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October 19 2020
Posted the following official
account about the Indian massacre of scouts in what is now Bedford
Co PA in 1780. Richard Shirley of Branch
14 was killed in this massacre
Branch 14
History of the Early Settlement of
the Juniata Valley - [From the testemony of Capt Phillips who
with his son were taken prisoner and survived the massacre]
On entering the valley, they found
most of the houses abandoned, but no signs of Indians. Late on
Saturday evening they arrived at the house of one Frederick Heater,
which had been abandoned by its owner. The house had been pierced
with loopholes, to serve as a temporary fortress in case of necessity,
but the proprietor, unable to find sufficien tmen to garrison
it, had fled to Hartsock's Fort. At this house Capt Phillips
determined to remain over Sunday. The entire force consisted
of Capt Phillips, his son Elijah, age 14 yrs, Philip Skelly,
Hugh Skelly, P and T Sanders, Richard Shirley, M Davis,
Thomas Gaitrell, Daniel Kelly adn 2 men whose names are no longer
remembered.
After partaking of their supper they
all stretched themselves out on the floor and slept soundly until
morning. While preparing their morning meal, one of the Skellys
happened to open the door, when he discovered that the house
was surrounded by Indians. A Glance sufficed to show Capt Phillips
how matters stood. They were not less than sixty Indians, and
among them 2 white men, dressed, decorated, and painted, the
same as the savages. The captain at first supposed they were
marauders, and would probably not stop; but the hope was most
delusive. A small shower of rain having fallen the day previous
this savage war-party had tracked Phillips and his men to the
very door of Heater's house. Phillips commanded the utmost silence,
and awaited with breathless anxiety the further movements of
the enemy. Through the window he discovered the savages grouped
upon an eminence - some 10 of them armed with rifles, and the
remainder with bows and arrows - in consultation. Directly one
of the savages fired his rifle, which was evidently a ruse to
draw the men from the house; but it did not succeed. At last
one of the Indians venterured within rifle-range of the house,
with Gaitrell, unable to resist the temptation, thrust the muzzle
of his rifle through one of the loopholes, fired and shot him
through the left shoulder. The war-whoop was then raised and
the savages ran to and fro for a while, concealing themselves
behind trees, some 70 yards from the house under the impression
probably that an immediate action would take place.
No further demonstrations being made
by the rangers, the Indians waited but a short time until at
a preconcerted signal, they fired a volley at the door and window
of the house, both of which were riddled by the bullets, but
no person was injured. The scout, in his agony of suspense surrounded
by a large body of savages with the greatest bravery stood at
the loopholes and whenever a savage showed himself within rifle-range
he was shot at. In this manner 2 were killed and 2 wounded. The
Indians in the mean time continued firing at the door and window;
and in this way the fight continued until about the middle of
the afternoon when Philip Skelly shot the chief through the left
cheek at a distance of nearly a 100 yards. This so exasperated
the Indians that they raised the war-whoop a 2nd time, loud nad
fierce and appeared determined to have vengeance. At this juncture
an occurance too place which seems almost incredible; yet Capt
Phillips whose statement we are giving, vounched for the truth
of it and he was unquestionably a man of veracity. Davis had
the mussle of this rifle out of a loop-hole and was intently
watching for a chance to shoot when he felt a sudden jarring
of the rifle. He withdrew it and found a sharp-pointed tapering
hickory arrow driven into the muzzle so tight that it took the
combined effort of 4 men to withdraw it. Whether this new method
of spiking a gun was intentional or not, it illustrated most
forcibly the wonderful power of the Indian over the bow - whether
he fired at the rifle or the loop-hole.
The Indians, finding it impossible
to dislodge the rangers from what appeared a stronghold in every
sense of the word, by all stratagems yet used, affixed dry leaves
and other combustible matter to arrows, set fire to them, and
lodged them upon the roof of the house, which soon was on fire
in two or three places. The men carried up all the water in the
house, and subdued the flames from the inside; but the water
was soon exhausted, and a fresh volley of the fire-arrows set
the roof in a blaze, and there were no longer means within their
reach to quench the destructive element. Still the rangers stood
at the loop-holes, even when the upper part of the house was
all on fire. Certain death stared them in the face ; they dared
not go out of the house, for they would expose the weakness of
their force and meet instant destruction as soon as they passed
over the threshold; on the other hand, the fire above them was
raging, and they did not know what moment they would be buried
beneath the burning timbers. And yet the men never flinched.
But, at last, Captain Phillips, seeing the desperate strait to
which they were reduced, cried for quarter, and told the savages
that he would on condition that his men should be trulted as
prisoners and not injured. To this the Indians assented, and
the men escaped fix)ln the house just in time to save their lives
from fire, but only to meet a death equally shocking.
The spokesman for the Indians-one
of the white renegades-demanded, in the first place, that all
their arms should be delivered up. To this the men readily agreed;
and they handed their rifles and knives to the savages. The next
demand was that they should suffer themselves to be pinioned,
in order that none might escape. This degrading proposition met
no favor with the men; but they were compelled to submit, and
their hands were secured behind their backs by strong thongs.
