David Sharer of Donegal & Mount Joy Twps., Lancaster County, PA
I am reseaching David Shearer who resided most of at his adult life in Donegal (West Donegal) and Mount Joy Townships and in nearby Elizabethtown in Lancaster County, PA. He was born btw. 1770 and 1780 based on U.S. census records and died in March of 1840 in Mount Joy Twp. His wife was named Francis or "Fanny" (possible maiden name of FUNK) with a date of marriage of 28 May 1793 in the Lancaster Reformed Church.
David SHEARER and Veronica ________ had the following children:
+2i. David SHEARER, born bet 1794 and 1800, Donegal Township, Lancaster County, PA; married #1. unknown ; married #2. Susanna SHENK, 8 Sep 1842; died 1859, Mt. Joy Township, Lancaster County, PA.
+3ii. John SHEARER, born 17 Dec 1794, Donegal Township, Lancaster County, PA; married Christiana BRILE (BRILL); died 5 Dec 1843, Mount Joy Township, Lancaster County, PA.
+4iii. Barbara SHEARER, born abt 1800, Donegal Township, Lancaster County, PA; married John DRACE.
+5iv. Elizabeth SHEARER, born abt 1801, Donegal Township, Lancaster County, PA; married Emanuel YOUNG.
+6v. Catherine SHEARER, born abt 1808, West Donegal Township, Lancaster County, PA; married Jacob BANKUS, 10 Nov 1833, Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, PA.
+7vi. Anna SHEARER, married John AUGST.
+8vii. Magdalena "Marthe / Matty" SHEARER, married William SANDERS.
Looking for information on who David Sharer's parents may have been.
Frank W. Hess
Enola, PA