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 1722 - 1805 (83 years)
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| Name |
Johannes Casper Schell |
| Suffix |
The Immigrant |
| Birth |
1722 |
Germany  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Military |
Revolutionary War Patriot |
| Death |
1805 |
Lincoln County, North Carolina [1] |
| Burial |
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina [1] |
- GRAVE IS MARKED BY ONLY A FIELDSTONE...
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| Person ID |
I42721 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
21 Mar 2019 |
| Family |
Anna Catharina Gertrude Pott, b. 7 Jun 1730, Germany d. 0___ 1800, Lincoln County, North Carolina (Age 69 years) |
| Marriage |
Y [2] |
| Children |
| | 1. Johannes Schell, b. 8 Jan 1748, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania d. 17 Nov 1796, Burke County, North Carolina (Age 48 years) |
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| Family ID |
F15484 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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| Notes |
- The Schell/Shell yDNA Project may help us find the parents and place of origin of Johannes Casper Schell. If you know of any male Schell/Shell direct descendants that would like to participate, please let them know. The project is through FamilytreeDNA.com.
See discussion below regarding possible parents of Johannes Casper Schell. There are several possibilities/theories.
ABSTRACT OF WILL: son, Charles Frederick Schell, other children mentioned, but not named. Also mentions Morey (Mary?) Conrad. Witnesses Abraham Cook, Jacob Miller, N.B. John Dietz. Casper Schell made his mark to sign it. Executors are Henry Schell and Christian Hawn.
List of Casper and Catherine's children was derived from this will, baptism and confirmation church records, and county records.
BURIAL: According to a transcription of a document dated 1800, Casper Schell was one of the early members of the Zion Lutheran Church in North Carolina. Descendants believe that Casper and Catherine Schell were buried at Zion Lutheran Church, although there are no marked headstones. There are many early graves marked only by fieldstones.
SOURCES INCLUDE:
Lists of Passengers of the Ship ROBERT AND ALICE, 1742;
Oath of Allegiance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1742;
Land Records – Lancaster County, Pennsylvania;
Baptismal Certificates (Frakturs) Johannes and Anna Magdalena;
Baptismal/ Birth Records of Lancaster County Churches;
Baptismal/Birth Records of Reformed Congregation, Hagerstown, Maryland;
Land Records - Lincoln County North;
Will of Casphor Shell, Lincoln County, North Carolina, 1804; handwritten inventory of the estate papers (1806) He died between these dates.
Newspaper Article THE SHELL FAMILY by Azor Shell,
1890, published in THE LENOIR TOPIC, Lenoir, NC;
Newspaper Article - The Shell Family by Ralph T. Shell of Chicago, abt 1950 in HICKORY DAILY RECORD;
1790 US Census, Lincoln County, North Carolina (current day Catawba County);
History of the German Settlements and of the Lutheran Church in North and South Carolina. By G. D. Bernheim. Baltimore, Regional Publishing Co., 1975;
Hickory Tavern Chapter (NC) DAR Records, ancestors of Michael Schell, Revolutionary War Soldier;
A History of Catawba County, by Catawba County Historical Association, 1954;
Nixon's History of Lincoln County (NC) – The German Settlers;
German Speaking People West of the Catawba River in North Carolina 1750-1800 by Lorena Shell Eaker - 1995;
The Shell Clan of Catawba County, records submitted by Hickory Tavern Chapter, DAR, Hickory, North Carolina.
PARENTS AND BIRTH PLACE OF JOHANNES CASPAR SCHELL - SEVERAL POSSIBILITIES -
1) Hendrik Schell of Amsterdam, Netherlands - Dr. Harvey Shell of Missouri, a descendant of Johannes Caspar Schell, said his family tradition stated that Johannes Caspar Schell was Holland Dutch. Dr. Shell hired a professional genealogist in the Netherlands, Erika Niederhander, and she found the following baptismal record that is a possible match for Johannes Casper Schell. The baptism of Jan (short for Johannes) Schell, son of Hendrik Schell was recorded 26 JAN 1725 at the Old Kirk in Amsterdam. The church and the baptismal font still exist. See the attached image of the baptismal record. It is interesting to note that the name Hendrik (Henry) was passed down to descendants of Johannes Caspar Schell. Dr. Harvey Shell of Missouri had a website for several years and shared his research and family information. He distributed DVDs with family history information to interested parties. (GF obtained one in 2009)
2) Other Schell families in Germany - Johannes Caspar Schell may have come from the Palatinate area of Germany. Many people left this area, because of war, severe winter, and religious persecution. William Penn offered an invitation to these Germans asking them to come to Pennsylvania. At least six individuals names Johannes Caspar Schell (or something similar) were christened in Germany between 1710 and 1730, according to a search of the data base GERMAN BIRTHS AND BAPTISMS 1558-1898 that is available on familysearch.org. All of these individuals should be researched.
3) Petro Schild of Ettringen, Germany - Several years ago a couple of individuals posted claims on several genealogy forums saying they had found the parents of Johannes Caspar Schell - the Petro Schild family of Ettringen, Rheinland Prussia, Deutschland (Germany). They did not offer any research notes or explanation of why or how they came to this conclusion. This researcher has made several unsuccessful attempts to obtain more information from them. Several questions seem obvious - Why the name change from Schild to Schell, and why wasn’t the name Peter (Petro) repeated in later generations of the family? This Petro Schild theory has been widely circulated, but it remains an unproven theory, in the opinion of this researcher.
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND DNA ANALYSIS - Additional research is needed to determine the birthplace and parents of Johannes Caspar Schell. DNA analysis might be valuable in this search. It may be impossible to prove the identity of his parents or his place of birth without DNA analysis of descendants. The Shell/Schell yDNA Project has been established. Direct Schell descendants (male) are encouraged to take a yDNA test and add to this project (FamilyTreeDNA). [1]
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