The source of the following information is Barry Michie who obtained it from someone who purchased the record on eBay. He has given permission for the information to be posted on the York County board.

The information concerns a Shatto family who, at one time, resided in York County, PA. I have no additional information about this family or the person who is in possession of the documentation.

David Chateau, was the son of Jean Nicholas Chateau, Jr., who immigrated as a young boy with his mother, Eva Maria (maiden name unknown), and father, Jean Nicholas Chateau, Sr., to Philadelphia 3 Sept 1739 on the Loyal Judith. The Chateau's were Hugenots who went to Germany; Jean Nicholas Chateau, Sr., eloped with a Catholic and came to PA. All their male children were baptized Protestant and most the girls Catholic ..... which says something about religious tolerance in colonial Pennsylvania.

The David Shatto family has strong roots and presence in Cumberland, now Perry, and other PA counties. David Shatto was first married to his first cousin, Susan Shatto (c. 1783 - c. 1813 & d/o John Anthony Chateau & Susannah Shade), by whom the first three children were born. It is probable that these children were born in what is now Perry Co.

He was married secondly to Julianna Gardner (5 Sep 1798 Cumberland Co PA - 19 May 1865 Juniata Twp. Perry Co PA & d/o William Gardner, Jr. & Catherine Kitch), by whom the last nine children were born. All these children were born in Perry Co.

Julianna remarried to the widower, Peter Troup, and is buried in Koch's Sulphur Springs Christian Church yard, Juniata Twp., Perry Co. PA which is now in Little Buffalo State Park. Her tombstone reads: OUR MOTHER / In Memory of / Julia A. Troup / Wife of / David Shatto / Who Died / May 19, 1865 / Aged 66 Yrs, 8 m. / & 14 days / Blessed are the dead who die / in the Lord.

Here is the family record, recorded in a Meditation and Prayer book

Title Page

"Betrachtungen u. Gebete
oder
Gedanken und Unterhaltungen
des
Frommen mit Gott

Thess. 5.17. "Betet ohne Unterlafs

Erfter Theil.

Don J.C.Guldin

Gedruckt, der Johann Ritter, Readin, Penn.
1826"

This translates roughly as:

Meditations and Prayers
or
Thoughts and Explanations
of those
Devout with God

Thess: 5.17 "Pray without Cease"

First Part

Don J.C. Guldin

Printed by Johann Ritter, Reading, Penn.
1826
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

On the inside cover and fly leaf is the following, appearing as if someone is practicing the spelling and writing of a name

"July Shatto" "Julyanna Shatto" "Julia" [in ink] followed by what looks like "mater" in extremely faint pencil and then in heavier pencil "Shatto" then a signature, "D.H. Shatto" who was one of the children.

In the center of the book under "Familien Register" are the following entries. All the entries are written in the same block letters, however "David Shatto Sr." on the bottom of pages 1 & 3 is in cursive and appears to be a signature..

All the entries of the children are in black ink but for the last child, Sarah Ellen's, which is in red. You will notice that Sarah Ellen was born 24 days after the death of her father, David, by smallpox. All the printing is in the same hand and block style, so it definitely was not written by David --- perhaps by Julianna or one of the children. Interestingly, neither birth records of David's two wives nor the death record of his first are included.

Here it is verbatim (within quotation marks) with no notes, interjections as it appears on the family pages in the center of the book ... all punctuation, spelling & parantheses are as the original.

p. 1 Under "Geburten."

"Mary. Shatto was
born January 17th
in the year of our Lord
(1810)

Elisabeth. Shatto was
born May 17th in the
year of our Lord. 1811

Susannah. Shatto was
born December 25 in
the year of our Lord
(1812)

David Shatto Sr "

p. 2. Under "Geburten"

"William. Shatto. was
born November 17th
in the year of our Lord
(1815)

David. Shatto. was
born April 27th in
the year of our Lord
(1817)

Reuben. Shatto. was
born October 16th in
the year of our Lord
(1818)"

p. 3 Under "Geburten"

"Rebecca. Shatto. was
born November 16th
in the year of our Lord
(1820)

Ephraim. Shatto. was
born September 15th
in the year of our Lord
(1822)

Isaac. Shatto. was
born August 21th in
the year of our Lord
(1825)

David Shatto Sr."

p. 4 Under "Geburten"

"Catharin. Shatto was
born May 15th in
the year of our Lord
(1828)

John. Gardner. Shatto
was born August 25th
in the year of our Lord
(1831)

Sarah. Ellen. Shatto
was born February
27th in the year of
Lord 1841"

p. 5 Under "Todesfalle."

"Reuben. Shatto died
of the bold-hives on
July the 9th. A.D. 1820
Age 1. year 8 mounths
and 23 day

David.Shatto.sr
died of the small-pox
on February the 3th
Anno Domini. 1841
Aged 60 year. 7 mounth
and. 11 days"