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Deborah Anne SHIELDS

1 October 2011
MY BIRTHDATE IS 12-9-55 SANTA CRUZ CALIF 9MY HUSBAND JAMES RANDY PATRICK OF TWENTY SEVEN YEARS IS 6-29-54 POMONA CALIF MY CHILDREN CHARLES "SCOTT HARRISON 6-10-75 WALLA WALLA WASH MICHAEL "SEAN HARRISON 4-10 78 HERMISTON OREGON, MY GRANDCHILDREN KARMA A HARRISON BORN IN SANDPOINT IDAHO 8-13-97 JASMINE M HARRISON COUERDALENE IDAHO 2-28-00 o box 3256 hayden idaho 83835 i believe yours is on the bottom of the e-mail i will send you a money order out, thanks so much deborah CANT WAIT!!!
Date: 9/19/2011 9:45:21 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time From: dpatrick05@msn.com
GREAT, REALLY I CANT WAIT, BEING THAT I WAS ADOPTED OUT WHEN I WAS 3 I DONT HAVE ANY STORIES REALLY MAYBE THAT IS WHY I FEEL THE NEED SO BADLY TO HAVE SOME!!! YOU TOLD ME ABOUT THE ONE BOY DOES THE OTHER HAVE THE SAME? I KNOW ABOUT THE PARENTS CHECK TOOK CARE OF A STEP MOM UNTIL HER DEATH AT HOME ALL LAST WINTER IN OREGON. AND NOW THE OTHERS ARE PUSING MIDDLE 80 'S EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE N LAWS IT WILL BE ME AGAIN. BUT STILL TAKE TIME TO RIDE AND ROPE AND ENJOY THE HORSES AND TEACH MY GRANDKIDS., THANKS AGAIN I FEEL ALMOST GUILTY WITH ALL YOU HAVE ON YOUR PLATE, CANT SAY ENOUGH THANK YOUS!! From: LarryAndy@aol.com Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:34:38 -0400 Subject: Re: (no subject) To: dpatrick05@msn.com
I have your materials in my files backlogged just have to find them and print off. It has been use of time so far, needed your personal information mostly that I did not have and as much as you can get on your lineages as much as you can get, cousins, aunts, uncles and all that. I had 12 horses but ended up giving 7 away a couple years ago when hay reached 250 a ton, then last Fall gave away the last of them, beautiful horses, Palomino, Quarter horse, papered Appy, etc. Then this summer essentially gave all my saddles, some brand new never used still stickers on them away. Give up for any further I can see, hay is just way too much, maybe will try to get just one or two, maybe can afford that but with 2 severely handicapped sons and then had my wife's parents with us, so hay was costing more to feed the horses then food for the family. Let me know anytime you are around and try to meet. I have the appointments at the VA Hospital in SLC but will be back W evening and get onto this Thursday so should get it done pretty quickly. Nice to hear from you too, stay in touch, like to hear any stories you may have heard of your families too. Larry Anderson
DEBORAH ANNE SHIELDS (ME)
MARRIED CHARLES ALBERT HARRISON MARCH 23 1974 HE WAS BORN IN ATCHISON KANSAS OCT. 16, 1954
WE HAVE TWO SONS TOGETHER CHARLES SCOTT HARRISON BORN JUNE 10 1975 AND MICHAEL SEAN HARRISON BORN APRIL 10, 1978 "COTT HAS THREE CHILDREN KARMA A HARRISON BORN AUG 13 1997 JASMINE HARRISON BORN FEB 28 , 2000 AND CHARLES QUINTON HARRISO BORN OCT 3 2005
DIVORCED IN 1982
I MARRIED JAMES RANDY PATRICK FEB. 14, 1991 (STILL MARRIED) WE HAVE NO CHILDREN TOGETHER
HIS MOTHER IS ELSIE MAY CORNELL FATHER IS JAMES ROBERT PATRICK INDIANNA

