Adam Crist

Ancestor Number

A027834 »

Date of Birth

1742

Place of Birth

Pennsylvania

Date of Death

May 17,1808

Place of Death

Buffalo Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Spouse(s)

Elizabeth Follmer

Children

Adam, Henry, Catharine, John, Martha, Maria

Service during theAmerican Revolution

Private

State of Service

Pennsylvania

Donor

Crist Linnane Group

Adam was born around 1742 in Pennsylvania and died in 1808 in Pennsylvania.

Adam served in the Revolutionary War first as a Private and then as a Sergeant in the Company of Captain Henry Christ and Captain Anderson.

He was wounded at the battle of Brandywine by a musket ball passing through his chest.

He was pensioned March 4, 1789.

Adam married Elizabeth Follmer, probably before 1778 in Pennsylvania. He appears in the 1790 U.S. Census as living in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.

Adam Crist’s will was probated in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania April 29, 1808. His documented children are Adam, Maria, Martha, Catharine, Henry and John.