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New Hampshire Shirley Research
A few lineage oddities

Research on the various Alexander Shirleys

1. Alexander Shirley of Chester NH, born 1748, son of Thomas Shirley of Chester NH, married Mary Hunter, fought at Bunker Hill, brother of John Shirley, Rev'l War soldier, died 1814 in Chester NH age 66, left a bible record of children

2. Alexander Shirley of Noodles Island Chelsea Mass., son of UKNOWN. born about 1717, married Eleanor McCerdy, married Molly King. Had children baptized at Christ Church Boston, died 1800 at Noodles Island. Clearly related to #1

3. Alexander Shirley born 1765 at Boston, son of Alexander Shirley of Noodles Island. Not traced.

4. Alexander Shirley born before 1755 or 1760-70 according to various census, son of UNKNOWN, appears in early Dutchess, Ontario, and Seneca Co New York records. May be foreign/immigrant?

5. Alexand- Shirley born 1799 likely in Chester NH, son of Alexander Shirley #1 via his bible record. Untraced.

All records are for Rockingham Co NH except those in GREEN (for Suffolk MA) and BLUE (for New York)

Nov 15, 1750 Alexander Shirley m. Elenor McCerdy - Boston Suffolk Co MA Marriages and Births

1753 the town of Chester at an anual meeting voted that a Tract of land in the westerly part of Chester might be Incorporated into a parrish by certain boundary lines which are as follows.....[signatures]

Alexander Shirley (Is he the one who married Eleanor in Massachusetts, why back in New Hampshire then?)
Thomas Sherley Jun.

1755 Suffolk Co MA Tax List

Point Shirley rents

Alexander Shirley £1. 8

1757 Sept 4 Suffolk Co MA Christ Church births - Anna daughter of Alexander and Eleanor Shirley

1760 Apr 13 Suffolk Co MA Christ Church births - Robert son of Alexander and Eleanor Shirley

1763 Apr 17 Suffolk Co MA Christ Church births - Jane daughter of Alexander and Eleanor Shirley

1765 Dec 15 Suffolk Co MA Christ Church births - Alexander son of Alexander and Eleanor Shirley **

1769 Sept 25 Suffolk Co MA Christ Church births - Thomas son of Alexander and Eleanor Shirley "private"

Nov 10, 1774 Alexander Shirley m. Molly King - Boston Marriages and Births

1775 A Documentary History of Chelsea Massachusetts - Revolutionary War Regiments - Capt Samuel Sprague's Company 9th Company in the 37th Regiment commanded by Lt Colo Baldwin

August payroll. Company at Chelsea 1 September 1775

Alexander Shirley, Junr; Chelsea, private (He is apparently the one who fought at Bunker Hill)
James Shirley; Chelsea, private
John Shirley; Chelsea, private
Alexander Shirley; Chelsea, private (He is apparently the one born 1717, died 1800 at Noodles Island Chelsea, married Eleanor then Molly King)

*residences are found on an earlier muster list

1775 Mass. Arch., clxxx. 332. - A Documentary History of Chelsea MA, by Watts and Cutter

:"To the Honorable, the General Assembly, now setting at Watertown, in the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay:The Petition of Alexander Shirley, of Chelsea, in the Colony, aforesaid, Humbly Sheweth —

That, on the 27th day of May last, when a party of our soldiers went on Noddle's Island to bring the stock from thence, after they had brought it of[f], they set fire to my Hous, & Destroyed all my substance, goods, & provisions. & every thing I had, to amount of Seventy pounds, Lawfull Money, at least, whereby your Petitioner was reduced to Extreme poverty, having a large family of Children, & nothing to support them withal, whereby your petitioner and Family has Suffered Greatly, wherefore, your petioner Humbly prays, that this Honorable Court would be pleased to take his distressed condition into their Serious Consideration, and giant him such relief, as they in their wisdom shall think fit, and your petitioner, as in duty bound, shall ever pray.

Alexander Shirley.

