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| death_date        = Feb 27, 1810<ref>http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/21169794/person/1221435088</ref>
 
| death_date        = Feb 27, 1810<ref>http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/21169794/person/1221435088</ref>
 
| death_place      = Shirley, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania<ref>http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/21169794/person/1221435088</ref>
 
| death_place      = Shirley, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania<ref>http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/21169794/person/1221435088</ref>
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| spouse            = Elizabeth _________<ref>http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/21169794/person/1221435088</ref>
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| spouse            = [[Elizabeth Shaver]]<ref>http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/21169794/person/1221435088</ref>
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| children          = [[Phoebe Shaver]]
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| children          = [[Peter Shaver]]<br />[[John Shaver]]<br />[[Jacob Shaver]]<br />[[Leonard Shaver]]<br />[[Phoebe Shaver]]<br />[[Catherine Shaver]]<br />[[Susannah Shaver]]<br />(Unknown daughter) Shaver<ref>http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/john-w-john-woolf-jordan/a-history-of-the-juniata-valley-and-its-people-volume-3-dro/page-9-a-history-of-the-juniata-valley-and-its-people-volume-3-dro.shtml</ref>
 
| parents          = [[Nicholas Shaver]]<br />[[Stephanie Maria Von Auersperg]]<ref>http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/21169794/person/1221435088</ref>
 
| parents          = [[Nicholas Shaver]]<br />[[Stephanie Maria Von Auersperg]]<ref>http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/21169794/person/1221435088</ref>
 
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| occupation        = Tobacco farmer; botanist<ref>http://genealogyandmore.com/MyFamily/PS03_478.HTM</ref>  
 
| occupation        = Tobacco farmer; botanist<ref>http://genealogyandmore.com/MyFamily/PS03_478.HTM</ref>  
 
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== Excerpt from [http://www.genealogy.jostko.com/Special/Booher/ShaverDocs/NicholasShaverDoc.pdf Nicholas Shaver Family] by John Koning ==
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* 1795 Huntingdon Co., Shirley Twp., PA Tax List: Nicholas Shaver, 160 acres; 3 horses; 6 cows<ref>http://genealogyandmore.com/MyFamily/PS03_485.HTM</ref>
 
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* Will of Nicholas Shaver, Huntingdon County, PA Wills, book 2, pg 53<ref>http://genealogyandmore.com/MyFamily/PS03_485.HTM</ref>
 
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* History of the Juniata Valley pg 1027<ref>http://genealogyandmore.com/MyFamily/PS03_485.HTM</ref>
 
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* Nicholas moved from his native colony of Germany to Shenandoah, Virginia via James River to Cumberland in 1750 to Aughwick, PA in 1770, as he purchased May 24, 1785, a farm in Shirley Twp, Huntingdon Co,. where he died. He was the earliest settler in the township and had no neighbors except those miles distant. He bought part of his land from the original owners, the Indians, giving them a fair price for their holdings. Nicholas was a botanist and tobacco farmer. His sons Peter and John were appointed administrators of his estate. Nicholas participated in the Revolutionary War from 1781-1782 out of Providence Twp, Bedford Co., PA<ref>http://genealogyandmore.com/MyFamily/PS03_485.HTM</ref>
 
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* Wife Elizabeth died 29 Aug 1756 and is buried on Stitt Farm Mt. Union, PA<ref>http://genealogyandmore.com/MyFamily/PS03_485.HTM</ref>
 
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== Excerpt from [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogyofjohan00bare/genealogyofjohan00bare_djvu.txt Genealogy of Johannes Baer, 1749-1910] ==
 
  
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Major John Shaver was born in Shenandoah Valley, Va., September nth, 1762, and died October i6th, 1829. He came to Pennsylvania from Virginia at an early day and settled near Aughwick Mills, Shirley Township. He moved to what is now Mount Union in 1802. He was a prominent farmer and owner of much land. He built the large stone house near where Mount Union now stands and is buried in the cemetery near the house. He raised a large family, who married and made new homes of their own, most all of them adjoining his home or within a radius of three miles. His children :
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Given that most of the published information about the early Shaver family was written several generations after the death of Nicholas, it is difficult to estimate how much of it is accurate. There are, however, some things that can be stated about Nicholas based on other sources.  The 1810 death notice<ref>[http://www.genealogy.jostko.com/Special/Booher/ShaverDocs/NicholasShaverDeathNotice.jpg Huntingdon Gazette Newspaper], 1 Mar 1810; Notice reads: Died. - In Shirley Township, on the 18th ult. Mr. Nicholas Shaver in the 83d year of his age.</ref> for Nicholas indicates he was born about 1727. And from census and tax records, it appears that he had at least several children born in the 1750's which would be consistent with a late 1720's birth for him.  Nicholas first showed up in Shirley Twp. (in Bedford Co. at the time) on the 1785 tax list<ref>Family History Library microfilm #1449351: Bedford Co., PA tax lists.</ref> indicating his arrival most likely in 1784. It is well known that a short time later, in May 1785, Nicholas bought land in Shirley Twp.  The indenture agreement<ref>Bedford Co., PA Deed Book, Vol. B, Page ?:Purchase of land in Shirley Twp., Bedford Co., PA by Nicholas Shaver on 24 May 1785.</ref> (sales contract) for that land states that he was a blacksmith and a resident of Bedford Co. at the time.  
  
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Samuel, 1795-1870. Married Catherine Vandevander, lived adjoining his father.  
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Peter and John Shaver were administrators for their father's estate.  In April 1813, they submitted a preliminary and incomplete accounting<ref>Huntingdon Co., PA Orphan's Court Docket B, Page 272: Preliminary accounting of the estate of Nicholas Shaver submitted in Apr 1813 by sons Peter & John.</ref> for the estate.  Over the next 23 years, there were four attempts filed in the Huntingdon Co. Orphan's court by various family members to compel Peter, John, and their descendants to submit a final accounting for the estate.  In the second of these attempts<ref>Huntingdon Co., PA Orphan's Court Docket C, Page 332: Petition in Apr 1829 by Joseph Cochenour (husband of Catharine, daughter of Nicholas) to have final accounting completed for the estate of Nicholas Shaver.</ref>, made in 1829 by Joseph Cochenour (son-in-law), it is stated that there were nine heirs (children) alive at the time of Nicholas's death in 1810. Finally, in 1836, the court rejected the latest request for an accounting citing time lapsed since the death of Nicholas.  A final accounting for the estate was never filed.
  
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Jacob, 1796-1878, Married Jane Morrison. Lived about 3 miles away; near Newton Hamilton. Second wife, Julia Mor- rison (sisters).  
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== Excerpt from [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogyofjohan00bare/genealogyofjohan00bare_djvu.txt Genealogy of Johannes Baer, 1749-1910] ==
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Henry, 1797- 1870. Married Hannah Morrison. Lived at mill adjoining his father.
 
  
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John, 1 798- 1 863. Married Jane Hanawalt. Lived near Aughwick Mills (Sheriff, Huntingdon County). Married sec- ond, Sarah King.  
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[...] Nicholas Shaver, Jr. [...] came from the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, and purchased a farm May 24th, 1785, near what is now Aughwick Mills, Shirley Township, where he lived the balance of his life. He died about 1810. His sons, Peter and John, were appointed administrators of his estate in that year. He owned considerable property. His wife's name was Elizabeth. They had the following children: Peter, name of wife, Catherine; John (Major), married Mary Glass. Jacob, married, (lived in Westmoreland County). Leonard, lived in Mercer County, married Rachel Ricketts, daughter Hezekiah, Sr. Phebe, married Casper Booher. Catherine, married Joseph Cochenour. Susannah, married Peter Snyder. A daughter, name unknown, married Ripple. Most all of whom lived in the vicinity of the old homestead.  
  
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Nicholas, 1801-1884. Married Keziah Etnier. Lived at mill adjoining his father.
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At one time the Shavers (about 70 in number, counting children), and their relatives, through marriage with the families of Casper Booher, Peter Snyder and Hezekiah Ricketts, Sr., owned one continuous line of adjoining farms about five miles long, extending from the Juniata River at the bend where the Creosoting plant is located, up through Hill Valley, almost to where the Brewster Tannery stood.  
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Ann, 1803-1878. Married John Morrison (1803-1859). Lived along Shirley Road about 3 miles away,
 
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William, 1804-1855. Married Catherine Wallace. Lived adjoining his father.
 
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Catherine, 1808-1863. Married Joseph Lankton. Lived and died on a farm near Lewistown.
 
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George, 181 0-1880. ]\Iarried Margaret Mcllhenny. Lived near Ipavia, Fulton County, 111.
 
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Peter, 1813-1894. Married Margaret Morrow, 1816-1890. Lived adjoining his father.
 
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Major John Shaver was a son of Nicholas Shaver, Jr., who came from the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, and purchased a farm May 24th, 1785, near what is now Aughwick Mills, Shir- ley Township, where he lived the balance of his life. He died about 1810. His sons, Peter and John, were appointed admin- istrators of his estate in that year. He owned considerable prop- erty. His wife's name was Elizabeth. They had the following children: Peter, name of wife, Catherine; John (Major), mar- ried Mary Glass. Jacob, married, (lived in Westmoreland County). Leonard, lived in Mercer County, married Rachel Ricketts, daughter Hezekiah, Sr. Phebe, married Casper Booher. Catherine, married Joseph Cochenour. Susannah, married
 
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Peter Snyder. A daughter, name unknown, married
 
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Ripple. Most all of whom lived in the vicinity of the old home- stead.
 
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At one time the Shavers (about 70 in number, counting chil- dren), and their relatives, through marriage with the families of Casper Booher, Peter Snyder and Hezekiah Ricketts, Sr., owned one continuous line of adjoining farms about five miles long, ex- tending from the Juniata River at the bend where the Creosoting plant is located, up through Hill Valley, almost to where the Brewster Tannery stood.  
 
  
 
The father of Nicholas Shaver, Jr., was Nicholas, Sr. It is said he came from Germany, when Nicholas, Jr., was a small boy, and settled in the Shenandoah Valley, in Virginia, with the early settlers and had two sons and one daughter.  
 
The father of Nicholas Shaver, Jr., was Nicholas, Sr. It is said he came from Germany, when Nicholas, Jr., was a small boy, and settled in the Shenandoah Valley, in Virginia, with the early settlers and had two sons and one daughter.  
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== Excerpts from [http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/john-w-john-woolf-jordan/a-history-of-the-juniata-valley-and-its-people-volume-3-dro/page-9-a-history-of-the-juniata-valley-and-its-people-volume-3-dro.shtml HISTORY OF THE JUNIATA VALLEY] ==
 
== Excerpts from [http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/john-w-john-woolf-jordan/a-history-of-the-juniata-valley-and-its-people-volume-3-dro/page-9-a-history-of-the-juniata-valley-and-its-people-volume-3-dro.shtml HISTORY OF THE JUNIATA VALLEY] ==
  
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Narcissa (Shaver) SheafTer descends from a long line of splendid colonial ancestry on both the paternal and distaff sides. The immi- grant ancestor of the Shaver family came from Germany to the Prov- ince of Virginia while that colony was yet in its swaddling clothes. He settled on the James River, some distance from the colonial capital, Jamestown, became a tobacco planter, and accumulated a large amount of this world's goods. He was a highly edvicated man and used his knowledge for the benefit of his neighbors as well as himself in turn- ing to account the natural resources of the country, especially his botanical lore. Among his descendants was Nicholas, of whom fur- ther.  
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Narcissa (Shaver) SheafTer descends from a long line of splendid colonial ancestry on both the paternal and distaff sides. The immigrant ancestor of the Shaver family came from Germany to the Province of Virginia while that colony was yet in its swaddling clothes. He settled on the James River, some distance from the colonial capital, Jamestown, became a tobacco planter, and accumulated a large amount of this world's goods. He was a highly edvicated man and used his knowledge for the benefit of his neighbors as well as himself in turning to account the natural resources of the country, especially his botanical lore. Among his descendants was Nicholas, of whom further.  
  
 
(I) Nicholas Shaver, a descendant of the immigrant of the name, was born in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, and here lived and died. Among his children was Nicholas Jr., of whom further.  
 
(I) Nicholas Shaver, a descendant of the immigrant of the name, was born in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, and here lived and died. Among his children was Nicholas Jr., of whom further.  
  
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(II) Nicholas Shaver Jr., son of Nicholas Shaver, was born in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. He moved from his native colony to Pennsylvania, before 1785, as he purchased. May 24, 1785, a farm in Shirley township, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, where he located, '~|n lived and died. He was the earliest settler in the township and had no neighbors except those miles distant. He bought part of his land from the original owners, the Indians, giving them a fair price for their lioldings. He died in 18 10, and his sons Peter and John were appointed administrators of his estate. He married EHzabeth , in Virginia, and she came with him and their children to Pennsylvania. Children: i. Peter. 2. John, of whom further. 3. Jacob, lived in Westmoreland count)', Pennsylvania. 4. Leonard, married Rachel Ricketts; lived in Mercer county, Pennsylvania. 5. Phoebe, married Caspar Booher. 6. Catherine, married Joseph Cochenour. 7. Susan- nah, married Peter Snyder. 8. A daughter, name unknown, married Mr. Ripple.  
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(II) Nicholas Shaver Jr., son of Nicholas Shaver, was born in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. He moved from his native colony to Pennsylvania, before 1785, as he purchased. May 24, 1785, a farm in Shirley township, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, where he located, '~|n lived and died. He was the earliest settler in the township and had no neighbors except those miles distant. He bought part of his land from the original owners, the Indians, giving them a fair price for their lioldings. He died in 18 10, and his sons Peter and John were appointed administrators of his estate. He married EHzabeth , in Virginia, and she came with him and their children to Pennsylvania. Children: i. Peter. 2. John, of whom further. 3. Jacob, lived in Westmoreland count)', Pennsylvania. 4. Leonard, married Rachel Ricketts; lived in Mercer county, Pennsylvania. 5. Phoebe, married Caspar Booher. 6. Catherine, married Joseph Cochenour. 7. Susannah, married Peter Snyder. 8. A daughter, name unknown, married Mr. Ripple.  
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(Ill) John, son of Nicholas and Elizabeth Shaver, was born Sep- tember II, 1762, in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, and died Octo- ber 16, 1829, in Shirley township, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, and is buried in the family cemetery at Mt. Union. He was reared on his father's tobacco plantation, in the chivalrous atmosphere of his native colony, and was there educated. It is said of him that he was a most perfect type of a southern gentleman. He moved to Pennsyl- vania about 1784 and located at Oughwick Mills, Shirley township, Huntingdon county. In 1802 he changed his place of abode to what is now known as Mt. Union, the same county. He was one of the larg- est land owners in the county and one of its most progressive men. He erected a large store house on the present site of Mt. Union. At one time the Shavers and their relatives, about seventy in number, counting the children, and their connections through marriages with IMessrs. Booher, Snyder and Ricketts, owned one continuous line of farms about five miles in length, extending from the Juniata river at the bend, where the creosoting plant is now located, up through Hill Valley, very near where the Brewster tannery stood. He married Mary Glass, also of Virginia. Children: i. Samuel, born 1795, died 1870; married Catherine Vandewater, and lived on farm adjoining his father's. 2. Jacob, born 1796, died 1878: married (first) Jane Morri- son; (second) Julia Morrison, sister of first wife; lived near Newton Hamilton, Pennsylvania. 3. Henry, born 1797, died 1870; married Hannah Morrison; lived at mill near father. 4. John, born 1798, died 1863; married (first) Jane Hanawalt; (second) Sarah King; he was once sherifif of Huntingdon county. 5. Nicholas, born 1801, died 1884; married Keziah Etnier; lived in what is now Mt. L'nion. 6. Ann, born 1803, died 1878: married John Morrison; lived on Shirley Road. 7. AVilliam, of whom further. 8. Catherine, born 1808, died 1863; married Joseph Lankton; lived and died on farm near Lewis- town, Pennsylvania. 9. George, born 18 10, died 1880; married Mar- garet Mcllhenney, lived near Ipavia, Fulton county, Illinois. 10. Peter, born 1813, died 1894; married Margaret Morrow; lived on farm adjoining his father.
 
