Abner Maxwell 
Abner was born in 1785. Abner's father was Thomas M. Maxwell and his mother was Jane Lewis. His paternal grandparents were Robert Maxwell and Elizabeth; his maternal grandparents were Alexander Lewis and Mary Smith. He was an only child. He died at the age of 79 in 1864 in West Union,Doddridge County,West Virginia.General Notes
Abner and Levi Maxwell remained in West Virginia and founded the Maxwell
families now living principally in Harrison, Lewis, Doddridge and Randolph Counties. (Per The Cline')
Per the "Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley West Virginia", "Abner, eldest child or Thomas and Jane (Lewis) Maxwell, was born in Pennsylvania, 1785. He was captain of a Harrison county company in the war of 1812; resided for a time in Clarsburg, but his last years were spent near West Union, Doddridge county, West Virginia, where he died in 1864. He married (first) Susan Davidson, and (second) Judith Modisette. There were five children by the first wife, and seven by the second: Marshall, born 1811; Franklin born 1813; Mary, 1816, wife of A.W.Flucky; Levi, 1819; William, 1821; Frances Jane, died 1904, wife or Archibald Lowther of Goose Creek; Lewis, born 1831, a resident of Pullman and Glenville; Charles, of Summers; Amy M., who became Mrs. Asa Coplin; Abner M; James; Robert, of Doddridge County."
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1731 in Scotland d.1792 in East Nottingham Twp.,Chester Co.,Pa
- b.1766 in Chester Co.,PA d.~ 1797 in Monongahela River,PA/WV
- b. in East Nottingham Township,Chester co. Pa
- b.1785 d.1864 in West Union,Doddridge County,West Virginia
- b.~ 1730 in Germantown,Chester Co.,PA d.19 Dec 1813 in Lost Creek,Harrison Co.,PA
- b.17 Jul 1767 in Pennsylvania d.20 Oct 1836 in Lost Creek,WV
- b.1655 in Monoghan,Ireland
- b.1686 in Monaghan,Ulster,Ireland d.18 Dec 1765 in Uwchlan,Chester Co.,Pa
- b.1735 in Upper Uwchlan,Chester Co.,Pa d.11 Aug 1799 in Weston,Harrison Co.,WVa
- b.1691 in Ireland d.24 Dec 1767 in Uwchlan,Chester Co.,Pa
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Abner and Susan were married in a religious ceremony on May 17th, 1788 in Brown's Creem,Harrison Co.,VA. They had a son named William Franklin.
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Children
William Franklin Maxwell
William Franklin was born on September 16th, 1821 in Virginia. He died at the age of 75 on August 30th, 1897 in Doddridge,WV.
Source/Citation
{GEDCOM File : 1352117.ged}
{GEDCOM File : 1352117.ged}
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