In this condition they started-as the Indians said-for Kittaning;
but, after getting half a mile from the house, some five or six
of the Indians, who had Captain Phillips and his son in charge,
continued on their route, while the remainder ordered a halt.
The ten men were then tied to as many saplings, and two or three
volleys of arrows were fired into them.
The fate of the scout was not known
until Tuesday. Some persons passing Heater's house on Monday
morning, seeing it in ruins, carried the news to Hartsock's Fort.
An express was sent to Colonel Piper, who arrived on the ground
with a small force late on Tuesday. About the house they found
a number of tomahawks, knives, and other articles, which indicated
that an action had taken place; but the fate of the men could
not be conjectured. Finally, some one discovered the tracks,
and proposed following them, which they did, and found the men
at the place designated, each man with from three to five arrows
sticking in him. Some of them had not been killed outright, and
it was apparent that their struggles to get loose must have been
most desperate. Kelly was one of these, who, in his efforts to
free himself, had buried the thong in the flesh of his arm. All
of the men were scalped. They were buried on the spot where they
appeased the savage appetite for blood; and their mouldering
bones still repose there, without even the rudest of stones to
commemorate the sad event or perpetuate their memory.
October 16 2020
I continue my lengthy project to review
(for proof/accuracy) and update all Shirley branches and lineages
posted to the website. While trying to update the family of John
E Shirley of Branch
21 (James > William) I came across this later will for
his widow, also nee Shirley. There are 2 untraced children of
this family and if you see below, only 1 is named in the will
of the mother. I suppose the evidence is leaning to them dying
young not long after the will of John E Shirley which mentions
them? I posted the following to the Jefferson
KY page in the members' section
Jefferson Co KY
1882 Jan 16 WB 11 pg 115 Will
of Jane B. Shirley - I Jane B Shirley of Co of Jefferson
state of Kentucky make this my last will and testament hereby
revoking any and all former wills I may have made. I give
to my son Andrew E Shirley and his wife Nannie Shirley and to
their three children William Shirley Mary Shirley and Jane Shirley
all of my pictures, books, household furniture and all of my
personal property to be equally divided among them; that is one
fourth to may said son and his wife during their natural life
and at their death to be divided among their said children, and
the other 3/4th to my said grand children (named again). It is
my wish that no sale be made of any of my property after my death.
It is my wish that the farm on which we now reside be divided
as the law directs. Ppoints Nannie Shirley my sole executrix
of this my will and I desire that there be no bond or security
be required of her. In witness whereof I have nto set my hand
this October 26th 1880 <s> Jane B Shirley; Signed in the
presenceby Mrs Jane B Shirley, ?N H Miller, A B Duerson (Proven
16 January 1882)
Update: OK, my riddle is solved.
Apparently the 2 sons of John E Shirley did not survive by 1845.
Jefferson Co KY
1845 April 29 - Jefferson Co
KY Commissioner's Book 2 page 615 - Indenture between William
Shirley of 1st part, Andrew Elias Shirley only heir of John Shirley
dec'd of 2nd part and Jane B Shirley widow of the said John Shirley
dec'd of the 3rd part, suit in chancery 2nd and 3rd part
vs 1st part of 25 Feb 1845 was ordered to partition between complainants
and defendant of following tract of land in Jefferson Co on banks
of Ohio River to be divided into 2 equal parts; 436 acres which
they divided (land described)
October 1, 2020
An hour of sleuthing various locales
derived from Cheraws District South Carolina led me to this mis-indexed
state land grant for David Shirley of Darlington Co SC, Branch
23. Posted to the Cheraw
District page in the members' section
Cheraw District SC
1 December 1795 State
of South Carolina Plat Book Vol 32 pg 516 - State of South
Carolina to David Shierly 200 acres, Cedar Creek, Cheraws District
I was spending a few days reviewing and
updating the Branch 23 lineage, David Shirley of Darlington Co
SC, and came across this South Carolina legislative petition.
Posted to the Darlington
SC page in the members' section
Darlington SC
State of SC, Darlington Dist
- To the Honble the Senate and House of Rep. of the state afsd.