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== Historical Notes ==
 
== Historical Notes ==
  
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* Nicolas may be the one listed as living in Huntingdon county (2 horses, 2 cattle, 140 acres) in 1788<ref>Shaver, Nicholas</ref>
 
* Nicolas may be the one listed as living in Huntingdon county (2 horses, 2 cattle, 140 acres) in 1788<ref>Shaver, Nicholas</ref>
 
* Nicholas is living in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1790usfedcen&h=316018&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t21169794_p1221435088_kpidz0q3d1221435088z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid 1790 Federal Census] along with:  
 
* Nicholas is living in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1790usfedcen&h=316018&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t21169794_p1221435088_kpidz0q3d1221435088z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid 1790 Federal Census] along with:  
 
** Number of Free White Males 16 and Over: 4
 
** Number of Free White Males 16 and Over: 4
 
** Number of Free White Females: 1
 
** Number of Free White Females: 1
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** Number of Household Members: 5
 
 
* Nicholas is living in Shirley, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1800usfedcenancestry&h=425443&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t21169794_p1221435088_kpidz0q3d1221435088z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid 1800 Federal Census], along with:  
 
* Nicholas is living in Shirley, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1800usfedcenancestry&h=425443&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t21169794_p1221435088_kpidz0q3d1221435088z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid 1800 Federal Census], along with:  
 
** Free White Males Under 10: 1
 
** Free White Males Under 10: 1
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** Free White Females Under 10 : 1
 
** Free White Females Under 10 : 1
 
** Free White Females 45 and Over : 1
 
** Free White Females 45 and Over : 1
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** Number of Household Members Under 16 : 2
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** Number of Household Members: 5
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* Wife Elizabeth died 29 Aug 1756 and is buried on Stitt Farm Mt. Union, PA<ref>http://genealogyandmore.com/MyFamily/PS03_485.HTM</ref>
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* Nicholas moved from his native colony of Germany to Shenandoah, Virginia via James River to Cumberland in 1750 to Aughwick, PA in 1770, as he purchased May 24, 1785, a farm in Shirley Twp, Huntingdon Co,. where he died. He was the earliest settler in the township and had no neighbors except those miles distant. He bought part of his land from the original owners, the Indians, giving them a fair price for their holdings. Nicholas was a botanist and tobacco farmer. His sons Peter and John were appointed administrators of his estate. Nicholas participated in the Revolutionary War from 1781-1782 out of Providence Twp, Bedford Co., PA<ref>http://genealogyandmore.com/MyFamily/PS03_485.HTM</ref>
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* A Nicolas Sheaver [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogyofbrumb02brum#page/n13/mode/1up is listed as] the tax collector for Shirley Township, Bedford/Huntingdon County in 1791
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* 1795 Huntingdon Co., Shirley Twp., PA Tax List: Nicholas Shaver, 160 acres; 3 horses; 6 cows<ref>http://genealogyandmore.com/MyFamily/PS03_485.HTM</ref>
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* Will of Nicholas Shaver, Huntingdon County, PA Wills, book 2, pg 53<ref>http://genealogyandmore.com/MyFamily/PS03_485.HTM</ref>
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* History of the Juniata Valley pg 1027<ref>http://genealogyandmore.com/MyFamily/PS03_485.HTM</ref>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 11:31, 14 July 2011

Nicholas ("Neibalas") Shaver, Jr.
Born 1736[1] or c. 1749[2]
Valley, Botetourt, Virginia[3]
Died Feb 27, 1810[4]
Shirley, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania[5]
Occupation Tobacco farmer; botanist[6]
Spouse Elizabeth Shaver[7]
Children Peter Shaver
John Shaver
Jacob Shaver
Leonard Shaver
Phoebe Shaver
Catherine Shaver
Susannah Shaver
(Unknown daughter) Shaver[8]
Parents Nicholas Shaver
Stephanie Maria Von Auersperg[9]

Excerpt from Nicholas Shaver Family by John Koning[edit]

