Abraham Gesner

1756 - 1824  (67 years)

• Name	Abraham Gesner
  Born	10 Nov 1756	Tappan, Rockland County, New York
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Apr 1824
  Person ID	I2362	Multer
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2006

  
  

  Father	John Henry Gesner,   b. 1724, Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey ,   d. 6 Jul 1811, Tappan, Rockland County, New York  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Femmetje Brouwer,   b. 1723, Tappan, Rockland County, New York ,   d. 10 Feb 1788, Tappan, Rockland County, New York  (Age 65 years)
  Married	1744	Luthern Church, New York
  Family ID	F0292	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Steadman,   b. 1767,   d. 1848, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia  (Age 81 years)
  Married	1786
  Children	1. Hannah Gesner,   b. 28 Sep 1787, Belle Isle, Nova Scotia   2. Femicha Gesner,   b. 1788, Belle Isle, Nova Scotia   3. Jacob Gesner,   b. 1791, Belle Isle, Nova Scotia   4. Elizabeth Gesner,   b. 1793, Belle Isle, Nova Scotia   5. Maria Bartlett Gesner,   b. 1795, Belle Isle, Nova Scotia   6. Henry Gesner,   b. 1797, Belle Isle, Nova Scotia   7. Horatia Nelson Gesner,   b. 1799, Belle Isle, Nova Scotia   8. Caroline Gesner,   b. 1802, Belle Isle, Nova Scotia   9. Isaac Gesner,   b. 1804, Belle Isle, Nova Scotia   10. Abraham Gesner,   b. 1806, Belle Isle, Nova Scotia   11. Delancey Moody Gesner,   b. 1809, Belle Isle, Nova Scotia   12. George Provost Gesner,   b. 1812, Belle Isle, Nova Scotia
  Family ID	F0225	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Baptized December 12, 1756, Tappan. Witnesses, Petrus Haring and Elizabeth Ryken. At age 16, Abraham joined the King's Orange Rangers commanded by Samuel V. Bayard. Saw action in the battles of Kingsbidge Heights and Harlem Heights. He was with Sir Henry Clinton in his norhtern expeidition, and present at the storming and taking of Fort Montgomery. After purchasing his commission from Captain Bethel, he was elevated to Major. He took refuge with the British army in 1776 and was evacuated to Nova Scotia with the King's Orange Rangers in 1779. Attached to the Halifax garrison, the King's Orange Ranger's mission was to deter rebel privateer raids. In 1793 after the Revolutionary War, he settled in Belle Isle, Nova Scotia where later he accepted appointment to the bench of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas.