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(7). Deacon Thomas
SHIRLEY  1728
d. Feb 27, 1808 Goffstown New Hampshire (aged 80) m. Margaret
Shirley (dau. of Capt. James Shirley) ca 1752. She died May 10,1820
aged 93. He moved to Goffstown in 1761 and settled upon Shirley
Hill on land purchased from John and Mary Holmes for the sum
of 2600 pounds (old tenor). Deacon Thomas was prominent in the
affairs of the town, one of those commissioned to buy powder,
lead and flints in 1774, and later was one of a committee appointed
by the town to see that the quota was full. Served under
two different enlistments in the Revolutionary service and took
an active part in town affairs in he days of the Revolution.
He adhered to his Presbyterian faith like all the other Scotch-Irish
emigrants, but united with the Congregational Church in 1801,
See old postcard image
of Shirley Hill House Here
children:
A. Jane SHIRLEY b Aug 16 1757 at Chester, Rockingham
Co NH d. Nov 21, 1838, m. Robert Patten 1787 son of Matthew
and Elizabeth (McMurphy) Patten, born Aug 13, 1757 of Bedford
NH. He died Dec 17, 1817. They had 7 children.
B. Mary "Polly"
SHIRLEY m. Robert
Gilchrist (brother of Alexander Gilchrist)
C. James V. SHIRLEY b
Jan 18 1759 at Chester, Rockingham Co NH d. Mar 31, 1855
(aged 96) Goffstown, NH
He was three years old when his
family moved to Shirley Hill in Goffstown in 1762 and rode there
on horseback behind his mother and she carried baby Ann in her
arms. He lived on the homestead on Shirley Hill. He or his father
or maybe both, owned and operated a sawmill on the Piscataquog
River north of the residence of the late Calvin Wyman known as
the Shirley's Falls.
m. 1st Mary Moore 1782 (dau of
Col. Daniel Moore and Nancy Cox). She was born Oct 26, 1759 and
died July 1, 1822
m. 2nd Abigail Colby McCutchins
of New London. She died Dec 6, 1855.
children:
(a). Nancy SHIRLEY 1784 Goffstown, NH d. Dec 12, 1818,
m. Joshua Vose
(b). Jane SHIRLEY Oct 31, 1786 d. Dec 9, 1865 m. Wm. McKinney
d. July 16, 1859. (they lived Newburg, Indiana)
(c). Thomas SHIRLEY 1789 Goffstown NH, d. May 13, 1834 Satartia,
Yazoo Co Mississippi age 45. He never married. (He went
South to teach). There is an old monument in the Shirley Hill
Cem in Goffstown, Hillsborough Co NH with his death date (as
well as his brothers Gillman and William Shirley)
(d). Daniel Moore SHIRLEY
July 3, 1791 Goffstown, NH d. Aug 23,
1855 He kept tavern one year (1825) on the Dana or Abram Richards
place, moved to Shirley Hill where he lived on a part of the
original homestead farm. The house was the second two story house
built in town. He did an extensive business in farming &
butchering.
m. Jane Moore Mar 4, 1817 (dau
of Robert and Janet Rolfe Moore). She was born July 16, 1797
d. April 21, 1881.
children: (born Goffstown, Grafton New Hampshire)
1. Robert Moore SHIRLEY Nov 24, 1819 d. April 1883,
m. Margaret Dodge Mar 25, 1857.
She was b. Jan 30, 1828 d. April 20, 1883 dau of John G. and
Polly (Tallant) Dodge. NO children.
MARGARET ANN DODGE married
Robert Moore Shirley on Mar. 25, 1857 in Goffstown. The bride
was born in Goffstown, the daughter of John Gordon Dodge and
Polly Tallant. The groom was born in Deering, the son of Daniel
Shirley and Jane Moore.
2. Joseph SHIRLEY May 16, 1821 d. Aug 18, 1825. He was
first person buried in Shirley Hill Cemetery and also his funeral
was the first intown in which no liquor was used.
