John ABRAHAMS

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Notes for John Abrahams A John Abrams is listed on the 1787 Tax List of Ohio County, Virginia (now West Virginia). A John Abrams is listed on the Honored Roll of Pioneers for Ohio County, West Virginia. The membership list of the West Liberty Episcopal Church in 1800 lists John Abrahams (Ohio County). A John Abrahams is listed as a pioneer in German Township, Harrison County, Ohio, in 1811. John is believed to be the John Abrahams who came to Ohio County, West Virginia (then Virginia), about 1773-74 with his brother Stephen Abrahams and sister and brother-in-law, Rebecca Abrahams and John Wilson. They came from Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Stephen Abrams (Abrahams) wrote a will, dated August 24, 1799, in which he leaves his estate to Stephen Abrams, son of his brother John. John Wilson was named executor of Stephen's estate. The will was probated in Ohio County, Virginia. It is believed that the nephew Stephen is the Stephen Abrahams who married Sarah Kelso in Licking County, Ohio, and later moved to Miami County, Indiana, and Madison County, Iowa.

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John married Anna. (Anna was born on 29 Jul 1754, died on 28 Oct 1832 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States and was buried in Old Eden Cem., Kilbourne, Brown, Delaware, Ohio.)