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Abraham Yunkin |
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Delaware Water Gap - Courtesy Louise Floria |
He entered into marriage with Elizabeth Hauser (March 25, 1773-1877), daughter of Ulrich Hauser.
Their only known daughter was Jemima Yunkin.
In September and October 1814, Abraham and his brother Nicholas are believed to have served in Captain Wilson's Bucks County Company at Marcus Hook for the defence of Philadelphia during the War of 1812. Other records show that he may have been assigned during the war to Capt. Patterson's Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Class.
The ensuing decades of their lives together are obscured by the silence of history, other than that they established a homeplace in Lower Smithfield Township, Monroe County, PA, and were there in 1840, with census records showing three people under their roof, one male and two adult females. It also is known that he was a miller of some type.
Sadly, on April 28, 1850, Abraham died at the age of 74 years, six months and 22 days, in Smithfield Township. His name was duly recorded in the United States Mortality Schedule for that year, which stated that the cause of his passing was consumption (tuberculosis) of three weeks' duration. As named in Abraham's last will and testament, Abraham Newhart served as executor of the estate. The final account of the estate's administration was announced in the Aug. 21, 1851 edition of The Jeffersonian of Stroudsburg.
Elizabeth outlived her spouse by 27 years. Her whereabouts in 1860 are not yet known.
When the federal census enumeration was taken in 1870, Elizabeth made a home in Smithfield Township with farmers Abraham and Susannah Newhart and their eight children.
The angel of death cleaved her away at the age of 84 on June 18, 1877. They sleep for the ages in Delaware Water Gap Cemetery. Their grave marker is legible and upright with the surname spelled "Yunkin."
~ Jemima (Yunkin) Newhard ~
Daughter Jemima Yunkin ( ? - ? ) was born on (?).
She married (?) Newhard.
One known child was Abraham Newhard.
It is possible though not confirmed that her birthdate was Feb. 17, 1789, her husband was John ( ? -1870), their other children were Sarah Casebeer and Lewis Newhart, and she passed away on Jan. 15, 1857, with burial in Delaware Water Gap Cemetery.
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