Birth: abt 1712      Martiniique, French West Indies
Death: 1784      Fauquier Co. VA

Father: Jean de la Chaumette (~1660-~1734)
Mother: Elizabeth Bourgeios Bouvet (1672-1715)

Marriage: 1 Feb 1757            Frederick Co. VA
Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Hoffman
Birth: 1730 Frederick Co. VA
Death:

Children:    
Benjamin (<1757-)
Thomas (~1759-~1831)
John (1751-1794)
Susannah (~1764-1823)
Anne
Mark Hardin
Lydia

Researchers claim Daniel de la Shumate was married 3 time and had a total of 16 children. His second wife Mary Elizabeth Hoffman married in the Federick, MD., Reformed Church 1

An inventory of the Daniel Shumate estate was prepared by Thomas Helm, Wm. Conway, and John Kerr, and submitted to H. Brooke in Fauquier Co., VA on August 22, 1785, probably to probate his will.

The value of the estate was 173 pounds, 12 shillings, 9 pence. The inventory included the following items: Negro Thomas, 75 pounds, Bess, 5 pounds, four head of horses, eight head of cattle, two sows and 25 pigs, seven sheep, three beds and furniture and 12 ticks of feathers, two chests, ten chairs, a gun, two tables, a parcel of old pewter, plates, dishes and spoons, a pair of flat irons, ploughs, axes and hoes, two wheels, a loom, tubs, pails and riggins, frying pan and dutch oven, saddles and bridles, a pair of wedges, fire tongs, knives and forks, a butter pot, three books. 2

1. "Shumate Family History" was compiled by Mrs. Clyde (Clara Shumate) McWilliams, of DeKalb, Mississippi, and dated September 29,1966 according to most sources.

2. One researcher quotes this from Will Book 2, Fauquier County, VA, page 70.

This page was prepared by Charles Hartley.