Ancestry of
Prescott Sheldon Bush

(1895–1972)

John Shellman

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Prescott Sheldon Bush — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 22 
  • Father:
  • John Shellman 
  • Mother:
  • Margaret Fout   
  • Birth Date:
  • 5 May 1756 
  • Birth Location:
  • Fredericktown, Cecil, Maryland 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 12 May 1838 
  • Death Location:
  • Savannah, Chatham, Georgia 
  • Burial Date:
  • 13 May 1838 
  • Burial Location:
  • Colonial Park Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Clarissa Montfort
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1794 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Georgia 
  • Children:
  
  

  Joseph Montfort Shellman

  Susan Montfort Shellman (Ahnentafel No:11 )

• Sources for John Shellman

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A100669 and #A100676.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/25/2014).
  • ³ Maryland Revolutionary War Records, Marriage date and place for John Sellman (sic) and Clarissa Montfort.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 384, Page 13, Death record for daughter Susan (Shellman) Fay.
  • ⁵ Savannah, Georgia Vital Records, 1803-1966, Burial record for John Shellman.
  • ⁶ Fay, Orlin P., Fay Genealogy: John Fay of Marlborough and his Descendants, Cleveland, Ohio: Press of J. B. Savage (1898), 103.
  • ⁷ McCall, Mrs. Howard H., comp., Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, Vol. 1, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004), 204.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 436, 857.
  • ⁹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 429.