From the Fonda List found at the Jefferson county genweb page;
JACOB SHEW, son of Godfrey and Kate (Fry) Shew
Born: April 15, 1763 at Johnstown, N.Y.
Died: January 23, 1853 at Evans Mills, Jefferson County, N.Y.
Married: March 10, 1787, HANNAH PUTNAM, daughter of Lodewyck and Elizabeth
(Sacts) Putnam
Born: December 9, 1764 at Johnstown, N.Y.
Died: October 5, 1849 at Evans Mills, N.Y.
Service: Jacob Shew served as a private in Tryon County Militia 3rd Regiment, under Col. Fisher. ("Col. John Harper's Lives, pages 181, 276" and Robert's "New York in the Revolution"). He was a private in Harper's regiment, Putnam County; Fisher's regiment, Little County. (Page 470 in the roster of Feronon's "New York Troops in the Revolution"). Jacob Shew, with his father and two brothers, were taken prisoners by the Indians and Tories and taken to Canada, eventually to be sent to Boston and exchanged for British prisoners. He then enlisted in the Continental Army. (See "First Settlers in Fish House Roster", page 93 and 453.)
Remarks: Jacob Shew and his wife are buried in the village cemetery at Evans Mills, Jefferson County, N.Y.
Note: The 1840 Census of Pensioners, published Washington, D. C., 1841, lists Jacob Shew, age 77, Town of Northampton, Fulton County, N.Y.
First Presbyterian Church, Broadalbin, Fulton County, N.Y.: Jacob Shoe & wife, Hannah Putman had Aaron, bn. July 16, 1803 & Elisabeth, bn. Dec. 7, 1805. Jacob and Hannah Shoe dismissed to Presbyterian Church, LeRay, N.Y., June 15, 1845.
Jacob Shew (76782227)
Suggested edit: "Died Sunday afternoon, the 23rd instant, from the infirmities of age, at the residence of his son Col. John I Shew, in Albany, Jacob Shew Esq., in the 90th year of his age." This obit from The Weekly Herald, New York Feb 5, 1853 issue (obit column) shows that Jacob Shew Sr died while living with his son John J Shew in Albany, NY., NOT EVANS MILL, NY. His body was transported to Evans Mills to be buried next to his wife Hannah who had died in 1849 while they were living there with their oldest son Godfrey J Shew.
Contributor: Pete Shew (48336362) • [email protected]
JACOB SHEW, son of Godfrey and Kate (Fry) Shew
Born: April 15, 1763 at Johnstown, N.Y.
Died: January 23, 1853 at Evans Mills, Jefferson County, N.Y.
Married: March 10, 1787, HANNAH PUTNAM, daughter of Lodewyck and Elizabeth
(Sacts) Putnam
Born: December 9, 1764 at Johnstown, N.Y.
Died: October 5, 1849 at Evans Mills, N.Y.
Service: Jacob Shew served as a private in Tryon County Militia 3rd Regiment, under Col. Fisher. ("Col. John Harper's Lives, pages 181, 276" and Robert's "New York in the Revolution"). He was a private in Harper's regiment, Putnam County; Fisher's regiment, Little County. (Page 470 in the roster of Feronon's "New York Troops in the Revolution"). Jacob Shew, with his father and two brothers, were taken prisoners by the Indians and Tories and taken to Canada, eventually to be sent to Boston and exchanged for British prisoners. He then enlisted in the Continental Army. (See "First Settlers in Fish House Roster", page 93 and 453.)
Remarks: Jacob Shew and his wife are buried in the village cemetery at Evans Mills, Jefferson County, N.Y.
Note: The 1840 Census of Pensioners, published Washington, D. C., 1841, lists Jacob Shew, age 77, Town of Northampton, Fulton County, N.Y.
First Presbyterian Church, Broadalbin, Fulton County, N.Y.: Jacob Shoe & wife, Hannah Putman had Aaron, bn. July 16, 1803 & Elisabeth, bn. Dec. 7, 1805. Jacob and Hannah Shoe dismissed to Presbyterian Church, LeRay, N.Y., June 15, 1845.
Jacob Shew (76782227)
Suggested edit: "Died Sunday afternoon, the 23rd instant, from the infirmities of age, at the residence of his son Col. John I Shew, in Albany, Jacob Shew Esq., in the 90th year of his age." This obit from The Weekly Herald, New York Feb 5, 1853 issue (obit column) shows that Jacob Shew Sr died while living with his son John J Shew in Albany, NY., NOT EVANS MILL, NY. His body was transported to Evans Mills to be buried next to his wife Hannah who had died in 1849 while they were living there with their oldest son Godfrey J Shew.