If this Honorable Court is pleased to allow me anything, I Desire it may be paid into the hands of Deacon John Sale, for my relief. A. S. This may Certify, that I, the Subscriber, lived on Noddle's Island, when Mr. Alexander Shirley lost his goods, as set forth in his petition, and am knowing that he Lost to the value of what he sets forth, and a great deal more. Witness my hand. Isaiah Tay. Chelsea, march, 1776.

1776 June 8 [R. 189] Petition of the Shirleys, Bunker Hill Soldiers. - To the Honbl Council & House of Representatives in General. Assembly convened — Humbly Shew's, Alexander Shirley in behalf of himself & his Brother John Shirley Both of Chester in the county of Rockingham, that the said John & Alexander ware in the Battle at Bunkers hill in Cap' Kinsmans Company where they ware so unfortunate as to Loose one coat & jacket of Johns valued at Eight Dollers and one Coat of Alexanders valued at Eight Dollers & one Knapsack valued at half a Doller — to the am' in the whole sixteen Dollars, which your Petitioner Prays your honors would be Pleased to order them Pay therefor or Relieve them in any other w^ay your Honors sliall think Proper — and your Petitioner as in Duty bound shall Ever Pray &c. Alexander Shirley '' Dismissed " Exeter June the 8th 1776

1776 June 10 - Capt. Aaron Kinsman's Company [list of troops] - The History of Concord MA :Bouton, Nathaniel, p 266.

John Shirley * 2 8 0
Alexander Shirley* 2 11 0

* This may cartify that Alexander and John Shallery was in my company in Bunker Hill fight, and Alexander Shallery lost a cot and snapsack, to the valey of L2 11s, and John Shallery lost a cot and jacket to the valey of L2 8s. This is a true account as they to told soon after the fight June 10 1776 Aaron Kinsman, Capt.

1776 p373 Muster and payroll of men raised by Col Thornton's and Col Webster's regiment to serve in Capt Runnels' company, Col Thomas Tasker's regiment Sept 26 1776 [list of men] - History of old Chester : from 1719 to 1869; by Chase, Benjamin, 1869

James Sharley, A

Alexander Shirley, A

1776 Jun 22. NH Legislative Council. Voted, That Alexander Shirley receive out of the Treasury £2 lis., in full for his coat and knapsack, lost at Bunker-Hill fight, and that the President give order of payment. Voted, That John Shirley receive out of the Treasury £2 8s., in full for his coat and jacket, lost at Bunker-Hill fight, and that the President give order of payment.

1778 Rockingham NH deed - Alexander Sharley to David Jewett 111/459

1778 Rockingham NH deed - Alex'r Sharley et al to Ephraim Eaton 120/330

[1781 Marriage] Rev'l War Pension Application of Mary Shirley "...I am a claimant for a pension do certify and declare that I was married to the said Alexander Shirly in Chester in the county of Rockingham in said state of New Hampshire by the reverend Isaac Flagg of said Chester on the twelfth day of October in the year 1781. We were married in the said Flagg's house in said Chester and before marriage my name was Mary Hunter and I lived with my said husband until his death...." -7 May 1839

1781 Rockingham NH deed - Alex'r and Jas Shirley, husbandmen to Robert Warson 131/263, 4 acres, Lot 115

1782 Rockingham NH deed - Alex'r Shirley and James Shirley husbandmen to Stephen Merrill 235/154, Lot 115

1785 Rockingham NH deed - Alex'r Shirley et al to Samuel Murrey 127/146, 50 acres Lot 116

1785 Rockingham NH deed - Alex'r Shirley et al to John Clark 202/283, Lot 115

1793 Rockingham NH deed - Alex'r Sharley et al Thomas Towle 136/156, Lot 115

1799 Rockingham NH deed - Alex'r Sherley and James Shirley to Benj Melvin et al 153/69, 40 acres, Lot 115 (wives Susie Shirley and Mary Shirley also signed)

Note: all of these land sales by Alexander and James Shirley are chopping up a single 100 acre Lot #115 (and 116) in the 2nd part of the 2nd division in original right of John Lilly into tiny pieces.

