shedenhelm-simmons family tree- generations 6-10

6^th Great-Grandparents (128)

Johann Michael Schuttenhelm, Aach, Germany

Michael Schuhmacher, 1706, Kirrlach, Germany

Nicholas Schall, 1709, B-W, Germany

Hans J Beck, 1705, Oberriexingen, Germany

Anna Gucker, 1709, Oberriexingen, Germany

George Benner, 1705

JOHANN LIEBENSTEIN, 1713, Duehren, Germany

CATHERINE RAUSCHER, 1718, Alsace, France

Frederick Blaw, 1707, Marlboro, New Jersey

Marya Sarter, 1709, Somerset, New Jersey

Hendrick Sortore, 1721, Westerwald, Gernany

Dinah Blew, 1717, Long Island City, NY

Denis O’Nan, 1720, Haycock, Virginia

Robert Davis, 1703, Haverhill, Massachusetts

Deborah Robinson, 1703, Methuen, Massachusetts

Rebecca Clemson, 1707, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Thomas Mathewson, 1673, Providence, Rhode Island

Mary Sheldon, 1687, Essex Cty., Massachusetts

Abraham Simmons, 1697, Maryland

Mary Townsend, 1700, Maryland

William West, 1695, Prince George Co., MD

Esther Duval, 1705, Queen Anne’s Co., MD

Thomas Ford. 1692, St. James Co., MD

Leah Price, 1690, Anne Arundel Co., MD

Edmund Howard, 1709, Baltimore Co., MD

Ruth Teal, 1711, Baltimore Co., MD

Margaret Dent, 1662, St Mary’s Co., MD

Thomas Brooke, 1660, Prince George’s Co., MD

Barbara Dent, 1676, St. Mary’s Co., MA

James Phillip, 1665, Richmond, VA

Mary Williams, 1669, Salem, Massachusetts 

John Jarboe, 1685, St Mary’s Co., MD

Cutherburt Abell, 1720, St. Mary’s, Maryland

Mary Clarke, 1714, St Mary’s Co., MD

Henry Jarboe IV, 1710, St Mary’s, Maryland

JAMES AGNEW, 1685, Balloo, Ireland

          

7^th Great-Grandparents (256)

Michael Schuttenhelm, 1655, Aach, Germany

Winland Schuhmacher, Baden-Wuerttemberg

Samuel Davis, 1687, New Hampshire

Katherine Hastings, 1677, Massachusetts

David Robinson, 1648, New Hampshire

Sarah Taylor, 1660, New Hampshire

Maxmillian Schall von Bell, Germany

Anna M Hatzfeldt, 1674, Wildenberg, Germany

ULRICH BECK , 1655, Baden-Wuerttemberg

MARGRETHA SCHRAY, 1675, Oberriexingen

Hieronymus Gucker, 1680, Germany

Agnes Vogel,c1675, Oberriexigen, Germany

Hans H Liebenstein, 1683, Canton, Switzerland

Eva M Bohl, 1682, Durre, Switzerland

JAKOB RAUSCHER, 1681, Alsace, France

ANNA M HAGENAU, 1693, Alsace, France

John F Blaw, New York

Martje Van Leuwen, 1667, Long Island City, NY

JACOB SORTORE, 1695, Rhineland Pfalz, Ger.

John Blew, 1697, New Jersey

James Clemson, 1654, Pennsylvania

Elkanah Johnson, 1672, Rhode Island

Mary Bartholomew, 1677, Warwick, RI

Benjamin Sherman, 1650, Portsmouth, RI

Hannah Mowry, 1656, Providence, RI

John Spencer, 1666, Kent, RI

Audrey Greene, 1667, Warwick, RI

John Rice, 1675, Warwick, RI

Elnathan Whipple, 1675, Providence, RI

Rev. Samuel Winsor, 1644, Portsmouth,

Mercy Williams, 1640, Providence, RI

Abraham Harding, 1685, Swansea, MA.

