Abell - Extended Family
Capt. Robert Abell
(Nov 11, 1721 - Sep 22, 1800) [1]
Son of Joshua Abell (1695-1731/2) and Rebecca Carpenter (1698-)
Married Mary Thompson (1718-1797)

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The 6 children of Robert and Mary are:
    1. Sarah Abell (Dec 27, 1748 - Dec 11, 1760)  age 11 [1] p. 69
        MA Town and Vital Records     
    2. Preserved Abell (Oct 4, 1750 in MA - Oct 1, 1802 in RI) [1] pp. 69, 85
        Preserved's 12 children and birthdates are listed in MA Town and Vital Records
        Preserved married (1) Elizabeth Carpenter (1755-1792) on Jan 16, 1777
            
1. Sarah Abell (Aug 20, 1777 in MA - Feb 1, 1797 in MA) age 19
             2. Betsey Abell (Jun 5, 1779 in MA - )  
             3. Pamelia Abell (Oct 17, 1780 in MA - Dec 29, 1828 in MA)
             4. Robert Abell (Apr 1, 1782 in MA - ) 
             5. Rebecca Abell (Apr 17, 1784 in MA - Jul 14, 1867 in MA)
                 Married David Atherton (1791-1849) on Oct 25, 1812 in MA - 1 child
             6. Lydia Abell (Jan 2, 1786 in MA - Jun 17, 1847 in MA)
                
Married Abner Thayer (1778-1832) in 1807 - 9 children
             7. Fairfax Abell (Oct 19, 1789 in MA - Nov 2, 1835 in NJ)
                 Married Rebecca Loveless (1799-1871) - 3 children
            
8. Sophronia Abell (Nov 11, 1791 in MA - Dec 4, 1864 in NY)
                
Married Augustus Wolcott (1796-) on Jan 21, 1820 - 4 children
       
Preserved married (2) Lucy Brown (1759-1810) in 1795
             9. Elizabeth Abell (Dec 20, 1794 in MA - Dec 12, 1851 in MA)
                 Married (1) William Lambert (1793-1866) on Oct 31, 1814 in WV - 3 children
                 Married (2) Ira Carpenter (1786-1831) on Dec 29, 1816 in MA - 1 child
           10. Lucy Abell (Jul 14, 1797 in MA - Mar 17, 1874 in RI)
                 Married Bennett Munro (1785-1864) on Jul 6, 1818 in RI - 15 children
           11. Preserved Abell (Nov 20, 1800 in MA - )
           12. Hiram Abell (Dec 7, 1801 in RI - Nov 23, 1822 in Cuba) age 20
    3. Lieut. Robert Abell (Aug 6, 1752 in MA - Jan 1, 1776 in MA) Vet - age 23 [1] p. 69
        MA Town and Vital Records
    4. Joanna Abell (Apr 19, 1755 - ) [1] p. 69
       
MA Town and Vital Records
       
Married David Hutchins, Jr. (1754-1819) on Dec 9, 1779
             1. Abell Hutchins (Nov 8, 1780 in MA - Dec 13, 1798) age 18
             2. John Hutchins (Aug 30, 1782 - Nov 5, 1782) infant
             3. Ezra Hutchins (Jul 15, 1784 in MA - May 24, 1859 in VT)
                 Married Ascenath Warriner (1788-1871) in 1809 in VT - 7 children
    5. Dolly (Dollee) Abell (Jul 2, 1757 in MA - Jan 12, 1813 in MA) [1] p. 69
       
