Abeel biography

Abeel is a surname.
David Abeel was a missionary of the Dutch Reformed Church with the American Reformed Mission.
David Abeel (June 12, 1804 – September 4, 1846) was a missionary of the Dutch Reformed Church with the American Reformed Mission.

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David Abeel

American physician

David Abeel (June 12, 1804 – September 4, 1846) was a missionary of the Dutch Reformed Church with the American Reformed Mission.

Biography

Abeel was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey on June 12, 1804^[1] to Captain David and Jane Hassert Abeel. He is a descendant of Albany, New York Mayor Johannes Abeel.

After having begun his studies in medicine, Abeel converted and was ordained a minister. He graduated from New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1827, and was ordained to the ministry that same year.^[1] He served as a pastor of his church until the winter 1828, when he went to St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda to recover his health. He was appointed the chaplain of the Seaman's Friend Society. In 1829, he left New York to serve as a missionary. He arrived in Canton, China in 1829, later evangelizing in Java, Malacca, Siam, and Singapore.^[1] In 1833, he relocated to Europe, where he visited England, Switzerland, France, Germany, and the Netherlands through 1834.

In 1835, he returned to the United

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by
Stefan Bielinski

The story of the Abeel family of early Albany begins with New Netherland pioneers Stoffel Janse and Neeltie Croon who raised a family in Beverwyck and then Albany during the third quarter of the seventeenth century. The family they founded is outlined in the joint will they filed in 1678.

Advantageous marriages of three daughters connected the family to the New York Banckers, Beekmans, and Duykincks. Their son, Johannes Abeel, was named mayor of Albany in 1694.

During the eighteenth century, male members of the Abeel family spread out in all directions while daughters continued to represent the family in Albany as wives of prominent personages. In 1756, only the home of trader Christopher Abale represented the family on the census of Albany households.

In 1790, no Abeel named households were listed on the census in Albany or Watervliet and only three in the entire Empire State.

Variously spelled, the New Netherland/Albany Abeels do not appear to be closely related to the German-ancestry Albany Abel family. David Abeel, a nineteenth century mi

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Capt. Alfred James Abeel

When Capt. Alfred James Abeel was born on 12 July 1836, in Trenton Falls, Trenton, Oneida, New York, United States, his father, James Stille Abeel, was 40 and his mother, Mary Powell Seymour, was 30. He married Sarah A Connor on 21 June 1880, in Sherman, Grayson, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Rome, Oneida, New York, United States in 1850. He died on 24 February 1922, in Waco, Milam, Republic of Texas, at the age of 85, and was buried in Rome, Oneida, New York, United States.