James, First, here are 3 other early marriages in Belmont County, Ohio. JAMES SHEWMAN (SHUMAN) and CATHARINE WOLFORD 6 Apr 1810 JOHN WELLS and POLLY SHEWMAN (SHUMAN) 2 JULY 1812 MOSES SHEWMAN (SHUMAN) and CATHERINE BRIGHT 2 JUNE 1816 No. I am not a descendant of JOSIAH and THIS SARAH. I am from ADAM'S line. One of Adam and Mary's children was a SARAH SHUMAN. Along the way Sarah married a WARNER. Have not found any date or written proof yet. One of their children was an ADAM also, along with JOSEPH and a few more. JOSEPH was mentioned as a WARNER, son of Sarah, in Mary's will. I hate to assume anything in genealogy work, but it appears that ADAM was also born a WARNER. After SARAH and this WARNER split up, she reverted back to her maiden name of SHUMAN and used it for her children as well. That being what it appears to have happened, then ADAM is my direct ancestor and I could then connect with Bruce Shuman's line. Bruce and I are working on this trying to find the ever elusive proof. Any thoughts or comments that anyone has on this is more than welcome. Thanks for your reply James. Lew Miller -----Original Message----- From: James Shuman <jshuman@telis.org> To: SHUMAN-L@rootsweb.com <SHUMAN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, December 04, 1999 1:07 AM Subject: Re: [SHUMAN] Sarah Shuman & Josiah Bourris >Lew Miller writes: > >>Found record of marriage in Belmont County, Ohio. >>JOSIAH BOURRIS to SARAH SHUMAN 1 Aug 1805. >> >>Anyone know to which SHUMAN clan Sarah belonged? And any children to this >>marriage? >> > >You have found one of the earliest entries for SHUMAN in OH records. I have >been corresponding with a man whose wife is a descendant of this woman's >probable father or brother, George Williston (824 Scovel, Wooster, OH >44691), who has found quite a bit of information, but as of yet, no proof >of who their ancestors were prior to Ohio. Are you a descendant of Josiah >and Sarah? > >Here is what George says: > > >1 Moses SHUMAN >--------------------------------------------- >Birth: bef 1775 >Death: Feb 1823, Londonderry Twp, Guernsey Co, OH >Father: Daniel (?) SHUMAN > > In the 1820 Madison Twp, Guernsey Co census, Moses Shuman is listed as >being over 45 years old. He is shown with 3 underage males, a woman 26-44 >years of age, and 4 underage females. > >Moses Shuman's father may have been Daniel, since he named his oldest son >Daniel, a common naming pattern. A Daniel Shuman was a Revolutionary >Militiaman from Lancaster Co. > Moses Shuman and his wife may have been in Ohio before 1802, as Daniel >was said to have been born there in that year. The first proof of their >presence is a land record in 1806. > Others in the area early on include: > * Sarah Shuman married Joseph Bowers in 1805 in Belmont Co, OH. > * John Shuman bought land in 1814 in Guernsey Co, OH. > * Frederick Shuman was in Green Twp, Harrison Co, OH. > * Adam Shuman's widow, Mary, came to Guernsey Co, OH from Perry Co, PA >with her children in 1820. Adam was a descendant of George from near >Harrisburg, PA. > > >I'd be glad if anyone else has information on this very early Ohio SHUMAN >family. > >Regards! > >JS > > _______________________________________________ > James Shuman, Telecommunications Coordinator > The California Arts Project jshuman@telis.org > http://www.ucop.edu/tcap/ > _______________________________________________ > > > > > >==== SHUMAN Mailing List ==== > ----------------- > This is a discussion area for anyone > who has an interest in genealogy or history > related to the SHUMAN family > The custodian of this List is James Shuman > jshuman@telis.org > ----------------- > >