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DNA Haplogroups are listed in red for the branch who has descendants who have participated in the DNA testing. Colored charts can be seen for each Haplogroup on these links.

Shirleys in Haplogroup: I

Shirleys in Haplogroup: R1a, R1b, R1b1

Shirleys in Haplogroup: E3b
 

   
 

Pedigrees of Berkshire

1. Henry Shurley of Reading Berkshire, died 1667.
 
2. Thomas Shirley of Thacham Berkshire, maulster, Will probated 1672

Pedigrees of Buckinghamshire

1. Thomas Shirley of Salisbury Farm, Hertfordshire. Baptised at Ludgershall, Buckingham December 16, 1698. His wife was Ann. This lineage includes Edward Shirley of Salisbury Farm and the William Rolfe Shirley family of Berkshire and Staines Middlesex.
 
2. John Shirley Feb 24, 1696 died Dec 15, 1761 Ludgershall, Buckingham, m. Elizabeth Hale. Son of Richard Shirley and Elizabeth Montague (see Bucks lineage #3)
 
3. Thomas Shirley of Long Crendon, Buckingham buried 22 Dec 1594. Married Cicillia Shirley. This is a comprehensive lineage of the Shirleys of Ludgershall and Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire. Haplogroup R1b1
 
4. Jonathon Shirley b. 1810  Buckinghamshire, England, died Dec 29, 1893 Owego, NY.  Haplogroup R1a
 
5. William Shirley b. ca 1825 Buckinghamshire England. Lived Maury Co. Tennessee Haplogroup R1a
 
6. Michael Shirley d 1723 at Brill, Buckinghamshire. Clearly related to Bucks lineages #1 and 2 above. Significantly updated and extended lineage
 
7. James Shirley of Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire. Married Mary Mansell 1744. Undoubtedly related to Bucks lineages 1, 2 and 6 above. Includes other stray Shirley lineages of Marsh Gibbon.

Pedigrees of Cambridgeshire

1. John George Shirley christened Jan 6 1822 Chippenham Cambridgeshire. Family of St. Marylebone Parish, London. He married Ellen Shiletto November 12, 1846 at Barrow, Suffolk Co. England. Lived New South Wales. Haplogroup R1b

Pedigrees of Cornwall

1. John Walter Shirley 1850 Cornwall England Haplogroup E3b

Pedigrees of Derbyshire

1. John Shirley born April 2, 1841 Radbourne, Derbyshire, England died 1918 in Iowa USA.
 
2. John Shirley m. Anne Pickfork (in family records, Pickforth), April 24, 1735, Mackworth, Derbyshire
 
3. Shirley families of Marston-upon-Dove parish. Villages in the parish include Hilton and Hoon. New

Pedigrees of Dorset

1. Thomas Shirley natural son of Mary Sharvile - Green of Seven Oaks Kent. Lived and buried Stalbridge Dorset 1797

2. William Shirley d 1545. held lands at Bagbere, Sturminster Newton, and Lydlinche Dorset. Family also lived in London.

Pedigrees of Essex

1. Daniel Shirley, grazier of Barking, Essex, gentleman; died 1776. This family also extended to Mile End and Whitechapel Middlesex.

Pedigrees of Gloucestershire

1. John Shirley of Moreton-in-Marsh, Glouc.; churchwarden; died 1775.New

Pedigrees of Hampshire

1. Thomas William Shirley b. England. Married Harriet Ann Hawkins Mar 6, 1828 in St Mary's Parish, Portsea, Hampshire England.

Pedigrees of Herefordshire

1. The ancient Shirley family of Presteigne and Stockton (Leominster) Herefordshire. Members of Parliament. This family is also likely connected to the Shurleys of Isfield, Sussex New

Pedigrees of Hertfordshire

1. Edward Shirley of Shenley, Hertfordshire (see #1 Buckinghamshire pedigree of Thomas Shirley)

2. Edward Shirley of Chipping Barnet; undoubtedly connected to the Sherleys of Shenley and Brill (Bucks)

Pedigrees of Kent

1. Edward Shirley b. early 1600's lived Sutton Valence, Kent
 
2. William Shirley born about 1728; lived in Chatham and Rochester Kent; This family were members of the Independent Baptist Church at Rochester.
 
3. Nicholas Shearley born about 1720; lived in Bexley Kent.

Pedigrees of Lancashire

1. Robert Shirley married Anne Kelley 1852 St. Nicholas Parish, Liverpool Lancashire  Haplogroup R1b1
 
2. Samuel Shirley, gent. His son Samuel Francis Shirley born 1816 in Holborn MDX operated Shirley & Co cloth merchants in Manchester, Lancashire. New Haplogroup I

Pedigrees of Middlesex and London

1. Captain James Shirley who died in command of the Dolphin 20 on the East India station in 1774. Family was of Islington Middlesex
 
2. John Shirley born Manchester, Lancashire but married at St. Leonards Shoreditch MDX and lived at St George in East, Stepney MDX. Family moved to New York and Rhode Island USA.
 
3. Ferrers Shirley - b. ca 1735 England, wife Ann. Was "of London". He lived in  Massachusetts and New York
 
4. James Shirley born about 1790; grocer, lived in Highgate Middlesex. Haplogroup R1b1
 
5. Capt. Thomas Sherley, of Ratcliff Stepney Middlesex. Member of the Royal Africa Company commanding the East India Merchant in 1693. He died off the coast of Africa that year.

