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Female Abt 1668 - 1695  (~ 27 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Mary Parker was born Abt 1668; died 1695.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: G15N-LW

    Notes:

    Some sources list given name as Jeanette.
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    Reference:
    Misty Spinelli
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 40.

    Mary married William Shields 1692, Kent County, Maryland. William (son of James Shields) was born 1668, Kent County, Maryland; died 1741, Augusta County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. James Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1694, , Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died Apr 1749.
    2. 3. Jane Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Jan 1696, , Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died 1750.
    3. 4. Eliza Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 3 Jun 1704, , Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died 1742, , Chester, Pennsylvania.
    4. 5. Thomas Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1699, , Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died 1765.
    5. 6. John Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1709, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; died 1772, Augusta County, Virginia.
    6. 7. Robert Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1711.
    7. 8. William Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Jul 1728, Armagh, Atrim, Ireland, Ireland; died 1797, Maryland; was buried 1797, Maryland.

    Mary — Richard West. [Group Sheet]



Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Shields Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mary1) was born 1694, , Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died Apr 1749.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: G15N-M3

    Notes:

    Christine Brown lists location of birth as Kent County, Maryland.
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    Reference:
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 9.
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 45.

    James — Jean Armstrong. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 9. John Shields  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 3.  Jane Shields Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mary1) was born 15 Jan 1696, , Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died 1750.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: G15N-N8

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 9.
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 45.


  3. 4.  Eliza Shields Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mary1) was born 3 Jun 1704, , Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died 1742, , Chester, Pennsylvania.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: G15N-PF

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 9, 11.
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 46.

    Eliza — George Hathaway. [Group Sheet]


  4. 5.  Thomas Shields Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mary1) was born 1699, , Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died 1765.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: G15N-QL

    Notes:

    Thomas Shields died leaving several children.
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    Reference:
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 9.
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 45, 46.


  5. 6.  John Shields Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mary1) was born 1709, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; died 1772, Augusta County, Virginia.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: G15N-DV

    Notes:

    Will dated 23 January 1772.

    William Hathaway wrote in 1790, "Uncle John's children scattered. One lived in Pennsylvania. One went to North Carolina. One went to Boone's settlement in Frankland (Tennessee) a few years ago. Some of them still live in Virginia."
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    Reference:
    Misty Spinelli.
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 9, 11-12.
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 46.

    John — Margarette Perry. Margarette (daughter of Robert Perry and Leah Morris) was born 21 Oct 1710. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 10. John Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1735; died Bef 23 Jul 1819.
    2. 11. Thomas Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1737; died Abt 1781.
    3. 12. Mary Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1739.
    4. 13. Robert Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 Nov 1749, Harrisburg County, Virginia; died 18 Jan 1802; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. 14. William Shields  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 7.  Robert Shields Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mary1) was born Abt 1711.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: G16C-QG


  7. 8.  William Shields Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mary1) was born 14 Jul 1728, Armagh, Atrim, Ireland, Ireland; died 1797, Maryland; was buried 1797, Maryland.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: G15W-QK

    Notes:

    William Shields immigrated from Ireland to New Castle, Delaware and settled in Frederick County, Maryland.

    William Shields had a large family according to a letter written by a near relative, William Hathaway, in 1790. One descendant, John Knight Shields, was born 15 August 1858, Clinchdale, Tennessee and served as U. S. Senator and Justice of the Supreme Court of Tennessee. By many writers this William is referred to as "the emigrant."
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    Reference:
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 8, 9-10.
    "Research on the East Tennessee Shields Families", Katherine Susong Harmon, abt 1968.

    William married Jane Bentley Williams 25 Apr 1754, , Frederick, Maryland. Jane (daughter of John Williams) was born 16 Aug 1736, , Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died 1806; was buried Shields Family Cemetery, Emmitsburg, Frederick County, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 15. Henry Woods Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 3 Nov 1759; died 12 Sep 1826; was buried Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greene County, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 9.  John Shields Descendancy chart to this point (2.James2, 1.Mary1)

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 45.


