Abel Porter

1648 - Abt 1685  (37 years)

• Name	Abel Porter
  	Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, p29 on Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495/
  Birth	25 Feb 1647/48	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Residence	3 Apr 1670	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
  	Date admitted as a member of the First Church of Boston
  	See p63 in The Records of the First Church in Boston 1630-1868, volume 1, ed Pierce, Richard D., Electronic Texts in American Studies, 62
  Residence	15 May 1672	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
  	Date made a Freeman of Boston.
  	See p151 in A Volume of Records relating to the Early History of Boston (Boston: Municipal Printing Office) 1900. He is also recorded as signing the Oath of Allegiance in Boston on 11 November 1678
  Occupation	1684	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
  	Merchant. He or his father had set up one of the first coffee shops in Boston with Captain James Johnson
  	This was in advance of Paris, Venice and Vienna. See p40 in Coffeehouse Culture in the Atlantic World, 1650-1789 by E. Wesley Reynolds, Bloomsbury Publishing 2022)
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis, returning to America. On 13 Aug shipped 8 score ells of cloth aboard the America Merchant (duty 12s), and on 3 Sep loaded 6 score ells woollen cloath (duty 18s)
  Role	Nov 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Free passenger - died at sea
  Death	Abt Nov 1685	At sea
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis en route to East Jersey
  Person ID	I45607	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	Hannah Butler,   b. Abt 1650
  Marriage	Bef 1684	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F31454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 25 Feb 1647/48 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Residence - Date admitted as a member of the First Church of Boston - 3 Apr 1670 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Residence - Date made a Freeman of Boston. - 15 May 1672 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - Bef 1684 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Occupation - Merchant. He or his father had set up one of the first coffee shops in Boston with Captain James Johnson - 1684 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis, returning to America. On 13 Aug shipped 8 score ells of cloth aboard the America Merchant (duty 12s), and on 3 Sep loaded 6 score ells woollen cloath (duty 18s) - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Role - Free passenger - died at sea - Nov 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), E72/15/32/19 and 22.