George Abell, gentleman, a native of Stapenhill, matriculated Dec. 8, 1578 at Brasenose College, Oxford, aged 17. In Nov. 1580 described as 'late of Clements Inn' he was admitted a student at the Inner Temple, and admitted a member in Nov. 1584. The arms of the Abells of Stapenhill, as described in the 1611 Visitation of Derbyshire, were 'Argent, on a saltier engrailed Azure, nine fleurs de lis of the field'.
On May 1, 1599 in the chapel at Wrenbury, Cheshire, he married Frances Cotton, daughter of Richard Cotton, esquire, of Combermere Abbey, Cheshire, by his wife Mary Mainwaring.
George Abell, gentleman, of Hemington died testate with a will dated Sept. 8, 1630, which was proved Feb. 7, 1630/31. His legatees were his wife Frances, daughter Mary Abell, eldest son George Abell, second son Robert Abell, and third son Richard Abell, then serving his apprenticeship. For the overseeing of his estate he requested the assistance of his brothers[-in-law], George Cotton, esquire, and Andrew Cotton, gentleman, both of Combermere, and his good friend Sir Richard Harpur.
Note on his descendants. George's second son Capt Robert Abell settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts, and along with fellow Puritan merchant, Capt John West (1590-1659), traded in Virginia and Maryland, including St Mary's County, during the Commonwealth years. George's third son Richard Abell finished his apprenticeship at the Merchant Tailors School in London, before becoming a merchant factor in St Mary's County, Maryland, founding a branch of the Abell family in that county. One of Richard's descendants is my 3rd-great-grandmother Julia Ann Abell Ritchie (1818-1897).
On May 1, 1599 in the chapel at Wrenbury, Cheshire, he married Frances Cotton, daughter of Richard Cotton, esquire, of Combermere Abbey, Cheshire, by his wife Mary Mainwaring.
George Abell, gentleman, of Hemington died testate with a will dated Sept. 8, 1630, which was proved Feb. 7, 1630/31. His legatees were his wife Frances, daughter Mary Abell, eldest son George Abell, second son Robert Abell, and third son Richard Abell, then serving his apprenticeship. For the overseeing of his estate he requested the assistance of his brothers[-in-law], George Cotton, esquire, and Andrew Cotton, gentleman, both of Combermere, and his good friend Sir Richard Harpur.
Note on his descendants. George's second son Capt Robert Abell settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts, and along with fellow Puritan merchant, Capt John West (1590-1659), traded in Virginia and Maryland, including St Mary's County, during the Commonwealth years. George's third son Richard Abell finished his apprenticeship at the Merchant Tailors School in London, before becoming a merchant factor in St Mary's County, Maryland, founding a branch of the Abell family in that county. One of Richard's descendants is my 3rd-great-grandmother Julia Ann Abell Ritchie (1818-1897).
George Abell, gentleman, a native of Stapenhill, matriculated Dec. 8, 1578 at Brasenose College, Oxford, aged 17. In Nov. 1580 described as 'late of Clements Inn' he was admitted a student at the Inner Temple, and admitted a member in Nov. 1584. The arms of the Abells of Stapenhill, as described in the 1611 Visitation of Derbyshire, were 'Argent, on a saltier engrailed Azure, nine fleurs de lis of the field'.
On May 1, 1599 in the chapel at Wrenbury, Cheshire, he married Frances Cotton, daughter of Richard Cotton, esquire, of Combermere Abbey, Cheshire, by his wife Mary Mainwaring.
George Abell, gentleman, of Hemington died testate with a will dated Sept. 8, 1630, which was proved Feb. 7, 1630/31. His legatees were his wife Frances, daughter Mary Abell, eldest son George Abell, second son Robert Abell, and third son Richard Abell, then serving his apprenticeship. For the overseeing of his estate he requested the assistance of his brothers[-in-law], George Cotton, esquire, and Andrew Cotton, gentleman, both of Combermere, and his good friend Sir Richard Harpur.
Note on his descendants. George's second son Capt Robert Abell settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts, and along with fellow Puritan merchant, Capt John West (1590-1659), traded in Virginia and Maryland, including St Mary's County, during the Commonwealth years. George's third son Richard Abell finished his apprenticeship at the Merchant Tailors School in London, before becoming a merchant factor in St Mary's County, Maryland, founding a branch of the Abell family in that county. One of Richard's descendants is my 3rd-great-grandmother Julia Ann Abell Ritchie (1818-1897).
On May 1, 1599 in the chapel at Wrenbury, Cheshire, he married Frances Cotton, daughter of Richard Cotton, esquire, of Combermere Abbey, Cheshire, by his wife Mary Mainwaring.
George Abell, gentleman, of Hemington died testate with a will dated Sept. 8, 1630, which was proved Feb. 7, 1630/31. His legatees were his wife Frances, daughter Mary Abell, eldest son George Abell, second son Robert Abell, and third son Richard Abell, then serving his apprenticeship. For the overseeing of his estate he requested the assistance of his brothers[-in-law], George Cotton, esquire, and Andrew Cotton, gentleman, both of Combermere, and his good friend Sir Richard Harpur.
Note on his descendants. George's second son Capt Robert Abell settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts, and along with fellow Puritan merchant, Capt John West (1590-1659), traded in Virginia and Maryland, including St Mary's County, during the Commonwealth years. George's third son Richard Abell finished his apprenticeship at the Merchant Tailors School in London, before becoming a merchant factor in St Mary's County, Maryland, founding a branch of the Abell family in that county. One of Richard's descendants is my 3rd-great-grandmother Julia Ann Abell Ritchie (1818-1897).
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Buried Sept. 13, 1630