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SHIELDS GENEALOGY
(1600 to 1760)
1. William Shields
2. John Shields )
2. William Shields ) - See following pages for their
2. Daniel Shields ) descendants.
2. James Shields 3.William Shields 1668-1741 4.Jane Shields ) 1648-1750
4.Eliza Shields ) 1646-1742 – See following
4.Thomas Shields ) 1745 pages for there
4. James Shields ) 1750 descendants.
4. John Shields ) 1709-1770
5. John Shields )
5. Thomas Shields )
5. Mary Shields )
5. Robert Shields )
6. The Family of the “ten brothers.”
At a comparatively early date, just when is unknown, a branch of the Shields family moved from southern to northern Ireland, settling in Country Tyrone. Many, if not all, of the members of this family had joined the Protestants at about the time of the Reformation - - 1510 - - 1550.
William Shields, of Country Antrim
In the neighboring Country Antrim, on the shore of beautiful Lough Neagh, not many years before or after 1600, was born William Shields, from whom descended the most numerous as well as the most prominent Shields race in the New World. Little is known of his life. In 1633, while residing in County Armagh, there was born to him a son, named James, through whose family line the main thread of this story runs. James had a brother, whether older or younger is not known, whose name was William, and another, much younger named John. There may have been other members of the family; it has been asserted that there was another named Daniel, but of this the writer has no conclusive evidence.
William, the father, was one of the victims of Cromwell’s prosecution of the Irish. There have been few, if any, peoples in the history of the world treated with greater cruelty than the Irish. England’s treatment of Ireland is one of the most shameful stories in all history; and Cromwell’s part in it is more shameful than the rest. He treated the Irish as if they were not merely intruders, but outlaws in their own land. It required six years and 600,000 lives for him to establish his policy in Ireland. (Oliver Cromwell, first non-royal leader of England.)
One searches history in vain for a parallel to the grand Cromwellian scheme, which was carried out to the letter; the entire native population was before May 1, 1654, was to depart in a body to Connaught, there to inhabit a small reservation in a desolate tract between the Shannon River and the sea, of which it has been said by one of the Commissioners engaged in enforcing the decree, “there was not fuel enough to warm, water enough to drown, or earth enough to burry a man.” They must not go within two miles of the river or four miles of the sea, a cordon of soldiers being permanently stationed there with orders to kill anyone overstepping the limits.
Any Irish who, after the date named, were found outside the appointed area were to suffer death. We read of piteous pleas for time to collect a few comforts and provides for food and shelter; but at the blast of the trumpet, urged on by the bayonets, the
wretched tide of humility, men, women, children, the infirm, the sick, high and low, prince and peasants, poured into Connaught to share starvation and banishment. The fate of those left behind was even worse. Those who were not executed were driven upon slave-ships and taken to foreign lands, most of them to be heard from nevermore. William Shields, the father, is said to have lost his life during the enforcement of this inhuman decree, and his sons William, James were among the 100,000 who were deported, for no crime other than being an Irishmen.
The Sons FoundFamilies in America
William’s sons, James, John, and William, founded large American families. Tracing their descendents to the present day is not the purpose of this sketch, even if it were possible, but it may not be out of place to say that many branches of these early families have been thus followed down. A brief reference to these various families may be of interest.
Williams and James were deported to the Barbados Islands, in the West Indies, in 1655. They did not long there, however. We are told that William settled, we know not when, at Williamsburg, Virginia. Much information concerning his descendants is to be found in the Bruton Church Records of that city. His son James, kept a tavern and an ordinary in Williamsburg, and died there in 1727. James Shields, who was appointed surveyor if York County, Virginia, in 1744, was a son of the tavern keeper. Anne, the
daughter of James the surveyor, was the mother of Mary Armstead, who married Governor Tyler, of Virginia, and the grandmother of John Tyler, the tenth President of the United States. General John Page Shields, who lost his life while serving in the Confederate Army, was also a great grandson of James, the surveyor.
John, who was a mere child at the time of the Cromwellian existent his life in Ireland. In 1739, when an old man, he, with his son, William, than a lad of twelve, sailed for America. The father died on the route and was buried in the ocean. William landed at Newcastle, in Delaware or Maryland, where he lived for two years among his cousins. He later settled in Frederick Country, Maryland. His descendants are numerous, and are scattered all over the United States, many of them living in Tennessee and other southern states. John Knight Shields, United States Senator from Tennessee, is a great grandson of this immigrant William Shields.
It may not be amiss to include bare reference to Daniel, who is thought by some that he is brother is William, John, and James, and who is referred to by others as a cousin of the three. He, with one son, was killed while fighting in the army of James II at the Battle of the Boyne, in 1690. One of his sons later became a high official in the Spanish Army, and was for a time Governor-General of Cuba. Another surviving son, Daniel, remained in Ireland, as did his descendants for two generations. This branch of the family, or at least a part of it, was converted to the Catholic faith. James Shields, General and the United States Senator, was a great grandson of this survivor of the Battle of the Boyne.
General Shields founded a large Irish settlement in the vicinity of Shieldsville, Minnesota; he is the only man who has ever represented three different states in the United States Senate; his picture is the central figure in one of the great battle pictures of the world that Chapultepec, in the rotunda of the Capitol, at Washington. He was selected by the Legislature of Illinois as one of its two originals representatives whose statues were placed in the Hall of Fame; he is buried in Carrolton, Missouri, where a fine monument has been ereted by the state in his memory.
James Shields, the other son of William of Antrim, one of the special importances in connection with this history, remained in the Barbados Islands only a short time, having come to Maryland before 1660. He was the immigrant founder of the largest of the American Shields families, the writer being one of his many descendants , of the eighth generation.
Preceding the “Ten Brothers”
When and where James Shields, the Immigrant, died we do not know. Neither do we know anything of his life or his family further than what is included in a family history written by William Hathaway, son of George and Eliza Shields Hathaway, and a great grandson of James Shields, in 1790. It is as follows:
“ My great grandfather on the Shields side was James Shields. He was born in County Armagh in the year 1633. His father was born in County Antrim. In about the twentieth year of his age he and his brother and many others were arrested by the
English and deported to the Barbados Islands. He came to Baltimore before 1660. He settled first in Kent County and then in Newcastle. His brother John and family came to America about the year 1738 to 1740. I was a mere child when they arrived. Cousin Williams lived with us about two years, his father having died on the ocean. The family settled in Fredrick County. I have not seen any of them for nearly fifty years. Cousin William has a large family. Great grandfather Shields died when my mother was a little girl.”
“My grandfather was William Shields. He was born in Kent County in the year 1668. My grandmother on my mother side was Jeannette Parker. Aunt Jane was born January 15, 1669. She died in Lancaster County in the year 1750. I had four Uncles. One died young. Uncle Tom was born in the year 1699. Uncle James was born in the year 1694. Uncle John was born in the year 1709. They lived fist in Chester County and then moved to Augusta County, Virginia. Mother was born June 3, 1704. She died in Chester County in the year 1742, being stricken with pneumonia. Grandfather was killed by falling down while helping my uncles building a house in Virginia in 1741. Grandmother lived with Aunt Jane until her death. Uncle James died about the year 1750. His son John was about my own age. He visited us soon after. I have never seen him since then. He was living in North Carolina a few years ago. Uncle Tom died about the year 1765, leaving several children. Uncle John died just before the war.
Several of my cousins were in the Continental Army. Uncle Tom’s children moved away and I do not know where they are. Some of them went I think. Uncle John’s children scattered. One lived in Pennsylvania. One went to South Carolina. One went to Boone’s settlement in French land a few years go. Some of them lived in Virginia. My relatives on my mother’s side were all large, strong, and long-lived and industrious people.”
Little of interest has been found in addition to the foregoing. The early records of Kent County, Maryland, indicates the marriage of William Shields and Jeanette Parker in 1692, and also show that the Parker, of Kent County, by will dated July 17,1695, proven September 2, 1695, willed to his a son-in-law, William Shields, certain property.
The Three Brothers in Virginia
The Chalkley Records, and other historical data of Augusta County Virginia, (which included territory that has since been organized into a half a dozen states) make frequent reference to Thomas, James and John Shields, who settled in what is now Rockingham County, in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, in 1740, having come from Chester County, Pennsylvania.
James Shields was listed a “cordwainer,” or shoemaker. In 1746 he bought 298 ½ acres of land on Moffett’s Creek. He died in April 1749, leaving a widow, whose name was Jean Armstrong, a minor son, John. Having left no will, his brother was appointed to administer his estates. The son John, shortly thereafter, settled at Rockfish Gap, in
Amherst County, Virginia, but in 1752, he bought land from Beverly Manor, situated near the original plot on Moffet’s Creek, which was paid for by his Uncle John.
James and his son John were involved in a lawsuit that is recorded under the title of Robert Robertson vs. James and John SHIELDS. In 1746 James SHIELDS sold to William Snowden a tract of land in Borden’s grant, which Snowden subsequently sold to Robertson. The records in the original transfer were not properly entered and Robertson brought suit in 1748 to quit the title. James died before its’ settlement, hence, the senior son, John, was made defendant. The answer was made by John SHIELDS, the Uncle, as guardian. The Sheriff’s return in the case indicates that in 1752 John, the defendant, lived in Albemarle Co., Virginia.
Thomas SHIELDS purchased land from Beverly Manor August 18, 1747 which he sold to Mathew Thompson in 1761. His estate was appraised February 19, 1782, which indicates that he died prior to that date. The Hathaway record puts the date of his death as 1765.
John SHIELDS, the grandfather of the “ten brothers,’ around whom this sketch centers very largely, purchased 225 acres of land from Beverly Manor in 1742. His will was filed January 23, 1772, in which he is called a free – holder. It mentions his wife, Margaret (we do not know her maiden name but have reason to believe that it was Perry), and sons John, Thomas, and Robert, and a daughter, Mary. Robert was the father of the “ten brothers.” He was married in 1761 to Nancy Stockton.