MA Town and Vital Records
       
Married Ephraim Tripp (1753-1837) on Nov 20, 1777
             1. Dollee Tripp (1778-)
             2. Polly Tripp (Sep 28, 1778 in MA - May 12, 1808)
             3. Robert Tripp (Dec 8, 1780 in MA - Sep 23, 1817 in MA)
                 Married Elizabeth (-1826)
             4. Ephraim Tripp (Feb 6, 1783 in MA - Jun 14, 1799)
             5. Abell Tripp (Mar 8, 1785 in MA - Sep 29, 1871 in MA)
             6. Hannah Tripp (Sep 7, 1787 in MA - Dec 27, 1789)
             7. Thompson Tripp (Mar 16, 1791 in MA - Nov 1, 1874 in MA)
             8. Roxy Tripp (Jun 4, 1793 in MA - Dec 12, 1797)
             9. Nancy Tripp (Nov 7, 1795 in MA - 1855)
           10. George Tripp (Feb 9, 1799 in MA - Sep 30, 1819)
           11. Consider Tripp (Feb 10, 1803 in MA - Apr 21, 1861)
    6. Capt. Caleb Abell (Dec 2, 1763 - Jul 26, 1842) [1] pp. 77,85-86   
       
MA Town and Vital Records
       
Married (1) Lois Read (1768-17900) on Nov 23, 1788
       
Married (2) Elona Shepherdson on Feb 5, 1791
        The 9 children of Caleb and Elona are:
             1. Lois Abell (May 29, 1793 in MA - Sep 23, 1872 in RI) [1] pp. 86, 111
                 Married Ezra Walker French (1789-1840) on Feb 22, 1814
                     
1. Capt. Francis Bayliss French (Feb 21, 1819 in Ri - Feb 9, 1864 in RI)
                         
Married Smanda Malvina Godfrey (1825-1916) in 1852 - 1 child
                      2. Lois Amanda French (1821 - Sep 12, 1822) infant
                      3. Seba French (1825 - Aug 15, 1849) age 23-24
                      4. Arunah S. French (1832 - Jan 5, 1868) age 35-36
             2. Daniel Hodges Abell (Apr 30, 1796 in MA  - Nov 30, 1796) [1] pp. 86, 111-112
                 Married Mary Allyn on May 14, 1823
                      1. Sarah Knight Abell (Aug 8, 1824 in MA - Dec 7, 1826 in MA) age 2
                      2. Catherine I. Abell (Dec 28, 1828 in RI - Sep 17, 1907)
                          Married David Shepherd Pratt (1826-1896)
                                1. Ella Pratt (Mar 2, 1852 in PA - Feb 9, 1914)
                                2. Daniel Leonard Pratt (Dec 6, 1853 in PA - Jan 22, 1925)
                                3. Isabella Pratt (Aug 19, 1857 in PA - Apr 30, 1925)
                                4. Charles Manville Pratt (Oct 26, 1859 in PA)

                      3. Freelove Leona Abell (Sep 24, 1831 in PA - Feb 3, 1878 in WI)
                          Married John Bear Russell (1827-1914) in 1858
                                1. Dr. George Abell Russell (Oct 22, 1860 in WI - Oct 2, 1941 in MO)
                                    Married Nancy Emily Wadlow (-)
                                2. Mary Elona Russell (Aug 17, 1870-)
                                    Married Robert I. Dugdale (-)
                                3. Daniel Abell Russell (-)

                      4. Amaziah Allyn Abell (Feb 19, 1835 in PA - Apr 9, 1914 in PA)
                          Amaziah married (1) Joanna Carpenter Allyn (1837-1907)
                               1. Dana A. Abell (Jun 13, 1864 in PA - Dec 24, 1929 in PA)
                                   Married Mary E. Allyn (1868-1928)
                                        1. Corinne Sarah Abell (Mar 7, 1891 in PA - Jun 26, 1946 in PA)
                                            Married Rees C. Powell (1889-1959)
                                        2. Daniel T. Abell (Feb 19, 1894 - Jul 17, 1898) age 4
                                        3. Runa A. Abell (Jan 20, 1903 in PA - Jun 28, 1974 in NY)
                                            Married Lenore Vaughn Conklin (1907-1970) in 1931