The peitition of Jessee Gilbert sheweth tha a negro man named
Tom the slave of your petitioner was tried by a court of magistrates
and freeholders on 14 March 1825 in Darlington Dist for committing
a rape on the body of Dicey Shirley and was convicted and executed
as will appear by the certificate here unto annexed - Your petitioner
therefore prays that he may recieve the usual compensation allowed
by law in such cases. Your petitioner will pray Dec 7 1825 <s>
Jessee Gilbert
September 20, 2020
Posted the following Bureau of Land Management
land warrants index to the Tuscaloosa
AL page in the members' section
Tuscaloosa
1834 Joel Shirley Sec 3 Twp 20S
Range 12W 40 acres
1834 Jonathan Shirley Sec 3 Twp 21S Range 10W 40 acres
1835 James Shirley Sec 33 Twp 20S Range 10W 40 acres
1837 Lewis Shirley Sec 3 Twp 20S Range 12W 41 acres
1837 Aaron Shirley Sec 10 Twp 20S Range 12W 40 acres
1837 Beverley Shirley Sec 32 Twp 20S Range 10W 80 acres
1837 Richard Shirley Sec 34 Twp 24N Range 3E 80 acres
1838 Aaron Shirly Sec 11 Twp 20S Range 12W 40 acres
1839 James Shirley Sec 5 Twp 18S Range 9W 40 acres
1839 James Shirley Sec 9 Twp 18S Range 9W 0 acres
1839 James Shirley Sec 9 Twp 18S Range 9W 160 acres
1839 Robert Shirley Sec 2 Twp 20S Range 12W 40 acres
1839 Wade Shirley Sec 3 Twp 20S Range 12W 41 acres
1839 Lewis Shirley Sec 10 Twp 20S Range 12W 40 acres
1839 Lewis Shirley Sec 10 Twp 20S Range 12W 40 acres
1839 Beverly Shirley Sec 19 Twp 20S Range 10W 82 acres
1839 Jonathan Shirley Sec 4 Twp 21S Range 10W 40 acres
1840 Rolen Shirley Sec 9 Twp 20S Range 12W 40 acres
1858 Davis Shirley Sec 25 Twp 17S Range 9W 80 acres
1858 Davis Shirley Sec 26 Twp 17S Range 9W 0 acres
1858 Davis Shirley Sec 26 Twp 17S Range 9W 40 acres
1858 Wright Shirley Sec 6 Twp 20S Range 12W 80 acres
1858 Wright Shirley Sec 6 Twp 20S Range 12W 0 acres
1858 Wright Shirley Sec 6 Twp 20S Range 12W 120 acres
1858 Wright Shirley Sec 6 Twp 20S Range 12W 80 acres
1858 Wright Shirley Sec 6 Twp 20S Range 12W 0 acres
1858 Aaron Shirley Sec 11 Twp 20S Range 12W 0 acres
1858 Aaron Shirley Sec 11 Twp 20S Range 12W 0 acres
1858 Aaron Shirley Sec 14 Twp 20S Range 12W 0 acres
1858 Aaron Shirley Sec 14 Twp 20S Range 12W 0 acres
1858 Aaron Shirley Sec 15 Twp 20S Range 12W 280 acres
1858 James Shirley Sec 15 Twp 21S Range 12W 320 acres
1858 James Shirley Sec 21 Twp 21S Range 12W 0 acres
1858 John N Shirley Sec 36 Twp 24N Range 3E 80 acres
1858 John N Shirley Sec 36 Twp 24N Range 3E 0 acres
1858 Levi M Shirley Sec 36 Twp 24N Range 3E 40 acres
1860 Little B Shirley Sec 5 Twp 17S Range 8W 40 acres
1860 Little B Shirley Sec 5 Twp 17S Range 8W 0 acres
1860 Little B Shirley Sec 5 Twp 17S Range 8W 0 acres
1860 Little B Shirley Sec 8 Twp 17S Range 8W 0 acres
1860 Little B Shirley Sec 8 Twp 17S Range 8W 160 acres
1860 Davis Shirley Sec 25 Twp 17S Range 9W 0 acres
1860 Davis Shirley Sec 26 Twp 17S Range 9W 80 acres
1861 Robert Shirley Sec 19 Twp 17S Range 8W 80 acres
1861 Robert Shirley Sec 19 Twp 17S Range 8W 0 acres
August 19, 2020
Thanks to Dann for the heads
up on this item
Posted to the Wilkes
Co GA page in the members' section
Wilkes Co GA
1792 Wilkes Co GA Tax List
Capt Medlock's District
Edward Shurley 200 ac in "Washington and Wilkes",
"mother oak and hickory lands throughout the state",
adjacent Thomas Porter;
1793 Wilkes Co GA Tax List
Capt Medlock's District
William Shurley (no land) 1 white poll
Edward Shurley 200 ac Wilkes adj Porter; 1 white poll
Capt Newsom's Defaulters List
(sic)
William Shurley
August 4 2020
New free e-book Ancestors and descendants of Branch 49
Richard Shirley Jr who died in Barren Co KY - specifically through
his son Daniel R Shirley. Published in 2020 by Ken Shirley. 534
pages of remarkable family history, with numerous photos, documents,
family letters and stories. The book skillfully walks the reader
through the known evidence for various theories tracing the origins
of the Shirleys who migrated from Virginia to South Carolina
and then to Kentucky
It's really well
done
Shirley
Ancestry of Kenneth E. Shirley [1913-1989]
with Related Dale Family
click
here
July 26 2020
I posted the following court record abstracts
to the St
Lawrence Co NY page in the members' section. This family
is Branch 58. Note the new name James Shirley
St Lawrence Co NY
1814 June 23 St Lawrence Co Circuit
Court Minute Book - The People vs James Shirley (written
same in 2 spots, so not typo) - On indictment for Grand
Larceny - Arraigned and plead "not guilty"
1814 June 23 St Lawrence Co Circuit
Court Minute Court Book - Charles Whalen vs Samuel Browning and
Clement Tuttle; Witnesses for Plaintiff: Susan Langhary, William
Shirley
1814 June 23 St Lawrence Co Circuit
Court Minute Book - William Grant vs Samuel Browning and Clement
Tuttle; Witnesses for Plaintiff: Daniel Grant, Charles Whalen,
William Shirley
1814 June 23 St Lawrence Co Circuit
Court Minute Book - The People vs William Shirley - Indictment
for receiving stolen goods. Arraigned, Plead "Not Guilty"
July 18, 2020
Jamaican Shirleys
- I spent time connecting
the family of Gordon Shirley, former Jamaican Ambassador to the
United States, to the existing Shirley
lineage posted to the website
EXCITING DNA
NEWS - I recently worked
with a Shirley male living in England to trace his ancestry back
to Derry/Londonderry Northern Ireland. Here is his documented
and confirmed Shirley lineage recently posted to the Shirley
website in the Ireland section
5. Robert
Shirley of Caheny Townlands, Aghadowey Parish, Londonderry; Born about 1835 (age at death); He was
Presbyterian but his children were raised as Catholics; He died
at Caheney in 1874, age 39; Married Elizabeth Hutchinson New
We next took the step to obtain
his Y-chromosome DNA for the Shirley surname project at FTDNA.
