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NOTE 1:
Peter Challe sailed from
Europe to the Virginia Colony in 1773. His name evolved from
Challe to Shall to Shaul. We follow him through land and court
records in Augusta and Rockingham Co., VA and Pendleton and
Harrison Co. (now West Virginia).
He left the port of London, England, on the ship Virginia
between December 11 and 18, 1773. He came to America as an
indentured servant
with a four-year contract, possibly to his future father-in-law,
Moses Elsworth, Sr. He traveled with Joseph Cheauvant who also
later married
a daughter of Moses Elsworth, Sr. and who also was referred to
as Rev. Joseph Cheauvant.
During the Revolutionary War he served from 1776/1779 as a
private. He deserted, but re-enlisted and served from 1782/1784
in the 1st Partisan Legion. For his military service he received
100 acres from Congress and 200 from Virginia. There are
numerous court, tax, and
voting records of Peter Shaul. He was a blacksmith.
On 13 Oct 1789, Peter's wife Rosanna, was confirmed in the North
Fork Lutheran Church by Rev. Paul Henkel. Henkel was the husband
of
Elizabeth, who was the step-daughter of a
John Shall, a supposed
relative (brother or uncle) of Peter Shaul. The Shaul's last
son, Asa
Shinn, was named after a Rev. Asa Shinn, a Methodist Episcopal
minister. (Quote from
Rev Asa Shinn: “Why are we glad that God is Almighty? Because He
is Almighty Goodness. Why are we delighted that His
understanding is infinite? Because it is the understanding of
Infinite Love. Why are we pleased when we hear that God is
Unchangeable? Because it brings to our view a Benevolence which
will NEVER VARY. And why do we rejoice that He is Just? Because
we hence learn that the Energy of Love will NEVER CEASE to
maintain and defend every thing that is right, and to oppose
every thing that is wrong.” – Benevolence and Rectitude of the
Supreme Being, p. 312.)
In 1799 a Methodist Episcopal Minster recorded that Peter's
friend and brother-in-law, Joseph Cheauvant, was "converted from
Catholicism, and
converted to God." The father of Peter's wife, Moses Elsworth,
was referred to as "the pious patriarch of this extensive,
pious, and
amiable family." Numerous ministers can be traced back to Moses
and Anna Elsworth who were called a "venerable pair." (Adpated
from The
Shaul Family History, by Virginia Gorton Bonne and Herbert
Milford Shaul Price.)
NOTE 2:
Burial in Harrison County, VA
NOTE 3:
Immigration in 1773, Virginia
Colony
NOTE 4:
Lutheran
NOTE 5:
Blacksmith
NOTE 6:
Private in the Revolutionary
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