The Shavers, of Shavertown, Delaware County, New York

The Shavers, of Shavertown, Delaware County, New York

by Theron Wierenga, [email protected]

with the considerable help of Mark Girard.

The German Palatines were early 18th century emigrants from the Middle Rhine region of the Holy

Roman Empire, including a minority from the Palatinate, which gave its name to the entire group.

Towards the end of the 17th century and into the 18th, the wealthy region was repeatedly invaded by

French troops, which resulted in continuous military requisitions, widespread devastation and famine.

The "Poor Palatines" were some 13,000 Germans who migrated to England between May and

November 1709. Their arrival in England, and the inability of the British Government to integrate

them, caused a highly politicized debate over the merits of immigration. The English tried to settle

them in England, Ireland and the Colonies. The English transported nearly 3,000 German Palatines in

ten ships to New York in 1710. Many of them were first assigned to work camps along the Hudson

River to work off their passage.1

In The Palatine Families of New York, Jones, Henry Z., 1985, page 824, is listed Jost Heinrich

Schaffer, and he appears in the Hunter List 4 of Palatine Immigrants on 4 August 1710. He died 7 June

1742, age 70, so he was born about 1672. He had the following children with his first wife Agnes.2

Johann Valentin

Anna Margaretha

Elisabetha

Jost Heinrich Schaffer next married Susana Agnes Backus, evidently a widow as her maiden name was

Seibel. They had the following children.

Johann Henrich, baptised 27 January 1712

Johann Phillip, born 7 September 1713

Johann Adam, born 22 March 1715, baptized 3 April 1715, died 17723

Regina, confirmed 12 January 1732, age 15 years, so born about 1717

Johannes. born 22 January 1719

Anna Elisabetha, born 24 December 1720

Anna Maria, born 4 November 1722

Anna Barbara, born 27 September 1726

Johann Adam Schaffer, above, born 22 March 1715, married Gertraud Feller. His will is dated 14

January 1772 and probated 14 October 17724. Johann Adam is my wife Linda (Weaver) Wierenga's

7th great-grandfather.

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Palatines

2 The Palatine Families of New York, Jones, Henry Z., 1985, pp 824-30.

3 West Camp Lutheran Church Book, The Palatine Families of New York, Jones, Henry Z., 1985, pp 828.

4 The Palatine Families of New York, Jones, Henry Z., 1985, pp 828.

Figure 1, Baptism of Johann Adam Schaffer, son of Jost Heinrich Schaffer and Susanah, West Camp Lutheran

Church Book.

The children of Johann Adam Schaffer and Gertraud Feller were:

Catherina, (Baptised 17 October 17365 - 13 March 1808 in Rhinebeck, New York), married.

Eberhardt (Wager) Weeger on 22 December 1764.6

Elisabetha, (About 1737 – 30 March 1825 in Ghent, New York) married Bernhardt Weeger

(Barent Wager) (1732 – 19 April 1801), on 16 September 1761.7

Susanna, (Baptized 8 July 1739 - ), married Wilhelm Oostrander 28 October 1758.8

Jacob, (About 1741 - 13 March 1821 in Shavertown, New York), married Eva Sickner 27

March 1762.9

Anna, (About 1745 - 2 April 1806 in Danby Vermont), married Johannes Sickner 12 March

1762.10

Un-named Child, (Baptized 19 May 1746 - 1746?)11

Rebecca, (Born 18 August 1748 – 1748?)12

Twin

Magdelena, (Born 18 August 1748 - 1748?)13

Twin

Adam, (Born 28 June 1752 - 22 April 1805), married about 1770 Magdelena (Lenah, Eleanor)

Zufeldt14

Margaretha, (Born 27 January 1757 - )?

Rebecca, (Born 24 November 1756 baptized 6 December 1756 - ), married John Holmes15

Magdelena, (Born 13 August 1759 - ), married Benjamin Kip16

Philip, (Born 13 June 1763 - 8 October 1838), married Catherine Eckhart 9 December 178117

5 Dutch Reformed Church Book, Kingston, New York, page 221, number 4679, The Palatine Families of New York, Volume

2, p. 828. 6 Rhinebeck, The Flats, Dutch Reformed Church Book 39, p. 266, 276.

7 Rhinebeck, The Flats, Dutch Reformed Church Book 39, p. 377, The Palatine Families of New York, Volume 2, p. 828,

Wager Cemetery near Ghent, New York. 8 Dutch Reformed Church Book, Kingston, New York, page 241, number 5064, Rhinebeck, The Flats, Dutch Reformed

Church Book 39, p. 375, The Palatine Families of New York, Volume 2, p. 828. 9 Rhinebeck, The Flats, Dutch Reformed Church Book 39, pp. 229, 378, The Palatine Families of New York, Volume 2, p.

828, Gravestone, New Shavertown Cemetery, Find-a-Grave 90644222 and 90644297. 10

Reyn Beeck Redhook, Dutch Reformed Church Book 40, pp. 183, 241, Vermont Vital Records 1720-1908, Linage Book

NSDAR Volume 150:1919, The Palatine Families of New York, Volume 2, p. 828. 11

Reyn Beeck Redhook, Dutch Reformed Church Book 40, p. 71, The Palatine Families of New York, Volume 2, p. 829. 12

The Palatine Families of New York, Volume 2, p. 829, Saint Peters Lutheran Church Book, Rhinebeck, New York, p. ?. 13

Ibid. 14

Rhinebeck, The Flats, Dutch Reformed Church Book 39, p. 248, The Palatine Families of New York, Volume 2, p. 829. 15

Rhinebeck, The Flats, Dutch Reformed Church Book 39, The Palatine Families of New York, Volume 2, p. 829. 16

Rhinebeck, The Flats, Dutch Reformed Church Book 39, The Palatine Families of New York, Volume 2, p. 829.

It is the brothers Jacob, Adam and Philip above, and their children, that founded Shavertown, in

Delaware County, New York. When the spelling of the last name became Shaver is unknown, but it

was in use by 1790.

In Delaware County New York, History of the Century 1798 - 1898, by David Murrey, Delhi, N.Y.,

1898, page 275, regarding the town of Andes we read:

It was during the revolutionary period and in the following years that the first

permanent settlements began. According to various authorities, the years 1781 to 1784

mark the date of these pioneer movements. At about this time several families, making

their way up the East branch of the Delaware river, located at the place now known as

Shavertown. These families included John, Jacob and Philip Shaver (hence the name).