Given that most of the published information about the early Shaver family was written several generations after the death of Nicholas, it is difficult to estimate how much of it is accurate. There are, however, some things that can be stated about Nicholas based on other sources. The 1810 death notice[10] for Nicholas indicates he was born about 1727. And from census and tax records, it appears that he had at least several children born in the 1750's which would be consistent with a late 1720's birth for him. Nicholas first showed up in Shirley Twp. (in Bedford Co. at the time) on the 1785 tax list[11] indicating his arrival most likely in 1784. It is well known that a short time later, in May 1785, Nicholas bought land in Shirley Twp. The indenture agreement[12] (sales contract) for that land states that he was a blacksmith and a resident of Bedford Co. at the time.

Peter and John Shaver were administrators for their father's estate. In April 1813, they submitted a preliminary and incomplete accounting[13] for the estate. Over the next 23 years, there were four attempts filed in the Huntingdon Co. Orphan's court by various family members to compel Peter, John, and their descendants to submit a final accounting for the estate. In the second of these attempts[14], made in 1829 by Joseph Cochenour (son-in-law), it is stated that there were nine heirs (children) alive at the time of Nicholas's death in 1810. Finally, in 1836, the court rejected the latest request for an accounting citing time lapsed since the death of Nicholas. A final accounting for the estate was never filed.

Excerpt from Genealogy of Johannes Baer, 1749-1910[edit]

[...] Nicholas Shaver, Jr. [...] came from the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, and purchased a farm May 24th, 1785, near what is now Aughwick Mills, Shirley Township, where he lived the balance of his life. He died about 1810. His sons, Peter and John, were appointed administrators of his estate in that year. He owned considerable property. His wife's name was Elizabeth. They had the following children: Peter, name of wife, Catherine; John (Major), married Mary Glass. Jacob, married, (lived in Westmoreland County). Leonard, lived in Mercer County, married Rachel Ricketts, daughter Hezekiah, Sr. Phebe, married Casper Booher. Catherine, married Joseph Cochenour. Susannah, married Peter Snyder. A daughter, name unknown, married Ripple. Most all of whom lived in the vicinity of the old homestead.

At one time the Shavers (about 70 in number, counting children), and their relatives, through marriage with the families of Casper Booher, Peter Snyder and Hezekiah Ricketts, Sr., owned one continuous line of adjoining farms about five miles long, extending from the Juniata River at the bend where the Creosoting plant is located, up through Hill Valley, almost to where the Brewster Tannery stood.

The father of Nicholas Shaver, Jr., was Nicholas, Sr. It is said he came from Germany, when Nicholas, Jr., was a small boy, and settled in the Shenandoah Valley, in Virginia, with the early settlers and had two sons and one daughter.

Excerpts from HISTORY OF THE JUNIATA VALLEY[edit]

Narcissa (Shaver) SheafTer descends from a long line of splendid colonial ancestry on both the paternal and distaff sides. The immigrant ancestor of the Shaver family came from Germany to the Province of Virginia while that colony was yet in its swaddling clothes. He settled on the James River, some distance from the colonial capital, Jamestown, became a tobacco planter, and accumulated a large amount of this world's goods. He was a highly edvicated man and used his knowledge for the benefit of his neighbors as well as himself in turning to account the natural resources of the country, especially his botanical lore. Among his descendants was Nicholas, of whom further.

(I) Nicholas Shaver, a descendant of the immigrant of the name, was born in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, and here lived and died. Among his children was Nicholas Jr., of whom further.

(II) Nicholas Shaver Jr., son of Nicholas Shaver, was born in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. He moved from his native colony to Pennsylvania, before 1785, as he purchased. May 24, 1785, a farm in Shirley township, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, where he located, '~|n lived and died. He was the earliest settler in the township and had no neighbors except those miles distant. He bought part of his land from the original owners, the Indians, giving them a fair price for their lioldings. He died in 18 10, and his sons Peter and John were appointed administrators of his estate. He married EHzabeth , in Virginia, and she came with him and their children to Pennsylvania. Children: i. Peter. 2. John, of whom further. 3. Jacob, lived in Westmoreland count)', Pennsylvania. 4. Leonard, married Rachel Ricketts; lived in Mercer county, Pennsylvania. 5. Phoebe, married Caspar Booher. 6. Catherine, married Joseph Cochenour. 7. Susannah, married Peter Snyder. 8. A daughter, name unknown, married Mr. Ripple.

