Abraham House (1811 - 1890)

Born 27 Oct 1811 in Columbia, Herkimer, New York, USA

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Died 25 Sep 1890 at age 78 in Moravia, New York, USA

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Abraham (Abram) House was born October 27, 1811 in Columbia township, Herkimer, New York^[1] and baptized December 25, 1811 at the German Flatts Reformed Church, German Flatts, Herkimer, New York^[2] He was a farmer. He married Mary Bronson, probably about 1831. Her father may have been the minister at the short-lived Reformed Church of Warren about that time. They resided at Columbia, Herkimer, New York, probably near the present Elizabethtown Rd (county 43).^[3][4][5] Some time between 1865 and 1870 they moved to Moravia, Cayuga, New York.^[6] In January of 1867 he bought 100 acres at Cayuga from Clark Ames,^[7] and in 1869 he bought 77.8 acres there from David Northrup.^[8] After Mary died in 1876, Abraham married, by 1880, Sarah Ingram.^[9] In 1881 he was a delegate from Columbia to the Herkimer County Democratic Convention. Utica Daily Observer, Tuesday Evening, Jan. 29. 1881. In 1888 Abraham participated in a 'Fresh Air Children' program where children, presumably from cities, would stay with country families during the summer. Moravia Valley Register, Friday Morning, Aug. 10, 1888. He died September 25, 1890 at Moravia, New York^[10] and is buried in Mohawk Village Cemetery, German Flatts, Herkimer, New York, USA^[11]

Alonzo married Emma J Ingram, who was about thirty years younger. About the same time as his father married Sarah Ingram. There followed a split in the House family with some of Alonzo's younger brothers and sisters returning to Herkimer county. The story passed down in Alonzo's family was that others had disapproved of his marrying a woman so much younger. The story passed down among those returning to Herkimer county was they did not get along with their father's new wife. Whatever the cause, Alonzo, Mary Etta and Nancy stayed in Cayuga county, while (Abraham) Bronson, Clarisa and Seward returned. Otis, (Asahel) Bronson and Cordelia Francenia had not made the move to Cayuga in the first place.

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1. ↑ Arthur C. M. Kelley, New York Births & Baptisms III: Schoharie and Mohawk Valleys 1694-1900 (Kinship, 781 Route 308, Rhinebeck, NY) .Child: Abraham Reference ID: 2593, Birth Date: 27 Oct, Bapt. Date: 25 Dec 1811, Father: Georg Haus, Mother: Warren Anna Straub [sic], Sponsors: Wm Straub, Maria, Comment: uncle, & wife, Source: Baptismal Records of German Flats Reformed Church [1763-1795, 1811-1848, 1896-1899]
2. ↑ Baptismal Records of the Reformed Church of Columbia, 1802-1803, Columbia Center, Herkimer County, New York, Copied by Mrs. M. M. Hatch. Original typescript pages are available for viewing at the Utica Public Library. Repository: (New York GenWeb)1811; HOUSE, Abraham, son of George House and wife, Anna Straub, b. 27 Jul, bapt. 25 Oct 1811.; Sponsors: William Straub and wife, Maria. Also in baptismal record of German Flatts Reformed Church, same days and years, different months.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC7X-WYH : accessed 9 March 2016), Abraham House, 1860. New York, Herkimer, Columbia, p. 115, 59, 62 Abram House, age 37, Farmer; Mary, age 34; Alonzo, age 16; Abraham, age 14; Marietta, age 12; Asael, age 9; Cordelia, age 5; Nancy, age 1
4. ↑ "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6Q1-TV4 : accessed 9 October 2015), Abrm House, Columbia, Herkimer, New York, United States; count clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 845,904. Abraham, age 42, born Herk, resident 42 years; Mariah, age38, born Dutchess, resident 23 years; Alonzo, age 21, born Herk, resident 21 years; Abram, age 20, born Herk, resident 20 years; Margaret, age 17, born Herk, resident 17 years; Asahel, age 14, born Herk, resident 14 years; Cordelia, age 10, born Herk, resident 10 years; Nancy, age 6, born Herk, resident 6 years; Clarisa, age 3, born Herk, resident 3 years.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC7X-WYH : accessed 9 March 2016), Abraham House, 1860. New York, Herkimer, Columbia, Abraham House, age 48, farmer; Mary,age 45; Alonzo, age 35, farm laborer; Mary Ett, age 21, teaching school; Francie, age 15; Nancy, age 11; Clarry, age 8; Seward, age 4
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M86Y-M32 : 3 January 2021), Abram House, 1870. New York, Cayuga, Moravia, Abram House, age 57, Farmer; Mary, age 54; Alonzo, age 31; Mary Ette, age 28, School Teacher; Nancy A, age 21; Clara, age 17; Seward M, age 14; Clara J Smith, age 44;
7. ↑ "United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8RNC-3P6Z : 28 October 2020), Abram House, 1867.
8. ↑ "United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8RXN-3FT2 : 28 October 2020), Abram House, 1869.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZZW-VSD : accessed 4 July 2015), Abram House, Moravia, Cayuga, New York, United States; citing enumeration district 31, sheet 220D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0814; FHL microfilm 1,254,814. New York, Cayuga, Moravia, District 31, Abram House, age 67, Farmer; wife, Sarah, age 47; son, Seward, age 25, farmer; daughter, Hattie Ingram, age 12, at school
10. ↑ Auburn Bulletin: Bulletined News, Location: Auburn, Cayuga, New York, 27 Sep 1890. The body of Abraham House, aged 77 years, who died at Moravia yesterday of heart disease, passed through the city this morning over the Southern Central road on their way to Mohawk, Herkimer county.
11. ↑ Mohawk Village Cemetery listing, New York GENWEB, German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York, (GenWeb) HOUSE, Abram: d. 1890, 78yr, Wf. Mary Bronson

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• "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNJ-WWGL : accessed 4 August 2018), Abraham House, District 02, Columbia, Herkimer, New York, United States; citing source p. 39, line 15, household ID 334, county clerk, board of supervisors and surrogate court offices from various counties. Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York; FHL microfilm 845,900.
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• Auburn Bulletin: Bulletined News, Location: Auburn, Cayuga, New York, 27 Sep 1890
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M86Y-M32 : 3 January 2021), Abram House, 1870.
• Mohawk Village Cemetery listing, New York GENWEB, German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York, (GenWeb)
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• Find A Grave Memorial# 58849361
• Melvin Rhodes Shaver, The House Family of the Mohawk (Ransomville, N. Y., no date) Download