The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
Exact location of the farm cemetery is unknown. No known markers
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Author: Mark Andrew Davis
Abraham Newkirk was born on 19 October 1724 in Ulster County, New York, the son of Barent and Rebecca (Van Buntscotten) Nieuwkerk.
During the Revolutionary War, he served in 1782 in the Company of Captain James Craven of the 5th Battalion of Washington County, Pennsylvania Militia commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Crooke. It’s important to point out that Abraham would have been about 58 when he was serving.
He was married to Keziah, daughter of Teunis Shipman. His known children: Tunis Shipman, born 20 July 1750; Isaac, born 23 March 1754; Sophia, born about 1761 (wife of James Rice, John Knox); Abraham Jr., born 10 March 1764; Henry, born 2 February 1768; Reuben, born 1769; Margaret, born 1773 (wife of James Hamilton).
The Patriot died in 1789 in Washington County, Pennsylvania. A Find-a-Grave memorial suggests he was buried at Warner Farms Cemetery, but no proof was given to support this.
Sources:
Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, Pennsylvania Archives Sixth Series, Vol. II, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1906, page, 186.
Hurley, William Neal, Neikirk-Newkirk, and Related Families, 1991.
Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families
From The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine · Volume 2
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