DESCENDANTS OF JACOB SCHAUB/SHOUP
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1. Jacob Schaub was born about 1713 probably in Germany. His parents are not known. It has been thought that he was born in Bergzabern,Bavaria,Germany but this has not been verified. A Jacob Shaub arrived on the ship �Virtuous Grace� which landed in Philadelphia in September 1737. There was also a Jacob Schop who arrived on the �Charming Nancy� in 1739. He was married about 1742 in Pennsylvania to Veronica �Franey� whose surname is not known.
Jacob and Veronica settled in Nockamixon Township, Bucks County, PA sometime around its organization in 1742. Jacob died in 1766 at age 52. His will was dated 11 January 1766 and proved 11 April 1766. His estate was left to his wife, Franey until the youngest child was 14 years old. The name was changed to �Shoup� in future generations.
Children of Jacob and Veronica Schaub/Shoup:
2. Jacob Shoup/Schaub was born in 1744 in Nockamixon Township, Bucks County, PA. He was the son of Jacob and Veronica Schaub. The name has also been found as Shope and Shaub but later generations used "Shoup". He was married about 1766 to Elizabeth Lightcap/Leibgeb . [An old DAR record lists Jacob's wife as Rebecca Lightcap and many people have used this information but the will of Solomon Lightcap names his daughter, "Elizabeth Shupe".] Jacob and Elizabeth had seven children. She died sometime before 1798 when Jacob was listed with another wife, Anna Elizabeth, whose surname is unknown. He had another seven children with Anna Elizabeth, making him the father of fourteen children in all. [For more information on Jacob Shoup, see my web page with more information on Jacob and Elizabeth Lightcap
Jacob Shoup served as a Captain of the 3rd. Battalion, Nockamixon Company of the Bucks County Militia in the Revolutionary War. His 2nd Lieutenant was his wife's brother, Solomon Liebgeb. His own brother, Henry and two other Lightcaps/Leibgeb's also served in his company. Jacob operated a grist mill and a saw mill in Noxamixon Counnty. His brothers went to Westmoreland County, PA after their father died. Jacob was still in Bucks County on 25 September 1790 when he and his wife, Elizabeth sold the property that he had inherited from his father. He moved to Westmoreland County soon after the property was sold.
Jacob Shoup died in Unity Township, Westmoreland County, PA in 1810 at about age 66. He left a will dated 9 September 1810 that is registered in Westmoreland County. He names his wife, Ann Elizabeth and all of his children in the will. At the time, three of the children were under the age of twelve. He directed that the property would be occupied and used by his wife (including a still) until the youngest child reached twelve years and then it was to be appraised and offered first to his sons-in-law and if they refused, it should be sold and the money equally divided among all the children in equal shares with the exception that five pounds be deducted from the shares of the older daughters and added to the share of the three younger girls.
Children of Jacob and Elizabeth (Lightcap) Shoup:
Children of Jacob and Ann Elizabeth Shoup:
3. Solomon Shoup was born 1767 in Bucks County, PA. He was the son of Jacob and Ann Elizabeth (Lightcap) Shoup. His wife's name was Elizabeth, surname unknown.
Solomon was living in Sugar Creek Twp., Armstrong County, PA in 1810 when his father died. He apparently had moved there from Buffalo Township where he had owned 104 acres "by virtue of his actual settlement and improvement". He probably went to what is now Clarion County about 1815. Legend says that when the family arrived in the St. Petersburg area it was fall and they built a "shanty" of poles and clapboards, open on the sides. His son, David, later built a fine home on the same hill where the view is awe-inspiring.
Solomon was killed about August 1817 at age 50, when he fell of the roof while raising a neighbor's barn. He left no will. Bond was filed 14 January 1818 to settle the estate. He left no will.
Children of Solomon and Elizabeth Shoup:
3. David Shoup was born 19 October 1800 at Sugar Creek, Armstrong County, PA. He was the son of Solomon and Elizabeth Shoup. He was married about 1822 to Rosina Shakeley who died 15 May 1837 after the birth of her daughter, Rosina, leaving David with eight children, the oldest being just 14 years old. In 1838, he was married again to Lavina Goughler , daughter of Henry and Katherine (Cope) Goughler. She was born 27 Sep 1817 in Berks County, PA. Lavina and David had thirteen children, making him the father of 22 children. Lavina died 14 June 1900 and is buried in St. Petersburg Cemetery.
A family story says that as a young boy, David was kidnapped by Indians. He was blindfolded and taken by canoe down the Clarion River, then called Toby Creek, until they came to a large rock. They showed him a vein of metal running through the rock. They later returned him to his home. He spent years trying to locate the rock that he had been shown, but never found it.
David was a farmer and a skilled cabinetmaker. He lived in Richland Township, Clarion County. Shortly after oil was discovered at Drake's Well in Titusville in 1859, oil was discovered on David Shoup's farm and he became a rich man almost overnight. He invested in real estate and owned nine or ten farms at the time of his death. He died 17 May 1889 at age 88. His will names and gives legacies to 19 of his 22 children. He is buried in St. Petersburg Cemetery, Clarion County, PA.
Children of David and Rosina (Shakeley) Shoup:
4. William Shoup was born 4 July 1824 in Richland Twp., Clarion County, PA. He was the son of David and Rosina (Shakeley) Shoup. He was married about 1850 to Mary Ann Heeter. He was 26 at the time and he probably was waiting for Mary Ann to turn 18.
Both the Shoup and Heeter families attended church regularly, but family members said they did not remember "Bill" and Mary Ann going to church often. They attended the Methodist Church when they did go, either walking or riding horseback. Both Bill and Mary Ann were short and stout.
The 1880 census record shows that William Shoup could neither read nor write, although Mary Ann could. This is probably accounted for by the fact that Mary Ann's mother came from eastern Pennsylvania family where learning even for girls was traditional. Since William and Mary Ann spoke German most of the time at home, possibly he could read German but not English.
William was a farmer and a millwright. He purchased 12 acres shortly before his marriage and in 1857 he added another 59 acres. By 1861, he (or his father) was able to pay someone to serve for him in the Civil War. In his later years, he operated a general store near Turkey City, PA where he sold penny candy and small items.
William Shoup died 22 February 1905 at age 80. Cause of death was Bright's Disease. He is buried in a cemetery at Chestnut Ridge near Turkey City, PA. Children of Willam and Mary Ann (Heeter) Shoup:
5. Elizabeth Jane "Jennie" Shoup was born on 21 December 1855 in Richland Township, Clarion, PA. She married John Wesley Miller . She died on 22 May 1929 in Richland Township, Clarion, PA at age 73 of uterine cancer. She is buried in St. Petersburg, Clarion, PA. She was described by her grandson, Homer Miller as a beautiful woman with red hair. She was the mother of seven children, including one who died as a baby. See Miller Ancestry for children of Elizabeth Jane Shoup and John Wesley Miller.