I decided to take a closer look at Abraham Troutman since five of his nine children married either a direct or a collateral ancestor of mine. His name kept appearing in records related to them.
He bought 82 acres of land in Redbank Township in 1839 from Enoch Buffington, who was supposedly married to his sister Lydia. According to his tombstone he died on 14 April 1874 and was a captain in the Pennsylvania Militia in 1814 during the War of 1812. Although he appears in the 1840, 1860, and 1870 censuses for Redbank Township, Armstrong County, it is difficult to determine an approximate date of birth for him since he is 61 in the 1860 census and only 60 in the 1870 census. If he was in the war of 1812, he was certainly born prior to 1800. He was married to Susannah Sollida. Three of their children's death certificates give her maiden name (spelling varies).
Deeds recorded in Armstrong County after his death give his children and their spouses' names. His children sold their interest in the 82 acres he owned at the time of his death to their brother Jacob and his wife Mary Troutman.
His children were as follows:
1. Sarah (1830-1914) married first to Amos Dinger with whom she had at least four children and second to William Brooks, Jr. (1846-1921) with whom she had one son
2. Elizabeth (1835-1906) married John Hause (1836-1912)
3. Hannah Etta (1836-1901) married John Milliron (1836-1914)
4. George W. (1840-1920) married Elizabeth Hause (1846-1912)
5. Pauline A. "Polly" (1843-1921) married Daniel A. Friedline (1844-1933)
6. Henry (1844-1898) married Mary Catherine Harman (1849-1931)
7. Jacob (1847-1905) married Mary Brooks (1850-1924)
8. Benjamin F. (1849-1901) married Sarah Magdalene Himes (1857-1918)
9. Susannah (born about 1853) married George J. Snyder
Benjamin Troutman was a gunsmith from the Bedford area. His ancestors were from Dauphin/Northumberland County. I have an old deed with the Troutman farm near Rebuck PA. There is a man named Steve Troutman from that area that wrote a book about the Troutman's
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