3. Nancy SHIRLEY Dec 20, 1823
m. Gilman Shirley, her cousin
Children: SHIRLEY
(1). Alma Shirley 1849
(2). Clinton Shirley Oct 6, 1851
(3). Frank Shirley March 29, 1854
4. Mary Jane SHIRLEY Aug 10, 1826 d. Dec 1, 1869,
m. Ephraim Heald Feb 23, 1848
5. Joseph SHIRLEY Apr 22, 1831 d. Jan 1896 Brushton New
York, In the early '50's he in company with five
others from Shirley Hill went to California. He piloted, for
Quincy Shirley, the first drove of cattle that was driven across
the plains from the Humbolt Valley to San Francisco. After returning
from California he located at Brushton, New York where he was
engaged in the stock business.
m. Helen M. Niles of Bombay New
York Dec 23, 1857.
Children:
(1). Ardello SHIRLEY 1859 d. 1865
(2). Delbert SHIRLEY 1861
(3). Delmay SHIRLEY 1871
(4). Hattie SHIRLEY 1875
(5). Jennie SHIRLEY 1869
6. Harriett SHIRLEY April 2, 1835 m. Sylvanus D. Johnson
7. Daniel SHIRLEY Sept 26, 1837 d. Feb 7, 1897 in Manchester,
Daniel resided on the homestead
of his father and carried on an extensive business in farming.
He was one of the foremost fruit growers of his time in New Hampshire.
m. Elsie De Ette Sackett of Pottsdam
New York on Jan 13, 1872. She was b. Aug 16, 1850 d. Mar 23,
1896 Goffstown, dau of Benjamin P. and Jane (Towle) Sackett.
Children:
(1). James SHIRLEY Feb 23, 1876 Goffstown, He lived upon
the farm where he was born and where his father and grandfather
resided before him. The house said to be the first two-story
frame building erected in Goffstown.
m. Winifred Pratt July 20, 1897.
She was b. May 30, 1880 Pleasantdale, Nebraska dau of Thomas
and Amelia (Dubois) Pratt.
Children:
A. Horace SHIRLEY April 28, 1898
B. Elsie De Ette SHIRLEY Sept 13, 1900 m. George L. Dawson
(a). George Shirley Dawson
Sept 23, 1919 Goffstown
(b). James L. Dawson June 13, 1921
C. Grace Winifred SHIRLEY
Nov 10, 1914
(2). Emma De Ette SHIRLEY
July 4, 1879 d. Sept
26, 1890 Goffstown
8. Horace SHIRLEY Mar 19, 1841 enlisted in Co. G 16th New
Hampshire Volunteers, d. April 18, 1863. He drowned in
Vermillion Bayou in Louisiana.
(e). James SHIRLEY May 5, 1794 d. Aug 8, 1863
James graduated at Dartsmouth
College and read law at Albany New York. He soon left for Augusta
GA resuming studies and having charge of an academy there. He
began practice at Florence Alabama and pursued it at Huntsville
Alabama and finally settled at Vicksburg. His character was unblemished,
his benevolence exalted, and his loyalty to the Union uncompromising.
It was at his plantation that the interview occurred between
General Grant and Pemberton, which lead to the surrender of Vicksburg.
Grant invested Vicksburg in May
1863 and laid siege to the City, his entrenchments went through
Shirley's front yard and his house was destroyed and General
Grant gave him possession of a rebel's house. Shirley's
house was known as the "White House". The Vicksburg
seige was a severe shock to his nervous system and he died
in 1863. The house can still be seen at the Vicksburg Military
Park in Vicksburg today!
married 1st Harriet Walsworth
of Norwich, CT in 1820,
married 2nd Andeline Quincy in
1835. She was the daughter of Abraham Quincy of Boston MA.
Children:
1. James Jay SHIRLEY born 1825; died 1852 (son of Harriet)
Harriet ____
Child:
(1). Emma SHIRLEY m. Andrew Criddle resided in Clinton
MS
2. Frederick SHIRLEY 1836 d. 1873 Never married
3. Alice Eugenia SHIRLEY May 2, 1844 m. General John Eaton, United
States Commissioner of Education. Graduated class of 1854.
4. Robert Quincy SHIRLEY 1848 He graduated at West Point d.
1879
married Margaret Parks.
(f). John SHIRLEY Dec
10, 1797; They lived at Suspension Bridge New York for a while.
In 1832 they were living Melbourne Canada. For a time he kept
tavern at the Dana or Abram Richards place on the Wallace Road.