1800 Rockingham Co NH census

Alexander Shirley 31001-30010 (age 45+, born before 1755)

1800 Dutchess County NY Census

Amenia

Alexander SHIRLEY; males: 2 under 10, 2 between 10&15, 1 of 45 and up; females: 1 under 10, 1 of 10 and under 16, 1 of 26 and under 45 (age 45+, born before 1755)

1800 Shirley, Alexander at Noodles Island (East Boston) Feb 17 1800 ae 83y (born about 1717) - Columbia Centinel - Index of Obituaries in the Boston Newspapers 1704-1800

1800 The Journal of a daughter of Henry Howell Williams of Chelsea and Noddles Island "On the 17th of February 1800, as the journal states, died Alexander Shirley, 'aged eighty-three, an inhabitant of the island for upwards of fifty years.' He went familiarly by the name of 'Governor' and in the account of his sickness and death he is spoken of by that name. Who he was is unknown, but probably was a laborer, judging from the follwoing record: '5th of February, 1795. Governor Shirley, an old man that has lived with papa ever since he has been on this island, was last Saturday taken sick,' etc. If these accounts are correct, he must have been upon the Island some years previous to its occupation by Mr. Williams. The funeral was attended on the 18th from the house of Mr. John Fenno, on the Boston side of the channel, and the deceased was buried in Copp's hill cemetery. The 'Governor' had a wife who lived upon the Island, and a daughter, Mrs Welsh, is mentioned as coming to the Island to see her mother on the evening of the funeral." (Note: Henry Howell Williams named a son John Shirley Williams) - A History of East Boston, with biographical sketches, page 329.

1801 Rockingham NH deed - Alex'r Shirley and James Shirley, husbandmen to Amos Kent 158/411, 5 acres, Lot #128 (signed by wives Mary Shirley and Susannah X Shirley)

1801 Rockingham NH deed - Alex'r Shirley and James Shirley to Amos Kent 191/20, 30 acres Lot #128 (wives Mary and Susannah Shirley release dower)

1802 Rockingham NH deed - Alex'r Sharlay and James Shirley to John Folsom 191/22, Lot 115

1804 Rockingham NH deed - Alex'r Shirley and James Shirley from Benj'n Brown and Henry Sweetser 175/221 - land in Chester known as Boston Lot of 150 acres which proprietors of Chester sold to Rev'd Moses Hale on which sd Shirleys now live, also Lot #91 in 4th division laid out to the right of John Libby.

1806 Rockingham NH deed - Alex'r Sherley and James Shirley to Jno Ray et al 176/154, 210 acres of land in 3 lots, the first 150 acres part of land originally granted to Rev'd Moses Hale, excepting....; the 2nd piece Lot #91 in the 4th Division laid out to John Lilly excepting 12 acres sold....for taxes; the 3rd piece is one twelth part of Lot #87 in the 4th Division laid out to the right of Ephraim Dennet

1810 Dutchess County NY census

Amenia

Alexander SHIRLEY; 2 males under 10; 2 males between 10 &16; 1 male over 45; 1 female under 10; 1 female between 10 & 16; 1 female between 26 & 45

1813 Dutchess Co Mortgages Vol 19 pg 410 - Mortgagee: Alexander Shurley; Mortgagor: Silas ray - Silas Ray and wife Hannah of Amenia Dutchess Co NY borrowed money from Alexander Shurley of same place, and promised to repay, with 2 acres as collateral. Wit: Thomas Pardee, Ashbel Porter, Lewis Warren, Cyrene Crosby witness for the woman. The debt was satisfied signed by Alexander Shurley on 27 December 1816 (discharged 21 August 1818)

[1814 Died] Rev'l War Pension Application of Mary Shirley - "I Thomas Shirley of Peeling in the county of Grafton and state of New Hampshire aged forty eight years and son of Alexander Shirley the revolutionary soldier and of Mary Shirley the widow of said Alexander Shirley which Mary Shirley is now a claimant for a pension do testify and say that my said father Alexander Shirley died in Bow in the county of Merrimac in this state on the 15th day of May in the year 1814 [Bow was located in Rockingham Co until 1820s] and that I attended his funeral and to the best of my recollection he was buried the day following his death an the widow the said Mary Shirley my mother has never since intermarried with any other person but has ever since remained single and unmarried and so still continues <Thomas Shirley> 7 May 1839."

