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Job Shelly/Sherley,  born
October 1757 (rev'l war pension application); possibly the son
of Benjamin Shelly Jr of Raynham Bristol Co MA who left a will
there in 1780; Job Sherley was a Revolutionary War Soldier, served
as a minute man and lived to receive a pension. Moved to Niles,
Cayuga NY about 1810; Entered the service of the United States
in May 1775 at Wrentham, Bristol Co Massachussetts (later became
Norfolk Co) "where he then resided"; Job Sherley later
applied for a soldier's pension citing his war service in Capt
James Perry's militia company, Sergeant's regiment, also Capt
Dean's militia company, Col Wilber's regiment, and finally in
Capt Shaw's company. Important note: the name on these extant
service rolls is Job Shelly, not Sherley. Job and wife Mary
moved to Franklin Co Massachussets in the western part of the
state by about 1800 when Job Shelly (sic) was enumerated at New
Salem township; He had moved his family to western New York by
1810 when he was enumerated as Job Sharly in Simpronius Township,
Cayuga County; According to his 1832 war pension applicaiton,
Job lived Greene Co NY and Cayuga Co NY. Lived in Sempronius
Township Cayuga Co NY in 1820 and in 1830 census, age 70-80;
Enumerated in the household of son Bradford Sherley's son-in-law
Simpkins Snow as a revolutionary war soldier in the 1840 Cayuga
Co census; Bradford's daughter Nancy married Simkins Snow in
Orleans Twp Barnstable Massachusetts in 1826 (obituary of their
son Benjamin B Snow identified Job Sherley as his great grandfather);
He died 20 August 1842 (per US Treasury receipts) in Pennyville,
N.Y.[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.]
1778 Dec 18 Bristol Co MA, Raynham Town Marriage Records,
pg 247 - Job Sherley married Mary Wilbur, both of Raynham.
1780 Will of Benjamin Shelly of Raynham Bristol Co MA -
names sons Libeus Shelly, Barnabus Shelly, Job Shelly, Sarah
Hewitt ('his sister'), and Olive Shelly (who must have been incapacitated
in some way)
1782 Nov 9 Bristol Co MA deed records DB61/175 Joseph Haywood
to Job Shelly
1789 Dec 16 Bristol Co MA deed recordsDB68/309 Jacob Wilbore
to Job Shelly
1790 Raynham, Bristol Co Mass Census - Job Shelley 1 -
3 - 2
1792 Feb 6 Bristol Co MA deed records DB70/338 Abijah Pratt
to Job Shelly
1794 Dec 15 Bristol Co MA deed records DB73/314 Jacob Wilbore
of Raynham to Job Shelly of Raynham one deed for 3 acres, a second
deed for L300 on the same page includes his dwelling and all
buildings replaces mortgage dated 7 Aug 1789 book 68/309. Neither
deed included anything personal
1796 Mar 9 Bristol Co MA deed records DB74/355 Job Shelly
of Raynham to Elkanah Wilbore Sr and Jr ; land where Jacob Wilbore
now lives; signed Job Shelly, Mary Shelly
1796 Mar 5 Plymouth Co MA deed records DB89/171 Job Shelly
of Raynham Bristol Co yeoman to Jeremiah and Lemuel Wilbore Jr
of Bridgewater Plymouth land in Bridgewater, adj Benjamin Wilbore
(signed Job Shelly, Mary Shelly)
1797 Jun 28 Bristol Co MA deed records DB76/13 Job Shelly
of Raynham yeoman and Mary his wife to Stephen Dean; signed Job
Shelly, Mary Shelly
1799 Apr 5 Bristol Co MA deed records DB77/489 Job Shelly
of Raynham to Simeon Wilbore ; 48 acres; one piece is ye homestead
farm that was Mr Jacob Wilbores (all the rest of the land bought
by Jacob Wilbore) signed Job Shelly, Mary Shelly Wit: Jacob Wilbore,
Simeon Wilbore Jr.
1800 Franklin Co MA Census - New Salem - Job Shelly 01210
- 10110
1805 April Term - Bristol Co Court of Common Pleas pg 216
- Libeus Shelly of Raynham Bristol Co yeoman vs Job Shelly of
New Salem in Hampshire Co (sic) yeoman. Job being indebted to
Libeus $606.50, hath not paid, request of him the said Job provided
for one Olive Shelly sister of the said Job sufficient clothing
and lodging for the span of 5 years, and promised to pay Libeus
money he deserved of said Job. Deft did not appear. Court awards
Libeus Shelly $312.25.