Deborah Gardner, 1660, Swansea, MA

James Mathewson, 1624, Rhode Island

Hannah Field, 1640, Rhode Island

Timothy Sheldon, 1661, Rhode Island

ABRAHAM  SIMMONS, 1673, Seaford, England

Joseph West, 1670, Maryland

Rebecca Mears 1674, Maryland

Samuel Duvall 1663, Middle Plantation, MD

Elizabeth Ijams 1670, South River, MD

James Ford 1663, Herring Creek, MD

Elizabeth Stogdon 1670, Herring Creek, MD

Mordecai Price, 1660, West River, MD

Mary Parsons, 1667, West River, MD

JOSHUA HOWARD, 1658, Manchester, Eng

JOANNA CARROLL, 1675, Tipperary, Ireland

Edward Teal 1680, Baltimore Co., MD

Hannah Randall 1680, Baltimore, Maryland

Cornelius Howard, 1637,  Norfolk, Virginia

ElLIZABETH GORSUCH 1641, Walkern, England

THOMAS DENT, 1630, Yorkshire, England

Rebecca Wilkinson, 1633, Linhaven, Virginia

THOMAS BROOKE, 1632, Battel, England

ELEANOR HATTON, 1642, London, England

John Williams, 1630, Salem, Massachusetts

John Jarboe, 1659, St Mary’s Co., MD

John Abell, 1680, St Mary’s Co., MD

Mary Usher, 1695, Kent Co., Maryland

Thomas Clarke, 1685, St Mary’s Co., MD

Grace Greenwell, 1690, Newtown, Maryland

Henry Jarboe, 1693, St Mary’s Co., MD

Mary Greenwell, 1672, St Mary’s Co., MD

JAMES AGNEW, 1649,  Ulster, Ireland

HELEN JAMIESON, 1649, Ireland

Marta Whipple, 1633, Frederick Co., MD

8^th Great-Grandparents (512)

Johann Michael Schuttenhelm, 1610, Aach Germany

Anna Maria Ziegler, 1615, Aach, Germany

Samuel Davis, 1640, Haverhill, MA

Deborah Barnes, 1646, Salisbury, MA

Robert Hastings, 1654, Haverhill, MA

Elizabeth Davis, 1653, Haverhill, MA

Wilhelm Schall von Bell, 1655, Baden-Wuerttemberg

Melchior F Gottfried, 1638, Wildenberg, Germany

Maria VonForstenburg, 1655, Wildenberg, Germany

Jakob Beck, 1608, Baden-Wuerttemberg

Anna Leuze, 1614, Baden-Wuerttemberg

Hans Vogel, 1655, Germany

Gregorius Liebenstein, 1639, Zurich, Switzerland

Anna Ruppert, 1642, Heidelberg, Germany

Martin Bohl, 1660, Durre, Germany

Leonhard Rauscher, 1660, Duhren, Germany

Anna M Hagenau, 1693, Alsace, France

Jan F Blauw, 1649, Brooklyn, New York

Jan F VanLeeuwen, 1647, Queens, New York

Dinah Janse, 1662, Queens, New York

Johann Sartor, 1643, Germany

Jaces VanLeuwen, 1656, Netherlands

Alexander Clemson, 1628, Birmingham, England

John (Worrell) Johnson, 1653, Scituate, MA

Mary Amadowne, 1650, Rehoboth, MA

John Bartholomew, 1644, Salem, Massachusetts

PHILIP SHERMAN, 1610, Dedham, England

SARAH ODDING, 1609, Cornwall, England

ROGER MOWRY, 1612, Ware, England

MARY JOHNSON, 1619, England

John Spencer, 1638, Lynn, Massachusetts 

Sarah Griffin.1644, Rhode Island

JOHN GREENE, 1620, Salisbury, England

ANNIS ALMY, 1627, Leicestershire, Eng

John Rice, 1641, Warwick, RI

John Whipple, 1641, Dorschester, MA

Mary Olney, 1643, Providence, RI

JOSHUA WINSOR, 1618, Buckinghamshire, Eng.

