Re: Salina Shawver b 18 Feb 1846 Ohio
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Re: Salina Shawver b 18 Feb 1846 Ohio
Laurie Shawver 4/21/00
Charles, I agree with you that this Andrew looks like the son of Christopher, grandson of Sebastian. I think that the early generations of Shawvers are a lot more complicated than anyone realized. There were several early Shawvers living in Virginia, not all of them descended from Sebastian. I had developed a theory (not proven yet)that most of the Jefferson OH Shawvers descended from a different immigrant, Johann Christopher Schaber of Berks Co., PA, who came in 1752 with two sons, Christopher b. 1741(Berks, Schuykill, Northumberland cos OH) and Johann Andreas Schaber b. 1737. This family came from Saschenhausen, near Stuttgart. Christopher had sons Christopher, John, Jacob, Philip, Andrew, and Daniel. His brother Johann Andreas (later known as Andrew Shaver, Sr.) moved to VA about 1781 or 1782 and had the following sons: Johan Peter, Andreas, and Johann Adam. I found a lot of info about the immigrant Johann Christopher and his son Andrew on a Shaver forum on Genforum, submitted by Gary W. Shaver. I don't know where in VA this branch settled yet. The Jefferson Co. Shawvers apparently came from eastern PA and then lived in Loudoun County VA for a few years before coming to OH in the early 1800's. My great-grandfather knew some of Sebastian Shawver's descendants in Logan Co., OH. I think that the Logan County Shawvers may have assumed that both branches came from the same immigrant, when, in fact, the two immigrants may have not even been related. Both changed their names from Schaber to Shawver ( or Shawber, Shaver, Shaffer, etc). My great-grandfather published a lot of info on the descendants of Boston Shawver, Jr. if anyone needs it. The Boston Shawver Jr. info was compiled by Rev. L. D. Shawver, James C. Chawver, A. E. Shawver, and Iva Lou Shawver-Osborn and was published in 1928. It contains several hundred names. I have it scanned into the computer so it would be easy to copy.
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Re: Salina Shawver b 18 Feb 1846 Ohio
Mary Lois Shawver 4/26/00
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Carol Rand 7/06/00
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Re: Salina Shawver b 18 Feb 1846 Ohio