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(2). Samuel SHIRLEY  Dec 25, 1748
d. Jan 7, 1832 Sanbornton, Merrimack Co (which was later Belknap)
NH at his son John's home, He lived on Lot #123,
2nd part of 2nd division in Chester, New Hampshire.
After having been an extensive
business man in that part of Chester which is now Auburn, owning
mills at the upper end of Massabesic Lake, building the first
grist mill at Auburn Village, carrying on large lumber operations
with Haverhill, Newburyport, etc., and running a well known country
hotel at Auburn, he became the victim of unjust litigation, which
he fought against till his property was much reduced. He then
moved to Sanbornton with his oldest son and most of his other
children in 1801. He lived first in Northfield then for three
years, 1802-05 in what is now Franklin, and finally at Union
Bridge where he became known as the "reed maker"
married 1st Margaret Graham in
1774. She died of cancer 1793,
married 2nd Anna Dearborn Oct
1793, daughter of Master James Hazard. She died at the birth
of her 3rd child (his 12th) Dec 9, 1798,
married 3rd Eliza McDuffee in
1799, daughter of Hugh McDuffee. She died in 1843 age 80.
Children:
A. Ann SHIRLEY Aug 25, 1775 Chester d. Nov 29,
1860 aged 85, m. Daniel McDuffee. She was referred to
as "Queen Ann" because of her size etc.
B. Molly SHIRLEY Sept 8, 1777 d. 1826, m. Alexander Donovan
C. John SHIRLEY May 25, 1779 died 1780 (infant)
D. John SHIRLEY May 25, 1781; lived Belknap County in
1850; d. Feb 6, 1851 of dropsey and diseased liver, He
was a builder of wharves and Pile-bridges. They lived at Union
Bridge and a few years in Boston Mass.
married 1st Martha Gibson Mar
9, 1815 d. May 18, 1816 (of consumption),
married 2nd Joanna Gale in April
7, 1819. She was the dau of Major Steven Gale of Gilmanton,
a Rev. soldier
Children:
(1). Daniel Gale SHIRLEY Jan 25, 1820 d. 1834 of consumption,
about age 14
(2). Sally Chittenden SHIRLEY
Mar 23, 1825 d. June
22, 1826
(3). Sally SHIRLEY Mar 28, 1827, d. age 2 weeks
(4). John Major SHIRLEY Nov 16, 1831,
John Major Shirley - b Nov 16 1831, d at Andover May
21 1887. Had the educational advantages of the didstrict schools
of Sanbornton and Northfield and of a few terms at the academy
of Dyer H Sanborn at Sanbornton Bridge. he began the study of
law with Cate and Rogers at Sanbornton Bridge, May 1850 and was
admitted to the Belknap County Bar September 13 1854. In October
1855 he came to Andover and formed a partnership with Samuel
Butterfield which continued until the death of the latter in
1860. Mr Shirley soon established a large practice and became
and influential citizen in this section of the state. He was
postmaster 1855-59; representative 1859-60; superentendent of
schools most of the period from 1858 to 1865; agent of town for
enrollment of troops 1862-65; and delegate to the constitutional
convention of 1876. He was reporter of the NH Supreme Court 1871-76.
he receive the honorary degree of A.M. from Dartmouth College
in 1865. In 1879 he published a critical examination of the "Dartmouth
College Causes" in which he exhibted great power of analysis
and concentration. Mr Shirley's work as a lawyer was chiefly
notable for the care with which he prepared all his cases. While
much of his success was due undoubtedly to his remarkable diction,
sometimes rising to impressive elocution, his chief reliance
was in the preparation of his cases, with each important point
supported by numerous citations from the wisdom of the courts.
His facility in the use of sarcasm adn invective somtimes erude
and often employed to compel attention was almost always astoninshing
or impressive, and is nowhere better illustrated than in his
reports as superintendent of schools 1858-65. he had a cordial
hatred for all shams and lost few opportunities for expressing
his opinion in that connection. Mr Shirley's death before reaching
the probable height of his professional career was a distinct
loss to the community and to his state. History of Andover
NH - 1751-1906
John Major Shirley (Standing 3rd from left)
married Emroy Elizabeth Barron
Feb 17, 1870
Children:
A. Barron SHIRLEY b
at Andover Dec 14 1870 d in Franklin Falls July 1 1906 - married
Hattibel Smith.
