(Provided by William Focht)

When Abraham Bleistein, the immigrant, and his family moved into the Lebanon County area during the 1770's, of course his son Abraham Bleistein, the younger, came with them. It has been impossible so far with the record extant to determine definitely if young Abraham was born in Europe or here in America, or for that matter, the year of his birth. Judging from the few public records available, young Abraham was born sometime between 1755 and 1765, and so he would have therefore been born in America. When his father decided to pack up his family and continue the migration westward during the 1780's, Abraham Jr. decided to remain in Lebanon and make it his home.
Abraham married Elizabeth Zimmerman, the daughter of Frederick Zimmerman (d. 1793 in Lebanon Township). The Zimmerman's were among the earliest settlers of the Lebanon area. One of Elizabeth's younger sisters, Catherine, would later marry Peter Bleistein, a younger brother of Abraham. Peter and Catherine settled in Westmoreland County, and today their descendants spell the family name Blystone.
An early map of Lebanon shows that Abraham owned land in the extreme southwest corner of the city, just south of Hill Street, now called Walnut Street, and on the south side of Walnut Alley. This tract was number 27 on the map and contained eight acres and thirty-five perches. This lot cost Abraham one pound, seven shillings and four and one half pence sterling. The land adjacent on the east, lot number 28, was owned by John Zimmerman and the next lot, number 29, was owned by Fred Zimmerman. These were possibly the brother and father of Elizabeth. Abraham is listed in Lebanon in each of the federal censuses for 1790, 1800, 1810 and 1820.
It appears that Abraham Bleistein died on or about April 1, 1829. At the time of his death he owned 102 acres of land in Lebanon Township. In August 1830, the judge of the Orphan's Court of Lebanon County appointed Jacob Goodhart, Philip Greenawalt and Jacob Arndt to audit his estate.