Person:Levi Shumway (2)

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LEVI SHUMWAY⁵ (Levi⁴, Oliver³, Peter², Peter¹), b. Oct. 21, 1752, d. Apr. 10, 1835; he m. Chloe Belknap; at an early period in his life, he is said to have removed from Oxford... to Belchertown, Mass.,...on a return roll of Captain John Cowl's company in the regiment of Col. B.R. Woodbridge, in 1775, his name appeared as a private; he is thus identified with the soldiers of the Revolution; his name is also on a pension roll of a later date, with others from Belchertown; after the close of the war, he removed to Whitingham, Vermont, and became one of the pioneer settlers of that town, clearing the land for his home, and becoming one of the thrifty farmers of that section; later, he owned and occupied a farm in Readsboro, Vermont, where he remained until his death; children:

+184 Joel, b. April 4, 1782
185 James, b. ___
186 Betsy, b. ___
+187 Amos, b. Jan. 15, 1790
+188 Thomas, b. Feb.17, 1792
+189 Alvah, b. Sep. 28, 1796
+190 Anna, b. ___

1. ↑ Births, in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Oxford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1906)
   p.102.

   SHUMWAY, Levi, s. Levi and Priscilla, [born] Oct. 21, 1752.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 179 Levi Shumway, in Shumway, Asahel Adams. Genealogy of the Shumway family in the United States of America. (New York: T.A. Wright, 1909)
   p.59.

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