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Abraham Conkling

Birth
Morris County, New Jersey, USA
Death
unknown
Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
Burial
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1817 death date from "Conklings in America"...viewable on google books.
Family info has the death date as Oct. 25, 1831.
Further research will be needed to determine which is correct.
Several sources list burial in "Indian Hill Burying Ground" near Cincinnati. Again, this may be incorrect or in another place, or under some shopping center. Any info appreciated.

First Wife was Jemina Lindsley, born 1769 in Morris County New Jersey, married 1789 in Morristown New Jersey and she died in Ohio (1822 per "the Conklings in America") or 1842 as per family information. Burial site unknown

Abraham Conkling was the youngest of 9 children of Stephen Conkling, Sr. (1721-1791), a Revolutionary War Veteran, and his first wife Deborah (Dimon) Conkling (1724-1774).
Abraham's baptism is recorded at The First Presbyterian Church in Morristown, New Jersey. Abraham was baptized there on September 29, 1765. It is in this same churchyard where Abraham's parents are both buried. Two of his brothers are buried in that same cemetery.
Abraham married Jemima Lindsley on February 11, 1789 in Morristown, New Jersey. This marriage produced 10 children. Most of the children were born in New Jersey before the family moved west to Ohio.
This contributor is a direct descendant of Abraham's father Stephen Conkling's second wife Abigail (Harris) Mitchell Conkling (1731-1822).
Contributor: Shaun Creighton (49577013)
1817 death date from "Conklings in America"...viewable on google books.
Family info has the death date as Oct. 25, 1831.
Further research will be needed to determine which is correct.
Several sources list burial in "Indian Hill Burying Ground" near Cincinnati. Again, this may be incorrect or in another place, or under some shopping center. Any info appreciated.

First Wife was Jemina Lindsley, born 1769 in Morris County New Jersey, married 1789 in Morristown New Jersey and she died in Ohio (1822 per "the Conklings in America") or 1842 as per family information. Burial site unknown

Abraham Conkling was the youngest of 9 children of Stephen Conkling, Sr. (1721-1791), a Revolutionary War Veteran, and his first wife Deborah (Dimon) Conkling (1724-1774).
Abraham's baptism is recorded at The First Presbyterian Church in Morristown, New Jersey. Abraham was baptized there on September 29, 1765. It is in this same churchyard where Abraham's parents are both buried. Two of his brothers are buried in that same cemetery.
Abraham married Jemima Lindsley on February 11, 1789 in Morristown, New Jersey. This marriage produced 10 children. Most of the children were born in New Jersey before the family moved west to Ohio.
This contributor is a direct descendant of Abraham's father Stephen Conkling's second wife Abigail (Harris) Mitchell Conkling (1731-1822).
Contributor: Shaun Creighton (49577013)


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