UFN : Abel Jones

During my childhood church going days [1950s early 1960s] the name "Abel" was tossed about fairly frequently.  Every Sunday school class, and every pulpit discussed his name several times a year presenting the eternal question : "Am I my brothers keeper?".  Well...anyway, I do not remember a single individual actually using the name Abel as a first name.  For that matter, even today, recalling a single individual being named Abel escapes my memory.

Caroline Cunningham listed a few with :

               1) an Abel Jones being found in the 1782 tax list, Isle of Wight Co., Virginia.  He is
                    recorded as having "4 whites" and "6 blacks"

               2) an Abel Jones found in the 1800 tax census of Buncombe County, NC

               3) an Abel Jones found in the marriage list of Loudoun County Virginia 1831 when 
                   on February 14 he joined with Julian Vanpelt (Cyrus Burson her guardian) .

So there you have it.  Does anyone recall meeting an individual with the first name Abel?

These folks are recorded in Caroline Cunningham Collection: Vol.I p.1, Vol.II p.1, and Vol.III p.1.