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JOSIAH    H.  SHINN. 


THE    HISTORY    OF 


THE  SHINN  FAMILY 


IN    EUROPE   AND  AMERICA 


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Bv    JOSIAH    H.  ^INN,  A.  M. 


Ex-State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  for  Arkansas  ;   Member  of  the  St. 

Petersburg  (Russia)  Historical  and  Geographical  Society;  Author  of 

"A    History  of  the   American   People  "  ;    "A  History  of 

Arkansas"  ;  and  of  "A  History  of  Education 

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PREFACE. 

To  write  the  history  of  a  family  is  a  task  surrounded  by  many  difficulties.  That 
history  begins,  as  a  rule,  at  a  period  when  reading  and  writing  were  not  the  common 
heritage  of  mankind  ;  it  covers  the  lives  of  a  line  of  people  who,  because  they  were 
not  eonspieiioiis  in  the  world's  atfairs,  failed  to  construct  pedigrees,  as  did  the 
greater  men  of  history;  it  takes  in  a  vast  body  of  plain  people,  living  by  the  nobler 
arts  of  peace  and  trade,  who  look  with  suspicion  upon  the  blazoning  of  arms,  crests, 
and  pedigrees,  and  pass  to  tlie  other  extreme  of  keeping  no  record  at  all;  it  sweeps 
over  periods  of  time  engulfed  in  social,  political  or  religious  turjnoil,  v\hen  even  the 
legal  records  are  suspended ;  it  embraces  all  kinds  and  conditions  of  men  widely 
dispersed ;  for  these  and  other  reasons  the  creation  of  an  accurate  family  history 
is  difficult,  if  not  impossible.  I  have  tried  to  write  such  a  history  in  these  pages, 
and  on  the  eve  of  giving  it  to  the  family  at  large,  am  free  to  admit  that  it  is  at 
best  a  very  imperfect  sketch.  It  represents  years  of  labor,  however,  and  is  a  creation 
that  has  absiubcd  mv  attention  and  affection.  It  is  given  to  the  familv  for  their 
guidance  and  criticism.  Wherever  it  is  true  it  will  obtain  commendation;  and 
wherein  it  dcpai-ts  from  trutli  it  will  receive  condemnation.  It  is  laimched  with 
high  hopes  of  a  successful  career. 

At  the  outset  I  desire  to  acknowledge  my  indebtedness  to  Mr.  Eichard  Cadbury, 
of  Philadelphia,  who  cojued  for  my  use  every  reference  in  the  Minute  Books  of 
the  Bui'lington  Monthly  Meeting  of  Friends,  the  Springfield  Minutes,  the  Chester- 
field Minutes,  the  Mt.  Holly  ^linutes,  the  Evesham  and  Upper  Evesham  Minutes. 
Witliout  these  it  would  have  been  impossible  to  write  the  story. 

I  am  also  iiulebted  to  Hon.  John  Clement,  of  Haddonfield,  for  a  thorough 
investigation  of  the  Records  at  Trenton.  X.  J.,  and  other  places;  the  records  of 
wills,  deeds,  administration  papers,  court  minutes  and  marriage  license  records, 
so  far  as  they  refer  to  the  name  Shinn,  were  all  transcribed  by  him  and  forwarded 
to  me  as  a  supplement  to  the  church  records  prepared  by  Mr.  Cadbury.  Both 
these  gentlemen  liave  passed  away,  but  their  work  appears  in  every  line  of  this 
history  for  the  period  1678-1800. 

To  Mr.  Kirk  Brown,  of  Baltimore,  I  am  indebted  for  transcripts  of  the  Min- 
utes of  Friends"  "Meetings  at  Goose  Creek,  Crooked  Run,  Hopewell,  Warrenton  and 
Fairfax. 

Judge  Thomas  B.  Jobes  sent  an  abstract  of  the  deed  records  of  Monmouth  and 
Ocean  Counties.  Mr.  Willit  Shinn  has  gone  among  the  living  and  obtained  private 
records,  which  I  could  not  obtain. 

To  a  lesser  degree  I  am  indebted  to  Mrs.  Mary  Graham,  of  Miranda,  'N.  C. ; 
Mr.  James  F.  Shinn,  of  Xorwood.  N.  C. ;  Pfof.  H." Frank  Smith,  Mr.  J.  C.  Shinn 
and  Dr.  George  W.  Harkey,  of  Russellville.  Ark. ;  to  Dr.  Quillen  H.  Shinn,  of 
Cambridge.  ;Mass. :  to  ^Irs.  Hannah  A.  Beal.  of  Agricultural  College,  Mich. :  to 
Prof.  Samuel  Grant  Oliphant.  of  Baltimore.  Md. :  to  James  Thornton  Shinn,  of 
Philadel])hia,  Pa. ;  to  A.  C.  Shinn,  Ottawa,  Kan. :  to  Benjamin  G.  vShinn,  Hartford 
City,  Ind. ;  Rev.  James  Gallaher  Shinn,  Atlantic  City,  N.  J. ;  to  W.  B.  Stackhouse, 
Medford.  X.  d..  and  to  Mrs.  Marv  Shinn  Bennett,  Fruit  Hill,  Ohio. 


I  am  also  under  obligation  to  every  man  and  woman  that  anjrwevod  my  letters, 
for  by  these  letters  the  book  was  largely  made. 

To  William  Collyer  Shinn,  of  J.ondon.  and  .Mr.  W.  (r.  Stockley,  Head  Master 
of  ^lildenhall  School,  Suffolk,  my  obligation  is  great  for  valuable  matter  concerning 
the  English  line.  The  latter  is  not  a  member  of  the  family,  but  has  taken  a  greater 
interest  in  my  work  than  anyone  named  Shinn.  On  his  bicycle  he  has  gone  over 
Cambridge,  Essex,  Suffolk  and  Xorfolk.  exhuming  church  registers  and  sending 
their  contents  with  fidelity  and  zeal. 

Those  who  read  this  volume  expecting  to  find  ])ortrayals  of  great  leaders  will 
be  disappointed.  The  lives  portrayed  are  for  tlie  most  part  farmers'  lives.  As 
such,  they  are  not  imposing,  not  eventful,  and  therefore  not  startling.  They  are 
sober,  thoughtful,  peaceful  lives,  and  therefore  the  happiest  lives.  Hugged  honesty 
and  rigorous  labor,  uncursed  by  the  withering  touch  of  ambition,  are  the  marks 
that  adorn  the  men  whose  lives  are  here  presented.  Stranger  t(-)  the  so-called 
"thoughts"  of  dawdlers  and  idle  ])ai-agraphers,  they  live  within  their  means,  pay 
their  honest  debts,  worship  in  a  simple  way,  love  one  wife,  and  rear  a  family  of 
sturdy,  resolute  boys  and  girls.  These  boys  and  girls  are  strong  in  exact  proportion 
to  their  adherence  to  the  homely  morality  of  their  parents,  and  deteriorate  only 
as  they  exchange  it  for  the  so-called  "  cult "  of  the  ordinary  magazine.  The  pre- 
meditated assault  which  these  '"literary"  periodicals  make  uiion  a  virtuous  life 
by  thousands  of  lines  adulatory  of  "Captains  of  Success''"  is  the  Xati(»n's  plague. 
The  farm  lad,  fitted  for  his  place,  and  happy  in  his  environment.  i>  ii-eated  to. 
picture  and  pun  upon  "hayseed"  and  "yawp!"  is  told  so  many  imaginary  stories 
by  starving  "  penny-a-lincrs  "  about  "  success  "  and  "  how  to  rise  ''  that  he  comes 
to  believe  farming  the  only  business  in  which  the  word  "success"  is  not  known, 
and  that  a  "  change  "  in  life  is  the  beginning  of  the  ever-vaunted  "  rise." 

If  "  poets "  are  God-made,  there  is  equal,  if  not  greater,  reason  to  believe 
that  "  farmers  "  are  fashioned  for  their  work  in  the  council  chambers  of  eternity. 
A  glance  at  any  mass  of  men  in  the  heart  of  any  assembly  anywhere  will  satisfy 
the  thinker  that  the  largest  part  of  the  mass  was  predestined  for  a  farmer's  happy 
and  noble  life ;  and  that  the  false  philosophy  of  magazines  has  cheated  it  of  its 
birthright.  Change  is  not  rising,  although  the  "  thrupence  "  writers  vociferously 
aver  it.  Farmers'  boys  and  girls,  if  they  are  sensible,  will  not  try  to  rise  from 
the  farm,  but  on  the  farm.  They  will  not  change  locations,  seeking  the  will-o'-the- 
wisp  of  bettering  themselves,  but  will  hammer  that  betterment  from  the  old,  worn- 
out  farm  on  which  they  were  born.  J.  P.  Morgan  sought  a  broken-down  railroad 
that  he  might  make  it  a  success.  There  are  thousands  of  broken-down  farms  that 
only  need  a  man  of  power  to  make  them  successful  ventures.  And  God  has  given 
thousands  of  men  the  very  power  to  do  this,  which  they  are  vaiidy  trying  to  use  as 
preachers,  lawyers,  merchants  and  literary  men.  They  are  "misfits"  and  failures. 
The  early  life  of  the  family  of  whom  these  pages  are  written  was  a  triumphantly 
happy  farm  lif(\  Tln'  aged  ones  everywhere  started  wiih  hundi-eds  of  acres  of 
good  land,  froiii  which  Ihey  harvested  money,  health.  ]iower  and  happiness;  they 
lived  sim|)le  yet  noble  lives.  They  left  tlicii-  dnldren  good  farms,  out  of  which, 
had  a  real  ])hiloso])hy  boon  faught  by  ihc  magazines-  and  ]iublic  opinion,  they,  too, 
might  have  harvested  a  greater  woaltli.  a  pori'eel  healtli.  more  power  and  an  equal 
fiappiness.  But  these  descendants  thought  there  was  a  lutter  way;  the  fear  of  being 
a  "  mossback  "  led  them  away  finm  the  farni  ;  (lie  \  icious  examples  of  so-called 
"rising  in  the  world"  exercisiMl  an  evil  inlhii'iico  on  their  minds;  their  hands 
lost  their  cunning,  and  their  souls  wnrshi|)0(l  disastrously  at  the  altar  of  strange 
gods.  To  every  farmer's  son  and  danghti'r  wlm  reads  llu^se  woi-ds.  T  would  say: 
"Unless  God  has  visibly  marked  you  for  some  other  vocation,  remain  on  the  farm, 
and  rise  with  it  and  by  it."  "Make  it  i)y  your  own  exertions  more  abounding,  more 
habitable,  more  and  mun"  the  royal  abode  of  a  ihinking  man.  Grc>atness  comes  to 
the  man  who,  in  Ids  own  environment,  does  great  things;  and  tliere  is  nothing 
more  transcendcjitly  great  tlian  tlu^  power  to  turn  a  five-dollar  soil  into  the  richness 


of  a  Babylonish  garden.  Use  your  power  in  an  environment  that  ennobles  you, 
and  let  the  poverty-stricken  mockers  deride  you  at  will.  Better  be  a  "  hayseed  '* 
and  create  something  than  a  "  scribbler  "  who  makes  nothing  but  a.  destructive  note. 

With  a  view  of  stimulating  every  son  and  daughter  of  the  family,  whatever 
his  vocation,  to  loftier  endeavor,  to  nobler  aspiration,  and  to  better  and  truer  work, 
this  book  is  sent  into  the  world.  It  is  a  birds-eye  view  of  the  movements  of  a  family, 
of  which  vou  are  a  part.  What  some  have  done,  all  may  do;  and  what  may  be 
done,  ought  to  be  done,  if  we  are  true  to  ourselves. 

With  this  in  view,  family  pride  becomes  an  entity  of  value,  enlarging  by 
bettering  the  world's  great  work. 

To  my  son,  Joseph  R.  L.  Shinn,  who  for  years  has  been  my  constant  helper, 
and  to  Mildred  f'arlton  Shinn,  my  wife,  I  owe  whatever  good  this  work  may  contain. 
AlwavR  faithful,  always  ready,  always  true,  they  have  siistained  me  when  despond- 
ent and  guided  me  to  the  end. 

JOSIAH  H.  SniNN. 
Chioaoo.  III.,  April.  1903. 


PART  first: 
THE  FAMILY  OF  SHINN  IN  ENGLAND, 


CHAPTER  1. 
Thk  Mia   Who  Extehki)  Exglaxd  With  the  Saxons. 

The  man  to  wliom  tlio  English  ;>peak:ing  race  is  most  indebted  for  its  knowl- 
o(\}rv  of  tlic  men  wlio  filtered  England  with  the  Saxons  is  John  Mitchell  Kemble. 
In  two  memorable  works,,  "Codex  Diplomaticus  Aevi  Saxonici"  (6  volumes),  and 
"The  Saxons  in  England"  (2  volumes),  he  has  given  us  as  he  aptly  says,  "The 
history  of  our  childhood,  the  explanation  of  our  manhood."' 

These  researches  furnish  conclusive  evidence  of  the  fact  that  very  many  of 
the  names  of  places  in  Englaiui,  as  disclosed  by  the  forms  in  which  these  names 
appear  in  ancient  charters,  consist  of  a  personal  name  in  a  patronymic  form. 

These  names  take  two  endings: 

1.  A  nominative  plnrnl  in  iiujas,  as  Ardingas,  the  sons  or  descendants  of 
Ard ; 

'^.  A  g('niti\c  plural  in  iiuja,  with  ton,  ham,  etc.,  annexed,  as  in  Billingaton, 
the  town  of  Billings,  i.  e.,  the  sons  or  descendants  of  Billa. 

The  basis  upon  which  all  Teutonic  society  rested  was  the  "Mark."  This 
"]\Tark"'  was  introduced  by  them  into  every  province  which  they  founded  upon  the 
ruins  of  Roman   power. 

The  word  has  been  flippantly  defined  as  "a  boundary."  This  is  its  mere 
oxternal  form.  Among  the  older  Teutonic  races  it  was  the  name  of  the  smallest 
division  of  land  iield  by  freemen  in  common.  It  \\^s  the  first  general  division 
above  the  alods,  or  private  estates  of  the  Markmen.  As  such  it  was,  as  the  word 
implies,  sometliing  marked  out  or  defined,  with  boundaries  standing  as  a  sign 
to  others,  and  distinguishing  it  from  all  others. 

As  Kemble  says:  "It  is  the  plot  of  land  on  which  a  greater  or  lesser  number 
of  freemen  have  settled  for  purposes  of  cultivation,  and  for  the  sake  of  mutual 
proUt  and  protection.  .Vnd  it  comprises  a  portion  both  of  arable  land  and  pasture, 
in  proportion  to  the  numbers  that  enjoy  its  produce." 

This  organization  of  freemen  into  marks  extends  backwards  into  the  remotest 
records  of  our  Teutonic  ancestry,  and  was  carried  by  them  into  England,  when 
they  turned  their  conquering  footsteps  into  Kent,  Sussex  and  other  parts  of 
that  sea  girt  isle. 

The  territorial  meanin*:  of  the  word  comprehended  not  only  the  whole  arable 
and  pasture  land  of  the  independent  community,  or  tribe,  but  also,  and  more 
especially,  the  forests  enclosing  the  arable  lands,  and  which  separated  the  pos- 
sessions of  one  tribe  from  those  of  another.  The  mark  or  boundary  pasture  land, 
and  the  arable  land  enclosed  by  it,  are  inseparable. 

In  it  resides  a  community  of  persons,  headed  by  a  chief,  independent  of 
every  other  mark  or  community  in  the  territory. 

In  this  wav  and  by  degrees  was  England  settled.  Bold  chiefs  with  their  fol- 
lowers found   foothold  on   English   shores,   and  planted  the  organization  of  the 


10  History  of  the  Shixx  Family  ix  Europe  and  America 

mark  along  the  entire  Eastern,  and  almost  across  the  entire  Southern  border  oi 
England.  For  centuries  these  marks  existed  as  independent  governments,  having 
each  its  own  laws  and  ruled  by  the  original  or  migrating  chief,  or  some  other 
at  the  will  of  its  freemen.     Centralization  came  centuries"  afterwards: 

1.  By  a  union  of  marks  into  the  ga  or  shire; 

2.  By  a  union  of  the  gas  into  kingdoms; 

3.  By  a  union  of  these  into  a  monarchy. 

Or  more  succinctly  the  hundreds  of  petty  marks  or  kingdoms  developed  nat- 
urally into  the  heptarchy,  and  thence  into  the  monarchy. 

The  boundaries  of  the  ancient  marks  have  disappeared  and  are  apparently 
lost.  But  it  is  believed  by  Kemble,  that  it  is  possible  to  reconstruct  the  ancient 
marks  of  England,  as  surely  and  successfully  as  comparative  anatomy  recon- 
structs an  extinct  species  of  animal. 

But  whether  this  be  true  or  not  it  is  none  the  less  a  fact,  that  the  names  of 
the  Marks,  and  therefore  the  names  of  the  chiefs  who  led  their  followers  into 
these  marks  are  not  lost,  but  remain  to  the  Englisli  speaking  people  as  a  genea- 
logical tie  through  which  they  may  trace  an  immense  number  of  their  families 
back  into  an  hoary  antiquity. 

And  into  this  ancient  age  as  a  historian  of  the  "House  of  Shinn"  I  shall 
plunge  to  ascertain  if  possible  whether  that  name  came  in  with  the  Saxons,  and 
to  what  extent  it  contributed  to  the  growth  of  Anglo-Saxon,  English  and  Ameri- 
can worth. 

CHAPTER  II. 

Value  of  the  Forms  in  Ingas,  Inga  and  Ingen. 

In  the  Anglo-Saxon,  ing  is  a  patronymic,  as  in  Aesing,  son  of  Aesc.  But  it 
may  represent  a  mere  geographical  idea,  as  Leaming,  people  of  the  Leam.  Be- 
tween such  words  and  genuine  patronymics  the  line  must  be  carefully  drawn, 
and  the  best  security  is  the  genitive  plural.  If  the  word  is  clearly  derived  from 
a  genitive  plural  it  is  a  patronymic;  if  it  is  generated  from  a  genitive  singular, 
it  is  a  mere  local  name,  and  does  not  import  the  idea  of  a  family  and  its  de- 
scendants. 

But  a  careful  study  of  Kemble's  lists  of  Anglo-Saxon  patronymics,  togetlier 
with  the  German  list  of  Foerstemann,  and  a  consequent  com])arison  of  these 
with  the  ancient  poem  of  Beowulf,  warrants  the  conclusion  that  ing  is  and  has 
been  a  patronymic  of  the  Teutons  from  time  immoniorial. 

Witli  the  language  of  Sir  J.  Picton  in  his  "Ethnology  of  Wiltshire"  we  con- 
cur: "When  the  Saxons  first  invaded  Enghnid,  they  came  in  tribes  and  families 
headed  by  their  patriarchal  leaders.  Eacli  Irilie  was  called  by  its  leader's  name, 
with  the  termination  ijig,  signifying  family,  and  where  tliey  settled  they  gave 
their  patriarchal  name  to  the  mark  or  central  ]K)int  around  which  they  clustered." 

This  view  is  fortified  by  the  researches  of  Foerstemann  witli  regard  to 
German  names,  and  is  adopted  by  Ferguson.  The  nnme  contained  in  the  forms, 
ingas,  inga,  and  ingen,  is  sinijily  that  of  a  leader  under  whose  guidance  the 
settlements  were  made,  and  is  generally  that  of  the  pniriaroh  or  head  of  the 
family. 

Kemble,  as  Master  of  the  Rolls,  had  access  to  the  long  line  of  charters  de- 
veloped by  Saxon  life  in  England,  and  compiled  an  exhaustive  list  of  these  pat- 
ronymics. 

Foerstemann  afterwards  compiled  a  list  of  the  patronymics  of  modern  Ger- 
many. Taylor  followed  with  a  set  of  tables  for  tlie  purpose  of  comparing  the 
Anglo-Saxon  Settlemeiits  with  those  of  Germany.  Ferguson  followed  with  a 
table  still  more  exhaustive  in  whieh  he  used  first.  1he  Anglo-Saxon  names  from 


Gleanings  in  England. 


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Kemble's  lists;  then  corresponding  Old  German  from  the  lists  of  Foerstemann, 
with  the  district  in  which  it  is  found,  and,  wherever  identified,  the  existing  name 
of  tlie  place;  then  names  corresponding  from  the  Liher  Vitae,  or  elsewhere,  to 
show  continued  Anglo-Saxon  use,  with,  also,  Frisian  names;  and  finally  the 
existing  English  surnames  to  which  he  compared  them. 

As  the  patronymic,  "Sinningas,"'"  is  in  Kemble's  list,  and  also  in  that  of 
Foersiemann,  it  may  be  taken  as  proved  that  the  Shinns  eame  in  with  the 
Saxons  and  have  lived  in  England  for  more  than  twelve  hundred  years.  Their 
prior  history  is  wrapped  up  in  the  oblivion  which  surrounds  the  Teutonic  tribes 
in  their  centuries  of  life  North  of  the  Rhine. 

T  subjoin  a  page  of  Ferguson's  tables  to  prove  the  position  and  place  of  the 
Sinningas  in  Kemble's  Foerstemann's  and  Ferguson's  lists. 

Eahi.v  Saxon  Settlements  Compared  with  those  of  Germany. 


Kemble 

Foerstemann 

Locality  in 

(L.  V.)   Liber 
Vitae. 

English 

Anglo-Saxon. 

German. 

Germany. 

(F)  Frisian. 

Surnames. 

Sealfingas. 

Selvingen. 

Self, 
Selvey. 

Stubiiigas. 

Staubingen. 

Staubing  in 

Stuf  (A.  S.) 

Stubbe, 

Bavaria. 

Stubbing. 

Seegingas. 

Siggingahem. 

Belgium. 

Sigga  (L.  V.) 

Siggs. 

Specingas. 

Speichingas. 

Spaichengen  in 
Westphalia. 

Spech   (Domes- 
day). 

Speck. 

Sccaflingas. 

Schnffelinga. 

Schiflingen  in 
Luxemburg. 

Shovel. 

Staoningas. 

Steen  (F.) 
Stean  (L.  V.) 

Stone. 
Stenning. 

Sinningas. 

Siningas. 

Sinne  (F.) 

Sinev. 

Shinn. 

Slellingas. 

Stell. 

Tnodingas. 

Tattingas. 

Dcttingen   in 
Bavaria. 

Tade  (F.) 

Tadd. 

Taclingas. 

Tclingen. 

Bavaria. 

Toile  (F.) 

Tall. 

Telia  (L.  V.) 

Telling. 

Part  of  pao 

^e  83,  Ferguson's 

.  "Surnames." 

Kemble.  in  his  lists,  gives  "  Sinnington."'  in  York,  as  the  word  from  which 
he  generated  '"'  Sinningas."  Foerstemann.  however,  found  the  '•'  Sinningas  ''  m  the 
charters  and  documents  of  Germany.  Ferguson  finds  its  Frisian  counterpart  to  be 
Sinne.    The  English  counterparts  are  Sinev  and  Shinn. 

Kemble  also  gives  "  Shinfold  "  as  one  of  the  patronymics  of  Sussex.  Shmfield 
of  Berks  is  not  so  well  identified.  Sinningas,  then,  means  descendants  of  Smn  or 
Sinna.  The  intrusion  of  h  is  explained  on  the  same  principle  as  that  of  Washington 
from  ^Vasiicnqaiun.  In  fact,  our  ancestors  have  always  had  trouble  with  h,  in- 
truding it  where  it  needs  not  be.  and  eliding  it  where  it  shoul-d  properly  appear. 
The  in'trusion  of  a  letter  mav  be  for  euphony,  or  to  give  sense  to  the  word. 

The  intrusion  of  h  in  Sinn,  generating  the  family  name  Shinn,  may  have  been 
for  euphonv.  If  not.  I  take  it  that  it  was  introduced  not  so  much  to  give  meaning 
to  the  word  as  to  destrov  the  meaning  which  the  phonetic  form  gave  to  Smn. 
Whatever  theoloirians  mav  conclude  as  to  the  possibility  of  destroying  evil,  it  is 
almost  certain  that  the  descendants  of  the  original  Sinn  destroyed  its  phonetic 


12  History  of  the  Shinn  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

power,  at  least,  by  sim]ily  iiitrii(]iii,ii-  an  h .     At   all  events,  the  best  Anglo-Saxon   > 
scholars  give  Shinn  as  the  iikmIcih  surname  corresponding  to  the  ancient  patronymic 
"  Sinninscas." 


^5^-" 


CIlAn^KlJ  TTT. 

THE   SHINNS   ON    THE   COXTIXKNT  Ol'   EUROPE. 

The  exact  date  of  the  landing  of  the  Shinns  in  England  may  never  be  deter- 
mined. Wo  have  outlined  a  deduction  by  which  the  name  is  proved  to  be  Anglo- 
Saxon,  and  therefore  not  Celtic,  in  either  of  its  forms  Cymric,  Pictish  or  Gaelic. 

This  conclusion  is  fortified  by  the  fact  that  the  name  "  Schyn,"  or  "  Shyn," 
has  been  found  in  Frisia,  Batavia,  Holland  and  Bohemia.  One  of  the  earliest 
historians  of  the  JMoravians  was  Herman  "  Schyn,"  "  Shyn  "'  or  "  Schynn.*'  He 
was  a  resident  of  Holland,  and  brought  out  his  work  about  1728.  The  various 
spellings  of  names  need  not  give  us  much  trouble,  inasmuch  as  each  record  is  but 
an  effort  of  a  different  man  to  reproduce  in  type  or  in  letters  the  sounds  which 
come  to  his  eai'.  Tn  an  early  English  record  of  births,  deaths  and  marriages,  taken 
from  the  Chuivh  at  ^lildenhall,  Suffolk,  England,  the  name  Shinn  is  spelled  in 
three  ways  between  1G36  and  IGTO.  And  when  we  remember  that  '' Scrobsbyryg  " 
is  the  ancient  setting  for  "Shrewsbury"  we  must  conclude  that  names  develop 
into  higher  and  more  l)eautiful  forms  as  do  the  things  they  represent. 

And  at  an  earlier  day  than  that  which  knew  Herman  Shinn  the  '•' Schynns  " 
are  found  among  the  knights  of  Bohemia,  engaged  upon  both  sides  of  the  struggle 
known  as  the  "  Hussite  Wars." 

Bohemia  was,  in  the  days  of  Julius  Ciesar,  in  possession  of  the  Suevi,  two 
of  whose  tribes  were  the  Semnones  and  the  Boii.  The  Cenni  were  the  leading  sub- 
trilje  of  the  Semnones,  and  their  descendants  may  still  be  traced  in  the  "  Sens  ^' 
and  "  Semis,"  shepherds  in  the  Alps.  Thus  the  Saxon  root  word  "  Sinn  ''  finds  its 
counterpart  in  the  Suevian  "  Senn,"  this  re])resenting  the  high,  while  that  rep- 
resents the  low  German  form.  This  induction  at  least  gives  the  name  ''■  Shinn  " 
a  high  juitifjuity,  and  places  it  with  more  certainty  among  Teutonic  words.  The 
change  from  '"  Sciiii  ""  to  ''' Scliin  "'  is  happily  illusti'atiMJ  in  the  prcsnil  \illage 
"  Schinsnach,"  in  the  Canton  Aargan,  Switzerland,  one  of  the  oM  seating  places 
of  the  Cenni.  One  f)f  Iho  noble  f;nnili('>;  of  Switzerland  is  still  known  by  the  name 
Schein. 

There  are  members  of  tlie  faniih-  that  trace  tlie  won!  "  Shinn  "  to  either 
Gaelic  or  Pictish  Celtie.  'i'heir  chief  reasoning  is  based  \ipou  the  place  name 
"  Eoch  Shin,"  in  Sutherhindshire.  Scotland.  In  answer  to  thi-  il  may  he  ^;^id  that 
the  most  careful  examination  fails  to  show  the  name  ■"  Shinn  ""  a>  a  surname  at  any 
time  in  the  hi>torv  of  Sut  her'land.  And  the  following  mntlei-  will  coiielu>i\cly  show 
that  the  place  name  '"  I.oeh   Shin"   is  not   a  dei'i\ati\('  (d'  aii\'   anci(Mil    pati'onymic: 

LOCIl    >1IIN'. 

Etymohicjics — 

1.  Locil  Sim;  ((iarln).  pi-onouncei|  Sheenu,  jnean.-  Loch  oj  Ihc  Sldriiiti'dil 
(a  not    uncommon  ci'\    therca\\a\    in   Wintei'). 

2.  Locii  SiCrii)i:iN  (daclic).  pi'onounced  Shecin  ( ///  being  >ileut).  means 
Lor]i  of  the  F(ilri/-l\iioll.  jiossildy  from  great  numher  of  cairns  and  tumuli  (sepul- 
chral) in  that  neigbl)orhood,  and  which  u<ed  t(t  be  ascrilx'd  to  the  I  )aoine-sitii,  the 
Peace-folk  or  I-'airies.  Of  these  the  Cairns  are  pei-|iaps  inemoi-ia!.-  of  battle,  ^riio 
more  earthh  tumuli,  sometimes  containing  Cisls.  ai'c  certaiidy  the  hiirial-mounds 
of  the  Picl>.  w  ho-c  hid  cii'ch'S  lie  amoim'  llirm. 


Glka.vixgs  in-  Knglan'd. 


13 


History — 

"Taiulcni  Comos  :Macrbragdus,  e  Scotia,  cum  inagno  exereitu,  Liohun  in 
I'dl iidiinis  Srirh'nsihiis — afjortuf;   fst." 

(Ozcadcs  aiKtorc  'riiorinodo  'I'orft'ajo  Historioc'rapho  Ketjio ;   Haimiit^e   1697 

Lil).  I,  Cap.  IX.)  ^     I  ^     ,  ,  ■ 

SoTK—Liof.  Earl  of  Orkncv,  third  son  of  Thorfinn  Hansakliuf  (Skull 
Clcaiior),  was  succeeded  l>y  iiis  brother.  Hlodver,  980. 

"A  Scotorum  C'oiiiite  Finnleico,  ;estivo  tempore,  ad  certameri  in  Scidense 
Faliide  ad  oustitutain  diem,  provocatus." — lb.,  Lib.  I,  Cap.  X. 

NoTK— This  refers  to  P:arl  Sicrnrd  Hlodverson,  who  fell  at  Clontarff,  near 
Dublin.  1014. 

The  editor  of  the  Orii/iiirs  I'drorli'mlcs  Scot  ice  says  (volume  ii,  pt.  2d,  p.  ?00) 
that  both  battles  were  fouffht  in  the  neifrhborhood  of  Fjoch  Shin. 

In  ir)4H  John,  Earl  of  Sutherland.  <rranted  to  Helen  Stewart,  the  widow  of  the 
Earl  of  Errol.  the  life  rent  of  certain  lands,  including  the  Two  Largis,  Shenanes 
(the  promonlorv  of  Schena).  (Ii«-u.  Mair.  Sig.,  Lib.  XXX,  Xo.  20'() ;  Eeo-.  Sec. 
Sig.,  V..1.  XXIV,  Fol.  1.-..) 

Srlieinn/nrs  included  in  new  grant  of  lands  to  Earl  John  in  1566.  (Suther- 
land Charters.) 

Shin  or  Sbinn  not  known  as  a  surname  in  Sutherland. 

I  am  indelded  tor  the  above  matter  to  a  scholarly  gentleman  of  Sutherland, 
Scotland. 

Note. — I^ower.  in  his  'Family  Names."  refers  Shinn  to  Loch  Shin.  It  was  easier  to 
refer  than  to  make  a  jjroper  investigation,  and  Lower  took  the  easy  path.  Had  Bowditch 
analyzed  the  word  he  would  doubtless  have  taken  an  easier  path  and  derived  it 
from    the   human    anatf)my. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

INTO  (;i;i:Ari:i;   AX'i'K^riTV.      (Reflections.) 

li  wniibl  !»(•  highly  interesting  to  trace  the  Shinns  back  through  those  remoter 
ages  when  the  Teutons  were  a  ])art  of  the  original  stock  which  peopled  the  Asiatic 
highlands.  To  do  this  would  unfold  many  of  the  mysteries  surrounding  the  original 
habitat,  the  breaking  of  the  original  family  into  great  tidal  waves  of  migrating 
nations,  ami  tlu'  hidden  life  of  these  nations  as  they  wandered  to  their  present 
historic  seating  i)laci's.  And.  after  all,  it  may  be  said  Justly  that  the  history  of 
words  is  a  sure  guide  to  the  history  of  nations. 

In  a  secluded  valley  on  the  upper  Indus  there  is  a  state  called  Gilgit.  Its 
peoj)le  are  reckoned  among  the  Dards,  although  two  languages,  entirely  and  radi- 
cally ditTerent.  are  spoken  amongst  them.  These  languages  are  the  Khajuna  and 
the  Shina.  The  Shina  is  clearly  Aryan.  Among  these  people  are  two  middle 
castes — the  Shin  and  Yashkun.  "The  pure  Shin  looks  more  like  a  European  than 
any  high  caste  Brahmin  of  India,"  says  the  famous  English  traveler,  Colonel  Yule. 
How  long  the  Dards  have  occupied  Gilgat  is  not  known.  In  the  map  of  Ptolemy, 
made  in  the  first  century,  the  Darada^  are  located  with  surprising  accuracy.  L'i'pon 
many  of  the  Pauranic  lists  of  people  the  Dardas  and  Chinas  frequently  appear. 
It  is  more  than  possible  that  the  latter  are  the  Shin  branch  of  the  Dards.  Fahian, 
a  Chinese  traveler,  visited  Darada^  in  the  year  400,  and  Hwen-Thsang  in  631. 
The  latter  says:  ''Perilous  were  the  roads  and  dark  the  gorges.  Sometimes  the 
pilgrim  had  t(^  pass  l)y  loose  cords,  sometimes  by  light  stretched  iron  chains.  Here 
there  were  ledges  hanging  in  mid-air;  there  flying  bridges  across  abysses;  else- 
where paths  cut  with  a  chisel,  or  footings  to  climb  by.  Yet,  even  in  these  inaccess- 
ible regions  were  found  great  convents  and  miraculous  images  of  Buddha.*' 

Every  Shin  of  the  upper  Indus  claims  to  be  of  the  same  race  as  the  Moghuls 


14  History  of  the  Shixx  Family  ix  Europe  and  America 

of  India.     And  the  law.  Miiatever  it  was,  that  hound  them  together  as  ''  Shins  "  in> 
ancient  India  M'onM  Mnd  together  such  migrating  parts  of  the  original  caste  as 
the  vicissitudes  of  time  tore  from  their  ancient  homes.     The  caste  would,  in  a  new 
environment,  hecome  a  tribal  name.  ^-hich.  under  other  vicissitudes,  would  become 
a  proper  name. 

This  is  a  mere  hypothesis,  and  is  not  advanced  as  a  settled  theory.  The  con- 
nection of  the  Sinningas  of  England  with  the  Cenni  of  Switzerland  is  an  hypothesis 
hard  to  establish;  but  great  as  is  this  difficulty,  it  is  far  less  onerous  than  the 
perilous  attempt  to  connect  the  early  Aryan  Shins  of  the  upper  Indus  with  any 
European  tribe  or  people.  Yet,  great  as  is  the  difficulty,  it  must  have  in  it  some 
element  of  truth.  The  pe<iple  of  Europe  are  branches  torn  from  the  Asiatic  trunk, 
and  their  relationship  is  traced  through  a  series  of  similar  words.  May  it  not  be 
that  the  Shin  of  Gilgit,  the  Senn  of  the  Alps  and  the  Sinn  of  England  are  all  words 
marking  the  lives  of  the  same  related  people  ? 

Upon  no  other  hyjiothesis  can  the  widely  recurring  names  "Shin,"  in  China; 
"  Shinn,"  in  Japan:  "Shin,"  in  India;  "  Shenn,"'  in  Kussia;  "  Schyn,"  in 
Bohemia;  "  Schin,"  in  Switzerland,  and  "  Shin,"  "  Shyn,"  "  Schyn  "  and  "  Shinn  " 
in  the  same  known  families  in  England  he  accounted  for.  At  all  events,  it  is  an 
ancient  family  in  England,  one  dating  back  to  the  incoming  Angles.  And  whether 
it  be  part  of  the  Suevian  branch,  separated  from  the  Angle  in  remoter  ages,  its 
English  antiquity  is  of  the  highest  rank,  and  covers  a  period  of  fifteen  centuries. 

CHAPTER  V. 

THE  DOMESDAY  BOOKS. 

Mr.  J.J.  Murket,  editor  of  the  Eastern  Counties  Magazine,  a  periodical  devoted 
to  the  discussion  of  genealogical  and  antiquarian  problems  in  Eastern  England, 
in  a  letter  to  the  author,  makes  this  remark :  "  The  derivation  of  surnames  is  for 
the  most  part  conjecture,  and  nothing  more."  The  peculiar  force  of  this  sentence 
will  become  obvious  as  the  reader  proceeds  with  the  purely  linguistic  argument 
concerning  the  derivation  of  the  word  Shinn. 

And  to  the  writer  it  has  a  most  peculiar  force,  for  when  one  sits  down  before 
the  four  great  volumes  of  the  venerable  Domesday  books  and  seeks  to  identify  a 
word  of  the  twentieth  century  with  all  its  accretions  of  growth  as  being  one  and 
the  same  with  a  word  recorded  in  that  mdnuinciitfil  census  of  England,  taken  in 
the  eleventh  century,  he  is  apt  to  exclaim,  with  tin'  wi'iter  of  dM.  "  Vanity,  vanity, 
all  is  vanity!"  And  this  is  especially  true  when  tin-  student  athnils,  as  does  the 
writer,  a  lack  of  critical  Anglo-Saxon  scholai'sbij).  Accidental  resiunlilances  of 
form  whicli.  to  the  scholar,  are  not  misleading,  become  tn  ,i  n()\  i<-e  ;i  ri'iiilfiil  source 
of  confusion  and  consecjuent  error. 

But  the  writer  may  consult  schola]'.-]ii[).  and  in  ibis  case  ;ni  honest  elTcn-f  has 
been  made  to  gather  the  ripe  fruits  of  its  studies,  and  lo  coiii|ire»  tbeiii  into  a 
product  containing  the  essence  of  its  woi'k.  These  scholars  liavc  classiruid  many 
of  these  ancient  root  words,  as  has  been  shown  in  tlie  Anglo-Saxon  patronymic 
Sinninga  and  in  the  phice  word  ShinfohL  An  accidi'nial  I'cfenMice  lias  also  been 
made  to  the  possildy  diU'erent  (hTivation  of  Slienle\  and  Shenllehl.  and  causes  us 
to  remark  that  the  Anglo-Saxon  woids  "seine""  and  "scene"  have  been  classified 
as  roots  foi'  ihat  class  of  snrnaines  wliose  \;ii'i;il  iiin<  are  Sliyne.  Slivnne.  Shien, 
Shene,  Sheen. 

Asto  wbcthei'  thi,-  philohigic  diU'ei-ciii  i;ii  ion  i>  hoi'ne  out  h  i  >i  orical  Iv.  we  shall 
have  more  to  say  in  another  place.  Enough  has  been  said,  however,  to  lead  the 
readier  to  see  that  in  tlie  matter  of  Domesday  ideidificafion  we  are  to  distinguish 
between  men   enrolled    ■.\\    that    time   nmler  (lesignations  legitimately  traceable  to 


Gleaxikgs  IX  England.  15 

the  root  word  "  .Sinn,""  and  to  ditterentiate  or  divorce  them  from  other  men  enrolled 
at  the  same  time  under  designations  traceable  to  the  root  word?  "'  Seine  ""  and 
"  Scene." 

The  reader  must  remember  that  the  Domesday  books  were  reallv  census 
enrollments  of  the  people  of  f]ngland,  taken  at  four  different  periods  of  time 
immediately  after  the  Conquest,  and  that  what  appears  to  be  a  simple  problem  when 
two  root  words  are  considered  by  themselves,  comes  to  be  an  almost  impossible  task 
when  rolls  and  lists  containing  thousands  of  root  words  in  a  semi-barbarous  lan- 
guage are  brought  into  ju.\tai)osition  from  which  a  selection  is  to  be  made. 

But  as  tiie  writer  will,  in  another  place,  attempt  to  show  that,  historically, 
there  has  been  no  divorce  of  the  derived  surnames  from  the  different  root  words 
"  Sinn  "  and  "  Seine  "'  or  "  Scene,"  the  task  of  differentiating  these  words  from 
each  other  in  Df»mesday  has  been  abandoned,  and  references  to  either  or  both  of 
them  grouped  herein  as  authority  for  the  surname  "  Shinn  "  or  "Sheen"  in  the 
Domesday  time. 

In  "Libri  Vocati  Exon  Domesday,"  under  "Xomenarum  Personarum,"  we  have 
two  references— "Chen  ias"  and  "  Chinias "  (364,  365,  369.)  These,  however, 
have  been  referred  to  the  "  Cheney  "  and  "'  Chinn  "  classification.  A  very  inter- 
esting historical  argument  might  show  this  to  be  erroneous.  In  "  Index  Xominum 
Eliesis"  we  have  "Nicholas  Chenetu  "'  (407).  This  has  also  been  labeled  "Che- 
ney." In  "  Winton  Domesdav  "  we  have  manv  references:  "  Chinai "  (561)  and 
"Sinn"  (536).  Tlu'  first  'is  etymological ly  "Chinn"  or  "Cheney,"  and  the 
second  "  Shin  "  or  ''  Shinn."  In  the  same  book,  in  Herefordshire  County,  there 
were  three  men.  named  resi)ectively,  "Senlai.'"  "  Scenlai "  and  "  Scenlei "  (139  b, 
135  b  and  136  b).  The  modern  word  "  Shenley "  is  admitted  by  all  to  be  a 
derivative  from  "  Senlai."  The  other  two  words  project  for  the  first  time  the 
A.  S.  roots  "  Seine  "  or  *'  Scene '"  into  historic  view,  and  may  be  taken  as  roots  for 
the  modern  surnames  "Sheen,"  "  Shene."  "Shine,"  etc.  In  Buckinghamshire  Ave 
have  Semlai  and  Sonlai.  In  Leicestershire.  Sceneford  and  Sceneton.  Literally, 
the  ford  of  Sheen  and  the  town  of  Sheen.  In  York,  in  Eurvicshire,  we  have 
Schinestorp  and  Sinitun.  The  first  is  claimed  by  the  classifiers  for  the  list  of 
Sheen  words.  whil(>  the  second  is  unquestionably  the  village  of  Sinn  or  Shinn.  In 
Shropshire  there  was  a  place  named  Schentune,  which  implies  a  man  named  Schen, 
Shen  or  Sheen.  In  Lincolnshire  the  list  discloses  a  Schinende.  The  et^Tnologists 
claim  this  for  Sheen  u)ion  grounds  hard  to  understand.  It  may  as  well  be  classified 
"  Schin  "  or  "  Shinn."  In  Essex,  Suffolk  and  Xorfolk  we  have  "Scenefelda,"  which 
has  ])een  universally  rendered  "  Shenfield.""  or  field  of  Sheen. 

So  that  whatever  may  l)e  the  truth  about  the  derivation  of  the  word  "  Shinn," 
whether  it  rightly  roots  l>ack  into  the  ancient  Anglo-Saxon  "' Sinninga,"  or  whether 
it  is  a  modern  varial)le  of  the  derivative  "  Sheen,"  from  "Scina,"  its  ancient 
respectability  as  a  surname  is  established  by  that  high  foundation  of  English 
authority,  the  great  landmark  of  genealogical  and  antiquarian  lore,  the  venerable 
Domesday  Book  of  England. 

CHAPTER  YI. 

SHINN,  SHEEN  OR  SHEAHAN  ? 

The  first  of  these  words  roots  back  into  the  Saxon,  and  imports  a  tribal  origin. 
The  third  roots  back  into  the  Celtic,  and  denotes  a  distinct  tribal  origin.  It  must 
be  divorced  philologically  from  the  first  two.  and  is  not  derived  from  them,  nor 
they  from  it.  They  are  absolutely  distinct,  and  the  families  bearing  them  as  proper 
names  are  equally  distinct.  Historically,  however,  the  Celtic,  Sheahan.  has  merged 
into  Shinn.  but  I  have  not  found  a  case  where  Shinn  has  merged  into  Sheahan. 


16  History  of  the  Siiixx  Family  ix  Europe  and  America 

In  Anderson,  Indiana,  there  is  a  family  that  now  spells  its  name  Shinn.  The 
father  came  direct  from  Ir.land.  and  has  no  kin  in  the  United  States.  His  father 
was  a  Sheahan.  There  air  thus  two  families  wearing  the  same  surname  in  that 
State  whose  ancestry  are  of  distinct  lines:  lines  ahsolutely  divorced.  AVill  the 
mutations  of  the  future  merge  all  of  the  name  of  Sheahan'  into  that  of  .Shinn, 
as  is  evidently  the  case  with  the  Sheens? 

Sheen  was  a  good  old  English  surname.  Ferguson  has  somewhat  prematurely 
written  its  epitaph  in  these  words :  "  Some  of  our  words  contain  words  lost  in 
English,  but  retained  in  German.  As  from  Scene  (Saxon),  beautiful,  we  have  the 
name  Sheen,  oulv  lost  as  a  word  within  the  last  two  centuries."" — "English  Sur- 
names." 

This  is  not  exactly  true,  for  there  are  still  a  few  families  who  retain  the  sur- 
name Sheen.  But  a  comparison  of  these  with  the  very  large  number  who  used  that 
form  three  hundred  years  ago  would  sustain  Ferguson  in  placing  it  among  the 
lost  surnames.  In  vast  regions  where  once  the  Sheens  were  numerous  now  only 
Sliinns  abound.  Why?  It  will  be  admitted  that  Sheen,  which  denotes  splendor  and 
beauty,  is  a  far  more  beautiful  word  than  Shinn.  And  yet  the  more  hideous  form 
triumphs,  and  seems  destined  to  absorb  not  only  the  Saxon,  Sheen,  but  the  Celtic, 
Sheahan.  The  Saxon  is  not  older  than  the  Celtic,  nor  is  the  patronymic  Sinninga 
older  than  the  Saxon,  Scene,  although  it  is  doubtless  older  than  the  surname  Sheen. 
Ultimate  and  continued  domination  rests  u])on  sujicrior  power,  whether  we  have 
the  ability  to  analyze  that  power  or  not.  Tlu>  Avord  Sliinn  contaius  a  strength 
that  enables  it  to  dominate  its  weaker,  thougli  more  euphonious,  foe,  the  older 
name  Sheen.  And  that  strength  seems  to  me  to  be  that  Sheen  is  not  a  derived 
surname  from  the  Saxon  Scene,  but  a  variation  of  the  Saxon  surname  Sinn.  Sheen 
was  one  of  the  forms  into  which  the  word  Sinn,  in  its  mardi  from  its  original 
form  to  its  present  orthography,  accidentally  assumed. 

Lower  derives  Sheen  from  the  Anglo-Saxon  Scinian  (to  shine),  and  gives 
its  variations — Shene,  Sheene,  Sheen.  He  also  gives  it  as  the  original  name  of 
Richmond  Palace,  uot  seeming  to  know  that  the  Manor  of  Sheen,  or  Shene,  ante- 
dated tlie  palace,  and  pointed  to  an  ancient  proprietor  of  that  name,  more  than 
to  the  beauty  of  either  palace,  Sheen,  or  Richmond.  Shinn  as  a  surname  rests 
upon  an  induction  that  proves  great  age.  Shinn  also  finds  a  foothold  in  Domesday. 
Sheen  as  a  surname  came  in  after  the  Conquest,  although  derived  from  a  word 
that  is  as  old  as  the  Saxon  itself.  The  common  uoun  slieen  was  certainly  derived 
riniii  the  Saxon  scene.  Imt  it  may  be  doubted  whether  tlie  >ufnaine  "Sheen''  came 
Frdiii  tlie  .-aiiie  source,      hhninent  English  authorities  claim  thai  these  words.  Shinn 

'Sheahan,  Sheen.  Shane,  Syan.  These  Celtic  forms  are  common.  Castle  Shane 
i.s  interchangeable  with  Castle  Shean  and  Castle  Syan.  The  steps  from  Shean  to 
Shinn  and  Syan  to  Shinn  are  obvious.  "Castle  Shane  in  parish,  barony  and  County 
of  Monaghan  Ijelongs  to  the  Hon.  Edward  Lucas,"  says  Burke,  "and  this  gentleman 
belongs  to  a  family  of  which  several  meml)ers  migrated  from  England  to  Ireland  in 
the  early  part  of  the  seventeenth  centin-y  and  acquired  by  purchase  and  royal  grant 
the  manor  of  Castle  Shane.  Queen  Elizabeth  made  a  grant  of  the  lands  of  Syan  to 
Ross  Bane  Mc.Mahon.  He  sold  the  lands  of  Shean  to  Lord  Blayney.  They  passed  to 
Lucas."  Thus  Burke  in  one  paragrai)h  uses  three  forms  of  the  same  word.  Nicholas 
Lucas,  another  member  of  the  Lucas  family  in  I'^ngland,  was  one  of  the  three  assignees 
of  Edward  Byllinge,  in  his  conveyance  of  his  interest  in  the  province  of  West  Jersey 
for  the  benefit  of  his  creditors.  Descendants  of  this  family  removed  to  New  Jersey, 
and  one  of  them  married   Caleb   Shinn. 

The  case  of  the  Irish  family  at  Anderson,  Ind..  was  sul)iuitted  to  Mr.  Thomas 
Wrathmell,  of  Stockport,  England,  an  antiquarian  of  note,  and  an  authority  upon 
surnames.  He  says:  "There  is  no  law  forbidding  any  family  changing  their  name, 
nor  one  that  dictates  the  standard  orlhograi)by.  D'Altou,  llu^  greatest  authority  of 
the  jiast  in  Celtic  names,  states  distinctly  that  O'Slieidian  is  the  descendant  of 
Sheahan.  a  Celtic  Sept  f)f  Counties  Cork  and  Limerick  in  the  remote  past.  The  new 
form   puts  them  on  an  Anglo-Saxon  basis,  which  hides  their  origin." 


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and  Sliccn,  arc  as  distinct  as  Shinii  and  Sheahan.  These  autliorities  assert  with 
vehemence  tlie  tribal  origin  of  the  word  Shinn,  while  demanding  with  earnestness 
llie  derivation  of  Sheen  from  Scene.  1  think  they  confound  the  common  with 
the  proper  nonn.  Sheen  as  a  common  noun  has  force  today,  while  Sheen  as  a 
surname  is  almost  obsolete.  In  the  chapters  which  follow,  my  reasons  for  this  belief 
will  be  given  in  the  form  of  historic  facts,  gathered  from  English  history.  For 
the  present,  1  conclude  this  chapter  with  a  series  of  variations,  originating  in  the 
old  Saxon  word  Sinn,  and  passing  through  successive  mutations  of  pronunciation 
and  orthography,  and  culminating  by  its  own  inherent  power  into  the  final  form 
Shinn.  'i'his  series  is:  Sinn,  Senn,  Sinna,  Senna,  Shin,  Shyn,  Shine,  Shyne, 
Schin,  Schyn,  Schcn.  Shene,  Schene,  Schyne,  Scheen,  Sheen,  Scheene,  Sheene, 
Schynne.  Shynne,  Shinne,  Schynn,  Shinn. 


CHAPTER  VII. 

SIIINN    OR   SIIP:EN — WHICH? 

In  the  nineteenth  century  the  spelling  crystallized  into  Shinn  in  England  and 
Anu'rica  ;  for  the  first  twenty  years  of  the  eighteenth  century  it  was  Sheen  or 
Shene,  after  which  it  l»ecame  Shinn:  in  the  seventeenth  century  it  was  Sheen  or 
Shene:  in  the  fourteenth  ami  the  early  part  of  the  fifteenth  century  it  was 
anything  that  jdeased  the  fancy  of  the  writer,  and  appeared  as  Shyn,  Shin,  Shine, 
Shene,  Sheen.  Sheene,  Shynn  and  Shynne.  In  the  latter  part  of  the  eleventh 
century,  as  is  shown  by  the  Book  of  Dooms,  it  was  Sinn,  Sinne  or  Sinna. 

In  Yorkshire  today  the  traveler  may  visit  a  modest  village  which  bears  the 
name  Sinnington  :  in  the  period  immediately  after  the  Conquest,  when  the  Domesday 
Books  were  written,  there  was  a  town  in  Yorkshire  called  "  Sinnitun."  Through 
eight  hundred  years  the  ancient  Saxon  village  has  held  its  place  upon  the  map  of 
the  world  witli  less  change  in  its  orthographical  dress  than  is  presented  by  the 
ancient  and  juotlern  s])ellings  of  London  (Lundonum).  That  it  was  a  Saxon  village 
is  proven  by  the  ending  "tun"";  had  it  been  a  Danish  villaire  its  termination  would 
have  been  *'toi]) ""  or  "  thorp.""  as  is  attested  by  the  other  Danish  towns  all  around 
it.  "  Sinnitun  ""  means  the  town  or  village  of  the  Sinnings.  Sinnings  means  the 
descendants  of  Sinn.  So  that  this  village,  recorded  by  the  census  enumerators  in 
the  eleventh  century  with  a  Saxon  name,  was  a  village  before  that  time,  and  even 
before  the  invasion  "of  the  Danes,  and  dates  its  beginning  deep  in  the  Saxon  glory 
of  the  llfth  or  sixth  century.  And  it  is  the  conviction  of  the  writer  that  the 
families  which  appear  in  every  century,  although  under  different  surnames,  Shyn, 
Shin,  Shen,  Schin,  Schyn.  Shine.  Shyne.  Shene,  Sheen,  or  Shinn,  are  the  lineal 
descendants  of  Sinn,  the  ancient  Saxon  chief,  who  led  his  followers  into  Yorkshire 
in  the  distant  centuries  of  the  past.  I  have  read  every  English  coimty  history  that 
is  to  be  found  in  the  Congressional  Library  at  Washington  for  the  sole  purpose 
of  tracing  the  growth  of  the  word  "  Shinn  ""  historically.  These  books  have  not 
yiehled  the  fruitage  I  wished,  for  the  reason  that,  being  written  for  the  most  part 
"in  the  nineteenth  century,  tliey  carry  the  spelling  of  their  writers,  and  not  that  of 
the  records  from  which"  the  names  were  extracted.  Enough  has  been  gleaned, 
however,  to  warrant  tlie  statement  heretofore  made,  and  these  gleanings  will  l)e 
presented  in  aiKUber  cha])ter.  I  have  had  the  ancient  parish  registers  of  several 
places  exhumed,  and  will  present  their  content  exactly  as  it  was  written  at  the 
time.  1  pause  to  sav,  however,  that  church  registers  were  born  in  tlie  fifteenth 
century,  and  that  a  family  that  begins  with  their  advent  in  the  world  is  hoary  with 
age  and  respectabilitv.  I  shall  also  present  the  briefs  of  many  wills  in  their 
fifteenth  and  sixteenth  century  dress  to  support  my  conclusion. 


18  History  of  the  Shin'x  Family  ix  Europe  and  AmeiIICa 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

GETHOGRAPHY  OF  XAMES. 

In  Xash's  "History  of  Worcestershire.'"  Vol.  II,  page  318  (IV.),  the  following 
language  appear^:  ".Some  «»f  the  in<lividuals  of  the  Percy  family  (like  most  of 
others  formerly)  wrote  the  name  with  the  variations  Percy,  Peircy.  Piercy,  Peerciey, 
and  60  on  through  twenty-three  forms.  Some  inserted  a  superfluous  letter  or  two, 
as  they  saw  the  same  printed  in  a  hook,  or  were  seduced  hy  vicious  pronunciation. 
But  the  variatifius  of  tlie  name  Peny  ar<-  trilling  when  compartMl  with  the  variations 
which  other  names  have  undergone  in  the  same  lino  of  fiiinilv  tiilc  deeds,  and  even 
in  books  high  in  authority  at  the  time." 

He  then  sets  out  the  spelling  which  eight  successive  generations  of  the  noble 
house  of  Percival  used  in  writing  tiieir  names. 

In  temp.  Hen.  VIII,  David  Percival;  in  1588,  George  Persyval ;  in  l<i'20, 
Richard  Percyval ;  in  1647,  Philip  Percivalle;  in  1665,  John  Percivall :  in  1698, 
John  Percival:  in  ITTO,  John  Perceval.  The  town  of  Lynn,  in  Domesday,  is  Lena 
and  Lun  ;  it  was  chartered  hv  Kinij  John  under  the  name  Lena.  Bloomtield  makes 
the  bishop  of  the  ecclesiastical  division  in  which  the  village  lies  spell  it  "  Lenn.'' 
Stowe,  in  his  "  Chronicle,"*  uses  '"  Linne.''  In  1173  a  deed  is  witnessed  by  Ralph, 
Mavor  of  Lenn.  In  a  historv  of  Berks  the  familv  name  Feens  or  Fienes  undergoes 
the  following  transformations:  Fyncs.  Fenys.  Feins.  Fennes.  Fynnes.  Finns, 
Fienles  and  Fiennes. 

Shenfield  has  been  Sinningfelda,  Shynningfelda  and  Shyningfelda.  That  it 
was  derived  from  an  ancient  owner  and  not  from  a  Saxon  word  of  beauty  is  obvious 
from  its  various  forms.  In  Foster's  "  Yorkshire  ""  the  following  beautiful  induction 
a])pears:  Sherd,  Slierde,  Sheerd,  Shert,  Sherte,  Shirt  and  Shirte.  One  might 
argue  that  these  were  distinct,  or  that  the  Sherds  form  one  family  and  the  Shirts 
another,  and  that  it  is  a  crime  to  u.se  them  together.  They  are  but  variations  of 
one  family  name.  Bolton  gives  a  NTorfolk  family  as  Scelton,  Shelton  and  Shelrone. 
Polwhile  presents  a  most  interesting  series  of  place  and  surnames  in  a  halo  of 
changes  in  the  pedigrees  of  William  de  Schengham.  "'  In  the  10th  year  of 
Richard  I.  Walter  de  Schengham  held  lands  in  Shengham  and  Wells;  Sara, 
daughter  of  William  Scheiengliam  claimed  these  as  her  inheritance:  Henry,  son  of 
Walter  de  Sengham.  held  a  messange  in  Shingham."" 

Blomefield  and  Parkins  analyze  "Shingham''  .somewhat  differently  from  the 
orthoepists.  They  say:  ''Near  to  the  Church  is  a  Spring,  and  from  hence  flows 
a  stream  or  rivulet  that  separates  the  humlred  nf  Clacklose  from  that  of  South 
Greenhaw,  and  empties  itself  in  the  river.  Wiiry;  /irohdhlif  its  ancirnt  nainc  tens 
Scliin  or  Slien;  Shengay  is  a  town  in  Caml)ri<igeshire;  Shenfield  in  Esse.x  :  Shenley 
in  Hertfordshire."  Blomefield  was  one  of  the  most  erudite  of  local  historians,  and 
has  left  a  monument  to  h\?  learnini:  and  judLTinrMit  in  his  historv  of  Norfolk.  Shinsr- 
ham  is  spelled  in  several  oilier  boriks  Shyngliani.  .\nd.  liy  a  strange  inetainorjihosis, 
Luke  Sheen  according  to  one  author,  Luke  Schene  according  to  anotiier  and  Luke 
Shyn  according  to  anoljier,  was  rector  of  Shin.Ldiam  parish  in  in.")0.  In  Gage's 
"  Sf>mersel  "  we  liave  the  same  surname  under  lliree  forms — Theyne.  Thvnm^  and 
Tliinn.  Shenley  Hall  is  analyzed  by  Charles  Bowles,  who  uses  it  as  interchangeable 
with  Senley.  He  says  that  "  ley  ■*  is  an  old  English  word,  meaning  pasture,  from 
which  the  derivalion  of  Shenley  is  obvious.  It  was  a  sim|)le  jiasture  of  an  old  pro- 
priitor,  Sben  or  Senn.  and  not  a  jiaslure  of  brilliant  or  beautiful  propc^'tions. 

Sir  Henry  Chauncey,  in  his  "Hertfordshire,"  says  of  Senlev'  (^r  Shenley: 
"These  words  were  doubtk>8P  taken  fnun  some  ancient  owner  thereof,  and  the  vill 


•In   DomeBday   Rook  It  reads  "Abbas   Sanctl   Albanl   tennit  scenla!   pro  sex  hidis 
defendobat."     Ami  in   the  Hnme  book   Shingham    Manor  was   "SclnRhani."     Both   these 


Gleanings  ix  England.  19 

is  about  four  miles  from  St.  Albans."  In  the  same  way  the  Manor  of  Sheen  or 
Shine  is  brought  clown  to  the  level  of  common  things. 

Manning  and  Bray,  in  their  history  of  Surrey,  were  called  upon  to  give  a 
reason  for  the  dual  name  of  the  palace,  Richmond  and  Maner  of  Shene.  They 
say  that  Edward  III  built  a  palace  there,  and  on  account  of  its  splendor  named  it 
"  Planer  of  Shene.'"  But  historians  agree  that  Edward  built  no  palace  there,  and 
that  Richmond  was  built  bv  a  later  king.  Other  historians  sav  that  when  Richmond 
was  built  that  on  account  of  the  splendor  of  its  location  it  was  named  by  the  king 
"  Maner  of  Shene."  All  this  labored  effort  resulted  from  the  mistaken  hypothesis 
of  these  gentlemen  that  Sheen,  as  a  proper  name,  was  derived  from  scena  (beau- 
tiful). 

The  truth  is  that  the  Maner  of  Shene  existed  before  Edward  III  was  born, 
as  appears  from  these  same  authors:  "In  the  days  of  Edward  II,  1313,  Philip 
Burnet  held  Tuberville  manor  in  capite  as  of  the  Manor  of  Shene  by  the  service 
of  18£  per  annum  and  suit  of  court  to  Shene."'  Edward  III  acquired  this  manor 
and  died  there  (1377).  Richmond  palace  was  built  upon  it  by  Richard,  his  son. 
Stow  says  that  when  James  lY  died  his  body  was  conveA'ed  to  "  Shien,"  a  monas- 
tery in  Surrey.     And  Rev.  Mr.  Lamb  says: 

"  King  James'  body  was  eml)almed  sweet  like  a  king,  and  then  was  sent  to 
Shene  in  Surrey,  where  entombed,  some  say  there  is  a  monument." 

Kdwnrd  III  issued  several  proclamations  from  this  palace,  spelling  it  "  Sheen." 
Other  authors  spell  the  name  of  the  priory  near  the  palace,  and  which  gained  its 
name  from  the  ancient  manor.  Sheen,  Shene,  Shine  and  Schene.  And  Blomefield 
spells  the  name  of  the  Charter  House  of  Shene  as  Schene,  giving  as  his  authority 
a  book  kept  in  the  church  chest  of  Brisingham  rectory. 

I  might  multiply  these  citations  indefinitely,  but  I  forbear.  They  establish  two 
things:  First,  the  same  surname  has,  in  different  ages,  been  spelled  differently, 
and  the  trend  of  these  variations  points  to  a  single  ancient  root,  a  patronymic 
denoting  a  projirictor  or  leader.  Second,  the  word  "  Sheen  "  is  not  a  word  created 
by  royal  order  if)  meet  the  demands  of  a  splendid  environment  created  by  him;  nor 
given  for  any  natural  glory  by  which  the  place  may  have  been  surrounded:  but 
ejrmply  and  alone  l)ecause  some  ancient  Saxon,  named  Shine,  Shene  or  Sheen,  held 
it  as  a  home  in  centuries  before  the  Xormans  began  their  conquering  march. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

HISTORIC  REFERENCES  TO  THE  NAME  SHENE^  SHEEN  OR  SHINN. 

In  "History  of  Norfolk,"  Vol.  Y  (Blomefield  and  Parkins),  page  532,  Robert 
Shene,  Gent.,  of  Eye,  Suffolk,  presented  a  living  in  Ickburgh  Parish  to  John  Sher- 
win.  A.  M. 

Brisingham  Parish,  Xorfolk,  has  a  very  ancient  religious  ceremony — "  The 
Pardon  of  the  Beads " — at  the  Charter  House  of  Schene.  Saxliugham  Manor 
House  belonged,  in  IfioG,  to  Thomas  Jermyn,  Knight,  who  was  father-in-law  to 
one  Shene.  who  married  his  daughter.  Dorothy,  and  had  one  son.  Jerm>Ti  Shene. 
In  Wright's  "'  Essex.""  Yol.  I,  page  481:.  another  variation  occurs  in  the  Manors  of 
Pelham  and  Sparrow  Hall,  owned  by  a  family  named  Shaen  of  Witham.  Manning 
and  Bra}'-,  in  their  history  of  Surrey,  give  Shene.  a  chapel  in  Kingston  Hundred. 

But  by  far  the  most  convincing  piece  of  evidence  is  found  in  Chauncev's 
"  Antiquities  of  Hertfordshire.""  Yol.  I.  page  135.  It  reads  as  follows:  "Hundred 
of  Odsey.  Coldridg.  Hertfordshire :  or  Cotered.  or  Codred.  This  vill  stands 
towering  u]ion  a  high  hill  about  a  mile  X.  E.  from  Ardeley.  which  the  Saxons 

places  are  in  Hertford,  near  which  the  Shinns  have  been  seated  as  a  family  from 
time  immemorial,  and  from  whose  county  gaol  as  a  prisoner  for  conscience  sake, 
John  Sheen  went  to  America  to  become  the  head  of  the  "House  of  Shinn." 


20  History  op  tiik  Shinn  Family  in  Eirofk  and  America 

called.  I  oi.'  TIk-  Manor  wa^  iIivuIkI  un'i.r  i»'.  lordships  l»y  41  Hdward  111, 

(T'.rwi       ri  ,tv  .,f  TVii>  iiiinor  vmuv  to  ono.  SIkmuc  from  whom  it  had  the 

a,  -  injruish  it  from  the  other  part  thereof:    for  it 

bore  this  name  when  a  rouri  was  liidd  there  Anno  13  R.  II.  (ISiiO)   (Rot.  Custulo- 
i:        "  13   K.    in.     Sometime  after  thi«  it   was  in   tho   possession  of   Sir 

\\  .  ,.  Kt..  '.vlif.  To  per|M-luate  the  memory  of  his  name  to  posterity  (as 

iM  ,1  in  tl  --'d  the  adjunct  of  Sheine  to  Cheynyes,  when  the  comts 

were  held  here  (lor  ihi.-  part)  Anno  A  IT  V  (1  IK  )   (Rot.  ('n<.  "Manorii  3  IT.  V.)"' 

This  affords  food  for  niany  reflretions. 

First.     **  Are  wi'  so  soon   for^rottrn  ? '"     Chauneey  was  not  only   an  eminent 

Frrr.nTiT  nt  law.  hut  an  anli<|uarian  of  eminence.     His  references  to  these  ancient 

show  a  love  for  res<'arch  and  accuracy  rarely  found  in  county  histories. 

I  d  manor  an«l   parish  churehes,  as  dcscrihed  hy  hiin,  and  by  tliat 

oti.  •     ■  •  !i  «tf  Norfolk,  lilomefield.  seem  to  he  absolutely  forgotten. 

ancient  brasses  and  set  out  their  content  uptui  his  historic 
p;.-.       I  |tresent.  although  directed  to  learned  men,  brings  a  vacant  stare, 

and  tin  ejaculation.  '*  1  never  luard  of  it  I "'     Into  the  old  tomes  at  Wash- 

i?:--   ■    '  nttock  of  thought  which  unfolds  a  lead  of  ore;     I  pick  up  these 

J.'  ;nd  send  them  over  the  o«ran  to  learned  men  who  live  and  move 

in  the  halls  wherein  these  nuggets  had  place,  and  find  that  other  soils  have  arisen 
lo  hide  the  rifts  from  whence  these  nuggets  came.     Mankind  lives  in  the  present 

and  r not  to  note  the  wailing  cries  of  the  solitary  man  who  tries  to  be  a  man 

fif  vi  a-  well  as  a  machine  of  today.     lie  who  stands  with  one  foot  in  the 

nd  the  other  in  the  nurlstrom  of  life  needs  hope  for  little  consideration. 

i  i.it    V.  Hi.  ii  was  is  lost,  and   irredeemably  forgotten;  that  which   is  will  in   liirn 

br    '     •  ■•     '1'     ♦'^orts  of  the  elevcn^st  anti<|uarians ;  a  few  bold  facts,  pyramid- 

1  iiiries:    but  the  myriad  details — the  flesh  and  Itlood  of  e\ist- 

-will  pasji  into  oblivion,  leaving  but  a  skeleton  to  grin  defiance  at  reseinh 
bhd  The  one  giant  fact  of  life  is  that  ''we  shall  be  forgotten  wluii  we 

H''    ■ 

..  ..  If,  in  l.'lCiS.  ((110  Sheine  uwiu'd  the  ""  .Manor  of  Sheine."  and  in  1117 
it  had  passod  to  Sir  William  f'heiny.  Nsho  changed  its  name,  the  history  of  the 
Manor  of  Sheine  must  1m*  Mught  in  a  period  antedating  13ns. 

'      rd  :     It  is  not  unlawful  to  think,  and  one  canutit  be  held  to  an  indictment 
f  •    •    '     '"''  •    '  .  if  he  surmise  tiiat  the  knight  who  (banged  the  adjmict.  "of 

S  '  -''  to  perp«-tnale  the  memory  of  bis  name,  changed   also  liis 

furnani'       -  Cheiny.     for     the     same     n'ason.      The     plcl»eian     name, 

^      'h.     bar     1ki-ii     wrought     upon     by     various     proprietors,     who     desired     to 

'      their    t«»    ])ostcrity.    till    the    product    took    the    tinislu^d    foim. 

In  til-  way  "Hird"  has  come  to  be  "Ryrud."  ".lonatbair'  ".h>  \a- 

*  and  *'I>obbins"  "irAubigne,"    '{'he  gamut  of  change  from  Sheine  to  (  Ik  iny 

I  and  a  nuin  who  desin-il  a  change,  as  did  Sir  William,  would 

Hut  while  one  changed  his  name,,  the  remainder  of  the 

j'ottMgo  handed  them  by  their  ancestors.     Certain  it  is  that 

thn-i'  hundred  years  later  (100*2)  dobn  SIkumi  was  sent 

parish  fees;  that  Jcdni  Sheen  appeared  in  New  .lersey, 

'''"^'    -ixteen  \e(\r<  later:  and  that  John  Sbe(>n  died  as 


1 

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•ry  of  Wiltshire,  we  find  that   in   1  II'.*.  during  the 
'  i  Salisbury,  an  accoinit  was  ren<lere«l    of  the  rents  and 

I'-    •• ■■      .•    ■  .i;    held   under  thi-  nuiyor  and   commonalty.     The  writer 

".•\   ^hop  near  the  entrance  of  the   Cemetery  of  St.   Thomas,   with   a   bed 
ihor  over  the  f*t«'ps.  which  .T(»ljn  Shinn  ludds  at  20  shillings,  among  the  highest 


Gleanings  in  England.  ••! 

Sir  II.  ('.  lloaiv  spells  tiie  iiaiiic  John  Sliinii.  A  ^dance  at  the  other  names 
on  the  roll  suggests  the  suspicion  that  he  spelled  all  names  according  to  their  mod- 
ern rendering.  If  not,  the  word  Shinn  was  in  use  in  the  I'Mh  I'entur}-;  if  so, 
then  the  English  concensus  of  <ipinion  in  Sir  K.  C.  Hoare's  day,  was  that  Sheen,  or 
fShene,  should  he  rendered  Shinn.  In  the  pedigree  of  Lord  Xelson,  as  given  by 
Bloniefield,  we  are  told  that  William  Xelson  of  Dunham  Parva,  married  Mary, 
daiigliter  of  Thomas  Sheen,  the  great  grandmother  of  the  Admiral.  In  other  pedi- 
grees of  Xelson,  the  word  Sheen  is  sometimes  spelled  Shcne :  and  at  other  times 
Shinn.  In  Vol.  2  of  Xash's  Worcester  it  is  said  that  John  Shyen  was  rector.  Feb. 
14,  1387,  of  Ivlvin  Loche,  or  Yedfen  Loche,  in  the  deanery  of  Burford,  his  patron 
being  the  king.     (Gilbert  R«'gister  f.  73.) 

In  A.  I).  1300.  John  I)e  f'hyn  was  agent  for  Lord  dc  Badlesmere  in  Wilts. 
(See  Castle  Condje,  Vol.  1,  Scrope  ."io.) 

In  iniO  Edward  Sheen,  by  assignment  of  R.  Beckham,  father  and  son,  came 
to  be  rector  of  Fransham  Parva  :  and  in  H't'y'i  William  Sheen  was  rector  of  the  same 
parish.     (Blomefields  Xorfolk.  \'ol.  V.  jtage  1i»(m>.  ) 

Blomelield  states  that,  in  the  chancel  of  Castleacre,  Priory  Manor,  Xorfolk. 
is  a  Mural  ^lonument :  "In  memory  of  ^lary,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Gawfell, 
Kt.  wife  of  John  Shene.  Clerk,  who  died  in  lf't.')3."*  The  Gawfell  pedigree,  which 
begins  in  ir)00.  contains  this  marriage. 

As  an  instance  of  )nutabilily  I  inake  this  excur>ion.  I  have  a  very  learned 
friend  in  Mildenhall.  Suffolk,  to  whom  I  sent  the  al>ove  <iuotation.  asking  him  to 
go  over  to  Castle  Acre,  'j'his  gentleman  is  a  model  investigator.  He  takes  his  bi- 
cycle and  rides  fcn-ty  or  fifty  miles  a  day.  taking  in  intlieated  pari>hes.  At  first  he 
had  considerable  dillicidty  in  reading  the  old  regi>ters:  but  he  has  so  far  a<lvanced 
in  knowledge  as  1o  rea<l  the  records,  in  many  cases,  more  easily  than  the  vicars, 
who  liiive  llniii  ill  (barge.  Here  is  what  he  wrote  concerning  his  trip  to  Castle 
Acre : 

"Last  l-'riday  I  left  Mildeiiliall  for  the  ]»laces  you  mentioned  in  Xorfolk.  Find- 
ing it  necessary  to  stay  the  night  in  SwalTham.  I  looked  in  the  registers  there,  and 
found  ^largan  t  and  John  Shinn.  children  of  John  an<l  Margaret  Shinn.  baptized 
^C^^'2.  l)ut  no  oiher  entry.  Xext  moni  I  went  on  to  Castle  Acre.  The  registers  did  not 
begin  soon  enough.  Therc^  is  no  trace  of  a  monunuMit  in  the  church,  but  there  is  a 
Shinn  fanuly.  jtooi-.  still  living  in  the  village.  1  met  a  young  man  in  the  church 
whose  uncle  bus  worked  up  the  history  of  the  place,  but  he  does  not  mention  any 
tablet  to  a  Sluiu':  so  if  there  was  one  it  must  have  disap])eare(l  at  some  restoration 
in  considerable  time  back.  1  wrote  to  this  uncle,  J.  W.  Bloom.  Rector,  White 
Church.  Stratfiu'd  on  Avon,  ami  this  is  a  copy  of  his  post  card:  'I  have  not  heard 
of  the  tablet  you  name.  How  about  Shene  in  Surrey  as  an  origin?  Cheyne  or 
Cheyney.  so  far  as  1  know,  never  spelt  Shene.  The  Shene  equal  sjdendor  is  grand.' 
This  man  is  (piite  an  authority  upon  names.""  This  long  extract  from  a  very  inter- 
esting gentliMuan  is  a  model  of  corres])<mdenee  and  indicates  the  difficulties  that 
surround  historical  ]n-oblems.  It  also  enforces  the  idea  of  the  author  that  Shene 
of  Surrey  is  a  surname,  and  that  in  some  way  it  connects  itself  with  the  House  of 
Shinn.  Tn  my  letter  to  England  it  was  set  out  as  an  hypothesis  that  Sheen  might 
equal  Splendor.  This  was  in  turn  transmitted  to  ;\[r.  Bloom,  who  treats  it  as  indi- 
cated in  the  extract. 