NARA the Revoluntionary War records for Alexander Shirley and wife, Mary from Concord, New Hampshire. He enlisted in the town of Chester, NH, they married October 12, 1787, he died on May 15, 1814. A copy of a bible page lists the following:

Alexander Shirley was born 1744

Mary Shirley was born November 13, 1762

John Shirley was born January ? 1788

Mary Shirley was born January 5, 1789

Thomas Shirley was born May 3, 1791

James Hunter (?) Shirley was born November 29, 1793

Peggy Shirley was born August 1, 1795

Caty (?) Shirley was born February 20, 1797

Alexander Shirely, 1799

Samuel Shirley was born Jul7y 29, 1802

Silas Shirley was born ? 23, 1804

Lydia Shirley was born August, 8, 180?

Alexander Shirley died May 15, 1814, aged 66

Silas Shirley died October (?) 26, 1825

Samuel Shirley died May, 1837

Alexander Shirley married October 12, 1787

Thomas Shirley was married October 15, 1838 to Lydia McDuffie

1820 Ontario County NY Census

Phelps

Alexander Sherley p 283 males: 1 age 10-15, 1 age 16-18, 2 age 16-26, 1 age 45+; females: 1 age 16-26, 1 age 45+; 4 are foreigners, not naturalized

1830 Seneca County NY Census

Waterloo

Alexander Sherly; males: 1 age 60-70; females: 1 age 40-50 (born 1760-1770)

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		New Hampshire Shirley Research A few lineage oddities

