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Abraham Smith Forney I 1720–1784 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1720

Birth Location: Switzerland

Death Date: Dec 1784

Death Location: Brownstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Father: Peter I

Mother: Anna "Smith"

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In 1720, Abraham Smith Forney I entered the world in Switzerland, born to Peter Forney I And Anna Kate Schmid Smith. Abraham Smith Forney I passed away in 1784 in Brownstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1720, Abraham Smith Forney I entered the world in Switzerland, born to Peter Forney I And Anna Kate Schmid Smith.
  • Abraham Smith Forney I passed away in 1784 in Brownstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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Abraham I's Ancestors

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Abraham I
1720–1784
Birth Place: Switzerland
Parents
Peter Forney I
1695–1747
Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland
Anna (Kate Schmid) "Smith"
1697–1753
Frutigen,Berne Canton,Switzerland
Grandparents
Abraham (Fahrni) Forney
1668–1749
Thierachernm, Bern, Switzerland
Anna Carli
1670–1753
Mertz,Switzerland to Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania on August 30,1736
Johannes Schmid
1676–1742
Frutigen, Berne, Switzerland
Elsbeth
1675–1734
Frutigen, Berne, Switzerland
Great-Grandparents
Peter Schmid
1635–
Margretha Gempeler
1640–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Abraham I's Timeline

2 Records

1720
1720
Birth of Abraham Smith Forney I in Switzerland
Switzerland
1784
Dec 1784
Age 64
Death of Abraham Smith Forney I in West Earl, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
West Earl, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1720
    Event Place: Switzerland
    Record Source: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Dec 1784
    Event Place: West Earl, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
    Record Source: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Brownstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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