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1. Ferrers Shirley
born in England, died about
1775 in MA.
He and his 1st wife, Ann, came
to America from England in 1755 and settled in Sudbury MA. He
married 2nd Elizabeth Soper on 7 Mar 1761 at Boston, Suffolk,
MA
Mrs. Sarah Soper Marshall Choate, daughter of Benjamin Soper
Marshall and Ann Baker Oates of Rockport, MA testified that she
was always confident of the tradition and appeals in confirmation
to a splendid silk coat, highly ornamented with gold tissue which
came to her father, Benjamin Soper Marshall from Ferrers Shirley,
his stepfather.
Boston News-Letter, published
as The Boston Weekly News-Letter; Date 07-08-1756; Issue 2818;
Page: [4]; Location: Boston, MA. (This entire product and/or
portions thereof are copyrighted by NewsBank and/or the American
Antiquarian Society. 2004)
"FERRERS SHIRLEY from
LONDON,
By Licence from the Selectmen, carries on the BREWING BUSINESS,
and sells strong BEER by the Barrel or smaller Quantity at his
Brew-House in Battle-Street, near Mr. James Smith's, or at the
Salutation-House, North-End.-------- If he meets with any Encouragement
he hopes to convince the Gentlemen of the Town, that this Manufacture
may be brought to as great Perfection here as in the Mother-Country."
Children by Ferrers
Shirley and his first wife, Ann
2.i WILLIAM SHIRLEY, Rev. War Soldier. born ca. 1750 England.
died Apr 41807 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA; Occupation: Sail
maker; Military Service: Served as a Private, MA, in the Revolutionary
War
married 1st Abigail Vickery
on April 22 1773 and they had three sons. It appears they all died including Abigail.
married 2nd Annis Maley
in Feb 9 1777 at Marblehead, Essex Co Mass.
Their children were:
3.i Annis Shirley bap. April 26, 1778
3.ii Anna Shirley bap.
June 6, 1781
3.iii PHARES SHIRLEY
bap. Nov 19, 1783; died May 14 1855 at Marblehead, Essex Co.
Phares Shirley sailed
on the following ships: 1810 Schooner "Germantown"
1812 Schooner "Tom" 1813 Schooner "Regulator"
109T 1813 Schooner "Rachel" 71T 1816 Brig "Mentor"
128T 1823 Brig "Hannah" 53T 1823 Schooner "John
George" 1826 Brig "Hardy" 279T
Married Mary Powers at
Marblehead, Essex, MA on Sept 21, 1806
4.i Annis Shirley b:
2 JUL 1807 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA
4.ii WILLIAM PHARES SHIRLEY
b: 21 JAN 1809 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA
4.iii Mary Shirley b:
13 MAY 1810 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA
4.iv Eliza Shirley b:
17 OCT 1811 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA
4.v PHARES SHIRLEY b:
30 MAY 1813 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA; died July 28 1892
sailed on the following
ship: 1832 Brig "Hardy" 279T
married Harriet A. Leavett
Nov 6 1836 at Marblehead, Essex Co
5.i Martha Abigail Shirley
b: 23 AUG 1837 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA
5.ii Elizabeth Powers
Shirley b: 5 MAR 1839 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA
5.iii PHARES SHIRLEY
b: ABT 1840 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA
5.iv Harriet Leavett
Shirley b: BEF 1 SEP 1844 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA
5.v Emma Shirley b: 18
FEB 1847 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA
5.vi Roxanna M. Shirley
b: 24 JUN 1850 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA
5.vii PHARES HOWARD SHIRLEY
b: 15 AUG 1857 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA
4.vi Elizabeth Shirley b: 10 JUN 1816 in Marblehead, Essex Co.,
MA
4.vii Martha Abigail
Shirley b: 28 MAY 1819 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA
4.viii WILLIAM HENRY
SHIRLEY b: 1824 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA; age 22 at time
of marriage; trader; warfinger
Married Mary A Hamson
at Marblehead, Essex,MA on Sept 29 1846
5.i WILLIAM HENRY SHIRLEY
b: 4 FEB 1847 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA
5.ii Mary Abby Shirley
b: 21 MAR 1848 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA; Died: 21 Oct 1930
Marblehead, Essex, Mass
5.iii PHARES SHIRLEY
b: ABT 1854 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA
5.iv JOHN H. SHIRLEY
b: 10 SEP 1855 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA
5.v FRANK ELBRIDGE SHIRLEY
b: 1857 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA
5.vi Liva Shirley b:
29 SEP 1858 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA
5.vii Ellen H. Shirley
b: ABT 31 MAR 1860 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA
5.viii Mattie A. Shirley
b: 1 DEC 1861 in Marblehead, Essex Co., MA
3.iv JOHN SHIRLEY bap. Oct 29 or Nov 6, 1785 d. 1830 Salem, MA.
