Adam Flint1
b. 23 November 1735, d. 22 November 1828
Last Edited=29 May 2016
- Relationship
- 5th great-grandfather of Joseph Michael Flint
Adam Flint was baptized on 23 November 1735 at Reformed Dutch Church, Albany, New York, witnesses Marten [?] Flensburgh and Maria Flensburgh.2
Adam Flint was the son of Robert Flint and Susanna Bauman.3
Adam Flint married Mary Elizabeth Horning, daughter of Dieterich Horning and Maria Margaretha Kraus, say 1766 (Marriage date estimated as one calendar year before the birth year of the first child, Maria. Dederick Honing's will states that his daughter Mary Elizabeth is the wife of Adam Flint).4,5
Adam Flint was enumerated during 1790 on the 1790 U. S. census for Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York as head of family Adam Flint. Enumerated in this family were: 2 Free white males of 16 years old and upwards, including heads of families, 2 Free white males under 16 years old, 5 Free white females including heads of families.6
Adam Flint was enumerated during 1820 on the 1820 U. S. census for Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York as head of family Adam Flint. Enumerated in this family were: 1 Free white males 45 years old and over, 1 Free white females 26 to 45 years old, 2 Free white females 45 years old and over.7
Adam Flint wrote a will on 18 February 1828 at Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York, executors Robert Bowman, Peter Walrath Jr and Thomas Sammons, witnesses Alvy Bowman, Charles Bowman and Benjamin Sammons.
He bequeathed:
Adam Flint died on 22 November 1828 at Bowman's Creek, Town of Canajohaie, Montgomery County, New York, at age 92.8,4
On 25 November 1828 in Albany, Albany County, New Yprk, the Albany Argus published the following:
Another soldier of the Revolution gone
His will was admitted to probate on 12 February 1829 at Surrogates Court, Montgomery County, New York. Wills No. 4 235.1
Adam Flint was the son of Robert Flint and Susanna Bauman.3 Adam Flint married Mary Elizabeth Horning, daughter of Dieterich Horning and Maria Margaretha Kraus, say 1766 (Marriage date estimated as one calendar year before the birth year of the first child, Maria. Dederick Honing's will states that his daughter Mary Elizabeth is the wife of Adam Flint).4,5
Adam Flint was enumerated during 1790 on the 1790 U. S. census for Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York as head of family Adam Flint. Enumerated in this family were: 2 Free white males of 16 years old and upwards, including heads of families, 2 Free white males under 16 years old, 5 Free white females including heads of families.6
Adam Flint was enumerated during 1820 on the 1820 U. S. census for Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York as head of family Adam Flint. Enumerated in this family were: 1 Free white males 45 years old and over, 1 Free white females 26 to 45 years old, 2 Free white females 45 years old and over.7
Adam Flint wrote a will on 18 February 1828 at Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York, executors Robert Bowman, Peter Walrath Jr and Thomas Sammons, witnesses Alvy Bowman, Charles Bowman and Benjamin Sammons.
He bequeathed:
- to daughters Susannah and Peggy all his reall and personal property as long as they should live
- to son Adam all his reall and personal property after the death of Susannah and Peggy, Adam is to stay on the farm and take care of his sisters, all of his wearring apparel
- to daughter Elizabeth one dollar
- to daughter Hannah one dollar
- to son William one dollar.1
Adam Flint died on 22 November 1828 at Bowman's Creek, Town of Canajohaie, Montgomery County, New York, at age 92.8,4
On 25 November 1828 in Albany, Albany County, New Yprk, the Albany Argus published the following:
Another soldier of the Revolution gone
At Bowman's Creek, in the town of Canajoharie, Montgomery county, on Saturday last, Mr. Adam Flint, in the 98th year of his age. He was a soldier in the French war, and in the war of the Revolution. He was in the engagement at Oriskany in the latter, and in several other conflicts. He bore the character of an honest man and a good citizen.
8 His will was admitted to probate on 12 February 1829 at Surrogates Court, Montgomery County, New York. Wills No. 4 235.1
Children of Adam Flint and Mary Elizabeth Horning
- Maria Flint4 b. 6 Jul 1767
- Susanna Flint4 b. 25 Aug 1769
- Adam Flint Jr+4 b. 15 Jan 1774, d. 17 Sep 1853
- William A Flint+4 b. 7 Jul 1776, d. 16 Feb 1841
- Margaret Flint4 b. 4 Jul 1778
- Hannah Flint4 b. 19 Aug 1781
- Elizabeth Flint4
Citations
- C. Ellis Flint, The Flint Family: Robert Flint, (The Pioneer) and His Decendents (1931-1932; reprint, Salem, Massachusetts: Higginson Book Company, unkown year), 81.
- "Records of the R[eformed] D[utch] Church of Albany," Year Book of the Holland Society of New York 1906 (New York: The Holland Society of New York, 1908), 60; digital image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/ : accessed 6 Nov 2011).
- C. Ellis Flint, Robert Flint, The Pioneer, 10.
- C. Ellis Flint, Robert Flint, The Pioneer, 82.
- Montgomery County, New York, Book of Wills, 4: 88-90, Dederich Horning; FHL microfilm 0506566, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
- 1790 U. S. census, Montgomery County, New York, Canajoharie, p. 102 (written), line 20, Adam Flint; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 19 Apr 2009); citing NARA microfilm publication M367, Roll 6.
- 1820 U. S. census, Montgomery County, New York, Canajoharie, p. 100 (written) p. 101 (written), line 30, Adam Flint; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 02 May 2009); citing NARA microfilm publication M33, Roll 63.
- "Died," Albany (New York) Argus, November 25, 1828, p page 2, col bottom of last colmn; digital image, NewsBankinc, Genealogy Bank (http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/ : accessed 21 July 2013).