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- From Scholl, Sholl, Shull Genealogy (citation details below):
It seems likely that this family belongs to the early Scholl families of Pennsylvania, but as yet the necessary proofs have not been uncovered.
It is said also, that Jonathan Shull had been previously married to a daughter of Dr. Compton, by whom he had one or more children, among them Tobias Shull of Rockingham county, Virginia, and it is certain that a son of Tobias was geographically closely associated in Frederick county with Elijah Shull, but the definite evidence in contemporary record is still lacking.
Records of the distribution of Jonathan's estate have not been found, but when his widow Margaret Shull 's dower was laid off and assigned to her as "widow and relict of Jonathan Shull," December 25, 1833, at the December Term of Court, she got "five out of the twenty-six slaves belonging to the estate," namely one slave named Joshua at the sum of $500, one named Solo mon at $400, one named Philip at $225, a female slave named Sally Chapman with infant child named Matilda Jane at $350.
Margaret Shull's Will devised to Harriet, wife of son Elijah Shull, "$120 due me by my son Jonathan Shull," also all property of all kinds to Harriet, and made son Elijah executor. She probably passed her last days in Elijah's family.
The U. S. Census for 1810 shows that Jonathan Shull of Frederick county was then over 45 years of age, and his wife was under 45 years. There were two males and six females under 10, one male and one female between 10 and 16, two males between 16 and 26, and one between 26 and 45, and seven slaves. This shows that he was born before 1765, and she after 1767. As she outlived him many years, she was probably considerably younger than he, and may have been a second wife as claimed. The ages of the children indicate that several were born before the year 1794, and thus would belong to a previous marriage.
From Charles Gander (citation details below):
Perhaps our Jonathan was the son of a Henry Scholl, who is the only Scholl listed in the Frederick County Tax Records of the 1780's. Henry's household held eleven "Free White Males [including himself] aged 16 and up," and he was taxed for owning 3 "Horses, Mares, Colts, & Mules" and 6 "Cattle" in 1787. […]
According to the comprehensive History of the Lower Shenandoah Valley, Jonathan "was a blacksmith, but followed farming." Living as close as he did to the Zane Iron Works, I suspect that he played some part in its operation, perhaps as a blacksmith, or maybe only in providing firewood for the furnace. […]
Although nearly all of our ancestors did not abide with slave holding, Jonathan was one of the exceptions. Margaret's father and, to a lesser extent, James Moore, Sr. and Thomas Moore were the others. Jonathan owned twenty six slaves when he died, on which the appraised value was $4,890. Records of the distribution of Jonathan's estate were not located in the county courthouse, but when Margaret's dower was laid off and assigned to her on 25 December 1833 at the December Term of Court, she received five of the twenty six slaves belonging to the estate. These were Joshua valued at $500, Solomon at $400, Philip at $225, and a female slave named Sally Chapman with an infant child named Matilda Jane at $350. As her share, Margaret was also awarded $155 for any slave of the estate that would be sold at a later date.
On 3 March 1834, the court amended the dower after it examined the value and ownership of certain "unproductive and burthensome" slaves. It retracted the $155 allowance, concluding that the five slaves previously awarded to her valued at $1,475, together with her additional support of the unproductive slaves "George and Daphne, is her fair and full proportion of the estate." The negroes "Jep," who was valued at $150 and listed as "Wholly useless being afflected with a permanent Rheumatism," and "Delilah an idiot" were "of course left to be divided as the Law may direct among the Heirs of said Decedant."
Margaret most likely passed her final days with her son and executor, Elijah and his wife Harriet on the home farm. On 24 October 1845, she willed the $120 owed to her by her son Jonathan, as well as all her "property of Every Kind, such as beds, bedding, bedsteads, household and Kitchen Furnature and every other article of property of which I may also possess," to Harriet, whom she called "my daughter." She died shortly afterwards, as her will was proved in court only a few days later on 3 November.
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Nielsen Hayden genealogy
1765 - 1819 (~ 61 years)
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