Peter Shumway (1735 - 1828)

Born 29 Apr 1735 in Oakdale, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Leavens) Shumway — married 4 Jun 1759 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 30 Aug 1828 at age 93 in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts

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Biography

Peter Shumway is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 289706
Rank: Patriotic Service

Marriage

Married Rebeckah Leavins on 4 Jun 1759 @ Oxford, Worcester, MA^[1]

Peter was born in 1735.

Military

Peter Shumway, born Oxford, Massachusetts on 29 April 1735, died there 30 August 1828, is honored for American Revolution patriotism : 1) COLLECTOR OF HIGHWAY TAX, 2) RENDERED MATERIAL AID. ^[2]

Family

Children b. to Peter & Rebecca Shumway in Oxford, Mass:

1. Noah Shumway, b. 05 Oct 1770^[3]
2. Leavens Or Levins Shumway, b. 26 Aug 1772^[4]
3. Pearly Shumway, b. 12 Nov 1774^[5]
4. Rebeckah Shumway, 06 Jun 1766^[6]
5. Zerviah Shumway, b. 01 Jul 1785^[7]
6. Peter Shumway, b. 06 Dec 1777^[8]
7. Rebeckah Shumway, b. 06 Nov 1780^[9]

Death

Peter Shumway died 30 Aug 1828 and is interred at Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHY1-V8X : 5 November 2017), Peter Shumway and Rebeckah Leavins, 04 Jun 1759; citing Marriage, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 754,010.
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed March 24, 2019), "Record of Peter Shumway", Ancestor # A093269.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC48-252 : 10 February 2018), Noah Shumway, 05 Oct 1770; citing OXFORD,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 369,745.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC4X-CBS : 10 February 2018), Peter Shumway in entry for Leavens Or Levins Shumway, 26 Aug 1772; citing OXFORD,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 369,745.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJJ-PHZ : 5 November 2017), Peter Shumway in entry for Pearly Shumway, 12 Nov 1774; citing Birth, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 754,010.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJJ-P4B : 5 November 2017), Peter Shumway in entry for Rebeckah Shumway, 06 Jun 1766; citing Birth, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 754,010.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJJ-PHV : 5 November 2017), Zerviah Shumway, 01 Jul 1785; citing Birth, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 754,010.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC4X-6BR : 10 February 2018), Peter Shumway in entry for Peter Shumway, 06 Dec 1777; citing OXFORD,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 369,745.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC4Z-3NG : 10 February 2018), Peter Shumway in entry for Rebeckah Shumway, 06 Nov 1780; citing OXFORD,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 369,745.
10. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK2-G5QV : 13 December 2015), Peter Shumway, 1828; Burial, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, South Cemetery; citing record ID 47449952, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (Shumway http://www.dar.org/), "Record of not specified", Ancestor # Peter Shumway.

• "'Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volumes 59-60'; Daughters of the American Revolution; 1922; p. 52."

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Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Robert Stafford for creating WikiTree profile Shumway-71 through the import of Full.ged on Mar 3, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Robert and others.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City.

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC4X-6BN : 4 December 2014), Jeremiah Shumway in entry for Peter Shumway, 29 Apr 1735; citing OXFORD,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 369,745.