They had migrated from Dutchess county, while Philip Barnbardt had come to this

district from Schoharie county. These names, like those which follow, serve to indicate

the nationality of the early settlers. A few years later other individuals began to direct

their way along the smaller branches of the river. These branches afforded the natural

paths along which the invasion into the unknown territory should lie conducted. Thus

we learn of Robert Nicholson who made his home about 1790 up the Tremperskill, the

small stream joining the East Branch at Shavertown. To the same neighborhood came

Thomas More, James Phenix, Elijah Olmsted, Joseph Erskine, Silas Parish, E.

Washburn and Eli Sears, names, many of which are familiar in the county annals.

In The History of Delaware County N.Y., by W.W. Munsell, New York, 1880, page 104 we read the

following.

In 1781 three pioneers settled at Shavertown, and their numerous descendants have ever

since been identified with the industries of this valley. They were Jacob and John

Shaver (the same family name is frequently written Shafer), from Dutchess county, and

Philip Barnhart, from Schoharie county.

The first settler back from the river was Robert Nicholson, who came about 1790. Two

years after he sent for his family to join him in the home he had prepared three miles up

the Tremper kill, the stream which empties into the east branch at Shavertown. The next

year Philip Shaver, father of Colonel Adam Shaver and grandfather of George W.

Shafer, came from Dutchess county and located on the farm now owned by James

Collins. The family, consisting of the father, the mother and four small children, took

the overland route, and, with only one horse and no vehicle, they managed to load the

beast with such provision as would serve for the journey, and such personal effects as

they were to depend upon in beginning the struggle that everywhere awaited the

pioneer. The same year Thomas More made a clearing on this stream.

17

Claverack Dutch Reformed Church Book Vol. I, Box 1, p. 19, The Palatine Families of New York, Volume 2, p. 829,

Gravestone, Minor Cemetery, Town of Andes, Delaware County, New York..

From the Gazetteer of the State of New York, by J.H. French, and published in Syracuse, New York in

1850, page 259, including the footnotes for this page (which appear at the bottom of this page), we

read:

ANDES4—was formed from Middletown, April 13, 1819. It lies on the s. E. border of

the co., E. of the center. Its surface is a broken and hilly upland, intersected by the deep,

narrow ravines of the E. branch of the Delaware and its branches. The hills are high,

rocky, and irregular, and are bordered by steep declivities.5 The Delaware flows s. w.

through near the center of the town. Trempers Kil, Little Bush Kil, and Shaw Brook are

the other principal streams. The valleys of these streams are all narrow and tortuous and

are bordered by rocky hillsides. A considerable portion of the town is still covered with

forests. The soil is a clayey and shaly loam underlaid by hardpan upon the hills, and a

gravelly loam of good quality in the valleys. Andes , (p.v.,) on Trempers Kil, in the N.

part of the town, contains an academy,6 3 churches, a flouring mill, and 2 tanneries.

Pop. 350. Cabin Hill , (p. o.,) in the N.W., is a hamlet. Shavertown and Trempers Kil

are p. offices. Permanent settlement commenced in 1784. A few farms were taken up

prior to the Revolution, but were abandoned. The w. part of the town began to be settled

in 1794-96.7 During the anti-rent excitement this town was the scene of much violence,

and Deputy Sheriff Steele was murdered here by a mob, Aug. 7, 1845. Rev. Mr. House,

of Colchester, held the first religious meetings, in 1797.8

4 Named from the mountainous character of its surface.

5 "Mi. Pisgah" is the highest point between the two branches

of the Delaware. By a R. R. survey from Oneonta by way of Elk

Creek, Delhi and Fish Lake, the Fish Lake summit is ascertained

to be 1640 ft. above tide. By another route, up the Little Delaware

and Coulters Brook, the highest point on the line was almost

the same height. Mt. Pisgah measured 1800 ft. above this, or

about 3400 feet above tide. 6 Erected by Henry Down in 1847. It is not incorp.

7 Among the first settlers were James Phoenix, — Olmsted,

Peter Burgher, Joseph Erskine, Silas Parish, E. Washburn, Eli

Sears, Jacob, Adam, and Philip Shaver, and Philip Barnhart.

The first birth was that of Philip, son of Adam Shaver, Oct. 9,

1786; the first marriage, that of Henry Myers and Catharine

Shaver, June 17, 1789; and the first death, that of Wm. June.

Wm. Washburn taught the first school, in 1792-93; Edward

Sands kept the first store, Russell Comstook the first inn, and

Robt. More built the first mill on Trempers Kil in 1797. 8 The census reports 8 churches; 2 Asso. Ref. Prot., and 1 each

Bap., 0. S. Bap., Cong., M. E., Presb., and Union.

Looking at some U.S Census records for Delaware County we find:

1790 U.S. Census

County City Head of Family Males 16 & up,

incl. heads of

families

Males under age

16

Females incl.

heads of families

Ulster Middletown John Shaver 1 1 2

Ulster Middletown Adam Shaver 1 5 5

Ulster Middletown Jacob Shaver 1 3 2

1800 U.S. Census

County Town Head of

Family

Male

under

10

Male

10 -

15

Male

16 -

25

Male

26 -

44

Male

45 &

over

Female

under

10

Female

10 - 15

Female

16 - 25

Female

26 - 44

Female

45 &

over

Delaware Middletown John

Shaver

1 1 1 2 1 1

Delaware Middletown Jacob

Shaver

1 1 1

Delaware Middletown Adam

Shaver

2 2 1 1 1 1 1

Delaware Middletown Abraham

Shaver

1 1 1 1 1

Delaware Middletown Henry

Shaver

1 1 1

Delaware Middletown Philip

Shaver

4 1 1 1 1

1810 U.S. Census

County Town Head

of

Family

Male

under

10

Male

10 -

15

Male

16 -

25

Male

26 -

44

Male

45 &

over

Female

under

10

Female

10 - 15

Female

16 - 25

Female

26 - 44

Female

45 &

over


Shaver

1 1 1 1 1

Delaware Middletown Philip

Shaver

1 2 2 1 1 1

Delaware Middletown Henry

Shaver

2 1 1 1 1

Delaware Middletown Abram

Shaver

3 1 1 1 1 1


Shaver

1 1

Delaware Middletown John

Shaver

1 1 2 1 1 1

1820 U.S. Census

Town Head of

Family

Male

under

10

Male

10 -

16

Male

16 -

18

Male 16

– 26

incl.

heads of

families

Male 26

– 45

incl.

heads of

families

Male 45

and

upwards

incl.

heads of

families

Female

under

10

Female

10 - 16

Female

16 – 26

incl.

heads of

families

Female

26 - 45

incl.

heads of

families

Female

45 and

upwards

incl.

heads of

families

Slaves

Male

under

14

Andes Abraham

Shaver

2 1 1 1 1

Andes Adam

Shaver

2 1 1 3 1 1

Andes Adam

Shaver

2nd

1 1 1 1 2 1

Andes George

Shaver

1 1 1

Delhi George

Shaver

1 1 1 1

Colchester Henry

Shaver

3 1 1 1 1 2 1

Andes Jacob P

Shaver

2 1 1 1 1

Andes Jacob

Shaver

1 1

Andes John

Shaver

3rd

1 1 1 1

Andes John

Shaver

1 1 1 1 1 1

Andes John

Shaver

Jr.