Date: 8/20/2011 7:24:54 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time From: dpatrick05@msn.com
good morning, ok since i was adopted i only know my sister and brothers name and pretty close on birthdays, i have a few names on my fathers side as far as brothers and sisters and my grandma bessis cummins on my dads side (my dad was from stroud ok some kin still there but havent been able to make contact i would assume do to age or deaths so i will start there!

Date: 8/17/2011 12:10:28 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time From: dpatrick05@msn.com
Reply To:
To: larryandy@aol.com


I BELIEVE THE CAME FROM IRELAND TO VIRGINA TO INDIANA TO OK SINCE I WAS ADOBTED AT 3 I HAVE SO MUCH TO FINE OUT WHERE I REALLY AM FROM MY LIFE IS GOOD AND GOES ON BUT IT IS SURE NICE TO KNOW YOUR ROOTS IMPORTANT NOW MORE THAN EVER AS I AM 55 AND HAVE G KIDS OF MY OWN AND WANT TO SHARE STORIES WITH THEM, I WOULD LOVE ANY HELP, THANKS

From: LarryAndy@aol.com Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:01:07 -0400 Subject: Re: shields To: dpatrick05@msn.com
So far I don't find these matches, do have so many names common but not together. I have a Nancy Jane Moore married to a Tipton, interesting there is the Tipton and Shields are so closely tied together in history and family. Have several MOORE married to my Hiatt side too. Where were these families? My own sent thru VA to KY, on to TN, into IL, MO, KS, NE etc. many very prominent in history. Following is another SHIELDS book, somewhere may find a link too? LA

Subject: RE: shields Date: 8/17/2011 12:03:44 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time From: dpatrick05@msn.com
Reply To:
To: larryandy@aol.com


I KNOW RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE LOCATED AS WE BUILD THE FRED MEYERS IN IDAHO FALLS AND THE WALMART IN CHUBBUCK (WE WERE THE CONCRETE CONTRACT ON THE SITE) I ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF TEAM ROPING FRIENDS IN THE AREA, I WOULD LOVE ANY THING YOU HAVE WISH WE COULD FIND THE GUY IN WY. CANT WAIT!!!