Contributor: Pete Shew (48336362) • [email protected]
From the Fonda List found at the Jefferson county genweb page;
JACOB SHEW, son of Godfrey and Kate (Fry) Shew
Born: April 15, 1763 at Johnstown, N.Y.
Died: January 23, 1853 at Evans Mills, Jefferson County, N.Y.
Married: March 10, 1787, HANNAH PUTNAM, daughter of Lodewyck and Elizabeth
(Sacts) Putnam
Born: December 9, 1764 at Johnstown, N.Y.
Died: October 5, 1849 at Evans Mills, N.Y.
Service: Jacob Shew served as a private in Tryon County Militia 3rd Regiment, under Col. Fisher. ("Col. John Harper's Lives, pages 181, 276" and Robert's "New York in the Revolution"). He was a private in Harper's regiment, Putnam County; Fisher's regiment, Little County. (Page 470 in the roster of Feronon's "New York Troops in the Revolution"). Jacob Shew, with his father and two brothers, were taken prisoners by the Indians and Tories and taken to Canada, eventually to be sent to Boston and exchanged for British prisoners. He then enlisted in the Continental Army. (See "First Settlers in Fish House Roster", page 93 and 453.)
Remarks: Jacob Shew and his wife are buried in the village cemetery at Evans Mills, Jefferson County, N.Y.
Note: The 1840 Census of Pensioners, published Washington, D. C., 1841, lists Jacob Shew, age 77, Town of Northampton, Fulton County, N.Y.
First Presbyterian Church, Broadalbin, Fulton County, N.Y.: Jacob Shoe & wife, Hannah Putman had Aaron, bn. July 16, 1803 & Elisabeth, bn. Dec. 7, 1805. Jacob and Hannah Shoe dismissed to Presbyterian Church, LeRay, N.Y., June 15, 1845.
Jacob Shew (76782227)
Suggested edit: "Died Sunday afternoon, the 23rd instant, from the infirmities of age, at the residence of his son Col. John I Shew, in Albany, Jacob Shew Esq., in the 90th year of his age." This obit from The Weekly Herald, New York Feb 5, 1853 issue (obit column) shows that Jacob Shew Sr died while living with his son John J Shew in Albany, NY., NOT EVANS MILL, NY. His body was transported to Evans Mills to be buried next to his wife Hannah who had died in 1849 while they were living there with their oldest son Godfrey J Shew.
Contributor: Pete Shew (48336362) • [email protected]
JACOB SHEW, son of Godfrey and Kate (Fry) Shew
Born: April 15, 1763 at Johnstown, N.Y.
Died: January 23, 1853 at Evans Mills, Jefferson County, N.Y.
Married: March 10, 1787, HANNAH PUTNAM, daughter of Lodewyck and Elizabeth
(Sacts) Putnam
Born: December 9, 1764 at Johnstown, N.Y.
Died: October 5, 1849 at Evans Mills, N.Y.
Service: Jacob Shew served as a private in Tryon County Militia 3rd Regiment, under Col. Fisher. ("Col. John Harper's Lives, pages 181, 276" and Robert's "New York in the Revolution"). He was a private in Harper's regiment, Putnam County; Fisher's regiment, Little County. (Page 470 in the roster of Feronon's "New York Troops in the Revolution"). Jacob Shew, with his father and two brothers, were taken prisoners by the Indians and Tories and taken to Canada, eventually to be sent to Boston and exchanged for British prisoners. He then enlisted in the Continental Army. (See "First Settlers in Fish House Roster", page 93 and 453.)
Remarks: Jacob Shew and his wife are buried in the village cemetery at Evans Mills, Jefferson County, N.Y.
Note: The 1840 Census of Pensioners, published Washington, D. C., 1841, lists Jacob Shew, age 77, Town of Northampton, Fulton County, N.Y.
First Presbyterian Church, Broadalbin, Fulton County, N.Y.: Jacob Shoe & wife, Hannah Putman had Aaron, bn. July 16, 1803 & Elisabeth, bn. Dec. 7, 1805. Jacob and Hannah Shoe dismissed to Presbyterian Church, LeRay, N.Y., June 15, 1845.
Jacob Shew (76782227)
Suggested edit: "Died Sunday afternoon, the 23rd instant, from the infirmities of age, at the residence of his son Col. John I Shew, in Albany, Jacob Shew Esq., in the 90th year of his age." This obit from The Weekly Herald, New York Feb 5, 1853 issue (obit column) shows that Jacob Shew Sr died while living with his son John J Shew in Albany, NY., NOT EVANS MILL, NY. His body was transported to Evans Mills to be buried next to his wife Hannah who had died in 1849 while they were living there with their oldest son Godfrey J Shew.
Contributor: Pete Shew (48336362) • [email protected]
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