Anna Shelly

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N1870SOURCE 3: DATE: APRIL 5, 1997. PAGE: 14. THIS INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM A BOOK BY E. HERMAN SHELLEY, TITLED " GENEALOGICAL NOTES ON THE SHELLY-SHELLEY FAMILY ", DATED MARCH 6, 1955, TO BE FOUND AT THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY UNDER NUMBERS 929, S545 OF THE CARD CATALOG, A COPY OF THIS BOOK IS IN MY POSSESSION. THE FOLLOWING WAS RECORDED: ABRAHAM SHELLY OF MOUNT JOY TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, PA., BORN ABOUT 1730, DIED PRIOR TO APRIL 3, 1786, MARRIED ANNA ELIZABETH ______, WHO DIED PRIOR TO NOVEMBER 27, 1786. THEIR CHILDREN: 1.) JACOB SHELLY. 2.) FERONICA ( VERONICA ) SHELLY, MARRIED MICHAEL HORST. ONE OF THE SONS OF THIS MARRIAGE, PETER HORST MARRIED CHRISTIANA SHELLY. 3.) MARY SHELLY MARRIED CHRISTIAN WITMER. 4.) MAGDALENA SHELLY MARRIED CHRISTIAN MUSSELMAN. 5.) ANNA SHELLY MARRIED JOSEPH MUSSELMAN. 6.) CHRISTIAN SHELLY MARRIED ANN ENGLE. BY VIRTURE OF A PATENT DATED DECEMBER 1, 1748, ABRAHAM OWNED 198 ACRES " BY CHICKIES CREEK ", IN DONEGAL TOWNSHIP. THIS LAND IS NOW A PART OF MOUNT JOY TOWNSHIP. BY THEIR DEED OF NOVEMBER 28, 1758, ABRAHAM AND WIFE ANNA ELIZABETH SOLD THIS LAND TO HENRY LANDUS ( LANDIS ) FOR 250 POUNDS ( DEED BOOK G, PAGE 17, LANCASTER COUNTY. HENRY LANDUS NOVEMBER 26, 1760, TRANSFERRED THIS LAND TO HIS WIFE MARY, ( DEED BOOK G, PAGE 21 ). THE MARY REFERRED TO WAS MARY KNEISLEY SHEELY, WIDOW OF JACOB SHELLY, ABRAHAMS FATHER. AS REFERRED TO UNDER CHRISTIAN SHELLY (2-2) ABRAHAM SHELLY ACQUIRED FROM HIS BROTHER 187 ACRES IN DONEGAL ( NOW MOUNT JOY TOWNSHIP ), ( DEED BOOK O, PAGE 201, LANCASTER COUNTY, FEBRUARY 1, 1759 ). BY HIS WILL OF AUGUST 30, 1784, RECORDED APRIL 3, 1786, WILL BOOK C, VOLUME 1, PAGE 333, LANCASTER COUNTY. ABRAHAM GAVE TO HIS WIFE ANNA 100 POUNDS AND MADE OTHER PROVISIONS FOR HER. TO THE ELDEATS SON 5 POUNDS AND THE PLANTATION ON WHICH HE ( JACOB, THE ELDEST SON ) LIVES. TO CHRISTIAN, THEN A MINOR, THE PLANTATION ON WHICH ABRAHAM LIVED FOR 900 POUNDS. SON JACOB SHELLY OF MOUNT JOY TOWNSHIP AND SON-IN-LAW MICHAEL HORST OF RAPHO TOWNSHIP WERE NAMED EXECUTORS. SEE ALSO LANCASTER COUNTY ORPHANS COURT RECORDS 1784-1787, PAGE 497. PA. ARCHIVES, FIFTH SERIES, VOLUME 7 LISTS AN ABRAHAM SHELLY AS A MEMBER OF CAPTAIN THOMAS ROBINSON'S COMPANY OF MILITIA FROM MOUNT JOY TOWNSHIP ON THE FOLLOWING DATES. 1. APRIL 20, 1778, PAGE 197. 2. AUGUST 24, 1778, PAGE 205. 3. APRIL 19, 1779, PAGE 210. DEFINITE IDENTITY OF THE ABOVE MILITIAMAN HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED. ANOTHER ABRAHAM SHELLY (2-2-3) WAS APPARENTLY LIVING IN MOUNT JOY TOWNSHIP AT THIS TIME. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------

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