Person:Martin Shellhous (1)

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Martin Shellhous
b.1764 Vacha, Thüringen, Germany
d.27 Nov 1814 North Ridgeville, Lorain, Ohio, United States
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Name Martin Shellhous
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1764 Vacha, Thüringen, Germany
Marriage 8 Nov 1787 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Rosetta Alford
Death[1] 27 Nov 1814 North Ridgeville, Lorain, Ohio, United States
Burial[1] North Ridgeville, Lorain, Ohio, United StatesRidgeville Cemetery

Martin was born in the town of Vacha in the Wartburgkreis district in Thuringia. He was one of many German mercenary soldiers who was brought to North America to fight for the British during the American Revolutionary War. He arrived in the Colonies in 1777 at the age of fifteen. He was in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Find A Grave.

    Tombstone: [1]

  2.   United States Census, 1800.

    amilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRQ-C3S), Martin Shelhouse, Ferrisburg, Addison, Vermont, United States; citing p. 87, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 51; FHL microfilm 218,688.

  3.   United States Census, 1810.

    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH21-586), Martin Schellhouse, Ferrisburg, Addison, Vermont, United States; citing p. 34, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 64; FHL microfilm 218,668.

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