The "definitive" Londonderry
Shirley DNA seemed elusive - due to conflicting results - but
a pattern of USA DNA results hinted at the true Londonderry Shirley
DNA.
The Shirley Association can now
claim with strong likelihood that the results we received today
from the above documented descendant confirm the true Londonderry
Northern Ireland Shirley DNA, and they match DNA of the following
USA Shirley lineages
DNA: Londonderry Northern
Ireland Shirley matches
20. Robert
Shirley - b. ca 1735,
wife Susan Baker. Came
from Bucks Co. Pennsylvania. Family lived Franklin
Co., Armstrong Co. and Indiana Co. Pennsylvania.
25. James
Shirley - b. ca 1649.
Came from
Ireland about 1730 and settled in Chester New Hampshire. His
family lived in New Hampshire, Canada, New York and Pennsylvania
(NOTE:
but only the Shirleys of Warren Co PA who are tentatively linked
to Branch 25 at the moment)
44. Abiather
Shirley - Originally
lived in Massachusetts, then New York. Moved to Ohio in 1812.
58. Thomas
Shirley
b. ca.
1797 Lived Massachusetts and St Lawrence Co New York.
85. Shirleys
of Bedford and Botetourt Co VA John Shirley married Elizabeth Shields
in 1791; Edward Shirly born about 1833 VA. Lived in Botetourt
Co VA. Some family to Morgan Co Indiana
98. Shirleys
of Berrien Co Michigan.
James H. Shirley family originated in Lowell Mass and lived in
Cook Co IL; Another, Hiram Shirley family originated in Ohio
and Indiana (Note:
only the latter family matches)
July 18, 2020
I posted the following deed index to
the Huron
Co Ohio page in the members' section
Huron Co OH Grantor Deed Index
1815 Huron Co OH DB 1/459 Grantor:
Abiather Shirley; Erie
1815 Huron Co OH DB 1/527 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1815 Huron Co OH DB 1/634 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1816 Huron Co OH DB 1/536 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1816 Huron Co OH DB 1/605 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1816 Huron Co OH DB 1/627 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1816 Huron Co OH DB 1/641 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1816 Huron Co OH DB 1/641 Grantor: Abigail Shirley; Erie
1817 Huron Co OH DB 2/128 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1817 Huron Co OH DB 2/153 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1817 Huron Co OH DB 2/290 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1818 Huron Co OH DB 2/343 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1818 Huron Co OH DB 2/383 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1818 Huron Co OH DB 2/506 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1819 Huron Co OH DB 3/440 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1820 Huron Co OH DB 3/116 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1821 Huron Co OH DB 3/292 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1823 Huron Co OH DB 3/684 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1824 Huron Co OH DB 4/153 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1828 Huron Co OH DB 5/287 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1829 Huron Co OH DB 6/29 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1829 Huron Co OH DB 6/74 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1829 Huron Co OH DB 6/83 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1829 Huron Co OH DB 6/206 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1827 Huron Co OH DB 6/270 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1829 Huron Co OH DB 6/273 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1830 Huron Co OH DB 6/339 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1831 Huron Co OH DB 6/515 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1831 Huron Co OH DB 6/516 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1830 Huron Co OH DB 7/280 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1832 Huron Co OH DB 7/305 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1833 Huron Co OH DB 7/463 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1833 Huron Co OH DB 7/510 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1832 Huron Co OH DB 7/616 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1833 Huron Co OH DB 8/258 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 8/293 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 8/305 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 8/349 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 8/446 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 8/460 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 8/497 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 8/498 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 8/535 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 8/563 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 8/584 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 8/584 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 8/637 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 8/638 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 8/639 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 8/639 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 8/642 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 8/64 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 8/659 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 9/155 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 9/177 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1835 Huron Co OH DB 9/260 Grantor: Abiather Shirley by executrix;
Erie
1835 Huron Co OH DB 9/260 Grantor: Abiather Shirley by executrix;
Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 9/353 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1835 Huron Co OH DB 9/377 Grantor: Abiather Shirley by executrix;
