| |
This Lineage Last Updated
September 2020
Capt. James Shirley
of Islington, Middlesex. born say 1710; He
died in the command of the Dolphin 20 of the East India
Station. His PCC will was probated in 1774 naming 2 sons and
a daughter
1774 Will of James Shirley esq of Islington Middlesex.
Captain in the Royal Navy. Tenament in Dark Town Plymouth Devon,
two sons Thomas Shirley and James Shirley, good friend Henry
Appleton, daughter Mary Fitzwarrin wife of John Fitzwarrin esq,
granddaughter Ann Fitzwarrin. Dated 21 Jan 1774. Wit: Thomas
Hindman, Joseph Pitt, John Armbridge. Proven by Thomas and James
Shirley esqs, sons. 1774 [PROB 11/997 158]
Jas Shirley (1762) who died in command of the Dolphin 20
on the East India station in 1774.
married ____________
Likely the "Mr James Shirley of
Plymouth" who married Margaret Hodge at St Stephens by Launceston
Cornwall on 21 March 1727 and who had dau Mary bapt 16 Oct 1730
and son Thomas bapt 16 Sept 1731 at the same place
children
1(i). Mary Shirley; She married John Fitzwarren, esquire;
Their daughter Ann was named in Capt James Shirley's 1774 will
1(ii). Thomas Shirley, Surgeon of Islington, esquire -
born about 1729; He inherited certain properties at St Stephens
and St Thomas near Launceston Cornwall; He died at Islington
1805
PCC Will of Thomas Shirley, Surgeon of Islington , Middlesex
. I give and devise unto my nephew George James Shirley a captain
in the Royal Navy who now resides at Lymington in the County
of Southampton my messuages lands townlands and hereditaments
situate and in parish of Saint Stephens and Saint Thomas near
Launceston in the county of Cornwall. To my servants. To my son
Alfred Shirley who now resides with us. Alfred sole executor.
Wit: Edward Toller, doctors Commons, J. Birkwood, Richard Allumy.11/1434
Proven 07 November 1805 by Alfred Shirley, esquire.
Medic Apprentice Records -
1729 a1805 SSS Shirley, Thomas MRCS, Surgeon, Islington Middlesex,
777/Cur
18 March 1771 (M) Shirley, Thomas, Surgeon, Islington Middlesex,
Joseph Pitt
12 July 1759 (M) Shirley, Thomas, Surgeon etc, Islington John
Reynolds
married Martha Mary ________, She married next
Colbert Was she much younger than her husband,
implied dates in son Alfred's will don't seem right?
children:
2(i). Alfred Shirley named in the will of his father
Thomas Shirley; His own will probated 1841
PCC Will of Alfred Shirley, Surgeon of Islington , Middlesex
- Bequeath unto my dear mother Martha Mary Colbert now residing
with me at Islington all leases and leasehold premises and all
money. Wit: Harriett Isaack, Elenor Holden. 11/1943 Proven 04
March 1841 by Eliza Ann Shirley widow the relict of the said
deceased [Martha Mary Colebert died in the lifetime of the testator
and after the execution of the will intermarried with the said
Eliza Ann Shirley with no issue of said marriage]
married Eliza Ann______
no children
1(iii). Capt. James Shirley He died 1777 off the coast
of Newfoundland in command of the frigate, Vestal
married _________
children:
2(i). Vice Admiral George James Shirley born about
1768 (age 77 at death); He was commander of the Red, 1840;
Buried at Bath Abbey, Somerset; His PCC will was probated in
1845
George James Shirley died 2 Aug 1845 at Bath age 77. He
was son of Capt Jas. Shirley (1772) who was lost when in command
of the Vestal frigate with alll on board on the banks of Newfoundland
in 1777; and grandson of Capt Jas Shirley (1762) who died in
command of the Dolphin 20 on the East India station in 1774.
This officer entered the Navy 18 May 1779 as A.B. on board
the Robust 74 Capts Alex Hood (afterwards Lord Bridport) and
Philip cosby employed in the Channel and on the coast of North
America. In March 1782 he removed as Midshipman (a rating he
had attained in Oct 1780) to L'Espion, Capt Thos Revell Shivers
stationed in teh West Indies; he next, in May 1783 joined the
Scipio Capt John Nicholson Inglefield; guard-ship at Sheerness;
and from May, 1785 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in
Nov 1790 he was employed in North America and the Channel as
masters mage in teh Weazle and Thisbe, both commanded by Capt.
