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Name
is pronounced "shears" or “shires”, and can be found in phonetic
variants including SHEAR, SHEARS, SHEARE, SHEARES, SHEER, SHEERS, SHEER,
SHEERES, SHERE, SHERES, SHIER, SHIERS, SHIERE, SHIERES, SHIRE & SHIRES.
The US immigrant families were almost immediately recorded as SHIRES from
arrival. The
name probably derives from the village and Manor of Shere, near Guildford in
Surrey, England. The village is also known as Shier or Shire. SHIERS families
probably originally took their surname from their village of origin, which
means that they are not necessarily genetically related. Whether the original
lords of the manor took the surname SHIER is unclear. The village did exist
in the 1086 Domesday Book. By 1614, a George SHIERS, Perfumer to the Royal
Court, was a substantial land & property owner in Surrey, Yorkshire &
elsewhere. The
currently identified head of the SHIERS family is Robert SHIERS a
tanner in the town of Bicester in Oxfordshire, whose family are mentioned in
his 1690 Will probated in 1692, where all his personal goods were to be sold.
He is my 9xGGF, probably born c1630, and possibly in Bicester, although few
records exist. His mentions sisters Mary & Julian in his Will (20
shillings each – no surnames). It is possible their married surnames are
SMART & PARKER, and one line in Robert’s will provides 20 shillings each
to “My son Robert SHIERS son SMART and to my daughter SMART and son PARKER,
and son and daughter RYDER” During his lifetime and after his death his
family settled in Chilvers Coton & Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Robert
SHIERS
and his wife Elizabeth (of unknown name) were married by 1656. As his wife was
mentioned in his Will (to receive £10) she is assumed to be alive in 1692.
Family include the following known children: · R1: Elizabeth SHIERS (1657 Bicester) –
Possibly dead by 1690 as not mentioned in her father’s Will; · R2: Clement SHIERS (1658 Bicester –
1735 Nuneaton) = Catherine of unknown family (d. 1747), my 8xGGPs.
Their marriage has not been found and a number of other children are
suspected based on naming patterns without proof from baptismal records.
Clement was described as “the late Clerk of this parish” upon his death in
Nuneaton in 1735. He received £200 in his father’s Will. Their family in
Nuneaton includes: o
C1: George SHIERS (c1700) = Elizabeth by 1718.
This may be the George SHEERS recorded as a baker in Coventry in
1730's & 1740's. Children: o
William SHIERS (1718); o
Clement SHIERS (1720); o
George SHIERS (1728) = Sarah in Nuneaton bef 1760: § G1: George SHIERS (c1760); then = Ann SIDWELL in 1761: § G2: John SHIERS (1761-63); § G3: Robert SHIERS (1763-1817).
Probably the Robert based at nearby Mancetter = Elizabeth HURST in
1781 (no known issue), then = Francis SIMPKINS in 1786. Children at
Mancetter, near Nuneaton: o
Ann SHIERS (1788); o
James SHIERS (1790); o
Reuben SHIERS (1791) = Susanna MOORE in 1832; o
George SHIERS (1794); o
George SHIERS (1797); o
Sarah Ann SHIERS (1800); then = Lydia JEFFCOT of Ansley in 1803 Ansley,
then Sarah BUTLER in 1806 Mancetter, then Ann GREEN in 1815; § George, then =
Elizabeth RICHARDSON, spinster, in 1767 at Grendon, Northamptonshire: § G4: William SHIERS (1769); § G5: John SHIERS (1772); § G6: Sarah SHIERS (1774); § G7: Jane SHIERS (1776); § G8: Elizabeth SHIERS (1778); § G9: George SHIERS (1780-83); § G10: George SHIERS (1787-1873), Farmer
of Exhall/Foleshill; § G11: Catherine
SHIERS (1790); § Robert SHIERS (1733-35); § Durham SHIERS (1735-73) = Sarah
JOYCE in 1759: § Elizabeth SHIERS (1760); § Sarah SHIERS (1764); § Durham SHIERS (1767-67); § William SHIERS (1768); § Ann SHIERS (1770); § Durham SHIERS (1774-1818) = Hannah
CRAKE in 1800 Ousebridge, York. Durham served in 18th Dragoons (Light);
Rutland Fencibles, Discharged aged 40. [The Rutland Yeomanry Cavalry was a
yeomanry regiment of the British Army, first raised as the Rutland Fencible
Cavalry in Rutland in 1794 and disbanded in 1825.]: § George SHIERS c1811 (confirmed in
the 1851 census as born in the Military), Weaver = Mary Ann DARLINSON
in 1844 Coventry (1 child). George remarried to Martha PARKER widow PEARMAN
in 1866; § George SHIERS (1850-1918) = Ann
Maria NAUL in 1873 Coventry & then Martha widow EDE in 1898.