Barron Shirley - son of Hon. John M. Shirley studied
at Proctor Academy and graduated at Dartmouth College in 1892.
he graduated at the Law School of Boston University and for a
short time practised his profession at Chattanooga Tenn. He returned
to Andover, where he resumed practice and was elected to the
legislature in 1897. He moved to Franklin in 1898 and began practice
in the office of Hon E.B.S. Sanborn where he continued until
Mr Sanborn's death. he was the city solicitor for Franklin in
1904 and representative from ward 2 in the legislature of 1905.
Mr Shirley was an active and zealous member of the Democratic
party and an effective campaign speaker. He was prominent in
Masonic circles and at the time of his death was high priest
of St Omer Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons at Franklin. He married
March 5 1894 Hattibel Smith of Andover who with three children
survives him. Mr Shirley died suddenly at Franklin July 1 1906.
1. Elizabeth SHIRLEY
b Chattanooga Tenn April 13 1895
2. John Major SHIRLEY
b Andover Sept 11 1897
3. William Wayne SHIRLEY
b Franklin Falls Jan 12 1900
B. Caroline Emroy SHIRLEY
b at Andover July 16 1872; m____
C. Preston SHIRLEY
b at Andover Aug 10 1875; Mr Shirley d Aug 11 1905, about
age 30.
married Minerva Ford on Sept 13 1904 dau of Azro and Marianne
P. W. Ford; She was born Granville VT Sept 26 1879.
E. Elizabeth "Betsy"
SHIRLEY April 11, 1783
m. Caleb H. Gibson
F. James SHIRLEY Aug
23, 1787 Chester NH died June 26, 1851
He was a grocer in Boston; then
a merchant and hotel keeper in New York City, being there during
the yellow fever and cholera excitement of 1832, and having great
success as a nurse of the sick, His own health (always feeble)
finally gave way and he moved to Mattituck, Long Island, but
rallied again; there he kept hotel until his death.
1810: Liquor license in Boston
dealing in dry goods, fancy imports and staples.
1833: Purchased Mattituck
house, a hotel in Long Island, NY.
married Ann Seaman Dec 14, 1815.
She was b. Jan 10, 1795
Children:
(a). James William SHIRLEY
Nov 8, 1816 NY, died
Mar 25, 1823, about age 7.
(b). John SHIRLEY Aug
26, 1818 died April 18, 1900; He was a leading politician and
sheriff in Suffolk County NY; was a real-estate broker in New
York City as was his son, John L. who was a lawyer.
married Betsey Jones Conklin
Dec 3, 1843. She was b. Dec 18, 1822 d. Dec 4, 1896
Children:
1. Hannah Reeve SHIRLEY Feb 4, 1846 Mattituck, Long Island NY
m. Charles Wm. Cowtan Dec 19, 1871
2. John Lewis SHIRLEY Feb 25, 1848; lawyer unmarried in 1880
Manhattan census; living with parents; d. Sept 5, 1906
3. Annie Seaman SHIRLEY Mar 20, 1851; living in Manhattan with
parents in 1880; artist.
4. George Vernon SHIRLEY
Oct 27, 1853 d. Chicago IL 1900, m. ____ April 13, 1882
married Ida Lilian Colby on Apr
1882; she born 23 Mar 1861
5. Charles Fremont SHIRLEY
Feb 20, 1856; lithographer
in 1880; d. Jan 28, 1945 Topsfield, MA,
married 1st Isabel Myers Cooper,
(divorced),
married 2nd Elizabeth Hayward
Peterson May 12, 1889
Children:
(1). Natalie SHIRLEY May 1890 m. ___ Goodale
(2). John Newton SHIRLEY born Aug 21, 1891
married Clara Herbert Glover
Sept 23, 1916 Bellows Falls VT
Children:
A. Charles Fremont SHIRLEY
April 19, 1917 d. ca
1974
B. Maurice Herbert SHIRLEY
July 30, 1919 m. June
Eldridge, NO children
C. Marian SHIRLEY July 12, 1922 m. Albert Lewis Wellman
D. Phoebe SHIRLEY Oct 22, 1923 never married
E. Russell SHIRLEY Feb 25, 1930 m. Shirley Trask
F. George Raymond SHIRLEY
Nov 16, 1932 d. ca. 1937
(3). Ruth SHIRLEY May 25, 1893 d. Feb 28, 1977 never married
(4). Helen SHIRLEY Nov 28, 1894 m. Howe Samuel Newell
(5). Hayward SHIRLEY Oct 7, 1899 d. Dec 24, 1899
(c). Martha Ann SHIRLEY July 31, 1820 d. Aug 30, 1821
(d). Zebulon SHIRLEY Aug 3, 1822; lived Brooklyn
(e). James William SHIRLEY
July 31, 1824 Unmarried
(f). Samuel SHIRLEY Jan 26, 1827 d. Oct 3, 1830, about age
3
(g). Martha Ann SHIRLEY May 2, 1829 m. 1st William H. Wood, real
estate broker in NY who d. of consumption in Florida in 1867,
m. 2nd Mr. Terry in 1869 and they resided at River Head,
Long Island
(h). Samuel SHIRLEY Jan 29, 1832 NY, lived in Brooklyn
married Jennette _____ who was
born in Canada;
Children
1. Jennette W. SHIRLEY age 17 enumerated in 1880 household in
Brooklyn.
