Abraham
Abell
Born in Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of Richard Abell
and Elizabeth (Beale) Abell
Brother of
Margaret (Abell) Crouch, Elizabeth (Abell) Beale, Mary (Abell) Knott, Caleb Abell, Jane Abell, Richard Abell, John Abell, Sarah Abell, Joshua Abell and Ann Abell
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 68
in Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Mar 2020
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Biography
Abraham was a Friend (Quaker)
Abraham Abell (1782 – 1851) was born in Cork, Ireland, into a Quaker family of eleven children.[1] His family had long standing in business. He also was successful in business and noted for his charity. He served as treasurer of the Cork Dispensary and Humane Society. He had a great interest in archaeology and did a study of the Irish Round Tower. He was responsible for the first collection of Ogham stone inscriptions and his collection is now on public display at University College Cork.[2]
He was disowned by the Quakers.
Abell died 12 February 1851 at his home in Academy St., Cork. [3][4]
Sources
- ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.ie/record/browse?id=ire%2fquaker%2fmmv111m-1%2f0104 : accessed 08 March 2020), birth of Abraham Abell in Cork on 11d 4mo (Apr) 1782, father: Richard, mother: Elizabeth; citing Cork MM Family lists 1671-1872, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
- ↑ Abraham Abell, Wikipedia[1]
- ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.ie/record/browse?id=ire%2fquaker%2fmmv111m-1%2f0104 : accessed 08 March 2020), death of Abraham Abell (after being 'disowned') on 12d 2mo (Feb) 1851; citing Cork MM Family lists 1671-1872, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
- ↑ Abraham Abell, by C. J. Woods https://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a0006
See also:
- Coleman, James. "Abraham Abell", The Irish Monthly, Vol. 26, 1898
- Harrison, Richard S. Abraham Abell: Member of the Royal Irish Academy and Corkman Extraordinary. Cork, Red Barn Publishing, 1999. 14 x 21cm. 102 pages.
- This biography includes for example the following chapters: Abell’s Ancestry / Abell: Bibliophile and Collector / The Phrenological Cause / The Cuvierian Society / Electrical and Magnetic Researches / Abell the Ogham Collector / An Excursion to Bantry and Castletownbere / Round Towers and Other Adventures / Abraham Abell’s Library
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