From: LarryAndy@aol.com Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:53:23 -0400 Subject: Re: shields To: dpatrick05@msn.com
Hi Deborah, I live in Chubbuck, just north side of Pocatello, Idaho, we are almost neighbors, ha. See what I can find for you. I had an old Shields bible, 1840, gave to a guy in WYO who was closer to that line but once I sent it to him, I never have heard back. Can send you an attachment you may enjoy to start. For your interest perhaps, a cousin for sure, at was John SHIELDS who was the blacksmith for Lewis and Clark and saved that expedition many times by making implements and trade goods for the Indians. Lots of fun stuff to enjoy reading. I have a few books I think, will send you one on my own direct line first, see attached. Larry Anderson
In a message dated 8/17/2011 11:47:28 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, dpatrick05@msn.com writes:
PERFECT, MY DAD IS GEORGE EARL SHIELDS 1918-1971 MARRIED TO GERADINE MAY MORRIS 1924-1974 HIS DAD WAS ALVIN PORTER SHIEDS 1896-1936 IN OK MARRIED TO BESSIE MARIE CUMMINS 1898-1968 JACOB EARLEY SHIELDS 1871-1946 MARRIED TO ISABELLE HOPEWELL 1872-1959 JOHN SHIELDS AND NANCY MOORE SO FAR ITS SO EASY TO GO UP THE WRONG LINE I THING SO ANY INFO WOULD BE APPRECIATED SO GREATLY, I LIVE IN COUERDALENE IDAHO SO LETS DO WHAT EVER EITHER MAIL OR E-MAIL WOULD BE PERFECT! DEBORAH

From: LarryAndy@aol.com Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:27:06 -0400 Subject: Re: shields To: dpatrick05@msn.com
Would love to explore and see what all we can find for you too. I have a lot of materials on the SHIELD's that would be fun for you too, I am sure. These families all tie together somewhere so see what we can find. John is such a common name, have one George E. off hand, do you have spousal names, dates, etc.? how far back do you have? can you fill me in a little more so I can look see what I may have? Will be glad to send you the SHIELDS histories I have, makes very interesting reading, such interesting stories going back to Rev. war, etc. Sincerely, Larry Anderson
In a message dated 8/17/2011 9:39:21 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, dpatrick05@msn.com writes:
i am from john shields born 1826 in sullivan in to jacob earley to alvin porter to george earl shields my father any connections?

PERFECT, MY DAD IS GEORGE EARL SHIELDS 1918-1971 MARRIED TO GERADINE MAY MORRIS 1924-1974 HIS DAD WAS ALVIN PORTER SHIEDS 1896-1936 IN OK MARRIED TO BESSIE MARIE CUMMINS 1898-1968 JACOB EARLEY SHIELDS 1871-1946 MARRIED TO ISABELLE HOPEWELL 1872-1959 JOHN SHIELDS AND NANCY MOORE SO FAR ITS SO EASY TO GO UP THE WRONG LINE I THING SO ANY INFO WOULD BE APPRECIATED SO GREATLY, I LIVE IN COUERDALENE IDAHO SO LETS DO WHAT EVER EITHER MAIL OR E-MAIL WOULD BE PERFECT! DEBORAH

From: LarryAndy@aol.com Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:27:06 -0400 Subject: Re: shields To: dpatrick05@msn.com
Subject: RE: shields
Date: 8/17/2011 11:47:28 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time
From: dpatrick05@msn.com
Reply To:
To: larryandy@aol.com

Would love to explore and see what all we can find for you too. I have a lot of materials on the SHIELD's that would be fun for you too, I am sure. These families all tie together somewhere so see what we can find. John is such a common name, have one George E. off hand, do you have spousal names, dates, etc.? how far back do you have? can you fill me in a little more so I can look see what I may have? Will be glad to send you the SHIELDS histories I have, makes very interesting reading, such interesting stories going back to Rev. war, etc. Sincerely, Larry Anderson
In a message dated 8/17/2011 9:39:21 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, dpatrick05@msn.com writes:
i am from john shields born 1826 in sullivan in to jacob earley to alvin porter to george earl shields my father any connections?