Coventry children: § George Henry SHIERS (1874-87); § Walter D SHIERS (1877-1963); § Arthur SHIERS (1879-1947); § Albert SHIERS (1880-1915 KIA) = Gertrude
Mary REDDER=STEVENS in 1904: § Eva Elsie SHIERS (1906-97); § Leslie Albert SHIERS (1907); § Ann Maria SHIERS (1882); § Emily SHIERS (1884); o
C2: Catherine SHIERS (1709-57) = Marmaduke DUFFKIN
in 1731 (my 7xGGPs); o
C3: Elizabeth SHIERS (1712); o
C4: Robert SHIERS (1715-95) = Elizabeth HILTON in 1734
Nuneaton. [Apprenticeship: Margery BROOKS in 1765 to Robert SHIRES,
Ribbon Weaver]. Nuneaton children: o
Robert SHIERS (1734-35); § Robert SHIERS (1735-35); § Clement SHIERS (1736-1808), Silk
Weaver = (1) Elizabeth WATTS in 1755 [UK National Archive: A mortgage
dated 14 Feb 1855 refers to properties in Chilvers Coton including two
messuages (with a brewhouse) occupied successfully by Joseph WAGSTAFF, then Clement
SHIERS, then Alice with Thomas SHIERS in or near Bulkington
Lane]: § RC1: Robert SHIERS (1756); then = (2) Alice TRUSSWELL in 1762 Nuneaton: § RC2: Sarah SHIERS (1763) = Robert
JONES in 1788; § RC3: Michael SHIERS (1764-70); § RC4: Thomas SHIERS (1765-1847), Yeoman
= Sarah WAGSTAFF in 1786 [UK National Archive: Marriage settlement
of William ELLIS of Nuneaton, butcher, and Elizabeth, daughter of John
WAGSTAFF of Nuneaton, weaver, 13 Jun 1732. Referring to Sparrow Hall there
was an affidavit by Thomas SHIERS of Nuneaton, yeoman, about the
WAGSTAFF family: § Elizabeth SHIERS (1786-c1862) = Edward
BAKER in 1819; § George SHIERS (1788-89); § George SHIERS (1791-92); § George SHIERS (1792-1861+) = Sarah
CROSS in 1813: § TG1: John SHIERS (1817-17); § TG2: Sarah SHIERS (1819-73) = William
CURTIS in 1837 Nuneaton; § TG3: John SHIERS (1821); § TG4: Hannah SHIERS (1823-24); § TG5: Ann SHIERS (1825); § TG6: George SHIERS (1827-1897 Exhall),
Boatman, = Mary c1849: § John SHIERS (1852-1907)
Boatman, then Labourer of Rugby = Elizabeth REYNOLDS in 1877. Rugby
area children (as SHEARS): § George Thomas SHEARS (1877-77); § Louisa SHEARS (1879); § Joseph William
SHEARS
(1822-1930); § Mary Ann SHEARS (1882); § John SHEARS (1844-1966); § Samuel Henry SHEARS (1886-1966); § Annie Elizabeth
SHEARS
(1889-1921); § Albert Arthur SHEARS (1894-1917); § Irene Edith SHEARS (1895-1965); § Walter SHEARS (1900-83); § Kathleen SHEARS (1903-92); § Ivy SHEARS (1904-94); § Thomas SHIERS (1854-57); § Samuel SHIERS (1858-71); § Sarah SHIERS (1859-60); § TG7: Michael SHIERS (1829-35); § Sarah SHIERS (1797-98); § Sarah SHIERS (1798); § Thomas SHIERS (1799-1800); § Sophia SHIERS (1800) = Thomas
TEARFIELD in 1823; § Thomas SHIERS (1804); § RC5: George SHIERS (1767) = Mary
BANBURY in 1800 Coventry; § RC6: Alice SHIERS (1769) = Joseph
DENT in1793; § RC7: Minnie SHIERS (1772); § RC8: Dudley SHIERS (c1774) = Hannah
WALLACE in 1797 Alnwick, Northumberland (presumably on military
service). They had one son. After Hannah's death Dudley = Elizabeth GREEN
in 1803 Nuneaton before moving to New York in 1804. He is recorded as a
gardener with a wife in 1812 list of British Aliens during the 1812 war with
the US. No known children: § Michael SHIERS (1798-bef 1859) = Jane
CLEAVER in 1817. Michael owned a flour dealership and bakery in Abbey
Street, Nuneaton. While the couple witnessed their children's marriages in