Sam Hood and London 98, Capt Wm Domett, flag-ship of Sir Alex
Hood. His next appointments were on the Home station - 1 Paril
and 27 Sept 1791, to the Thorn and Spitfire sloops, Capt. John
Woodleya dn Philp Chas Durham - 15 June 1793 to the Hebe frigate,
Capt Alex Hood and 18 Aug 1794 to the Royal George 100, bearing
the flag of Lord Bridport. By the latter nobleman he was placed
in acting command 11 Sept 1797 of the Megaera fire-ship, and
26 Apr 1798 of the Mars 74. He was confirmed to teh Megaera 11
Sept 1797 and to the Mars by a commission bearing the same date
as his acting order. During the above period he was often in
battle and was several times wounded. In the Royal George he
was present in the aciton off the Ile de Groix 23 June 1795 and
in the mutiny at Sptihead. An attack of rheumatic gout induced
by frequent exposure to wet and cold compelled him in Aug 1798
to leave the Mars and prevented him from afterwards going afloat.
From 26 March 1804 until the corps was disbanded in Feb 1810
he commanded the Poole district of Sea Fencibles. he became Rear-Admiral
on retired half-pay 2 June 1825; and was placed on the active
list of Vice-Admirals 12 Nov 1840. He was married and has left
issue.
PCC Will of George James Shirley, Vice Admiral in Her Majesty's
Navy of Bath , Somerset - a funeral as my daughter Georgiana
wishes. To my daughter [Aicteica] the wife of Mr William Hale.
Legacies to Mrs Elizabeth Baggs. Friends Mr. Frederick Doroding
and Mr Henry Hill executors. To my daughters in law Mrs Henry
Counce and Mrs Henry Hayter a mourning ring [ long will with
codicil] Wit: Jos Wyat , gent, Hig' Baggs grocer - 11/2023
Memorial location: Bath Abbey, Bath, England : Transcript:
'Sacred to the memory of George James Shirley Esqr Vice Admiral
of the Red who died in this city August 2nd 1845. This tablet
is erected by his bereaved daughter as a small token of her affection
and regard'
note: Admiral George James Shirley was the son of Captain
James Shirley, who in turn was the son of Dr. Shirley.
married ________
children:
3(i). Georgiana Laura Shirley baptised 1802 at Lymington
Hampshire, age 48 in 1851 Walcot Somerset census; Named
in the 1845 will of her father; She died 19 June 1879, her estate
probated 18 July 1879
18 July The Will of Georgina Laura Shirley formerly of
34 Gay-street but late of 14 Queen's-square both in Bath in the
County of Somerset Spinster who died 19 June 1879 at 14 Queen's-square
was proved at the Principal Registry by William Hale of 2 St.
Mildred's.court in the City of London Gentleman the Nephew the
sole Executor. L300
3(ii). Alethea Walter Shirley baptised 1806 at Lymington
Hampshire; Named in the 1845 will of her father; She married
Mr. William Hale on 20 September 1827 by license at Boldre Hampshire
Other Shirleys of Islington Middlesex
The Environs of London Vol 3
Islington Parish Records – John Shurley buried Dec 30
1679. John Shirley, who died at Islington on the 28th Dec of
that year and was buried in the churchyard published the Life
of Sir Walter Raleigh, and some chirurgical tracts [note: this
commentary may be in error. Several of the books attributed to
this John Shirley appear many years after 1679. One source, identifying
3 John Shirleys as comtemporary writers still attributed the
Raleigh book to the above, but assigned the other books to other
John Shirleys]
Dictionary of National Biography
Shirley, John (1648 - 1679), author son of John Shirley, bookseller
of London was born in the parish of St Botolph Aldersgate on
7 Aug 1648. He matriculated from Trinity Col Oxford on 17 Mar
1665 became a scholar in 1667 graduated BA on 18 Feb 1668 and
MA on 28 Nov 1671. and in 1673 acted as terrae filius. Soon after
he was elected a probationary fellow, but was expelled for immoral
conduct before his term of probation had expired. He returned
to London and having married the daughter of an innkeeper of
Islington, made a livelihood by correcting for the press. He
died at Islington on 28 Dec 1679. He was the author of ‘The
Life of the Valiant and Learned Sir Walt. Raleigh Kt with his
Trial at Winchester’ London 1677, Svo.
