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Descendants of Daniel Schuy

Generation No. 1

      1. Daniel⁸ Schuy (Daniel⁷ Juy, David⁶, Ellie⁵, David⁴, Jean³ Juis, Didier², Hilare¹) was born Abt. 06 Apr 1703 in Oggersheim, Pfalz, DEU ¹, and died May 1777 in Bethel Township, Lancaster Co., PA ². He married Maria Margaretha Schilling 16 Oct 1725 in Dannstadt, Pfalz, DEU ³, daughter of Benedictus Schilling and Anna Hoffman.

Notes for Daniel Schuy:
      In spite of the claims of other family historians, Daniel was baptised, not born, on 9 Apr, 1703. (Reformed KirchenBuchen, Oggersheim, Pfalz, DEU.) Given the usual practice of the German Reformed community of the day, that would place his birth sometime between 04 Apr and 06 Apr of 1703.

      Daniel Schuy arrived in the Pennsylvania Colony on 19 Sep, 1732, aboard the Johnson from Rotterdam. Apparently unable to write his name, he was originally listed as Daniel "Schwe" (an inadvertent Anglicazation of "Juy"?) on List A (Passenger List), then recorded as Daniel "Schew" (An accidential transposition of the original mistake?) on List B (Signers of the Oath of Allegiance), and finally, on List C (Signers of the Oath of Abjuration) he appears as Danl Schuhl. With Daniel were Maria Margaretha (Schilling), his wife, "Lodawick" - the clerk's bungled attempt at "Ludwig", the nickname of Lewis Henry, a son, and Anna Maria, their eldest daughter. The name of his younger son, Johannes, is absent from the list.

                        "Thirty thousand Names of Immigrants to Pennsylvania 1726 -- 1776" I. Daniel Rupp
                        Pennsylvania Archives: Series 2, Vol 17 (Passenger Ship Lists)
                        "German Immigrants" Strassburger, et al

      The spelling of the Shuey name went through a series of transformations in just one or two generations. From "Juy" or "Jouy", the family name when they fled France to escape brutal Catholic persecution, to "Schwe" when misunderstood by a ship's clerk, to "Schew" at disembarkation from the same ship, and "Schuhy" and "Shewey" on colonial tax roles. Then, briefly, in the late 1700s it seemed to settle on "Schuy". It may well had seen other forms, perhaps intentionally by the family as they sought to fit ito their new society, until it finally emerged as "Shuey". (Though some descendants to this day use Shewey, Schuey, Shueey, and even Shoey.)

More About Daniel Schuy:
Baptism: 09 Apr 1703, Oggersheim Reformed: David Juy & Maria, sponsors ⁴
Fact 2: Born Daniel Juy

Children of Daniel Schuy and Maria Schilling are:

+	2	i.	Lewis Henry⁹ Schuy, born 12 Oct 1726 in Dannstadt, Pfalz, DEU; died 25 Feb 1775 in Bethel Township, Lebanon Co, PA.
+	3	ii.	Anna Margaretta Schuy, born 12 Feb 1728/29 in Dannstadt, Pfalz, DEU; died Aft. 1794.
+	4	iii.	Johannes Schuy, born 24 Nov 1730 in Dannstadt, Pfalz, DEU; died 10 Apr 1816 in West Hanover Twp, Dauphin Co, PA.
+	5	iv.	Martin Schuy, born Abt. 1732 in PA; died Oct 1801 in Bethel, Berks County, PA.
+	6	v.	Peter Schuy, born 1734 in Bethel Twp, Lebanon Co, PA; died Aft. 27 Feb 1804 in York or Adams Co, PA.
+	7	vi.	Margaret Elizabeth Schuy, born 1736 in Lancaster Co., PA; died WFT Est. 1773-1839.
	8	vii.	Barbara Schuy ⁵, born Bef. 25 Jun 1741 in Lancaster Co., PA ⁶; died WFT Est. 1758-1835. She married George Feeser ⁷.

More About Barbara Schuy:
Baptism: 25 Jun 1741, Swatara Reformed...Sponsors: George Meyer & Barbara

Notes for George Feeser:
Purchased 268.75 acres from Daniel Schuy on May 1, 1777, for 2,200 pounds.

Vol R, Page 362...Lancaster Recorder of Deeds

+	9	viii.		Daniel Schuy, born 11 Nov 1743 in Bethel Twp, Lebanon Co, PA; died 23 Aug 1804 in Pipe Creek Settlement, Frederick Co, MD.
	10	ix.		Catharine Elizabeth Schuy ⁸, born Bef. 08 Jun 1747 in Bethel Township, Lancaster Co., PA ⁹; died WFT Est. 1775-1841 in Lancaster County, PA. She married Jacob Geiger ¹⁰ 11 Oct 1757 in Berks County, PA ¹¹.

More About Catharine Elizabeth Schuy:
Baptism: 08 Jun 1747, Swatara Reformed...Sponsors: Peter schell & wf. Maria Catharine

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