Abraham Newkirk, Sr.

Abraham, born October 19, 1724. He married Kezia, daughter of Teunis Shipman. How long Abraham lived in West Virginia is unknown, but his son, Henry, born February 2, 1768, recorded in his bible that he was born in Virginia.

We next find Abraham in Washington County, Pa. He was a Revolutionary soldier, as is attested by the following copy of certificate :

"Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U. S. A,, Jany. 11, 1915. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I hereby Certify that one ABRAHAM NEWKIRK was a Private in Captain John Craven's Company, Fifth Battalion, Washington County, Militia. See P. 186, Volume Two, Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series. (seal) Luther R. Kelker, Custodian of the Public Records"

Abraham Newkirk, above, died in 1788 and is buried a short a distance north of the Town of Bentleyville, Pa. Among his children was Abraham Newkirk, born March 10, 1764. In 1785 he married Margaret Knox, and soon after purchased a farm of 413 acres, known as the "LEGACY," from his cousin, Henry Newkirk.

On March 28, 1816, he sold the last of this holding, and located in Adams County, Ohio. There his wife, Margaret, died July 8, 1823 ; he died October 5, 1840. They are buried at what is known as Hull Church, near Dunkinsville, Ohio.

Probably born in Ulster county, New York, died C 1790 in Washington County, PA, near what is now the town of Bentlyeville.

He accompanied his father in Virginia and lived in Berkley county, until about 1770, when he and his family removed to Pennsylvania.

He married in Virginia, C 1749, Keziah Shipman, daughter of Tunis Shipman, daughter of Tunis Shipman, who died in Washington County and is buried with her husband on the Warner Farms, overlooking Bentleyville.

Later Newkirks are buried in the old Newkirk Churchyard and in that of Pigeon Creek.

The children were all born in Berkeley County, Virginia.