                           Amaziah married (2) Helen M. Ball (1842-1918)
                               2. Guy Walter Abell (Nov 25, 1870 in NY - Apr 26, 1966)
                                   Married Grace Maude Forbes (1875-1946)
                                        1. George Lester Abell (Mar 18, 1899 in PA - Mar 16, 1986 in PA)
                                            Married Erma Rose Coleman (1901-1982)
                                        2. DeLeon Abell (Jan 25, 1901 in PA - Oct 20, 1986 in PA)
                                            Married Bernice Ann Pendleton (1903-1997)
                                        3. Ferdinand Augustus Abell (Apr 23, 1903 in  PA - Jan 6, 1972 in PA)
                                            Married Dorothy P. Patterson (1915-1988)
                                        4. Helen Ida Abell (Jan 30, 1905 in PA - Mar 25, 2003 in PA)
                                            Married Keith Baker Blair (1910-1976)
                                        5. Grace Almyra Abell (Jan 31, 1909 in PA - Apr 18, 2003 in FL)
                                            Married William E. Naylor (1896-1968)
                                        6. Guy Forbes Abell (Sep 12, 1911 in PA - Mar 4, 1991 in PA)
                                        7. Leonard Jason Abell (Dec 12, 1913 in PA - Jan 29, 2011 in NC)
                                            Married Ruth Louella Smith (1920-2012)
                                        8. Walter Buttles Abell (Nov 18, 1916 in PA - Feb 25, 1988 in PA)
                                            Married Gladys Allis (1923-2020)
                                        9. Marguerite Abell (Sep 24, 1919 in PA - Oct 9, 2012 in NY)
                                            Married John Harbachuk (1916-1988)

                               3. Charles Leonard Abell (Nov 30, 1874 in PA - Dec 3, 1957 in PA)
                                   Married Lena Vaughn Frazier (1878-1964)
                                        1. Robert Frazer Abell (Jan 13, 1898 in PA - Jan 19, 1990 in RI)
                                            Married Irene Hannah Stoner (1900-1961)
                                                  1. Richard S. Abell (Mar 26, 1931 in RI - May 15, 1985 in CA)
                                        2. Daniel Russell Abell (Dec 19, 1905 in PA - Feb 27, 1994)
                                        3. Edward Sterling Abell (Aug 17, 1907 in PA - Nov 13, 1989 in NY) (obit)
                                            Married Beryl Angevine (1911-) in 1934

