Robert N. Abell (1757 - 1802)

Born 8 May 1757 in St. Andrews Parish, St. Mary's County, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Mills) Abell — married 3 Nov 1777 in Saint Mary's County, Maryland, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Sep 1802 at age 45 in Maryland, United States

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Biography

Robert was born 8 May 1757 in St. Andrews Parish, St. Mary's County, Maryland. He married Margaret Mills 3 November 1777, at St. Francis Xavier in St. Mary's County, Maryland.^[1] He died 2 September 1802 in Maryland.

Rev. war veteran, St. Mary's Co., Maryland militia. Came to Rolling Fork Settlement about 1788. Died while on a trip to Maryland. Represented Nelson/Washington counties in the state legislature. Served as Nelson County magistrate in 1788. John Wathen Abell records a 13th child, Janet. She and Janet Ann "Fanny" may be the same person.

ABEL, ROBERT Ancestor #: A000201
Service: MARYLAND
Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: 5-8-1757 ST MARYS CO MARYLAND
Death: 9-13-1802 ST MARYS CO MARYLAND
Service Description: 1) SIGNED OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed May 29, 2018), "Record of Robert Abel", Ancestor # A000201.

Three separate records establish a place for Robert in the Revolution. He is listed in the Return of St. Mary's County Militia in 1780, took the Oath of Allegiance in the same year and was paid for supplying wheat and mutton for the Continental Army on October 20, 1780.

1920 Newspaper article ABELL Tombstone

"This was taken from the Marion Falcon, a newspaper in Marion Co., KY. Workers uncovered a tombstone at Holy Marys this week that read - The stone is erected to the memory of Robert Abell who died in Maryland, his native State, September 3, 1802, aged 46 years; Margaret Mills, his wife, of Maryland, February 19, 1818, buried at St. Thomas, KY, aged 59 years; their daughter, Mary, died October, 1805, the first burial in this cemetery; their oldest daughter, Ann Thomas, born August 10, 1780, died June 9, 1843; her husband, Bennett, born August 4, 1772, died August 15, 1840; their daughter, Elizabeth Buckman, born July 24, 1778, died February 10, 1831; her son, Pius A., born June 3, 1809, died August 25, 1838; his wife, Lucinda Raley, born June 14, 1814, died June 8, 1841; her son, William, born January 3, 1814, died May 19, 1853. RIP Was erected by Father Robert.

Alt birth place: Leonardtown, St. Mary's, Maryland

Research Notes

To Do

• Research, confirm, and add missing children.

Family Search Profile

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/collaborate/LVBQ-3NV
  • 12 children are associated with this profile

1. Ignatius "Nace" Abell 1778–Deceased • LRWT-8L1​​
2. Jesse Abell 1778–1846 • L6PK-42Y​​
3. Janet Ann Abell 1780–1843 • L254-YK4​​
4. Samuel Abell 1782–1861 • LVBN-9PB​​
5. James Abell 1784–1876 • 27HS-8FZ​​
6. Elizabeth "Betsy" Abell 1788–1831 • LVBN-4YX​​
7. John Abell 1789–Deceased • LH2C-XZL​​
8. Eleanor Abell 1790–1841 • LVBN-CXP​​
9. Rev. Robert Abner Abell 1792–1873 • K83B-QLQ​​
10. Mary Abell 1794–1805 • LXV1-3PG​​
11. Bennet Abell 1796–1876 • KLGM-XQG​​
12. Margaret Abell 1801–1806 • LVBN-8XV​​
    • Based on DOB Eleanor (O'Bryan) Abell (abt.1725-aft.1777)

Samuel Abell III (abt.1719-bef.1777)

Sources

1. ↑ O'Rourke, Timothy J. Catholic Families of Southern Maryland: Records of Catholic Residents of St. Mary's County in the Eighteenth Century. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub., Co., Inc., 2003, page 36.

• Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NX-TL8 : 24 February 2016), Robert Abell and Margaret Mills, 03 Nov 1777; citing Marriage, Saint Inigoes, St. Mary'S, Maryland, United States, various libraries, churches, historical and national societies, private and public records; FHL microfilm 1,033,850.
• Webb, Ben J. "The Centenary of Catholicity in Kentucky." Louisville: Charles A. Rogers, 1884, pages 102-110. https://archive.org/stream/centenaryofcatho00webb#page/102/mode/2up
• https://kentuckykindredgenealogy.com/2015/02/07/abell-family-at-rolling-fork-settlement/ Abell Family at Rolling Fork Settlement
• Abell, Horace A. and Lewis P. Abell. The Abell Family in America: Robert Abell of Rehoboth, Mass. His English Ancestry and His Descendants. Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., 1940. Page 297.[1]
• Findagrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101212600/robert-n_-abell