Erie
1835 Huron Co OH DB 10/79 Grantor: Abiather Shirley by executrix;
Erie
1835 Huron Co OH DB 10/80 Grantor: Abiather Shirley by executrix;
Erie
1835 Huron Co OH DB 10/80 Grantor: Abiather Shirley by executrix;
Erie
1835 Huron Co OH DB 10/81 Grantor: Abiather Shirley by executrix;
Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 10/84 Grantor: Abiather Shirley by executrix;
Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 10/94 Grantor: Abiather Shirley ; Erie
1835 Huron Co OH DB 10/147 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1835 Huron Co OH DB 10/159 Grantor: Abiather Shirley by executrix;
Erie
1835 Huron Co OH DB 10/160 Grantor: Abiather Shirley by executrix;
Erie
1835 Huron Co OH DB 10/171 Grantor: Abiather Shirley by executrix;
Erie
1835 Huron Co OH DB 10/181 Grantor: Abiather Shirley by executrix;
Erie
1835 Huron Co OH DB 10/215 Grantor: Abiather Shirley by executrix;
Erie
1835 Huron Co OH DB 10/257 Grantor: Abiather Shirley by executrix;
Erie
1835 Huron Co OH DB 10/285 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1835 Huron Co OH DB 10/349 Grantor: Abiather Shirley; Erie
[cant read date] Huron Co OH DB 10/99 Grantor: Abiather Shirley
by executrix; Erie
[cant read date] Huron Co OH DB 11/28 Grantor: Abiather Shirley
by executrix; Erie
[cant read date] Huron Co OH DB 11/59 Grantor: Abiather Shirley
by executrix; Erie
[cant read date] Huron Co OH DB 11/61 Grantor: Abiather Shirley
by executrix; Erie
[cant read date] Huron Co OH DB 11/169 Grantor: Abiather Shirley
by executrix; Erie
[cant read date] Huron Co OH DB 11/361 Grantor: Abiather Shirley
by executrix Contract
[cant read date] Huron Co OH DB 12/271 Grantor: Abiather Shirley
by executrix; Erie
[cant read date] Huron Co OH DB 13/407 Grantor: Abiather Shirley
by executrix; Erie
[cant read date] Huron Co OH DB 13/466 Grantor: Abiather Shirley
by executrix
[cant read date] Huron Co OH DB 13/557 Grantor: Abiather Shirley
by executrix Contract
[cant read date] Huron Co OH DB 14/503 Grantor: Abigail Shirley;
Erie
[cant read date] Huron Co OH DB 14/671 Grantor: Abiather Shirley
by executrix; Erie
[cant read date] Huron Co OH DB 15/224 Grantor: Abigail Shirley;
Erie
[cant read date] Huron Co OH DB15/505 Grantor: Abigail Shirley;
Erie
[cant read date] Huron Co OH DB 15/628 Grantor: Devisees of Abiather
Shirley; Erie
Huron Co OH Grantee Deed Index
1815 Huron Co OH DB 1/457 Grantee:
Abiather Shirley; Erie
1815 Huron Co OH DB 1/458 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1815 Huron Co OH DB 1/518 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1816 Huron Co OH DB 1/626 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1816 Huron Co OH DB 1/639 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1816 Huron Co OH DB 2/11 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1817 Huron Co OH DB 2/132 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1817 Huron Co OH DB 2/132 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1817 Huron Co OH DB 2/188 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1817 Huron Co OH DB 2/221 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1817 Huron Co OH DB 2/221 Grantee: Abiatha Sherley; Erie
1817 Huron Co OH DB 2/239 Grantee: Abiatha Sherley; Erie
1817 Huron Co OH DB 2/239 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1818 Huron Co OH DB 2/539 (mortgage) Grantee: Abiather Sherley
1818 Huron Co OH DB 2/765 (mortgage) Grantee: Abiather Sherley
1819 Huron Co OH DB 2/817 Grantee: Abiather Sherley
1820 Huron Co OH DB 3/55 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1820 Huron Co OH DB 3/136 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1821 Huron Co OH DB 3/238 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1823 Huron Co OH DB 3/619 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1822 Huron Co OH DB 3/660 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1823 Huron Co OH DB 3/719 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1824 Huron Co OH DB 4/122 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1824 Huron Co OH DB 4/183 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1825 Huron Co OH DB 4/544 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1826 Huron Co OH DB 4/578 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1824 Huron Co OH DB 4/667 (mortgage) Grantee: Abiather Shirley;
Erie
1827 Huron Co OH DB 5/116 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1827 Huron Co OH DB 5/142 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1827 Huron Co OH DB 5/143 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1831 Huron Co OH DB 6/510 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1831 Huron Co OH DB 6/583 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1831 Huron Co OH DB 6/586 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1833 Huron Co OH DB 7/635 Grantee: Abiather Shirley; Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 8/638 Grantee: William B Shirley; Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 8/639 Grantee: Abigail Shirley; Erie
1834 Huron Co OH DB 8/639 Grantee: John R Shirley; Erie
[can't read date] Huron Co OH DB 8/643 Grantee: Charles D Shirley;
Erie
[can't read date] Huron Co OH DB 16/32 (mortgage) Grantee: Abigail
Shirley
July 16, 2020
Warren Co
PA Lineage Update I worked
today with a descendant of the Shirley
family of Warren Co PA to significantly re-arrange previously
posted lineage claims. This family is currently attached to Branch
25 of New Hampshire. After considerable research a few years
ago, I deleted numerous lineage problems long posted to the Shirley
website, claimed by descendants who were applying for DAR membership.
