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Richard Wade (abt. 1704 - Bef. 15 Mar 1768 ), of Goochland Co., VA, was married to a Giselle (Griselle). There is evidence that she was a Dabney before her marriage. However, if one accepts the older theory of the origins of the Dabney family in Virginia, I find it difficult to place her in that family. This theory holds that the original Dabney immigrants to Virginia were brothers who were Huguenots.
Aubrey H Starke published an article entitled “Some Problems in the Morriss-Wade Genealogy,”in Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William & Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 4., in 1981. She notes that William Wade, Richard’s son, and wife Ann (Cauthorn) Cawthorne, begot several children. There were three sons, Dabney, William Abinadab and Jonadab Wade. A contributor to her article suggested that “Abinadab and Jonadab are “Portmanteau” names, achieved by combining the Biblical names Abner and Jonah with the first syllable of Dabney.” The parents played a similar game with the names of the five daughters, Rosannah, Joanna, Hannah, Anna, and Susannah. Conversations at the family dinner table must have sounded rather melodic. I descend from Susannah Wade and her husband, Samuel Coleman Morris.
It seems obvious that William Wade and his wife Ann had a definite preoccupation with the surname Dabney. As author Starke noted, it seems reasonable to conclude that William’s mother was surnamed Dabney. A grandparent by that name would be outside the probable time period for the arrival of Dabneys in Virginia.
Griselle Wade did have a family. In March 1746, she ‘relinquished her dower right in court.’ So she came to the marriage with property. This property seems to have been in Goochland Co.
I am asking this. Does anyone have any concrete evidence that Griselle was a Dabney?
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