		Research on the various Alexander Shirleys 1. Alexander Shirley of Chester NH, born 1748, son of Thomas Shirley of Chester NH, married Mary Hunter, fought at Bunker Hill, brother of John Shirley, Rev'l War soldier, died 1814 in Chester NH age 66, left a bible record of children 2. Alexander Shirley of Noodles Island Chelsea Mass., son of UKNOWN. born about 1717, married Eleanor McCerdy, married Molly King. Had children baptized at Christ Church Boston, died 1800 at Noodles Island. Clearly related to #1 3. Alexander Shirley born 1765 at Boston, son of Alexander Shirley of Noodles Island. Not traced. 4. Alexander Shirley born before 1755 or 1760-70 according to various census, son of UNKNOWN, appears in early Dutchess, Ontario, and Seneca Co New York records. May be foreign/immigrant? 5. Alexand- Shirley born 1799 likely in Chester NH, son of Alexander Shirley #1 via his bible record. Untraced. All records are for Rockingham Co NH except those in GREEN (for Suffolk MA) and BLUE (for New York) Nov 15, 1750 Alexander Shirley m. Elenor McCerdy - Boston Suffolk Co MA Marriages and Births 1753 the town of Chester at an anual meeting voted that a Tract of land in the westerly part of Chester might be Incorporated into a parrish by certain boundary lines which are as follows.....[signatures] Alexander Shirley (Is he the one who married Eleanor in Massachusetts, why back in New Hampshire then?) Thomas Sherley Jun. 1755 Suffolk Co MA Tax List Point Shirley rents Alexander Shirley £1. 8 1757 Sept 4 Suffolk Co MA Christ Church births - Anna daughter of Alexander and Eleanor Shirley 1760 Apr 13 Suffolk Co MA Christ Church births - Robert son of Alexander and Eleanor Shirley 1763 Apr 17 Suffolk Co MA Christ Church births - Jane daughter of Alexander and Eleanor Shirley 1765 Dec 15 Suffolk Co MA Christ Church births - Alexander son of Alexander and Eleanor Shirley 1769 Sept 25 Suffolk Co MA Christ Church births - Thomas son of Alexander and Eleanor Shirley "private" Nov 10, 1774 Alexander Shirley m. Molly King - Boston Marriages and Births 1775 A Documentary History of Chelsea Massachusetts - Revolutionary War Regiments - Capt Samuel Sprague's Company 9th Company in the 37th Regiment commanded by Lt Colo Baldwin August payroll. Company at Chelsea 1 September 1775** Alexander Shirley, Junr; Chelsea, private (He is apparently the one who fought at Bunker Hill) James Shirley; Chelsea, private John Shirley; Chelsea, private Alexander Shirley; Chelsea, private (He is apparently the one born 1717, died 1800 at Noodles Island Chelsea, married Eleanor then Molly King) residences are found on an earlier muster list 1775 Mass. Arch., clxxx. 332. - A Documentary History of Chelsea MA, by Watts and Cutter* :"To the Honorable, the General Assembly, now setting at Watertown, in the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay:The Petition of Alexander Shirley, of Chelsea, in the Colony, aforesaid, Humbly Sheweth — That, on the 27th day of May last, when a party of our soldiers went on Noddle's Island to bring the stock from thence, after they had brought it of[f], they set fire to my Hous, & Destroyed all my substance, goods, & provisions. & every thing I had, to amount of Seventy pounds, Lawfull Money, at least, whereby your Petitioner was reduced to Extreme poverty, having a large family of Children, & nothing to support them withal, whereby your petitioner and Family has Suffered Greatly, wherefore, your petioner Humbly prays, that this Honorable Court would be pleased to take his distressed condition into their Serious Consideration, and giant him such relief, as they in their wisdom shall think fit, and your petitioner, as in duty bound, shall ever pray. Alexander Shirley. If this Honorable Court is pleased to allow me anything, I Desire it may be paid into the hands of Deacon John Sale, for my relief. A. S. This may Certify, that I, the Subscriber, lived on Noddle's Island, when Mr. Alexander Shirley lost his goods, as set forth in his petition, and am knowing that he Lost to the value of what he sets forth, and a great deal more. Witness my hand. Isaiah Tay. Chelsea, march, 1776. 