In 1841 he Abel Hold married Sarah Miller of Barnsley and with her had 9 children; seven survived to adulthood.
In 1815 Abel Hold was born in Alverthorpe, Wakefield, one of 9 children of Quakers Thomas and Mary Hold.
1841. Abel Hold [aged 26]. Watter Joe, 1772-1852
Around 1852 Abel Hold [aged 37] moved to Cawthorne, South Yorkshire where he and Walter Spencer-Stanhope [aged 24] of nearby Cannon Hall, South Yorkshire became friends.
Before 1857. Abel Hold [aged 41]. Jonas Beaumont, 1783–1857, Estate Carpenter for the Spencer Stanhope Family.
1873. Abel Hold [aged 58]. Portrait of Elizabeth Wilhelmina Coke [aged 77].
1891. Abel Hold [aged 76]. Nest with four eggs.
On 8th May 1896 Abel Hold [aged 81] died at Cawthorne, South Yorkshire. He was buried at All Saints Church, Cawthorne [Map].