John Stutler lived in
Harrison County, (West) Virginia. There
is an IGI record which lists him as “John Adam” but there is no documentation
to support that, and the Early German convention is that if he was John Adam he
would have used Adam in civil records which he did not.
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The following information is
from Anita Schultz-Peters:
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He served 154 days in Lord Dunsmore's War (pre-Revolutionary War). He was on the Romney & Winchester Pay
Rolls, (Roll 78) October 1775 Capt. James Parsons Roll, page 5. He was granted a pension as a Revolutionary
soldier from the Virginia House of Delegates 4 December 1820.
I have documented that John
Stutler was born about 1757 where unknown and died about 1827 in Virginia. He married Sarah about 1784. Many family sources say John was the son of
John Stutler and Mary Newberger, but I have found no
documentation to support this. Oral
family tradition also states that John's wife was Sarah Hughes. I have not yet found any documentation to
support this and the DAR will only accept that her name was Sarah. No other researchers that have made the
claims of his parentage or wife's maiden name has ever
come forth with documentation so I have to assume there is none. I have documented the children of John and
Sarah Stutler through an indenture in Harrison County, Virginia in 1829 of
which I have a copy. Children as
follows:
1) William Stutler (my direct
line) born 22 January 1785 in Virginia and died 8 October 1830 in Vermillion
County, Indiana. He married Martha
(Patsy) Upton, daughter of Samuel Upton and Mary Ann Lanham 10 January 1811 in
Monongalia County, Virginia. This is all
documented through Bible, marriage, death, will, census and deed records and
from William's headstone.
2) Martha Stutler was born 10
September 1875 and died in Harrison County, Virginia 22 October 1864. (I
realize the births are only 9 months apart, unusual but not impossible and both
births are documented through headstones and supported by census and other
records.) Martha married William Carder,
son of William Carder and Nancy Lowther, 26 October
1808 in Harrison County, Virginia.
3) John Stutler was born 13
July 1787 in Virginia and died in 1873 in Roane County, Virginia. He married Nancy Carder, daughter of William
Carder and Nancy Lowther, 13 August 1816 in Harrison
County, Virginia.
4) Elias Stutler born about 1794 in Virginia and died 17
October 1870 in Harrison County, Virginia.
He married three times:
a) Nancy
Hughes, daughter of Jonathan Hughes and Sarah Jackson, 13 January 1816 in
Harrison County, Virginia
b) Hannah Howard - I have nothing to document this but
supposedly they married about 1840 and she died about 1844
c) c)he married Rebecca Helm 5 September 1845, but again I
have not documented this but census records support his wife's name as Rebecca.
5) Simon Stutler - the only
mention of this child was in a book written by Glady
Stutler Hoffman. He was supposedly born
about 1796, but is not mentioned in the indenture for the sale of property by
Sarah Stutler and John Stutler's heirs.
6) Robert Stutler was born 22
February 1799 in Virginia and died 23 September 1886 in Harrison County, West
Virginia. He first married Leah Hughes,
daughter of Jonathan Hughes and Abigail Jackson, 18 May 1820 in Harrison County, Virginia and
second married Jemima Hoover 19 December 1865 in Harrison County and third
married Sarah A. Smith 25 June 1868 in Harrison County. (See new information below)
7) Nancy Stutler born about
1802 in Virginia and died 11 August 1874 in Doddridge County, West
Virginia. She married David W. Frasure (Frazier), son of Nimrod Frasure
and Sudna Hughes, 18 June 1829 in Virginia.
8) Samuel Stutler was born
about 1804 in Virginia and died after 1850.
He first married Mary Ann Post, daughter of Martin and Sarah Post, 18
April 1823 in Harrison County. He second married Margaret Ann Lawrentz, 21 February 1840 in Lewis County, Virginia and
third married Kiziah Baccus
in Harrison County, 10 February 1848.
9) Peter
Stutler born about 1806 in Virginia and died after 1880. He married
Margaret (Peggy) Richards 27 March 1831 in Harrison County, Virginia.
10) Mary Stutler was born
about 1808 and died about 1858 in Virginia.
