Christina (Shafer) Washburn (abt. 1741 - 1819)

Born about 7 Jun 1741 in Albany, Albany, Province of New York [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1819 at about age 77 in Adams Co., Ohio, United States

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Evidence has been presented by a Washburn researcher, that suggests the dau. of Hendrik and Marytje Schever of Albany, married a different man, not Nathaniel Washburn of Dutchess Co., but Petrus Helm in Ulster Co.

Biography

: Christina Shafer

Baptism

The Christina shown baptised below, may not have been the woman who married Nathaniel Washburn.

• Nathaniel Washburn An American Pioneer: ^[1]

Albany, New York ^[2]

June 7, 1741

Christina, of Hendrik and Maria Schuver

Witnesses: Adam Gardinier, Lena Kittel

• New York Births and Christenings:

Name Christina Schuver

Gender Female

Christening Date 07 Jun 1741

Christening Place FIRST DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH,ALBANY,ALBANY,NEW YORK

Father's Name Hendrik Schuver

Mother's Name Maria

Family

• From "Nathaniel Washburn An American Pioneer":

Nathaniel and Christina (Shafer) Washburn had several children. We can reconstruct the family, only from physical proximity and the names given their grandchildren. In the order of their birth, it is fairly certain that the Washburn children were named: ^[3]

• Joseph
• John
• Patience
• Susanna
• Parmenas
• Anna Barbara
• Maria
• Ebenezer
• James
• Abraham
• Sarah

At least four of which, are recorded in the "Records of the Baptisms of the Reformed Church at Mackackemeck" (Deer Park), Minisink Valley, Orange Co., NY,^[4] including:

• Patience, born October 12, 1768, baptized September 22, 1771, daughter of Nathaniel Wasburg and Christina Scheever. ^[5]

• Anna Barbara, they are shown as Christina Shafer, wife of Nathaniel Washburn, in the baptism of dau. Anna Barbar(a), 14 June 1775, in the "Records of the Baptisms of the Reformed Church" (New York) p. 32.

(and in an obviously less literate hand),

• Ebenezer, shown as Cristina Shaver, wife of Nathannel Warsbon, in the baptism of son Abeneser (Ebenezer), 9 July 1777, this time specifically from the "Baptisms of the Reformed Church at Mackackemeck (Deerpark)", (New York), p. 141.

• Marcia, the parents are shown as Cristina Shever, wife of "Noah" or Nathaniel Wasborn, in the baptism of daughter Marcia, Nov. 25, 1776.

Sources

1. ↑ Catherine Lutes Gowdy
2. ↑ Year Book of the Holland Society, Third Albany Book, p. 88, by Henry L. Bogert
3. ↑ Catherine Lutes Gowdy
4. ↑ Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Vol. V, p. 159
5. ↑ Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Vol. V, p. 159

• "Nathaniel Washburn An American Pioneer", A Genealogy of the Nathaniel Washburn Family (1739-1988), Pub. 1988 Gateway Press, by Catherine Lutes Gowdy

• "Baptisms of the Reformed Church at Mackackemeck (Deerpark)", (New York), p. 141.

• "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2CW-GVN : 11 February 2018), Hendrik Schuver in entry for Christina Schuver, 07 Jun 1741; citing FIRST DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH,ALBANY,ALBANY,NEW YORK, reference ; FHL microfilm 908,989.

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Janet Washburn for starting this profile.

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