Tn  A'ol.  V  Blomefield.  ]i.  7ST.  it  appears  that  in  the  2nd  of  King  John  William 
de  Chaen  was  Lord  of  Xorth  Greenhaw  Hundred  and  Wigbton  :  and  that  in  1383 
Ad.  Schene  was  Rector  of  Waxham  Parva.  instituted  by  Sir  ^liles  Stapleton. 

Suckling  in  his  History  of  Sutfolk  gives  a  list  of  subscribers  to  a  church  repair 
fund  in  KaO  at  Kirkly.  among  which  the  name  of  "Widow  Shin""  appears.  In  Car- 
ter's, Caml>ridge.  p.  2r»0,  Francis  Shinn  and  Henry  Shinn  (so  spelled)  are  put 
down  as  freeholders  at  Soham  in  1722:  also  Thomas  vSbinn.  freeholder,  at  S-ntton 


22  HiSTOBY    OF   THE   ShIKX    FaMILV    IX    EUROPE    AKD    AMERICA 

ia  Eame  year ;  also,  John  Shiun  voted  fur  a  Member  of  Parliameui  ai  Witeham,  16 
miles  north  of  Cambridge  at  the  same  time.  (Sheahan's  Cambridge.)  These  spell- 
ings come  from  a  habitat  where  the  parish  registers  show  Sheens,  and  indicate  that 
the  spelling,  Shinn,  began  to  be  quite  common  in  the  early  part  of  the  ISth  century. 

In  Suckling's  Norfolk.  Vol.  II,  p.  242,  the  author  says:  "Gardner  gives  a 
letter  in  his  possession,  with  the  autograph  signature  of  Henry  VI.  It  closed  with 
the  words:  *  Given  under  our  signet  at  our  maner  of  Sheeue  the  XXI  day  of  Nov. 
(1422).'" 

In  .\ntiquinc.-  of  lk*rkshire  by  .\>hmole,  p.  101,  it  is  set  out  that  the  contents 
of  a  brass  plate  on  a  gravestone  near  the  high  altar  of  Shinfield  Church  were 
"Ellis  of  Sheynefyeld."  If  Sheynefyeld  became  Shinfield,  then  it  is  certain  that  one 
of  the  ancient  forms  of  Shin  or  Shinn  was  Sheyne. 

In  Man's  Histor}-  of  Reading,  p.  2T4„  this  same,  Shinfield  is  rendered  Shyn- 
ingfield,  which  suggests  the  Saxon  Sinninga:  as  Sinning(a)  ;  Shinning,  Shynning, 

Two  scats  or  manor  houses  in  Hertford,  Shingey  Hall,  and  Shenley,  had  those 
names  at  the  Conquest,  lOGG.  and  hold  them  to-day.  Sir  Henry  Chauncey.  Knight 
and  Sergeant  at  Law.  thinks  they  took  these  names  from  ''some  ancient  owner, 
Shen,  or  Shin.'' 

These  historic  readings  show  that  the  ancient  seating  places  of  the  family  were 
in  South  Eastern  England.  To  enforce  this  statement  I  add  that  my  course  of  read- 
ing embraced  every  Cnunly  history  of  England  found  in  the  Congressional  Library 
at  Washington.  Few  books  are  quoted  for  the  reason  that  the  great  body  of  the  an- 
cient histories  do  not  contain  the  name.  The  most  fruitful  places  were  Hertford, 
Surrey,  Xorfolk  and  Suffolk. 

CH.\i'ri:i:  x. 

THE   PARISir    REGISTERS   ol     l.N(,I.AXn   AS   TO   STIIXN*. 

Thanks  to  modern  research  and  enterprise,  hundreds  of  parish  registers  have 
been  copied  niid  |)rinled.  The  Congressional  liibrary  at  Washington,  and  the  X^ew- 
bury  Library  at  Chicago  are  rich  in  these  jjroduelions.  But  owing  to  the  great 
number  of  i)arishes,  it  is  fair  to  say  that  the  number  printed  forms  a  very  small  part 
of  the  number  in  existence.  Guided,  however,  by  the  experience  gained  in  the 
County  histories  the  principal  investigation  was  made  in  ])arishes  of  South  Eastern 
England.  Ever}'  i)rinte<l  registry  book  on  file  in  these  libraries  was  looked  at,  how- 
ever, and  led  to  the  conclusion  that  the  projier  habitat  of  the  family  was  where  the 
historic  induction  placed  it.  .\fter  exhausting  the  printed  parishes,  original  re- 
jvarch  was  made  into  the  registers  of  otlier  parishes.  The  contents  of  some  of  the 
printed  1 K<  will  be  presented  first. 

Parish  of  Ellougb.  Sutl'olk. 
2/26/1733  Jeffrey  Ely  ami   DoreaH  Shoon  nf  Herolea   Parish,   iiianiecl 
Tho   rolliiuiiiK  ''tilrleH   Hlmw    ilial    Slilm-.   Sliiene   ami    Sln'ene   wen-    int(>rrhangeal)le 
in    ttic   t.ivi<H'iii li   j-i'iitiirv 

I'arisli  of   Hirchington,  Kent. 

lo/2/ir>7s    HenrlruK   Stilc-no   iimrrled   .Idhnnna    Staple. 

8/2G.'ir,7'.«   JoK.'pli    Shinn.   HIIiih    Ih'nrlel.   lm|).;     oh.    12/:!0/157l>. 

9/10/insi    Akhi'h   Shine.    Illia    Henriri.    hnp.:     (»h.    11/20/1591. 

8/  ■  .John    .'^hleni'.    fllluK   Henrlri.   Iiap 

>t.  '   Johanna   .Shine,    lliia    M<-nriri.   hap 

3/29/1  r.'.M    Kliz..    nila    Menrlrl    Shine.    Im|) 

l/l/ir>97    HenrlruK    Shieno.    pal     fani.    (»l». 

1/12/lfiari   I.nwrenre    Whatenia    married    Anna   Sheene. 

TIiIh  in  n  rompnei  history  of  the  niarrieij  life  of  Henry  Shinn.  of  nirrliinsfon, 
Kont  Of  all  that  ho  did  while  livinK.  thiK  is  the  nioaKer  all  that  is  left  to  history. 
But  It  Is  cnotiKh.  It  HhnwH  that  ho  was  a  dutiful  Christian  citizen,  living  in  a  peace- 
ful, happy  homo.  an<l  dying  under  the  benedictions  of  ijie  rh'irrh. 


Gleanings  in  England.  23 

Parish  of  Carlton,  Suffolk.     (Sheen,  Shean,  Shine.)' 
4/30/1702    Davenish    Sheaiie   and   Elizabeth    Bradden    married. 
2/8/1703    Davenish   Sheane,   son   of   Davenish    and   Elizabeth,   bap. 
1/14/1714   John   Symonds  and    Mary   Sheen,  of   Kelsale,   Stourton,   Wilts,   married. 
11/26/1738  Mary,   daughter  of  Joseph   and   Ann   Shean,   of  Mere,   bap. 
2/22/1740   Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Joseph   and  Ann   Shean,  of  Mere,  bap. 
6/27/1743   James    Shean   and    Sarah    Riclis,   of    Mere,    married. 
4/21/1761   William    Shine,   of   South   Brewham.    and    Ann    Odbar  married. 
These  show  that  many   of   the  name  lived   at   Carlton. 

Parish  of   Ipswich. 
12/18/1686   Robt.  Curtis  married   Elizabeth  Sheen. 

Parish  of  Lowestaft,  Suffolk.     (Sheen,  Sheene.) 
11/18/1739   Mary,  daughter  of  Henry  and   Mary   Sheen,  christened. 
5/7/1742   Owen,  .son  of   Henry   and   May   Sheene,   christened. 
8/28/1743    John,    son   of    Henry    and    .May    Sheene,    christened. 
9/18/174.5  Henry,  son  of  Henry  and   .May  Sheen,  christened. 
8/4/1747  Robert,  son  of  Henry  and   May  Sheene,  buried. 
9/25/1748   Rebecca  Sheene  born.     Died   same  year. 
9/29/1749    Kinberry    Sheene   born.      Died    same  year. 

Parish  of  St.  Jaines,  Clerkenwell.  London. 
4/27/1629   Mary   Shinn    (Sic)    buried   from   John   Hand's   House. 

Parish  of  St.  Duiistan's.  Stepney,  London. 
3/6/1697   Samuel   Needles  married   Elizabeth   Sheen. 
11/18/1718  John  V.  Francis  married   Mary  Shin. 
2/26/1628  George  Shinn    (Sic),  of   Wapping,  mariner,   married   Thomassine  Grosse, 

Parish  of  Ledbury,  Herd'ordshire. 
1575  Joan   Shynne  a   godmother  at   a  christening. 

3/16/1557  Margaret  Shynne  was  buried.  On  same  page  the  same  name  is  written 
"Marg.   Shyn." 

3/5/1565  William  Shynne  buried.     On  same  page  written  Shyne. 

Parish  of  St.  Peters.  Cornhill.  London. 
1/29/1586  Wedding  of  Jeames  Shene,  bachelor,  waterman,  sonne  of  William  Shene 
and  Eliz.  Brigges,  maiden,  daughter  of  Harry  Brigges. 

Parish  of  St.  Martin  in  the  Fields,  London. 
7/6/1619  William   Shene   to  Jane  Wallis. 

Parish  of  Christ's  Churrh.  Newgate,  London. 
1/29/1694  George  Sheen  buried. 

Parish  of  St.  Helens,  Worcester. 

1628.  Isabel,  wife  of  Thomas  Shine,  buried. 

In  advertisements  of  London  papers  seeking  claimants  to  fortunes,  George  and 
Henry  Sheen  are  requested  to  make  their  whereabouts  known;  a  little  lower  down 
the  same  request  is  made  of  George  and  Henry  Shinn.  Similar  calls  are  made  for 
John,    William,    Susannah,    Samuel,    and    Thomas    Sheen    or    Shinn. 

Westminster  Abbey  Eegister. 
5/19/1565  James,  son  of  Christopher  Sheene,  one  of  the  bell  ringers  of  the  Abbey, 
buried  in  the  Cloisters. 

The  father.  Christopher,  is  mentioned  in  the  Chapter  Book  12/11/1660. 

These  exhaust  jny  printed  references  and  show  not  only  the  varied  spellings, 
but  point  to  Suffolk  and  Kent  as  the  home  of  the  family.  Through  the  kindness  of 
a  friend,  Mr.  W.  G.  Stockley.  Head  Master  of  Mildenhall  School.^Suffolk,  England, 
I  am  enabled  to  supplement  these  printed  registers  by  numerous  others,  which  he  has 
gathered  from  various  parishes  in  Herts,  Essex,  Xorfolk  and  Suffolk. 


24  Hi^ifiirv  or  Tin-  Siiivv    I'wiii  v   i\    llrnopi:  and  A.mi;rica 

J'an^ii  of  MililetihaU,  .^fuffulk-. 

Till)?  n';:i.»t«T  l^  \fr\  old  ;  one  of  the  (»UK•^t  extant.     It  uas  cojiiod  from  an  older 
one  in  MU't'i  and  the  following  noii-  apiieiided: 

"Although  thi.-  register  will  he  found  very  imperfect  hy  reason  of  the  great 
di\  ision  and  eonfusion  of  the.-ic  times  until  the  year  1H()2,  yet  1  thought  it  more  than 

c.\i»<'dii>nt  to  M't  down  what  names (not  without  great  ditlieulty) 

and  do  now  proceed  m  order.     May  *^0,  liid'-i,  .1.  O.  Watson,  Vicar." 

The  dotted  lines  in  the  certificate  are  illegihle,  says  Mr.  Stockley. 
Extracts  from  this  Regi.'Jter.     ( Shene.  Sluvne,  Sheen,  Shine.  Shyn,  Shyne,  Shin.) 

MAKKIAIiKS. 

June   l.'iTs   Tlion:as   Slu'iie   and   J Bonet. 

June   loss  Jolin   Slieene  and   Amu-  Che 

July   1.'>S'.«   Tliomas  Sheene  and   .Maria   Corkett. 

May   1611   Tlionias   Wins   ami   L Shene. 

Jan.   1C:;2  Joliii   Slx't'iif   and    Ann    Kfdfe. 

Sept.   9.    lG:iy.  John    Avis   and    Eli/.al)eth    Siiyii. 

These  complete  the  list  of  .Mildi-nhall  niarriai^cs  Irom  1578  to  ItTl.  a  period  of 
ninety-three  years.  They  give  us  the  marriage  date  of  John  Sheene  and  Ann  Rolf. 
Tills  Ann  was  a  (!<'sc<-ndant  of  an  ancicni  family  of  Ralfs  or  Rolfs  in  Norfolk.  Milden- 
hall  was  sciilcd  on  Sir  John  Fit/,  Ralf  in  Hi'J.  Another  desrendani  of  the  same  family 
forme«l   an   allianee   in   Virginia  with   the   famous    Indian   princess,   Pocahontas. 

U1KTH>     \M)    liAl'TISMS. 
July   ir.NS  John   Sheene.   son  of  John   Sheene   bajitiztw]. 
Sept.   l.">s;»  Thomas   Shoene.  son  of  John   Sherne,   baptized. 
April   l.'iHO   Anne,  daughter  of  Thomas   Sheen,  baptized. 
Nov.  l.".;»L'  Nicholas,  son  of  John   Shecni'.   baptized. 
Oct.  l.'ilt.'i   I{i<har<l.  son  of  .lohn  Sheem*.   baptized. 
Oct.  1598  William,  son  of  Jcdm   Sheene,   bai)tized. 
Feb.   1<)04   Franeis,  s(m  of  John   Sheene.  baptized. 
Sept.    It'.:;;;    Rarhei,  danght«:'r  of  John   Sheene.   baptized. 
Oct.    lt;:;T    Richard,    son    of    Hichanl    Shi'tMU'.    baptized. 
March   l»i:;T  Jcdm,  s«in  of  William   SIk-ciic,   baptized. 
•March   Hi.'IS  John,  son  of  John  Shyn.  baptized. 
Aug.    I<i4n   James,   son   of  William   Sheen,   baptized. 
Nov.   1C4U  John.  s<in   of  Jcdin    Sheen,   baptized. 
Sept.   It;i"t  William,   .son  of   Richard    Sheen,    baptized. 
Oct.   \H,\*>i>}  Catherine,  daughter  of  .bdin   Shin.   baptiz«vl. 
Fob.    2/l(jr,:{    Elizabeth,   daughter  of  J<»hn    Shin,   baptized. 
July    22/l»i<;«;   John,   son   of  John    Shin,    baptized. 
March  ^/If'.UH   Hannah,  dau^hi<r  of  .John   Shin,  baptized. 
Fell.    i/lCll    Haniuih,   daughter  of   John    Shin,    baptized. 

HIIUALS. 
.May   1'  Shyne  biirieil. 

.May    1  laughter  of  Thomas   Sheen,   burii'd. 

Oct.  1607  John   Shene.   Hon  of  John   Sheene,   buried. 
Jan.   1610  Thomas   Sheene   buried. 
Fi'b.   Ifil"   Widow    Shine   bnrled 
Feb    '.'•  Richard    Shyn    buried. 

.March  '.',   John,   son   of   John   Shyne.   buried 

July  24.   \*U\.  Wllllnni,  Hon  of  John   Shin,  biuied 
Aug.    i;»,    H'.f.j,    Riu  Ih-i.   ibuiKhter  of   .l<d\n    Shin,    buried. 
Jan.   11.  ir.C^    .?<din   Shin  burled 
July   S,   li°.  -i.  son  of  .lohn   Shin,   buried 

Jnn    20.   1' ■       .  ...n.  win  of  J«ihn   Shin   deceasi-d.   bmied. 
Aug.  27.  H;7u.  Hnnnnh.  daughter  ol  John  Shin,  burled. 
Sopt    9.  1670.  Amy  Shin,  widow,  burled. 

I'arish  of  I.itlle  Fran.-ham.     (Shene.) 
•r. 

HIT  of  Ed    Shene,  bai)tl/pd 
162a  Luca*.  von  of  Ed.  Shene.  baptized. 


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1624  Henry,  son  of  Henry  Shene,  baptized. 
1627  Anne,  daughter  of  Henry  Shene,  baptized. 
1629  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Henry  Shene,  baptized. 
16;J2  Edward,  son  of  Henry  Shene.  baptized. 

1641  Mary,  daughter  of  John  and   Margaret  Shene,  baptized. 
1647   John,  son  of  John  Shene,  baptized. 

1660  Anne,  daughter  of  Ed.  Shene.  baptized. 
166.5  Marie,  daughter  of  Ed.   Shene,  baptized. 

Parisli  of  Freokenham.      (Sheene.) 

15.51  ,  daughter  of  Francis  Sheene,  baptized. 

1564  Mar>\  daughter  of  Francis   Sheene.  baptized. 

1593  Clement,  son  of  John  Sheene.  baptized,  Nov.   24. 

1608  Anne,  daughter  of  John   Sheene,   baptized. 

1610  Margaret,  daughter  of  John  Sheene,  baptized. 

1614  John  and  Nicholas,  sons  of  John  Sheene,   baptized. 

1614  John,  son  of  John  Sheene,  buried. 

1615  Frances,  daughter  of  John   Sheene.   baptized. 

1615  Nicholas,  son  of  John  Slieene,  buried. 

1616  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Francis  Sheene,  baptized. 

1617  Anne,  wife  of  John  Sheene,  buried. 

1618  Francis,  son  of  Francis  Sheene,  baptized. 

1619  Marie  married  John   Sheene. 

1619 ,  son  of  John   Sheene.  baptized. 

1620  Marie,  wife  of  John  Sheene.  buried. 

1621  John,  wid..  married  Marie  Spatkes. 
1G21  Anne,  of  John   Sheene,  baptized. 

162."!  .Tohn.   son   of   Francis   Sheene.    baptized. 

1627  Thomas,  son   of   Francis   Sheene.   baptized. 

1628  Marie,  wife  of  John   Sheene,  buried. 
16.^0   Thomas,  son  of  John   Sheene.  baptized. 
16:50  Thomas,  .scui  of  .John   Shet^ne.  buried. 
]6.'il    Joane,  wife  of  Francis  Sheene,  buried. 
16:',1  John,  son  of  Francis  Sheene,  buried. 

1642  Anne,  daughter  of  William   Sheene.  baptized. 
1645  Mary,  daughter  of  William  Sheene.  baptized. 
1633   John,  son  of  Francis   Sheene.  buried. 

Pari>li    S  waff  ham. 
1612  Margaret  and  John,  children  of  John  and  Margaret  Shinn,  baptized. 

Town  of  Barton   trills. 
Thomas 'Shinn,  post-boy  at  Bull  Inn  in  the  days  of  travel  by  means  of  coaches. 

Parish   of   Worliiigton. 
1805  William  Langham   married  Elizabeth  Shin.      (See  Langham  Pedigree.) 

Parish  of  Allturv.  Herts. 
1661   Walter   Shenn   buried. 

The  following  matter  was  received  after  the  preparation  of  this  manuscript 
was  eoni])letod,  the  same  having  been  typewritten  and  delivered  to  the  printer,  too 
late  to  change  the  entire  manuscript,  hut  not  too  late  to  be  inserted  as  an  adden- 
dum. It  does  not  changt'  the  conjectural  Freokenham  pedigree  to  any  great  ex- 
tent ;  in  fact,  it  enforces  the  views  therein  advanced.  It  was  argued  there  that 
Clement  Sheene,  b.  lo93,  son  of  John,  who  was  son  of  Francis,  must  have  married. 
The  following  extracts  from  the  register  of  Soham  Parish  show  not  only  that  he 
married,  but  also  his  wife  and  children.  It  also  shows  another  Clement  with  a 
wife  and  children  contem])oraneous  with  Clement  of  1593  and  about  the  same  age. 

Clement  of  lo93  married  a  woman  named  Grace  :  the  register  shows  that 

he  had  a  daughter  born  in  16'24,  and  other  children  in  162:.  1(330,  1634,  1637,  1640, 

in  which  Aear  he  died.     The  other  Clement  married  a  woman  named  Sarah 

and  had  a  son  named  Edward  born  in  1()2(>.     Xow  John  Shinn  of  Xew  Jer.sey  was  ■ 
probably  a  son  of  the  Clement  who  married  Grace,  and  if  so  was  born  in  1633,  be- 


26  History  of  the  Shixx  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

tween  the  births  of  Thomas  and  Francis  as  they  appear  upon  the  register.  This  I 
think  is  the  true  line,  and  would  make  the  Clement  Sheen  who  appeared  with  him 
in  New  Jersev  in  1680,  havini:  wife  Eliza,  his  brother  and  not  his  father,  as  the 
conjectural  pedigree  asserts;  this  brother  being  younger,  born  in  163"  and  dying 
0.  S.  P.  so  far  as  the  records  of  New  Jersey  show.  Of  course  John  of  1678  in  New 
Jersey  could  have  l)een  a  son  of  the  other  Clement  who  married  a  Sarah.  In  that 
caf^?  i  think  the  relationshij)  w<»uld  take  this  form.     Clement  of  l.~)0:3,  who  married 

<irace  .  is  known  tn  be  a  son  of  J(jhn  Sheene  and  grand.«on  of  Francis  of 

l.'>20.    The  Clement  who  nmrried  Sarah was  also  a  grandson  of  Francis,  in 

all  probability,  but  not  a  son  of  John.  The  name  of  his  father  is  not  disclosed.  It 
will  be  noticed  that  the  spelling  in  this  register  is  very  i>eculiar.  Beginning  in 
1071  with  a  )»lain  Shinn.  followed  in  l.'»M»  by  Shene,  then  by  many  spellings,  Shin, 
and  using  Shyn  only  once.  I  think  there  is  little  room  for  doubt  but  that  the 
Freckenham  ]»edigree  modified  by  the  Soham  register  indicates  the  exact  neighbor- 
hood in  which  Jolin  Shinn  was  born.  Freckcidiani.  Mildenhall.  and  Soham  are  par- 
ishes not  far  distant  from  each  other,  Soham  in  the  IGth  Century  being  quite  a 
noted  town.    I  subjoin  an  e.\act  copy  of  the  Soham  register. 

Parish  of  Soham.     (Shinn,  Shene,  Shin.  Shyn.) 

1571  .Marie  Shinn  buried. 

1580  John  Shene  btiried. 

1624  .Marfraret.   d.  of  Clement   and   Crace   Shin,   baptized. 

1C2C  Kdward,  son  of  Clement  and  Sarah  Shin,  baptized. 

1626  Margaret,  daughter  of  Clement  and   CJrace  Shin,  died. 

1627  Henry,  son  of  Clement  and  (Jrace  Shin,  baptized. 
l(i?,(i  Tlioriiiis.   K(tn  of  Clement  and  (Jrace  Shin,  bajnized. 
1634  Francis,  son  of  Clement   ami  (Irace  Shin,  baptized. 
1637  Clement,  son  of  Clement  and  (Irace   Shin,   baptized. 
1640  Grace,  danphter  of  Clement   an<!  Ciraco  Shin,  liaptized. 
1640  Cb-mcnt    Shin  buried. 

1657  Elizabeth   Shyn    daiishier  of  Henry  and   Elizabeth   Shyn,  baptized. 
1663  Franci.s  Shin  and  Alice  Curtis  married. 

1663  John  Hewlett  married  Grace  Shin. 

1664  John,  son  of  Francis  and  Alice  Shin,  baptized. 

1C6F»  Mary,   daughter   of   Francis  and   Alice   Shin,   baptized. 

If.GS  Francis,  son  of  Francis  and  .Mice  Shin,  bai)tized, 

166H  Henry  Shin  born. 

1671  Alice,   daughter  of   Francis   and   .Mice   .Sliin.    baptized. 

1674  Henry  Shin  died. 

1681   Francis  Shin,  yeoman,  died. 


cii  \i'ri:i:  xi. 

WII.I.S  fiK   KN'OI.AND   Hi:i.\T1N(!   TO   SHENK,   SlIKKN.   MIIW     Wit   siIINNi;. 

Tlip'ii-ii  Die  <<>iirie.\  ui'  .Mr.  Stockley.  who  not  only  pui  i|iicsfion  marks  to 
purihh  r<gi-terf>.  but  wrote  to  leading  anti<|uarijins  and  literary  men  of  tlic  ICastcrn 
Counties  of  England.  I  can  present  my  readers  with  a  very  interesting  letter  fr  in 
Mr.  J.  J,  Mnrkeft.  Editor  of  the  Eastern  Counti<'s  Magazin(%  and  some  valuaiile 
extract-  from  will?*,  concerning  the  Man<»rial   Families  of  SnfTolk, 

•■II    Talbot     K'd.,    Sth.    Tottenham,    Apr.    3/01. 

"I>onr  iilr:  — I  hnve  much  pIcaHtirc  In  Hemling  you  the  Shinn,  Shene,  Sheene,  etc., 
DotcH  in   '  .  M      They  are  none  of  them  so  early  as  l.")<'iu,  Imi   some,  I 

irtin.  '•'■ !  The  r«-al  value  of  many  of  them  is  that   they  are  taken 

from  relntiUK  to  ramllles  of  other  stirnanies,  showing  in  some  cases   unex- 

portf.i  ;.,.. -li!pH.  I  Hhnll  he  glnd  to  hear  that  they  are  not — at  any  rate — all  disap- 
point tnic  to  you 

"You  will  ti'  It   the  name  of  the  same  pi-r.son   is  occasionally  spelled   Sheene 

And  Shinn.     I   «!  ii   lnt«'reHte«l   to  know   that   your   researches   show   them   to  have 


Gleanings  in  England.  27 

been  at  Mildenhall  as  far  back  as  15C0.     I  find  that  Sheenes  are  mentioned  in  Suffolk 
Manorial   Families   in  connection  with  the  Corynobles,   an  old   Essex   Family  of  good 
standing.    They  are  also  connected  with  the  Bolton  family.    These  Boltons   were   the 
ancestors  of  the  present  Lord  Nelson,  whose  real  name,  as  you  know,  is  Bolton. 
"I  am,  dear  sir, 

"Yours  truly,  J.  J.  MURKETT." 

This  letter  corroborates  many  of  the  ideas  advanced  in  these  chapters,  and 
shows  an  unexpected  relationship  with  the  present  Lerd  Nelson.  The  pedigree  of 
Admiral  Lord  Xelson,  Baron  of  Trafalgar,  shows  a  relationship  to  the  old  Xelson 
family  in  Xorfolk. 

Extracts  from  J.  J.   Murkett's  Collection   Concerning  the  Manorial  Families  of 

Suffolk. 

"Family   of   Shene,    Shine,    Shinn,   etc.— Gleanings. 

"Will  of  Robt.  Blosse  of  Roydon,  Suffolk,  P.  C.  C.  70,  Leicester  1589.  'To  John 
Shinne,  sonne  of  John  Shyne,  my  house  called,  Haggerel,  after  the  decease  of  Amiable, 
my  wife.' 

"Will  of  Edward  Sheene  of  Wymondham,  Norfolk,  Gent.,  proved  1>j58.  Had  son, 
Jermyn   Shcnf-.     Lands  in  Suffolk.  P.  C.  C.   Wooten.  349. 

"Will  of  Thomas  Shene  of  Stowmarket.  Worsted  Weaver,  proved  1711.  P.  C.  C. 
Young  01. 

"Will  of  Alice  Blackbye  of  Multon,  Suffolk.  15C.5.  24th  of  April  P.  C.  C.  21  Mor- 
rison &  Grimes.  She  did  give  to  Jane  .Mynt  of  Freckenham  her  daughter;  to  Agnes 
Shynne  her  daughter:  and  her  residence  to  Thomas  Blackbie,  her  son  and  executor. 
Probate   6/24/lfi65   to   Thos.    Blackbie,   the   son. 

"Will  of  Edward  Sheene  of  Wymondham  in  Norfolk.  Gent.  P.  C.  C.  2/11/1657. 
To  be  buried  in  the  church.  To  Dorothy,  my  wife,  houses  and  lands  in  Norfolk,  and 
also  at  Hoxt'ne  in  Suffolk  for  life.  Our  three  children;  Jermyn  Sheene  my  only  sonne; 
Annie  Sheene,  eldest  d.;  Sarah  Sheene,  youngest  d.  Wife,  executrix.  Probate 
5/27/1 6. '■)8. 

This  Edward  was  son  of  the  Edward  Sheen  who  was  rector  at  Little  Fransham  in 
1610;     married   Dorothy,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Jermyn.  as  the  next  will  shows. 

"Will  ol  Thos.  Jermyn.  Esq..  of  West  Tofts  in  Norfolk  11/5/1656  P.  C.  C.  172 
Wooten.  My  sonne  John  Jermyn,  etc.;  my  grandchild  Jermyn  Shene  when  18;  Mrs. 
Dorothy  Shene  mother  of  said  Jermyn  Shene.  etc. 

"Will  P.  C.  C.  :!9  Wood,  of  Willie  Haywards  of  Roydon.  Suffolk  1611.  To  my 
grandchildrpu  Thos.  Bridge.  John  Bridge.  Anna  Browne,  the  wife  of  Willie  Brown, 
and  Ann  Shinne,  the  wife  of  George  Shinn.  my  daughter  Marian  Knopper  of  Newton, 
etc. 

"Will  P.  C.  C.  298  Nabbs.  of  Geo.  Shen.  of  Woolington.  Suffolk,  Gent.,  29  May 
1660.  To  Geo.  Shen.  my  son  lands  &  etc.  in  Freckenham  and  Mildenhall  purchased 
of  Thomas  Gee,  Esq..  for  life;  then  to  John  Shen.  my  grandchild,  youngest  son  of 
said.  George;  to  Anna  Alice  and  John  Addes,  when  21;  to  Edward  Shen  my  grand- 
child, and  Lydia  Shen  his  sister  when  21.  or  on  the  day  of  her  marriage:  son  Geo. 
Shinn  executor.  Codicil:  To  my  daughter,  Margaret  Fuller  £3.12.0  yearly  for  life; 
to  Margaret  Fuller,  my  grandchild,  when  21.  Probate  11/22/1660  by  oath  of  Geo. 
Shen,  the  son. 

"Will  of  Geo.  Corynoble  of  Mocha  Stanbridge,  Essex.  1570:  to  Benjamin  Shene, 
my  sister   Stamen's  child. 

"Will  of  Katherine  Warren  of  Woolington.  Suffolk,  widow.  P.  C.  C.  85  Pb'mouth  Aug. 
1725,  Alice  Sheen  my  d.  To  be  buried  in  Woolington  Chancel — diamonds,  emerald 
ring,  silver  etc.  Sankey.  Godfrey.  Beecroft,  Eade.  Costell  etc  named.  Son  of  Dr. 
Robert   Warren. 

"Will  of  Elizabeth  Eade  of  Woolington.  Spinster.  P.  C.  C.  Buckingham,  proved 
1721;  my  sister,  Catherine  Warren,  widow;  sister  Mary  Chinnery  Beecroft  Shinne; 
Millicent  etc. 

"Will  P.  C.  C.  405  Alchin  7  March  1653.  Sarah  Sheene  of  Alderston.  Suffolk, 
widow;  my  brother  Josie  Bolton;  my  nephew  Wm.  Bolton:  my  sister  Chittock,  sister 
to  my  late  husband.  Sheene  £50:  husband's  nephew.  Augustine  Sheene  £20:  to 
Josias  Bolton  my  brother,  my  house  in  Alderstone.  and  to  his  heirs  forever;  brothers 
William  Cary  of  Woodbridge  and  Thomas  Filby  of  Niddenham  to  be  executors.  Good 
sums  of  money  bequeathed.     Probate   7/6/1653  to  Thomas  Filby." 

The  will  of  Nicholas  Sheene.  son  of  John  of  Mildenhall.  Suffolk,  is  filed  in 
the  Prerogation  Court.  Somerset  House.  London. 


•^8 


HisTOUY    <»F    TIfK    SHINN-     I'aMII.V    IN'    KlitOl'i:    AN'O    AMERICA 


Mr.  St.icklfv  wrote.  :>,  l-^j  I'.'ul :  ••Tlicri:'  \v;i>  ncviitlv  a  raniily  (•!'  Shinns  ab 
Solium.  I)ut  1  could  not  jjet  any  valuable  information  eoneerniiij^  tlu-m.  Yisterday 
I  was  jilaviiif;  crifkot  at  Eriswell.  One  of  my  opponents  was  a  Peter  Shinn.  There 
Were  tliret-  generationj*  of  John  Shinn  hefore  him.  and  the  widow  Shinn  of  Barton's 
Mill  is  a  e<.nn*'<tion.'*  This  letter,  taken  in  connection  with  the  srnilual  changing 
in  the  regi.-lers  and  in  the  will>  from  Shene  and  Slieene.  to  Shyn.  Shin,  and  Shinne, 
indicates  that  the  >ame  ])eople  to-day  in  the  old  habitat  of  the  family  spell  the 
name  Shinn.  The  i<lentity  of  all  the  variations  named  with  llie  modern  surname 
Shinn  is.  1  think,  clearlv  established. 


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WILLIAM   COLLYER   SHiNN. 


Glkanixos  in  England.  29 

CHAPTER  Xn. 

wiro  WAS  JOHN  shinn  of  bkidlington,  new  jersey  (1()TS)  ? 

In  18S.J  while  oiiiployod  as  ('lii(4'  Clerk  in  the  Office  of  tlie  Seeretarv  of  State 
at  Little  IJock.  Arkansas,  I  asked  myself  the  question  which  heads  this  chapter.  I 
then  and  there  began  tlie  work  of  answering  it  satisfactorily,  and  have  given  all 
my  s))are  time  since  to  its  elucidation.  The  first  ten  years  of  my  lal)or  were  thrown 
away  on  account  of  stickling  for  orthography.  My  name  was  Shinn,  and  I  wanted 
Shinii.  iitiil  nothing  else.  Smith  in  his  history  of  Xew  Jersey  said  that  John  Shinn 
came  with  othe*-s  to  Xova  Caesarea.  It  was  a  full  decade  after  my  original  deter- 
mination hefore  I  crossed  an  entry  in  Xew  Jersey  Archives  at  Trenton,  whicii  in- 
foijued  nie  that  John  Sheen,  and  not  John  Shinn,  entered  Xew  Jersey.  The  next 
original  entry  rnuiid  was  a  signature  of  my  ancestor  to  a  document  to  Friend's  in 
London,  and  there  he  was  John  Shin,  and  not  John  Shinn.  Could  I  have  had  the 
knowledge  T  now  possess  concerning  the  vicissitudes  of  Surnames  in  their  ortho- 
gra])hi(al  di'ess,  at  the  time  I  worked  most  laljoriously  upon  the  problem  the  re- 
sults wouhl  have  been  far  more  satisfactory.  In  188G  I  was  asked  by  Mr.  Keltic, 
Editor  of  the  Statesman's  Manual.  London,  to  jtrepare  a  statistical  article  for  that 
))ubli(iit  ion.  This  led  to  a  friendly  correspnndence  concerning  my  name,  and  a  ref- 
erence to  W'illiain  Collyer  Shinn  of  London,  who.-e  portrait  adorn>  these  pages.  I 
then  wrote  to  Mi'.  Shinn.  ami  led  him  astray,  as  I  had  myself  wandered  from  the 
goal,  lie  began  a  search  foi-  the  (Quaker.  John  Shinn.  and  as  a  matter  oi  course 
ne\-ei-  found  Inni.  Mail  I  gi\cn  the  variation.-.  Shin,  Shene  and  Sheene.  these  ])ages 
would  have  been  richer  in  gleanings  from  the  old  (Quaker  tiles.  As  it  is  I  can  pre- 
sent but  bis  confession  of  failure,  as  a  guide  to  others  who  may  hereafter  make  a 
siinibir  rese;inh. 

On  .\piil  "i'i,  iSild,  he  wrote  from  London,  England: 

"I  l)eii  therefore  to  say.  tliai  I  have  vLsited  Somerset  House:  Her  Majesty's 
Printinu;  Office  (where  all  Acts  of  Parliament  are  printed  and  published);  the  Public 
Record  Office,  and  ihe  Friend's  Meeting  House  in  Bishopsgate  Street.  The  result  of 
my  inquiries  is  that  on  the  passing  of  the  General  Registration  .\ct.  about  fifty  years 
ago.  various  records  showing  births  and  deaths  of  Quakers,  extending  over  a  consid- 
erable period,  were  lodged  at  Somerset  House:  but  as  they  were  not  indexed,  nor  in 
any  way  digested,  they  are  of  little  use  for  purposes  of  reference.  It  appears,  however, 
that  the  Society  of  Frienrls.  before  parting  with  the  documents,  made  a  very  careful 
digest  and  general  index.  It  is.  however,  confined  to  births,  deaths,  etc..  and  is  by 
no  means  a  record  of  the  personal  position,  movements  or  proceedings  of  the 
Quakers.  This  Index  is  kept  at  the  Meeting  House.  12  Bishopsgate  Street.  Without; 
and  on  my  visits  there  the  Secretary  was  kind  enough  to  search,  but  no  member  of 
the  name  Shinn  is  to  be  found  amongst  the  births  or  deaths  in  the  London  or  Here- 
fordshire books.  I  am  afraid  this  information  will  be  a  disappointment  to  you,  but 
trust  that  you  will  give  us  credit  for  having  taken  some  little  trouble  to  assist  you 
in  your  difficult  but  most  interesting  pursuit. 
"Sincerely  vours. 

••WILLIAM   COLLYER   SHINN." 

Four  years  later  I  visited  London,  and  was  the  guest  of  this  gentleman.  Had 
all  my  correspondi'nts  of  culture  and  leisure  been  equally  courteous  my  labor  would 
have  redounded  more  to  their  credit,  as  well  as  to  that  of  the  family.  I  found  ]\Ir. 
Shinn  to  be  a  High  Churchman,  and  a  worshiper  at  Westminster  Abbey.  His 
pedigree,  which  is  presented  elsewhere,  began  in  1T57  in  London,  branching  off  into 
Herefordshire.  It  dealt  with  the  word  Shinn,  as  mine  had,  and  led  to  an  investiga- 
tion of  T>ondon  and  Herefordshire  records.  His  father  spent  his  whole  life  as 
cashier  in  an  Army  Agent  Office:  he.  liimself.  spent  fifty  years  in  a  large  firm  in 
London,  as  confidential  clerk  and  cashier,  retiring  in  1883  on  a  small  compe- 
tency; his  son.  whose  portrait  is  also  found  herein,  was  cashier,  until  his  death,  in 


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History  of  tmk  Shivv  Family  is  Kirope  and  America 


Her  Maje.-ty*>  Primiu;.'  (niKx-.  Lan  iliero  l»e  a  -iv;ii.r  ie>timoiiial  of  the  integrity 
of  lliCH-  three  general  inn:;  tlian  is  contained  in  the  wonls.  '•tlnve  whole  lives  in  con- 
fidential relationship  with  their  fellows,  and  no  stain  upon  the  escutcheon?'' 

Beyond  this  simple  narrative  of  life-long  service  William  Collyer  Shinn  would 
not  go.  saying:  "For  anything  else  you  must  try  an«l  read  it  in  the  photograph 
which  I  have  much  pleasure  in  sending  you."  Since  then  I  have  grasped  his 
hand,  and  formed  a  part  of  his  family  life.  He  was  a  man  to  he  honored,  and  for 
anything  else  I  say.  "You  must  read  it  in  the  engraving  made  from  the  photograph 
he  sent  to  me.''  I  suhjoin  another  part  of  his  letter  to  show  the  lack  of  courtesy 
that  jircvails  in  "officialdom." 

"Your  interpretation  of  the  Saxon  word  'Sinninga'  interests  us  very  much,  as 
well  as  the  general  subject  on  which  you  are  bestowing  so  much  time  and  attention. 


THOMAS   SHINN. 


and  which  wv  Ijojh-.  in  spite  of  all  dilliculties,  will  be  altcndcd  with  satisfactory  rc- 
Kult*.  When  we  think  of  the  great  energy  you  have  displayed  our  little  edort  ap- 
pears M)  insignificant  ns  hardly  to  deserve  attentinii.  .\ii  public  officers  in  London 
arc  ai      '  but  coninninicativc.  aiul  only  disposed  to  answer  specific  questions. 

Thf'^'  ••  '•  enter  into  a  general  subject,  nor  lake  anv  troulde  to  elucidate:  and  it 

is  lently  very  dillieult  to  get  infornuitifni." 

lie  ijifd  in  January.  l!H»:i.  being  HH  years  of  age.     A  gentleman  in  London  in 
HMi.'l,  wrote  thcHf  wi>r<ls  annnuncing  his  death.     "He  was  a  ilKU'ough  repre- 
vc  of  the  Shinn  family,  with  all  the  characteristics;  one  of  the  best  and  clev- 
erest of  men:  a  man  devoted  to  his  family,  and  whose  first  thought  was  for  their 
interests:  his  next  tbfuight  was  for  the  good  of  others:  his  demise  is  deplored  by 
manv  relatives  and  friends: 


Gleanings  in  England.  31 

Pedigree  of  William  Collyer  Shinn. 

John  Shinn  (1). — In  IToT  was  in  business  in  Grosvenor  Row,  Chelsea,,  London. 
Had  a  son,  John  (2),  who  in  ISoT  was  in  business  in  Lindsay  Row,  Chel- 
sea.   Also  another  Benjamin  (1)  who  was  living  in  Hereford  in  1810. 

John  Shinn  (2). — Succeeded  to  his  father's  business  in  Grosvenor  Row.  Had 
three  sons,  John  (3),  Benjamin  (4)  and  William  (5). 

John  Shinn  (3). — In  business  for  many  years  at  Battersea,  Surrey.  Died  in  lis25. 
Had  one  son,  Jolin  (G). 

John  Shinn  (6). — In  business  at  Smith  St.,  Chelsea.  Died  in  1858.  Had  a  fam- 
ily, about  whom  little  is  known  except  that  his  only  son,  John  (T),  left 
England  probably  for  America. 

Benj.  Shinn  (4). — Died  at  Kensington  in  1862.  Had  one  son,  Thomas  (8),  who 
died  in  1840. 

Wm.  Shinn  (5).— Died  at  Chelsea  in  1859.  Had  two  sons,  William  Collyer  (9) 
and  Charles  Gould  (10),  died  in  1882.     Had  no  sons. 

Wm.  C.  Shinn  (0).— Died  at  Xew  Wandsworth,  London,  1903,  aged  88.  Has  two 
sons,  Thomas  (11)  and  William  (12). 

Thos.  Shinn  (11).— Born  in  1842.  Chief  Cashier  at  Her  ^lajesty's  Printers;  died 
1891 ;  one  daughter. 

Wni.  Shinn   (12). — Unmarried;  resides  in  India. 

William  C.  Shinn  had  two  sisters  who  married  and  reared  families.     Besides 

the  two  sons  named,  he  was  the  father  of  two  danghters;  one  daughter  married 

Charles  Tlioinas;  the  other  married  a  Whitehouse,  who  deceased.    The  son.  William, 

is  not  married,  and  is  the  only  one  of  tiiis  line  bearing  the  name. 

My  next  work  in  London  was  with  Mr.  George  W.  Shinn,  Organist  at  Brighton 

Church,  London,  and  a  musical  composer  of  great  merit.    In  ^larch,  1890,  lie  wrote: 

"My  family  have  been  settled  in  London  about  sixty  years.  My  grandfather  was 
born  in  Mildenhall.  Suffolii.  I  have  reason  to  believe  that  the  family  of  Shinn  came 
originally  from  Mildenhall.  for  several  persons  of  the  name,  whom  I  have  met  in 
London,  have  referred  to  Mildenhall,  or  its  neighborhood,  as  the  homes  of  their  ances- 
tors. The  name  is  not  uncommon  in  Mildenhall.  and  I  have  met  with  it  in  the  adjoin- 
ing Counties  of  Cambridge  and  Essex.  There  are  few,  however,  of  the  name  in 
London.  So  far  as  my  memory  goes,  none  of  the  name  have  ever  been  distinguished. 
They  have  been  mostly  people  of  the  middle  class,  and  have  led  respectable  and  un- 
eventful lives.  I  have  a  book  of  poems  written  by  a  Mildenhall  man,  and  amongst  the 
names  of  the  subscribers  is  that  of  'Captain  George  Shinn  of  the  United  States  Navy.' 
This  was  in   1850.     Probably  he  was  on  a  visit  to  England. 

"Yours   truly,  GEO.    W.    SHINN." 

This  letter  turned  my  thoughts  in  a  new  direction,  but  did  not  lead  to  direct 
results.  It  was  after  I  learned  that  John  Shinn's  name  was  originally  spelled 
Sheen  that  I  realized  its  full  force.  The  trifling  circumstance  of  a  ^lildenhall  man 
writing  a  poem,  which  a  naval  captain  named  Shinn,  subscribed  for,  fixed  my  at- 
tention, however,  upon  ]\Iildenhall  and  its  neighborhood. 

This  George  W.  Shinn  of  Brigliton  Church  has  made  a  name  for  himself  in 
music.  He  has  composed  :  "'The  ^NFareh  of  the  Israelites,"  a  ''Benedictus"  and  a 
"Nunc  Dimittis.'"  Rev.  Geo.  Wolff  Shinn.  Rector  of  Xewton  Parish,  Xewton.  Mass., 
is  of  the  o]->inion  that  each  of  these  productions  is  a  work  of  ^ery  great  merit.  Mu- 
sicians inform  me  that  these  productions  give  Mr.  Geo.  W.  Shinn  of  Brighton 
the  right  to  a  distinguished  place  in  the  musical  world. 

Having  been  referred  to  John  Shinn.  Ledbury,  Hereford.-hire.  I  addres.-ed  him 
a  communication,  which  Iirousfht  this  replv: 

"Ledbury.    Jan.    15,    1890. 
"I   have   no    idea  where    the   seat   of   the    Shinn    family   formerly   was.      The    most 
that  I  know  is  that  my  grandfather.  John  Shinn,  Cooper,  lived  here.     He  died  in  1846. 
My  father's  name  was  Richard  Shinn,  also  a  Cooper:    he  died  in  1883.     I  had  an  uncle. 


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3-^  History  of  thp:  Siiiw  Family  iv  tZnioPE  and  Amkkica 

John  Shinn.  a   Wesleyan   preacher,   who  went   to  America  about   forty-five  years   ago, 
and  rlic'd  at   St.  Lcjiiis  in   18S4.     I   can  not   go  back  further  than  my  grandfather. 
•Yf.'irs    respectfully.  JOHN    SHIXX." 

'J'lii-  fniiiilv  i<  1-  iii'tl  to  at  St.  l.-im-  i^  ..  iiio^t  re^pcotablc  one.  One  >nn  of  the 
f]eceaK'<l  j)rea<li<'r  luM  a  responsible  jiosition  on  the  rxhilje  Democrat  for  many 
years;  otlier  cliildren  are  in  good  hysiness;  rehition.-  tliere.  and  in  Oregon.  The 
grandchildren  are  intelligent  and  energetic  people.  ']'hi<  and  two  other  families  to 
be  mentioned  liereafter  are  the  only  ones  1  have  found  in  the  United  States  who  do 
not  form  part  of  the  army  of  John  Shinn's  desiendants.  The  rector  at  Ledl)nry, 
England,  wrote  me  in  IfiOfi  that  the  Shinns  of  that  Totnity  were  an  eminently  re- 
spectable family. 

Turning  to  the  hi.>"tory  uf  ikrefnrd^bin'.  I  came  to  the  conclusion  after  read- 
ing it  that  the  Shinns  were  not  an  old  family  in  that  County.  The  Chinns  seem  to 
have  been  tliere  from  the  lieginning.  but  the  Shinn?  are  first  named  about  the  be- 
ginning of  the  eighteenth  century.  Fiut  an  examination  of  tiie  Parish  Register 
sliows  that  the  family  there  is  as  old  as  in  Sull'olk.    'j'he  registers  say: 

3/16/1557  Margaret   Shynne  was  buried. 

3/5/1505  William  Shynne  buried. 

1575  Joan  Shynne  a  god  mother  at  a  christening. 

.\ii  examination  of  Wm.  ('.  Shinn's  ]H'digree  will  show  that  Jolm  Shinn  (1) 
had  a  son  Benjamin,  whose  descendants  are  not  traced. 

For  the  last  four  years  I  have  given  my  attenti«ui  to  the  Eastern  Counties,  and 
will  in  tlie  next  chapter  identify  John  Slieen.  so  far  as  the  evidence  in  hand  will 
warrant  an  opini«^m. 


(  iiAi'Ti:!;  xiii. 

.loll  N     >||!  \  \.    oi-     Ai.lUUV. 

BesK-'f"  SufTering  of  Friends  is  a  mass  ol'  racl>,  Imi  Ixing  witlioui  an  iiidi'X, 
its  render  in  compelled  to  read  everything  within  its  (•omiia>s  to  obtain  the  most  tri- 
fling fact.  I  read  the  first  volume  and  found  nothing  tliai  would  eoimcct  .lohn 
Shiim  with  the  hard^hi|)s  of  the  l*th  ceiit\iry.  The  second  volume  was  lakcii  up 
and  seemed  to  be  as  uiipr()mising  as  the  lir.-t.     Jiut  is  was  not  so.     On  page  '-'(•.";  of 

Vol.  II.  under  the  f'ountv  Hertfordshire.  I   foinid  this  entry: 

"At  th«'  (,iuHri«T  Sessions  on  the  \'2\h  of  the  lltli  .Monih.  lUi;^.  John  Shinn  of 
Albury  and  J«r<niiah  Deanr  ot  llarlf<jrd  were  coniniiiicd  to  prison  on  a  process 
against  them  for  abnence  from  their  Parish  Church  and  for  not   i)aying  the  Court  fees." 

In  the  same  county  1  round  this  entry:  "ICt;:)  lioiiert  Dimsdale  excominuni- 
«ii(<d  for  practicing  cbirurgery  without  the  Hisbop's  license,  was  c(tmmitleil  to 
llMfiird  Oaol  and  remainol  there  ^ome  yejtrs."  This  is  the  only  rercreiice  in 
r>'  "-uirering  to  John  Shinn.  ><v  to  any  one  bcaiiiig  that  suniaiiir.     TJic   l"21h 

of  iiic  mil  month.  liWV?.  (>.  S..  would  be  Jan.  l-.'tli.  ICC.:?.  On  tbat  .lay  at  the 
nhirc  t<,uii.  jlcrlf"'''  '"bn  Sbinn  was  sent  to  jail  lor  md  attending  the  jtarish 
chtin  was  ri  I   ns  of  .\lbury:   in    IClS-ic*!!  ur    1CS(»  .i    (jinaker.   John 

Shinn.  mn^ter  of  a  Ininily.  jippears  at  the  infant  settlcuieni  at  Ihirlinglon.  N.  .)., 
and  enr'  "     '      i-elf  with  Friends  at  that  jibice.  ami  died  a  member  of  tbat  society 

tliirty  \< •.iT.     Tbat  .lohn  Sbinn  of  .Mbury.   liertfordshir«'.  was  a  member  in 

go<id  standing  in  ibc  K>.»abli«hed  Cluircb  of  Fngland  is  provi-d  by  tli(^  action  of  (he 
Court  of  </nari'      -  l.'eftiMd  to  attend  the  l*ari>h  Cburcb  and  lo  pav  Ci>iirt 

f<H-H  pnint  to  tin  I  luii  iii-inii  that  be  bad  imbibed  the  ])iinciples  of  Fox.  and  was 
firm  in  cbiiming  liis  ri^ibl  to  wor.-hip  where  In-  jileased.  In  fifteen  years  we  liud 
John  Shinn  with  n  large  family  and  considerable  std)stanee  in  the  wilds  of  Xew 
J'  u  Hireh  Cnf'k.  in  n  lojj  Houh-.  which  he  called  "Springlleld  Lodge."    The 

first  ii.ieron«f  to  the  nnin  in  .\meriean  hi^torv  is  in  1t;s(i.  when  ibe  Cruirl  ^liiniles 


QUILLEN    HAMILTON    SHINN,  D.  D. 


Gleanixgs  in  England.  35 

of  Burlington  show  "John  Sheen"  and  "Clement  Sheen/'  freeholders;  the  second 
reference  is  in  the  same  year,  when  John  Sheen  is  noted  as  a  '"Grand  Juror"  for 
this  settlement  in  the  woods;  the  third  reference  is  an  attestation  of  the  Clerk  of 
Burlington  Court  that  John  Sheen  had  reported  for  record  as  required  by  law  for 
hogs,  cattle  and  horses  the  following  device :  ^  ^^  Clement  Sheen  appears  in  - 
16«0  as  a  freeholder,  but  is  never  mentioned  again  in  any  church  or  court  record. 
Salter  in  his  history  of  Monmouth  County  states  that  Clement  Shinn  and  Eliza,  his  ^ 
wife,  had  a  claim  for  land  at  Shrewsbury,  and  that  George  Shinn  had  a  like  claim. 
The  most  diligent  search  fails  to  show  that  either  Clement  or  George  Shinn  were 
ever  at  Shrewsbury.  Their  names  do  not  appear  in  the  minutes  of  either  Court 
or  Church.  These  men  bought  rights  to  locate  land  at  Shrewsbury,  but  never  had 
the  right  surveyed.  They  remained  in  England  in  all  probability  until  John  Shinn'  ^ 
emigrated,  when  they  embarked  with  him,  and  Clement  Sheen  Ijecame  a  freeholder 
at  the  same  time  that  John  did.  For  thirty  years  thereafter  John  Shinn's  name 
appears  with  remarkable  frequency  upon  both  civil  and  religious  records.  George 
appears  at  times,  but  as  a  son  of  John.  Clement  is  never  mentioned  again,  and 
was  proba1)]y  an  old  man,  and  the  father  or  grandfather  of  John  Shinn.  And  this 
man  Eobert  Dimsdale  who,  as  we  have  seen,  was  likewise  incarcerated  in  Hertford 
gaol,  appears  several  years  afterwards  in  Burlington  County,  N.  J.,  buys  a  large 
body  of  land  on  Dimsdale's  Run,  and  returns  to  England.  Before  leaving,  how- 
ever, he  selected  John  Shinn.  of  Birch  Creek,  to  act  as  his  agent  for  the  sale  of  the 
land.  This  seems  to  warrant  the  conclusion  that  Robert  Dimsdale  and  John  Shinn 
were  friends,  and  that  their  friendship  began  in  Essex  or  Hertfordshire  in  England. 
In  the  parish  of  Esse.x,  in  which  Dimsdale  was  reared,  there  was  a  "  Springfield 
Tjodge,"  and  John  Shinn  named  his  wildwood  home  undi-r  tliat  ancient  title.  The 
records  show  that  he  was  a  "  Wheelwright,"'  a  "  Millwright,"  and  a  "  husbandman  "; 
that  he  tame  as  a  "  master  of  a  Family,"  and  not  as  a  "  Redemptioner  ";  that  he  be- 
comes at  once  a  "  Freeholder,"  and  is  at  once  made  a  '"  Grand  juror  " ;  that  Dimsdale 
entrusts  him  with  tlie  fiduciary  relation,  "  Agent  "  :  that  he  became  a  "  Proprietor  "; 
that  for  years  he  was  "  Overseer,"  at  Springfield  Meeting  of  Friends;  that  his  chil- 
dren married  sons  and  daughters  of  "  Proprietors,"  "  Assemblymen,"  and  the 
"  Elite,"  of  New  Jersey ;  that  he  died  in  a  good  old  age.  surrounded  by  children  and 
grandciiildren.  having  an  abundance  of  moans,  and  blessed  with  the  friendship  of  the 
wisest  and  the  best  of  early  Xcw  Jersey  days.  If  there  is  any  certainty  in  historic 
relations,  it  would  seem  that  John  Shinn  of  Albury  (1663),  a  prisoner  for  Con- 
science sake,  was  John  Shinn  of  Burlington,  X.  J.  (1678-1711). 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

FURTHER   IDENTIFICATION   OF   JOHN    SIIINN  AS   TO    HIS   IMMEDIATE   ANCESTORS. 

Albury  is  a  name  of  two  parishes  in  Hertfordshire,  and  the  adjunct  ••'of  Al- 
bury," used  in  the  Court  records  of  1663  in  the  trial  of  John  Shinn  for  contu- 
macy, do  not  distinguish  between  them.  This  necessitated  the  examination  of 
l)oth  registers;  one  of  thi-m  did  not  go  back  far  enough  to  be  of  any  use.  The 
other  was  examined  bv  ^h:  Stocklev  from  16-20  to  1680,  but  contained  no  refer- 
ence to  John  Shinn,  or  any  one  of  tliat  surname,  save  "Walter  Sheen  buried  1661." 
This  bore  nut  mv  assumption  that  Albury  was  not  the  ancient  seating  place  of  the 
Shinns,  although  in  a  near  neighborhood.  The  business  relations  of  John  Shinn 
called  him  into  that  parish,  where  he  possibly  resided  a  few  years,  and  where  he 
was  arrested  and  sent  to  jail.  Walter  may  have  been  a  son:  and  the  fact  that 
the  church  registers  contain  a  notice  of  his  burial  at  a  time  so  near  to  the  day 
when  pr(Xoediiigs  were  instituted  at  Hertford  against  John,  and  do  not  contain  the 
name  of  Shinn  in  anv  other  place,  shows  that  the  residence  at  Albury  was  tem- 


36  illSTOKV    OF    TIIK    SlTIVV    FaMII.V    IX    EriJOPE    AND    AmKKICA 

porarv,  aii<l  tlial  Walter  was  a  iiR-iiiber  of  the  £a)nily.  Could  all  the  events  of' 
those  'lays  of  reli<iiou>  fanaticism  he  known  it  might  appear  that  John  Shinn  had 
heen  driven  by  per^eeutioIl  from  some  other  jilace  and  wa>  merely  a  denizen  of 
ifertford  seeking  rest.  But  whether  there  as  citizen  in  business,  or  refugee  for 
conscience  sake,  he  failed  to  jiud  peace.  The  gates  of  a  |)rison  closed  upon  him, 
and  Hertfordshire  has  left  no  other  monument  to  his  name.  But  rest  came  to  him 
on  the  waters  <»f  the  .\ssincunk.  where  a  record  of  good  deeds  make  a  shaft  more 
enduring  thiin  ni;irblc.  and  more  honorable  than  an  annory  and  crest. 

I  shall  now  present  a  conjectural  pedigree  of  .John  Shinn  (IGTS-K  1  1  )  as  to 
hi,-  ancestry  in  I'^ngland.  The  (piotations  from  the  many  registers  of  Kastern 
England  show  that  as  early  as  the  beginning  of  the  Kith  Century  the  family  was 
widely  disjierscd  over  many  Coinilics.  The  recurrence  of  the  word  J<ihn  burdens 
the  investigation  with  dilVKulties  almost  insurmountable.  But  there  were  certain 
ear-marks  (tf  the  family  in  its  early  New  Jersey  history,  that  seem  to  indicate 
where  our  investigation  should  be  nuide. 

1.  John    Shinn    of    Nrw    ,lrr>cy    was   accompanied    at    his    ]an<ling    by    Clement 

Shinn.  .Vo  register  in  Englnnd  that  has  been  examined  yieltls  a  Clement 
>ave  those  cd'  Frei-kenham  and  Soham  Parishes.  This  name  stands  there 
alone,  clear  cut,  and  beacon  like,  as  it  stands  alone  in  Xew  Jersev  history, 
it  seems  to  .^ay:    '"Go  to  Freckenham  or  Soham  for  the  anc(v<tor  of  Jolni." 

2.  Jolin   Shinn   of  Xew  Jersey  named   his  sons  John.    Francis,  (leorge,  Thomas 

and  James.     And  one  of  his  gramlsons,  son  of  Jojm,  was  given  the  name 
Clement,  and  another  Francis.     .Vnd  in  the  pages  which  follow,  showing 
the  .\nierican  descendants,  it  will  be  seen  that  Francis  iiml  Clement  recur 
with  remarkable  frerpiency. 
The    .Mildenliall    register   deals    with    John,    Tlionias.    Jlielianl    and    William. 
Francis  and  Clement  do  not  a])|)ear.     The  Freckenham  register  not  onlv  presents 
the  single  case  of  Clement,  but  shows  that  he  w;i>  the  son  of  John,  who  was  the 
son  of  Francis,  born  as  early  as  ]'rii).     11  also  shows  that  J<ihn  and  Francis  were 
favorite  name.-.      1    present    the    Mildenliall   ))iMligree  of  John   Sheene,  born    1.").50. 
as  made  »ip  from  the  Mildeidiall  register  to  show  that  no  one  of  that  faniilv  bear- 
ing the  name  John  couhl  have  gone  to  X"ew  Jerst-y  in  KITS.     It  is  as  follows: 

Tin;  Mii.iii:\ II Ai.i,  I'loDKMti'.h;  oi-  .luii\   Siii:i;m.  i»i    i:>:)(i. 

John  Sheene  (  b.   l."i.*)())   married  nl   Mildenliall and  had: 

1.     Tliomas   Shene    ( b.    ir».-.l:  ob.    lillO)    married    (1)   at   ^rildeidiall   June.   i:)r8, 
•'  Honet  ;   married    (t>)    at    same   place.   July.    |.">S!i.    Maria    ( 'orkett ; 

she  died  1(117.  The  (irsi  marriage  entry  spells  his  name  Shene;  the 
-••''•!id    Sheene.      There   is  but    one  child    recorded: 

Anne,   (launliler  of  Thomas   Sheen.   1».   April    l.'>!Ki:    oh.    .Ma.v    loUd. 

'J.     .loliii  Sbccne  ( b.  I  ."..*»;{;  oh.  !()()"  ).  married  June.  I.".s;.  .\nne  Che and  had: 

1.  .F(»hn   Shci-n*'.  h.  July    I'.vv      ,,i.    7  .'.   IC.CJ;     jnarrUvl   .l.nn.    MV.Vl   .Ann   Ilolf 
anil  had : 

1.  Kachci   sheciic.   b.   .Sciji.    k;;;;;;    oIj.  s/l'.t/l'i'i-. 

2.  .lohn    Sh.vn.   h,    .March    IRitS;     (»h.   :!/:50/l(;:t'.t. 

::    ,Io)in    Sheen,    h.    Nov.    HiJO;     oh.    l/^d/lGn'.t;     married    Amy  , 

\M2  and    had: 
1.   Kll/.ahelh    Shin,    h.    2/2/\V,i',:\. 
2    .h»hn    Slun.    li.    7/22/ 1 f.f.f,. 

:•..  Hannah  siiin.  h.  ;5/y/n;(;it. 

4    Caihorlno    Shin.    h.    Orl.    ir.4(;. 
2    Thc»maH  Sheene.  h.   Sept.    ir>S!»:     married   and    had: 

1.   AURiiHlInc    SlMM-ne.      (See    will.    Chapter    XI,) 
:i.  NirholnH  Sheene.  h.   Nov.    I.''.:t2:     married   Sarah    Hollon   of  the   family   of 

iho    pre.Heni     l^ird    Nelson.    whoHe    father,    upon    the    <lpa(h     of     Lord 

Nolaon.    Bnr«m    «.f   TrafalKar.    renounced    his    patronymic.    Bolton,    and 


Gleaxixgs  in  Exgland. 


•  >  I 


I 


look  the  name  of  his  uncle.  Nelson,  and  the  title,  Lord  Nelson.  Nicho- 
las Sheene  died  before  ir,5:],  leaving  a  will  (see  Chapter  XI);  his  wife 
left  a  will  dated  3/7/165.3,  naming  her  late  husband,  Sheene,  his  sister, 
and    his  nephew,  Augustine   Sheene.     No  children. 

4.  Richard    Sheene,  b.   Oct.    1595;     ob.  2/20/16:38. 

5.  William   Sheene,   b.   Oct.   1598;     ob.   7/24/1644. 

6.  ( Sheene),   married  Chittock    (see  Sarah   Bolton's   will). 

7.  Francis  Sheene,  b.  Feb.  1604;    ob.  May   1639. 

8.  Elizabeth   Shyn    (b.   1606),  married  9/9/1639,  John   Avis. 

Note. — The  words  in  parenthesis  as  to  dates  are  conjectural. 

I  now  sot  out  the  Freekeiihaiii  podifjree  of  Francis  Sheene,  born  1520-1525, 
as  made  up  from  the  register.  To  mv  mind  this  is  the  line  from  which  John  Shinn 
of  New  Jersey  sprang.  There  is  always  room  for  error  in  conjectural  pedigrees, 
but  in  this  case  the  conjecture  is  reduced  to  a  minimum,  viz.,  the  marriage  of 
Clement  Shinn,  who  is  recorded  on  the  register  as  born  11/12/150.3;  the  register 
says  noiliing  of  his  mari-iage  nor  of  his  death.  He  evidently  removed  from  the 
parish,  married  elsewhere,  and  had  children;  this  view  is  strengthened  by  the  fact 
that  John  Sliinn,  the  emigrant  to  Xew  Jersey,  who  was  accompanied  by  a  Clement 
Sheen,  lived  at  Albury  in  Hertfordshire;  Clement  may  have  lived  in  Essex  or 
Hertfordsl)ire.    'I'he  Soham  registei-  -b<>\v~  his  marriage  and  death. 

Tin;    l''i;i;(i\  r;N  II  \  M    I'kdiciikk  or   l-'i;\\(  is   Sinvy    (1520-1525). 

Francis  Slieene  (b.  1525)  ;  lived  in  Freckeidiam  Parish.  The  register  shows 
these  births: 

1. ,  daughter  of  Francis  Slircno:  b.-jptizod   1551. 

3.     Mary  Sheene;  baptized  15G4. 

3.     John  Sheene;  married    (1)    .\nne  ,  who  died  in   ItilT;   (2)   Marie  , 

wlio  died  l(i2n;   (.3)   Marie  Spatkes.  who  died  1628:  (A) ,  and 

liad  by  lirst  marriage: 

1.  Edward  Sheene,  b.  1588;  rector  of  Little  Fransham  16111;  had  children: 

1.  Elizabeth    Shene.    b.    1617. 
2^  Lucas   Shene.  b.   1623. 

3.  Edward   Shene.  b.   1625;     married   Dorothy  Jermyn,  daughter  of  Sir 
Thomas   Jermyn    (see   will.   Chapter   XI);     children: 
1.  Jermyn   Shene.     2.  Annie   Sheene.     3.  Sarah   Shene. 

2.  Clement    Sheene,    son    of   John    Sheene.   baptized   11/24/1593:    m.    at   Soham. 

Grace,  and  had  children: 

1.  Margaret  Shin.  b.  1624;  ob.  1626. 

2.  Henry  Shin.  b.  1627:  ob.  1674. 

3.  Thomas  Shin.  b.  1630. 

4.  John  Shin.  b.  1632;  m.  Jane. 

5.  Francis  Shin.  b.  1634;   m.  Alice  Carter,  1663.  and  had  Mary.  Francis  and 

Alice. 

6.  Clement  Shin.  b.  1637. 

7.  Grace  Shin.  b.  1640;  m.  John  Howlett.  1663. 

This  is  a  transcript  of  the  Soham  register,  and  shows  the  removal  of  Clement  from 
Freckenham,  and  accounts  for  the  fact  that  no  mention  of  his  marriage  or  burial  occurs 
on  that  register.    These  items  appear  on  the  Soham  record. 

3.  Francis  Sheene.  b.  1595:   married  Joan  ;  she  ob.  1631;  had  children: 

1.  Elizabeth   Sheene.  b.   1616. 

2.  Francis    Sheene,   b.    1618. 

3.  John    Sheene.  b.   1623;     ob.   1631. 

4.  Thomas   Sheene.  b.   1627. 

All   noted   on  the   register  as   children   of   Francis. 

4.  William  Sheene.  b.  1604:   married  and  had  children: 

1.  Anna,  b.  1642. 

2.  Mary.    b.    1645. 

5.  Anna  Sheene.  b.  1608. 

6.  Margaret  Sheene.  b.  1610. 

7.  John  Sheene.  b.  1614:  ob.  1614. 


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8.  Nicholas  Sheene.  b.  1614;  ob.  1G15 

By    the    second    marriage: 

9.  John  Sheene.  b.  1019. 

By   the   third    marriage: 

10.  Anne  Sheene    b.  H)21. 

By   the  fourth  marriage: 

11.  Thomas  Sheene,  b.  1630;  ob.  1631. 
Francis  Sheene.  m.  and  had  children: 

1.     Clement,  b.  1592,  who  m.  tsarali  - 

1.     John  Sheen,  of  New  Jersey,  who  m.  Jane 


at  Soham  and  luul : 


In  every  case  where  a  child  is  placed  in  the  above  pedigree  (save  where  en- 
closed in  a  parenthesis)  the  register  shows  that  he  or  she  was  a  son  or  daughter 
of  the  name  under  which  the  name  is  placed.  A  reference  to  chapter  X,  where  the 
registers  are  printed  verbatim,  will  make  this  evident. 


TTTAPTET^  XA' 


THE   AUMS   AND   CRESTS   OE  THE   FAMILY. 


In  the  Royal  Book  of  Crests  for  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  edited  by  Jos. 
McLaren,  pulilishcd  by  Knight  c^'  Butler.  London,  tlie  fainilv  cix'st  of  the  Sheen 
family  in  England  is  given  as  follows: 

"Out  of  a  mural  coronet,  a  staff,  raguly,  vert." 

I'fio  coronet  is  "obsidional." 

The  Crest  for  the  family  of  Sheen  in  England  and  Ireland  is  given  as  follows: 

".\  sword  erect,  blade  cjililcd  witli  a  rebel's  head,  all  j^pr." 


SHINN  CREST  IN  ENGLAND 


SHINN  CREST  IN  ENGLAND  AND  IRELAND. 


ThcHi  cre8l.>i  are  al^o  given  in  l''airbairn's  Crests  and  in  liurke.  'i'he  ann.<  are: 
"Or,  three  piles  issunnt  from  tiie  chief  gu.  within  a  bordure,  engr.  erm." 
llcrnldry  is  a  relic  of  the  feudal  ages,  where  it  was  employed  to  display  the 
e.vploits  of  chivalry.  .\rnu)rial  l)enrings  was  the  symbolic  language  of  Europe. 
Kxhibite<l  on  the  shields  and  vestnuuits  of  warriors,  then-  adorned  the  most  splen- 
did apparel  of  pence,  and  were  often  transft-rnd  lo  more  durable  materials  to  per- 
petuate tlu,^  memory  of  those  who  liore  them.  The  volume  of  "Royal  Crests"'  above 
referred  to  has  this  language: 


Gleanings  in  England.  39 

"A  crest  is  the  uppermost  part  of  an  armory.  The  crest  is  deemed  a  greater 
mark  of  nobility  than  the  armor}^  as  it  was  worn  at  tournaments,  to  which  none 
were  admitted  until  they  had  given  strong  proofs  of  their  magnanimity.  Hence 
the  word  crest  is,  figuratively,  used  for  spirit  or  courage.  The  original  purpose  of 
a  crest  was  to  make  a  commander  known  to  his  men  in  battle.'"' 

The  crest  was  worn  by  the  knight  on  his  helmet  and  was  sometimes  adopted 
as  the  sole  armorial  bearing.  "Vert,  or  green,  signifies  hope,  joy,  or  loyalty  in 
love."  (Wade's  Symbolisms  of  Heraldry.)  Ragulee,  raguly,  or  raguled,  means 
jagged  or  notched  irregularly,  and  signifies  "difficulties  which  have  been  overcome." 
(Wade  and  Fairbairn.) 

A  mural  coronet  is  one  embattlemented  on  the  edge  of  the  circle.  Embattled 
signifies  fire.  Nisbet  and  all  ancient  writers  state  that  it  denotes  the  walls  of  a 
fortress;  the  mural  crown  was  applicable  to  the  defenders  of  a  fortress,  or  as  a 
token  of  civic  honor,  following  the  Roman  custom  of  giving  a  mural  crown  to  him 
who  first  mounted  the  breach.  When  a  head  or  any  charge  is  placed  on  the  blade 
of  a  sword  it  is  enfilcd  with  whatever  is  borne  upon  it.  The  human  head  stands 
for  honor.    The  head  of  a  rebel  refers  to  deeds  of  prowess  in  the  Civil  Wars. 

The  Shanns  of  Tadcaster,  York,  whose  pedigree  begins  1726,  have  arms: 
Vair  on  a  pile,  or  three  escutcheons  azure;  each  charged  with  an  annulet  of  the 
second.  Crest. — In  front  of  an  annulet,  gold,  a  hand  erect  holding  a  dagger,  all 
proper.     Motto,  Fideliter. 

The  similarity  of  the  crest  would  seem  to  indicate  a  family  tie  of  some  kind. 
The  rebel's  head  enfiled  upon  a  sword  seems  to  set  a  value  to  a  tradition  of  Ger- 
many that  the  "Scheins"  were  the  fiercest  knights  in  the  Hussite  Wars.  It  is  said 
that  they  literally  "skinned"'  their  victims  alive.  I  am  not  familiar  with  heraldry, 
and  confess  that  1  have  not  taken  any  great  pleasure  in  writing  this  chapter.  The 
prowess  of  our  ancestry  is  worthy  of  remembrance,  but  a  student  of  history  cannot 
but  feel  aggrieved  that  many  who  in  times  past  presented  the  most  gorgeous 
armory  had  an  ancestry  whose  prowess  was  not  remarkable.  Vanity  on  the  part 
of  the  descendants  enabled  them  to  adopt  any  armory  they  chose,  and  in  after 
years  when  the  right  to  use  a  crest  and  armory  was  brought  under  some  kind  of 
regulation,  the  blandishments  of  these  descendents  were  strong  enough  to  overcome 
the  scruples  of  the  herald.  In  this  way  crests  and  armories  came  to  be  the  ex- 
clusive furniture  of  a  caste  that  had  little  else  to  recommend  it  to  a  thinking 
world.  There  is  an  element  of  nobility  in  heraldry  which  should  be  recognized. 
That  ejcment,  however,  seems  to  have  been  supplantd  by  vain  glory  and  exclusive 
presumption.  I  leave  this  part  of  my  work  with  no  regret,  and  pass  into  the  life 
of  the  Shinn  family  in  America,  where  crests  and  armories  have  little  place. 

Before  passing,  however,  I  add  a  few  lines  of  explanation.  A  manor  was  a 
landed  property  held  by  a  lord  or  a  great  personage,  who  lived  on  a  part  of  the 
land  and  sublet  the  remainder  by  what  was  called  a  copyhold,  or  lease.  The 
Conqueror  granted  all  SutTolk  to  a  few  of  his  great  lords.  They  in  turn  created 
many  copyhold  estates.  The  extravagance  of  their  descendants  led  them,  or  forced 
them  to  convert  many  of  these  copyholds  into  freehold,  or  fee  simple  estates.  The 
Shinns  acquired  wealth  by  peaceful  pursuits,  and  thus  became  freeholders  in  Es- 
sex,  Norfolk,   Suffolk,   Cambridge,   Herefordshire.   Hertfordshire  and  Devonshire. 

EXPLANATIONS. 

1.  The  Genealogical  Numbers. — These  are  the  consecutive  numbers  from  1 
on  indefinitely,  and  are  found  on  the  left  side  of  each  page.  They  simply  number 
the  descendants  of  John  and  Jane  Shinn.  the  emigrants  to  New  Jersey,  1678. 