1805 Sep 13 DB85/274 Dated 23 Jan 1795 Job Shelly of Raynham
yeoman to Joseph Bassett; signed Job Shelly, Mary Shelly Wit:
Jacob Wilbore, John Gilmore Jr
1810 Apr 5 Franklin Co MA DB26/518 New Salem - Abiather
Sherley to William Whitaker ; Abiather Sherley of S[ ]les Ontario
County NY (wit: Job Sherly)
1810 Cayuga Co NY Census - Sempronius Twp. - Job Sharly
0 0 0 0 2 - 0 1 0 0 1
1820 Cayuga Co NY Census - Sempronius Twp. - Job Sherley
0 0 0 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 1 - 0 1
1829 Sept. Cayuga Co NY DB LL pg 178 Job Sherley and wife
Mary to Bradford Sherley Twp 13/Lot 36; 25 acres; Same land sold
to Job Sherley by Sylvanus Hussey.
1830 Cayuga Co NY Census - Sempronius Twp. - Job Shirley
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 ... - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ... (age 70-80)
1832 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)
1778 Dec 18 Bristol Co MA, Raynham Town Marriage
Records, pg 247 - Job Sherley married Mary Wilbur, both of
Raynham.
children: (Census suggests Job and Mary should
have 3 sons and 2 daughters)
1(i). Bradford Shelly/Shirley born
about 1781 Massachussetts; lived Franklin Co MA, Cayuga
Co NY then moved to Tioga Co NY by 1850 census, age 69 (source:
obituary of grandson Benjamin Bradford Snow and census records).
1829 Sept. Cayuga Co NY DB LL pg 178 Job Sherley and wife
Mary to Bradford Sherley Twp 13/Lot 36; 25 acres; Same land sold
to Job Sherley by Sylvanus Hussey.
married 1) Polly Wilbur on 9 July 1804 in Shutesbury
Township, Franklin Co MA
1804 July 9 - Franklin Co Mass, Shutesbury Town Birth,
Marriage, Death Records, pg 198 - Bradford Shelly married
Polly Wilbur by Joseph Smalledge (he was a baptist pastor in
Shutesbury)
married 2) Parthenia ______ age 53 in 1850 census
(Polly? possibly the same as above)
children:
2(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.
Death cert for her daughter Mary Bellows says Mary was born 1828
in Orleans, Barnstable Co Mass.
married Simpkins Snow
5 Sep 1826 at Orleans, Barnstable Co MA, Simpkins Snow
and Nancy Sherley both of Orleans ware married by Revd D Johnson
[1830 Jan 4 birth date of Benjamin Bradford Snow, s/o Simpkins
Snow and Nancy Sherley Snow. per obituary, Auburn NY] ...was
born on Cape Cod in the town of Orleans on 4 January 1830. In
the spring of 1831 the family migrated to the town of Niles in
Cayuga County where his great grandfather Job Sherley a Rev'l
soldier and his grandfather Bradford Sherley had settled some
20 years before. They were 3 weeks making the trip from Cape
Cod to Niles.... - Auburn Citizen 2 April 1920
2(ii). Bradford Shirley Jr born
about 24 October 1808 at New Salem (Hampshire, now Franklin Co)
Massachussetts; He lived in Junius Township, Seneca Co NY in
1836, a year he bought and sold a town lot there. He then lived
in Niles, Moravia PO, Cayuga Co NY; Lived Cayuga Co NY in 1850
census, age 42; Lived Cayuga Co NY in 1860 age 51; 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, age 62; 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 daughter of Joseph Lee of Niles NY
children:
3(i). Mary F. Shirley born about 1841 in NY, age 9
in 1850 census. Married Frank A. Partello; They lived
with Bradford and Lucy Shirley in the 1860 census;
3(ii). George Shirley died on his father's mill property
per father's obituary; likely died prior to 1860 census
2(iii). Bethana Shirley born 27 May 1810 at Shutesbury,
Franklin Co Massachusetts to Bradford and Polly Sherley
2(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 Ensign (her surname identified
in obit of son Dura Shirley); She died 1 Aug
1861, age 37 yrs, 11 mos 22 days; buried at Hunts Corners Cem.
at Lapeer Twp in Cortland Co NY
children:
3(i). Dura Bradford Shirley born 27 February 1847 Richford
NY (obituary); Served private 1st NY Cavelry in Civil War; lived
Richford Tioga Co NY in 1870; 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.
