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Henry Shelly (1801 - 1858)

Henry Shelly
Born in Bucks, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married about 1846 in Bedminster, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 57 in Bucks Co, Pennsylvaniamap
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Biography

Henry, born 20 Mar 1801 in Bucks, PA, was the son of Michael Shelly and Elizabeth Meyer. He was a farmer and a Mennonite.[1][2]

He married (1st) Esther High (1797 - c.1834)[1][2], and had children :

  1. Anna [1]
  2. Isaac [1]

He married (2nd) Catharine Detweiler[1][2], and had children :

  1. Margaret [1]
  2. Michael [1]
  3. Henry [1]
  4. John [1]

. He married (3rd) Mary Fretz, daughter of Mark Fretz,[1] and had children :

  1. Sarah [1]
  2. Catharine [1]
  3. Amanda [1]

Henry died in Nov 1859.[1]

Notes

Original (unsourced) profile :

  • included Meyer as a middle name; there is no evidence that Henry ever used Meyer as a middle name.
  • gave Henry's birth date as 25 Mar 1799.
  • gave Henry's death date as 15 Dec 1858,

Sources

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Fretz, Abraham James. "A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Christian and Hans Meyer and Other Pioneers: Together with Historical and Biographical Sketches, Illustrated with Eighty-seven Portraits and Other Illustrations" p.393. Harleysville, Pennsylvania: News Printing House, 1896. (Available online at Google Books.)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014, citing "DKL, Geiss-Oberh-Shelly-Mussel Bk. p; 92" viewed at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60592/images/44308_347533-03660




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