2.  The  first  five  generations  are  treated  so  as  to  show  the  descendants,  so  far 
as  found,  of  every  descendant  of  John  and  Jane  Shinn.  The  Generation  mmibers 
will  be  placed  after  every  name  in  small  type,  and  all  these  names  will  appear  at 
the  head  of  each  separate  article ;  the  full  name  of  every  person  whose  history  is  be- 


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HiSTOKY    OF   TIIK    SlIINX    F.VMII.Y    IN"    EUHOl'E    AND    AMERICA 


inp  Ptuflicd.  prec-edt-d  l.v  his  jrciK-alngiial  immbor.  and  fdlowcd  l.y  the  given  name  , 
of  hii^  ancestors  in  a  parenthesis,  with  their  generation  nnnibers.     For  example: 
847.    JosiAii  ITazkx  Shivx  (.')).— Bknmamin   (4).  Samiix  (3),  Thomas  (2), 

.loiiK  (1). 
This  means  thai  J..Hali  Ha/.m  Shinn  is  the  S47th  name  reaehcd  in  the  mechan- 
ieal  makin;:  of  the  bmik:  that  liis  father  was  Benjamin,  of  the  fonrth  generation 
from  .Tolm  :  liis  grandfather  Samnel  in  the  third,  etc.  If  further  knowledg(>  con- 
cerning Hrnjamin  is  desired,  .me  has  hnt  to  turn  hack  in  the  hr)()k  until  the  gen- 
eahigieal  numher  847  is  reached.     He  will  find  there  Josiah  11.  Shinn  under  this 

head: 

470.     BrvjAMix  Shinn   (4).— Samlkl  (3),  Thomas   (2).  .Tonx   (1). 

liv  successive  changes  the  histnrv  id'  Samuel  may  he  reaeheil  ;  then  Thomas. 
then  John. 

3.  When  the  si.xth  generation  is  reached  the  plan  changes.  Under  encli  name 
in  the  sixth  generation  are  given  all  the  descendants,  so  far  as  found,  of  each 
one  in   that   generation.     The  generation   mimVier  is  then  placed  after  the  name. 

for  <'\ample:  ^,.  ,„^ 

1024.     .lohn    Shinn    (6)— .lames    (5),    John    (4),    George    (3),    Vmcent    (2), 

John  (1). 
His   cliildren    were: 
Isr.T.     (II    .Mar.v    Shinn    (7i.   married    Lewis    Brown   and    had: 

1858.  (1)     Thomas  Brown   (8). 

1859.  (2)    John    Shinn    (7).   married   Ellen    Kirk    and    had: 
isr.n.  (I)    Mar.v  Shinn   (S).  marric^l  Ja.v  Cook  and   had 
isr.l.  (  1  )    l>onisa  Cook  CM. 

18C2.  (2)   John  Cook  (9). 

ISG:'..  (2)   John  Shinn  (8).  o.  s.  p. 

18G4.  (•.))  Lewis  Shinn  (7). 
.\  little  attention  will  make  this  clear.  Tt  means  that  ^larv  Shinirs  iiumher 
is  ].s.'»7.  that  she  is  the  lirst  child  of  John  (*!)  Mnd  therefore  in  the  seventh  gen- 
eration. Nnndter  IS.'iS  is  the  lirst  ehilil  "f  Maiv  Shinn  (1).  and  the  grandchild 
of  John  ((>).  and  therefore  in  the  eighth  generation.  Faeh  new  set  of  children  is 
get  furth.er  to  tlie  right.  The  family  nundiers  are  in  parentheses  and  immediately 
under  each  other,  'i'hns.  in  the  ease  al)ove.  the  children  of  Jolni  ( <> )  are  (1) 
Mary  (7).  Ci)  John  (7),  (3)  Lewis  ('>).  Tiie  grandchildren  are  Thomas  Brown 
(8)  and  John  Shinn  (8.)  The  great  grandchildren  are  Loui.-a  Cook  ( !> )  and 
John  Cook  (II).  ,\I1  's  uinh'r  a  given  (i  are  hrothers,  sisti-rs.  or  hrothers  and 
sistj-rs :  all  Ss  under  ji  given  <I  are  hrothers.  sisters,  or  hrothers  and  -isters.  if  they 
fall  under  (he  same  7;  if  they  fall  under  iliirerent  's.  they  are  lirst  cousins:  all 
Hs  under  a  given  (\  nw  l»rothers,  sist<>rs.  or  iirothers  and  sister>.  if  they  f.ill  under 
the  pnme  H;  if  under  dilTerenl  Ss.  Iiut  the  same  * .  they  are  lirst  cousins;  if  iinilei- 
8s  and  different  "s.  they  are  third  cousins:  each  !»  under  a  given  S  is  seemid  coii>in 
to  every  other  S  under  the  same  <>,  «'.\ee|it  the  Ss  undei'  its  own  *  :  one  S  there  is 
fathe!    <ir  niotln'r.  the  others  his  uncles  and  aunts. 

'»,  There  an*  n  few  leehnieal  words  and  ahhreviations  which  may  need  some 
explanation:  n.  s.  p.  means  died  without  issue;  d..  daughter  or  dieil  ;  oh.  infaiis. 
died  in  infancy;  h..  horn;  iimi  Irsiiimt  itl  inn .  with  a  will:  W.  M.  M.  K.,  Burling- 
ton Monthly  \Ieeting  Itecords;  liltcr  means  hook;  circa,  ahoni  ;  jiat.  fnni..  father 
of  the  familv;  ah.  idem  anno.  «lied  llie  sanie  vear:  nh.  rihi  /mlris.  in  the  life  of 
the  father:  W.  J..  West  Jers<'y;  oh.,  died;  Mt.  II.  M.  M.  1?..  :\lt.  TFolly  Monthly 
Meeting  Heeords ;  N.  J.  W..  New  Jersey  Will.-:  M.  L.  1{..  marriage  license  re- 
corded;   iiiintinir,  without  a  will. 


First  Generation'.  41 

PART  SEr-OXD—THE  FAMILY  oF  Sill XX  IX  THE  UXTTED  STATES. 

1.    JOHN    SiriN'N'    AND    EARLY    NEW    JEFJSEV. 

Ill  the  Sprint^  of  1671  two  hundred  and  tliirty  (Quaker.-  h-tt  Eondon  on  the 
ship  Kent  for  West  Jersey.  Half  of  these  were  from  London  and  the  other  half  from 
Yorkshire.  Smith,  in  his  "History  of  Xova  Caesarea;  or,  Xew  Jersey,"  gives  a 
partial  li.-t  of  these  emigrants,  but  the  name  of  John  Shinn  does  not  appear  therein. 
He  also  says  that  these  chose  as  a  landing  place  the  spot  where  Burlington  now 
stands,  and  tliere  began  a  settlement,  which  they  named  Xew  Beverley :  this  was 
afterwards  clianged  to  Bridlington,  after  a  town  in  Yorkshire,  from  whence  many 
of  the  settlers  came,  and  subsequently  to  Burlington.  Smith  also  gives  partial 
lists  of  emigrants  who  followed  these  in  the  year  1078,  and  in  a  general  way 
names  otiiers  who  (-ainc  between  KJlS  and  1()80.  In  this  general  list  will  be  found 
the  ]iame  of  John  Shiiin.  In  the  old  records  of  Burlington  now  in  the  office  of 
the  Secretary  of  State  at  Trenton,  showing  the  freeholders  for  the  year  1080,  the 
names  of  "  Jolm  Sheen  "  and  "  Clement  Sheen  "  a|)i»ear.  The  same  records  show 
that  in  tlie  same  year  .lohn  Sheen  was  a  grand  juror. 

From  the  record  of  the  Glen's  ^IcMitidy  Meeting  of  Friends  at  Burlington 
it  ai)pears  tliat  on  the  Tth  day  of  the  ]"2tli  month  (February).  1080,  the  Friends 
addressed  a  letter  to  the  London  yearly  meeting,  which  Bf>wden  transcribes  in 
his  history,'  with  the  remark  that  this  was  the  earliest  communication  received  by 
the  London  yeai'ly  meeting  from  any  meeting  in  America. 

As  a  matter  of  icligious  interest,  the  letter,  as  it  appears  upon  the  Burlington 
M.  ]\1.  Records,  now  deposited  in  the  lirepronf  safe  of  the  Friends  at  Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  is  given  in  full : 

'VDear  l'"rieiids  and  Brethren  whom  (ind  hath  honored  with  his  heavenly 
Presence  and  crowned  with  Life  and  Dominion  as  some  of  us  have  been  Eye  wit- 
nesses (and  in  our  measures  ])artakers  with  you)  in  these  solemn  Annual  Assemblies 
in  ye  Kememln-ance  of  which  our  hearts  and  souls  are  consolated  and  do  bow 
before  yc  Tjord  with  Reverent  acknowledgments  to  him  to  whom  it  belongs  forever. 

'■  And  ear  friends  being  fully  satisfied  of  your  Love,  care  and  zeall  for  ye 
Lord  and  his  Truth  and  your  Travill  and  desire  for  ye  promotion  of  it:  hath  given 
us  encouragement  to  address  ourselvi's  to  you  and  Request  your  assistance  in 
these  following  particulars  being  sensible  of  ye  need  of  itt  and  believing  yt  itt 
will  conduce  to  ye  houjmur  of  God  and  benefit  of  his  people  for  ye  Lord  having 
by  an  overruling  Providence  cast  our  lots  in  this  remote  pt  of  ye  world,  our  care 
and  desire  is  yt  he  may  be  hounoured  in  us  and  through  us.  and  his  Dear  truth 
which  we  profess  may  l»e  had  in  go(^d  Re])utc  and  Esteem  by  those  yt  are  yet 
Strangers  to  itt. 

"  Dear  ffriends  our  tirst  Request  to  you  is  yt  in  your  severall  countyes  & 
meetings  out  of  which  any  may  transport  themselves  into  this  place,  yt  you  will  be 
pleased  to  take  care  yt  we  may  have  C'ertifycates  concerning  them  for  here  are 
severall  honest  Innocent  People  yt  brought  no  Certifycates  with  them  from  ye 
Respective  IMonthly  "Meetings  not  foreseeing  ye  Service  of  ym  and  so  never  Desired 
any  which  for  ye  future  of  such  defect  do  Entreat  you  yt  are  sensiahle  of  ye  need 
of  Certifycates  to  put  ym  in  mind  of  ym  for  in  some  Caces  where  Certifycates 
are  Required  &  yt  have  none  itt  ocations  a  great  and  tedious  delay  before  they  can 
be  had  from  England  besides  ye  Hazzard  of  Letters  Miscarving  which  is  not  Xec- 
essary  to  ye  Parties  immediately  »S:  no  wayes  gratefull  to  Us  yet  in  some  cases 
neccssit}"  urgeth  it  or  we  must  Act  very  Unsafely  and  pticularly  in  cases  of  !Mar- 
riage  in  which  we  are  often  Concerned  so  if  ye  parties  yt  come  are  single  and 

'History  of  Friends  in  America. 


42  History  of  the  Shinn  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

Marriageable  att  their  Coming  away  we  Desire  to  be  Certifyed  of  their  clearness  > 
or  unclearness  from  other  i)iies  &  what  else  you  think  meet  for  us  to  Know,  and  if 
they  have  parents  whether  they  will  commit  ym  to  the  Care  of  Friends  in  Generall 
in  ye  matter  or  appoint  ant  pticular  whome  they  can  trust  »S:  if  any  do  incline  to 
come  that  pfess  truth  &  yet  walk  tli.-orderly  (S:  so  become  dishounourable  to  Truth 
and  ye  pfession  they  have  made  of  it  we  do  desire  to  be  Certyfied  of  ym  &  it  by 
some  other  hand  (as  there  is  frequent  opportunities  from  London  of  doing  ilt) 
for  we  are  sensiable  yt  here  are  severall  yt  left  no  good  Savour  in  yr  native  Land 
from  whence  they  came  &  it  may  be  probable  yt  more  of  yt  Kind  may  come 
thinking  to  be  Absconded  in  ys  obscure  place.  But  blessed  be  ye  Lord  he  hath  a 
pple  here  whom  he  hath  provoked  to  a  Zealous  affection  for  ye  Glory  of  his  name 
&  are  desirous  yt  ye  hidden  things  of  Easau  may  be  brouglit  to  Light  &  in  it  be 
condemned  for  wch  cause  we  thus  Request  your  assistance  as  an  advantage  &  Fur- 
therance to  yt  Work  for  though  some  have  not  thought  it  necessary  either  to  bring 
Ccrtificales  themselves  or  Require  any  Concearning  others  we  are  not  of  yt  mind 
and  do  leave  itt  to  ye  wise  in  licart  to  Judge  whence  it  doth  proceed  for  though 
we  Desire  this  as  an  additional  help  to  us,  yet  not  as  some  have  surmised  yt  we 
wholly  build  upon  it  withotit  exercising  our  own  immediate  sence  as  God  shall 
Guide  us  some  wc  know  yt  have  been  other  wise  deserving  but  have  L^nadvisedly 
denied  this  Impartial  right  of  a  certificate  &  very  hardly  could  obtain  it.  merely 
through  ye  dislike  of  .=omc  to  ye  undertakings  in  their  coming  hether  which  we 
believe  to  be  an  injury  &  though  we  would  not  any  should  reject  any  sound  advice 
or  council  in  ye  matter  yet  we  do  believe  yt  all  ye  faithful  oughtto  be  Left  to 
God's  Direction  in  ye  matter  most  certainly  knowing  by  ye  Shurest  Evedence  yt 
God  hath  a  hand  in  ye  Removall  of  some  into  this  Place  wch  we  desire  yt  all  yt  are 
inclined  to  come  heither  who  know  God  may  be  carefull  to  know  before  they 
attem|)t  itt  at  least  their  Tryals  become  unsiiportable  unto  them  but  if  this  they 
know  they  need  not  fear  for  ye  T^ord  is  Icnowii  by  Sea  iv:  Land  ye  Shield  &  Strength 
of  ym  lit  fear  him. 

"  And  Dear  Friends  one  thing  more  we  tliiiik  ueodfull  t(^  Intimate  to  you 
to  warn  and  advise  all  yt  come  pfessing  truth  yt  they  be  carefull  &  Circums])ect 
in  their  passage  for  itt  is  well  known  to  some  of  you  yt  such  as  are  iniployed  in 
sea  aflairs  are  comm(»nlv  men  of  ve  Vilest  sort  dv'  nniiiv  of  vm  use  Great  Diliircnce 
to  betray  ye  Simple  ones  which  if  they  can  do  they  triumph  in  itt  &  spread  it  from 
nation  to  nation  to  defame  truth  theirfore  Let  all  be  warned  of  it  especially  Yoinig 
Women  that  they  behave  themselves  modestly  &  ehastly  yt  they  may  not  be  cor- 
rupted in  mind  &  so  drawn  to  gratify  ye  wanton  Luxnrions  inclination  of  any  for 
many  temptations  may  Ite  met  with  some  'rimes  thntugli  slioit  or  Straight  allow- 
ance for  ye  Enlargement  of  wch  some  have  eomplyed  wth  iliai  \\rl\  liath  Dishoun- 
onred  fJod  &  grieved  his  people  \-  th(»ugh  w(>  Know  yt  true  fiiiiuls  are  never 
ennl)led  ym  to  sidimit  to  any  unrighteousness  to  gratify  so  nunii  an  I''iul  yet  all 
ye  Professors  of  HVutli  are  not  of  yt  (Jrowth  I'v  Un-  Iheir  sakes  it  is  intended  yt  all 
may  Ite  preserved  Sc  grow  in  truths  Dominion. 

"So  Dear  tTriends  this  wth  what  further  you  may  ap|trehend  may  tend  to 
truths  puKttion  in-^his  Place  we  desire  your  assistance  whicli  will  be  vcuy  kinclly 
and  gbiflly  Received  by  us  who  are  Desirous  of  an  .Amicable  Correspondency  with 
you  and  do  elnim  a  part  wtli  you  in  yt  holy  Pody  i^c  l']ternall  Union  which  ye 
bond  of  Life  is  ye  Strength  of  in  wch  God  ]»reserve  you  &  us  wlio  are  your  flFds  & 
Brethren. 

Thomas  Budd.  Robt  Powell,  Henry   r;nil,b, 

Willm   P(\'U'bpe.  .Tno  Burton.  Win.  Butcher,  • 

Wm  Bright  wen.  Saml  Jennings,  Seth  Smith. 

Tho.   Gardiner,  Jno.  Woolston,  Walter  Pumphrev, 

Ro])t  Stacy.  Daniel  T>eeds.  Tho.  Ellis. 

.Tolm   Ilollingshead.  John  Bntclie)-.  James  S;ilcrll)\v;ite. 


First  Gexeratiox.  43 

"  Several  friends  not  being  present  at  ye  sd  meeting  have  since  as  a  testimony 
of  yr  Unity  with  ye  thing  subscribed  their  names. 
Mahlon  Stacy,  Willm.  Biles,  Abra.  Hulings, 

Thos.  Lambert,  Thos.  Harding,  Peter  Fretwell, 

Juo.  Kinsey,  Willm.  Hulings,  Thos.  Eves,  - 

Samll.  Cleft,  Richard  Arnold,  Jon.  Pa}Tie, 

Willm.  Cooper,  Jno.  Woolman,  Jon.  Grippe. 

Jno.   Shin,  Jno.  Stacy, 

"  From  our  mens  monthly  meeting  in  Burlington  in  West  Jersey  ye  7th  of 
ye  13th  Month  1680. 

"  To  our  dear  Friends  and  Bretheren  of  ye  Yearly  Meeting  of  London.'" 

In  this  transcription,  and  upon  the  books  of  the  Burlington  meeting,  among 
other  names  may  be  found  that  of  John  Shin.  From  these  authentic  facts  it  is 
certain  that  John  Shinn  was  in  New  Jersey  in  1680,  and  probably  in  1678;  it  is 
also  certain  that  he  was  a  freeholder  and  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  It 
is  also  certain,  as  will  appear  hereafter,  that  he  was  the  head  of  the  family,  and 
brought  that  family  with  him  to  America. 

In  order  to  a  clearer  understanding  of  much  that  will  be  adduced  hereafter, 
to  show  the  general  character  of  John  Shinn  and  the  esteem  accorded  to  him  and 
his  children  by  the  earliest  settlers  of  New  Jersey,  it  will  be  necessary  to  give  a 
sketch  of  the  reasons  leading  up  to  the  settlement  and  a  brief  synopsis  of  the  laws 
governing  it. 

In  1664  Charles  II  granted  to  his  brother,  James.  Duke  of  York,  by  royal 
charter,  a  part  of  the  territory  wrested  from  the  Dutch.  On  June  23d  of  the 
same  year  the  Duke  conveyed  a  portion  of  this  territory  to  John  Lord  Berkeley, 
Baron  of  Stratton,  and  Sir  George  Carteret  of  Satrum.  in  the  County  of  Devon. 
This  instrument  was  the  first  one  to  define  the  boundaries  of  New  Jersey,  and 
gave  it  tlie  name  "  Nova  Cesarea,  or  New  Jersey." 

These  two  proprietors  at  once  drew  up  a  constitution  for  the  colony,  which 
gave  equal  privi^  ges  and  liberty  of  conscience  to  all.  This  instrument  was  called 
"  The  Concessions  and  Agreements  of  the  Lords,  Proprietors  of  the  Province  of 
New  Coesarca,  or  New  Jersey,  to  and  with  All  and  Every  of  the  New  Adventurers, 
and  All  Such  as  Settle  or  Plant  There,"  and  continued  in  force  until  the  division 
of  the  province,  in  1676.  It  appointed  Philip  Carteret  Governor,  and  authorized 
the  freemen  of  the  province  to  choose  representatives  annually  from  among  them- 
selves, who,  in  conjunction  with  the  Governor  and  Council,  were  to  form  the 
General  Assembly  for  the  enactment  of  laws.  To  hasten  the  growth  of  the  prov- 
ince, lands  were  given  under  certain  easy  conditions  to  all  who  should  transport 
themselves  thither.  In  1674  Lord  Berkeley,  being  well  advanced  in  years,  gave 
notice  that  he  would  sell  his  share  of  the  propriety. 


*A  careful  perusal  of  the  commimication  will  satisfy  any  one  familiar  with  a  great 
mass  of  modern  caurch  correspondence  and  records,  that  this  body  of  Christians  in 
the  wilds  of  New  Jersey  was  fully  equal  to  their  modern  brethren  in  bad  orthography, 
grammar,  and  prolixity  of  utterance,  and  superior  to  them  in  matter  and  zeal.  In  an 
age  when  immigration  was  eagerly  desired  it  is  pleasant  to  contemplate  a  society 
trying  to  keep  its  membership  pure.  The  settlers  of  Burlington  were  men  to  whom 
the  creation  of  a  sound  society  might  safely  be  committed.  And  they  discharged  their 
trust  with  honor  to  themselves  and  glory  to  the  cause  of  purity,  honesty,  and  truth. 

This  letter  was  quoted  by  Smith  in  his  History  of  New  Jersey,  and  referred  to  by 
Proud  in  his  History  of  Pennsylvania.  The  manuscript  copy  was  owned  by  Smith 
and  was  perused  by  Proud;  it  is  now  in  the  possession  of  the  N.  J.  Historical  Society. 
It  was  undervalued  by  both  Smith  and  Proud.  In  a  letter  of  Col.  Morris  concerning 
the  state  of  religion  in  the  Jerseys  in  1700.  the  character  of  these  signers  is  referred 
to  in  the  following  language:  "In  "West  Jersey  in  the  year  1699  there  were  832  free- 
holders, of  which  there  were  266  Quakers.  The  Quakers  in  that  Province  are  the  men 
of  the  best  rank  and  estates.  The  rest  of  the  province  (generally  speaking)  are  a 
hotch  potch  of  all  religions."     Col.  Morris  was  a  firm  Church  of  England  man. 


44  lii.sTouv  or  TiiL  MiiNN   Famii.v  in   Europe  axd  A^rEniCA 

TIk.'  juTSffutiiMi  of  (Quakers  niarki-d  the  rci<rn  cf  ('li;irli>  II.  ami  iiianv  of 
their  c'van^ri'lists  had  hwn  driven  to  Aim-riea.  Two  of  ihi'se  iircacliers — William 
Edinunsoii  and  (Ji-or;rc  Fox — had  passed  tlirou;.di  New  .Jersey.  who?e  soil  was  said 
to  he  <rood.  and.  lakcn  alto^M'lhcr.  '•  .\  most  hrave  conntrv."  h  woiild  he  a  useless 
rejK'tition  of  well-known  facts  to  narralf  the  siiU'crini:  ol'  ilir  (^Miakers  (luring 
this  jii-riod.  Chureh  and  State  united  to  make  thciii  niiseralde,  indeed.  Rut 
there  appear  to  have  heen  causes  for  sidTering  other  than  those  of  polities  or  reli- 
gion. Mi.~>  .\nielia  .Mott  (Jnniinere'  says:  "  If  we  consider  the  destruction  of 
life  occasioned  hy  the  terrihle  jilajrue  of  ]()(»."),  when  lAW  prisons,  out  of  London 
meeting  alone,  were  Imried  in  Runhill  Fields:'  the  destiiution  of  pro])erty  lielong- 
ing  to  the  .-iirvivors  hy  the  lire  which  swept  over  the  citv  in  the  following  year, 
together  with  the  persecution  so  rigorously  pur>iii'(l  (hiring  the  trouhlous  periods 
of  the  protectorship  and  rest(»ration.  we  cannot  wonder  at  the  desiri'  of  I'liciids  to 
e>cape  and  seek  liherty  id'  conscience  in  a  free  land."  It  was  not  long  after  Lord 
Berkeley's  announcenient  <<l'  his  determination  to  sell  that  a  >ale  was  nmde  of 
his  half  of  the  jtrovincc  to  two  (^)uakers — .John  l-'cnwick  and  l-Mward  Byllinge. 
Ill  1<I7.*>  |-'enwick.  with  a  numher  (d"  settlers,  estahlished  the  town  of  Salem. 
Feiiwick  and  liyllinge  divided  their  half  of  the  province,  which  came  to  he  called 
West  .Jersey,  into  loo  parts,  of  which  l-'eiiwick  recci\('(1  ten.-'  and  Byllinge  the 
remainder.  Fenwick"s  settlement  \\a>  upon  hi-  tiinli.  llvllinge  nu't  with  a 
series  of  reverses  ami  assigned  hi.-  propertv  lo  W'illiain  rciiii.  (iawcn  Lawric  and 
Nichola-  Lncas.  all  (Quakers,  for  the  heiielit  of  his  creditors.  These  trustees  sold 
a  numher  of  >hares  n{'  the  undivided  half  of  .\ew  .Jersey  to  ditVerent  purchasers. 
who  tlierehy  liecame  |)roprietors  in  common  with  them.  These  jiroprietors.  »ui  the 
.'Id  day  of  March.  Hilfi.  agre('(l  upon  a  I'dnii  (d'  go\eniiiiciil  ciiinpri-iiig  manv  of 
the  provi>ions  of  the  instrument  formccl  hy  Herkeley  and  (aricivM.  and  called  it 
"The  Concessions  and  .\greeiiienl>  (d'  the  I'rojtrietors.  l-'rccholilci-  and  I  idialiitants 
of  the  l*rovince  of  West  .Jersey,  in  Aincrica."" '  Tlii-  iii-l  niiiiciil  nratcil.  among 
other  things,  a  set  nf  (•<inimi>sioiicrs,  ten  in  niimlpcr.  to  li.'  elected  t'lnm  llicii'  own 
nnmlier  hy  hallot  annually  on  the  •*.')th  of  March,  whose  duty  it  was  to  "govern 
and  order  the  alfairs  «d'  the  province  for  the  good  and  welfare  of  the  said  iieople," 
according  to  the  c(»nccssions,  and  until  a  general  fi-ee  assemhlv  should  he  electcMl. 
liy  this  agreement  each  tenth  of  the  original  one  hiimli-cd  pi-(>piic;cir>  \\a-  cniiilcd 
to  one  commissioner,  and    the   iiiliahitaiit>  of  each    iciiili    wi  ir   ihr   dcriiM^   upon 

"honi    was   cast    the  cdection    of    these   c(imiiii>>iollel>. 

These  Concessions  and  .\greeiiieiil>  were  .-igiicd  hy  one  liiiiidred  and  lit'lx-one 
perM)ns.  many  of  whom  move(|  t<i  \cu  .lei->ey  and  hecaiiie  proinineiii  in  the  alfairs 
of  the  infant  settlement.  Although  the  name  <d"  .loliii  Sliiiin  does  not  ap[)ear  in 
the  list,  yet.  a.-  he  hccaiii''  one  <d'  the  pid|iiietaiie>  ill  a  \crv  W'W  vears,  and  lived 
among  thcs*-  men  until  his  death,  we  extract  the  iiamo  <d'  such  as  had  to  de  with 
tlic  hahitat   in  which  .John  Sliinn  \\a-  aflciu  aid-   t'lmml. 

IN'II!  v<  I    ri.iiM   i.isr  ()|-  .sMiNMis    To  ( ON  (  i;.ssi(  i  \ -.    \\ii    \(;i;i;i:m  lA'i's. 

Wm.  Fenn,  .Tolm   Lamhert,  .lohn   I'aiicoasl, 

Wm.    Fmley,  (ieor;.-^!.    Deacon,  Uich.   I'eiininiore. 

.Toph.    Wright.  .lohn    Thompson.  Tho.  Schcdev, 

Thn.   Ilooten.  Tho.  Smith.  Th...   Wrighi. 

Henry  Stacy.  And.  Thompson.  .John    N'cwhold, 


'Frlonfls  In    lim  Iimkioh.    issi.  \)n\H'  (',. 

'"Muiililll"  Ik  n   cornipiion  of  Hoiieliill.     A.  .1     ('     llar<'s   Walks  in   l-onildii. 

•iTIiesf  1IMI  purls  ciiiii)'  to  l)e  called  "  pntprieiies.  "  These  by  a  siilisequent  agree- 
monl  were  divided  Into  ten  purls,  desitjiiaied  as  "Tenlha."  Fenwick's  share  was  called 
■  Fenwlcks   Tenth." 

iGordnn's  Minfory  N.  .1..  Sniilli's  Ulsiory  N  .1..  N.  J.  A.,  llarlier  and  Howe's  His- 
torical  ('(died ions.   New   .lersev. 


First  Generation.  45 

Kichard  Smith,  Dan.   Smith,  John  Gosling, 

Dan.  Wills,  Sam.  Lovett,  Tho.  Revell, 

'J'liomas   Olive,  Thomas  Stokes.  Wm.  Biddle, 

John  Butcher,  Kobert  Staev,  Thos.  Gardner, 

Mahlon  Stacy,  Tho.  Eves,  "-  Tho.  Budd, 

Eleazer  Fenton,  Sam.  Jennings,  Dan.  Leeds. 

On  the  1st  day  of  .July,  IGTG,  a  division  of  the  jn-ovinee  was  made  by  a  deed 
between  George  Carteret,  one  of  the  parties,  and  the  trustees  of  Byllinge,  the 
other.  Carteret  took  all  east  of  a  line  from  the  east  side  of  Little  Egg  Harbor, 
straight  north,  througli  the  country,  to  the  utmost  branch  of  the  Delaware  River, 
and  eaUed  it  '*  East  Xew  Jersey."  "^I'lie  rest  of  it.  along  the  Delaware,  fell  to 
Penn  and  liis  ;i.-soeiates,  under  the  title  '"  West  Xew  Jersey."  and  was  to  \h.'  divided 
into  one  hiiiMiivd  parts.  Fenwick  had  already  located  his  tenth  in  the  southern 
part  of  West  New  Jersey.  Purchasers  were  numerous,  and  in  a  .<hort  time  two 
companies — the  first  made  uj)  of  some  Friends  in  Yorkshire  and  the  other  of  some 
Friends  in  London — contracted  for  shares  and  received  their  patents.  In  IGTT 
the  proprietors  sent  commissioners  to  purchase  the  land  from  the  Indians,  to 
inspect  the  titles  of  claimants  and  to  lay  off  the  lands.  The  commissioners'  repre- 
senting tlie  Yorksliirc  ))roprietors  were  liol)ert  Stacy,  Joscjili  Ilelmsley  and  William 
Eniley.  liepresenting  the  London  proprietors  were  Thomas  <)liv(.',  Daniel  Wills. 
John  Penford,  Benjamin  Scott,  John  Kinsley.  Richard  Guy  and  Thomas  Foulke. 
These  commissioners,  with  the  exception  of  Richard  Guy.  wlio  was  already  in  Xew 
Jersey,  formed  a  ])art  of  the  passenger  list  oji  the  ship  Kent,  which  sailed  for  Xew 
Jei-sey  in  IfiTT,  as  has  l)een  stated.  After  their  landing  at  what  was  afterwards 
called  Burlington,  the  commissioners  negotiated  three  purchases  from  the  Indians, 
viz..  (1)  from  Timbc"  Lake  to  Rankokas  ('reek,  (2)  from  Oldman's  Creek  to 
'^Piniher  Creek,  ('^)  '  oni  Raid«tkas  Creek  to  Assunpink.  From  this  territory  so 
])urchased  tho  Yorkshire  commissioners  chose  from  the  Falls  of  the  Delaware 
down,  which  was  called  the  First  Tenth.  The  London  commissioners  chose  at 
Arwnuiui-  (in  and  near  Gloucester),  and  called  it  the  Second  Tenth.  Both  sets 
of  men.  lioweM-r.  united  in  settling  Burlington,  a  surveyed  street  being  made  the 
dividing  line.  With  this  explaiuitory  matter  (oncerning  the  general  history  of 
Xew  Jersey,  we  jiass  to  the  |)articular  history  of  John  Sliinn,  Senior,  the  head  of 
the  family  in  America. 

Burlington  Records,  on  file  at  Trenton.  X.  J.,  show  "John  Sheen  and  Clem- 
ent Sheen  "  in  a  list  of  freeholders  for  Burlington  in  the  year  1G80.  They  also 
show  "  John  Sheen  "  as  grand  juror  in  the  same  year. 


John  Sinxx,'-  Senior. 

On  September  ISth.  I(i80.  John  Shinn.  Senior,  bought  of  William  Emley, 
one  of  the  commissioners.  1-1.5  of  one  of  the  one  hundred  shares  of  West  Jersey. 
This  is  evidenced  (1)  by  a  deed,  dated  July  IT,  160T,  wherein  John  Shinn,  of 
Springfield  Township,  Burlington  County,  wheelwright,  conveys  to  his  son,  James 


1  Grordon's  History  of  New  Jersey,  page  39. 

Smith's  History  of  New  Jersey,  page  92.  -^ 

2  Salter  in  his  History  of  Monmouth  and  Ocean  Counties  says  that  Clement  Shinn 
and  Eliza,  his  wife,  had  warrant  for  160  acres  of  land  in  Shrewsbury  in  1676,  and 
that  George  Shinn  in  the  same  year  had  a  warrant  for  60  acres.  There  is  no  record 
of  its  survey,  and  the  next  reference  to  Clement  Shinn  is  that  of  the  text.  After  this 
the  name  Clement  disappears  from  all  records,  whether  of  church  or  state,  until  the 
third  generation,  when  it  reappears  in  the  line  of  John.  Senior.  The  name  "Eliza 
Shinn"  appears  in  no  place  save  in  the  text  of  Salter.  From  what  has  already  been 
written   concerning  the  English  branch,  it  is  probable  that  this  "Clement  Sheen"  was 

( 


4<;  IIisToKY  or  THE  Smxx  Family  ix  Europe  and  America 

Shinn,  li'U  acre?,*  being  part  of  the  1-15  of  the  propriety  bought  of  Wiiliaiu 
Emley,  September  li>,  UibO;  Eiber  AAA,  f.  30S,  X.  J.  Deeds;  (2)  by  a  deed, 
dated  July  loth,  Kll,  from  John  Shinn,  of  same  township,  to  John  Shinn,  Junior, 
of  the  same  place,  conveying  the  remainder  of  the  1-15  of  a  share,  bought  as 
aforesaid;    Liber  AAA,  f.  3G8  If. 

At  a  meeting  of  proprietors  and  freeholders  in  the  First  Tenth  on  the  2-lth 
of  June,  1684,  assessors  were  chosen  to  value  and  list  lands.  These  assessors  were 
directed  not  only  to  receive  the  assessment,  but  "  for  ye  giving  in  each  persons 
quantity  of  land  in  ye  said  Tente(h),  both  of  undivided  and  certain  tracts."' 
From  the  list  prepared  by  said  assessors,  and  headed  "The  Names  of  ye  Proprie- 
tors and  Freeholders,  and  ye  Number  of  Acres  They  Possess,"  we  gather  that  John 
Shinn  had  that  year  in  the  First  Tentli  "  rmlividcd  300  acres.  Located  100 
acres.*' 

The  list  shows  eighty-nine  freeholders.  Samuel  Barker  is  the  only  one  iluit 
shows  1,000  acres;  twelve  others  slunv  from  450  to  650;  eight  own  400  acres;  the 
remainder  had  fmni  5(1  to  350.-  John  Shinn  at  that  early  day  stood  among  the 
well-to-d(j  men  of  Burlington  County. 

On  September  36,  1680,  a  survey  was  made  for  John  Shinn  of  200  acres  on 
Assincunk  Creek,  adjoining  Eleazer  Fenton.  (Revel's  "Book  of  Surveys."  p.  T.) 
Again,  on  February  1,  1681.  another  survey  was  made  for  him  of  100  acres  on  the 
Brook  of  Assincunk,  adjoining  his  own  land  and  that  of  Thomas  Budd.  Daniel 
Leeds  was  the  surveyor.  (Revel's  "Book  of  Surveys,"  p.  18.)  On  September  22, 
1682,  another  survey  was  made  for  him  of  120  acres  between  John  Butcher, 
Eleazer  Fenton  and  the  West  Branch  of  Assincunk  Creek.  (Revel's  Surveys,  p. 
34.)  On  September  6,  16S(),  Eleazor  Fenton  sold  John  Shinn  1-16  of  a  share 
of  the  original  100  shares  of  West  New  Jersey,  a  wharf  lot  in  the  town  of  Burling- 
ton and  a  house  lot  on  Romb  Street,  in  the  same  town.  (  Liber  B,  Part  I,  p.  247, 
Deeds  of  W.  J.)  Counting  a  share  at  32.000  acres,  as  is  dojie  by  Hon.  John  Clem- 
ent, for  thirty  years  a  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Error  and  Appeal  of  New  Jersey"* 
this  transaction  gave  John  Shiini  the  right  to  locate  2,000  acres  of  land. 

Judge  Clement  contributed  an  article  to  the  Pennsylvania  Magazine  of  Bio(j- 
rapluj  and  Ifii<tor}/.*  from  wlii<li  the  following  document  is  extracted: 

"On  "th  of  ye  twelfth  nioiilli  16(8)7.  ^ 

"The  Deputy  Governor  and  ('ommissioners  being  then  met  at  ye  house  of 
(IFcnry)    Crubb  in   Burlington,    proposed   to   Governor   Coxe's  Agent  to   join   ve 

the  brother  ol  "  .lolm  Sheen."  and  ihat  "George  Shiiiii '"  was  either  his  brother  or  son. 
Wo  have  .soon  iliat  the  FrceUcnliaiii  RoRisters  record  the  l)irlh  of  "Clement  Sheen,  son 
of  .lohn  Shocn.  liapii/cd  Nov.  liJili.  irj!».',."  Tlie  age  of  Clement  in  1G80  Mould  be 
rl^hiy-Kcvcn,  wlilcii  makes  it  probable  that  he  was  the  Ki'Hnrtfnther  of  John,  and  the 
fntJKT  of  the  ('lenn-nt  of  the  text.  Wh(>n  it  is  rememlxrcd  that  his  name  appears 
nowlierc  else  in  }tl)rlin^ton  records;  that  it  api)ears  then  as  a  freeholder  merely:  that 
John  was  llien  a  fallKT  of  n  JiuTe  family  of  children,  several  of  whom  were  of  mar- 
rhmeiilde  ane,  the  deihiclion  is  loKical  that  this  Clement  was  about  his  age:  that  he 
bouglit  lands  in  Kngland  in  1(>7r.,  but  did  not  go  to  them:  that  he  actually  came  to 
America  when  J<ihn  and  his  family  emigrated:  and  that  he  died  at  nurlin^tou  in  the 
year  ir.KO.  or  shortly  afterwards.  This  maUes  tlw  pedigree  of  .John  Sliiun  of  Hurlington, 
N    .1.,  root   back  to  Fram  is  Slieene  of  KrecUenham   I'arisli.   iOngland.  born    l.")l.'(i. 

The  spelling  of  th<'  name  "Sheen"  c(uinects  the  family  with  the  Ii^nglish.  In  Eng- 
land and  Now  Jersey  the  spelling  crystallized  into  its  present  form  about  1700.  Since 
thai   time  It   has  lieen   uniformly   spelled  "Shinn"   in   l-'ngland   and   America. 

I  The  land  conveyed  was  bounded  W.  by  Jolin  Day:  E.  by  .lohn  Butcher:  S.  by  a 
branch  of  Ulrch  Creek;  N.  by  Jcdin  .Shinn.  N.  J.  A.,  Vol.  XXI.  p.  .")(a!.  A  survey  of 
laufl  on  Oct.  2^.  K.so.  on  Assincunk  Creek  at  .Mattacopenny  describes  the  land  as 
adjoining  John  Shiuu.  Uevel's  Book  of  Assincunk  describes  it  as  adjoining  Samuel 
Jeni\ings  and  John  Shinn.  Ibid.  Also  N.  J.  A.,  Vol.  XXI.  p.  r!47.  This  enhances  the 
probabllitv  of  John   Shinn   being  in   New  Jersey  prior  to  the  year   lOSd. 

s'Penn.   .Mag.   Hiog.   and   History.  Vol.   IFI.  p.  346. 

3 Surveyors'  Association,  West  New  Jersey,   p.  12.3    (ISSO). 

4  P.  M.  «.  and  H.,  Vol.  7.  p.  335. 


First  Generation.  47 

proprietors  (and)   Commissioners  in  making  as  large  a  purchase  from  ye  Indian 
natives  (as  can  be)  had  on  behalf  of  ye  governor  and  proprietors  of  this  province." 

It  was  also  proposed  by  the  Governor's  Agent  ''  that  a  general  warrant  be 
granted  to  ye  Deputy  Governor  and  Commissioners  for  ye  surveying  of  ye  (said) 
lands  belonging  to  ye  first  settlements  for  twelve  proprieties."  Warrant  was  issued 
calling  all  the  proprietors  together  in  order  that  "  their  minds  may  be  further 
i<nown  "  concerning  the  legality  of  the  measure  and  their  agreement  thereto. 

On  the  13th  of  ye  12th  month.  1G87,  the  proprietors  concluded  and  agreed 
as  follows : 

"  That  the  proprietors  find  the  proposals  of  the  Governor  contrary  to  ye 
former  rules  and  methods  for  taking  up  land."  Yet,  being  desirous  to  accom- 
modate the  Governor  and  the  families  from  ?]ngland  who  had  given  information 
of  an  intention  to  remove  to  this  province,  and  the  expectation  of  a  great  advan- 
tage accruing  to  the  province  by  reason  of  "peopling  the  same,""'  agreed  that 
the  Governor  "  may  take  up  ye  shares  belonging  to  him  for  ye  (first)  divident  of 
twelve  priprieties "  and  authorize  the  court  to  issue  a  warrant  to  the  General 
.Surveyor  to  survey  and  lay  out  the  same. 

"  Ye  agreement  aforesaid  subscribed  by  ye  proprietors  underwritten." 
Andrew  Robinson,  John  Hugg,  Thomas  Barton, 

Thomn.-    Gardner,  Bernard  Devonish,  John  Shinn, 

John  Dayes,  John  Pancoast,  Isaac  ^larriot, 

William.  Hoyden,  Elias  Ffar,  Thomas  Sharp, 

William  Cooper,  James  Atkinson,  Freedom  Lippencott, 

Thoma-  Farnsworth,  Pcrcival  Toole,  William  Beard. 

William  Bates,  John  Kay,  Thomas  Thaekara. 

John  Reading.  William  Albertson,  Thomas  ^latthews. 

Joshua  Humphries.  Nathaniel   Cripps,  Anthony  Elton. 

On  December  1-1,  1087.  John  Shinn.  of  Springtield  Lodge,  deeded  John 
Crosby,  of  the  same  place,  millwright,  husband  of  Mary,  daughter  of  said  Shinn, 
one-half  of  a  threo-hundrcd-acre  lot  on  Birch  Creek.  (W.  J.  R.,  Liber  B,  Pt.  1, 
pp.  lfi7-443.)     This  deed  fixes  the  name  of  one  daughter. 

On  April  10.  1093,  John  Sliinn  deeded  to  his  son-in-law,  Thomas  Atkinson, 
and  his  daughter,  Sarah,  one  hundred  and  ninetv-five  acres  of  land.  (W.  J.  Rec, 
Liber  B,  Pt.  2.  p.  582.) 

On  May  25.  1087,  John  Shinn.  Sr.,  and  twenty-three  others,  proprietors  of 
several  unrlivided  shares  of  land  in  West  Jersey,  conveyed  to  Thomas  Budd  15.000 
acres,  to  be  bought  from  the  Indians :  grantee  to  pav  the  debts  of  the  province 
according  to  actof  General  Assemblv  for  1087.     (W.  J.  R.,  Liber  B,  ff.  150-231.) 

On  August  8th,  1080,  John  Skein,  of  Peachfield.  ^J".  J.,  sold  John  Shinn.  Sr., 
100  acres  in  the  First  or  Yorkshire  Tenth  to  be  located.  (W.  J.  R.,  Liber  B.  f. 
190.) 

On  Febniary  12,  1088-9,  John  Shinn  and  other  proprietors  consent  to  the 
aoroement  made  bv  Dr.  Daniel  Coxe  with  East  Jersev  concerning  the  partition  line. 
(W.  J.  R..  Liber  B,  f.  233.) 


iThe  proprietors  had  issued  a  long  advertisement  for  distribution  in  England  and 
Europe,  which  "after  dwelling  on  the  salubrity  ot  the  climate,  the  good  temper  of  the 
Indians,  and  the  manner  and  costs  of  setting  out  from  England,  closed  with  the 
following  advice  to  the  prospective  immigrants:  'All  persons  inclining  unto  these 
parts  must  know  that  in  their  settlement  there  they  will  find  their  exercises.  They 
must  labor  before  they  reap:  and.  until  their  plantations  be  cleared,  they  must  expect 
the  mosquitoes,  flies,  gnats  and  such  like,  may  in  hot  and  fair  weather  give  them  some 
disturbance,  where  people  provide  not  against  them.'  The  mosquitoes  seem  to  have 
been  early  recognized  as  among  the  most  active  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  new  country." 

The  above  extract  .s  taken  from  "The  Story  of  an  Old  Farm."  by  Andrew  D. 
Mellick,  Jr.,  a  charming  book  from  the  writer's  standpoint,  and  full  of  interesting  matter 
concerning  the  first  century  of  New  Jersey's  existence. 


48  HisTuijv  OF  TiiK  SiiiNN   Faimii.y  ly  Europe  and  America 

Oil  Julv  IT.  l(i!i:.  Jdliii  Shim),  wlu-i-lwriirlit,  (Urde-d  to  his  sou.  .liiiius  Shiiin,' 
I'vH)  acres  oil  liiivli  Crwk.  (\V.  J.  K..  Lihor  B.  f.  ()i;>.)  In  ITu:  Joim  Shinn, 
with  (livers  others  of  the  proprietors  and  pureliasers  of  West  Jersey,  sent  a 
renioiistranco  to  Edward  Viscount  Cornl)urv.  Captain-General  ami  Governor-in- 
f'hief  of  Xew  York  and  New  Jersey.,  and  asked  for  the  removal  of  certain  prohibi- 
tions, in  words  as  follows: 

PETITION    ritOM    IM!OI'I!I1;TOKS  and  purchasers  of  west  JERSEY   TO   LOUD  CORXBURY. 

(From  original  in  Alexander  West  Jersey  Papers,  p.  IV.\) 
'I'll  Edward   \'i.<count  Cornhury  ('a|)tain  Generalc  and  (Jovernour  in  Chief  in  and 

Over   tlic    rruxiucc  of   New  .Fcrsty.    Xcw    ^'ork  and   All   the   Territories  and 

Tracts  of   Land    Depench'nir  Thereon    in   America  and    Vice  Admirall  of  the 

Same,  &e. : 

'I'liE  lluMiJi.E  I'KTuriON  of  diver-  n\'  the  proprietors  and  purchasers  of  the 
western  division  <»f  Xew  Jersey  in  all  humility  sheweth. — 

That  whereas  we  aiv  fully  lnform»Ml  that  the  Councill  of  i'ro}uieiors  for  the 
western  division  have  received  a  Prohil)ition  from  the  Lord  Cornbnry  in  Councill 
held  at  Ambov  the  fcnirteenth  day  of  November  Aiimi  Doin:  ITOG  for  ofrantinsr 
any  warrants  for  laying  out  lands  tVc  by  reason  whereof  no  wnn-ants  can  be 
obtained  for  that  end,  to  the  great  prejudice  of  such  as  have  (as  they  Conceive) 
a  good  and  lawful  right  to  take  up  their  Just  proportions  of  land  In  the  division 
aforesaid  haveing  as  good  an  undevided  right  as  ony  else  can  pretend  to  and  liave 
also  bought  the  same  of  the  Indians  for  a  vci-y  valuable  consideration. 

WiiKRKFoRK  we  Innnbly  pray  tliat  such  prohihilion  and  Impediments  may  be 
removed  and  we  evidencing  our  lights  to  such  i)ersoii  or  persons  as  the  Proprietors 
have  appointed  to  Inspect  the  -anir  may  he  admillcil  thereto  ami  we  >liall  as  in 
duly  bound  J'orcvrT  pray. 

Thomas  l>rian,  Tlioma.-  Eves,  'W'ni.  Uiles, 

Willm.  Stevenson,  Thomas  Stoker,  John  Swift, 

Daniel  Wills,  .lobn  Haines,  Eoger  Parke, 

.John   Go,-ling,  Williams   Evens,  Samll.    I'erris. 

.lohn  Sharpe,  Lcnjamin    ^loore.  Xalh.    I'ope, 

Richard   Haines,  Steven  Wilson,  John  Day   (his  mark). 

William   llculiugs,  John    llorteu,  John  Abbat, 

Hfiiry   I'.allingcr.  Thonia<  Wilkins.  Matthew   Watson, 

Henry  Jiurr,  William   lloi-ton.  .lobn  Shinn,  " 

Samuel   Lippincotl.  .Funr.    John  Jones   (his  mark).       Thomas  Peacher. 
Richard  Fenimorc  .John  Stokes,  Xathaii   AlliMi. 

Will    PcHy,  Jr.  .lobn   Woolman,  Edward   Rockliill. 

I'Mward    I'!lkton.  .lobn   Clarke,  .lobn    P.acoii. 

Joshua   Humphries,  Josejdi  Kirkbride, 

(X.  J.  .\rcbives.  Vol.   111.  p.  \CA.) 

On  .Inly  l.'i.  1711.  .lobn  Shinn,  of  Springflrld.  whcclwrighl.  iliM^ds  .Tohn 
Shinn,  Jr.,  oiu'-seven(h  of  a  share  of  a  pro]M-icly.  (W.  .1.  K..  liiber  .\.VA.  f.  ;)(!s.) 
In  (lie  will  of  John  Shinn,  Sr.,  hereafter  (o  be  noted,  (bis  .Tohn,  .Jr.,  is  identified 
AS  a  son  of  John.  Sr.     On    Fi-bruary  ?,  U;0f)-1700,  RoIxm-I   Dimsdale,'  of  Bishops 

'This  nmii  uikI  .John  Shinn  were  from  the  same  county  in  Knglancl  and  by  a 
Rlpffiilnr  rolnciflcnro  worn  couflnod  toKolhcr  in  tlio  same  jail  at  nortfor<ls'iire.  After 
.lolin  Sliinn  Iku!  I(tral»'«|  In  N«'W  .Jorsoy  Diinsdjilt'  n-niovcd  thillicr  and  purcliased  a 
Inr^c  trarl  of  laiul  on  wliiit  was  afii-rwards  called  Dimsdalc  Hiui.  a  small  si  roam  that 
(lows  Into  Iho  UancornH  at  LunilxTlown.  Mr  was  twice  married,  once  in  England,  and 
nualn  in  New  .lorsey  lo  Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Francis  and  .Mary  Collins.  He  died  in 
En^'land  In  171S  and  was  hiirled  In  tho  clnn-ch  at  Thoydon  CJarnon.  in  Essex.  Tlirongh 
his  de:;rondanls  by  the  first  wife  tho  name  hocamo  illustrious.  His  great -grand.son 
was  created  llaron  of  the  Russian   Empire  In   1709. 


EARL    SHINN   (EDWARD    STRAHAN.) 


First  Generation.  51 

Starford,  County  of  Hertford,  England,  gave  a  power  of  attorney  to  Francis 
Davenport,  John  Shinn  and  John  Scott  as  land  agents.  (W.  J.  R.,  Liber  B,  Pt. 
2,  f.  669.)  These  records  disclose  the  fact  that  John  Shinn,  Sr.,  between  the 
years  1680,  when  he  first  appeared,  and  1712,  when  he  died,  had  been  the  owner 
of  several  thousand  acres  of  land,  the  largest  part  of  which  he  gave  his  children — 
Mary,  Sarah,  Thomas,  James  and  John,  Jr.  The  greatest  quantity  conveyed  at 
any  one  time  was  that  of  July  15,  1711,  to  John,  Jr.,  of  one-seventh  of  a  share, 
and  raises  the  probability  that  John,  Jr.,  was  the  oldest  son.  There  were  other 
children,  as  we  shall  see,  who,  so  far  as  the  records  show,  received  no  land  from 
tlieir  father.  The  modern  ideas  of  equity  in  the  division  of  estates  did  not  find 
favor  with  fathers  of  that  time.  Primogeniture  was  in  high  repute  with  all  land 
owners,  and  the  oldest  son,  without  superior  merit,  enjoyed  the  greater  estate, 
while  the  younger  cliildren,  especially  tlie  females,  were  considerd  lucky  if  they  were 
remembered  at  all.  John  Shinn  may  have  given  his  other  children — George,  Francis, 
Martha  and  Esther — land,  or  money  wherewith  to  purchase  it.  for  the  boys 
Francis  and  George  had  estates  and  died  before  their  father.  And  while  the  will 
of  .John  Sliinn,  Sr.,  made  John,  Jr.,  and  James  his  general  residuary  legatees, 
share  and  share  alike,  it  is  still  true  that  John  Shinn,  Jr.,  received  the  greatest 
quantity  of  land,  and,  so  far  as  the  records  show,  the  other  children  were  satisfied 
with  the  parental  distribution. 

liurlington  ('(tunty  at  this  period  (1680-1712)  embraced  not  only  its  present 
area,  but  a  large  part  of  Hunterdon  County  and  Nottingham  Township,  in  Mercer 
Coimtv.  It  is  a  difficult  matter  to  trace  the  boundaries  of  the  townships  of  the 
county  as  they  existed  Ihen,  l)ut  it  is  certain  that  they  were  larger  than  they  are 
at  present.  Springfield  Township,  in  Avhich  the  greater  part  of  John  Shinn's 
possessions  were  located,  was  settled  before  1680,  and  within  three  years  of  the 
settlement  at  Burlington.  ^Plie  land  along  the  Assincunk  was  very  fertile,  and 
nbonnded  from  the  very  first  in  superior  meadows.'  The  region  abounds  in  marl 
and  tlie  farni>  of  the  township  to  this  day  are  large,  well  adapted  to  the  culture 
of  grain  and  grass,  and  show  substantial  dwellings  and  barns.  The  immediate 
neighbors  of  John  Shinn  were  men  of  wealth  and  of  great  political  and  religious 
influence.  Some  of  i]u\<e  were  Samuel  Jennings.  Eleazer  Fenton,  Thomas  Budd, 
Robert  Stacy  and  John  Butcher.  Having  traced  his  land  transactions  historically, 
with  their  accomjianying  evidences  of  prosperity,  good  judgment  and  thrift,  let 
us  turn  our  attention  to  his  standing  and  connection  with  the  church."  John 
Shinn  was  a  member  of  Burlington  ^[onthly  fleeting  of  Friends.  .\s  we  have 
already  seen,  John  Shinn  signed  a  memorial  addressed  to  the  London  Yearly 
Meeting  on  the  7th  day  of  the  12th  month  (Feb.  7,  1681).  1680.  This  establishes 
his  connection  with  the  Friends  and  raises  a  strong  probabilit}''  that  he  was  a 
Friend  in  England,  and  bronglit  his  certificate  of  clearness  with  him. 

The  minutes  of  the  Burlington  Meeting,  aside  from  the  signature  adduced, 
do  not  show  any  great  activity  on  the  part  of  our  subject  until  1684,  when  his 
name  appears  with  frequency  for  a  period  of  more  than  twenty-five  years.  In 
1683  it  was  resolved  by  the  meeting  to  build  a  meeting  house,  and  to  that  end 
it  borrowed  money  of  some  of  the  wealthier  members  and  began  the  work. 

On  the  5th  of  the  11th  month.  1684,"  the  minutes  show  that  the  meeting 
engaged  to  "  pay  the  under  money  lent  out  of  the  first  money  received  to  buv 
boards   for   the   meeting  house.'"'     John    Shinn   subscribed   and   paid   5   shillings. 


^Barber  and   Howe's  Historical   Collection  of  New  Jersey,   p.  120. 

-In  Vol.  XX.  N.  J.  A.,  as  a  note  to  Thomas  Shinn  is  appended  a  long  and  well 
written  article  concernins:  the  land  transactions  of  John  Shinn.  It  was  written  after 
the  one  presented  in  this  chapter  and  by  a  different  hand. 

^Wherever  dates  are  adduced  they  refer  to  Minutes  of  Burlington  M.  M.  Meeting 
unless  otherwise  explained. 


52 


History  of  the  Shixx  Family  ix  Europe  and  America 


f-KifcKbb    rVittliK^j    HOUSE,    BURLINGTON.   N.  J,  1683-1787. 

The  aconipanyiiig  cut  shows  llic  dhl  >ii-u(iure  after  it  was  rmi>lic(l.  and  wliich  con- 
tinued in  use  until  1787. 

On  tlie  5tli  of  the  2d  iiionlh.  l(ib(i  tAjiril  (i).  John  Shinii.  Jr..  and  Ellen 
Stacy  ^jropo.'ied.  in  open  uieetinfr,  their  intention  to  marry.  On  the  5th  of  the  3d 
month  they  appeared  the  second  time,  when  they  were  left  at  liberty  to  proceed.i 
On  the  4th  of  the  Sth  month.  IHSG.  and  aaaiii  <m  llic  Sfh  nf  tlio  Oth  month.  John 
Crosby  and  ]\Iary  Shinn.  dau;i;hter  of  .Inliii  Slmiii.  ap]icaicd  before  the  meeting 
and  announced  their  intention  to  marry.  On  ihc  'M  of  the  11th  month.  1687, 
John  Shinn.  Sr..  and  nine  others  wci-c  a|i|M>inlcd  (hi  a  c-onimittec  "to  visit  a 
meeting:  in  IN'im.-ylvania,  exhihil  a  cdniphiint  aizainst  a  nirndicr  of  tliat  meeting, 
and  eiideavoi'  to  hrin^  al)ont  a   iceoncilial  ion." 

On  the  fith  of  the  T-?tli  moiilli.  Kis;.  and  a,i:ain  on  llic  'illi  ><[  ihe  1 -i  month, 
ir.87-S,  "  Tliomas  Shiini,  son  of  Jolm  Shinn.  and  Sarah  Shawthorne  proposed  their 
intentions  f)f  marria^rc."  On  the  (iih  n\'  ihc  l"?tli  month,  1()87.  John  Shinn  and 
.7f)hn  I)av  were  a|)]iointe(|  to  notify  Daniel  Leeds  to  hrini;"  in  his  pa]icr  to  the 
linrlin^'ton  Mectin*:  before  sending  it  lo  IMiiladelpliia.  Daniel  Leeds  liad  issued 
an  almanac,  which  was  tlie  (ii>l  imMieaiinn  e\ei-  made  in  \e\\  .lersey  oi-  Pennsyl- 
vaida.  Its  tilh'  page  ran  thus:  "  .\\\  .\linanae  Uw  llie  year  of  the  ("liristian 
.\ecount,  KiS*.  particularly  i'es|)e(iing  the  nieiidian  and  latitude'  of  Uurlingtou, 
but  may  indiffen-ntly  serve  for  all  places  adjacent.  r>\  haniel  TiCeds,  Student  in 
.Agriculture.  I'linted  ;iud  sold  by  William  Bradford  near  Philad(d|)hia  in  Penn- 
svlvania,  I'ro  Anno,  Ui87.''  This  publication  gave  olTeiise  to  tlie  I'liend-  on 
account  of  sonic  of  its  '' superlluit  ies."  ami  be  was  forced  to  make  amemU.  The 
following  jiapcr  shows  the  hold  whieb  the  eluireli  bad  gained  (i\er  the  inlelh'el  of 
the  man : 


1  The   rules   of    llic    Friciuls    rccpiired    Ihc   yoim^   i»eo|>lc    who    proi)oso(l    marriage    to 
appcur  jmhlirly  in  nicelin^r  anil  make  Ihe  aniioiinceincnl .     Tlu^  ineeiin.n  then   api)oinle(l 
illtpp  to   HOC  whether  Ihe  ronlraclinK   parlies   were  free   from   all   enfz:a.u;enients, 

,        ,  t.  „       «  ..        „ 1  A   f  *  ,^ ......aM.        41,...       ,^  r,  ,.4  t  «-..•*        ,..-.n  .-..^..^  H^.1        .^...1        1^ 


a  con  I  ml 


and  that  the  y)arentH  consented.  Afler  one  month  the  parties  reappeared  and  made 
a  second  announcement,  when,  if  the  commit le(>  rei)orled  them  "clear."  they  were 
permllied  to  consummate  their  intentions.  Tliis  was  generally  done  within  a  few 
days  at  the  house  of  tlie  father  of  Die  bride,  and  with  a  ceremony  wliich  will  be  more 
fully  set  oift  hereafter.  To  lie  marrie<l  by  a  minister  or  hy  a  civil  officer  was  cause 
for   "disownment."   or   excommunication. 


First  Generation.  53 

"  To  ye  Men's  Monthly  Meeting  at  Burlington. 

Dear  FYiends:  Wheras,  I  do  understand  yt  something  in  my  Almanac  hath  given  of- 
fense to  ffriends  of  truth — Therefore  I  did  look  uppon  myself  as  bound  for  satisfaction 
and  vindication  of  ye  blessed  to  condemn  them  as  wrong  and  proceeding  from  a  ground 
yt  was  out  of  truth,  I  being  at  a  loss  as  to  my  incondition  at  ye  time  of  writing  thereof, 
during  which  loss  I  have  been  apt  to  let  in  hard  thoughts  and  to  pass  a  forward  judge- 
ment of  some  proceedings  ot  ye  men's  meetings,  which  I  also  do  condemn,  warning  all 
others  to  have  a  care  of  letting  in  anything  against  ye  good  practices  of  ye  Church  of 
Christ  in  Men  and  Women's  Meeting.  Read  in  ye  5th  of  ye  12th,  month  1687. — Daniel 
Leeds." 

When  any  of  the  morlcrn  Shinii.s  finrls  himself  wishing  for  ''  the  good  old 
times,"  let  him  read  this  incjuisition  of  1687.  Daniel  Leeds  may  have  ))rinted  the 
signs  of  the  zodiac ;  he  may  have  called  the  planets  after  the  fashion  of  the  learned 
by  names  which  commemorate  heathen  gods ;  ho  may  have  advertised  patent  medi- 
cines, for  proprietary  remedies  were  even  at  that  day  a  source  of  revt-nue  for 
money-making  quacks;  he  may  have  criticised  the  slow-going  pace  of  the  Men's 
Meeting  at  Burlington — all  sins  of  enormous  degree — but  he  was  at  the  head  of 
a  new  enter|)ris((;  was  forcing  thought  into  the  sphere  of  routine,  and  did  not 
rloservc  the  censure  he  received.  Thomas  T.  Wliarton,  of  Philadeljihia.  has  called 
him  "  The  first  author  in  Penn>ylvania  or  New  Jersey  in  order  of  time,'"'  and 
all  (irst  authors  have  to  stem  tides  of  great  opposition.  The  Quaker  opposition 
in  1687  seemed  to  a])])all  him,  and  to  bring  him  closer  to  the  peculiar  style  of  the 
society.  But  continued  opposition  drove  both  Leeds  and  Bradford  to  Xew  York, 
where  JiCeds  issued  a  virulent  manifesto  against  (Quakerism. 

As  to  the  position  of  John  Shinn  in  the  matter,  there  is  no  recorded  testimony. 
He  execiile(l  ihe  (hity  ]»ut  upon  him  by  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  doubtless 
looked  upon  liced.^  as  a  refractory  uiember.  The  families  of  John  Shinn  and 
Daniel  Leeds  were  intimate,  and  John  Shinn,  Jr.,  and  Leeds  married  sisters,  the 
daughters  of  U'ohert  Stacy.  This  unfortunate  occurrence  drove  a  good  man  out 
of  the  chnnli  and  a  huddihg  printing  enterprise  out  of  the  colony. 

On  I  he  .'>th  of  the  Oth  month,  1688,  John  Shinn  was  sent  as  a  delegate  to 
the  (Quarterly  Meeting;  also  placed  on  a  committee  to  inquire  into  the  clearness 
of  a  (MHiple  ])ro|)osing  marriage,  and  also  to  investigate  an  instrument  of  writing 
]»y  whicli  ;i  part  of  a  widow's  estate  was  conferred  upon  her  children.  At  the 
next  meeting  he  was  a])pointed  to  investigate  a  scandal,  upon  which  he  made 
report  at  the  next  tneeting  that  he  "found  nothing  of  validity."  On  the  -Ith  of 
the  I',?!!!  month,  1688,  he  was  again  sent  to  Quarterly  ^[eeting.  and  on  the  2d 
of  tlie  10th  inoiitli.  1689.  was  appointed,  witli  another  Friend,  to  speak  to  a 
meml)er  '"concerning  his  marriage  contrary  to  the  mind  of  Friends,  both  to  the 
respect  of  the  nntinieliness  of  it,  and  also,  to  the  order  and  manner  of  it."  In 
December,  IGiH).  the  meeting  considered  the  loss  of  James  Silver  by  fire,  and 
resolved  to  relieve  him  by  subscription?  from  several  Preparative  ^leetings  of 
the  neighborhood.  Jolm  Sliinn.  of  Birch  Creek,  was  requested  "to  promote  the 
said  su])scriptions  at  their  monthly  meeting  and  to  the  respective  meetings  thereto 
belonging."  Although  Burlington  ^lonthly  ^Eeeting  was  the  earlie.«t,  it  was  not 
the  only  meeting  of  Friends  in  Burlington  County.  For  convenience  preparative 
meetings  were  held  in  many  parts  of  the  county.'  One  of  these  meetings  was 
held  at  John  Shinn's  house.  Sjiringfield  Lodge.  Springfield  To^Miship.  for  many 
years,  and  resulted  in  the  building  of  a  meeting  house  in  that  township  in  1698-9. 

On  the  '2d  of  the  12th  month,  1690,  the  following  minute  was  made:  "This 
day  there  was  moved  in  our  meeting  the  case  of  the  Widow  Beard,  and  Friends 
ordered  John  Shinn  to  view  "Ye  Plantation  and  Concessions.'  and  dve  an  account 


'"One  or  more  meetings  for  worship  constitute  a  Preparative  Meeting.  One  or 
more  Preparative  Meetings  constitute  a  Monthly  Meeting.  Several  Monthly  Meetings 
constitute  a  Quarterly  Meeting.  Several  Quarterly  Meetings  constitute  a  Yearly 
Meeting." — Edwin    Salter. 


:»4  HiSTOUY    OF   THE    ShIXN    FaMILY    IX    EUROPE   AND    AMERICA 

of  it  to  her  husband's  brother  in  England."  When  uiie  at  the  present  day  reads  > 
the  Concessions  and  Agreements  he  is  somewhat  bewildered  with  its  scope  and 
method  of  treatment.  'J'he  strength  and  vigor  of  John  Shiuu's  mind  may  be 
inferred  logicallv  fmm  his  apjtointnu-nt  upon  this  committee;  and  these  minutes, 
kept  in  the  woods  of  New  Jc'r^eY  by  the  Friends,  show  a  plan  of  government  and 
a  system  of  execution  of  governmental  alfairs  that  would  do  credit  to  any  modern 
community. 

On  the  :>th  of  tlie  Itli  m..iith.  ICOl.  and  again  on  the  6th  of  the  oth  month, 
George  .Shinn  and  Hilary  Thompson  announced  their  intentions  of  marriage.  At 
the  November  meeting,  1691,  the  books  printed  by  William  Bradford,  the  pioneer 
printer  of  Xew  York  and  New  Jersey,  upon  the  order  of  the  yearly  meeting,  were 
recoivod.  and  six  of  tin-m  delivered  to  .Tohn  Shinn.  witli  instructions  to  bring  their 
value  to  the  next  meeting.  In  February.  1<!!»1,  he  and  three  others  were  appointed 
to  settle  a  controversy  between  two  Friends ;  also  appointed  to  attend  the  Quarterly 
Meeting,  and,  with  three  others,  to  inspect  the  new  meeting  house  to  see  "  whether  it 
be  built  according  to  contract.''  Thus  was  John  Shinn  connected  with  the  first 
meeting  house  of  the  Friend>  in  the  city  of  Burlington:  (1)  A  lender  of  the 
under  money;  (2)  A  contributor  to  its  payment;  (3)  .V  committee  to  receive 
and  inspect  it  at  its  completion,  ^fany  books  and  articles  have  been  written  in 
honor  of  his  friends  and  neighbors,  commemorating  their  political  and  religious 
deeds,  with  scant  reference  to  the  Boanerges  of  jirivate  life,  who  seemed  to  be 
ubiquitous  wlien  a  man  of  judgment  was  needed,  and  invisible  when  the  flim-flam 
of  trumpets  was  sounded  and  glory  awarded. 

In  l<i!»?  he  was  continued  on  a  committee  to  settle  for  the  building,  and 
ahso  on  another  committee  to  investigate  charges  against  a  Friend. 

In  the  r.th  of  the  Ist  month,  1692-3  (March  6,  1693),  and  on  the  7th  of 
the  6th  month.  1693,  Thonuis  Shinn  and  Mary  Stockton  announced  their  inten- 
tions of  marriage.  Mary  Stockton  was  the  daughter  of  Richard  Stockton,'  the 
founder  of  tlic  Stockton  hou.s(!  in  New  .lersey.  ami  one  of  the  wealthy  men  of  the 
proviiK-       II'    was  a  slaveliolder,  as  was  Thomas  Shinn. 

During  the  same  year  John  Shinn  was  sent  three  times  to  Quarterly  Meeting. 
In  169."»  it  was  determined  to  build  another  meeting  house  at  Tapper  Springfield, 
in  Springfield  Townshij».  and  .John  Shinn  and  another  were  appointed  to  take 
subscrijjtions  therefor.  lie  and  another  Friend  were  also  "appointed  to  take 
can-  that  the  order  of  the  Yearly  Meeting  Ite  looked  after.''  ^Ir.  Richard  Cadbury, 
of  IMiiIadel|ihin.  informs  jne  that  this  was  an  appointment  as  ''  Overseer  of  Spring- 
field Meeting."  This  was  held  at  "  SpringlicM  Lodge."  the  house  of  John  Shinn, 
as  these  minutes  will  hereafter  disclose.  On  the  Sth  of  the  12th  month,  1695, 
he  was  st-nt  again  to  (^iiarterly  Meeting.  In  Sejjtember,  1696.  he  and  another 
wcrr*  appointed  t«»  inquire  about  the  distress  of  a  Friend  who  Imd  addressed  the 
meeting  by  letter;  £^t  having  bem  raised  in  the  meantime,  its  disposition  was  left 
to  John  Shinn  and  another.  On  the  3d  of  the  1st  month.  1696-7,  Joshua  Owen 
and  Martha  Shinn.  daughter  of  Jolui  Shinn.  j)roposed  their  intentions  of  itini- 
ringe.  ntnl  were  "  srt  at  liberty  to  jinKved."  On  th(>  same  day  a  coinmitlee  was 
ap|>ointed  "to  give  Restore  Ijppincott  and  his  wife  ami  .Tohn  Shiini  and  liis  wife 
a  visit  and  8|>oak  to  them  and  their  son  and  daughter  concerning  their  marriao-e. 
there  being  an  account  given  to  this  meeting  of  their  intending  to  publish  their 
intentions  and  not  take  notice  of  this  vifctiiu/."  .\t  the  next  mci^ting  ilic  committee 
reiM»rted  "  that  the  ytmng  people  were  willing  to  come  to  the  meeting,  provided 
they  might  have  the  eonscnt  of  their  parents."  After  consideration  "their  parents 
agre<'d  to  it."  Then  James  Shinn  and  .\bignil  Lippincott  declared  th(>ir  intentions 
the  fir^t  titt ■<  -■■>  >T-   "^    1'^^:    <"' mi,,!  time,  and  were  "left  at  liberty  to 


'A   moro  oxninle.l   n«»ttre  of   the  .SiorkKin   family  will   l)o  Riven  in  connection  with 
thp  nketrh   «»f  Thr»nin»  Shinn.  ihn  nmnfler  of  the   Southern   lino. 


First  Generation.  55 

proceed."  On  the  same  day  John  fShinn  was  sent  to  Quarterly  Meeting,  and  two 
months  later  was  placed  on  a  committee  to  raise  money  for  the  meeting.  One 
month  later  a  report  was  given  to  the  meeting  that  George  Deacon  disbursed  fifteen 
shillings,  John  Shinn  seven  and  sixpence,  and  John  Wills  seven  and  sixpence  for 
a  book  to  be  used  by  the  meeting.  The  next  month  John  Shinn  was  placed  upon  a 
committee  to  raise  money  to  relieve  a  Friend  who  had  suffered  loss  by  fire.  On 
the  4th  of  the  2d  month,  1G98,  John  Shinn  and  others  were  appointed  to  collect 
money  to  buy  posts  and  rails  to  fence  the  meeting  house  ground,  and  seven  months 
later  he  was  made  one  of  the  trustees  to  hold  the  title  for  the  new  meeting  house 
at  Springfield.  At  the  September  meeting,  1698.  he  and  eighteen  others  sign  a 
hjng  paper  testifying  against  a  Friend,  and  declaring  him  out  of  fellowship.  The 
following  minute  was  written  on  October  3d,  1698:  "Whereas  John  Woolston, 
Sr.,  being  taken  out  of  the  body,  who  was  appointed  to  look  after  the  keeping  of 
the  good  order  advised  in  tlie  yearly  meeting  paper;  Therefore  this  meeting  hath 
ai)pointed  John  Day  to  be  assistant  to  John  Shinn,  Senior,  in  that  place.'"  A 
short  time  after  this  John  Shinn  and  John  Day  were  "appointed  to  visit  the 
Widow  Parker  and  her  sons  for  their  not  coming  to  meeting."  They  were  also 
directed  to  demand  the  return  of  £5  loaned  to  a  Friend  by  the  meeting.  On  the 
2d  of  the  mil  month,  1698,  the  committee  made  report  that  it  had  performed 
its  duty,  and  John  Shinn,  Sr.,  then  brought  in  his  account  against  Springfield 
Meeting  House,  showing  a  balance  due  him  of  £7,  4  sh.,  5  pence.  The  contractor 
for  the  building  of  the  Springfield  Meeting  House  was  made  to  realize  the  value 
of  promptness  by  the  following  order,  passed  by  the  meeting  on  the  8th  of  the 
3d  monlli,  1699:  "John  Shinn  and  John  Day  were  appointed  to  see  that  the 
builder  finish  Springfield  fleeting  House  by  the  next  three  weeks'  meeting,  or 
else  get  some  other  workman."'  This  order  had  its  effect,  for  on  the  oth  of  the 
4tli  month,  ](J99,  John  Shinn  and  John  Day  reported  "Springfield  Meeting  House 
is  done."*  The  minutes  then  say:  "The  removing  of  the  Springfield  Meeting 
from  John  Shinn's  to  the  New  IMeeting  House  was  on  the  24th  of  the  3d  month 
(May  24),  1699."  For  years  the  modest  house  of  John  Shinn  had  been  the  home 
of  the  church,  and  at  this  place  had  gathered  such  men  as  Thomas  Jennings,  the 
Quaker  Governor  of  the  province;  TJiehard  Ridgway,  Thomas  Olive,  Daniel  Wills, 
James  Newbold  and  others  of  the  infant  colony  to  worship  the  Lord.  Here  had 
been  solemn iz(>d  many  of  the  early  marriages,  prominent  among  which  was  that 
of  IMatthcw  Champion,  in  1693.  It  was  this  house  of  John  Shinn  that  was 
described  in  deeds  of  that  period  as  "  Springfield  Lodge,"  in  memory  of  the  old 
lodges  in  P^ngland  so  recently  abandoned  and  so  well  loved.  The  records  of  that 
day  show  John  Shinn  as  a  witness  to  scores  of  marriages,  and  his  venerable  pres- 
ence at  such  affairs  was  a  sure  guaranty  of  its  correctness. 

