Barbara (Mayern) Schell (abt. 1782 - 1833)

Wife of Samuel Schell — married 5 Sep 1809 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

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Biography

Barbara was born about 1782. Her mother’s name is not recorded, but she has been attributed as a daughter of Daniel Maÿern, who served in the Revolutionary War, as Dragoon in Continental Army.

She passed away in 1833 or 1880 depending on who you believe. She appears on the 1870 US Fed Census, age 85 living in the home of what may be a married daughter.

Marriage & Family

5 Sep 1809: Barbara Mayern married Samuel Schell in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. They had the following children:^[1]Children marked with an asterisk (*) have baptismal records as the children of Samuel Schell & Barbara, baptized at Saint Peter's (Fetterhoff's) UCC, Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania:

1. Michael* (1810-1888) (Wiconisco, PA) m Veronica "Fannie" Bordner (1817-1889)
2. Johannes* (b. 27 Dec 1813)
3. George (b. 24 Sep 1817, d. 6 Sep 1872). He married Jane E Lukens (1830-1864). Buried in Halifax, PA);^[2] 11 children
4. Juliana* (b. 20 Mar 1820)
5. David (Shelltown, Ohio)
6. John (Shelltown, Ohio)
7. Samuel (Ohio)
8. Benjamin (went to Cincinnati, Ohio; all trace lost)
9. Mary m Byrnes (Tower City, Schuylkill, PA); no issue, died in Tower City.
10. Julia m Robson (Tower City, Scuylkill, PA); 4 children. Possibly, she is Juliana above.
11. Susan (b. Halifax) m Christian Fox on 28 Oct 1840 in Dauphin
12. Rosa m Warfield; issue. Died in Houtzdale, PA

Research Notes

Her profile at Strausstown Roots says Barbara's family name is Ferree (b. ~1762- ), but this is unsourced^[3]There are, however, people with that surname living in Dauphin County at that time.

Sources

1. ↑ copied from a secondary-sourced family tree sent to Michael Schell by Mae L Reiner, about 1999. Not verified with primary sources
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #67030874
3. ↑ Strausstown Roots

• Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 691
• Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; National Archives, Washington. D.C. for Daniel Maÿern.