Deborah Anne SHIELDS

1 October 2011
MY BIRTHDATE IS 12-9-55 SANTA CRUZ CALIF 9MY HUSBAND JAMES RANDY PATRICK OF TWENTY SEVEN YEARS IS 6-29-54 POMONA CALIF MY CHILDREN CHARLES "SCOTT HARRISON 6-10-75 WALLA WALLA WASH MICHAEL "SEAN HARRISON 4-10 78 HERMISTON OREGON, MY GRANDCHILDREN KARMA A HARRISON BORN IN SANDPOINT IDAHO 8-13-97 JASMINE M HARRISON COUERDALENE IDAHO 2-28-00 o box 3256 hayden idaho 83835 i believe yours is on the bottom of the e-mail i will send you a money order out, thanks so much deborah CANT WAIT!!!
Date: 9/19/2011 9:45:21 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time From: dpatrick05@msn.com
GREAT, REALLY I CANT WAIT, BEING THAT I WAS ADOPTED OUT WHEN I WAS 3 I DONT HAVE ANY STORIES REALLY MAYBE THAT IS WHY I FEEL THE NEED SO BADLY TO HAVE SOME!!! YOU TOLD ME ABOUT THE ONE BOY DOES THE OTHER HAVE THE SAME? I KNOW ABOUT THE PARENTS CHECK TOOK CARE OF A STEP MOM UNTIL HER DEATH AT HOME ALL LAST WINTER IN OREGON. AND NOW THE OTHERS ARE PUSING MIDDLE 80 'S EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE N LAWS IT WILL BE ME AGAIN. BUT STILL TAKE TIME TO RIDE AND ROPE AND ENJOY THE HORSES AND TEACH MY GRANDKIDS., THANKS AGAIN I FEEL ALMOST GUILTY WITH ALL YOU HAVE ON YOUR PLATE, CANT SAY ENOUGH THANK YOUS!! From: LarryAndy@aol.com Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:34:38 -0400 Subject: Re: (no subject) To: dpatrick05@msn.com
I have your materials in my files backlogged just have to find them and print off. It has been use of time so far, needed your personal information mostly that I did not have and as much as you can get on your lineages as much as you can get, cousins, aunts, uncles and all that. I had 12 horses but ended up giving 7 away a couple years ago when hay reached 250 a ton, then last Fall gave away the last of them, beautiful horses, Palomino, Quarter horse, papered Appy, etc. Then this summer essentially gave all my saddles, some brand new never used still stickers on them away. Give up for any further I can see, hay is just way too much, maybe will try to get just one or two, maybe can afford that but with 2 severely handicapped sons and then had my wife's parents with us, so hay was costing more to feed the horses then food for the family. Let me know anytime you are around and try to meet. I have the appointments at the VA Hospital in SLC but will be back W evening and get onto this Thursday so should get it done pretty quickly. Nice to hear from you too, stay in touch, like to hear any stories you may have heard of your families too. Larry Anderson
DEBORAH ANNE SHIELDS (ME)
MARRIED CHARLES ALBERT HARRISON MARCH 23 1974 HE WAS BORN IN ATCHISON KANSAS OCT. 16, 1954
WE HAVE TWO SONS TOGETHER CHARLES SCOTT HARRISON BORN JUNE 10 1975 AND MICHAEL SEAN HARRISON BORN APRIL 10, 1978 "COTT HAS THREE CHILDREN KARMA A HARRISON BORN AUG 13 1997 JASMINE HARRISON BORN FEB 28 , 2000 AND CHARLES QUINTON HARRISO BORN OCT 3 2005
DIVORCED IN 1982
I MARRIED JAMES RANDY PATRICK FEB. 14, 1991 (STILL MARRIED) WE HAVE NO CHILDREN TOGETHER
HIS MOTHER IS ELSIE MAY CORNELL FATHER IS JAMES ROBERT PATRICK INDIANNA

