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Note: Y-DNA from a descendant of
the Edmund Shirley who married Mary Ivey Mann - family presented
below - matches Y-DNA from descendants of Bernard Shirley esq
(the brother of Henry Shirley of Hyde Hall). Despite this Edmund
Shirley being previously identified as Edmund Skiers in error,
the family below are still descended in the male line as has
been stated in previously in the Shirleys of Jamaica book and
on this website, but through Bernard Shirley, not through his
brother Henry Shirley of Hyde Hall.
Edmund is likely instead the son
of Bernard Shirley esq, and named as Legatee in his will dated
26 June 1806 (proven 14 Jan 1812)
"...I give to my said brother
Henry Shirley his exors the sum of two hundred pounds stirling
money current in Great Britain in trust for Edmund (Ed: spelling
confirmed in death duty) my reputed natural son by a free mulatto
woman named Brown now an apprentice to Mr Johnson carpenter in
the said parish of St George in the said Island of Jamaica
to be paid to him my said reputed natural son Edmund at his
age of twenty one years or to [ ] by the said Henry Shirley
his exors or admons in part or wholly laid out in the [ ] [ ]
in the purchase of lands tenements [ ] or other heredits in the
said Island of Jamaica in building [ ] if the said Henry Shirley
his exors or admors shall think it for the benefit and advantage
of my said reputed natural son all [ ] lands tenements [ ] houses
and other [ ] with the appurts shall be conveyed and [ ]of the
said sum of two hudred pounds as the said Henry Shirley his exors
or admors shall not think proper to be laid out and applied as
aforesaid shall be paid unto my said reputed natural son Edmund
his [ ] exors and admors attending [ ] the nature and quality
thereof to and [ ] and their own use and [ ] absolutely upon
his attaining his age of twenty one years and I hereby will and
[ ] that in the [ ] unil the said legacy or sum of two hundred
pounds shall become [ ] and payable as aforesaid or until the
day of the decease of my said reputed natural son Edmund in case
he should [ ] happen to die interest for the said legacy or sum
of two hundred pounds at the rate of five pounds per centum to
be computed from the day of my decease shall be apaid to the
said Henry Shirley his exors or admors in trust to be by him
the said Henry Shirley his exors or admors applied and disposed
of in for as towards the support mantenance education or proportion
of my said reputed natural son Edmond in such way and manner
as the said Henry Shirley his exors or admors shall think proper
and I request and direct my said reputed natural son to take
and use the sir name of Shirley..."[similar bequests
to other ruputed children and to their mothers]And I hereby charge
[ ] make liable all that my coffee plantation in the Island of
Jamaica called Mount St Bernardhereinafter devised with the payment
of of all the said annuities and legacies and the interest thereof
hereintofore by me given or devised to be paid to or for the
benefit of any person whosoever and I hereby direct that the
[ ] several annuities and the interes of the sd several legacies
shall be paid by quarterly payments the first quarterly payment
therof[ ] portion to be made at the end of the calendar months
from the day of my death out of the annual sum of eight hundred
pounds payable to [ ]my heirs exors admors or assigns out of
the [ ] proceeds of the [ ] of the produce of my sd plantation
during such time as any part of the residue from me to my Brother
the said Henry Shirley of all remain unpaid in manner aforesaid
in the sd [ ] of defeazance to the sd mortgage made to my sd
Brother so long as the said yearly sum of eight hundred pounds
shall continue payable and from ?easter the said annual sum of
eight hundred pounds shall cease to be payable then the said
several annuities and interest hereby by me or [ ] to be paid
and payable by like quarterly payments out of the rents [ ] and
profits of my said plantations called Mount St Bernard adn I
hereby direct that if any of the said natural children heretofore
provided for shall die under the age of twenty one years the
provisions hereintofore made for such of them as shall so die
[ ]shall ot be raised or if raised shall [ ] into my personal
estate. [the rest details bequests of all his personal estate
unto his son Henry Shirley and then also half his land, plantations,
slaves etc to son Henry Shirley and the other half to his daughter
Anna Leicester wife of Capt Leicester, names brother Henry Shirley
executor and guardian for son Henry Shirley] Codicil dated 26
June 1806 [names an exor and guardian for son Henry Shirley in
the event of the death of Brother Henry Shirley, gives brother
Henry Shirley all his coffee plantation in the parish of St George
called Mount St Bernard, all slaves purchased for Mount St Bernard
plantation to his brother etc, subject to certain annuity charges
provided otherwise. The will and estate of Bernard Shirley was
finally probated in 1817, the executor brother Henry Shirley
died in the interim]
Note: Researchers had previously
transcribed the mention as Edward Shirley (and not much else),
but the British death duty records of the estate of Bernard Shirley
confirms the spelling Edmund, rather than Edward Shirley
Also Note: Neither Edmund (nor
his mother) are mentioned in the will of Henry Shirley, the brother
of Bernard Shirley and executor of Bernard's estate. Henry's
will was dated very shortly after Bernard's death, dated 24 November
1812. Barnard's will dated 1806 - Although other legatees of
brother Bernard are found in Henry's will; The omission of Edmund
Shirley's legacy in Henry's will can create confusion that Edmund
Skiers (son of Henry, named in his will) was the same person
as Edmund Shirley (son of Bernard). The omission of Edmund Shirley's
L200 pound annuity bequest by Bernard Shirley in Henry Shirley's
will can imply 2 things, either Edmund Shirley is dead, or instead
he has attained majority age and has been granted the principle
of his legacy prior to the will of Henry Shirley being written.
