This is a Message Board Post that is forwarded to this mailing list. Author: Margaret Haberman <[email protected]> Surnames: Shipman, Fiester Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AWB.2ACE/406.732.749.750.752.1091.1.1 Message Board Post: Hannah Mariah Shipman was the daughter of John Shipman (1818-1906). John Shipman was a Commissioner of Guernsey County, Ohio, and his obituary in the Cambridge, Ohio "Cambridge Jeffersonian" of Feb 8, 1906, page 1, col 1 states that he was born in Lycoming County, PA in 1818. This obituary provides the link to the Shipman family of Lycoming Co., PA. John Shipman's father was Jacob Shipman, Jr; his grandfather was Jacob Shipman, Sr. & his great-grandfather was Matthias Shipman. Matthias Shipman & Jacob Sr. both fought in New Jersey in the Revolutionary War and are on the DAR Patriot list. Jacob Shipman of Guernsey County was born in Sussex County (present day Warren Co., NJ) in 1778, and was baptized at the St. James Lutheran (Straw) Church on April 1, 1778. In 1784, Jacob Shipman Sr. moved with his family from Sussex county to Lycoming Co., PA. Between 1820 & 1830, the families of Jacob Shipman, Jr., his brother David Shipman, and his sister Margaret Shipman Fiester moved to Ohio. David Shipman & family settled in Franklin Co.; he's buried in Dublin Cemetery. Henry Fiester, Margaret's husband, died in Harrison County about 1835. By 1850, Margaret Shipman Fiester had moved with six of her adult children from Harrison Co to Winterset in Guernsey Co. The Fiester connection makes me absolutely certain that the Jacob Shipman of Guernsey Co. was the son of Jacob Shipman, Sr. & his wife Maria. In fact, the cemetery listing for Allen's Cemetery has Hannah M. Shipman, wife of Commissioner John Shipman, buried right next to Charlotte Fiester Thomas, John Shipma! n's first cousin. I've been researching all the descendents of Jacob & Maria Shipman and would love to have additional info on this branch of the family.