Grave has been located flag male ancestor  Joshua  ABELL

  (b. abt. 1649 Rehoboth, Massachusetts Bay Colony   d. 17 March 1725 Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut )  

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Joshua ABELL was born abt. 1649 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Joshua ABELL was the child of Robert ABELL   and   Joanna UNKNOWN

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Joshua  married  Mehitable SMITH 1 November 1677 in Norwich, Connecticut Colony .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mehitable SMITH  was born 4 July 1655 in Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA (Rexhame) (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock).  Mehitable died 14 March 1685 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville).  Mehitable was the child of Nehemiah SMITH and Sarah Ann BOURNE.

Joshua ABELL died 17 March 1725 in Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut .
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Joshua ABELL married Grave has been locatedflag female ancestor Mehitable SMITH-- Date: 1 November 1677 Place: Norwich, Connecticut Colony
Mehitable SMITH was the child of Nehemiah SMITH and Sarah Ann BOURNE




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marriage1677 Marriage / Partner
Joshua ABELL and Mehitable SMITH 1 November 1677, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
1681 Birth of Child
Anne ABELL was born 2 April 1681, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
1685 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mehitable SMITH died 14 March 1685, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
marriage1701 Marriage of Child
Anne ABELL married 10 December 1701, Lebanon, Connecticut, USA to Nathaniel FITCH
Joshua ABELL - Grave  Inscription: Here Lyes Ye Body of Mr Joshua Abell Who Departed This Life March Ye 1 1725 & In Ye 76 Year Of His Age (footstone) Mr
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Inscription:
Here Lyes
Ye Body of Mr
Joshua Abell
Who Departed
This Life
March Ye 1
1725 & In Ye
76 Year Of
His Age
(footstone)
Mr Joshua Abell

Old Norwichtown Cemetery (Old Burying Ground) (Colonial Cemetery)
Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

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death1725 Death
17 March 1725
Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Added: 9/2/2016 8:23:28 AM - Updated: 3/25/2025 1:59:15 PM
Did You Know?The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)

1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state

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