In  the  probate  records  from  1686  to  1710  John  Shinn's  name  stands  prominent 
either  as  executor  or  administrator.  It  may  be  taken  as  a  sure  test  of  high  in- 
tegrity when  an  individual,  through  a  long  course  of  years,  is  repeatedly  chosen  to 
act  in  these  fiduciary  relations.  And,  judged  by  this  test,  John  Shinn  was  above 
all  reproach.  Not  only  was  he  the  executor  or  bondsman  for  the  executor  of  his 
sons  George  and  Thomas  and  of  his  son-in-law,  John  Crosby,  who  died  possessed 
of  fair  estates,  but  he  was  successively  chogen  to  manage  the  estates  of  those  not 
of  kin,  and  was  repeatedly  bondsman  for  others  chosen  in  the  same  capacity.  The 
largest  estate  of  the  period  seems  to  have  been  that  of  Thomas  Olive,  of  Willing- 
boro,  and  upon  the  executor's  bond,  in  clear  relief,  stands  the  name  of  John  Shinn. 
For  twelve  years  after  the  removal  into  the  new  meeting  house  in  Springfield 
Township,  up  to  the  day  of  his  death,  in  171%,  John  Shinn  was  retained  as  over- 
seer, and  at  every  meeting  was  appointed  upon  some  committee  connected  with 
the  affairs  of  the  church.     His  wife.  Jane,  seems  to  have  been  a  godlv  woman. 


^Located  near  Mattacopany  Bridge.     Now  called  Copanny. 


5G  History  of  the  Shixx  Family  in*  Europe  and  America 

specially  fitted  for  the  work  of  the  church.    Wherever  her  husband  appeared,  there, 
was  she,  and  her  influence  for  truth  and  rifrhteousness  was  as  widely  extended  as 
that  of  her  husband. 

On  the  rth  <.f  the  t.M  month  (.\pril).  \:VL  John  Day,  the  co-worker  with 
John  Shinn  for  twenty  vears.  ar.ise  in  Springfield  Meeting  and  announced  the 
death  of  Jolin  Shinn,  and  aske.l  that  another  Friend  be  chosen  to  act  as  overseer. 

The  will  of  John  Shinn  was  dated  "  14(h  of  the  llth  month.  1711  (Jan., 
i:i2).  and  was  probated  ;?Oth  of  r>th  month.  KU  (Feb.,  1712).  (Wills  of  Xew 
Jer.«^ey,  Libor  1.  p.  3.17.) 

The  exact  date  of  his  death  is  not  recorded.  l)ut  it  must  have  occurred  between 
the  dates  aforesaid.  The  following  is  a  copy  of  his  will  :iiid  of  the  inventory  of 
his  personal  estate: 

LAST     WILL    OF    JOHN     Slll.XN. 

"The  fourteenth  day  of  the  Eleventh  Month  Called  January  Anno  Domini  one 
thousand  seven  hundred  and  eleven.  I  John  Shinn  Senior  of  ye  Township  of  Spring- 
field and  county  of  Burlington  In  tlie  province  of  West  New  Jersey  (being  siclv  and 
weak  of  body)  but  of  sound  disposini?  minde  and  memory  praised  be  God  doe  malve 
and  ordain  this  my  la.^^i  Will  and  Testament  in  Wrilting  in  manner  and  forme  follow- 
ing  first    and    priiiripally   of   all    1   Give  and    Recommend   my   Soul   and    Spirit 

into  the  iiands  of  Alniighiy  God  that  gave  and  my  boily  to  the  Earth  to  be  buried  In 
a  Christian  like  &  desent  manner  att  the  discretion  of  my  Executors  hereafter  named 
And  as  i(juching  the  disposition  of  all  such  temporal  Estate  as  it  hath  pleased  Almighty 
C,o<\  to  bestow  up  mee  1  give  and  disi)ose  thereof  as  followeth  first  I  will  that  my  Just 

Debts    and    funerall    shall    be    paid    and    Discharged Item    I    give    to    my    son 

Thomas  Atkeson  and  Sarah  his  wife  and  their  Heirs  for  Ever  one  hundred  pounds 
of  yootl  silver  Money  att  nine  Shillings  and  two  pense  pr  ounce  upon  these  Conditions 
as  followeth  that  is  to  say  thai  the  Sayed  Thomas  Atkeson  Shall  give  good  lawfull 
and  Sufiicienl  Security  unto  Uichard  Fenim()r<>  and  Mary  his  Wife  and  there  Heirs 
&c.  forever  (»f  and  from  all  manner  oi  Charges  burthens  or  Incombers  whatsoever  In 
Relation  toward  tlio  Caire  and  Mentainance  both  for  victals  and  Clothes  and  al  other 
necoHsaryes  for  my  grand  child  Mary  Crf)sby  being  an  Idiott  and  not  capeble  to  take 
care  f»f  herself  so  long  as  she  shall  live  which  sd  sort  of  an  Agreement  I  made  with 
my  daughter  Mary  before  she  was  .Married  f(jr  me  to  take  the  sayed  Care  of  sayed 
Idiot  I  Child  in  f»rder  then'unto  I  had  my  Daughter  Mary's  plantation  Conveyed  to  mee 
for  Sixty  flv<'  poun<ls  and  Twenty  five  poinids  more  I  Received  in  Money  and  bills  for 
grxtds  sou!<l  alt  a  \'an<!ue  of  my  Daughter  which  made  up  the  Sum  of  ninty  pounds 
and  ten  jtound  nmre  I  gave  out  of  my  one  Estate  for  to  make  up  the  sum  of  one 
hundred  pounds  as  afore  .saved.  All  the  Rest  of  my  Estate  both  Reale  and  personall 
I  give  to  .Inne  my  Dt-ar  and  well  beloved  Wife  diiering  her  natural  life  and  no  longer 
and  after  her  deceas*?  I  give  and  berpiealh  as  followeth  Item  I  give  to  my  Son  John 
Shinn  twi-nty  pounils  which  he  hath  in  his  hand  already  ujion  bond  to  ])ay  interest 
Item  I  give  lo  my  son  .lames  Shinn  twenty  pounds  in  .Moneys  which  he  hath  In  his 
han<lH  alH'ady  upon  bond  Item  I  give  to  my  Son  in  law  Joshua  Owein  and  Martha  his 
Wife  twenty  pound  Item  I  give  to  my  Sf)n  in  law  Thomas  .\tkeson  and  Sarah  his  \Vlfe 
twenty  pounils  as  al  the  llliol  House  Ihitl  I  have  built  upon  his  land  as  also  one  bedd 
nnci  nl  ihe  furniture  belnn^ing  lo  III  that  is  lo  bee  under  Shed  as  aforesayed  after 
the  decease  of  .My  Wife  I  give  l(»  my  Son  In  law  Richard  Fenimore  and  Mary  his  Wife 
two  HhllllngH  In  monnyH  my  saye*!  Daughter  Mary  bi-lng  before  this  time  advanced  by 
inoe  Item  I  nive  to  my  grandson  Thomas  Shinn  my  boiilling  Mills  and  fifty  pounds 
In  MoncvH  and  all  the  Rest  and  Remainder  of  my  Estate  i)i)ib  Reale  and  Personall 
that  Ih  left  after  tin*  ileccase  of  my  Wife  She  haveing  a  good  Comlorlable  liveing 
out  of  Hie  Same  Wllest  She  liveih  and  al  our  debt  and  funerall  Charges  is  defrayed 
I  give  unto  my  two  Sons  John  Shinn  ami  Janu-s  Shinn  E<iually  lo  ix-  divided  between 
thonj  and  also  lo  nomliinle  and  appoint  my  two  s<uis  .bdm  and  James  Shinn  as  afore- 
Hayed  \n  be  my  on<'ly  and  Sole  1-^xeculors  of  ihis  my  last  Will  and  Tesiament  Ratify- 
ing this  and  onely  this  to  be  mv  last  Will  and  Testament.  In  witness  whereof  I  have 
hereunl«»  rcI    my  hand  and   •-••■''    v..  day  ami  year  above  sayed. 

"JOHN    SHINN    L.    S." 

INVENTORY    OF    JOHN    SHINN'S    ESTATE. 

A  Trill-  Inventory  of  the  goodn  Chattels  and  Personall  Estate  ol  JdIhi  Sliijin  of  ye 
Township  of  Sprhmfii  111  and  County  of  Hurlini:ton  and  Provinc(>  of  West  New 
Jorscv  ve«>ni:ii\  \i«'Wi'(i  taken  and  apraised  ibis  thlrieeiitli  day  of  ihe  twelfth  month 


First  Gexeration,  57 

called  february  Anno  domi  one  thousand  and  a  Eleven-Twelve  by  us  whose  names 
are   hereunto  subscribed. 

Vif' lb.  s.  d. 

Imp  to   his    purse   and  Apparrel    16  10  0 

to    Moneys    upon    bonds    132  00  0 

to   Lonings    003  0  0 

to  one   bed    &    lurniture    14  0  0 

to   another  bed   and   beding  with  bedstead 10  0  0 

to    pewtor    00  10  0 

to  one  Iron  Cettol  a  brass  Cettol  with  a  Scillit 02  10  0 

to  one  fryin    pan   with    Sum    other   Iron 00  16  0 

to  one   Shovell   and   tongs   and   Tramels   and   grid  Iron   and 

other    od    things     05  0  0 

to  one  Chest   and   Desk    00  6  0 

to    one    Chest    00  18  0 

to   Sum   ould   tubs    00  06  0 

to  one  box   Iron  and   money   Skails    00  6  0 

to   one   glass   and    Hone    00  18  0 

to    one    Chear     00  06  0 

to  four  ould  Chairs    00  06  0 

to    Trencher    and    dishiss    00  05  0 

to  one  brass   Cettel   with  ould   Iron 00  15  0 

to  one  ould  Char  and  three  Iron  wedges 00  12  0 

to   one   ould    Cart    1  6  0 

More   money   upon   bond    105  0  0 

Richard    Ridgway 

Matthew   Champion. 

Burlington    the    20th    feb    1711 

I  John  Shinn  dnc  sollomnly  declare  in  the  presence  of  Almighty  God  the  witness 

of  the  truth  of  what   I  say  that  the  within  writing  Containes  the  full  and  Just  inven- 
tory of  all  and   singuler  the  Goods  Chatties  and  Credits  of  John  Shinn  deceased  soe 

far  as  came  to  my  view  possession  or  knowledge  or  to  the  view  possession  or  knowl- 
edge of   any   other   person    for  my   use.                                                JOHN    SHINN 

Burlington    20th   feb   1711 

Every  writer  of  early  Jersey  affairs  eredits  the  erection  of  the  first  bolting 
mill  ill  Btirlinfjton  County  to  Thomas  Olive.'  However  that  may  be,  it  is  certain, 
from  tbe  jtrovisions  of  the  foregoing  will,  that  John  Shinn  was  the  owner  of  a 
bolting  mill  at  the  date  of  his  death,  ITll.  and  that  he  bequeathed  it  to  his 
grandson,  Thomas  Shinn.  AVhen  this  mill  was  erected  it  is  not  known,  but  it  was 
in  existence  in  1711.  and  was  probably  erected  about  the  beginning  of  the  century. 
John  Shinn  is  frequently  described  in  legal  documents  as  a  wheelwright,  his  son- 
in-law.  John  Crosby,  as  a  millwright,  and  his  son-in-law.  Thomas  Atkeson,  was 
at  that  time  an  owner  of  a  part  of  the  mill  at  Bridgton,  while  his  grandson, 
Thomas  Atkeson.  owned  five-eighths  of  the  same  mill  (Judge  John  Clement,  in 
"The  Atkinsons  in  Xew  Jersey"). 

From  all  these  facts,  it  is  probable  that  the  bolting  mill  described  in  the  will, 
and  whicli  ]iassed  by  devise  to  Thomas  Shinn,  was  the  same  mill  in  which  Thomas 

'Thomas  Olive  established  a  water  mill  on  Rancocas  Creek  in  1680.  Mahlon 
Stacy  nbout  the  same  time  built  one  at  Trenton.  (Friend's  in  Burlington,  p.  12.)  The 
following  from  the  Penn.  Gazette,  No.  1418.  A.  D.  1756,  very  probably  refers  to  the 
identical  bolting  mill  which  John  Shiun  devised  in  his  will:  "To  be  sold— seven 
eighths  of  a  good  grist  mill  with  two  pair  stones,  two  boulting  mills  for  country 
work,  by  Thomas  .\rkinson.  Miller  in  Mt.  Holly.  Also,  the  whole  of  a  good  large 
convenient  merchant's  boulting  house  with  two  good  boulting  mills  which  go  by 
water.  Likewise  a  quarter  of  a  saw  mill  with  two  saws,  both  situated  in  Mt.  Holly 
aforesaid,  on  a  very  constant  and  plentiful  stream  of  water  and  attended  with  a  very 
good  business."  This  Thomas  Atkinson  was  a  grandson  of  John  Shinn,  Sr.,  and  the 
increase  in  plant  indicates  thrift  and  good  management  on  the  part  of  the  children 
and  grandchildren.  But  these  qualities  rarely  remain  in  a  family  more  than  three 
generations,  and  therefore  the  mills,  as  well  as  the  lands  of  John  Shinn.  his  children 
and  grandchildren,  with  a  few  exceptions,  have  passed  into  other  hands,  leaving  but 
a  memorv.  which  at  times  seems  but  the  filmy  fabric  of  a  passing  dream. 


58  Hlstokv  of  the  Siiixx  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

Atkinson,  father  aud  sun,  afterwards  held  au  interest,  lion.  Thomas  B.  Jobes, 
of  New  Egyjit,  X.  J.,  before  his  death,  wrote  these  words:  "I  think  it  certain 
that  John  Shinn,  Sr.,  with  others,  erected  the  dam  on  the  Xorth  Branch  of  the 
Raucoeas  at  Bridgton,  X.  J.  (Mt.  llolly).  A  sawmill  for  lumber  was  necessary 
as  soon  as  sawed  lumber  was  used  instead  of  logs.  The  '  boulting  Hour '  mill  at 
Bridgton  receives  water  throiiirh  a  Hume  whicli  again  discharges  itself  into  the 
main  tideway  of  the  stream.  ,My  opinion  is  that  John  Shinn,  JSr.,  took  the  flour 
and  manufacturing  privileges  as  his  share  of  of  the  water  power.  I  also  remember 
another  old  mill,  the  Brandywine,  which  was  either  owned  or  operated  by  the 
Shinns.  That  many  of  llie  Shinns  of  early  times  were  millers  is  beyond  all  ques- 
tion. The  Evesham  Sliinns  were  noted  millers. "'  (Private  letter,  1892.)  Hon. 
John  Clement,  in  the  book  already  referred  to,  has  this  to  say  about  the  mill  at 
Bridgton:  "  In  1701  Samuel  Jennings,  as  attorney  for  John  Ridges,  sold  the  land 
fronting  on  Rancocas  Creek  to  Jo.«hua  Southwick  and  Edward  Oaskill,  who  built 
a  dam  aero!>s  the  creek  and  erected  a  grist  or  corn  mill  there.  lie  (Edward  Gas- 
kill)  sold  two-eighths  to  Ebeuezer  Laige  in  17t'i7,  who  added  a  boltinii-  mill,  the 
first,  excepting  Thomas  Olive's  mill,  at  Burlington,  in  this  part  of  the  country.'' 

The  latter  part  of  this  statement  is  an  error,  for  John  Shinn  devised  a  bolting 
mill  in  esse  in  1711,  and  eeriainly  earlier.  Judge  Jobe's  hypotliesis  seems  to  be 
the  better  one,  viz. :  "  As  the  burden  of  making  a  flume  and  of  erecting  mills, 
saw  and  bolting,  was  too  great  at  that  time  for  one  man  to  aiisume,  several  men 
united  their  capital  to  accomplish  the  end.  Tn  the  division  Jolm  Shinn  took  the 
boulting  mill  as  his  share.'' 

We  may  never  be  able  to  arrive  at  the  exact  trutli.  hut  it  still  remains  that 
John  Shinn,  Sr..  owned  a  bolting  mill  in  1711.  and  the  probability  is  that  it  was 
located  at  Bridgton. 

Thus  the  patriarch  of  the  Shinns  in  Aiiieiira  ((ninocts  himself  with  the 
earliest  manufacturing  interest  of  New  Jersey,  by  wliidi  we  are  enabled  to  see 
him  as  many-sided  in  the  constituent  elements,  industry,  thought  and  enterprise. 

Such  was  the  life  of  Jolm  Siiinn.  the  ]»rogonitnr  of  nearlv  cverv  Shinn  in  the 
United  States.  An  Engli>hman  born;  reared  within  tlie  fold  of  the  Established 
Church:  a  follower  of  George  Fox  from  choice;  persecuted  and  imprisoned  in 
irertf(»rdshire;  an  emigrant  with  a  large  family  from  the  home  of  his  birth:  one 
of  the  first  settlers  of  Xova  Ca-sarea  in  America;  a  freeholder  and  a  proprietor; 
a  man  of  affairs,  chiefly  within  the  Society  of  l"'riends;  a  man  of  tlirift  ;  a  man 
of  probity  and  honor,  a  man  triisted  and  esteemed  by  all  who  knew  liini.  a  prince 
of  peacemakers.  There  is  no  reason  for  a  pride  in  ancestry  unless  tliat  ancestry 
i)e  worthy  of  all  eonimendalion,  and  the  descendants  have  tlio  virt nos  of  tlio  ances- 
try. John  Shinn  exemplified  to  the  highest  degree  the  remark  of  llev.  Sydney 
Smith:  "Quakers,  it  must  be  allowed,  arc  a  very  <-liaiiiaMc  and  humane  people. 
They  are  always  ready  with  their  money,  and.  what  is  of  far  more  importance, 
witii  their  time  and  attention  f<ir  everv  variety  of  human  niisforiuno." 

John  Shinn  did  his  |iart.  lie  left  the  family  name  nnlarnished  and  <^avo  his 
family  place  among  the  he.st  of  his  time.  Wo  died  a  worker,  witli  his  armor 
girded  nboul  him.  Have  his  descendants  iiii|iroved  the  talent  he  left  them?  Have 
th<'y  eipialed  him  in  character  and  vigorous  life?  If  so.  there  is  reason  for  the 
pride  of  birth,  and  genealogy  ceases  to  be  a  vain  chimera.  If  not,  the  voice  of  the 
dead  speaks  from  the  tomb  and  charges  us  to  imitate  and  surpass  before  we  claim 
thC-fijory  of  the  line. 

1.  KrnnolH    SlieoiiP   ol    Frerlu-nhaiu    I'arish,   liuKlaiid,    ]r)2(t-l  r.lir>. 

2.  Clomeni  Sheeno.  b.  ir>;»:i:  m.  (Jrace . 

r:    .John  Slilnn.  li    in:;2:  m   .Inno  . 

I)«H<on«laiii8  of  John  antl  .laiu'  Sliimi. 

2.  (1)   .loliu   Shiini.   .Ir.   1).    in   KtiRlaiKt:     married    (1)    Kllen    Stacy   3/3/1686      B    M 

M     n        mnrrlo.J    (2)    Mary 7/1/1707.    B.   .M     M    R 


Second  Generation.  59 

3.  (2)   George   Shinn,    b.    in   England;     married    Mary   Thompson    5/6/1691.      B.   M. 

M.  R. 

4.  (3)   Mary  Shinn,  b.  in  England;    married  (1)  John  Crosby  9/8/1686.    B.  M.  M.  R.; 

married    (2)    Richard  Fennimore   1691.     B.   M.   M.   R. 

5.  (4)  James  Shinn,  b.  in  England;    married  Abigail  Lippincott  3/3/1697.   B.  M.  M.  R. 

6.  (5>  Thomas    Shinn,    b.    in    England;     married    (1)    Sarah    Shawthorne    5/1/1687. 

B.  M.  M.  R.;    married  (2)   Mary  Stockton  1/6/1692-3.     B.  M.  M.  R. 

7.  (6)  Sarah  Shinn,  b.  in  England  in  1669;  married  Thomas  Atkinson. 

8.  (7>  Esther  Shinn,  b.  in  England;    never  married.     B.  M.  M.  R.  A.     A  witness  to 

William   Atkinson's  marriage  in   1686. 

9.  (8)   Francis  Shinn,   b.  in   England;     never  married.     W.  J.  Wills. 

10.   i'J)   Martha  Shinn,  b.  in  England;     married   (1)   Joshua  Owen  1/3/1696-7.     B.  M. 
M.  R.;     married   (2)    Restore  Lippincott  1729.     B.  M.  M.  R. 


SECOND   GENERATION. 
2.    JouN  Shinn,  Jr.  (2). — John  (1). 

John.  Jioni  III  Eiiglaud.  Designated  in  records  John,  Jr.  He  appears  upon 
the  Kccords  of  W^est  Jersey  for  the  first  time  on  the  6th  day  of  the  10th  month 
(Decemher  G),  1683,  when  he  and  his  father,  John  Shinn,  Senior,  signed  the 
iiiairiage  record  of  John  Woolston  and  Letitia  Newbold  as  witnesses.  Said  cere- 
mony was  performed  by  Elias  Tharo  Justice.  (Burlington  Kecords,  1683.)  Then, 
on  May  13th,  168-5,  John  Kenshawe,  of  Burlington,  deeded  John  Shinn,  Jr.,  of 
Bircii  Creek,  Burlington  County,  for  £17,  silver,  two  hundred  acres  of  land,  in 
the  First  or  Yorkshire  Tenth.  John  Shinn,  Jr.,  is  designated  in  this  deed  as 
"  husbandman,"  and  lived  near  the  line  between  the  First  and  Second  Tenths. 
(W.  J.  R.,  Liber  B,  Pt.  1,  p.  87.)  Then  came  the  momentous  period  of  his  mar- 
riage. Following  the  custom  of  Friends,  of  which  society  he  was  in  all  probability 
a  member,  he  published  his  intention  to  marry  Ellen  Stacy  before  the  Monthly 
Meeting  of  Friends  at  Burlington  on  the  5th  day  of  the  2d  month  (April  5), 
1686.  Further  following  the  requirements  of  the  society,  he  and  Ellen  published 
their  intentions  of  marriage  by  a  second  appearance  before  the  meeting  on  the  3d 
day  of  the  3d  montli  (^lay  3,  1686),  1686.  Upon  their  first  appearance  a  com- 
mittee was  appointed  to  inquire  into  the  character  of  John  and  Ellen,  and  to  see 
whether  any  hindrance  or  impediment  existed  which  could  lawfully  and  religiously 
bar  the  marriage.  This  committee  reported  at  the  second  meeting  that  no  im- 
pediment existed,  and  the  meeting  left  them  at  liberty  to  consummate  the 
weighty  affair  in  the  fear  of  God.  These  inquiries  of  the  church  into  the'Clearuess 
of  candidates  for  matrimony  deserve  the  commendation  of  prudent  men.  They 
not  only  prevented  to  a  large  degree  the  marriage  of  such  as  were  within  the 
cano^iical  degrees,  but  also  improvident  and  hasty  marriages.  For  two  young 
people  to  appear  twice  in  open  meeting  at  different  times  and  publicly  announce 
their  intention  to  marry  not  only  requires  courage,  but  is  conducive  of  proper 
thouglit  with  reference  to  this  solemn  contract.  "  To  marry  out  of  meeting."'  that 
is,  to  ignore  the  requirements  of  the  society  and  be  married  by  a  "  priest "  or  by  an 
"  officer  of  the  law,"  although  recognized  by  Friends  as  a  lawful  marriage,  was 
a  sutllcient  cause  for  excommunication  from  their  membership,  and  resulted  in 
'^  disownment." 

John  Shinn.  Jr..  and  Ellen  Stacy  had  "passed  meeting"  properly,  and  there 
remained  nothing  save  the  marriage  ceremonial  to  be  performed.  Its  simplicity 
will  be  seen  from  the  following  record,  taken  from  the  First  Record  Book  of  jMar- 
riages.  Births  and  Deaths  of  Burlington  Monthly  Meeting  of  Friends : 

"  Whereas  there  hath  been  an  intention  of  marriage  dewly  published  at  two 
several  ^Monthly  ^leetings  of  the  People  called  Quakers  in  Burlington  (upon  the 
river  Dallaivare  in  the  province  if  West  New  Jersey  in  America)   between  John 


OO  HiSTOUY    OF   THE    SlIIKX    FAMILY    IX    EL'UOPE    AXD    AMERICA 

Shiiiu,  Jr.,  ul  Jiiicli  Civck.  Jlusbaiulman,  and  Elin  Stacy,  daughter  of  Kobert 
Stacy  of  Burlington,  both  inhabiting  the  Province  aforesaid.  Inquiry  having  been 
made  for  removing  obstruct  ions,  and  also  ye  consent  of  parents  being  had,  ye 
meeting  permitted  their  joyning  togi-ther  in  marriage. 

"  Now  this  may  certify  ye  truth  unto  all  whom  it  doth  or  may  concern  on  ye 
day  of  ye  date  hereof  in  our  sight  and  hearing  and  in  an  Assembly  of  the  Lord's 
People  ye  said  .lohn  Shinn  did  take  and  declare  ye  said  Elin  Stacy  to  be  his  wife, 
and  ye  said  Elin  Stacy  did  take  and  declare  ye  said  John  Shinn  to  he  her  husband 
according  to  ye  example  of  ye  Jloly  Men  of  God  recorded  in  the  Scriptures  of 
Truth.  Each  of  them  consenting  or  proposing  to  be  loving,  faithful  nwd  true  in 
ye  caj)acity  as  hushand  and  wife  dnring  the  term  of  llnii-  natural  lives  together. 
In  witness  whereof  the  parties  themselves  have  first  n{'  all  subscribed  their  names, 
and  we  also  as  witnesses  this  third  day  of  ye  fourth  month.  1686."  Signed  John 
Shinn,  Ellin  Stacy.  John  Shinn.  Sr..  Ifuhci't  Staiv.  Jane  Shjiiii.  Thomas  Shinn, 
George  Shinn.  John  Stacy.   Klizai)eth  Stacy.  Mary  Shinn.  and  twelve  others. 

This  y<uing  lady.  Ellen  Stacy,  was  the  daugliter  of  Kobert  Stacy,  one  of  the 
princijial  men  of  the  colony.  The  family  in  ICngland  was  a  most  respectable  one, 
and  had  borne  with  honor  and  distinction  many  important  positions  in  the  country. 
Robert  Stacy  was  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  N'ew  Jersey,  and  his  signature 
appears  on  "The  Concessions  and  Agreements;"'  he  was  also  one  of  the  First 
GommissioiuTs  sent  over  to  the  young  c-olony  by  the  proprietors.  In  New  A^ork 
Colonial  Documents.  \o].  XXI.  page  635,  he  is  set  down  as  one  of  the  first  magis- 
trates <if  West  Xew  Jersey,  his  commission  being  dated  August,  1677.  In  the 
Pennsylvania  Colonial  Records.  \'ol.  1,  ])age  75,  he  apjieai's  as  a  mediator  Ijctween 
tlie  Provinc-e  of  Pennsylvania  and  East  Jersey.  The  Xew  York  Colonial  Docu- 
ments, Vol.  XII.  page  61  1.  shr)w  that  on  X'ovember  14.  1678,  he  leased  Matiniconck 
Island  from  Sir  Edmund  Andros,  (Jovi-rnor  of  Xew  York.  Soon  after  this  he 
took  U|i  lands  along  Assiiuiiid<  Ci-e(>k,  and  in  1680  was  the  owner  of  one-sixth  of 
a  projiriety.  In  point  of  wealth  and  grasp  of  alVairs.  few  men  stood  higher  than 
he,  and  no  one  in  West  Jersey  had  a  greater  iiilluriKr.  lie  icmoved  to  Philadel- 
phia in  1600.  where  he  and  his  son.  J<ihn,  began  the  manufacture  of  leather. 
His  will,  dated  'i/2/\i\'M),  was  admitted  to  probate  Octoltor  18,  1701.  (Phila. 
Wills,  page  117.)  There  is  no  record  of  the  childicn  i>\'  this  marriage,  and  we 
are  left  to  the  recitals  of  wills  and  deeds  to  ascerlain  thcii'  names,  but  are  wathout 
any  material  whatever  lo  predicate  an  opinion  as  to  the  mder  or  dates  of  their 
birth.  The  will  of  the  father-in-law.  Kolierl  Stacy,  gives  a  legacy  to  "Ellen  and 
her  son."  btit  does  n«»t  name  him. 

We  shall  now  take  up  the  land  transaction,-  of  .Idlm  Shinn.  .Ii'..  nol-  >o  much 
to  .-h(»w  his  jKoition  as  a  landliobler  as  to  construct  an  authoritative  line  of  descent. 
There  is  doubtless  in  s(»me  old  book  in  some  forifoHcii  heap  of  rul)hish  an  accurate 
family  record  of  John  and  Fllen  (Slacy)  Shinn,  bul  as  1  cannot  lind  ii,  T  am 
driven  to  the  next  br'sl  thing  lo  c(»nslrnct  oni'  from  matriials  that  art^  as  auilientic 
as  a  record,  bul  not  so  orderly  nor  so  comprehensive. 

.\s  early  as  16S.'»  .lohn  Shinn.  .Ir..  had  begun  to  ac(|uire  land,  as  is  evidenced 
by  the  following  conveyanees.  recorded  in  the  records  of  Burlington  Cininlv.  We 
have  already  ntited  thai  on  ^fay  1.*5.  16S.">.  John  Ivenshawe,  n\'  Hui-lingion.  conveyed 
two  hnnrlred  arre^.  to  be  surveved  in  the  First  Tenth,  lo  John  Shinn.  Jr..  of  Birch 
Creek.  (Liber  liB.  f.  SL)  On  .Fannary  6.  nnC-';.  Joim  ami  Marv  Crosby  con- 
veyed to  Jolin  Shinn.  Jr..  lirolher  of  said  Mary,  livi'  hundreil  and  (ifty-fivo  acres, 
the  land  that  had  been  given  them  by  John  Shinn.  Sr.  (  lalier  IIIVH.  f^  'i]^).)  On 
Mny  17.  1716.  Jose|)l)  .\mbb-r.  of  I'hilailelphia.  sold  John  Shinn  one  hundred 
acres.  (Ibid.,  f.  '.>!»s. )  On  .\ugnst  '.>;.  Kis.  John  Shinn  conveved  lo  Jolm  Ocr. 
bourne  lliirty, acres.  (Ibid.,  f.  34H.)  On  January  11.  171:M.  he  s(dd  Abrahani 
Bickley,  of  Pliiladeljthia,  one  hnndred   acres  in   Sin-ingliehi   Town>liiii.      (  Iliid..   f. 


vSecond  Gen'eration'.  61 

4U.)     On  Juno  30,  1722,  he  f^old  a  meadow  in  Springfield  Township  to  Thomas 
Budd,  of  Northampton.     ^Liber  BB,  f.  3:9.) 

Hon.  Jolm  Clement,  of  Haddonfield,  furnished  me  with  the  following  note, 
gleaned  from  records  in  the  Surveyor  General's  office  at  Burlington :  "  In  1725 
John  Shinn  and  his  four  sons — Clement,  Joshua,  Jacob  and  Caleb — located  land 
in  Burlington  County."'  (Rec  Sur.  Gen.  Office,  Burlington,  X.  J.)  On  June  1, 
172G,  John  Shinn.  of  Springfield  Township,  conveyed  six  hundred  and  eighteen 
acres  on  a  branch  of  Karitan  Kiver,  in  Hunterdon  County,  to  Widow  Sarah  Dims- 
dale.  (Liber  1),  f.  180.)  On  .May  11.  172G,  John  Shinn  sold  to  his  sons,  William 
and  Clement,  several  fracts  of  land.  On  Octol)or  20,  1736,  William  Shinn.  of 
Springfield,  brother  and  heir-at-law  of  Clement  Shinn,  late  of  same  place,  conveyed 
to  John  Shinn,  father  of  William  and  Clement,  the  land  which  John  Shinn,  the 
father,  conveyed  to  William  and  Clement  on  May  11,  1726.  (Liber  E,  202.)  On 
October  21,  1736,  John  Shijin  conveyed  the  same  land  to  David  Lewis,  of  Lebanon, 
Hunterdon  County.  The  deed  contains  the  recitals  set  out  above.  (Liber  E,  205.) 
On  the  same  day  John  Shinn  deeded  his  son  William  426  acres  in  Lebanon, 
Hunterdon  County.  (Liber  E,  205.)  John  Shinn,  Sr.,  died  in  1711.  and  after 
that  period  the  title  senior  passed  to  John,  Junior,  his  son,  and  the  title  jimior 
passed  to  another  John,  the  son  of  the  first  John.  Jr.,  as  is  evidenced  by  the  fol- 
lowing will : 

WILL   OF    JOHN    SHINN,    JR. 

I  John  Shinn  Jiinr.  of  Sprinsfiehl  In  ye  County  of  Burlington  &  Western  Division 
of  ye  Province  of  New  Jersey  Yeman  being  very  sictc  and  week  in  Body  but  of  Sound 
and  Perfect  mind  &  memory  Thanks  be  given  to  Almighty  God  Therefore  calling  to 
mind  ye  mortallity  of  my  Body  &  Knowing  rhat  it  is  appointed  for  all  men  once  to  Dy 
Do  maI<o  this  my  Last  Will  &  Testament  Utterly  Revoaking  &  Disanulling  all  other 
former  Wills  &  Testaments  by  me  heretofore  made  and  as  Touching  such  worldly 
Estate  wherewith  it  hath  Pleased  God  to  Bless  me  with  In  this  Life  I  Give  Devise 
und  Dispose  of  ye  same  In  manner  following. 

Imprimis — I  give  Devise  &  Bequeath  unto  my  two  Brothers  Clement  Shinn  & 
William  Shinn  ye  Land  &:  Plantation  where  I  Live  Lying  in  ye  Township,  County  & 
Division  ohovesaid  adjoining  to  my  fathers  Land  on  one  side  &  Samuel  Barker  on 
another  side  &  John  Ogbourn  on  another  side  &  Richard  Ayre  on  ye  other  side — To 
be  Equally  Divided  Between  my  said  Brothers  Clement  Shinn  and  William  Shinn  ye 
one  halfe  To  i»e  hohlen  &  Enjoyed  unto  &  by  my  Brother  Clement  Shinn  &  his  heirs 
&  Assignes  forever  &  ye  other  halfe  to  be  holden  &  Enjoyed  unto  and  by  my 
Brother  William  Shinn  &  his  heirs  &  Assignes  for  ever. 

Item — I  Give  &  Bequeath  unto  my  Sister  Elizabeth  Ruckel  ye  one  halfe  of  all  my  Per- 
sonall  Estate  In  Goods  Chattels  &  Credits  to  be  paid  by  my  Executers  after  my  Just 
Debts  &  funeral  Charges  is  paid.  Item — I  Give  &  Bequeath  Unto  my  Sister  Mary 
Shinn  ye  other  halfe  of  all  my  Personal  Estate  In  Goods  Chattels  &  Credits  to  be 
paid  by  my  Executers  after  my  Just  Debts  and  funeral  Charges  is  Paid.  Item — I 
Give  &  Bequeath  unro  my  Brother  Clement  Shinn  &  Robert  Ruckel  whom  I  Likewise 
make,  ordaine  &  Constitute  my  whole  &  sole  Executers  of  this  my  Last  Will  &  Testa- 
ment all  my  Personall  Estate  In  Goods,  Chattels  &  Credits  to  ye  Intent  &  purpose 
That  my  said  Executors  Shall  &  Do  Pay  all  my  Just  Debts  &  Legacies  &  funeral 
Charges  and  I  do  hereby  Rattifie  &  Confirm  this  &  no  other  to  be  My  Last  Will  & 
Testament.  In  Witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  this  Eighth 
Dav  of  Februai-v  .Anno  ve  Dominey  one  Thousand  seven  hundred  &  twenty  seven  Eight 
1727-S. 

Memorandum  ye  word   (&  by)    &    (&by)   was  his 

Enterlined   before  ye   Ensealing  &   Delivery  John         Shinn 

hereof   Published    Pronounced    &    Declared  mark 

by  ye  said  John  Shinn  to  be  his  Last  Will 
&  Testament — In  the  presence  of  us 

John    Shinn  Abraham   Marriott  John   Budd. 

Be  it  Remembered  that  on  the  Seventh  day  of  March  Anno  dom  One  thousand 
seven  hundred  and  twenty  seven  personally  came  &  appeared  before  me  Samuel 
Bustill  Surrogate  and  Register  of  the  Western  Division  of  the  Province  of  New  Jer- 
sey John  Shinn  .\braham  Marriott  and  John  Budd  the  three  Witnesses  Subscribed  to 
the  within  Will.     John  Budd  on  his  Solemn  Oath  wch  he  took  on  the  holy  Evangelist 


6"2  History  of  the  Shinn  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

of  Almighty  God  and  John  Shinn  and  Abraham  Marriott  being  ot  the  People  called  > 
Quakers  on  their  Solemn  affirmation  according  to  Law  do  dispose  and  affirm  that 
they  were  all  present  and  saw  the  within  named  John  Shinn  sign  and  seal  and  heard 
him  Publish  Pronounce  and  Declare  the  within  Writing  to  be  his  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment and  at  the  doing  thereof  the  Testator  was  of  sound  mind,  memory  and  under- 
standing to  the  best  of  their  knowledge  and  belief  and  that  at  the  same  time  they 
did  sign  their  names  as  Witnesses  to  the  within  Will  in  the  presence  of  the  Testator. 
Affirmed   and   Sworn  Before  Me  Sam'l   Bustill   Surr   &    Regr. 

Be  it  remembered  that  on  the  Seventh  day  of  March  Anno  Dom.  One  thousand 
seven  hundred  and   twenty   seven  psonally  came  &   appeared  before  me   Sam'l   Bustill 

Robert  Rockhill   surviving  Executor'  of  the  last  Will   and  Testament  within 

written  he  being  one  of  the  People  called  Quakers  on  his  Solemn  affirmation  according 
to  Law  doth  declare  and  affirm  that  the  within  writing  contains  the  last  Will  and 
Testament  of  John  Shinn  the  Testator  therein  names  as  far  as  he  knows  and  be- 
lieves. And  that  he  will  well  and  truly  pform  the  same  by  paying  first  the  Debts 
of  the  dec'd  and  then  the  Legacys  contained  in  the  within  Will  &c — fee- 
Affirmed   Before  me—  Sam'l  Bustill   D  Surr   &   Regr. 

Oil  Januarv  'J!*.  K;i(i-;.  Jolm  Shinn,  the  fnilni'.  executed  his  will,  in  which 
lie  names  his  wife,.  ^larv:  sons,  Jacoli  aiul  Caleb:  oraiidson,  John,  son  of  son 
George,  and  cousin,  Samuel  Shinn.  His  sons  Caleb  and  Jacob  and  cousin  Samuel 
Shinn  are  named  executors.  This  will  was  probated  March  19,  1736-7.  (Wills, 
Xo.  L  p.  ni.) 

From  these  authentic  records  it  is  an  easy  task  to  construct  the  following 
table  as  the  children  of  Jolm  Shinn.  Jr..  and  Ellen  (Stacy)   Shinn: 

George,  named  as  son  in   will  of  the  father. 

John.  Jr.,  named  in  his  own  will  as  brother  to  Clement  and  William. 

Clement,  named   as  son  in   several   deeds. 

William,  named  as  son  in  several  deeds. 

Elizabeth,  named  as  sister  by  .John.  Jr.,  in  his  will. 

Mary,    named    in    same    will. 

The  will  of  John,  in  1T3G-7,  names  ]\iarv  as  wifi'.  and  as  we  have  introduced 
Ellen  Stacy  as  wife,  it  will  be  necessary  to  take  up  the  church  records  to  clarify 
this  seeming  anachronism.  And  inasmuch  as  \\v.  have  been  designating  dohn, 
who  married  Ellen  Stacy,  as  John.  Jr..  we  shall  adhere  to  this  fashion  to  avoid 
confusion;  but  it  should  be  ruintiiilu'icil  ili.n  this  title  left  him  in  1711,  upon 
the  deatli  of  his  father,  and  passed  to  his  son,  w^lio  died  in  1727-8,  and  then 
passed  to  John,  son  of  (Jeorge,  grandson  of  John,  Jr.,  and  great-grandson  of  the 
immigrant. 

John  Sliiiin.  Jr..  was  inii  as  consistent  in  his  religiotts  affairs  as  was  his 
father,  but  the  records  dise](jse  some  activity  in  that  direction;  enough,  at  least, 
to  enable  us  to  clear  away  some  of  the  ])erplexing  mists  of  the  family  record.  And 
if  it  shall  do  no  more  than  this,  it  will  outrank  many  other  religious  characters 
that  cumber  the  church  rolls. 

Our  first  view  of  John  Shinn,  Ji-.,  was  nimlc  ]iossible  liy  tlie  elaborate  record 
wliich  the  (i)nakers  at  l^nrlingloii  made  upon  ihc  occasion  of  his  marriage.  The 
great  worth  of  the  fatlicc  m'cukmI  to  oversliaddw  the  xm,  and  Uw  nianv  rears  we 
find  him  in  the  backgrniind  df  i  he  ]iiclui\'.  wilh  his  I'.ilher  ;is  a  cenlr;il  iigure. 

In  H!!)7  he  was  appoinlc*!  on  (be  nbicpiifoiis  committee  that  adorns  every 
clmrch  to  raise  money.  Tn  lloi  he  and  his  faihcr  sign  a  '^'testimony"  against 
some  ])n'lcndcd  ''  Friends." 

In  1*0(;  niid  again  in  1707  he  had  gained  snlluienl  prdniinenct'  lo  lie  sent 
to  t^narlerly  Meeting.  On  the  first  day  of  the  seventh  month.  1707.  the  church 
appointefl  two  Friends  to  speak  to  John  Shinn,  Jr..  to  lot  him  know  that  meeting 
expects  that  he  should  clear  truth  aiul  F'riends  from  I  he  icpioach  he  hnd  bronuht 
upon  them  by  his  disorderly  doings.  lie  ,i|i|ie;ired  before  the  nioeting.  10th  of  the 
Oth  month.  1707.  ami  promised  to  attend  lo  the  matter  ai  (lie  nc^xt  meeting.  On 
the  Isl  day  of  the  10th  month,  1707,  he  brought  in  a  paper  condemning  his  action, 

'This  shows  that  Clement  Shinn  died   within   a   few  weeks  nt   his   brother.  John. 


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which  was  accepted  by  the  society.  His  offense  was  taking  a  wife  who  was  not 
a  Friend,  "  and  the  disorderly  way  of  taking  her."'  The  disorder  consisted  in 
being  married  by  either  a  preacher  of  some  other  church,  or  by  a  heathen,  Justice 
of  the  I'eace.  Thus  the  wiles  of  the  great  arch  enemy  of  mankind,  "  lovely  woman," 
led  another  good  man  astray.  But  for  this  little  church  record  we  should  not  have 
known  of  this  second  marriage  of  John,  and  even  with  it  we  are  unable  to  tell  the 
maiden  name  of  his  wife.  To  the  Quakers  she  was  Anathema  Marenatha,  and 
not  for  any  consideration  would  they  mar  their  records  by  giving  her  name.  From 
it  we  infer  tliat  Ellen  was  dead,  and  from  the  will  of  John  we  know  that  her 
(Jhristiaii  name  was  Mary.  Mary  what?  "N'ot  until  all  secrets  are  given  up  before 
the  August  Monarch  of  the  Universe  will  this  be  known.  Jacob  and  Caleb  were 
certainly  her  sons,  for  the  records  show  their  birth  to  have  been  after  this  second 
marriage.  The  will  of  Robert  Stacy  furnishes  evidence  that  there  was  one  son 
at  least  l)y  the  first  marriage.  This  son  was,  in  all  probability,  George.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  I^ippincott,  daughter  of  Restore,  in  the  month  of  June,  1712,  as 
is  shown  by  the  records  of  the  church.  Elizabeth  Shinn,  sister  of  George,  was  also 
a  child  of  the  first  marriage,  for  that  she  herself  married  Robert  Rockhill  in  No- 
vember, 17ir>,  as  appears  from  the  Burlington  records  of  that  date.  John  Shinn, 
Jr..  of  1727-8,  names  Elizabeth,  ^fary,  William  and  Clement  as  brothers  and 
sisters.  l)ut  docs  not  mention  George,  Joshua,  Caleb  or  Jacob.  These  were  cer- 
tainly alive  at  the  date  of  the  will,'  and  the  omission  of  all  reference  to  them 
fnrnislie^  gronnrl  for  the  inference  that  Joshua,  Caleb  and  Jacob  were  but  half- 
bi'otbers.  But  why  ho  should  not  mention  George  cannot  be  explained  on  this 
hypothesis.  George  lived  then  in  Gloucester  County,  and.  being  the  eldest  son, 
was  passed  l)y  liis  brother.  It  may  be  safely  assumed  that  the  children  of  John 
Shinn.  Jr.,  and  Ellen  Slacy  were  George,  Mary,  Elizabeth,  William,  Clement  and 
John.  They  (John  Shinn  and  Ellen  Stacy)  were  married  in  1G86,  and  she  died 
before  1707,  when  John  married  the  second  time. 

The  children  of  the  second  marriage  were  certainly  Caleb  and  Jacob,  and 
v(»ry  probal)ly  Joshua.  There  was  one  daughter  by  this  marriage,  whose  Christian 
name  wns  Jane,  and  there  may  have  been  one  more.  I  have  been  aided  in  these 
deductions  by  Hon.  John  Clement,  a  man  familiar  with  the  law  and  well  versed 
in  genealogy.  The  property  which  William  inherited  as  heir  at  law  of  Clement, 
deceased,  was  property  bequeathed  to  William  and  Clement  by  will  of  the  brother 
John,  who  died  in  1727-8.  In  any  ease  the  full  blood  In-other  relationship  of  Wil- 
liam, Clement  and  John  is  eslabiished.  George  died  in  April,  1732,  as  is  shown 
by  his  will  probated  in  Gloucester  County  on  April  14th  of  that  vear.  Wills  ISTo. 
3",  p.  08.  Clement  died  between  that  date  and  :May  11,  1736,  the  date  of  William's 
deed  to  his  father  of  the  property  inherited  from  Clement. 

John  Shinn,  Jr..  died  in  173G-7.  a  very  wealthy  man  for  the  day  and  time. 
Not  as  conspicuous  as  his  father  in  public  and  religious  life,  he  inherited  the  bulk 
of  his  estate,  and  managed  it  frugally  and  well.  Whoever  the  second  wife  may 
have  been,  it  is  safe  to  say  that  she  was  of  the  first  families  of  the  period,  for  the 
children  of  John  Shinn,  Senior,  who  married,  had  entry  into  this  circle,  and  as 
will  be  seen  hereafter  married  exceptionally  well.  Having  established  the  line  of 
descendants  of  John,  Jr.,  we  pass  to  the  other  children  of  John,  Sr.,  whose  geneal- 
ogy will  be  easier  to  ascertain. 

Children  of  John  Shinn.  Junior. 

11.  (1)     George  married   Elizabeth,  Daughter  of  Restore  and  Hannah   Lippincott 
2nd  day  4th  month   1712.      (Burlington  M.  M.  Records.) 

12.  (2.)  Elizabeth  married  Robert.  Son  of  Edward  Rockhill  Sr.  5th  day  9th 
month  1716.     (Bur.  M.  M.  R.     Chesterfield  M.  M.  Records.) 

13.  (3.)     Clement:    ob.  sine  proli. 

14.  (4.)     John:     ob.  sine  proli. 


64  IIhtory  of  the  Shixx  Family  ix  Eukope  and  America 

15.  (5.)  William,  married  (1)  Martha,  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Jane  (Budd) 
Shreeve,  2nd  day.  llih  month,  1728.  (Chesterfield  .Monthly  Moeting  Record.)  William 
married    (2)    Exorcise  Corliss.   1739. 

16.  (6.)     Joshua. 

17.  (7.)     Jane,   married   Jonathan   t'.askill   .5/4/1732    (,B.    .M.    .M.   R.). 

18.  (8.)     Caleb,    married    M«'hitabel    Curtis,    1739. 

1».  (9.)  Jacob,  b.  :,/r.',/\ll'y,  married  Hannah  Lippincott  (relict  of  Freedom 
Lippincotl).  nee  Hakestraw— 12th  month.  174o-(J.  iBiirlington  and  Haddonfield  M.  M. 
Records,  i 

2(1.  (10.)  Sarah,  married  Thomas  Atkinson,  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (.Shiun) 
Atkinson  G/12/1739.      ( H.   M.  .M.   R.) 

21.  (11.)  Mary  married  Abraham  Bunnell  in  1731:  they  removed  to  Hunterdon 
Co.  upon  lands  given  her  by  her  father  in  Lebanon.  They  reared  a  large  family, 
one  son,  Abraham  Bunnell,  becoming  Lieutenant-Colonel  of  the  Battalion  raised  by 
Somerset,  Elssex  ami  Hunterdon,  undi-r  an  (lr<linance  passed  by  the  Convention  of 
New   Jersey.    7/18/1776. 

ti.     'I'homas  Sjiinn  (2). — John  (1). 

Thoiiia.'^  Sliiiin  \va.«  horn  in  Kiiglaiul  in  Hertford  ('(luiiiy.  in  all  probability, 
l»ut  the  (late  <if  lii.<  birth  cannot  Itc  asserted  authoritativel.v.  His  lirsi  appearance 
in  authentic  history  was  in  the  little  ootajional  cluircli  of  the  Friends  in  Burling- 
ton, when,  in  company  with  a  yonng  woman  of  that  town,  he  appeared  and  de- 
clared his  intention  to  marry  her.  'IMiis  was  on  the  (Uh  day  of  the  12th  nioiitli.  1687, 
(Fob.  <i.  1(!H8).  Miirlinjjcton  Monthly  Meetin<r  Records  contain  this  further  entry: 
"."•th  of  1st  month.  HJST-S  (March  ~k  KiSS).  Thomas  Sliinn  and  Sarali  Sliawlhorite 
came  before  the  mei'tinjr  the  ."Second  time  and  declared  tlieii-  iuti'iitions  of  marriage, 
and  the  meeting  finding  all  clear  and  nothing  to  impede  the  same,  they  are  left  to 
consummate  the  weighty  affair  as  they  in  the  fear  of  God  shall  see  meet."  This 
if  nil  that  can  be  known  of  Sarah  Shawthorne.  She  must  have  died  soon  after 
her  marriage  without  issue,  for  no  reference  is  made  to  children  of  tliis  marriage 
by  'I'bomas,  who  himself  died  within  seven  years,  leaving  a  will,  Ceiiaiii  it  is  that 
Thomas  Shinn  and  Mary  Stockton  appeared  liefnic  tlie  r)iii'lington  Meriing  on  the 
2nd  of  the  Till  month.  HI!)'.',  and  again  on  the  (illi  of  the  1st  month.  l(i!i'J-;l.  and 
announced  their  intention  of  marriage  and  were  set  at  liberty  to  proceed.  Tliat 
this  was  the  same  Thomas  that  married  Sarah  Shawtborn  is  evidenced  by  tlie  will 
of  Thomas,  which  refers  to  Mary  Stockton  as  '"mx  now  wife."  Thai  Saiah  liad 
died  is  inferred  from  the  fad  that  the  ebureb  which  itad  given  ii-  ((insiMit  to  the 
first  marriage  con.-ented  to  the  second.  Of  Mary  Stockton  there  i>  much  more  to 
be  paid  than  of  Sarah  Shawtborn.  She  was  the  daughter  of  liiehaid  Stockton,  who 
was  a  descendant  of  a  noted  family  of  that  name  in  Diiihani  on  Tees.  Fngland.', 
M«T  father  was  the  first  of  the  familv  to  immigrate  to  .\meriea  and  settbnl  in 
Flushing.  I..  1..  where  he  bought  two  tboii.-and  acres  of  laml  ^laivb  Id.  1  ('.O?. 
Soon  after  this  be  purchas(^d  several  thousand  acres  in  Springliehl  Town>hi|). 
Burlington  County,  ,\.  .1..  an<l  removed  thereto,  lie  wa.-  a  prominent  num.  of 
great  wealth  and  influence.  He  died  in  KOT.  leaving  children.  Ifirlinril.  .Tolm. 
.lob.  .\bigail.  Sarah.  .Mary,  lianiiab  and  Mlizabetb.  .\.  .1.  .\..  \ol.  X.  p.  I'i;.  I'rom 
Uieluird.  the  brother  of  Mary,  who  became  verv  wealthy,  was  descendecl  six  sons, 
Kicbard.  Samuel,  .fosepb.  Robert,  .lolm  and  Thomas.  .lohn  iidn  liird  i  he  ances- 
tral Inune  "Morven"  at  Frinecton.  and  became  a  w.irm  friend  of  rrinceton  Col- 
logo,  Kron\  this  John  wa^  descended  tin-  famous  jurist,  and  signer  of  the  Declara- 
tion of  ]n(le|>on(1onoo.  Hicbard  Stockton. 

Thomas  lived  scarcely  two  years  after  this  marriage.  His  will  i>  d.ited  Xo- 
veml>er  Itb.  Kini.  and  was  proven  bv  John  Shinn.  Sr..  (Ui  Dec.  l.">.  IC'ij.  The  fol- 
lowing is  a  copy  of  bis  will.  It  .^bows  (me  child.  Thomas,  alreailv  born,  and  a 
postbuni«nis  child,  wliicli.  wo  shall  soo.  was  called  Samuel.  It  also  shows  that  be 
iuid  fotir  brothers,  and  cmroborntcs  our  tabulation  of  the  male  children  of  John 

Sliinn.  Sr.     It  also  shows  him  to  have  lu-en  a  freeboldiM-  and  a  slaveholder one  of 

the  earliest  slaveboldor.-i — if  not  the  verv  earliest  in  \.vv  Jersey. 


CHARLES  HOWARD   SHINN. 


Second  Gen'ef{at[ox.  67 

Will  of  Thomas  Shixn'^  Sox  of  John  Shixx. 

IN   THE   NAME   OF   GOD  AMEN. 

I,  Thomas  Shinn  of  Springfield  in  the  County  of  Burlington  make  this  my  last  Will 
in   Manner  an<]    form   following,   viz — 

First   I  bequeath  my  soule  to  God  and  my  body  to  the  clay. 

Secondly  I  bequeath  unto  my  son  Thomas  Shinn  a  peece  of  land  Eastward  con- 
taining about  sixty  five  acres  and  about  fifteen  acres  of  Meadow  lying  on  ye  west  of 
ye   said    land. 

Thirdly  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  Child  unborn  one  equall  shaire  of  land 
and    Mcaibnv   that   remains  of   my   plantation. 

Ffjurthly  the  other  half  of  my  plantation  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  now  wife 
Mary   Shinn   with  all   my  building  and   orcharling  and  all   my   movables. 

It  is  also  my  will  that  if  ye  negro  should  outlive  my  now  wife,  then  at  her 
decease  he  shall  return  unto  my  son  Thomas:  also  if  ye  child  unborn  should  be  a 
female  then  1  wf)ulf|  have  my  son  Thomas  to  have  ten  acres  more  out  of  my  other 
meadows  to  be  given  at  ye  west  end  of  my  meadow;  Also  it  is  my  will  that  if  this 
child  tinborn  should  dye  before  it  is  of  age  I  would  have  its  share  fall  unto  my  son 
Thomas.  11'  both  my  childrfn  should  dye  before  they  be  of  age  I  would  have  that 
which  I  have  given  to  them  lo  return  to  my  relations  my  fower  brothers  onely;  It  is 
also  my  will  that  if  my  wife  dye  before  she  marries  again  that  then  that  shaire  of 
land  and  meadows  return  tmto  my  fower  brothers,  but  if  my  now  wife  should  live  to 
marrie  again  that  then  that  shair*'  of  land  and  niead«)ws  I  giver  her  to  be  at  her  dis- 
posing  as   she   pleases   forever. 

Also  I  appoint  Francis  Deavenport,  and  Jt)hn  Wilston  to  be  my  trustees  to  see 
this  my  will  to  be  performed  according  to  my  desire:  This  is  my  will  and  pleasure 
this   fottrlh   day   of  ye   p]ighth    Month   commonly   called    November   Anno    1694. 

Thomas    Shinn    (L.    S.i 


Signed.   Sealed    in    ye   presence  of   us : 

Isaac   Horner. 
Matthew   Champion. 
.John  Shinn,  Sr. 
December   15tti,   lt;!i4. 

John  Shinn  sen'r  (one  of  ye  evidences  to  ye  above  written  Testament  under  his 
solemne  Attestation)  then  proved  ye  above  named  Testator  signing,  sealing  &  de- 
claring ye  above  written  to  be  his  last  Will  &  Testament.  That  Isaac  Horner  & 
Matthew  Champion  above  written  were  also  evidences  to  ye  same.  &  did  with  him 
ye  sd   .lohn    Shinn   subscribe   their  names  as  evidences   thereto:' 

In   presence  of  us  Edward  Hunloke 

Thos.   Revell  John    Tabham  Justices 

Serey  &   Reg'r.  Thos.   Revell 

Oil  pnyc  <ir.\  LiluT  li.  N\\v  Jersey  Deeil.>:.  in  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State 
at  Trenton,  we  ascertain  that  on  Dec.  28th.  1697,  Mary  Shinn,  widow  of  Thomas" 
Shinn.  had  consented  to  marry  Sihis  Crispin  of  Penn.^ylvania,  and  Ijefore  doing  so 
arraniicd  for  the  pro]ierty  wliieh  hatl  descended  to  her  from  her  husband  to  be 
held  in  trust  and  managed  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  her  sons.  Tliomas  and  Samuel 
Shinn.  Tlie  trustees,  as  recited  in  the  deed,  were  Richard  Stockton,  Jr.,  brother 
of  ,<aid  Mary,  and  John  Shinn.  Jr..  lirother-in-Law  of  said  ^[ary,  and  the  property 
consisted  of  all  the  lands  and  a  negro  boy.  "Jabby,"'  given  her  by  her  late  husband 
by  will  dated  November  4,  1694. 

This  Silas  Cris])in  to  whom  ^fary  Shinn  was  married  in  1697  at  Burlington. 
N.  J.,  was  the  second  son  of  TJear  Admiral  William  Crispin  of  the  English  Xavy 
bv  his  wife  Annie,  daughter  of  William  Jasper,  an  English  merchant  of  Amster- 
dam, and  Sister  of  ^Margaret,  wife  of  Admiral  Sir  William  Penn,  and  mother  of 
William  Penn.  the  foimder  of  Pennsylvania.  X.  Y.  Gen.  &  Biog.  Pec..  Vol.  29,  p. 
ir.7:  also  p.  201. 

Bv  this  marriage  the  following  children  were  descended: 

1.'    Joseph,  b.  1698;  m.  Sarah  Barrett. 

•The   Inventory  of  the   Personal   Estate   was    £273-9-16. 

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68  History  of  the  Shixx  Family  ix  Europe  and  America 

2.  Benjamin,  b.  1G99;  in.,  G^ -.^1,  1722,  Margaret  Uwcn,  daughter  of  Joshua 
and  Martha  (Shinn)   Owen. 

3.  Abigail,  b.  Jan.  20.  1701;  m.  John  Wright.     Sp.  Tp. 

4.  Sila.s,  Jr.,  b.  .March  19.  1702;  m.,  Xov.  9,  1724,  Marv  Wetherell. 

5.  :Marv,  b.  March  12.  1705;  m.^  Xov.  G,  1727,  Thomas  Earl  Wetherell. 

6.  John,  b.  Dec.  11,  1707. 

Silas  Crispin  died  ^lay  31,  1711,  and  Mary  then  married  Richard  Eidgway, 
Jr.,  by  whom  there  were  no  children.  This  last  marriage  was  celebrated  in  the 
new  Springfield  Meeting  House  in  presence  of  Kiclianl,  Aljigail  and  Job  Ridg- 
way,  Benjamin  Crispin,  Abigail  and  Anna  Stockton,  Thomas  and  Samuel  Shinn, 
her  sons,  and  thirty-one  other  people. 

The  two  children,  Thomas  and  Samuel  Shinn,  grew  to  manhood.  In  the 
record  of  births  and  deaths  of  the  Burlington  ^lonthlv  Meeting  the  following  en- 
tries  occur: 

Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  and  ^lary  Shinn,  horn  Gth  day  11  month.  1693. 

Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  and  ^Mary  Shinn,  born  the  l-")tli  day  2nil  mnntli.  1G95. 

Thomas  Shinn,  Sr.,  lav  down  his  life  the  dav  of  the  '.Mh  hkhiiIi  ciillcd  \ovem- 
ber,  1694. 

The  eldest  son,  Thomas,  married  "Martha  V/.w]  ;iiid  licininc  tlic  head  of  a  dis- 
tinguished family  in  Xew  Jersey  and  rennsylvaiiia. 

The  younger  son,  Samuel,  married,  first,  Sarah  Scluxily;  second.  I'lovided 
Gaskell ;  third.  Abigail  Urie.  The  children  l)y  the  first  two  wives  became  the  heads 
of  families  in  Xew  Jersey,  while  the  fatlier  and  the  lliird  wife  removed  to  Xorth 
Carolina,  and  founded  the  Hoitse  of  Shinn  in  the  Southern  States. 

Cliildren  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Stockton)   Shinn. 

22.  (1)   Thomas   Shinn,  who   married   Martha   Earl. 

23.  (2)   Samuel    Shinn.   who   married    (1)    Sarah   Schooly;     (2)    Provided   Gaskell; 

(3)    Abigail   Ury. 

5.     James  Su  i  x  n  ( 2 ) . — Jon  k  ( 1) . 

James  was  prol)ably  the  youngest  of  the  cluldren  of  John  Shinn  au'd  was 
born  in  England.  Tie  lived  longer  tban  any  of  his  brothers  and  sisters  and  died 
in  17.V1  without  a  will.  The  same  difficulty  occurs  in  collating  his  children  as  hap- 
pened in  the  collation  of  those  of  J<ilm.  Jr. 

There  arc  some  things  certain,  luiwevcr.  niul  fr(nn  those  authentic  entities  we 
shall  be  enabled  to  construct  a  solid  foundalion.  On  the  very  day  that  his  sistet 
^Farlha,  accompanied  by  .lo>liiia  Owen,  arose  in  meeting  the  second  time  and  de- 
clared their  intentions  of  jnarriage  {.".id  n\'  the  |v|  ukuiiIi.  1(;96-7,  ^iaicli  :'..  1G97), 
the  membership  was;  informecl  by  some  lui-\  lunh  th;ii  ,l;ime<  Sbiiiii  and  Abiijail 
Lippincott  had  declared  their  intentinii  in  iiiaia\  wiilioin  (iiiiiiiil;  liefiii-c  meeting. 
/\  committee  was  a|i|ininled  ;i(  (mcc  to  -peak  hi  .lulm  Shinn  and  bis  good  wife, 
Jane;  Restore  Tjip])incolt  and  his  good  wife.  Hannah:  ami  the  obst re|)erous  young- 
people,  James  Shinn,  and  his  fiance,  Abigail  Lip|iineotl.  This  incident  caused  a 
great  amount  of  talk  thi-oughoul  the  communitv  and  led  the  coiuinittee  to  ]irobe 
the  matter  to  the  bolloin.  On  the  Tith  <d'  the  -.'iid  moiilb.  I(i!i7,  the  ('liui'eh  was 
doubtless  crowded  to  hear  the  result.  The  comnuttee  reported  that  the  young  peo- 
ple were  detennini'd  to  marry,  l)ut  mit  having  their  parents'  consent  tliev  could 
not  pass  meeting.  Old  John  Shinn  and  old  Restore  Lippincott  walked  out  under 
n  stately  beech  and  began  a  iliscussion  of  iJn'  i|iiestion.  Their  wives  soon  joined 
tliem,  and  in  a  short  time  iwace  was  restored  and  parental  consent  accorded.  On 
the  sMine  day  James  and   .\bigai1  declared  tlieir  intention   to  niarrv  bofon^  the  as- 


Second  Generation'.  69 

st'iiil)le<l  iiiultiTudi;  and  were  applauded  by  the  younger  element  who  were  in  at- 
tendance. One  month  later  they  appeared  the  second  time  and  were  set  at  liberty 
by  the  Church.  The  marriage  occurred  shortly  afterwards  at  the  house  of  Kestore 
Lippincott  in  the  presence  of  a  large  assembly  of  the  first  people  of  the  community. 

Shortly  after  the  wedding  John  Shinn  conveyed  to  James  one  hundred  and 
twenty-one  acres  of  land  in  what  is  now  Xottingham  Township  (Liber  B,  G19)  and 
the  young  people  set  up  for  themselves.  During  the  same  year  he  bought  other 
lands  of  John  Butcher  (Liber  B,  G19),  and  in  17(J5  was  made  the  sole  legatee  of 
the  estate  of  his  brijther,  Francis.  (See  Francis  Shinn.)  In  170!»  he  purchased 
lands  of  John  (iarwood  (Liber  K,  431),  and  in  May,  1712.  his  father-in-law.  Ke- 
store Lippincott,  conveyed  him  two  hundred  and  twenty-three  acres  in  Xotting- 
ham Townshi[)  (Liber  D,  97).  He  afterwards  became  seized  of  large  bodies  of  land 
in  New  Hanover  Township  (Liljer  S,  147)  and  in  Ocean  County. 

Abigail  Lippincott,  the  wife  of  James,  was  a  great  attraction  whether  con- 
sidered from  the  standpoint  or  birth  or  of  wealth.  Her  father,  Kestore  Lippin- 
cott, was  the  third  son  of  Richard  Lippincott,  the  ancestor  of  the  Lippincotts  in' 
America.  From  John  Clement's  First  Settlers  in  Xewton  Township  we  find  that 
Richard  emigrated  from  Devonshire.  England,  and  that  the  family  was  one  of  tiie 
oldest  in  England.  It  has  been  traced  authentically  back  to  the  Donujiay  Book, 
compiled  in  the  days  of  the  Conqueror. 

Richard  settled  first  at  Boston,  where  he  w^s  made  a  freeholder  in  1640.  He 
afterwards  moved  to  Dorchester  and  thence  to.  England,  where  in  16o.3  his  son 
Restore  was  born.  In  1669  he  moved  from  Plymouth.  England,  to  Shrewsbury, 
X.  J.  He  was  the  largest  shareholder  in  the  company  that  colonized  on  Shrews- 
bury River,  and  became  an  active  otlicer  of  the  colony.  Restore  Lippincott.  his 
son,  married  Hannah  Shattock  <»f  Boston  in  1674  and  removed  to  Xorthampton 
Township,  Burlington  County,  where  he  became  a  wealthy  and  influential  man. 
In  1703  and  170.5  he  became  a  member  of  the  Governor's  Council  of  West  Jersey. 
John  Clement  says  of  him:  "He  was  a  useful  citizen,  exemplary  in  all  the  rela- 
tions of  life,  and  much  respoetivl  by  the  community  on  account  of  his  regard  for 
truth  and  justice." 

His  children  by  Hannah  Shattock  were  Samuel.  Abigail.  Hannah.  Hope.  Re- 
becca, James.  Elizabeth.  Jacob  and  Rachel. 

James  Shinn  married  Abigail,  and  George  Shinn.  son  of  Jolm.  Jr..  married 
Elizabeth.  The  descendants  of  each  of  the  other  children  of  Restore  married  de- 
scendants of  the  other  children  of  John  Shinn,  Sr.,  so  that  there  are  few  of  the 
Shinn  family  in  America  without  some  admixture  of  Li|)pincott  blood.  And, 
strange  to  say,  after  Joshua  Owen  died  and  Hannah  Lippincott  died,  the  widow, 
^fartha  (Shinn)  Owen  and  Restore  Lippincott  formed  an  alliance  and  were  mar- 
ried in  1729.     From  this  match  there  were  no  children. 

It  now  remains  for  us  to  gather  u]i  the  details  of  evidence  concerning  the 
cliildren  of  James  and  Abigail  (Lippincott)  Shinn,  and  tabulate  them  as  accu- 
rately as  may  be.  He  left  no  will,  which  deprives  us  of  one  fruitful  source  of 
information.  Turning  to  the  church  records  we  find  a  number  of  recitals  which 
are  invaluable. 

1.     BuRLixGTOx  Monthly  ^Ieeting  Records. 

First  of  8th  month,  1716,  John  Atkinson  and  Hannah,  daughter  of  James 
Shinn.  declared  tlieir  intentions  of  marriage. 

Second  of  11th  month.  1726.  the  overseers  of  the  meeting  reported  that 
Joseph  Shinn,  son  of  James,  had  married  a  wife  that  was  not  a  Friend.  He  mar- 
ried !Mary  Budd. 

Fonrtli  niontli.  23rd  day.  1720.  at  house  of  James  Shinn.  ^NLchael  Atkinson, 
son  of  William,  and  Hope,  daughter  of  James,  were  married.     Witnesses,  James 


70  III-  ..    ..w.  >...  .  •    KA>fTTv  TV  Faixove  Axn  Amemca 

ami    Ai.i-ail.  Jo-  .«!    Mary   Sliinn,  John.   JoHiph,   Thomas,   Haimah,   Sarah > 

.\l,  •  ■■■'  (1  met'ting  4  ()  ITvHi. 

-, ,  ..  1  :..:,cU  Shinn  and  Elizabeth  Atkinson  passed 

iiK'.-u'n^'      '  ..  iV.  i:-?s.  Janu-s  Shinn  of  New  Hanover  deeded  Francis  Shinn, 

hiK  H.n.  the  land  h.  •  ..f  Ho.-tore  Lii>i)incott  in  1712.     (Liber  A.  R.,  P-  9^-) 

'  .  i:;i«>.  a  orrtilicate  was  recorded  showing  that  Solo- 
.....      ^  ,i   Marv  Antrim  wure  married  on  that  date.     Wit- 

•  mcnt,  Joseph  and  ilarv   (Budd)   Shinn,  James  and 

Hii  -  -      )n  and  Caleb  Shinn. 

:.   17:{!».  rejwrt  was  made  that  James  Shinn.  Jr.,  and 
H  -  iHju.'-ins,  had  hilcly  married.     The  parents  disclaimed 

iK'th.  the  mother  of  Hannah.     Elizabeth  was  the  widow 

of  .  ^ 

•li.  IMl.  ricment  Shinn  of  Xew  naiiover,  son  ui  James, 
ni..  Shinn  wnt   in  a  paper  condemning  their  disorderly  pro- 

out  of  meeting. 
In  I)  -trangr   fatality,   throe  brothers  and   sisters  of  the  name 

'-  .1.1  and   Elizabeth,  married  three  brothers  and  sisters  of  the 

!i.  II. .jK-  and  Eranci.o,  and  still  another  brother  of  the  Atkin- 
Marv  Shinn.  but  not  the  daughter  of  James. 
I  t   is  hardly  questionable  that  the  children   of  James  and 

Ab:  ^'linn  were: 

.  wli<»  married  John  Atkinson,  9/21/171fi. 
iloiKJ.  who  matried  Michael  Atkinson,  4/23/1720.^ 
.  I     '        .  h.  S/2.VK0(;;  m.   Elizabeth   Atkinson,  8/13/1729. 

.1     .  i.M.  whn  married  Marv   Hudil.  172(i. 
.'.'.••■,  who  married    Hannah  Shinn.  1739..' 
'2'.'         ■         -       iiiMii.  who  marrii'd   Mary  Antiim.  3/l'7/1739. 
.30.      <  '.        I       iient.   wlio   married    i'llizalu'th   Webb.   1740. 
!•>'  *-  not  H)  convincing  as  that   heretofon'  adduced,  but  sufficiently 

rjenr  '  conclusion,  1  add  the  following: 

.11  \bigHil.  m.  Henry  Reeve,  172!^. 

iinnli,    m.    liartholf»mew    WCsl,     K27.        lie     lived     in     Mon- 
"•  be  reare«l   a   large  family.     Three  of  his  sons  were  in  the 

'!  "I"  Mcriy.  a  witiu'ss  in   1111 — ob  sine  i>i(>li. 

J.  1   in  New   Hanover  Township'  in  his  own  house  at  a  ripe 

'-'''  -'  .^    No.  7.  ]).   l<i|,  an  entry  was  made  on  Jan.  14,  1751.  ap- 

]  iin  ndministrator.     James  Shinn  seems  to  have  had  verv  little 

tn  do  with  churt'h  nffnirH'  and  ntill  less  with  politics.     His  ambition  seemed  to  be 

\v  Kk.vj)!  informn  me  that  he  has  seen  the  marriage  certifl- 

■■'   it   the  cenMUoiiy  was  performod   at   the  house  of  .Tames; 

.oil.   .laiiics    Sliliiii,    S<iliiiii(m    Shinn.    Restore   Lipi^incott, 

in    Cnitoll.    Wllliatn    Ihiilil    and    a    long    line    of    others    whose 

!..  .ill 

I  Into  Now   HanovcT  Township  is  not  known,  but  it  is  certain 

tn   Will    HiK.U    No.   4.  p.  .110.  nnrlinslon    County 

I      ( Wrinhlstown )     was    made    Admiuislrator    of 

r.   <ii)    .Sciv     4.    1741.      And    in    Deed    Hook    A.    R.,    p.    97.    .James    Shinn    of 

•  "    .  .-.■..  ».(..   ..,.,   iv,,„riH  n   irnrt   of  land.     From   all   these  facts  it  appears 

«Vni   V-  Township,  lived  for  niany  years  after  his  marriage  in 

N'  the   later   years   in    New    Hanover. 

•  r  of  the  Friontls   Society   in   good   standing  is   attested 
by    A    itn\M'T  ip    by    MnrlinKion    Monthly    .Me«'ting   on    4/11/1704    during    Queen 

'■•-       ^'^■"'  ■  '    '■■    "''    '■•M>«alns    and    other   military   officers,    stating    that    the 

had   appeared    at    their    last    monthly    meeting   and 
of  ihu  Swclely  of  P'rlends  and  could  nf)t   conscientiously  bear 


Second  Gexeiiatiox.  71 

to  own  land  and  to  enjoy  life.  He  gave  large  tracts  of  land  to  his  children,  who 
in  turn  seem  to  have  inherited  his  land  desires.  ^lany  of  them  became  large  land 
owners  in  Xew  Jersey,  and  some  of  them  became  very  rich.  It 
was  from  the  line  of  Thomas  that  the  fir.st  migration  Southward 
started  in  IToO.  but  the  line  of  James  furnished  the  next  mass  of 
adventurous  spirits,  and  his  hardy  grandchildren  soon  entered  Virginia, 
spread  into  West  A'irginia  and  were  among  the  first  into  Ohio,  Indiana  and 
Illinois.  Xearly  every  Shinn  in  the  Southern  states  finds  liis  ancestor  in  Samuel, 
the  son  of  Tixtmas,  the  son  of  John.  Four-fifths  of  the  Shinns  in  the  Xorthern 
states  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific  find  an  ancestor  in  either  Clement  or  Joseph, 
sons  of  James,  son  of  Jolm.  And  many  of  tlie  descendants  of  Clement,  James  and 
Joseph  remained  in  the  ancestral  homes,  filling  honorable  positions  and  living  no- 
ble lives.     Of  all  these  we  shall  speak  hereafter. 

3-,    Geohgi:  Siiixx  (2). — Joiix  (1). 

\\  licre  oi-  when  George  was  born  we  cannot  say  with  greater  certainty  than 
that  tlu!  event  occurred  in  England  prior  to  1G()9.  In  Old  Burlington  fleeting 
House  he  passed  meeting  the  second  time  on  the  oth  of  the  (ith  month,  IGOl,  and 
shortly  .iftcrwards  was  niiirried  to  ^lary  Thomjison.  daughter  of  John  Thompson, 
at  the  house  of  his  father,  .lohii  Shinn. 

