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Ann Shirley, widow of Isfield Sussex (of that aristocratic
Shirley branch) died in Bexley Kent in 1623, but it is not likely
the family found later in this parish are of the Isfield Sussex
family.
This Lineage was Reviewed
and Updated in December 2021
Nicholas Shearley of
Bexley Kent; born 2 October 1723; Two of his children
were married at St George Hanover Square, Westminster. His daughter
Elizabeth was identified as "of this parish" at the
time of her marriage there. Nicholas Shearley died 22 August
1755 and was buried at Bexley Kent
1754 Kent Poll: Solomon Ware: freehold at Bexley; h &
l: occupier: Nich. Shirley
1755 October 24 - Household inventory of Shirley, Nicholas,
parish of Bexley, co. Kent. Catherine Shirley, widow, relict
and adtrix. PROB 3/54/46 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 page 6 -
Bexley Church M.I. Here lieth the Body of Nicholas Shearly
who was born October 2nd 1723 and died August 22 1755.
married Katherine Swain on 28 September 1748
at St Luke's church, Old Charlton parish, Kent; She appears to
have remarried to Thomas Townham/Newnham on 13 April 1758 at
Bexley following the death of her husband Nicholas Shearley in
1755.
28 September 1748 Nicholas Shirley married Catherine Swaine
at Old Charlton, Kent - Saint Luke
28 September 1748 Nicholas Shirley single, age 25 (b 1723)
married Catherine Swain single age 30 (b 1718) at Diocese of
Rochester, Kent
children:
1(i). Susanna Shearly chr 27 Dec 1748 at Bexley; She
died 26 December 1803/5; She married Henry Humphry
1 Dec 1773 at St Mary le Bone, Middlesex - Henry Humphry,
bachelor married Susanna Shearly, spinster of St Mary Aldermary
London; Wit: Elizabeth Shearly, T B
Bexley Church M.I. Susannah wife of Mr Henry Humphry
of Oxford Street London eldest daughter of the late Nicholas
& Catherine Shearly who died 26 December 180(?3 or 5) aged
57. Also Mr Henry Humphry Husband of above 25 December 182(?5)
aged 79.
1(ii). Thomas Shearley chr 21 Nov 1750 at Bexley; Occupation:
Butcher; He died about 1827 in Bexley Kent, buried at Cobham
Parish churchyard, Kent, age 78
1785 July 21 Thomas Shearley butcher of Bexley appointed
Borsholder replacing William Hooker - West Kent Quarter Sessions
Dated 27th April 1822 - PCC Will of Thomas Shearley of
Bexley, Butcher. First, all his debts, funeral and probate costs
to be paid. His freehold house and shop, with garden and outhouses;
his freehold land in Bexley and all other real estate in Bexley,
to his son, Thomas, for ever, but subject to certain charges.
If son, Thomas dies in his father's lifetime, leaving issue,
then his bequest to his children, equally shared; but if he leaves
no children, then the bequest goes to son, John, for ever. His
trade as a butcher and profits, with horses, cattle, live and
dead stock and implements of trade, all ready money, household
goods, furniture, china, glass, beer, wine and liquors, property
and effects, (except plate and linen), all debts due to business,
to son Thomas, subject to Thomas paying his debts and paying
his mother, Elizabeth and brother William, £50 each. Also
to wife, Elizabeth, all plate and linen and an annuity of £60
for life, chargeable on his freehold property. His freehold called
Jeskins and all other freehold estate in Cobham, to his wife,
for life. After her death, then to son John, for ever. If John
dies in his lifetime, then to his children, equally shared. If
John leaves no children or his children die under 21 years, then
the estate to son Thomas, for ever. His farm called Grays in
St. Paul's Cray and Chislehurst, which he holds from the Right
Honourable Lord Sydney, with all crops, hay, corn, straw, fodder,
manure and other produce, to son Thomas, subject to certain condition
and payment of rent and taxes. His farm at Hockenden in St. Mary
Cray, which he holds from James Chapman, Esquire, with all the
crops, to son John, subject to certain conditions and payment
of rent and taxes. All his horses, cows, bullocks, pigs, sheep
and other live stock, wagons, carts, ploughs, harrows, harness,
rolls and other implements, on his farms of Grays and Hockenden,
to sons, Thomas and John, equally shared, to avoid dispute, the
division to be made by his friend, Thomas Stranger of Orpington,
but if he is dead, then by such person chosen by his wife and