HOW CAN I ACESS MORE THRU ANCESTRY.COM ? JUST HAD MY KNEE SURGURY SO WILL HAVE TIME NOW!!
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 4:53 PM, > wrote:
SHIELDS GENEALOGY
(1600 to 1760)
1. William Shields
2. John Shields )
2. William Shields ) - See following pages for their
2. Daniel Shields ) descendants.
2. James Shields 3.William Shields 1668-1741 4.Jane Shields ) 1648-1750
4.Eliza Shields ) 1646-1742 – See following
4.Thomas Shields ) 1745 pages for there
4. James Shields ) 1750 descendants.
4. John Shields ) 1709-1770
5. John Shields )
5. Thomas Shields )
5. Mary Shields )
5. Robert Shields )
6. The Family of the “ten brothers.”
At a comparatively early date, just when is unknown, a branch of the Shields family moved from southern to northern Ireland, settling in Country Tyrone. Many, if not all, of the members of this family had joined the Protestants at about the time of the Reformation - - 1510 - - 1550.
William Shields, of Country Antrim
In the neighboring Country Antrim, on the shore of beautiful Lough Neagh, not many years before or after 1600, was born William Shields, from whom descended the most numerous as well as the most prominent Shields race in the New World. Little is known of his life. In 1633, while residing in County Armagh, there was born to him a son, named James, through whose family line the main thread of this story runs. James had a brother, whether older or younger is not known, whose name was William, and another, much younger named John. There may have been other members of the family; it has been asserted that there was another named Daniel, but of this the writer has no conclusive evidence.
William, the father, was one of the victims of Cromwell’s prosecution of the Irish. There have been few, if any, peoples in the history of the world treated with greater cruelty than the Irish. England’s treatment of Ireland is one of the most shameful stories in all history; and Cromwell’s part in it is more shameful than the rest. He treated the Irish as if they were not merely intruders, but outlaws in their own land. It required six years and 600,000 lives for him to establish his policy in Ireland. (Oliver Cromwell, first non-royal leader of England.)
One searches history in vain for a parallel to the grand Cromwellian scheme, which was carried out to the letter; the entire native population was before May 1, 1654, was to depart in a body to Connaught, there to inhabit a small reservation in a desolate tract between the Shannon River and the sea, of which it has been said by one of the Commissioners engaged in enforcing the decree, “there was not fuel enough to warm, water enough to drown, or earth enough to burry a man.” They must not go within two miles of the river or four miles of the sea, a cordon of soldiers being permanently stationed there with orders to kill anyone overstepping the limits.
Any Irish who, after the date named, were found outside the appointed area were to suffer death. We read of piteous pleas for time to collect a few comforts and provides for food and shelter; but at the blast of the trumpet, urged on by the bayonets, the
wretched tide of humility, men, women, children, the infirm, the sick, high and low, prince and peasants, poured into Connaught to share starvation and banishment. The fate of those left behind was even worse. Those who were not executed were driven upon slave-ships and taken to foreign lands, most of them to be heard from nevermore. William Shields, the father, is said to have lost his life during the enforcement of this inhuman decree, and his sons William, James were among the 100,000 who were deported, for no crime other than being an Irishmen.
The Sons FoundFamilies in America
William’s sons, James, John, and William, founded large American families. Tracing their descendents to the present day is not the purpose of this sketch, even if it were possible, but it may not be out of place to say that many branches of these early families have been thus followed down. A brief reference to these various families may be of interest.
Williams and James were deported to the Barbados Islands, in the West Indies, in 1655. They did not long there, however. We are told that William settled, we know not when, at Williamsburg, Virginia. Much information concerning his descendants is to be found in the Bruton Church Records of that city. His son James, kept a tavern and an ordinary in Williamsburg, and died there in 1727. James Shields, who was appointed surveyor if York County, Virginia, in 1744, was a son of the tavern keeper. Anne, the
daughter of James the surveyor, was the mother of Mary Armstead, who married Governor Tyler, of Virginia, and the grandmother of John Tyler, the tenth President of the United States. General John Page Shields, who lost his life while serving in the Confederate Army, was also a great grandson of James, the surveyor.
John, who was a mere child at the time of the Cromwellian existent his life in Ireland. In 1739, when an old man, he, with his son, William, than a lad of twelve, sailed for America. The father died on the route and was buried in the ocean. William landed at Newcastle, in Delaware or Maryland, where he lived for two years among his cousins. He later settled in Frederick Country, Maryland. His descendants are numerous, and are scattered all over the United States, many of them living in Tennessee and other southern states. John Knight Shields, United States Senator from Tennessee, is a great grandson of this immigrant William Shields.
It may not be amiss to include bare reference to Daniel, who is thought by some that he is brother is William, John, and James, and who is referred to by others as a cousin of the three. He, with one son, was killed while fighting in the army of James II at the Battle of the Boyne, in 1690. One of his sons later became a high official in the Spanish Army, and was for a time Governor-General of Cuba. Another surviving son, Daniel, remained in Ireland, as did his descendants for two generations. This branch of the family, or at least a part of it, was converted to the Catholic faith. James Shields, General and the United States Senator, was a great grandson of this survivor of the Battle of the Boyne.
General Shields founded a large Irish settlement in the vicinity of Shieldsville, Minnesota; he is the only man who has ever represented three different states in the United States Senate; his picture is the central figure in one of the great battle pictures of the world that Chapultepec, in the rotunda of the Capitol, at Washington. He was selected by the Legislature of Illinois as one of its two originals representatives whose statues were placed in the Hall of Fame; he is buried in Carrolton, Missouri, where a fine monument has been ereted by the state in his memory.
James Shields, the other son of William of Antrim, one of the special importances in connection with this history, remained in the Barbados Islands only a short time, having come to Maryland before 1660. He was the immigrant founder of the largest of the American Shields families, the writer being one of his many descendants , of the eighth generation.
Preceding the “Ten Brothers”
When and where James Shields, the Immigrant, died we do not know. Neither do we know anything of his life or his family further than what is included in a family history written by William Hathaway, son of George and Eliza Shields Hathaway, and a great grandson of James Shields, in 1790. It is as follows:
“ My great grandfather on the Shields side was James Shields. He was born in County Armagh in the year 1633. His father was born in County Antrim. In about the twentieth year of his age he and his brother and many others were arrested by the
English and deported to the Barbados Islands. He came to Baltimore before 1660. He settled first in Kent County and then in Newcastle. His brother John and family came to America about the year 1738 to 1740. I was a mere child when they arrived. Cousin Williams lived with us about two years, his father having died on the ocean. The family settled in Fredrick County. I have not seen any of them for nearly fifty years. Cousin William has a large family. Great grandfather Shields died when my mother was a little girl.”
“My grandfather was William Shields. He was born in Kent County in the year 1668. My grandmother on my mother side was Jeannette Parker. Aunt Jane was born January 15, 1669. She died in Lancaster County in the year 1750. I had four Uncles. One died young. Uncle Tom was born in the year 1699. Uncle James was born in the year 1694. Uncle John was born in the year 1709. They lived fist in Chester County and then moved to Augusta County, Virginia. Mother was born June 3, 1704. She died in Chester County in the year 1742, being stricken with pneumonia. Grandfather was killed by falling down while helping my uncles building a house in Virginia in 1741. Grandmother lived with Aunt Jane until her death. Uncle James died about the year 1750. His son John was about my own age. He visited us soon after. I have never seen him since then. He was living in North Carolina a few years ago. Uncle Tom died about the year 1765, leaving several children. Uncle John died just before the war.
Several of my cousins were in the Continental Army. Uncle Tom’s children moved away and I do not know where they are. Some of them went I think. Uncle John’s children scattered. One lived in Pennsylvania. One went to South Carolina. One went to Boone’s settlement in French land a few years go. Some of them lived in Virginia. My relatives on my mother’s side were all large, strong, and long-lived and industrious people.”
Little of interest has been found in addition to the foregoing. The early records of Kent County, Maryland, indicates the marriage of William Shields and Jeanette Parker in 1692, and also show that the Parker, of Kent County, by will dated July 17,1695, proven September 2, 1695, willed to his a son-in-law, William Shields, certain property.
The Three Brothers in Virginia
The Chalkley Records, and other historical data of Augusta County Virginia, (which included territory that has since been organized into a half a dozen states) make frequent reference to Thomas, James and John Shields, who settled in what is now Rockingham County, in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, in 1740, having come from Chester County, Pennsylvania.
James Shields was listed a “cordwainer,” or shoemaker. In 1746 he bought 298 ½ acres of land on Moffett’s Creek. He died in April 1749, leaving a widow, whose name was Jean Armstrong, a minor son, John. Having left no will, his brother was appointed to administer his estates. The son John, shortly thereafter, settled at Rockfish Gap, in
Amherst County, Virginia, but in 1752, he bought land from Beverly Manor, situated near the original plot on Moffet’s Creek, which was paid for by his Uncle John.
James and his son John were involved in a lawsuit that is recorded under the title of Robert Robertson vs. James and John SHIELDS. In 1746 James SHIELDS sold to William Snowden a tract of land in Borden’s grant, which Snowden subsequently sold to Robertson. The records in the original transfer were not properly entered and Robertson brought suit in 1748 to quit the title. James died before its’ settlement, hence, the senior son, John, was made defendant. The answer was made by John SHIELDS, the Uncle, as guardian. The Sheriff’s return in the case indicates that in 1752 John, the defendant, lived in Albemarle Co., Virginia.
Thomas SHIELDS purchased land from Beverly Manor August 18, 1747 which he sold to Mathew Thompson in 1761. His estate was appraised February 19, 1782, which indicates that he died prior to that date. The Hathaway record puts the date of his death as 1765.
John SHIELDS, the grandfather of the “ten brothers,’ around whom this sketch centers very largely, purchased 225 acres of land from Beverly Manor in 1742. His will was filed January 23, 1772, in which he is called a free – holder. It mentions his wife, Margaret (we do not know her maiden name but have reason to believe that it was Perry), and sons John, Thomas, and Robert, and a daughter, Mary. Robert was the father of the “ten brothers.” He was married in 1761 to Nancy Stockton.