Oddly, the death duty for Bernard Shirley's estate was not completed
until 1817, many years after the deaths of both Bernard and his
executor Henry Shirley. UK death duty records typically mention
when a legatee has died in the interim and Bernard's death duty
record makes no mention of Edmund's death - the death duty certainly
being processed by the government long after the date of Henry
Shirley's will being written in November 1812 - thus higher probability
Edmund had attained majority age, demanded his legacy and was
paid prior to Henry writing his will. Edmund Shirley, carpenter
of St George Parish married Mary Ivey Mann in 1813. Again, it's
very likely he received the value of the annuity at that point.
This Lineage Page Last
Updated January 2021
Edmund Shirley of St George
Parish Jamaica A free person of color at the time of his
marriage in 1813. He was identified as father of the following
children in parish birth and baptism records
married Mary Ivey Mann on 18 August 1813 "free
peoples of color" by banns at Maccaw Springs, St George
Parish, Surrey Jamaica
children:
3(i). Elizabeth Ivey Shirley born October 14, 1813
Portland, Jamaica; christened 12 March 1817 at St George, Jamaica
3(ii). Bernard
Ivey Shirley born July 16, 1815 Portland, Jamaica, christened
12 March 1817 at St George, Jamaica Shirleys
of Fairy Hill, Portland Parish
married Elizabeth Young Harrison
3(iii). Edmund Lilley Shirley christened
19 August 1820 at St George, Jamaica
married Mary Rebecca Harrison
married? 2) Margretta Fleming (mother of Richard Carby
Shirley, if same Edmund Shirley)
children:
4(i). Theresa Shirley born October 19, 1837
Portland, Jamaica; christened 11 March 1838 at St George, Surrey,
Jamaica to Edmund Lilley and Mary Shirley
4(ii). Matilda Rebecca Shirley born 1839; christened
23 February 1840 at St George, Surrey, J
4(iii). Richard Carby Shirley (possible son)
christened 22 May 1842 at Saint George Parish, Surrey,
Jamaica, son of Edmund and "Margaretta" Shirley
3(iv). Richard
Mann Shirley b. 1820 Portland, Jamaica; christened
19 August 1820 St George, Jamaica Shirleys
of Shirley Castle, Portland Parish
married Margaret Hall
3(v). David Robert Harrison Shirley born 10 April
1823 Portland, Jamaica; christened 29 November 1823 at St George
Parish, Jamaica, son of Edmund and Mary Ivy Shirley.
Is the following David Shirley the same
person, son of Edmund Shirley? Why is he living in Trelawny,
not say St George/Portland parish in the East of Jamaica island?
Is the matching birth year computed at death only a coincidence?
David Shirley died 12 June 1893 at Doman
Pasture Trelawny, age 70 (b 1823)
David Shirley, age 70 [b 1823], married, laborer, died
on 12 June 1893 at Doman Pasture, Trelawny. His daughter Amelia
Scarlett was the informant
married Isabella Crawford on 26 December
1846 at Waldonsia Trelawny Parish by a Baptist Minister. She
was identified as the widow of David Shirley of Doman Pasture
Trelawny at time of her death on 17 February 1895
1846 Dec 26 - Marriage between David Shirley full age bachelor
labourer of Weston Favel and Isabella Crawford of full age, spinster
of Hoby Town, Wit: David White, Eliz'th Allen; by banns, solemnized
by a Baptist minister at Waldonsia Trelawny
Isabella Shirley widow of David Shirley, laborer, died
at Doman Pasture Trelawny on 17 February 1895, age 50. Son Robert
Shirley was the informant.
children:
4(i). Amelia Shirley She was the informant
at the time of her father David Shirley's death in 1893. She
married _____ Scarlett
4(ii). Robert Shirley He was the informant
at the time of his mother Isabella Shirley's death in 1895.
this family seems to be a better fit
for David Shirley, son of Edmund instead
Email 2019 - opening of 1 page autobiography of Hylton
Neil Morris, son of James Morris and wife Maria Shirley of Hope
Bay, Portland Jamaica.
"I was born in Jamaica, British West Indies in 1885
on the 9th of June. My grandparents were English stock and Shirley
was the family name. Grandpa's name was David, but I can't recollect
Grandma's Christian name.... My Mother was one of five children
-- David, Samuel, George, Matilda, and Maria (my mother). My
father's name was Peter James Morris. He died when I was one
and a half years old and I do not remember him. He was nicknamed
Maury. Mother lived to raise that large family by her own ingenuity.
