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1(vii). Deacon Thomas Shirley born 1728; He died Feb 27, 1808 Goffstown Hillsborough New Hampshire (aged 80) He moved to Goffstown in 1761 and settled upon Shirley Hill on land purchased from John and Mary Holmes for the sum of 2600 pounds (old tenor). Deacon Thomas was prominent in the affairs of the town, one of those commissioned to buy powder, lead and flints in 1774, and later was one of a committee appointed by the town to see that the quota was full. Served under two different enlistments in the Revolutionary service and took an active part in town affairs in he days of the Revolution. He adhered to his Presbyterian faith like all the other Scotch-Irish emigrants, but united with the Congregational Church in 1801,  Shirleys of Shirley Hill, Goffstown, Hillsborough Co NH

See old postcard image of Shirley Hill House Here

married Margaret Shirley (daughter of Capt. James Shirley) ca 1752. She died May 10,1820 aged 93.

children:

2(i). Jane Shirley born Aug 16 1757 at Chester, Rockingham Co NH. She died Nov 21, 1838. She married Robert Patten 1787 son of Matthew and Elizabeth (McMurphy) Patten, born Aug 13, 1757 of Bedford NH. He died Dec 17, 1817. They had 7 children.

2(ii). Mary "Polly" Shirley born _____. She married Robert Gilchrist (brother of Alexander Gilchrist)

2(iii). James V. Shirley born Jan 18 1759 at Chester, Rockingham Co NH; Living with son Robert Shirley family in 1850 Hillsborough NH census; He died Mar 31, 1855 (aged 96) Goffstown, Hillsborough Co NH

He was three years old when his family moved to Shirley Hill in Goffstown in 1762 and rode there on horseback behind his mother and she carried baby Ann in her arms. He lived on the homestead on Shirley Hill. He or his father or maybe both, owned and operated a sawmill on the Piscataquog River north of the residence of the late Calvin Wyman known as the Shirley's Falls.

married 1) Mary Moore in 1782. She was the daughter of Col. Daniel Moore and Nancy Cox. She was born Oct 26, 1759 and died July 1, 1822

married 2) Abigail Colby McCutchins of New London. She died Dec 6, 1855.

children:

3(i). Nancy Shirley born 1784 in Goffstown, NH. She died Dec 12, 1818. She married Joshua Vose

3(ii). Jane Shirley born October 31, 1786. She died Dec 9, 1865. She married Wm. McKinney. He died July 16, 1859. (they lived Newburg, Indiana)

3(iii). Thomas Shirley born in 1789 Goffstown NH. He died May 13, 1834 at Satartia, Yazoo Co Mississippi age 45. He never married. (He went South to teach). There is an old monument in the Shirley Hill Cem in Goffstown, Hillsborough Co NH with his death date (as well as his brothers Gillman and William Shirley)

3(iv). Daniel Moore Shirley born July 3, 1791 Goffstown, NH. He died Aug 23, 1855 He kept a tavern one year in 1825 on the Dana or Abram Richards place. He later moved to Shirley Hill where he lived on a part of the original homestead farm. The house was the second two story house built in town. He did an extensive business in farming & butchering.

3(v). James Shirley born May 5, 1794. He died Aug 8, 1863 at Vicksburg Warren Co MS; Shirleys of Vicksburg Mississippi

James graduated at Dartsmouth College and read law at Albany New York. He soon left for Augusta GA resuming studies and having charge of an academy there. He began practice at Florence Alabama and pursued it at Huntsville Alabama and finally settled at Vicksburg. His character was unblemished, his benevolence exalted, and his loyalty to the Union uncompromising. It was at his plantation that the interview occurred between General Grant and Pemberton, which lead to the surrender of Vicksburg.

Grant invested Vicksburg in May 1863 and laid siege to the City, his entrenchments went through Shirley's front yard and his house was destroyed and General Grant gave him possession of a rebel's house. Shirley's house was known as the "White House". The Vicksburg seige was a severe shock to his nervous system and he died in 1863. The house can still be seen at the Vicksburg Military Park in Vicksburg today!

