Re: MOSES SHUMAN b. mid 1700's
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In reply to:
MOSES SHUMAN b. mid 1700's
Libby Stone 2/24/02
I AM A DESCENDANT OF THE LANCASTER CO. SHUMAN'S (GEORGE SHUMAN )HE HAD A SON ADAM, WHO MARRIED A MARY "POLLY" LUPFER, AND THEY HAD SEVEN CHILDREN TOGETHER. THEY RELOCATED TO JUNIATA TWP, PERRY CO, PA. ( I BELIEVE POLLY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM THAT AREA ) IN ANY EVENT, AFTER ADAM'S DEATH IN 1836, POLLY TOOK THE CHILDREN AND RELOCATED IN BEAVER TWP., GUERNSEY CO., OH. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1838-1840. PERHAPS SHE WENT TO OHIO TO BE WITH OTHER SHUMAN RELATIVES. HER CHILDREN WERE JACOB, ADAM JR., HENRY, SARAH, CATHARINE, AND SAMUEL.(SON GEORGE DIED IN INFANCY )
I HAVE YET TO FIND A MOSES IN OUR BRANCH, BUT I STILL HAVE A LOT OF INVESTIGATION TO DO. THE GEORGE SHUMAN FAMILY FROM LANCASTER TURNED INTO AN EXTREMELY LARGE TREE, GREATER THAN MY ORIGINAL EXPECTATIONS. ALSO, IT APPEARS THAT GEORGE SHUMAN HAD BROTHERS THAT FOLLOWED HIM TO THE COLONIES IN THE 1700'S FROM WIRTENBURG, GERMANY, BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TRACK WHO THEY WERE, OR WHERE THEY WENT AFTER ARRIVING IN PHILADELPHIA.
GOOD HUNTING,
JOHN CHRISTIAN SHUMAN JR.