London, their final location is unknown (perhaps joined father Dudley in the
US?). Their children were living in Clapham, London by 1841: o
Jane SHIERS (1818) School Mistress = Thomas EMERSON
in 1859 Clapham; o
Amelia SHIERS (1821-1903) = Robert Martin HATFIELD
in 1847 Clapham; o
Michael SHIERS (1825-94) was lodging with the DAVIES family
in 1841 Clapham (note use in children-s name) = Elizabeth Esther CHAFFEY
in 1846. Michael ran a confectioner business to Clapham High Street: § Michael Robert
SHIERS
(1847-1904) = Caroline PACY in 1873 Kennington; § Isabella Jane SHIERS (1848-81); § George Frederick
SHIERS
(1849-1913) = Isabella CRANE in 1872 & Clara SMITH in 1888: § Lilian Isabel SHIERS (1873-1958); § Hilda Maud SHIERS (1875-1954); § George Edward SHIERS (1877-1934); § Alice Caroline
SHIERS
(1879-1904); § Edgar William SHIERS (1882-1952); § Albert Henry SHIERS (1888-1969); § Harry Walter SHIERS (1890); § Ernest Frederick
SHIERS
(1891-1979); § Michael Robert
SHIERS
(1893-1949); § Charles Babbington
SHIERS
(1895-1948); § Clara Alice SHIERS (1904-94); § Caroline Amelia
SHIERS
(1851-1913); § Henry SHIERS (1852-1901) = Sarah
Matilda GREEN in 1874: § Ethel Stella SHIERS (1874-1956); § Henry Michael SHIERS (1875). Working at
the War office in 1901; § Percy John SHIERS (1877-1930),
hairdresser = Ella Gertrude PALMER in 1907: § Percy John SHIERS (1907); § George Henry SHIERS (1909-78); § Walter Robert SHIERS (1880-1918) = Alice
Louise CARNE in 1908: § Walter Thomas SHIERS (1909-89); § Ivy Alice SHIERS (1911-87); § Joan Margaret SHIERS (1918-80); § George Frederick
SHIERS
(1882-1932); § Maud Isabel SHIERS (1884-1956); § Minnie SHIERS (1886-1927); § Albert Charles
SHIERS
(1889-1974); § John Davies SHIERS (1854-55); § Charles Davies
SHIERS
(1858-1933) = Amy CRANE in 1876: § Charles Samuel
SHIERS
(1876-1957); § unknown SHIERS (d. bef 1911
census); § Albert Edward SHIERS (1878-1939) = Mabel
HALE in 1905: § Gladys Maude SHIERS (1906-98); § Phyllis Amy SHIERS (1906-94); § Albert Charles
SHIERS
(1914-2005); § Doris May SHIERS (1917-2002); § Louis Davies SHIERS (1882); § Isabella Amy SHIERS (1888-1973) = William
BAKER in 1915 Brixton, London; § Elizabeth Fanny
SHIERS
(1859-59); § Alfred Ernest SHIERS (1860-61); § William Herbert
SHIERS
(1860-61); § RC9: Michael SHIERS (1776-96); § George SHIERS (1738); § William SHIERS (1743-96) = Dorothy
SUFFOLK in 1772: o
William SHIERS (1773-78); o
George SHIERS (1775-1865) = Elizabeth CAPNER in
1816 Burbage, Leicestershire and founded the US family phonetically spelt SHIRES
– See below; o
Sarah SHIERS (1776-1851) = John CRICKLOW in 1797;
§ Alice SHIERS (1745); § Thomas SHIERS (1748); § Michael SHIERS (1750-55); § Robert SHIERS (1750-55); o
Mary SHIERS (1718); · R3: Robert SHIERS (1660 Bicester),
who received 20 shillings from his father = Susanna abt 1682: o
Elizabeth SHIERS c. 17.8.1683; · R4: William SHIERS (c1661 Bicester assumed) – Still alive in 1690 as mention in father’s
Will. He received the token amount of one shilling. · R5: George SHIERS (1662 Bicester) -
Dead by 1692 as not mentioned in his father’s Will; · R6: Catherine SHIERS (1665 Bicester –
1702 Nuneaton) married Dudley RYDER
just before her father’s death, as mentioned by name in her father’s will.
