When Abraham Selover was born in 1748, in Harlingen, Somerset, New Jersey, British Colonial America, his father, Isaac Selover Jr., was 42 and his mother, Sietje Pittenger, was 34. He married Maria. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He registered for military service in 1776. He died on 25 May 1828, in Niles, Cayuga, New York, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in West Niles Rural Cemetery, Cayuga, New York, United States.