Edmund Abell (abt. 1760 - bef. 1828)

Born about 1760 in St. Mary's County, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Thompson — married before 1778 in St. Mary's County, Maryland [uncertain]

Husband of Lucretia (Cole) Abell — married 13 Dec 1820 in Nelson County, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died before 2 Nov 1828 before about age 68 in Hardin County, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Edmund Abell is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A000141.

Edmund Abell was born in St. Mary's County, Maryland about 1760. He married his first wife, Elizabeth Thompson, before 1778 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. He married his second wife, Lucy Cole, 11 October 1820 in Nelson County, Kentucky.^[1][2] He died before 2 November 1828 when his will was proved in Hardin County, Kentucky.

Children of Edmund Abell and Elizabeth Thompson Abell
1. Elizabeth Abell wife of Zachariah Harris
2. Samuel F. Abell
3. Rebecca Abell wife of Jessa Abell
4. Eleanor Abell wife of James Paul
5. Jennett Abell wife of Samuel Abell^[3]

Revolutionary War
ABEL, EDMUND
Ancestor #: A000141
Service: MARYLAND
Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: ANTE 1750 ST MARYS CO MARYLAND
Death: A 11- -1828 HARDIN CO KENTUCKY
Service Description: 1) SIGNED OATH 1778
Residence 1) County: ST MARYS CO - State: MARYLAND
Spouse: 1) ELIZABETH 2) LUCY COLE^[4]

Signed Oath of Allegiance
THE OATHS OF ALLEGIANCE FOR ST. MARY'S COUNTY, MARYLAND, 1777
RETURN OF HENRY REEDER
Edmund Abell
I hereby certify that the within is an exact and true list of the Names of the Several Persons who took and subscribed the Oath of Fidelity & Support to the State of Maryland, before me,
Henry Reeder
4th March 1778^[5]

Will
Hardin County, Kentucky Wills, 1793 -1866 Will Book D, page 131

In the Name of God, Amen. I Edmund ABEL, knowing that it is appointed that all men should die and being advanced in life, but of sound mind and disposing memory, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking and rendering null & void all and every former will or wills which I have made.

First, I resign my soul to God, who gave it me and my body to the earth from whence it came.

Second, that all my Just Debts be paid. Then I give to my son in law, Samuel ABEL, as trustee who I do hereby appoint for that purpose in trust for the benefits of my Daughter, ELENOR PAUL, for and during her natural life, the use and benefit of three hundred and fourteen acres of land situated lying and being in the county of Hardin & State of Kentucky, being the same I lately purchased from John L. HELM and the same on which JAMES PAUL, now lives and I Do further direct said Trustee so to use & manage the said Land during my said Daughters life, that she may receive the whole and sole use of all the benefits & proceeds of the said Land, without any way being subject to the control of her Husband, JAMES PAUL. And at the death of my said Daughter, ELINOR PAUL, I give and bequeath the aforesaid tract of three hundred & fourteen acres to my four grandsons, to wit; JAMES PAUL, WALKER PAUL, JOHN PAUL and WILLIAM PAUL, to be divided between them in the following manner, to wit; I give & bequeath to my grandson, JAMES PAUL, one hundred & fifty acres of said Tract of land to commence at the beginning corner of said tract and laying of the said one hundred & Fifty acres in a Just situation in relation to the Balance of the said tract of land. the balance of the aforesaid tract of land I give and bequeath to my Grandson, WALKER PAUL & JOHN PAUL, and WILLIAM PAUL, to be equally divided between them.

Fourther, I give & bequeath to my daughter, JENNET ABEL, one Negro girl named Fidelia, one Negro Boy, named Washington and one Negro boy named Jerry, together with all the property of every description I have heretofore given her and her husband, SAMUEL ABEL.

Fifth, I give and bequeath to my Daughter, ELIZABETH HARRIS, one Negro boy, named Stephen, also one negroe girl named Milly, together with all the property of every description I have heretofore given her & her husband, ZACHARIAH HARRIS.

Sixth, I give & bequeath to my grandaughter, JENNET PAUL, the sum of seventy five dollars.

Seventh, I give and bequeath to my grandson, ALBERT ABEL, Seventy five dollars.

Eighth, I give & bequeath to my grandson, PETER ABEL, seventy five dollars.

Ninth, I give & bequeath to my grandson, ROBERT ABEL, one hundred and fifty dollars.

The balance of my Estate, both real and personal, I give and bequeath to be equally divided between the heirs of SAMUEL ABEL, lawfully begotten of the body of my Daughter, JENNET, and heirs of ZACHARIAH HARRIS, lawfully begotten of the body of my Daughter, ELIZABETH, for the faithful execution of the aforesaid will & Deposition of my property, I hereby constitute nominate & appoint my son in law, SAMUEL ABEL to carry this my will into effect, my Executor. In Testimony of which I have hereunto this day set my hand and affixed my seal.

Edmund ABELL (Seal)

Witnesses Jesse MCDONNALL, Wm. MCGILL, P. HOLT, B. R.YOUNG, SAMUEL ABEL interlined before signed by two last witnesses.

