Born
20 Mar 1801 in
Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors
Husband of
Mary Fretz
— married
about 1846 in Bedminster, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
Descendants
Died
15 Dec 1858
at age 57
in
Bucks Co, Pennsylvania
Profile last modified 16 Jan 2022
| Created 22 Oct 2015
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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 :
Anna [1]
Isaac [1]
He married (2nd) Catharine Detweiler[1] [2] , and had children :
Margaret [1]
Michael [1]
Henry [1]
John [1]
.
He married (3rd) Mary Fretz, daughter of Mark Fretz,[1] and had children :
Sarah [1]
Catharine [1]
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
↑ 1.00 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 .)
↑ 2.0 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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