Abraham Faw (1747-1828)
MSA SC 3520-426
Biography:
BORN: May 14, 1747, in Benken, Switzerland; son of Jacob Pfau
RESIDED: in Frederick County, 1770-1791; Montgomery County, 1793; Alexandria,
Fairfax County, Virginia, 1794; Alexandria, Virginia, 1817.
MARRIED first, on October 16, 1770, Juliana Boyer Lowe. Her brothers
were Michael; Jonathan; and Abraham. Her sisters were Catherine, who married
(first name unknown) Leatherman; Barbara, who married (first name unknown)
Young; Christiana, who married (first name unknown) Koinitz; Mary, who
married (first name unknown) Hay; and Susana, who married (first name unknown)
Funk.
MARRIED second, on March 28, 1790, Mary Ann Steiner (11/20/1760-1/19/1805)
MARRIED third, in April 1806, Sarah Moody (3/28/1764-8/28/1818)
CHILDREN. SONS: Jonathan (6/30/1773-2/4/1807); William H. S. (2/1/1791-2/21/1822);
possibly Walter Reed. DAUGHTERS: Juliana Marie Lowe (b. 12/19/1792), who
married Rev. Enoch M. Lowe ; Sophia Elizabeth (b. 10/27/1794), who married
(1) Jacob Leonard, and (2) John F. M. Lowe.
PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION: literate.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Evangelical Reformed.
SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Esq., 1788.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: merchant.
PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Frederick County, 1785 (Claims),
1786-1787 (Claims 1, 2), 1787-1788 (Claims 1, 2; Grievances 1; Elections
2), 1788 (Claims; Elections; Grievances), 1789 (Claims; Laws to Expire).
OTHER STATE OFFICE: Constitution Ratification Convention, Frederick
County, 1788.
LOCAL OFFICE: sheriff, Frederick County, elected 1777 (resigned same
year).
OUT OF STATE SERVICE: justice, Alexandria County, District of Columbia,
in office 1806 and 1821; commissioner, Alexandria County, District
of Columbia, in office 1812 and 1818.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the U.S.
Congress, 1788.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME
PERSONAL PROPERTY 2 slaves, 1790.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 841 acres in Frederick County, plus 2 lots
in Frederick Town and 2 lots in Middletown, Frederick County (by purchase
and patent).
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: acquired
by purchase and patent 983 acres in Frederick and
Montgomery counties, plus 5 lots in Frederick Town, Frederick County,
1785-1801; sold 929 acres in Frederick and Montgomery counties, 1787-1794;
owned 900 acres in Allegany County, plus 4 lots in Cumberland, Allegany
County, 1793.
WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: June 26, 1828; will probated on July 8, 1828, in Alexandria,
Virginia.
LAND. owned property in Kentucky, acreage unknown.
Source: Edward C. Papenfuse, et al. A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, Vol. 1 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979), 316-17.
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