Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Bewighouse, Abraham H.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Bedminster Township

ABRAHAM H. BEWIGHOUSE farmer, P.O. Bedminster, is a grandson 
of Daniel Bewighouse, whose father came from Germany.  
Daniel was born in this township, near where his grandson, 
John, now lives.  He was a farmer all his life and died on 
the place where he was born.  His son Christian, father of 
Abraham and John, was born in that place in 1791 and died in 
1859.  On his marriage he bought the place where John now 
lives and stayed there until his death.  His wife was Sarah 
Huntsberger, from Hilltown.  She was born in 1797 and died 
in 1861.  They had five children:  Mary and Sarah Ann, 
deceased; Esther, living in Plumsteadville; John, and 
Abraham H., who was born November 25, 1825.  He lived at 
home until his marriage, when he took from the estate that 
part of the home farm which has been his home ever since, 
with the exception of two years spent in Telford, this 
county.  September 17, 1854, he was married to Elizabeth, 
daughter of Abraham Fretz, of Hilltown, where she was born 
July 15, 1826.  They have one child, Pearson F., born May 
14, 1858, who lives with his parents, and was married in 
November, 1881, to Laura Stover.  One of the oldest 
residents of the township, Mr. Bewighouse is known and 
respected by every person in it.  He and his wife are 
members of the Deep Run Mennonite church.