Her husband was appointed Executor. The couple settled in Nuneaton. · R7: Benjamin SHIERS (1668 Nuneaton) –
Not mentioned in his father’s Will; Outline of the United States
SHIRES Family – Known Descendants of Nuneaton George
SHIERS
(1775-1865) = Elizabeth CAPNER (1779-1853) in 1816 Burbage,
Leicestershire and founded the US family phonetically spelt SHIRES.
George was a farmer. George was probably the one recorded as born Nuneaton
who served in Oxfordshire Militia (1794-1818) & discharged aged 45. In
1832, the family with 5 surviving sons moved to the West Troy area of New
York state (then Waterford, Saratoga, New York), where the descendant
families were heavily involved in farming. US passenger records suggest 17
April 1827 as the date of arrival: · William C SHIERS (1817 Nuneaton –
1892 Waterford, Saratoga, New York), Farmer = Sybil Ann c1840 New
York: o
John W SHIRES (1848), Labourer = Sarah c1875 New
York; § Mary SHIRES (1877); § Sarah SHIRES (1879); o
Thomas M SHIRES (1850-1892); · George SHIERS (1819 Nuneaton –
bef 1880 New York) = Ann KELLY c1840 New York: o
William SHIRES (1841-95), Farmer = Sarah A MILLER
c1872 in West Virginia and founded the West Virginia & Ohio line: § George Raymond
SHIRES
(1874) = Frances c1895; § Arthur Jake SHIRES (1876-1940) = May
SUTTON c1901 Kentucky: § Jessie M SHIRES (1902); § Elsworth SHIRES (1905); § Louis Burton SHIRES (1882-bef 1940) = Linnie
CARTER c1908 Kentucky: § William A SHIRES (1909-1973); § Virginia M SHIRES (1921); § Myrtle L SHIRES (1883-bef 1930) = George
E TRACY; § Dora May SHIRES (1886-1966) = John
Henry ARKENAU; o
George R SHIRES (1843-1909) = Rebecca SHEPARD in
1866 Waterford, Saratoga: § Harriet K SHIRES (1867-1958) = Charles
J BALLANTINE; § Grace Shepard SHIRES (1873-1959) = Wallace
Pierre SULLIVAN; o
Sarah E SHIRES (1847); o
Alvira SHIRES (1850). History of Alvira is unclear but
may be the inmate at the Michigan Asylum for the Insane, Kalamazoo by 1900; o
Holman H SHIRES (1858-1920) = Lucy PLUMB c1883 in
New York: § Anna SHIRES (1884). Unmarried
by 1910 US census; § Reverend Henry
Herbert SHIRES (1886-1961)
= Mabel MILLIS c1912 New York. Lived in various US residences &
France, before Oakland, California; § Henry Millis SHIRES (1913-80); o
Albert E SHIRES (1861-1940) = Cora Isabella KEEGAN
c1885 New York; · Thomas SHIERS (1820 Nuneaton –
1860 Waterford, Saratoga) = Maria Ann FISH in 1845 Troy, New York: o
Helen SHIRES (1846) = SCHROEDER; o
Clara SHIRES (1848-49); o
Cora SHIRES (1848-48); o
Jane Elizabeth SHIRES (1850-1919) = Elijah Eynon CHIVERS; o
Annette Elizabeth SHIRES (1853-1941) = William
Cleveland HOLLISTER; o
Thomas Millard SHIRES (1855-1905) = Rachel Christine
WELLMAN in 1881 Buffalo, New York and moved to Mead, Saunders in
Nebraska: § Clara April SHIRES (1882-1972); § Ivan Harold SHIRES (1883-1951) = Elma
Myrtle HUDSON in 1910: § Janet Eleanor SHIRES (1911-96); § Wilma Annette SHIRES (1912-87); § Loreta Mayme SHIRES (1914-95); § Orlin Hudson SHIRES (1917-2007); § Roger Millard SHIRES (1919-35); § Bessie Nina SHIRES (1886-1970); § Shirley Marietta
SHIRES
(1887-1980); § Carlos Millard
SHIRES
(1889-1982) = Bernice CONWAY: § Thomas Millard