.lojin  Thompson  was  a  rrecholder  and  a  man  of  i)ublic  affairs.  In  the  trou- 
bled adiuinisi ration  of  Lord  Cornhur\'  as  Governor  of  Xew  Jersey.  John  Thomp- 
son was  chosen  by  lUirliiigton  County  as  one  of  its  Assemblymen,  and  sat  in  the 
famous  assembly  of  ITO*.  Id'  was  one  of  the  proprietors  and  a  signer  of  the 
"Concessions,"  N.  J.  A..  \'..|.  I.  p.  268;  member  of  the  General  Assemblv.  IGOS, 
N.  J.  A..  Vol.  Tl.  ]..  1  IS:  .mIm)  member  of  the  Colonial  Cotincil,  ITOl.  Ibid,  Vol. 
IL,  p.  :'.S1. 

Ahiiy.  bis  daughter,  was  soon  bereft  of  her  husliand,  for  on  March  2nd,  1694, 
a  will  dated  January  2Ttli.  1694,  was  probated  in  Burlington  County,  which  bore 
witness  to  the  f.-ict  llmt  (Ji^oi-gc  S1iinn  bad  died.  Tlie  following  is  a  copv  of  the 
will  : 

WILL   OF   c;EORGE    shinn.   son   of   JOHN   SHINN. 

I.  George  Shinn  being  weak  of  body  but  of  good  and  sound  memory  praised  be 
God  do  make  and  ordaine  this  my  last  will  and  testament  in  manner  following. 

First  I  committ  my  Soul  unto  Almighty  God  and  my  body  to  be  buried  at  the 
discretion  of  Mary  my  loveing  wife  whom  I  make  my  Executrix  of  this  my  last  will 
and   Testament. 

Secondly  I  give  to  Mary  my  Loveing  wife  Al  my  whole  estate  both  real  and  per- 
sonall  fully  and  wholly  at  her  own  disposal  upon  condition  that  she  shall  discharge 
all  my  just  debts  and  funerall  charges  and  bring  up  my  children  &  doe  (as  obovesaid) 
hereby  make  &  ordaine  her  my  sole  executrix  of  this  my  last  will  &  testament  revoak- 
ing  al  other  wills  heretofore  made  in  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand 
and  seall  this  27th  of  the  11th  month  cal'd  Januaru  1694. 

Signed  and   sealed  in  the  presence  of  us.  George  Shinn    (Seal) 

Eleazer  Fenton  ^^    Burlington    in    ye    Province   of   West    New    Jersey 

.  ,      ^  the   second    day    of    month    of   March.   Anno    Regina 

jonn   my  Gulliel    im    et    Maria    Angl.    &c.    Septimo    Annoq    Dom 

mark/ms^  1694.     Exhibitted  &  proved  ye  above  written  to  be  ye 

Henry    l  age  jg^g^   ^^.^^^    ^    testament    of   George    Shinn    ye    Testator 

„      .  ,  T      J  above  named  according  to  law  before  us. 

Daniel  Leeds. 

Thos.  Revell  Edward    Hunloke 

Surr   &    Regr.  Jeremiah  Basse 

Thos.    Revell. 

For  Springfield — George  Shinn. 
For    Northampton — James    Shinn. 


72  UlMUHY    OF   THE   SllIXX    KaMILY    IX    ECROPE   AND    AMERICA 

Man-  Shi  nil  cjualified  as  executrix  and  gave  bond  on  .March  2,  1694,  with  John 
Shinn,  Sr,  and  iJana-I  l>ids  a*  bondsmen.     (Unrecorded  Wills,  Trenton,  A.J.) 

The  inventory  of  his  i)ersonal  propertv  was  £124.4.3. 

Tb.  -  of  lli^  children  arc  not  givrn  in  the  uill.  hut  they  have  been  ascer- 

!«:•••■'  ..  .w>.     From  a  minute  book  of  marriages  solemnized  in  open  court  at 

];  .  on  Jih-  in  the  onice  of  the  Secretary  of  State  at  Trenton,  it  appears 

thai  Marv  .^binn  was  married  to  Daniel  Wills  in  IGDo.'  That  this  was  the  widow 
of  (;.  '  -'  in  is  rstablisbed  as  follows:  In  the  year  1709  a  census  by  house- 
h«dd-    .....   :....rn  in   Nortlinnntun  Township,  Jiurlington   County,  and  one  of  the 

tabulations  in  as  follows: 

I>anl<l  WHIh,  age 50 

M.ir  .    Wills    JO 

1  h  Will'-  1(      daiighl IT  by  former  marriage. 

iM;,:.i    Wills    17      son  by  former  marriage. 

.i.iiM.-B  Wlll« 45.    son  by  former  marriage. 

'        ph   Wills  11     son  of  Daniel  and  .Mary. 

..:.;.  Wilis  ...  y     (langlm-r  of  Daniel  and  Mary. 

•MnrKari'i  Wills 7     daughter  of  Daniel  and  Mary. 

Hannah  Wills    5     daiighter  of  Daniel  and  Mary. 

.L.tiii   Wills   —     son  of  Daniel  and  Mary. 

I ..  .1   Shlnn    .  .  16     son  of  former  marriage. 

.M.irtha  Shlnn    14     daughter  of  former  marriage. 

.Mary  Shlnn    12     daughter  of  former  marriage. 

Tln-re  are  wmu-  ajiparent  discrepancies,  but  ihey  iiuiy  all  be  reconciled  by  as- 
suming 17n;>  to  Ik'  an  error  in  transcrijition.  11"  tlic  year  170T  be  assumed  every 
diHiculty  diMii«iK>ars.  However  that  may  be.  the  fact  that  Levi.  ^^lartlia  and  Mary 
Shinn  are  enumerated  immc<liately  after  the  family  of  l);iiiiil  and  Mary  Wills 
seems  to  prove  conclusively  that  the  children  of  (icorgi'  and  Mary  (Thompson) 
Shinn  were  1>  vi.  Martha  and  Mary.  Daniel  Wills,  the  second  husband  of  Mary 
rii.iiiipM.n  Shinn.  was  the  son  of  I)aniel  Wills,  one  of  the  most  prominent  men  of 
early  Huriingttm  County.  The  elder  Daniel  Will-  was  one  of  the  proprietors,  and 
on«'  of  the  Cf»mmissioncrs  sent  from  lOngland  to  divide  the  lands.  He  came  with 
a  large  family  and  immy  indentured  .servants,  who  afterwards  ])ecame  lending 
citi/j-ns  in  the  Colony.  As  ('ommissioner,  he  with  his  fellow  Commissioners  pnr- 
chflM'd  tlu'  hulian  rights  from  the  Kancocas  to  Timbii-  Creek,  laid  it  out  in  parcels 
suitable  for  purehawrs.  an<l  administered  the  governnn-nt  o[  tlic  Colony  according 
Ut  the  C«uw<-s«.i<tns  and  .Agreements.  .\s  a  ConimissioncM'  of  the  London  Company 
ho  with  three  men  hwated  the  Lond(»n  Tenth  id  .\rwiiimni<.  where  Cloucester  now 
Rtandf.     He  wait  nft«'rwards  chosen  a  niembei'  n\'  \\\r  (iovenmr's  Council,  which  po- 

M  be  di;/!iified  and  adorned.  Me  biin.M'll'  took  up  large  quantities  of  land  in 
—  :liampton  Townsbiji.  which  was  so  mimed  in  honor  of  Northami)ton,  England, 
from  winch  Daniel  Wills  had  emigrateii.  In  KISl  he  was  Surveyor  General  of 
the  l'rovin(v.  In  1(»!»S  he  went  to  the  Harl)ados  upon  business,  where  he  died, 
leaMii;-  "      The  eliildreii  named  therein  were  James.  D.iniel,  John,  ]\Inry,  and 

.\nii       J' married    (I)    Mar;:aret    .Newbobi,   in    l(iS(i.  by  whom   he  had   three 

rhildren.  Kli/idK-th.  Daniel  and  James.     Married   (2)   Mary   (Thompson)    Shinn   in 

Ml    there    were    five   children.    Joseph.    Ann.    Margaret.     Hannah    and 

.'  .  Jr..  continued  t<i  reside  on  Ihe  ])alernal  acres  until  bis  death.     His 

•  '  the  Ki  Miith  ■'ciiii;itiiiii  .-lill  reside  uptui  the  original  liomestead  of 

11  n-n  of  tieorge  Shinn  nuirried  as  follows: 

'  '  '''v':    m.    .\nn.   youngest    daughter   of    Hanid    Wills.    Senior, 

hi'  '  Memoranda.) 

Mnrthn  Shinn  married  Daniel  Oaskill.  173.';.     Bur.  M.   M.  Record. 


od   l.y   Kdward   Himloko  and  witnessed   by  .lames  and 
^"'  \<Ulnscin  and  Mary  (Storkfon)   Shinn. 


Second  Gexeratiox.  73 

Mary  Shinn  married  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Roberts)  Eves,  1721. 
(Asa  Matlacks  Memoranda.     Burlington  Monthly  Meeting  Record.) 

Thus  happened  one  of  the  curious  phases  of  matrimony;  the  mother,  Mary, 
married  Daniel,  the  son  of  Daniel,  Sr.,  the  son,  Levi,  married  the  daughter,  Ann, 
of  Daniel,  Sr.  Levi  thus  became  a  brother-in-law  to  his  mother;  Mary  became 
mother-in-law  to  her  sister-in-law;  Daniel  became  father-in-law  to  his  sister  and 
grandfather  to  her  children.  There  are  many  other  curious  combinations  which 
are  left  to  the  ingenuity  of  the  reader  to  solve  during  his  leisure  hours. 

Children  of  George  and  Mary  Shinn. 

34.  (1)      Levi  Shinn,  who  married  Ann  Wills,  1720. 

35.  (2)      Martha  Shinn,  who  married  Daniel  Gaskell,  173."i. 

36.  (3)      Mary  Shinn,  who  married  Samuel  Eves,  9/6/1721. 

0.     Francis  Shinn  (2). — John  (1). 
The  following  will  contains  all  that  is  known  of  Francis  Shinn. 

WILL  OF  FRANCIS   SHINN,   SON   OF  JOHN   SHINN,   SR. 
March  ye  11  (h  1704. 

Whereas  P'rancis  Shinn  of  Springflekl  in  the  County  of  Burlington  in  the  Province 
of  West  New  Jersey  being  very  ill  and  weake  of  Body  but  in  perfick  Strength  in  mind 
and  memory  doth  make  this  his  last  will  and  Testament  that  is  first  I  doe  Bequeath 
my  Soul  into  ye  Lord  my  maker  to  him  that  gave  it. 

Secondly  my  body  into  the  earth  from  whence  it  came  and  theare  to  be  decently 
buryed  next  my  Will  and  Pleasure  is  that  all  my  Just  debts  and  funerall  charges  be 
payd  and  as  to  the  hue  performing  of  the  same  I  doe  apoint  and  authorize  my  well 
beloved  brother  Jann^s  Shinn  to  be  my  whole  and  sole  Exe'ter  and  as  for  the  disposal 
of  my  worldly  goods  and  Temporall  estate  it  is  as  foloweth  that  is. 

Item — I  give  unto  my  brother  James  Shinn  all  my  land  being  one  hundred  and 
twenty  acres  of  land  and  meadow  with  all  the  building,  fensing  and  improvements  on 
the  same  It  is  bounding  on  John  Bouchers  line,  John  .Antrom's  line,  John  Dayes  line, 
Bleazar  Fontons  line  and  John  Shinn  line. 

Item — 1  give  unto  my  brother  James  all  my  personall  estate  that  is  all  my  cattle  and 
horses  all  my  swine  all  my  emplyments  of  husbandry  and  all  my  wearing  apparell  and 
all  things  whatsoever  that  is  mine  and  I  doe  order  and  apoint  my  brother  James  to 
pay  all  my  just  debts  to  the  performing  Wheareof  I  doe  order  him  to  sell  and  dispose 
o.  my  estate  both  reale  and  personall  as  he  shall  see  convenient  and  the  remainder  to 
be  and   remaine  to  his  own  proper  use. 

Sineed  and  Sealed  in  the  presence  of  us. 

Jasper  Moon  And  in  Witness  whearof  I  have  hearunto  subscribed 

John  Tonker.  my  name  Sealled  with  my  Scale. 

his 
Francis  Shinn  (L.  S.) 
mark 
Burlington  ye  24th  January  1705-6 

Personaly  appeared  before  me  Thomas  Reavell  Esqr'e  Surrogate  in  &  for  the 
province  of  New  Jersey  James  Shinn  &  tooke  the  Legal  attestahen  as  Executor  to  the 
within  written  will. 

Attested  before  me.  Thos.  Revell  Surr. 

Burlington  the   24th  Jan   1705-6 

Personaly  appeared  before  me  Thomas  Reavell  Esqr'e  Surrogate  Jasper  Moore  one 
of  the  evidences  to  the  within  written  will  who  being  duly  attested  according  to  law  did 
declare  that  he  was  present  att  the  signing  &  delivery  of  the  within  will  &  that  at  the 
same  time  the  within  named  Francis  Shinn  was  of  sound  &  disposing  mind  and  memory 
according  to  the  best  of  the  deponents  knowledge  as  also  that  he  saw  John  Tonkin  signe 
the  same  as  evidence  thereinto. 

Attested  before  me.  Thos.  Revell,   Surr. 

7.     Sarah  Shinn  (2). — John  (1). 

Sarah  was  born  in  England  in  the  year  1669,  if  the  date  of  the  census  of 
Northampton  Township  be  taken  at  the  date  of  its  purport,  1709.  for  in  that 
enuiucratioii  she  is  recorded  is  being  forty  years  of  age.     If,  as  is  probable,  the 


:4  IllMuia    ...      in..    >M.NN     1  AM11.V     IV     KlKnl'E    AND    AMERICA 

censu.  w«.  taken  in  KOT,  then  .he  wa.  born  in  l(iG7      Thcv  is  no  record  of  her  ' 
marriage,  but  in  a  convc-.  f  .lobn  Sbinn,  Sr..  on  the  loth  day  ot  April,  lbJ3 

1,.     ■  •       >  :      „,.i„.iaw.  -1 «  Atkin>on,  and  his  w.te.  >arah,  one  hundred  and 

„  -  of  land  in  Bnrlin-rt».n  County.  (  W.  J.  iKv.ls.  Liber  J3  t,  o6^.) 
In  the  will  of  John  Shinn,  Sr.  (1711 )  Thomas  Atkinson  is  again  named  as  son-ni- 
law.  It  mav  havi-  Invn  that  Sarah  remained  in  En.irland  a  number  ol  years  alter 
,}.  ,...;.. ..,■....  of  luT  father  and  was  tlu-re  married  to  Thonuis  Atkinson,  or  the 
„  ;,avi-  been  iHTformed  bv  a  Justice  of  the  Peace,  the  record  of  which 
-  lost  If  the  latter  hvpothesip  be"  true,  tlic  Friends  would  have  reprimanded 
thf-m  and  the  !-  of  the  s<»ci.'tv  would  disclose  the  fact.  But  no  such  repri- 
mand' i«  to  Ih-  ; and  tiie  infen-nee  is  that  the  marriage  occurred  in  Kn.uland. 

Tlvir  <.ld<-t  chil.l.  Jane,  was  U  vcars  of  age  at  the  date  of  the  Xorthampton 
ii8.  This  would  plaee  the  marriage  in  1()93.  at  al)our  the  time  John  Shinn 
ga\c  them  the  land  hereinbefore  mentioned.  The  father  of  Thomas  Atkinson  is 
not  diK-lohcd  bv  the  reeord.s  but  the  Xortliami)ton  Census  places  the  age  of  the 
8on  at  IG.  Po  that  he  was  born  between  IGCl  and  IGGIi.  One  William  Atkinson 
loeated  lands  in  1(JS3  in  Burlington  County  on  Bireh  Creek,  in  the  neighborhood 
of  T  •  -'  ..  and  in  U'.sC  married  Klizabeth  Curtis.  In  all  probability  this 
\\,. v;,.....-on  was  a  brother  of  Thomas,  and  were  both  from  Lancashire,  Eng- 
land, lion.  John  Clement  in  *' The  Atkinsons  of  New  Jersey"'  seems  to  believe 
that  William  Atkinson=  came  from  London  or  Yorkshire.  In  Besse's  Sufferings  of 
r.  it  i8  recorded  that  on  11 /'J  I  K'lCO.  at  Swartmorc,  Lancashire,  William 
\  1  was  put  in  Laiuashire  gaol  for  religious  dereliction.  And  that  on 
'in.  at  Xewton  CarinieM.  Lancashiiv.  TJiomas  Atkin>(>n  was  arrested  and 
gent  In  Lanea.-hire  gaol  for  tlu^  same  reason.  .\nd  on  the  same  day  at  the  same 
plac-   M  '   .\tkinson  was  arrested  and  sent  to  ]H-ison  for  reproving  a  priest. 

']']    .    M  Vikinson   seems  to   have  been  a   Moman  of  rare  intelligence  and 

<!;  .  for  her  arrests  and  iiicareerations,  although  ninnerous.  did   not 

lefiM'U  luT  ardor  nor  bring  her  to  silence.     She  was  a  Quaker  of  (,)uakers,  and  her 
».!•  .    innnv  and   severe.     The  towns  named  above  arc  not  far  from  Cam- 

\,  ,:i.l   Hertfordshire,  where  John  Shinn  and  his  ancestors  and  relations 

I,.  time  immemorial.     The  Tianea.ster  Atkinsons  had  lu'en  residents  of 

I.  tor  centuries,  and  men  of  that  name  had  estates,  and  positions  of  honor 

II-  -  all  that  time.     Among  the  reettu's  of  the  estaldished  church   in 

N    : I  ;;;.■.    Ili-rtford    and    Lancaster    Comities   during    the    13th.    14th, 

L'ltb  and  Kilh  centuries  the  name  fre<|uently  occurs.     Thomas  and  William  Atkin- 

-if  But  I  Cminty,  w(>re  doubtless  sons  of  either  'J'homas  or  ^\'illiam  At- 

'         .        imprisoned   in   UW;(».     The  young  men  were  Friends  and  came 

ape  the  perscc\ition  which  had   come  to  the   family  in  their  old 

'       lain  it   if  that  the  young  men  were  in   Amci-ica  and   ih.il   'I'hunias   mar- 

r  -  -■         I.      Thomas   took   little    interest    in    ]niblic    alVairs   and    was.  not 

1  1-  nuitters.     Business  engrossed  his  entire  alienlion  and  gave 

'  ii      !  tilde  was  that  of  a  bricklaver  and  stonemason,  and  liis  handi- 

<\  a  demand  for  his  services,      lb-  was  enabled   lo  buy  large  ii-acts  of 

He  lived  in  Burlington  in  K!!*."*,  but  the  latter  years  of  his 

Hnlly,  or  Bridgton.  as  it  was  then  called.     His  son.  Thomas. 

1  and  was  a  man  of  alTairs.     The   I'riends  had  a  meetiiifi 

'Thin   hyp»»lhon|i»  rannoi    hol«l.   for   thnt    TIkiiims.   Sarali    and    .Marilia   Sliinii    si.i;ii    a 
r.-rUrtrnto  for  Thinnim  nml  .Sarali   Hood   7/ia/ir,8«(.     H.   M.   R.,  Liber  I. 

•Tho  Atklti •    "^eotrli  ramlly.  \m\  ttiey  have  lonp  had  a  rosidonco  in  Enj^land. 

In  n  unrUh  nf  .i»  a  plat«>  In  the  rhanrol  is  the  usiial  "Hie  jarel,"   lollowcd  ])y 

iUHoii.   Professor  of  i»i\iiiity  in  llic  Cliapel   of  Windsor 
:i.  apiinreniiy.' for  in  l.aiin  lie  commands  all  passersby 
"Oral"'  pn>  anlma  Will  AtklOHon"  ("Pray  for  tho  soul  of  William  Atkinson"). 


Second  Generation.  75 

house  at  this  i>lacc',  of  which  Judge  Clement  says:'  ''To  this  log  building  the 
Friends  in  that  section  came  for  religious  worship  twice  in  each  week.  Here  the 
philanthropist,  John  Woolman,  worshiped  regularly,  and  here  his  voice  was  first 
raised  in  (>p|)osition  to  shivery — then  so  general  among  those  of  his  oa^ti  belief  and 
practice.  Jn  tliis  prijiiitivc  building  often  sat  liobert  Dimsdale,  Francis  Collins, 
Benjamin  Bryant,  p]dward  Gaskill  and  Jonathan  Southwick.  Here  also  came 
Thomas  Atkinson,-  father  and  son,  with  their  families  and  others  of  the  name, 
and  sometimes  their  slaves  as  coachmen  and  attendants."  Mr.  Clement  might 
have  enumerated  many  other  prominent  men  who  attended  this  church,  among 
whom  was  Thomas  Shinn,  one  of  its  elders,  and  afterwards  Judge  of  the  Quar- 
terly Sessions  and  for  many  years  a  member  of  the  General  Assembly.  It  is  also 
true  that  the  ])r('aching  of  Woolmnn  at  this  church  divided  families  and  started 
anew  the  migration  to  other  fields.  Samuel  Shinn,  brother  of  Thomas  Shinn, 
accompanied  by  many  other  slaveholders,  took  their  slaves  and  went  to  Xorth 
Carolina.  The  children  of  Thomas  Shinn,  who  inherited  slaves,  were  at  last 
driven  by  the  ])Hb]ic  spntiment  of  their  l)rcthren  into  slave  holding  states  to  the 
South. 

Thomas  Atkinson,  Sr.,  died  in  Northampton  Township  in  1739,  being  about 
seventy-eight  years  of  age.  His  wife,  Sarah,  survived  him  for  many  years.  The 
will   of  Tliftmas  Atkinson'  names  all  of  the  following  as  his  children,  save  Mary 

and  Martha : 

37.  (1)  Jean  or  Jane,  b.  HJ'J4.  married  Benjamin  Jones,  Jr.     1727. 

38.  (2)  Martha,  b.   1G95. 

39.  (3)  Francis,  b.  1G96. 

40.  (4)  John.  b.  1698.  married   Mary   Smith.     1717. 

41.  (5)  Thomas,   b.    1700,   married    Hannah,   t;^    — ^         it,  .       >-r      h 

42.  (6)  Mary.  b.  1702,  married  Caleb  Shreve,  Jr.     1718. 

43.  (7)  Sarah,   b.   1704.  married Harris. 

44.  (8)  Christiana,  b.   170(!.  married  Wilson. 

A.     MwiY  SinxN  (2).— John  (1). 

it  is  quite  ]>robable  that  ]\[ary  was  the  eldest  of  John  Shinn's  children.  On 
the  8th  of  the  9th  month  (November),  168G,  slie  and  John  Crosby  passed  meeting 
the  second  tiiin'  and  were  left  by  the  society  to  accomplish  their  marriage  in  the 
fear  of  God.'  (I'.ur.  ]\[onthly  M.  Eec.)  Of  John  Crosby  prior  to  this  date  little 
is  known.  In  KJSo  he  and  his  lirother  Francis  took  up  five  hundred  acres  of  land 
on  Xorlhampton  Kiver.  which  they  sold  to  James  Budd  on  May  13,  1685.  (N.  J. 
Arch.,  Vol.  XX.)  That  he  lived  in  Burlington  on  the  East  side  of  High  Street 
is  proved  by  various  deeds  of  that  date.  His  occupation  was  that  of  a  millwright. 
On  Dec.  14,  lfi87,  John  Shinn,  Sr.,  of  Springfield  Lodge,  conveyed  one-half  of  a 

'"The  Atkinsons  of  New  Jersey"  is  brimful  of  human  interest  and  bears  the  ear- 
marks of  that   indefatigable  worker.  John  Clement. 

-'Some  amusing  things  occurred  at  this  meeting  house.  The  minutes  show  that  at 
one  time  Thomas  Atkinson  took  off  his  hat  at  a  religious  meeting  which  he  attended, 
as  a  gentleman  should;  Restore  Lippincott  accused  him  of  violating  usage;  Thomas, 
like  Peter  of  old.  entered  a  denial.  Restore,  prefiguring  modern,  hard-headed  Congress- 
men, demanded  an  investigation.  A  committee  was  appointed  and  reported  that  Restore 
Lippincott  had  not  told  a  falsehood.  Thomas  Atkinson  kept  his  hat  on  after  that,  as  a 
good   Quaker  should,  and   Restore  Lippincott  grunted  his  satisfaction. 

'The  Northampton  Census  of  1709  gives  the  family  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Shinn) 
Atkinson  and  their  ages  as  follows: 

Thomas  Atkinson  46     John   Atkinson    10 

Sarah   Atkinson    40     Thomas   Atkinson    8 

Jean    Atkinson    14     Mary  Atkinson    6 

Martha  Atkinson    13     Christiana  Atkinson    3 

Francis  Atkinson    11 

4  This  certificate  is  recorded.  The  marriage  occurred  10/21/1686.  Crosby  was 
described  as  a  millwright  living  near  Northampton  River,  and  Mary  Shinn  as  daughter 
of  John  Shinn  of  Burch  Creek.  The  witnesses  from  the  family  were  John,  Sr..  and 
Jane,  his  wife,  John,  Jr.,  and  Ellen,  his  wife,  Thomas  and  George  Shinn. 


76  HiSTOEY    OF    TIIK    SlIIW     I'.V.MII.V    IN     FaROPE    AXU    AMEIUCA 

thrtc-liundreil-acre  tract  on  Hirch  Creek  to  John  Crosby,  millwright,  hu^^band  of" 
Mar..    ■  .  r  of  the  grantor.    ( W.  J.  H.  Liber  B.  pt.  1,  pp.  104-443.)     That  he 

u.i-  a  y.     .    i'lu.-*  man  I.^  evi«lenee(l  bv  the  fact  that  on  Jan.  G,  ITUO,  he  and  Mary 
\evetl  ti\»-  hundred  and  Hftv-hvc  acres  in  a  body  to  John  Shinn,  Jr.     (Liber 
liliH,*|j.  215.)     .\nd  by  his  will,  dated  Dec.  22,  KOV,  he  left  his  wife  other  lands, 
.if-,  r    ■!.  \idinK   f'""   '•'»  ehihlren.      lli^  will   was  probated   m   August,   ITIO,   and 

■  ■:'■..'-■.  :.■..  .Min.s  Nathan  an«l  John.  (New  Jersey  Wills,  No.  L  2:^.)  The  will  of 
.1  iu  Shinn,  Sr.,  proveg  that  there  wa.s  certainly  a  daughter  named  Mary,  and  it 
IS  probable  that  there  was  another  daughter  named  liebecta.  In  the  year  1?11 
Mary  (Shinn)  Crosby  was  married  to  Richard  Fennimore;  prior  to  that  event, 
]»ec."'.',  1710.  she  conveyed  to  her  father.  John  Shinn,  Sr..  the  land  devised  to  her 
by  her  deccaH.'d  husband,  on  the  conditicMi  that  he  should  maintain  her  idiot  child, 
Mary,  which  condition  John  Shinn.  Sr.,  i)erformed  by  making  it  a  charge  upon 
'  •  ite  at  his  death.     (Liber  .\.\.\.  ]>.  2(\iK)     Just  what  tiu>  means  of  education 

,1   that   time  is  not  known.  l»ut  John  Cro.<by  certainly  appreciated  the  ad- 
vantages of  culture,  since  he  made  his  wife,   Mary,  his  executrix,  and  gave  her 
power  to  pell  his  lands  for  the  jnirpose  of  educating  his  children,     llichard  Fenni- 
'     •        the   stH-ond   husband   of   Mary,   was   a    prosperous    widower   of    W'illingboro 
1  :iip.  wJKise  fatlu-r.   Kichard,   was  one  of  the  original  proprietors  and  who 

-  .iicd   the  original   "Concessions  and   .\greements."     Richard  Fennimore,   father 
;.  were  prominent  in  early  Jersey  alfairs  and  universally  respected  for  their 
;i  .ind  honesty  an«l  pul)lic  enterprise.     Mary  outlived  her  second  husband,  who 

■  .  ''i  in  NovcndxT  or  I)ccend)er.  KIM.  and  so  far  as  the  records  disclose  was  never 
married  again.'  It  is  not  certain  that  slu'  had  children  liy  this  marriage,  but  it 
is  probable  that  there  was  a  son.  John,  ami  a  daughter.  Mary.  It  is  not  known 
when  sh"  died.  Surrounded  by  her  own  children  and  grandchildren,  as  well  as 
by  the  childr«'n  and  grandchildren  of  Kicbard  Fennimore  by  his  first  marriage, 
and  well  providi-d  for  by  each  husband,  she  doubtless  lived  a  happy  life,  and  in 
the  evening  of  life  |)assed  \n  a   Cliristian's  grave. 

ehihlren  of  John  Crosbv  and   .Marv  Shinn. 

46.  (Ij  Mary  C'roHby.  an  idiot. 

46.  (2)  John  Croaby,  who  niarrle<l    Kli/.aheth   Wilson  at  Bin-lington   in   17o7. 

47.  (3)  Nathan  CroHlty.  who  married   lOiizalielh  (larwood  at  Evesham  in  1726. 

48.  (4)  Iteberca  (*roKl»y.  who  married   Samuel  (Jarwood  at    Biu-liiiK(on   in   172S. 

Probable  Children  of  Uiebartl   h'eiiniinore  and  Sarah  Crosby. 

49.  (1»   .Mnry    Fennlmonv    who    marriecj    Abraham,    son    of    Thomas    and    Rebecca 

(CollinH)   Hryan  In  172S. 

50.  (2»  Jolin    KeiuiUnore.   wlio   married    Sarah.   dauKhler   of  Thomas    and    Rebecca 

(('(diliiKi    r.ryaii   at    Hiirlin.i;toii. 

in.     Mai:tii\  Shinn  (2).— Joiiv  (1). 

TluK  claughler  ap|>ears  upon  liurlington  Record  of  M.iiiiago  many  tunes  as 
a  wnni>«,  and  «in  (he  fifth  «tf  the  twelfth  month.  l(i!M;  (().  S.).  she  and  Joshua 
Owen  apjM'arefl  In-fore  liurlington  Meeting  and  <leelare(l  their  intention  to  marry. 
On  the  .'tth  of  Mar«h.  jr»!i7.  the  Society  set  them  til  libertv  iind  they  were  in  all 
'.  lity  mnrrieil   that    month.     Joshua   Owen   was  a  respectable  landholder  of 

I  1   C<ninty  and  a  mitive  of  Wales,      lie  and   Martha  lived  in   Sj)ringfield 

I  for  mn*"    "Mr-  and  pa'-'^ed  nneveittftil  lixi--.     Joshua  died  before  1729, 


'Hlrhnnl  Fnnnlmoro,  Sr..  was  a  Kran<!Kon  of  Richard  Fennimore,  whose  remains 
.•\r<«  doiKiiittocI  in  St  I^awrnnro.  UendlnK.  ICn^land.  The  Mayoralty  of  Reading  was 
brlcl  hy  momliorM  tif  ihl»  family  In  the  Hlxteenlh   centtiry.     (.Man's  History  of  Reading.) 

•M"  was   married   to   .Miraham    Mryan   in    1728.   but   whether   tliis   was 

Mnry    <  .  ■    Fennimore   cannot    Ik-    known.      It    may    have   been.      It   is    more 

pmhnhio  that  «hp  wrh  her  dmiKhier. 


51. 

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52. 

(2) 

53. 

(3) 

54. 

(4) 

55. 

(5) 

56. 

(6) 

57. 

(7) 

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for  in  that  year  Martha   (Shinn)   Owen  married  Restore  Lippincott,  one  ot  the 
most  prominent  men  of  the  period. 

The  Burlington  Kecord  of  Births  does  not  give  us  the  children  of  Joshua  and 
Martha  Owen  and  we  are  forced  to  con.struct  a  list  from  the  Record  of  Marriages. 
h  V  ^n  4/4/1740  Thomas  Evins  and  Rebecca  Owen,  daughter  of  Joshua,  were 
married  at  Burlington  Meeting  House  in  the  presence  of  Joshua,  Rowland,  Mary 
and  Sarah  Owen,  Benjamin  and  Martha  Marriott  and  forty-one  others. 

On  7/29/1730  Joshua  Owen,  son  of  Joshua,  and  Mary  Butcher,  daughter  of 
Samuel,  were  married  at  Springfield  Meeting  House  in  presence  of  Mary  and 
Rowland  Owen  and  thirty-six  others. 

On  3/17/1738  Rowland  Owen,  son  of  Joshua,  and  Prudence  Powell,  daugh- 
ter of  John,  were  married  in  presence  of  Joshua,  Mary  and  Sarah  Owen  and 
thirty-six  others. 

On  6/6/1722  Margaret,  daughter  of  Joshua,  and  Benjamin,  son  of  Silas  and 
Mary  (Shinn-Storkton)   Crispin,  were  married. 

In  1730  Benjamin  Marriott  married  Martha  Owen,  daughter  of  Joshua. 
From  these  recitals  it  is  evident  that  the  children  of  this  couple  were: 
'■*       '"' '   Martha  Owen,  who  married   Benjamin  Merrlott.     1730. 

Joshtia    Owen,    who    married    (1)    Mar>'    Butcher    7/29/1730;      (2)      Sarah 

Branson    1/5/1743. 
Rowland    (Roland)    Owen,  who   married   Prudence   Powell   3/17/1738. 
Rebecca  Owen,  who  married  Thomas  Evins  4/4/1730. 
Sarah  Owen. 

Mary  Owen,  who  married  Henr>'  Burr.     1736 
Margaret  Owen,  who  married   Benjamin   Crispin  6/21/1722. 

By  the  second  marriage  of  Martha  (Shinn)  Owen  to  Restore  Lippincott  there 
was  no  issue. 


THIRD  GENERATIOX. 

11.     Gkokgi;  Siiixx  (3). — Joiix,  Jr.  (2),  Joiix  (1). 

George  Shinn  was  l)orn  in  1687,  being  the  eldest  son  of  John  and  Ellen 
(Stacy)  Shinn.  John  Shinn,  Jr.,  in  his  will,  1736,  names  his  grandson,  John 
Shinn.  as  son  of  son  George,  late  deceased.  As  George  Shinn  died  in  1732,  nam- 
ing his  wife  in  a  will,  as  Elizabeth,  it  may  be  safely  concluded  that  this  George 
Shinn  was  the  one  referred  to  by  John  as  his  son.  He  is  first  mentioned  in  Bur- 
lington Minutes  in  1704,  when  he  is  certified  as  a  member  of  Springfield  Meeting. 
(See  note  to  James  Shinn.")  On  the  7th  of  the  2nd  month,  1712,  he  and  Eliza- 
beth Lippincott,  daughter  of  Restore,  declared  their  intentions  of  marriage.  One 
month  later  the  committee  appointed  to  inquire  into  the  matter  reported  that  there 
was  no  obstruction  to  the  marriage  excepting  the  "  straitness  "  of  Restore  Lippin- 
cott, the  father  of  the  young  woman.  The  young  people  appeared  the  second  time 
on  the  2nd  of  June  and  again  declared  their  intentions  of  marriage.  The  society 
declared  that,  as  ''  those  things  which  seemed  a  bar  being  removed,^^  they  were  at 
liberty  to  proceed.  They  were  married  at  the  house  of  Restore  Lippincott  shortly 
afterwards.  Restore  gave  the  young  couple  a  farm  and  they  settled  down  to  mar- 
ried life.  Once  after  this  we  find  George  Shinn's  name  upon  the  minutes.  In 
1721  he  was  appointed  to  look  after  a  marriage. 

Shortly  after  this  he  moved  to  Gloucester  County,  Xew  Jersey.  In  the  old 
musty  records  of  Woodbury  he  appears  as  a  plaintiff  in  1723 ;  as  Overseer  of  the 
Poor  in  1725;  defendant  in  a  law  suit  in  1726;  Overseer  of  Roads  in  1727,  and 
plaintiff  in  a  law  suit  in  1729.  In  1725  he  located  two  hundred  acres  of  land  on 
Timber  Creek,  Gloucester  County  (now  Camden  County),  and  on  April  14.  1732, 
at  Greenwich.  Gloucester  Countv,  made  his  will,  making  his  wife,  Elizabeth,  his 


78  HiSTOHY    OF    THE    SlIINX    FAMILY    IN    EUROPE    AND    AMERICA 

executrix.  Klizabeth  do^ired  1<»  return  to  her  old  home  in  iUirlinuluii  and  re-- 
nouneed  tlie  exeeut.trsliip.  On  .May  ".^Oth.  1732,,  Samuel  Harrison  was  appointed  in 
her  stead.  She  with  her  younjrer*  children  returned  to  the  old  home,  leaving  the 
eUler  children  to  become  the  heads  of  families  in  Clducrst.r.  Caindon.  Cumber- 
land and  Salem  Counties. 

Jler  children  are  determined  as  follows:  John  is  named  in  the  will  of  his 
grandfather:  Amos  is  named  in  Burlington  ^[inutes  as  son  of  George  of  Glouces- 
ter on  the  occasion  of  his  marriage,  9/2o/lT-10.  Hannah  is  named  as  daughter  of 
Elizabeth  Shiim,  on  3,  5/ 17 -JO,  when  she  married  her  first  cousin.  Jairus  died  in 
Glouc-e.«ler  County  in  1768.  Joseph  was  born  in  Burlington  in  1713,  reared  in 
Gloucester  County,  and  settled  at  Pilesgrove,  Salem  County.  George  was  named 
as  a  son  of  fJeorge  at  his  marriage  in  1740.  Ziljtali  and  Elizabeth  were  born  in 
Glouci-ii-r  and  are  placed  with  George's  children  without  further  evidence. 
Children  of  George  and  Elizabeth  (Lippincott)   Shinn. 

58.  Ill   .Insepl)    Shinn.  b.   17i:!.  married  Ann   Sydonla   Shivers  8/19/17.58. 

59.  (2l   Amos  Shinn.  b.  — ,  married  Ann  Carter  9/25/174U. 
CO.     (:])  John    Shinn.    married    Lydia    Carter    12/4/1744. 

Gl.  (4)  .lainis  Shinn  ob  sine  proli. 

62.  (5)   Hannali  Shinn.  married  .James  Shinn  2/o/\'tifK 

(}'.).  (Ct   Zilpali   Shinn  ob  sine  proli. 

G4.  (7)   Elizabetii  Shinn.  b.  172(1.  married  Charles  Ford  ITliS. 

65.  (8)   Georse  Shinn.   married    Sarah   Owen  3/2/1749. 

66.  (9)   Azariah    Shinn.    married    Sarah   Haines    1700. 

67.  (I'M    Isaiah    Shinn   oh   sine  proli    17<3:3. 

rj.     Ei.iZAKKiii   SinxN'   (3). — Joiix,  Jr.   (2).  .Iottx   (1). 

\ fry  littb  is  known  of  tbis  (buighter  of  John.  .1 1'.  Thai  she  mai'ried  Eobert 
.,  Koekhill  is  eviden<-ed  by  Burlington  ]\rinutes  of  the  Dili  month,  5th  day,  1716/ 
The  same  minute  notes  that  Kobert  Rockliill  was  from  Chesterfield;  He  was  the 
Bon  of  Edward  ]?(tckhill.  who  came  to  l^ew  .b  rsey  I'liuu  Yorkshire  about  the  year 
1686.  He  was  the  father  of  eleven  children,  of  whom  Kobcrt  was  the  sixth  in 
onler  of  liiitli  II.'  w;i-  biii-n  1  /25/161)2  in  Burlington  County,  where  he  lived  and 
died. 

\i).     William  Shinx  (3). — Juii\..Ii;.  CiL-IoiiN   (I). 

William  Shinn  a])pears  first  upon  the  church  records  in  172S,  when  he  asked 
liie  I'.nrlinglon  Meeting  to  granl  him  a  certificate  on  acc(mnt  of  marriage,  to 
Chesterfield  .Monthly  Meeting.  On  the  rdh  of  Deccjiiber,  1728,  as  is  recorded  on 
Chesterfield  minutes.  William  Shinn,  son  of  John  of  Springfield,  and  Martlia 
Shreeve,  daughter  r.f  .Id^lma.  appeared  before  meeting  the  first  time.  Thev 
appeared  again  on  .Ian.  2,  172it,  and  the  coniniitt(^e  rejiorttd  on  the  6th  of  Feb- 
ruary that  the  marriage  "had  been  orderly."  William  apiH\ti->  quite  frequentlv 
in  land  lraiisaeti<»iis  from  1726  to  17.")(>.  On  .May  II.  ll.Mi.  .lolin  Shinn.  father. 
sold  to  William  and  Clement,  sons,  several  tracts  of  land.  Clcmrni  died  in  ];;?(; 
and  William  became  ]\']<  ln-ir  at  law.  On  Oct.  2r>lh.  17;)6.  William  conveved  three 
hundreil  acre>  in  Ilunterdun  Comity  to  bis  father:  eight  davs  bef(n-e  this  the  father 
conveyed  to  William  four  hundred  and  twenty-six  acres  in  liebanon.  Hunterdon 
County.  Shortly  after  this  he  was  made  agent  for  the  West  Jersev  Troprietors, 
and  in  that  capacity  had  much  to  do  with  the  afTair<  of  thai  famous  ciii'|)oration. 
In  17.".')  I..-  unirried  Exorcise  Corlis.s.     The  date  of  bis  death  is  not  known. 

Children  of  William  and    Martha    (Sbrceve)    Shinn. 

68.  (It   William   Shinn.   b.   1729.  married    (;/4/174ti.      H.    m.  M.   R. 

69.  (2)   Hope   Shinn.   b.   17:n.   married    Abner   Holers   1/4/1750. 


ChoHterflpbl  has  this  minute:  "f.ili  day  7lli  inonih  171(1  Robert  Rookhill  asks  for 
n  roriif^rato  on  nrrounl  of  marriage  with  P^llzabelb,  daushter  of  John  Shinn  ol  Bur- 
MnRion  " 


Third  Gexekatiox.  79 

70.  (3)   Mary  Shinn,  h.   M'M.  married  Jonathan  Bunn  1776,  in  Hunterdon  Co.    He 

was  a  soldier  in  Captain   Henry  Phillips'  Company,  1st  Regiment  from 
Hunterdon;     also   in   Captain   Tucker's  Company,   same  regiment. 

Children  of  William  and  Exorcise  (Corliss)    Shinn. 

71.  1  (4)  Isaiah,   b.    1740,  married   Mary  Bun-   1770. 

72.  2  (5)  Exorcise   Shinn,   b.    174;>,   ob   sine   proli. 

73.  :;  (6)  Elizabeth   Shinn,   b.   1748,  married  John  Alloways  1774. 

74.  4  (7)  Job  Shinn,  b.   1749,  married  Elinor  Burns  1776. 

in.     Joshua  Shinn  (3). — John,  Jr.  (2),  John  (1). 

lliit  for  the  o.\U-act  J'roui  the  Surveyoi-  (jteneral's  office  adduced  in  the  life  of 
John  Shiim,  Jr.,  and  tiie  traditions  of  the  family,  we  should  know  nothing  of  this 
son  of  John.  He  is  not  named  in  the  Friends*  minutes  nor  in  his  father's  will. 
The  traditions  ol"  the  family  are  that  ho  inarried  a  Lippincott,^  and  had  at  least 
one  child.  He  had  dieil  in  all  probahility  before  his  father  in  1736,  as  did  his 
brothers,  John  and  Clement.  That  he  was  a  son  of  the  second  marriage  is  in- 
ferred finiii  the  fact  that  he  does  not  ap])car  in  any  of  the  land  transactions  of 
l'(2()  and  Vi'M\  between  his  father  and  John,  Clement  and  William.  Tradition 
says  thai   be  li\ed  lu^ar  the  Cedar  Swamp  and  that  he  died  there. 

Children  of  Joshua  and (IJppincott)   Shinn. 

75.  (1)   Uriah,    who   married    Rebecca    Ridgeway    1776. 

18.     Calkis  SiiiNN  (3). — John,  Jr.  (2),  John  (1). 

Caleb's  birth  is  nut  recorded,  but  he  was  named  in  the  h.nd  transactions  of  liis 
father,  and  made  one  of  the  joint  executors  of  his  will.  He  was  a  man  of  great 
wealth,  and  from  the  few  traditions  which  have  come  down  to  posterity,  was  the 
most  sociable  of  all  the  Shinns.  He  did  not  hold  to  the  faith  of  his  fathers,  but 
kci)t  companionship  with  the  hilarity  of  the  world.  The  following  article  from 
the  Pennstjlvaiiiii  JuiiriKil  of  date  Aug.  30,  1T5U,  shows  thai  he  was  a  turfman  of 
some  note  even  at  that  early  date: 

'"Notice  is  hereby  given  that  there  is  to  be  given  gratis,  at  Mt.  Holly, 
in  the  County  of  Burlington,  on  Wednesday,  the  19th  day  of  September, 
twenty  pistoles,  to  be  run  for  by  as  many  horses,  mares  or  geldings  as  any 
person  or  persons  shall  think  tit  to  put  in.  They  are  to  put  in  twenty  shillings 
for  every  horse,  mare  or  gelding,  and  enter  them  four  days  before  the  day  of 
running.  They  are  to  run  three  heats,  one  mile  at  a  heat,  on  a  straight 
course,  and  to  carry  weight  for  inches.  A  horse,  mare  or  gelding  to  carry 
140  pounds  weight  at  14  hands  high;  and  for  the  first  inch  higher  to  carry 
14  pounds,  and  for  every  inch  above  that  7  pounds  more.  And  all  horses 
that  are  under  size  to  be  equivalent  to  the  same.  Any  one  horse,  mare  or 
gelding  that  shall  win  two  heats  and  save  the  distance,  the  third,  shall  win 
the  prize.  And  the  next  day  the  bets  to  be  run  for;  every  one  that  saves  his 
distance  the  first  day  is  entitled  to  run,  the  horse  that  wins  the  prize  excepted. 
The  horses  to  be  entered  at  John  Budds  or  Caleb  Shinns." 
That  Caleb  Shinn  appreciated  the  value  of  printers'  ink  is  shown  by  the  fol- 
lowing advertisement,  taken  from  the  Pennsi/lvania  Gazette  of  Nov.  2,  1749: 

"  Notice. — ^lade  his  escape  from  the  Burlington  gaol,  one  David  Dun- 
dorse,  a  Scotchman  about  6  feet  high,  well  set.  square  shouldered,  broad  faced, 
short  curled  brown  hair.     He  had  on  when  he  went  away,  old  trousers,  ozen- 

'See  "Uriah  Shinn."     It  is  very  probable  that  it  was  Joseph  and  not  Joshua  who 
married  Lippincott. 


80  History  of  the  Shixx  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

brigs  shirt,  an  old  li>:ht  coloreil  coat  and  an  old  felt  hat.  He  passed  some-, 
times  for  a  soldier  and  .sometimes  for  a  sailor.  He  stole  from  Caleb  Shinn  a 
likely  gray  horse,  paces  swift,  has  a  verv  thin  mane  and  foretop.  Any  per- 
son "that  fakes  uj)  and  secures  the  man  and  horse  shall  have  five  pounds  re- 
ward and  reasonable  charges ;  and  three  pounds  if  taken  without  the  horse ! — 
John  HoUinshead,  Sheriff." 

Caleb  Shinn  did  not  consult  the  Church  when  he  married,  but  rode  over  into 
Monmonth  County  and  was  married  l)y  a  jireacher.  This  event  occurred  in  1739 
and  the  woman  In-  married  was  named  Mt-liilable  Curtis,  a  surname  distinguished 
in  early  Jersey  history.  Burlington  Meeting  did  not  act  on  his  case  until  1750, 
when  he  was  declared  out  of  unity.  He  died  in  1752  without  a  will  and  his  large 
estate  was  administered  on  by  Tliomas  Atkinson,  his  son-in-law.  ami  Peter  Bard, 
twu  of  ihu  moj-t   sucrcssfnl  mcMi  of  that  ]3eriod. 

Children  of  Caleb  and  Mehitablc  (Curtis)  Sliiiii). 

76.  (1)  John   Shinn.  who   married    (1)    Amy  Griffith   1767;     (2)    Sarah  Jones   1780. 

77.  (2)  Honry  Shinn.  who  niarriod  Anna  F'ort   1770. 

78.  (:{)  Calcl)   Shinn  — ol)   .sine    proli. 

79.  (4)  .Mt'hitalili"    Shinn.   who   married    Ebenezer   Doty    1779. 

80.  (5)  .Mary   Shinn.   who   married   Jacob  Lamb   17G8. 

r.».     Jacob  Sjiixn  (3). — Joiix,  Jr.  C^),  Joiix  ( 1  ). 

Jacob  is  recorded  in  .Mi.  Holly  Hecords  as  born  5/13,  \',\'k  ami  a>  having 
passed  meeting  on  account  of  marriage  regularly  on  12/3/17-15.  He  w'as  married 
at  Haddonfield  in  the  same  juonth  to  Hannah  Li])pincott,  widow  of  Freedom  Lip- 
pincott.  (Haddonfield  M.  ,M.  Kccords. )  The  minutes  of  that  meeting  show  that 
Freedom  Lipjtincott  married  ilannali  Hakestraw  some  time  before  this,  and  we 
are  thus  enabled  to  know  the  wonuin's  maiden  name.  Jacob  is  named  in  the 
Surveyor  (leneral's  ojlice  of  date  1725,  in  an  entry  which  certifies  that  John  Shinn 
and  his  four  sons.  Joshua.  Clement,  Jacol)  and  Caleb,  took  up  lands  in  Cedar 
Swamp.  In  the  various  deeds  wliiih  passed  between  John,  the  father,  and  his 
sons,  John.  Clement  and  William,  in  172(5-7  and  17;>(!,  he  is  not  named.  The  in- 
ffrmce  is  Joshua,  ('aleb  and  Jacoh  were  children  of  the  second  marriage.  Jacob 
war-  named  in  the  father's  will  in  1*3(;.  and,  in  eonjuiielion  with  his  brother.  Caleb 
Shinn.  and  his  c<tusin,  Samuel  Shinn.  wa<  made  an  exeenlor  ol"  the  will.  The 
probability  is  that  he  was  a  favorite  son,  ami  that  he  reeeixed  a  majoi-  ]iart  of  the 
estate.  It  is  certain  that  at  his  death  he  left  one  of  the  laigest  estates  that  had 
bo<'n  probated  uji  to  that  period.  His  family  were  called  the  "Silk  Stocking  Set," 
a  title  that  flid  n<»t  well  agree  with  i)is  (Quaker  profession-;.  He  had  considerable 
prominence  in  the  Society  of  Friends,  as  is  jshow  n  by  the  fnlldwing  extracts  from 
Hurlingt«)n  and  Mt.  llfdly  Minutes:  liurlinglon  in  l"(i."i  mmie  liii)i  an  over.sicer 
of  a  meeting  to  be  hehl  near  Sliree\e"s  Miiinii.  In  \'Hu  he  \\a>  Miit  lo  (^)uarterly 
Meeting,  ami  twice  in  17(iH.  In  1770  he  made  an  aeknowledgnienl  for  miscon- 
duct. In  I7'«l  he  with  others  petitioneil  for  leave  tn  lniild  a  meciing  li(iii>-e  at 
Shrecves  Moind.  In  177!>  he  and  his  wife  were  transferreil  \i<  Mi.  IInllv.  In 
1*S0  hr  submittetl  a  matter  for  arbitration  to  the  Mt.  Ilollv  .Meetim;.  and  its 
fleei>ion  being  adverw.  lie  refused  to  be  governed  by  the  arbitrament.  .Mthomzh  no 
complaint  appears  on  the  mintites  rrum  ilii>  liinc  nn  to  his  dcnili.  in  11 !'.').  it  is 
evident  that  be  was  not  interested  in  Chnreh  aH'airs.  and  the  Soeielv  with  equal 
pugnacity  ignored  him.  Wealth  is  frequently  overbearing,  and  old  age  belli<rerent. 
The  go«td  things  of  life  ought  to  sweeten  its  associations  and  old  age  should  b(>  as 
placid  a«  a  deep  river.  His  will  bears  date  V7/17!)2.  It  was  iirobated  5/10/1795. 
(T.iber  No.  35.  p.  2f»3.  W.  J.  Wills.)  It  names  his  wife.  Hannah:  sons,  Jacoh, 
Caleb  nn<l  John-  dmiLdiler,  ■Nfnrv,  and  ^..n-in-law,  Caleb  TJpjtineott.     Hannah  did 


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not  survive  her  husband  manv  months.  Her  will,  dated  10/17/1795,  was  pro- 
bated 5/18/l?yG.  (Liber  ^o.  35,  p.  466,  W.  J.  Wills.)  This  will  is  more  ex- 
plicit than  that  of  Jacob.  It  names,  son,  Caleb;  grandchildren,  Alexander  Lip- 
pincott,  Samuel  Lippincott,  sons  of  Abel  Lippincott,  dec;  granddaughters,  Han- 
nah Butclier,  daugliter  of  Benejah  Butcher;  grandson,  Thomas  Butcher,  son  of 
Bcnejah  Butcher;  grandson.  Freedom  Shinn,  son  of  John;  granddaughter,  Han- 
nah Shinn,  daughter  of  son  Jacoh;  granddaughter,  Elizabeth  Lippincott,  daughter 
of  Samuel;  granddaughter,  Rehecca  Lippincott,  daughter  of  said  Samuel;  grand- 
daughter, Hannah  T>,ippincott,  daughter  of  said  Samuel;  granddaughter,  Mary 
Ann  Li])piiicott,  wife  of  Jesse;  granddaughter,  Jemima  Kay;  granddaughter, 
Plannah  Kay ;  grandson,  Caleh  Wright,  son  of  Samuel,  dec. ,  four  daughters,  Han- 
nah Kay,  Elizabeth  Lippincott,  Mary  Wright  and  Rachel  Butcher. 

The  Mt.  Holly  Record  of  Births  and  deaths  gives  the  following  list  of  chil- 
dren witli  dates  of  birth,  to  which  we  have  added  the  names  of  their  husbands  and 
wives. 

Children  of  Jacob  and  Hannah   (Lippincott)   Shinn. 

81.  (1)  Mary   Shinn.  b.   9/18/1746— ob   sine  proli. 

82.  (2)  Hannah    Shinn,   b.    1748,  married   Isaac   Kay   1767. 

83.  (3)  Jacob  Shinn,  b.   1/24/1750,  married   Hannah  Fenton  1777. 

84.  (4)  Elizabeth    Shinn,   b.    8/19/1753,    married    Samuel    Lippincott    1776. 

85.  (5)  Mary  Shinn.  b.  11/23/1755,  married  Samuel   Wright. 

86.  (6)  John    Shinn.   b.   11/2.5/1757,  married   Mary   Norton   1780. 

87.  (7)  Jemima  Shinn,  b.   2/26/1760,  married  Caleb  Lippincott  1782. 

88.  (8)  Rachel   Shinn,  b.   10/24/1762,  married  Benejah   Butcher  1784. 

89.  (9)  Caleb  Shinn,  b.  3/12/1764— ob   sine  proli. 

2-2.     Tjio.mas  SiiiXN-  (3).— Thomas  (2),  Joiix  (1). 

Thonnis  Shinn.  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Stockton)  Shinn  and  grandson  of 
John,  liie  immigrant,  has  his  birth  recorded  in  the  Record  of  Births  and  Deaths 
of  Burlinglon  Monthly  Meeting  as  having  occurred  on  the  6th  of  the  11th  month, 
1694.     TJie  sajne  record  places  his  father's  death  in  this  wise:     "Thomas  Shinn 

lay  down  this  life  the of  the  9th  month,  called  November,  1695."    We  have 

seen  what  disposition  the  father  made  of  his  estate  by  will,  and  have  noted  the 
final  disposition  of  the  estate  by  Mary  (Stockton)  Shinn  in  1697,  when  she  mar- 
ried Silas  Cris[)in  of  Philadelphia.  In  the  will  and  deed  of  trust  Thomas  is  men- 
tioned as  a  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary,  and  the  will  shows  that  Thomas  was  the 
elder  of  the  two  boys. 

Tlie  stdiject  of  our  sketch  was  born  and  lived  throughout  the  greater  part  of 
his  life  in  Springlield  Township,  Burlington  Coimty.  Whether  he  lived  with  his 
mother  after  her  marriage  to  Silas  Crispin  is  not  known,  and  we  next  meet  him  in 
authentic  history  on  the  1st  of  the  10th  month,  1718,  when  he  and  Martha  Earl 
declared  their  intentions  of  marriage  at  Burlington  Meeting.  On  the  5th  of  the 
nth  month.  1718,  the  minutes  show  that  he  and  Martha  appeared  the  second 
time,  and  were  given  liberty  to  proceed.  Shortly  after  this  the  marriage  occurred. 
The  marriage  certificate  or  record  shows  that  Thomas  Shinn,  son  of  Thomas,  and 
"Nfartlia,  dnuirhter  of  William  Earl.'  were  married  at  the  house  of  William  Earl  in 


'"The  family  of  Earls,  who  now  are  and  for  several  generations  have  been  Lords 
of  Heydon  INIanor.  is  of  great  antiquity,  and  had  its  origin  in  the  adjacent  town  of 
Salle,  which  is  very  remarkable  for  giving  rise  to  three  of  the  ancient  families  of 
Norfolk  Countv,  England,  viz.:  Fountaine.  Briggs  and  Earl."  Bloomfield's  History 
of  Norfolk,  Vol.  Ill,  p.  531.  "Its  greatest  name  was  Erasmus  Earl,  baptized  September 
20,  1590.  died  September  7,  1667.  He  graduated  from  three  schools  and  practically 
monopolized  the  law  business  of  Norfolk;    was  secretary  for  the  English  at  the  treaty 


82  HisTOUY  Of  -niL  ::>mss   Tamilv  ix  Eukoi-e  and  A.meuica 

Springfield  Township,  on  the  2:ind  day  of  the  11th  month,  lU^.  li  \va>  wit- 
nessed by  the  mother  of  Tlionias.  Mary  Hi<l«r\vay,,  <he  having  maniod  IJuluird 
Kidgwav'after  th.-  doath  of  Sihis  Crispin;  l»v  William  and  Elizabeth  Earl,  parents 
of  Martha;  bv  John.  James  and  Abigail,  his  uncles  and  aunts:  by  Samuel  and 
Sarali  Shinn,  his  brother  and  his  wife;  bv  George  and  Levi  Shinii.  liis  cousins,  and 
by  twenty  others.  The  bride  was  born"  in  rortsmouth.  E.  I.,  but  had  lived  m 
Springiield  Town>hii.  ab<.ut  all  her  life.  The  allair  was  one  of  considerable  im- 
portance and  was  atlmded  by  some  of  the  lirst  people  of  the  County.  The  solemn 
Quaker  who  was  appointed  by  Burlington  Meeting  to  attend  reported  l)ack  on  the 
12lh  of  the  2nd  month.  KIS.  that  "These  friends  that  are  under  our  care  and 
conduct  are  ])retty  orderly.""  The  young  people  had  successfully  passed  the  com- 
mittee report  upon  the  declaration  of  intention,  and  likewise  the  Argus-eyed  com- 
mittee on  marriage,  and  were  now  ready  to  settle  down  to  practical  life.  The  pos- 
sessions of  Tlionuis  were  in  Sjiringfield  Township  and  tliere  lie  began  his  career. 
For  eighteen  years  he  is  covered  by  an  envelope  of  impenetrable  obscurity,  save  for 
an  ocoasicinaltransfer  of  land  which  confronts  us  on  the  deed  records  at  Trenton. 
In  1730  he  was  jmt  on  a  committee  to  supervise  a  mnniage;  ami  nn  ilu'  same  day 
was  s<'nt  to  Quarterly  ^fceting.  The  inference  is  that  he  had  lived  an  honest 
Christian  life  and  that  now  in  his  forty-lirst  year  he  had  gained  the  confidence  of 
his  brethren.  About  this  time  he  removed  to  Mt.  Holly  in  Xorthampton  Town- 
ship.' and  on  the  1st  of  the  6th  month  he  was  made  an  elder  by  the  Burlington 
meeting.  In  1748  he  M-as  made  one  of  the  Trustees  to  hold  the  Mt.  Holly  ^Meeting 
House  property.  In  Vol.  III.  of  the  Burlington  ^linutes  among  the  first  items 
is  placed  a  list  of  Ministers  and  Elders  who  have  died  since  1720.  In  this  list 
we  have  the  last  notice  of  Thomas  Shinn.  He  is  ranked  as  an  elder,  and  his 
death  recorded  as  of  date  the  27th  of  the  2nd  montli.  no.S,  in  the  oSth  year 
of  his  life.  It  was  really  the  oOth  year.  1)ut  one  cannot  quarrel  with  venerable 
records  ami  escape  unscathed. 

If  we  had  nothing  but  the  simple  record  nf  jliis  iii;in"s  life  as  given  l)y  the 
scribes  of  Burlington  Monihly  "Meeting  of  Friends,  we  sliould  ascrilie  to  liim  (|nali- 


of  Uxbrhlge;  was  granted  the  degree  Serjeant  at  Law;  was  successively  Steward 
ami  UoconhT  of  Norwicli:  was  of  Commission  of  Oyer  and  Terminer  to  Norwich  and 
afi«TwardK  to  York:  was  a  member  of  the  Lons  Parliament  from  Norwich;  was 
Prlvatp  Serjeant  to  Oliver  Cromwell  and  afterwards  to  Richard  and  was  Serjeant  to 
tho  Commonwealth.  He  was  i)ar(ione<l  by  Charles  II.  auain  uraiitod  the  degree  Ser- 
Joanl  at  Law  and  eonliniieil  in  Kreat  reputation  to  the  end  ol  his  days.  He  is  buried 
In  the  East  Chapel  of  the  North  Isle  under  an  exceedin.uly  large  tomb,  over  which  is 
the    mtiral    nifmument    with    his    arms    and    a    long    inscription."      Rloomfiold.    Vol.    II, 

p.  n?.! 

It  Ik  a  tradition  in  the  New  .Jersey  faniil.v  that  it  s|)rang  Iroin  Norfolk  County,  but 
the  aiithor  of  "Ualph  Earl  and  His  Desceiulants'  hohls  that  it  is  a  tradition  in  the 
MasHarhuseltH  family  that  it  sprang  from  Somerset  County,  near  Exeter.  William 
Karl  of  Springfield  Township.  N.  .1..  was  a  grandson  of  Ralph  Earle  of  Taunton,  Mass. 
William  was  a  ship  owner  and  carrieil  on  a  trade  for  many  years  between  Massachu- 
Bolls  and  Now  Jersey.  In  IKIt?  he  removed  to  Now  .I(M'S(>y  and  purchased  land  in 
Sprln?fleld  Township,  upon  which  he  lived  until  his  doath.  One  of  his  first  acts  after 
his  chango  of  rosidenee  was  to  change  the  spelling  of  his  name  by  dropping  the  final  e, 
a  change  which  his  desej-ndants  have  respected  and  followed  for  more  than  two  cen- 
turies. Whether  Kaljdi  ICarle  migrated  fnun  .Norfolk  or  Somerset  is  a  matter  of  little 
consequenct*.  The  l-Iarles  In  l-]ngland  now  have  a  habitat  in  nearly  all  of  its  south- 
ern counileK  and  run  liaek  into  lime  when  the  Saxons  were  masters  of  the  land. 
William  was  a  Quaker  and  never  had  much  respect  for  Massachusetts,  his  birthplace, 
on  arrotinl  of  l»s  narrow  reli^^ldus  spirit. 

'Then  railed  HrldKeton  Northampton  Township  I  he  I'eniisvlx  ania  dazelte  of  Octo- 
ber 2r..  17.^0.  shows  that  Thomas  Shinn  lived  on  High  Street,  Hridgelown.  in  1739.  And 
In  Will  Book  No.  4,  p.  83.  Tlionms  Shinn  of  Hridgelon  was  made  Administrator  of  .Jona- 
than Sleeper  1/24/1736.  an<l  on  the  same  day  was  appointed  guardian  of  .lohn  Sleeper. 
He  was  living  In  Springfield  Township  in  September.  1720.  as  appears  from  Will  Boole. 
D.   D..   p.   7G. 


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ties  of  mind  and  .<oul  above  those  of  mediocrity.  The  spiritual  superiority  of  the 
man  is  evidenced  by  liis  elevation  to  the  eldership,  the  high  spiritual  qualities  pre- 
suppose a  hgher  mentality.  But  we  are  not  left  to  deduction  in  proving  his  superior 
mentality. 

The  American  Wccklii  Mrrriiri/  of  Philadelphia,  Xo.  14 — 24:,  in  1742-3,  in  its 
local  says:  "  We  liave  heard  from  Burlington  that  on  Wednesday,  the  16th  instant, 
Thomas  Shinn  and  William  Cooke  were  chosen  Representatives  from  the  county." 
In  Burlington  Court  Records  it  appears  that  Thomas  Shinn  was  Justice  in  1723, 
1728,  1730,  1734  and  1738  of  Burlington  County.  In  Xew  Jersey  Archives,  Vol. 
XV,  p.  98,  et  seq.,  it  will  be  seen  that  on  December  1,  1739,  he  was  appointed  a 
Justice  of  the  (Quorum.  In  the  same  volume,  p.  197,  it  appears  that  at  a  meeting 
of  the  Governor,  Lewis  Morris,  and  his  Council,  April  3rd,  1741,  it  was  ordered 
that  a  superscfleas  issu(!  removing  liichard  Wright  from  the  Commissions  of  the 
Pleas  for  the  County  of  Burlington,  and  that  Thomas  Shinn  be  added  to  the 
Commissions  of  Pleas  for  said  County.  By  appointment  he  became  a  member  of 
ihc  House  of  Assembly  for  Xovember,  1742.  By  election  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Assembly  wiiich  began  October  10th  and  ended  December  10,  1743.  He  was  also 
a  mendier  of  the  (ieneral  Assembly  that  met  at  Perthy  Auiboy  in  August,  1744, 
and  of  the  adjourned  session  which  met  at  Burlington  in  October  of  the  same 
year.  In  nil  these  assemblies  he  was  characterized  by  the  royalists  as  a  "Pro- 
fessed (Quaker."'"  In  Vol.  XVT,  X.  J.  A.,  it  is  shown  that  at  a  Council  held  at 
Burlington  on  the  28th  day  of  March,  1749,  his  Excellency,  Jonathan  Belcher, 
Governor,  by  and  with  the  advice  of  the  Council  of  Xew  Jersey,  appointed  Thomas 
Shinn  .ludge  of  the  lufci'ior  Court  of  Common  Pleas  for  Burlington  County,  and 
also  as  Justice  of  the  Quorum. 

Shortly  after  this  the  General  Assembly  attempted  to  usurp  the  rights  of  the 
judiciary,  and  was  opposed  by  Thomas  Shinn  and  several  other  Judges.  For  this 
they  were  ai'i-cstc(|  and  held  to  bo  contumacious  by  the  Assembly.  Some  of  the 
Judges  reeanteil.  l)ut  Sbinii  remained  firm,  and  under  a  veil  of  sickness  escaped 
the  ))unishment  which  the  high-handed  assemblymen  desired  to  inflict.  The  prin- 
(■i|ilc  involved  the  relative  rights  of  the  legislature  and  judicial  powers,  and  Shinn 
liad  tnkcii  llic  right  side — the  side  which  triumphed  in  the  construction  of  Xew 
Jersev  law.  For  such  as  desire  to  know  more  of  this  affair,  see  a  long  article  in 
X.  J."  A..  Vol.  XVI.  pp.  222  to  239. 

In  the  Peiiii.'^i/lrania  Gnzetie  of  June  7,  1750,  we  find  this  notice:  "All  per- 
sons indebted  to  the  estate  of  Thomas  Shinn.  late  of  Mt.  Holly,  deceased,  are  de- 
sired to  pay  their  respective  debts;  and  those  who  have  any  demands  against  said 
estate  are  desired  to  bring  in  their  accounts,  that  they  may  be  adjusted  by  Henry 
Pax  son  and  John  Woolman.  Executors." 

'i'lius  the  i)olitic;)l  and  secular  authorities  supplement  and  fortify  the  religious 
registers.  Thomas  Shinn  was  a  man  of  note  in  the  church  and  a  man  of  power 
in  the  world.  Tie  was  a  student  of  human  rights  and  an  advocate  of  human  lib- 
ert\ .  Pie  carried  his  Church  Convictions  into  the  world  and  made  them  the  arbi- 
ter of  his  jniblic  conduct.  He  died  well  entrenched  in  the  esteem  of  the  Church 
and  the  confidence  of  the  world.  The  following  is  a  record  of  his  children  as  taken 
from  the  TJocord  of  Births  and  Deaths  at  Burlington  ^lonthly  Meeting. 

Cliildren  of  Thomas  and  ^Martha  (Earl)   Shinn. 

90.  (1)  Susannah   Shinn,  b.   3/10/1721,  married  Thomas  Atkinson   17.39. 

91.  (2)  Martha   Shinn,   b.   1/22/1722-3.  married   Henry   Paxton   7/12/1739. 

92.  (3)  Thomas    Shinn.   b.    6/7/1725,   married    Mary   Buddell. 

93.  (4)  Mary    Shinn.    b.    10/22/1727,    married     (1)    Thomas    Allison    4/1745:      (2) 

.James    Clothier. 

94.  (5)   Elizabeth   Shinn.  b.   7/20/1733.  married  Samuel  Lovett   9/2/1754. 
9."^.     (6)  Earl   Shinn,  b.  10/27/1736,  married  Rebecca  Monroe  9/1/1760. 


84  HisToiu  ui   THE  Siiixx   Family  in  Euhope  and  Ameuica 

96.  (7)   Gamaliel   Shinn,    b.   5/10/1738,  ob  at  sea. 

97.  (8)  Aquilla    Shinn.    b.    1/8/1739,   ob   sine    proli,    1/5/1815. 

98.  (9)   Postrema  Shinn,  b.   1/6/1744,  married  John   Kidgway   1764. 

23.     Samuel  Shinn  (3). — 'J^iomas  {2),  John  (1). 

Samuel  Shinn  \va.<  the  posthumous  child  ol'  i'linnias  and  Mai'v  (Stockton) 
Sliinn,  and  was  mentioned  in  the  will  of  his  father,  who  died  in  November,  1695. 
Samuel  i.s  recorded  in  Hurlington  minutes  as  having  l)een  boni  2/15/1695,  or 
April  15th,  1695.  That  thi.<  was  a  mistake  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  his  father 
died  in  Xovember,  1695,  and  in  his  will  i)rovided  for  Thomas,  his  living  son.  and 
for  another  chihl  "then  unborn."  Samuel  was  boru  in  Apiil.  1696.  Of  his  early 
life  we  know  little;  his  luime  occurred  for  the  first  tiniu  iu  authentic  history  in 
](i!»T,  when  his  mother,  Mary  (Stockton)  Sliinn.  divested  herself  of  the  trust  con- 
ferred upon  her  by  her  departed  husbaml.  ;iih1  iiiadc  lici-  ludtlirr.  IJithard  Stock- 
ton, and  her  brother-in-law,  John  Shinn,  Jr.,  trustees  for  her  children,  Thomas 
and  Samuel  Shinn.'  Tlie  inventory  of  Thomas  Siiinn's  estate  in  1694  showed  that 
his  personal  estate  amounted  to  £'-^T3  9s  0(id.  a  very  large  jjroperty  for  that  date. 
Tile  deed  of  trust  by  .Mary  showed  that  her  Inisbanil.  Thomas  Sliinn.  was  a  slave 
holder,  and  that  as  events  will  show  hereafter,  in  tlic  division  of  the  estate,  the 
slaves  went  to  Samuel,  the  younger  child.  .Tohii  Sliinn,  Jr.,  made  a  will  in  1736, 
appointing  his  sons,  Jacob  and  Caleb  Shinn.  and  his  cousin.  Samuel  Shinn,  as 
his  executors.  From  this  1  inlVr  thai  Saniiitl  was  reared  in  the  family  of  his 
uiu-le,  John  Shinn,  Jr..  and  was  thought  by  him  worthy  of  a  supervising  control 
over  his  sons  Jacob  and  Caleb,  and  so  made  him  joint  executor  with  them.  And 
as  Thomas,  the  elder  son,  is  named  in  the  will  of  John  Shinn,  Sr.,  1711,  I  infer 
that  he  was  reared  in  the  family  of  his  grandfather.  J  dim.  Sr.  Both  were  reared 
in  Springfield  Township  and  both  were  mari-icd  there.  We  find  Samuel  on  the 
records  on  June  11th,  171-1.  as  a  witness  io  his  mother's  third  marriage  to  Richard 
iiidgway.  a  man  who  even  at  iliat  day  had  made  the  name  "  liidgway  ""  synonymous 
with  ''Founds.  Shillings  and  Fence,""  a  facnlly  which  clings  to  the  fainily  td  this 
day.  Mary  Stockton  was  Itorn  in  an  aflluent  fainily  ;  >\\r  married  Thomas  Shinn, 
a  man  fd'  wealth,  as  wealth  was  counted  at  that  day:  slu'  tlicn  married  Silas  Cris- 
)iin,  a  man  of  wealtli  and  distinction,  in  Pennsylvania:  and.  again.  Fit-hard  Hidg- 
way,  who  made  wealth  the  text  <>f  his  daily  life.  I(  is  Imi  fair  to  prcMime  that 
the  early  lives  of  'JMiomas  and  Samuel  were  s|)ent  among  the  best  peojile  of  New 
Jersey  and  Fennsylvania,  and  thai  they  were  c(Miiited  as  good  marriag(\ihle  quan- 
tities by  matrons  who  had  daughters  of  grace  and  cinneliness.  though  clail  in  the 
simplesi  of  (Quaker  garlis.  Love  seems  In  have  >miiicn  ilic  ynnnger  brolluM'  lirst, 
for  we  find  thai  on  the  5jh  of  ^lay,  171.S,  he  asked  the  good  people  at  Burlington 
to  certify  his  clearness,  as  he  wished  lo  lake  a  wife  in  Clieslei-ficld.  The  grave 
(Quakers  ap|>oinled  a  conimitlee  lo  iiupiire  inld  his  haliits.  and  mi  the  "Jiid  of  June 
this  committee  reported  Ihat  the  young  man,  Samnd  Shinn.  \\a>  deal'  nii  account 
of  marriage,  anil  thai  his  coiiduci  an<l  conversaiimi  had  \H'ri\  |ii(ll\  orderlv.  The 
certificate  was  granted  at  that  meeting.  Sanunl  cnnhl  imu  go  id  ( 'hesterfield  with 
n  testimonv  thai  he  was  no  bigamist,  whether  hi>  mdcilinc>>  \\a-  above  suspicion 
or  not.  'I'hc  young  fellow  had  alrcadv  been  over  to  ( 'liesieilleld  and  had  walked 
before  the  meeiiiig  the  first  time  accompani(Ml  by  Sarah  Scholey  of  that  place.  This 
fieeurred  on  the  first  of  ^lay.  171S.  Twn  days  after  the  conimillee  rc^ported  on  his 
elinrnclcr  al  Burlington,  he  took  his  certificate  to  Ch(\<ferlicld  and  gave  it  In  the 
Socioty,  and  on  the  same  day  ap]ieare(l  before  the  meeting  the  second  lime.  They 
were  married  the  iicxi  weidc  al  the  housc^  of  'I'hoinas  Scliolin*.  (Chestcrneld  AF 
M.  R..  Vol.  1.)     It  is  tolerably  certain  tliat  although  SaniiKd  was  a  member  cd'  the 


'She  was   then    alioul    to   nuirry   Silas   Crisiiin    oi    I'ennsylvania. 