  2. 10.  John Shields Descendancy chart to this point (6.John2, 1.Mary1) was born Abt 1735; died Bef 23 Jul 1819.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: G15N-G7

    Notes:

    Will probated 23 July 1819, Augusta County, Virgiinia.
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    Reference:
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 12, 15.
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 53.

    John — Lucinda Bowman. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 16. David Shields  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 17. John Shields  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 18. James Shields  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 19. William Shields  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 20. Margaret Shields  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 21. Morning Shields  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 22. Faith Shields  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 11.  Thomas Shields Descendancy chart to this point (6.John2, 1.Mary1) was born Abt 1737; died Abt 1781.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: G15N-HD

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 53.
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 12.

    Thomas — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 23. John Shields  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 24. Ann Shields  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 12.  Mary Shields Descendancy chart to this point (6.John2, 1.Mary1) was born Abt 1739.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: G15N-JK

    Notes:

    First name may be Margaret or spelled Marrey.
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    Reference:
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 12.
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 53.


  5. 13.  Robert Shields Descendancy chart to this point (6.John2, 1.Mary1) was born 9 Nov 1749, Harrisburg County, Virginia; died 18 Jan 1802; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 8S9C-GR

    Notes:

    Private in Francis Lang's Company and officer in the Revolutionary War. Came to Sevier County, Tennessee in 1784 and built Shields Fort in Sevier County, Tennessee in 1794.
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    Reference:"Shields Genealogy", Mary O. Derrick Coleman, 1979.
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 12, 15.
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 53.

    Robert married Nancy Stockton 1761, Sevier County, Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of Richard Stockton and A. Agnes) was born Abt 1749; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 25. Jennette Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Mar 1762, Botetourt County, Virginia; died 17 Feb 1827, Seymour, Indiana.
    2. 26. Thomas Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1763, Augusta County, Virginia; died 4 Mar 1797, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. 27. Richard Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Jul 1764, Rockingham County, Virginia.
    4. 28. David Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1766, Rockingham County, Virginia; died Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee; was buried Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee.
    5. 29. William Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Jul 1768, Augusta County, Virginia; died 24 May 1817, Washington County, Indiana.
    6. 30. John Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1769, Augusta County, Virginia; died 1809; was buried Little Flock Baptist Cemetery, Crandall, Harrison County, Indiana.
    7. 31. James Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Mar 1770, Augusta County, Virginia; died 2 Feb 1848; was buried Seymour, Indiana.
    8. 32. Robert Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1772, Harrisburg, Augusta County, Virginia; died 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. 33. Joseph Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Mar 1773, Shenandoah, Augusta, Virginia; died 28 May 1847, Fulton County, Illinois.
    10. 34. Ezeziel Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1778.
    11. 35. Benjamin Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1779, Rockingham County, Virginia; died 10 May 1819, Harrison County, Indiana; was buried Harrison County, Indiana.
    12. 36. Jesse Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Mar 1782, Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia; died Mauckport, Indiana.
    13. 37. Joshua Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Mar 1782, Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia; died 16 Sep 1848; was buried Indiana.

  6. 14.  William Shields Descendancy chart to this point (6.John2, 1.Mary1)

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 53.


  7. 15.  Henry Woods Shields Descendancy chart to this point (8.William2, 1.Mary1) was born 3 Nov 1759; died 12 Sep 1826; was buried Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greene County, Tennessee.

    Henry — Hestor "Esther" Waddell. Hestor was born 1769; died 10 Nov 1849; was buried Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greene County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 38. Racheal Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1785; died 19 Jan 1859.


Generation: 4

  1. 16.  David Shields Descendancy chart to this point (10.John3, 6.John2, 1.Mary1)

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15, 17-18.


  2. 17.  John Shields Descendancy chart to this point (10.John3, 6.John2, 1.Mary1)

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15.


  3. 18.  James Shields Descendancy chart to this point (10.John3, 6.John2, 1.Mary1)

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15.