He was living in Haverhill, Essex Co Mass in 1850; He died Oct
20, 1886
m. Margaret Houston Dec 15, 1797.
She was b. Dec 15, 1797 d. Nov 26, 1868, the daughter of Robert
and Ann (Barr) Houston.
Children:
1. Alfred SHIRLEY May 13, 1818 Bedford NH d. Jan
16, 1902 at Niagra Falls New York, He served in the War of Rebellion,
Company E, 8th New York Heavy Artillery.
married Jane Woodbury of Bow
Dec 22, 1846 Manchester, Merrimac Co. NH. She was b. Feb
27, 1828 Dumbarton died 1877 Niagara Falls, Niagara Co. NY, dau
of Hezekiah and Anna (Hammond) Woodbury.
children:
(1). Sylvania Augusta SHIRLEY
May 5, 1848 Haverhill,
Essex, MA d. Nov 28, 1876 m. Russell J. Straight Feb 3, 1870
(2). Albert SHIRLEY Sept 14, 1851 Haverhill, Essex Co. MA
(3). Ira W. SHIRLEY May 1, 1853 Dunkirk, Niagara Co. New
York m. Eva Doe Oct 4, 1876
(4). George William SHIRLEY
March 11, 1857 Niagara
Falls, New York
(5). Charles Henry SHIRLEY
June 21, 1859 Niagara
Falls, New York m. Mary E. Jacobs May 10, 1899
2. James SHIRLEY born Dec 22, 1819 died 1825
3. Gilman SHIRLEY Sept
20, 1823 d. June 2, 1864; They were living in Haverhill, Essex
County MA in 1850 census. He was a member of company G. 112th
New York Vol, killed in battle of Cold Harbor Virginia. Living
in Essex Co. MA in 1850 census.
m. Nancy Shirley (his cousin)
Feb 2, 1848, b. ___ d. May 16, 1904, dau of Daniel M. and
Jane (Moore) Shirley
Children:
(1). Alina May SHIRLEY 1850 d. June 12, 1850
(2). Clinton SHIRLEY Oct
6, 1851 Haverhill MA, died 7 Dec 1918 Manchester Hillsborough
NH.
Clinton Shirley and
children: Arthur E Shirley 1871, Frank Harvey Shirley 1873, Ida
Josephine Shirley 1875, George Herbert Shirley 1878 Orin Clinton
Shirley 1880, Walter Elmer Shirley 1887, Etta Maude Shirley 1889
and Clarence Elroy Shirley 1891 (photo submitted by Dean Lillis
2008)
m. Ann Rebbeca Stevens May 21,
1872. She was born May 16, 1849 d. July 20, 1906 dau of
Harvey and Louisa (Dow) Stevens.
Children:
A. Arthur SHIRLEY 1871 m. Grace Davis (had a dau
who died in infancy)
B. Frank SHIRLEY 1873 m. Etta ___, NO children
C. Ida SHIRLEY 1875 m. George Lillis
D. George H. SHIRLEY 1878 d. 1949 m. Annie Merrill
Children:
(a). Pearl SHIRLEY 1913 d. 1986 m. Truman Woodeson
(b). Elmer SHIRLEY 1916 d. 1977 m. Dorice Lukeman
(c). Erwin SHIRLEY 1918 d. 1955
(d). Dorothy SHIRLEY 1928 m. Kenneth Williams
(e). Barbara SHIRLEY 1934 m. Charles Anderson
E. Orin C. SHIRLEY 1880 d. 1952 m. Lula Harrington
Child:
(a). Doris L SHIRLEY 1911 m. Edwin Trimby
F. Walter E. SHIRLEY 1887 d. 1954 m. Hazel Young
Children:
(a). Priscilla SHIRLEY m. Clarence Murphy
(b). Ann Rebecca SHIRLEY m. William Toll
G. Etta SHIRLEY 1888 d. 1916 during the flu epidemic
H. Clarence SHIRLEY 1890 d. 1954 m. Pearl McKinna
He was a farmer and resided in
Hooksett and Manchester.
