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1. Job Sherley,  b. Oct
1757 (rev'l war application); died 20 Aug 1842; Revolutionary
War Soldier, served as a minute man and lived to receive a pension.
Moved to Niles, Cayuga NY about 1810; He died in Pennyville,
N.Y. Entered the service of the United States in May 1775 at
Wrentham Massachussetts "where he then resided". Lived
Greene Co NY and Cayuga Co NY. [note: Evidence presented at
the bottom of this page suggests this Sherley family originally
carried the Shelley surname. Any comments from descendants are
very welcome.]
Pension: Job Shirley, Massachusetts line, S23418, applied
Aug 18, 1832 in Cayuga County New York, aged 74 in Oct 1831 (born
1757). He enlisted at Wrentham [Norfolk Co] Massachusetts. He
died Aug 20, 1842, leaving a child, (not named), who received
final payment Oct 24, 1853.
married Mary Wilbur on Dec 18 1778 at Raynham, Bristol
Co Mass. (both groom and bride of Raynham - source: Vital Records
of Raynham); she was born 24 Aug 1756; died 6 Feb 1837 (source
DAR)
2.i Bradford Shirley born
about 1781 Massachussetts; lived Cayuga Co NY then moved
to Tioga Co NY (source: obituary of grandson Benjamin Bradford
Snow and census records)
married Parthenia ______ (Polly? see dau Bethana
birth record)
children:
3.i Nancy Medora Shirley born about 1807; She died
7 May 1869, age 62 in Massachusetts (no place named in Mass vital
record index), dau of Bradford Shirley, wife of Simkins Snow
married Simpkins Snow
3.ii Bradford Shirley Jr born
about 24 October 1808 at New Salem (Hampshire, now Franklin Co)
Massachussetts; lived Niles, Moravia PO, Cayuga Co NY; he was
taxed by the US IRS for owning a pianoforte in May 1865 (source
census, IRS); enumerated with wife Lucy in 1870 as a hotel keeper
in Niles; Died at Kelloggsville, Cayuga County NY on 11 Feb 1882.
1882 "News & Bulletin" (Newspaper Auburn
NY) - Obituary
Death of an Old Resident
BRADFORD SHIRLEY OF KELLOGGSVILLE PASSES AWAY
Kelloggsville Feb 13 - Today, February 13th our village people
and others of adjoining towne met at about one o'clock pm at
the Shirley House to pay their last tribute of respect to the
late Bradford Shirley, who (after a few days illness)
died at 2 o'clock pm of Saturday the 11th. The funeral was largely
attended, the Rev John W. Steele officiating and the most profound
sympathy for the widow and surviving family. The only surviving
child or daughter of the deceased is Mary, wife of
Frank A. Partello, well known for years past as the proprietor
of the shirley House and (during Dr Wm C. Cooper's administration
as postmaster) Mr Partello served as deputy postmaster. Mr
Shirley was an uncle of B. B Snow so well known in Auburn
adn was otherwise connected with many prominent families in this
and adjoining counties. Bradford Shirley was born at New Salem
Mass Oct 24 1808 In the year 1814 when 6 years of age, with
his partents Mr and Mrs Bradford Shirley, he came to what was
then called the township of Sampronius, which township has since
been divided into three towns, Moravia, Niles and Sempronius.
Of other members of his father's family was John Shirley now
of Cortland county. One, Mrs Ensign of Broome County NY and one
Mrs Snow mother of B.B. Snow of Auburn. Mrs Ensign and John
Shirley were younger than Bradford and survive him. Mr Shirley's
home where he spent his early years after he came to this county
was the premises now occupied by the mansion of Col A.G. Holmer.
As he grew to man's estate his business qualifications an genial
manners introduced him into the best society, and in 1836 he
was married to Miss Lucy Lee, a sister of Rev Day Kellogg
Lee, and a daughter of the late Joseph Lee, of Niles.
His relative position to this worthy family gave a fresh impetus
to his resolution to not only promote his own interests but those
of his neighbors. In later years he purchased a home in School
Dist No 2 at Moravia where he owned a profitable saw mill, flax
mill, spearmint and pepermint distilery etc. While on the premises
his son George died. Afterward he was elected a Justice
of Peace which office he filled in a manner much to his credit
and finally retiring from active labor himself and son-in-law,
French A Partello, purchased the hotel at Kelloggsville where
he spent the remaining years of his life after having spent more
than half a century in active toil ere he retired and went to
Kelloggsville to live. Mr Shirley belonged to no orthodox church
but was just as well as precise, in each and ever event of his
everyday life. He was candid in every day belief pecular to himself.