  4. 19.  William Shields Descendancy chart to this point (10.John3, 6.John2, 1.Mary1)

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15.


  5. 20.  Margaret Shields Descendancy chart to this point (10.John3, 6.John2, 1.Mary1)

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15.


  6. 21.  Morning Shields Descendancy chart to this point (10.John3, 6.John2, 1.Mary1)

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15.


  7. 22.  Faith Shields Descendancy chart to this point (10.John3, 6.John2, 1.Mary1)

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15.


  8. 23.  John Shields Descendancy chart to this point (11.Thomas3, 6.John2, 1.Mary1)

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 53.


  9. 24.  Ann Shields Descendancy chart to this point (11.Thomas3, 6.John2, 1.Mary1)

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 53.


  10. 25.  Jennette Shields Descendancy chart to this point (13.Robert3, 6.John2, 1.Mary1) was born 7 Mar 1762, Botetourt County, Virginia; died 17 Feb 1827, Seymour, Indiana.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 8S9C-J4

    Notes:

    Buried in Riverview Cemetery.
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    Reference:
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15, 18.
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 57.

    Jennette married Joshua Tipton Abt 1785, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Joshua (son of John Tipton) died 18 Apr 1793. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 39. Rhoda Tipton  Descendancy chart to this point died 7 Jul 1837.
    2. 40. Gen. John Tipton  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Aug 1786, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Apr 1839, Logansport, Indiana; was buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana.
    3. 41. Agnes Tipton  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 42. Elizabeth Tipton  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1793.

  11. 26.  Thomas Shields Descendancy chart to this point (13.Robert3, 6.John2, 1.Mary1) was born 1763, Augusta County, Virginia; died 4 Mar 1797, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 8S9C-K9

    Notes:

    Thomas Shields enlisted in the Revolutionary War under General John Sevier. On
    7 October 1780, he fought at the Battle of King's Mountain. After being
    mustered out he spent a year hunting and exploring in what is now the Great
    Smoky Mouintains National Park. For nearly two years more he wandered through
    the area of the mountains returning to his father's home in Sevier County,
    Tennessee.

    In 1795, Thomas and his two small sons were boiling sap in the sugar maple
    orchard on Birch Creek when he was shot from ambush. Ordering his sons to run,
    he rolled behind a log within reach of his rifle. He shot one of the Indians
    before he was killed. Thomas was the only Shields son killed by Indians. His
    death can be fixed fairly accurately by a newspaper clipping found in the Knox
    Gazette dated 6 March 1797.

    "Just as this paper was going to press we received information that Thos.
    Shields was killed by Indians in Sevier County, They cut his head nearly off,
    took out his bowells, otherwise shockingly cut and mangled him. The youth lived
    with his parents Robert Shields and Nancy Shields at Upper Middle Creek section
    of the County."
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    Reference:
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15, 18.
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 58.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 340.

    Thomas married Rhonda 1783, , Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 43. Joshua Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1785, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 22 Jan 1852, Clay Township, Cass, Indiana.
    2. 44. John Tipton Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1786; died 1839.

  12. 27.  Richard Shields Descendancy chart to this point (13.Robert3, 6.John2, 1.Mary1) was born 4 Jul 1764, Rockingham County, Virginia.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 8S9C-LG

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15, 18.
    IGI
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 59.

    Richard married Abt 1783. Unknown [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 45. Arnet Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1782, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Dec 1844.
    2. 46. Robert Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Oct 1784, Blount County, Tennessee; died 1 Jan 1850; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    3. 47. Benjamin Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Aug 1786, , Tennessee.
    4. 48. Thomas Shields  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 49. Jane Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 22 Jun 1806, Blount County, Tennessee; died 20 Nov 1866; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. 50. John Shields  Descendancy chart to this point died Bef 1845.

  13. 28.  David Shields Descendancy chart to this point (13.Robert3, 6.John2, 1.Mary1) was born 1766, Rockingham County, Virginia; died Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee; was buried Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 8S9C-MM

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15, 19.
    IGI
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 60.

