Fifth Generation
35. Abraham Stalp/Stoop/Stepp. Born 1758. Died ? .
"Chronicles" researchers had great difficulty reconciling the fact that this Abraham's wife was a Mary C. Keyser. But marriage documents of the children of this Abraham confirm that she was indeed Mary C. Keyser.
Confusion was caused by the fact that much, much later down the line, a Mary Catherine Keyser married David Martin Stepp, son of Jacob, who was the eldest son of John Stalp/Step, Sr. II. The great separation in time was the only thing that shed light.
The first Mary C. Keyser married Abraham ca 1788. The second Mary C. Keyser married David Martin Stepp in 1862--a 74 year span. "The Chronicles" speculates that the brother of the first Mary C. Keyser was an ancestor of the second Mary C. Keyser.
Researchers have been able to record only three children born to Abraham and the first Mary C. Keyser. We know there were more because of the spread in birthdates involved in the three we know about.
He married Mary C. Keyser, Circa 1788. They had the following children:
98 i. Jacob Step
99 ii. Michael D. (most likely David) Step
100 iii. Nancy Stepp
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