Traut / Trout(t) Family

Abraham Sink

Abraham Sink filed for a pension for service during the Revolutionary War. This application is on file in the National Archives in Washington. He gave the following account of his service. He stated that he was a private in the Cavalry. He was born Feb. 12, 1762 in Northampton Co., Pennsylvania and enlisted in Chester Co., Pennsylvania sometime in 1778 where he served three years as a private in Captain Bartholomew Von Heer company of Light Horse, and was discharged from service at Reading, Penn. During most of his service, he was attached to the life guard of General George Washington, on whom he was sent frequently with letters to General Wayne, General St. Clair, and Lord Sterling (Gen. Muilenburg, who like this applicant, he believes to have been a German or the descendant of a German), also General Putnam at a fort up North River.

The application further states that while in the advance guard against the British in the Jerseys at night , he received a severe wound in his face, was carried from the field to the hospital where he remained a long time. He carried the scar from this wound always, and was also almost deaf from this accident. He moved after the Revolutionary War to Franklin Co., VA and was allowed a pension of $100 annually, on his application executed October 1, 1832. (Reference: Pension # 56103).

The names of Stephen and Abraham Sink appear in Chester Co., PA records from taxable age until their departure for Virginia. (per "Lancaster Countians in the Valley of Virginia" by M. Luther Heisey).

Military service: Revolutionary War in PA Continental Line

Tax list: Stephen & Abraham appear in Chester Co., PA records from taxable age until their departure for VA.