Abigail DeHaven

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Abigail DeHaven (West)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Fort Washington, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
Death: February 25, 1827 (81)
Gainesboro, Frederick County, Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: Gainesboro, Frederick, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Wife of Peter DeHaven
Mother of Isaac DeHaven; William DeHaven; Sarah Magdalena Leannah Adams; Rachel DeHaven; Jonathan "Nathan" DeHaven and 5 others

Managed by: Jack Wilborn
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About Abigail DeHaven

Abigail’s parents were: William (The Rebel) West and Rebecca Jane West (born Braswell). She was born in 1746 in Fort Washington, Montgomery County. Abigail died in 1827 at the age of 81 and Peter died in 1822 also at the age of 81. They are both buried in the Back Creek Quaker Cemetery, Gainesboro, Frederick Co., VA as well as their son Isaac. Descendents erected a modern gravestone for Peter and Abigail DeHaven in the old Back Creek Quaker Cemetery. The late Robert Unger arranged for the Veteran's Administration to donate a tombstone for this Revolutionary War veteran's grave, and Edward Shirley was responsible for erecting the stone. No one seems to know why the DeHavens were buried here, in that neither were Quakers. One of their daughters, Leanna(1772-1853) married Quaker David Adams, and this may have been a connection. The cemetery is now maintained by the United Methodist Church, and burials are still made at this site.

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Abigail DeHaven's Timeline

1746
January 31, 1746
Fort Washington, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
1765
April 25, 1765
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
1769
November 30, 1769
Whitpain Township, Montgomery County, PA, United States
1772
1772
Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
1775
1775
1778
February 5, 1778
Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
1784
March 31, 1784
Frederick County, Virginia, United States
1827
February 25, 1827
Age 81
Gainesboro, Frederick County, Virginia, United States
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