3 1 1

Andes Peter

Shaver

1 1 1 1 1

Andes Peter

Shaver

2nd

2 1 1

Andes Philip

Shaver

1 1 1

Andes Philip

Shaver

2nd

2 1 2 1 1

Andes Solomon

Shaver

1 1 1

Andes William

Shaver

2 1 1 1 2 1

Davenport William

Shaver

2 1 2 1 1 1 1

From the 1790 U.S. Census it appears that the brothers Jacob and Adam had arrived in Delaware

County, and that John is most likely Johannes, the oldest son of Jacob.

The 1800 U.S. Census apparently shows Philip joining his brothers Jacob and Adam. In addition to

John (Johannes) Abraham and Henry, again probably the sons of Jacob, have also appeared.

The 1810 U.S. Census reflects the fact that Adam (1752 – 1805) had died. Additionally, a second

Jacob has appeared, age 26 – 44. There are several Jacob Shavers that fit that age range.

With Shaver children growing up and marrying, by 1820 there were 18 Shaver households in Delaware

County, including three John Shavers, a John, a John Jr. and John 3rd. Identifying specific individuals

here can be problematic.

Figure 2, Location of Shavertown from 1869 Delaware County Atlas.

Over time many members of this extended family came to Delaware County. Because of the large

number of Shavers, trying to track this family is a challenge. In addition, the family tended to use

many of the same first names. When a number of them settled along the Delaware River, a town

named Shavertown was established at the junction of the Tremperskill and East Branch of the

Delaware River. It had a post office by 1828.

The construction of the Pepacton Reservoir in Delaware County, NY began in 1947 and was

completed in 1955. Removals from the following cemeteries took place in 1953 and 1954. Arena (old),

Arena (new), Cat Hollow, Conklin, Edget, Flynn, J. R. Shaver, K.E. Davis Burying Ground, Shaver,

Shavertown, Union Grove, and Weaver Burying Ground. In the list of removals there are 161 Shafer,

Shaffer and Shaver family members.

We now attempt to detail the three sons of Johann Adam Shafer (1715 - 1772) and their descendants.

Bear in mind that some of the details here have not been thoroughly proven.

Jacob and Eva (Sickner) Shaver

Jacob Shaver (1741 - 13 March 1821)18

married Eva Sickner (19 December 1742 – 18 October

1814)19

. They were married on Monday (March 29) 1762 in the Rhinebeck Flats Reformed Church in

Dutchess County. A birth or baptism record for Jacob has not been found.

Figure 3, Rhinebeck Dutch Reformed Church Marriage Record of Jacob Shaver and Eva Sickner, 29 March 1762.

Jacob and Eva Shaver are my wife Linda (Weaver) Wierenga's 6th great-grandparents.

18

Rhinebeck, The Flats, Dutch Reformed Church Book 39, p. 378, The Palatine Families of New York, Volume 2, p. 828,

Gravestone, New Shavertown Cemetery, Find-a-Grave 90644222. 19

Rhinebeck, The Flats, Dutch Reformed Church Book 39, p. 229, Gravestone, New Shavertown Cemetery, Find-a-Grave

90644297.

Figure 4, Baptism Record of Eva Sickner , 19 December 1742, Rhinebeck Dutch Reformed Church Record.

The earliest land purchase by Jacob Shaver in Delaware County that has been found is dated in 1797

and shown in Figure 3. Reference to another purchase in 1794, found on the web, has not been

verified.

The Liddle Farm: The north one-half of Lot 5, 'situate in Middletown on Trimpir's Kill,

'was conveyed by Samuel William Johnson to Jacob Shaver May 20, 1794, for 80

pounds, money of New York.

Figure 5, Land Purchased by Jacob Shaver in 1797.

Figure 6, Gravestone of Jacob Shaver in the New Shavertown Cemetery.

Figure 7, Gravestone of Eva (Sickner) Shaver in the new Shavertown Cemetery.

Here is a list of the children of Jacob and Eva.

1. Johannes (John) H. Shaver (Baptised 19 May 1763 - 21 Nov 1844 Andes, New York), married

Elizabeth Parks (13 May 1763 - ?)20

Figure 8, Johannes Shaver baptized 19 May 1763, St. Peter's Lutheran, Rhinebeck, New York.

a. Jacob I. Shaver (22 April 1785 - 21 Jul 1873), baptized July 27, married Sally (Sarah) Ann

Kinch (1796 - 8 September 1873)21

20

Saint Peters Lutheran Church Book, Rhinebeck, New York. 21

Rhinebeck, The Flats, Dutch Reformed Church Book 39, p. 326.

Figure 9, Baptism Record of Jacob Shaver, born 22 April 1785, with John’s Brother Jacob (Using the Name John!)

and Wife as witnesses.

From Find-a-Grave:

Jacob and Sally Kinch Shaver, of Delaware Co., NY, came to Gratiot Co. in

1856, settling on 80 acres, section 2 of Emerson Twp. and remained there

until his death, July 21 1873, at the age of 77 years. His wife, Sally, lived

only two months after his death. They had 11 children.

Jacob was the son of John, born May 19 1763 and Elizabeth Parks Shaver,

born May 13 1763.

i. John L. Shaver (1813 – 14 September 1886)

ii. Lewis Shaver (1819 – 21 February 1870)

iii. Sarah Ann Shaver Coston (20 August 1820 – 29 July 1887)

iv. Jereman Shaver (19 November 1822 – 23 February 1918)

Gratiot County Portrait and Biographical Album, published 1884, p. 270:

http://www.lib.cmich.edu/clarke/gratiot/gratiot270.htm

Jerry Shaver, farmer on section 17, Emerson Township, was born in

Delaware Co., NY, Nov. 19, 1822, and was a son of Jacob I. and Sally

(Kinch) Shaver. The former was a native of Delaware Co., N.Y. and of

Dutch descent. He came to this county in 1856, locating a land warrant of

80 acres on section 2, Emerson Township, and remained here till his death,

July 21, 1873, at the age of 77 years and 3 months. Mrs. Sally Shaver was a

native of Connecticut, and of New England parentage. She was married to

Mr. Shaver in Delaware Co., N.Y., and died in Emerson Township, at the

age of 77 years and two and a half months.