Children:
(a). Raymond SHIRLEY
(b). Dorothea SHIRLEY 1918 d. 1958 m. Robert Jackson
(3). Frank SHIRLEY Mar 29, 1854 d. Sept 21, 1863
4. John SHIRLEY April 19, 1825 d. May 10, 1885 Hooksett,
m. Susan Parker. Living
in Essex County Massachusetts in 1850 census. Children born
at Hookset Merrimack County NH
Children:
(1). Josephine SHIRLEY b Oct 2, 1848 at Haverhill, Essex County
Mass.
(2). Charles W. SHIRLEY b June 12, 1851 at Hookset, Merrimack
County NH
(3). John Quincy SHIRLEY b Dec 7, 1857 at Hookset, Merrimack
County NH
(4). Susie P. SHIRLEY b June 1862 at Hookset, Merrimack
County NH
5. Maria Ann SHIRLEY June 1, 1827 in Bedford, d. Mar 11, 1881
m. Andrew Kimball d. Sept 21, 1886 Bedford. They resided in Millerstown,
PA.
6. Mary Jane SHIRLEY Aug 3, 1829 d. 1831
7. Mary Jane SHIRLEY Oct 2, 1832 Melbourne, Canada, d. 1880,
m. 1st Griggs Holbrook Aug 22, 1863 son of Ralph and Lucy (Dodge)
Holbrook. He was b. June 16, 1835 and served in the War of the
Rebellion. He was a member of 170th New York Vol., died
in Andersonville Prison. Mary Ann married 2nd Joseph J.
Stevens Oct 3, 1865, he d. Dec 23, 1880, she m. 3rd Andrew Kimball,
her sister Maria's husband.
8. William Thomas SHIRLEY
May 6, 1834 Melbourne,
Canada, d. 1836
9. Sarah Caroline SHIRLEY
July 19, 1836 d. April
16, 1869 m. Matthew Dolphin of Niagra Falls, NY
10. Margaret E. SHIRLEY July 19, 1840 Melbourne, Canada m. James
Cooper of Bownansville, Ontario Dec 30, 1863. He was b. Aug 16,
1838.
11. George A. SHIRLEY born about 1844 in NH (1850 Essex Co
MA census)
(g). Gilman SHIRLEY 1799 d. Aug 18, 1822, age 23 at Gilmanton
Academy, Franklin Co. Alabama, unmarried. There is an
old monument in the Shirley Hill Cem in Hillsborough Co NH with
his death date (as well as his brothers Thomas and William Shirley)
(h). William SHIRLEY 1802 d. Aug 25, 1824 Courtland, Franklin
Co. Alabama, age25. There is an old monument in the Shirley
Hill Cem in Hillsborough Co NH with his death date (as well as
his brothers Gillman and Thomas Shirley)
(i). Robert Moore SHIRLEY
Jan 5, 1808 d. 1889,
For fifty years, Robert was one of the prominent farmers and
business men of the county. He lived on the old homestead in
Goffstown for a long time and them moved to Manchester where
he died.
married 1st Sophia McCutchins
1827. She was the daughter of James Shirley's 2nd wife by her
previous marriage. She was born April 15, 1805 d. Dec 6, 1870,
married 2nd Lucretia Houston
Feb 13, 1873, She was born July 20, 1820 d. Feb
28, 1891.
Children:
1. James Quincy SHIRLEY Nov 14, 1829 d. Feb 27, 1895 Portland
Oregon, He was the child of Sophia.
biographical information on James
Quincy Shirley of Union Co Oregon (originally of the New Hampshire
Shirleys) History of Oregon, By Hubert Howe Bancroft, Frances
Fuller Victor - page 723.
Among the residents of Union county who have furnished me
a dictation is James Quincy Shirley, who was born in Hillborough,
N. H., in 1829, and educated in New London. He came to California
in 1849, by sea, and mined at Beal's Bar on American River. He
was in the neighborhood of Downieville 2 years, trading in cattle,
which he bought cheap at the old missions, and sold high to the
miners. He remained in the business in different parts of the
state until 1862, when he started with a pack-train of goods
for Idaho, but had everything taken from him by Indians, near
Warner Lake, from which point ho escaped on foot to Powder River
with his party, and went to the Florence mines. From Idaho he
went to Portland, and by the aid of a friend secured employment
under the government, but left the place and cnt and sold hay
in Nevada the following year, getting $2o and $30 per ton at
Aurora. In 1864 he again purchased cattle, at $2.50 per head,
driving them to Montana, where they sold for $14. Horses for
which he paid $14 sold for from $30 to §80. This being a
good profit, he repeated the trade the following year, driving
his stock through Nevada, and purchasing old Fort Hall, which
he resold to the government 3 years afterward. In 1809 lie settled
in Raft River Valley, Idaho, where he had a horse and cattle
rancho. In the autumn he shipped the first cattle ever carried
on the Central Pacific railroad from Humboldt House to .Nili's.