REV ROGER WILLIAMS, 1603, London, England

MARY BARNARD, 1609, Worksop, England.

STEPHEN GARDNER, 1630, England

JOHN FIELD, 1616, Yorkshire, England

RUTH FAIRBANK, 1622 , Yorkshire, England

JOHN SHELDON, 1630, England

Alexander Balcom, 1650, Weymouth, MA

Jane Holbrook, 1652, Weymouth, MA

GEORGE SIMMONS, 1645, England

Sarah Johnson, 1645, Maryland

John West, 1636, Martinsville, Virgina

Thomas Yeardley, 1643, Northampton, Virginia

William Meanes, 1649, Talbot, MD

Elizabeth Webb, 1657, Talbot, MD

MAREEN (MARS) DUVALL, 1630, Dijon, France

Susannah Brashears, 1655, Nansmound, Virginia

William Ijams, 1652, S. River, MD

Elizabeth Cheney, 1652, So River, MD

Thomas Ford, 1630, Anne Aundel Co.,, MD

ELIZABETH JOHNSON, 1647, London, England

Cornelius Howard, 1637, Norfolk, Virginia

ANTHONY O’CARROLL, 1658, Tipperary, Ireland

Edward Teal, 1653, Baltimore Co., MD

CHRISTOPHER RANDALL, 1652, England

Rev. John Gorsuch, 1602, Walkern, England       

Peter Dent, 1600, Yorkshire, England

Margaret Nicholson, 1602, Yorkshire, England

Rev. Wm. Nicholson, 1612, Buckinghamshire, Eng

COMDR. ROBT. BROOKE, 1602, Anne Arundel Castle, Eng

Mary Baker, 1607, Battel, England

RICHARD HATTON, 1616, London, England

MARGARET BANKS, 1610, Tottenham, England

THOMAS WHIPPLE, 1607, England

HULDAH BEECHAM, 1610, Devon, England

GEORGE WILLIAMS, 1610, England

JOHN JARBOE, 1618, Dijon, France     

MARY TATTERSHALL, 1630, Wiltshire, England

Samuel Abell, 1650, St Mary’s Co., MD

Susannah Gardiner, 1652, Baltimore City, MD

Thomas Usher, 1660, Kent Co., MD

Robert Clarke, 1652, St Mary’s Co., MD

Sarah Combs, Charles Co., MD

9^th Great-Grandparents (1024)

Michael Schuttenhelm, 1553, Aach, Germany

JAMES DAVIS, 1583, Marboro, England

CECILY THAYER, 1600, Thornbury, Eng.

Walter Hastings, 1631, Cambridge, MA

Elizabeth Eaton,1625, Salisbury, MA

John Robinson,1580, Meeppenshall, Eng

Phillip Lombeck von der Vort, 1630, Leuven, Belgium

Johan Adrian Hatzfeldt,1594, Wildenberg, Germany

Anna Maria von Stoffel, 1600, Wildenberg, Germany

Friedrich von Forstenberg, 1618, Wildenberg, Germany

Christoph Beck,1568, Reutlingen, Germany

Hanss Leuze, 1590, Reutlingen, Germany

Catharina Hummel, 1595, Schwarzwald, Germany

Hans Michael Vogel,1634, Chemnitz, Germany

Hans Liebenstein, 1602, Zurich, Switzerland

Agatha Gross,1602, Zurich, Switzerland

Phillip Ruppert, 1610, Duehren, Germany

Barbara Knauer,1614, Duehren, Germany

Hans Rauscher, 1629, Germany

Elisabeth Meyer,1630, Germany

Franz Freyhoffen,1600. Germany

FREDERICK JANSS. 1620, Flensburg, Denmark   

FREDERICK VON LEUWEN.1620, Utrecht, Holland

Anna W Neijman, 1620. Holland

JAN JANSE,1636. Netherlands

Johann Sartor,1598. Hohenstein, B-W

James Clemson,1620. Tattenhall, England

Eleanor Siddowne,1605.Tattenhall, England

William Greene,1590. Warwickshire, Eng.

