Abell, Benjamin

1715 -

• Name	Abell, Benjamin  [1]
  Born	23 May 1715	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I20327	Sullivan Burgess Family Tree | Charlemagne I Descendant, Ancestors of President Cleveland, The Hyde History, William The Conqueror Descendent
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	Abell, Benjamin,   b. 1687, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 28 May 1769, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hazen, Lydia Howlett,   b. 01 Sep 1694, Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 09 Sep 1794, Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 100 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	17 Mar 1714	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F7283	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gild, Abigail,   b. 1720, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA
  Married	1739  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Abell, Abigail,   b. 09 Jul 1746,   d. 07 Nov 1774, New London, Connecticut, USA  (Age 28 years)  [natural] + 2. Abell, Lydia,   b. 13 Jul 1740, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA  [natural]
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2017
  Family ID	F7139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 May 1715 - Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Family Crest

  Abell Family Crest This most interesting and unusual surname is Anglo-Scottish. It was mainly introduced by returning 12th century Crusaders and pilgrims from the Holy Land. 'Abel' derives from the Hebrew given name 'Hevel' meaning 'breath or vigour', and was presumably a name of endearment or possibly a nickname. As a personal name 'Abel' (Hevel) was borne by the son of Adam, who was murdered by his brother Cain. It was very popular as a given name in Christendom during the Middle Ages, when there was a cult of 'suffering innocence' which Abel represented. For reasons unclear the early surname was widespread in the east of England and Southern Scotland, and is well represented in its various forms in the registers of the area. The surname is now recorded in the modern spellings of Abel, Able, Abele, Abelle, and the patronymic Abels, Abeles, Abells, Abelson and Ableson. Early examples of the surname recordings include Richard Abel of Buckinghamshire in the 1273 Hundred rolls of the county, and Thomas Abell in the Subsidy Rolls of Yorkshire for the year 1301. The surname is also well recorded in Scotland from an early date, Master Abel being recorded in the rolls of the abbey of Kelso in 1235, whilst Thomas Abell, was a burgess of Edinburgh in the year 1387. The coat of arms is very distinctive having the blazon of a silver field, charged with twelve gold fleur de lis on a saltire of blue. The crest being an arm in armour holding a sword enfiled with a wreath. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Abel, which was dated 1197, in the Pipe Rolls of the county of Essex, during the reign of King Richard 1, known as "The Lionheart", 1189 - 1199. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

  
  

• Sources

  [S206] Hyde Genealogy Descendants in the Female as Well as in the Male Lines by Reuben Hyde Walworth, Reuben Hyde Walworth, (Date: 1864;).