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1646 - 1731 (85 years)
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Name |
Caleb ABEL [1, 2, 3, 4] |
- Sergt. Caleb, is first mentioned in the Colonial records at Dedham, Mass., when he petition for freeman on May 3, 1665. In 1668 he moved to Norwich, Conn. In the original purchase of land when Norwich was settled, six acres was assigned to Robert Wade, this he sold to Caleb Abell in 1677 and it was afterwards known as the Abell homestead.
On Dec. 18, 1694, Caleb was appointed to keep his house as "an ordinari or of entertayment" for the year, or until another be chosen.
Caleb joined the first church of Norwich before 1701.
He was Sergeant of the Norwich Train Band in 1701.
He was selectman in 1682, constable in 1684 and 1706, and townsman in 1689.
There are over 38 land deeds granted to Caleb in Norwich.
Will of Caleb Abell, of Norwich County of New London and Colony of Connecticut, was dated July 30, 1728, and proved at Norwich on July 30, 1728. [1]
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Birth |
Apr 1646 |
Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts [1, 4] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
17 Aug 1731 |
Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA [1, 4] |
Person ID |
I01345 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
19 Mar 2013 |
Family 1 |
Margaret POST, b. 21 Feb 1652/53, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. 02 Nov 1700, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 47 years) |
Marriage |
Jul 1669 |
Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA |
Children |
| 1. Unnamed ABEL, b. Mar 1671, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA d. Mar 1671, Norwich, New London, Connecticut (Age 0 years) [Birth] |
+ | 2. Dr. Samuel ABEL, b. Oct 1672, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 26 Nov 1761, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 89 years) |
+ | 3. Experience ABEL, b. Dec 1674, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 24 Oct 1763 (Age 88 years) [Birth] |
| 4. Caleb ABEL, b. Apr 1677, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA d. Aft 1746 (Age 69 years) [Birth] |
| 5. Capt. John ABEL, b. Dec 1678, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA d. Aft Oct 1769 (Age 90 years) |
| 6. Theophilus ABEL, b. Nov 1680, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 31 Aug 1724 (Age 43 years) |
| 7. Margaret ABEL d. 18 Apr 1752 |
| 8. Joanna ABEL, b. Nov 1682, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 25 Nov 1759, Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut (Age 77 years) |
+ | 9. Mary ABEL, b. Abt 1685, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 17 Jan 1751, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 66 years) |
+ | 10. Benjamin ABELL, b. Abt 1687, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA [Birth] |
+ | 11. Abigail ABEL, b. 16 Mar 1689, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 2 Jun 1730, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 41 years) [Birth] |
| 12. Hannah ABEL, b. 12 Oct 1692, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA |
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Family ID |
F04560 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
28 Jun 2022 |
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Sources |
- [S5007] Horace A. Abell, "One Branch of the Abell Family Showing the Allied Families", (Rochester, New York 1934).
- [S00036] "Descendants of Joseph Loomis" by Bob Saftenberg.
- [S5004] Reuben Hyde Walworth, "Hyde Genealogy, or, The Descendants, in the Female as well as in the Male Lines, From William Hyde, of Norwich" Vols. I & II, (Albany: J. Munsell, 78 State Street - 1864).
- [S5405] Gar Boyd Roberts, "Ancestors of American Presidents", (New England Historic Genealogical Society - 2009).
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