At the age of two, Jerry went with his parents to Seneca County, where he

lived until 15, attending school and working on his father's farm. Thence he

went to Steuben Co., where, May 30, 1846, he was married to Ursula,

daughter of Richard and Cordelia (Reid) Sawtell, natives of New England,

and of English descent. Richard Sawtell was a physician, and died in the

State of New York, in 1842; Mrs. Sawtell died in Gratiot County, in 1865.

Ursula was born in Chenango Co., NY, Sept 27, 1826. Receiving her

education in her native county, she went to Steuben County in 1842. Six

years after marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Shaver came to this State, and settled

first in Ingham County, where they lived until the fall of 1856. They then

came to Gratiot County, and located on section 17, Emerson Township,

securing 80 acres by the Graduation Act. He has since purchased 40 acres

additional, and has 70 acres well improved. They came into a dense

wilderness, and suffered severly during the "starving time" of 1857.

They are the parents of four children, two of whom are living: Herman D.,

born March 2, 1848; J. Frank, born June 2, 1864; William, born Jan. 10,

1847, and died Feb. 7, 1847; Mary A., born July 21, 1850 and died Jan. 10,

1870.

In politics Mr. Shaver is a liberal Democrat.

b. Sarah Shafer (1792 - )?, married ___ White, Sally White mentioned in father’s will.

c. Elizabeth Parks Shaver, (1794 - between 1821 – 1834)?, married Nathan Kinch, (1788 –

After 1860)?

d. Catherina Shafer (Baptised 5 August 1798 - ) married Adonijah Stansbury (1788 - )

Adonijah with Sarah (1805) in 1850 Census.22

Figure 10, Catherina Shaver Baptised 5 August 1798, Kingston Dutch Reformed Church.

2. Jacob Shaver (30 October 1764 - 15 July 1857?), married Susanna Franklin (1763 – 1843?)23

a. Catherina Shaver (28 Aug 1785 - )24

b. Hendrick (About 1786 - )?

c. Anna Maria (11 November 1786 - )25

d. Eva (15 May 1788 - )26

e. Elizabeth (24 April 1790 - )27

f. Rebecca (23 August 1792 – 19 August 1872)28

married John J. DeVee29

g. Johannes (24 March 1794 - )30

h. Jacob A. (29 April 1797 – Before 1850)31

married Charity Banks (About 1803 – 18

December 1895)32

Jacob not with Charity in 1850 U.S. Census.

22

Dutch Reformed Church Book, Kingston, New York, page 459, number 9577. 23


Reyn Beeck Redhook, Dutch Reformed Church Book 40, p. 379. 25


Ibid. 27

Ibid. 28

Saint Peters Lutheran Church Book, Rhinebeck, New York, Find-a-Grave 125241162. 29

Find-a-Grave 125241126 30



1850 U.S. Census, Andes, Delaware, New York; New York Death Index 1880-1956.

i. Susanna (24 October 1799 – )33

3. Geertrux Shaver (Baptized 16 November 1766 - )34

Figure 11, Geertruy Shaver, Baptized 16 November 1766, Claverack Dutch Reformed Church, Claverack, New

York.

4. Phillippus Shaver (Baptized 23 October 1768 - )35

Figure 12, Philip Shaver, baptized 23 October 1768, St. Paul's Lutheran Red Hook, New York.

5. Anna Shaver (Baptised 15 April 1770 - )36

33


Claverack Dutch Reformed Church Book Vol. I, Box 1 35

Saint Pauls Lutheran Church Book, Rhinebeck, New York 36

Saint Peters Lutheran Church Book, Rhinebeck, New York.

Figure 13, Anna Shaver, Baptized 15 April 1770, Saint Peters Lutheran Church, Rhinebeck, New York.

6. Catherina Shaver (Baptized 3 June 1772 – 1856?), married Henry Meyers in 1789, first person

married in Shavertown.37

Figure 14, Catherina Shaver Baptized 3 June 1772, Saint Peters Lutheran Church, Rhinebeck, New York.

i. Jacob Stearns Meyers (About 1808 - 1872)

37

Saint Peters Lutheran Church Book, Rhinebeck, New York, Gazetteer of the State of New York, J.H. French, Syracuse,

New York, 1850, p. 259.

7. Rebecca Shaver (4 May 1774 - 6 July 1819) married Samuel Miller38

a. Schepbert Shaver (Baptized 14 February 1796 - )39

8. Adam Shaver (Baptized 15 February 1776 - 18, 15? Jan 1849 in Andes), 72 yrs. 9 mo. married

Charity Madison, (About 1775 - 15 Sep 1852).40

Figure 15, Adam Shaver, Baptized 15 February 1776, Saint Peters Lutheran Church, Rhinebeck, New York.

Figure 16, Adam and Charity Shaver Gravestones, New Shavertown Cemetery.

38

Saint Peters Lutheran Church Book, Rhinebeck, New York, Andes Rural Cemetery Find-a-Grave 107041126. 39


Saint Peters Lutheran Church Book, Rhinebeck, New York, Gravestones, New Shavertown Cemetery, Andes, New York.

1850 U.S. Census, Andes,

Delaware, New York, USA

Charity Shaver 70 (1780)

Henry Shaver 38 (1812)

Antoinette Shaver 26 (1824)

a. Catherina Shaver, (Baptized 14 February 1796 - )41

married Jacob Francisco (About 1785 –

3 September 1841)42

From Find-a-Grave:

Jacob Francisco was the son of Richard Derick Francisco and Elizabeth Oller.

On September 2, 1810 in Colchester, New York, Jacob married Catherine Shaver. Jacob

was a soldier in the War of 1812, enlisting 2 September 1812 at Milford, Otsego County,

New York, in the 16th Regiment of the New York detached Militia and served as a Private

in Captain Joseph Westcott's Company until 2 November 1812. He was in the Battle of

Queenstown where he was taken prisoner by the British but was discharged on parole.

b. Lana, Laney Shaver (About 1797 - After 1865), married ____ Barnhart ( - Before 1855). The

1865 New York Census lists her as having had eight children.43

Israel Barnhart (1822 - )?

Cornelia Barnhart (1831 - )?

Albert Perry Barnhart (1835 - 1883)?