son in law, John Cook. He has paid the rent of Hockenden for
four years in advance; son John is to pay his brother, Thomas,
half of such rent paid after testator's death. To daughter, Elizabeth
Shearley, £1,000; to daughter, Ann wife of John Cook of
Bexley, Miller, £500, these sums to be paid within 5 years
of his death, by sons, Thomas and John, half from his property
at Bexley by Thomas and half from property at Cobham, by John,
after the death of his wife. Within a month of his death, son
Thomas will enter a bond, in double penalty, to his daughters,
for payment of half of each daughters legacy. If any daughter
dies in his lifetime, their legacy to her children, equally shared,
If she dies leaving no children, then Ann Cook's legacy to her
husband, if living, but if dead, then to daughters, Elizabeth
and Susan, equally shared. He is executor and residuary legatee
of his brother in law, William Comport and is to pay a £200
annuity to brother in law, George Comport and an annuity to Hannah
Couch. He gives all his money in the Public Funds and leasehold
estate in Cobham, now let to [ ] Parks, to his executors, upon
trust. They shall pay the annuities. The surplus income of the
latter, to sons Thomas and John, equally shared. If his funds
are not enough to pay the annuities, the the shortfall to be
made up by his sons, in equal shares. To his daughters, Elizabeth,
Ann and Susan, additionally, £4,000, equally shared, after
the death of George Comport, this is the sum that the latter's
annuity is funded from. If any daughter dies in his lifetime,
then their share to their children, equally shared. To his wife,
a further annuity of £40 to be paid by his sons, equally
shared. Residue of personal estate, to his two sons, equally
shared. If son John is a minor at testator's death, then his
wife and John Cook will be his guardians during his minority,
son Thomas will farm the Hockenden business. If either of his
sons died in his lifetime, leaving children, then their legacy
to his children at 21 or day of marriage, if girls, if sooner.
If either die leaving no children, who live to 21, then, or John
survives his brother but dies a minor, then their legacies to
his daughters, equally shared, or to the children of any who
have died, equally shared at 21 years. Trustees to invest funds
in Government or Real securities and use the interest earned,
to fund the maintenance and education of any of his children
who are minors. He appoints his wife, son Thomas and son in law,
John Cook, executors. Witnesses: Thomas Broadly Fooks, Attorney
of Dartford, Thomas Brown Preston of Bexley and George Rapley
of Bexley. Proved 2nd November 1827
Cobham Parish Kent Churchyard MI
Sacred
to the Memory of
WILLIAM COMPORT Esq.
who departed this life
(much lamented)
the fifteenth day of January
in the year of our Lord 1816
in the 53rd Year of his Age
Here also lieth interred
CATHERINE SHEARLEY his niece
who departed this life
(most deeply beloved)
the second day of October
in the year of our Lord 1812
in the 19th Year of her Age
Mr THOMAS SHEARLEY
late of Bexley in this
County
died 27th September 1827
Aged 78 Years
Also ELIZABETH SHEARLEY
Relict of the above
July 1836 Aged 74 Years
married Elizabeth Comport on 18 August 1783 at St George
Hanover Square, Westminster; She is named in the wills
of her son John and spinster daughter Elizabeth Shearly; She
was buried at Cobham Kent on 13 July 1836, age 74; She was the
sister of William Comport of Cobham Kent
Thomas Shearly married Elizabeth Comport on 18 Aug 1783
at St.George Hanover Square, Westminster
1800 - Prerogative Court of Canterbury Will Dated 26th
October Will of William Comport of Shorne, Farmer To brother
in law, Thomas Shearley, all his money in the Stocks and elsewhere,
all his goods, chattels, stock in trade and all other property;
Thomas Shearley to pay testator's brother, George, £200
per annum, by 4 quarterly payments. Witnesses: Charles Kite,
the mark of Bridget Gouch and William Rolfe. Codicil made same
day He has conveyed his property to Thomas Shearley, except the
the £200 per annum to his brother, George. His freehold
estate is bequeathed entirely to Thomas Shearley. Witnesses:
As on will Codicil 14th January 1816 He gives his housekeeper,
Bridget Gouch, £40 per annum for life. Witnesses: R. H.
