• Born: January 25, 1793 in Virginia
• Died: April 6, 1860 in Lehigh County, PA
• Buried: Linden Street Cemetery, Allentown, PA
• Parents: 
• Spouse: Margaretha Richart
  • Born: January 17, 1787
  • Died: February 15, 1849
  • Parents: 
• Married: 
• Children: Elizabeth, Jesse*, Mary, Abraham, Matilda

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Though Husnberger does not appear to be a wildly common name in Pennsylvania in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, it does seem that very many of the Hunsberger men were named Abraham.  One different Abraham Hunsberger, who lived before this one and served in the Revolutionary War, was such a talented and jovial singer that his British captors simply let him go. 

Due to the prevalence of this name, we will never know if it is truly this Abraham Hunsberger  who is listed on early census and tax records that, at the time, only listed names and no other identifying information.

Several records mention that Abraham was born in Virginia. Indeed, there are a number of Hunsbergers buried in Virginia listed on findagrave.com to back up this possibility. 

Whether he was born in Virginia or Pennsylvania on January 25, 1793, by 1797 it appears that he was in Lehigh County, PA. He was baptized at the Upper Milford Reformed Church in Zionsville (now known as Zionsville Reformed Church) on November 5, 1797. This span of time between birth and baptism does lend some credence to the possibility that the family may have been moving around quite a bit, perhaps from Virginia to Pennsylvania. 

By the 1810 census, Abraham, his parents, and a brother and sister lived in Frederick, PA.  On the same census page also appears an Isaac Hunsberger. In 1824, a tax record lists two Abraham Hunsbergers as well as a Henry Hunsberger living in Hilltown, Bucks County.  Again, all of this is only true if the records are for the correct Abraham.

Abraham was a farmer by trade.  He married Margaretha Richart, who was born in Lehigh County, PA on January 17, 1787. By the 1830 census, they were living in Lehigh County, and it appears that here the family settled. 

Margaretha died on February 15, 1849. Abraham died of dropsy on April 6, 1860, after a year of illness. His death is in the records of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Allentown (perhaps the large stone church still standing on South 8th Street).

Children of Abraham & Margaretha

Elizabeth was born on March 18, 1817 in Lehigh County. She married George Esser, and died on January 10, 1904 in Carbon County, PA.

Jesse is discussed here.

Mary was born on March 11, 1823 in Lehigh County. She married Charles Eckert, and died on March 4, 1898 in Allentown.

Abraham was born on October 27, 1826 in Allentown. At some point in his life, he moved to Ohio. He married Mary Ann Bacher (1824-1887) in 1848, and after her death remarried Susan Lambertson (1846-1915) in 1888.

Matilda was born on February 1, 1829 and died on April 2, 1838.