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Edward Shirley of Sutton Valence,
Kent Co. England
Sources: Info from a letter written by W.P. Shirley Aug
16, 1884, Elizabeth Bennett (in Australia), and recent Shirley
Association research, plus Betty Shirley's visit to this church
in 2006. Census and probate records
St. Mary's Church
Sutton Valence, Kent Co.
England
"The Shirley's came to Sutton from Sussex about
220 years ago where there are tombstones and monuments which
go back about 400 years."
Edward Shirley of Boyton Court,
East Sutton died 1722, married Elizabeth Pettenden, died 1696.
Left 3 daughters and 3 sons according to notes
made while visiting the church in 2006.
(note: in 1700 Canterbury, a John
Shirley married Anna Pettenden There is an old headstone
in Sutton churchyard with this inscription, "Sara,
wife of Edward Shurlye died August 7, 1696 aged 72 years leaving
two sons and three daughters. Nicholas, son of Edward and Sarah
Shirley was baptised at Sutton June 5, 1674 and buried June 11,
1675.)
This family may have originated in Stockbury - 1641 April
28. Cantebury Marriage License - William Pettenden of Milstead
husb. bach about 25 whose mother, Marian Pettenden, alias Harte
consents and Frances Sherly of Stockbury v. about 20 dau of Robert
Sherly, s.p. who also consents as is testified by Henry Henniker
of Molash husb. At Iwade. John Peke of Cantebury g. bonds.
Children:
2i. Pettenden Shirley b. 1705 d. Jan 5, 1793
m. Mary Rawlins June 10, 1729 at Sutton Valence d.
May 25, 1791
Children:
3i. Pettenden Shirley buried Nov 17, 1730 (infant)
at Sutton Valence
3ii. William Shirley b. 1731 Bapt. at Sutton Valence
d. Mar 8, 1791
- Will of William Shirley, Yeoman of Chart Sutton Vallence
, Kent - 23 February 1791. Loving wife Abigail Shirley.
to my two daughters Ann the wife of Thomas Bolds and Abigail
Shirley. Unto my two sons William and Samuel Shirley. To
my son John Shirley all household goods in and about my dwelling
house. Unto my four sons John, Edward, William and Samuel
Shirley share and share alike. William and Samuel Shirley
executors. Wit: Wm Rolfe, Chas Brooks, Jno Seeley. Proven 14
April 1791 by William and Samuel Shirley, sons. PROB 11/1204
m. Abigail Jarman d. March 1808
Children:
4i. William Shirley b. Sept 28, 175__ d. Feb
8, 1819
(I suspect he is the one with his name in the math book dated
1768 discovered in about the year 2000 in England)
- PCC Will of William Shirley, Gentleman of Chart next Sutton
Valence , Kent -11 May 1811 - appoint my brother
Mr Samuel Shirley and my friend Mr Stephen Waller of chart
aforesaid gentemen and loving wife Mary Shirley joint
executors and guardians of my children during their minorities.
to my eldest son William Pettindon Shirley my leasehold
manor of Boyton otherwise Boynton and messuages etc situate
in parish of East Sutton...until all of my children reach the
age of twenty one...my six youngest children: Mary Susannah
Shirley, John Shirley Elizabeth Abigail Shirley, Thomas shirley,
Ann Shirley and Susannah Shirley....to the use of John Cox
of Han[ ] in the said county yeoman...and William Cox lease for
99 years...my eldest son William Pettenden Shirley being amply
provided for by the will of his great uncle the late Thomas
Shirley deceased. Wit: Eliz Waterman of East Sutton, Wm Harrison
of Leeds, Weller Norwood atty at law. - Proven 01 October 1819
by Samuel Shirley, brother PROB 11/1621
married Mary Cox
- PCC Will of Mary Shirley, Widow of Sutton Valence , Kent
- 16 July 1849 - all and singular my real and personal estate
unto my daughter Ann Shirley. Appoint Ann Shirley and
son in law Thomas Grant executrix and executor. Wit: Thomas
Kipping solicitor Maidstone, Mary Ann [G]ulvin Sutton Valence.
Proven 25 June 1853 by Ann Shirley spinster the daughter
and Thomas Grant exors to widow PROB 11/2174
Children:
5i. William Pettenden Shirley bapt Jan 13, 1791 d.
