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Captain James Shirley of Islington, Middlesex
1. Captain James Shirley
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.
Children
2.i Mary Shirley,
married John Fitzwarren, esquire
3.i Ann Fitzwarrin
2.ii Thomas Shirley, Surgeon of Islington, esquire - born
about 1729, 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
Lawn[ ] 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 ________, married next Colbert
3.i Alfred Shirley
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______
4. no children
2.iii Captain James Shirley - died 1777 off the coast
of Newfoundland in command of the frigate, Vestal
3.i George James Shirley (Vice-Admiral of the Red,
1840)
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 ________
4.i Aicteica Shirley
married Mr. William Hale
4.ii Georgiana Shirley
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
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