Beaumont and Edward Edwards Proved 16th February 1816
PCC Will of Elizabeth Shearly Widow of Bexley , Kent 21
June 1837 PROB 11/1880 - I give my book case in my parlor to
my grandson Robert Cook. All the residue to my son Thomas Shearly.
Executor son Thomas Shearly. 23 April 1835
children:
2(i). William Shearley chr 9 Mar 1784 at Bexley; mentioned
only briefly in father Thomas Shearley's 1822 will. Identified
in 1839 as William Shearly "jnr" as the owner of Four
Acre Field in Bexley, then occupied by his brother Thomas Shearley,
thus he may be absentee. He may be the William Shirley age
67 (b 1784) Bexley Kent, surgeon not practicing, widowed living
in HH of Robert Greenhalgh at Tottenham Court St Pancras London
in 1851 census. This William Shearly was a distinguished member
of the Royal College of Surgeons, London with numerous medical
publications to his credit. He practiced at Deal Kent, the location
of a Royal Naval Hospital; Lived at St Mary Lambeth Surrey in
1841 census, age 55, surgeon, wife Charlotte, dau Catherine age
10 (Note: the connection between William
the royal surgeon and Bexley is made in the 1851 census, but
need say an apprentice record, or military record)
may be the person who
married Charlotte Cross by license 14 January 1817 at St
Mary Lambeth Surrey. William Shearly was then a resident of Deal,
Kent, bachelor; She was apparently dead by 1851 census
children:
3(i). William James Shearly baptised 2 February 1818 at
Deal Kent to William and Charlotte Shearley; Not living with
parents in 1841 census
large gap in births
3(ii). Catherine Charlotte born 31 July 1831 at St Mary
Newington Surrey, daughter of William Shearly surgeon of rockingham
Row and wife Charlotte, age 10 in 1841 census. She may have married
William Charles Cripps, gent. solicitor
2(ii). Thomas Shearley chr 30 Oct 1785 at Bexley; buried
19 March 1786 at Bexley Kent, died young
2(iii). Thomas Shearley of Bexley, butcher chr 14 Jan
1787 at Bexley; He was apprenticed to James Cross wheelwright
for 7 years in October 1805; He was named in father's 1827 will;
named by his mother Elizabeth as heir of all of her property
in 1835. Named by his sister Elizabeth in her 1832 will as the
heir of all her property; Living at Bexley Kent in 1851 census,
age 63, occupation: butcher; Also living in the household in
this census is Susannah Shearly a "cousin" age 56 born
Wilbracht Street Cavendish Square [St Marylebone Parish, Middlesex]
Enumerated at Bexley in 1861 census, age 75 (again 'cousin' Susanna
Shearly age 73 in HH), He died 8 April 1862 at Bexley and was
buried at Bexley Kent on 15 April 1862, age 75.
1805 October 21 - Freedom of the City Admission Papers
- That Thomas Shearly son of Thomas Shearly of Bexley in Kent
Butcher doth put himself apprentice to James Cross Citizen and
wheelwright of London...for 7 years
1839 July 17 - Tithe Award - Bexley, Kent
Owner: Thomas Shearley; Occupier: Thomas Shearley
Land 0.1.16
Meadow 1.3.17
Meadow 3.0.24
House yard and buildings 0.1.10
Garden 0.0.17
Total 6.0.4
Owner: William Shearly Jnr Occupier: Thomas Shearly
"Four Acre Field" 3.3.35
Probate Administrations: 3 May 1862. The Will of Thomas
Shearly late of Bexley in the co Kent butcher dec'd who died
8 April 1862 at Bexley aforesaid was proved at the Principal
Reg by the oaths of Elizabeth Shearly of Bexley afsaid widow
the Relict and Thomas Dann of the same place esq the Executors.
{Val of estate Sept 1864 under L2,000)
married 1) Mary Cannon on 4 February 1830 by license
(date of mar. bond and marriage rec.) at Saint George Hanover
Square Middlesex. She was buried at Bexley Kent on 27 October
1836, age 37 The Bexley parish register says buried 3 November
1836, age 37)
London and Surrey Marriage Bonds - 3 February 1830 Thomas
Shearly of the parish of Bexley in co Kent a bachelor of age
of 21 years and upwards...matrimony in the parish church of St
George Hanover Square MDX between him and Mary Cannon of the
sd parish of St George Hanover Square spinster of the age of
21 years (Note parish records show the marriage the same day:
Wit: Thos Moffett, Mary Deacon)
Bexley Churchyard MI - Elizabeth Shearly of this parish
died 4 October 1832 aged 40. Also Mary Shearly wife of Thomas
Shearly of this parish 27 October 1836 aged 37
married 2) Elizabeth Selwood on 15 February 1841 at
All Souls Church St marylebone Middlesex. She was the
spouse in the 1841, 1851, age 1861 census households. She was
buried at Bexley on 7 January 1870, age 73.