He died 28 January 1928 buried at Woodlawn National Cemetery
in Elmira Chemung Co NY
married Armilla DeVos on 30 November 1867 (source:
husband's obit, Other records use Jennie/Pennie as her name)
children:
4(i). Walter D Shirley born Sept 1868, age 1 in 1870
census; wood worker at planing mill Courtlandville Courtland
Co NY in 1900; traveling salesman in wholesale groceries in 1910
census; Mentioned as surviving in father Dura Shirley's 1928
obituary
married Mabel A. Anthony (surname identified in
marriage record of daughter Esther Shirley) She was born
August 1872 NY
children:
5(i). Esther L Shirley born October 1895 NY; Living
Syracuse NY when mentioned in grandfather Dura Shirley's 1928
obit; Married Wright
5(ii). Anthony B Shirley born about 1902 NY; Mentioned
in grandfather Dura Shirley's 1928 obit, as living in Chattanooga
TN; Moved to Chattanooga TN by the 1930 census; 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. A Y-DNA test from a male
descendant of this family w/Shirley surname is needed
married Gladys A Lee on 1 April 1919 at Hamilton Co
TN
children:
6(i). Anthony B Shirley born about 1921 TN, age 9 in
1930 census
6(ii). William B Shirley born about 1923 NY, age 7
in 1930 census
6(iii). Robert L Shirley born about 1925 TN, age 5
in 1930 census
5(iii). Mildred L Shirley born about 1907 NY; She is
likely the Mrs William Bayless of Cortland NY mentioned in the
obit of her grandfather Dura Shirley
4(ii). Dewitt Shirley born Jan 1870 NY, age 0 in parent's
1870 census household; Was not mentioned as surviving in father's
1928 obituary
3(ii). Royal J. Shirley born 19 May 1851 NY (death
cert); living with brother Dura Shirley's family in Tioga NY
in 1870, age 19; living in Triangle Twp Broome Co NY in 1880,
shoemaker; Ice Cream dealer at Courtland Village in 1889; Enumerated
at Harford Cortland Co NY in 1900; father John Shirley was living
in his household at the time, age 78; Living Newark Valley Tioga
Co NY in 1910, age 54; Lived at Tompkins Co NY in 1920 census;
He died 6 April 1928 at Dryden Tompkins Co NY (death cert)
married Mary ______
children:
4(i). Katie/Gertie Shirley born August 1879 NY, age
1 in 1880 census; living with parents in 1900 census, age 20
4(ii). May Shirley born about 1887 NY, Not enumerated
in parent's 1900 census household; age 23 in parent's 1910
census
1(ii). Abiather Shelly/Sherley (Theorized child
of Job Sherley by Shirley Association) born about 1781 See Branch 44
1798 Aug 16 Raynham Twp Bristol Co MA Town records - Abiather
Shelly married Lydia Hewitt both of Raynham pg 100. Marriage
Intention 23 December 1797
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. - Saturday, December
20, 2003, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Franklin Co MA 200 YEARS AGO
1810 Apr 5 Franklin Co MA DB26/518 New Salem - Abiather
Sherley to William Whitaker ; Abiather Sherley of S[ ]les Ontario
County NY (wit: Job Sherly)
1(iii). Stephen/Stillman Shelly/Sherley (Theorized
child of Job Sherley by Shirley Association) born between
1784-1794 (age 16-26 in 1810 census); Enumerated next door to
Job Sherley in Sempronius Township Cayuga Co NY in 1810 census,
married with children; A Stillman Shirley was identified as father
of Stella Martin-Nichols-Metcalf in her obituary; He is
untraced after 1810, supposedly died about 1818 in Huron Ohio;
A Mary Sherley (his widow?) married John Thompson in Huron Co
OH in 1819
16 Aug 1807 Stilman Shelly married Mary Sander at New Salem,
Franklin, Massachusetts,
1810 Cayuga Census - Sempronius Twp. - Stephen Sharly 20100
- 10100 (confirmed spelling)
1(iv). Mary W. Shirley (Likely child of Job Sherley,
source: rootsweb posting) born about 1799; Married and
living in Moravia Township, Cayuga County, NY in 1840 census;
She died 5 March 1867 and buried at Indian Mound Cemetary, Moravia
New York; Tombstone says Mary "Shirley" age 68
married Daniel Reynolds, Jr. on 11 October 1816; He
was born 16 October 1795 in richmond, Vermont, settled on the
east shore of Owasco Lake; He died 13 October 1882 and buried
at Indian Mound Cemetary, Moravia, NY
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.