Ursala Adkins,1590. Warwickshire, Eng.

WILLIAM JOHNSON,1629. Canterbury, England

ROGER AMIDON,1614. Manche, France

HENRY BARTHOLOMEW, 1606. Oxfordshire, England

ELIZABETH SCUDDER, 1622. Oxfordshire, England

Samuel Sherman, 1573. Dedham, England

William Odding,1585. Braintree, England

JOHN JOHNSON,1590. Canterbury, England

MICHAEL SPENCER,1611. Stotford, England

ISABEL ROBBINS,1615. Stotford, England

ROBERT GRIFFIN,1610. England

ANNE ALMY,1627. Leicestershire, Eng

DR. JOHN GREENE,1597. Dorset, England

WILLIAM ALMY,1601. Leicestershire, England

AUDREY BARLOWE,1602. Leicestershire, England

John Rhys,1620. Wales

RANDALL HOLDEN,1612. Salisbury, England

FRANCIS DUNGAN,1632. Westminster, England

JOHN WHIPPLE,1612. Pembroke, Wales

Sarah Hutchinson,1624. Suffolk, Massachusetts

THOMAS OLNEY,1600. St. Albans, England

RICHARD HARDING,1587. Northampton, England

ELIZABETH ADAMS,1602. Weymouth, England

THOMAS ESTANCE,1600. Welch, England

William Field,1564. Yorkshire, England

WILLIAM SHELDON, Scarborough, England

MARY CLARKE,1609. London, England

JOHN WEST,1638. Stepnen, England

Matilda Scarborough,1645. Accomac, Virginia

Arygoll Yeardley,1621. Jamestown, Virginia

ANNE CUSTIS, 1628. Kent, England

THOMAS MEARS,1603. Sussex, England

Edmund Webb,1631. Bolton, Maryland

Massiot Duvall,1604. Aquitaine, France

Margaret Orbin,1608. Burgogne, France

BENOIS BRASSEUR,1620. Pernes, France

Sir Robert Ians,1601. Cornwall, England

MARY WOODWARD,1628.Devonshire, England

JOHN FORD,1600. England

THOMAS PRICE, 1610. Wales

Elizabeth Phillips,1613.  Baltimore City, MD

George Johnson,1614. Calvert, Maryland

MATTHEW HOWARD,1609.Wiltshire, England

ANNE HALL,1610. Bedfordshire, England

Daniel O’Carroll, 1629. King’s Co., Ireland

EDWARD TEAL,1630. Gloucestershire, England

VINCENT RANDYLL,1608, England
Sir John Howard,1578. Norfolk, England

RICHARD HALL,1585. London, England

Daniel Gorsuch,1569. London, England

Alice Hall,1589. Walkern, England

Rev. Gabriel Wilkinson,1576. Yorkshire, England

Margery Baker,1576. London, England

Rev. Thomas Brooke,1561. Norfolk, England

Lady Susan Forster, Northumberland, Eng

Thomas Baker,1574. Battel, England

Mary Engham,1578. London, England

James Dent,1573. Yorkshire, England

Rec. John Nicholson,1576. Yorkshire, England

Mercy Freebody,1585. Sussex, England

Thomas Whipple,1577. Cambridge, England

Alfred Jarboe,1595. Dijon, France

WILLIAM TATTERSHALL,1605. Wiltshire, England

ANNE LEWGER,1601. Wiltshire, England

ROBERT ABELL,1605. Stapenhill, England

LUKE GARDINER,1622. Oxfordshire, England

ELIZABETH HATTON,1633. London, England

ROBERT CLARKE,1610. London, England

WINIFRED SEYBOURNE,1611. Kent, England

JOHN GREENWELL,1625. Durham, England

MARY KNOWLAND, 1625. Durham, England

Henry Taylor,1622. St Mary’s Co., MD

PETER JOY,1629. Somerset, England

Sir Alexander Agnew,1609. Lochnaw Castle Scotland

10^th Great-Grandparents (2048)

Wilhelm Schuttenhelm,1528. Vogelsberg, Germany

John Davys,1626. Marlborough, England

John Thayer,1563. Thornbury, England

DEACON JOHN HASTINGS,1603. Cambridge.