She married Nimrod Frasure (Frazier), son of
Nimrod Frasure and Sudna
Hughes, 27 September 1827 in Harrison County.
11) Sarah Stutler born about 1808 in Virginia and
died after 1880. She married Isaac Prine
(Perine) 4 August 1824 in Harrison County, Virginia.
12) Rebecca Stutler was born
about 1813 in Virginia and died about 1860.
She married Arnold Richards after 1829 in Virginia.
If there are dates and
locations the marriage records are documented.
The same for birth and death dates.
Approximate birth and death
dates rely on census records. The
spouses with the exceptions of Rebecca's and Peter's were listed in the
indenture. I do try to document my work
and realizing census records aren't always accurate try to use them only as a
source. The order of birth as shown
above though is also the order the children were listed on the indenture.
Additional information 11/04/05
More intense documentation and research
show that although oral family tradition states that John Stutler served in the
Revolution and the DAR accepted the documentation provided I now believe the
John Stutler issued a pension in 1820 is not the John Stutler of Group 16.
There were at least two John Stutler's serving in the
Revolution, the other known one from Fincastle County. Tax records from
Harrison County prove John Stutler of group 16 must have died before 1815 as
his property is listed under John Stutler heirs in the 1815 tax records.
The census records available can only state he was born before 1765 because he
was listed as over 45 in the 1810 census. There is no documentation I am
aware of that proves his birthdate is 1757.
The 1850 census for Harrison County show Sarah still living with a daughter and
aged 90, however, the 1810 census puts her birthdate
as between 1765 & 1784. I would guess it to be between 1760 and 1765
based on the birthdates of her children. A death record for her son
Robert does list her name as Sarah A. This same death record lists his
date of death as 10 December 1886, not 23 September 1886.
Leah Hughes, wife of Robert Stutler and Nancy Hughes, wife of Elias Stutler,
sons of John and Sarah were the daughters of Jonathan Hughes and Abigail
Jackson, not Sarah Jackson or Sarah Abigail Jackson.
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End of material from Anita
Schultz-Peters
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From Hampshire Co [W] Will
Book Vol. 2 (1780-1794) page 19
Martin Judy, sale 5 Sept 1785
items sold to Charles Borer, Charles Bourer, John Cappelinger ….John STUTTELER…
From various Worldconnect files, Martin Judy/Tschudi
was born about 1708 in Sissach, Canton Basel,
Switzerland, first bought land in North Mill Creek Valley in 1763. Some also state that the family was in the
Pittsburg area in 1760, which is
unlikely since that is when the French and Indian War was about all that was
happening out there in 1760.
http://www.sellers-sellars-sollars-zellars.net/ohpick.htm
Captain James Parsons dtd. 17
Oct. 1775:
James Parsons, Captain; Hermonous Alkire, Lieutenant;
Richard Bryns,Sergeant;
Charles Myers, Sergeant;
Daniel Callihorne, Sergeant; Richard Tennant,Drummer;
Ralph Naylor, Sergeant;
Robert Cunningham, Ensign; James Brown (Farmer);
James Brown (Weaver); Charles
Collings, Thomas Collins, Robert Crowley, William Curle,
Charles Dayly,
Richard Devereaux, Richard Edwards, William Fisher, Sathell Goff (Salathiel is
correct spelling), John Hartman, Henry Hawk, Peter Hawk, Tobias Hawk, Phillip Haythorn, Peter Higgins, Abram Hornbeck, John Hubbs, Edward Hughes,
William Humace,
Neil McCarron, Francis McGurie,
James McKnight, Michael McKnight,
John McNeill, Peter Miller,
Adam Mills, Jacob Mills, John Monks, Henry Morris, Adam Obryan,
Elias Painter, Baldwin Parsons, Thomas Pryce, William Pryce, Edward Pursley, Jonathan Pursley,
Nathaniel Randall, Henry Reger, John Rice, Joseph
Richardson, Henry Roads, James Rodgers, Henry Rule, Jonathan Sandusky, William
Smith, David Stuart, John Stuart, John
Stutler, John Waterhouse, Jacob Watts, James Wilkey.