    David — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 51. Joseph Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1785.

    David married Susan Edwards 1786. (daughter of Robert Edwards) [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 52. Robert Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 16 Jan 1787, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Oct 1869, Canton, Illinois.
    2. 53. Jacob Edwards Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Jun 1803, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 2 Oct 1887, Canton, Illinois.
    3. 54. Phoebe Shields  Descendancy chart to this point died Belfast, Alabama.
    4. 55. Jane Shields  Descendancy chart to this point died Belfast, Alabama.
    5. 56. David Shields, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1805, , Kentucky.
    6. 57. William Shields  Descendancy chart to this point

  14. 29.  William Shields Descendancy chart to this point (13.Robert3, 6.John2, 1.Mary1) was born 4 Jul 1768, Augusta County, Virginia; died 24 May 1817, Washington County, Indiana.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 8S9B-Z7

    Notes:

    Williams children bitterly opposed his second marriage to his first wife's niece.
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    Reference:
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15, 19.
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 62, 63.

    William married Margret Wilson 1789. Margret (daughter of Samuel Wilson) died 1813, Madison, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 58. Robert Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1790, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Abt 1826.
    2. 59. William Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1792.
    3. 60. James Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born Aug 1794, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. 61. Elizabeth Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 Jan 1796.
    5. 62. Nancy Agnes Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1790, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. 63. Samuel Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1800.
    7. 64. Rhoda Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1802.
    8. 65. Rebecca Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1805.
    9. 66. Jeannette "Jenny" Shields  Descendancy chart to this point

    William married Amanda Logan 10 Sep 1817, Logans Fort. Amanda (daughter of Ezkiel Logan) died Abt 1824. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 67. Sarah Jane Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 Jun 1818; died 27 Aug 1894, Jamestown, Indiana.
    2. 68. Jesse Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 Sep 1820, Madison, Indiana.
    3. 69. Ezekiel Logan Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 May 1822, , Washington, Indiana; died 6 Nov 1878, , Jackson, Kansas.
    4. 70. John Shields  Descendancy chart to this point died See Notes.

  15. 30.  John ShieldsJohn Shields Descendancy chart to this point (13.Robert3, 6.John2, 1.Mary1) was born 1769, Augusta County, Virginia; died 1809; was buried Little Flock Baptist Cemetery, Crandall, Harrison County, Indiana.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 8S9C-NS

    Notes:

    John Shields was the gunsmith with the Lewis & Clark expedition to Oregon in 1804. He subsequently lived in southern Indiana and in Sevier County, Tennessee but little is known of his later life, or descendants.
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    Reference:
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15, 20.

    This biography is from a paper by George H. Yater originally presented at the 1991 annual meeting of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation in Louisville and subsequently published in "Nine Young Men from Kentucky," a May 1992 supplementary publication of We Proceeded On, the official publication of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation

    We are not sure when John Shields came to Kentucky. Work by earlier researchers shows that he was born near present-day Harrisonburg, Virginia, in 1769, the sixth son of Robert and Nancy Stockson Shields, and one of ten brothers and a sister. Harrisonburg, by the way, located in the lovely Shenandoah Valley, is Louisville's twin city in the truest sense of the word. Both Harrisonburg and Louisville were given corporate life in a single act of the Virginia legislature in 1780.1

    By then, young Shields was eleven years old. Shortly after, in 1784, the family emigrated to Pigeon Forge in the Tennessee foothills of the Smoky Mountains. Here he learned blacksmithing at a shop owned by a brother-in-law, Samuel Wilson, and also operated Wilson's grist mill. He was an apt pupil of blacksmithing and his skill proved unusually valuable to the Lewis and Clark Expedition.2

    By 1790 he was in Kentucky and about that time married a girl named Nancy, family name unknown. The only reference I have been able to find to a John Shields locally is from a session of the County Court on November 8, 1797, when persons named to appraise the estate of a John Williams, deceased, included John Shields. Was he our man? Perhaps, but there is no way to be certain.3

