Descendants of Jacob Shell Sr. (c. 1720-1802) of Pennsylvania

 

 

Generation One

 

1.  Jacob SHELL Sr. (416); born circa 1720 in PA;[1],[2] married Catherine ? (417) before 1742; died 1802 in Montgomery County, VA.[3],[4]

     He lived in PA; Shenendoah Co., VA; Augusta Co., VA and Montgomery Co., VA. He was a farmer. He was Lutheran Calvinistic.

     He is found in the Augusta Co., VA land records "1767, JACOB SHELL, 200 acres from Ebenezer Westcott (Westcoat) of South Carolina, by attorney Jacob Miller, Jr., and mortgage to Thomas Burk."[5]

     George Taylor received land by deed from Jacob Shell in 1768 in Augusta Co., VA.[6]

     He is found in the Montgomery Co., VA land records.

     107 acres on south side New River went to James Haven, Jr. as assignee of Jacob Shell.  James was probably Jacob's son-in-law in 1782 in Montgomery Co., VA.[7]

     "1785, JACOB SHELL release from Augustine Price and Charles Rush of Rockingham County.  In 1769 there was a mortgage between Jacob Shell and Thomas Burk for 200 acres which Shell purchased from Ebenezer Westcoat.  In 1770 Burk assigned the mortgage to Price and Rush."[8]

     Jacob Shell's land was adjoining to Samuel McCraw in 1787 in Montgomery Co., VA.[9]

     He left a will on September 7, 1802 in Montgomery Co., VA.[10]

Jacob Shull, Sen. Will-Written Feb 17, 1795

Wife: Barbary Haven (now wife of William Haven), late Barbary Shull

Sons: Jacob, Jun'r, John

Signed: September 7, 1802

William Harvin

Barbary Harvin

 

Jacob Shaul (Shell)

Last will of Jacob Shaul, Sen'r of Montgomery...

Wife: Cathrine

Sons: Jacob Shaul-land adj John Preston on Shubels Creek: John Shaull

Daughters: Catharine, Elizabeth, Gertrude Williams, Fanny Wall, Molley Heve, Peggy Salles, Barbary Harvin, Nancy Taylor

Signed: 17 February 1795 Jacob Shaull   X=his mark

Witnesses: Adam Wall, William Heavin, Benj. Sperry and Samuel Spery (X=his mark)

Recorded: September 1802

"The last will and testament of Jacob Shell deceaset was presented in court and proved  by the oath of William Hervin a witness thereto, who says that Benjamin Sperry and Samuel Sperry attested the same in the presence and at the request of the testator: John Preston James Sallust and William Howin made oath that the attestatium in the name of Adam Wall they varily believe to be the hand writing of Adam Wall deceased and thereupon it is ordered to be recorded.  And on the montion of Jacob Shell one of the executors therein named who made oath, and entered into bond, will securily accoriding be said certificate is granted him for obtaining aprobate thereof in due form.  See order of March Court 1810.

Teste: Charles Taylor, CMC."

 

     Catherine ? (417)[11],[12] was born circa 1725.

     Children of Jacob Shell Sr. (416) and Catherine ? (417) were as follows:

            2.            i.       Christian (418);[13],[14] born circa 1745;[15] married Sarah Havens (419) October 22, 1785 in Montgomery County, VA.[16]

                                    “1785  Oct. 22, CHRISTIAN SHELL and SARAH HAVINS, daughter of Howard Havins (Heavin), sur. Howard Havins (Heavin).”

      On February 27, 1794 in Montgomery Co., VA, Christian is listed as a witness to the George Taylor will.  On March 10, 1801 Christian Shell was listed as one who helped inventory the George Taylor estate.[17]

            3.           ii.        Gertrude (428);[18],[19] born circa 1746; married Phillip Williams (429).[20]

            4.         iii.        Fanny (430);[21],[22] born circa 1748; married Conrad Wall (431) circa 1770.

            5.           iv.       Molly (432);[23] born circa 1749; married James Heavens (433).[24]

            6.            v.      Margaret "Peggy" (424);[25],[26] born circa 1750;[27] married James Sallust (425) November 4, 1780 in Montgomery County, VA.[28]

                                    “1786  Nov. 4, JAMES SALLES and MARGARET SHELL, sur. Adam Wall.”