She operated a country store and bakery."
David Shirley - This family resided at Shirley Castle
St George (later aka Portland) Parish according to daughter Marie
Shirley's 1866 marriage record [father not named]. nothing
more known
married ________
children:
Note: Richard Mann Shirley of Shirley
Castle Portland Jamaica had this same list of children born the
same approx time, except not the key person below, Ann Maria
Shirley
1(i). David Shirley Jr
1(ii). Samuel Shirley
1(iii). George Shirley
1(iv). Matilda Shirley
1(v). Ann Maria Shirley born say 1845; She resided
at Shirley Castle St George (later aka Portland) Jamaica at the
time of her marriage in 1866. She married Peter James Morris
and had children, one of whom was Hylton Neil Morris b 1885
Duplicate of Weslyan Methodist Register of Hope Bay St
George Parish - Married at Shirley Castle. 3 Sept 1866 James
Morris full age bachelor sawyer of Springfield and Ann Maria
Shirley of full age spinster of Shirley Castle, by license. Wit:
Thomas Huner Locky, Richard Bold Tryater, Daniel Mclauren Gray
3(vi). Peter Cairns Shirley born 24 December 1824 St
George, Portland Jamaica. He was alive on 28 June 1832 when his
father Edmund Shirley, acting as guardian on behalf of son Peter,
registered a slave that Peter's mother had gifted to her young
son. Peter was also noted in a document dated 12 October 1835
when his father, acting again as guardian, was awarded £12
16s 2d by the British government for the mandatory emancipation
of his slave working at his Shirley Castle plantation. He was
identified as the husband of Georgina Augusta Shirley who died
in childbirth in 1849 in St George Parish. He was identified
as a planter of Petersfield St Thomas Parish at the time of his
marriage in 1853
married 1) Georgina Augusta Stewart on 18 January 1849
at St George Parish. She died 20 June 1849 at St George Parish
at age 16 1/2, during childbirth, wife of Peter Cairns Shirley
of Mann Mount. Her occupation in the burial record is listed
as seamstress.
married 2) Georgina Oldbridge Napier spinster by license
on 24 August 1853 at the Wesleyan Methodist chapel at Morant
Bay in St Thomas in the East Parish
Duplicate original Register of marriage solemnized by Ministers
of the Wesleyan Methodist Denomination at Morant Bay in the parish
of St Thos in the East in the Morant Bay circuit - Married by
license 24 August 1853 Peter Cairns Shirley of full age planter
of Petersfield to Georgina O Napier spinster of Stonefield Morant
Bay. Marriage at Stonefield Morant Bay by Herbert Carter Minister
in the presence of Edmund Lilly Shirley
and J G Smith
NOTE: There are several Shirley families who may
have had additional children. The child was not named in the
birth records. Sometimes the parents were not listed, just the
name of the child. Other times just the mother's name and no
father was listed.
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Return of slaves in parish of Saint George in the possession
of Elizabeth Harrison 25th June 1817
Note, also in this registration list: [ ]lannica now Rebecca
James, negro, age 9 Creole. She was later inherited by Mary Ivy Mann Shirley and registered
by her as guardian for her daughter Elizabeth Ivy Shirley
Margaret Grant (Agnes) born
about 1744, negro, age 63, Creole, She was sold by Elizabeth
Harrison to John Panton Passley St Geo parish, registered by
him in 1820, age 69
children
Mary Shirley (Juba) born about 1790; negro, age 27,
Creole, ' Margaret Grant's daughter'
children:
Henry Harrison Shirley born about 1811; sambo, age
6, Creole 'Mary Shirley's son'
Charlotte Mary _____ born about 1807; mulatto, age
10, Creole 'Mary Shirley's daughter'
Louisa Harrison Shirley born about 1809; sambo, age
8, Creole 'Mary Shirley's daughter'
Margaret Harrison Shirley born about 1813; sambo, age
4, Creole 'Mary Shirley's daughter'
John Harrison Ivey born about 1818; negro, age 1 6/12,
Creole; Remarks Juba, Mary Shirley, Born
Child registered 23 August 1820 same - among other slaves
owned by Elizabeth Harrison, others sold to H S Passley et al
William Black Grant (Sam) born about 1794; negro, age
23, Creole 'Margaret Grant's son'; He was sold by Elizabeth Harrison
to John Panton Passley St Geo parish, registered by him in 1820,
age 26
Elizabeth Harrison Grant (Hagar) born about 1796; negro,
21, Creole 'Margaret Grant's daughter'; She was sold by Elizabeth
Harrison to John Panton Passley St Geo parish, registered by
him in 1820, age 27
Sarah Ann Grant (Doll/Dolly) born about 1805;
negro, age 12, Creole, 'Margaret Grant's daughter', She was
sold by Elizabeth Harrison to John Panton Passley St Geo parish,
registered by him in 1820, named Sarah Ann Grant, age 18
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Edmund Shirley, carpenter