    In any event, he became a private soldier in the Expedition, even though Lewis had earlier called for only unmarried men. He was, at age 34, the oldest man in the party and was the blacksmith, gunsmith, and all-around mechanic. His work as blacksmith brought in badly needed corn during the winter sojourn of 1804-05 at Fort Mandan. On February 5, 1805, Meriwether Lewis noted in his journal that the party was "visited by the natives, who brought in a considerable quantity of corn for the work the blacksmith had done for them … They are peculiarly attached to a battle ax formed in a very inconvenient manner in my opinion, it is fabricated of iron only." There were several such entries. And on April 8, 1806, Clark noted that: "John Shields cut out my rifle and brought hir to shoot very well. The party owes much to the injinuity of this man, by whome their guns are repaired when they get out of order which is very often."

    At the conclusion of the Expedition, Lewis wrote of Shields: "Has received the pay only of a private. Nothing was more peculiarly useful to us, in various situations, then the skill and ingenuity of this man as an artist, in repairing our guns, accroutements, &c. and should it be thought proper to allow him something as an artificer, he has well deserved it." There is no record that Lewis's suggestion was acted upon. Shields' skill as a hunter comes through the journals, as well. There are at least seventy references to his hunting accomplishments.4

    As an acute observer of anything new that he had come across, Shields proved a "medicine man" to another Kentuckian on the Expedition-William Bratton. Bratton, as one of the saltmakers on the Pacific Coast, came down with back pains so acute that he could scarcely walk. On the return journey Bratton traveled by canoe or horseback. When the Expedition halted in present-day Idaho at "Camp Chopunnish" to wait for the snow to melt in the high Bitterroots, Shields suggested a treatment for Bratton. He said he had seen men with similar complaints cured by violent sweats.

    Lewis detailed the process in his journal: Shields dug a circular hole four feet deep, lighted a fire to heat the surrounding earth, put in a seat and willow hoops across the top to hold blankets. Bratton was placed in the hole and given water to sprinkle on the hot earth to create steam. The steam and plunges into cold water cured the back pain. Lewis added that during the treatment Bratton was given "copious draughts" of a strong tea of horse mint. This was also Shields' idea and he told Lewis he had seen "Sinneca snake root" used when mint was not available.5

    Following the Expedition's return, Shields spent a year trapping in Missouri with famed Kentuckian Daniel Boone, who was evidently related to him in some way. [Recent research places Shields back home by the spring of 1807.] Upon his return to the Falls of the Ohio area he spent some time with Daniel's lesser-known brother, Squire Boone, in Indiana-in what is now Harrison County some thirty miles west of Louisville. Shields died in December 1809 and is probably buried in the rather neglected Little Flock Baptist Church graveyard south of Corydon, Indiana, in Harrison County. I might note that Squire Boone was, among other things, a Baptist preacher and likely presided at Shields' burial. John and Nancy Shields were the parents of a daughter named Janette who married her cousin John Tipton, a man who became a power in Indiana politics.6


    FOOTNOTES

    1. Charles G. Clarke, The Men of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: A Biographical Roster of the Fifty-one Members (Glendale, Calif., Arthur H. Clark Co., 1970), 53.

    2. Ibid., 53.

    3. Jefferson County Minute Book 5:84, November 8, 1797.

    4. Donald Jackson, Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1962), 367.

    5. Lewis's Journal, May 24, 1806.

    6. Clarke, Men of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 54.

    John — Nancy. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 71. Martha Janette "Jennie" Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1791; died 1850; was buried Little Flock Baptist Cemetery, Crandall, Harrison County, Indiana.

  16. 31.  James Shields Descendancy chart to this point (13.Robert3, 6.John2, 1.Mary1) was born 10 Mar 1770, Augusta County, Virginia; died 2 Feb 1848; was buried Seymour, Indiana.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 8S9C-P0

    Notes:

    In 1784 James accompanied his mother and father, and his sister and four
    smaller brothers to the Yadkin Settlement in North Carolina. The next year he
    helped to bring them on pack animals to Shields Fort in Sevier County,
    Tennessee, via the Watauga and Traders Trail. In 1808, he settled in Indiana,
    building his own Shields Fort on the present site of Seymour, Indiana.