Pedigrees of Norfolk

1. William Shirley (b1764) and wife Mary of Hindolvestone Norfolk.
 
2. John Shirley (b 1795) of Little Dunham Norfolk; Family lived in Shouldham, Norfolk. Some migrated to New Zealand Haplogroup R1b1b2

Pedigrees of Nottinghamshire

1. Richard Shirley of Kingston-on-Soar, Nottingham in 1682  

Pedigrees of Oxfordshire

1. Daniel Shirley of Noke Oxfordshire. Wife Catherine. Family lived in Noke, Deddington and Cropredy.
 
2. Joseph Shirley pre- 1777, died . Wife Ann Clanvill. Family lived Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire.
 
3. William Shirley 1745 m. Ann Buttell of Barford St. Michael Oxfordshire. Includes a 2nd pedigree of Barford St Michael for another William born abt 1798 Haplogroup I
 
4. Richard Shirley married 1774 in Northleigh Oxfordshire. Family lived in nearby Kidlington DNA of his descendants match the DNA of the main USA E3b branches. Haplogroup E3b
 
5. Thomas Shirley born 1764 Family lived Witney, Ascott under Wychwood and Hailey Oxfordshire and Hounslow Middlesex.

Pedigrees of Somerset

1. Thomas Shirley of Ringwood, Hampshire. Married Charity Falkner Nov 14, 1769 Ringwood. Family in Horsington, Somerset Co. England, and later in New Zealand. Haplogroup group not determined yet.

Pedigrees of Staffordshire

1. John Shirley of Marsh House & Rewlach in Staffordshire. He was born about 1665 and d. 1746.  He married Ellen Salt about 1688. Family to Bristol, Somerset, Canada, and New York
 
2. Benjamin Shirley 1740 of Bucknall, Staffordshire, wife Mary
 
3. William Shirley b. ca. 1760 Hanley, Staffordshire m. Hannah __. Descendants immigrated to Baltimore Maryland and to California. A merchant family involved in china and pottery.
 
4. Robert Shirley 1795 Staffordshire. m. Mary __. Family lived Birmingham, Warwickshire, Hansworth, W. Bromwich, and Smethwick in Staffordshire.
 
5. Charles Shirley 1816 Bucknall, Staffordshire m. Alice Williamson
 
6. William Shirley b. ca.1795 Staffordshire m. Prudence Plant 
 
7. Jesse Shirley b 1791; involved in Pottery manufacturing in Hanley Staffordshire. Sons Jesse and Henry Benjamin famous for operating Jesse Shirley & Son's bone mill in Etruria, Stoke on Trent.
 
8. William Shirley b ca. 1846 married Louisa Hillman. Family lived in Burslem and Wolstanton, Staffordshire. Some descendants moved to Canada New
 
9. Shirley family of Tamworth, Staffs (and Warw). Shirleys appear in Tamworth parish as early as the 1500s. There may be a link to the Shirleys of Freyburg Maine USA New

Pedigrees of Surrey

1. William Whitney Shirley b. Jan 31, 1843 m. Charlotte Cranfield Mar 14, 1864 at All Saints, Upper Norwood; Family clearly members of the ancient Shirleys of Croydon, Surrey Updated Aug 2011
 
2. Joseph Shirley ca 1788 m. Mary Cox in 1814 London, lived Lambeth, Surrey.
 
3. William Shirley born about 1742; part of the ancient family of Godstone, Surrey. This family is probably distant relatives of the Shirleys of London, goldsmiths
 
4. William Shirley of Chertsey Surrey, waterman and brother John Shirley of Walton on Thames Surrey, waterman. Family lived at Chertsey, Walton on Thames, Stratford (West Ham) Essex and London. Lineage includes the wealthy Thomas Shirley merchant of Coleman Street London New

Pedigrees of Warwickshire

1. William Shirley b. 1788-90 Oxfordshire, m. Ann Berry  May 14, 1817 Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire. 
 
2. James Shirley of Meriden, Warwickshire. Operated a bicycle shop there in the late 1880s. Was supposedly born in the London area.
 
3. Thomas Shirley, button maker of Birmingham, Warwickshire. Married 1759. Some family to Canada in 1912 Haplogroup I
 
4. Daniel Shirley 1767 married Elizabeth Walton in Stoneleigh Warwickshire in 1792
 
5. William Shirley of Foleshill, Warwickshire, married Martha Cooper on 9 Jan 1803 at St Lawrence Foleshill; buried 4 Sept 1809 St Lawrence Foleshill, Warw. Family includes the founders of the American Salvation Army.
 
6. John Shirley born Jan. 26, 1789 christened at Great Wolford parish, Warwickshire, England; came to New York in 1826 and resided in Utica, Oneida Co NY; died May 12, 1868 at the age of 80 New
 
 

Pedigrees of Worcestershire

1. William Shirley 1798 m. Rebecca Freeman Nov 3, 1818 Blockley, Worcestershire Haplogroup I

Pedigrees of Yorkshire

1. Thomas Shirley of Wickersley, Yorkshire. A prominent family which was supposedly originated from Chapel en le frith, Derbyshire in the 16th century. Bore the arms of Shirley of Ettington.

Pedigrees of the Shirleys of Ettington, Warw.

The first 7 pedigrees listed below are for the main branch of the Shirley family dating back to 1086.  They have been presented as separate branches although these 7 are all part of one very large  branch.

1. Pedigree of the Shirleys of Ettington  Haplogroup R1b1 (ancient to 1650)
 
2. Pedigree of the Shirleys of Staunton Harold Hall. Lineage of the 13th and present Earl Ferrers
 
3. Pedigree of the Shirleys of Astwell
 
4. Pedigree of the Shirleys of Wiston
 
5. Pedigree of the Shirleys of West Grinstead
 
6. Pedigree of the Shirleys of Preston
 
7. Pedigree of the Shirleys of Ote Hall

 

 
 

 

   

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