Ancestral Glimpses » Capt. Robert Abell (± 1605-1663)

Personal data Capt. Robert Abell 

• He was born about 1605 in Lockington, Yorkshire, ENGLAND.
• Alternative: He was born about 1605 in probably at Stapenhill, Derbyshire, ENGLAND.
• Emigrated about 1630, New England, British America.
• Profession: Tavern Keeper.
• (AFN) : CGHZ-ZV.
• He died on January 20, 1663 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, British America.
• He is buried on June 20, 1663.
• A child of George Abell and Frances Cotton
• This information was last updated on January 10, 2018.

Household of Capt. Robert Abell

He is married to Joanna unknown.

They got married in the year 1638 at Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, British America.

Child(ren):

1. Abraham Abell  ????-1639
2. Mary Mabel Abell  1642-????
3. Preserved Abell  1642-1724 
4. Caleb Abell  ± 1647-1731
5. Joshua Abell  1649-± 1725
6. Benjamin Abell  1651-????
7. Experience Abell  1660-????
8. Samuel Abell  

Notes about Capt. Robert Abell

Submitter:
Richard D. GORDON
65 East 400 South Box 244 Mendon, UT 84325

Born abt. 1605, probably at Stapenhill, Derbyshire, son of George and Frances (Cotton) Abell. In his will of 8 Sep 1630, George Abell of Hemington, Leicestershire, made a small bequest to his second son Robert Abell "in regard of the charges I have been at in placing him in a good trade in London which he hath made no use of and since in furnishing him for New England where I hope he now is." Innkeeper who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1630. First settled in Weymouth MA; moved to Rehoboth MA in 1643. Died in Rehoboth 20 Jun 1663. Md. Joanna _____. The given name of Robert Abell's wife is first seen after his death, during the probate of his estate; there is no indication that Robert had any other wife, and his three eldest children named daus. Joanna, so he was probably married to Joanna by 1639. She md. second at Rehoboth 4 Jun 1667 William Hyde of "New Norwich She removed to Norwich with her new husband, and outlived him as well.

Family links:
Children: Mary Abell Luther ( 1642 - ____)*
Spouse: Joanna Abell Hyde

Other sources:
(Gens. 31-38: G. Keith Thomson, The Descent of the Manor (Aylestone, Leic.), Transactions of the Leicester Archaeological Society 17:206-21 (1932-33); George Morris, Shropshire Genealogies (Ms. 2792, Local Studies Library, Shrewsbury, Salop, microfilm copy GSU, LSC)(31-34) 5: 129, (35-38) 5: 89-90. Gens. 34-39: G. Le Blanc Smith, Haddon: The Manor, The Hall, Its Lords and Traditions (London, 1906), pp. 15-21, 94-103. Gens. 39-40: Corbet, The Family of Corbet, Its Life and Times ( 2 vols., London, 1918), v. 2, 262-264; Gens. 39-44; Neil D. Thompson, "Abell-Cotton-Mainwaring," The Genealogist 5 (1984): 158-171, 9 (1988): 89).

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