He was open to conviction on all subjects and once convinced
he was firm and unyielding. Politically he was an old school
Democrat and remained so until the hour of his death. His health
had been visibly failing for more than a year past and several
attacks of nervous postration have followed during that interval
finally resulting in his death. His last hours were peacful and
we believe that he as found favor in the eyes of his maker. We
overlook all minor faults as all men have when the good and noble
deeds form a large majority and steadfastly believe that when
our accounts "are balanced" in the book of life that
we shall each and all receive our several rewardsa as we are
worth.
married Lucy Lee
children:
4.i Mary F. Shirley born about 1841 in NY (source
census). Married Frank A. Partello
4.ii George Shirley died on his father's mill property
3.iii Bethana Shirley born 27 May 1810 at Shutesbury,
Franklin Co Mass (born to Bradford and Polly)
3.iv John Shirley born about 1822 NY; lived Tioga NY
next door to Bradford Shirley Sr. in 1860 census; apparently
living as a widower age 78 in the household of his son R. J.
Shirley in the 1900 Harford Cortland Co NY census
married Esther A _____; died 1 Aug 1861, age 37 yrs,
11 mos 22 days; buried at Hunts Corners Cem. at Lapeer Twp in
Cortland Co NY
children:
4.i Durey (or Dewey) E. Shirley born about 1847 NY;
lived Richford Tioga Co NY in 1870; he is likely the Bradford
D Shirley agent Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine listed in
the 1889 Courtland Village directory. A Walter D. Shirley, student,
is listed in the directory at the same address.
married Pennie______ born about 1849 NY
children:
5.i Walter D Shirley born Sept 1868; wood worker at
planing mill Courtlandville Courtland Co NY in 1900; traveling
salesman in wholesale groceries in 1910 census
married Mabel A. _____ born August 1872 NY
children:
6.i Esther L Shirley born October 1895 NY
6.ii Anthony B Shirley born about 1902 NY; apparently
moved to Chattanooga TN by the 1930 census and raised a large
family; living Chicamauga GA across line from Chattanooga appearing
in notices of his son Anthony Bradford Shirley, Jr seaman 1st
class being killed in action in WWII.
6.iii Mildred L Shirley born about 1907 NY
5.ii Dewitt Shirley born Jan 1870 NY
4.ii Royal J. Shirley born May 1851 NY; living with
brother's family in Tioga NY in 1870; living in Triangle Twp
Broome Co NY in 1880, shoemaker; Ice Cream dealer at Courtland
Village in 1889; father was living in his household at Harford
Cortland Co NY in 1900; listed as married to Dorothy A Pritchard,
a 20 year old English woman, in the Norfolk Valley, Tioga Co
NY census.
married Mary ______; born April 1858; in
5.i Katie/Gertie Shirley born August 1879; living with
parents in 1900 census
2.ii Mary W. Shirley b: Abt. 1799 d: March 05, 1867
(source: rootsweb posting); living in Moravia Township,
Cayuga County, NY in 1840 Burial: Indian Mound Cemetary, Moravia
New York
married Daniel Reynolds, Jr. b: October 16, 1795 in
richmond, Vermont, sttld east shore of Owasco Lake m: October
11, 1816 d: October 13, 1882 in 1880 cen, Cayuga, Moravia. on
1820 and 1830 Sempronious Burial: Indian Mound Cemetary, Moravia,
Note: The 1810 Cayuga NY census shows Job Sharly 00002
- 01001 enumerated next door to Stephen Sharly 20100 - 10100
May 2010 Commentary
I'm now wondering whether
the book "Vital Records of New Salem" that listed an
alternative spelling of Shelly for the 1810 deed record for Abiather
Shirley was an important clue about the origin of this family.
Could the family surname actually originate as "Shelley"
and not "Shirley"? I dismissed the Shelly variant at
first as a normal document transcription error, but further research
of Mass. census records suggests otherwise. See if you agree...
Job Sherley who was born 1757
should appear in the 1790, 1800 census, but he only first appears
in 1810 census in Cayuga New York. His son Bradford Sherley born
about 1781 would certainly appear in census documents in 1810,
but he only first appears in the 1820 census. Bradford's son
Bradford Jr was born 1808 in New Salem Mass, so again, Bradford
Sr. should be found in the 1810 census somewhere. But they are
not found in any of these earlier records.
But can we find Job "Shelley"
and Bradford "Shelley" in census documents instead?
The answer is Yes!
1810 New Salem Mass Census
Bradford Shelley 30010 - 10100
He is indexed in Heritage Quest
as "Shelby" but it is clearly Shelley in the original
image). Next to Bradford in the census is another older Shelley
with an illegible first name. Note Job Shirley/Shelley is in
Cayuga NY census in 1810.
_____ Shelley 00001 - 00000 (born
before 1765) Update:
the image in Ancestry.com shows the name probably to be Lebeius
Shelley
Next I look at the earlier 1800
census and again find our Job "Shelley" in New Salem
Mass.