ANNE MEANES,1609. Cambridge, England

JOHN EATON,1590. Hatton, England

ANNE GROSSMAN,1599. England

Henry Robinson,1599. London, England

Helene Schungel,1571. Bockenforde, Germany

EDWARD JOHNSON,1598. Canterbury, England

FAYETTE AMIDON,1590. France

THOMAS SCUDDER, 1587. Suffolk, England

ELIZABETH LOWERS,1587. Suffolk, England

Christopher Griffen,1570. Wiltshire, England

CATHERINE MAYOE,1573. Wiltshire, England

WILLIAM ALMY,1601. Leicestershire England

AUDREY BARLOWE,1603. Leicestershire England

JOHN HUTCHINSON,1598. Dorchester, England

SARAH PUTNAM,1600. Essex, England

Gregor Viogel.1600. Falken, Germany

Hans Rauscher,1600. Germany

Henry Sherman,1545. Dedham, England

Susan Lawrence,1548. Suffolk, England

William Heath,1554. Ware, England

Agnes Cheney,1560. Waltham Abbey, Eng

Richard Greene,1550. Dorset, England

Mary Hooker,1567. Salisburg, England

Thomas Olney,1574. Hertford, England

William Holden,1580. Suffolk, England

Margaret Gale,1583. Suffolk, England

William Dungan,1606. Celbridge Parish, Ireland

Matthew Whipple,1576. Essex, England

Thomas Olney,1574. Hertford, England

Mary Small,1576. Hertford, England

James Ashton,1588. St. Albans, England

Alice Pemberton,1604. Hertford, England

John Harding,1567. Northampton, England

Phillip Adams,1581. England

Sir John Field,1525. Yorkshire, England

Jane Amyas,1528. Yorkshire, England

Rev. John Sotwell,1535. Yorkshire, England

REV SAMUEL SKELTON,1590. Lincolnshire, England

SUSANNAH TRAVIS,1597. Lincolnshire, England

William Clarke,1561. Kent, England

THOMAS HOLBROOK,1594. Somerset, England

ANTHONY WEST, 1603. Middlesex, England

ANNE MARLOWE,1607. Middlesex, England

EDMUND SCARBOROUGH,1617. London, England

SIR GEORGE YEARDLEY,1558. Surrey, England

TEMPERANCE FLOWERDEW,1586. Norfolk, England

BARTHOLOMEW HOSKINS, 1600. Suffolk, England

DORCAS ISHAM, 1602. Mundon, England

MARY WILSON,1611. Bolton, England

ALEXANDER WEBB,1609. Bolton, England

ROBERT BRASSEUR,1598. Vaucluse, France

EZEKIEL WOODWARD,1607. Devon, England

ANDREW PRICE,1585. Montgomery, Wales

MARY MATHEWS,1600. Cowes, England

Sir Richard Brooke,1525. Whitchurch, England

Elizabeth Twyne,1535. London, England

Elizabeth Isted,1555. Somerset, England

William Dent,1540. North Riding, England

WILLIAM TATTERSHALL,1605. Wiltshire, England

Sir Thomas Kennedy,1543. Culzean Castle, Scotland

Elizabeth Makgill,1559. Edinburgh, Scotland

Robert Drury,1650. Kent, England

Mary Littleton,1619. Accomac, Virginia

John Custis,1592. London, England

Joan Powell,1608. Kent, England

William Duvall,1570. Le Molay, France

Alexander Ians,1562. Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Margaret Stuart,1566. Scotland