3.v Sally Shirley d.
Feb 12, 1786
3.vi Mary Shirley d.
Mar 30, 1788
3.vii Peggy Shirley bap.
June 5, 1791
3.viii Sarah Shirley
bap. Oct 29 1795
3.ix Elizabeth Shirley
bap. Dec 15, 1799 d. Sept 23, 1803
2.ii JOHN SHIRLEY, Rev.
War Soldier. b. Jan 1, 1755, in Boston MA (born on shipboard enroute from England).
He died Nov 23, 1848 Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, married Submit
Mary Bogle in May 19, 1780 at Sudbury MA. She was born Feb 15,
1761 d. Nov 23, 1833 Fitzwilliam New Hampshire (parents
were Roand and Eliz. Bogle)
While residing at Sudbury MA, John Shirley was a Minute-Man in
the fall of 1774 in Captain John Nixon's Company and on April
19, 1775 marched on the alarm and served in Captain John Nixon
and Captain David Moore's Companies. He was in the battle of
Concord and served until May 1775 when he enlisted in Captain
Edward Craft's Company and was in the battle of Bunker Hill.
He served until March 1776.
January 1, 1777 he went on board the sloop "Elizabeth",
Captain Uriah Atkins, and in March was captured by the British
and put on the British ship "Phoenix" afterwards transferred
to the prison ship "Withy" in New York Harbor and there
were 370 people detained on this ship. Several weeks later he
with 70 other prisoners was taken off and placed on the British
Frigate "Flora", then to the prison whip in Newport
Harbor. He was held until Aug 1777 when a cartel arrived and
he was exchanged.
John Shirley returned to Sudbury MA where he remained until 1795
when he moved to Fitzwilliam New Hampshire.
JOHN SHIRLEY, a soldier of the
Revolution, was born on board ship coming from England and was
brought up in Boston. He came to Fitzwilliam about 1780, Settling
in the village, and married Submit
Bogle of Sudbury, Mass. He reared a family of nine children,
and died at the age of ninety-three, in the house where his grandson,
William H. now lives. His son Henry, was born in the town, held
the office
of selectman several years, and died at the same place his father
did, at the age of seventy-two. William H., son of Henry, was
born in the house where he now lives, road 46, and is first selectman
of the town. - HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM, CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Children of John and
Submit...
3.i Hannah Shirley July 13, 1781 Watertown, Sudbury MA d. May
20, 1823 m. Mr. Matthews of Stoneboro, MA
3.ii WILLIAM SHIRLEY
Mar 22, 1783 MA Watertown, MA d. Oct 2, 1809 Fitzwilliam, NH
3.iii Elizabeth "Betsy"
Shirley Feb 16, 1786 Watertown, MA d. Dec 8, 1869 Harmony New
York, m. Benjamin Thompson Holbrook Mar 5, 1806 (descendants lived Chautauqua Co. NY)
(ancestor of Ruth Hedden)
3.iv Nancy Shirley May
29, 1788 MA d. Sept 20, 1874, m. Wm. Shove/Shore of Boston MA
in 1806. They has a daughter Georgiana who married Mr. Dudley
of Winchendon, MA
3.v Mary B. Shirley ,
Nov 30, 1790 MA d. Dec 28, 1836 m. Peter Brigham of Roxbury,
MA Oct 26, 1808 Boston MA
3.vi Sophia "Selma"
Shirley Oct 31, 1793 d. Nov 15, 1829 Boston MA, m. Ebenezer Fobes
3.vii HENRY SHIRLEY Mar
22, 1796 d. April 21, 1869 Fitzwilliam NH,
Married Betsey Bent
Feb 20, 1823
children:
4.i Mary Submit Shirley
born Aug 20, 1824 Fitzwilliam NH d. in Manchester, Vt., Sept.