Shirley House, Vicksburg MS during the Civil War seige

married 1) Harriet Walsworth of Norwich, CT in 1820,

married 2) Andeline Quincy in 1835. She was the daughter of Abraham Quincy of Boston MA.; She died 1888, age 77 (tombstone)

children:

4(i). James Jay Shirley born 1825. He died in 1852 in Mississippi before the Civil War (son of Harriet)

married Harriet ____

children:

5(i). Emma Shirley born ____. She married Andrew Criddle and they resided in Clinton MS

4(ii). Frederick Shirley born 1836. He died 1873 Never married

4(iii). Alice Eugenia Shirley born May 2, 1844. She married General John Eaton, United States Commissioner of Education. He graduated class of 1854.

4(iv). Robert Quincy Shirley born November 29, 1847 at Vicksburg, Warren Co MS; He was an At-Large Cadet at West Point Military Academy, June 18 1865 and remained there until discharged in July 1, 1868. He died of Consumption, September 11, 1879, in Logan City, Cache, Utah (no children)

married Margaret Parks. She remarried Albert Shorten on 19 Apr 1894 at Logan Cache Co UT.

3(vi). John Shirley born December 10, 1797; They lived at Suspension Bridge New York for a while. In 1832 they were living Melbourne Canada. For a time he kept tavern at the Dana or Abram Richards place on the Wallace Road. He was living in Haverhill, Essex Co Mass in 1850 and lived in Chautauqua Co NY in the mid 1850s; He died Oct 20, 1886 Shirleys of Essex Mass and Niagara Co NY

3(vii). Gilman Shirley born 1799. He died Aug 18, 1822, age 23 at Gilmanton Academy, Franklin Co. Alabama, unmarried. There is an old monument in the Shirley Hill Cem in Hillsborough Co NH with his death date (as well as his brothers Thomas and William Shirley)

3(viii). William Shirley 1802 d. Aug 25, 1824 Courtland, Franklin Co. Alabama, age25. There is an old monument in the Shirley Hill Cem in Hillsborough Co NH with his death date (as well as his brothers Gillman and Thomas Shirley)

3(ix). Robert Moore Shirley born January 5, 1808. He died in 1889, For fifty years, Robert was one of the prominent farmers and business men of the county. He lived on the old homestead in Goffstown for a long time and them moved to Manchester where he died. Shirleys of Goffstown and Manchester NH

2(iv). Ann Shirley born January 10 1761 at Chester Rockingham Co NH. She died April 17, 1787