SHIRES
(1929-2002) = Margaret Ruth EMRY; § Ruby Rachel SHIRES (1891-1974); § Natalie SHIRES (1894-1900); § Alberta Eleanor
SHIRES
(1897-1992); o
Thomas Melvyn SHIRES (1860-1921) = Ida J LEGRESLEY in
Iowa and settled in Emporia, Lyon, Kansas: § Frank SHIRES (1884); § Nettie V SHIRES (1885); § Nellie M SHIRES (1889); § Benjamin Clark M
SHIRES
(1893) = Myra POWERS in Kansas and settled in Kansas City, Missouri; § G Wilbur Stuart
SHIRES
(1897-1985) = Grace Lenora NICHOLSON in 1926 Shanghai, China, before
settling in Pasadena, California: § Helen Grace SHIRES (1929); § Florence Ida SHIRES (1930); § Mary Anna SHIRES (1932); § Merton Melanchthon
SHIRES
(1899-1972) = Elma Leota MICKEY in California: § Lois Ethel SHIRES (1927-1983); § Richard Mickey
SHIRES (1934-2005); · Edward SHIERS (1822-1880), Farmer
in West Roy = Eliza C TOMPKINS c1846 in Saratoga, New York: o
Augustus E SHIRES (1847-1918) = Belle Maria OSTRANDER: § Dean R SHIRES (1869-1941) = May
VANDEMAN and settled in Michigan, Indiana: § Frank M SHIRES (1893-1914); § Elbert Roy SHIRES (1895-1962) = Hattie
Evelyn BECK: § Roy Erwin SHIRES (1924-24); § Marjorie May SHIRES (1925-93); § Lee SHIRES (1931); § Albert Richard SHIRES (1911-91) = Daisy
Eileen RILEY; § Frank O SHIRES (1875-96); § Clayton Elliott
SHIRES
(1884-1960) = Doris Ella PERDUE in 1903 Chicago, then Grace after
1930 & Carrie before 1960 in La Porte, Indiana: § Belle Maria SHIRES (1912); § Florence L SHIRES (1914); o
Martha SHIRES (1848); o
Cornelia SHIRES (1851); o
Frank L SHIRES (1854-1908) = Sarah Ann Thompson DORING
and lived in Albany, New York: § John Wood Griswold
SHIRES
(1881) = Florence M LITTLE and lived in Buffalo: § Florence S SHIRES (1908); § Edward Bayard Smith
SHIRES
(1884-1967) = Mae Elizabeth AUSSICKER: § Edward Bayard Smith
SHIRES Jr
(1914); § Sara D SHIRES (1915-2000); § Marian E SHIRES (1919); § Frank W SHIERS (1923-90), Yakima,
Washington; § Jean A SHIRES (1930-2010); · John SHIERS (1823-32+). Records
suggest John may the soldier of New York who served in the US Civil War of
1861-65; The outline above is indicative only and not
necessarily fully correct or complete. Some Not-Yet-Connected Nuneaton
(& Mancetter / Coventry) family groups (Not an exhaustive or necessarily
correct list): · Robert or Richard
SHIERS & Hannah HARRIS m. 14.8.1755 (Nuneaton) as Robert: o
Catherine SHIERS c. 19.4.1756 d/o Richard, m. 27.1.1777
(both at Mancetter) = Joseph ALBRITTON; · Thomas SHIERS &
Sarah
(c1695 s/o John & Hannah of Binley): o
Elizabeth SHIERS c. 17.4.1720; o
Robert SHIERS c. 19.8.1725; · William SHIERS &
Elizabeth FORD
m. 14.10.1717 (all at St. Michael, Coventry): o
Samuel SHIERS c. 20.1.1719; o
Elizabeth SHIERS 14.2.1721; o
William SHIERS c.28.4.1725; · William SHIERS &
Mary Sarah:
o
George SHIERS c. 13.3.1747; o
William SHIERS c. 10.5.1752; · William SHIERS &
Elizabeth: o
Robert SHIERS c. 8.3.1761; · William SHIERS &
Sarah HUNTER
m. 3.1.1739: o
Ann SHIERS c. 24.5.1741; o
Elizabeth SHIERS c. 3.12.1745; o
Sarah SHIERS c. 8.6.1755; Ann SHIERS = Samuel
WAGSTAFF m. 29.9.1817 (connected to National Archive of 1825?) |
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