                         5. Daniel Thomas Abell (Jun 26, 1838 in PA - Feb 23, 1925 in MO)
                             Married Mary Russell (1856-1948) 
            3. Mary Abell (May 20, 1798 in MA - Jul 28, 1876 in PA) [1] pp. 86, 112
                 Married Samuel Wheaton (1796-1875) on May 2, 1819
                      1. Nancy Wheaton (Sep 10, 1824 in PA - Dec 13, 1906 in PA)
                          Married Frederick Gregory (1822-1878)
                      2. Amanda Malvina Wheaton (Sep 14, 1828 in PA - May 11, 1917 in PA)
                          Married Seymour Willson (1829-1896) - 2 children
                      3. Samuel Abel Wheaton (Apr 30, 1830 - Jun 23, 1901 in PA)
                          Married Rachel Willson (1835-1892) - 2 children
                      4. Mary L. Wheaton (May 31, 1834 in PA - Feb 13, 1899 in IA)
                          Married Henry L. Seymour (1832-1919) - 1 child
                      5. Nathaniel C. Wheaton (Mar 22, 1837 - Apr 8, 1901 in PA)
                          Married (1) Martha E. Willson (1837-1860)
                          Married (2) Evaline Amanda Pendleton (1843-1916)
                      6. Joseph Wheaton (Jun 22, 1839 in PA - Nov 2, 1844 in PA) age 5
             4. Nancy Abell (Nov 30, 1799 in PA - Apr 30, 1864) [1] pp. 86, 112
                 Married Benijah Allyn on Oct 24, 1824
                      1. Henry Crawford Allyn (May 11, 1825 - Apr 3, 1897)
                          Married Betsy M. Bowen (1829-1867) - 6 children
                      2. Caleb Abell Allyn (Jun 13, 1827 in PA - Apr 7, 1866 in PA)
                          Married Sally J. Belden (1828-1917) - 5 children
                      3. Benajah Francis Allyn II (Jan 14, 1830 in PA - Jan 2, 1900 in PA)
                          Married (1) Sarah Maria Chaffee (1834-1911)
                          Married (2) Hannah Louise Allyn (1839-1918)
                      4. Nancy Maria Allyn (Sep 8, 1834 in PA - Dec 7, 1920)
                          Married (1) Joseph B. Chaffee (1827-1858) - 2 childeren
                          Married (2) James C. Whitaker (1832-1900) - 3 children
                      5. Thomas Bucklin Allyn (Jul 8, 1837 - Dec 26, 1899)
                          Married Sarah maria Pendleton (1843-1881) - 4 children
                      6. Albert Augustus Allyn (Aug 14, 1840 in PA - Mar 10, 1911 in PA)
                          Married Emma Jane Chaffee (1842-1911)
             5. Caleb Abell (May 9, 1802 in MA - Dec 31, 1878 in PA) [1] pp. 86, 112
                 Married Rebecca Baker Goff (1811-1885) on Feb 26, 1832
                      1. Nancy Baker Abell (Sep 14, 1833 in PA - Oct 25, 1888 in PA)
                          Married James Monroe Pendleton (1831-1896) in 1853 - 2 children
                      2. Caleb A. Abell (1837 - Apr 24, 1842) age 4-5
                      3. Sarah Abell (Nov 1, 1839 in PA - Sep 20, 1915 in PA)
                          Married Jacob Sylvester Allyn (1829-1907) in 1856
                      4. Lucinda M. Abell (1841 - May 21, 1846) age 4-5
                      5. Mary Lucinda Abell (Apr 15, 1846 in PA - Jun 7, 1925 in PA)
                          Married George Bowen Sleeper (1844-1906) - 3 children
                      6. Lois Rebecca Abell (1851 in PA - Feb 12, 1888 in PA)
                          Married Zachary Taylor Bowen (1847-1907) - 1 child
             6. Robert Abell (Aug 29, 1804 in MA - Jan 21, 1849 in RI) [1] pp. 86, 112-113
                 Married Asenath Pearce Staples (1806-1871) in 1825
                      1. Harriet Abell (1821-1821) infant
                      2. Albert Abell (1823-1823) infant
                      3. Elona Shepardson Abell (Feb 10, 1825 in RI - Jun 17, 1896 in RI)
                          Married James P. Jenks (1820-1873)
                      4. Mary Allyn Abell (Jul 16, 1827 in RI - Dec 16, 1889 in RI)
                          Married Job Almy (1819-1897) in 1847
                      5. Robert Thompson Abell (Nov 9, 1831 in RI - Feb 28, 1881 in RI)
                          Married Amy Jane Bishop (1825-1880) in 1850
                      6. Ferdinand Augustus Abell (Jun 8, 1833 in MA - Nov 8, 1913 in MA)
                          Married Almira Helena Hawkins (1838-1908) in 1860
                      7. Sarah Ellen Abell (Jun 12, 1835 in MA - Jan 21, 1891 in RI)
                          Married George Duckworth (1821-1904)
             7. Arunah Shepherdson Abell (Aug 10, 1806 in RI - Apr 19, 1888 in MD) [1] pp. 86, 113-114
                 Journalist and newspaper publisher who founded the "Baltimore Sun"
                 Married Mary Fox Campbell (1818-1859) on Dec 23, 1838                   
                      1. Edwin Franklin Abell (May 15, 1840 - Feb 28, 1904)  [1] p. 149                       
                          Married (1) Margaret Curley (1840-1874) in 1863
                                1. Mary Abell (Nov 11, 1864 in MD - Aug 26, 1941 in MD)
                                    Married James Dudley Morgan (1861-1919) - 4 children
                          Married (2) Elizabeth Laurenson (1853-1934)
                      2. George William Abell (Dec 21, 1842 - May 1, 1894) [1] p. 150        
                          Married Jane Frances Webb (1850-1912) in 1871
                               1. Jane Mary Abell (Oct 31, 1872 - Sep 15, 1939)
                                   Married Francis Theodore Homer (1872-1930) in 1902
                               2. Anne Florine Abell (1874 in MD - Jan 30, 1877 in MD)
                               3. Charles Sheperdson Abell (Jun 25, 1876 in MD - Jan 13, 1953 in MD)
                                   Married Margaret (-) - 5 children
                      3. Charles Sheperdson Abell (Mar 24, 1848 in MD - Dec 3, 1875 in MD) age 27
 