Historical Notes[edit]

Notes:

  • Nicolas may be the one listed as living in Huntingdon county (2 horses, 2 cattle, 140 acres) in 1788[15]
  • Nicholas is living in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania in the 1790 Federal Census along with:
    • Number of Free White Males 16 and Over: 4
    • Number of Free White Females: 1
  • Nicholas is living in Shirley, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania in the 1800 Federal Census, along with:
    • Free White Males Under 10: 1
    • Free White Males 26 to 44: 1
    • Free White Males 45 and Over : 1
    • Free White Females Under 10 : 1
    • Free White Females 45 and Over : 1

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  • Wife Elizabeth died 29 Aug 1756 and is buried on Stitt Farm Mt. Union, PA[16]
  • Nicholas moved from his native colony of Germany to Shenandoah, Virginia via James River to Cumberland in 1750 to Aughwick, PA in 1770, as he purchased May 24, 1785, a farm in Shirley Twp, Huntingdon Co,. where he died. He was the earliest settler in the township and had no neighbors except those miles distant. He bought part of his land from the original owners, the Indians, giving them a fair price for their holdings. Nicholas was a botanist and tobacco farmer. His sons Peter and John were appointed administrators of his estate. Nicholas participated in the Revolutionary War from 1781-1782 out of Providence Twp, Bedford Co., PA[17]
  • A Nicolas Sheaver is listed as the tax collector for Shirley Township, Bedford/Huntingdon County in 1791
  • 1795 Huntingdon Co., Shirley Twp., PA Tax List: Nicholas Shaver, 160 acres; 3 horses; 6 cows[18]
  • Will of Nicholas Shaver, Huntingdon County, PA Wills, book 2, pg 53[19]
  • History of the Juniata Valley pg 1027[20]

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/21169794/person/1221435088
  2. ↑ http://genealogyandmore.com/MyFamily/PS03_478.HTM
  3. ↑ http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/21169794/person/1221435088
  4. ↑ http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/21169794/person/1221435088
  5. ↑ http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/21169794/person/1221435088
  6. ↑ http://genealogyandmore.com/MyFamily/PS03_478.HTM
  7. ↑ http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/21169794/person/1221435088
  8. ↑ http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/john-w-john-woolf-jordan/a-history-of-the-juniata-valley-and-its-people-volume-3-dro/page-9-a-history-of-the-juniata-valley-and-its-people-volume-3-dro.shtml
  9. ↑ http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/21169794/person/1221435088
  10. ↑ Huntingdon Gazette Newspaper, 1 Mar 1810; Notice reads: Died. - In Shirley Township, on the 18th ult. Mr. Nicholas Shaver in the 83d year of his age.
  11. ↑ Family History Library microfilm #1449351: Bedford Co., PA tax lists.
  12. ↑ Bedford Co., PA Deed Book, Vol. B, Page ?:Purchase of land in Shirley Twp., Bedford Co., PA by Nicholas Shaver on 24 May 1785.
  13. ↑ Huntingdon Co., PA Orphan's Court Docket B, Page 272: Preliminary accounting of the estate of Nicholas Shaver submitted in Apr 1813 by sons Peter & John.
  14. ↑ Huntingdon Co., PA Orphan's Court Docket C, Page 332: Petition in Apr 1829 by Joseph Cochenour (husband of Catharine, daughter of Nicholas) to have final accounting completed for the estate of Nicholas Shaver.
  15. ↑ Shaver, Nicholas
  16. ↑ http://genealogyandmore.com/MyFamily/PS03_485.HTM
  17. ↑ http://genealogyandmore.com/MyFamily/PS03_485.HTM
  18. ↑ http://genealogyandmore.com/MyFamily/PS03_485.HTM
  19. ↑ http://genealogyandmore.com/MyFamily/PS03_485.HTM
  20. ↑ http://genealogyandmore.com/MyFamily/PS03_485.HTM
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