Abel Upshur, I

Abt 1702 - 1753  (51 years)

• Name	Abel Upshur  [1]
  Suffix	I
  Birth	Abt 1702	Accomack County, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Will - Named in Grand Fathers will	12 Feb 1707	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	He was shown as my grandson Abel Upshur in the will of Arthur Upshur.
  Will - Named in Fathers will	26 May 1738	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	He was shown as a son Abel Upshur in the will of Arthur Upshur, wife Sarah. He was given all the remainder of my estate in Virginia and elsewhere and named Extr.
  Record ID	65553
  Will	2 Sep 1753	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [3]
  	To son Arthur 1300 acres in Accomack on Matchapungo River where I now live provided he permit my son John Upshur to hold & enjoy 550 acres in Northampton County on Nassawadox Creek and which I hereby give to my son John, and should he refuse my son John to possess the said 1300 acres & if my son John should die before he comes to lawful age without issue, then I give the Northampton land to my son Caleb, and my son Arthur to be subject to the same conditions as above. To son Caleb 800 acres in Accomack County near the head of Watchaprig Creek lately Purchased of William Burton of Northampton County, & for want of issue to my son John, & should John die to my 2 daughters Susanna & Elizabeth. Son Arthur to be guardian to my 2 sons John & Caleb & daughter Elizabeth until they come of age. Son Arthur residual legatee. Son Arthur, William Bagge & Thomas Teackle Exrs. Witt: W: Bagge, Henry Lurton, Abel Bradford, Ezekiel Badger, Nicholas Dolby. Will probated 29 Jan 1754/5.
  Death	30 Oct 1753	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4, 5]
  Burial	Warwick, Quinby, Accomack Co, Virginia   [5]
  	His tombstone shows him as Abel Upshur who died 30 Oct 1753, aged 51 years.
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Arthur Upshur, (I),   b. 1624, County Essex, England d. 26 Jan 1708/09, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age 85 years)  (Grandfather)  Mary Cutting, (Cutting?),   b. Abt 1620   d. Aft 11 Mar 1665/66, Somerset Co, Maryland  (Age > 46 years)  (Great Grandmother)
  Siblings	2 brothers and 6 sisters
  1. Arthur Upshur, III,   b. Abt 1691, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1738  (Age < 46 years) + 2. Susanna Upshur,   b. Abt 1693, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 26 May 1738  (Age < 45 years) ╚═ Maj. John Teackle,  m. 2 Nov 1710 ;   Edmund [34] Scarburgh, (the younger),  m. Aft 3 Jul 1722   3. Sarah Upshur,   b. Abt 1694, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1738  (Age < 43 years) + 4. Abigail Upshur,   b. Abt 1695, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 23 Oct 1764, Somerset Co, Maryland  (Age < 69 years) ╚═ William (12) Waters,  m. Abt 1720 ;   Capt. David (38) Wilson,  m. 6 Nov 1743 + 5. Abel Upshur, I,   b. Abt 1702, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 30 Oct 1753, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age 51 years) ╚═ Rachel Revell,  m. Abt 1725 + 6. Elizabeth Upshur,   b. Aft 1707/08, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Andrew Finney, II,  m. Abt 1726 + 7. Anne Upshur,   b. Abt 1710, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1738  (Age < 27 years) ╚═ Maj. John (240) Custis, (Deep Creek),  m. Abt 1728 ;   Col. Custis (157) (of Wm) Kendall, I,  m. 1734 + 8. Thomas Upshur, (I),   b. 1713, Warwick, Quinby, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 12 Mar 1750/51, Northampton County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 38 years) ╚═ Sarah Bell,  m. Abt 1738   9. Rachel Upshur,   b. Abt 1715, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Half-siblings	1 half brother and 1 half sister (family of Arthur Upshur and Elizabeth (--?--))
  1. John Upshur,   b. 21 Nov 1674, Marumsco Creek, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown   2. Sarah Upshur,   b. 21 Nov 1674, Marumsco Creek, Somerset Co, Maryland d. 21 Jan 1675/76  (Age 1 year)
  Person ID	I65553	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Arthur Upshur, (II),   b. Abt 1652, Occohannock Creek, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 4 Jul 1738, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 86 years) Other Partners: ╚═Elizabeth (--?--),   b. 1656   d. Yes, date unknown  m. Abt 1674
  Mother	Sarah Browne,   b. Abt 1675   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1690  [6, 7]
  Family ID	F20131	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rachel Revell,   b. 1702, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 25 Dec 1749, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1725	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  Children	+ 1. Arthur Upshur, IV,   b. 1726, Warwick, Quinby, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 15 Jan 1784, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 58 years) ╚═ Leah (239B) Custis  (Age 64 years)  m. Abt 1755 + 2. Susanna Upshur,   b. 8 Jul 1733, Warwick, Quinby, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 17 Nov 1784, Worcester Co, Maryland (Age 51 years) ╚═ Littleton Dennis, Esq.  (Age 45 years)  m. 12 Aug 1754 + 3. Elizabeth Upshur,   b. Abt 1740, Warwick, Quinby, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 14 Jan 1782 (Age 42 years) ╚═ Col. Thomas (400) Teackle, III (surveyor)  (Age 50 years)  m. Abt 1757 + 4. John Upshur, II,   b. 17 Sep 1741, Warwick, Quinby, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 5 Sep 1799, Northampton County, Virginia, USA (Age 57 years) ╚═ Ann Emmerson  (Age 30 years)  m. 4 Dec 1763;    ╚═ Margaret Downing  (Age 36 years)  m. (17 Mar 1781 (bond));    ╚═ Rosina Robins  (Age 26 years)  m. 23 Jul 1794 + 5. Caleb Upshur,   b. 1744, Warwick, Quinby, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 17 Oct 1778, Warick, Quinby, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 34 years) ╚═ Anne Brown  m. Abt 1770
  Family ID	F22120	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1702 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Grand Fathers will - 12 Feb 1707 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Marriage - Abt 1725 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Fathers will - 26 May 1738 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - 2 Sep 1753 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Death - 30 Oct 1753 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Headstones

  Gravestone for Abel Upshur (1702-1753) at "Warwick" near Quinby in Accomack County, Virginia In memory of Abel Upshur who died October 30, 1753 in ye 51 year of his age

  
  

• Sources

  [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 117 (will of Arthur Upshur, wife Sarah), 570. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 40 (will of Arthur Upsher), 570. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 179 (will of Abel Upshur), 570. [S724] Robert Irving Upshur & Thomas Teackel Upshur IV, Upshur, Upshur Family in Virginia, 2nd Ed, (Lynchburg, VA: Warwick House Publishing, 1993), p. 32, 724. [S502] Jean Merritt Mihalyka & Faye Downing Wilson, Graven Stones of Lower Accomack County, Virginia, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1987), 502. [S958] James R. Revell Sr., Revell, James R. Sr. - Randall Revell, (Penobscot Press, 2007), Custis Family Lineage Appendix & additional information provided by Emails from James R. Revell Sr., 958. [S724] Robert Irving Upshur & Thomas Teackel Upshur IV, Upshur, Upshur Family in Virginia, 2nd Ed, (Lynchburg, VA: Warwick House Publishing, 1993), p. 21, 724.