    James is buried in Riverview Cemetery by the side of his wife.
    ----------
    Reference:
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15, 20.
    IGI.
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 65.

    James married Penelope White 1795. Penelope (daughter of Meady White and Sarah Mara "Mary" Raynor) was born Abt 1776; died Abt 1841; was buried Seymour, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 72. William Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1795, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 27 Jan 1840, Indianapolis, Indiana.
    2. 73. Meedy White Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Jul 1805, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Feb 1866, Seymour, Indiana.
    3. 74. Elizabeth "Betsey" Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1797, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1877, Jackson County, Indiana.
    4. 75. Nancy Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1799, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. 76. Polly Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1803, , Sevier County, Tennessee.

  17. 32.  Robert Shields Descendancy chart to this point (13.Robert3, 6.John2, 1.Mary1) was born 1772, Harrisburg, Augusta County, Virginia; died 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 8S9C-Q5
    • Census: 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Private Indiana Militia in War of 1812.
    ----------
    Reference:
    Misty Spinelli
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 66.

    Robert married Sabra S. White 1792. Sabra (daughter of Meady White and Sarah Mara "Mary" Raynor) was born Abt 1774, Tennessee; died Aft 16 Sep 1850. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 77. Richard Stockton Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Sep 1794, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 31 Mar 1865, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 78. Deborah Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1798, Tennessee; died Aft 1879; was buried Old Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    3. 79. Sarah "Sally" Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1800, Tennessee; died Aft 1892.
    4. 80. Meady White Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1810, Tennessee.
    5. 81. Nancy Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1811.
    6. 82. Robert Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 24 Jun 1816, Floyd County, Indiana; died Bef 17 Jan 1878.
    7. 83. Jesse Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1821.
    8. 84. Sabra J. Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 3 Jul 1824, Tennessee; died 10 Dec 1866; was buried Old Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    9. 85. John Shields  Descendancy chart to this point
    10. 86. Polly Shields  Descendancy chart to this point

  18. 33.  Joseph Shields Descendancy chart to this point (13.Robert3, 6.John2, 1.Mary1) was born 17 Mar 1773, Shenandoah, Augusta, Virginia; died 28 May 1847, Fulton County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: G15M-T0

    Notes:

    Joseph was severely wounded by a party of Cherokee Indians, near Sevierville,
    Tennessee on 18 April 1793, at the time his brother-in-law Joshua Tipton was
    killed. He lived in the vicinity of Sevier County, Tennessee until about 1808
    when he removed to Indiana with his other brothers. He later settled in
    Harrison County, Indiana.
    ----------
    Reference:
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15, 20.
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 66.

    Joseph married Martha Veatch 22 Aug 1799, Sevier County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of Nathan Veatch and Elizabeth Craig) was born 8 Mar 1781, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Dec 1847, Fulton County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 87. Nathan Veatch Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Jun 1801, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 15 Oct 1866, Fulton County, Illinois.
    2. 88. Robert Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Jul 1803, Tennessee.
    3. 89. David Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 Jun 1805, Indiana; died 8 Aug 1846, Fulton County, Illinois.
    4. 90. Eleanor Shields  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 91. Elizabeth Shields  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 92. Hiram Shields  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 93. Nancy Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Sep 1816, Indiana.
    8. 94. Jesse Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Apr 1819.
    9. 95. Jane Shields  Descendancy chart to this point

  19. 34.  Ezeziel Shields Descendancy chart to this point (13.Robert3, 6.John2, 1.Mary1) was born 1778.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 8S9C-SH


  20. 35.  Benjamin Shields Descendancy chart to this point (13.Robert3, 6.John2, 1.Mary1) was born Abt 1779, Rockingham County, Virginia; died 10 May 1819, Harrison County, Indiana; was buried Harrison County, Indiana.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: G15N-BJ

    Notes:

    Buried in Little Flock Cemetery, near Elizabeth, Indiana.
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    Reference:
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15, 21.
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 67.