1776 June 8 [R. 189] Petition of the Shirleys, Bunker Hill Soldiers. - To the Honbl Council & House of Representatives in General. Assembly convened — Humbly Shew's, Alexander Shirley in behalf of himself & his Brother John Shirley Both of Chester in the county of Rockingham, that the said John & Alexander ware in the Battle at Bunkers hill in Cap' Kinsmans Company where they ware so unfortunate as to Loose one coat & jacket of Johns valued at Eight Dollers and one Coat of Alexanders valued at Eight Dollers & one Knapsack valued at half a Doller — to the am' in the whole sixteen Dollars, which your Petitioner Prays your honors would be Pleased to order them Pay therefor or Relieve them in any other w^ay your Honors sliall think Proper — and your Petitioner as in Duty bound shall Ever Pray &c. Alexander Shirley '' Dismissed " Exeter June the 8th 1776 1776 June 10 - Capt. Aaron Kinsman's Company [list of troops] - The History of Concord MA :Bouton, Nathaniel, p 266. John Shirley * 2 8 0 Alexander Shirley* 2 11 0 * This may cartify that Alexander and John Shallery was in my company in Bunker Hill fight, and Alexander Shallery lost a cot and snapsack, to the valey of L2 11s, and John Shallery lost a cot and jacket to the valey of L2 8s. This is a true account as they to told soon after the fight June 10 1776 Aaron Kinsman, Capt. 1776 p373 Muster and payroll of men raised by Col Thornton's and Col Webster's regiment to serve in Capt Runnels' company, Col Thomas Tasker's regiment Sept 26 1776 [list of men] - History of old Chester : from 1719 to 1869; by Chase, Benjamin, 1869 James Sharley, A Alexander Shirley, A 1776 Jun 22. NH Legislative Council. Voted, That Alexander Shirley receive out of the Treasury £2 lis., in full for his coat and knapsack, lost at Bunker-Hill fight, and that the President give order of payment. Voted, That John Shirley receive out of the Treasury £2 8s., in full for his coat and jacket, lost at Bunker-Hill fight, and that the President give order of payment. 1778 Rockingham NH deed - Alexander Sharley to David Jewett 111/459 1778 Rockingham NH deed - Alex'r Sharley et al to Ephraim Eaton 120/330 [1781 Marriage] Rev'l War Pension Application of Mary Shirley "...I am a claimant for a pension do certify and declare that I was married to the said Alexander Shirly in Chester in the county of Rockingham in said state of New Hampshire by the reverend Isaac Flagg of said Chester on the twelfth day of October in the year 1781. We were married in the said Flagg's house in said Chester and before marriage my name was Mary Hunter and I lived with my said husband until his death...." -7 May 1839 1781 Rockingham NH deed - Alex'r and Jas Shirley, husbandmen to Robert Warson 131/263, 4 acres, Lot 115 1782 Rockingham NH deed - Alex'r Shirley and James Shirley husbandmen to Stephen Merrill 235/154, Lot 115 1785 Rockingham NH deed - Alex'r Shirley et al to Samuel Murrey 127/146, 50 acres Lot 116 1785 Rockingham NH deed - Alex'r Shirley et al to John Clark 202/283, Lot 115 1793 Rockingham NH deed - Alex'r Sharley et al Thomas Towle 136/156, Lot 115 1799 Rockingham NH deed - Alex'r Sherley and James Shirley to Benj Melvin et al 153/69, 40 acres, Lot 115 (wives Susie Shirley and Mary Shirley also signed) Note: all of these land sales by Alexander and James Shirley are chopping up a single 100 acre Lot #115 (and 116) in the 2nd part of the 2nd division in original right of John Lilly into tiny pieces. 1800 Rockingham Co NH census Alexander Shirley 31001-30010 (age 45+, born before 1755) 1800 Dutchess County NY Census Amenia Alexander SHIRLEY; males: 2 under 10, 2 between 10&15, 1 of 45 and up; females: 1 under 10, 1 of 10 and under 16, 1 of 26 and under 45 (age 45+, born before 1755) 1800 Shirley, Alexander at Noodles Island (East Boston) Feb 17 1800 ae 83y (born about 1717) - Columbia Centinel - Index of Obituaries in the Boston Newspapers 1704-1800 1800 The Journal of a daughter of Henry Howell Williams of Chelsea and Noddles Island "On the 17th of February 1800, as the journal states, died Alexander Shirley, 'aged eighty-three, an inhabitant of the island for upwards of fifty years.' He went familiarly by the name of 'Governor' and in the account of his sickness and death he is spoken of by that name. Who he was is unknown, but probably was a laborer, judging from the follwoing record: '5th of February, 1795. Governor Shirley, an old man that has lived with papa ever since he has been on this island, was last Saturday taken sick,' etc. If these accounts are correct, he must have been upon the Island some years previous to its occupation by Mr. Williams. The funeral was attended on the 18th from the house of Mr. John Fenno, on the Boston side of the channel, and the deceased was buried in Copp's hill cemetery. The 'Governor' had a wife who lived upon the Island, and a daughter, Mrs Welsh, is mentioned as coming to the Island to see her mother on the evening of the funeral." (Note: Henry Howell Williams named a son John Shirley Williams) - A History of East Boston, with biographical sketches, page 329. 