Abell, Caleb I

1647 - 1731  (84 years)

• Name	Abell, Caleb  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	I
  Birth	1647	Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA
  Residence	Bef 1668	Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
  Death	17 Aug 1731	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA   [1, 2]
  Burial	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I19691	Sullivan Burgess Family Tree
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2023

  
  

  Family 1	Post, Margaret,   b. 21 Feb 1653, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. 2 Nov 1700, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	Jul 1669	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA   [1, 5]
  Children	1. Abell, Samuel,   b. Oct 1672, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 26 Nov 1761, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age ~ 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Abell, Experience,   b. 24 Dec 1674, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 24 Oct 1763, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Abell, Caleb II,   b. 8 Apr 1677, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 7 Aug 1751, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Abell, John Benjamin I,   b. Dec 1678, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 28 May 1769, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age ~ 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Abell, Theophilus,   b. 20 Nov 1680, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 31 Aug 1724, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Abell, Johanna,   b. Nov 1683, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 25 Nov 1759, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age ~ 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Abell, Benjamin,   b. 1687, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 28 May 1769, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Abell, Abigail,   b. 16 Mar 1690, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 2 Jun 1730, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Abell, Hannah,   b. 12 Oct 1692, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 1735, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Abell, Mary Margaret,   b. 1685, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 16 Jan 1751, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6806	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Loomer, Mary,   b. 1687, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 7 Aug 1731, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	25 Jun 1701	New London, Connecticut, USA   [1, 3]
  Family ID	F6807	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2023

  
  

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• Notes

  History of Norwich, Connecticut Page 101 Under date of de 18, 1694, is the following appointment: "The towne makes choise of calib abell to keep ordinari or a house of entertaynement for this yeare or till another be choosen. " Fleur-de-lis signify that the Abells were originally of Norman-French origin and they, in all probability, settled in England during the Norman invasion. The presence of the Fleur-de-lis so prominently on the Abell escutcheon signifies that they were held in very high esteem by the Norman rulers, for only those families of the very noblest rank were given the privilege of bearing the Fleur-de-lis, which was the chief heraldic device on the escutcheon of the early Norman-French kings. It was a very rare distinction for them to share this device with others. Robert Abell, Esq., was living in Bryslingcote, Derby, in 1517. He was servant or tenant of Sir William Gresley. His grandson, George Abell, of Leicestershire, in 1578 matriculated at Brasenose College, University of Oxford. He appears to have been a member of a branch which flourished in the central counties during the 16th and 17th centuries and in which the names of Robert and George predominated. In 1636 William Abell of Northampton was an alderman of London and next year was high sheriff, in which capacity he became so cordially unpopular in his attempt to enforce the King's unjust taxation scheme, that during the protectorate he was forced to seek refuge in Holland. A few years later John Abell became a favorite at the court of Charles ll, possibly a son or near relative of the high sheriff being recompensed after the restoration. He was a noted "alto" singer, of high voice, the modern tenor. It appears that he also became unpopular during the revolution which deposed James ll, but found great demand and much acclaim for his talents on the continent, especially in Poland then at the height of her power. In 1630 Robert, second son of George Abell of Leicestershire, set sail in the fleet under Governor Winthrop for Massachusetts Bay. His Father's will made in September the same year "cut him off" with a "twenty shilling piece, " in view of having set him up in business in London of which he had made no use and more recently of having outfitted him for New England with the hope of his safe arrival. No doubt George Abell had passed on before such a message could have been received in those days. The first American record finds Robert Abell settled at Weymouth, Mass., where on October 19, 1630, his name appears on a petition, with others, to be made a "Freeman. " He took the oath as Freeman on May 18, 1631. This act endowed him with full privileges and responsibilities of citizenship in the new colony, including ownership of lands, in the exercise of which he continued to acquire holdings, especially after his removal in 1643 to Rehoboth, a new settlement on the south side of the peninsula begun in 1642 by a party of colonists under the Reverend Samuel Newman, a minister at Weymouth for five years preceding. Robert Abell purchased the allotment first sold to Job Lane. His name appears frequently in public records up to the time of his death in 1663, including two appointments as keeper of the "Ordinary, " from all of which it is reasonably to be assumed that he attained a position of considerable importance and was held in high esteem by his associates in the colony. In connection with the Inventory of his estate, administered by his widow Joanna, is mentioned his "eldest son, " to whom was bequeathed the homestead, his "daughter Mary and five other children. " His widow Joanna married William Hyde in 1667, and with her second Husband moved to Norwich, Conn. Robert's eldest son, Preserved Abell, remained in Rehoboth, and his three other sons went to Norwich with their mother. Probably all of the present day Abells of New England stock are descendants of Robert's three sons, Preserved, Caleb and Benjamin Abell. His fourth son, Joshua, did not leave any male descendants. The 22nd and 24th President of the USA, Grover Cleveland, descended through the line of Experience Abell and her Husband John Hyde.

  
  

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  [S206] Reuben Hyde Walworth, Hyde Genealogy Descendants in the Female as Well as in the Male Lines by Reuben Hyde Walworth, (Date: 1864;). [S167] FindAGrave, (Name: www.findagrave.com;). Record for Theophilus Abell http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=24388970&indiv=try [S498] Yates Publishing, US and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 45.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: MHH. Record for Caleb Abell http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WorldMarr_ga&h=986&indiv=try [S319] Needs Research. [S332] Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA Vital Records, Vol 1 p 21.