Date: 8/20/2011 7:24:54 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time From: dpatrick05@msn.com
good morning, ok since i was adopted i only know my sister and brothers name and pretty close on birthdays, i have a few names on my fathers side as far as brothers and sisters and my grandma bessis cummins on my dads side (my dad was from stroud ok some kin still there but havent been able to make contact i would assume do to age or deaths so i will start there!

Date: 8/17/2011 12:10:28 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time From: dpatrick05@msn.com
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To: larryandy@aol.com


I BELIEVE THE CAME FROM IRELAND TO VIRGINA TO INDIANA TO OK SINCE I WAS ADOBTED AT 3 I HAVE SO MUCH TO FINE OUT WHERE I REALLY AM FROM MY LIFE IS GOOD AND GOES ON BUT IT IS SURE NICE TO KNOW YOUR ROOTS IMPORTANT NOW MORE THAN EVER AS I AM 55 AND HAVE G KIDS OF MY OWN AND WANT TO SHARE STORIES WITH THEM, I WOULD LOVE ANY HELP, THANKS

From: LarryAndy@aol.com Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:01:07 -0400 Subject: Re: shields To: dpatrick05@msn.com
So far I don't find these matches, do have so many names common but not together. I have a Nancy Jane Moore married to a Tipton, interesting there is the Tipton and Shields are so closely tied together in history and family. Have several MOORE married to my Hiatt side too. Where were these families? My own sent thru VA to KY, on to TN, into IL, MO, KS, NE etc. many very prominent in history. Following is another SHIELDS book, somewhere may find a link too? LA

Subject: RE: shields Date: 8/17/2011 12:03:44 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time From: dpatrick05@msn.com
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To: larryandy@aol.com


I KNOW RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE LOCATED AS WE BUILD THE FRED MEYERS IN IDAHO FALLS AND THE WALMART IN CHUBBUCK (WE WERE THE CONCRETE CONTRACT ON THE SITE) I ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF TEAM ROPING FRIENDS IN THE AREA, I WOULD LOVE ANY THING YOU HAVE WISH WE COULD FIND THE GUY IN WY. CANT WAIT!!!

From: LarryAndy@aol.com Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:53:23 -0400 Subject: Re: shields To: dpatrick05@msn.com
Hi Deborah, I live in Chubbuck, just north side of Pocatello, Idaho, we are almost neighbors, ha. See what I can find for you. I had an old Shields bible, 1840, gave to a guy in WYO who was closer to that line but once I sent it to him, I never have heard back. Can send you an attachment you may enjoy to start. For your interest perhaps, a cousin for sure, at was John SHIELDS who was the blacksmith for Lewis and Clark and saved that expedition many times by making implements and trade goods for the Indians. Lots of fun stuff to enjoy reading. I have a few books I think, will send you one on my own direct line first, see attached. Larry Anderson
In a message dated 8/17/2011 11:47:28 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, dpatrick05@msn.com writes:
PERFECT, MY DAD IS GEORGE EARL SHIELDS 1918-1971 MARRIED TO GERADINE MAY MORRIS 1924-1974 HIS DAD WAS ALVIN PORTER SHIEDS 1896-1936 IN OK MARRIED TO BESSIE MARIE CUMMINS 1898-1968 JACOB EARLEY SHIELDS 1871-1946 MARRIED TO ISABELLE HOPEWELL 1872-1959 JOHN SHIELDS AND NANCY MOORE SO FAR ITS SO EASY TO GO UP THE WRONG LINE I THING SO ANY INFO WOULD BE APPRECIATED SO GREATLY, I LIVE IN COUERDALENE IDAHO SO LETS DO WHAT EVER EITHER MAIL OR E-MAIL WOULD BE PERFECT! DEBORAH

