John Abell

• General Notes
  • There are a couple of corrections to the posting I made April 8, 2001.  John
    Abell's first wife was ____Fisher, daughter of Edward Fisher.  She wasn't
    Mary Usher.
    
    5/13/1714:  Admin. accts. of Edward Fisher, SMC. Payments to: John Abell for
    his wife (unnamed, a child's part); Thomas Batson for his wife (unnamed, a
    child's part), Adm., Wm. Thompson (Skinner).  The estate was paid by John
    Taylor.  The estate made payments to (in addition to the children):  David
    Watson, Mr. Henry Lowe, and Thomas Price.
    
    His second wife was Frances Wilkinson, daughter of William Wilkinson and his
    wife, Catherine.  There is no proof that I've found that Catherine's surname
    was Stone.
    
    This from my notes under Mary Usher:
    
    There are those who claim that Mary Usher, daughter of Thomas Usher, was the
    wife of John Abell based on a land record which named Mary, wife of John
    Abell, in 1715.  This won't work as Mary was named as a minor in her
    father's will in 1714.  She was not old enough to have married John Abell
    and have had 3 children by 1715.  The wife of John Abell of SMC was ____
    FISHER, daughter of Edward Fisher.
    
    Tom Jennings and I disagree and Tom cites this record below:
    
    PATENTS E.I.#1 f363-365 1734  Kent Co., Md. Land in Kent Co. which Thomas
    Usher left to his son, George & his dau. MARY, WIFE OF JOHN ABELL who sold
    her 55 acres to Thomas Morsoll.  (Note to me from Tom Jennings, 1/17/2004).
    
    The exact date of this patent isn't given and I know that Robert Hutchins
    (former husband of Frances) had died before May 20, 1734 (the probate date
    of his will).
    
    Admin. accts. of Robert Hutchins 7/2/1734 and 9/16/1734; appraisers were
    Charles King and Jonathan Abell; next of kin was Aquilla Hutchins and James
    Wilkinson; Exec., Frances Hutchins (Skinner).
    
    12/16/1735:  Admin. accts. of Robert Hutchins, SMC.  Sureties: Philip
    Clarke, Samuel Abell.  Payments to (among others): Edward Goldsberry, legacy
    from his grandfather and in hands of the deceased.  Exec: Frances Abell,
    wife of John Abell.
    
    Linda Reno