Shelly/Shirley Family of Eastern Massachusetts
Benjamin Shelly born 12 March 1679 at Barnstable Co
Massachusetts; listed in 1746 valuation of Raynham MA (Shelley);
He died 1757 at Cheshire Co New Hampshire
married Alice Goodspeed on 8 August 1705 at Barnstable
Co MA
children:
1(i). Joseph Shelly born 1706; tanner of Raynahm Bristol
Co; listed in 1746 valuation of Raynham MA (Shelley)
Joseph Shelley (son of Benjamin Shelley and Alice Goodspeed)
was born July 29, 1706 in Barnstable, Mass., and died Aft. February
24, 1767 in Raynham, Mass..He married Thankful Bodfish on February
23, 1735/36 in Barnstable, Mass., daughter of Benjamin Bodfish
and Lydia Crocker.
married Thankful Bodfish on 23 February 1735/36 at
Barnstable Co MA
children
2(i). Joseph Shelly/Sherley
left an 1818 will at Raynham Plymouth Co MA
1779 Dec 3 Plymouth Deed Vol 60 page 85 - Timothy Bryant
of Plymouth to Jemima Sherley daughter, wife of Joseph Sherley
of Raynham Bristol Co. land in Middlesboro
1818 Docket - Est of Joseph Shelly, Rachel Wilbur exectrx.;
Will 49/387; dau Rachel Wilber, dau Asneth Tubbs wife of Samuel;
grandson Seth Wilber, dau Rachel extrx. Wit Isaiah Wilber, Lyman
Hooper, Daniel Crane.
married Jemima Bryant in 1766 in Raynham
1780 Feb 17 Jemima Shelly of Raynham Bristol Co et al (heirs
of Timothy Bryant) to Joshua Shaw 75/198
2(ii). Lydia Shelly married George Wilbur, son of Mesach
Wilbur.
2(iii). Jonathan Shelley, born April 04, 1738, d. October
22, 1811.
Jonathan Shelley (son of Joseph Shelley and Thankful Bodfish)
was born April 04, 1738, and died October 22, 1811.He married
Sarah Andrews on February 1759, daughter of Henry Andrews and
Mary Williams.
married Sarah Andrews in 1759
children:
3(i). Abner Shelley/Shirley
b. Abt. 1759, Living at Raynham Bristol Co MA in 1790 and at
Sharon Norfolk Co MA in 1800 census; He died February 16, 1840.
married Mary Hartwell
Nov 19, 1781 Bridgewater Vital Records
pg 451 Abner Shirley of Raynham and Mary Hartwell of Bridgewater,
marriage banns read
children:
4(i). Hartwell Shelley,
b. April 11, 1789, Westmoreland, New Hampshire, d. May 03, 1868.
4(ii). Nathan Shelley.
4(iii). Abner Shelley/Shirley - born about 1787 at Sharon Norfolk Co MA;
He legally changed his name to Shirley in 1838; He died
in Boston in 1854
1838 Private and Special Statutes
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume 8 - Abner Shelley,
Belinda Shelly, and Daniel H. Shelley may severally take the surname of Shirley
1854 November 26 - Death - Abner
Shirley, age 67 (b 1787) born Sharon, Norfolk Co MA, parents:
Abner, Mary
married Belinda _______
children:
5(i). Daniel Hartwell Shelley/Shirley - born 26 April 1817 at Bridgewater Plymouth
Co MA to Abner and Belinda Shelly; chr 4 October 1822 to Abner
Shelly; He died (surname Shirley) 28 January 1873 at Boston MA, occupation piano
tuner; Father Abner Shirley
1838 Private and Special Statutes
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume 8 - Abner Shelley,
Belinda Shelly, and Daniel H. Shelley may severally take the surname of Shirley
married Charlotte Walker (named in daughters marriage record)
children:
6(i). Ellen Bertina Shirley born about 1840, age 15 in 1855 state census;
She married Lucius Edwards in 1867; her parents named Shirley
6(ii). Charlotte I Shirley born about 1844, age 21 in 1865 Mass. State
census; She married George Torrey in 1861, her parents named
Shirley
6(iii). Anna B Shirley born about 1849, age 16 in 1865 Mass State
census; She married Isaac Chase in 1894, her parents named Shirley
4(iv). Alanson Shelley.
4(v). Mary Shelley.
4(vi). Daniel Hartwell Shelley
4(vii). Sewell Shelley.
3(ii). Jonathan Shelley, b. 1764.
3(iii). Calvin Shelley.
3(iv). Mary Shelley.
3(v). Hannah Shelley.
3(vi). Sarah Shelley.
