Abraham (m. Anna Nissley) Stauffer[1]

Male 1752 - 1826  (74 years)


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  • Name Abraham (m. Anna Nissley) Stauffer  [2, 3
    Born 1752  Lancaster, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    Birth 1752  Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Abraham is shown as NOT the son of John and Veronica Stauffer, which is proved by John's will. SOURCE: Stauffer Stouffer Stover Family of Penn (Colket) pg 39. 
    Birth 1752  Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Abraham Stauffer 1752-1826 is listed as son of John and Veronica (Buchwalter) Stauffer. According to Ref: History of Westmoreland Co. PA Vol3 pg 257. 
    Birth 1752  [2
    Birth of Abraham Stauffer to Christian and Elizabeth (Meyer) Stauffer shown in FINDaGRAVE listing is in ERROR and refuted by SOAR Applications. 
    Death 1817  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Abraham's death in 1817 is shown in SOAR application and in Ref: A Biographical History of Lancaster Co PA pg 427. 
    Died 5 Sep 1826  Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Buried Pennsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I292300787701  Barton
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2022 

    Father Christian (of Donegal) Stauffer,   b. Abt 1711, Ibersheim, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1759, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 48 years) 
    Mother Barbara Fellman,   d. Abt 1792, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1742  Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4566  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Nissley,   b. 20 Sep 1752, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Sep 1817, Pennsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married Bef 1773  Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Bef 1773  Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Abraham Stauffer 1752-1826 m. Ann Nissley, dau. of Martin Nissley, who was his mother's second husband. Ref: Stauffer Stouffer Stover Family of Penn (Colket) pg 39. 
    Children 
     1. Frances Stauffer
     2. Barbara Stauffer,   b. 1773,   d. 6 Sep 1847  (Age 74 years)
     3. Nancy Ann Stauffer,   b. 16 Dec 1775, Donegal, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Apr 1857, Pennsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +4. Christian (m. Overholt) Stauffer,   b. 1 Dec 1777, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1852, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    +5. Martin Stauffer,   b. 31 Aug 1780, Manor Ridge, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1869, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     6. Abraham O Stauffer,   b. 25 Feb 1786, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 1853, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    +7. John W Stauffer,   b. 10 Sep 1788, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1862  (Age 73 years)
     8. Maria Stauffer,   b. 13 Jul 1791, Fayette City, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1874, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     9. Elizabeth Stauffer,   b. 19 Jan 1794, Franklin County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1887, Fostoria, Hancock County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2022 
    Family ID F311  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • The Stauffer Circle. A connection between the family of John 1734-1799 of Warwick and Christian 1715-1759 of Donegal is suggested by the fact that Martin Nissley Sr. 1723-1783 of Mountjoy m. the widow of Christian 1715-1759. Martin had a dau Anna Nissley who m. a son of Christian (Abraham). Martin also had a son, Martin Jr., whose dau Anna Nissley m. Jacob Stauffer 1770-1802, son of John 1734-1799. Ref: Stauffer Stouffer Stover Family of Penn, Colket, pg 13.
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      Birth of Abraham Stauffer to Christian and Elizabeth (Meyer) Stauffer is not proven. Most records show only daughters. This information and his wife/children is found only in his Find a Grave memorial. It is REFUTED by below info.

      STAUFFER GENERATIONS:
      http://www.karensbranches.com/StaufferGenerations/StaufferGenerations.html
      According to this source Christian Stauffer's (abt 1714-1759) son Abraham had 9 children. Lists Christian Stauffer's wife as Barbara Fellman.
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      --From The Stauffer Families of Switzerland Germany America, Richard W Davis, pp. 210.
      Abraham Stauffer, b. 1752. d. 26 Sep 1826, Tyrone Township, Fayette County,
      Pennsylvania, age 74 years. He wrote his will on 22 Jan 1819 and it was proved 25 Jan 1827. The executors were Martin Stauffer and John Stauffer. He married first Anna Nissley (20 Sep 1752-1817), daughter of Martin Nissley and Anna Snyder. According to his will his second wife had been married before. On 15 Aug 1768, he was a minor child of Christian Stauffer, late of Donegal Township, over the age of 14 when he chose John Hertzler of Hempfield Township and Jacob Ebersole of Donegal Township as his guardians. Abraham was taxed at Donegal Township in 1771 as a single man and then his name was crossed of which would indicate that he married in 1771. He was taxed at Donegal Township from 1773 to 1778 and then he was taxed at Manor Township from 1779 to 1789. He purchased his father’s land in Manor Township in 1772 from his brother John. In 1780 he owned 134 acres with his brother John at Manor Township. He was taxed on 136 in 1785 and 137 in 1786. He moved to Fayette County, Pennsylvania from Manor Township in 1790, where he was a Mennonite Minister. He was of Lancaster County when he bought bought 278 acres in Tyrone Township, Fayette County on 6 Mar 1790 from Benjamin Wills. On 11 Jun 1793 he bought 43 acres in Tyrone Township with John Stauffer from Moses Smith and they sold that land with their wives on 10 Sep 1801 to Jacob Baltzly. He bought 92 acres in Franklin Township (later Dunbar Township) on 8 Nov 1791 from Thomas Hall which he sold to his son Abraham on 18 May 1800. He bought 100 acres on Jacob’s Creek in Tyrone Township from Isaac Meason on 25 Apr 1795 and sold that 100 acres with his wife Anna to Jacob Eckman on 3 Oct 1795. On 1 Mar 1796 he bought land in Bullskin Township from Francis Moriarity. On 15 Sep 1796 he bought land in Franklin Township from Thomas Hall. In 1810 he sold his Franklin Township land to his son Christian. He patented 120 acres on Jacob’s Creek in Tyrone Township on 8 Sep 1790 which he sold to his son Martin on 2 Jun 1806. He was living at East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland on 20 Apr 1817 when he and his wife Anna sold land in Tyrone Township to their son Abraham. He bought 30 acres in Bullskin Township on 20 Apr 1820 and he was living at East Huntingdon Township on 20 Feb 1824 when he and his unnamed wife sold the 30 acres to Martin Stouffer of Tyrone Township and John Stouffer of East Huntingdon Township. He was living at Tyrone Township in the 1800 census (02101-20101).

      STAUFFER, ABRAHAM, Colebrookdale.
      August 4, 1799 - March 11, 1800. Provides for wife Susanna. To son Henry my plantation where I now live containing about 150 acres, except a part devised to son Jacob, at appraised value.
      To son Jacob a part of the plantation at appraised value.
      Estate divided among all children, viz: John, Samuel, Margaret wife of John KINDIG, Jacob, Elizabeth wife of Jacob MEYER, Maria and Henry.
      Exrs: Sons John and Jacob.
      Wits: Jacob BAUMAN, Isaac BAUMAN and Peter RICHARDSON.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1009867057] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    2. [S_1083016026] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    3. [S_1097180222] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Volume: 218.


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