Display Patriot - P-334857 - Abraham STERNER

Abraham STERNER

SAR Patriot #: P-334857

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: PA Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A108559

Birth: 01 Apr 1750 / Lehigh / PA
Death: 14 Apr 1835 bur Allentown / Lehigh / PA

Qualifying Service Description:

Private, Captain NICHOLAS KERN, Colonel HART, 1ST BATT OF ASSOC, NORTHAMPTON CO, FLYING CAMP

Additional References:

Muster Roll, 1st Battalion, Northampton County, PA

Spouse: Elizabeth Mehkrem
Children: Mary M; Catherine; George A; Heinrich/Henry; Elizabeth; Salome;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child	View Application Detail
2015-01-09	NY	62098	Robert James Holbrook (193333)	Henry
2015-01-09	NY	62099	Jerald Jack Holbrook (193334)	Henry

Burial:

Linden Street (aka Allentown, Old Allentown) Cemetery_(C-0371199)

Location:

Allentown / Lehigh / PA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

1640995

Grave Plot #:

Lot 4, Grave 13

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

80692663

Marker Type:

Tablet Headstone / Separate Bronze Plaque

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

An image of the headstone is published with permission of Compatriot David Smith

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: David Gerald Smith

BIOGRAPHY: The records of the Daughters of the American Revolution date the birth of Abraham Sterner at 1750 at Pennsylvania and died 14 April 1835 at Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. He served under Captain Nicholas Kern and Colonel Hart in the 1st Battalion of Associators in the Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Flying Camp.

According to The Anniversary History of Lehigh County, Abraham Sterner moved to Carbon County, most likely to the West Penn area. Due to Indian unrest as well as massacres, he was advised by a friendly Indian Chief to, "…Travel toward the noon-day sun for two or three days." He did this and eventually settled at "Sterner's Hill," at Whitehall Township, where he lived out the rest of his life.

GRAVEMARKER: According to Nellie Ash Remple's notes, the verse on Abraham Sterner's grave maker in 1929 was: "And you shall depart to your father. And be buried at an old age." The grave was not found as of September 2004.

MILITARY: Abraham served under the 1st Battalion of Northampton County, Flying Camp Unit Company of Captain Nicholas Kern as a Private. He was on the Muster Roll of August 6, 1776. On May 14, 1778, he was in the 2nd Battalion, 6th company as a 3rd Class Private. His father, Nicholas, also served with Nicholas Kern. Abraham's name is found on a Memorial Plaque found at the Old Allentown Cemetery at 10th and Linden Streets at Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. His military record is also recorded in the Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol. 4, Pg. Serial: 10468-A; Volume: 23.

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