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7. Sergt. Caleb Abell, born 1646 probably in Rehoboth, Mass.; died August 7, 1731 in his 85th yr.; married Margaret Post July 1669 in Norwich, born February 21, 1653 in Saybrook, died November 1700 in Norwich, daughter of John and Hester (Hyde) Post...
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Children by Margaret Post:...
19. Margaret, b. abt. 1685
"19. Margaret Abell, born about 1685 in Norwich, Conn.; died April 18, 1752; married Capt. Richard Douglas, December 7, 1704, … son of Dea. William and Abiah (Hough) Douglas." … Captain Douglas was buried in the old cemetery in New London, near the center of the cemetery; no stone shown for Margaret, who died 17 years after, and may have been buried in the second oldest cemetery.
Margaret (Abell) Douglas, widow of New London, and Hannah Abell of Norwich, convey their rights in 40 acres of land April 10, 1735, to their honorable grandfather John Post of Norwich deceased; later Joshua Abell buys the rights to the same land from Caleb Abell and Zachariah and Joanna Loomis."