HISTORY :
This was the first DeHaven family to settle in Back Creek Valley, and the date of settlement was about 1790.
The DeHaven surname is well-known in Back Creek Valley, as well as in counties adjoining Frederick. Like other families in rural 19th century America, DeHavens intermarried within their own clan. Also, numerous marriages transpired between the DeHavens and Adams, Whitacre, and Clark families.
Descendents erected a modern gravestone for Peter and Abigail DeHaven in the old Back Creek Quaker graveyard in Gainesboro. The late Robert Unger arranged for the Veteran's Administration to donate a tombstone for this Revolutionary War veteran's grave, and Edward Shirley was responsible for erecting the stone. No one seems to know why the DeHavens were buried here, in that neither were Quakers. One of their daughters, Leanna(1772-1853) married Quaker David Adams, and this may have been a connection. The cemetery is now maintained by the United Methodist Church, and burials are still made at this old and hallowed site.
Members of the early generations in Pennsylvania were Calvinistic in their religious beliefs, and were associated with Dutch Reformed or Presbyterian churches. After settling in Back Creek Valley, descendents were associated primarily with Methodist Churches.
Source : Ancestry.com
This was the first DeHaven family to settle in Back Creek Valley, and the date of settlement was about 1790.
The DeHaven surname is well-known in Back Creek Valley, as well as in counties adjoining Frederick. Like other families in rural 19th century America, DeHavens intermarried within their own clan. Also, numerous marriages transpired between the DeHavens and Adams, Whitacre, and Clark families.
Descendents erected a modern gravestone for Peter and Abigail DeHaven in the old Back Creek Quaker graveyard in Gainesboro. The late Robert Unger arranged for the Veteran's Administration to donate a tombstone for this Revolutionary War veteran's grave, and Edward Shirley was responsible for erecting the stone. No one seems to know why the DeHavens were buried here, in that neither were Quakers. One of their daughters, Leanna(1772-1853) married Quaker David Adams, and this may have been a connection. The cemetery is now maintained by the United Methodist Church, and burials are still made at this old and hallowed site.
Members of the early generations in Pennsylvania were Calvinistic in their religious beliefs, and were associated with Dutch Reformed or Presbyterian churches. After settling in Back Creek Valley, descendents were associated primarily with Methodist Churches.
Source : Ancestry.com
HISTORY :
This was the first DeHaven family to settle in Back Creek Valley, and the date of settlement was about 1790.
The DeHaven surname is well-known in Back Creek Valley, as well as in counties adjoining Frederick. Like other families in rural 19th century America, DeHavens intermarried within their own clan. Also, numerous marriages transpired between the DeHavens and Adams, Whitacre, and Clark families.
Descendents erected a modern gravestone for Peter and Abigail DeHaven in the old Back Creek Quaker graveyard in Gainesboro. The late Robert Unger arranged for the Veteran's Administration to donate a tombstone for this Revolutionary War veteran's grave, and Edward Shirley was responsible for erecting the stone. No one seems to know why the DeHavens were buried here, in that neither were Quakers. One of their daughters, Leanna(1772-1853) married Quaker David Adams, and this may have been a connection. The cemetery is now maintained by the United Methodist Church, and burials are still made at this old and hallowed site.
Members of the early generations in Pennsylvania were Calvinistic in their religious beliefs, and were associated with Dutch Reformed or Presbyterian churches. After settling in Back Creek Valley, descendents were associated primarily with Methodist Churches.
Source : Ancestry.com
This was the first DeHaven family to settle in Back Creek Valley, and the date of settlement was about 1790.
The DeHaven surname is well-known in Back Creek Valley, as well as in counties adjoining Frederick. Like other families in rural 19th century America, DeHavens intermarried within their own clan. Also, numerous marriages transpired between the DeHavens and Adams, Whitacre, and Clark families.
Descendents erected a modern gravestone for Peter and Abigail DeHaven in the old Back Creek Quaker graveyard in Gainesboro. The late Robert Unger arranged for the Veteran's Administration to donate a tombstone for this Revolutionary War veteran's grave, and Edward Shirley was responsible for erecting the stone. No one seems to know why the DeHavens were buried here, in that neither were Quakers. One of their daughters, Leanna(1772-1853) married Quaker David Adams, and this may have been a connection. The cemetery is now maintained by the United Methodist Church, and burials are still made at this old and hallowed site.
Members of the early generations in Pennsylvania were Calvinistic in their religious beliefs, and were associated with Dutch Reformed or Presbyterian churches. After settling in Back Creek Valley, descendents were associated primarily with Methodist Churches.
Source : Ancestry.com
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