16 Feb 1841 All Souls Church Marylebone MDX - Marriage
between Thomas Shearly age 54 widower, butcher of All Souls son
of Thomas Shearly butcher and elizabeth Selwood age 44 Spinster
of All Souls daughter of Thomas Selwood, brewer. Wit John Parry,
EH ?Pans, Jas Greenstreet
children:
3(i). Nicholas Shearly born 13 September 1833 at Bexley
Kent; chr 10 January 1834 at Bexley Kent, to Thomas and
Mary Shearly, age 17 in 1851 census; Not living with father in
1861 census household; Not found in
later census, did he die, or did he migrate to Quebec Canada,
marry there and raise a family? (need proof of this) Some have
pinpointed this Nicholas Shearly as living at Belringham House
Sutton valence Kent in the 1850s, but there is a different Shirley
family in SV at that time, and Belringham House was a magnificent
Georgian home - occupied by a 25 year old, father still living?
(was destroyed by fire in 2021) And that Nicholas Shearly esq
of Belringham House Sutton Val. died 13 Mar 1860, age 69 (Morning
Post newspaper). Find him in the lineage below.
2(iv). Nicholas Shearley chr 18 Jun 1790 at Bexley;
buried 18 January 1792 at Bexley Kent died young
2(v). Elizabeth Shearley, the younger, chr 22 Jul 1792
at Bexley; named in her father Thomas Shearley's 1827 will; buried
11 Oct 1832 at Bexley; PCC will probated 1832, spinster
Bexley Churchyard MI - Elizabeth Shearly of this parish
died 4 October 1832 aged 40. Also Mary Shearly wife of Thomas
Shearly of this parish 27 October 1836 aged 37
PCC Will of Elizabeth Shearly, Spinster of Bexley , Kent
29 November 1832 PROB 11/1808 to mother Elizabeth Shearly. To
friends Frances Burgen of Bexley, Thomas Gann of Bexley, and
John Gann. To brother Thomas Shearly of Bexley, butcher.
2(vi). Catherine Shearley chr 20 Apr 1794 at Bexley;
not named in any family probate. She died 2 October 1812, age
19 and was buried at Cobham Kent, according to an MI inscription
of William Comport at Cobham parish churchyard, died young
2(vii). Ann Shearley chr 13 Dec 1795 at Bexley; She
married John Cook 7 Jan 1817 at Bexley; named in her father Thomas
Shearley's 1827 will; She was named in her brother John Shearley's
1833 will; She lived at Dartford
2(viii). Susanna Shearley chr 29 Jul 1798 at Bexley;
She married George Wilding on 7 Aug 1828 at Bexley Kent; She
is named in her father Thomas Shearley's 1827 will; She was named
in her brother John Shearley's 1833 will; She lived at Dartford
2(ix). Nicholas Shearly chr 16 Juul 1800 at Bexley;
Not named in his father or mother's will. Likely the Nicholas
Shearly, infant buried at Bexley on 4 September 1800, died
young
2(x). John Shearley, gent. chr 31 Jan 1804 at Bexley;
Named in his father Thomas Shearley's 1827 will; PCC will probated
1833, of Orpington Court Lodge. He does not name any wife or
children in his 1833 will.
PCC Will of John Shearly, Gentleman of Orpington Court
Lodge , Kent 28 August 1833 PROB 11/1820 page 2. He named his
mother Elizabeth Shirley and his sister Ann who married John
Cook of Dartford Kent and sister Susanna who married George Wilding.
He also named as his executors Nicholas Shearley of Cavendish
Square, Welbeck Street Middlesex, butcher and David Griffiths.
