Abram was baptized at the Reformed Dutch Church in Kinderhook, Columbia Co., NY, on 1 Dec. 1787. He was the son of Abraham Van Valkenburgh and Josina "Syntje/Syntha" Van Allen. He married Dinah Laraway on 4 May 1809 in Gilboa, Schoharie Co., NY.
He was named co-executor in his father-in-law John Laraway's will in 1812, then referred to as "Abraham Van Valkenburgh Junr." In 1830, he was a donor for the construction of the Union Meeting House in Moresville (Grand Gorge), Delaware Co., NY. He and his wife were living in Roxbury, Delaware Co., NY, in 1850, at which time he was listed as a farmer and aged 61 (though really 62). He was identified as one of the siblings of Eleanor Van Valkenburgh in Rensselaer Co., NY, probate records, 1886.
Note: Abram is included in the inscriptions list for this burial ground in the Gavett Collection at Roxbury Library, Roxbury, NY. This source gives his death year as 1855. A family tree at ancestry.com gives the full date as 26 Feb. 1855.
Thanks to member Charlou Dolan for confirmation of his parentage and additional Van Valkenburgh family information.
He was named co-executor in his father-in-law John Laraway's will in 1812, then referred to as "Abraham Van Valkenburgh Junr." In 1830, he was a donor for the construction of the Union Meeting House in Moresville (Grand Gorge), Delaware Co., NY. He and his wife were living in Roxbury, Delaware Co., NY, in 1850, at which time he was listed as a farmer and aged 61 (though really 62). He was identified as one of the siblings of Eleanor Van Valkenburgh in Rensselaer Co., NY, probate records, 1886.
Note: Abram is included in the inscriptions list for this burial ground in the Gavett Collection at Roxbury Library, Roxbury, NY. This source gives his death year as 1855. A family tree at ancestry.com gives the full date as 26 Feb. 1855.
Thanks to member Charlou Dolan for confirmation of his parentage and additional Van Valkenburgh family information.
Abram was baptized at the Reformed Dutch Church in Kinderhook, Columbia Co., NY, on 1 Dec. 1787. He was the son of Abraham Van Valkenburgh and Josina "Syntje/Syntha" Van Allen. He married Dinah Laraway on 4 May 1809 in Gilboa, Schoharie Co., NY.
He was named co-executor in his father-in-law John Laraway's will in 1812, then referred to as "Abraham Van Valkenburgh Junr." In 1830, he was a donor for the construction of the Union Meeting House in Moresville (Grand Gorge), Delaware Co., NY. He and his wife were living in Roxbury, Delaware Co., NY, in 1850, at which time he was listed as a farmer and aged 61 (though really 62). He was identified as one of the siblings of Eleanor Van Valkenburgh in Rensselaer Co., NY, probate records, 1886.
Note: Abram is included in the inscriptions list for this burial ground in the Gavett Collection at Roxbury Library, Roxbury, NY. This source gives his death year as 1855. A family tree at ancestry.com gives the full date as 26 Feb. 1855.
Thanks to member Charlou Dolan for confirmation of his parentage and additional Van Valkenburgh family information.
He was named co-executor in his father-in-law John Laraway's will in 1812, then referred to as "Abraham Van Valkenburgh Junr." In 1830, he was a donor for the construction of the Union Meeting House in Moresville (Grand Gorge), Delaware Co., NY. He and his wife were living in Roxbury, Delaware Co., NY, in 1850, at which time he was listed as a farmer and aged 61 (though really 62). He was identified as one of the siblings of Eleanor Van Valkenburgh in Rensselaer Co., NY, probate records, 1886.
Note: Abram is included in the inscriptions list for this burial ground in the Gavett Collection at Roxbury Library, Roxbury, NY. This source gives his death year as 1855. A family tree at ancestry.com gives the full date as 26 Feb. 1855.
Thanks to member Charlou Dolan for confirmation of his parentage and additional Van Valkenburgh family information.
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