Abel Walton

      Sex: M

Individual Information
     Birth Date: 4 Dec 1703 - Byberry Twp, Philadelphia Co., Pa
    Christening: 
          Death: 15 Dec 1771
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

Parents
         Father: William Walton (Abt 1664-1737)
         Mother: Sarah Howell (      -1749)

Spouses and Children
1. *Rebecca Walmsley (       - 18 Sep 1775)
       Marriage: 25 Oct 1731 - Abington Mtg, Philadelphia Co., Pa

Notes
General:
The following is from Byberry Waltons (Norman Walton Swayne, 1958), pg 27:

38 ABEL WALTON (3), born 10th mo 4th 1703, died 12th mo 15th 1771, son of 5 William Walton & Sarah Howell of Byberry Twp, Phila. Co., Pa., married 1731 Rebecca Walmsley, died 9.18.1775, daughter of Henry Walmsley & Mary Searl. They passed Abington Mtg 8th mo 25th 1731 and 10th mo 27th 1731 were reported married. Isaac Comly's obituary notes give her death. Letters in his estate were issued in Phila. Jan. 22, 1772 to Rebecca Walton and Henry Walton. The History of Byberry and Moreland says Abel lived near Somerton and died there 12th mo 25th 1771. This farm was in Moreland Twp on the edge of Byberry Twp, devised to Abel by his father. Abel Sr was on the tax list of Mannor of Moreland 1769, 100 acres 2 horses 2 cattle tax 10.8.0. Only these four children have been found:

112 William b perhaps ab 1732 d 1780 in Mary Davis d prob. 1815
113 Mary m an Eastburn
114 Abel d 1803 m by 1758 Mary, prob. Vansant, d by 1817
115 Henry d 1794 m 1761 Rebecca Vansant d 1790

DEATH:

U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 at ancestry.com:
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Byberry Monthly Meeting, "Deaths, 1736-1823":

Abel Walton Sen'r died the night after the 25th day of the 12th mo in the year 1771
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