Jennett Abell (bef. 1783 - 1845)

Born before 4 May 1783 in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Abell — married 3 May 1808 (to 23 Sep 1845) in Nelson County, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Sep 1845 after age 62 in Meade County, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Jennett was born in 1783 in St. Mary's county, Maryland. She was baptized on 4 May 1783, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. She was the daughter of Edmund Abell and Elizabeth Thompson. Edmond Abell was surety on the the marriage license of Jennett and Samuel, 2 May 1808 in Nelson County, Kentucky. She died 23 September 1845 in Meade county, Kentucky. She was buried in the Abell and Stith Family Cemetery outside of Brandenburg, Meade county, Kentucky^[1]

Jennett, Samuel and their children moved to Hardin County, Kentucky prior to 1819. Samuel purchased the land they had been renting on January 20, 1819.^[2]

She inherited slaves from her father in his will.^[3]

"Fourther, I give & bequeath to my daughter, JENNET ABEL, one Negro girl named Fidelia, one Negro Boy, named Washington and one Negro boy named Jerry, together with all the property of every description I have heretofore given her and her husband, SAMUEL ABEL."

Slaves

• Fidelia
• Jerry
• Washington

Sources

1. ↑ Thompson, Rita Adkisson. Meade County Cemeteries. Vol. 1. Vine Grove, Kentucky: Ancestral Trails Historical Society, Inc., 1973.
2. ↑ 1819 Edward Rawlings land deed to Samuel Abell. Kentucky, Hardin County, County Court Clerk, Deeds, Vol. G, pp. 38, 20 January 1819, digital image 34 of 571, FamilySearch.org ([1]: accessed 11 May 2023)
3. ↑ 1828 Edmund Abell Will. Kentucky, Hardin County, County Clerk, Wills, Vol. D, p. 131-134, 19 November 1828, digital image 77-79 of 418, FamilySearch.org ([2]: accessed 11 May 2023)

• "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995," database, FamilySearch (link to FamilySearch image: accessed 11 February 2018), Janet Abell, ; citing SAINT ANDREWS PARISH,SAINT MARYS,MARYLAND; FHL microfilm 14,449.
• Chronicles of St. Mary's. Volume 5, No. 2, February 1957, page 11.
• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (link to FamilySearch image: accessed 17 May 2018), Samuel Abell and Jannet Abell, 3 May 1808; citing Marriage, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,929,414.
• 1810 U.S. census, Nelson County, Kentucky, population schedule, location not stated, p. 314 (penned), 16-25 year old white female in the Samuel Able household, digital image 2 of 10, FamilySearch.org (link to FamilySearch image: accessed 11 May 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M252, roll 8
  • Janett was a 16 to 25 year old white female in 1810.
• 1820 U.S. census, Meade County, Kentucky, population schedule, Little York, p. 29 (penned), 26-44 year old white female in the Samuel Able household, digital image 9 of 42, FamilySearch.org (link to FamilySearch image: accessed 11 May 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M33, roll 23
  • Janett was a 26-44 year old white female in 1820.
• 1830 U.S. census, Meade County, Kentucky, population schedule, location not stated, p. 379 (penned), 40-49 year old white female in the Samuel Able household, digital image 749 of 771, FamilySearch.org (link to FamilySearch image: accessed 11 May 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 37
  • Janett was a 40-49 year old white female in the 1830 census.
• 1840 U.S. census, Meade County, Kentucky, population schedule, location not stated, unpaginated, 50-59 year old white female in the Samuel Abell household, digital image 13 of 53, FamilySearch.org (link to FamilySearch image: accessed 11 May 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 119.
  • Janett was a 50-59 year old white female in the 1840 census.
• 1845 Find a Grave Memorial, FindaGrave.com, database and images (link to image: accessed 11 February 2018), memorial page for Jennett Abell Abell (1783–23 Sep 1845), Find a Grave Memorial ID 39896475, citing Abell and Stith Family Cemetery, Brandenburg, Meade County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Susan Knight Gore (contributor 46865669).
• 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 300.[3]