Adam Crounse was born around 1797 in New York. He married a woman named Anna, and they had at least four children: Margaret, born around 1828; Christian, born around 1829; Aurelia, born around 1839; and Christopher, born around 1840. They lived in Guilderland, New York, and Crounse worked as a Lutheran minister. By 1850, he owned $4,000 of real estate. He died on May 13, 1865.