William Shreve (1737 - aft. 1813)

Born 4 Oct 1737 in Burlington, Burlington, Province of New Jersey, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Ivins) Shreve — married 8 May 1756 in Springfield, Burlington, Province of New Jersey

Husband of Rhoda (Ivins) Shreve — married 15 Dec 1768 in New Jersey

Husband of Ann (Woodward) Shreve — married 21 Feb 1779 in New Jersey

Descendants

Died after 1 Jan 1813 after age 75 in Mount Holly, New Hanover Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Daughters of the American Revolution information:

• SHREVE, WILLIAM
• Ancestor #: A104425
• Service: NEW JERSEY
• Rank(s): COLONEL
• Birth: 8-4-1737 BURLINGTON CO NEW JERSEY
• Death: ANTE 1-1-1813 NEW HANOVER TWP BURLINGTON CO NEW JERSEY
• Service Source: , REG OF OFFICERS & MEN OF NJ IN THE REV, VOL 1, P 339
• Service Description: 1) ALSO MAJ, LCOL, 1ST REGT BURLINGTON CO MILITIA
• Residence: Created: 2002-03-27 23:23:55.3, Updated: , By: Conversion 1) County: BURLINGTON CO - State: NEW JERSEY
• Spouse (1): ANNA IVANS; Created: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, Updated: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, By: Conversion 1)
• Spouse (2): ANN WOODWARD RECKLESS; Created: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, Updated: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, By: Conversion 2)
• Child son: JEREMIAH W. SHREVE, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] SARAH BECK
• Child son: RICHARD SHREVE, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] MARGARET NEWBOLD
• Child daughter: ANNA SHREVE, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] NATHAN SHURNARD
• Child daughter: AMY SHREVE, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] SOLOMON RIDGWAY

Born: 04 Aug 1737 Burlington Co., New Jersey, USA

William Shreve, of Springfield, Burlington Co., NJ-Yeoman-married May 8th, 1756, Anna Ivins, of Springfield, Burlington Co., NJ., Yeoman Bondsman: Moses Ivins, of Springfield, Burlington Co., NJ. Witnesses: Gab Bland, Sam'l Peart.

William Shreve, 1st Maj; First Reg Burlington Sep 28 1776 Lieut. Col. ditto March 14 1777 Col. ditto April 18 1778. Little has been ascertained of Col. William Shreve's career before his services during the Revolutionary War. After that period he was a man of business, and owned at one time vessels on the sea. While on duty in the army the British plundered, burned and destroyed his property, consisting of houses, barn and outhouses with contents, amounting to 1335.15 pounds.The property was located in Burlington County, and its destruction occurred June 23rd, 1778.

After the war he was a shopkeeper in Mansfield, but in 1782 the business proved disastrous. He and his second wife, with others, in 1788, crossed the Alleghany Mountains to Fayette County, PA. There is no record of his permanent residence there, or of his investing in property in that vicinity. He probably resumed business in Burlington Co., acquiring quite a competency before death. Any real estate he might have possessed was disposed of before the making of his will, which was dated May first, 1810, and devised only personal property amounting to $2,043.17, of which $1,500 were in bonds.

Birth: 8th mo. 4th, 1737 in Burlington Co., NJ lists 3 marriages: m. May 8th, 1756 Anna Ivins; m (2) 12th mo. 15th, 1768 Rhoda Ivins; m (3) Feb 21st 1779 Anne (Woodward) Reckless

Note

The book of "Marriage Licenses" at Trenton, NJ

The Military List "Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revoluntionary War"

The Genealogy and History of the Shreve Family from 1641. L. P. Allen, 1901.p. 262

Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas French, Howard Barclay French, 1909, Vol. 1, p. 301

William Shreve military

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William Shreve

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Col. William Shreve

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Our Country & Its People by Samuel Bates

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Sources

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A104425
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZ5F-ZZG
• Source: S-2067412026 Repository: #R-2139939163 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=15289954&pid=991
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