1800 New Salem Mass Census
Job Shelly 01210 - 10110
Job was born between 1755 and
1776, so the profile for Job Shelly fits Job Shirley's birthdate
of 1757. It is likely that Bradford Shelly/Shirley (age 19) is
enumerated in the household of Job Shelly in the 1800 census.
Again, we should be able to find
Job Shirley (Shelley?) in the 1790 census since he would have
been about 33 years old at the time. Job SHIRLEY cannot be found,
but what about Job SHELLEY?
1790 Raynham, Bristol Co Mass
Census
Job Shelley 1 - 3 - 2
Vital Records of Raynham Mass
p246. Lebeus Shirley and
Betheny Wilbore both of Raynham Jan 31 1778 (other instances
he is a Shelly in records)
p246. Job Shirley and Mary Wilbore both of Raynham Dec
18 1778
There are several reasons why
the Job Shelly of Bristol Co in eastern Mass. is likely the same
person as the Job Shelly in the western Mass county of Hampshire
10 years later. First, Job Shirley's revolutionary war pension
application states that he resided in Wrentham Mass at the time
of enlistment. At the time of his enlistment, Wrentham Mass was
located in Bristol County! Next, according to the DAR, Job Shirley
married Mary Wilbur, and in 1790 Bristol Mass census, Job "Shelley"
is living next to Shadrack, Jonathan, Jacob, Ebenezer and many
other Wilbores. [note: a Jonathan, Abner, and Libeus Shelley
are also nearby]
Evidence strongly suggests that
the Shirleys of Branch #86 (and maybe #44) may have originally
been Shellys. However, there are a few very early Shirley surname
marriages in the Bristol Mass. area, which may suggest that the
family used the Shelley surname only periodically. What do you
think?
Here is this Shelley family including
Abiather and Job Shelley at Rootsweb
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May 2010 Update. It seems that Job Shirley (Branch
#86) who was a Revolutionary War soldier in the Massachussetts
line in the company of Capt Perry was indeed Job SHELLY. Here
is the annotated muster roll found in "Massachusetts
Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War". Note
the undlerlined service record, and then compare the record to
that claimed by Job SHIRLEY (below)
Shelly, Job. Raynham. Private,
Capt James Perry's co. col Paul Dudley Sargent's regt;
muster roll dated Aug 12 1775; enlisted July 8 1775; service
1 mo 7 days; also company return dated Oct 6 1775; also, Capt
Joshua Wilbore's co. Col John Hathaway's regt service 23 days
at Rhode island; company drafted from Taunton, Rayhham and Easton,
In apr 1777; also Capt Joshua Wilbore's co, Col
Josiah Whitney's regt; service 1 mo 23 days; 1777; also, Capt
Jonathan Shaw's co, col George William's regt; service
21 days; company marched from Raynham, Taunton and Easton in
Sept 1777 on a secret expedition; also Capt Ebenezer Dean's
co, Col Thomas Carpenter's regt; service 1 mo 4 days;
company marched from Taunton to Rehoboth, thence to Bristol and
thence to Providence RI and thence home; roll dated Nov 5 1777;
also Capt Jonathan Shaw's co. Col John Daggett's regt entered
service Aug 21 1778; discharged Sept 1 1778; service 12 days
at Rhode Island; also pay roll for same service sworn to at Taunton.
Now compare the service record
of Job SHELLY (above) with the record stated in the pension
application of Job SHIRLEY (next):
1. "That he enlisted in
Capt James Perry's company of militia in Col Sergeant's
regt. for eight months..."
2. "That in May 1774 he
enlisted for three months in Capt Dean's company of milita
in Col Wilbers Regiment..."
3. Others: "Capt Shaw's
company, in Gen'l Sullivan's army"...was always
prepared to go and was frequently called out on short tours but
cannot now state the particulars of these services..."
Other Shellys named in the book,
also from Raynham Bristol Co Mass - Abiather, Jonathan and Lebeus
Shelly - were enumerated near Job Shelly in the 1790 Bristol
Co census.
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Abiathar Shirley who died in
Ohio is possibly the son of Job Sherley (Shelley)
Saturday, December 20, 2003,
Daily Hampshire Gazette, Franklin Co MA (This is where Abiathar
SHIRLEY lived)
200 YEARS AGO
1803 Notice! Whereas Lydia, my wife, has left my bed and board,
and has behaved herself in an unbecoming manner, this is therefore
to caution all persons from harboring or trusting her on my account,
as I am determined not to pay any debts of her contracting. -
Abiathar Shelly, New Salem.n The members of the Hampshire
Missionary Society are hereby notified that their meeting stands
adjourned to the second Thursday of January next in Northampton.
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