Alfred Barnhart (1838 - 1913)?

c. Jacob Henry Shaver (7 June 1802 - 14 October 1881)44

, married Sarah (Sally) Merritt (15

March 1803 - 3 January 1875)45

, New Shavertown Cemetery.

Figure 17, Jacob H. Shaver Released from Jail, the Anti-Rent War, Delaware Gazette, 8 October 1845.

41

Dutch Reformed Church Book, Kingston, New York, page 450, number 9369, Find-a-Grave 92453257. 42

Find-a-Grave 92453144. 43

New York Census 1855, 1865, U,S< Census 1850, 1860, 1870. 44

Find-a-Grave 169121925. 45

Find-a-Grave 169121988.

Figure 18, Jacob H. and Sarah Shaver

Gravestones, New Shavertown Cemetery.

i. Henry Shaver (1826 - 4 June 1885 ) married Melvina A. Barnhart, 8 May 1851, (Civil

War pension application of Ebenezer Warren).



Jacob H Shaver 46 (1804)

Sally Shaver 45 (1805)

Alexander Shaver 20 (1830)

Hiram Shaver 15 (1835)

Deborah Ann Shaver 12 (1838)

Madison Shaver 9 (1841) Believe full name was James Madison

Emeline Shaver 7 (1843)

Antonette Shaver 5 (1845)

Susan J Shaver 2 (1848)

ii. Alexander Shaver (November 1829 – December 1899)46

, married Louisa A. Slack

(1835 - 1833)47

iii. Gertrude Shaver (About 1832 – 11 March 1899)48

married Ebenezer Warren (About

1826 – 9 December 1894)49

, 8 May 1851.50

iv. Hiram Shaver (7 April 1837 – 23 October 1906) married Susan M. ( - June 1844)51

v. Deborah Ann Shaver (About 1838 - )?

vi. James Madison Shaver (April 1841 – 10 June 1911)52

married Elizabeth Spencer

about 186453

, married Helen Knapp 24 April 1901.54

vii. Emeline Shaver (1843 - )?

viii. Antonette Shaver (1845 - )?

ix. Susan J Shaver (1848 - )?

Gertrude A. Shaver (1832 - 1899) married Ebenezer Warren (1826 - 9 December 1894), 8 May 1851 in

a double wedding with her brother Henry, who married Malvina A. Barnhart. In The History of Tioga

County, Pennsylvania, W. W. Munsell, 1883, Appendix, p. 12, Gertrude's parents are named as Jacob

and Sally Shaver. Gertrude and Ebenezer were divorced 5 February 1885. Ebenezer Warren then

married Melvina A. (Barnhart) Shaver 8 February 1889. (Civil War Pension Application of Ebenezer

Warren). Gertrude is buried in Hope Cemetery Corning, N.Y. beside her daughter Sophronia.

46

Find-a-Grave 107295499. 47

Find-a-Grave 107296354. 48

New York Death Index, 1880 – 1956. 49

New York Wills and Probate Records, 1659 – 1999. 50

Civil War Pension Application, Ebenezer Warren. 51

Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906 – 1966, U.S. Census 1900 Andes, Delaware.. 52

U.S. Census 1900 Andes, Delaware, New York Death Certificates 1880 - 1956. 53

Find-a-Grave 107297169. 54

New York State Marriage Index, 1881 – 1967.


Delaware, New York

Henry J Shaver 35 (1825)

Melvina A Shaver 25 (1835)

Elise A Shaver 1 (1859)


Delaware, New York

Henry J Shaver 47 (1823)

Melvina Shaver 37 (1833)

Annie Y Shaver 4 (1866)

1875 N.Y. Census, Andes,

Delaware, New York

Henry Shaver 52 (1823)

Melvina Shaver 42 (1833)

Annie Shaver 9 (1866)

Lorretta Shaver 5 (1870)

Jacob Barnhart 63 (1812)

Figure 19, Gravestones of Gertrude Warren and Daughter Sophronia Weaver, Hope Cemetery, Corning, New York

d. Adam A. Shaver (About 1806 – 2 April 1872)?, married Mary McCabe (About 1805 – July

1879)55

55

New York Census 1855, Andes, Delaware, U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1880, New York, Delaware.

1860 U.S. Census, Nelson,

Tioga, Pennsylvania

Eber Warren 29 (1831)

Kitty A. Warren 30 (1830)

Sophronia Warren 7 (1853)

Eber Warren 4 (1856)

Franklin H. Warren 3/12 (1860)


Tioga, Pennsylvania

Ebenezer Warren 44 (1826)

Gertrude Warren 37 (1833)

Sophronia Warren 17 (1853)

Abram Warren 15 (1855)

Franklin Warren 9 (1861)

Jennie Warren 7 (1863)

Mary Warren 4 (1866)


Tioga, Pennsylvania

Ebenezer Warren 54 (1826)

Gertrude Warren 48 (1832)

Frank Warren 20 (1860)

Jennie Warren 18 (1862)

Mary Warren 14 (1866)

e. John A. Shaver (About 1810 – After 1880) married Jane Van Steenburg (About 1820 – After

1880)56

f. Henry Shaver (About 1812 - After 1875), deaf and dumb57

g. Female Shaver (About 1815-16 – After 1840), deaf and dumb, in 1840 Census, not in 1850

Census.58

h. Antoinette Shaver (About 1824 - After 1865), deaf and dumb59

9. Abraham Shaver (10 March 1778 – 18 January 1849), married Eleanor Kinch (28 December 1780 in

Connecticut - 24 April 1848) Andes, married 1797, New Shavertown Cemetery, evidently no

gravestone.60

56

U.S. Census 1850, 1880, Andes, Delaware. 57

U.S. Census 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, Andes, Delaware; New York Census 1855, 1865, 1875, Andes, Delaware. 58

U.S. Census 1840. 59

U.S. Census 1850, 1860, Andes, Delaware; New York Census 1855, 1865, Andes, Delaware. 60

Rhinebeck, The Flats, Dutch Reformed Church Book 39, p. 255, Find-a-Grave 20715868, 20715917.

1855 N.Y. State Census, Andes,


Adam A Shaver 49 (1806)

Mary Shaver 50 (1805)

Charles A Shaver 19 (1836)

Mariah Shaver 17 (1838)

Woolsey Shaver 15 (1840)

Hariot Shaver 14 (1841)

Matthew Shaver 12 (1843)

Lauria Shaver 10 (1845)

Milicant Shaver 6 (1849)

1850 U.S. Census Andes,


John A Shaver 40

Jane Shaver 30

Sarah Vansteenburg 3

Gitty Shaver 21

Alax Shaver 20

The last two appear to be children of John’s

brother Jacob H. Shaver.

