Abraham Cashow (1814-1854)

Abraham Kershaw (1815-?)

Ancestry
His ancestors were from Holland.

Potential name variations

 * Abraham Kershaw
 * Abraham Kashaw
 * Abraham Cassou
 * Abraham Cassart

Parents
Possibly Rem Cashow (1768-1816) although this is speculation until documentation is found to confirm or dispute the fact.

Marriage

 * Sarah Olderon (1816-?)

Children

 * Mary Kershaw (1837-aft1872) not to be confused with the Mary E. Kershaw (1840-?) of Harligen, New Jersey
 * Israel Kershaw (1840-?) or Isaac Kershaw, possibly the same as Isaac Kershaw (1837-1914)
 * Anna Augusta Kershaw (1841-1931) who married Charles Frederick Lindauer I (1835-1921)
 * Sarah Kershaw (1843-1922) who married Matthew Williamson (1824-1884) and after his death married William W. Young (1817-?).
 * Ann Kershaw II (1847-?)
 * Peter Kershaw (1849-?)

New York
Abraham and Sarah lived in Glen Cove, Long Island and moved to Manhattan by 1850.

Death
He died after 1850. In that year he appeared on the 1850 United States Census living in Manhattan. He died before 1879 where his wife is a widow named in the bank account of his daughter.

Widow
His widow went on to live