    Benjamin married Mary Veatch 22 Aug 1799, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Nathan Veatch and Elizabeth Craig) was born 27 Aug 1783, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Astoria, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 96. Kinsey Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Feb 1803, , Tennessee.
    2. 97. Asa L. Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Feb 1805, , Tennessee.
    3. 98. Agnes Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 Jan 1807, , Indiana; died 20 May 1826.
    4. 99. Robert Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Jan 1809, Indiana; died 1 Apr 1885; was buried Elk Cemetery, Lamoni, Decatur County, Iowa.
    5. 100. Joseph Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 18 Apr 1811, , Indiana.
    6. 101. Elizabeth Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 Nov 1813, , Indiana; died 18 Apr 1814, , Indiana.
    7. 102. Jesse Veatch Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 Oct 1814, Harrison County, Indiana; died 1 Mar 1894, Woodland, Fulton County, Illinois; was buried Summum Sixteen Cemetery, Summum, Fulton County, Illinois.
    8. 103. Richard Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Oct 1816, , Indiana.
    9. 104. Hepzibah Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Jan 1819, , Indiana; died 30 May 1819, , Indiana.

  21. 36.  Jesse Shields Descendancy chart to this point (13.Robert3, 6.John2, 1.Mary1) was born 10 Mar 1782, Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia; died Mauckport, Indiana.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 8S9C-TN

    Notes:

    ----------
    Reference:
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15.
    IGI

    Jesse married Catherine Fox 1803. Catherine (daughter of John Fox) was born 26 Mar 1796; died 18 Jul 1877; was buried , Indiana. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 105. Agnes Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Dec 1804, , Harrison, Indiana; died 29 Sep 1878; was buried , Harrison, Indiana.
    2. 106. Ann Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1806; died 1895.
    3. 107. Jane Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1807; died 1848.
    4. 108. Margaret Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1809; died 1879, , Minnesota.
    5. 109. John Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Dec 1810, , Harrison, Indiana; died 12 Feb 1841, , Harrison, Indiana.
    6. 110. Rachel Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1812; died 1876.
    7. 111. Mark Fox Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 Oct 1814, , Harrison, Indiana; died 17 Jan 1838, , Harrison, Indiana.
    8. 112. Elizabeth Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Dec 1816, , Harrison, Indiana; died 16 Nov 1867, , Harrison, Indiana.
    9. 113. Catherine Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 Dec 1818, , Harrison, Indiana; died 24 Aug 1867, , Harrison, Indiana.
    10. 114. William Thompson Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 Oct 1829, Harrison County, Indiana; died 11 Sep 1900, Harrison County, Indiana.
    11. 115. Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born Feb 1825; died Feb 1825.
    12. 116. Lydia Helen Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Apr 1826, , Harrison, Indiana; died 18 Aug 1891, , Harrison, Indiana.
    13. 117. Mary Pamelia Shields  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 May 1827, , Harrison, Indiana; died 4 Jun 1851, , Harrison, Indiana.

  22. 37.  Joshua Shields Descendancy chart to this point (13.Robert3, 6.John2, 1.Mary1) was born 10 Mar 1782, Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia; died 16 Sep 1848; was buried Indiana.

    Notes:

    Buried in Old Cross Roads Cemetery about 12 miles from Mauckport, Indiana.
    ----------
    Reference:
    IGI.
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 68.


  23. 38.  Racheal Shields Descendancy chart to this point (15.Henry3, 8.William2, 1.Mary1) was born 1785; died 19 Jan 1859.

    Racheal — John E. Guinn. John was born 10 Jun 1783; died 29 Jul 1829. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 118. Margret Eliza Guinn  Descendancy chart to this point was born 28 Nov 1818; died 8 Jan 1901; was buried Old Piney Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.


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