Feb 27, 1848
- PCC Will of Pettenden Shirley gentleman of Maidstone Kent,
appoint son William Shirley and Thomas Kipping trustees;
wife Elizabeth Coleman Shirley wines liquors stores; my
two children William Pettenden Shirley and Elizabeth Abigail
Shirley. Wit: William Baily, C.A. Baily, Ann A. [ ] nnell.
Proven 8 April 1848 by William Pettenden Shirley the son and
Thomas Kipping the nephew[sic], the executors. PROB 11/2073
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- "William Pettenden Shirley (1791 - 1848) and
his wife Elizabeth Bailey had 2 children neither of whom had
any children so the line dies out on William's death in 1898
and the house "Ivy House" is willed to W.S.P. Grant,
a descendant of his sister, Susanna (1803 - 1888) who had married
Thomas Grant and had a son Thomas who in turn had a son Thomas."
married Elizabeth Coleman Bailey born Aug 8, 1798 at
Maidstone Kent; died March 1, 1876.
Wm Pettenden Shirley of Lenham bach (25) & Eliz Coleman
Baily of Chart Sutton (18, fath Wm Coleman), at L. 19 Sep 1815.
children
6i. William Pettenden Shirley b abt 1799 East Sutton
Kent; living with mother in 1861 household at Mailing Kent
6ii. Elizabeth Abigail Shirley b abt 1802 East Sutton
Kent; living with mother in 1861 household at Mailing Kent
5ii. Mary Susannah Shirley never married; died
1846
- PCC Will of Mary Susannah or Mary Susanna Shirley, Spinster
of Sutton Valence , Kent -appoint my brother William Pettenden
Shirley of Maidstone Kent gentleman and my brother in law
Thomas Grant of Dover in the county [ ] executors. furniture
etc unto my sister Ann Shirley; all real estate residual
and remainder unto William Pettenden Shirley and Thomas Grant
to hold in trust...debts etc...my mother Mary Shirley.
Wit: George Higgins carpenter Sutton Valence, Thomas Porter Sutton
Valence; Proven 05 June 1846 by brother William Pettenden Shirley
and Thomas Grant PROB 11/2038
5iii. John Shirley named in brother Thomas Shirley's
1834 LW&T - apparently did not have children or survive
his nephews (sons of brother William Shirley)
5iv. Elizabeth Abigail Shirley
b 1796 d 1826, m. Thomas Kipping.
married Lewis Michael Wibmer,
great grandfather of Elizabeth
Bennett (living in Australia)
5v. Thomas Shirley
- PCC Will of Thomas Shirley, Gentleman
of Sutton-Valence , Kent - 9 October 1834 - appoint my
brother William Pettenden Shirley and Thomas Grant of Sutton
Valence gents executors. unto my mother Mary Shirley and [written
above] my sisters Mary Susanna Shirley and Ann Shirley my
messuages or tenaments situate in Sutton Valence or Town Sutton
Sheet in occupation of the said Mary Shirley and William Pettenden
Shirley. To my brothers William Pettenden Shirley and John Shirley,
my brother in law Thomas Kipping. Wit: Edwin Bridge of Sutton
Valence, B Dela[ ] of Leyton Essex, George Higgins of Sutton
Valence. Proven 19 February 1835 PROB 11/1843
5vi. Ann Shirley, never married; named in the 1853
LW&T of mother
5vii. Susanna Shirley b 1803
d 1888 m. Thomas Grant. They
had a son Thomas who in turn had a son Thomas. Inherited Ivy
House from the Shirleys
4ii. Samuel Shirley of Boughton Monchelsea Kent named
in father's 1791 LW&T and uncle Thomas Shirley's 1805 LW&T
and brother's 1811 LW&T
4.iii Ann Shirley named in father's 1791 LW&T married
Thomas Bolds
4.iv Abigail Shirley named in father's 1791 LW&T
4.v John Shirley named in father's 1791 LW&T
4vi. Thomas Shirley b. 1757 d. Nov 8, 1761 (4
yrs of age)
4vii. Mary Shirley b. 1759 d. Nov 30, 1761 (2yrs of
age)
4vii. Edward Shirley bapt. Dec 16, 1764 d. Mar 16,
1853; named in father's 1791 LW&T and uncle Thomas
Shirley's 1805 LW&T
PCC Will of Edward Shirley gentleman of Chart Sutton Kent
- 29 Mar 1852 - to my son Clement Shirley 10L to my son
Charles Shirley 10L. All messuages, buildings situate in
Highgate and at Southwood in Highgate in Middlesex now in occupation
of John White, Ramsey, Kirby et al unto aforesaid sons....Wit:
John Charles Brooks of Chart Sutton, George Hughes of Chart Sutton.
