Abraham Knerr III ³

   Other names for Abraham were Abraham "The Black" Knerr and Abraham Knoerr.

  Christening Notes:

Sponsors were Abraham and Maria Eva Knoerr.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Book: Anniversary History of Lehigh County on pages 450 and 708 published, 1914. ⁵ Page 450: Abraham, called "the Black" speculated in land. He was twice married. His second wife survived him. He had over a dozen children, son and daughters, one of whom, Willoughby, is still living in the township.

Page 708: Abraham Knerr, son of Abraham, Jr., was born Nov. 26, 1775. He married, in 1795. Maria Hartman, and after her death married the second time. He was called "The Black," and speculated considerably in land. He had a large number of children, among them: Jonathan, born 1795; Benjamin, born 1798; Maria, born 1800; and Willoughby, whose daughter married Austin E. Bush, of Allentown.

Abraham married Maria Catharine Hartman, daughter of Peter Hartman Sr and Susanna Knerr, on 24 Mar 1795 in , Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA.^{1 2} (Maria Catharine Hartman was born in Mar 1784.)