Colvill
Abercrombie (1764?-1847), according to his descendants,
was born on 4 October 1764 [some say 1762], died 1 November 1847, and
on 11 July 1785 married Mary Ruth Lindley
(1764-1852), daughter of James Lindley (1735-1779) and Mary Cox. Mary
Ruth is said to have been a sister of Thomas Lindley.
Colvill left a will in Laurens County, dated 21
September 1837 and proved in 1847, naming his wife Mary, sons: Lindley,
Calvin [Colvill], Jr., James, Jonathan, and daughters: Harriet, wife
of John N. Nash; Mary, wife of Hiram Sims; Rebecca, wife of Kellet Babb;
Elizabeth, wife of Halway Campbell; Christy, wife of William Ridgeway;
Ruth, wife of Alfred Sims; and Elizabeth Abercrombie, widow of deceased
son John.
Colvill
appears in the federal censuses for Laurens County, South Carolina in
1790 and 1800.
In the
1800 census "Calvin Abercrombie" appears in Captain Joseph
Holmes' militia company # XX of the Upper Battalion of the Saludy Regiment
with a household consisting of one male 26-45 years of age [himself],
one male 10-16, two males under 10, one female 26-45, one female 10-16
and three females under 10.
Others
of interest in Capt. Holmes' company were: Thomas Lindley, Edward Nash,
Samuel Ridguway [Ridgeway], David Riduway [Ridgeway],
John Ridguway [Ridgeway] and Clabourn Sims.
Colvill is the only one of the early Laurens County
Abercrombies with an unusual given name, causing researchers to look
for its origin. It is interesting that Alexander Abercrombie of Brunston,
married Margaret Colvill in Scotland in 1705 according
to her testament that mentions her marriage contract.
Alexander Abercrombie of
Brunston worked in Scotland for Alexander, 2nd duke of Gordon,
and later for Henrietta, the dowager duchess
of Gordon, as late as 7 January 1735 [1736 new style] when the duchess
wrote to Sir Robert Abercromby (1705-1787), 3rd baronet of Birkenbog,
from Gordon Castle that "Brunstin [Brunston] sends me word that
sum [some] days agoe he and Hattoun had a long discours about the wadset
[in Scots law, a wadset was the pledge of land, etc. as security for
a debt] of Grange."
Margaret Colvill, widow of Alexander Abercrombie
of Brunston, died in 1751 at Ballingrie Parish, Scotland.
This Colvill-Abercrombie connection in Scotland
is interesting since Colvill Abercrombie (1764-1847)
named a son "Lindley," his wife's maiden name.