First Generation

1. Charles ABRAMS was born about 1654.¹ He died after 1698.² If the 1698 Census listed children in their order of birth, then both Charles Abrams and his (according to the 1936 George Combes letter) sister, Mary (Abrams) Ireland, named their firstborn son, John. Is there a significance to this?

Charles ABRAMS and Sarah BEDELL were married in 1681.¹ Sarah BEDELL (daughter of Robert BEDELL and Blanche) was born about 1657.¹ She died after 1698.² Charles ABRAMS and Sarah BEDELL had the following children:

+2	i.	John ABRAMS.
3	ii.	Charles ABRAMS was born about 1686.1
4	iii.	Sarah ABRAMS was born about 1689.1
5	iv.	Jane ABRAMS was born about 1691.1