19, 1876; m. first, George Bissell, who d. Dec. 28, 1852, age
36; m. second, Levi Phillips (1814-1865).
4.ii JOHN WARREN SHIRLEY
born Dec 2, 1825 Fitzwilliam NH
Married Ellen Maria Allen
Nov. 3, 1850, dau. of John J. Allen; lived Worcester Co. MA
4.iii WILLIAM HENRY SHIRLEY
Oct 1, 1827 Fitzwilliam NH lived on the old homestead at Fitzwilliam.
d. in Winchendon, Mass., Feb. 3, 1892 ;
Married Caroline C. Williams
Dec. 15, 1853 of Keeseville, N. Y.
children:
5.i Florence F. Shirley
b. 1855 ; d. 1856.
5.ii Flora A. Shirley
b. Jan. 31, 1858; d. March 22, 1876.
5.iii HARRY A. SHIRLEY
b. Sept. 15, 1865;
Married Anna Robinson
of Worcestery NY July 30, 1896
moved immediately after
marriage to Salem, N. C.
4.iv Betsey Ann Shirley
Oct 11, 1829 Fitzwilliam NH m. J.M. Gregory
4.v Nancy Shirley 1832
NH d. 1837
4.vi Catherine Shirley
1835 NH d. 1837
4.vii Sarah J. Shirley
1837 NH d. 1837
8. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
SHIRLEY Aug 18, 1798 said to have run away.
9. WARREN SHIRLEY Aug
14, 1801 Fitzwilliam NH, said to have died on his way to California.
(additions were added 4/26/05 to John's descendants from info
sent 4/25 by Ward White found in his Holbrook genealogy)
Ferrers Shirley married
second Elizabeth Soper Mar 28, 1761 Boston MA. She was married
1st to Zerrubabel Marshall then to Ferrers Shirley.
Child of Ferrers and
Elizabeth were:
2.iii PHARES SHIRLEY b. June 20, 1765 Boston MA. He died May
20, 1848 in Homer Cortland Co New York and is buried in the Glenwood
Cemetery, he married Olive Chubbuck Jan 15, 1789 in Bedford New
Hampshire. His occupation
was cabinet maker.
Phares was 11 years old when his father, Ferrers, died. His mother,
now a widow for a second time, had three children: Benjamin Soper
Marshall, and Mary Soper Marshall and Phares Shirley. She then
married Henry Snow, a cabinet maker from Boston, and he died
in two years. Phares was then 13. His mother married a fourth
time to Luke Howell. She died in 1783 when Phares was 18. According
to the will of Henry Snow, his stepfather, Phares (Farris) was
living in Merrimac in 1778.
Note: Shirleys buried
with Phares and Olive include: William and Mary Shirley (these
are Ezekiel’s son & daughter-in-law); there is a Catherine
M. Shirley (b. 1843, d. 1854), Sylvester Shirley (b. July 1846,
d. Sept 1846, age 1 mos. 11 days), Fannie Shirley (b. 1863, d.
1865), and Edward G. Shirley (b. 1869, d. 1870);
Children of Phares
and Olive were:
3.i JOHN B. SHIRLEY, b. 1789, Bedford NH d. Nov. 1844
3.ii ISSAC A. SHIRLEY,
b. 1792, Bedford NH, d. 21 Jan 1838
3.iii EBENEZER F. SHIRLEY,
b. 11 Oct 1794, Bedford NH d. 14 Nov 1848 at 54 yrs, 1mo., 34
days, at Homer Cortland Co NY
Married 1.) Sally K.,
b. 1794, m. 26 Oct 1820, d. 14 Feb 1844, 50 yrs., 6 mos., 3 days;
Married 2.) Abigail Northrup,
b.1815, d. 9 Oct 1882, age 67 yrs., 6 mos.
4. 1 son age 10-15 in
1840 census
4. 1 dau age 10-15 in
1840 census
4.i Clarissa (Clara)
, b. 2 (6) Aug 1847; d. 16 Oct 1935, sp. William Allen, m. 2
Oct 1873, d. 1894
3.iv CORNELIUS D. SHIRLEY,
b. 7 April 1797 in Bedford NH, d. 11 July (June?) 1866 at age
69, at Syracuse Onondaga NY
Married Sarah Beecher,
b. 13 July 1799 in CT, m. 12 Dec 1821 in Broome County, NY, d.