Figure 20, Abraham Shaver, Baptized 5 April 1778, Born 10 March 1778, Dutch Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie,

Flats, New York.

Figure 22, Delaware Gazette, 15 January 1845.

Figure 21, Delaware Gazette, 16 April 1845.

Both Abraham and Eleanor Shaver were deceased prior to the 1850 U.S. Census making it difficult to

differentiate which children are theirs. The following comes from several sources, some unproven.

a. Jerry Shaver (Baptized 5 August 1798 - )61

b. James William Shaver (About 1802 – 1880)62

married Juliet Davis (27 April 1807 – 29

November 1898)63

buried in New Shavertown Cemetery.

i. Samuel Shaver (About 1826 - )

ii. Adam Shaver (1832 - )

iii. Mariah Shaver (About 1835 - )

iv. Jane Shaver (About 1837 - )

v. James Henry Shaver (23 May 1839 – 23 February 1926)64

married Mary E. (About

1847 - )65

1. Ezra Shaver (About 1867 - )

2. Larran Shaver (about 1869 - )

3. Maretta Shaver (About 1870 -)

vi. Charlotte Shaver (About 1841 - )

vii. Angelica Shaver (About 1851 - )

c. Jacob Shaver (1806 – February 1880)66

married Polly Cottrell Adams (1821 – 1880)?

i. Chester Shaver (About 1840 - )

ii. Julia A. Shaver (About 1843 - )

iii. Amasa J. Shaver (About 1847-48 - )

61


Find-a-Grave 20715976. 63

Find-a-Grave 191215664. 64

http://www.dcnyhistory.org/phshaverkathyfisher.html 65

U.S. Census, 1870, Middletown, Delaware. 66

U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1880, Meredith, Delaware, New York, U.S. Census 1870, Meredith, Delaware,

New York Census 1855, 1865, 1875, Meredith, Delaware.

U,S, Census 1850, Colchester,


James W Shaver 48

Julia Shaver 44

Samuel Shaver 24

Adam Shaver 18

Mariah Shaver 15

Jane Shaver 13

James Shaver 11

Charlotte Shaver 9

Nelson Hutchurs 42

U.S. Census 1850, Meredith,


Jacob Shaver 44

Polly Shaver 29

Chester Shaver 10

Julia Shaver 7

Amasa Shaver 3

Ellen Spencer 13

d. John Shaver (About 1807 – After 1880) married Catherine (About 1815 – After 1880)67

i. Teressa Shaver (About 1836 - )

ii. Charles E. (about 1843 - )

e. Lydia Shaver (1807 - )?

f. William Kinch Shaver (2 December 1808 – 5 February 1892) Buried Paige Cemetery.

Married Mary (Polly) Washburn (1802 – 1869) 68

g. Abraham James Shaver (About 1810 - 1843)69

In New Shavertown Cemetery. The Surrogates Court and Administrator’s Sale notices

in the Delaware Gazette above were probably his.

h. Adam Jacob Shaver (1815 - )?

i. Elizabeth Eleanor Shaver (About 1817 – 6 August 1874) married Jacob Barnhart (16

September 1811 - 28 August 1880)70

about 1837.

j. John Shaver (1819 - )?

k. Charles T. Shaver (1822 – 1895)? married Cornelia Barnhart (1831 – 1896)? Both in 1892

NY Census.

l. Catherine Shaver (1824 – 1866)?

10. Hendricus Shaver (Born 2 April 1780 - )71

, married Laura?

Figure 23, Baptism of Hendericus Shaver, Rhinebeck, The Flats, Dutch Reformed Church, 14 May 1780.

67

U.S. Census 1860, 1870, 1880, Meredith, Delaware, New York Census, 1855, 1865, 1875, Meredith, Delaware. 68

Find-a-Grave 134376516, 107289418. 69

Find-a-Grave 107290551. 70

Gravestones, New Shavertown Cemetery, Find-a-Grave 107466024, 107465725. 71

Rhinebeck, The Flats, Dutch Reformed Church Book 39, p. 302.

11. Magdalena Shaver (Shafer) (Baptized 24 December 1781 - )72

Figure 24, Magdalena Shaver, Baptized 24 December 1781, Saint Peters Lutheran Church, Rhinebeck, New York.

The remaining children here are unproven.

12. George Shaver (Shafer) b. about 1782

13. William Shaver b: about 1784

14. Sarah Shaver b: about 1786

15. Charity Shaver b: about 1788

16. Eleanor Shaver b: about 1790

72


Adam and Eleanor Shaver

Adam Shaver (28 June 1752 - 22 April 1805) baptized 12 July 1752 in Rhinebeck Flats Reformed

Church. Married Magdalena Zufeldt (9 August 1750 - 26 September 1813). (Saint Peters Lutheran

Rhinebeck?) Buried with Eleanor (1752 - 26 September 1813) in New Shavertown Cemetery. Eleanor

appears to be Magdalena Zufeldt as recorded by Henry Jones.73

Figure 25, Baptism Adam Shaver, Poughkeepsie (The Flats) Dutch Reformed Church, 1752.

73

The Palatine Families of New York, Jones, Henry Z., 1985, p. 829, Rhinebeck, The Flats, Dutch Reformed Church Book

39, p. 248.

Figure 26, Gravestone of Adam Shaver in New Shavertown Cemetery.

Figure 27, Gravestone of Eleanor Shaver New Shavertown Cemetery.

Children of Adam and Eleanor and or Magdalena Zufeldt.

1. Catherine Shaver (About 1776 – 10 February1859), married John Harmonus Dumond (1767 – 7

April 1823)74

74

Declaration of Catherine Dumond dated 10 October 1854, Lineage Book, NSDAR, Volume 143, 1918-1919, number

142227.

2. Gertraut Shaver (14 September 1775 - )75

3. George Shaver (28 July 1777 - October 1795) "Son of Adam & Eleanor, Age 18 years", New

Shavertown Cemetery76

Figure 28, George Shaver Gravestone, New Shavertown Cemetery.

4. Magdalena Shaver (12 August 1779 - )77

5. Rebecca Shaver (25 September 1781 - 1856), married Frederick Miller (1777 - 1855)78

6. Henry Shaver (5 January 1784 - 13 Jan 1850) buried with Jane Elizabeth Wilson (1785 - 22

September 1848), New Shavertown Cemetery.79

75



Rhinebeck, The Flats, Dutch Reformed Church Book 39, p. 361. 78

Rhinebeck, The Flats, Dutch Reformed Church Book 39, p. 309. 79

Rhinebeck, The Flats, Dutch Reformed Church Book 39, p. 320, Gravestones New Shavertown Cemetery, Andes,

Delaware, New York..

