Abraham Lakin 2nd was a veteran of the French and Indian War, an early settler, and the head of a family of Revolutionary patriots buried in the cemetery of the homestead near here. At the outset of the Revolution, he and his sons Abraham, Basil, Daniel, and John, along with his nephew Samuel, were listed with the Committee of Observation of the Middle District of Frederick County. Basil and another son, William, were soldiers, and two of his daughters, Nancy and Sarah, married Revolutionary soldiers.