Abraham Stoner Sr (abt. 1745 - 1824)

Born about 1745 in Coventryville, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 25 Sep 1824 at about age 79 in Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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Biography

An unsourced Findagrave entry records that Abraham was born in 1745, Coventryville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, the son of John Stoner and his wife Catherine (Brenneman) Stoner. He is reported to have lived along the Red Run, near the point where that stream feeds the East Branch of the Antietam creek, at the former Fairview, or Cress, station, and to have served as Pvt., 1st Bat., 1st Cumberland Co., Militia under Capt. Daniel Clapsaddle, Revolutionary War. ^[1]

Marriage

Abraham married Mary (Miller) Stoner (1749 - 1800), the daughter of Hans Michael Miller. They were the parents of :

1. David Stoner (1733 - 1820), ^[2] married Mary Mack;
2. Catharine (Stoner) Royer (1763 - 1858), married Daniel Royer ^[2]
3. Elizabeth (Stoner) Snively (1772 - 1834), married Jacob Snively ^[2]
4. Michael / Valentine Stoner ^[2] (1774 - 1853) married Elizabeth Snively
5. Johanes Steiner ^[2] (1730 - 1774),
6. Rebecca Stoner, ^[2] died unmarried;
7. Susannah Stoner ^[2] (1787 - 1845), died unmarried
8. Abraham Stoner Jr ^[2] (1790 - 1860) married Susannah Benedict.

Death

An unsourced Findagrave record gives that Abraham died 25 Sep 1824 (aged 78–79) in Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and was buried at Stoner Cemetery Franklin County, Pennsylvania. ^[1] He had certainly died before April 1826, when two properties belonging to Abraham Stoner (late of Franklin County, PA) located in Woodberry Township, Huntingdon County, were put up by the Orphans Court of Huntingdon County for valuation and sale. These comprised a 340 acre property on Piney Creek, adjoining lands of Jacob Duck, Springfield Furnace, John Cromer and Christian Hunt, and a 159 acre tract adjoining lands of Springfield Furnace, Hoovers and John Patton. ^[2]

Research Notes

Family links : Siblings: Mary Ann Steiner Price (1731 - 1800), Barbara Stoner Kagy (1732 - 1813), Jacob Stoner (1732 - 1804), , Eve Steiner Boehm (1734 - 1822); Christian Stoner (1735 - 1784), Steiner Good (1736 - 1770).

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} UNSOURCED Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17739092/abraham-stoner: accessed 01 November 2022), memorial page for Abraham Stoner Sr. (1745–25 Sep 1824), Find A Grave: Memorial #17739092, citing Stoner Cemetery, Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Mike Hahn (contributor 46770538). No grave details are given, and this memorial is assumed to be virtual only.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} The United States Gazette 21 Apr 1826, p.3 col.5, viewed at https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82452908/abrahamstoner1826clip/ : Naming Abraham's heirs and legal representatives as Daniel Royer (husband of Catherine Stoner), Jacob Snively (husband of Elizabeth Stoner), Michael Stoner, John Stoner, Rebecca Stoner, Susan Stoner, Abraham Stoner, and the children of his deceased son, David Stoner.

See also :

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:S5NC-PS4 : accessed 2017-06-21), entry for Abraham /Stoner/. URL: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:S5NC-PS4. Citing Gary Barton's Families, GenCircles: Lysell Family TreePreserving Our Heritage.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Stoner-302 was created through the import of Ancestry Audrey Harrington.ged on Nov 14, 2012 by Kim Myers.