Figure 29, Henry and Jane Shaver Gravestones, New Shavertown Cemetery.

Figure 30, Jane K. and Thomas W. Shaver, Young Children of Henry and Jane.

7. Philippus (Philip) Shaver (9 October 1786 - 1850)80

First birth in the Town of Andes. Not in Saint

Peters?

8. Petrus (Peter) Shaver (17 January 1788 - 5 February 1863) buried with Mary Ann Freeman (9

December 1789 - 12 September 1865), New Shavertown Cemetery81

Figure 31, Peter and Mary Ann Shaver Gravestone, New Shavertown Cemetery.

There was also a daughter Louisa, from the gravestone below.

80

Gazetteer of the State of New York, French, J.H., Syracuse, N.Y. 1860, p. 259. 81


1850 US Census, Andes,

Delaware, New York

Peter Shaver 63 (1787)

Mary Ann Shaver 60 (1790)

George Shaver 32 (1818)

Daniel Shaver 24 (1826)

Philip Shaver 22 (1828)

Barclay Shaver 19 (1831)

Mary Tilford 21 (1829)

Bowman Wilson 28 (1822)

1860 US Census Andes,

Delaware, New York

Freeman Shaver 44 (1816)

Eliza Shaver 44 (1816)



Viola Shaver 7 (1853)

Jane Shaver 4 (1856)

Richard Gigony 74 (1786)

Hannah Gigony 84 (1776)

1850 US Census, Andes,


Freeman Shaver 37 (1813)

Hannah Shaver 37 (1813)



Figure 32, Gravestone of Louisa Shaver, Daughter of Peter and Mary Ann, New Shavertown Cemetery.

9. William Helmus Shaver (29 May 1790 - 30 March 1855) buried with Hanna Vail (22 March 1795?

- 22 July 1842), New Shavertown Cemetery82

82


Figure 33, Gravestone of William Shaver, New Shavertown Cemetery.

Figure 34, Gravestone of Hannah Shaver, New Shavertown Cemetery.

a. Alfred Shaver, (1816 - 1904), married Mary,

(30 Aug 1819 - 8 October 1845).

Because Alfred is a unusual name in the Shaver

family he was easy to trace through the various

census reports.

1840 U.S. Census, Alfred is age 20-29 living with

a woman age 15-19.

1850 U.S. Census, Alfred is age 36 (1814) living

with his parents. His wife Mary’s gravestone

explains this, she had died in 1845.


Delaware, New York

Helmus Shaver 60 (1790)

Maria S Shaver 58 (1792) Second wife ? Hannah died in 1842.

Alfred Shaver 36 (1814)

Sarah C Shaver 32 (1818)

Edwin Shaver 27 (1823)


Sylvester Shaver 21 (1829)

Louisa Shaver 9 (1841)

Sally Vale 32 (1818)

Orrin Carle 22 (1828)

Figure 35, Alfred and Mary Shaver Gravestones, New Shavertown Cemetery.

In the 1855 N.Y. Census, Alfred is age 40 (1815) and living with his siblings George,

Sylvester and Louisa.

In the 1865 N.Y. Census, Alfred is age 49 (1816) and living as a boarder with the Wood

family.

In the 1870 U.S. Census, Alfred is age 54 (1816), a sawyer and living with 27 year old

Louisa, listed as a housekeeper, and child Arthur age 2. Louisa’s age was most likely

17.

In the 1875 N.Y. Census, Alfred is age 60 (1815), a farmer, and living with Louisa, a

daughter age 21 (1844), and daughter’s child Arthur, age 7.

In the 1892 N.Y. Census, Alfred is age 78 (1814) and the following line lists Louisa

Shaver, age 48 (1844).

b. Sarah C Shaver (About 1818 - )83

c. Edwin Shaver (About 1823 - 1902), married Agnes C. Boyes (1844 – 1918)84

d. George R. Shaver (About 1825 – 3 November 1898)85

e. Sylvester Shaver (About 1829 - 1864)86

buried Andes Cemetery.

f. Sarah Shaver (1831 - )?

g. Louisa Shaver (About 1841 - ) This from U.S. Census 1850, Andes, Delaware,

may have been a grandchild.

83

U.S. Census 1850, Andes, Delaware. 84

Find-a-Grave 107279149, 107279149. 85

Find-a-Grave 107230407, New York States Death Index, 1880 – 1956. 86

U.S. Census 1850, Andes, Delaware, Find-a-Grave 107296820.

10. Sarah Shaver (29 July 1792 – 1821?)87

11. Johannes Shaver (27 November 1795 – 10 August 1869) age 74 yrs. 8 mo. 14 days, Paige

Cemetery. Not in Saint Peters?

Figure 36, John Shaver Gravestone, Paige Cemetery.

87


Philip and Catherine Shaver

Philip Shaver (Baptized 13 June 1763 - 8 August 1838), married Catherina Eckert (1762 - 6 July

1837).88

Figure 37, Baptism of Philip Shaver.

Figure 38, Philip Shaver and Catherina Eckert marriage, Claverack Dutch Reformed Church, 1781.

Philip is buried in the Miner Cemetery and his gravestone reads "Oct 8 1838, 75 yr" Also buried there

is Philip's wife Catherine who died 6 July 1837, age 75 years.

88


Figure 39, Catherine Shaver Gravestone, Miner Cemetery.

Philip's Children are:

1. Adam Shaver (1783 - 8 June 1852) , had 12 children, wife Helena Yaple (6 June 1788 - 20

June 1831) second wife Elizabeth (1789 - )

a. Daniel B. Shaver (1809 - 1897) married Jane S. Styles

(1809 - 1809) 89

89

Gravestones, Andes Cemetery, Andes New York.

Died at Andes in this county on the 8th, after a

brief illness, Col. Adam Shaver, Jr., in the 76th

year of his age.

Col. Adam Shaver was a native of Clarverac,

Columbia Co., in this State, and came with his

father’s family, when about 12 years old, to

what is now the town of Andes which was then

a comparative wilderness, where he has since

resided until his death. As a citizen, neighbor

and friend, he lived respected and esteemed,

and his death will be sincerely regretted by all

who enjoyed his friendship and acquaintance.

Bloomville Mirror Tues. June 29th 1852.

