[63] Abigail Weed

	b. 27 May 1764	Ridgefield Conn	[LDS-IGI]
	d. 8 March 1837	Warren Conn	[Warren1 2:63]

[TAG 19:215] LS of Danbury to AW of Ridgefield, Ridgebury Parish.

[Warren1 2:63] Mrs Shove wife of Levi Shove died in a fit aged 74 years. Mr Levi Shove died aged 76 years.

[LDS-IGI] LS and AW had 12 children, all born in Warren: Rachel, 5 November 1779; Lucy, 19 Jul 1782; Betsey, 1 Dec 1784; Abigail, 22 Nov 1787; Levi, 11 Apr 1790; Anna, 27 Apr 1792; Polly, 10 Apr 1794; Ezra, 21 Jun 1797; Heman H., 8 Nov 1799; David B, 9 Mar 1802; Seth, 8 Jul 1805; and Fanny, 5 Jun 1808.

[Warren1 2:11] 28 July 1814, Polly Shove, daughter of Levi Shove aged 20 years died of Typus Fever.

[Warren2 16:550] 21 March 1837, adm. on estate of Levi Shove, late of Warren, granted to George P. Tallmadge, Esq of said Warren ... nine months to settle. [Warren2 17:10] Inventory dated 28 March 1837, not recorded. [Warren2 17:206] Public notice. [Warren2 17:227-8] Settlement (does not give details).

[Census, 1820] Levi Shove -- males: 1 1-10, 1 10-16, 1 16-26, 1 45+; females: 1 1-10, 1 26-45 (could be Betsey?), 1 45+ .

[Census, 1830] Levi Shove -- males: 1 60-70; females: 1 40-50 (could be Betsey?), 1 60-70. Note that David, Heman and Ezra are nearby.

[125] Jemima Barnum

	b. c1741		[Bushnell2 50]
	d. 25 June 1822	Danbury Conn	[Bushnell2 50] [Danbury VR]

[LDS-IGI] SS and JB had the following children, all in Danbury: Lucy 27 Jun 1759; Levi, 22 Mar 1761; Mary, 10 Apr 1763; Anna, 23 may 1765; Samuel, 2 Jul 1769; Seth, 8 June 1772; Lois, 6 Mar 1779; Lorana, 22 Jul 1782.

[LDS-AF] Lists JB as having been born c1750 and SS as born in 1746. Obviously those ages are far to young to have been married c1758.

{check saybrook, am genealogist mag, oct 1933}

[249] Judah --

[Bushnell2 50] Will was proved 26 May 1772, inventory was made 28 May 1772. and mentions wife Judah and sons Benjamin and Seth (Saybrook Records). Children: Comfort, Seth, Mary, Daniel, and Benjamin.

[497] Abigail Bushnell

b. 27 August 1676

[NEHGR 53:214]

[TorreyCD] SHOVE, Seth (1667-1735) & 1/wf Mary DRAKE (living 1 May 1699?) (Bushnell (1945) 50 has Abigail Bushnell); {Fairfield Fam. 1:135; Drake (1933) 29-30; Reg. 18:69, 53:212; Sibley's Harv. Grad. 3:403; Knapp Anc. 50}

SHOVE, Seth (1667-1735) & 2/wf? [Abigail BUSHNELL] (1676-); by 1695?; Simsbury/Danbury, CT (above)

[Savage 4:90] SS, after leaving college taught school for some years at Newbury and probably other places, was ordained 13 October 1697 and may have had wife and children.

[Danbury1 15,33,49,177,280] Rev. Mr. Seth Shove, deceased of Danbury. Inventory of estate on 4 March 1735/6. Madam Abigail Shove, widow. Also mentions Mary Minor, Hannah Starr and Lydia Bouton. Inventory of his library was made by Daniel Boardman, John Graham, and Ebenezer White.

SS was the first minister, ordained in 1696 and died 3 October 1735, aged 68. He was a very pious and worthy man, who was very succesful in his exertions for the promotion of peace, virtue and true religion, so that the general peace and union in his time are proverbial at this day.

The last living grandson of Francis Bushnell was Daniel Shove.

In the Danbury Journal, 4 Jan 1791, a death item: Mrs Hannah Pearce, wife of Joshua Pearce of Cornwall who was in her 83rd year. She was the daughter of Rev. Seth Shove, the first Presbyterian minister settled in this town. She had 4 husbands, namely, Comfort Starr of this town, Thomas Hill of Fairfield, Peter Lockwood of Wilton, and the above mentioned Mr. Pearce. She was a woman of unbounded affection and charity, and possessed in an eminent degree the esteem of her acquaintances.

SS was the son of Rev. George Shove and Hopestill Newman and graduated from Harvard College in 1687, was in Simsbury from 1691 until he Settled in Danbury.

[Bushnell2 50] Buried in Old Wooster St Cemetary, the first cemetary in Danbury.

[993] Hopestill Newman

	b. 1641		[TorreyCD]
	d. 7 March 1673/4	Taunton Mass	[NEHGR 16:326]

[TorreyCD] SHOVE, George (-1687) & 1/wf Hopestill NEWMAN (1641-1674), Rehoboth; 12 Jul 1664; Taunton/ Rehoboth {Reg. 8:20, 16:326, 17:236, 18:69; MD 19:109, 20:52, 21:56; Sibley's Harv. Grad. 1:554, 3:400; Rowley 343; Vinton Mem. 341; Drake (1933) 29; Holloway (1949) 19}

SHOVE, George (-1687) & 2/wf Hannah (BACON) WALLEY (1643-1685), w Thomas; 16/17/18 Feb 1674/5; Taunton/Rehoboth {Reg. 16:326, 80:223, 95:77; Sibley's Harv. Grad. 1:554; Taunton 1:185; MD 21:56; NYGBR 42:405; Rowley 343; Pope's Pioneers 26; Swift 25; Thatcher 160}

[Shove1 24] Harvard 1650-1653. Married 2) Hannah (Bacon) Walley who died at Taunton in 1685.

[NEHGR 95:77] Student of theology under Rev. Samuel Newman and was the pastor at Taunton from 1655 to 21 April 1687.

[NEHGR 16:326] GS and HN had Edward, 28 April 1665; Elizabeth, 10 August 1666; Seeth, 10 December 1667; Nathaniel, 29 January 1668; Samuel, 16 June 1670; and Sarah, 30 July 1671. GS and HB had: mary, 11 August 1676; Johana 28 September 1678.

[1985] Margerey --

bu. 17 April 1680

Taunton Mass

[NEHGR 16:326]

[Shove1 24] Am. Kings Cantab., 1629. Intended to be the pastor at Rowley Mass, but died en route at sea.

[NEHGR 95:77] ES received his BA from Cambridge in 1625/6 and MA in 1629. Left England for Mass where he had been appointed assistent to Rev Ezekial Rogers, but died on the voyage.

[NEHGR 16:326] Mrs Margary Peacock, the mother of Geo. Shove.

[3969] Margaret --

bu. 19 June 1641

Galton, England

[Shove1 24]

[Shove1 3] Vicar, Leigh, 1606-1614; Galton, 1615-1646