Samuel Abell (1672 - 1761)

Born Oct 1672 in Norwich, New London, Colony of Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Sluman) Abell — married 3 Nov 1696 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 26 Nov 1761 at age 89 in Norwich, New London, Colony of Connecticut

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Biography

Samuel Abell was born in October 1672 in Norwich in the Colony of Connecticut. He is the son of Caleb Abell and Margaret Post.^[1][2]

Samuel married Elizabeth Sluman November 3, 1696, in Norwich.^[3]

Elizabeth died on their 45th anniversary, November 3, 1741, in Norwich.^[3]

Samuel Abell died November 26, 1761, in Norwich.^[3]

Children of Samuel & Elizabeth

1. Elizabeth Abell was born Feb. 11, 1697/98.
2. Margaret Abell was born Feb. 27, 1700.
3. Samuel Abell was born Oct. 9, 1702.
4. Joshua Abell was born Nov. 23, 1706.
5. Sarah Abell was born Oct. 13, 1711.

Probate

His will is dated 23 December 1757 and proved on 16 December 1761 in Norwich. He mentions his sons, Samuel, and Joshua, and his daughters, Elizabeth, Margaret, wife of Samuel Edgerton, and Sarah. His inventory was completed on 21 December 1761.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Walworth Page 12
2. ↑ * Family Search: "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2S8-C38 : 7 January 2020), Samuell Abell, 1672.

   Birth:

   Name:	Samuell Abell
   Sex:	Male
   Birth Date:	Oct 1672
   Birthplace:	Norwichtown, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America
   Birthplace -Original-:	Norwich Twp, New London, Conneticut
   Father's Name:	Caleb Abell
   Mother's Name:	Maragret

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848 (Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, Hartford, 1913) Part 1, Page 36.
4. ↑ Probate records v. 1-2 1748-1761, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-17XF : 17 September 2022), FHL microfilm 007627366, image 394-395, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, Vol 2, Pages 193-196.

• Walworth: Walworth, Reuben Hyde. Hyde genealogy, or, The descendants, in the female as well as in the male lines, from William Hyde, of Norwich, Volume 1, J. Munsell, Albany, 1864. On Archive.org
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. The Granberry Family and Allied Families (E.F. Waterman, Hartford, Conn., 1945) Page 314.
• http://dunhamwilcox.net/ct/norwich2.htm