James Stewart,1568. Orkney, Scotland

Richard Cheney,1595. London, England

Joan Howard,1578. Norfolk, England

Anthony O’Carroll,1610. Offaly, Ireland

Catherine Brabazan,1612. Meath, Ireland

Sir Robert Howard,1537. Middlesex, England

William Gorsuch,1540. Lancashire, England

Thomas Nicholson,1520. York, England

Sir Richard Baker,1569. Kent, England

Sir Thomas Forster,1548. Hertfordshire, England

Susan Foster,1554. Sussex, England

Thomas Engham,1550. Kent, England

Alfred Jarboe,1595. Dijon, France

Elizabeth Locke,1580. Norfolk, England

Phillipa Burton,1539. Norfolk, England

Margaret Mainwaring,1570. London, England

Sir Sheriff Patrick Agnew,1578. Lochnaw Castle, Scotland   

OUR DAYS IN MARYLAND

      My immediate segment of the Shedenhelm family is concentrated in Iowa. They are related to Joshua McClellan Shedenhelm and Elizabeth Johnson, both of whom came from Ohio. Joshua and Elizabeth had two sons- Clarence (who married Myrene Simmons) and Melvin (who married Bertha Cheney)- and they gave rise to family clusters in the central and southwestern parts of the state. Clarence and Melvin had a sister, Jennie Belle, who reared eight children with Thomas E. Tanner before she died at a young age. These three siblings had a sister named Maude, who died in infancy. Together, Clarence & Myrene, Melvin & Bertha, and Thomas & Jennie Belle had 25 children... who, in turn, have given birth to another 64 children.
      Many, if not most, of these family members either lived in, or are still living in, Iowa, but this was nor always the case. Indeed, before they migrated to Iowa in the early 1850s, a significant part of the Shedenhelm family was centered in Ohio- especially in Seneca county, where they settled in the early part of the 4th decade of the 19th century. Indeed, Betsy (Shedenhelm) Ruse and many of her descendants remained in Ohio, as did Henry Shedenhelm and his family, Mary (Shedenhelm) Freeze and her family, and the families of G.N. Shedenhelm, Henry D. Shedenhelm, J.W. Shedenhelm, Thomas Monroe Shedenhelm, and John Grafton Shedenhelm. The Shedenhelm family has left a huge imprint on many Ohio communities and continues to do so. For reasons that are unknown to me at this time, one of Grafton Shedenhelm's children- Frances Marion- moved to Michigan, where he embraced the surname of Shetenhelm and reared children and ancestors who live there to this day. The record shows that many of the Shetenhelms lived in the Vermontville area of the state. It also shows that descendants of Frances Shedenhelm died in places like Home, Eaton Rapids, and Cadillac, Michigan.
      No doubt, Ohio became the home of many members of our family, who followed their dreams to Ohio and bought land at an attractive price. They- the Shedenhelms, Ruses, Yarians, Schalls, Farvers, and Culvers- have left there mark on the great state of Ohio... but before they moved to Ohio, they lived in Frederick County, Maryland. They began their lives in America in Frederick County and Frederick County served as the foundation for all of the family stories that followed. As noted in previous blogs, our family story began when Frederick Schittenhelm arrived in America in 1766. Like thousands of other Germans who initially arrived in Philadelphia, Frederick found his way to Maryland, and he is listed in the 1790 Federal Census as a resident of Frederick County. Frederick, who probably spoke Schwabian German his entire life, reared four children with his wife in Maryland. They had two sons and two daughters. Jakob Sheetenhelm was the first born and he was baptized on July 11, 1777 in the Evangelical Church of Middleton. George Shedenhelm was the second son, He was baptized in the German Reformed Church of Frederick on April 27, 1782 and spent his early years in Frederick County, before he and his wife, Catherine Lease, relocated to Ohio by May 25, 1832, and purchased 80 acres of land in Seneca County. . Elizabeth