At a Court began and held for Hardin County at the Court house in Elizabethtown on Monday the 2nd day of November, 1828, the Instrument of writing purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Edmund Abell, deceased, was produced in court, and proven by the oaths of B. R. Young and Samuel Abell of Hardin, two of the subscribing witnesses thereto who made oath that the said Edmund Abell, acknowledged and published the same with the said, Erasures and Interlineations therein as his last Will and Testament and they believed him to have been in his perfect mind and memory at the time of doing the same and that they subscribed their names thereto as witnesses in his presence. It was ordered that the said Will be established and recorded. Whereupon I have truly recorded the same this 19th day of November, 1828.

Attest, Saml. Haycraft, Clk.^[6]

Slaves

• Fidelia
• Jerry
• Milly
• Stephen
• Washington

Sources

1. ↑ Abell, William Russell, John Wathen Abell, and Victor A. Abell. The Abell Index: A Genealogical Index of the Abell Families of Maryland and Kentucky and Their Descendants. West Lafayette, Indiana: July 1992. Page 8.
2. ↑ Abell, William Russell. The Abell Family of St. Mary's County, Maryland and the American Revolution. Des Moines, Iowa, October 1984. Page 102.
3. ↑ Abell, William Russell, John Wathen Abell, and Victor A. Abell. The Abell Index: A Genealogical Index of the Abell Families of Maryland and Kentucky and Their Descendants.West Lafayette, Indiana: July 1992. page 8.
4. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed May 31, 2018), "Record of Edmund Abel", Ancestor # A000141.
5. ↑ http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/stmarys/history/area/oaths.txt
6. ↑ 1828 Edmund Abell Will. Kentucky, Hardin County, County Clerk, Wills, Vol. D, p. 131-134, 19 November 1828, digital image 77-79 of 418, FamilySearch.org (link to FamilySearch image: accessed 11 May 2023)

• 1789 Bryan & Elinor Young land deed to Edmond Abel. Virginia, Nelson County, County Court Clerk, Deeds, Vol. 2, pp. 159-160, 14 July 1789, digital image 176 of 267, FamilySearch.org (link to FamilySearch image: accessed 11 May 2023)
  • Edmond Abel was living in Nelson county, Virginia in 1789. Edmond purchased 200 acres of land for 200 pounds next to Bryan Young's 400 acre parcel. Note--this location later became Nelson County, Kentucky in 1807 when Kentucky became a state.

• 1792 Tax Assessment. Kentucky, Nelson County “Tax Book, 1792-1810”, Tax Assessor, p. 1, Edmund Able, image 25 of 1026, FamilySearch.org, link to FamilySearch image: accessed 11 May 2023)

• 1807 John & Margaret Henton land deed to Edmond Abell. Kentucky, Nelson County, County Court Clerk, Deeds, Vol. 6, pp. 515-516, 5 March 1807, digital images 289-290 of 510, FamilySearch.org (link to FamilySearch image: accessed 11 May 2023)
  • Edmond Abel was living in Nelson county, Kentucky in 1807. Edmond purchased 80 acres of land for 137 pounds, ten shillings on the waters of Coxes Creek and the main road leading from Bards Town and Shepherds Ville and next to Thomas Polkes' land and Pearmans' land

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (link to FamilySearch image : accessed 9 March 2021), Edmd Abell in entry for Samuel Abell and Jennet Abell, 2 May 1808; citing Marriage, Nelson, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 9,665.

• 1813 Richard & Elizabeth Woodard land deed to Edm'd Abell. Kentucky, Nelson County, County Court Clerk, Deeds, Vol. 10, pp. 208-209, 5 March 1813, digital image 112 of 440, FamilySearch.org (link to FamilySearch image: accessed 11 May 2023)
  • Edmond purchased 141 acres of land for $2 on the waters of Fromans Creek next to land owned by Edmond, William Keith, Bryan Young

• 1814 Edmond Abell land deed to Leonard Strile. Kentucky, Nelson County, County Court Clerk, Deeds, Vol. 10, p. 122, 14 March 1814, digital image 68 of 440, FamilySearch.org (link to FamilySearch image: accessed 11 May 2023)
  • Edmond sold 50 acres of land for 50 pounds on the main road leading from Beardstown to Shepherdsville.

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (link to FamilySearch image: accessed 20 December 2018), Edmund Able, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 194, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 19; FHL microfilm 186,179.
  • Edmund owned 4 slaves in 1820: 3 males under age 14 and 1 female age 14-25.

• 1827 Thomas Lewis heirs land deed to Edmund Abell. Kentucky, Hardin County, County Court Clerk, Deeds, Vol. K, pp. 308, 16 August 1827, digital image 455 of 548, FamilySearch.org ([1]: accessed 11 May 2023)
  • Samuel purchased 314 acres of land in Hardin Co., Kentucky for $282.

• 1828 Tax Book. Kentucky, Hardin County “Tax Books, 1822-1839”, Tax Assessor, Edmund Abel, image 470 of 1223, FamilySearch.org, (link to FamilySearch image: accessed 11 May 2023).
  • 1828: Edmund Abel was taxed for 314 acres of land and 3 slaves under age 16.