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By deed dated March 31, 1795, Abraham and Barbara con- veyed to their eldest son, Abraham, blacksmith, a farm of 130 acres which Abraham had purchased from Arthur Searl and Henry Wamsley, April 1, 1722. This farm, or possibly there were two farms, or one farm divided, is located on the north side of Edge Hill and fronts on the road that was once a plank road leading to Willow Grove and on the east side of this road; the first farm after crossing Edge Hill came to be known as the Jonathan Lukens farm and the other was where William Heston lived, both Lukens and Heston having married granddaughters of Abra- ham and Barbara, as is narrated below. The farm on which Abraham probably resided is located on the west side and fronting on the York Road after passing through the village of Abington on the way to Willow Grove; it subsequently became a part of the Elkins "Folly Farms."