The last name at birth of Joanna, the wife of (1) Robert Abell (about 1638 probably in Rehoboth) and (2) William Hyde (4 Jun 1667 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts[1][2]), is not yet known.
She was born about 1610-1615 in England.
She died 19 September 1682 in Norwick, New London, Connecticut.
She may be buried at Norwich First Burying Ground[3]
another child[4][5] - papers relating to the distribution of Robert's estate refer to his oldest son, his daughter Mary, and five other children, and his son Abraham was already dead. Robert Charles Anderson suggests, based on names of grandchildren, that this may have been a daughter called Mehitable or Martha, but there is no firm evidence for this.[6]
Research Notes
Cuthbert Abell has previously been shown on WikiTree as a son of Joanna and her husband Robert Abell. There is no evidence for this. Please see Cuthbert's profile for more information.
Samuel Abell has previous been listed the bio as a son of Joanna, but not of her husband. There is no evidence for her having a son of this name. As at 27 June 2022, he is shown as son of Richard Abell.
James Abell has also been previously listed in the bio as a son of Joanna. There is again no evidence.
Sources
↑ Horace A. Abell, The Abell family in America : Robert Abell of Rehoboth, Mass., his English ancestry and his descendants..., publishd 1940. Reference page 46
↑ 4.04.14.24.34.44.54.64.7 Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. I, p. 2, ABELL 13, Google Books
↑ 5.05.15.25.35.45.55.65.7 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. I, p. 107, ABELL 13
↑ 6.06.16.26.36.46.56.66.7 Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins, Vol. I, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995, pp. 3-6, American Ancestors (New England Historic Genealogical Society website) and Ancestry.co.uk
↑ Leslie L Luther, revised by George A Luther. The Luther Genealogy. A History of the Descendants of Captain John Luther, privately printed, 2001, pp. 73-74, Familysearch
Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926.
Abell, Horace A., and Abell, Lewis P. The Abell family in America : Robert Abell of Rehoboth, Mass., his English ancestry and his descendants, other Abell families and immigrants, Abell families in England. Rutland VT: Tuttle, 1940. Archive.org link
The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010. p 4. Originally published as: Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). AmericanAncestors link (subscription)
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joanna by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joanna:
Frances Cotton was Robert Abell's mother. I have found no evidence for Joanna's surname (as per Anderson) being Cotton or anything but Unknown. This is the best documented of the three profiles nominated for merging, but needs significant cleaning. I added two reliable sources, Anderson and an Archive.org link to the book on the Abell family that Anderson references.
Cotton-1025 and Unknown-195638 appear to represent the same person because: There are two almost identical profiles Joannah Cotton-1025 and Joanne Hyde-1095 Same dates, same places, same first name, so probably meant to be the same person. Who? Ignoring either the birth date or the birth place, I searched for a Joann died in Norwich in the appropriate time frame. Joann _____ Abell Hyde. So Hyde-1095 was obviously meant to be this person. The connection for Cotton-1025 is the identical data to Hyde-1095 The FindA grave memorial 36039472 for Joanne ___ uses the 19 Sep 1672 death, which is wrong. Death should just be after the husband's will. PLease merge, Thank you.
Hyde-1095 and Unknown-195638 appear to represent the same person because: There are two almost identical profiles Joannah Cotton-1025 and Joanne Hyde-1095 Same dates, same places, same first name, so probably meant to be the same person. Who? Ignoring either the birth date or the birth place, I searched for a Joann died in Norwich in the appropriate time frame. Joann _____ Abell Hyde. So Hyde-1095 was obviously meant to be this person. The connection for Cotton-1025 is the identical data to Hyde-1095 The FindA grave memorial 36039472 for Joanne ___ uses the 19 Sep 1672 death, which is wrong. Death should just be after the husband's will. PLease merge, Thank you.
This genealogy chart https://archive.org/details/abellfamilyiname00abel_0/page/39/mode/1up says in the Abell genealogy says that Joanna's will was proved in Sep 1682. Further work is needed to locate a nearer to original record of her death.