Individual Details
Abraham Lukens
(16 Jul 1703 - 1 Jun 1776)
ABRAHAM LUCKEN, or LUKENS, as his children spelled the name, was the tenth child and fifth son of Jan Lucken, the emigrant,and was born in or near Germantown, September 16, 1703.
Events
| Birth | 16 Jul 1703 | Germantown, Philadelphia Co, PA |  | ||
| Marriage | 27 Apr 1727 | Abington Monthly Meeting, Pa - Mary Maurle | | ||
| Marriage | 26 Nov 1771 | Elizabeth Walker | |||
| Death | 1 Jun 1776 | Towamencin, Montgomery, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Alt name | Abraham Lucken |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Walker (1752 - ) |
| Child | Margaret Lukens (1772 - ) |
| Child | Jonathan Lukens (1773 - 1857) |
| Child | Enos Lukens (1775 - 1860) |
| Spouse | Mary Maurle (1699 - 1751) |
| Child | Margaret Lukens (1728 - ) |
| Child | John Lukens (1729 - 1813) |
| Child | Matthias Lukens (1731 - 1783) |
| Child | William Lukens (1733 - 1784) |
| Child | Abraham Lukens (1735 - 1806) |
| Child | David Lukens (1737 - ) |
| Child | Joseph Lukens (1739 - 1814) |
| Child | Mary Lukens (1741 - 1751) |
| Child | Job Lukens (1743 - 1771) |
| Child | Nathan Lukens ( - ) |
| Father | Jan Lucken (1655 - 1745) |
| Mother | Mary Tyson (1660 - 1742) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Lucken (1684 - 1744) |
| Sibling | Alice Lukens (1686 - 1726) |
| Sibling | William Lukens (1688 - 1739) |
| Sibling | Sarah Lucken (1689 - 1694) |
| Sibling | John Lucken (1691 - 1744) |
| Sibling | Mary Lukens (1693 - 1772) |
| Sibling | Peter Lukens (1696 - 1741) |
| Sibling | Hannah Lucken (1698 - 1762) |
| Sibling | Matthias Lukens (1700 - 1741) |
| Sibling | Joseph Lucken (1705 - 1779) |
Notes
Birth
Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, Volume 23 By Historical Society of PennsylvaniaLucken—luken—Family Records.—Miss Annie M. Daniels, of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, contributes the following records of the Luken family, copied from the Bibles of Jan Lucken, who settled in Philadelphia County in 1683
1703 the 16th of ye 7"1 mo. Abraham Lucken was Born.
ABRAHAM LUCKEN, or LUKENS, as his children spelled the name, was the tenth child and fifth son of Jan Lucken, the emigrant, and was born in or near Germantown, September 16, 1703.
Marriage
Reared in the faith of the Society of Friends and a birthright member of Abington Monthly Meeting, he proposed intentions of marriage before that meeting in March, 1727, with Mary, daughter of Thomas and Margaret Maurle, of Bristol township, Philadelphia county, and on April 27, 1727, the proposal was favorably acted upon by the Meeting.They at once took up their residence on the 500 acres of land purchased by his father in 1709, in Towamencin township, Philadelphia, now Montgomery county, 300 acres of which Abraham inherited at his father's death in 1741. A certificate was granted by Abington Monthly Meeting, April 30, 1728, transferring the membership of Abraham Lucken and wife to Gwynedd Monthly Meeting, with which meeting some of their descendents still hold membership.