References:
(1) Magna Charta Sureties, page 60.
(2) Complete Peerages, IV, page 122,290.
(3) Index Card to Logan Temple Records, No. 7302.
(4) Index Card to Salt Lake Temple Records, No. 5490, Book Y, page 153.
References;
(1) Magna Charta Sureties, page 60.
(2) Complete Peerage, IV, 290, 18.
References:
(1) Royal Ancestors, Call, page 45.
(2) Archive Record, The Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah.References:
(1) Magna Charta Sureties, page 14.
(2) Index Card to Salt Lake Temple Records, No. 5379, Book y, page 150.
References:
(1) Magna Charta Sureties, page 14.
See pg. 53 of SHIELD HISTORY 1980
Chalkey Records indicate that a Thomas SHIELDS died about 1781 (Vol. 1, pg. 222 ad Vol. W ). 390) Leaving at least two young children, named John and Ann. (Vol. 1, p. 282) On 20 November 1781, administration of Thomas Shields' estate was granted to his widow, Margaret. On 20 October 1795, John and Ann Shields, orphans of Thomas, chose William Wilson as their guardian.
Marriage Notes for Thomas Shields and Margaret -86832
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According to John A. Shields, John sailed for America in 1739 with his son William, who was 12 at the time. John died en route and was buried at sea. William arrived at Newcastle, Delaware of Maryland and lived for two years with cousins, settling later in Frederick County Maryland. His great
- great - grandson was a United States senator from Tennessee.It has since been decided that JAS was in error. John Shields was born and died in Ireland. His son William was the one who died at sea.
Some sources (including John Edgar Shields) say John was born in 1650.
According to Judge Noble K. Littell, James and his brother-in-law, Samuel Emmit, platted and founded Emmitburg, Frederick County, Maryland.
William arrived from Ireland in 1739, going to East Tennessee with his family, his father had died on route to America in 1738 leaving his family to finish the trip and settlement.William's father and his younger brother Robert died while en route from Ireland to America in 1737. The family Bible makes no mention of his mother or other siblings, but it is generally acknowledged that William's mother, possibly one or more sisters and his older brothers, James and David, also made the journey. The family settled first in Newcastle County, Delaware, reportedly living with a cousin who was also named William who was descended from James Shields, an older brother of William's grandfather John.
William is known to have lived in Cecil County, Maryland for several years before arriving in 1748 in the Appalachian foothills of what is now Frederick County, Maryland, near the present town of Emmitsburg. There, William established himself as a surveyor, married, raised 11 children and ultimately became one of the town's more prominent landowners. With his brother-in-law Samuel Emmit, he is credited with founding the town of Emmitsburg.
William actively supported the Colonies' cause. In 1775, he formed the Second Frederick County Militia Company at Emmitsburg. In 1776, Capt. William Shields' company was assimilated into the Third Battalion of the Maryland Militia under the command of Col. Jacob Good. William was promoted to second major. William's son John was an ensign in his father's company.
Marriage Notes for William Shields Major and Jane Bentley WILLIAMS-87793
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William and his family sailed for America 26 July 1737 on a sloop commanded by Captain Alexander Smith. William and his son Robert died en route and were buried at sea.
JOHN SHIELDS, one of the old and honored residents of Franklin township, Grant County, Indiana, now retired from active pursuits, is a member of the good old Irish family of that name, always well known as devout Presbyterians in their native land. A little more than a century and a half ago, there lived at Coot Hill, one William Shields. The elder of two brothers, he sold his birthright to the younger, and when still little more than a lad bid farewell to his friends and relatives and embarked on a sailing vessel for America, arriving at Philadelphia some years prior to the Revolutionary war. There he met and married a Pennsylvania girl, and began his married life as a farmer in the Keystone state, where his industrious habits soon earned him prosperity. He reared a family of seven sons and two daughters, and later all of the family moved to Augusta County, Virginia, where William Shields and his wife passed their last days, dying in the faith of the Presbyterian church. Their children all grew to maturity and were married, establishing homes and becoming substantial people of their several communities, and the sons enlisted in the Colonial army, assisting their country in its successful fight for independence.
Marriage Notes for William Shields and Miss -341525
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The name is spelled as Emmitt, Emmert and Emert.