17 April 1879 age 79, daughter of Justus (Isaac) Beecher and
Asenath (Sarah) Hotchkiss of New Haven, CT
Oakwood Cemetery Records:
Cornelius Shirley (1866), Dudley G. Shirley (1888), Mary A Shirley
(1857) Sarah B. Shirley (1879) and Sarah P. Shirley (1850) are
all buried in Lot 73, Sec 4.
4.i Hattie Shirley, b.
ABT 1846 in NY
3.v Clarissa Shirley,
b. 4 May 1802, d. Nov 1804
3.vi DAVID ATWOOD SHIRLEY
Oct 8, 1809 Bedford New Hampshire d. July 23, 1882 Varysburg
New York
Married Evaline Brant,
m. 16 Feb 1830 in Hartland, Windsor County, VT, daughter of John
Brant and Sarah Smith; by 1860 David, Eveline, Francis and Ferris
are living in Perry, Wyoming County, NY
4.i DUDLEY GRAVES SHIRLEY, b. ABT 1832 in NY, d. 1888,
sp. Helen (Celia) M. Webb, b. ABT 1835 in NY, Dudley was Civil
War Veteran, Co. D 122 Reg. of NY Vol.
5.i Evaline Shirley, b. ABT 1855
5.ii Mary E. Shirley, b. ABT 1857
5.iii FREDERICH J. SHIRLEY, b. ABT 1861
5.iv Alice L. Shirley, b. ABT 1863
5.v CORNELIUS SHIRLEY, b. ABT 1868
5.vi WILEY SHIRLEY, b. ABT 1870
4.ii PHARES SHIRLEY, Civil War Veteran 24th Ind. Battery,
NY Light Artillery; died a prisoner in Andersonville Prison,
NC
4.iii FRANCIS SHIRLEY, b. ABT 1837
4.iv FERRIS SHIRLEY, b. ABT 1840
3.vii EZEKIEL SHIRLEY,
b. Aug 1804 in NH, d. after 1880 in Michigan,
Married Susan Johnson,
b. ABT 1811 in Washington County, NY, m. 30 Aug 1827 in Homer,
NY, d. 21 Nov 1873, age 64, buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Homer,
NY, they reportedly had 12 children,
4.i Olive Shirley, b.
ABT 1829
4.ii Sarah Shirley, b.
ABT 1832, sp. John Cawes
4.iii WILLIAM AGGIT SHIRLEY,
b. 1 Apr 1836 in Perry, NY, d. 15 Dec 1904 in Homer, NY,
Married Mary A. Naylor
of Tully, NY b. 1839, m. 25 Dec 1860, d. 1924;
5.i HENRY F. SHIRLEY,
b. ABT 1862
5.ii Child (possibly
Fannie or Edward)
4.iv HENRY F. SHIRLEY,
b. 12 Apr 1838, d. 13 Dec 1909 of pneumonia in Cortland, NY,
sp. Kate (?), b. 11 Dec 1842, d. 10 Jan 1890, both buried in
Cortland Rural Cemetery, Cortland, NY; Henry was Civil War Veteran,
12th Infantry “Onondaga Regiment”, NY, Company D
5.i Kittie Shirley, b.
ABT 1866 in NY, d. 19 Aug 1899, sp. Bruce Bidwell, m. 21 Apr
1886;
5.ii C. EUGENE SHIRLEY,
b. ABT 1871 in NY, d. ?
Married Alice S. Lavelle,
b. 1875, m. 14 Oct 1896, d. 1924
4.v Catherine M. Shirley,
b. 1843, d. 27 Jun 1854, age 11 yrs.,
4.vi Frances Shirley,
b. ABT 1844
4.vii Ella S. Shirley,
b. ABT1848
4.viii Hattie (Harriet
R.) Shirley, b. ABT 1852
4.ix Child, (possibly
Sylvester Shirley b. Aug 1846, d. 5 Sept 1846 at age 1 mo., 18
days)
3.viii Clarissa ShirleySept
7, 1811 d. 1886 Woodhull, New York. m. Ichabod Leach in
1831
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