Schidenhelm was the oldest daughter and she was baptized in the German Reformed Church of Frederick on August 22, 1779. When she reached adulthood, Elizabeth married Nathan Brashear Jr, who was part of a well-established Maryland family. Eventually, Nathan, Elizabeth and their children moved to Ohio, where they made their home for generations. Catharina Sheatenhelm was Frederick and Maria's youngest child. She was baptized in the Evangelical Reformed Church on January 16, 1789, and married Anthony Eckhart in 1806. Census records show that Anthony, Catharina, and their many children lived in Falls, Ohio by 1830, Thus, most of the small America Shedenhelm family followed their dreams and enticing land offerings by moving to Ohio circa 1830.
      But Jakob Sheetenhelm, Mary Walter, and their immediate family stayed put. They remained in Maryland and left their mark in that state well into the 20th century.  My 3rd great-grandfather, George, married Catherine Lease, who was part of an established Maryland family... but his brother, Jakob (and more specifically, Jakob and Mary Walter's children) who made sure that our relationship with the Lease family of Maryland would be forever intertwined. Their eldest daughter, Catherine, married Daniel Lease and they had seven children- Gideon Thomas, Mary, Eleanor, Josiah, Oliver, Rachel Ann, and Catherine- all of whom are my 2nd cousins. Gideon married Elizabeth Sponseller; Josiah married Sarah Ketrane; Oliver married Minerva Zimmerman... and taken together 7 children are my 3rd cousins. Jakob and Mary's daughter, Delilah, married Charles Lease, and they had a son named Amos, who married Mary Houck in 1870... and they had five children- all of whom are my 3rd cousins. Jakob and Mary's son, Reuben, married Mary Elizabeth Lease and they had 10 children- Margaret, Mary (who married Robert Lease), John, George W., Sidney Anne, Delilah, Zachariah, Elizabeth, Charlotte, and Ida- all of whom are my 2nd cousins, Finally, Jakob's and Mary's son, Jacob, married Mary E. Lease, and together, they had 6 children- Mary, Elmer, Harry R., George, William R., and Robert S.- who are also my second cousins. The years, of course, have frayed the Shedenhelm-Lease ties, probably even in Maryland, but it is clear that 1) the Sheetenhelms stayed in Maryland and 2) that many of them built families with the Lease family. Their names dot graveyards around Frederick, Maryland and history books too because many of them were well-known farmers, businessmen, and public servants.
      More broadly, our family tree reveals that the following people were rooted in Maryland: Mervin Simmons and Mary Agnew (great-grandparents); 2nd great grandparents Grafton Shedenhelm, Baker H. Simmons, Teresa Jarboe, John Agnew, Catherine Redmond; 3rd great-grandparents George Shedenhelm, Catherine Lease, John H Simmons, Eleanor Howard, William Jarboe, Loretta Atwood; 4 great-grandparents Frederick Schittenhelm, Jacob Lease, Abraham Simmons, Abigail West, John Ford, Ruhannah Howard, John Howard, Rebecca Brooke, John Baptiste Jarboe, Elizabeth Abell, Abraham Barnes, Catherine Rousby, James Atwood; 6th great-grandparents Abraham Simmons, Mary Townsend, William West, Esther Duvall, Edmund Howard, Margaret Dent, Barbara Dent, Cutherbert Abell, Mary Clarke, Henry Jarboe, Elizabeth Hendley; and 7th great-grandparents John Jarboe, Sarah Joy, Joseph West, Rebecca Mears, Samuel Duvall, Elizabeth Ijams, James Ford, Elizabeth Stogdon, Mordecai Price, Mary Parsons, Edmund Teal, and Hanna Randall. Maryland- St Mary's County, Baltimore County, Queen Anne's County, Charles County, Apple Ridge, Hagerstown, Buckeytown, Leonardtown, and Frederick County- has been home to our family for centuries!
      Someday, I hope to visit many of these places. I want to see their churches (Catholic and Protestant), walk on their land, visit their graves... and listen for their voices. Perhaps some of you have already done this.