My Ancestral Journey » Maria Elisabeth Petrie (1735-1790)

Persoonlijke gegevens Maria Elisabeth Petrie 

• Alternatieve namen: Maria Schell, Marie Elizabeth Schell
• Zij is geboren februari 1735 in German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York, United States of America.Bronnen 3, 5, 6, 7, 8
• Zij is overleden in het jaar 1790 in Schell's Bush, Tryon, New York, zij was toen 54 jaar oud.Bronnen 5, 6, 7
• Zij is begraven in Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York, USA.Bron 7
• Een kind van Johan Jost Petrie en Cordelia Demuth

Gezin van Maria Elisabeth Petrie

Zij heeft/had een relatie met Hannes Krist Schell.

Kind(eren):

1. Denis Schell  1756-1782
2. John Christian Schell  1758-1841 
3. Maria Elisabetha Schell  1760-1858 
4. Augustinus Denis Schell  1763-1782
5. Frederick Christian Schell  1764-1817 
6. Anna Maria Schell  1767-????
7. Eve Schell  1768-1786 
8. Marcus Christian Schell  1770-1845 
9. Henry Schell  1770-1859 
10. Mary Catharine Schell  1777-1795 
11. Peter Schell  ± 1779-????
12. Anna Eve Schell  1780-1867 

Notities over Maria Elisabeth Petrie

1 _MEND Death of one spouse

Batch number: F500616
Sheet: 36

This article about Maria Schell has been transcribed from the original and
contributed by Carol and Charles Marston. Does anyone know the complete
article, date, author, and paper?

THE ANGEL AT THE FORTRESS GATE

The Angel at the Gate of this little Schell's Bush Blockhouse was none
other than Maria Petree Schell. May God Bless her! And Maria Schell it
was, who with the echo of every barking gun rushed to replace the
exploded charge.

But loading muskets of that period was not the simple process of the
present. To eject an exploded shell and insert a new one in the rifle of
today takes no time at all. But there was nothing of that in the guns ofthe
Schell Blockhouse. Henry Quackenbush and the Remington boys had yet to
dawn in Herkimer County.

So, Maria Schell's job was far more complicated. First in order, thepowder
had to be measured out and poured in the muzzle of the gun. Then it must
be wadded and rammed down. Next, the shot had to be inserted in the
same way. And that, too, wadded and rammed down. Finally a percussion
cap had to replace the one exploded. With every discharge this process
had to be repeated. And all of this gruelling service we owe to that
great-hearted defender of her embattled home, Maria Petree Schell. This is
why the Savages were so often forced to seek safety in the forest.

The Lady of the Blockhouse.
My Mother insisted that Maria Schell was a daughter of Johan Joost Petree,
militant Patriot of the Mohawk valley. This is not confirmed in Herkimer,
but Cutter's Genealogical History has: "Johan Joost Petree died in 1770,
leaving four daughters. One of the daughters married John Christian
Schell, hero of Schell's Bush." Mother was so proud of the heroism ofMaria
Petree Schell. There never was any (---). Thought, quite so good as (---)of
the Blockhouse. Mother never tired telling of the thrilling deeds of that
invincible lady, of the (---). (unreadable text.) Mother love which stood
adamant against every foe, which gave her all in every crisis. It matters
not, she said, where we are, or when, thoughts of Mother will well up and
fill and overflow until consciousness is submerged in the flood ofprecious
memories that surge with the calm assurance, the blessed peace, of
Mother love.

We may rear monuments to our Mothers. We may engrave their virtues in
granite and bronze, but art has no element that can incarnate the dear
form we know as Mother. Like the tendrils of that illimitable love with
which our lives are intertwined with each passing day.

Lady Blasts The Battering Ram
Then Mother described the ferocious battering ram of the Savages. Cutting
down a straight sizable sappling at the edge of the forest, they loppedoff
the limbs and top, making a formidable weapon about sixty feet long. The
fifty husky Red skins, twenty -five on each side, grabbed that log and
started on a madly plunging dash for the Blockhouse door. But there was
one very important factor with which the Indian failed to reckon. "The
Angel at the Gate". With the savages plunging headlong, butt-ended for
the door, Maria Petree Schell grabbed her ready guns and with unerring
aim brought down the leading Red skins on each side of the log, fumbling
things topsy turvy and forcing the rest of the onrushing mob to drop their
battering ram and run. Three times that exploit was repeated and every
time, Maria Schell's faithful guns proved an insurmountable barrier
between her front door and the infuriated savage mob. The Indians did
not pause to pick up the debris.

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