                      4. Walter Robert Abell (Feb 11, 1849 in MD - Jan 3, 1891) [1] p. 150                         
                          Married (1) Sarah Sisson (1856-1887)
                          Married (2) Philomena M. Bogue (1860-1918)
                      5. Marie Louise (Sister Mary Joseph) Abell (Jun 13, 1851 - Nov 24, 1922) [1] p. 114 
                      6. Frances A. Abell (Apr 22, 1853 - Apr 26, 1906) [1] p. 114
                      7. Anna Florine Abell (May 30, 1855 - ) [1] p. 114
                      8. Helen M. Abell (Dec 8, 1856 - Aug 10, 1940)  [1] p. 150
   
                       Married Louis Victor Baughman (1845-1906)
                               1. Edwin Austin Baughman (Oct 12, 1882-1946) [1] p. 151
                               2. Helen Abell Baughman (Dec 4, 1884-1964) [1] p. 151
                               3. Louis Victor Baughman (1889-1889)

                      9. Margaret Abell (Jan 19, 1859 - ) [1] p. 114
 
 
                  10. Robert Arunah Abell (died in infancy) [1] p. 114
                    11. Henry Thompson Abell (died in infancy) [1] p. 114
                    12. Mary Abell (died in infancy) [1] p. 114

Arunah Abell
(1806-1888)
             8. Sarah Abell (Mar 8, 1808 - Jul 1, 1830) age 23 [1] p. 86
             9. Preserved Thompson Abell (Dec 13, 1811 in MA - Jun 24, 1892 in PA) [1] pp. 86, 114
                
Married Sarah Ann Daggett (1817-1872) on Apr 11, 1838
                      1. Caleb Thompson Abell (Jan 22, 1839 - Sep 24, 1839) infant [1] p. 114
                      2. Lois Anna Abell (Jul 11, 1840 - ) [1] pp. 114
                          Married Rev. Glasson (-)
                     
3. Helen Augusta Abell (Nov 24, 1842 in RI - 1930 in NY) [1] p. 114
                          Married George Leasure (1840-1926)
                              
1. Eugene A. Leasure (1870-1949)
                               2. Charles Pease Leasure (Jul 19, 1884 in NY - Sep 25, 1975 in NY)
                      4. Frederick Thompson Abell (Oct 24, 1843 in MA - Oct 7, 1871 in MN) Vet - age 27 [1] p. 114
                      5. Sarah Frances Abell (Oct 24, 1843 - Oct 3, 1844) infant [1] p. 114
                     
6. Caleb Francis Abell (Mar 17, 1845 in MA - Jan 24, 1865 in PA) age 18 [1] p. 114
                      7. George Shepherdson Abell (Dec 27, 1847 in MA - Sep 29, 1865 in PA) age 17 [1] p. 114
                     
8. Georgianna Abell (Dec 28, 1847 - Feb 1, 1848) infant [1] p. 114
                     
9. Eugene Abell (Oct 5, 1850 - Mar 13, 1930) [1] p. 114
                    10. Herbert A. Abell (1856 in MA - Jun 9, 1864 in PA) age 7-8 [1] p. 114         

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