Descendants of John Frederick Sivert (2 generations)

First Generation

John Frederick Sivert

born: (1758-9 Hesse Castle ?) Germany
died: about 1835 Ohio Co., VA (now Marshall Co., WV)
immigration: unknown
military: Berks Co., PA Militia - Rev. War, under surname Seybert
residences: Botetourte Co., VA 1785-1796 or longer, Ohio (Marshall) Co., WV; other places unknown
+ spouse: Anna Elizabeth "Martha" unknown:
marriage: unknown, but probably before 1784 spouse born: unknown
spouse died: about 1823 Ohio Co., VA (now Marshall Co., WV)
spouse's parents: unknown
spouse's immigration: unknown if any
spouse's residences: Botetourte Co., VA 1785-1796 or longer, Ohio (Marshall) Co., WV; other places unknown

Note: There is a dispute as to whether or not Anna Elizabeth "Martha" was a Curtis. There is no proof of her maiden name. DAR records say Curtis. No maiden surname has been established, so it could be just about any name.

children of John Frederick Sivert & Martha Elizabeth unknown: SEVEN

Proof/Sources

  1. Copy of news article in Moundsville (WV) Echo on John Frederick Sivert. (no date)
  2. Copy of news article in the Wheeling News Register, Sunday, 12/27/1926. Article about the log home in Marshall Co., WV, the Revolutionary Service and marriage to Martha Curtis of John Frederick Sivert.
  3. Copy of Pennsylvania Archives, Fifth Series, Volume V, Page 241 and 242 of Frederick Seybert (surname spelling variation) as in the Berks County, PA militia for the Continental Army.
  4. Copy of news article in the Irving Daily News, Irving, Texas, Tuesday 7/27/1976. Article is about the research of Estelle Bates and John Frederick Sivert as her Revolutionary War ancestor. The article has a photo of Estelle Bates holding her book, "The Descendants of John Frederick Sivert", where some of the proof is found. Estelle Bates was a member of DAR #45826. She is deceased.
  5. Copies of pages in "The Descendants of John Frederick Sivert", where John Frederick Sivert is mentioned as well as Martha Curtis and the spelling variations of Sivert.
  6. Certified copy of the deed (sale ) to property of John Frederick Sivert in Botetourt, VA before he came to Ohio Co., VA (now Marshall Co., WV). Deed gives wife's name as A. Eliza.
  7. Certified Transcript of the will of John Frederick Sivert in Ohio County, VA written in 1828. Will gives wife's name as Elizabeth.
  8. Census years 1810, 1820, 1830 in Ohio Co., VA (now Marshall Co., WV).
  9. Copies of legal transactions in Botetoute, VA.
  10. Copy of page in "The History of the Pan Handle".
  11. Copy of page in "The History of Marshall County".
  12. Photographs of grave & memorial markers; Grave shows US Government Rev. War marker
  13. Copy of a 1787 Land Grant in Botetourte Co., VA, granted by the VA Treasury Dept. - 150 acres.
  14. Copy of son, Jacob's, War of 1812 papers showing that Jacob was born in Botetourt, VA. & thereby proving residence in Botetourt of John Frederick Sivert.
  15. Copy of page from John Frederick Sivert's bible with family name entries.

Generation 2

Katherine/Catherine Sivert

(1 of 7 of John Frederick Sivert & Elizabeth "Martha" unknown)

born: 6/27/1784
died: 9/5/1831
buried: Sand Hill Cemetery, Marshall Co., WV

Proof/Sources

  1. Book: "The Descendants of John Frederick Sivert".
  2. Marshall Co., WV cemetery listing on RootsWeb.

George Sivert

(2 of 7 of John Frederick Sivert & Elizabeth "Martha" unknown)

born: 9/19/1786 possibly in Botetourt Co., VA
died: 4/1/1877 Moundsville, Marshall Co., WV
buried: Bethel Christian Church on Bowman Ridge, Moundsville, WV
residences: Botetourt Co., VA; Marshall Co., (W)VA; other places unknown
+spouse: Sarah Jobes:
marriage date: 3/9/1822 by Rev. William Wilson, Ohio Co., (W)VA
spouse born: 1810 Delaware
spouse died: 7/12/1861 Moundsville, Marshall Co., WV
spouse buried: Bethel Christian Church on Bowman Ridge, Moundsville, WV
spouse's parents: unknown
spouse's residences: Marshall Co., (W)VA; other places unknown

children of George & Sarah (Jobes) Sivert: SEVEN

Proof/Sources

  1. "The Descendants of John Frederick Sivert"
  2. Census Years 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860 in Marshall Co., (W)VA
  3. Ancestry OWT (for death date of George)

