Caleb Shreve (1717 - 1810)

Born 16 Aug 1717 in Springfield, Burlington County, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Thorn) Shreve — married 16 Jan 1737 in Chesterfield, Burlington, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 8 Feb 1810 at age 92 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Caleb Shreve, son of Joshua Shreve and Jane Nichols, was born August 16, 1717 ^[1], in Springfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA; he passed away February 8, 1810, in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA^[2]

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE OF CALEB SHREVE AND HANNAH THORN.

Whereas, CALEB SHREVE, son of Joshua Shreve of Springfield in the County Burlington & western Division of New Jersey & Hannah Thorn daughter of John Thorn & Catherine Thorn of Chesterfield in the County & Province aforesaid having declared their Intentions of Marriage with each other before several Monthly Meeting of the People called Quakers at Chesterfield afore-said according to the good order used among them whose proceedings therein after a deliberate consideration thereof & having concent of parents & Relations concerned nothing appearing to object were approved of by the said Meetings.

Now These are to Certifie all whom it may concern that for the full accomplishing of their said Intentions this Sixteenth day of the first month in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred thirty & seven They the said Caleb Shreve & Hannah Thorn appeared in a Publik Meeting of the said People & others at this Publick Meeting House in Chesterfield aforesaid; And the said Caleb Shreve taking the said Hannah Thorn by the hand did in a Solemn manner openly declare that he took her to be his wife promising through the Lord's assistance to be unto her a loving and faithful Husband until the Lord should by death Separate them. And then & there in the said assembly the said Hannah Thorn did in like manner declare that she took the said Caleb Shreve to be her husband promising through the Lord's assistance to be to him a faithful & loving wife till it should please the Lord by death to seperate them. And moreover the said Caleb Shreve & Hannah Thorn (She according to the custom of Marriage assuming the name of her husband) as a further confermation hereof did then & there to the presents set their hands, and we whose names are here-under Subscribed, being among others present at the Solemnization of the said Marriage & Subscription manner afore-said as wittness these-unto have also to these presents set our hands the day year above written 1737.^[3]

Sons of the American Revolution

Name: Caleb Shreve

SAR Membership: 51987

Birth Date: 16 Aug 1717

Birth Place: Burlington, New Jersey

Death Date: 10 Feb 1810

Death Place: Pennsylvania

Spouse: Hannah Thorn

Children: James Shreve^[4]

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Children

Child: John Shreve

Child: Mary Shreve

Child: Mary Shreve

Child: Sarah Shreve

Child: Ann Shreve

Child: Samuel Shreve

Child: Mercy Shreve

Child: Sarah Shreve

Child: Jane Shreve

Child: James Shreve

Sources

1. ↑ L. P. Allen, The Genealogy and History of the Shreve Family From 1641 (Greenfield, Illinois: Privately Printed: 1901), 22, 25. https://archive.org/details/genealogyhistory00alle/page/24/mode/2up
2. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67123592
3. ↑ http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/25520145/person/12283962745/media/1?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid%7cpgNum
4. ↑ http://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Shreve-91

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