1. John Shirley, bookseller
- PCC Will 1666
Smyths Obituaries
Mr. John Shirley bookseller in Little Brittain Jan 23 1665
1666 Shirley, John of St Botolphs Aldersgate London citizen
and habedasher
2 Jan 1665, 17 Charles II. John Sherley of St Buttolph without
Aldergsgate citizen and haberdasher of London. After debts paid
all good to be divided 1/4 to daughter Rebecca, 1/4 to son John
Shirley, 1/4 to son Benjamin Shirley, 1/4 to daughter Ann Shirley,
to the poor of St Buttolphs Aldersgate London. Son John Shirley
and daughter Rebecca Shirley executors. Appoint friends Richard
Smith gent, Robert Marshall Thomas Hinton and Richard Arnold
to be overseers. Presence of Marmaduke Thompson William Bower
Sr and Thomas Woodward. Proven by John Shirley and Rebecca Shirley
Feb 1666. PCC 11/319 p 256.
Married Anne _______
2. Rebecca Shirley - b. 1 Sept 1641 St Botolphs Aldersgate
P.R.
2. Rebecca Shrley - b. 17 Oct 1645 St Botolphs Aldersgate
P.R. - named in father's 1666 Will
2. John Shirley - b. 18 Aug 1648 St Botolphs Aldersgate P.R.,
died at Islington Dec 28, 1679 - named in father's 1666
Will
Oxford University Matriculation
John Shirley, son of John of London, pleb. Trinity College, matric.
March 17, 1664-5, aged 16; B.A. Feb 18, 1668-9, M.A. 1671, probationary
fellow, expelled when the year expired; born in parish of St.
Botolph, Aldersgate, Aug 7, 1648 (his father a bookseller), died
at Islington Dec 28, 1679. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.
(RALEIGH) (SHIRLEY, John) THE LIFE OF THE VALIANT & LEARNED
SIR WALTER RALEIGH, KNIGHT. WITH HIS TRYAL AT WINCHESTER. $450.00
London: Benj. Shirley and Richard Tonson, 1677. 12mo. 19th-century
calf. 243, (1) pages. First edition. A biography of Raleigh by
John Shirley (1648-1679), a son of the bookseller, who graduated
from Oxford in 1667, not the John Shirley who wrote The Triumph
of Wit. Bookplates, some minor water stains.
2. Benjamin Shirley - 18 Dec 1650 St Botolphs Aldersgate P.R.
2. Benjamin Shirley - 16 Mar 1652 St Botolphs Aldersgate P.R.
- named in father's 1666 Will
The Life of the Valient and Learned Sir Walter Ralegh, Knight,
with his Tryal at Winchester, London: printed by J. D. for Benj.
Shirley and Richard Tonsin, 1677.
[book title] London: printed for Benjamin Shirley, at his
shop under St. Dunstan's Dial, 1680
[not sure if the following are referring to same]
A sermon preach'd at the assizes holden at Abingdon, in the
County of Berks, July 14. 1713. ... By William Reeves. Reeves,
W. (1713). Oxford, printed by Leonard Lichfield for Benjamin
Shirley in Reading: and are to be sold by John Morphew London.
[book title] later it was in the possession of the Rev. Robert
Whitehall, Vice-Principal of New Hall, Oxford. His library was
sold by Benjamin Shirley ‘at Mrs Weaver’s Dancing-School
in Holywell,’ Oxford, on March 11, 1700, when this volume
was bought by ‘J. Urry’, probably John Urry (1666-1715),
B.A., Oxford, and editor of Chaucer.
Oxford Historical Society - Dec 22 (mon). "On Sunday
Dec 7 this month anno 1729 died at Reading in Berks, where he
hath lived with his wife many years, Mr. Benjamin Shirley, bookseller,
who lived formerly in Oxford and was a great Auctioneer there,
and much noted on that account, tho' nothing near so eminent
that way as Mr. Edmund Millington, a London bookseller, whom
he imitated, and who was certainly the most eminent auctioneer
that ever was or ever will be in England. He, the said Shirley,
died in an advanced age, being near fourscore."
2. Ann Shirley - named in father's 1666 Will
|
Shirleys of Islington