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1. | George Jacob Scherman was born on 12 Sep 1724 in Niederhochstadt, Landkreis Südliche Weinstraße, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; died on 14 Feb 1812 in Littlestown, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Union Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA. Family/Spouse: Eva Kundigunda Scherman. Eva was born on 24 Mar 1729 in Germany; died in 1784 in Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States of America; was buried in Union Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Jacob Sherman (1.George1) was born on 7 Mar 1756 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 7 Jul 1822 in Carroll County, Maryland, USA; was buried in Westminster, Carroll, Maryland, USA. Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Sherman. Elizabeth was born in 1757; died on 28 Jun 1842; was buried in Westminster, Carroll, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Sally Key. Sally was born in 1771; died on 14 Sep 1855 in Westminster, Carroll, Maryland, USA; was buried in Westminster, Carroll, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Eve Sherman (2.Jacob2, 1.George1) was born in 1781; died in 1854; was buried in Cumberland, Allegany, Maryland, USA. Eve married David Shriver in 1803. David died in 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | Mary Key (2.Jacob2, 1.George1) was born on 23 Aug 1812 in Westminster, Carroll, Maryland, USA; died on 9 Feb 1892; was buried in Westminster, Carroll, Maryland, USA. |
5. | Eliza Key (2.Jacob2, 1.George1) was born in 1815 in Westminster, Carroll, Maryland, USA. Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | Elizabeth Shriver (3.Eve3, 2.Jacob2, 1.George1) was born in 1806; died in 1894. |
7. | Sarah Brown (5.Eliza3, 2.Jacob2, 1.George1) |
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