Thanks to Claire C.who today answered several of my pending puzzles
(previously posted to the page in red text)
July 8, 2020
Sorry for the lack of posting
here. I've been spending time this summer continuing my project
to clean up Shirley lineages, verifying, adding more recent generations,
etc. Also helped several people with their research queries.
I typically use queries as an opportunity to add research items
to various pages in the members' section connected to the family
being researched. Usually small items, nothing earth shattering.
May 6, 2020
I posted the following original wills
to their respective England
county pages in the members' section
London and Middlesex
1617 Commissary Court of London
Will
of John Sherley laborer of St Mary Mat.(Whitechapel) Original will - 23/97 LW&T. The ninth
day of October. I John Shirley of St Mary Whitechapel in the
county of Middlesex laborer. To my wife Jane during her life
and after her death to William Shirley my brother's son. His
marke wit: Henry Mallory. Proven 1617
1643 Original
Will of William Shirley (mentions his landlady at Poplar
Stepney)
1678 Commissary Court of London
Original
Will of Alice Shurley, wid. of Limehouse Mdx. (page
2) O.W. 36 278 (23 40)
1678 Original
Will of Standardine Shirley of Whitefriars London
1697 Original
Will of Christopher Shirley of St Andrew Holborn Middlesex
1747 Original
Will of William Shirley of Chiswick Middlesex
1828 Consistory Court Diocese
of London Original
Will of Andrew Shirley, Gentleman of Saint Martin in the
Fields
(page
2) Address: Northumberland
Street, Strand; Microfilm Reference: X019/033 Folio/Page: 157
Essex
1698 Original
Will of William Shirley of Waltham Abbey Essex
May 3, 2020
Northern Ireland
Branch - I created a
new Shirley branch for Northern Ireland
Londonderry
5. Robert
Shirley of Caheny Townlands, Aghadowey Parish, Londonderry; Born about 1835 (age at death); He was
Presbyteriran but his children were raised as Catholics; He died
at Caheney in 1874, age 39; Married Elizabeth Hutchinson New
April 24, 2020
England Branch - I created a new Shirley branch for
Lincolnshire England
Lincolnshire
1. Shirley
Family of Grantham and Caistor Lincolnshire. This family
were notable makers of windsor chairs
April 19 2020
I posted the following transcription
to the Scotland
page in the members' section
Scotland
1881 Census Households
March 24, 2020
BREAKTHROUGH I have formally merged USA branches 26,
27 and 28 together. Long suspected and accepted as brothers based
on family tradition as well as DNA match; But I now have significant
evidence their surname was originally SHIREY (as also long suspected),
and that the 3 boys John Daniel and Peter were the sons of John
and Magdalena SHIREY of York Co PA.
26. Shirey/Shirely
of York PA - John
Shirey/Shirely b. ca 1778, wife Christina Youst. Came from York Co. Pennsylvania to
Frederick Co. Virginia in 1822.
