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Revolutionary war veteran, St. Mary's County, Maryland militia. Came to Rolling Fork Settlement about 1788. Died while on a trip to Maryland. Represented Nelson/Washington Counties in the state legislature. Served as Nelson County magistrate in 1788.
In 1788, Robert Abell migrated with his family to Kentucky and settled in the Catholic settlement of Rolling fork in Nelson County. His father, Samuel Abell, was a Protestant and had been High Sheriff of St. Mary's County, Maryland. His mother, Elinor (Ellen) O'Brien, was a Catholic. Robert Abell was elected a representative from Washington County, Kentucky to the constitutional convention in 1799. He had also represented Nelson County in the State legislature of 1792. His wife, whom he married in St. Mary's County, Maryland on November 3, 1777, was Margaret Mills, or Miles. Their ten children were Samuel, Jesse, James, Robert A., Ignatius, Benjamin, John, Mary, Ellen, and Janet. Robert Abell returned to Maryland in 1802 for a visit, was taken ill and died. (Ref: MM-1:1; Kc:102)
MM-1 is Barnes, Robert W. Maryland Marriages, 1634-1777. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1976).
KC is Webb, Benjamin J. The Centenary of Catholicity in Kentucky. (Louisville: Charles A. Rogers Co., 1884).
Henry C. Peden, Jr. Marylanders to Kentucky 1775-1825, page 1
The quote below is from the following book:Webb, Ben, J. "The Centenary of Catholicity in Kentucky". Louisville: Charles A. Rogers, 1884, Page 105."In the Calvary cemetery a monument is to be seen on which is inscribed: 'Sacred to the Memory of Robert and Margaret Abell.' The filial piety of the late Father Robert A. Abell induced him to erect this monument. But neither of his parents rest beneath its base. The father's remains have long since assimilated with the soil of his native Maryland, and those of the mother are awaiting the resurrection in the old graveyard of St. Thomas, in Nelson county."
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Revolutionary war veteran, St. Mary's County, Maryland militia. Came to Rolling Fork Settlement about 1788. Died while on a trip to Maryland. Represented Nelson/Washington Counties in the state legislature. Served as Nelson County magistrate in 1788.
In 1788, Robert Abell migrated with his family to Kentucky and settled in the Catholic settlement of Rolling fork in Nelson County. His father, Samuel Abell, was a Protestant and had been High Sheriff of St. Mary's County, Maryland. His mother, Elinor (Ellen) O'Brien, was a Catholic. Robert Abell was elected a representative from Washington County, Kentucky to the constitutional convention in 1799. He had also represented Nelson County in the State legislature of 1792. His wife, whom he married in St. Mary's County, Maryland on November 3, 1777, was Margaret Mills, or Miles. Their ten children were Samuel, Jesse, James, Robert A., Ignatius, Benjamin, John, Mary, Ellen, and Janet. Robert Abell returned to Maryland in 1802 for a visit, was taken ill and died. (Ref: MM-1:1; Kc:102)
MM-1 is Barnes, Robert W. Maryland Marriages, 1634-1777. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1976).
KC is Webb, Benjamin J. The Centenary of Catholicity in Kentucky. (Louisville: Charles A. Rogers Co., 1884).
Henry C. Peden, Jr. Marylanders to Kentucky 1775-1825, page 1
The quote below is from the following book:Webb, Ben, J. "The Centenary of Catholicity in Kentucky". Louisville: Charles A. Rogers, 1884, Page 105."In the Calvary cemetery a monument is to be seen on which is inscribed: 'Sacred to the Memory of Robert and Margaret Abell.' The filial piety of the late Father Robert A. Abell induced him to erect this monument. But neither of his parents rest beneath its base. The father's remains have long since assimilated with the soil of his native Maryland, and those of the mother are awaiting the resurrection in the old graveyard of St. Thomas, in Nelson county."
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Family Members
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Jessa "Jesse" Abell
1778–1846
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Janet Ann "Fanny" Abell Thomas
1780–1843
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Samuel Abell
1782–1861
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James Abell
1784–1876
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Elizabeth "Betsy" Abell Buckman
1788–1831
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Eleanor "Nellie" Abell Abell
1790–1841
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Rev Robert Abner Abell
1792–1873
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Mary Abell
1794–1805
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Dr Bennett Abell
1796–1876
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Margaret Abell
1801–1806
