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Note N596 Index

Mentioned in her dad's will as receiving land on the opposite side of Skippack Pike from her brother David.

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Note N597 Index

Described as being of Pleasantville, Iowa in her mother's obit.

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Note N598 Index

jpatter says that will was dated Oct 14, 1801, in book 2, page 220 of Montgomery county PA abstracts.

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Note N599 Index

Served with the 4th Battalion. Rank 5th and 7th. Commander was Capt. Israel Moore per Muster Roll, "Military Accounts, Record of the Comptroller General or Auditor General, A (5) V, 683-685.
Name appears in Absentee Returns, dated 26 Apr 1779, of 4th Batallion, 3rd Company, Capt, Adam Foulk commanding.
Also 34d Regiment of Foot Soldiers, 3rd Class, enlisted August 10, 1780 under Capt. Andrew Burkhard.
Served in 1781 as 5th Class, per Appeal book, September 28, 1781.

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Note N600 Index

Took oath of allegiance on June 15, 1778 as notarized by W. Knogliser. In October of 1781, Peter served as a private with the 4th Battalion, Philadelphia County Militia. After the Revolutionary war, Peter moved his family to Back Creek Valley, Virginia, at the head of the fertile Shenandoah Valley. Peter may have moved his family to Frederick County, Va for several reasons. The national economy was very poor and many citizens began to move west after the war. Peter was a stone mason and would not have lacked work in any area where new settlement was occurring. In less populated areas barter and trading were used frequently and the Continental currency which was so devalued, was not so important. The area to which Peter and Abigail moved their family was at the head of the fertile Shenandoah Valley. During the Civil War, the area was one of the main sources of food for the Confederate Army. Before the end of the war, the Union Army plundered the length of the valley to destroy the supply lines. There was a great deal of property damage, both public and private. Court houses were burned and irreplaceable records were lost forever. Frederick County is located on the northern border of Virginia. In 1861, Virginia split because part of the state did not want to secede from the Union. The western counties, now West Virginia, remained loyal to the Union. Although right on the border, Frederick County stayed a part of Virginia. In 1863, West Virginia was admitted to the Union as a state. Frederick County was founded in 1744. George Washington began his career as a surveyor there. Two battles were fought in the area during the Civil War. In a 1910 or 1911 atlas published by the Geographical Publishing Company, Chicago, there is a town of less than 100 named Dehaven, located in extreme Northern Frederick County. Peter and Abigail had no idea that they were moving their family right onto the border of a civil war that would tear the United States apart. This war would cause the family to begin a westward move that took future generations to the West Coast of this new nation.

Listed in DAR Patriot Index pg 185

"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."-- Find-a-grave

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Note N601 Index

Book O, page 239. Wife Elizabeth, Children: Samuel ( executor) Edward, William, Modlin, John, Peter, Elizabeth, Gerhard, Mary, Jacob, John and Abraham are mentioned.

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Note N602 Index

jpatter gives death year as 1768