Susanna Catharine was born in 1774. Susanna Catharine is the child of Matthias Mueller (1743-1805) and Susanna Mueller (1740-1777).
Baptism: 17 May 1774 at Christ (Little Tulpehocken) Church, Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania[1]
Susanna's birth mother died when she was about 3 years old. Her father Matthes/Michael Miller remarried to Maria Elizabeth.
23 Sep 1794: Simon Schell married Susanna Catharine Mueller at the Reformed Lutheran church in Heidelberg township, Berks, PA.[2]
The available sources are consistent with the following scenario, which remains circumstantial:
23 Sep 1794: Susanna Catharine marries Simon Schell in Heidelberg Township, Berks County.
~1794: Susanna Catharine's father and step-mother relocate to Rockingham County, Virginia, where Matthias Tice Muller purchases/owns copious amounts of land.
13 Feb 1797: death of Peter Schell, father of Simon. Although Simon is the oldest son and he would typically inherit the farm, Peter Schell's debts exceeded his assets, so the farm is put up for sale, and Simon Schell is bonded to Simon Scharff.
1800 US census shows Simon Shel as head of household located in Heidelberg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania.[3]
~1800: A number of Matthias Tice Muller's children relocate from Pennsylvania to Rockingham County, Virginia. Possibly, Simon Schell and his wife Susanna Catharine Muller were among them. Simon Schell had lost his inherited land, and perhaps a new opportunity with the in-laws justified migrating to Virginia?
1810: Simon Shell appears on Rockingham, Virginia US census.
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