From: LarryAndy@aol.com Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:27:06 -0400 Subject: Re: shields To: dpatrick05@msn.com
Would love to explore and see what all we can find for you too. I have a lot of materials on the SHIELD's that would be fun for you too, I am sure. These families all tie together somewhere so see what we can find. John is such a common name, have one George E. off hand, do you have spousal names, dates, etc.? how far back do you have? can you fill me in a little more so I can look see what I may have? Will be glad to send you the SHIELDS histories I have, makes very interesting reading, such interesting stories going back to Rev. war, etc. Sincerely, Larry Anderson
In a message dated 8/17/2011 9:39:21 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, dpatrick05@msn.com writes:
i am from john shields born 1826 in sullivan in to jacob earley to alvin porter to george earl shields my father any connections?

PERFECT, MY DAD IS GEORGE EARL SHIELDS 1918-1971 MARRIED TO GERADINE MAY MORRIS 1924-1974 HIS DAD WAS ALVIN PORTER SHIEDS 1896-1936 IN OK MARRIED TO BESSIE MARIE CUMMINS 1898-1968 JACOB EARLEY SHIELDS 1871-1946 MARRIED TO ISABELLE HOPEWELL 1872-1959 JOHN SHIELDS AND NANCY MOORE SO FAR ITS SO EASY TO GO UP THE WRONG LINE I THING SO ANY INFO WOULD BE APPRECIATED SO GREATLY, I LIVE IN COUERDALENE IDAHO SO LETS DO WHAT EVER EITHER MAIL OR E-MAIL WOULD BE PERFECT! DEBORAH

From: LarryAndy@aol.com Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:27:06 -0400 Subject: Re: shields To: dpatrick05@msn.com
Subject: RE: shields
Date: 8/17/2011 11:47:28 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time
From: dpatrick05@msn.com
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To: larryandy@aol.com

Would love to explore and see what all we can find for you too. I have a lot of materials on the SHIELD's that would be fun for you too, I am sure. These families all tie together somewhere so see what we can find. John is such a common name, have one George E. off hand, do you have spousal names, dates, etc.? how far back do you have? can you fill me in a little more so I can look see what I may have? Will be glad to send you the SHIELDS histories I have, makes very interesting reading, such interesting stories going back to Rev. war, etc. Sincerely, Larry Anderson
In a message dated 8/17/2011 9:39:21 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, dpatrick05@msn.com writes:
i am from john shields born 1826 in sullivan in to jacob earley to alvin porter to george earl shields my father any connections?

Robert CURTIT

Notes for Robert Curtit: Served in World War I. He was a Private 6 Engineers 3 Division in WW I. More About Robert Curtit: Fact 1: S.S. # 543-10-6363.
Military service: WW1 Private, 6th Eng, 3 Division, Washington. More About Robert Curtit and Violet Robbins: Marriage: March 01, 1923, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington.

Birth: May 26, 1900
Death: Dec. 1, 1963
 Family links:  Spouse: Violet Robbins Knobeloch (1900 - 1967)*  Children: Marion E. Downing (1924 - 2002)* Robert Warren Curtit (1925 - 2010)* Ruth Marie Curtit Milcoff (1927 - 2005) * Adeline Kate Curtit (1930 - 1933)   PVT, US ARMY

Burial: Willamette National Cemetery   Portland Multnomah County Oregon, USA Plot: G, 0, 5748
Imported from: US Veteran's Affairs Record added: Feb 25, 2000  Find A Grave Memorial# 547062

Violet ROBBINS

Birth: Apr. 21, 1900 Tacoma Pierce County Washington, USA Death: Jun. 28, 1967 Tacoma Pierce County Washington, USA Family links: Parents: Charles Edgar Robbins (1874 - 1951), Minnie Kate Lyons Robbins (1873 - 1959), Spouses: Robert Curtit (1900 - 1963) , Paul Elmo Knobeloch (1911 - 1992),* Children: Marion E. Downing (1924 - 2002),* Robert Warren Curtit (1925 - 2010) ,* Ruth Marie Curtit Milcoff (1927 - 2005) ,* Adeline Kate Curtit (1930 - 1933) ,
Burial: Mountain View Memorial Park, Lakewood, ,Pierce County, Washington, USA
Created by: Rosemary Reed Record added: Sep 25, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 42357383

Adeline Kate CURTIT

Birth: Oct. 15, 1930 Tacoma Pierce County Washington, USA Death: Oct. 30, 1933 Tacoma Pierce County Washington, USA Family links: Parents: Robert Curtit (1900 - 1963), Violet Robbins Knobeloch (1900 - 1967), Burial: Mountain View Memorial Park, Lakewood, Pierce County, Washington, USA

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