Third  Generation.  85 

Churcli  at  Burlington,  that  he  was  not  prominent  in  spiritual  affairs.  He  was 
never  appointed  on  Committees  and  did  not  attain  that  degree  of  Christian  emi- 
nence which  fell  to  his  brother  Thomas.  The  silence  of  the  church  record,  how- 
ever, attests  a  blameless  life,  for  had  he  been  wayward  to  the  slightest  degree  the 
minute  book  would  have  contained  the  indictment  against  him.  He  was  what 
might  be  called  in  modern  times  "a  paying  pillar"  of  the  Church  and  nothing 
more. 

The  wife  of  Samuel,  Sarah  Scholey.  was  an  estimable  woman.  Chambers  in 
his  "  History  of  the  Eai-ly  Germans  in  Xew  Jersey,"  p.  480,  gives  a  fiistory  of  the 
Scholey  family,  from  which  it  appears  that  Thomas  Scholey,  the  first,  came  to 
New  Jersey  in  Novemljcr,  1GT7,^  in  the  ship  "Willing  Mind,"  and  that  he  married 
in  IfiSn  Sarah,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  Parke,  of  Xew  Jersey.  Sarah  was 
a  daughter  of  this  nuirriage.  The  apparently  accidental  union  of  the  Englishman, 
Samuel  Shinn,  with  the  daughter  of  the  German,  Thomas  Scholey,  led  to  mo- 
mentous conclusions  in  the  life  of  Samuel  Shinn,  and  will  enable  his  descendants 
to  unflerstnnd  many  of  the  incongruous  incidents  which  have  puzzled  them  in 
their  studies.  Some  of  them  in  Xorth  Carolina  still  maintain  that  the  Shinns  are 
of  German  descent,  and  the  habitat  in  which  they  lived,  as  well  as  the  strong  Ger- 
man characteristics  of  the  descendants,  would  seem  to  prove  the  assertion.  An- 
other ])ortion  of  the  Xorth  Carolina  branch,  as  well  as  many  of  the  Xew  Jersey 
and  Virginia  lines,  maintain  with  dogmatic  obstinacy  the  claim  that  the  Shinns 
are  Irish.  The  English  paternity  of  the  Shinns  has  already  been  established,  and 
the  marriage  of  Samuel  Shinn  to  a  woman  of  German  descent  enables  us  more 
clearly  to  perceive  the  influence  of  a  mother  upon  the  mental  and  phvsical  organi- 
zation of  the  children  than  would  have  been  possible  had  she  been  English  born. 
The  first  efi'ect  upon  Samul  Shinn  was  an  enlargement  of  his  social  life.  He  had 
always  known  English  manners  and  customs,  and  the  rigor  of  the  Quaker  Church. 
He  now  l(\inied  something  of  the  German  manners  and  became  acquainted  with 
the  German  Kefonned  Church,  and  with  many  Germans  who  influenced  his  later 
life.  That  his  English  rearing  was  superior  to  his  new  surroundings  in  his  earlier 
life  is  demonstrated  by  the  fact  that  he  and  his  wife  Sarah  remained  in  the 
Quaker  Church  throughout  the  life  of  Sarah,  and  that  the  children  of  this  mar- 
riage remained  within  the  fold.  Samuel  and  Sarah  began  life  in  Springfield 
Township  and  remained  there  until  her  death,  w^hich  occurred  some  time  in  1733 
or  ITIM.  In  1"t?l  liis  brother,  Thomas,  deeded  Samuel  the  land  which  his  father, 
Thomas,  had  willed  the  elder  brother.  (Deed  Book  G.  G.,  p.  194.)  Thomas  again 
conveyed  land  to  Samuel  in  the  same  year.     (Deed  Book  G.  G.,  ]).  380.) 

The  custom  of  giving  every  child  a  vocation  was  characteristic  of  the  16th 
and  17th  centuries.  John  Shinn.  Sr..  was  a  husbandman,  wheelwright  and  mill- 
wright; Levi  Shinn,  husbandman  and  carpenter,  and  Samuel  Shinn,  husbandman, 
cordwainer  and  mason.  The  vocation  of  breeding  fine  horses  was  taken  u])  by 
Xew  Jersev  people  about  1730,  and  Caleb  and  Samuel  Shinn  embarked  in  this 
enterprise.  The  breeding  of  race  horses  almost  invariably  leads  to  racing,  and 
racing  is  never  in  favor  with  the  Church.  Sarah  (Scholev)  Shinn  must  have  died 
late  in  1733  or  earlv  in  1734.  The  first  church  trouble  of  Samuel  originated  about 
this  time.  On  the  4th  of  the  12th  month,  1733  (Feb.  4,  1734),  he  sent  a  paper  to 
the  Burlington  Meeting  condemning  his  outgoings,  and  this  was  laid  over  for  con- 


^From  the  Deed  of  Records  and  Surveys  of  New  Jersey  it  appears  that  Thomas 
Scholey  took  up  land  as  follows:  "1680,  Thomas  and  his  brother  Robert,  200  acres 
along  Delaware  Run:  1685  Thomas  Scholey  340  acres;  1684  Thomas  Scholey  of  Mans- 
field Woodhouse  one  sixtv  fourth  of  a  share;  1685  Thomas  Scholey  late  of  Mansfield 
Woodhouse  100  acres:  1690  100  acres:  1696  200  acres."  He  afterwards  made  large 
entries  on  Scholev's  Mountain  and  proved  his  ability  to  equal  the  English  in  feats  of 
land  grabbing.  He  was  a  consistent  Quaker  and  remained  true  to  his  faith,  although 
manv  of  his  countrymen  became  members  of  the  German  Reformed  Church. 


86  HiSTOKV    ol     THE    SlIlXN    FAMILY    IX    EUROPK    AM)    A.MKltlCA 

side-rat  ion.     Jn  .M;iv  of  tlu-  yrar  17;54  liis  paju'r  was  taki'ii  ii|).  and  as  his  behavior. 
had  Ijrcn  orderly  of  hite  he  was  left  for  further  probation. 

Whatever  hi.-  troubles  may  have  been  with  the  church  they  were  not  so 
fla«,'rant  as  to  call  for  severe  discipline,  nor  did  they  att'ect  his  general  character 
for  jirobity  and  honor.  John  Shinn.  Jr..  selected  him  in  1736  as  an  executor  of 
his  large  estate,  ami  certainly  estimated  him  as  a  man  with  sound  judgment  and 
exemplary  character. 

In  .\pril.  K3T.  Samuel  was  arraigned  before  Burlington  Meeting  for  marry- 
ing witliin  the  time  limit  and  with  a  license.  Such  cases  were  ordinarily  dealt 
with  .-ummarily.  Imt  Samuel  simply  answi-red  that  he  needed  a  helpmate  for  his 
family  of  small  children  and  he  was  forgiven,  lie  nuirried  Provided  Gaskill, 
daughter  of  Kilward.'  as  the  secular  i-e(()itl>  sliow.  This  wife  was  of  old  English 
stock,  and  was  at  that  tinu-.  as  it  is  now.  oui"  of  the  most  respectable  in  Xew  Jer- 
sey. Fnun  this  date,  with  a  single  exception,  the  church  lecords  are  silent  as  to 
Samuel  Shiini.  The  jiolitical  records  of  Burlington  County  show  that  he  voted 
at  an  election  held  at  Jiurlington  in  ]~'.\S.  and  after  that  the  r.ui-liiigton  records 
know  him  no  more. 

Provided  (iaskell  lived  but  a  shurl  tinie-:ind  lieeamc  the  mother  of  one  child, 
who  was  given  the  name  Samuel.  The  children  of  the  first  marriage  were  now 
approaching  nuiidiood,  an<l  as  the  Chureh  was  beeoiniiig  nie.ic  i-igorous  in  its  de- 
mands for  the  emancipation  «d'  slaves,  Samuel  began  to  think  of  chaging  his  resi- 
dence. The  father  of  his  first  wife  had  gone  into  Hunterdon  County  and  pur- 
chased lands  on  Scholey's  ]\[ount.  which  was  named  after  him.  (N.  J.  Historical 
Society,  I'm.  -jnd  Series,  ]t.  '!:].  ^lolts  1st  Century  of  Hunterdon  County,  p.  8.) 
There  Samuel  went  for  awhile.  He  became  ac(|uainted  with  Abigail  T'rie,  an- 
other woman  oi'  (ierman  descent,  and  in  17  ID  was  married  to  her  according  to  the 
ceremony  of  the  (Jerman  l{<'formed  Clniii  li.  lie  icmaintMl  in  Xew  Jersey  until  the 
Southern  Migration  sentiment  began,  abdut  the  xcai'  1  ToO.  Then,  accompanied 
by  many  of  his  (Quaker  and  (ierman  friends,  he  ami  .\bigail.  with  their  small  chil- 
dren, started  South.  malvJng  the  first  migration  of  the  Shinns  from  Xew  Jersey,  and 
about  the  first  migration  <d'  ]>co]>le  of  any  name  from  that  colony.  The  region 
beyond  ,1  he  .MIeghenics  wa>  not  then  (i|ieii  ami  the  only  inviting  field  was  to  the 
South.  .\nd  as  the  South  favoi'ed  slavei'v.  it  \\a>  foi-  this  reason  the  Alecca  of 
slave-owning  peo|)le  leaving  the  Xorthern   .'^tato. 

r.eridieim  has  given  an  account  of  the  mi'iliml  ol'  tiaxci  of  these  eai'h  immi- 
grants from  rennsylvania  and  New  Jersey  into  b'owan  ('ounty.  llini  iiearK  all 
of  Western   .\(ulh  Car<»lina: 

"Immigrants  to  the  .Sonth  journeyed  in  covered  wagons:  exci'v  avail- 
able article  for  house  and  farm  use.  cajjable  of  being  stowed  awav  in  their 
ca|taci(»us  wagon^.  was  taken  with  them:  and  then  the  cavalcade  moved  on. 
every  able  bodied  person  on  foot,  women  and  cbildi'eu  on  bedding,  and  cattle. 
slieej)  and  hogs  driven  before  them;  they  traveled  by  easy  stages  upon  the  roads 


'The  Northampton  Census  (170!()  gives  the  family  ol  hMward  and  llaiuiali  C.askill 
will)    their   aKes   as   follows: 

I'Mwanl   (;aHkell    40      I'nivide.l   (iasi<(>ll    9 

Hannah  (laskell    :]?,      Samuel    Caskell      6 

.losepli  (iaski'll    11      Hannah    (laskell 4 

Zenilmliel   Claskel!    11      iJraonl   Caskell    .•? 

Edward  Caskell  Is  ranked  hy  .Indite  Clement  as  one  of  the  |)romiiienl  men  of  that 
day. 

■.'I  infer  that  she  was  dead  on  Jan.  20.  1740,  from  the  followinp;  fact:  Samuel's 
daniihtcr  Mary  married  on  that  dat«>  Thomas  Stevenson  and  the  marriaRo  is  recorded 
in  Hnrlinuton  Miniiles.  In  the  spare  set  ajjarl  for  tlu>  family  Thomas  Shinns  name 
apitears.  Two  otlH-r  Sliinns.  Tliomas.  his  son.  and  Sarah,  his  dan,i;hler.  sign:  thirty 
other  witnesses  sl^n  the  fertiflcato,  Imt  no  other  Sliiiin.  The  marria.u;e  occurred  at 
Northampton   Mertlnp   Honse. 


Third  Generatiox.  87 

of  the  ]jicturcs(iue  Slicimiidoah  Valley  uutil  they  reached  the  land  of  their 

hopes  and  desires." 

Dr.  Foote  in  his  "  Sketches  of  Xorth  Carolina  "  (page  20)  says: 

"^  As  tli('  extent  and  fertility  of  the  beautiful  prairies  of  Xorth  Carolina 
became  kncnvn,  the  Scotch-Irish,  seeking  for  settlements,  began  to  follow  the 
'  Traders'  Path '  and  join  the  adventurers  in  this  Southern  and  Western 
frontier.  By  1T45  the  Settlements  in  what  is  now  Mecklenberg  and  Cabarrus 
(theti  Kowan)  Counties  were  numerous.  Some  were  born  in  Pennsylvania, 
some  in  Xew  Jersey,  and  some  had  only  been  sojourners  there  for  awhile." 
Again  on  page  202  he  says: 

"  Year  after  year  were  supplications  sent  to  Pennsylvania  and  Xew  Jersey 
for  Missionaries." 

The  "  Traders'  Path  '"  ran  from  Philadelphia  to  Winchester,  Va.,  and  thence 
southwest  tlirough  the  Shenandoah,  through  Evan's  Gap,  into  Xorth  Carolina. 
Rumple  in  his  "  History  of  Rowan  County,"  on  page  36,  says: 

"  'J'here  is  a  tradition  that  the  first  courts  of  Rowan  County  were  held 
in  the  Jersey  Settlement,  not  far  from  Trading  Fork.  Rumple  also  says  that 
Rowan  County  was  created  in  17-53  and  that,  at  that  time,  the  Jersey  Settle- 
ment was  more  populous  than  the  region  between  the  Yadkin  and  the  Ca- 
tawba." 

A  settlement  at  Crystal  Springs,  ten  miles  south  of  Salisbury,  was  made  in 
the  year  174G,  and  the  old  graveyard  at  Crj'stal  Springs  Church  contains  the  re- 
mains of  the  McPhersons,  the  ^lahans,  the  Longs,  and  others.  Rumple  says  that 
the  members  of  Crystal  Springs  were  transferred  to  Old  Bethpage.  Samuel  Shinn 
was  buiied  at  Ohl  Bethi)age.  Along  with  the  Scotch-Irish  immigrants  and  set- 
tling side  by  side  with  them,  went  the  Germans,^  or,  as  they  were  called,  "the 
Pennsylvania  Dcutch.""  Thus  '"Old  Rowan"  as  early  as  1753  had  three  great 
classes  of  pojtulation  : 

1.  'i'he  English  from  Xew  Jersey,  forming  ''the  Jersey  Settlement." 

2.  The  Scotch-Irish.  "  '  • 

3.  The  Germans. 

The  names  Bostain,  Cline,  Trexler,  Rheinhardt,  Barringer,  Meisenheimer, 
Beard,  Overcash,  Harkey.  Cress,  Ilenkel  and  others  attest  the  German  occupation, 
while  the  McCulloughs,  Grahams,  Cowans,  McKenzees,  Osbournes  and  others  show 
the  Scotch-Irish.  Into  these  two  great  lines  "  the  Jersey  Settlement ""  merged  by 
marriage,  and  in  a  short  time  became  indistinguishable  from  them.  Thus  the 
Longs,  Potts,  Sloans.  Bransons,  Gaunts.  Gaskells,  Howells,  Oliphants  and  Shinns 
from  X"ew  Jersey  were  claimed  by  either  the  Germans  or  the  Scotch-Irish  as  parts 
of  their  original  clans,  to  the  great  detriment  of  the  genealogist  who  seeks  to  fol- 
low a  given  fa  mil  v  through  all  its  ramifications  to  a  logical  end. 

The  "  Traders'  Path'"  is  identified  by  the  "  Constables"  Beats  "  as  outlined  in 
the  old  records  of  the  Rowan  Court  of  Pleas  and  Quarter  Sessions,  for  1753-4-5-6. 
Rumple  says  that  the  "  Traders'  Path  ran  to  a  point  where  Coldwater  Creek 
runs  from  Rowan  into  what  is  now  Cabarrus,  then  Rowan." 

It  was  in  this  region  on  Coldwater  in  Old  Rowan  that  Samuel  Shinn  mi- 
grated. Here  he  took  up  several  hundred  acres  of  land.  Here  he  settled  and  opened 
up  several  large  farms  or  plantations,  and  here  he  died  in  December.  1761.  leaving 
his  wife,  Abigail,  and  several  children  to  mourn  his  loss.  The  following  is  a  list 
of  children  by  each  wife,  as  enumerated  in  his  will  dated  11  12/1761  and  pro- 
bated at  the  Januarv  Court,  1762,  at  Salisbury,  X".  C.  (Will  Book  A,  p.  114. 
Clerk's  Office  of  Rowan  County,  X'.  C,  and  the  Burlington  Register  of  Births 
and  Deaths,  Burlington.  X.  J.) 


'The  German  settlement  was  large  and  compact,  so  that  it  is  said  that  the  Rowan 
negroes  spoke  the  Dutch  language. 


88  History  of  the  Siiixx  Family  ix  Europe  and  America 

Cliildivii  of  Sauiuel  and  Sarah  (Schokvj    Slimii. 

99.  (1)  Mary  Shinn.  h.  3/16/1719.  ob  sine  proli  1727. 

100.  (2)  Alice   Shinn.   i).   1/20/1721,  married   Thomas   Stevenson  3/10/1739. 

101.  V-')  Sarah   Shinn.   b.   (J/lG/1723,   married   Philo   Leeds   1740. 

102.  (4)  Thoma.s  Shinn.  b.  5/2/1725,  married   Ruth  Stratton  1743. 

103.  (5)  Mary   (2 1   Shinn.  b.  12/3/1727.  married  William  Taylor,  Jr.,  1745. 

104.  (G)  Elizabeth    Shinn,    b.    4/14/1730.    unmarried. 

105.  (7)  Marcy  Shinn.  b.   10/31/1733,  immarried. 

Cliildreii  (if  Saiiniel  and  Provided  (Gaskell)  Shinn. 

106.  (Ij   Samuel   Shinn.   b.    17:!7.  married  Ann   1762. 

The  preceding  children  were  given  twenty  shillings  each  by  the  father's  will  and 
remained  in  New  Jersey.     They  had  doubtless  been  provided  for  in  vita  patris. 

("hihlreii  of  .Samuel  and  Ahigail   (Trie)   Sliinii. 

107.  (1)  Leah  Shinn,  b.  New  Jersey  1741,  married  George  Croziue  iu  N.  C.  1758. 

108.  (2)  Isaac  Shinn,  b.  New  Jersey  1743,  married  Agues  in  N.  C.  1760. 

I(i9.  C!)  Silas  Shinn.  b.  New  Jersey  1745.  married  Elenor  Overcash  in  N.  C.  1768. 

llu.  (4)  Sarah   Shinn.  b.  New  Jcr.sey   1747. 

111.  (5)   Rachel  Shinn.  b.  Hopewell.  Va.,  1749.  married  a  Clay  in  Cabarrus  Co.,  N.  C. 

112.  (6)   Joseph  Shinn.  b.   Hopewell.  Va.,  11/27/1751,  married  Jane  Ross  1774  N.  C. 

113.  (7)   Benjamin    Shinn.    b     Hopewell.   Va.,   1753,   married    Rebecca    Carlock    1784 

N.    C. 

114.  (8)   Hannah   Shinn,   b.   Hopewell,  Va.,  1755. 

The.se  eliihh-eii  received  hirge  bequests  of  land  and  luoiiev  bv  the  will  of  the 
father.  Tii  llie  will  of  the  mother  (1775)  the  last  eight  children  are  named,  but 
not   the  fir>t.      In  \\\r  f;itl)er"s  will   thoTo  arc  two  Alnrvs  and  two  S;irah=. 

'24      JIawah  SiiixN    (3j. — Ja.ues   ('3),  doiix    (1). 

.\s  .lames  Shinn  left  no  will  ;ind  tlie  clinrcli  failed  to  record  the  births  and 
deaths  of  his  children,  we  arc  left  wiihoul  an  accurate  guide  as  to  the  order  of 
tlieir  birth.  Hannah  was  probablv  ilie  oldest,  and  we  are  introduced  to  her  first 
ai  the  old  l-5iirliiigton  Cbnivli  on  I  lie  \>\  of  October,  1716,  when  she  and  John 
Atkinson  declared  their  intiMition  lo  marry.  The  record  informs  us  that  Hannah 
was  the  daughter  of  James  Shinn.  In  "The  Atkinsons  of  Xew  Jersey,"  a  very 
pleasant  little  book  by  a  prominent  descendant  of  this  marriage,  we  learn  that 
John  Atkinson  was  the  son  of  William  .\tkinson.  wli<»  nianied  Elizabeth  Curtis 
in  IGBfi.  The  next  monlli  tlie  yining  couple  ap])cared  before  the  meeting  tlie  second 
time  and  were  infonneil  that  iliey  were  at  liberty  to  consumnuite  the  match  at  tluMr 
pleasure.  On  the  21st  of  N'ovember  the  nuirriage  occurred  before  forty-eight  wit- 
nesses. The  little  pioneer  bonsc  of  .Iaine<  Sliinn  was  crowiled  lo  its  ftillest  ca- 
pacity and  the  sleek  l)lack  slaves  of  the  Atkin-ons  wow  happy  lo  see  how  eagerly 
the  guests  devoured  the  ])uddings  and  cakes  prejiareil  foi-  ihv  occasion.  AVilliam 
and  Elizabeth  .\tkinson  and  .latues  and  .\l)igail  Sliinn  adixed  iheir  names  first  to 
the  record.  John  and  Hope  Shinn  also  sign.  The  oiliei'  signal ni-es  were  of  friends, 
relatives  and  iicighbor.-. 

John  and  Hannah  (Sliinn)  .\tkinsoii  were  prosperous  in  their  married  life 
and  honored  liv  a  large  circle  of  friends.  From  the  Burlington  Record  of  Births 
and  Dralhs.  and  from  the  volume  "  The  Atkinsons  in  N'ew  Jersey  "  we  present  the 
following  list  as  fhe  clii1di-en  of  this  iiniiui: 

riiildren  of  John  and  Hannah  (Shinn)   .\tkinson. 

11.'..      (1)    Hnnnnli    Atkinson,    t).    4/7/1719.    married    Cowperthwait. 

.    116.     (2)   Samuel   Atkinson,  b.  4/16/1721.  married    (1)    Esther  Evins;     (2)    Elizabeth 
Con  row. 

117.  (?,)   James   Atkinson,   b.   4/20/1724. 

118.  (4)    Abigail   Atkinson,  b.  ir)/22/1726.   married  .loualliaii    ICldridge  1750. 
•   119.     (R)    EU/abclh    Atkinson,   b.   2/1/1731.   married   Eleazer   Kenton   1753. 

120.     (6)   ralienco   Atkinson,   h.   4/1733.   married   Conrow. 


Thikd  Generation.  89 


121.  (7)   John  Atkinson,   b.   8/2/1735,  married   Sarah  

122.  (8.)   David  Atkinson,  b.  7/2/1737. 

123.  (9)   Moses  Atkinson,   b.   3/9/1739. 

•ir>.     Hope  Shinn  (3).— James  (2),  John  (1). 

On  the  ;M  (jf  May,  17^0,  Hope  Shinn,  daughter  of  James,  and  Michael  Atkin- 
son, son  of  William  aiul  Elizabeth  (Curtis)  Atkinson,  appeared  before  the  Burling- 
ton meeting  the  tirst  time.  On  the  :iLst  of  June,  IT'^O,  the  marriage  occurred  at 
the  house  of  James  Shinn,  in  the  presence  of  William  and  Elizabeth  Atkinson, 
James  and  Abigail  Shinn,  John,  Mary  and  Joseph  Shinn,  John,  Joseph,  Thomas, 
Hannnli  niid  S;irali  Atkinson,  and  thirty  others.  Thomas  Scattergood,  Eestore 
Eippiiicolt,  Alarmaduke  Coates,  Jonas  (Jattell  and  William  Budd  were  out  in 
their  gala  equipments,  and  the  occasion  was  a  happy  one  in  every  respect.  ("The 
Atkinscms  in  New  Jersey,"  p.  18-35.;  also  letter  of  Judge  Jobe,  already  referred 
to.)  'V\]\<  (■on|)lc  was  also  a  pros])erous  one,  and  their  lives  were  peaceful  and" 
happy.     Michael  died  in  1740  and  Hope  in  17()1,  each  leaving  a  will. 

I'loni  these  documents  we  are  enabled  to  give  the  names  of  their  children,  but 
not   t  he  flutes  III"  their  birth. 

Children  of  Michael  and  Hope  (Shinn)  Atkinson. 

124.  (1)   Rachel   Atkinson,   married  Abraham   Kille    (Kelly)    3/24/1739. 

125.  (2)   Levi   Atkinson. 

126.  (3)   Job   Atkinson. 

127.  (4)    Elizabeth    Atkinson,    married   William   Jones   1747. 

128.  (5)    Mary   Atkinson. 

129.  (6)   Jonathan   Atkinson. 

130.  (7)   Hannah  Atkinson,  married  Shadock   Pancoast. 

131.  (8)   Michael  Atkinson,  ob  1772  sine  proli,  cum   testamentum. 

132.  (9)   Amos   Atkinson. 

'HI     FuANCis  Shinn   (3). — James  (2),  John  (1). 

This  son  o[  flanu's  seems  to  have  been  more  prominent  in  church  affairs  than 
juiy  of  the  cliildren  of  James,  lie  was  born  in  Springfield  Township,  October  25, 
170(i.  lie  passed  meeting  regularly  for  marriage  on  September  1st,  1729,  but  the 
certiticate  is  not  recorded.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William  and  Eliza- 
beth (Curtis)  Atkinson,  being  the  third  child  of  James  Shinn  to  marry  into  that 
family. 

On  February  12.  n2S.  James  Shinn  conveyed  to  Francis  the  farm  in  jSTew 
HanoNcr  Township,  which  he  (James)  had  purchased  from  his  father-in-law, 
Restore  Lippincott,  May  7,  1712.  Upon  this  farm  Francis  and  his  wife  settled 
after  their  marriage,  and  remained  upon  it  throughout  their  lives.  Francis  was 
a  provident  man,  and  gathered  to  himself  a  large  estate.  On  the  2d  of  October, 
IWJ,  Burlington  made  him  Overseer  of  a  meeting  held  during  the  winter  near 
Caleb  Shreeve's  house.  In  January  of  the  next  year  he  was  appointed  to  co-operate 
with  the  Overseer  of  Upper  Springfield  in  visiting  delinquents.  In  September  of 
that  year  he  was  made  Overseer  of  Upper  Springfield  Meeting,  which  position 
he  held  until  August,  1757,  when,  at  his  request,  he  was  relieved  from  further 
service.  In  January.  1758,  he  was  replaced  upon  a  committee  to  oversee  a  meeting 
in  Springfield  at  the  sehoolhouse  during  the  winter.  In  1760  he  was  sent  twice 
to  (^)uarterly  fleeting.  In  17(i5  he  was  appointed  to  collect  money  in  Upper 
Springfield  for  the  Yearly  fleeting,  and  was  sent  to  Quarterly  Meeting  four  limes. 
In  1774  he.  with  Jacob  Shinn,  Eestore  Shinn,  Samuel  Shinn,  and  a  number  of 
others,  asked  leave  to  build  a  meeting  house  near  Shreeve's  Mount,  which  was 
granted.  He  did  not  live  to  see  the  completion  of  this  building.  He  died  in 
April.  1789.  and  his  will  was  probated  May  1st  of  that  year.  The  will  names 
liis  wife.  Flizab(^th:   sons,  Samuel,  Restore.  Vincent,  George  and  Barzillai ;    o-rand- 


90  History  of  the  Shinn  Family  in  Eukope  axu  America 

•  son,  Gforge,  son  of  son  Gi'orgo,  now  in  Virjrinia :  grandson,  J>aiah.  son  oi  sou 
Vincent;  grandson,  Francis,  son  ol'  son  Bar/.illai  (minors).  His  wife  died 
3/2y/nb3,  in  her  seventy-liftli  year.  Francis  lived  to  be  eighty-tliive.  Tlie  in- 
stances of  longevity  anioiig  the  descendants  of  this  family  are  so  numerous  as  to 
attract  attention,  and  will  he  noticed  more  particularly  liereafter.  The  Mount 
iiollv  Kegister  givi-s  tlw  fi.iiowing  list  of  children,  to  which  we  have  added  the 
marriage  names : 


Children  of  Francis  and  Elizaheth   (Alkinson)   S 


linn. 


133.  (1)  Lavinia  Sliinn.    1).  S/24/1731.   married    Hezekiah   Jones   G/!V1T49. 

134.  (2)  Restore  Shinn.   b.   ]/26/17:'.3,  married   Mary   Biddle  ll/lToT. 

135.  (3)  SamiK'l    Shinn.   b.   4/15/1736,  married   Hannah . 

136.  (4)  Levi   Shinn.   1).   1/1/1737.  ob  sine   proli. 

137.  (5)  George   Shinn.   b.   G/8/174U,   married    Rachfl    Wright    ITCl. 
13S.  (6)  Israel   Shinn.   b.   5/2/1743,   married   Mary   Budd. 

139.  (7)  Vincent    Shinn.   b.  — .  married   Elizabeth   Budd    1772. 

14<i.  (8)  Barzillai    Shinn.   b.   — .   married    Hannah  1783. 

141.  {%)  Isaiah  Shinn.  b.  .  <»).  unm.  1774. 

■r,.     Joseph  Shixx   (3). — Ja:mes   (?).  Jonx   (1). 

In  the  burying  ground  aliached  to  Si.  .Viidi'cw's  Cathedral.  Mt.  Holly,  a 
tombstone  rears  its  modest  head,  and  from  whose  time-wnin  and  weather-beaten 
face  these  words  have  been  deciphered:  "  Josciili  Sliiiiii.  Died  Feb.  11,  1759. 
Aged  ')i\  vears."  This  enables  us  to  sav  iliat  .lo-cph  Sliiini.  m>ii  of  James  and 
Abigail  (Lippincott)  Shinn,  was  Imni  m  i:ii-.'  (O.  S..)  mid  i:(t;;  (  \.  S.).  He 
was  j)roliablv  i1m'  n|(li->t  son,  and  llir  tliii'd  <-liiM.  llainiali  and  li(ii)e.  his  sisters, 
being  older  "than  he.  Jlistory  is  >ilciil  a>  lo  In-  early  lile.  and  the  tirst  authentic 
record  of  the  man  is  found  "in  the  iinnnto  of  I'.iiilin-ton  Monthly  :\[eeling  for 
the  2d  of  the  lUh  month,  172G.  when  ii  was  ive.irdid  " 'I  he  overseers  gave  an 
account  that  Josejjh  Shinn,  son  of  James  Shinn,  hath  nianied  a  wife  that  is  not 
of  our  ])rofession."  And  at  the  meeting  on  the  oth  of  the  Itii  month  he  was 
disowned  therefor.  Thus  ends,  so  far  as  (Quaker  record>  aic  enneerned,  all  evi- 
dence concerning  Josc))!!  Shinn.  for  he  ne\ci'  thei-eal'tei'  retniiieil  to  the  religion 
of  his  birth.  \\'e  mighl  Ite  at  a  loss  to  determine  the  maiden  name  of  his  wife 
but  for  the  fael  that  a  very  ])erl'ect  genealogy  of  hei'  fannl\  ha-  lieen  preserved, 
from  which  we  learn  thai  in  \'rl(<  Joseph  Shinn  mai-i'ied  Mr.rv.  daughter  of 
William  and  Fliza  (Stockton)  I'.nild.  The  genealogy  of  ih"  r.mhl  famil\.  ivfei-i'e(l 
to  above,  was  prepared  in  1111  by  a  William  llrail  ford.  ;i  dex-eiidant  of  Ih.e 
familv,  and  who  aflerwarils  became  .\iionie\  (IciutmI  of  liie  i  niied  Siate>.  .\l 
jiradford's  death  it  passed  to  his  iie|ihe\\,  John  !'>.  \\;i  I  hue.  w  lio>e  >on  gave  it.  in 
ISSO,  to  Charles  I.'.  Ilihlelinrn.  who  presented  n  to  ihe  renn-\  l\aiiia  lIi>lorieal 
Society,  in  whose  library  it  now  rests.  Tin-  wiilei-  ha>  a  wide  aetpiaintance  with 
lil)raries  in  Furope  ami  tin-  liiih'd  Stales,  but  is  nowhere  so  comfortable  as  in 
the  library  of  the  Pennsylvania  Historical  Society.  Its  whob'  atmosphere  is  con- 
diU'ive  of  thought  and  eminenth  favorable  to  inedilaiion  and  in\('st  igat  ion.  l-'roin 
the  time-worn  genealogical  manuseri]il  of  the  disliuguish"d  jurist  1  gkaned  the 
folb)wing  facts,  which  I  here  ]>re.sent.  divesting  them  of  the  gi-apliical  metliod 
<if  presentation  which  makes  the  original  so   interesting  and   \alnalile. 

William  Bradford's  materiud  grandfather's  father.  William'  I'lidd.  manied 
.\nn  Chipgert.  Sou  of  William  Bradfoi'd's  mateinal  gi  and  i' ii  hei"-  father.  William 
l'.udd.  married   Fliza   Stockton,  daughter  of  Uiihard. 


'This  man  and  his  brother  Then  ,i     mwu'I   itn    liiiels  nu   \]\f   lOiisi.  North  and  West 
of  nami)tonHan<)ver  (Pembertoni   f<tr  miles  in  each  direeijon. 


Thikd  Generation. 


91 


Children  of  William  and  Eliza. 


1.  Mary 
married 
Joseph  Shinn. 


2.  William 
married 
Susannah  Cole. 


3.  Abigail 
married 
John  Fisher 


4.  Susannah 
married 
Jacob  Gaskell. 


5.  David 
married 
Catherine  Allen. 


7.  Thomas 
married 
Jemima  Leeds. 


8.  Rebecca 
married 
Joseph  Lamb. 


6.  Ann 
married 
Kendall   Cole. 

We  have  been  thu.s  particular  in  giving  the  children  of  William  and  Eliza 
(Stockton)  Budd,  for  they  are  the  root  stems  of  one  of  the  most  distinguished 
families  in  early  Xew  Jersey  life.  They  were  firm  adherents  of  the  Established 
Church,  and  consistent  in  their  religions  lives.  Joseph  married  an  Episcopalian, 
who  held  her  belief  as  an  inheritance  to  be  prized,  and  to  be  transmitted  unspotted 
to  her  children.  Joseph  was  cast  out  by  the  Friends  for  marrying  this  woman, 
and  she  set  about  to  carry  him  into  the  Episcopal  fold.  For  many  years  silence 
rests  uiil)roken  u])oii  their  lives.  Doubtless  she  attended  divine  service  at  St. 
Ann's,  afterwards  St.  Mary's,  Burlington,  and  was  attended  by  her  husband.  In 
due  course  of  time  the  great  Colin  Campbell  was  sent  over  from  England  to 
evangelize  New  Jersey  and  to  oppose  the  steady  growth  of  Quakerism.  He 
pivached  ai  P)Ui-]iiigton,  and  then  went  to  Mt.  Holly  and  established  St.  Andrew's. 
The  Budds  were  among  his  most  powerful  and  influential  supporters.  From  the 
register  of  St.  Mary's  Cathedral,  Burlington,  in  the  handwriting  of  Colin  Camp- 
bell, of  date  May  'M).  lT4(i,  we  extract  the  following:  "Baptized  to  Joseph  and 
Mary  Sliiiin.  adults.  Patience,  Eebccca  and  William;  to  the  said  Joseph  and 
Mary  Siiinii.  the  same  day,  ba|)tized  children,  Vestai,  Joseph,  Benjamin,  John, 
[•'rancis  and  Abigail."  From  this  it  may  be  logically  inferred  that  Joseph  and 
Mary  Shinn  were  and  had  Ix'cn  members  prior  to  this  date.  But  when  Joseph 
became  a  member  is  not  stated,  and  may  never  be  known.  But  May  30th  should 
be  held  as  an  anniversary  by  his  descendants  to  the  remotest  time.  The  baptism 
of  nine  children  on  one  day  was  a  momentous  event  for  the  family  of  Joseph 
Shinn,  and  e([ually  momentous  for  Episcopalianism  in  Mt.  Holly. 

James  Shinn,  father  of  Joseph,  died  in  1751,  and  Joseph  was  appointed 
administrator.      (Burlington  County  Wills,  Liber  7,  p.  104.) 

Joseph  was  the  owner  of  large  tracts  of  land  in  New  Hanover  Township, 
Burlington  ('(ninty.  and  in  Upper  Freehold,  in  Monmouth  County.  He  died 
in  1759,  and  administration  was  granted  by  the  Probate  Court  of  Burlington 
Countv  on  Fc^irnary  15th  of  tliat  year  to  his  son  William,  called  William,  Jr.,  to 
distinguish  him   from  his  cousin,  William,  son  of  John,  Jr. 

Children  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Budd)  Shinn. 

142.  (1)  Patience  Shinn,  ob  sine  proli. 

143.  (2)  Rebecca   Shinn.   married    George   Clapp    1761. 

144.  (3)  William   Shinn. -N^i^.  married   Sarah   French   1756. 

145.  (4)  Vestai  Shinn.  ob  sine  proli. 

146.  (5)  Joseph    Shinn,   ob   sine    proli. 

147.  (6)  Benjamin  Shinn,  married  a  woman  whose  surname  is  not  known. 

148.  (7)  John  Shinn,  married  Mary  Allen  1763. 

149.  (8)  Francis  Shinn,  married  Martha  Shinn  1766, 

150.  (9")  Abigail   Shinn,  married  Joseph   Budd    1778. 

28.    James  Shinn  (3). — James  (2),  John  (1). 

James  Shinn  married  his  first  cousin,  Hannah,  daughter  of  George  and 
Elizabeth    (Lippincott)    Shinn,  the  mothers  of  James  and  Hannah,  respectively, 


92  HiSTOUY    OF    THE    SlIINX    FAMILY    IN"    EUROPE    AND    AMERICA 

being  sistors,  <lau;rliter:>  <if  Kcsum-  Lippincott.  Thev  were  alf^o  second  coubiiis  on 
the  paternal  s<iile;   Janie.-,  the  father.  Iieing  a  great-uiK-le  of  Elizabeth. 

The  Church  of  Burlington  arraigned  the  young  couple  for  marrying  against 
the  canons  on  January  S,  1739.  James  and  Abigail  denied  any  complicity  in  the 
affair.  Elizabeth,  the  motlier  of  Hannah,  acknowledged  that  .she  knew  the  inten- 
tions itf  the  young  couple  but  the  n-cord  does  not  show  whether  she  discouraged 
these  intentions  or  not. 

The  young  ])e(jple  were  disowned  in  ]\rarch.  1740,  and  we  are  thus  left  without 
the  church  minutes  to  guide  us  as  to  their  after  hstory.  Many  of  the  descendants 
of  James  Shinn.  Sr..  nuirried  first  cousins,  as  we  .shall  sec,  and  it  would  be  an 
interesting  contribution  to  sociology  coubl  we  know  the  eU'ect.  It  certainly  did 
not  decrease  longevity  nor  the  number  of  children.  When  (lif  iiiigration  senti- 
ment was  in  the  heyday  of  its  inllucnce  in  \<'W  Jersey.  Adam  and  Prudence,  Ann 
and  Israel  Thompson.  Koliert  Shinn.  Sarah.  Ilannali  and  Elizabeth  Sliinn  removed 
into  Fairfa.x  County.  A'irginia.  The  administration  papers  upmi  Adam's  effects 
in  17SI  show  that  he  had  gathered  a  small  estate,  whicn  was  administered  on 
by  his  wife.  Prudence.  Kobert  was  a  witness  to  several  marriages  in  Virginia,  but 
there  is  no  record  of  his  own  marriage.  James  married  in  Gloucester  County,  ^ew 
Jersey,  and  resided  there.  The  following  contains  a  list  of  the  children,  as  nearly 
as  they  can  be  known,  but  it  may  not  be  complete.  It  is  tolerably  sure  that  his 
daughters  married  in  SialVord.  Fairfax  and  l-'amiuic]"  Counties,  Virginia,  and 
became  mothers  of  large  families  carrying  names  other  than  Shinn.  In  this  way 
the  nam<'  has  been  lost  in  that  region,  notwithstanding  the  fact  iliat  tlie  blood  of 
James  Shinn  exists  in  the  veins  of  many  a  Vir^iinia   faniilv. 

('Inbireii   nf  .l.-iine-  ;iiid    lliinnah    (Sliinn)    Sliinii. 

151.  (li  Ann    Shinn    niiirried    Israel    'L'honipsuu    1771. 

152.  (2)  Hope  Shinn  married   Aaron   Bech   1774. 

153.  (.3)  Adam  Shinn  married   Prudence  177 — . 

154.  (4t  KohfTi   Shinn:    (.'))   Sarali  Sliinn;    (6)   Hannah  Shinn:    (7)    Elizabelh  Shinn. 

155.  (8)  .Mary    Shinn:      (!>)    James    Shinn     married     Unity     Bogcoe     12/13/1795    in 

Gloucester  County,  N.  .J. 

*^;>.      SOEOMO.N    SiiiNN    (.!). — JaM1-:s   (2),  JollN    (1). 

This  grand.eon  was  burn  in  S|)ringfield  Township.  l'>nrlini:ton  County,  New 
Jer.-ey,  aiul  was  married  at  S])riiigfield  Met'tini:-  II(Hi>e  mi  Mnv  1^.  17;>9,  to  Mary. 
daughter  of  Tlwnnas.  son  of  John  .\iiti'ini.  in  the  presence  n\'  iheii'  pai'ents, 
'I'bonuiB  Antrim.  .lames  and  Abigail  Shinn.  ami  t  hiny-eight  other,-,  iinioni;-  whom 
wore  Clemenl  Shinn.  Joseph  and  ^lary  (r.ndd)   Shinn,  James  ami   liannali  Shinn. 

The  origiiud  marriage  certificate  \\;i-  in  the  po.'^sessinn  nf  his  ui-nmlsoii. 
Sbrceve  Shinn.  at  the  dafe  of  bis  death.  Sohmion  lived  fer  nian\  \e,ii-  in  Vew 
Hanover  Township,  where  be  was  engaged  as  .1  fiirniei'.  lie  iidieialed  lands  in 
that  township  and  in  New  Egypt.  MoiiMinnili  ('(mniy.  and  \\ii>  ,1  birge  imrcbaser 
at  F-lvrsliam  and  in  other  parts  of  Ruriingfon  County,  lie  niaiiied  ibe  second 
tinu-  in  17S?.  .Mr>.  Mary  Hishop.  a  widow  with  ebildren.  by  whom  there  was  no 
is^ue.  He  died  intestate  in  17S.""».  'i'bc  origimil  marriage  certificafe  has  endorsed 
Ujion  the  back  of  it  the  names  of  his  cliiblreti  and  tlie  dates  of  their  birfb.  wjiich 
are  hero  trnnscribed.  with  their  marriages,  as  gathered  fiMin  the  niinnte-  of 
various  monthly  meetings. 

Children  of  .Solomon  and  "Mary   (Aidrim)   Shinn. 

IBfi.      (1)    Tlini)in.'<   Shinn.   ii.   Sepi.    17.    I71ii,    in:irriod    (1)    Sarali    \iiKicoiiiIi    1704-     (2) 

.Mereliali    Warren   1S12. 
157.     (2)   Asa  Shinn.  h.  Nov.  27.   1742.  married   Sarah  Gaunt  1767. 
168.      (?.)   .lames  Shinn.  h.  .Ian.   2::.  1744.  married   I.;iviiii,i   Haines  17f)8. 


Third  Generation.  93 

159.  (4)  Sarah    Shinn,    b.   June    10/1747,   married    Nathaniel    Pope    1769. 

160.  (5)  Unity    Shinn,   b.   Feb.    9/1749-.50.   married   Joseph   Pancoast   1767.  * 

161.  (0)  Caleb   Shinn,  b.  May  3/1752,  married   Mary  Lucas   1771. 

162.  (7)  Wary   Shinn,  b.  Nov.  14/1754,  ob  sine  proli. 

163.  (8>  Mary    Shinn,    born    August    29/1756. 

164.  (9J  Abigail   Shinn,  b.  April  9/1759,  married  David  Johnson  11/31/1779. 

30.     Clement  Shinn   (3). — James   (2),  John   (1). 

This  son  of  James  and  Abigail  (Lippincott)  Shinn  first  appears  as  a  wit- 
ness upon  several  marriage  certificates.  He  married  Elizabeth  Webb,  a  woman 
not  of  Quaker  faith,  in  1740,  as  is  shown  by  the  secular  register.  Burlington 
Monthly  Meeting  j'ecords  disclose  the  interesting  fact  that  he  made  acknowledg- 
ments to  the  society  at  that  place  on  November  3,  1741.  Little  is  known  of  his 
life.  From  family  records  of  his  children  in  Harrison  County,  Virginia  (now 
West  Virginia),  from  other  records  of  his  descendants  in  Philadelphia  and  Ohio, 
and  from  Friends"  records  of  Burlington,  Mt.  Holly,  Chesterfield,  and  Evesham, 
N.  J.,  we  are  enabled  to  present  his  children  and  their  marriages: 

Children  of  Clement  and  Elizabeth  (Webb)  Shinn. 

165  (1)   Hannah   Shinn,  b.  1742,  married  at  Evesham,  N.  J.,   1762. 

166.  (2)    Peter    Shinn,    b.    10/20/1744,    married    Grace    Gaskell    June,    1779. 

167.  (3)   Clement  Shinn,  b.  1746.  married  Ruth  Bates  1774  in  New  Jersey. 

168.  (4)   Levi   Shinn,  b.  1748,  married  Elizabeth   Smith  1772  in  New  Jersey. 

169.  (5)   Jonathan    Shinn,   b.    1752.   married    (1)    Mary    Clark   1778   in   New  Jersey; 

married    (2)    Mrs.    Edwards   in  Frederick   Co.,   Va. 

170.  (6)   David    Shinn,   twin   of    Jonathan,    b.    1752,    married     (1)    in     New    Jersey; 

married    (2)    Mary  in   Virginia. 

17L     (7)   Elizabeth   Shinn,   b.   1754 

34.     Levi  Shinn  (3). — George  (3),  John  (1). 

That  Jjcvi  was  the  son  of  George  and  Mary  (Thompson)  Shinn  has  been 
demonstrated  in  our  life  of  George  and  Mary.  He  was  reared  in  the  family  of 
his  stepfather,  Daniel  Wills,  Jr.,  as  is  shown  by  the  Northampton  Census,  hereafter 
alluded  to,  and  was  married  in  1720,  as  is  told  us  in  Asa  Matlack's  Memoranda, 
to  Ann,  the  dangliter  of  Daniel  Wills,  Sr. 

^\q  was  a|)i»;irc'ntly  not  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  as  he  is  not  men- 
tioned in  any  of  their  records.  That  he  was  a  carpenter  is  proven  by  a  deed  of 
date  June  13.  1:29  (Liber  EF.  p.  120,  W.  J.  Deeds).  This  deed  also  shows 
that  he  was  a  man  of  means,  for  it  conveys  two  thousand  acres  in  Evesham  Town- 
ship to  him,  Thomas  Budd  and  John  Pritchett. 

Bv  another  deed,  dated  2/21/1744,  he  and  John  Pritchett  acquired  another 
large  body  of  land  in  the  same  locality.  (Liber  EF,  p.  540,  W.  J.  Deeds.)  Levi 
Shinn  was  d.)ubtless  the  founder  of  a  large  family  of  Shinns  at  Evesham,  although 
the  facts  are  difficult  to  obtain.  The  church  records  show  migrations  of  other 
Shinns  at  a  later  period  to  this  locality.  The  town  is  now  called  Medford,  but  it 
was  once -called  Nebo.  and  at  an  earlier  period  Shinnstown.  In  Howe's  "  Historical 
Collection  of  Xew  Jersey  "  this  fact  is  set  out.  and  the  reason  assigned  was  the 
large  number  of  Shinns  that  lived  there. 

That  Levi  was  a  man  of  probity  and  public  affairs  is  assumed  from  the 
fact  that  lie  was  selected  by  a  court  of  chancery,  in  1739,  to  act  as  auditor  in  an 
attachment  suit  of  considerable  magnitude.  {Pennsylvania  Gazette,  Sept.  6th  and 
13th.  1739;  N".  J.  A..  Vol.  XI,  p.  579.)  He  is  also  recorded  as  voting  at  an 
election  held  in  1739.  When  and  where  he  died  is  not  known,  nor  have  we  any 
authoritative  list  of  his  children.  There  are  Shinns  in  Camden  and  Salem 
Counties  who  know  nothing  whatever  of  their  antecedents  beyond  the  grandfather. 


94  History  of  the  Shinn   Family  ix  Europe  axu  A:\rERiCA 

It  i.s  jjossililf,  if  not  probable,  tliat  some,  if  not  all,  of  them  are  det^eendants  of 
Levi  and  Ann  (Wills)  Shinn.  The  list  subjoined  is  based  upon  prima  facie 
evidence,  and  is  believed  to  be  correct : 

Children  of   Levi  and  Ann    (Wills)    Shinn. 

172.  (1)  Jonathan    Shinn.   who   was  a   witness   to   several    marriages   between    1740 

and  17tl(t. 

173.  (!')   Levi  Shinn.  who  was  also  a  witness,  but  who  died  ob  sine  proli. 

174.  (I'.)   Mary   Shinn.   who   married   William   Atkinson   in   1739. 

175.  (4)   Hope  Shinn.  who  married  Abuer  Rogers  in  1751. 

3.").     Martha  Smw    (:?). — Ckokck   Ci).  .Tnirx   (1). 

.Martha  Sliinii  i>  rcc-ordt'd  iii  IWirlin.ylon  Minutes  as  liaving  passed  meeting 
regularly  in  the  loth  and  lllli  lunnths,  IT;]'),  on  account  of  marriage  to  Daniel 
(iaskell.  The  Oaskells  were  a  prominent  family  in  the  early  history  of  Xew 
Jersey  ami  North  Carolina,  and  ilic  iiilnmai-riages  between  tlir  (laskells  and  tiie 
Shinns  in  the  seventeenth  ciMitury  were  ^^(■^pl(•lll.  Tlic  C.askills  were  of  the  gentry 
of  England,  and  their  pi'digri'i'  may  be  found  in  "'  KamilicC  ^linorum  Gentium/' 
Vol.  I,  J).  .'{0',^.  The  certificate  is  not  recorded,  and  I  am  unable  tc  give  iheir  de- 
scendants. 

:><;.     Mary  Shinn   (•'!). — (Jeorge  (-.M.-Tihix   (1). 

Mary  Shinn  and  Samuel,  son  <d'  'riinnia>  nnil  Mary  (Eoberis)  Eves,  declared 
their  intentions  twice  (Octolu'r  and  \()\eiid)er,  J 1  vl  1  )  licfore  Turlington  Meeting, 
and  were  mai'ried  in  an  ordi'i-ly  manner  in  Xovcmber  of  that  year.  Samuel  Eves 
produced  a  certificate  of  character  fmui  Newtown  Meeting.  Haddonfield.  to 
which  place  he  removed  his  wife.  The  Kves  family  was  among  tlie  early  settlers 
of  the  province,  and  niaiidnined  a  high  ]dace  in  res]ioetnl)ility  and  worth. 
:!T.     .Than  Atkinson    (."!). — Sakaii  Shinn    cM.doHX   (1). 

Jean  or  .lane  .Atkinson,  dmiLilitei-  of  Tlionia-  and  Sarah  (Shiun)  Atkinson, 
married  Benjamin  doiies.  .h..  in  H',?^.  There  were  two  ehildren  at  least,  and 
there  may  have  1 n   many  nunc. 

(-hildren  (d'  dean   .\tkinson  and   I'enjandn  dones. 

ilC,.     (1)   Benjamin   .loiies.   married    Klizal)eth    Carter   174(1. 

177.  (2»   Joseph    .lones,   married    Sarah    Shiun    17fit. 

't'^.     li'iiW  LAND  <)\\  i:n    {'■]). — AI\i;iii\   SniNN    (•?)..T()I1N    (1). 

'^riie  records  of  liurlingtoii  .Meeting  ,-liuw  thai  lui  '■''  ',  ll^'iS  IJowland  Owen, 
eon  of  .loshua,  and  Prudence  I'owell,  dauglitei-  of  dnlm.  wci"  mai'ried  in  an  orderlv 
manner  according  to  the  usage  of  l''ricnd>.  The  marriag;'  eertilicate  was  signed 
by  Joshua.   Mary  and  Sarah   ()wen  and   tliii'ty-si\  others. 

('hildi-eii   (if    K'ow  land   and    I'l-uilenee    (I'owell)    (h\en. 

178.  (1)    Naomi    Owen,   married   Isaac   Biizby. 

I7H.      (Ui    Mary   Owen,   married   Jonathan    .ioiies.   son    ol"    William    and    Elizabeth    (At- 
kinson)   .Jones    4/111/1775. 

k(H  i;i  II  i;i;\  idiATKiN. 

r>8.     JosEiMi  Shinn   (i). — GeorcH':  (:>).. Iohn    cM.doHN    (1). 

Tlie  family  Bible  of  Isaiah  Shinn.  son  of  Joseph  Shinn.  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  places  Jose|th's  birth  in  II  l;>.  Tlii.-  would  make  him  the  eldest  son  of 
George  and  I'llizabelh  (  ld])])incott)  Shinn,  and  ;ii  i  he  dinth  n\'  his  father  he 
doubtless  remained  in  (Jloucester  County,  wlieie  he  had  been   reared.     Of  liis  life 


Fourth  Genekatiox.  95 

prior  to  1758  we  know  nothing.  In  that  year  a  license  was  granted  to  Joseph 
Shinii  by  the  county  authorities  of  Gloucester  to  marry  Ann  Sydonia  Shivers, 
daughter  of  Sainuel  and  Martha  (Deacon)  Shivers.  This  marriage  is  also  dis- 
closed in  Asa  Matlack's  Memoranda,  but  Joseph  is  therein  placed  at  Salem.  Mat- 
lack,  in  all  probability,  took  the  place  wherein  he  lived  at  a  later  period  as  the 
one  in  which  he  married.     He  was  married,  however,  in  Gloucester  County. 

In  ^7(')'^  Samuel  Shivers  and  Martha,  his  wife,  made  a  conveyance  of  land 
to  Joseph  Shinn,  of  I'ilesgrove,  Salem  County,  Xew  Jersey,  for  land  in  Salem 
County.  (Lilx-r  'l\  p.  42i).}  The  records  after  this  show  many  conveyances  to 
Jose{)li  Shinn,  of  Pilesgrove.  This  township  seemed  to  be  a  favorite  one  for  Bur- 
lington and  Gloucester  County  people,  for  here  we  find  many  families  who  trace 
their  ancestry  to  Burlington  and  Gloucester.  Joseph  Shinn  was  undoubtedly  a 
most  prosperous  man,  and  a  man  of  note  in  Salem  County.  He  Jived  at  a  time 
when  strong-mintlcd  and  fearless  men  were  needed  in  the  Assembly  of  the  State. 
(rreat  liiitain  was  in  trouble  with  her  colonies,  and  the  air  Avas  laden  with  argu- 
ments favoring  independence.  Salem  County  chose  for  one  of  her  representatives 
to  the  Convention  of  Xew  Jersey  (1776)  Joseph  Shinn,  of  Pilesgrove.  We  find 
him  at  his  ])ost  at  every  session  of  that  body,  and  in  the  roll-call,  M'here  the  "  ayes  " 
and  '"  nays  ''  were  set  out  at  length,  his  vote  in  every  case  is  recorded  on  the  side 
of  iiide])enflence  and  liberty.  That  body  organized  the  Xew  Jersey  troops  for 
the  wai-:  foiiiiifl  an  independent  State  Government  for  X'ew  Jersey;  appointed 
delegates  to  the  (Continental  Congress,  viz.,  Kichard  Stockton,  Abrah?.m  Clark, 
.lolin  Hart,  I'rnneis  llopkinson.  and  Dr.  John  Withcrspoon.  Much  has  been 
written  about  the  courage  which  was  required  for  a  man  of  property  to  vote  at 
that  time  for  an  independent  government,  and  all  that  has  been  written  does  not 
transcend  the  truth.  Jose]>h  Sliinn  sat  side  by  side  with  John  Hart,  Charles 
K(>nfl,  Frederick  Freylinghuysen.  Philemon  Dickerson  and  Eichard  Stockton,  men 
afterwards  chosen  by  Xew  Jersey  for  positions  of  place  and  power.  He  was  in 
close  touch  with  all  tlie  liberty-loving  people  of  that  day ;  was  judicious  and 
fearless  in  his  course;  contributed  his  part  to  the  Independence  of  his  State,  and 
his  descendants  everywhere  are  entitled  to  tlie  ]irivileges,  the  highest  privileges, 
of  all  ]iatriotic  organizations. 

In  1768  Samuel  Shivers  leased  a  tract  of  land  at  the  mouth  of  Timber  Creek 
for  ninety-nine  years,  with  remainder  to  the  heirs  of  certain-named  children. 
T.aiul   at  tliat  time  br()Uii:ht  a  good  rental,  but  no  one  could  see  the  tremendous 



changes  which  ninety-nine  years  would  produce.  This  land  was  not  only  alluvial, 
but  located  within  easy  distance  of  a  town  which  grew  into  one  of  the  great  cities 
of  tht>  world.  Tlie  heirs  of  Samuel  Shivers'  descendants,  like  Esau  of  old,  sold 
tlieir  lurthright  for  a  mess  of  pottage.  A  little  ready  money  for  themselves  was 
considered  as  of  more  importance  than  a  great  estate  for  the  unborn  children  of 
the  future.  The  leasehold  estate  expired  by  limitation  in  1867,  and  the  heirs 
of  Samuel  Shivers'  children  then  living  expected  the  remainder.  But  it  was  found 
that  a  far-seeing  speculator  had  bought  up  the  claims  of  the  intermediate  heirs, 
and  that  the  fee  was  in  the  liands  of  a  stranger.  There  is  a  principle  of  which 
lawyers  boast.  That  principle  is  that  one  may  not  sell  something  not  in  esse. 
There  is  no  estate  in  esse  until  the  particular  estate  expires  by  limitation.  The 
remainder  revives  to  the  use  and  benefit  of  the  living  heirs  at  the  time.  If  tliey 
had  formally  sold  their  right  under  the  so-called  sale  of  an  inchoate  right,  they 
violated  the  law :  they  sold  something  not  in  existence,  and  contravened  not  only 
the  policy  of  the  law.  but  overturned  the  intentions  of  their  ancestor.  The  claim 
sliarks  who  ]>it  their  rascally  acts  against  the  judgment  of  vouthful  heirs  in  ex- 
pectancv  should  have  no  standing  in  court.  The  estate  which  Samuel  Shivers 
designed  for  his  heirs  at  the  end  of  ninety-nine  years  was,  by  a  process  of  legal 
juggling,  given  to  strangers,  and  the  design  of  the  grantor  completely  destroyed. 


96  History  of  the  Shixx  Family  in  Europe  axd  America 

The  heirs  of  Joseph  and  Ann  Sydonia  (Shivers)  JShinn  living  in  18(n  had  an 
indefeasible  right  to  their  share  of  this  land;  their  descent  was  unquestioned 
save  by  the  interested  sliarks :  they  had  not  sold  nor  bargained  their  rigiits ;  if 
their  fathers  and  mothers  had  tlune  this,  they  had  simply  done  an  unlawful  act, 
and  by  the  illegality  could  not  bar  the  living  heirs  in  18G7.  And  yet  they  were 
barred,  to  the  shame  of  law.  If  courts  would  lend  their  influence  to  the  cause 
of  innocence  rather  than  to  interested  Shylocks  the  ermine  of  law  would  be  un- 
spotted and  far  more  lovable.  There  was  a  "  History  of  Rutlandshire,"  written  in 
1684  by  a  barrister  named  James  Wright.  He  dedicates  it  to  the  nohiUtu  and 
gentri/  of  Rutland.  When  he  reaches  Cromwell's  glorious  reign  he  leaves  a  blank, 
in  wliieh  ho  writes,  with  great  pomposity: 

Temporis  hoc  spaiium  JeiiU  oblivloni." 

When  the  heirs  of  Joseph  Shinn  reach  the  judicial  |h  I'iod.  18(n.  tliey  may 
put  James  Wright's  sentence  to  far  more  noble  use  b\  u>iiig  it  as  an  e])ita])li  for 
the  inglorious  tombstones  of  the  claim  quacks  and  legal  sliysters  who  swallowed 
np  their  estates. 

.Joseph  Shinn  died  in  1784,  and  liis  wife.  Ann  Svdonia,  administered  upon  his 
estate.  (Will  Book  No.  26,  p.  109.)  She  oh.  8/19/1  T'.is.  The  Bible  of  Tsaiah 
nanu's  three  children,  as  does  Asa  Matlack's  Memoranda. 

riiildren  of  Joseph  and  Ann  Svdonia  (Shivers)  Sliinii. 

150.  (1)   Isaiah    Shinn.    h.    12/15/1764,    married    Elizabeth    Jenks    1788. 

181.  (2)  Joseph   Shinn,  b.   8/5/1768,  ob  11/2/1802.     Thrown  from  his  carriage   and 

killed.  _.— — — Ji^-iMy^l/ 

182.  f3)   Elizabeth    Shinn.  ^  4^   p  0    J 

")9,    Amos  Shinn  (4). — George  (3).  Joiix  {•I).  Jonx  (1). 

f)n  the  r)th  of  Feliruary,  1739,  Amos  Sliinn  asked  liuilington  for  a  certificate 
to  f-hestorfield  on  acc(uint  of  marriage.  The  Chestei'liidil  minutes  do  not  show 
the  a])j)earaiice  of  Amos,  as  the  rules  require,  nor  do  the  minutes  of  Burlington 
show  its  accompli. «hment.  Amos  seems  to  have  gotten  ready  before  his  sweetheart 
was  ready.  .\t  all  events,  on  the  8th  day  of  (October,  1740.  lie  and  Ann  Carter 
appeared  the  first  lime  at  Bnrlingion.  and  on  the  1st  of  December,  1740,  the  com- 
mittee reported  the  aecom|)lisliment  of  the  marriage.  The  certificate  is  recorded, 
and  states  thai  Amos  Shinn,  son  of  George  Shinu.  deceased,  of  the  County  of 
Gloucester,  and  .Ann  Carter  were  manicd  mi  ihe  '2.')tli  ^^'i  ynvi'inher.  IMO.  Eliza- 
beth Shinn.  mothei-  of  Ceoi-ge.  .lames  and  .\higail  Shinn.  Zilpli.-i  Sliinn.  Caleb 
and  Mehilabel  Sliinn.  and  many  others  sign  tlu^  |ia|ici'.  Xdw.  if  thi-  .Vmos  who 
really  married  in  1"  10  was  the  .\mos  who  wanlcd  in  maiiN  iii  W-V.K  then  we  shall 
have  no  trouble.  If  iml,  tlieii  llicrc  i-  an  Amu-  In  accdiiiit  I'or.  and  im  I'ocords  to 
draw  upon.  The  sib'iiee  id'  Chesterrudil  Minnie-  lend-  mc  id  ;i--iimc  llial  ihe  two 
.\mo,«es  were  one  person,  .\nios  mai-ricd  (  ■.' )  Snrnh  ( 'iiniiiiigham  in  K^l.  and 
died  in  1777.  .Xdministration  was  granted  ii|i(Mi  hi-  estate  le  S;ii-;ih  Shinn  N'nvem- 
bor  18,  1777.     (We.sl  Jersev  Wills.  LiluT  IC  p.  .MC.) 

Chihlren  nf  .\mu-  ;ind   Ann    (Carter)    Shinn. 

1S:{.      Ml    .Mary    Sliinn.    Ii.    17  11.    iniirrie.l    Richard    Siniicll     17);(;. 

151.  (2»    Samuel    Slniin.    Ii.    171.;.    married    lOli/.abelli    Slarkey    1766. 
IS."..      {?,)   (JeorRo   Sliinn.   h     171."..  m;irried   Elizabeth   Koliey   176;». 

186.  (4)   Zllpha   Shinn.   b.    17-17.   married    Caleb   Lippincoit   1775. 

187.  (5)   Amos   Shinn.   b.    1751.   married    .Ann    Cunningham    1766. 

188.  (6)   Nancy   Shiini.   b.    1754,   married    HukIi    Mooiiey    I7S1. 

no.     J(,il\   SiiiNN    {l)._GlCORGE   (3).,T()ii\    C?).  J()ii\    (1). 

John  Shinn.  of  Nnrthainpton.  and  Lydia  Carler  were  I'eguhiily  married  in 
February,  171.">.  as  appears  from  Die  minuie  Ixiok  of  tlH>  Burlington  ^leeling.     In 


>^/>^^^^Z/ 


Fourth  Generation'.  99 

1771  he  removed  to  Chesterfield,  and  in  1T80  to  Evesham,  where  he  died.  His 
will  is  dated  at  Evesham,  November  9th,  1801,  and  was  probated  Xovember  20th, 
1801.     (Liber  Xo.  39,  page  458,  West  Jersey  Wills.) 

In  his  will  he  names  sons  Uriah  and  John,  son  Esaiah's  four  sons — Moses, 
Esaias,  Aaron  and  Elijah  (they  to  have  land  in  Virginia) — granddaughter,  Lydia 
Stratton,  daughter  of  E])hraim  Stratton,  and  cousin  Job  Jones. 

The  Alt.  Holly  Kegister  of  Births  and  Deaths  has  preserved  the  record  of 
his  children,  to  which  we  add  the  names  of  the  persons  they  married. 

Children  of  John  and  Lydia  (Carter)  Shinn. 

189.  (1)  Lydia  Shinn,   b.  — ,  ob   3/20/1763. 

190.  (2)  Esaias    Shinn,    b.    6/14/1745,  married   Hannah  Brannan   1771. 

191.  CJ)  Ozias  Shinn,  b.  6/20/1747,  ob  sine  proli. 

192.  (4)  Noali  Shinn,  b.  1/28/1752,  married  in  Dover  Township,  Ocean  Co.,  N.  J. 
19:;.  (5)  John    Shinn,   b.   5/30/1754.   married    Martha   Parker   1775. 

194.  (6)   George  Shinn,  b.   1/5/1757,  married  Sarah  Kelley  1776  at  Swede's  Church, 

I'hiladelphia.  Pa. 

195.  (7)    Rachel    Shinn,    b.    1/1/1758,   married   Ephraim   Stratton    12/12/1782. 
19G.     (8)   Ellis  Shinn,  b.  8/12/1760,  ob  sine  proli. 

197.  (9)    Urias   Shinn,   b.   6/6/1768,  married   . 

198.  (10>    Nehemiah   Shinn,   b.    10/23/1769,   ob   sine   proli. 

(15.    (JEOROE  SiiiNN  (4). — George  (3),  John  (2),  John  (1). 

Thi^  son  of  (Jeorge  and  Elizabeth  (Lippincott)  Shinn  appeared  twice  before 
Burlington  Meeting  in  174!»,  and  on  the  oth  day  of  June  the  committee  reported 
that  the  nnirriage  had  been  accomplished.  His  bride  was  Sarah  Owen,  described  in 
the  minutes  as  a  widow.  She  was  the  widow  of  Joshua,  son  of  Joshua  and  Martha 
(Shinn)  Owen,  and  the  daughter  of  — —  Branson.  George  followed  the  dis- 
tiller's business,  and  lived  near  Georgetown,  X.  J. 

Children  of  George  and  Sarah  (Owen-Branson)  Shinn. 

190.  (1)    Martha    Shinn.     b.    1750.    married     Francis     Shinn     1766.       See     Francis*, 
•loseph',   .James-.  John'. 

200.  (2)   Postrema  Shinn,  b.  1753.  luarried  . 

201.  (3)   Curtis  Shinn.  b.    1755,   married   Annie  Merritt   1777. 

202.  (4)  John  Shinn,  b.   1757,  married  Jane  Herbert  1780. 

203.  (5)   Susan   Shinn,  h.   1759. 

204.  (6)   Elizabeth   Shinn,   b.    1761. 

205.  (7)   George  Shinn,  b.   1763,  married   Charity  .  ^ 

206.  (8)    Mary   Shinn.  h.    1764,   married  John   Irick  1781.,   "^■n-.O. 

(;(i.     .\zAi;iAii  SmxN   (I). — George  (3),  John  (2),  John  (1). 

Azariah  lived  at  Greenwich,  Gloucester  County.  What  his  business  was  is  not 
disclosed.  The  civil  records  show  that  he  was  married  by  license  in  1760  in 
Glouccstei-  County  to  Sarah  Haines,  a  widow.  This  woman  seems  to  have  been 
a  Friend,  but  transgressed  the  rules  by  her  marriage  according  to  civil  law.  Aza- 
riah, it  is  assumed,  had  forgotten  the  faith  of  his  fathers,  for  he  is  never  mentioned 
in  their  records  directlv.  When  his  wife  or  children  are  named  he  is  named  as 
father  or  husbaiul,  but'  in  no  other  way.  The  Salem  M.  M.  Eecords  show  that 
Sarah  Haines,  the  widow,  was  married  in  1749  to  William  Haines.  Her  maiden 
name  was  Lippincott.  Shortly  after  her  marriage  to  Azariah  her  conscience  urged 
her  to  make  amends  to  the  church,  and  in  July,  1761,  she  sent  a  written  acknowl- 
edgment to  Haddontield  AEonthlv  Meeting,  but  failed  to  have  it  considered.  She 
seems  not  to  have  arranged  for  the  children  of  her  first  marriage  as  her  husband 
in  his  will  had  directed,  and  the  church  informed  her  that  until  such  provision 
was  made  she  could  not  be  forgiven.  The  nice  sense  of  justice  which  obtained 
in  this  primitive  town  among  these  Quakers  is  commendable.  Sarah  Shinn  argued 
the  matter    whatever  it  was.  for  several  months,  but  could  not  regain  her  place 


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100  History  of  the  Shinn   Ka.mily  ix  Eukope  axd  America 

iu  the  church.     She  would  not  do  a;^  they  required,  and  they  wouhl  not  bend.     She 
was  disowned. 

Azariah  died  in  1773.  His  will  was  dated  at  the  town  of  Gloucester,  and 
County  of  (iloucester,  February  i:?.  n73.  and  wa>  probated  March  17.  1773. 
(Liber  Hi.  j».  1<hi.  W.  .7.  Wills.)  The  doiumcnt  names  his  wife,  Sarah;  wife's 
daughter.  Mary  1  lames  (who  afterwards  married  Jose])h  Gibson);  his  three 
daughters,  Sarah.  Martha  and  Heulah.  minors.  Sarah  (llaines)  Shinn  dated  her 
will  at  Greenwich,  County  of  (;ioueest(r.  on  the  23d  of  Xovember.  1781.  Il  was 
{irol>ated  December  litth  (d'  same  year.  (Liber  \o.  •^^.  )».  o-M.  W.  .L  Wills.)  It 
states  that  >he  is  a  widow,  and  names  son.  .Lilni  Haines;  son-in-law.  Joseph  Gib- 
son; daughters,  Sarah.  Maiilia  and  lieulah  Shinn.  "Life's  fitful  fever*'  is  over 
for  both  of  them,  and  they  are  at  rest.  From  this  cou])le  descends  some  of  the 
most  respectaltle  jM'ople  of  the  twentieth  (ciitiii'v.  aiiioiii;  wIkuii  is  the  flavor  of 
Philadelphia,   lldii.  Samuel  A.^hljridge. 

("hildreii  of  .\zariah  and  Sarah    (Haines)    Sliiiin. 

207.  (1)    Sarah   Shinn.   married    David    Ware   1782. 

208.  (21   Martha   Shinn.  married   Isaac   Crines. 

209.  (3)   Beiilah   Shinn.    married   Gibson  Jones. 

ti^      IsAlAJl  SilJNX    (1). (iEOKUE   (;J),  doJlN    C^j.Jull.N    (1). 

Of  this  soji  of  (Jeorge  little  is  known.  He  died  at  Greenwich.  C.loncostor 
County,  in  17<I3.  and  Jacob  .'^|)icer•  was  ma<le  administrator  of  his  estate  April 
20th,  ];<;:5.  (  Liber  No.  11.  p.  :U:\.  W.  J.  W  ills. )  There  is  no  record  of  his  mar- 
riage. 

(i.S.      WiM.lA.M    SlllW    (\). Wll.l.IA.M    (:i).J()lIX    (2)..ToTix    (1). 

William  Shinn's  life  was  very  obscure.  His  disownmeiit  on  aerouiit  of  mar- 
riage may  be  found  recorded  in    P>nrlington   Minutes,  as  follow> : 

"  N'(  rt  lianipton  owrseers  i-eport  that  William  Shinn  had  man'icd  contrary  to 
order,  and  that  he  refused  to  make  satisfactory  acknowledgment.  He  was  there- 
fore declared  out  of  unity.""  So  far  as  ant  bent  ie  history  is  concerned,  he  left  the 
world  at  this  instant,  for  this  is  the  last  notice  anywhere  tliat  tlie  most  diligent 
investigation  <an  bring  to  light.  The  li'aditions  of  the  ticighborhood  seem  to  indi- 
cate tile  ffdlowing  chihlien: 

( 'hihl  I'cn   of   W'i  i  liain    Shinn. 

210.  (II   Ann    Shinn,    wlio   married    Isaac    Islow    1784. 

211.  (2)    Hiioda  Shinn,  who  married  .lohn  Steward   178:>;    he  was  a  member  of  the 

Slate    .Militia   of    HiulinKton    Co.    in    177(>. 

212.  (ol    Sarah    Shinn,    wlio    married    .lohn    Myers    1775;      lie    eiilistcHi    in    the    2nd 

niirliriKioii   Regiment   in   177<'i  and   was  elected  Captain. 

'•  \.     I-  \i  \ii   Sii  i\  \    (  1  ).-  W  111  I  \\i    (i! ).  John    (•.').  Joi  I  \    (  1  ). 

( M'  ibis  Isaiah  \ery  little  i^-  known.  The  ci\il  recoi'd-  slmw  that  in  I,  70  he 
was  married  t<i  Mai-\,  daiigbter  of  .loseph  ami  liaclid  lliiii-.  hv  license.  Asa 
Matlack's  .Memoranda  eonlirms  this.  ()\'  bis  children  nothing  whatever  is  known. 
N'o  oiu'  of  the  name  traces  back  to  thi>  marriage,  so  far  a-  I  h.nc  been  informeil, 
and  the  inference  is  that  there  wa>  no  issue. 

'.I     Ki.iZAiiKTii  Siiiw    (I). —  Wii.i.iwi    (.")).  .loiix    c' ).  John    (1). 

The  civil  records  show  that  Llizabetb  wa-  niaiiicd  to  .lohn  .Mloways  in  1774. 
She  must  have  been  very  popular  with  all  the  Sbinns.  lor  she  is  favorably  men- 
tioned in  sevend  fif  their  wdls.  lubecca  Shinn  hd't  her  a  legacy  in  ISOd  and 
Samuel  Shinn  in    ]><]'>. 


Fourth  Geveration.  101 

74.     Job  Siiixn  (4).— William  (3),  John  (2),  John  (1). 

The  civil  record.s  .-how  that  Job  married  Elinor  Burns  in  1776.  The  Mt. 
Holly  Kecords  f^ive  him  this  notice:  "  Jol)  Shinn,  having  gone  out  in  marriage 
after  being  '  precautioned/  is  disowned."  Elinor,  in  all  probability,  died  soon  after 
the  marriage,  childless.  Job  died  in  1793  without  a  will,  and  William  Butterworth 
was   made  administrator. 

7.5.     I'hiah  Shi  NX   (4). — Joshua  (3),  John  (2),  John  (1). 

On  the  ~)\h  of  May,  1777,  Uriah  Shinn  sent  a  paper  to  Mt.  Holly  meeting 
acknowh-<lging  he  had  committed  a  fault  in  being  married  by  a  magistrate,  and 
asked  fr)rgiveness.  The  meeting  ordered  the  paper  to  be  read  publicly  at  the 
Mount  Holly  Meeting,  and  granted  the  request.  Uriah  married  Rebecca  Eidgway, 
and  lived  near  X'incentown.  He  and  his  wife  separated,  and  Rebecca  certainly 
married  again.  I'riah  removed  to  Salem  County,  and  wa«  living  there  in  1814, 
as  is  shown  by  the  following  letter  to  his  son,  Isaac: 

"Salem   County— March  16,  1814. 