Jacob Sivert

(3 of 7 of John Frederick Sivert & Elizabeth "Martha" unknown)

born: 12/13/1789 Botetourte VA
died: 9/6/1851
buried: Sand Hill Methodist Episcopal Church, Marshall Co., WV
military: malter or hatter in the War of 1812
residences: Botetourt Co., VA; Marshall Co., (W)VA; other places unknown
+spouse: Nancy Ann Groves:
marriage date: unknown
spouse born: 7/9/1795
spouse died: 1/1/1877 Marshall Co., (W)VA
spouse's parents: unknown
spouse's residences: Marshall Co., (W)VA; other places unknown
buried: unknown

children of Jacob Sivert and Nancy Ann Groves: EIGHT

Proof/Sources

  1. Book: "The Descendants of John Frederick Sivert".
  2. Copy of page from "The History of Marshall County".
  3. War of 1812 service records proving Jacob's birth in Botetourte Co., VA
  4. 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 census in Marshall Co., VA

Mary "Polly" Sivert

(4 of 7 of John Frederick Sivert & Elizabeth "Martha" unknown)

born: 9/26/1791 Botetourt Co., VA
died: 1/18/1881 Marshall Co., WV
buried: Zion Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, Marshall Co., WV
residences: Botetourt Co., VA; Marshal, County WV; other places unknown
+spouse: David Lutes:
marriage date: 6/7/1818 Ohio Co., (W)VA
spouse born: 4/10/1790 Washington Co., PA
spouse died: 1/10/1878 Marshall Co., WV
spouse buried: Zion Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, Marshall Co., WV (see proof 1) or Taylor's Ridge Cemetery (see proof 14)
spouse's parents: unknown, but possibly George Lutes, who moved from Washington Co., PA to Ohio Co., WV. Parents in Ohio Co., VA by 1795, but both died in 1803.
spouse's siblings: George, Mary (poor house 1803) & possibly John & Rhuhamy
spouse's residences: Washington Co., PA; Marshall Co., WV
military: War of 1812, under Captain Bonnet, VA

children of Mary "Polly" Sivert and David Lutes: ELEVEN

Proof/Sources

  1. "The Descendants of John Frederick Sivert".
  2. Copy of Sivert Bible page originally owned by John Frederick Sivert.
  3. Copy of a deed in Ohio Co., WV with sale of land to Archibald Woods.
  4. Copy of the Certified Will of David Lutes.
  5. Copy of a marriage entry of David Lutes and Mary Sivert in the Ohio County Book 1, page 186. It is signed as a true copy by Chester Closs, Clerk.
  6. Certified marriage certificate.
  7. Marriage record on Ancestry taken from Yates Publishing family sheets.
  8. Copy of census 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
  9. Copy of page for Land Grant Record for David Lutes, Sims Index to Land Grants in West Virginia #428
  10. Certified copy of Land Grant from WV Archives for David Lutes.
  11. Ancestry War of 1812 listing for David Lutes, PA
  12. Copy of a Page from, "Index to War of 1812 Pension Files", Vol. II: J-Z, naming his as a veteran of the War of 1812, and with name of wife, "Mary". Documents on order.
  13. Copy of a page from the Natl. Soc. US Daughters of 1812 w/ David Lutes (wife Mary Sivert) b. 4/10/1790 Washington Co., PA.
  14. Notes from Patty Diane Jefferson, researcher.
  15. Index of account of Overseers of the Poor - Ohio Co., (W)VA

Sarah "Sally" Sivert

(5 of 7 of John Frederick Sivert & Elizabeth "Martha" unknown)

born: 3/27/1796 VA
residences: Botetourte Co., VA; Marshall Co., WV
+spouse: Henry Ewing:
marriage date: 8/15/1821 Ohio Co., WV

Proof/Sources

  1. "The Descendants of John Frederick Sivert"
  2. Ohio Co., WV Marriage Book 1, Pg. 222

Elizabeth Sivert

(6 of 7 of John Frederick Sivert & Elizabeth "Martha" unknown)

born: 11/11/1798
residences: Marshall Co., WV; other places unknown
+spouse: James Baird:
marriage date: 8/10/1826 by Rev. Thos. Deakon

Proof/Sources

  1. "The Descendants of John Frederick Sivert"

Susanna Sivert

(7 of 7 of John Frederick Sivert & Elizabeth "Martha" Curtis)

born: 11/3/1801
residences: Marshall CO., WV; other places unknown
+spouse: unknown Burges.:

Proof/Sources

  1. "The Descendants of John Frederick Sivert"

Time line for John (Johann) Frederick Seybert/Sivert

John (Johann) Frederick Seybert/Sivert & wife, ANNA ELIZABETH unknown lived in Berks Co., PA.

Time Line:

1758-9 born in Germany
1759-1782 no records
1782-1783 Berks Co., PA Militia
1783-1787 no records
1787-1796 Botetourt Co., VA
1796-1809 no records
1809-1834 Ohio Co., VA (now Marshall Co., WV)
1834-5 Died

Other surname spellings found in documents: SIBURT, SYBURT, SYVERT, SIFURT, SIEBERT

Submitted by Donna Criswell Mollaun.


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