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==Birth==  
 
==Birth==  
Mathias Shultes (Mathias Shultes, Sr.) (Mathias Shultz) (Mathias Sholtse) was born October 7, 1740 in Holland.
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Mathias Shultes (Mathias Shultes, Sr.) (Mathias Shultz) (Mathias Sholtse) was born October 7, 1740 in Holland. (1726 in [[h:Landmarks of Albany County, New York|Landmarks of Albany County, New York]])
  
 
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He fought  Indians during the French and Indian war from 1754 to 1763, and fought Tories and  Indians during the war of the Revolution. During this war, the Indians and Tories  were determined to kill him and many a time he was obliged to seek shelter in the  woods, to escape from their attacks.
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'''SHULTZ, MATHIAS SR''' Ancestor #: A103296<br>
 
'''SHULTZ, MATHIAS SR''' Ancestor #: A103296<br>
 
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The parent tree of the Shultes family in America was Mathias (Mottise) Shultes, who was born in Holland in 1726, his father being killed the  same year by religious persecutors, the mother fearful that her own life and the life of  her child might also be sacrificed, fled to America with her babe, when he was but  six months of age. She settled in the woods (probably in Schoharie county) among her Dutch friends and there reared her boy to manhood. He later became one of  the first settlers in the town of Berne and from time to time took up 400 acres of land,  made him a home and cared for his mother until the time of her death.
  
 
==Marriage & Children==  
 
==Marriage & Children==  
Mathias Shultes, Sr. married Anna Eve Engle. Their children were:
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Mathias Shultes, Sr. married Anna Eve Engle (October 1, 1745 - February 2, 1809) married on September 17, 1760. Their children were:
 
*(Anna) Maria Shultes
 
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*Peter B Shultes
 
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*Elizabeth Shultes
 
*Elizabeth Shultes
 
*'''[[Sholtes, Johan Jacob|Capt. Jacob Shultes]]''' - Johan Jacob Sholtes
 
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*Adam Shultes
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*Adam Shultes whose daughter Sophia married '''[[Haverly, John D.|John D. Haverly]]'''
*William Schultes
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*Gertrude Shultes
 
*Gertrude Shultes
*Matthius Shultes
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*Eve Shultes
 
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Shultes, Abram, a landmark and well known citizen of Berne, was born in Berne  (now Knox) March, 1827.
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'''The parent tree of the Shultes family in America was Mathias (Mottise) Shultes, who was born in Holland in 1726, his father being killed the  same year by religious persecutors, the mother fearful that her own life and the life of  her child might also be sacrificed, fled to America with her babe, when he was but  six months of age. She settled in the woods (probably in Schoharie county) among her Dutch friends and there reared her boy to manhood. He later became one of  the first settlers in the town of Berne and from time to time took up 400 acres of land,  made him a home and cared for his mother until the time of her death. He fought  Indians during the French and Indian war from 1754 to 1763, and fought Tories and  Indians during the war of the Revolution. During this war, the Indians and Tories  were determined to kill him and many a time he was obliged to seek shelter in the  woods, to escape from their attacks.''' His son William was lieutenant of a regiment  during the Revolutionary war. He reared six sons and several daughters.
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Lieut.  Wm. Shultes, the grandfather of Abram, was a native of Berne, where he was a  farmer. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and died when forty-five years  of age. His wife was a Miss Post, daughter of the notorious tory Jacob Post, and  they had four children. For his second wife he married Miss Sternberger, by whom  two children were born. Peter W. Shultes, Abram's father, was born on the homestead in 1801. He came in possession of one of his father's farms and succeeded in accumulating a large property and at the time of his death was worth §40,000. His  wife was Magdalene West, daughter of Peter and granddaughter of the celebrated  artist Sir William West and they had twelve children, but only five grew to, maturity.  He died in 1853 and his wife survived him many years and died at the home of her  son, Abram.
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Abram Shultes attended the the common district school and took an  academic course at the Gallupville Academy. When nineteen years of age he began  teaching, this he followed about six months of the year for several years, when he  settled on the homestead, where he remained until forty years of age, when the farm  was sold and divided among the heirs; he then bought his present farm of 160 acres on West Mountain and moved there in 1867 and he owns another farm of 120 acres  in the town of Rensselaerville. In 1855 he married Margaret Turner, born in England and a daughter of George and Dorotha (Potter) Turner, who came to America  with his family in 1832. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Shultes were Florence (wife  of Wallace R. Peasley), George D., De Forest, Mary, Alice, Joseph T., Charles A.,  William J., Margaret and Susan E. George, Joseph and William are now in Cortez  Valley, Nevada, in the silver mines. George Turner, father of Mrs. Shultes, was  born in England in 1772. He was a farmer and cartman, carting coal principally.  He settled in Berne on West Mountain in 1832 and died October 10, 1833. His wife, Dorothy, was born in 1786 and died December 15, 1838 and they had eight children:  George, Margaret, Joseph Jonathan, Elizabeth, Mary, Susan and Leah.
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Birth