This Nicholas is likely his 1st cousin,
see below
1(iii). Elizabeth Shearley chr 13 Dc 1752 at Bexley;
She married John Huggins of Cobham Kent on 27 January 1780 at
St George Hanover Sq Westminster
Note: St George Hanover Square Westminster - 27 January
1780 - John Huggins of Cobham Kent and Elizabeth Shearly of this
parish. by license
1793 Prerogative Court of Canterbury Will Dated 2nd May
1793 John Huggins, Butcher [of Cobham Kent]. He appoints his
wife, Elizabeth, cousin James Hulkes and brother in law, Thomas
Shearly, executors. James Hulkes of Strood, Baker, his late uncle,
bequeathed , by his will, dated 4th July 1776, the dividends
and profits of the rest and residue of his ready money, debts,
plate, linen, woollen, pewter, brass, beds, bedding, household
stuff and implements, goods, chattels and personal estate, to
his wife, Ann, for her lifetime. After her death, then to his
nephews and nieces, children of his brother, Thomas Hulkes and
his sisters, Ann Hurt and Elizabeth Huggins, in equal shares.
The testator, John Huggins, will be entitled, on the death of
his aunt Ann Hulkes, to a share of his uncle's personal estate.
If he dies before his aunt, his executors to pay his widow, his
share of the bequest. All his stock in trade, ready money, plate,
linen, woollen, pewter, brass, beds, bedding, household stuff
and implements, goods, chattels and personal estate, after his
debts, funeral and probate costs are paid, to his wife, Elizabeth.
Witnesses: R. Hurt and Thomas Marson, Attorney, of Strood. Proved
3rd May 1799
1(iv). Catherine Shearley chr 22 jan 1755 at Bexley
1(v). Nicholas Shearley, butcher of Welbeck Street St Marylebone
MDX chr 22 Feb 1756 at Bexley apparently born after the
death of his father Nicholas Shearley; His children were
christened at St Marylebone Parish, Middlesex. He is taxed on
land in St Marylebone Parish Middlesex beginning in 1791 through
at least 1799 (end of data). He died 30 December 1824, age 69.
His burial memorial is found in the churchyard of St Mary and
St Nicholas, Leatherhead, Surrey If
son Thomas Shearly did not leave male issue then this Shirley
family died out in the male line
4 March 1790 Insured: Catherine Cates,
73 Welbeck Street, widow; Other property or occupiers: Shirley,
butcher
1809 October 6 - Records of Sun Fire
Office. Insured: Nicholas Shearley, 73 Welbeck Street, butcher
1814 May 25 - Records of Sun Fire
Office. Insured: 73 Welbeck Street (Nicholas Shearley butcher)
31 July 1816 Insured: His Grace The
Duke of Portland Other property or occupiers: 73 Welbeck Street
(Nicholas Shearly butcher);
7 August 1817 Insured: His Grace
the Duke of Portland Other property or occupiers: 73 Welbeck
Street (Nicholas Shearly butcher)
St Mary and St Nicholas Churchyard
- Leatherhead, Mole Valley District, Surrey, England(south side)
In memory of/Nicholas Shearly/who died December 30th 1824/aged
69 years/also Rebecca wife of the above/who died August 4th 1807/aged
50 years. (east side) In memory of John Nettlefold/son of Nicholas
and Rebecca Shearly/who died December 3rd 1808/ aged 10 years.
(north side) In memory of Nicholas Shearly/son of Nicholas and
Rebecca Shearly/who died March 13th 1860/aged 68 years. (west
side) In memory of /Rebecca/ daughter of /Nicholas and/Rebecca
Shearly/ who died/September 2 1828/ aged 27 years.
married Rebecca Nettleton on 13 Mary 1785 at Leatherhead
Parish, Surrey. She was buried on 11 August 1807 at Leatherhead
Parish Surrey, "age 50"
13 March 1785 Nicholas Shearly married
Rebecca Nettlefold, Leatherhead, Surrey
St Mary and St Nicholas Churchyard
- Leatherhead, Mole Valley District, Surrey, England(south side)
In memory of/Nicholas Shearly/who died December 30th 1824/aged
69 years/also Rebecca wife of the above/who died August 4th 1807/aged
50 years.