"F  take  this  opportvmity  to  write  to  thee  that  we  are  in  as  good  health  as  is 
common  and  hoping  these  lines  will  find  you  all  the  same.  If  thee  will  come  down  thee 
may  have  a  wagon  and  a  cow.  Bring  horses  to  fetch  the  wagon.  If  thee  comes,  come 
as  soon  as  convenient.  These  lines  from  they  father, 

"URIAS    SHINN." 

The  secoufl  husband  of  llel)ecca  had  a  surname  Hosier,  and  by  this  marriage 
there  were  two  children.'  .\fter  Urialvs  disownment  he  never  returned  to  the 
Friends  Society,  although  he  maintained  their  peculiarities  of  speech.  His  de- 
scendants became  memi)ers  of  the  popular  churches  of  the  day,  and  one  of  them, 
George  Wolfe  Shinn,  became  a  distinguished  rector  in  the  Episcopalian  Church. 

Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  Gideon  Shinn.  a  grandson  of  Uriah,  and 
Rebecca,  a  granddaughter,  maintain  that  Uriah  was  the  son  of  Joshua,  and  which 
has  controlled  me  in  his  a  iignment,  1  must  be  permitted  to  say  that  the  matter 
is  not  altogether  free  from  doubt.  It  is  probable,  I  think,  after  mature  consider- 
ation, that  they  are  mistaken  in  their  remembrance,  for  there  is  no  record,  and 
that  I'riah  Shiiin  was  a  son  of  Joseph  Shinn  by  a  wife  prior  to  his  marriage  to 
Ann  Svdonia  Shivers.     My  reasons  are: 

1.  Joseph  was  l)orn  in  1T13,  as  an  authentic  Bible  record  in  the  possession  of 
Isaiah  Shinn.  liis  son.  at  Salem,  will  sustain.  He  certainly  married  Ann  Sydonia 
Shivers  in  1758.  He  was  then  forty-five  years  of  age.  The  probal)ility  is  that  a 
man  having  lived  single  to  that  age  would  not  marry  at  all.  Hence  I  infer  that  he 
had  l)een  married  l)efore,  and  that  the  fruit  of  that  marriage  was  Uriah  Shinn,  and 
possiblv  others. 

2."  This  probable  argument  is  strengthened  bv  the  fact  that  the  descendants 
of  T>iah  Shinn  to  the  last  mature  generation  have  all  carried  with  them  a  tradi- 
tion that  thev  were  entitled  to  an  island  somewhere  in  the  Delaware  River,  or  some 
of  its  tributaries,  and  that  somehow,  not  explainable,  and  beyond  their  analysis, 
they  lost  their  claim.  The  reason  generally  given  is :  "  Inability  to  prove  a  legal 
descent  from  the  oriirinal  testator.""  This  whole  tradition,  so  widely  prevalent 
among  the  descendanfs  of  Uriah  Shinn,  grew  out  of  the  ninety-nine-years  lease  of 
Tinicum  Island  bv  Samuel  Shivers  in  1758,  already  referred  to.  Joseph  Shinn's 
descendants  bv  Ann  Svdonia  Shivers  were  heirs  to  the  reinainder.  And  since  all 
of  the  descendants  of  "Uriah  living  at  the  time  thought  them.<elves  heirs  to  the 
property,  they  must  have  been  descendants  of  Joseph  and  not  Joshua.  They  could 
claim  nothing  through  Joshua,  for  he  had  no  connection  whatever  with  the  Shivers 
estate.  But.TvUOwing  themselves  to  be  descended  from  Joseph,  they  at  once  leaped 
1o  the  conclusion  that  thev  were  heirs  to  whatever  Joseph  might  have  had.  They 
had  no  right  to  Tinicum'  Island  in  reversion,  not  because  they  could  not  prove 

'Their  names  were  Gideon  and  Pearson  Hosier. 


102  HisTOKV  OF  Till-;  SiiiNx   Family  ix  Europe  axd  A:\ierica 

descent  from  Joseph,  l)ut  Iteeause  they  coiikl  n^tt  prove  descent  fioiii  Joseph  and 
Ann  Sydonia  Sliivers.  Their  motlier'was  a  different  woman,  and  the  estate  was 
limited  to  the  lieirs  of  the-  lour  <huij:liters  of  Sanniel  Shivers,  of  whom  Ann 
Sydonia  was  cne.  The  Shivers  heirs  h»st  the  ishmd  through  legal  jnggiing;  the 
heirs  of  Joseph  Shinn  hy  his  first  wife  had  nothing  to  lose,  for  they  were  not 
heirs  of  Samuel  Shivers.  Hence,  on  account  of  the  undisputed  fact  that  they 
all  thought  themselves  heirs  to  the  Shivers  property,  1  argue  not  that  they  were 
entitled  to  the  property.  Imii  tii;it  tlieir  ancestor  was  certainly  Joseph  and  not 
Joshua. 

3.  There  are  certain  mental  peculiarities  and  attributes  of  many  of  the  de- 
scendants of  I'riah  Shinn  that  wouhl  class  them  as  descendants  of  Joseph  Shinn. 
He  was  a  fearh'ss  actor  and  thinker.  J  lis  votes  in  the  Assembly  in  1776  place  him 
among  the  first  men  of  thai  (hiy.  These  siiiiic  ii;iit>  >how  themselves  in  Dr.  George 
Wolfe  Shinn  and  to  a  lesser  degree  in  several  of  the  descendants  of  Uriah. 

()j)p('sed  to  this  is  the  Bihje  of  Isaiali  Shinn,  of  Salem,  and  the  positive  aver- 
ments of  (iideoii  and  I\ehecca.  As  to  the  iii'st,  the  liihle  is  that  of  Isaiah,  and 
not  of  Joseph,  in  fact,  tliis  ilihle  is  one  of  the  earliest  ones  that  contained  a 
family  record.  In  Jose])h"s  day.  that  is,  in  the  day  of  his  marriages,  such  instru- 
mentalities were  not  known.  Bihles  were  rend  and  not  used  as  a  record  and  day 
hook,  and  the  entries  are.  in  all  proljability,  lliose  of  Isaiah  and  not  of  Joseph. 
The  entries  are  ab.solutely  correct  in  what  they  state.  The  first  marriage  was  not 
entered  because  Isaiah  knew  nothing  about  ii.  and  if  lie  did  know  it  he  was  not 
recpiired  to  enter  it  in  a  register  which  had  to  do  with  his  descent  alone. 

.\s  to  the  second  objection.  I  have  to  say  that  it  is  a  question  of  memory,  and 
that  the  difference  between  Jo.-eph  and  .losliua  is  so  sliglil  that  no  conclusion  can 
be  drawn  from  it  which  will  be  permitted  to  outweigh  the  reasoning  hereinliefore 
set  out.  Out  of  deference,  however,  to  these  two  members  of  I^riah's  family,  I 
have  placed  Uriah  as  a  descendant  of  Josliua.  Every  descendant  who  reads  this 
book  may  array  liinixlf  wliei-e  be  likes. 

Cbildren  of  T'ri;i1i  nnd  TJebecca   (TJidgway)   Shinn. 

21:5.  1.  Lydia  Sliinn.  I).  — / — /ITT.'i:   unmarried. 

214.  2.  Zilia    Shinn.    h.    1/13/1777:    ni.,    12/24/1800,    Elizabeth,    daughter   of    Robert    and 

Mary  Colkilt. 
21. ''i.  :5.  Isaac  Shinn,  b.  fi/7/177!t:   m..  1/14/1805,  Martha  Jones. 

■;*;.     John   Siiiw    (  1  ).— ( '  ai.kh  (3).  Joiix   (?).  Jotix  (1). 

In  .Ml.  ilollv  recoril>  lliere  is  a  cerlillc.ile  of  niaii'iage  in  May,  17G3,  for  John 
Shinn,  son  of  Calelt  and  Mehitabel.  and  Amy  (ii-illitb.  diiughter  of  John  Griifith, 
late  of  Darliy.  I'm.,  hut  now  of  (inai  IWiinin.  In  the  same  records  in  March, 
ITSl,  a  •■(tmmilli'c  re|iorte(l  the  orderly  ni;ini;mi  of  Jolin.  son  of  Caleb  and 
Mehiiabej,  Itolh  di'ceas(,'d,  to  Sai'ab.  daugliter  of  lieiijamin  and  I\liz;d)eth  Jones. 
lienjandn  Jones  was  a  doseendani  on  ili(>  mnternal  side  from  Sarah  Shinn.  daughter 
of  John  Shinn,  Sr.  There  is  no  record  showing  the  birib  of  chiblfen  to  John 
and  Amy  ((Jrillilb)  Shinn.  In  H!'!  Turlington  granted  ;i  certilicate  of  i-emoval  to 
Mt.  Holly  to  John  and  Sarah  (Jones)  Shinn  and  llieir  son  luMijandn.  In  1798 
John  Shinn.  his  wife,  Sarah,  and  son.  Benjamin,  incsented  a  remo\;il  ceiiificate 
from  Ml.  Holly  lo  I'pper  Evesham.  Tlirv  n  flcrw  ;i  I'ds  i-rnioxcd  to  1  l.-iddonfield, 
where  John  died.  January  MK  1>^1I>.  lie  was  luiiied  at  I  laddonlield.  S.ii-ab  died 
on  Seplendier  in.  ISOS.  and  was  iiuried  at  Xew  Hopewell.  Ipper  Eve.sbam 
records  show  that  Benjamin  was  horn  December  18,  178(5.  He  seems  to  have 
been  a  very  prominent  young  man.  luning  i»een  placed  on  seveiid  important  com- 
mittees by  Uppi'r  I'^csham  Friemls. 

Joseph    lliiichmiin.   in    bis  jonrnal.   recites   that    lieiij.imiii    died   J;inuarv   11, 


FouriTH  Generation.  103 

Ihlii.     'i'lic  death  of  fatlier  and  f«on  within  a  day  of  each  other  indicates  the  pres- 
ence of  a  contagious  disease. 

Children   of  John  and  Sarah    (Jones)    Shinn. 
216.  1.  Benjamin  Shinn,  b.  10/18/1786;   ob.  sine  proli,  1/11/1819. 

77.     Henry  Siiinn  (4).— Caleb  (3),  John  (2),  John  (1). 

Henry  Shiiui,  son  of  Caleh  and  Mehitabel  (Curtis)  Shinn,  born  in  Bvirlington 
County,  New  Jersey;  married  there,  in  1770,  Anna  Fort,  and  removed  to  Glouces- 
ter ('ounty.     He  had  several  children,  hut  I  have  been  enabled  to  find  but  one. 
217-   1.  Henry  Shinn.  b.  1781;  m.  Hannah  Warner  at  Tuckahoe,  N.  J. 

8^.     lI.wNAii  SiiiNN  (•!).— Jacob  (3),  John  (2).  John  (1). 

Hannah  Sliinii,  daugiiter  of  Jacob  and  Hannah  (Lippincott-Hakestraw) 
Shinn,  is  recorded  in  Mt.  Holly  Register  of  Births  as  the  second  child  of  the 
marriage,  coming  immediately  after  Mary  and  before  Jacob,  but  no  date  is 
assigned  to  her,  as  is  to  the  others.  ^lary  was  born  in  174(3  and  Jacob  in  1750, 
and  1  infer  that  Hannah  was  born  near  iVrney's  Mount  in  1748. 

In  17()7  she  and  Isaac  Kay  were  regularly  married  according  to  Friends' 
usage,  as  is  disclosed  by  Burlington  ^linutes.  Francis  Shinn  was  appointed  to 
attend  the  marriage,  and  he  rejiorted,  on  the  4th  of  July,  l'}67,  that  the  marriage 
had  been  accomplished  in  an  orderly  manner.  The  minutes  disclose  the  fact  that 
Isaac  Kay  was  from  Haddonfield.  From  "A  History  of  Newton  Township,"  by 
John  Clement,  we  learn  that  the  Kays  were  a  most  respectable  family  at  Haddon- 
flehl,  being  among  the  earliest  settlers  of  that  part  of  (rloucester  (now  Camden) 
County.  'I'JK'  old  court  records  of  Woodbury  show  that  this  family  was  most 
])rominenlly  connected  with  the  administrative  affairs  of  the  county,  and  exercised 
a  powerful  influence  upon  its  early  history.^  Hannah  took  up  her  residence  at 
Haddonfield,  where  she  passed  the  remainder  of  her  life.  She  is  mentioned  in  her 
fatlier's  will  in  17iiv\  and  in  her  mother's  will  in  1795.  The  latter  will  names 
two  of  lier  cliildrei).  .Icmima  and  Hannah.  Her  brother  Caleb  died  in  1833,  leav- 
ing a  will  whii  h  names  his  living  brothers  and  sisters.  Hannah  is  not  named,  nor 
is  an\   .if  hci-  cliildi'en.     Hannah  died  at  Haddonfield. 

Children  of  Isaac  and  Hannah   (Shinn)   Kay. 

218.  1.     Jemima  Kay. 

219.  2.     Hannah  Kay. 

220.  3.     Mary  Ann  Kay,  ni.  Jesse  Lippincott,  1793. 

83.    Jacob  Shinn  (4).— Jacob  (3),  John  (2),  John  (1). 

Jacob  Shinn  was  born  near  Arney's  Mount,  1/24/1750.  His  father  was  a  man 
of  wealth,  and,  like  many  other  rich  men's  sons,  he  had  to  sow  wild  oats.  This 
brought  him  into  trouble  with  the  church,  and  led  eventually  to  his  disowmneut 
(3/4/1782).  In  1777  the  society  gave  him  a  certificate  on  account  of  marriage  to 
Burlington.  In  Book  of  Burlington  ]\Iarriages  it  is  set  out  that  Jacob  Shinn, 
son  of  Jacob,  and  Hannah  Fentoii  (5),  daughter  of  Eleazer,  were  married  11/6/ 
1777  at  old  Springfield  fleeting  House.  The  certificate  is  signed  by  sixty-two  per- 
sons, and  the  wedding  was  a  notable  one  for  the  day.  Armed  soldiers  were  at  this 
time  at  rendezvous  in  camps  throughout  the  county,  and  a  general  gloom  himg 
over  the  country.     Still  courtships  went  on  with  unwonted  vigor,  and  marriages 


'John    Kay,   grandfather  of   Isaac,   represented   Gloucester   in   the   Assembly,    1708, 
1709.  1710. 


1U4  HiSTOliV    OF    TllL    .*<111NN     FaMU.V    IX    ElHUI'K    AND    AMERICA 

occurred  with  unl.n.ken   n-guhiritv.     A.<  one  reads  the   Friends"  minutes  covering 
the  jHTiod  (.f  th.-  Kcvoluticnarv  \\'ar  lie  is  a]U  to  think  he  is  studying  a  period  ot 
profound  jK-aee.     Kvury  ik.w  and  thi-n  a  wail  of  suffering  "(Hi  account  of  the  war 
creel's  into  the  reeord.  hut  tin-  general  trend  is  that  of  i)erfect  tranquillity. 

Elea/.er  Fenton.  father  of  Hannah  (PVnton)  Shinii.  married  p:iizaheth  Atkin- 
son in  17."»;!.  and  was  the  son  of  Kh-a/.i'r  Fenton.  the  son  of  Kleazer,  the  emigrant.' 
Klizaheth  Atkinson  wa>  the  daughter  .d'  John  and  Hannah  (Shinn)  Atkinson. 
Hannah  was^  the  daughter  of  .lames  and  Abigail  (  Lippiiu-ott )  Shinii.  Thus  Han- 
nah Fenton.  who  married  daeoh  Shinn.  the  great-grandson  of  .'ohn  Slimn.  Sr., 
was  herself  the  great-great-gran<ldaughter  of  the  same  i)ersoii.  Two  years  after 
the  marriage  (K:!»)  Hannah  took  a  letter  of  removal  from  Burlington  to  Mt. 
Hollv.  Ill  i;82.  as  we  have  si'en.  JacoK  wn^  di-owned  ;it  Mt.  Ilollv.  and  his  after 
life  "is  lost  in  f»hscurity.  He  wa-  ali\r  in  !:'.i">  at  the  death  id'  his  father.  i>ut  is 
not  named  in  the  will  of  hi.-  ni'-thn-.  who  died  m  ]soi.  The  |)rol)ability  is  that  he 
was  dead  at  that  date.     Hannah.  lii>  wife,  dieil  in   .\e\\   Jersey. 

f'hihlreii  of  Jacob  and  Hannah  (Fenton)   Sliiim. 

221.  t.     Hannah   Shinn,  b.   12/12/1778;    m.   Daniel   Earle. 

222.  2.     Elizabeth   Shinn,  b.  3/20/1781);   m.  Dennis   Heartt.  September.  1804,  at  2iid 

Presbyterian  Church.  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

223.  :i.     Caleb  Shinn,  b.  1782;  a  soldier  of  the  war  of  1812;  a  justice  of  the  peace, 

but  never  married.     He  lived  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

224.  4.     ,Fohn  Shinn.  born  1784;  married  and  left  descendants  near  Jobstown,  N.  J. 

225.  ').     Lydia  Shinn,  b.  1788;   m.  William  Hepi)ard. 

226.  »;.     Samtiel  Shinn,  b.  1793. 

227.  7.     Rebecca  Shinn,  b.   Springfield   Township,   BurlinRton   County,   New   Jersey, 

18f»l;  m.  Charles  Hart)ert  of  Philadelphia.  Pa.,  10/31/1820. 

SI.     1-:i,i/.\I!i:tii  Shinn-   (1). — Tapou  (."?).  John  (•>).  John   (1). 

This  (laughter  of  Jaenh  and  ll.imi.ih  (  Liiipiiieot t-Ihikest raw )  Shinn  was 
born  S/l!t  1  ■;:.;!.  as  is  shown  by  Mt.  Holly  reeonls.  I'.urlington  I•ee()^d^  >liow  that 
elie  was  maiiied  regularly  in  IT^C.  to  Samuel  Li])|)ineott.  and  a  report  niaile  to  the 
cliureh  <tn  the  .'hi  of  June  of  that  year.  The  will  n\'  Hannah  Shinii  enable.-  us  to 
name  the  following  ehildreii.     There  iiia\    have  been  other-. 

Children  <d'  Samind   and   Fli/.abeth    (Shinn)    Lippiiieott. 

22S.  1.  Elizabeth  Lii)|tineoi  i .  who  married Tucker. 

229.  2.  Itel)i-cca    Lippiiieoit,    who    married    .lohii    E.    Woodard. 

230.  3.  Hannah   Liiipiiieoil. 

231.  4.  .lesse  !ai)pinr()ti .   who   niairicd   Mary   Ann  . 

S.").      .Mai; 'I    Siiiw    (I).      J  \(  di;   (:'.).  Jcii  \    C.'l.-ioiiN    (1). 

This  daiigbter  of  Jacob  and  llaiinah  (  Lippiiu-ott-K'akest  raw  )  Shinn  was 
born  ll/•^■{ '17.")">.  (.Mt.  Holly  b'eeord-.)  She  \\a>  married  to  Saniiiel  Wright  in 
liurlinglon  ('oiiiitv  in  \~,S\  by  a  lieeii.-e.  as  i>  shown  by  the  court  ii'ionl-.  The 
Friends  do  not  ap|»ear  (o  notice  the  irregularity  of  her  marriage,  and  I  infer  that 
pile  was  not  a  member  of  the  society.  Her  chiblren.  as  gatherecl  from  the  will  of 
her  mother  (ll'.i.'))   ami  her  brother  Caleb  (1S;?;{).  are  as  given  bidow  : 

Chiblren  (d  Samuel    andMarv    (Shinn)    Wright. 

232.  1.     Calnb  Wright. 
2:;3.     2.     Charles  WriKhl. 
234.     3      Thomas  Wright. 


'The  emlRrant.  Eleazer.  m.  Elizabeth  Stacy,  1690.     The  marriage  was  solemnized  in 
open  conn  at  Burlin«lon.  N.  .1 


Fourth  Generation.  105 

235.  4.     Jane  Wright. 

236.  5.     Mary  Wright. 

237.  6.     Louisa  Wright,  who  married  Job  Horner  of  Jobstown. 

86.  John  Shixn  (4). — Jacob  (3),  John  (2),  John  (1). 

John,  another  of  the  ehihlren  horn  to  Jacoh  and  Hannah  (Lippincott- 
Rakostraw)  Shinn,  was  horn  in  Burlington  County,  N.  J.,  11/25/1757.  (Mt. 
Holly  Records.)  Lik'e  his  sister,  Mary,  lie  was  married  according  to  civil  law  by 
a  license  regularly  issued  in  1780.  (Court  Records  Burlington  County.)  As  he 
was  not  disciplined  for  this  act  hy  the  Friends,  the  inference  is  that  he  was  not 
a  riienilter  of  the  society.  His  wife  was  Mary,  daughter  of  William  and  Susannah 
Norton.     John  Shinn  ilied  2/13/1833. 

Children  of  John  and  ^[ary  (Norton)   Shinn. 

238.  1.     Jemima  Shinn,  l>orn   1780;   m.  George  Woodard,  1/22/1800. 

239.  2.     William  Norton  Shinn,  b.  10/24/1782;  m.  Sarah  Budd,  1/25/1804. 

240.  3.     John   Shinn.   b.   8/19/1784:    m.,  6/2/1805,  Mary,  daughter  of  Dr.  John  and 

Elizabeth  (Stanley)   White. 

241.  4.     Mary  Shinn,  b.  1786;   m.  Charles  McLaughlin. 

242      5.     Hannah  Shinn,  b.  1788;  m.  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  and  Ann  (Palmer)  Law- 
rence. 

243.  6.     Beulah  Shinn,  b.  1790;   m.  William  Norton. 

244.  7.     Dr.  Freedom  Lippincott  Shinn,  b.  1792;  m.  (1),  11/15/1815,  Hannah  Ackley, 

(2).  1846,  Anna  Imlay. 

245.  8.     Susannah  Shinn,  b.  1794;  m.  Benjamin  Cox. 

246.  9.     Caleb  Shinn,  b.  1796. 

247.  10.  Abigail  Shinn.  b.  1798;  m.  Samuel  Hartshorn. 

248.  11.  Elizabeth  Shinn,  b.  7/11/1800;   m.  Charles  Ivins. 

249.  12.  Martha  Shinn.  m.  Samuel  Woolston. 

250.  13.  Edward  Shinn.  b.  1805;   m.  Mary  Field,  5/5/1831. 

87.  Jemima  Shinn  (4).— Jacob  (3),  John  (2),  John  (1). 

The  records  disclose  that  this  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Hannah  (Lippincott- 
Rakestraw)  Shinn  was  born  2/26/1760,  and  that  she  married  Caleb  Lippincott  in 
1782.  From  the  will  of  her  mother,  Hannah,  and  her  brother,  Caleb,  we  form 
the  following  list : 

Children  of  Caleb  and  Jemima  (Shinn)  Lippincott. 

251.  1.  Alexander  Lippincott. 

252.  2.  Samuel  Lippincott. 

253.  3.  Joseph   Lippincott,  who   married. 

254.  4.  Caleb  Arney  Lippincott,  who  married  (1) ,  (2)  Zilpha  Shinn. 

255.  5.  Mary  Lippincott.  who  married  Joseph  M.  Morgan. 

256.  6.  Hannah  Lippincott,  who  married  James  F.  Hulme. 

257.  7.  Caroline  Lippincott.  who  married Smith. 

258.  8.  Mary  Ann  Lippincott.  who  married  Kelly. 

259.  9.  Isaac  Kay  Lippincott. 

88.  Rachel  Shinn  (4).— Jacob  (3),  John  (2),  John  (1). 

K^achel  Shinn,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Hannah  (Lippincott-Rakestraw)  Shinn, 
was  a  church-lovino:  woman,  and  her  birth  and  marriage  appear  regularly  upon  the 
Mt.  Holly  Records.  She  was  born  10/24/1762,  and  married  Benejah  Butcher  in 
1784.     Her  children  were : 

,  Children  of  Benejah  and  Rachel  (Shinn)  Butcher. 

260.  1.     Hannah  Butcher. 

261.  2.     Thomas  Butcher. 


lOG  HiSTOKY    OF    TllK    SlIINX    FAMILY    IN    KlUOPE    AM)    A.MKIMCA 

262.  3.     Benejah  Butcher. 

263.  4.     Jacob  Butcher. 

264.  5.     .Mary  Butcher,  who  married  Isaac  Fennimore. 

89,     Calkb  SiiiNN   (1).— Jacoi?  (;{).'Ioiin-   (.M.-'iuix   (1). 

Thi.«,  tlu'  youngest  i-liiM  of  .Jatob  aiul  llaimali  ^  l.iiiiuiicntt-Rakestravv) 
Shinn,  was  born  '.i/\'2/l'HiA.  lie  lived  and  died  in  Burlington  Cuimty.  and  was 
a  man  of  considerahlc  wealth.  I  If  was  never  married,  Jjiit  by  his  will,  dattd  De- 
cembiT  \'i.  is;?;]  (Hurlington  lieconls.  Book  ]),  p.  I!.")?),  he  appears  lo  have  left 
the  greater  jiart  of  his  estate  to  his  adopted  daughters,  Louisa  Brognartl  liossell 
and  -Mary  \\'right    Roseell. 

Jle  also  gave  large  bequests  to  his  sisters,  Jemima  Lippincott,  l^aehel  Butcher, 
and  his  lirother  .laoob.  Jle  also  gave  bequests  to  his  nieces  and  nephews — Eliza- 
beth Tucker,  liebecca.  wife  of  John  K.  W'oodard  ;  Thomas  Wrighl.  Ciiarles  Wright, 
Caleb  Wright.  Jane  Lee  (late  Wright).  .Mm  v  W  li-lit.  Loui-a,  wift'  of  Job  Horner; 
Caleb  Lijjpincott.  ^hiry.  wife  of  Joseph  M.  Morgan:  Hannah,  wife  of  James  F. 
Hulme:  Caroline  Smith.  ^lary  Ann  Kelhy.  Isaac  Kay  Lippincott.  Benejah 
Butcher.  .Mary  Fennimore,  wife  of  L<aac  Fennimore:  children  ol  nephew,  tSanmel 
Lippincott:  two  daughters  of  Josej)h  Iji])pincnit.  Hannah  S.  Butterworth  and 
Elizabeth,  wife  of  Restore  Lippincott.  and  childivn  of  his  brother,  John  Shinn, 
deceased. 

ltd.       SiSANNAIl    SlllNN     (I). 'i'lKlMAS    ('.'>).   TlloMAS    ('.').   d  ()  1 1 N     (1). 

Susannah,  the  oldest  child  of  Thnnia>  and  Maillia  (Lai'l)  Shinn,  was  horn 
in  Springfield  Townshij),  Burlington  County,  N.  .L,  ;>/10/lT21  (Burlington  Rec- 
ords of  l-Jirths).  She  was  regularly  married  according  to  Friends  rite  4/4/1739 
(Ibi<l.;  also  Asa  Matlack's  ^lemoranda)  to  Thomas,  son  of  Samuel  and  Ruth 
(Stacy)  Atkinson,  who  lived  at  lladdonliehl.  Knlh  Stacy  was  the  daughter  of 
Mahlon  Stacy,  of  the  Commissioners,  and  a  man  of  alTairs.  Samuel  Atkinson  was 
a  prosj)erous  contractor  and  builder  in  Xcwton  Township.  ("  History  of  Xewton 
Township,"  Clement.)  'J'iic  C^uakei'  nnnules  above  referred  to  have  "Sarah" 
instead  of  ''Susannah""  as  the  one  who  mari-icd  Thomas  Atkinson.  Imt  Thomas' 
will  an<l  the  Marriage  Record  agree  u|)on  '*  Susannah."  The  .Mkinson  genealogy 
also  gives  the  name  Susannah.  The  scribe  who  j)i'c]iai-cd  the  reeoi'd  in  the  second 
volume  of  liurlington  Minutes  was  not  very  careful,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in 
tlie  next  article.     I  have  not  ascertained  their  children. 

:»l.     M\itTii\   SlllNN    (I). — TiK.MAs   (:')).  Thomas   ci).  John    (M- 

Martha,  the  second  child  of  Thomas  and  Maitlia  (Lai'l)  Shinn.  was  horn 
^/22'^7'■i2-^^  (Burlington  L'ccor.U).  She  is  nc\i  ivfciivd  to  in  the  Minutes  of 
Buriitiglon  ^[eeting  on  the  «illi  day  of  the  (itii  month.  1';;):^  as  follows:  "■  Henry 
Phxsoii  and  Mary  Shinn.  >\\i-  being  a  widow  wilh  childi-en.  appeared  the  first 
time."  This  marriage  is  rcc-orded,  and  ilie  I'ccoi'd  -hows  ihe  following  cert  ilicate: 
"  ilr-nry  I'axson'  of  Soulsbury  in  ye  County  of  Liuck-  in  ve  l*i'o\inee  n\'  Pennsylva- 
nia, and  Mary  Shinn.  widow,  were  nianied  on  the  i'.'th  <d'  the  ilh  inonlh.  IT.'^O," 
nl  Ml.  llo!l\  Meeting  House.  It  wa>  witnessed  b\  dame-  I'axson.  hiothei-  of 
Henry:  Thomas  and  Martha  Shinn.  jiarents  (d'  ihe  Inide;  daeoli.  ('aleb  and 
Eli/.alielh  Shinn,  and  f(»rly-six  others.  This  was  a  leiiabh'  wctlding.  and  il  is  most 
singular  that   the  scribe  should  repeal   the  error  of  ihe  minutes  ami  tiansciihe  the 


'.Inmes  I'nxHon.  from  tin-  ))aiish  of  Marsh  (;i1)bon.  in  (ho  vicinity  of  Stowo.  England, 
ami  a  nn'nihcr  of  the  f'oii-siiill  Soriely  of  Friends,  came  to  liuciis  County,  P(>nnsylvania, 
aho\it  1700.  and  died  tiiorc  \12'2  One  of  his  cliildnMi.  Henry,  married  Ann  Phimly  in 
IToCi  and  became  Die  father  of  twelve  children,  one  of  whom.  Henry,  .tr.,  married  Martha 
Shinn  in  1739.  (HiHtnry  Bucks  Toiuity,  Pa.,  p.  (178.)  Tlie  tatlier  of  Henry.  .Jr..  was  a 
member  f>f  the  PenuHylvania  Council  in  th(>  y«»ars  Ki'.t.^).  17n4-i')-(;-7-S,  and  17nn.  William, 
uncle  of  H«'nry.  .Jr.,  was  also  a  ni<ini»er  of  the  Cotmcil  for  fourleen  years.  (History 
Bucks  County.  Pennsylvania.) 


Fourth  Generation.  107 

bride's  Jiaiiic  Mary,  when  it  should  be  Martha.  In  the  will  of  Thomas  Shinn, 
her  father,  dated  10/8/lTol  (Will  Book  7,  p.  318),  the  children  are  named  as 
follows:  "  JJaughter  Susannah  Atkinson,  sons  Earl  and  Gamaliel,  daughter 
Elizaljcth  Shinn,  son  Aquilla,  daughter  Postrema  Shinn,  daughter  Mary  Allison, 
son  Thomas,  son-in-law  Henry  Paxson,  daughter  Martha  Paxson."  He  then 
names  them  in  the  order  of  their  birth,  as  follows:  Susannah  Atkinson,  Martha 
Paxson,  Thomas  Shinn,  Jr.,  Mary  Allison,  Elizabeth  Shinn,  Earl  Shinn,  Gamaliel 
Shinn,  Aquilla  Shinn  and  Postrema  Shinn;  nine  children,  some  under  age  at  the 
date  of  the  will.  The  scribe  erred  in  the  name,  but  it  is  hardly  reasonable  to 
suppose  that  he  erred  in  the  statement  that  she  was  a  widow  with  children.  If 
this  be  accepted  as  true,  and  there  are  no  grounds  for  disbelief,  then  Martha  had 
resumed  her  maiden  name  after  the  death  of  her  husband.  Who  he  was  will  never 
be  known,  for  the  records  show  no  such  marriage,  and  do  not  show  the  death  of  her 
husband.  ]Icnry  Paxson  was  born  T/14/1719,  in  Bucks  County,  Pennsylvania, 
and  died  in  i'.urlington  County,  9/18/1778.  Martha,  his  wife,  died  2/23/1781. 
Henry  Paxson,  Inisljand  of  Martha,  represented  Burlington  County  in  the  Xine- 
tecnth  Assembly,  1754-17G1 ;  in  the  Twenty-first  Assembly,  1769-1772,  and  in 
the  Twenty-second  Assembly,  1T72-1775.  He  gave  his  voce  for  the  calling  of  a 
provincial  congress  in  1775  for  the  province  of  New  Jersey,  and  was  a  friend  of 
American  liberty.  His  descendants,  wherever  they  may  be,  are  entitled  to  mem- 
bersbi|)  in  any  of  the  patriotic  societies  growing  out  of  the  Eevolutionary  War, 
except  the  Orilcr  of  the  Cincinnati. 

Children  of  Henry  and  Martha   (Shinn)   Paxson. 

265.  1.     Thomas  Paxson,  b.  9/1/1743. 

266.  2.     Martha   Paxson.   b.    11/30/1745;    m.    (1)    John   Arney,    (2)    Joseph,    son    of 

Joseph  and   Sarah  Ridgway,  1/19/1791. 

267.  3.     Henry  Paxson,  b.  5/12/1749. 

268.  4.     Mary  Paxson,  b.  11/20/1751. 

269.  5.     Elizabeth  Paxson,  b.  8/19/1754. 

270.  6.     Samuel  Paxson,  b.  8/28/1761. 

271.  7.     Joseph  Paxson,  b.  10/30/1765. 

92.    TiioM.\.s  SiiiNx  (4). — Thomas  (3),  Thomas  (2),  Jonx  (1). 

'i'liomas,  Jr.,  the  third  child  and  first  son  of  Thomas  and  Martha  (Earl) 
Shinn,  was  born  6/7/1725.  He  married  Mary  Buddell  about  1T50.  In  the  second 
volume  of  Burlington  ]\[inutes,  of  date  1/8/1750,  a  report  was  made  that  Thomas 
Shinn,  Jr.,  had  gone  out  in  marriage  and  given  way  to  a  libertine  spirit,  and  for 
which  he  refused  to  make  acknowledgments.  At  the  next  meeting  he  was  de- 
clared out  of  unity.  A  few  months  before  this  he  had  been  made  overseer  of 
the  Northampton  (^It.  Holly)  fleeting,  but  he  seems  to  have  preferred  his  wife 
to  the  chureh.  and  never  made  overtures  to  return.  At  the  beginning  of  the  devo- 
lution he  owned  the  "  Old  Cross  Kegs  "  tavern,  in  Mt.  Holly.  In  1776  this  tavern 
was  ca])tured  by  the  British,  and  a  company  of  soldiers  quartered  within  it.  ("  His- 
tory of  Burlington  and  Mercer  Counties,"'  p.  182.)  This  was  ver\-  distasteful  to 
Thomas,  as  he  had  a  son  in  the  American  army,  and  his  sentiments  were  in  unison 
with  his  son.  He  died  in  1777,  as  is  shown  in  W.  J.  Wills,  Liber  16,  p.  496.  where, 
on  ^Farch  8.  1777,  letters  of  administration  upon  his  estate  were  granted  to  Bud- 
dell Shinn,  his  son.  From  a  will  made  by  his  wife,  Marv  (Buddell)  Shinn.  on 
7/8/1 805  (W.  J.  Wills.  Liber  A.  p.  91),  we  ascertain  that  the  children  of  Thomas 


were: 


Children  of  Thomas  and  ^Mary   (Buddell)    Shinn. 


272.  1.  Buddell  Shinn,  m.  Sarah  Bispham,  1781. 

273.  2.  Martha  Shinn. 

274.  3.  Hannah   Shinn.  m.  Frederick  Toy,  1784. 

275.  4.  Mary  Shinn. 


108  History  of  thk  Shinn-   I'a.mha   in   Elhopk  and  America 

93.     Mai!y  Siiinn   (4).— Thomas   (3).  Tn<.M\>   Ci).  .John   (1). 

ifarv.  the  fourth  chihl  and  th.-  third  dautrhtt-r  of  'rimiiias  and  Martha  (Earl) 
Shinn.  was  h..rn  Kt  '■>'■>  17-.*:.  (Mt.  Holly  ^[inut(■s. )  She  was  married  to 
Thomas  .\llis(»n  on  the  ;{d  day  of  the  4th  month,  U4.").  and  her  descendants  have 
always  been  prominent   Friends.     She  afterwards   inarrit'd  -lames  Clotliier. 

Children  of  .lam. •>  and   Mary   (  .Mli>nn-Shinn  )   Clothier. 

27<J.      (1)    Caleh  Clothier  (">)  of  Mt.   Holly.  N.  d..  who  married    l-:iizahetli  . Jones 
of  linrlin.iiton  County,  ^'ew  Jersey,  and  had: 
•^::.      (1)    Caleh   clothier   ((»),  who  marrief]    Hannah    I'Mctchf i-    llallowell    of 
.\hin<rdon.    I'a. :   removed    to    IMiiladelpliia,  and    had: 

278.  1.     Elizabeth    Hallowell   Clothier    (7).   who   married   Jacob   S.   Bunting  and 

had : 

279.  1.     Elizabeth  Sellers  Bunting  (S).  who  married  Cliarle.s  William  Pick- 

orin.g. 

280.  2.     Hannan  Hunting  (8),  unmarried. 

281.  2.     Lucretia   .Mott   Clothier   (7). 

282.  :{.     Isaac    Hallowfil   Clothier   (7).   b.    11/5/1837:    m.   y/1/1864,   IVIary   Clapp 

Jackson  (jf  Phliadeli)hia  and  had: 

283.  1.     Mary    .Jackson    Clothier    (8).    b.    6/7/1865,    who    married    William 

Esher  Heyl.  11/1/1892,  at  "Bally tore,"  Wynnewood.  Pa.,  and  had 
two  children,  William  Esher  and  Isaac  Clothier  Heyl. 

286.  2.     Elizabeth    Jackson    Clothier    (8),    b.    11/5/1866,    who    married    F. 

H*-nry  Powers  Sailer.  4/30/1895,  at  "Ballytore."  and  had  chil- 
dren. Josephine  and  Randolph  Sailer. 

289.  3.     Morris    Lewis   Clothier    (81,    b.   7/24/1868,    who    married    Lydia   M. 

Earnshaw.  4/2';/1'.hmi.  at  Rivertoii.  N.  J.,  and  had  two  children. 
Emily   E^arnshaw   and   Lydia  Morris. 

2!)1.  4.     Hannah  Hallowell  Clothier  (8).  b  7/21/1872,  who  married  Dr.  Wil- 

liam I.  Hull.  12/27/1898.  at  "Ballytore."  and  had  one  child, 
Mary  Clothier  Hull. 

293.  5.     Walter   Clothier    (8),    b.    7/16/1874,    who    married    Ebith    M.    Ball, 

4-2/1902.  at  Boston,  Mass. 

294.  6.     Isaac  Hallowell  Clothier  (8),  b    11/12/1875.  who  married  Melinda 

Knit^hi   Annear  in  1903. 

295.  7.     Lydia  Piddle  Clothier   (8). 
258.  8.     Caroline  Clothier   (8). 

296.  9.     William  Jackson  Clothier  (8). 

297.  4.     William  Ponn  Clothier  (7).  who  married  .Icniiie  Drew  of  New  York  and 

had  cliildrcu.   Hannah.  Fletcher.  William    F'cnn.  and  Caleb  Clothier. 

298.  5.     Anna   Hurr  Clothier.  uniiKirried. 

299.  6.     Clarkson  Clothier  (7).  who  married  Agnes  Evans.   10/12/1875.  and  had 

children.   .Marian.    I'Mith    and    Robert    Clarkson   Clothier,    living  and 
uuriiarrieil :   anoihiT  cliild.   Florence  Clothier.  deceas(>d. 

!M.     I-J,i/ \iti:iii  Siii\  \   (  I).     TihiM  \s  (;'.).  TiioM  AS  CM.  .Ion  \   (1). 

Kli/.aheth,  the  li ft li  child,  and  llie  jnurlh  ilauL:lilei-  ol'  TliMm;i>  and  Martha 
(Marl)  Shinn,  was  horn  1  ".'n  ii;!;i.  ami  maifii'il  (in  ilic  "Jd  of  llie  '.Mh  month, 
1T.")1.  She  pa.-M'd  meetin;^  and  her  marria^n-  w.i-  iipinMcd  iiL;iil,irl\ ,  Inil  the  certifi- 
cntf  is  not  recordeil.  (\dl.  li.  l'>iiilmL:iuii  Mimilily  Meeiimr.  S  .">,  !),  ■-,  HV^> 
17."il.)      She  mariied  .Sainucl   L.ixctt. 

;>.').     JvMii.  Shin  \    (I).     Tiiom  \^   ( .l).  Timim  \s  (•.').  .'on  \    (1). 

Karl,  th<'  si.xth  chihl  and  the  >eeond  >on  i>\'  Tliniii;i-  .ind  M.iilli.i  (  V.:\r\  )  Shinn, 
was  horn  lo  'I',  \','.U'>.  lie  |ia>-ed  meetim:  rei:ul;irl\  nml  \^;i>  iiiai-rieij  to  h'ehecca, 
daughter  of  .lohn  and  Mar;:aiii  (Min^en)  Mnmow.  The  iM;nii;iui'  w.is  reported 
on  tin-  10th  of  the  (ith  month,  lliin.  (  liuilinylon  M.  .M.,  \  ol.  111.)  lie  was  an 
onter|)risin;:  and  intelli^ieiit  man.  a>  i>  >hown  hy  the  followinir  fact  :  The  I)rid<j;e- 
loti   l.ihiary   Ctimpany  was  j^ranted  a  ch.iiMer  iiy  iln'   Kinu  on  .Inne   11,   ITt)."),  and 


300. 

1. 

301. 

2. 

302. 

3. 

303. 

4. 

304. 

5. 

305. 

6. 

306. 

7. 

307. 

8. 

308. 

9. 

309. 

10. 

FouRTii  Generation.  109 

among  the  incorporators  we  find  tlie  names  of  the  brothers,  Earl  and  Thomas 
Shinn.  Karl  Shinn  died  February  16,  1803,  and  Rebecca  died  February  5,  1809. 
The  children,  as  recorded  in  the  Mt.  Holly  Record  of  Births  and  Deaths,  are  as 
follows : 

Children  of  P^arl  and  Rebecca   (Monroe)   Shinn. 

Elizabeth  Shinn.  b.  10/11/1762;  ob.  sine  proli.  12/16/1841. 
Thomas  Shinn,  b.  6/1/1764;  m.  Lucy  Worrell,  1788. 

John  Shinn,  b.  2/22/1766;  m. Ridgway. 

Gamaliel  Shinn,  b.  1/18/1768;   m.  Beulah  Easelwood,  7/2/1797. 
Samuel  Shinn,  b.  9/30/1770;  m.  Hannah  Simpson,  3/18/1795. 
Mary  Shinn,  m.  (1)  Samuel  Berry,  1789;    (2)  Joseph  Jordan. 
Margaret   Shinn,  b.  12/21/1774;   m.  William  Hugg. 
Susannah  Shinn,  b.  2/15/1777;  ob.  5/12/1840,  unmarried. 
Buddell  Shinn,  b.  5/27/1779;  ob.  6/l(»/1782. 
Rebecca  Shinn,  b.  7/15/1785;   ob.  sine  proli,  1817. 

90.     Gamalii.;!.  Siuxx   (4). — Thomas  (3),  Thomas  (2),  John   (1). 

Gamaliel,  the  seventh  child  and  third  .'^on  of  Thomas  and  ^lartha  (Earl) 
Shinn,  was  born  r)/10/n38,  and  was  never  married.  He  was  drowned  at  sea  in 
the  year  1TG5. 

97.     A(^rii.i.A  SiiiNx   (4).— Thomas  (3).  Thomas  (2),  John  (1). 

A(|uilhi.  tile  ci-rlitli  child  and  the  fourth  son  of  Thomas  and  Martha  (Earl) 
Shinn,  was  Ixirn  1  s  11  to.  lie  was  a  man  of  deep  religious  convictions  and  great 
public  spirit,  but  was  never  married.  In  ITTO  he  was  sent  as  a  representative  to 
Quarterly  .Mei-ting,  and  again  in  1772.  From  this  time  on  this  duty  was  devolved 
upon  him  with  unflagging  regularity,  attesting  not  only  his  Christian  character, 
but  also  \\\>  capacity  for  business  affairs.  In  1774  a  movement  was  set  on  foot  by 
Jacob  Shinn.  Samuel  Shinn,  Francis  Shinn.  Restore  Shmn  and  others  to  build 
a  meeting  house  near  Shreeve"s  Mount,  as  the  schoolhouse.  which  they  had  been 
using  for  that  jiurjiose,  was  too  small.  In  March,  1776,  Burlington  Meeting 
placed  A(piilla  on  a  committee  to  labor  with  those  who  held  slaves,  with  those 
who  neglected  atteiidaiu-e  of  nu'etings.  and  violated  the  Friends'  testimony  against 
the  taking  of  oaths.  Mt.  Holly  ^lontlily  Meeting  was  established  by  Burlington 
on  the  7th  of  December,  1776,  and  Aquilla  became  a  member  thereof,  Mt.  Holly 
being  his  honu".  The  new  monthly  meeting  began  its  career  with  a  large  number 
of  nuMidx'rs  and  a  goodly  service  of  elders.  Among  the  latter  we  find  the  name 
of  Elizabeth  Shinn,  who  was  ai)i)ointcd  by  Btirlington  to  that  othce  in  1763.  She 
was  a  first  cousin  of  Atpiilla  Shinn.  Under  the  direction  of  the  Yearly  Meeting 
of  New  Jersey  I'liends  each  ^lonthly  ]\Ieeting  was  to  appoint  a  committee  to 
reason  with  such  as  held  slaves.  Aciuilla  and  his  cousin,  Samuel  Shinn.  were 
placed  on  this  committee  by  Mt.  Holly  Monthly  ^Meeting  at  its  first  session,  4th 
day  of  the  12th  month.  1776  (Feb.,  1777).  In  1784  he  \\as  appointed  to  record 
the  marriage  certificates,  births  and  deaths  when  the  same  should  be  handed  him. 
PTe  i)erfornu'd  tlu'  duties  of  this  office  for  about  twenty  years,  and  it  is  to  his 
fidelity  and  zeal  that  much  of  the  ancient  history  of  the  neighborhood,  as  revealed 
bv  Mt.  Hollv  church  records,  is  to  be  ascribed. 

All  through  the  ^Mt.  Holly  Minutes,  from  1776  to  1793,  the  names  of  Samuel 
and  Aquilla  Shinn  are  very  frequently  named  on  committees.  ^Mr.  Samuel  Cad- 
bury,  a  distinguished  Friend,  of  Philadelphia,  after  reading  the  volume,  made 
this  annotation :  "  Some  of  these  committees  were  very  important,  and  these  two 
men  appear  to  have  l)een  among  the  most  active  members."  It  is  recorded  upon 
the  record  of  births  and  deaths  that  Aquilla  Shinn  died  5/10/1815  (Dec.  5,  1815). 
So  much  for  his  church  relations. 

In  the  '*  History  of  Burlington  and  fiercer  Counties "  we  are  told  that 
Aquilla   Shinn   lived    in   the   "Washington   House,*"   Mt.   Holly,  the  same  having 


110  History  of  the  Shixn  Family  ix  Euuope  and  America 

been  fonia-rlv  oc-t-upicd  Ijv  Adam  l-'aniiiic-r.  In  the  lirst  voluinc  uf  the  Xcic  Jersey 
Gazette  (Feb.  28,  lTT8),^an(l  in  the  first  volume  of  the  Rural  Vuitor  (1T78)  the 
following  advertisement  appears,  and  is  introduced  to  show  tlie  difference  between 
the  new  and  the  old  styles: 

"Dillon  and  Shinn,  .Mt.  iioUv.  ^.  J. — A  (ieiieral  ^tore:  Wholesale  and 
retail.  West  India  lium  and  some  Choice  old  Jamaica  Sjjirit  by  the  Gallon,  or 
by  the  Barrel.'" 

The  old  bachelor.  Aquilla  Shinn,  for  I  am  toM  Ihat  lie  was  an  importer  and 
merchant,  had  a  queer  notion  of  the  meaning  ol'  the  word  "choice."  Jamaica 
rum  is  next  to  Russian  vodka,  and  this  is  the  most  villainous  drink  known  to  man. 

Aquilla  Shinn,  in  coiiiiikhi  with  many  iiropei'ty  linjdcrs  of  Xew  Jersey, 
thought  that  the  (General  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  in  1]]'),  was  going  too  rap- 
idly tcjwards  revolution  and  danger,  and  issued  the  following  protest : 

November  23,  1775. 
"The  petition  of  divers  freeholders  of  Burlington  County  respectfully  sheweth: 
"That  your  petitioners  are  deeply  impressed  with  a  sense  of  the  calamitous  state  of 
public  affairs,  in  the  unhapi)y  contest  which  at  present  subsists  between  Great  Britain 
and  her  colonies.     *     *     *     That  your  petitioners  are  greatly  alarmed  at  the  sentiments 
of  independency  which  are  openly  avowed  by  too  many   people  at  this  time.     *     *     * 
That  in  the  opinion  of  your  petitioners  an  effectual  opposition  may  be  made  against  the 
measures  now  pursuing  by  the  Ministry  and  Parliament  of  Great  Britain  without  chang- 
ing the  Constitutional  form  of  government  in  the  British  Empire  established;    and  that 
your  petitioners  have  not  the  least  desire  that  the  Union  of  the  Colonies  in  that  opposi- 
tion should  be  broken,  which  they  think  the  establishment  of  an  independency  would  ef- 
fect.    *     *     *     Your  petitioners  hereby  make  a  solemn  protest  against  the  change  in 
the  form  of  government,  as  by  law  established,  declaring  that  it  is  not  and  never  was 
iheir  intention  to  vest  any  Congress  of  body  of  men  whatever  with  that  power." 
.lohn  Monrow.  Mahlon  Gaskill, 

Ch.  Ph.  Hughes,  Aquilla  Shinn, 

Thomas  Shinn,  Thomas  Paxson, 

Aaron  Smith,  William  Norton, 

William    Budd,  and  23  other  men  of  landed  estates. 

To  Provincial  Congress  &  Council  of  Safety. 

iJS.      i'u.STi;EMA   Slll.W    (1). — I'JIUMAS    (i)  )  ,   T  1  lO.MA.S    ("^  ) .  J  O  11  X    (1). 

Postrema.  the  ninth  child  and  (iftli  daughter  of  'i'liomas  aiul  ^lartha  (Karl) 
Shinn,  was  born  l/d/lT-H.  She  was  married  to  John  iiidgway.  Sui'viyor  (iiMieral 
of  New  Jersey,  in  17<il.  W'illiani  -loJu)  Potts,  of  Camden.  X.  .)..  in  \'ol.  17, 
"Pennsylvania  ]\Iag.  of  Hist,  and   IJiog.."  page  381,  says: 

"The  writer  is  actinainted  with  the  vai'ious  outline  genealogies  of  the  I'idgway 
family,  as  given  by  Major  V].  M.  WOodard.  and  the  I'ragmeidary  aecmint  by  Mr. 
Edwin  Salter,  as  well  as  the  nn|nd)li,-lie(|  nianus(ii|it  pedigree  of  the  late  (tideon 
T)e  la  IMaine  Scull,  which  gave  the  descent  <>!'  the  Scully,  U'idgway  and  other  fami- 
lies from  the  l)i'  la  Plaines  and  P)e  l'>ellange  fan.ilio,  a<  I'ni'  as  conld  be  asi-ei'- 
tained.  'I'bat  there  were  several  iiderniarriages  between  llice  old  lluguenol  namt'S, 
De  la  I'laine  and  |)e  Pellange.  and  the  h'idgways  is  eci'lain.  'i'he  Bible  record  of 
on(!  family  (Iiidgway)  is  here  gi\cn,  in  tbr  cai-nol  lin|ic  ib.-it  mimic  (inc  will  make 
(lie  afliliation  with  the  earlier  nicnibcrs.""  'dnlm  l,'iil;r\\  ax  dicij  .'!  I  lSO!i.  ami  his 
wife,    r.-lrciiia.  died  !»/ti;{/ iS:!  1 . 

Children  of  John   and    I'o.-ti'ema    (Sbinn)    Kidgwav. 
:!l<i.      I.     Tlioiuas   itidgway.  b.  .S/17/I7<;i;   ob.  sine  proli,  !t/ll/l'7(;i." 
:'.ll.     2.     .lohu   itidgway.  b.  1 2/20/1 7(12 ;   m.  Elizabeth  Wright. 
:',12.     ;:.     William  Hidgway.  b.  ll/f./17(;5. 

313.  4.     Af|ullla  Ridgway.  b.  1(»/1(;/17(;7;  m.  Martha  lappincott. 

314.  5.     Anna  Itidgway.  b.  '.•/24/17(!9;   m.  William   Hudson    Hurr,  Associate  .lustice, 

.Ml.  Holly.  N.  .].  ■ 


'As  one  link  in  the  chain  suggested  by  Mr.  Potts,  it  may  be  said  that  the  John  Hidg- 
way whose  record  is  here  given  was  a  son  of  Job  Ridgway. 


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315.  C,.     De  la  Plaine  Ridgway,  b.  10/9/1772. 

316.  7.     xMary  Ridgway,  b.  11/24/1774;   m.  Daniel  Knight  of  Philadelphia,  and  be- 

came the  ancestress  of  the  Philadelphia  artist  of  that  name 

317.  8.     Martha  Riagway,  b.  8/5/1777;   m.  Aaron  Bowker. 

318.  9.     Thomas  Rhinn  Ridgway,  b.  11/4/1779;  m.  Mary  Joy. 

319.  10.     Elizabeth  Ridgway,  b.  7/21/1782;   m.  Robert  Evans,  Chester  County    Pa 

320.  11.     Edmund  Ridgway,  b.  2/13/1786;  ob.  sine  proli,  1805. 

100.    Alice  Siiixx  (4).— Samuel  (3),  Thomas  (2),  Johx  (1). 

Alice,  second  child  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Scholev)  Shinn,  born  1/30/1721; 
married,  3/10/17;39,  Thomas,  son  of  Elnathan  and  Sarah  (Cornell)  Stevenson,  at 
Northampton  Meeting;  House.  (Burlington  :\rinutes  and  Marriage  Eecord.)  El- 
nathan, father  of  Thomas,  was  son  of  Edward  Stevenson,  who  married  Charity 
Jennings,  and  grandson  of  Thomas  Stevenson,  of  London,  who  married  Maria, 
widow  of  William  Bernard,  and  moved  to  Xewton,  L.  I.,  about  1690.  The  certifi- 
cate is  i-ceoi-(lrd.  and  besides  the  signatures  of  the  parents  of  the  young  people, 
there  appear  thirty  other  names.  Dr.  Stevenson,  of  Haddonfield,  a  descendant  of 
thi>  marriage,  has  supi)lied  me  with  a  Bible  record  of  the  descendants  of  Alice 
and  Thomas,  which  is  transcribed. 

Childn-n  of  Thomas  and  Alice   (Shinn)    Stevenson. 

321.  1.     Samuel  Stevenson,  b.  1741;  m.  Mary,  daughter  of  Joseph  Siddon,  of  Bucks 

County,  Pa.,  1761. 
Sarah  Stevenson,  ni.  Elton  Kemble,  9/14/1761. 
Thomas  Stevenson,  m.  Isabella  Hunt. 
William  Stevenson,  m.  Rachel  Griffith,  11/5/1770. 
Elnathan  Stevenson,  b.  10/25/1767;  m.  Bathsheba  Norcross. 

!i>l.     S\i;\ii  SniNN  (4).— Samuel  (3),  Thomas  (2),  Johx  (1). 

Sarah,  third  child  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Scholey)  Shinn,  born  6/16/1723, 
in  Springfield  Townshij),  Burlington  County,  X.  J.;  married  under  civil  law  to 
Philo.  son  of  Daniel  and  Ann  (Stacy)  Leeds.  Daniel  Leeds  was  the  maker  of 
the  first  almanac  ever  i)rinted  in  Xew  Jersey.  He  left  a  will,  dated  June  27,  1720, 
n.iTning  seven  children.  Philo  being  one  of  them. 

102.     TiiuMA.s  Siuxx   (4).— Samuel  (3),  Thomas  (2),  Johx  (1). 

Thomas.  f.Mirth  child  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Scholey)  Shinn,  born  5/2/1725, 
was  married  in  1143  to  Kuth  Stratton.  Thomas  lived  at  Evesham  in  after 
years,  and  is  named  in  Friends'  records  as  "  Thomas  Shinn,  wife  Ruth."  His 
descendants,  one  of  them  being  a  professor  of  Latin  and  Greek  in  Philips-Exeter 
Academy,  and  later  of  AVashington  and  Jefferson  College,  Pa.,  have  been  puzzled 
to  know  where  to  ])lace  Thomas  and  to  name  the  woman  he  married. 

The  following  matter  Mill  solve  both  questions.  The  name  of  the  wife  was 
ascertained  after  the  matter  was  in  print,  by  one  of  her  descendants,  Mr.  William 
B.  Stackhouse  of  ifedford,  X.  J.  In  1682  John  Roberts.  William  Matlack  and 
Timothy  Hancock  settled  at  an  Indian  town  called  Penisaukin,  on  the  south  brajich 
of  Cemissick  Creek  in  Burlington  County;  they  established  a  Friends'  Meeting 
called  "  Adams,"  which  was  afterwards  called  "  Chester,"  near  Moorestown.  Tim- 
othy Hancock  was  from  Brayles.  Warwickshire,  England;  came  to  Xew  Jersey  in 
1681  in  the  ship  "Paradise";  m.  (1)  Rachel  Firman  in  Xew  Jersey;  she  died 
before  1600;  m.  (2).  1690,  Susanna  Ives;  by  the  latter  marriage  among  other  chil- 
dren there  was  Ann,  b.  7/30/1691.  who,  in  1713.  m.  Mark  Stratton,  son  of  William 
of  Stratford  on  Avon,  England;  that  Ann  was  a  daughter  of  the  latter  marriage 
is  proved  in  this  way:  The  date  of  her  birth  is  recorded ;  in  W.  J.  Deeds  it  appears 
that  Daniel  Wills  conveyed,  on  5/1/1690,  a  tract  of  land  to  Timothy  Hancock  and 


ir^  History  of  the  Shinn   Family  in  Europe  and  America 

wife,  Susannah:  by  the  marriage  ..I  Mark  and  Ann  (Ilancoek)  Stratton.  among 
otheri»,  there  was  a  danghter.  liuth.  who  m.  Tholna:^  Shinn. 

As  to  the  fath.-r  ..f  Thomas,  1  had  two  avenues  of  escape  from  a  serious  di- 
leinina : 

l.-,rsi— Samuel  liad  a  son.  Thomas.  Itorn  at  a  time  when  lie  eould  have  become 
tlie  husl»and  of  Huth.  He  was  duly  reeorded  in  Friends"  Kegistry  of  Births,  and  is 
not  reeonled  as  to  marriage  or  death.     He  was  a  living,  authentic  (luantity  to  be 

dealt  with. 

Si-cind— L«\i  Shinn  bought  large  traets  of  land  at  Fvesham.  and  married 
Ann  Wills  in  K'Jo.     Thomas  might  have  been  his  s(.n.     But  there  is  no  record  of 

th«'  fact. 

I  ehosi"  the  first  assumjttion.  and  have  so  itlaccd  Tliiiin;i>.  wlio  married  "Ruth, 

in  ihi>  |M'digree.' 

In  Kvesham  |{r((.rd>  of  Marriage  ( 'ert  iHeale>  Th(.iii;i>  jiml  IJuth  Shinn  sign 
one  in  17(i:{.  In  Kf.-J.  ncarlv  twenty  years  after  !ii>  ni;iiiiage.  Thomas  Shinn 
produced  an  acknowledgment  for  himself  and  wife  condi-mning  ihiir  marriage 
again>t  iIm-  order  of  the  society,  'i'he  minutes  show  that  his  wife  was  named 
Jiuth.  The  acknowledgment  was  rci-eived  and  ordered  published.  In  KiT  he 
was  repfirted  f(.r  long  neglect  of  attendance.  Imt  as  he  showed  penitence,  he  was 
lield  for  further  trial.  These  .>;eant  lecords  ccmtain  his  entire  church  liistory. 
He  was  a  miller  and  a  man  <d"  large  business  capacity.  He  was  High  Sheritf  of 
Hurlingt<ui  County  in  l*<i()  and  K(i".\  and  was  appointed  guardian  of  John  Hol- 
linshead  in  February.  i::<i.  (Burlington  Wills,  Liber  10,  ])age  496.)  His  will 
hears  (hjte  12/"),17.sl.  and  was  probated  VI/ITS^.  (Ibid.  Liber  24,  page  180.) 
This  instrument  places  his  resiilenc-e  at  l-'vesham.  and  names  sons  Thomas. 
Samuel,  daughters  .Mary.  Fli/abeth,  .\nn.  Lmretia.  -<in  Le\  i  and  grandson  Wil- 
liam, son  of  Samuel.  ]\\>  wife  Kiith  is  not  named,  and  had  piohablv  die(|  before 
this  time.  From  this  d(»cument,  the  family  record-  n|'  Thomas,  Levi  and  Mary, 
three  of  the  children,  and  the  Burlington  rrmnt\  Maiiiage  License  Kecoiil,  wo 
are  enabled  to  pre.>^ent  the  following: 

Children  of  Thomas  am!   b'liib    (Siralt<.n)    Sbinn. 

Sarah  Shinn.  h.  8/22/174:j;   oh.   ITM. 

.Mary  Shinn.  1».  1/21/1744;  m.  .Jonathan  Oiiphant,  »;  2.')    iTt;4. 
Samuel  Sliinn.  1).  6/19/1747;   m.  Cliristiana  Wait.  17t;<t. 
Hlizalteih  Shinn,  h.  :VS/174!»;   m.  .Jolin  .Annslrong,  17t;4. 
Enoch  Shinn.  h.  8/8/1751;  oh.  17«ti. 
Jane  Shinn.  I).  ll/ll/175:i;  oh.  in  vita  i)atris.  sole. 
!.«-vi   Shinn.  It.  l<»/;{/175.'i;   m.  Hannah   Reeve.  1776. 
Tiionuih  Shinn.  h.  1 1/:'. 'K.'iK;   ni.  .laiu'  Austin.   17S2. 
Alice  Ann  Shinn.  1).  4/l<;/17<;i;   ni.  .John   Davidson.  1778. 
335.  10.     Lucrelia  Shinn,  li.  1/7/17C.4;  ni.  Aitraii.uu   IMcmd,   1784. 

lOr..     SvMi  i:i.  SiiiNN    (I). — Samiki.  (.'!).  Thomas   CM-doiiN    (1). 

Samuel,  the  onlv  son  of  ."^amiiel  and  I'rovided  ((iaskell)  Sbiim.  was  born 
in  Burlington  County  in  IT.'H.  I'pon  tin'  ninoval  of  bis  father  to  North  Carolina, 
in  17.*)'»-r)-l.  the  eliihlren  of  the  tirht  two  nuirriages  elected  to  ri'inain  in  New  Jer- 

'TriflfH  hnvf>  Ihcir  weight.  !>«'vl.  son  of  Tlionins  and  lluth.  left  a  complete  record 
from  hiH  fniher  down  The  older  descemlanis  (t\  Levi  speak  ot  tln^  youngest  datighter  of 
ThonjRH  nnd  Uiith  a»  Altre  Ann  Shinn,  ami  say  that  she  was  named  after  a  sister  of  the 
father.  ThomaH.  I>«'V|  hnd  a  dauKhter.  Alice,  wliom  he  namcMl  in  honor  of  his  sister, 
Aliro  Ann  Now  Alice  Shinn  nowhere  apjtears  in  the  older  Shinn  n>cords  except  among 
the  children  of  Siimii<l  nnd  .Sarah  (Scholey)  Shinn.  Hence  I  inter  that  Thomas,  who 
married  Huth,  was  a  hrother  of  Alice,  and  that  in  this  way  the  name  .Mice  perpetuates 
ItHelf  for  three  KenerationK  In  Sanmel'H  line.  Thomas  also  named  his  eldest  son,  Samuel, 
presumaldy  In  honor  of  hlH  father;  his  next  son,  Levi,  in  honor  ol  his  kinsman  at  Eves- 
ham, and  hl8  vonnneHt  Hon,  Tlumias.  after  himself.  This  is  not  conclusive  reasoning,  but, 
taken  with  the  other  farts  in  the  text,  ohtains  respectable  place. 


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Bcy.  Saiiiiicl  was  U-lt  with  Thomas  at  Evesham,  where  he  remained  until  1?62, 
when  he  asked  th(;  Society  of  Friends  at  that  place  for  a  certificate  of  removal 
in  order  to  H'tth-  at  Hopewell  Meeting,  at  Opukoneu,  Va.  This  was  a  meeting 
of  Friends  on  the  Opecjuan,  near  Winchester,  Va.,  which  Kircheval,  in  "History 
of  the  Valley,"  says  was  estaldished  in  1739.  The  name  "Hopewell"  connects 
ilH  creators  with  .New  Jersey.  Thus  affection  rears  its  monument  to  distant  places. 
The  lii.|»cwell  .Monthly  Meeting  records  show  that  Samuel  Shinn  lodged  his  cer- 
tificate from  KveshaiM  with  the  meeting  at  Hopewell,  Va.,  in  1762.  He  was  then 
di)ont  twenty-five  years  old,  and  far  away  from  Ids  relatives  and  friends.  It  was 
hill  natural  that  he  should  fall  in  love.  We  know  that  he  did  so  from  the  Hope- 
well records,  which  set  out  that  on  5/o/17G4  Samuel  Shinn  had  been  married  at 
Crooked  Kuri  l»y  a  hireling  priest,  and  refused  to  make  acknowdedgments.  He  was 
disowned.  .All  we  know  of  the  young  woman  is  that  her  name  was  Anna.  This 
coiiplc  remained  lof  ;i  few  years  in  Frederick  County  and  then  followed  the  other 
Shinns  into  llanison  County.  In  what  part  of  the  county  he  located  I  do  not 
know.  Some  liaditions  say  on  "Simpson's  Creek,"  others  on  "Rock  Camp." 
All  1  radii  ions  agree  that  there  were  several  Samuels  from  1780  to  1800  in  Har- 
rison Counly.  There  was  a  Samuel,  son  of  Benjamin,  on  Hock  Camp;  and 
Samuel,  son  of  Clement,  on  Simj)son's  Creek.  Then  there  was  a  Samuel,  older 
than  cither  (d'  these,  called  "  OM  Samuel  Shinn."  This  must  have  been  Samuel, 
tlie  suhjcel  of  ihis  sketch.  Again,  all  traditions  agree  that  the  Jackson  County 
Shinns  originalcd  in  Harrison  County,  on  Simpson's  Creek.  The  Jackson  County 
people  Irace  to  Samuel  from  Harrison,  who  had  a  son  Samuel,  born  in  1807.  From 
this  son  llie  Jaek>on  County  Shinns  originate.  The  question  to  determine  is  who 
was  his   father,  Samuel  ? 

1.  He  could  not  have  Ween  Samuel,  son  of  Isaac  and  Agnes  (Drake)  Shinn, 
on  Simpson's  Creek,  for  although  Isaac  had  a  son  Samuel,  he  was  born  in  1802, 
and  coidil  not  have  l)een  the  father  of  a  Samuel  born  in  1807;  and  even  though 
the  time  were  vullicient,  he  did  not  go  to  Jackson  Countv.  but  to  Ohio. 

2.  He  could  not  have  been  a  son  of  Samuel,  son  of  Benjamin,  for  the  reason 
that  we  luive  his  Bible  record  to  exclude  the  hypothesis. 

:?.  He  could  have  been  a  son  of  Samuel,  son  of  Clement,  born  1793,  but  it  is 
highly  improbable;  and,  then,  the  Bible  record  of  Samuel,  son  of  Clement,  is 
that  he  died   unmarried. 

The  oidv  avenue  of  escape  is  that  he  was  a  son  of  Samuel,  who  married  Ann, 
otherwise  called  •'  Old  Samuel  Shinn,  of  Simpson's  Creek."  There  were  probably 
other  children  than  the  ones  herein  deduced,  but  I  have  not  found  them. 

Children   of  Samuel  and  Ann  Shinn. 
336.  1.  Samuel  Shinn.  who  married  and  moved  to  Jackson  County,  Va.,  and  became 
the  head  of  that  family. 

104.     Fi.i/.AHrni  Siiixx  (4).— S.\muel  (3),  Thomas  (2),  John  (1). 

Eli/abeth,  sixth  child  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Scholey)  Shinn,  was  born 
4/14  1730,  ami  was  never  married.  She  was  of  a  highly  religious  nature  and 
favored  with  the  irifts  which  are  demanded  by  the  eldership  m  the  Quaker  Church. 
On  the  7th  of  January,  1764,  she  was  made  an  elder  by  the  Burlington  Society 
of  Friend<  \t  the  first  monthlv  meeting  at  Mt.  Holly  after  its  creation  as  a 
separate  meetimr.  Februarv  4,  1777,  Elizabeth  Shinn  was  reported  as  aii  elder  of 
Mount  Preparative  Meeting.  Hi  the  little  volume  "Friends  at  Burlington,  page 
— ,  she  is  put  down  in  the  lists  of  ministers. 

109.     Silas  Shinn   (4).— Samuel  (3),  Thomas  (2),  John   (1). 

Silas,  the  third  child  of  Samuel  and  Abigail  (Urie)  Shinn,  ..-as  born  in  New 
Jersev  in  174--.,  and  was  named  in  his  fathers  will.     (Eowan  County,  N.  C,  Wills, 


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Liber  A,  p.  1T4.)  This  will  jrave  each  child  of  tlio  former  marriages  twenty 
shillings,  and  rai.M-s  the  inference  that  these  children  were  all  provided  for  i^ 
New  Jer.'^.n-  ///  vita  i>atri.s.  and  hefore  his  removal  to  Xortli  Carolina.  Silas  was 
given  the  farm  upon  whicii  he  then  lived  on  Coldwater,  containing  two  hundred 
and  fifty  acres,  including  the  improvement  that  one  Kichard  Li'wis  then  lived  on. 
Also  t\vo  Mack  mares.  (»ne  of  which  was  a  natural  i)aeer.  lie  married  Elinor 
Overcast  in  nr.i;  m  the  German  Heform  Churcli  on  Coldwater.  He  was  a  sur- 
veyor and  a  farmer.  I  have  found  jtlats  of  his  surveying  in  many  parts  of  Xorth 
Carolina  and  in  one  county  of  South  Candina.  The  records  of  Meeklenburgh 
and  Caharrus  Counties  show  that  he  was  a  large  purchaser  of  lands  and  operated 
extensively  in  mills. 

Chihlren  of  Silas  and  Elinor  (Ov.'rcast)   Sjiinn. 

Catherine  Shinn.  b.  17G9  on  Coldwater:   m  .Peter  Shank;  two  sons. 
Silas  Benjamin  Shinn.  b.  North  Carolina.   ITTn;   ni.  Elizabeth   Little.  4/28/ 
18(Mi.  at   Old   Coldwater. 

Isaac  Shinn,  b.  1772:  m.  Kate ,  at  Old  Coldwater.  IT'.hi. 

.Mar.irarei  i-;hinn.  b.  1776;  m.  Frederick  Criminger. 

.It)hn  ShiiHi.  b.  1780;  m.  Margaret  Moore:   no  descendants. 

Joel  Shinn.  b.  178 — ;  moved  to  Putnam  County.  Indiana. 

lul.     Eeah  Shinn   (4). — Samlkl  {o).  Tho.mas  (-J),  John   (1). 

Leah,  first  child  of  Samuel  and  Abigail  (Trie)  Shinn.  was  born  in  Xew  Jer- 
sey in  1T41,  and  removed  with  her  parents  to  Xorth  Carolina.  Iii  the  will  of 
her  father  she  received,  as  did  her  sisters,  certain  gifts  of  personal  property,  but 
no  land.  She  married  John  Crozine  in  Xortli  Carolina  in  17.")8.  and  lived  and  died 
on  Cohlwater.  John  Crozine  died  in  Ajiril  11  ^<i.  intestate,  and  Leah,  his  wife,  and 
Isaac  Shinn.  her  brother,  were  appointed  executors  by  the  Probate  Court  of 
Mecklenburg  County.  The  lands  of  Samuel  Shinn  Avere  first  in  Rowan,  then 
Mecklenburg,  and  finally  in  Cabarrus.  Concord  stands  u])on  a  part  of  the  old 
Shinn  tract.  Leah  and  John  left  ten  children,  three  sons  and  seven  daughters.  1 
have  not  found  llicni  all. 

Children  of  Jolm   and    Leah    (Sliinn)    Crozine. 

Rachel  Crozine. 

Abel  Crozine. 

Levi  Crozine. 

Coorgc  Crozine. 

I-ydia  Crozine. 

Abigail  Crozine.  named  in  her  grandiuollu  r's  will. 

II.'!.     Ki;\.i\.Mi\  SiiiNN   ( 1), — Samuel  (3).  Tiiom  \s  c').  J<>ii\    (l). 

Benjamin,  the  sevcnlii  child  cd'  Saniiirl  ami  .\bigail  (Trie)  Sliiim.  \\a>  horn 
at  Hopewell.  \'a.,  IT');!,  lie  was  named  in  ii's  falher's  will.  IKiU.  ami  received 
a  tra<l  of  bmd  contaiiung  Iwn  hundreil  and  fifty  acres,  being  thi'  reinaindi>r  of  a 
five-hundred-iicre  1  raet  on  Coldwater,  abotd  six  miles  from  Concord.  Silas  re- 
ceived the  other  half.  He  joined  the  North  Carolina  militia  in  !"'!•;  was  sur- 
rendered with  the  .\merican  Army  at  Charleston.  S.  (\  In  ITS'i  he  was  a  (^rand 
Juror  at  Charlotte,  and  was  styled  in  the  minutes  as  Captain  Benjamin  Shinn. 
The  Cottnty  Ccuirt  Minutes  at  ('harlotte  show  that  from  1 7S"?  to  ITOO  he  was  in 
continuous  conunand  of  ,\  hundred,  or  "Command."  in  Mecklenburg  County.  He 
held  many  positions  of  honor  and  trust,  lie  niarrie<l  Hel)ecca  Carlock  at  Old  Beth- 
pape  in  17S0.  and  at  liis  death.  Lsoi.  was  Iniried  at  that  place,  lie  left  an  estate 
of  nearly  one  thousand  acres  of  land  and  several  negroes.  Tlie  Minutes  of  the 
Trobnto  Court  of  Cabarrus  County,  N.  C,  show  that  he  left  a  will,  but  it  and  its 
record  were  destroved  with  the  coin-thouse  in  Concord.   N'.  ('..  in  ISOO.     This  will 


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was  provfn  in  ofx-n  court  by  the  oath  of  Frederick  Meister,  a  subscribing  witness; 
in  it  lie  nominated  a.<  executors  his  brothers,  Joseph  and  Silas,  and  his  nephew, 
Samuel,  son  of  his  brother,  Isaac,  and  letters  testamentary  were  granted  to  them. 
Upon  the  death  of  Joseph  the  executorship  fell  to  Silas  and  Samuel,  and  upon  the 
death  of  Silas  to  Samuel.  Samuel  and  Silas  were  also  made  guardians  of  Josiah 
Carlock  Shinn,  one  of  Benjamin's  sons,  and  at  the  death  of  Silas  this  trust  fell 
upon  Samuel,  who  made  his  final  settlement  in  1815.  In  this  way  Josiah  Carlock 
Shinn,  a  minor,  became  a  part  of  the  family  of  Silas  and  Samuel,  and  accounts 
for  many  ideas  of  the  descendants  of  Silas  and  Samuel  as  to  their  relationship  to 
Benjamin,  'i'hey  foujul  Josiah  Carlock  Shinn  in  the  families  of  their  ancestors,  and 
as  he  descended  from  Benjamin,  as  is  conclusively  proven  by  the  records,  they, 
too.  claimed  the  same  line. 