Mathias Shultes (Mathias Shultes, Sr.) (Mathias Shultz) (Mathias Sholtse) was born October 7, 1740 in Holland. (1726 in Landmarks of Albany County, New York)

Education

Military

He fought Indians during the French and Indian war from 1754 to 1763, and fought Tories and Indians during the war of the Revolution. During this war, the Indians and Tories were determined to kill him and many a time he was obliged to seek shelter in the woods, to escape from their attacks.

SHULTZ, MATHIAS SR Ancestor #: A103296
Service: NEW YORK Rank: FIRST LIEUTENANT
Birth: 10-7-1740 HOLLAND
Death: 1-9-1812 WEST BERNE NEW YORK
Service Description: 1) CAPT ABRAHAM VEEDER'S 6TH CO. COL ABRAHAM
2) TEN BROECK'S 3D REGT.ALBANY CO.,MIL.

Residence

1) County: ALBANY CO - State: NEW YORK

Spouse 1) ANNA EVE ENGLE

DAR Records

Occupation

The parent tree of the Shultes family in America was Mathias (Mottise) Shultes, who was born in Holland in 1726, his father being killed the same year by religious persecutors, the mother fearful that her own life and the life of her child might also be sacrificed, fled to America with her babe, when he was but six months of age. She settled in the woods (probably in Schoharie county) among her Dutch friends and there reared her boy to manhood. He later became one of the first settlers in the town of Berne and from time to time took up 400 acres of land, made him a home and cared for his mother until the time of her death.

Marriage & Children

Mathias Shultes, Sr. married Anna Eve Engle (October 1, 1745 - February 2, 1809) married on September 17, 1760. Their children were:

Death

Mathias Shultes died January 9, 1812 in West Berne, NY

Obituary

Additional Media

Shultes, Abram, a landmark and well known citizen of Berne, was born in Berne (now Knox) March, 1827.

The parent tree of the Shultes family in America was Mathias (Mottise) Shultes, who was born in Holland in 1726, his father being killed the same year by religious persecutors, the mother fearful that her own life and the life of her child might also be sacrificed, fled to America with her babe, when he was but six months of age. She settled in the woods (probably in Schoharie county) among her Dutch friends and there reared her boy to manhood. He later became one of the first settlers in the town of Berne and from time to time took up 400 acres of land, made him a home and cared for his mother until the time of her death. He fought Indians during the French and Indian war from 1754 to 1763, and fought Tories and Indians during the war of the Revolution. During this war, the Indians and Tories were determined to kill him and many a time he was obliged to seek shelter in the woods, to escape from their attacks. His son William was lieutenant of a regiment during the Revolutionary war. He reared six sons and several daughters.

Lieut. Wm. Shultes, the grandfather of Abram, was a native of Berne, where he was a farmer. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and died when forty-five years of age. His wife was a Miss Post, daughter of the notorious tory Jacob Post, and they had four children. For his second wife he married Miss Sternberger, by whom two children were born. Peter W. Shultes, Abram's father, was born on the homestead in 1801. He came in possession of one of his father's farms and succeeded in accumulating a large property and at the time of his death was worth §40,000. His wife was Magdalene West, daughter of Peter and granddaughter of the celebrated artist Sir William West and they had twelve children, but only five grew to, maturity. He died in 1853 and his wife survived him many years and died at the home of her son, Abram.

Abram Shultes attended the the common district school and took an academic course at the Gallupville Academy. When nineteen years of age he began teaching, this he followed about six months of the year for several years, when he settled on the homestead, where he remained until forty years of age, when the farm was sold and divided among the heirs; he then bought his present farm of 160 acres on West Mountain and moved there in 1867 and he owns another farm of 120 acres in the town of Rensselaerville. In 1855 he married Margaret Turner, born in England and a daughter of George and Dorotha (Potter) Turner, who came to America with his family in 1832. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Shultes were Florence (wife of Wallace R. Peasley), George D., De Forest, Mary, Alice, Joseph T., Charles A., William J., Margaret and Susan E. George, Joseph and William are now in Cortez Valley, Nevada, in the silver mines. George Turner, father of Mrs. Shultes, was born in England in 1772. He was a farmer and cartman, carting coal principally. He settled in Berne on West Mountain in 1832 and died October 10, 1833. His wife, Dorothy, was born in 1786 and died December 15, 1838 and they had eight children: George, Margaret, Joseph Jonathan, Elizabeth, Mary, Susan and Leah.

Landmarks of Albany County, New York

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