Adam Nicholas (Schaeffer) Shaver (1762 - 1817)

Born 15 Aug 1762 in Stone Arabia, Palatine, Montgomery, Province of New York

Husband of Catherine (Cook) Shaver — married 27 Apr 1784 in Montreal, Québec, Canada

Descendants

Died 1817 at about age 54 in Matilda, Dundas, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Adam Nicholas (Schaeffer) Shaver U.E.L., soldier, listed as a Corporal in the K.R.R.N.Y., in Pringle's Book, (page 391), while his father Nicholas Shaver, was listed as a Sergeant of Butlers Rangers.

Adam was a farmer and a Innkeeper at Matilda, Dundas County, Ontario. Also because of his war service he received the Patent on Lots 33 1\2 E, Consession 1 , and Consession 4, 1/2 of Lots at Matilda Township, in January 1879, as a Free Grant under order in Council ( Ontario Archives Microfilm Index Land Grants). The Patents for these lots are dated September 1, 1797.

Sources

• Schaeffer, Loyalist List "G" for Matilda, Dundas county; http://threerivershms.com/schaefferloyalistg.htm.
• Genealogical Research Library, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
• Norman K. Crowder, Early Ontario Settlers, A Source Book, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1993.
• Ancestry.com. New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, Vol. I - Extracts; Publication Place: Albany, New York; Publisher: J. B. Lyon Co.; Publication Year: 1904; Page Number: 115.
• Ancestry.com. Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008; Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, comp.
• Ancestry.com. UK, American Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; American Loyalist Claims, Series I; Class: AO 12; Piece: 86.
• Ancestry.com. Web: Montreal, Canada, non-Catholic Marriage Index, 1766-1899 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225736271/adam-n-shaver : accessed 22 May 2022), memorial page for Adam N. Shaver (1761–1817), Find a Grave Memorial ID 225736271, ; Maintained by iain MacNeill (contributor 49718855) Burial Details Unknown.