Now includes
Branches #27 and #28
27. Peter
Shirely - b. ca 1794,
York PA; wife Elizabeth. Branch merged with #26
28. Daniel
Shirely - b. ca 1792,
wife Anna Flynn. Lived
Morgan Co. Virginia
Branch
merged with #26
March 10, 2020
NEW BIBLE IMAGES - Thanks to Susan who has generously
shared her research, photos and documents for a sub-branch of
Shirley
Branch #21
Branch #21
NEW (Thanks to Susan) Bible of Zachariah
Shirley (born 1819, lived
Shenandoah Co VA) Other surnames mentioned: Koontz, Norrel, Fritsch,
Strachan , Kouder, Hoffman, Martin, Sauermann; Marriages,
Births,
Births
(page 2), Deaths
NEW (Thanks to Susan) Bible of Christian
Shirley (born 1835, lived
Shenandoah Co VA) Other surnames mentioned: Andrews, Roller,
Horner, Miller, Brumback, Rosenberger Births,
Marriages,
Deaths
March 7, 2020
I posted the following abstraced records
to the Warren
Co GA page in the members' section
Warren Co GA
1817 Warren Co Tax List
Capt McCrary's District 154
William Shirley 1 poll; 0 slaves;
153 ac Warren Co; Grantee: Brooks and others; Rocky Comfort River;
Adj: Railey; Tax 00.57.8 1/4
Nathan Shirley 1 poll; 0 slaves;
125 ac Warren Co; Grantee: Stanford; Rocky Comfort River; Adj:
Hall; Tax 00.40.6 1/4
1850 (couriously begins Aug 1848)
Warren Co Estate Final Returns page 154 - The estate of Nathaniel
Shurley and William Shurley in account with Charles Shurley admin
[list of voucher payments beginning Aug 1848]
1850 Dec 25 To Mahalay Parker
receipt for her distributive share of said estate as per
voucher 39 $144.50
1850 Dec 25 To William Dye receipt for same as per ditto
40 $144.50
1851 Jany 8 To Catherine Shurley receipt for her share
as per voucher 41 $144.50
1850 Dec 25 To Mary Shurley receipt for same as per voucher
42 $144.50
1850 Dec 25 To Thomas Shurley receipt for same as per
voucher 43 $144.50
1850 Dec 25 to Elizabeth Shurley receipt for same as per
voucher 44 $144.50
1850 Dec 25 to Nathan Shurley receipt for same as per
voucher 45 $144.50
Retained by the Admr [Charles Shurley] as his distributive
share $145.50
March 6, 2020
New and ?Important I posted this very interesting tax record
to the new Granville
Co NC page in the members' section. The name David Shirley
is quite rare in Shirley families, and a David Shirley appears
for a few decades in the NC counties of Dobbs/Greene etc. The
courthouses in those counties burned and so the new item may
be the break in the brick wall long needed for families originating
out of Dobbs Co NC (example: Darlington SC Shirley families)
Granville Co NC
1755 Granville Co NC Tax List
David Shirley 1 wh 0 bl 1 total
March 4, 2020
I posted the following abstracts to
the Sumter
Co GA page in the members' section
Sumter Co GA
1862 December
1 - Sumter Guardian Bonds Book 13 pg 79 - Henry Bradley with
Alexander W Wheeler and Joseph a Cobb security; Henry Bradley
appointed guardian of the property of Susan Shirley orphan child
of Uriah Shirley deceased
1862 Sept 15
- Temporary Admininstrative Bonds - Joseph B Murphey with Jesse
Hardy security bound onto Louis Bounes/Brines, county ordinary,
temporary letters of administration on the goods and chattels
of Matilda Shirley, deceased.
1863 January
10 - Temporary Admininstrative Bonds - Joseph B Murphey with
Littleton P Dorman security bound onto Louis Bounes/Brines, county
ordinary, temporary letters of administration on the goods
and chattels of Bryant Shirley, deceased.
February 28, 2020
I posted the following abstracted item
to the Houston
Co GA page in the members' section
Houston Co GA
1857 Dec 7 - Guardian Bond Book
A page 52 - Guardian: John R Jordon, Security: William Nelson,
William T Scott; Bond: $6,000; Orphans: John A Shurley, Thomas
E Shurley, Nancy A Shurley children of William T Shurley deceased
1858 July 12 - Guardian Bond
Book A page 61 - Guardian: Ann T Shurley, Security: William
T Scott and William Nelson; Bond: $8,000; Her minor children:
John A Shurley, Thomas E Shurley and Nancy A Shurley
February 24, 2020
I posted the following original deed
documents to the Orange
VA page in the members' section. Note: the following James
Shirley (married Ann) is not the same James Shirley (married
Judith) of next door Culpeper Co VA, Branch 21. I actually theorize
this James Shirley is the brother of Richard Shirley of Laurens
Co SC and of William Stubley Shirley of Georgia - as described
in old transcriptions of the bible of W S Shirley. But just a
theory, no proof
Orange Co VA
1763 Orange
Co VA DB 13 p 363 (page
364). (On margin "Exd an Deld to John Deer Dept 1767").
Indenture 25 Nov 1763 betw Uriah Garton, house carpenter and
Mary his wife and James Shirley, taylor for L50, grant
100 ac bounded George Smith, Stephen I. K. Smith, Bridge on Beaverdam
Run...Wit: Roger Bell, Saml. Brockman, Zachy Taylor. Recorded
26 Nov 1763. <Uriah Garton> <Mary Garton>
1765 Orange
Co VA DB 14 pp 26-27 (page
28). Indenture 26 Sep 1765 betw James Shirley and Ann
his wife and Uriah Garton for L50 grant all that tract formerly
conveyed to Shirley by the aforesaid Garton, containing 100 ac
bounded Mountain road, Beaverdam, Sam Kerchewal, Elijah Garton,
Wm Moore, Mr Terrill's line..Wit: elijah Garton, Francis Garton,
Rebeckah (X) Stevens; Recorded 26 Sep 1765 <James Shirley>
<Ann (X) Shirley>
1766 Orange
Co VA DB 14 pp 122-123. (On margin "Ex'd and del'd to
Tho Gholson"). Indenture 8 Sep 1766 betw Uriah Garton and
Mary his wife and James Shirley for L18 sell two tracts
formerly conveyed by Uriah Garton to James Bradley containing
65 ac, bounded Stephen I.K. Smith, Larkin Chew. Wit: William
Cooke, Stephen I.K. Smith, John (X) Bradley, Benja Cave, Mary
Burrus, John Hobday. Recorded Orange Co 35 Mar 1767. <Uriah
Garton> <Mary Garton>
1773 Orange
Co VA DB 16 p 165 (page166).
