When Abraham Kensinger II was born on 28 October 1730, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, Abraham Kinsinger, was 27 and his mother, Anna Barbara, was 26. He married Lady Abraham Kensinger II about 1755. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States in 1790 and Antrim Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States in 1800. He registered for military service in 1780. He died on 3 November 1813, in Belfast Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 83.
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Historical Boundaries 1750: Cumberland, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Historical Boundaries 1771: Bedford, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial Amerida 1776: Bedford, New Jersey, United States
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German: variant of Kinsinger and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. The surname Kensinger is no longer found in Germany; it has died out in France (Alsace and Lorraine), too.
History: This is the name of a Swiss Mennonite family, among the Mennonites in the US mostly spelled in the established German form Kinsinger . The first American bearer of the name Kensinger was Abraham Kensinger, who arrived in Philadelphia, PA, in 1729 with a group of Mennonites from the Palatinate and died 1749 in Lancaster County, PA.
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