Person:John Schley (2)

From Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Volumes I - III by Frank William Shriver

John Schley, born 1767, was a descendant of John Thomas Schley, who emigrated from the Palatinate and settled in Maryland in 1745; he was the founder of the town of Frederick, having built the first house there; he was a soldier in the Revolution, etc ., and died in 1790; John Schley, Clerk of Court at the time of his death, was widely known and respected.

From Colonial Families in the U.S.A.

John Schley, is enumerated in the United States Census, 1790, as the head of a family.

He was Judge of the Orphans' Court for Frederick County from 1802 to 1813, and Clerk of the Frederick County Court from 1815 to 1835.

He was a member of the Legislature of Maryland in 1809 and 1810.

He was the editor of the Frederick Examiner

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From History Of The Shriver Family, Wytheville; D. A. St. Clair, Printer, 1869, pages 9-12

Extracts From Letters of F. Thomas Shriver.

Rachael, the oldest daughter was married to Adam Forney, of Hanover, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Mary, the second was married to John Schley (Frederick City, Maryland). He was a coppersmith, and followed his trade until my uncle Abraham, then Judge of the County, appointed him Clerk of Frederick County. This office he filled so faithfully and acceptably, that he was retained in it all his life.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Jessie A. Landis nee Witmer. Ferree - du Bois Family Tree. (1913).
2. ↑ WorldConnect Project. (RootsWeb)
   Doneva Shepard - 12 February 2001.

   RootsWeb, WorldConnect Project, "Electronic," Doneva Shepard - 12 February 2001. - adds "George"

3. ↑ kamp3genealogy@@netscape.net. Heisterkamp, Charles, III, M.D..

   1949 Pine Drive, Lancaster, PA, 17601, ckamp3@@netscape,net, 717-392-0562

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} Charles Heisterkamp, III, M.D. Annotated Landis Ferree Tree. (30 April 2004).

   Date of Import: Jul 14, 2004

5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 George Norbury Mackenzie, ed. Colonial Families of the United States of America. (New York. 1907).
6. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books
   Volume 111, page 246.

   Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books, Volume 111, page 246. - states 1757

7. ↑ ^7.0 7.1 WorldConnect Project. (RootsWeb)
   Casteel-Six Family - 12 February 2001.
8. ↑ WorldConnect Project. (RootsWeb)
   Anne Schley schleya@@hetnet.nl Schley/Te(e)tenburg family tree, updated 12 September 2006 - 7 Jume 2007.
9. ↑ Frank William Shriver. Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Volumes I-III. (1911).
10. ↑ ^10.0 10.1 Wytheville. History of the Shriver Family. (D.A. St.Clair, Printer, 1869)
    pages 9-12.
11.   Charles Heisterkamp, III, M.D..

    1949 Pine Drive, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, 17601-5529, kamp3genealogy@netscape.net