            7.           vi.       Catherine (434);[29] born circa 1752.[30]

+          8.         vii.       Jacob Jr. (402), born 1752; married Mary Burk (403).

            9.         viii.       Elizabeth (435);[31] born circa 1753.[32]

            10.         ix.       Barbara (420); born circa 1760; married William Heavens (421) March 4, 1786 in Montgomery County, VA.[33]

                                    “1786  March 4, WILLIAM HEAVIN and BARBARA SHELL, daughter of Jacob Shell who gave consent, sur. John Wylie.”

+          11.          x.      John (422), born circa 1760; married Margaret Havens (423).

            12.         xi.       Nancy (426); born circa 1760; married Archibald Tabor (427) January 2, 1792 in Montgomery County, VA.[34]

                                    “1792  Jan. 2, ARCHIBALD TABOR and NANCY SHELL, sur. William Tabor.”

 

 

 

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[1]Mary B. & F. B. Kegley, Early Adventurers On The Western Waters, Vol. I (Orange, VA: Green Publishers, Inc., 1980), pp. 266-67. Hereinafter cited as Early Adventurers, I .

[2]Prof. H. L. Price, Family Lines (Unpublished research notes), p.110. Hereinafter cited as Family Lines.

[3]Mary B. & F. B. Kegley, Early Adventurers, I, p. 267.

[4]Price, Family Lines, p. 110.

[5]Mary B. & F. B. Kegley, Early Adventurers, I, p. 183  Augusta County Deeds.

[6]Ibid.

[7]Ibid., p. 184  Montgomery County Surveys.

[8]Ibid., p. 186  Montgomery County Deeds.

[9]Ibid., p. 185  Montgomery County Surveys.

[10]James L. Douthat, compiler, Montgomery County Virginia, Will Book 1, 1786-1809 (Self-published, 1986), pp. 20. Hereinafter cited as Montgomery Co. Wills 1786-1809.

[11]Mary B. & F. B. Kegley, Early Adventurers, I, p. 267.

[12]Price, Family Lines, p. 110.

[13]Ibid.

[14]Mary B. & F. B. Kegley, Early Adventurers, I, p. 267.

[15]The Church of the Latter Day Saints, compiler, "FamilySearch Ancestral File, v4.19"; Jacob Shell, Sr. (AFN:WLTQ-PD) Family Record, Ancestral File,  Hereinafter cited as "LDS Ancestral File, v4.19".

[16]Mary B. Kegley, Early Adventurers On The Western Waters, Vol. II (Orange, VA: Green Publishers, Inc., 1982), p. 178. Hereinafter cited as Early Adventurers, II.

[17]Douthat, Montgomery Co. Wills 1786-1809, p. 12, 13.

[18]Price, Family Lines, p. 110.

[19]Mary B. & F. B. Kegley, Early Adventurers, I, p. 267.

[20]The Church of the Latter Day Saints, "LDS Ancestral File, v4.19," Ancestral File, Jacob Shell, Sr. (AFN:WLTQ-PD) Family Record.

[21]Price, Family Lines, p. 110.

[22]Mary B. & F. B. Kegley, Early Adventurers, I, p. 267.

[23]Price, Family Lines, p. 110.

[24]The Church of the Latter Day Saints, "LDS Ancestral File, v4.19," Ancestral File, Jacob Shell, Sr. (AFN:WLTQ-PD) Family Record.

[25]Price, Family Lines, p. 110.

[26]Mary B. & F. B. Kegley, Early Adventurers, I, p. 267.

[27]The Church of the Latter Day Saints, "LDS Ancestral File, v4.19," Ancestral File, Jacob Shell, Sr. (AFN:WLTQ-PD) Family Record.

[28]Mary B. Kegley, Early Adventurers, II, p. 180.

[29]Price, Family Lines, p. 110.

[30]The Church of the Latter Day Saints, "LDS Ancestral File, v4.19," Ancestral File, Jacob Shell, Sr. (AFN:WLTQ-PD) Family Record.

[31]Mary B. & F. B. Kegley, Early Adventurers, I, p. 267.

[32]The Church of the Latter Day Saints, "LDS Ancestral File, v4.19," Ancestral File, Jacob Shell, Sr. (AFN:WLTQ-PD) Family Record.

[33]Mary B. Kegley, Early Adventurers, II, p. 179.

[34]Ibid., p. 126.