[Mason1] AA married NF as his first wife; she was the second daughter of JA and MS of Norwich. [Abell1 62] Buried in the old cemetery at Lebanon.

[347] Mehitable Smith

	b. 4 July 1655	Marshfield Mass	[Abell1 52]
	d. 14 March 1684/5	Norwich Conn	[Abell1 52] [TGMB 1:5]

[Mason1] Of Norwich. [Abell1 52-53] Married 2nd in November 1685, Bathiah Gager (born 1660, died 31 March 1723) the daughter of John and Elizabeth Gager (JG was the son of Dr William Gager). JA wa constable in Dedham Mass and frequently chosen Townsman. He moved to Norwich in 1677 and had over 1000 acres there. He presented the West Church Society of Norwich the lot in which it erected its first meeting house. They lived near what is now Franklin. JA joined the church in 1724. [Abell1 53] gives his will.

[TorreyCD] ABELL, Joshua (-1725) & 1/wf [Mehitable] SMITH (1655-1685); 1 Nov 1677; Norwich, CT {Frame-Dana 293; Beckwith Notes (1956) 18; McCormick-Hamilton 900; Cook-Cooper 21; NYGBR 43:92; Snow-Estes 1:432; Waterman (1939) 623, 654; Reg. 15:120; Hyde 1:46; Booth (1910) 23; Avery Anc. (1925) 80; New London Hist. 323; Abell 3; TAG 11:12, 14:247; Granberry 142, 317}

{not sure about birthplace of JA}

[693] Joanna --

d. after 1682

Norwich Conn

[Abell1 43]

[TGMB 1:3-6] JA came from London in 1630 and resided first at Weymouth and then moved to Rehoboth in 1643. In 3 July 1656 RA was allowed by the court to keep an ordinary in Rehoboth. Admitted as a freeman 18 May 1631 and was on the list of those in Rehoboth who took the oath of fidelity in 1657. Son of GA and FC. Probably married by 1639. Joanna married 2) William Hyde of New Norwich at Rehoboth 4 June 1667 where she removed to Norwich and outlived him.

Inventory was taken 9 August 1663 and amounted to 354p 17s 9d of which the house and land accounted for 130p. Distribution of the estate was made on 3 March 1663/4.

Children were Abraham; Mary, 11 April 1642, Weymouth - the rest in Rehoboth; Preserved, c1644; Caleb, c1647; Joshua, C1649; Benjamin, c1651; Experience, c1660; probably one other.

[TorreyCD] ABELL, Robert1 (-Jun 1663) & Joanna _____ (-1682+), m/2 William HYDE of Norwich, CT, 1667; by 1639; Weymouth/Rehoboth {MD 15:239; Reg. 6:96, 98:173; Granberry 142; Cook-Cooper 21; Booth (1910) 21, 192; Whipple-Hill 90; Abell 2; Coxe Anc. (1915) 16, 20; Pope's Pioneers 9}

[Abell1 43] JA probably buried in Norwich's first burying ground. RA mentioned in his father's will in 1630 as living in America. Mad a freeman in Weymouth 19 October 1630; oath taken 18 May 1631. He is mentioned at the Quarterly Court, Boston, 4 December 1638 and 2 June 1640 at Weymouth. In 1643, he removed from Weymouth, probably following Rev Samuel Newman, the founder of Rehoboth (called by the Indians, Seekonk). Bought Job Lanes part fo the settlement. In 1651, it was agreed that RA and Richard Bullock should burn the commons.... 28 March 1653, RA got 3 acres of meadow on the north side of the line, next the town; 1 February, he was ordered to keep and ordinary; and in Plymouth 3 July 1656, he was allowed to keep an ordinary at Rehoboth. Took oath of fidelity in 1657. RA's widow married William Hyde (Hide) of Norwich, 4 June 1667, at Rehoboth.

[NEHGR 6:96] Robert Abell, Rehoboth, Inventory dated 9 Aug 1663 valued at 354:17:9 by S Pain, T Cooper and Peter Hunt. In connection are named his "eldest son, his widow, his daughter Mary, and his 5 children".

{not sure whether married in England or America}

{see TG 5:158-71 (1984)}

[1385] Francis Cotton

[Abell1 38+] Of Stapenhill and of Nemington in the parish of Lockington, co. Leicester, and of the Inner Temple. Matriculated as of Brascnose College, Oxford, 8 December 1578 aged 17. Executor of his father's will in 1588 and mentioned in his uncle George's will in 1596. His will is dated 8 September 1630 and proved 7 February 1631.

GA married Francis Cotton, daughter of Richard Cotton of Combermere, and the sister of Andrew and George Cotton, both of Combermere, co. Chester. She is mentioned in her husbands will 1630.