children:
2(i). Catherine Shearley chr 21 February 1786 at Saint Marylebone Parish
to Nicholas and Rebecca Shearly
2(ii). Mary Catherine Shearly chr 19
July 1787 at Saint Marylebone Parish to Nicholas and Rebecca
Shearly; She was buried at Leatherhead Surrey on 9 December 1787,
died young
2(iii). Susannah Shearley chr 6 July 1788 at Saint Marylebone Parish to
Nicholas and Rebecca Shearly; She lived with 1st cousin Thomas
Shearly of Bexley, Kent in 1851 census and 1861 census (see above)
2(iv). Elizabeth Shearly chr 14 June 1790 at Saint Marylebone Parish
to Nicholas and Rebecca Shearly
2(v). Nicholas Shearley, gent chr 31 August 1791 at Saint Marylebone Parish
to Nicholas and Rebecca Shearly; He was very likely the Nicholas
Shearly of Welbeck Street of Cavendish Sq [St Marylebone] Middlesex,
butcher, who was co-executor of his 1st cousin John Shearley's
1833 will (see above); He lived both at 73 Welbeck Street and
at Belringham House, Sutton Valence Kent; He was enumerated at
Marylebone Middlesex in the 1851 census, age 59, unmarried, occupation:
retired butcher; In his household was Charles Sanders (cousin)
and Elizabeth Huggins (cousin) and Ann Sanders (cousin). He died
13 March 1860. His will was probated in the general registry
in 1860. His burial memorial is found in the churchyard of St
Mary and St Nicholas, Leatherhead, Surrey
1852 Poll of Knights of the Shire
- Sutton Valence
Shearly, Nicholas, Welbeck St, London
and Belringham House, Sutton Valence
(same for 1859, except only mentioning
Belringham House)
1860 Gentleman's Magazone - Obituaries
- March 13 - At his residence, Sutton Valence Kent, aged 69,
Nicholas Shearly, esq.
1860 Probate Register - 27 March.
The Will of Nicholas Shearly formerly of Welbeck street Cavendish
square in the County of Middlesex and late of Sutton Valence
near Maidstone in the county of Kent gentleman deceased who died
13 March 1860 at Bellringham House Sutton Valence aforesaid was
proved at the Principle Registry by the oath of James Huggins
of Clarence place Gravesend in the said county of Kent esquire
the surviving executor Effects under L30,000
Leatherhead Parish Surrey Churchyard
MI - In memory of Nicholas
Shearly/son of Nicholas and Rebecca Shearly/who died March 13th
1860/aged 68 years.
2(vi). Thomas Shearley chr 7 September 1794 at Saint Marylebone Parish
to Nicholas and Rebecca Shearly Nothing
more known
2(vii). Henry Shearly chr 27 July 1796 at Saint Marylebone Parish
to Nicholas and Rebecca Shearly; He was buried on 26 October
1800 at Bexley Kent "from London"; Most certainly the
following:
1800 An Inquisition taken on view
of the body of Henry Shearly. An Inquisition taken at the house
of Thomas Bunce the sign of the coach and horses in Welbeck Street
in parish of St Mary le Bone Middlesex the 22nd day October in
40th year of George III. George Hodgson gent coroner. View the
body of Henry Shearly then and there lying dead. Henry Shearly
came to his death upon their oath in the 17th day of October
the the year aforesaid being in a room there wherein there was
a fire it so happened that the said fire caught the cloaths which
the said Henry Shearly then and there had on his body by means
whereof he was very much scorched and burnt of which scorching
and burning he languished until the 22nd day of October and then
died. Said Henry Shearly in manner and by means aforesaid accidentally
came to his death and not otherwise. Signed John Curtis foreman,
Robert Citle, John Simpson, James Wall, John Sizeland, John Coy,
Thomas Watson, Wiliam Strickland, John Robertson, Thomas Hammon,
William Hewet, Jonathan Fisher. (on verso) 22 Oct 1800.(London
Metropolitan Archives)
2(viii). John Nettlefold Shearly chr 21 July 1799 at Saint Marylebone Parish
to Nicholas and Rebecca Shearly; He died 3 December 1808, age
10. His burial memorial is found in the churchyard
of St Mary and St Nicholas, Leatherhead, Surrey, buried 11 December
1808 at Leatherhead Parish, Surrey, died
young
Leatherhead Parish Surrey Churchyard
MI - In memory of John Nettlefold/son
of Nicholas and Rebecca Shearly/who died December 3rd 1808/ aged
10 years.
