New York, US
Godfrey Shew House is a historic home located at Fish House in Fulton County, New York. It was built in 1784 and is a 2-story, five-bay-wide and two-bay-deep, timber-frame, gable-roofed residence in the Federal style. Attached to the main block is a 1-story wing. It features a 1-story entrance porch
supported by four Tuscan columns. Also on the property is a 2+1⁄2-story carriage house dating to about 1885. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. Godfrey Shew immigrated from Germany by way of Rotterdam and England, to Philadelphia in the British Colony of Pennsylvania arriving October 23, 1752 . "Godfrey Shew, the father of Jacob Shew, emigrated from Germany to this country, at the age of 19, and just before the French war." "But alas, ere he completed half of his journey, his pleasure was clouded with sorrow. The ship was struck by lightning which caused a leak and all on board were in agony, expecting soon to find a watery grave. No time was lost pumping out the water and devising a plan to stop the leak, which they succeeded in doing the third day by spiking a piece of sole leather over the leak, then placing heavy boxes immediately on to close the valve...
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