Samuel Abell

NOTE: Samuel Abell was not the son of Robert Abell of Massachusetts. There is a claim that he was the son of Robert's brother Richard Abell; see for instance here: https://secure.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=169767785 However, no proof has been found that connects Samuel Abell to Richard Abell.

See his will written 8 Jan 1697 and probated 11 May 1697. There were four other children. One may have been named William another Richard See the administrator's account of the estate of Ann Abell.

Will of Samuel Abell, dated January 8, 1697, St.Mary's County MD In the name of God Amen. The eight day of January 1697. I Samuel Abell of St. Mary's County in the province of Maryland______ being in good and perfect memory thanks be to God, & calling to rememberance the uncertain state of this transitory life & that all flesh must yield unto death when it should please God to call, do make, constitute, ordain and declare this my last will & Testament in manner and form following. Revoking and annulling by these presents all & every testament and testaments, will & wills heretofore by me made & declared either by word or in writing & this is to be taken only for my last will & testament & none other, & first being penitent & sorry from the bottom of my heart for my sins past most humbly doing forgive us for the same. I give and commit my soul to Almighty God my Saviour & Redeemer & my body to be buried in such place, where it shall please my Executrix hereafter named to appoint, and now for the settling of my temporal estate & such goods chattles and debts as it hath pleased God far above my deserts to bestow upon me. I do ordain give & dispose the same in manner & form following that is to say first I will that all the debts & duties as I owe in right or conscience to my manner of person or persons whatsoever shall be well and truly contented & paid or ordained to be paid, within convenient time after my decease, by my Executris heareafter named.

Item: the tract of land of mine whereon I now live being on my lords manner, being one hundred & twenty acres, all the land belonging to the tract on the other side of Napkin branch, I give & bequeath unto my son John Abell during his life & my will & desire is that my said son John Abell shall be at age at the year of eighteen. Item: the remaining part of my said tract being on this side Napkin whereon my plantation is seated, I give and bequeath to my son Samuel Abell, during his life & my will and desire is that my said son Samuel Abell shall be at age at the year of eighteen, my will and desire is that my loving wife Anne Abell shall live on the said Plantation on my lords manner during her life if in case my said sons John & Samuel Abell does not live as long as she does. Item: that the heifer called by the name of John's heifer & her increase, I give and bequeath unto my said son Jn. Abell, & also the heifer called by the name of Sams heifer & her increase I give & bequeath unto my son Samuel Abell.

Item: all the remaining part of my estate both real and personal, I give & bequeath unto my loving wife Anne Abell & her heirs forever. Lastly I doe hereby nominate constitue and appoint my loving wife Anne Abell Executrix of this my last will & testament in witness whereof I have herunto sett my hand & seale the day & year first above written. signed sealed & delivered Samuel Abell (Seal) in the presence of Edward Cole Luke Gardiner mark Charles Carter, Jr.

Samuel Abell I; it is certain that Samuel Abell I, who died testate in St. Mary|s County in 1698, was an ancester. As there is no sign of his coming into the Colony, he must have been born there, or brought in as a child, by his father, and probably Captain Robert Abell’s son. He leaves to “my son John my Lord’s Manor and 120 acres all on other side of Napkin’s Run; to my son Samuel my dwelling plantation on this side of Napkin Run, and the remainder of my estate, real and personal to my wife Ann, and appoint her my executrix. Witnesses: Edward Cole and Luke Gardiner. The maiden name of Ann cannot be discovered but suspect it was Gardiner. Children:

1. JOHN.
2. SAMUEL II.
3. ROBERT (probably).

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Samuel Abell was born in 1650 at St Mary's County, MD. He married Susanna Anna Gardiner circa 1670 at St Mary's, St Mary's County, MD. Samuel Abell died on April 11, 1698 at St Mary's County, MD.

Family Susanna Anna Gardiner b.1652 d.01/08/1697 Child-Elizabeth Abell+ b.1677 d.1750

Source:www.mikehaydock.com

There are conflicting dates on his DEATH. Still searching for proof. He made his will on January 08, 1697 and it was probated 11 Apr 1698.

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Dec 27 2019, 17:56:36 UTC

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References

• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I0193...