Robert was a tavern keeper who came to New England with John Winthrop on the Winthrop Fleet in June 1630 and settled in Rehoboth, MA. He took the oath of Freeman 18 May 1631. The first record of Robert in America is at Weymouth, MA where his name appeared on a list of persons who desired to be freemen on 19 Oct 1630. His name appeared in court records of the Quarterly Court in Boston, in 1638 and 1640. In Weymouth his name appears in land transactions between October 1642 and May 1644.
!s-Luther Fam Ass; Abell Fam g-came with Winthrop Fleet in 1630 to Weymouth r-from Hemmington Leicestershire [PCC 10 St John Canterbury Ct] [lived near Ashby-de-la-Zouch Derby, home of the Cottons 5 mi away; in Boston by 1630; freeman May 18 1631; in Rehoboth by 1643 as 41st on list for lots; got land in Attleboro May 26 1668 o-ordinary owner license issued Feb 1 1654; took oath of fidelity in 1667; w-inv Aug 1663 354#17.9; pro Feb 29 1663/4 w-inv 9 mar 1663 in Plymouth Colony Records vol 2-401; amt was 354/17/09; Mary Abell to get a cow and featherbed as given her by her father; widow gets her thirds,and to her other 5 children. Appraisers Stephen Paine, Thomas Cooper, Peter Hunt. a-made freeman in Weymouth MA in 18 may 1631; not there in 1643; nothing about him from 1631 to 1638 when on list of passengers to Providence from Eng 6 apr1638; ?may have gone home for a wife. I found a Robert Abell christening in Kelvendon Hatch of dau Mary in 1637. ?Is this him?
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