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Question:of an Abel Blood born 1801 in VT?? If so, do you know of his parents? I am at a brick wall with him!!

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: of an Abel Blood born 1801 in VT?? If so, do you know of his parents? I am at a brick wall with him!!

Abel Blood was born in the same year as his parents married. The first son was always named after the father.
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Abel, and Susanna Blood, Dec. 20, 1801
Abigail, and Simon Wheeler, Jan. 24, 1799
Amariah, a. 25 y., mason, s. Pheneas and Ruhamah, and Elizabeth Ann Morgan, a. 18 y., d. William and Betsey, Aug. 6, 1845
Amos, and Lydia Green, June 14, 1792
Asa, and Sally Hildreth, int. Aug. 13, 1803
Betsey, and Daniel Davies of Bedford, Apr. 7, 1803
Charles, and Theresa E. Webber of Bedford, int. Mar. 10, 1844
Charlotte, and Samuel S. Sherman of Lowell, Nov. 14, 1830
Daniel, and Ruth Furbush, Oct. 1, 1804
Elisabeth, and Amos Green, Feb. 14, 1799
Elnathan, and Hannah Wheeler, int. Aug. 4, 1805
Esther, and Jonathan Shed [of Chelmsford. int.], Dec. 13, 178
Ezara, and Mrs. Lucy Evileth of Sudbury, at Lexington, Nov. 25, 1755
Fraderick, and Elisabeth Green, June 23, 1791
Fradrick, and Bulah Hodgman, Sept. 17, 1804 [Sept. 31. int.]
Fradrick, and Mary Cummings of Westford, int. Mar. 31, 1814
Frances, and Abraham Taylor, July 6, 1797
Frances, Mrs., and Samuel Lane of Bedford, May 21, 1799
Francis Jr., of Temple, and Rebecca Parlin, Nov. 25, 1790
Hannah P., and Charles G, Fletcher, at Concord, Nov. 30, 1843
Harriot, and Abel Spaulding of Chelmsford, Mar. 30, 1823
James, of Concord, and Sarah Blood, June 12, 1794
Jonathan, 3d, and Mary Britton, Dec. 10, 1805
Lydia, Mrs., and Leonard Green, June 24, 1819
Maria, and John Jacobs Jr., Sept. 5, 1824
Mary, and Ebenezer Shed of Chelmsford, int. June 1, 1780
Mary, and Isaac Duren, July 4, 1816
Phinehas Jr., and Mary Brown of Concord, int. Nov. 15, 1783
Phinehas Jr., and Mrs. Sarah Jenner, Feb. 19, 1792
Rachel, and Asa Hartwell, Oct. 30, 1794
Rebecca, and Nathan Brown of Boston, Dec. 21, 1800
Rhuhamah, Mrs., and Varnum Nickles, int. Sept. 23, 1833
Sarah, and Ezekiel Proctor of Dunstable, May 1, 1793
Sarah, and James Blood of Concord, June 12, 1794
Silas B., and Maria Page, Nov. 8, 1840
Stephen, Capt., and Mehetable Tuttle of Chelmsford, May 10, 1798
Stephen, Capt., and Mrs. Hannah Green, Feb. 6, 1823
Susanna, and Abel Blood, Dec. 20, 1801
Sybbil, and Nathan Russel of Lexington, June 18, 1795
Zebulun, and Anna Spaulding, Apr. 23, 1799

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I would VERY STRONGLY suggest that you explore the discussion about the Abel (wife Susan Bixby), which is posted at genforum. You can also browse the entries at rootsweb.. what is easy to see is that there were a number of men with the same name and in the same area.
Looking quickly at this, it appears that the 1801 birth of Abel is based on his age from the census. That isn't conclusive, since census ages have a huge tendency to be off by 1-2 years. If he WAS born in 1801, that would not be consistent with a documented marriage of a couple, in Dec of 1801.

I cannot agree with the comment that a first son was ALWAYS named for the father. It is customary, but not always. It is also frequent that first sons are named for the PATERNAL GRANDFATHER.. thus, completely possible that an earlier Abel Blood had 4 or more sons, all of whom named their first sons Abel, for the grandfather. That is one reason why you often find several men with the same name, in the same locality, and it takes a lot of solid proof to sort them out.
I am seeing documentation there of an Abel who married a Nabby Keep in 1792. At least one person sees the given name of Keep in descendents of Abel/ Susan Bixby. That is a good clue, and may turn into 'proof'.