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- I still hesitate to switch parents for Rachel, based soley on this one
record [Bapt] - We have yet to find a Chr/Bapt record for Rees Shelby,
or the Thomas Shelby who witnessed a bond in 1742 for Evan Shelby. So
there is still the possibility there could be another Rachel..
There has been some confusion among the researchers over Rachel's
Bapt. It was contended that unless she was a twin to Rees, she
couldn't have been born the same year and therefore she might not be
Evan and Catherine's daughter.
It was Cass Knight Shelby[CKS] who gave Rees his estimated birthdate
of 1721, based on a 1760 deed in PA, giving land to son Evan, who as
far as we know, was Rees oldest child.
***Sept 1999- I now have a photocopy of the church record showing a
Rachel Shelby, Bapt 21 Oct 1721, as the daughter of a Recei Shelby.
She is the only Shelby shown as being christened this date...She can't
be the daughter of our known Rees..So in all likely hood she was Evan
Sr's niece, not daughter...
If Evan & Catherine brought a niece and nephew to this country, what
family other than his own children did he bring with him? Had
Rachel's parents died?? Was our known Rees her brother? Did Evan and
Catherine also have a daughter Rachel??
"History of Monongalia County, West Virginia", by Samuel T. Wiley. [no
date]
page 669- John McFARLAND name is among the list of early settlers in
Union district, 1776
page 685- The oldest church in West Virginia west of the Allegheny
mountains was the "Forks of Cheat Baptist Church." It was a branch of
the Great Bethel Church of Uniontown, PA, which granted it a
constitution in 1775. The church had been started by the Rev John
Corbley November 5, 1775, with twelve members-Sam. Lewellen (elder),
John McFarland (deacon), Thomas Mills, Thomas Evans, Joseph
Boltinghouse, Hannah Lewellen, Susannah McFarland, Martha Mills,
Catherine Evans, Elizabeth Jackson, William John [among others]
In 1778 Rachel Pindell and several others were added. The first
building was a log cabin, built before 1781. In 1803 William John,
Samuel Brown, Richard Cain and John McFarland agreed to hew the long
for a new building, 26 x 22 feet, 12 rounds high. It stood near the
old building until 1832, when a third building (40 x 30 ft.)
superseeded it. The two log buildings are now school buildings. John
McFarland and Daniel______ were deacons in 1830. The first log
building was built before 1781 at the old Baptist burying ground above
Launcelot John's on the Morgantown and Stewartstown road.
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1721 - Yes, date unknown