ABEL, JOHN [SSNE 1456]

Surname
ABEL
First name
JOHN
Title/rank
PARSON
Nationality
SCOT
Region
AARHUS
Social status
CLERGY
Education
UNIVERSITY
Religion
LUTHERAN

Text source

John Abel was born c.1593,the son of James Abel of Aarhus. He matriculated at the University of Copenhagen 1613, and the University of Wittenberg 1616 where he still was 1618. Abel became the parson of Mariager, but was unwilling to be guardian for his late brother's six children. He died in 1648.

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.275.

Service record

SCOTLAND, COPENHAGEN
Arrived 1613-01-01
Departed 1615-12-31
Capacity STUDENT, purpose ACADEMIC
SCOTLAND, WITTENBURG
Arrived 1616-01-01
Departed 1618-12-31
Capacity STUDENT, purpose ACADEMIC
DENMARK-NORWAY, MARIAGER
Arrived 1619-01-01
Departed 1648-12-31
Capacity PARSON, purpose ECCLESIASTICAL