Proven by Clement and Charles Shirley 20 April 1853. PROB 11/2171
married Elizabeth Crispe born abt 1771
Edw Shirley of Chart Sutton bach & Eliz Crispe of Sutton
Valence minor (fath John C), at C S. 25 Aug 1788.
5.i Edward
"Edwin" Shirley (the younger)
- b. 1809-1810 England; named
in uncle John Shirley's 1814 LW&T. Came to New York from
England with father-in-law George Pike's family. They
are living in Berre, Orleans Co. New York. Naturalization 24
Sep 1853, Albion, Orleans, NY age 44.
According to the letter written in
1884 by W. P. Shirley, the above Edward and Eliz. Shirley are
the parents of this Edwin (Edward) born about 1809 England
married Sophia Pike on 19 September 1831 in Thurnham
Kent; dau of George Pike and Jane Pearce of Chart Sutton Kent
5. ?George Shirley b abt 1806 Chart Sutton; in Chart Sutton 1851
& 61 census with family
married Susannah ______
6i. Sophia Shirley b abt 1840 Staplehurst, Kent
6ii. Pettenden Shirley b abt 1843 Chart Sutton
6ii. George Arthur Shirley b abt 1848 Chart Sutton
6iii. Helen Shirley b abt 1851 Chart Sutton
5i. Pettenden Shirley - mentioned in the 1814 LW&T of uncle John
Shirley; living with brother Clement Shirley in 1861 census at
Challock Kent
5ii. Charles Shirley b abt 1806 Chart Sutton, farmer
m. Sarah_____
6i. Charles Shirley b abt 1836
6ii. Walter Shirley b abt 1837, clerk at brewhouse
in 1861 St Andrew Plymouth, Devonshire
married Mary Ann____
7i. Charles Walter Shirley b 1861 (age 2 mos at census)
6iii. Sarah Shirley b abt 1840
6iv. Clement Shirley b abt 1846 - living at Islington
Middlesex (London) in 1871 census
married Ann _____
7i. Anne S. Shirley b abt 1868 at Walworth London
7ii. Clement Shirley b abt 1869 at Islington Middlesex
5iii. James Shirley b abt 1807 Chart Sutton (in 1851 parents census
HH)
5iv. Henry Shirley b. abt 1810 Chart Sutton (in 1841-51 parents
census HH)
5v. Clement Shirley b. abt 1817 Chart Sutton, ag laborer in household
of brother Charles in 1841 census; living with brother Pettendon
Shirley in 1861 census at Challock Kent.
married Mary Ann _____ between 1861 and 1871 census living at
Gillingham Kent
5.vi William Shirley b abt 1821 Chart Sutton (in 1841 parents census
HH)
3iii. Pettenden Shirley ca 1733 (ed - not
sure the source of this son)
Children:
4i. (illigible) Shirley
4ii. William Shirley
4iii. John Shirley
4iv. Thomas Shirley
3iv. Thomas Shirley bapt. Feb 21, 1734 at Sutton
Valence buried Mar 16, 1735
3v. Ann Shirley bapt. May 27, 1736 at Sutton Valence;
married ____Wilkins
3vi. Mary Shirley bapt. Nov 14, 1738 at Sutton
Valence.