1801 Rockingham NH deed - Alex'r Shirley and James Shirley, husbandmen to Amos Kent 158/411, 5 acres, Lot #128 (signed by wives Mary Shirley and Susannah X Shirley) 1801 Rockingham NH deed - Alex'r Shirley and James Shirley to Amos Kent 191/20, 30 acres Lot #128 (wives Mary and Susannah Shirley release dower) 1802 Rockingham NH deed - Alex'r Sharlay and James Shirley to John Folsom 191/22, Lot 115 1804 Rockingham NH deed - Alex'r Shirley and James Shirley from Benj'n Brown and Henry Sweetser 175/221 - land in Chester known as Boston Lot of 150 acres which proprietors of Chester sold to Rev'd Moses Hale on which sd Shirleys now live, also Lot #91 in 4th division laid out to the right of John Libby. 1806 Rockingham NH deed - Alex'r Sherley and James Shirley to Jno Ray et al 176/154, 210 acres of land in 3 lots, the first 150 acres part of land originally granted to Rev'd Moses Hale, excepting....; the 2nd piece Lot #91 in the 4th Division laid out to John Lilly excepting 12 acres sold....for taxes; the 3rd piece is one twelth part of Lot #87 in the 4th Division laid out to the right of Ephraim Dennet 1810 Dutchess County NY census Amenia Alexander SHIRLEY; 2 males under 10; 2 males between 10 &16; 1 male over 45; 1 female under 10; 1 female between 10 & 16; 1 female between 26 & 45 1813 Dutchess Co Mortgages Vol 19 pg 410 - Mortgagee: Alexander Shurley; Mortgagor: Silas ray - Silas Ray and wife Hannah of Amenia Dutchess Co NY borrowed money from Alexander Shurley of same place, and promised to repay, with 2 acres as collateral. Wit: Thomas Pardee, Ashbel Porter, Lewis Warren, Cyrene Crosby witness for the woman. The debt was satisfied signed by Alexander Shurley on 27 December 1816 (discharged 21 August 1818) [1814 Died] Rev'l War Pension Application of Mary Shirley - "I Thomas Shirley of Peeling in the county of Grafton and state of New Hampshire aged forty eight years and son of Alexander Shirley the revolutionary soldier and of Mary Shirley the widow of said Alexander Shirley which Mary Shirley is now a claimant for a pension do testify and say that my said father Alexander Shirley died in Bow in the county of Merrimac in this state on the 15th day of May in the year 1814 [Bow was located in Rockingham Co until 1820s] and that I attended his funeral and to the best of my recollection he was buried the day following his death an the widow the said Mary Shirley my mother has never since intermarried with any other person but has ever since remained single and unmarried and so still continues <Thomas Shirley> 7 May 1839." NARA the Revoluntionary War records for Alexander Shirley and wife, Mary from Concord, New Hampshire. He enlisted in the town of Chester, NH, they married October 12, 1787, he died on May 15, 1814. A copy of a bible page lists the following: Alexander Shirley was born 1744 Mary Shirley was born November 13, 1762 John Shirley was born January ? 1788 Mary Shirley was born January 5, 1789 Thomas Shirley was born May 3, 1791 James Hunter (?) Shirley was born November 29, 1793 Peggy Shirley was born August 1, 1795 Caty (?) Shirley was born February 20, 1797 Alexander Shirely, 1799 Samuel Shirley was born Jul7y 29, 1802 Silas Shirley was born ? 23, 1804 Lydia Shirley was born August, 8, 180? Alexander Shirley died May 15, 1814, aged 66 Silas Shirley died October (?) 26, 1825 Samuel Shirley died May, 1837 Alexander Shirley married October 12, 1787 Thomas Shirley was married October 15, 1838 to Lydia McDuffie 1820 Ontario County NY Census Phelps Alexander Sherley p 283 males: 1 age 10-15, 1 age 16-18, 2 age 16-26, 1 age 45+; females: 1 age 16-26, 1 age 45+; 4 are foreigners, not naturalized 1830 Seneca County NY Census Waterloo Alexander Sherly; males: 1 age 60-70; females: 1 age 40-50 (born 1760-1770)
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