Dan Wright has an obituary reporting that Henry Shalley was born May 12, 1831 in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania. We have a Franklin County deed dated 1871 wherein Simon Shawley's six children, heirs, are named. A Henry is listed among them. Henry is not included in the 1850, Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania household of Simon ( census page 364. But there is a Henry Shalley listed on page 328. If someone would look this up we could compare his age to the birth year of 1831. Various researchers have given us the ancestors of this Shalley line. And we are grateful for their help. Others have given us the line of Cumberland County Egolff which supplied Sarah Jane Egolff as Simon's spouse. But a very important link has not been proven. It seems very likely that Simon is descendant from Adam(b abt. 1770)/Christian Shalley(1727-1800)/Johann Ludwig Shalley(1698-1778). We have previously posted our reasoning, but we have no paper proof that Simon is the son of Adam. There are two possible early records of this Adam. One is the Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1800 census Page #: 245, which lists Shally, Adam as head of household with Age ranges in household : 10010-1001000. The second possibility is the Cumberland County, Middleton Township, Pennsylvania, 1810 census, p.18. He has two young males in his household. Also, Christian Shalley's sister. Catherine Smith, named Adam, her nephew in her 1810 will. Catherine was living in Middleton Township at the time of her death. Any comments would be most welcome. Regards and Merry Christmas to the list. Hal