Mary (Usher) Abell (abt. 1685 - abt. 1734)

Born about 1685 in Kent County, Maryland

Died about 1734 at about age 49 in St. Marys City, St. Mary's County, Maryland

Biography

Daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Usher of Kent Co., Maryland. Reference Patent Records, E. I., no. 1, pp. 364-365, Land Office, Annapolis.

Will of THOMAS USHER Kent Co., Md. 1/17/1714 L14: To son, John, dau. Elizabeth, Jean, Sarah all given land where John Pickett lives. Dau. MARY & son, George 100 acres where Oliver Mitchell lives with plantation. Son, Thomas 1/2 gist mill head of Pruckell Pair Creek. Youngest child recently born & not yet christened. To wife, ELIZABETH as exec., given plantation & 1/2 gist mill. Witnesses T. Swynely, Joseph Langley and Dennis Sullivan.

Accts 37a f107 1715 Kent Co., Md. Elizabeth Usher, exec for Thomas Usher, late of Kent Co., Md. PATENTS E.I.#1 f363-365 Kent Co., Md. Land in Kent Co. which Thomas Usher left to his son, George & his dau. MARY, WIFE OF JOHN ABELL who sold her 55 acres to Thomas Morsoll. PATENTS: Kent Co., Md. Thomas Usher 1705: Usher's Lott, The Neglect. 1735 (George Usher) Usher's Pt./Killinsworthmore.

Notes on Marriages

John Abell's first wife was ____Fisher, daughter of Edward Fisher. She wasn't Mary Usher.

5/13/1714: Admin. accts. of Edward Fisher, SMC. Payments to: John Abell for his wife (unnamed, a child's part); Thomas Batson for his wife (unnamed, a child's part), Adm., Wm. Thompson (Skinner). The estate was paid by John Taylor. The estate made payments to (in addition to the children): David Watson, Mr. Henry Lowe, and Thomas Price.

His second wife was Frances Wilkinson, daughter of William Wilkinson and his wife, Catherine. There is no proof that I've found that Catherine's surname was Stone.

Mary Usher:

There are those who claim that Mary Usher, daughter of Thomas Usher, was the wife of John Abell based on a land record which named Mary, wife of John Abell, in 1715. This won't work as Mary was named as a minor in her father's will in 1714. She was not old enough to have married John Abell and have had 3 children by 1715. The wife of John Abell of SMC was ____ FISHER, daughter of Edward Fisher.

Others cite this record below: PATENTS E.I.#1 f363-365 1734 Kent Co., Md. Land in Kent Co. which Thomas Usher left to his son, George & his dau. MARY, WIFE OF JOHN ABELL who sold her 55 acres to Thomas Morsoll. (Note to me from Tom Jennings, 1/17/2004).

The exact date of this patent isn't given and I know that Robert Hutchins (former husband of Frances) had died before May 20, 1734 (the probate date of his will).

Admin. accts. of Robert Hutchins 7/2/1734 and 9/16/1734; appraisers were Charles King and Jonathan Abell; next of kin was Aquilla Hutchins and James Wilkinson; Exec., Frances Hutchins (Skinner).

12/16/1735: Admin. accts. of Robert Hutchins, SMC. Sureties: Philip Clarke, Samuel Abell. Payments to (among others): Edward Goldsberry, legacy from his grandfather and in hands of the deceased. Exec: Frances Abell, wife of John Abell.

Linda Reno

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Sources

"Pedigree Resource File", database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SP8H-KNF : accessed 2013-05-13), entry for Mary /Usher/.

1. ↑ Entered by Brenda Smith.

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