2(ix). Rebecca Shearley chr 17 February 1802 at Saint Marylebone Parish
to Nicholas and Rebecca Shearly Her burial memorial is
found in the churchyard of St Mary and St Nicholas, Leatherhead,
Surrey; She was buried 9 September 1828 at Leatherhead Parish,
Surrey, Residence: London, died young
Leatherhead Parish Surrey Churchyard
MI - In memory of /Rebecca/
daughter of /Nicholas and/Rebecca Shearly/ who died/September
2 1828/ aged 27 years.
Orphington Christenings
1715 Dec 16 Elizabeth Shirly chr to John Shirly at Orphington
Kent
Bexley christenings
27 Dec 1748 SHEARLY, SUSANNA born to NICHOLAS SHEARLY and
KATHARINE
Abt 21 Nov 1750 SHEARLEY, THOMAS born to NICHOLAS SHEARLEY and
KATHERINE
13 Dec 1752 SHEARLEY, ELIZABETH born to NICHOLAS SHEARLEY and
CATHARINE
22 Jan 1755 SHEARLEY, CATHERINE born to NICHOLAS SHEARLEY and
CATHERINE
22 Feb 1756 SHEARLY, NICHOLAS born to NICHOLAS SHEARLY and CATHARINE
9 Mar 1784 SHEARLEY, WILLIAM born to THOMAS SHEARLEY and ELIZABETH
Abt 30 Oct 1785 SHEARLEY, THOMAS born to THOMAS SHEARLEY and
ELIZABETH
Abt 14 Jan 1787 SHEARLY, THOMAS born to THOMAS SHEARLY and ELIZABETH
18 Jun 1790 SHEARLEY, NICHOLAS born to THOMAS SHEARLEY and ELIZABETH
22 Jul 1792 SHEARLEY, ELIZTH. born to THOS. SHEARLEY and ELIZTH
20 Apr 1794 SHEARLEY, CATHERINE born to THOS. SHEARLEY and ELIZTH.
13 Dec 1795 SHEARLEY, ANN born to THOS. SHEARLEY and ELIZTH.
29 Jul 1798 SHEARLY, SUSANNA born to THOS. SHEARLY and ELIZTH.
31 Jan 1804 SHEARLY, JOHN born to THOS. SHEARLY and ELIZTH.
.
10 Jan 1834 SHEARLY, NICHOLAS born to THOMAS SHEARLY and MARY
Bexley MI
83. Here lieth the Body of Nicholas SHEARLY who was born October
2nd 1723 and died August 22 1755. Thomas NEWNHAM died August
4 1764 aged 34. Mrs Catherine Newnham widow of above Nicholas
Shearly --------- (under grass).
84. Low table Elizabeth SHEARLY of this Parish died (?4) October
1832 aged (?4)0. Also Mary Shearly wife of Thomas Shearly of
this Parish 27 October 1836 aged (?3)7.
86. Susannah wife of Mr Henry HUMPHRY of Oxford Street London
eldest daughter of the late Nicholas & Catherine SHEARLY
who died 26 December 180(?3 or 5) aged 57. Also Mr Henry Humphry
Husband of above 25 December 182(?5) aged 79.
1841 Bexley Kent Census
Thomas Shearley abt 1791 Kent, England Bexley Kent
Elizabeth Shearley abt 1801 Bexley Kent
Denne Shearley abt 1821 Kent, England Bexley Kent
Nicholas Shearley abt 1834 Kent, England Bexley Kent
1851 Bexley Kent Census
Thomas Shearly Head M 63 Bexley, Kent; Occ: Butcher
Elizabeth Shearly Wife F 56 Not Known
Nicholas Shearly Son M 17 Bexley, Kent
Susannah Shearly Cousin F 56 Wilbracht
St Cavendish Square (b 1795, is this wrong, see 1861),
Ann Watkins F 21 Bexley, Kent
Henry G Carvill M 27 Knockholt, Kent
Thomas Wymark M 21 Hastings, Sussex
1861 Bexley Kent Census
Thomas Shearly Head M 75 Bexley, Kent; Occ: Baller
Elizabeth Shearly Wife F 54 Pimlico,
Susannah Shearly Cousin F 73 , (b 1788
A Susanna Shearly, d/o Nich and Reb was chr St Marylebone 1788)
Richard Chard Servant M 29 ,
William Waters Servant M 18 ,
Henry Prince Servant M 18 ..., Kent
Sarah Saddler Servant F 26 ,
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Shearleys
of Bexley and Cobham