Display Patriot - P-261178 - Abraham KITCHELL/KITCHEL

Abraham KITCHELL/KITCHEL

SAR Patriot #: P-261178

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.
 

State of Service: NJ      Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service / Private
DAR #: A065759

Birth: 26 Aug 1736 Hanover Twp / Hunterdon / NJ
Death: 11 Jan 1807 Hanover Twp / Morris / NJ

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Pvt, NJ
  2. Delegate to Provincial Congress, 1775
  3. Committee of Safety, Morris Co. NJ, 1779

Additional References:
  1. NJ Archives Series, Vol 3, pg 701
  2. DAR, Mins. of the Provencial Congress & Council of Safety of NJ, pg 104-105
  3. Cory, Lineal Ancestors of Capt James Cory and of his Descendants, Vol 1, Pt. I, pg 69
  4. SAR RC #41110 Abraham Kitchell

Spouse: (1) Charity Ford; (2) Rebecca Farrand
Children: Joseph; Elizabeth; Sarah; Ebenezer; Susan; Charity; Eunice; James
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1942-04-01 NY Unassigned Horace Y Kitchell (61110) Ebenezer   
1963-10-25 CA Unassigned Harold Herbert Kitchel (90186) Joseph   
1963-10-25 CA Unassigned David W Kitchel (90187) Joseph   
1979-09-29 MS Unassigned Malcolm Stuart Sutherland (111645) Ebenezer   
1995-03-24 MO 206285 Robert Vivian Birkhead (144294) Elizabeth   
1996-03-27 AZ 204257 Harley Bruce Markham (146192) Joseph   
1996-07-12 CA 203897 Terrell Roach Williams (146286) Joseph   
1996-08-21 AZ 203221 William H Markham (146926) Joseph   
1996-10-04 CA 203955 Clark C Williams (146334) Joseph   
1996-10-16 CA 203122 John Terrell McKinney (146831) Joseph   
1996-10-16 CA 203694 Adrian Lee Williams (146531) Joseph   
2005-12-30 FL 24335 Phillip Herbert Tarpley (165167) Elizabeth   
2014-07-17 TN 59590 Joseph Dow Kitchell (191664) Joseph   
2016-06-10 AL 69713 Brian Christopher Elmquist (198923) Eunice   
2016-06-10 AL 69714 Cecil Paul Elmquist (198924) Eunice   
2018-07-20 AL 82098 Judah Hayes Elmquist (208233) Eunice   
Burial:
Vail Memorial (aka Parsippany Presbyterian) Cemetery (C-0373359)
Location:
Parsippany / Morris / NJ / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
924604
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
6025230
Marker Type:
upright, damaged, aged, part. legible
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Image provided with permssion from Susan Kehr, Find-a-Grave member # 47110976
  • per Find-a-Grave Abraham Kitchell
    • son of Joseph P-329784 & Rachel Bates
    • brother of
      • Moses P-261169
      • Aaron P-261176
      • Asa P-230745


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

US-46 at Vail Rd



Author: Joseph Dow Kitchell

Abraham Kitchell was born on 26 August 1736 in Hanover, New Jersey, the son of Joseph and Rachel (Bates) Kitchell.

He was married in about 1758 to Sarah Charity Ford, and they had the following children:

  • Sarah was born in 1761 and married Thomas Gardner.
  • Elizabeth was born on 14 February 1764 and married David Stiles.
  • Eunice was born on 2 September 1766 and married Cyrus Pierson.
  • Susan was born on 17 December 1776 and married Timothy Mulford.

In May 1777, he married his second wife, Rebecca Ward Farrand. Their known children:

  • Joseph was born on 11 November 1779 and married Nancy Allen.
  • Charity was born on 14 April 1783 and married John Allen.
  • Ebenezer was born on 11 December 1794 and married Joanna Tuttle.

In a meeting of Freeholders of Morris County, New Jersey, on 1 May 1775, Abraham was among those chosen to be a Delegate. The book “History of Morris County, New Jersey with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens and Pioneers” discusses the Revolutionary War patriotic service of Abraham Kitchell:

“That delegates be chosen to represent the county of Morris [County, New Jersey], and that the said delegates be vested with the power of legislation, and that they raise men, money, and defense, and point out the mode, method, and means of raising, appointing, and paying the said men and officers, subject to the control and direction of the Provincial and Continental Congress: and that afterward, they meet in Provincial Congress with such counties as shall send to the same jointly with them to levy taxes on the province, with full power to exercise the same, for the said province; and the said Provincial Congress be subject to the control of the grand Continental Congress. And they proceeded to elect the following persons to be their delegates as aforesaid, to wit: William Winds, Esq., William Dehart, Esq., Silas Condict, Peter Dickerson, Jacob Drake, Ellis Cook, Jonathan Stiles, Esq., David Thompson, Esq., Abraham Kitchell.”

Abraham died on 11 January 1807 in Parsippany, Morris County, New Jersey.

 

Sources:

  1. History of Morris County, New Jersey with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens and Pioneers, New York City: W. W. Munsell & Co., 1882, page 25.
  2. Minutes of the Provincial Congress and the Council of Safety of the State of New Jersey, New Jersey. Trenton: Printed by NAAR, Day, & NAAR, 1879, pages 104-105.

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Additional Information:
  • DAR cites MOB- PATRIOT'S FIRST WIFE WAS CHARITY FORD NOT SARAH FORD.
  • Morris Co., created 15 Mar, 1739, from portions of Hunterdon Co.
  • Residence: / Morris / NJ
  • No sources found for military service


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