(i). Esther Elizabeth SHIRLEY
Nov 8, 1834 Mattituck
m. John B. Terry (3 children)
G. Margaret SHIRLEY Sept 25, 1789 m. Winthrop Watson late
in life. (no children)
H. Sarah SHIRLEY Aug 9, 1790 d. June 1834 m. Jonathan
Watson of Meredith, brother of Winthrop
I. Lucretia SHIRLEY Dec 5, 1792 m. Christopher Moulton
J. Samuel SHIRLEY, Jr. Sept 25, 1794; living at Sanbornton,
Merrimack, (later Belknap) Co at time of marriage; He died Oct
20, 1837, age 43 at Lowell, Middlesex Co Mass.
married 1st. Sarah Gilman of
Gilford Mar 23, 1820, by Rev.Wm Blaisdell
married 2nd unknown name.
Children (by 2nd marriage )
(a). Harrison SHIRLEY
was a printer and editor
(b). Ann SHIRLEY
married, name not known
(c). Mary SHIRLEY
married, name not known
K. William W. SHIRLEY born Aug 29, 1796 at Guilford NH (death
cert); farmer; He was living in Boston Ward 12 Suffolk Co Mass
in 1850; He died 13 Mar 1865 in South Boston Mass, age 68 (death
cert: son of Samuel and Annie Shirley, father born Chester NH)
married Elizabeth Walton on 7
Mar 1825 at Roxbury, Suffolk Co Mass.
Children:
(a). Lucretia SHIRLEY married ___ Bennett
(b). Elizabeth SHIRLEY
married and lived in
Boston. NO children
(c). Katie SHIRLEY born about 1835; She was a school
teacher in Boston, did not marry
(d). Ephraim SHIRLEY born about 1840 MA; living in the family
household in 1850 census; he died 17 Apr 1851 in Suffolk Co Mass,
son of William and Elizabeth (death cert)
L. Stephen Dearborn SHIRLEY
Dec 9, 1798; lived Belknap
County in 1850; d June 16 1889; lived Union Bridge and Nortfield
NH, was a tanner; moved to Littleton. (2 children)
Stephen Dearborn Shirley, b.
at Sanbornton Dec. 9, 1798, learned the tanner's trade, and came
from Littleton to Northfield about 1879 and bought the Cilley
farm on Bean Hill. Though past middle life, Mr. and Mrs. Shirley
brought with them the ambition and vigor of youth. After his
death, June 16, 1889, she continued to supervise the farm and
household duties with the same tireless energy-. She passed her
96th birthday on Aug. 5, 1904, and with her son, Andrew, still
resides on the farm. A dau., Jane, m. Thomas Smith and resides
at Uplands, Canterbury. History of Northfield NH
married Dolly Chandler, born
about 1802, she died 22 Jan 1907 at Northfield, NH
children:
(a). Andrew J. SHIRLEY born about 1835; died 7 Nov 1914, age
79 at Boscawen, Merrimack; unmarried
(b). Jane SHIRLEY born about 1841; married Thomas C. Smith
7 Jan 1864 at Laconia, NH, This family lived Canterbury. No
children
M. Nancy SHIRLEY m. Rodney Allen and went to Michigan
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