[2769] ?

[Abell1 38+] Of Stapenhill and Ticknell. Mentioned in the wills of his brothers Anthony and George. Will dated 18 March 1587 and proved 17 May 1588

[5537] ?

[Abell1 38+] Mentioned in a deed 1 July, 1 Edward VI and in the will of his son George in 1596.

• Charlemagne (Charles I), King of Franks and Roman Emporer. Married the Schwabian Princess, Hildegaard of Savoy.
• Louis I "le Debonnaire", Roman Emporer. married Lady Judith, the fair maid of Bavaria, daughter of Guelph I, Duke of Bavaria.
• Charles II "the Bald", King of France. Married Hermintrudis, daughter of Odo Count of Orleans.
• Louis II "le Beque", King of France. Married Adelheida.
• Charles III "le Simple", King of France. Married Edgina, daughter of Edward the Elder, King of England, son of Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons in England.
• Louis IV "d'Outre Mer", King of France. Married Princess Gerberger, daughter of Henry I, Auceps, the Emporer.
• Gerberger, Princess of France. married Albert I, Count of Vermandois, son of Herbert II, Count of Vermandois.
• Herbert III, Count of Vermandois. Married Ermengarde de Bourgones
• Ortho, Count of Vermandois. Married Princess Patra.
• Herbert IV Count of Vermandois. married Lady Adelaide of Valois.
• Adelherd, Countess of Vermandois. Married Prince Hugh Magnus, Count of Vermandois, son of Henry I, King of France.
• Lady Isabel de Vermandois, Countess of Vermandois. Married Sir Robert de Beaumont, Count of Muellent, Earl of Leicester, Lord of Belloment.
• Sir Robert de Beaumont II "le Bossu", Second Earl of Leicester, Lord of Bretuil and Poci. Married Lady Amica, daughter of Ralph de Gande (Waer) II, Lord of Breteine, Earl of Norfolk.
• Sir Robert de Beaumont III, Third Earl of Leicester, Knight, Steward of England. Married Lady Petronilla, daughter of Hugh de Grantmesnil.
• Lady Margeret de Beaumont. Married Saire de Quincy, Magna Charta Surety, Earl of Winchester.
• Robert de Quincy. Married Helen, daughter of Llewellyn.
• Margaret de Quincy. Married John de Lacie, Magna Charta Surety, Earl of Lincoln, Baron of Halton, Lord Pontefract and Blackburnshire.
• Maud de Lacie. Married Richard de Clare, Eighth Earl of Clare, MGS, son of Richard de Clare.
• Gilbert de Clare, Ninth Earl of Clare and Gloucester. Married Princess Joan de Acre, daughter of Edward I, King of England.
• Margaret de Clare. married Hugh d'Audley, Earl of Gloucester.
• Margaret d'Audley. Married Ralph de Stafford, Baron of Stafford, original Knight of Garter.
• Joan de Stafford. Married John de Cherlton, Baron of Cherlton, Lord Chamberlain to King.
• Lady Isabel de Cherlton. married John de Sutton, Baron Sutton of Dudley.
• John de Sutton, Baron Sutton of Dudley. Married Lady Joan Clinton.
• John de Sutton, Baron Sutton of Dudley. Married Constance Blount, daughter of Walter Blount.
• John de Sutton, Baron Sutton of Dudley, Knight of the Garter. Married Lady Elizabeth Berkeley, daughter of Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone.
• Jane de Sutton. Married Thomas Mainwaring of Ightfield, Shropshire, son of William Mainwaring and his wife Margaret, daughter of John Warren.
• Cicely Mainwaring. Married John Cotton, Shropshire, Esquire, 1500, son of William Cotton and his wife Agnes, daughter of Philip Young.
• Sir George Cotton, Knight and Esquire of the Body to King Henry VIII, Grantee of Combermere, Cheshire, 1541. Married mary Onley, sister of John Onley of Catesby, Northampton.
• Richard Cotton, Esquire of Combermere, Cheshire. married Jane Seylyard, daughter of William Seylyard of London, and his wife Jane, daughter of Sylvester Todd.
• Frances Cotton. Married George Abell, Esquire of Stapenhill, Derby and of Hemington, Leisestershire, son of Robert Abell of Stapenhill, Derby.
• Robert Abell of Stapenhill, Derby and of Rehoboth, Mass. Emigrated to New England in 1630.

``Note: The line of Charlemagne was compiled from various sources, largely from Your Family Tree, Browning's Americans of Royal Descent, and Magna Charta Barons, and Burke's publications. It is presented for whatever it may be worth, as of possible interest to readers.''