When Abraham Brelsford was born in 1768, in Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Isaac Brelsford, was 52 and his mother, Susannah Brelsford, was 53. He married Hannah Carlisle on 8 August 1787, in Middletown Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He died about 1836, in Brush Creek, Muskingum, Ohio, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Irish Ridge Cemetery, Brush Creek Township, Muskingum, Ohio, United States.