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John
Shirley  b. ca. 1735; died sometime
after 1794 in Spotsylvania Co VA;
married Elizabeth________. (It has been suggested
her name may have been Thomas, but there is no proof).
children:
1. Dorothy
SHIRLEY born about 1758,
married Henry Dodd
2. John SHIRLEY born April
1760 Berkeley Parish, Spotsylvania Co. VA; Revolutionary War
Soldier; He initially enlisted in the "marine service"
of the United States under Capt Gabriel Jones on the ship Venture;
His father at one point hired James Kemp as his subsitute in
the war; He moved from Virginia to Adair Co KY in 1807; He applied
for a pension for his war service in Dec 1832, at age 72 in Adair
Co KY; He died Mar 12, 1840 Adair Co. KY. They lived in Mercer
Co. KY before settling in Adair co. KY.
May 4 1840 WB D Page 256 Will
of John S. SHIRLEY; Written: Mar 19 1838; Wife: Florance
Shirley; remainder to be equally divided among my children viz:
George Shirley, John W Shirley, Nancy M Coleman, Polly Rogers
and Betsey Bailey. Exec: Joseph H. Coleman and George Shirley;
Recorded: May 4 1840
married Frances Yates on
Nov. 25, 1782. (source, family bible) She died Sept 22,
1843 Adair Co. Kentucky. (note: the death date cannot be correct
as Frances Shirley appeared before a KY official regarding her
husband's pension on that same date)
children:
(1). Nancy W. SHIRLEY b
abt 1783
married 1st Thomas Coleman,
Dec 27, 1804, (source, family bible)
married 2nd, Francis A. Henry
Jan 11, 1829
(2). George Yates SHIRLEY b abt 1785; living in East Fork PO,
Metcalfe Co KY in 1850 and 1860 census, age 76, widower; Thomas
W. Shirley age 16 living in the HH both census. Earlier Adair
Co census indicates may only have had one child, a daughter.
married Pamela Coleman,
Dec 18, 1807 (source, family bible)
(3). Colonel
John Warfield SHIRLEY
b Dec 28, 1787 d. Feb 27, 1837,
married Patsy Young, Jan 26,
1809. She was the daughter of Philip Young. Patsey was born June
27, 1788 and d. Dec 9, 1828. (source, family bible)
(4). Polly E. SHIRLEY born about 1789
married Edmund Rogers,
Jan 27, 1809 (source, family bible)
(5). Betsey W. SHIRLEY 1792
married Nimrod Bailey,
Nov 18, 1819 (source, family bible)
(6). Benjamin W. SHIRLEY b Oct 22, 1797 (source, family bible
- not shown above); not named in the LW&T of his father
3. Thomas
SHIRLEY
Mar 21, 1761 Berkeley Parish, Spotsylvania Co. VA, d. April 17,
1820 Adair Co. KY. He married Molly Yates April 5, 1788 Caroline
Co. VA. (See branch #11 for his
family).
4. Phoebe
Thomas SHIRLEY
born about 1763
married John
Crawford
5. Catherine SHIRLEY d. 1833 Cumberland
Co. VA, Some of the family moved to Jackson TN
married William
Anderson d. 1795 Cumberland Co. VA.
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John Shirley