This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SHATTO, CHATEAU, SHADE, GARDNER, KITCH, TROUP, Classification: Bible Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/odB.2ACI/462 Message Board Post: The source for the following information was Barry Michie, who has kindly given his permission to post the information here. The information was received by Barry from someone who had purchased the records on eBay. ********************************************************* David was the son of Jean Nicholas Chateau, Jr., who immigrated as a young boy with his mother, Eva Maria Unknown, and father, Jean Nicholas Chateau, Sr., to Philadelphia 3 Sept 1739 on the Loyal Judith. The Chateau's were Hugenots who went to Germany; Jean Nicholas Chateau, Sr., eloped with a Catholic and came to PA. All their male children were baptized Protestant and most the girls Catholic ..... which says something about religious tolerance in colonial Pennsylvania. The David Shatto family has strong roots and presence in Cumberland, now Perry, and other PA counties. David Shatto was first married to his first cousin, Susan Shatto (c. 1783 - c. 1813 & d/o John Anthony Chateau & Susannah Shade), by whom the first three children were born. It is probable that these children were born in what is now Perry Co. He was married secondly to Julianna Gardner (5 Sep 1798 Cumberland Co PA - 19 May 1865 Juniata Twp. Perry Co PA & d/o William Gardner, Jr. & Catherine Kitch), by whom the last nine children were born. All these children were born in Perry Co. Julianna remarried to the widower, Peter Troup, and is buried in Koch's Sulphur Springs Christian Church yard, Juniata Twp., Perry Co. PA which is now in Little Buffalo State Park. Her tombstone reads: OUR MOTHER / In Memory of / Julia A. Troup / Wife of / David Shatto / Who Died / May 19, 1865 / Aged 66 Yrs, 8 m. / & 14 days / Blessed are the dead who die / in the Lord. Here is the family record, recorded in a Meditation and Prayer book Title Page "Betrachtungen u. Gebete oder Gedanken und Unterhaltungen des Frommen mit Gott Thess. 5.17. "Betet ohne Unterlafs Erfter Theil. Don J.C.Guldin Gedruckt, der Johann Ritter, Readin, Penn. 1826" This translates roughly as: Meditations and Prayers or Thoughts and Explanations of those Devout with God Thess: 5.17 "Pray without Cease" First Part Don J.C. Guldin Printed by Johann Ritter, Reading, Penn. 1826 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the inside cover and fly leaf is the following, appearing as if someone is practicing the spelling and writing of a name "July Shatto" "Julyanna Shatto" "Julia" [in ink] followed by what looks like "mater" in extremely faint pencil and then in heavier pencil "Shatto" then a signature, "D.H. Shatto" who was one of the children. In the center of the book under "Familien Register" are the following entries. All the entries are written in the same block letters, however "David Shatto Sr." on the bottom of pages 1 & 3 is in cursive and appears to be a signature.. All the entries of the children are in black ink but for the last child, Sarah Ellen's, which is in red. You will notice that Sarah Ellen was born 24 days after the death of her father, David, by smallpox. All the printing is in the same hand and block style, so it definitely was not written by David --- perhaps by Julianna or one of the children. Interestingly, neither birth records of David's two wives nor the death record of his first are included. Here it is verbatim (within quotation marks) with no notes, interjections as it appears on the family pages in the center of the book ... all punctuation, spelling & parantheses are as the original. p. 1 Under "Geburten." "Mary. Shatto was born January 17th in the year of our Lord (1810) Elisabeth. Shatto was born May 17th in the year of our Lord. 1811 Susannah. Shatto was born December 25 in the year of our Lord (1812) David Shatto Sr " p. 2. Under "Geburten" "William. Shatto. was born November 17th in the year of our Lord (1815) David. Shatto. was born April 27th in the year of our Lord (1817) Reuben. Shatto. was born October 16th in the year of our Lord (1818)" p. 3 Under "Geburten" "Rebecca. Shatto. was born November 16th in the year of our Lord (1820) Ephraim. Shatto. was born September 15th in the year of our Lord (1822) Isaac. Shatto. was born August 21th in the year of our Lord (1825) David Shatto Sr." p. 4 Under "Geburten" "Catharin. Shatto was born May 15th in the year of our Lord (1828) John. Gardner. Shatto was born August 25th in the year of our Lord (1831) Sarah. Ellen. Shatto was born February 27th in the year of Lord 1841" p. 5 Under "Todesfalle." "Reuben. Shatto died of the bold-hives on July the 9th. A.D. 1820 Age 1. year 8 mounths and 23 day David.Shatto.sr died of the small-pox on February the 3th Anno Domini. 1841 Aged 60 year. 7 mounth and. 11 days"