Abner Treman (1761 - abt. 1823)

Born 25 Dec 1761 in Westfield, Hampshire (now Hampden) Co, MA

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (McLallen) Treman — married 30 Jul 1785 in Alford, Berkshire Co, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 18 Aug 1823 at about age 61 in Mecklenburg, Schuyler, New York, United States

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Biography

Private Abner Treman served with 2nd New York Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Abner Treman is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A116430.

Founder (along with brother in-law John) of Trumansburg, NY.

From Truman history: "After his removal to New York State he joined the Second Regiment of the Line, commanded by Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt of New York, and was assigned to the Fifth Company where he served until the close of the War. He was on of the picked company selected by Washington himself to accompany Gen. Anthony Wayne in his hazardous and successful attack on Stony Point. He was one of the advanced guard under Lieutenant Gibbon, a forelorn hope, in which he acquited himself as a cautious and brave soldier in an extremely dangerous service. He also accompanied that brilliant young Irishman to whom due credit has never been given, Gen. John Sullivan, with over one-third of the Continental Army, in his Indian Expedition in 1779, to pushing the Six Nations. He was successively Corporal, Sergeant and Sergeant Major. He was also honored with a Badge of Merit. He served five years and two months and after his death his widow applied for a pension, 16 Feb 1839, which was granted. He received for his war services six hundred acres of land, located in what was then the County of Herkimer. This land is now in part occupied by the Village of Trumansburg, New York. It was named after the family and was once called 'Tremaine's Village' but in making out his commission as postmaster of the place was misspelled 'Trumansburg' and so it has remained."

"He commenced clearing his land in 1794 built a grist mill procuring the machinery from Chenango Point, now Binghamton, New York. He built his first log cabin on a site opposite the present M.E. Church where he subsequently built a frame house which is still standing."

• Served as a private soldier in Captain Aaron Rowley's Company of Col. John Brown's Mass. Regiment. Date: 5 Sep 1777
• 1792, Trumansburg, Tompkins, New York, United States, took possession of this land issued for his service in the Revolutionary War
• Postmaster, Trumansburg, Tompkins, New York, United States
• Justice of the Peace, Trumansburg, Tompkins, New York, United States
• Trustee of the Ulysses Philomathic Library, Ulysses, Tompkins, New York, United States

Cemetery Transcription: This Monument is erected to ABNER TREMAN DIED Aug. 18, 1823 aged 61 years 7 Mo. & 23 das. A native of Columbia Co. N.Y. a soldier of the Revolution in Col. Cortlandt Regiment. Merited Lot No. 2. Ulysses, where his remains repose. He was the first setler in Tremansburg 1792 and from him derives its name.

Research Notes

Spelling of the Surname

Various spellings of the surname appear to have been used within the family and in records of the family, including "Tremain," "Treemin," and others. "Treman" is used here because it is consistently used on the gravestones of close family members in the Trumansburg area where Abner lived for the last 30 years of his life.

Identity of Father

Some sources have erroneously identified the father of Abner Treman as John Truman or Tremain (Tremain-7), son of Joseph Truman & Mary Shapley, born in New London, Connecticut on December 20, 1708. The father should be listed as John Tremain, son of Philip Tremain and Rebeckah Granger, born in Westfield, Massachusetts, on October 19, 1718. For a discussion of this mistake, see Dale Updike, The Updike-Wiebe Genealogy.[1] The Treman and Poole book listed under Sources makes this error. The work by Smith contains the correct information.

Sources

• A History of Trumansburg, Trumansburg, N.Y.: The Free Press, 1890. Archived at Cornell University Library.[2]
• THE UPDIKE-WIEBE GENEALOGY [3]
• Treman, Ebenezar M., and Poole, Murray E. The History of the Treman, Tremaine, Truman Family in America. Ithaca, N.Y.: Press of the Ithaca Democrat, c. 1901. [4]
• Smith, Gilbert Tremain. Philip Tremain of Westfield, Massachusetts and his Early Descendants. Canandaigua, N.Y.: Smith, 1992. (Online at familysearch.org)
• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (online at Ancestry.com).
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed May 19, 2018), "Record of Abner Tremain", Ancestor # A116430.
• Find A Grave Memorial no. 43787448, citing Grove Cemetery, Trumansburg, Tompkins County, New York, USA.
• Selkreg, John H. Landmarks of Tompkins County, New York. Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason & Co., 1894. Part II, pp. 15-20, "The Treman Family in Tompkins County."
• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKG-14Y : accessed 15 October 2018), Abner Tremain, Rensselaerville, Albany, New York, United States; citing p. 195, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm 568,146.
• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5B-BRH : accessed 15 October 2018), Abner Trueman, Ulysses, Cayuga, New York, United States; citing p. 568, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 28; FHL microfilm 193,716.
• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2T-5Y8 : accessed 15 October 2018), Abner Treemans, Ulysses, Seneca, New York, United States; citing p. 278, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 36; FHL microfilm 181,390.
• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGW-K9T : accessed 15 October 2018), Abner Treemans, Ulysses, Tompkins, New York, United States; citing p. 21, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 76; FHL microfilm 193,731.

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