Edward Shirley
b. 1720 England. Son lived in Fryeburg, Maine 


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2(iv). Edward Shirley born Aug 15, 1780 Fryeburg Maine; Lived Chatham, Strafford Co New Hampshire in 1840, age 50-60. lived Carroll Co NH in 1850 and back in Fryeburg Oxford Co Maine in 1860 census, Occputation: farmer; He died Oct 5, 1870. Shirleys of Carroll Co NH

married Martha (Patty) Thompson.

children:

3(i). Barbara Shirley born July 22, 1806, died July 8, 1843. She married Capt. Peter Hardy. They lived adjacen to her father in 1840 Chatham, Strafford Co NH census.

3(ii). Solomon T. Shirley born May 11, 1808 in Conway, Carroll Co NH; Lived adjacent to father in 1840 census for Chatham, Strafford Co NH. Was living in Westbrook, Cumberland Co ME in 1850; died 11 Feb 1878, age 69 in Maine Shirleys of Cumberland Co ME

married Mary Jane Greenleaf Mar 12, 1835 at Conway, Carroll Co NH

children:

4(i). Abba Shirley born abt 1839, age 11 in 1850 census

4(ii). Elizabeth L Shirley born abt 1840, age 10 in 1850 census

4(iii). Marilla A Shirley born abt 1842 in 1850 census

3(iii). Betsey Shirley born Sept 12, 1810/11

3(iv). Joseph T. Shirley born Aug 20, 1814; Enumerated adjacent to father in Chatham Strafford Co NH in 1840 census. lived Carroll Co NH in 1850, He and family lived in father's census household in 1860, occupation: brick mason. He died July 29, 1880.

married Harriet Wyman

children

4(i). Reuben W. Shirley born about 1843 NH, age 7 in 1850 census. He was a Union army veteran, lived in Boston in 1865 (state census). Lived in the Frost census household in 1870 in Boston. Parents named in 1872 marriage record. He died 14 February 1926 (veterans pension record)

married Annie M Frost on 1 September 1872 at Boston Suffolk Co Massachusetts. She lived with her mother Martha Frost in 1880 census with son Edwin Shirley.

children:

5(i). Harry T Shirley born 15 April 1874 at Boston Suffolk Co MA (parents named), He died 15 July 1874, infant

5(ii). Edwin Mill Shirley born 1 July 1875 in Boston Suffolk Co MA (parents named). Lived with grandmother Frost in 1880 census. Lived with Frosts in 1900 census. He died 18 February 1918 at Westborough Worcester MA, age 42 (parents and wife named), Occupation: Shipper; Cause: "General paralysis of the insane". Buried Forest Hills Boston MA

married 1) Fanny Starr. Divorced

married 2) Catherine F Lee on 10 July 1915 at Ipswich, MA

children: (with wife Fanny)

6(i). Ethel Marion Shirley born 28 Feb 1903

6(ii). Edward W Shirley. died 16 Sept 1904 infant

6(iii). Mildred Herberta Marshall Shirley born 26 July 1906

4(ii). Mary B. Shirley born 1845 NH, age 5 in 1850 census

4(iii). Charles E. Shirley born 1847 NH, age 3 in 1850 census, age 14 in 1860 census. His parents are named in his 1871 marriage record, age 23. He lived in Newton, Middlesex Co Mass in 1920.

married Susan Good on 27 July 1871 at Boston Suffolk Co Massachusetts. She was the daughter of George and Mary Good

children:

5(i). Harriet Shirley born about 1873, age 47 in 1920 census. She married Edward I Hollander. They lived iwth Charles and Susan Shirley in 1920 census

5(ii). Susie F Shirley born about 1875, age 45 in 1920 census household of parents

5(iii). Aurilla M Shirley born about 1876, age 44 in 1920 census household of parents

5(iv). Charles E Shirley Jr. born 1882. His parents are named in his 1914 marriage record, age 32. Living with his parents with wife in 1920 census, age 38.

married Gladys L Seavey on 17 June 1914 at Conway, Carroll Co NH. She was daughter of Walter H Seavey and Mary H Eastman

3(v). Charles Shirley born Aug 15, 1818 at Carroll Co NH to Edward and Patty Shirley. Likely died young.

3(vi). Stephen F Shirley bonr about 1820 in Conway NH. Likely still alive in 1840 Strafford Co NH census in father's household, age 20-30. Lived Milford Hillsborough Co NH in 1870 and 1880. He died 5 July 1897 at Milford Hillsborough Co New Hampshire, age 77, son of Edward Shirley and Patty Thompson. He was married at the time of death. Buried Valley Cemetery

From Findagrave: Steve was first married to Sophronia Augusta Lovejoy 1820-1853., they had three children, two died in childhood 8 Dec 1849, and 20 Aug 1853. . The 2nd child was Ella Isabelle Shirley born 9 Nov 1852 in Milford Hillsborough NH. Ella married Silas William Call 3 May 1874 in Milford NH. She died 1936, Silas died in 1933. Steven then married Augusta S. Lovejoy born 1828 died in 1909.Augusta and Stephen were married in Manchester 27 Sep 1855. I believe that Sophronia and Augusta were sisters.

married 1). Sophronia A. Lovejoy. She died 9 July 1853, age 33 at Hillsborough Co NH, likely in childbirth.

married 2). Augusta S. Lovejoy on 27 September 1855 at Manchester Hillsborough Co NH. She died 2 March 1909 at Manchester Hillsborough Co NH

children:

4(i). Edwin Shirley born 8 December 1849 at Hillsborough Co NH. He died 12 December 1849. Buried at Valley Cemetery, Manchester Hillsborough Co NH infant

4(ii). Ella Isabelle Shirley born 9 November 1852. She married Silas William Call in Hillsborough Co NH

4(iii). _____Shirley, died 20 August 1853, child of Stephen F Shirley

3(vii). Mary A Shirley born 1824 at Chatham NY (sic). She died 1 Apr 1892 at Douglas Massachusetts, age 68, daughter of Edward Shirley and Martha of Fryeburg ME. She married James Wells

3(viii). Priscilla H Shirley born 1826 at Chatham NH. She died 28 November 1893 at Boston Mass, age 67, dau of Edward Shirley and Martha Thompson. She married Merrill Wyman

   


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