1(ii). Thankful Shelly born 1707
1(iii). Lydia Shelly born 1713
1(i). Benjamin Shelly Jr - born about 1720;
listed in 1746 valuation of Raynham MA (Shelley); His will was
probated in 1780 at Raynham Bristol Co MA
1780 Will of Benjamin Shelly of Raynham Bristol Co MA -
names sons Libeus Shelly, Barnabus Shelly, Job Shelly, Sarah
Hewitt ('his sister'), and Olive Shelly (who must have been incapacitated
in some way)
married Mary Turner at Bridgewater Plymouth Co MA on
21 December 1749
children:
2(i). Abiather Shelly died 1777 as a soldier in the
Revolutionary War
2(ii). Libeus Shelly/Shirley
Held land in Franklin Co MA. His estate was probated by Lot Shelly
in Bristol Co MA
married 1) Bethana Wilbur in 1778 in Bristol Co MA
Jan 31 1778 p246. Lebeus Shirley
and Betheny Wilbore both of Raynham
married 2) Phebe ______ (named in birth records of
children)
children:
3(i). Rhoda Shelly born 20 Sept 1778 at Raynham Bristol
Co MA to Libeus and Bethany Shelly
3(ii). Lot Shelly born 30 Jan 1782 at Raynham Bristol
Co MA to Libeus and Phebe Shelly
3(iii). Green Shelly born 13 Aug 1784 at Raynham Bristol
Co MA to Libeus and Phebe Shelly
3(iv). Phebe Shelly born 7 Nov 1786 at Raynham Bristol
Co MA to Libeus and Phebe Shelly
3(v). Polly Shelly born 23 June 1788 at Raynham Bristol
Co MA to Libeus and Phebe Shelly
3(vi). Libeus Shelly born 11 March 1790 at Raynham
Bristol Co MA to Libeus and Phebe Shelly
2(iii). Job Shelly/Shirley
married Mary Wilbur in Bristol Co, moved to Franklin
Co MA, then NY, son Abiather Shirley?)
Dec 18 1778 p246. Job Shirley
and Mary Wilbore both of Raynham Vital Records of Raynham Mass
children:
3(i). Abiather Shelly (later Shirley
in Erie/Huron Co Ohio)
married Lydia Hewitt at Bristol Co MA
1798 Aug 16 Abiather Shelly married Lydia Hewitt both of
Raynham pg 100. Marriage Intention 23 December 1797
2(iv). Barnabas Shelly served in the Revolutionary
War;
So not the following: Barnabas
Shelly born about 1770; Residence: Raynham at time of marriage;
lived at Cheshire Co NH in 1803
1803 Bristol MA DB83/168 Cole, Shelly et al to Richard
Newcomb (Estate sale of Robt Cole dec'd by heirs incl, Barnabus
Shelly and Lydia his wife, Jonathan Shelly and Mary his wife
who all were living in Cheshire Co NH at the time)
married Lydia Cole on 26 August 1792 at Norton Bristol
Co MA
children: (6 children)
3(i). Barnabas Shelly Jr
BARNABAS SHELLEY came here from Raynham, Mass about eighty
years ago. and located upon the place now occupied by Warren
Shelley, off road. BARNABAS SHELLEY, one of the six children
of Barnabas Sr., was born at the old homestead, and reared a
family of four children as follows: Elisha, Joseph, Emeline and
Lewis C. ELISHA SHELLEY married Lucy S. Hall, and is a farmer
in East Westmoreland. JOSEPH SHELLEY,
who was born on the old homestead, remained there until twenty-one
years of age, when he left for a year or so, then returned, and
owning a part of the old farm lived there about fifteen years,
then moved to Westmoreland village, where he has been postmaster
fifteen years. He has been selectman, assessor and town treasurer,
each three years, and collector nine years. He has been a partial
invalid through rheumatism the past twenty-seven years He is
much esteemed and is valued as an efficient post-master. He married
Betsey F. Balch and has
reared four children, all of whom are living. His son, WARREN
W. SHELLEY has been a butcher in Westmoreland, but left the business
on account of rheumatism, and now resides on road 44. EMELINE
SHELLEY married Henry Livingston of Walpole, and has had two
children. She is left a widow, and keeps a store in Westmoreland.
LEWIS C. SHELLEY married Betsey Woodward, has two children, both
living at home, is a farmer and lives in East Westmoreland. --
History of Cheshire and Sullivan Counties, New Hampshire Philadelphia:
J.W. Lewis & Co., 1886
2(v). Sarah Shelly
1(iv). Mehitable Shelly born 1721
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Job Shelly/Sherley