1850 U.S. Census, Andes

Delaware, New York

Adam Shaver 67 (1783)

Elizabeth Shaver 61 (1789)

Nicholas Shaver 26 (1824)

Lafayette Shaver 24 (1826)

Julia Shaver 22 (1828)

Matthew Kin 17 (1833)

Hannah Wilson 17 (1833)


Delaware, New York

Daniel B Shaver 40 (1810)


Sarah H Shaver 15 (1835)

Edward Shaver 12 (1838)

Emma Shaver 10 (1840)


C B Shaver 23 (1827)

i. Sarah H. Shaver (1835 - )

ii. Edward Shaver (1838 - )

iii. Emma Shaver (1840 - )

iv. Mary Shaver (1843 - )

v. C. B. Shaver (1827 - )

b. Aaron P. Shaver (1812 - ) married Jane (1817 - )

i. Asa Shaver (1820) Wagonmaker

ii. Elizabeth Shaver (1843)

iii. Ann Shaver (1845)

c. Nicholas Shaver (1824 - )

d. Lafayette Shaver (1826 - )

e. Julia Shaver (1828 - ) married Ebenezer W. Lindsley (1826 - 1905) From FAG Julia's

years are (20 August 1823 - 1806)

f. Morgan Smith Shaver, From FAG (1828 - 18 September 1828)

2. Jacob Peter Shafer (22 May 1785 - 24 January 1870) aged 84 yrs., 8 mo., 4 days. (20 May

1785 FAG) Wife Catherine (1784 - 26 April 1854) aged 70 yrs., 19 days. (7 April 1784 FAG)

Margaretville Cemetery

Figure 40, Jane Ann Shaver, Infant Daughter of Jacob Peter and Catherine, Died 5 April 1814, Born 15 April 1812.


Delaware, New York

Aaron P Shaver 38 (1812)


Asa Shaver 30 (1820)

Elizabeth Shaver 7 (1843)

Ann Shaver 5 (1845)

Jane Anderson 15 (1835)

Charles Phebe 30 (1820)



Jacob P Shaver 62 (1788)

Catharine Shaver 62 (1788)

Margaret Shaver 26 (1824)

Lyman Shaver 21 (1829)

Samuel Shaver 24 (1826)

Figure 41, Gravestones of Jacob P. and Catharine Shaver, Margaretville Cemetery.

3. Margaretha Shaver, (20 October 1788 - )90

4. Peter J. (2 April 1791 – 28 February 1864) died 28 Feb 1864, 72 yrs. 10 mo., (Calculated 28

Apr 1791), Miner Cemetery, gravestone reads Peter Shaver Jr., wife Hanna Ackerly died 10

May 1849, 53 yrs. 5 mo. Miner Cemetery91

a. Freeman Shaver (About 1816 - )?

b. Infant Son ( - 26 September 1818)92

c. Mary Antoinette Shaver (About 1820 – 1864)93

married Robert Liddle (November

1819 – 2 April 1915)94

d. Peter Shaver (About 1825 - )?

e. George Washburn Shaver (April 1826 – 2 April 1908)95

married Jane Samantha

Fuller (5 August 1826 – 1884)? about 1862

f. Andrew Shaver ( May 1829 – 5 July 1829)96

g. James P, Shaver (1830 – 1872)97

married Adelia (1840 – 1913)98

h. Hanna Marietta Shaver (May 1838 – 6 October 1917)99

married James Muir (May

1833 – 23 February 1905?)100

90

Hillsdale. New Claverack Reformed Church Book 18, p. 28. 91

Ibid. 92

Gravestone, Minor Cemetery, Town of Andes, Delaware County, New York. 93

Gravestone, Andes Cemetery, Andes, New York. 94

Ibid., Colchester Presbyterian Church Book 1887 – 1942. 95

1900 U.S. Census, Concord, Erie, New York; New York Death Index 1880 – 1956. 96

Gravestone, Minor Cemetery, Town of Andes, Delaware County, New York. 97

Gravestone, Andes Cemetery, Andes, New York. 98

Ibid. 99

1900 U. S, Census, Andes, Delaware, New York; New York Death Index 1880 – 1956. 100

1900 U. S, Census, Andes, Delaware, New York.



Peter Shaver 58 (1792) Note no wife, died 1849


George W Shaver 23 (1827)

James Shaver 20 (1830)

Hannah Shaver 12 (1838)

Daniel Shaver (1826 - )

Philip Shaver (1828 - )

Barclay Shaver (1831 - )

Figure 42, "PETER SHAVER JR, DIED FEB 28 1864, age 72y 10m", Miner Cemetery.

Figure 43, "HANNA SHAVER, wife of Shaver, died May 10 1849, AE. 53y 5mo", Miner Cemetery.

5. Philip Shaver (12 December 1794 - 21 September 1873) married Malvina Benedick (23 June

1805 – 11 April 1880) 13 May 1824, daughter of Ezra and Sarah Benedick

a. Colonel B Shaver (June 1827 – 23 October 1909)

a. Mary Jane Shaver (1829 – 17 January 1890)

b. Sarah C. Shaver (1832 – 30 March 1900) married Levi B. McCabe in 1851

c. Ezra B. Shaver (22 June 1832 – 31 May 1914) married Elizabeth Finkle

d. Marcus P. Shaver (May 1838 – 26 April 1902) married Emma Vistoria Hunt

e. Andrew Cowen Shaver (December 1839 – 8 September 1907) married Angelica

Collier

f. Francis Marion Shaver (10 March 1846 – 29 July 1897) male, married Adeline

Lucelia

g. Francis Maria Shaver (10 March 1846 – 4 February 1924) female, married John

Kullum



Philip Shaver 55 (1795)

Malvina Shaver 45 (1805)

Mary Jane Shaver 21 (1829)

Sarah C Shaver 18 (1832)

Ezra B Shaver 15 (1835)

Marcus Shaver 13 (1837)

Andrew Shaver 11 (1839)

Francis M Shaver 5 (1845) In Minor Cemetery, no dates.

The author makes no pretense as to the ultimate accuracy of the dates and persons in this narrative.

Some of the data was taken from unsubstantiated sources and needs to be confirmed. Where

question marks are found, names and dates should be understood to be unproven.

The purpose of this narrative is to generate a dialog with others who have more substantiated

information. Hopefully, others can share with the author their information so that this narrative can

become more accurate. Family bibles, descendant lists and other genealogies would be most

welcome. I will post updates as they become available.

Theron Wierenga

[email protected]

Saint Petersburg, FL

The Shavers, of Shavertown, Delaware County, New York

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