Cat. He continued in this trade for several years longer, and
in 1883 sold out his stock and land at Raft River for $100,000,
bought 10,000 sheep and placed them on a range in Utah. After
looking over new and old Mexico for land, he finally settled
in Union co., Oregon, where he raises grain, and buys and sells
cattle, an example of what can be done if the man knows how to
do it. His real property lies in 4 different states and territories,
and he has $100,000 in live-stock.
married 1st Elmirea McPherson
of Bedford,
married 2nd Mrs. Hall.
2.
Edward Carlton SHIRLEY Dec 5, 1834 Goffstown NH.
He was educated in the district school until he was 18 years
of age and was then sent to New Hampton until the breaking up
of that school. He then went with Professor Knight to New London
where he remained three years. After leaving school, he went
to California by way of Isthmus. There he remained until 1855.
He returned to New Hampshire and was engaged in lumbering operations
until 1862 when his father moved to Manchester, leaving the homestead
to his care and possession. Edward has always taken an active
interest in the military and agricultural affairs. Held a commission
as second lieutenant in the Amoskeag Veterans, aid-de-camp to
Governor P. C. Cheney with the rank of Colonel.
m. Amanda Malvina Baldwin April
24, 1862. She was b. June 3, 1836 in Nashua d. May 6, 1914 Malden
MA at the home of her daughter. She was the daughter of
Nahum and Mary Barnard Baldwin.
Children:
(1). Mary SHIRLEY Vicksburg July 4, 1863 (the day
of the fall of Vicksburg MS) m. Arthur George Griffin of Boston
MA Oct 12, 1887. He was a prominent physician of Malden MA.
(2). Robert Lawrence SHIRLEY
May 12, 1868
m. Bertha Mary Shields Feb 1,
1894. She is the daughter of Joseph and Clara (Wellington)
Shields.
He was educated in Goffstown,
Manchester and New London. He was a prosperous and successful
farmer, tilling the fertile of the homestead of his father and
grandfather. He served his townspeople as road agent, selectman
and representative to the General Court.
Children:
A. Thomas Edward SHIRLEY Feb 10, 1896 served in the World Was
as first lieutenant. Banker.
Thomas Edward Shirley, Dartmouth class of 1918
Volunteered for the French Ambulance Service
during WWI (see his diary and other photos
posted online at the Dartmouth College website)
B. Mary SHIRLEY Nov 1899
C. Elizabeth SHIRLEY Sept 12, 1901
D. Lawrence Wellington SHIRLEY
July 6, 1907
E. Quincy Carlton SHIRLEY
Nov 16, 1909, accidentally
killed April 9, 1914 in Goffstown.
F. Florence Louise SHIRLEY
Dec 17, 1914 d. Feb 20,
1917 Goffstown
(3). Florence Sophia SHIRLEY
Feb 17, 1871 m. Philip
Sanford Marden of Lowell MA. June 12, 1902. He was son
of Geroge A. and Mary (Fiske) Marden. He was a graduate of Dartmouth
College in 1894 and of Harvard Law School in 1898. He was a journalist
in Lowell MA. NO children.
3. Mary Helen SHIRLEY May 20, 1839 d. Jan 2, 1887, (child of
Lucretia) m. Frederick Eaton May 8, 1860 a dry goods merchant
of Toledo Ohio.
4. Abigail Frances SHIRLEY
Nov 26, 1845 d. Feb 28,
1905 m. Col. James B. David Jan 23, 1868 of Amerherst. He was
b. Dec 4, 1833 son of Barnabas B. and Elizabeth (Melendy) David. They
lived Somerville MA.
D. Ann SHIRLEY b Jan 10 1761 at Chester Rockingham
Co NH d. April 17, 1787
E. Agnes SHIRLEY Feb 17, 1763 Goffstown
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