3vii. John Shirley bapt Jan 30, 1740 at Sutton Valence;
died about 1814
- Will of John Shirley, Yeoman of Chart next Sutton Valence
, Kent - unto my nephews Stephen Wilkins and Thomas Crispe
14 acres lying in the parish of Challott in the county of Kent
formerly in the occupation of David Clark and John Clark, messuages
and tenaments called Woodsett in the parish of Soulan in the
county of Kent in the occupation of ___Stedman; unto my nephew
Edward Shirley; unto Elizabeth Shirley wife of my nephew Edward
Shirley for her natural life; to Pettenden Shirley, son
of the said nephew Edward Shirley and Elizabeth Shirley;
messuages in Cranbrooke in the county of Kent 145 acres in the
joint occupation of myself and my nephew William Shirley; to
Edward Shirley the younger (son of my said nephew Edward Shirley
the elder for the term of his natural life) and for the 1st
son of the body of the said Edward Shirley the younger; my nephews
William Crispe, Thomas Crispe, George Crispe, Clement Crispe
and Charles Crispe and to Maryann Crispe daughter of my later
nephew John Crispe Junir; to my neice Mary Crispe mother of the
said Mariann Crispe for her natural life; to John Susdington
Kermitt, henry Kermitt, and mary Kermett sons and daughters of
my neice Mary Kermett; unto the 4 children of my late neice [
] Crosier the wife of Henry Crosier late of Bridge in the county
of Kent; unto Thomas Bowles, William Bowls, John Bowles Richard
Bowls and mary Bowls five of the children of my late neice Ann
Bowls; to said nephew William Wilkins, my neice Mary Crispe widow
my neice Elizabeth Crispe my neice Susannah Coulter my neice
Elizabeth Shirley and my neice Sophia Wilkins; to Ann
Shirley daughter of my nephew Edward Shirley; my niece Ann
Norrington; niece Ann Mabson; to Robert Bowls the son of my late
necie Ann Bowles; to my sister Ann Wilkins; to my nephew
William Shirley 10L mourning. Wit: W.[N]. Shirley, John Shirley}
of Chart Sutton, Martha Brooks of Chart Sutton. Proven 18
March 1814 PROB 11/1554
3viii. Elizabeth Shirley bapt. Jan 22, 1743 at Sutton
Valence
3ix. Thomas Shirley bapt. Jan 22, 1751 at Sutton Valence;
died about 1805.
- PCC Will of Thomas Shirley, Yeoman of East Sutton , Kent
- give and bequeath unto my nephew Edward Shirley of Chart
next Sutton of said county, farmer 1000L. give and bequeath
unto my nephew William Crispe of Sutton, farmer 200L.
To David Coulter of Chart next Sutton Valence farmer 200L and
unto Edward Shirley and Wm Crispe 300L to pay and divide among
Thomas bowles, William Bowles, John Bowles, Richard Bowles, Robert
Bowles, and Mary Bowles the six children of my late wife Ann
Bowles decceased....payable unto my neice Mary Kermitt
of Bridge in the county of Kent widow and after her decease equally
between John Kermitt, Henry Kermitt and Mary Kermitt the 3 children
of the said Mary Kermett. to my neice Sarah Crosier the
wife of Henry Crosier of Bridge aforesaid weaver; my nephew
John Lushington of Elmsted in the said county farmer; for
use of my sister Ann Wilkins widow during her life and
after her decease to nephew Stephen Wilkins son of the
said Ann Wilkins; to my nephew Thomas Crispe of Chancery
Lane London stationer; unto my nephew Samuel Shirley of Boughton
Monchelsea in the said county of Kent farmer 10L. my servant
Elizabeth Bills 20L. bequeath unto my nephew William Shirley
of Chart next Sutton Valence farmer my messuages or tenaments
or farm lands during his natural life. I give and devise the
same unto and to the use of William Pettenden Shirley the
eldest son of the said William Shirley. The said William
Shirley and Samuel Shirley executors. Wit: James Tester, Junior,
Nich Wildes, Edw Wildes Proven 06 July 1805 by William Shirley
and Samuel Shirley executors PROB 11/1429
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- married Ann _______ (she married first ____Bowles
and had issue by that husband)
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Note from Betty Shirley
July of 2000, I visited the church at Isfield England and
they showed me a photo of William Pettendon Shirley and Elizabeth
Coleman. The dates for William Pettenden Shirley Jan 13,
1791 - Feb 27, 1848 as given above. I also saw the date of birth
and death for Elizabeth Coleman Shirley... Aug 8, 1798 - March
1, 1876. I took a picture of the picture I was looking at.
I will see if I can locate it and scan it one of these days.
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