CHRISTIAN SHOCKEY, SR.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR SERVICE
Military. Private, then Corporal, 11th Pennsylvania Regiment

BIOGRAPHY
Christian Shockey, the son of Johann Christoffel Schacke, was born in 1756. He died on 18 APR 1829 in Salisbury, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania. He married Mary Welch in Hagerstown, Washington Co., Maryland in SEP 1784. She was born 19 Aug 1757 and died 2 Jan 1844.

He joined the army in 1777. He deserted in spring of the same year, but immediately joined another regiment. He was brought back to camp and pardoned, but that sumer deserted again, this time with his brother, and the two taking off with two horses. He was court martialed, found guilty and sentanced to death. At the same time another prisoner was given the same sentance but was pardoned. The matter to went to General Washington, who decided to pardon Shockey as well, indicating that while he justly deserved it from the evidence, the other pardoned prisoner deserved execution even more, and therefore decided to pardon Shockey as well. At the Battle of Cowpens, he was wounded in the arm by a British sword thrust; Shockey bayonneted his attackery same time, which probably minimized the lethality of Shockey's wound.

He settled in Somerset Co., Pennsylvania, where he taught shool for many years. He also ran for Sheriff in 1822, but lost.

They had the following children:

i. Valentine Shockey, born 5 MAY 1785, died 16 JUL 1865. He married Catherines Stearners, who was born about 1785.
ii. William Shockey, born 11 NOV 1786.
iii. Christian Shockey, born 10 SEP 1788, died 2 SEP 1844. He married Marlah Eckenberger, who was born about 1788.
iv. Mary (Polly) Shockey, born 14 NOV 1790, died 26 JUL 1850. She married Samuel Findley, who was born about 1790.
v. Abraham Shockey, born 21 FEB 1793.
vi. Barbara Shockey, born 9 FEB 1795, died 7 JUL 1853. She married Jonathon Kemp, who was born about 1795.
vii. Levi Shockey, born 16 MAY 1797, died 4 JUN 1868. He married Barbara Miller, who was born about 1797.
viii. Margaret Shockey, born in Somerset Co, Pennsylvania in about 1804, died 26 JUN 1894. She married in about 1824 Samuel Husher, who was born in Somerset Co, Pennsylvania in about 1798, the son of Jacob W. Husher and Barbara Sigler; he died SEP 1854 in Perryopolis, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania.
ix. Nancy Shockey, born 19 MAY 1802, died 25 AUG 1893. She married Adam Shultz, who was born about 1802.
x. Drucilla Shockey, was born 7 MAY 1805, died 24 JUL 1881. She married Henry Fuller, who was born in 1802.

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DESCENDANTS IN WESTMINSTER CHAPTER, MARYLAND STATE SOCIETY, SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Gregory Lee Shockey
Stephen Richard Shockey

DESCENDANTS IN OTHER CHAPTERS, MARYLAND STATE SOCIETY, SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
David Luther Shockey, Sr.
David Luther Shockey, Jr.
Paul Richard Shockey

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