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HOW WE USED TO LIVE  - Family History

ANTHONY ABELL

1684 Married ANN BRANCH at Spixworth. Both of Elsing.

1702 30 September. Burial of Anthony Abell of Elsing at Yaxham. Will.

1707 15 January. Widow Anne married Thomas King at Elsing. She died in 1747 owning properties and land at Yaxham. Will.

 

CHILDREN of Anthony and Anne:

 

ANTHONY ABELL 1684 Baptised on the 25th of February at Elsing. Will.

Married Jane.

Children of 1st wife: Ann Abell 1709, Anthony Abell 1711, Ruth Abell 1713, Thomas Abell 1715, John Abell 1721.

Married Mary.

 

MARY ABELL 1686 Baptised on the 19th of November at Elsing.

1712 15th April. Burial at Yaxham. Of Elsing.

 

GEORGE ABELL 1688 Baptised on the 14th of May at Elsing.

1712 8th May. Married Naomi aka Amy Blunkhall at Norwich Cathedral. Naomi of Gressenhall.

Children: Anthony Abell 1712, Ann Abell, George Abell, William Abell 1722, John Abell 1726, Thomas Abell 1728, Thomas Abell 1734.

 

ANN ABELL 1689 Baptised on the 6th of January at Elsing.

1712 18th December. Married John Flower at Norwich St. Michael Coslany.

1719 5th January. Burial of Ann at Hevingham.

1763 20th January. Burial of widower John at Hevingham.

Children: Anthony Flower 1713, John Flower 1715, John Flower 1718.

 

ELIZABETH ABELL 1691 Baptised on the 5th of May at Elsing.

1712 28th October. Married Henry Welton of North Tuddenham, at Elsing.

 

SUSANNA ABELL 1694 Baptised on the 24th of April at Elsing.

 

THOMAS ABELL 1697 Baptised on the 22nd of February at Elsing. Will.

1717 14th January. Married Sarah Adcock at Swannington. Thomas Abell of Lyng.

Child: Anthony Abell 1719, Mary Abell 1721, Mary Abell 1722, Martha Abell 1724, Sarah Abell 1725, Hannah Abell 1727, Thomas Abell 1727, Elizabeth Abell, Ann Abell 1731, Ann Abell 1732, Henry Abell 1733, Rose Abell 1735, Rose Abell.

 

JOHN ABELL 1699 Baptised on the 18th of March at Elsing.

1700 25th March. Burial at Yaxham. Of Elsing.

 

WILLIAM ABELL Will.

Married Rose at Necton.

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THERE IS FURTHER RESEARCH TO DO - The baptism of Anthony Abell has not been found, and was most likely in the missing earlier registers for Yaxham, along with that of his wife, Anne Branch. There is a will still to be read for John Abell of Yaxham dated 1670 ANF f.101 no.143. There are also wills for two William Abells, one dated 1647/48 ANF no 86, and the other dated 1599 NCC 176. A John Abell of Yaxham left a will in 1630 ANF 137.

 

The ANF 1647 will of William Abell, yeoman of Yaxham, has been looked at. William Abell left money to the poor of Yaxham. He bequeathed his son, William Abell, his newly built cottage in Yaxham. William was to pay money to granddaughters Mary and Elizabeth Robinson, the daughters of Thomas Robinson. Son John Abell was left a messuage and land but was to give other sons Thomas Abell and Anthony Abell several payments of money. The will is still to be read properly but possibly William Abell was the grandfather of Anthony Abell at the top of the page, and Anthony's father was one of the four sons mentioned.

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