Abraham Dennis, Lancaster Co. PA
I am looking for info on Abraham Dennis and Margaret McCloskey.According to the Lancaster Examiner, April 5, 1832:"on the 18th Abraham Dennis to Miss Margaret McClosky, both of Lampeter".The 1850 Census shows an Abraham and Margaret Dennis of Bart Twp, with Abraham being 41 years old and Margaret being 44 years of age.Their children are listed as:Adrian 17, Mary 15, Elizabeth 14, Abraham 11, Adam 6, and Christian 3.
Tombstone inscriptions from the Zion Reformed (formerly Pequea) cemetery in New Providence have a Margaret Dennis 5/1/1805 - 11/22/1889 buried there, and "Family Tradition" says that Abram Dennis left his wife.Up until this time, it had been assumed that it was Abram Dennis that was married to Rosanna Groff, but in the 1900 Census, Abram and Rosanna (my great-great-grandparents) are still together.First presumption is that "Family Tradition" may have been off one generation.
In the 1900 Census, Abram is listed as 61 years old, fifty years older than 11 year old Abraham in the 1850 census.Although this SEEMS logical, I'm really digging for some hard core "real" proof of my ancestry.
So if anyone knows anything about this family, I'd be very grateful.I'd be willing to exchange everything I have on Abrams and Rosannas descendants.