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Personal data John Shuman 

• He was born in the year 1730.Source 1
• Resident: York Co., Pa..Source 2
• He died in Georges, Fayette, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten.Source 1
• A child of Johannes Schuman and Catharina

Household of John Shuman

He had a relationship with Barbara.

Child(ren):

1. Elizabeth Shuman  1770-1827 
2. Lydia Shuman  1775-1828 
3. John Shuman   
4. Rebecca Margaret Shuman  

Notes about John Shuman

SOURCE 3: DATE: NOVEMBER 22, 1996. PAGE: 28 THIS INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM A BOOK BY E. HERMAN SHELLEY, TITLED " GENEALOGICAL NOTES ON THE SHELLY-SHELLEY FAMILY ", DATED MARCH 6, 1955, TO BE FOUND AT THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY UNDER NUMBERS 929, S545 OF THE CARD CATALOG, A COPY OF THIS BOOK IS IN MY POSSESSION. THE FOLLOWING WAS RECORDED: ABRAHAM SHELLY'S SECOND WIFE, MARY SHUMAN, DAUGHTER OF JOHN SHUMAN OF NEWBERRY TWP., YORK COUNTY, PA. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- --------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE 3: DATE: NOVEMBER 23, 1996. PAGE: 28 THIS INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM A BOOK BY E. HERMAN SHELLEY, TITLED " GENEALOGICAL NOTES ON THE SHELLY-SHELLEY FAMILY ", DATED MARCH 6, 1955, TO BE FOUND AT THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY UNDER NUMBERS 929, S545 OF THE CARD CATALOG, A COPY OF THIS BOOK IS IN MY POSSESSION. THE FOLLOWING WAS RECORDED: IN REFERANCE TO HIS DAUGHTERS AND SONS-IN-LAW. EVENT DATE: ABT. 1812. ABRAHAM SHELLY OF NEWBERRY TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY, PA., DIED INTESTATE ( WHEN A PERSON DIES WITHOUT HAVING MADE A LEGAL WILL, THEIR ESTATE IS INTESTATE ). ORPHAN COURT RECORDS STATE HE LEFT WIDOW MARGARET AND DAUGHTERS AS LISTED UNDER HIS CHILDREN, TO HIS FIRST WIFE ANN______? AT THE TIME CATHARINE AND ELIZABETH WERE MARRIED; ANN WHO WAS TWENTY HAD AS HER GUARDIAN PETER MATTHIAS, AND MARY WHO WAS SEVENTEEN HAD AS HER GUARDIAN JOHN SHELLY. JOHN WAS THE HALF-BROTHER OF ABRAHAM ( BROTHER TO ABRAHAM THROUGH HIS FATHER DANIEL SHELLY AND CATHARINE______? ) AND WAS THE HUSBAND OF LYDIA SHUMAN ( THE SISTER OF REBECCA ( MARY ) MARGARET SHUMAN WHOSE FATHER WAS JOHN SHUMAN ). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- --------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE 3: DATE: NOVEMBER 23, 1996. PAGE: 28 EVENT DATE: OCTOBER 14, 1813. IN RE: WILL OF JOHN SHUMAN. WILL OF JOHN SHUMAN DATED OCTOBER 14, 1813 MENTIONS MARY SHELLY; SARAH MATHEWS; SUSAN AYERS; ELIZABETH SHELLY; LYDIA SHELLY; EVE WOLF; ANNA HERMAN; AND THE CHILDREN OF JOHN SHUMAN, A SON, DECEASED -- I.E. CATHARINE, BARBARA, EVE, JOHN. PRESUMABLY THE ABOVE MENTIONED ARE THE CHILDREN OF JOHN SHUMAN. MARY SHELLY ( REBECCA MARGARET SHUMAN) MARRIED TO ABRAHAM SHELLY ( THE SON OF DANIEL SHELLY AND ELIZABETH LANE ), ELIZABETH SHELLY ( THE DAUGHTER OF JOHN SHUMAN ), WIFE OF DANIEL SHELLY,( THE SON OF DANIEL SHELLY AND ELIZABETH GRAFF ), AND LYDIA SHELLY ( THE DAUGHTER OF JOHN SHUMAN ), WIFE OF JOHN SHELLY ( THE SON OF DANIEL SHELLY AND CATHARINE______? ). I KNOW FOR SURE THAT MARY, LYDIA, ELIZABETH AND JOHN ARE CHILDREN OF JOHNS', BUT THE OTHERS MENTIONED, ONE OF WHOM MAY BE THE WIFE OF JOHNS SON, JOHN, WILL NOT BE ADDED UNTIL FURTHER INVESTIGATION. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- --------------------------------------------------------- CEMETARY RECORD OF ELIZABETH SHUMAN SHELLY: DATE: NOVEMBER 24. SOURCE: E. HERMAN SHELLEY'S BOOK, TITLED " GENEALOGICAL NOTES ON THE SHELLY-SHELLEY FAMILY ", DATED MARCH 6, 1955, LOCATION OF SOURCE LANCSTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ( COPY IN MY POSSESSION ). PAGE: 28 IN RE: DAUGHTERS AND SONS-IN-LAW. THE FOLLOWING WAS RECORDED: TOMBSTONE OF ELIZABETH SHUMAN SHELLY, WIFE OF DANIEL ( 2-6-3 ), STATES SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF JOHN SHUMAN, LYDIA SHUMAN SHELLY WAS THE WIFE OF JOHN SHELLY, MARY SHUMAN WAS THE WIFE OF ABRAHAM. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- --------------------------------------------------------- ORPHAN COURT RECORDS FOR YORK COUNTY: DAVID DETWILER. DATE: NOVEMBER 26, 1996. SOURCE: E. HERMAN SHELLEY'S BOOK GENEALOGICAL NOTES ON THE SHELLY-SHELLEY FAMILY, DATED MARCH 6, 1955, LOCATED AT THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ( A COPY IN MY POSSESSION ). IN RE: DAVID DETWILER GAURDIAN OF JOHN'S CHILDREN. ORPHAN COURT RECORDS FOR YORK COUNTY, DECEMBER 1808, STATE DAVID DETWILER OF DAUPHIN COUNTY WAS NAMED GUARDIAN OF CATHERINE, BARBARA, AND EVE, THE DAUGHTERS OF JOHN SHUMAN, JR. NOTE DAVID DETWILER WAS DEAD IN 1811. JOHN SHELLY WAS NAMED GAURDIAN OF JOHN SHUMAN III. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- --------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE 3: DATE: NOVEMBER 28, 1996. PAGE: 29. THIS INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM A BOOK BY E. HERMAN SHELLEY, TITLED " GENEALOGICAL NOTES ON THE SHELLY-SHELLEY FAMILY ", DATED MARCH 6, 1955, TO BE FOUND AT THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY UNDER NUMBERS 929, S545 OF THE CARD CATALOG, A COPY OF THIS BOOK IS IN MY POSSESSION. THE FOLLOWING WAS RECORDED: THE RECORDS OF IMMIGRANT ARRIVALS INCLUDE A JOHN SHUMAN WHO ARRIVED AT PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1764 ON THE SHIP HERO, RALPH FORSTER, CAPTAIN, LATE OF ROTTERDAM AND COWES. NO ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE TO INDENTIFY THIS ARRIVAL. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- --------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE 3: DATE: NOVEMBER 29, 1996. PAGE: 29. THIS INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM A BOOK BY E. HERMAN SHELLEY, TITLED " GENEALOGICAL NOTES ON THE SHELLY-SHELLEY FAMILY ", DATED MARCH 6, 1955, TO BE FOUND AT THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY UNDER NUMBERS 929, S545 OF THE CARD CATALOG, A COPY OF THIS BOOK IS IN MY POSSESSION. THE FOLLOWING WAS RECORDED: JOHN SHUMAN WAS THE OWNER OF A TWO-STORY LOG CABIN ERECTED ON LOT #3 OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN OF THE TOWN OF NEWBERRY. THIS WAS LATER SOLD TO WILLIAM WICKERSHAM. JANUARY 17, 1778 A WARRANT WAS ISSUED FOR THE ARREST OF COLONEL WILLIAM RANKIN OF THE YORK COUNTY MILITIA. RANKIN WAS CHARGED WITH RESCUING JOHN SHUMAN AND OTHERS FROM CAPTAIN WILLIAM ASHTON AND JOSEPH WELSH WHO STATED SHUMAN'S ARREST HAD BEEN MADE LEGALLY IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR DUTIES AS MILITIA OFFICERS. THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE CONCERNING RANKIN QUOTED FROM THE WARRANT ADDRESSED TO THE KEEPER OF THE JAIL AT YORK IS SIGNIFICANT OF THE TIMES. " THIS IS THEREFORE TO COMMAND YOU TO TAKE INTO YOUR CUSTODY AND THEM TO SAFELY KEEP THE FIEND. " ( FROM DOCUMENT FOUND AT YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. ) NO RECORD WAS FOUND CONCERNING THE ARREST OF SHUMAN BUT IT IS THOUGHT IT MAY HAVE BEEN FOR FAILURE TO MUSTER. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------

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