2(v). Agnes Shirley born February 17, 1763 Goffstown

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		*1(vii). Deacon* Thomas Shirley born 1728; He died Feb 27, 1808 Goffstown Hillsborough New Hampshire (aged 80) He moved to Goffstown in 1761 and settled upon Shirley Hill on land purchased from John and Mary Holmes for the sum of 2600 pounds (old tenor). Deacon Thomas was prominent in the affairs of the town, one of those commissioned to buy powder, lead and flints in 1774, and later was one of a committee appointed by the town to see that the quota was full. Served under two different enlistments in the Revolutionary service and took an active part in town affairs in he days of the Revolution. He adhered to his Presbyterian faith like all the other Scotch-Irish emigrants, but united with the Congregational Church in 1801, Shirleys of Shirley Hill, Goffstown, Hillsborough Co NH** See old postcard image of Shirley Hill House Here married Margaret Shirley (daughter of Capt. James Shirley) ca 1752. She died May 10,1820 aged 93. children: 2(i). Jane Shirley born Aug 16 1757 at Chester, Rockingham Co NH. She died Nov 21, 1838. She married Robert Patten 1787 son of Matthew and Elizabeth (McMurphy) Patten, born Aug 13, 1757 of Bedford NH. He died Dec 17, 1817. They had 7 children. 2(ii). Mary "Polly" Shirley born _____. She married Robert Gilchrist (brother of Alexander Gilchrist) 2(iii). James V. Shirley born Jan 18 1759 at Chester, Rockingham Co NH; Living with son Robert Shirley family in 1850 Hillsborough NH census; He died Mar 31, 1855 (aged 96) Goffstown, Hillsborough Co NH He was three years old when his family moved to Shirley Hill in Goffstown in 1762 and rode there on horseback behind his mother and she carried baby Ann in her arms. He lived on the homestead on Shirley Hill. He or his father or maybe both, owned and operated a sawmill on the Piscataquog River north of the residence of the late Calvin Wyman known as the Shirley's Falls. married 1) Mary Moore in 1782. She was the daughter of Col. Daniel Moore and Nancy Cox. She was born Oct 26, 1759 and died July 1, 1822 married 2) Abigail Colby McCutchins of New London. She died Dec 6, 1855. children: 3(i). Nancy Shirley born 1784 in Goffstown, NH. She died Dec 12, 1818. She married Joshua Vose 3(ii). Jane Shirley born October 31, 1786. She died Dec 9, 1865. She married Wm. McKinney. He died July 16, 1859. (they lived Newburg, Indiana) 3(iii). Thomas Shirley born in 1789 Goffstown NH. He died May 13, 1834 at Satartia, Yazoo Co Mississippi age 45. He never married. (He went South to teach). There is an old monument in the Shirley Hill Cem in Goffstown, Hillsborough Co NH with his death date (as well as his brothers Gillman and William Shirley) 3(iv). Daniel Moore Shirley born July 3, 1791 Goffstown, NH. He died Aug 23, 1855 He kept a tavern one year in 1825 on the Dana or Abram Richards place. He later moved to Shirley Hill where he lived on a part of the original homestead farm. The house was the second two story house built in town. He did an extensive business in farming & butchering. 3(v). James Shirley born May 5, 1794. He died Aug 8, 1863 at Vicksburg Warren Co MS; *Shirleys of Vicksburg Mississippi* James graduated at Dartsmouth College and read law at Albany New York. He soon left for Augusta GA resuming studies and having charge of an academy there. He began practice at Florence Alabama and pursued it at Huntsville Alabama and finally settled at Vicksburg. His character was unblemished, his benevolence exalted, and his loyalty to the Union uncompromising. It was at his plantation that the interview occurred between General Grant and Pemberton, which lead to the surrender of Vicksburg. Grant invested Vicksburg in May 1863 and laid siege to the City, his entrenchments went through Shirley's front yard and his house was destroyed and General Grant gave him possession of a rebel's house. Shirley's house was known as the "White House". The Vicksburg seige was a severe shock to his nervous system and he died in 1863. The house can still be seen at the Vicksburg Military Park in Vicksburg today! Shirley House, Vicksburg MS during the Civil War seige married 1) Harriet Walsworth of Norwich, CT in 1820, married 2) Andeline Quincy in 1835. She was the daughter of Abraham Quincy of Boston MA.; She died 1888, age 77 (tombstone) children: 4(i). James Jay Shirley born 1825. He died in 1852 in Mississippi before the Civil War (son of Harriet) married Harriet ____ children: 5(i). Emma Shirley born ____. She married Andrew Criddle and they resided in Clinton MS 4(ii). Frederick Shirley born 1836. He died 1873 Never married 4(iii). Alice Eugenia Shirley born May 2, 1844. She married General John Eaton, United States Commissioner of Education. He graduated class of 1854. 4(iv). Robert Quincy Shirley born November 29, 1847 at Vicksburg, Warren Co MS; He was an At-Large Cadet at West Point Military Academy, June 18 1865 and remained there until discharged in July 1, 1868. He died of Consumption, September 11, 1879, in Logan City, Cache, Utah (no children) married Margaret Parks. She remarried Albert Shorten on 19 Apr 1894 at Logan Cache Co UT. 3(vi). John Shirley born December 10, 1797; They lived at Suspension Bridge New York for a while. In 1832 they were living Melbourne Canada. For a time he kept tavern at the Dana or Abram Richards place on the Wallace Road. He was living in Haverhill, Essex Co Mass in 1850 and lived in Chautauqua Co NY in the mid 1850s; He died Oct 20, 1886 *Shirleys of Essex Mass and Niagara Co NY* 3(vii). Gilman Shirley born 1799. He died Aug 18, 1822, age 23 at Gilmanton Academy, Franklin Co. Alabama, unmarried. There is an old monument in the Shirley Hill Cem in Hillsborough Co NH with his death date (as well as his brothers Thomas and William Shirley) 3(viii). William Shirley 1802 d. Aug 25, 1824 Courtland, Franklin Co. Alabama, age25. There is an old monument in the Shirley Hill Cem in Hillsborough Co NH with his death date (as well as his brothers Gillman and Thomas Shirley) 3(ix). Robert Moore Shirley born January 5, 1808. He died in 1889, For fifty years, Robert was one of the prominent farmers and business men of the county. He lived on the old homestead in Goffstown for a long time and them moved to Manchester where he died. *Shirleys of Goffstown and Manchester NH* 2(iv). Ann Shirley born January 10 1761 at Chester Rockingham Co NH. She died April 17, 1787 2(v). Agnes Shirley born February 17, 1763 Goffstown
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