(On Margin "Exd and Deld. to sd Shirley Apl 1778").
Indenture 1773 betw Benjamin Cave and Ruth his wife and James
Sherley for L20 sold 40 acres part of tract formerly belonged
to John Wormley gent, bounded James Smith in old original line
betwixt Larkin Chew, deceast, and John Wormley, gent...Plank
bridge run; Henry Wood (no witnesses listed) Recorded Orange
Co 25 Nov 1773 <Benja Cave> <Ruth (X) Cave>
1778 Orange
Co VA DB 17 pp 60-61 (page
62) (On margin "Exd and Deld to sd Homes Octr 26 1780")
Inenture 1778 24 Sep betw James Sherley and Ann his wife and
Alexander Homes for L200 sell certain tract being part that formerly
belonged to John Wormley gent now in possession of sd Shirley...112
ac bounded the road at the dirt bridge; Henry Wood; Stephen I.K.
Smith: small branch; James Smith; Benja Cave; Beaverdam Run to
a beach; Plank brodge...Rec 24 Sep 1778 <James Shirley>
<Ann (X) Shirley>
February 22, 2020
NEW BIBLE IMAGES - Thanks to Susan who has generously
shared her research, photos and documents for a sub-branch of
Shirley
Branch #21
Branch #21
NEW (Thanks to Susan) Bible of Zachariah
Shirley (married Barbarah
Keagey); He died in Madison Co VA; His descendants lived in Shenandoah
Co VA; Births and deaths. Other surnames mentioned: Keagey; Marriages,
Births,
Deaths
February 14, 2020
SHIRLEY BRANCHES
REVIEW PROJECT If you
do not see many posts here, it's not because I am ignoring Shirley
research. For the last 6 months or so, I have been systematically
reviewing 100s of the various US and international Shirley
branches featured in the non-members' section of the website.
I am updating the lineages bringing male Shirley lines more toward
the 1900s. But as I review each branch, I am also taking time
to re-think brick walls and to check sources for overlooked documents
and clues. You will see these updates, now with the header:
This
Lineage page last reviewed and updated [date]
For example, I spent 4 hours
or so yesterday updating US Branch #47. I also researched their
residences in Cole and Cedar Counties Missouri and added a few
documents to those pages in members' section
47. Nathan
Shirley
b. ca.
1805 SC. Lived in Greene Co TN in 1830 and Cole Co MO in
1840. Children lived in Cedar Co MO. Appears to be a brother
of an Isaac Shirley and John Shirley who appear in Greene Co
TN in 1830
The day before
I reviewed and updated US Branch #51, specifically the addendum
lineage on this page, that of Zebedee P Shirley of Parker Co
Texas
51. William
Dearing Shirley - b. ca 1800 TN, living Montgomery Co. IL in 1850
Census, wife Jane
January 30, 2020
Thank you to a historian who contributed some
of his research that involved Warren Shirley, son of John, son
of Ferrers
Shirley of Branch 34. Warren Shirley apparently died on route
out west
On April 25, 1849, William Z.
Walker was traveling overland while en route to California. That
day he was in or near Independence, Missouri and wrote in his
diary "Shirley taken with the Cholera." On April 26
he noted "Mr. Shirley died in the afternoon at 4 oclk. appointed
a committee to look after his effects." April 27– "Went
to Kansas [City] & attended the funeral of Mr. Shirley."
The May 1, 1910 issue of the
Boston Sunday Globe, p. 76, c. 1-5 has an autobiography of Brigadier
General Nathan A. M. Dudley. In 1849, he also was en route overland
to California and was in the Independence/Kansas City, Missouri
area and wrote that "Shirley is dead. Cholera had taken
him... conduct his funeral... coffin of rough black walnut...
bier for carrying the body to the grave... pallbearers... deep
grave... chaplain reading the 25th chapter of Corinthians..."
On May 21, 1849, the Boston Courier
published an article by Robert C. Nichols which states that "Warren
Shirley of Boston died on the 26th, after 15 hours illness."
One other 1849 newspaper account
from Louisiana agrees with the forgoing facts.
From the above material and information
from numerous other sources about deaths in that area in 1849,
Shirley probably died near what is now Westport, Missouri (presently
located in Kansas City, Missouri). Walker's words "Went
to Kansas [City] & attended the funeral" are not clear
if he went to Kansas City and *also* went to the funeral or the
funeral was *in* KC.
January 13, 2020
WEBSITE TO
GO DOWN TEMPORARILY?
- I'm changing domain name hosting companies to save money. The
Shirley Association website might go down briefly during the
transition (so I'm warned)
January 2, 2020
England Branch - I researched and posted the following
new Shirley lineage to the England
section in the non-members' area
Derbyshire
6. Shirley
families of Ashbourne Parish. These Shirleys left wills in
the late 1500s, early 1600s. There is some indication the surname
was alias Cook. Not well traced as yet. NEW
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