Date of birth is given as 12/31/1757 in . Place of birth is given as Williams Twp.

Bio in : Abraham Horn, Sr., was born in Williams Township, Northampton County. Pennsylvania, December 31, 1757. "Pennsylvania in the Revolution" records him as being appointed a sergeant January 5, 1776, in Col. Arthur St. Clair's second Pennsylvania battalion. Capt. Thomas Craig's company to November 25, 1776, and War Department records quote in abstract as follows: Abraham Horn was sergeant in Capt. Thomas Craig's and Captain Bunner's companies, Second (subsequently Third) Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Col. John Wood, and further that he was a drummer in Capt. Robert Connelly's company, Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental forces, commanded by Colonel Cadwallader, from March 14, 1777, to January 1, 1781.

In the War of 1812, War Department records show that he served as lieutenant colonel of First Riflemen (Humphreys'), Pennsylvania Regiment, discharged December 19, 1814. In connection with this, a little later reference in this article shows the service of his sons and sons-in-law in the same war. In 1798, Abraham Horn, Sr., completed the first bridge over the Lehigh River at the foot of Pomfret (now South Third) Street, Easton. It was a structure 22 by 280 feet, and through faulty design collapsed before it had, been officially accepted, a complete loss to the builder. The "History of Easton" quotes him in 1807 as the proprietor of the "Golden Swan" Hotel, later known as the Swan, subsequently as the Stirling, and now Whitlock Inn. He was the first president of the Humane Eire Company when it was organized in 1797, and otherwise prominent. Abraham Horn, Sr., married Susanna Hay, daughter of Melchoir and Susanna (Brotzman) Hay, and a granddaughter of Malcolm Hay, the ancestor of the Hay family of Easton. By this marriage he had nine children. He died May 22, 1826, and with his wife is buried in St. John's Burying Ground, Easton.


Name given as Abram, Jr. in

Sgt. in Capt Thos. Craigh Co. in Rev. Lt. Col. in War of 1812. This in fact may be a reference to his father.

Was appointed sergeant in Captain Thomas Craig's Company, Second Penna. Battalion, January 5, 1776. He also served under Colonel Arthur St. Clair in his Canadian Campaign during the Revolution. During the war of 1812 he served as Lieut. Colonel of the First H. P. V. H. under Colonel Thomas Humphrey.