–1930
    2. 2. Anthony (Legrand) Davies 1848–
    3. 3. Abner (Gaines) Davies 1848–
    4. 4. Robert (Geddes) Davies 1851–1933 m. Cornelia (Alice) Gibbs 1856–1884
      1. 1. Fulham (Fairchild) Davies 1890–
      2. 2. Charles (Edward) Davies 1881–1963 m. Louise (Amelia) Butcher 1881–1968
        1. 1. Edwin (Gibbs) Davies 1904–1993 m. Sarah (Louise) Miles 1908–1968 m. Miriam (Valeta) Rice 1920–1981
    5. 5. Frederick (Walter) Davies 1846–1929
    6. 6. Frances (Walker) Davies 1844–1870 m. Charles (William) Fry 1842–1922
      1. 1. William (Reuben) Fry 1870–1940
  5. 5. John (Pollard) Gaines 1795–1857 m. Elizabeth Kincaid –1851
    1. 1. Arhcibald (Kincaid) Gaines 1822–
    2. 2. Matilda Gaines 1840–
    3. 3. Richard Gaines –1851
    4. 4. Mary Gaines 1839–
    5. 5. Anna (Maria) Gaines 1826–
    6. 6. Abner (Pendleton) Gaines 1835–1909 m. Mary (Ellen) Looney 1838–1917
      1. 1. Mattie (D.) Gaines 1875–1883
      2. 2. Richard (Looney) Gaines 1868–1963
      3. 3. Chester (B.) Gaines 1869–1955
      4. 4. John (Pollard) Gaines 1864–
        1. 1. John (Calvin) Gaines 1904–1940
        2. 2. Abner (Clesson) Gaines 1897–1958
        3. 3. Chester (Charles) Gaines 1899–1983
      5. 5. Wilbur (William) Gaines 1878–1948
      6. 6. Archie (Anna) Gaines 1858–1954 m. Zephin Job –1922
      7. 7. Harriet Gaines 1874–
      8. 8. Ida (E.) Gaines 1859–
  6. 6. James (Mathews) Gaines 1793– m. Elvira (Percival) Tousey 1809–
    1. 1. William (T.) Gaines 1832–1850
    2. 2. Oliver (Legrand) Gaines 1843–
    3. 3. Elvira (Tousy) Gaines 1841–
    4. 4. George (T.) Gaines 1834– m. Susan (Randolph) Harrison 1838–
  7. 7. Archibald (Kincaid) Gaines 1808–1871
    1. 1. Archibald (K.) Gaines 1859–
    2. 2. John (Dudley) Gaines 1846–
    3. 3. Margaret (A.) Gaines 1852–
    4. 4. Elizabeth (Mathews) Gaines 1844–
    5. 5. Jane (B.) Gaines 1856–
    6. 6. William (Legrand) Gaines 1854–1919 m. Addie Arnold 1883–1964
  8. 8. William (Haney) Gaines 1797–1894
    1. 1. Augusta Gaines 1851–1946
      1. 1. Frank (Lewis) Stitt 1883–1958 m. Helen McCarthy 1887–1958
        1. 1. Frank (Lewis Ii) Stitt 1910–1927
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Mary) Stitt 1876–1954
      3. 3. Herbert (David) Stitt 1880–1943
    2. 2. Albert (Belding) Gaines 1857–
  9. 9. Augustus (Woodford) Gaines 1805–1860
    1. 1. Robert (Wickcliffe) Gaines 1831–
    2. 2. Gaines (Augustus Woodford) Jr. 1847–
    3. 3. Mary (Bush) Gaines 1841–
    4. 4. Laura Gaines 1833–
    5. 5. Sarah (Ann) Gaines 1839–
    6. 6. Mary Gaines 1843–
    7. 7. Susan (Elizabeth) Gaines 1837–1916 m. Meade Montgomery –1862
      1. 1. Montgomery (William Meade) Jr. 1862–1901
    8. 8. Mildred (Pollard) Gaines 1835–
  10. 10. Benjamin (Pollard) Gaines 1803–1878
    1. 1. Margaret (Mitchim) Gaines 1828–1895
    2. 2. Elizabeth (Priscilla) Gaines 1825–1909 m. Johnson Chapman 1815–1868
      1. 1. Richard (Mossom) Chapman 1850–
      2. 2. Elizabeth Chapman 1846–
      3. 3. Matilda Chapman 1844–1925
      4. 4. Benjamin (Gaines) Chapman 1852–1923
      5. 5. Margaret (Gaines) Chapman 1858–1894 m. James (Forbes) Robinson 1830–1909
      6. 6. Maria (Verdier) Chapman 1848–1916
      7. 7. Mary (Proctor) Chapman 1863–1951
      8. 8. Charles (Stuart) Chapman 1861–1953
      9. 9. Chapman (Johnson) Jr. 1853–1913
    3. 3. Archie (Ann) Gaines 1829–
    4. 4. Mary (Wright) Gaines 1826–1909
  11. 11. Elizabeth (Harrison) Gaines 1812–1887
    1. 1. Mildred (Pollard) Hubbell 1836–
    2. 2. Abner (L.) Hubbell 1833–
    3. 3. Archibald (K.) Hubbell 1845–
  12. 12. Richard (Mathews) Gaines 1802–1871 m. Elizabeth (Brook) Hutchins 1813–1840
    1. 1. Mary (Pendleton) Gaines 1839–1880 m. James (Forbes) Robinson 1830–1909
      1. 1. John (Hutchins) Robinson 1868–
      2. 2. Liciwgus Robinson 1870–
      3. 3. James (Richard) Robinson 1873–
      4. 4. Elizabeth (Brooks) Robinson 1869–
      5. 5. Ann Robinson 1870–
      6. 6. Henry (Clay) Robinson 1869–1917 m. Marion Dunn 1872–1957
        1. 1. Judge (Harry Clay) Robinson 1902–1970

Abner Gaines's Timeline

2 Records

1762
12 Feb 1762
Birth of Abner Legrand Gaines in Orange Co., Virginia
Orange Co., Virginia
1839
30 Oct 1839
Age 77
Death of Abner Legrand Gaines in Walton, Boone Co., Kentucky
Walton, Boone Co., Kentucky

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Feb 1762
    Event Place: Orange Co., Virginia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Oct 1839
    Event Place: Walton, Boone Co., Kentucky
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