Genealogy Thomas » Abraham Jury (1718-1785)

Persoonlijke gegevens Abraham Jury 

• Hij is geboren op 19 maart 1718 in France.Bron 1
• Geëmigreerd in het jaar 1754.
• Hij is overleden maart 1785 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten, hij was toen 66 jaar oud.Bron 1
• Hij is begraven in Killinger, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.Bron 1
• Een kind van Isaac Jury en Marguerite Belat

Gezin van Abraham Jury

Hij had een relatie met Catherine Waring Guerne.

Kind(eren):

1. Susanna Jury  1758-1832 

Notities over Abraham Jury

Abraham Joray was born to Isaac Joray and his second wife Marguerite Belat 19 March 1718 in Belprahon in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. He was christened at Moutier 20 March 1718. 6 August 1743 he was married Catherine Guerne, daughter of Jean Guerne the Mayor of Eschert. Abraham and Catherine lived at Belprahon until they came to America in 1754 on the Ship Nancy. He took the oath of allegiance at Philadelphia 14 September 1754.
By 1767 the Jurys had over 300 acres and were settling into their new home in Upper Paxton Township in what was then in Lancaster County, now Dauphin County. Abraham was involved with the community and church. He served as a soldier in the early years of the Revolutionary War, as did his surviving sons Samuel and Abraham Jr.
6 of the 9 children born to Abraham and Catherine were born in Belprahon and were christened in Moutier:1. Marie (Mary) Elizabeth Joray b. 7 June 1744, m. (1) George Etzweiler, (2) Michael Shadle2. Isaac Joray b. 24 December 1745, probably died in Switzerland before 1754. 3. Magdeleine Juray b. 18 December 1847, m. John Peter Will/Willier 4. Anne Marguerite Jorary b. 2 November 1749, m. Andrew Spangler.5. Samuel Joray b. 18 August 1751, m. Hanna.6. Abraham Joray Jr. b. 16 September 1753, m. (1) Marguerite Ulsh, (2) Elizabeth Bretz.
3 daughters were born either en-route or after they were settled in Pennsylvania.7. Catherine Jury b. about 1755, m. John Sheesley.8. Susanna Jury b. about 1756, m. Valentine Welker9. Salome Jury b.. about 1761, m. Adam King/Konig Jr.
There is a little confusion about the death dates of Abraham and Catherine, but to follow the story of his will will clarify some of the confusion. The will is dated 15 February 1785 and his wife Catherine is mentioned as being deceased. Abraham probably died within the next few weeks because his two sons decided to change the deeds to be more generous to their sisters and their brother-in-laws. Their agreement was dated 10 March 1785 and would have undoubtedly happened after the death of their father. The will was proved 22 September 1785.
There is no stone for Abraham or Catherine, but they were shown to be involved with the church so were likely buried there.

From an article in the March 25 2003 special section of the Upper Dauphin Sentinal Newspaper:

"Many area residents have French Ancestry"
Submitted by Dr. Lewis Jury, a former resident of the area.

My family settled in what is now Millersburg in 1754. The original farmstead was the area where the Wiconisco Creek enters the Suspquehanna River.

The family is of French Huguenot descent and came to Pennsylvania from Switzerland (the adopted home of many Huguenots after france issed the recovation of the edict of Nantes and the slaughter of French Protestants began anew) through Rotterdam on the good ship Nancy, to the port of Philadelphia.

Abraham Joray (Jury) arrived with his faimly including two sons Abraham and Samuel.

Abraham Sr. and son Samuel served in the Revolutionary War together.

They returned to Millersburg and their descendants still live throughout the valley.

The Jury name went through many spelling changes in the generation following Abraham Sr. because of the German language influence in "the vlley" and because the Jury family attended German speaking Protestant chruches.

Hence, baptismal records show some Jury babies being baptized by the German speaking and writing ministers as Schurrah, Shora, Shory, etc.

But one generation later the spelling returned to using the "J" and not the German "Sch" sound. "Jury" became the accepted and dominant spelling, continuing with all Jury Descendants across the country.

I might point out that many of the families in "the valley" who consider themselves to be Pennsylvania Dutch are actually of Huguenot descent, such as Ferree, Willier, etc."

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