Cliildren  of  Benjamin  and  Rebecca   (Carlock)   Shinn. 

SoIf)mon  Shinn.  b.  1781;  ob.  sine  proli. 

('aih<Tine  Shinn,  b.  1783;   m.   (1)   a  Mr.  Hunt,   (2)   David  Coulter. 

Sarah  Sfiinn.  ij.  1785;  m.  Eli  P.  Dennis  and  moved  to  Kentucky. 

Henjamin  Shinn,  b.  1788;  married  and  moved  to  Georgia. 

M().ses  Shinn,  b.  1790;  removed  to  Indiana;  ob.  sine  proli. 

.Jo.seph  Sliinn,  Jr.,  b.  1792;  ob.  sine  proli. 

.Josiah  Carlock  Shinn,  b.  9/21/1794;  m.  (1)  Elizabeth  B.  Humphreys,  10/4/ 

1827;    (2)    Melissa  .\nn  Baker,  2/G/1844;    (3),  Elizabeth  Frances  Gilpin, 

11/1 8/1 84G. 
AI)iKail  Shinn.  b.  1796;   married  a  man  named  Graham. 
Mary  Shinn,  b.  1800;  married,  at  Paris,  Ky.,  at  her  sister's  house. 

los.     Is.v.vc  SiiiNv  (4). — Samuel  (3),  Thomas  (2),  John  (1). 

Isaac,  second  child  of  Samuel  and  Abigail  (Urie)  Shinn  was  born  in  Xew  Jer- 
sey, ITIM.      lie  received  by  the  will   of  his  father  one-half  the  homestead,  which 

was  where  Concord.  X.  ('.,  is  now  located.     He  married  Agnes  prior  to  the 

Revolution,  and  died  in  January,  1777,  intestate.  The  Charlotte  records  show 
that  .\gnes  Shinn,  his  wife,  administered  upon  the  estate.  The  personal  property 
was  ap))raised  at  l"v*."»S.  lie  owned  five  hundred  acres  of  land,  which  finally  passed 
into  tile  hands  of  Jose])h.  His  mother  in  her  will  names  Samuel  as  a  son  of  Isaac. 
And  a  deed  made  by  John  Shinn,  3/10/1794  (Cabarrus  Co.  Deeds)  recites  that  he 
was  the  eldest  son  of  Isaac,  and  inherited  the  land  conveyed.  The  father  purchased 
it,  7/28/1707.     1  have  found  no  other  children. 

Children  of  Isaac  and  Agnes  Shinn. 

358.  1.     .lohn    Shinn. 

359.  2.     Samuel   Shinn.  who  married  Polly  Little. 

\\-!.    Joseph  Shinn  (4).— Samuel  (3),  Thomas  (2),  John  (1). 

Joseph,  sixth  child  of  Samuel  and  Abigail  (Urie)  Shinn,  born  at  Hopewell, 
Va.,  11/27/1751.  He.  like  Benjamin,  was  a  man  of  affairs;  a  soldier  of  the  Revo- 
lution :  Captain  of  the  Militia  Command,  Mecklenburg  County,  1782-1788;  juror 
and  grand  juror  in  that  county  from  1775  to  1790:  presiding  judge,  Cabarrus 
Countv,  for  eiirht  vears;  Commissioned  Lieutenant  Colonel  of  the  militia  by  the 
Governor  of  Xorth"  Carolina  in  1803  ;  given  by  his  father  one-half  the  homestead 
at  Concord  :  the  depot  at  the  latter  place  is  on  the  old  farm ;  married  in  Mecklen- 
burg Countv,  17^4.  Jane  Ross:  ob.  Decemher,  1804,  leaving  a  will.  His  personal 
valuation  was  £754.  He  owned  about  one  thousand  acres  in  Cabarrus  Count}^  sev- 
eral thousand  in  Tennessee,  and  several  negroes.  His  descendants  have  an  old 
trunk  and  rocking  chair  which  Samuel  brought  with  him  into  Carolina,  and  from 
certain  papers  ]iasted  in  the  to])  of  the  trunk,  it  has  been  identified  as  one  of  the 
seventeenth  centurv.     This  trunk  and  chair  were  in  all  probability  brought  from 


116  History  of  tmi:  Shinx   Kamii.v  in   Europe  and  America 

Encrlaiid  bv  Jnlm.  Sr..  in  11m8.  an»l  now  rest  at  the  country  homo  of  ^Irs.  :Mary 
Jane  Ross'rJraham.  near  Salishurv.  Kowan  County.  X.  C.  Joseph  and  Jane  are 
buried  in  tlu-  Piv.-bytcrian  gravi-yard  at  Concord,  X.  C.  His  will,  aud  the  recita- 
tions of  four  deeds  of  the  heir^  rclinqui^^hing  title  of  the  vrestern  lands  to  Eichard 
Anderson,  name  ci^dit  rhibln-n.  The  eldest.  Abitrail.  was  dca<l  at  tlic  date  of  these 
instruments  and  wa-  therefore  not  named. 

Chihlren  of  Josepli  and  Jane    (Ross)    Shinn. 

359'^. <!)  Abigail  Shinn.  b.   1775:   m.,  1/10/1796.  John  Still. 

?.r,0.     (2)    Isaac   Ross   Shinn.    b.    1777:    m.    (1)    8/24/1806,   Ann    Plunkett;    (2)    1833, 
Elizabeth  Wilkins. 

361.  (3)  Jean  Shinn.  b.  1780;   m..  9/1/1801,  Richard  Anderson. 

362.  (4)  Elinor  Shinn,  b.  .5/20/1782;  m..  6/4/lSOl,  Jacob  Hudson. 

363.  (5)   Sarah  Shinn.  b.  1785;  m..  11/17/1803,  William  Hudson. 

364.  (6)   Leah  Shinn.  b.  17S7:   m.  Allemong. 

365.  (7)   Joseph  Shinn.  b.  1789;   m..  9/26/180t;.  Margaret  Caruthers. 

366.  (8)   Benjamin  Shinn,  b.  12/18/1791;    m.,  7/12/1809,  Nancy  McAhren. 

367.  (0)   John   Shinn.  1).   1703:   ob.  nnmarriod.  4/29/1829. 

llfi.     Sa.mi  HI.    .\tki\xin     (4). —  IlwNMi    .\tkinsox    (3),    Ja.mes    Shinx    (2), 

John   (  I  ). 

Samuel,  second  child  of  John  and  Hannali  (Shinn)  Atkinson,  was  horn  4/16/ 
1721.  in  Spriji<:fleM  Township.  New  Jersey.  He  married  P^stlier  Evins  and  had 
the  fn1Inui)iL''  eliildrcn    (.\1kinson^  in   New  Jersey  and  Burliiigtoit  Records): 

Cliihh-en  of  Samuel  and   Esther  (Kviiis)   Aikiiison. 

368.  (1)   Caleb  Atkinson;   m.  Sarah  Champion. 

369.  (2)   Empson  Atkinson;   m.  Sarah   Ridgway. 

370.  (3)   John  Atkinson;    b.  8/1/175G;   m.  Elizabeth  Borion,  :V15/1798. 

371.  (4)    lOsiher  Atkinson;    m.  Josei)h  Rogers. 

372.  (5)   Hannah  Atkinson;   m.  Samuel   Hiliard. 

373.  (6)  Josiah  Atkinson;  m.  Priscilla  Ballinger. 

374.  (7)   Samuel   Atkinson;    m.   Miriam   Norton. 

Esther  (Exiiis)  Alkin>oii  tiled,  and  Samuel  Atkiii>on  married  l-^lizabeth  Con- 
row,  leaving  the  following  eliildrcn: 

375.  (1)      8.   Keziah   Atkinson;    m.   Rcnjamin   Atkinson. 

376.  (2)      9.   .Mary  Atkinson;   m.  John  Atkinson,  brother  of   Benjamin. 

377.  (3)  10.   Hope  Atkinson;    m.  (Memer.i    Itockhill. 

378.  (4)  11.  Isaiah  Atkinson;   m.  Sarah  Eldiidge. 

379.  (.',»  12.  Elizabeth  Atkinson;   m.  Salathiel  Townsend. 

380.  (6)  i:'..  .Ann  Atkinson;  ob.  sine  proli. 

li:i.      l-!i,iy,Ahi:i  II    .\ikins(»n    (  I  ).-^  I!  ann mi    .\tkixs(»n    (;'.).  -I\mi>  Snixx    (2), 

.loilN    (1). 

Elizabeth,  fiftli  child  of  ,ln|m  :ind  llMiiiiali  (Sliimi)  .\lkin>on.  was  horn  2/1/ 
I'.'ll.  She  iii;irried  Eh-azer  i-'riitoii  ;i:  riiiiliiiglnn.  ]]'>'■'>.  and  h  I'l  tln'  following 
children  : 

('hihlfeii  of    [•■,|c;i/rr  ;ind    Eli/aheth    (Atkiiixm)    l"eiil<iii. 

3M.      (1)    Hannah   Kenton;    m.    laeob  Shinn.  .Ir..   1777. 
382.     (2)   Eleazer  Kenton;   marrieij. 

]X\.      LwiXA   Siiiw    (I  I.      1m;\X(|s    (;'.).. I  \.mi;s   (2),JuiiX    (1). 

Eavinn.  the  eldest  daughter  of  i-'raiieis  and  Eli/aheth  (Atkinson)  Sliinn.  was 
born  S  2I/11;{1.  pas.-ed  meeting  regularly  at  l)Urlington  in  i '.  I'.».  and  the  marriage 
was  reported  on  t^eeeniber  Hh  <»f  that  year  a.-  having  bei'n  accomplished  in  an  or- 
deriv  mnnner.     She  nutrried  Hezekiah  Jones. 


FouHTii  Gexekation.  117 

ChiMrcn  of  Hczckiah  and  Lavina   (Shinn)  Jones. 
3821,4.(1)  Job  Jones. 

1-n.      IfK.sTOHK  SiiiNN  (4).— Fran-CIS  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

Roi^torc,  s.-cond  diild  of  Franci.s  and  Elizabeth  (Atkinson)  Shinn,  was  born 
]/2r>/n;3:5.  11.-  married  roKuhirly,  Marv,  daughter  of  Joseph  Biddle^  of  Springfield 
To\vii>hip,  liiirlnigtoii  Coiiiity,  New  Jersey,  Xovember,  1757.  For  a  complete  his- 
tory r)f  Joseph  and  WilliaMi  Hiddle,  the  leader  is  referred  to  the  pamphlet  published 
by  lion.  John  ("lenient,  entitled  "A  Sketch  of  William  and  Thomas  Biddle,"  re- 
printed from  i'enn.  .Mag.  of  Kiog.  and  Hist.  Also  autobiography  of  Charles  Bid- 
die.  TJiis  family  was  one  of  the  oldest  in  Xew  Jersey,  and  was  prominently  identi- 
fied with  the  growth  <.f  liurlington  (Vninty,  and  the  City  of  Philadelphia.  ',Eestore 
Shinn  was  a  tlirifty  man  and  ae()uired  a  large  estate.  He  died  2/3/1801,  and  Mary, 
his  wife,  <lied  O/lH/lSd  I.  (  Mt.  Holly  Register  of  Births  and  Deaths.)  Mary  Shinn 
and  Will.  Fox  were  ap|)ointe(l  administrators  of  Restore,  3/23/1801.  The  Church 
Record  of  Ml.  Holly  gives  the  following  children  : 

Cliildreii   of   1,'estore  and  ^lary   (Biddle)   Shinn. 

Elizabeth  Shinn,  b.  10/6/1758;   m.  Jacob  Lamb,  1777. 

Rebecca  Shinn.  1).  1/13/1760;   ob.  sine  proli,  cum  lestamentum,  6/26/1806 

(Libei-  A.   p.   121). 
Lavinia    Shinn,   b.   2/6/1762;    ob.   sine   proli,   cum    testamentum,   8/3/1829 

(Liber  D.  p.   167). 
Stacy  Shinn,  b.  2/29/1764;   m.  Annie  Earl,  1795. 

Restore  Shinn.  b.  4/30/1766;  m.  Sarah  ,  1791. 

.Mary  Shinn,  b.  2/2:5/1768;   m.  Hayes,  1790. 

Biddle  Shinn.  b.  4/17/1771;  ob.  sine  proli. 

Lydia  Shinn.  b.  9/20/1773;   m.  Bowyer  Brooks,  7/17/1794. 

Beulah  Shinn,  b.  11/25/1776;  m.  Joseph  Bolton,  4/11/1805. 

I'!"'.     SwiiKi.  SjiiNN  (1). — FuAXCis  (3).  James  (2),  Johx  (1). 

Saniiiel  Shinn,  third  child  of  Francis  and  Elizabeth  (Atkinson)  Shinn.  was 
born  I  1*)  K;)(i  and  was  a  prominent  man  in  Burlington  County.  He  did  not 
marry  imtil  late  in  life,  and  lieing  posses.<ed  of  a  fair  estate  was  free  to  go  and 
come  as  he  pleased.  The  minutes  show  that  he  made  a  trip  to  Fairfax,  Ya.,  in 
17(iit.  His  inolher.  Uai.ili.  had  been  to  Fairfax  two  years  before  on  "business," 
and  the  inference  is  that  SMimiel  went  there  on  the  same  errand.  George,  another 
brother,  was  residing  at  Hopewell,  near  Winchester,  at  the  time,  but  his  yisit  was 
not  to  him.  Alexandria  at  that  time  was  a  bustling  business  village  in  the  shipping 
line,  ami  Samuel,  no  doubt,  had  interests  at  that  place,  which  we  cannot  diseoyer 
at  this  time,  dames  Shinn,  an  uncle,  was  residing  in  Fairfax  Coimty.  Samuel 
was  one  of  the  f(H-emost  agitators  of  the  establishment  of  a  monthly  meeting  at 
Mt.  Hoilv.  and  upon  its  creation  was  made  one  of  the  trustees  to  hold  the  property. 
(Bur.  Record,  12/5/1:7  4.)  He  and  Jacob  Shinn  were  appointed  in  September, 
ITTo,  to  raise  moncv  for  Burlington.  In  ITTT  he  was  appointed  with  others  at 
M\.  Hcdlv  to  consider  what  was  i)cst  for  the  good  of  the  members,  in  yiew  of  the 
calamity  of  war.  In  i:8()  he  was  made  an  overseer  and  in  1787  an  elder.  In  1793 
he  was  smitten  with  the  charms  of  his  housekeeper  and  married  her.  He  was  then 
fifty-seven  years  of  age,  and  too  old  to  marry,  as  seems  to  have  been  the  opinion  of 
the  sedate  iircthren  at  ^Ix.  Hollv.  At  all  events  he  was  disowned  and  all  we  know 
of  the  woman  is  that  her  name  was  Hannah.    It  was  a  childless  marriage.     Samuel 


383. 

(1) 

384. 

(2l 

385. 

(31 

386. 

(4) 

387. 

(•".) 

388. 

(6) 

389. 

(7) 

390. 

(S) 

391. 

(in 

'Marv  Biddle  (4)  daushter  of  Joseph  Biddle  (3),  son  William  Biddle  (2),  son 
William  Biddle  (1)  AutoWography  Charles  Biddle,  Phil.,  p.  367.  Great-granddaughter 
ot  one  of  the  pioprietors  and  members  of  the  Governor's  Council.  (Simpson's  "  Emment 
Philadelphians.") 


118  History  of  the  Shixx  Family  ix  Faroim:  akd  America 

died  in  1815,  leaving'  a  will,  whiili  disposed  of  his  large  estate  and  disclosed  a  long 
line  of  kin.  lie  named  liini  wife  Hannah :  Grace  Shinn,  widow  of  Peter  Shinn,  liis 
cousin:  Klizahcth  Alh.wavs;  Marv,  widow  of  Joseph  Haines;  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Stacv  Shinn:  Martha,  daughter  of  Samuel  Bemiett ;  Vincent  Shinn:  Martha,  wife 
of  William  S.  Pn.sser:  Har/.illai  and  William  Prosser,  sons  of  William  Prosser; 
Awhah  Herbert,  daughter  of  Harzillai  Shinn,  deceased:  Elizabeth  and  Samuel 
Shinn,  childn-n  of  Isaiah:  Esther  and  Marv  Shinn,  daugliters  of  Francis,  son  of 
Barzillai:  .Tohn  and  Marv  IFerbcrt,  children  of  Aschah,  daughters  of  Barzillai; 
Abraham,  son  of  William,  son  of  Israel:  Samuel  Shinn  Bennett,  son  of  Samuel 
Bennett,  husband  of  Susannah,  daughter  of  Vincent  Shinn:  and  his  nieces  and 
nephews  in  Virginia,  children  of  (Jeorge  and  l^u-hel  (Wriglit)  Shinn.  viz.,  :\rarv 
llnjloway,  Ann  Dull'v  Baily.  Pachel  Lupton,  Altigail  .McKay,  George  and  Francis 
Shinn.    "(Burlington  Wills— Liber  B,  ji.  Al'i.) 

137.     GivORoi-:  SiiiNN    (  1 ).— FitANci-   (.".).  Jam  Ks  (•?).  Joiix   (1). 

(leorge  Shinn.  fifth  cliiM  nf  FiaiK-is  and  Klizalictli  (.\lkinson)  Sliinn,  was 
born  in  Hanover  Township,  i'.urlingtdii  Coniity.  N.  J.,  1/1/173T.  He  was  married 
in  Burlington  County,  New  Jersey,  in  Kiil.  Whether  married  by  a  preacher  or  a 
justice  of  the  peaee  is  not  known,  but  that  he  was  not  married  according  to  Friends' 
usage  is  attested  l)y  the  fact  that  six  years  later  he  sent  a  paper  to  the  Burlington 
Monthly  Meeting  ()f  Friends  acknowledging  his  fault  in  marrying  contrary  to  or- 
der and  was  forgiven.  (Burlington  ^Foiithly  Meeting  Minutes,  10/5/1767.^)  At 
the  same  meeting  a  certilicalc  was  granted  to  Isaiah,  a  brot'ner  of  George,  to  Fair- 
fax Monthly  Meeting  of  Friends  in  Virginia,  as  he,  Isaiah,  inlt'uded  to  travel  there 
on  busimss.  On  the  fnuitli  dav  of  tlie  lii>t  month  Isaiah  returned  the  above  named 
cert iliea'.e  to  Burlington  Meeting.  His  account  of  the  Virginia  region  must  have 
made  a  serious  imiiri'ssioii  ujion  Geui'gc,  for  on  the  second  of  the  first  month,  17G9, 
he  a|i|ilied  for  a  ei-rtificate  of  removal  from  Burlington  ^Fonthly  IMeeting  to  Hope- 
well Montbly  Meeting,  llo|.,\v(ll.  N'a.  This  meeting  had  oversight  over  the  pre- 
[larative  mec'iings  at  ('rooked  Kun.  Faiid'ax,  Warrenton,  Pi|)e  Gi'cek.  ^Fonallen.  and 
oilier  N'irginia  mei-tings.  Tlie  eertilicate  was  grante(l  on  the  sixth  of  the  second 
month,  Kdit,  to  (Jeorge  Shinn.  bis  wife  Paehel  and  three  eliildi'eii.  Elizabeth,  Mary 
and  Israel,  (ieorge  moved  in  \iigiiiia  (hiring  that  year  and  settled  in  Staiford 
Countv.  near  the  line  of  ('iil|>e|>er  Goiinty.  and  in  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Grot)ked 
Hun  Prei)arative  .Meeting.  He  pi'eseiiled  liis  eertilicate  during  that  year  to  this 
meeting  and  was  received  into  rellow-liip.  Sliortjy  after  tlii^  Ihicliel  Shinn  made 
application  !<•  tbe  Wnniair-  Mei-ling  at  ('rookcij  U'lm  (dv  aihiiit  lance  to  niciiiher- 
Bln|i.  which  was  granteil.  l'"or  the  next  elr\cii  yeai's  (ieorge  and  Kachel  Sjiinn  ap- 
pear prominently  on  the  iin|tortaiit  coniiniiter-  nt"  ('lookeil  liun  Meeting.  The 
jfreat  cpiestions  of  education  and  sla\eiy  were  dealt  with  at  tlioe  meetings,  and 
(i<'<»rge  and  Uachel  seem  to  Iia\i'  liecii  leader^  i,i  the  discussion.  Some  verv  valuable 
Ktute  papers  mav  be  f(»und   in    the   Minute-  of  thr  (hmsc  ('i'e(>k'.  ("rookeil    I?iii)   and 

'I'rlor  to  ihis.  on  the  lili  of  Uic  !Mh  inoiitli,  "  Rarli<>l  Sliinn  laid  before^  this  meeting 
(C'hc«Hlern«'l(l  .Moiitlily  Meeiinj;)  an  acUnowiedKinenl  conil(  iiiiiiiii;  lier  niarria.u,e  contrary 
to  RCKid  order,  which  was  recel\ed."  This  minute  from  the  CliesierMeld  Minutes  shows 
that  Unchel  Wright  was  rean>d  a  F'ricnd.  and  that  her  home  was  within  the  boundaries 
of  Cheslerlb-ld  .Meciin>;  of  Friends,  ijroiiaidy  at  what  is  now  Ciiesler.  On  the  1st  of 
the  llilh  nioiiili.  ITfiS.  Haclnd  was  granted  a  certificate  of  removal  from  Clu  sterfield  to 
IhirllnKton  .Montlily  Meetlnj;.  Tliere  is  no  record  in  Ihudin^ton  iMiniitcs  of  the  presenta- 
tion of  thiK  cerlificatc  to  that  nnnMlnK.  but  as  Burlington  IMe(>tinf?  granted  George  and 
Ractio)  a  ccrliflcate  of  r<'moval  t(»  Virginia  one  month  later,  the  l(\gitimate  infiM-ence 
Ik  tlial  Khe  waH  received  into  membership  at  Huilingion  diirins;  the  month  of  Febniary. 
17fiS-!t.  and  Icfl  New  .Icrsoy  in  good  standing  with  the  church.  Her  after  life  would 
Indicate  a  deej>ly  Hplritual  nature,  as  well  as  a  thrifty,  intelligent    hoii.sewife. 


ForuTii  Generation.  119 

Fairfax  .Minutes  of  the  Friends'  Meetings.^  The  Revolution  was  at  hand  and  its 
principles  shook  the  faith  of  the  sterling  (Quaker,  George  Shinn.  In  1781  he  joined 
the  (;ornf)any  of  Lieutenant  John  Swearingen's  Frontier  Rangers,  and  thus  gave 
his  sanctifHi  to  military  opposition  to  tyranny.  Whether  he  was  killed  in  service,  or 
died  from  the  effects  thereof  may  never  he  known,  hut  on  the  23rd  of  August,  1782, 
he  passed  away.  He  had  gathered  some  property  in  Virginia  and  administration 
UfK.n  his  estate  was  grant<-d  to  Rachel  Shinn  hy  the  Probate  Court  of  Stafford 
County  in  17H2.  Kachcl  (Wright)  Shinn  afterwards  married  Jacob  McKay,  7/7/ 
1784.     (Crooked  ]{un  ^Minutes  and  Goode's  Cousins  in  Virginia.) 

Chibln-n  of  George  and  Rachel  (Wright)   Shinn. - 

392.  (1)   Elizabeth    Shinn,   b.   in   New   Jersey,   1762;    m.   a   man   named   Biddle,   of 

r'hi]a(!f'li)]iia.  Pa. 

393.  (2)    Mary  Shinn.  b.  in  New  Jersey,  1764;  m.  John  Holloway  in  Stafford  County, 

Virginia.  12/17/1783. 

394.  CM  I.sraf'l  Shinn,  b.  in  New  Jersey,  1766;  ob.  sine  proli. 

395.  (4)  Ann  Shinn,  b.  in  Virginia.  1769;   m.  George  Duff  Baily,  11/8/1787. 

396.  (.^)  Rac-h"l   Shinn,  b.  in   Virginia,  1771;   m.  John  Lupton,  .3/5/1797. 

397.  (6)  Abigail  Shinn,  b.  in  Virginia,  .5/3/1776;   m.  Moses  McKay,  6/.3/1793. 

398.  (7)  An  unnamed  child,  that  died  in  infancy. 

399.  (8)  fU'orgc  Shinn,  b.  11/15/1778;   m.  Elizabeth  Woodrow,  1808. 

400.  (9)  Francis  Shinn,  b.  12/24/1781;   m.  Mary  Ann  Woodrow,  1808. 

^'^H.    ].si{.\i;l  Sim  NX  (4). — Fk.vncis  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

Israel  Shinn,  sixth  chihl  of  Frances  and  Elizabeth  (Atkinson)  Shinn,  born 
5/2/1743.     He  married  Mary  Rudd  and  left  no  descendants. 

13!).     X'iNCKNT  SirrxN  (4).— Fhancis  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

\'iiiccnt  Shinn,  seventh  child  nl'  i-"rancis  and  Elizabeth  (Atkinson)  Shinn,  was 
horn  in  17  IT),  hut  his  ])irth  is  not  recorded  in  the  Mt.  Holly  Register.  He  was 
Wagon  iMaslcr  under  Jaiues  Thompson,  Wagon  Master  General  in  the  Revolution- 
ary War,  and  his  descendants  are  eligible  for  membership  in  all  patriotic  orders. 
(Stryker's  Xew  Jersey  Soldiers  in  the  Revolutionary  War.)  He  married  Elizabeth 
Budd  in  1772  and  died  10/6/1784.  His  death  appears  upon  the  Register  of 
Deaths  of  the  Mt.  Holly  Monthly  :\[eeting  of  Friends.  In  Deed  Book  1,  page  100 
and  KM.  Burlington  County  Deeds,  the  following  children  are  recited;  the  Mar- 
riage liieenso  Register  shows  the  marriage  of  all  but  Vincent;  the  family  Bible  of 
Vincent.  Jr..  gives  a  complete  record  of  the  children  and  their  marriage. 


'Two  monthly  meetings  in  1778  subscribed  £202  for  school  purposes;  two  others 
provided  lots  and  erected  several  school  houses.  Fairfax  Monthly  Meeting  (now 
Culpeper)  manumitted  slaves  in  1776.  Selling  grain  to  distillers  was  forbidden,  as  well 
as  the  buying  or  selling  the  spirils  thereof.  No  Friend  was  permitted  to  keep  tavern, 
a  beer  or  dram  shop.  There  were  no  charges  made  against  members  for  taking  oaths, 
payment  of  priests'  wages  and  church  rates,  so  called.  But  the  grave  Friends  feared 
that  all  the  members  were  not  so  careful  about  assisting  in  military  services  as  the 
purity  of  their  principles  required.  (See  minutes  on  file  with  Penn.  Hist.  Society, 
Philadelphia.  Pa.)  The  report  of  the  committee  on  the  "Suffering  of  Friends"  rises 
at  times  to  the  dignity  of  eloquence. 

=The  father  of  George  died  in  the  year  1789,  in  Burlington  County,  N.  J.,  and  by  his 
will  devised  "  his  son  George  and  his  grandson  George,  son  of  George,"  a  part  of 
his  estate.  (See  will  of  Francis  Shinn,  dated  May  14th,  1779,  probated  May  1st,  1780, 
Liber  No.  31.  p.  :^03.  Burlington  County  Wills.)  The  eldest  son,  Israel,  is  not  named, 
and  as  he  is  not  found  elsewhere  in  any  record,  the  logical  inference  is  that  he  was 
dead  M  the  date  of  his  grandfather's  will.  Francis,  the  youngest  child,  is  not  named 
in  this  will,  for  he  was  not  born  at  the  date  of  its  making,  although  in  existence  at 
the  date  of  its  probate.    None  of  the  granddaughters  is  named. 


120  History  of  thl  Sihnn    Family  ix   Kcuoi-i:  and  America 

Cliildrc'ii  of  \'incriit  and  KlizalR'th  (lUidd)  Sliiim. 

401.  (1)   Susannah  Shinn.  b.  3/2/1773;  m.  Samuel  Bennell. 

402.  (2)   Isaiah  Shinn.  b.  3/11/1775:  m.  Margaret  Rogers,  4/27/1798. 

403.  (3)    Wiiliani  Shinn.  b.  C/12/1777;  m.  Elizabeth  Jones,  8/16/1797. 

404.  (4)   Abigail  Shinn.  b.  7/16/1779;  ob.  sine  proli. 

405.  (5)   Israel    Shinn.    b.    9/28/1781;    m.    (1)    Hannah    Haines,    (2)    Sarah   Wright, 

2/12/18i'7. 

406.  (6)   Vincent    Shinn.    b.   3/23/1784;    m.    (U    Ruth   Brown,  4/20/1810;    (2)    Mary 

Hyle.  5/21/1838. 

140.    Hakv.ii.i.ai  Shinn  (4). —  Fuancis  {.S).d\.Mi:s  c.M.doiiN  (1). 

Karziiliii  Shinii.  the  ciirlitli  and  youii,i;cst  child  of  l''i'aiui>  and  FlizalicUi  (Al- 
kin.'ioii )  Sliinii.  \va.<  lioni  in  KK-ls.  Like  hi-  Linthci'  Samuel,  he  nuirried  a 
woman  who.se  surname  is  nut  i:i\rii.  lie  was  di-nwucd  at  iMt.  Holly  (i  11/1783 
because  he  was  not  wijiin^ir  lo  rdndcinn  his  outj^ninL;  in  niarriaiic  In  the  deeds  of 
settlement  of  lii.s  own  and  of  hi>  fatlnTV  estate  >lic  is  ealle(l  Hannah.  The  will 
of  Francis,  the  deeils  ahovc  nanird.  ami  the  family  i-ccords  enahic  u-  to  write  the 
names  of  the  children  of  this  mari'iap'.  hut  not  the  dates  of  their  hirth.  liarzillai 
died  in  l"Sf>  an<l   Hannah  artei-\\ard>  maii'ied  n  man  named   lleihert. 

Chihlren  of  IJarzillai  and  Hannah  Shinn. 

407.  (1)  Francis  Shinn.  who  married  Mary  Haines,  9/13/1801. 

408.  (2)  Martha  Shinn,   who   married   William   Stephenson   Prosser. 

409.  (3)  Aschah  Shinn.  who  married  (1)   Richard  H.  Herbert,  (2)  a  Mr.  Brown. 

410.  (4)  George  Shinn,  b.  178;t;    m.  Grace  Thomas,  3/13/1805. 

144.     Wii.i.iAM  SiiiNN   (I). — ,I()si;i>ii   ( ;! ).  Jam  i:s  (-.M.-'oiin   (1). 

William  Sliinn.  the  third  chMd  of  .lo^eph  and  MaiA  (  IJudd  )  Shinn.  wa>  hap- 
tized  as  an  adult  at  the  Kpisc-opal  (hnich  in  Mt.  Holly  i)y  Hcv.  Colin  Camiihell 
in  1T4(!.  (Dr.  .Mill's  "  Historv  of  the  f^iiiseopal  Church. ""  i)Ui'lin,iit<ui. )  The  civil 
registers  show  that  he  married  Sarah  French  in  ]'')('>  in  lUirlinulon  Countv.  He 
received  lands  from  his  father  Fehrnai-y  4.  K.")!!.  (  liniliniiton  Deeds,  Lil)ei'  X,  p. 
311.)  In  May  of  the  same  yeai-  he  was  a  grantee  in  a  deed  from  l)a\id  liudd. 
( Ihid.  X.  p.  311  ).  lie  is  descrihcd  as  of  1  lanovei-  Tow  n>hi p.  He  was  made  admin- 
istrator of  his  father's  estate  '.'  lo/K.")!).  (  Liher  .\ci.  !•.  p.  \]].)  He  moved  into 
S[)ringrield  Townshi|t  and  die(|  iheiv.  in  May,  ITfil.  leaviiii;  a  will,  which  names 
wife  Sarah  and  his  children.  (  l'>iiilin:iton  \\'ill>.  Fiher  i:;.  p.  \]\K)  llcwa^hufied 
at  St.  .\nn"s  Fpiscopal  ( 'hu  rch\  a  i-d.   I'.ni'l  inijlnn.   .\  .  .1. 

Children  nf  Willinm  nnd  Sarah   (  Fivnch  )   .shmn. 

411.  (II    Mary  Shiiiii.  I..  .V22/1757. 

412.  (2)   Lydia  Sliiini.  I).  — / — /nnit;   m.  Cal(d)  Arney   Lippincolt. 

413.  (3)    Eli    SiiiiMi.    b.    — /— /17t;i;    ob.    ll/:i/177(;:     buried    at    St.    Andrew's,    Mt. 

Holly,  N.  J. 

411.     (4)    Aaron  Shinn,  b.  —/—/1 763;  m.  . 

4iri.     ('.)   .loscpli  Shinn,  b.  1765;  m.  Mary  Lippincolt.  1783. 

li:.      I'.rN.i  \MiN  SiiiNN   (I). — ,T()si:i-ii   (.")).  .1  \Mi:s  C.^).  .Toll  N   (1). 

lienjamin  Shinn.  the  si.xth  (4iild  of  .loscph  and  M.ha  {  I'.nild  )  Shinn.  was  horn 
in  New  Jersey,  and  wa>  baptized  as  a  minor  hy  i;e\.  Colin  Camphell  in  i;  l(i.  He 
marrie<l.  hut  the  fannly  name  of  his  wife  is  hi-i.  He  icmmcd  i,.  Hampshire 
County.  Va.,  in  KT^'.  and  from  there  to  Harrison  Coiiiii\.  In  •■  I'.niilcr  Warfare'' 
Benjamin  is  deserilted  as  a  sc<»ut  durin.i:  the  K'e\oliil  ion.  and  in  the  Indian  wars 
that   followed.      lie  died   intestate  in    \'irL:inia. 


Fourth  Gen'eration.  121 

ChiUlren  of  Benjamin  and  ( )  Shinii. 

41C.  (1)    [saac  Shinn.  b.  New  Jersey;  m.  Agnes  Drake,  2/16/1785,  in  Virginia. 

417.  (2)   Samuel  Shinn,  b.  New  Jersey;  m.  Sarah  Davidson,  1785,  in  Virginia. 

418.  (3)   Lncretia  Shinn.  b.  Virginia:  m.  Samuel  Davidson.  6/17/1785. 
411*.  (4)   Amy  Shinn.   b.   Virginia;    m.  Josiah  Davidson.  2/25/1788. 

IIS.     .loiiN  Siii.v.v  (  M. — Jo.sKi'H  (;i).  James  (2),  John  (1). 

John  Shinn,  seventh  child  of  JoK'ph  and  ^[ary  (Budd)  Shinn,  was  baptized  at 
Mt.  Hftlly  in  1740  hy  Hev.  Colin  C'aniphell.  He  married  Mary  Allen  in  1T63  in 
Burlington  Countv,  X.  J.,  and  died  in  lT6fi.  Administration  was  granted  to 
Mary,  hi.<  wife,  i/17/i;(W;.  (Burlington  Wills  Liber  12,  p.  291.)  He  was 
described  a.-^  <»f  NCw  Hanover. 

Cliildrrii  <»t"  .Fojin  and  Mary  (Allen)   Shinn. 

420.  (1)   Tarie  Shinn.  b.  1764;  m.  Clapp. 

421.  (21   Job  Shinn.  b.  1765;  ra.  (1)  Rachel  Grimes.  1783;    (2)  Nancy  Cross,  1794. 

I  III.     l'i:\N(is  SiiiNv  (4). — Joseph  (3),  James  (2),  Johx  (1). 

I-'rancis  Shinn,  eighth  child  of  Jo.^eph  and  ^lary  (Budd)  Shinn,  was  born  in 
Burlington  Countv.  haptizcil  by  Rev.  Colin  Campbell,  married  Martha,  daughter  of 
George  and  .Martha  ( liran.<oii-(  )wen)  Shinn,  in  lTfi(3.  Removed  into  Upper  Free- 
hold, Monmouth  County,  and  remained  there  until  his  death.  He  was  a  very  pros- 
perous farmt'r.  and  owned  a  very  large  body  of  land  in  Monmouth  and  Ocean 
Counties,  .hulgr  Johes  has  sent  me  an  al)stract  of  his  land  transactions,  taken 
from  the  records  of  the.-e  counties,  with  the  remark.  "He  was  a  shrewd  trader  and 
a  good  farmer." 

Children  ol'  Francis  and  Martha  (Shinn)   Shinn. 

422.  (1)    Vashti   Shinn.   b.   17t;7. 

42:?.     (2t    .Martha  Shinn.  b.  1771;  ob.  sine  proli. 

424.  (:U   Jacob  Shinn.  b.  1775;  ob.  sine  proli. 

425.  (4)    Henjaniin    Shinn.   b.    9/28/1778;    m.    (1)    Rebecca   Shinn,    1814;    (2)    Mary 

Lovcman.   11/10/1831. 

I.M.     Ann-  Shixx  (4).— James  (3),  James  (2),  Johx  (1). 

Ann  Shinn,  llie  eldest  daughter  of  James  and  Hannah  (Shinn)  Shinn,  was 
born  in  Hanover.  N'.  J.,  and  nuirried  Israel  Thompson  at  that  place.  She  comes 
into  authentic  historv  in  Fairfax  Countv,  Ya.,  when,  in  179?,  she  and  her  husband, 
Israel  Thompson,  and  her  c<nisin.  :\Iarv  Shinn,  ask  the  Friends  of  that  place  to 
take  them  under  their  care,  which  was  done.  The  birth  register  shows  no  children. 
The  cousin.  Marv  Shinn.  was  afterwards  regularly  married  at  Fairfax,  Va.,  to 
Geort^e  Canbv.  after  whith  no  further  records  have  been  found.  ^ 

i:)3.  Adam  Shinn  (4).— James  (3),  James  (2).  John  (1). 
Vdam  Shinn,  son  of  James  and  Hannah  (Shinn)  Shinn,  was  born  in  Hanover, 
N  J  Xo  further  record  appears  \nitil  his  death,  in  1:97,  m  Fairfax  County,  Va., 
when  administration  was  granted  upon  his  estate  to  Prudence  Shinn,  his  wife.  He 
was  not  a  Friend,  and  does  not  appear  upon  any  of  their  records  at  Fairfax,  War- 
renton  or  Crooked  Run.     If  he  had  children  they  are  not  disclosed. 

154.     Robert  Shinn  (4:).— James  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 
Robert  Shinn.  son  of  James  and  Hannah  (Shinn)   Shinn    was  born  in  Xew 
Jersey.     He  appears  as  a  witness  at  several  marriages  at  Crooked  Run,  Va.,  and 
then  "disappears.     He  was  probably  an  old  bachelor. 


122  HiSTOUY    OF   THE    SlIINX    F.VMILY    IX    EUROPE    AND    AMERICA 

156.  'I'lioMAS  SiiiNN  (4). — SoLOMOX  (3),James  (2)..1iM1N  (1). 
Thomas  Shinn,  the  eldest  ehihl  of  Solomon  and  Mary  (Am  rim)  Shiiiii.  was 
born  I»/1T/1T-1(I.  lie  passed  meeting  n-gularly  at  Burlington  and  was  married  in 
June.  17«i4.  to  Sarah,  daughter  of  Francis  Vinacondj.'  In  1TT5  Solomon  Shinn 
bought  of  William  llcndriikson  four  hundred  and  tifty-five  acres  of  land  in  Upper 
Freehold,  Monmouth  County,  which  he  deeded  in  cciual  sliaics  in  K^^  to  his  two 
sons,  .lames  and  Thomas.  Thomas  built  a  house  u\Hm  lii>  laiid  and  nMimved 
thereto,  lie  bought  adjoining  tracts,  until  he  was  the  owner  of  ahoui  eight  hundred 
acres  of  land.  lie  retained  his  mendiership  in  the  U])per  Springfield  Meeting  of 
Friends,  and  seems  to  have  been  an  active  member.  He  was  frc(|iiently  placed  on 
important  cominittees  and  sent  to  (Quarterly  Meeting.  In  1798  he  was  placed  on 
a  ct)mmitte(-'  "to  draw  a  line  for  the  govcrnnieitl  of  ])reparative  meetings  with 
regard  to  jiernntting  the  inti-nnents  of  those  not  in  menil)oislii|i  witli  Friends  in 
their  burying  grounds."  Strong  driidc  was  then.  a>  ndw.  a  L^iiat  drawhaik  tn  ihe 
church.  In  170!'  Thomas  and  Caleb  Sldim.  bi-others.  were  .aided  to  the  .-landing 
comijutlee  on  .spirituous  li<piors.  On  duly  14,  181"^.  Thomas  married  the  second 
time,  at  Upper  Si)ringliel(l.  Mrs.  Meribah  (Taylor)  Warren,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Ann  Taylor.  By  this  marriage  there  were  no  childi-en.  Thomas  died  in  1S14, 
leaving  ii  will,  in  which  he  names  liis  wife,  Meribah;  sons.  \'iiiacondi.  Solomon  and 
Thomas,  and  tlanghter.  Sarah  Sexton.      (P>urlington  Will>.   Liber  (\  p.  13.) 

Childn-n  of  Thomas  and  Sai-ali   (  \'inacoinb )   Shinn. 

42f».     (1)    Rachel    Shinn.   b.   2/14/1765;    m.    Israel,   son   ot    Robert   and   Amy   Kirby, 
5/17/'17S7. 

427.  (2)   Vinaoonib  Sliinn,  b.  8/21/1766;  m.  Sarah  Middleton. 

428.  C!)    t'niiy  Shinn,  h.  1/21/1768;   m.  Apollo  Melrs. 

429.  (i)   Solomon   Shinn.  b.   7/15/1771;    m.    (1)    ,   1798;    {'J.)    Jane   Scattergood, 

1821. 

430.  C."^)   Anna  Shinn.   b.   4/2/1773. 

431.  (6)    lOli/.abelh   Shinn.  b.  2/2/1 TTC;   m.  Lloyd. 

432.  (7)   Tliomas  Vinaromb  Shinn.  b.  9/2:V1777;  m.  Abigail  Haines,  1/9/1806. 

433.  (8)   Sarah  Shinn,  b.  11/27/1779;   m.  Joseph  Sexton. 

434.  (9)   Mary  Shinn,  b.  9/:^0/1781;   m.  Samuel  Croshaw,  11/31/1803. 

435.  nO)   Zjlplia  Shinn,  b,    11/17/1783;   m.  Daniel  Burtis,  ISOO. 

l-">^.      A-\  SiiiNN  (I). — Sdi.oMoN   (.")).  Jam  i;s  ( •.' ; .  .Ion  x  (1). 

Asa  Shinn.  .'^econd  child  of  Solomon  and  Mai'v  (.\ntiim)  Shinn.  was  l)orn 
11/27/1742,  and  married,  according  to  I'"iicnd>"  I'ite.  in  li<i!',  Saiab.  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Sarah  (  lllack )  (iaunt.  Sanniel  was  a  son  n(  Zebnlon-  ami  Sophia 
(Shourds)  daunt,  and  Sara,  the  daughter  of  William  and  Sai'a  (hNxkliilJ)  I'.lack. 
The  njarriage  was  a  notable  one,  ami  the  dignilicd  (^inalxci  oMiseei'  ri'|Hiried  to 
Burlington  that  the  marriage  was  con>iimnialcd  in  mh  ni-diTi\  niannn-.  "  e.\ci'|it  an 
appearance  (»f  too  great  light iiess  on  the  part  of  sonu'  young  people.""  .\sa  was 
a  strong  churchman  and  pos.-essed  of  many  excellent  parts.  In  I'lM  he  was  made 
nn  overseer,  and  ]''^'i  an  cbler  by  Hnrlington.  No  cliarg-'  of  an\  kind  was  ever 
presented  against  him,  and  he  li\cd  a  blamelo.-  life.  His  wife  died  Nn\eml,rr  -.'.Mh, 
1K2I,  and  the  record    informs  us  that    .-be  wa-   llien   a    widnw.      Tlie  dale  n\'   Asa's 


'The  will  of  FranrlK  Vlnacoml)  was  dated  9/5/1785.  It  gave  lands  in  Mt.  Holly  to 
each  of  hlH  flvf  dniinhiers  UuImti  ilaincs  and  Rachel,  his  wife;  .Ios(>i)h  Camjiion  and 
Mary.  hlH  wjtf;  nenjanilii  Hisphiiin  and  his  wife,  Zilpha;  Thomas  Shinn.  of  Upper 
Krochold.  and  Sarah.  hJH  wife;  Isaac  Mi)i)incoii  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife.  (Liber  A  R, 
p.  431  I 

a  In  Leah  Hiackman's  Memoir,  page  287  (Proceedings  Surveyors'  Association  of 
New  .lerseyi.  wc  find  the  following  statement  :  " /elmloii  Cniini  married,  in  1716, 
Stiphia  Shourds.  of  (Icrmanlown,  I'a.  Children:  Samuel,  wlm  married  Sara  Black; 
Zobiilon.  Jr..  married  Ksthcr  Woolnian;  Israel.  Hannah,  nuirried  Robert  Ridgway, 
(»f  Little  Kgg  Harbor.    Zebiilon.  .Ir..  and  wife,  Soidiia  and  husband  wetii  lo  (he  Carolinas." 


Fourth  Generatiox,  123 

death  is  not  noted.  Sarah  left  a  will,  which  named  Asa,  son  of  son  Israel;  two 
granddaughters,  Sarah  H.  and  Anna,  daughters  of  Israel;  two  grandsons,  Joseph 
and  Solomon,  sons  of  Solomon;  granddaughter  Mary,  daughter  of  Solomon;  four 
grandchildren,  Stacy,  Ann,  Keljccca  and  Eliza,  children  of  son  Joshua;  daughter 
Sarah,  sons  William,  Samuel,  Isaac  and  Asa.  (Burlington  Wills,  Liber  C  page 
495.)  '  ■*    ^ 

diildren  of  Asa  and  Sarah  (Gauntt)   Shinn. 

i:w,.  (1)  Hannah  Shinn,  b.  1/12/1770;   m.  Samuel  Craft,  5/5/1803 

r.il.  (2)  Israel   Shinn.  b.  1/25/1772;   m.  Ann  Curtis. 

438.  (.'J)  William  Shinn,  b.  2/6/1774;   m.  Ann  Forsyth,  2/16/1815. 

439.  (4)  I.saac  Shinn,  b.   11/2/1775;   m.  Frances  Van,  1827. 

440.  (5)  Samuel  Shinn,  b.  10/6/1777;  m.  Frances  (Van)  Shinn,  1840. 

441.  (6)  Solomon  Shinn,  b.  9/S/1779;   m.  Mercy  Lamb,  7/15/1805. 
412.  (7)  Joshua  Shinn,  b.  4/4/1781;   ra.  Ann  Gaskell,  11/17/1803. 

443.  (8)   Asa    Shinn,    b.    4/2/1783;    m.    (1)    Hannah    Gaunt,    1828;     (2)    Elizabeth 

Blackwoorl.   2/26/1833. 

444.  (!t)    Sarah  Shinn,  b.  10/30/1784;   unmarried;  ob.  2/12/1826. 

445.  (10)   Joseph  Shinn,  b.  3/3(V1786;   ob.  unmarried. 

446.  (11)   Anne  Shinn,  b.  2/17/1789;  m.  Stacy  Haines,  7/14/1813. 

158.     .1  \\ii:s  Siii.vx  (4). — Solomon  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

.lames  Shinn,  lliird  cliild  of  Solomon  and  Mary  (Antrim)  Shinn,  born 
1/23/1744,  and  was  married  to  Laviua  Haines  3/7/1768.  The  license  was  issued 
by  (lovenioi-  William  Fraid<lin  and  the  ceremony  performed  by  Samuel  How. 
A  copy  of  Mr.  How's  attestation  is  before  me.  On  the  5th  of  November  of  that 
year  .laines  and  Lavina  made  acknowledgments  for  marrying  out  of  order  and 
were  forgiven  by  Jiurliiigton.  Although  James  Shinn  was  a  man  of  sound  business 
judgment  and  upright  character,  be  was  never  prominent  in  church  affairs.  In 
I77(i  he  removed  to  Chesterlield,  and  in  ^March,  177G,  when  his  father,  Solomon, 
gave  him  one-half  of  four  hundred  and  fifty-five  acres  in  Upper  Freehold,  Mon- 
mouth County,  he  moved  to  that  place  and  built  a  house,  with  the  date  1776  upon 
the  gable.  Tliis  lantl  was  in  the  possession  of  one  of  his  descendants,  Adelaide,  wife 
of  Judge  Thomas  l\.  Jobcs,  of  New  Egypt,  in  1899.  James  added  to  the  paternal 
acres  until  he  owned  ab<nit  one  thousand  acres.  Judge  Thomas  B.  Jobes,  of  New 
Egyjit,  al)stractcd  the  land  transactions  of  Thomas,  James  and  Francis  Shinn  for 
nic.  and  this  abstract  shows  that  each  of  them  was  a  large  land  holder.  He  also 
built  a  house  in  New  Egypt,  to  which  he  removed,  and  in  which  he  died  in  1810. 
He  sold  the  land  upon  which  the  splendid  residence  of  Prince  Bonaparte  was 
erected.  His  personal  estate  was  appraised  at  his  death  at  $10,000.  This  was 
quite  a  fortune  for  a  farmer  in  those  days,  and  indicates  not  only  thrift  and  good 
management  on  the  jiart  of  James,  but  industry,  sobriety  and  honor.  May  the  tribe 
of  thriftv  farmers  never  decrease.  He  married  the  second  time,  in  1785,  Hannah 
Hart,  a  daughter  of  John  Hart,  the  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence  for 
New  Jersey!  and  was  disowned  by  Burlington  12/5/1787.  He  died  in  1810.  In 
1820  his  widow.  Hannah  (Hart)  Shinn,  with  her  six  children,  started  for  the 
West.  She  was  leaving  a  house  that  had  sheltered  her  for  many  years  to  make 
a  place  of  greater  proportions  for  her  children  in  the  mighty  wilderness  towards 
the  setting  sun.  Loved  and  honored  by  the  neighborhood,  she  could  not  say  "  Fare- 
ivqW"  to  "her  relatives  and  friends.  The  spirit  of  her  father  invested  her  with 
strength,  and  at  midnight  she  marshaled  her  sons  and  daughters  and,  with  a  cara- 
van of  waffons,  marched  away.  By  noon  the  next  day  she  was  in  Philadelphia ;  she 
passed  one  niiiht  there  with  IRachel  Miller,  the  mother  of  her  stepson,  James;  Ezra, 
her  son,  was  a  merchant  in  Philadelphia,  but  sold  out  his  possessions  to  go  with  his 
mother.  On  horseback  the  next  morning,  followed  by  their  wagons,  the  mother 
and  her  children  pursued  their  journey.  For  six  weeks  they  kept  on,  over  rivers 
and  mountains,  and  set  down  at  last  in  :Mongomer3^  County,  Ohio.     This  journey 


124  History  of  the  .Shin.v  Family   ix  ErnnPE  and  America 

today  would  occupy  one  day,  and  would  hardly  give  fatigue.  That  jniuiKy.  liowever, 
wag  heroic,  while  ours,  to  gay  the  lea?t.  would  he  a  very  passive  activity.  That 
journey  r<-<|uircd  resolution,  couragi'.  .ictivity  and  purpose;  our  journeys  require 
nothing  hut  money  to  pay  the  hill.-:  that  stirreil  every  t[uality  of  tlie  liuniau  soul; 
ours  stifle  the  s<»ul  an<l  hreed  luxurious  indolence  and  masterly  inactivity.  All 
hail  to  the  ancestry  that  cleared  the  forests  and  dug  up  the  teeming  wealth 
of  a  shunhering  earth  to  hecome  dividends  and  inti-rest  Uiv  the  most  remorseless 
money  kings  of  all  the  ages — the  corporate  owners  of  railntad  franchises  in  tiie 
mighty  \Vi>t.  Not  to  them  as  '*  t'aj)tains  of  Industry  "  should  the  anvils  ring 
their  resounding  notf-s.  but  to  the  '*  Hannah  Harts."'  the  unselfish  pioneers  who 
liared  their  arms  and  entered  the  lists  to  kill  swain])S,  drain  lands,  hew  timbers 
and  turn  wildirnt»  and  wa>te  into  j)lantations  of  thrift  and  ])lenty,  let  tlie  praise 
be  given  now  and  evermore. 

Children  of  .Fames  and   I.axina    (llaiiic.-)    Slnnn. 

447.  (1)  Miriam  Shinn.  b.   ITCit;    ni.  William   Burtis. 

448.  (2)  Margaret   Shinn.  b.  1771;    m.  .John   Lawrence. 
44'.».  (.'{»  Abigail  Shinn.  b.  177:5:   m.  William  Hankius. 
4."i<>.  (4)  (leor^e    Shinn.    b.    177.'5. 

451.     (5)   Eleanor  Shinn.   b.    1778;    ob.   iufans. 

4.'".2.     (fi)  James  Shinn,  b.  11/17/1782;  m.  (1)   Elizabeth  Allen,  10/4/1809;    (2)   Mary 
Miller.  2/15/1S17. 

Cliildrcn  of  dames  and    liaiiiiali    (iiai-1)    .'>liiiin. 

45.'}.  (1)     7.  Lavina  Shinn,  b.  9/ — /1787;   m.  Thomas  Branson. 

4.04.  (2)     8.  Mary   Shinn,  b.  9/29/1790;   ob.   infans.   8/2.5/1791. 

4.').').  (.3)     9.   Ezra  Shinn,  b.  7/7/1792:   ra.  Mrs.  Annie    (Lane)   Barkalow. 

4r>r,.  (4)  10.   Hepzibah   Shinn,  b.   12/13/1794 ;    m.  John   Cox,   1820. 

4.'j7.  (5i  11.   Hannah   Shinn,  b.   .'S/i:V1797:   ol).  unmarried. 

1  /     m.    Hannah     Conover.      He 

458.  (f.)  12.  Aaron  Burr  Shinn  (  \       died    2/18/1829. 

b.  7/2.V1801  < 

459.  (7 1    K'..  Thomas  Jefferson   Sliinii  I  j   m.   Elenor  Cox,  and  died   at 

'  I        Franklin.    Ohio. 

4<;o.      (K)    14.   Elam  Shin.  1).  9/— /18(»4;  ob.  6/30/1817. 
401.     (9)    15.  Charles  Shinn.  b.  .5/5/1807;  ob.'  9/7/1807. 
4C2.   (10)    JG.  Emily  Shinn.  b    8/12/1808;   m.  John  While,  2/2/1826. 

l.'i!!.       .SaKAII    SiiiVV    (I).  —  Sf)I.OMOX    ( .'l  )  .  .1  A  M  KS    (  "i  ) .  •' ()I  IX    (1). 

.'^arali  Shinn,  I'ourlh  chihl  of  Solomon  ami  .Mary  (.Xiiliiiii)  Sliiini,  was  horn 
(i/ I'l/ ITl* ,  and  married  NatlianicI  I'opc,  of  Thilailcl  pliia.  accoriliiig  to  l-'ricnds* 
rite,  in  I)ecendter,  l"(i!>.  Ih'  was  the  son  of  .lnhn  rope,  a  iiui'iliaiil  of  IWirliiigton 
County  and  a  prominriit  iimn.  , 

ChildnMi  of  .Nallianirl  jind  Sarah   (Shinn)    I'opr. 

403.  (1)  Mary   Pope.  b.  :V3/1771;   ob.  S/7/1771. 

464.  (2)  SanuH'I   Popr.  i).  12/21/1772;  ob.  2/!t/1775. 

465.  (31  John   I'op<',  b.  2/15/1774. 

466.  (41  Nathaniel   l'op<'.  1).  7/6/1778. 
467  (5)  Morris    Pope,    b.    6/19/1780. 

468.  (61    William   Pope,  b.  3/31  M7S2. 

469.  (7)   Richard  Pope.  b.  8/:{/17KJ. 
470      (8)   Sarah   Pope.  b.   7/31/1786. 

l(i(».       TXITV    SllINN     (I).  —  So|,()\l(i\     (;!)., I  .\Mi:s    (■.'!.    .IdllN     (I). 

Tnitv,  fifth  cliild   of  Solomon  ami    Mary    (.Vnlnini    Sluim.   Ihhh    |"i'liiii,ir\-   0. 

\'i\'  tiiarricfl    by    license    in    l"i'>'.    in    linrlington    (niinu.    ,l(isc|)1i    r,iiicoast. 

^"  'ocinnent   in  the  ])os.«ession  of   Henry   I'aiicoast,  of   .Mcsopoiamia,  (^liio    (a 

.int  of  Joseph  and   Unity),  shows  the  origin  of  {]]■•  I'ancoasls  in   .\morica. 


FouRTri  Gexeratiox.  125 

PV)I lowing  is  an  exact  copy: 

"  Jos(!ph  I'ancoast,  son  of  John  and  p:iizabeth  Pancoast  of  Ashen,  five  miles 
from  Xortliariij)ton  Town,  in  Xorthamf-ton  Shire  (Eng.)  born  1G72,  the  27th  of 
eighth  month,  (•allc<l  October  and  in  the  year,  l(5bO,  Oct.  4th  came  into  America 
in  the  ship,  'M'aradise,'"  William  Evelyn,  Master;  and  I  settled  in  West  Xew 
Jers(;y,  Burlington  County,  and  on  the  4th  of  the  eighth  month,  October,  1696, 
I  tfjok-  to  \vife  Thomasine  Scattergood,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Scat- 
tergo(jd,  of  Stepney  Parish  London,  who  also  transported  themselves  into  Burling- 
ton County  in  America."  The  marriage  herein  recited  is  of  record  in  the  ]klinutes 
of  Friends'  Meeting  at  Burlington,  as  are  the  several  that  follow.  This  Joseph 
died  in  i;4'J,  leaving  a  will.  The  quoted  record  has  these  addenda:  "Benjamin 
i'ancr)ast,  son  of  Jc.seph  and  Thomasine  Pancoast,  was  born  the  24th  of  sixth 
month,  ITI'.t.  Jo>.ph  Pancoast,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Sarah  Pancoast,  was  born 
til/'  12th  day  of  11th  month  1740." 

The  records  of  marriages  in  tlie  Secretary  of  State's  office  at  Trenton  show 
the  marriage  of  this  Joseph  Pancoast  to  Unity  Shinn  in  1767.  The  Minutes  of  the 
Convention  of  New  Jersey,  held  at  Burlington,  beginning  on  June  10th,  1776,  has 
the  following  statement:  "July  3d,  Wednesday:  Ordered  that  Joseph  Pancoast 
be  commissioned  as  Captain  of  a  company  of  foot  militia  in  the  township  of  Mans- 
field, in  liurlington  County."    The  following  oders  are  of  interest: 

"  Mr.  Sorgeant  Higgins:  You  are  hereby  required  to  warn  in  all  the  persons  men- 
tion<'<l  in  the  under  list  (except  those  marked  which  I  have  warned)  to  meet  at  Colo. 
Hoaglands  on  Tuesday  the  11th  inst  at  10  o'clock  in  forenoon  well  equipped  in  order  to 
march   to  Monmouth. 

"My  order  of  Colo.  William  Shreeve. 

"  Mansfield.  May  .■.th.   1779.  JOSEPH  PAN'COAST,  Capt." 

"To  Ensign  Samuel  Applegate: 

"  You  are  ()rd»>red  to  call  the  above  class  immediately.  You  must  be  particular 
in  giving  ihem  prompt  notice  to  parade  at  the  Black  Horse  (Columbus)  by  Thursday 
next  the  26th  inst  to  receive  orders  to  march  the  Saturday  following.  Fail  not.  Given 
under  my  hand  this  23d  day  of  Feb.  1778.  JOSEPH  PANCOAST,  Captain." 

When  Captain  Pancoast  died  is  not  known;  nor  is  it  known  when  his  widow 
married  the  second  time,  nor  are  all  their  children  known.  That  one  child  was 
luinu'd  I'nity  is  established  by  the  fact  that  the  record  of  her  marriage  to  Aaron 
liranson  state-  that  she  married  a  cousin,  and  Aaron  Branson  was  a  grandson  of 
James  and  [..avinia  (Haines)  Shinn;  James  Shinn  being  a  brother  of  Unity 
(Shinn)  I'ancoast.  Other  children  are  proved  as  follows:  The  record  first  quoted 
in  this  article  states:  "Solomon  Pancoast,  son  of  Joseph  and  Unity  (whose 
paternal  name  was  Shinn)  Pancoast,  was  born  the  16th  day  of  the  9th  month,  1709." 
I'nity  (Shinn)  Pancoast  nuirried,  the  second  time,  a  man  by  the  name  of  Evering- 
hanf,  and  outlived  him.  In  1815,  being  then  widowed  the  second  time,  she  wrote 
a  letter  from  Philadeli)hia  to  Aaron  Baker  and  wife,  of  Cayuga  Count}',  N".  Y.,  and 
addressed  them  as  "  Dear  Son  and  Daughter."  The  family  records  show  that  Aarrrii 
Baker  married  Sarah  Pancoast  the  16th  day  of  the  2d  month,  1800,  and  had  the 
following  ehildren:  ]\lary  Ann,  Sarah  Thoma.sine,  Stephen  and  Joseph  W.  Baker. 
Tlu'  letter  of  Unity  (Shinn)  Everingham  refers  to  Benjamin  and  Samuel,  who 
were  sons.  It  also  informs  her  children  that  "  William  Shinn  has  taken  him  a  wife 
a  verv  worthv  voung  woman."  She  asks  Aaron  to  direct  his  letters  to  "  Black- 
horse,"  ninv  Columbus,  which  aids  in  the  identification  of  Captain  Joseph  Pancoast. 
Unity  was  then  living  near  Blackhorse,  where  she  married  Captain  Pancoast. 
Another  letter,  dated  10/19^  1804,  written  from  "  Xinepartners."  starts  with  the 
address  "  Mv  Dear  Hannah."  and  closes  "Thy  Mother.  Unity  Everingham." 
Unitv  was  at  that  time  an  assistant  matron  at  a  Friends'  school  at  Xinepartners 
(about  twenty  miles  from  Poughkeepsie,  X.  Y.),  and  was  addressed  to  "Hannah 
Pani-oast.  Charlotte  Street.  Corner  Bedlow.  X.  Y."  Another  letter,  from  Sarah 
Pope,  a   sister  of  T'^nitv   (Shi/ti-Pancoast)    Everingham.  to   Aaron  Baker,  corner 


12»i  lIl.STOHY    OF    THE    SillXX    F.VMII.V    l.V    EUKOPE    AND    A.MElilC.V 

Charlotte  and  Bedlow  streets,  X.  ^'..  dated  (J/4/1805,  from  ^lansfiekl,  not  only 
sho\v.«  tlie  correct  ramification  of  tlie  kin.  but  shows  that  Sarah  (Shinn)  Tope 
was  alive  at  tliat  date.  The  descendants  of  Sohnnon  PancoiiSt  have  roeurd.<  which 
show  another  son  of  Jos«.'j)h  and  Unity  (Shinn)  Pancoast,  named  Joseph,  which 
agrees  with  Joscj)h  Pancoast *s  will  of  174!).  This  Joseph  removed  to  Scipio,  X.  Y., 
where  he  married  Sn.-annah  Cook,  and  dic<l  at  Auburn.  X.  Y.,  0/13/18o"2.  The 
sons  Solomon  and  .lo.^cjiii,  tojrether  with  Hannah,  removed  to  Xcw  York  City:  then 
to  Cayuga  County.  X.  Y.,  and  were  pioneer  settlers  of  that  county.  Benjamin,  Sam- 
uel and  I'nity  remained  in  Xcw  Jer.<ey.  where  they  reared  families.  Unity  (Shiiui- 
Pancoasl )  Kveringham  was  buried  at  the  IlowJand  r>iirviii<r  (icuiid.  Cavuua  Couiitv, 
X.  Y. 

l<il.     I'.vi.LB  Siii.w   (1). — Solomon    (o),  Ja.mks   C^*),  duiix    (1). 

(  aicb  Shinn.  the  sixth  ihild  of  Solomon  and  ^fary  (Antrim)  Shinn.  was 
burn  ."i/iJ/l^Ov'.  and  married  out  of  meetin^^  11,'^,  11^1.  In  December.  1772,  he 
laid  a  paj)er  before  Burlington  condoning  his  fault,  and  on  the  same  (hiy  ^lary 
(Lucas)  Shinn  asked  the  Women's  Meeting  to  be  taken  uiider  ilicir  care.  After 
mature  deliberation  Caleb's  jiapcr  was  accepted  and  Mary  was  reccivcil.  The  Uiuas 
family  was  among  the  gentry  oH  England,  and  its  ilcsccndants  in  Xcw  Jcim-v  were 
respectable  and  worthy.  Caleb  Shinn  was  a  high-minded,  generous  fellow,  and 
like  many  other  young  men  of  ])rosperous  families,  took  life  easily.  He  was  a 
good  comj»anion.  but  did  not  acfpiire  ])ro|)erty  as  ilid  his  brothers.  There  is  a  law 
of  comjicnsation.  however.  \\'hat  he  lacked  in  material  wcallh  he  inade  up  in 
a  vigorous  mentality.  The  depreciation  of  the  colonial  currency  immediately  after 
the  war  caused  him  to  lose  heavily  from  investments  lie  had  iiiaile.  This  also 
swept  away  the  otate  given  him  by  his  fatlicr.  and  made  liini  a  renter  of  other 
people's  land. 

In  l"li;{  he  remi>\(M|  J'rdiii  llnrlington  to  l'|i|iei-  S|ii'in^liel(l.  In  i;;)i  it  is 
recorded  that  Caleb  Shinn  returned  the  Book  n\'  Discipline.  Nine  years  latei-  lie 
and  his  wife  asked  I'pper  Sprinfrdeld  for  a  ciTtilicate  of  removal  to  Wcstland,  Pa., 
which  was  graine<|.  The  great  West  was  beckoning  him  thitherward,  and  two  of 
his  descendants  for  years  sent  the  Overland  Month  J  t/  from  the  utmost  limits  of  our 
Western  limits  to  the  land  of  his  birth,  showing  tlint  Caleb's  call  was  for  the  best. 
From  Wollanil,  Caleb  and  his  wife,  with  his  sons,  Tlionins  and  Keilar.  crossed  the 
Alle^dieiiy  .Mountains,  and  settled  in  (Joshen  Township.  Coliimliiana  (dnnty,  Ohio, 
where  (1804)  they  look  up  a  section  of  land.  Tliev  stalled  a  lown  on  a  pan  (d' 
this,  which  they  named  "Salem,"  alter  Salem.  N.  d.  A  l"rieiiil>"  Meeting  was 
established,  and  Caleb  and  his  sons  liecanie  inlliieiitial  ineiiilieis.  lie  died  at  Salem 
in   1MI>.  ;md   \v;i^  biirii'd  there. 

Childri'n  (d  Caleb  and   Mary   (Lncas)   Sliiim. 

J7I       (li   Tlioiiias  .Shiiiii.  ]>.  in  New  Jersey,  1772;   m.   (1)  Abigail  GasUell.   IT'.'T:    (2) 

Iteli.-ccji   Daniel.   ISOfJ;    (:{)    Sarah   Sel)rel.   ISlC. 
472.      (2)    Ke.jar  Shliin,  I).  1774;   ni.  Miriam   Willeis.   lI/il/17"J8. 
47:i.     (.".)    Surah  Sliimi.  1).   1777:   m.  .M  iildldou. 

UIC.     J'lti.h  SiijN.N    (  I).— Ci.i.MKNT  (;>),  JA.Mi;s  ("Jj.  John    (1). 

Peter  Shinn.  a  son  of  Clement  and  Fdizabelh  (Webb)  Shinn.  was  born  in 
New  Jersey.  1  (>/'-.'()/ 17  1  1,  and  was  regularly  married  at  All.  Ilollv.  on  C  —  1779, 
to  (iraee.  daughter  of  Joseph  and  (irace  (Jaskell.  In  Klf.'  he  removed  to  I'pper 
Springlield.  Four  chihlren  were  born  while  he  liv.'d  ai  \li  Ilollv.  viz..  |)a\id, 
Hannah.  IJacbel  and  Jcdm.  Another  child  was  horn  ai  Ipper  Sprin-lield.  who  was 
named  Mahlon.  In  17!»l  he  and  Mary,  with  Iheir  \]\r  rhihlnn.  moved  hack  to 
Mt.   IFolly.     Three  years  later  he  was  certified  bv   .Mi.    Ilollv  to   I  ppcr  Evesham, 


Fourth  Generation.  127 

now  Medford  Here  ho  died,  about  1820.  In  1825  his  widow,  Grace,  with  two 
sons,  removed  to  lladdonfield;  in  1820  to  West  Frankford,  Pa.,  and  in  1827  to 
Upper  .Springfield,  Columbiana  County,  Ohio.  Thus  Upper  Springfield  and  Salem, 
N  J.,  had  their  names  perpetuated  by  two  Friends'  Meetings  m  Columbiana  County, 
Ohio.  I  bus  do  we  carry  the  things  we  love  to  distant  places,  there  to  reinvest  them 
with  life  and  give  the  historian  clues  by  which  he  may  unravel  the  knotty  problems 
of  time.  On  the  7th  of  July,  1832,  Burlington  made  a  mmute  disowning  Grace 
Shinn.  of  Upper  Springfield,  Columbiana  County,  Ohio,  for  joining  the  Separatists. 
The  Friends  at  that  time  seem  to  have  had  the  inquisitorial  notions  of  the  Jesuits 
and  much  of  their  machinerv".  There  were  no  railroads,  but  they  got  the  news. 
This  is  the  last  record  of  Grace  (Gaskell)  Shinn.  She  was  born 'in  1755,  as  the 
Evesham  records  show,  and  at  the  date  of  her  disownment  was  seventy-seven  years 
of  age.  How  much  longer  she  lived  I  do  not  know,  but  she  sleeps  the  sleep  of  the 
righteous  in  a  town  far  removed  from  her  girlhood  home. 

The  Evesham  records  give  the  following  children,  and  records  most  of  their 
marriages.    They  all  sleep  the  everlasting  sleep  in  Pennsylvania  or  Ohio. 

• 
Children  of  Peter  and  Grace  (Gaskell)  Shinn. 

474.     (1)   Elizabeth  Shinn.  b.  5/14/1780;  ob.  2/19/1783. 

478.     (2)   David    Shinn,    b.    10/13/1782;     m.    Hannah    Wilson,    3/— /1808.    at    Upper 

Evesham. 
47(1.     (3)    Hannah  Shinn,  b.  3/24/1785;  ob.  in  vita  patris. 

477.  (4)  Joseph  Shinn,  b.  1/29/1787;  ob.  infans. 

478.  (5)   Rachel  Shinn.  b.  3/25/1789;  m.  Ezra  Branan,  8/— /1811. 

47!t.     (C.)   John  Shinn.  b.  3/19/1791;  m.  Sybella  Collins,  1814,  at  Upper  Evesham. 

480.  (7)   Mahlon  Shinn,  b.  11/12/1794;   m.  Sarah  Church,  10/15/1816. 

481.  (8)   Abraham  Shinn,  b.  3/19/1798;   m.  Margaret  Wilkins,  12/28/1820. 
170.      D.VVIi)  SiiiXN    (-1).  ] 

1()5.     Levi  Siiinn  (4). 

[Clement  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 
!()!>.     JoxATir.w  Shinn  (4).       | 
1()7.     Clement  Shinn  (4).        J 

We  now  come  to  another  great  migration — that  of  the  four  sons  of  Clement 
and  Elizabeth  (Webb)  Shinn — David,  Levi,  Jonathan  and  Clement,  and  Benjamin 
and  his  two  sons.  Isaac  and  Samuel,  into  Virginia. 

From  this  great  line,  which  may  appropriately  be  called  the  "West  Virginia 
Branch,"  the  name  Shinn  was  carried  mainly  into  every  part  of  the  great  West. 

The  vitality  of  the  family  seemed  to  die,  so  far  as  the  old  habitat,  New  Jersey, 
was  concerned,  to  take  newer  and  stronger  hold  in  Virginia.  There  were  othei 
minor  migrations  from  New  Jersey  direct  to  Ohio,  from  which  many  families  of 
the  West  trace  their  lineage^  but  the  far  greater  part  of  these  transplantations 
emerge  from  this  colony  in  Virginia  (now  West  Virginia). 

It  is  a  strange  commentary  on  families  that  they  spring  up  in  given  com- 
munity, have  a  glorious  youth,  a  ripe  maturity,  and  then  dwindle  and  die,  to  be 
reproduced  in  distant  places,  and  to  decay  and  die  there  as  they  did  before. 
Families  seem  to  wear  out  in  any  one  locality  in  less  than  a  hundred  years.  New 
Jersey  iui  longer  knows  the  name  Shinn  as  a  great  and  flourishing  family;  North 
Carolina  held  the  family  in  great  numbers  for  eighty  years,  when  the  great  law 
of  destruction  set  in  upon  its  inexorable  work,  and  the  name  is  rarely  met  at 
present  within  its  boundaries.  The  same  remark  applies  to  Virginia,  but  not  so 
generally  as  to  New  Jersey  and  North  Carolina.  Large  numbers  of  Shinns  are  still 
seated  in  Harrison  County,  where  their  ancestors  located  one  hundred  and  twenty 
years  ago. 

In" the  earlier  history  of  a  family  in  a  given  place  the  number  of  male  births 
is  equal  to.  if  not  greater",  than  the  number  of  female  births;  but  as  the  years  go  on 
the  ratio  changes',  and  the  females  outnumber  the  males.     Thus  the  family,  as 


12S  HisTOKY  OF  TiiL  Sill  NX   Fa.mily  IN  Elhoi'i-:  anh  Ameiuca 

distin<:iii.>-l)t'(l   Ijy  it.-  lumif,  dccay.s  and  dit's.     And  evt'ii  tliou^h  the  ratio  remains 
the  sann'.  tlii'  vitality  of  tlu*  mali-s  Icails  to  niiurration.  ami  name  detay  follow^;. 

It  aj))»t'ar!>  to  1k»  true  in  all  families  that  there  comes  a  time  when  the  land 
that  once  know  them  well  knows  them  no  longer.  The  supreme  power  of  William 
the  ('onf|neror  transferred  the  Saxon  estates  to  heiuliiiieii  followiiiL:'  the  fortunes 
of  tin-  ciiiHiuering  lord:  the  supn-me  finesse  of  ignol)le  huul  baron.-,  .-upported  and 
reinforced  hy  the  refinements  of  law,  chicanery  and  fraud,  transfers  the  hard-eariicd 
estates  of  father  and  son  from  the  hands  of  grandson  and  great-grandson  to  other 
names,  to  he  in  turn  Io>t  to  them  hy  processes  similar  in  ]irin(i]i|e.  thougli  diiTering 
in  form. 

And  if  to  all  this  is  added  the  indiviilual  weakness  of  (he  ilc.-( h  iidniii,  as  evi- 
denced hy  extravagance,  idleness  and  drunkenness,  and  llic  absence  of  biws  of 
primogeniture  to  centralize  and  hold  tin-  estate,  the  bi-soni  oT  dcstrnetion  sweeps  all 
away,  and  that  which  once  added  ghn-y  to  a  family  nanif  i>  lost  in  the  sha(]ows  of 
obscurity  and  decay. 

The  successful  issue  of  the  Kevolutionaiy  War  ami  \\\r  Tnaty  of  Paris 
caiwied  the  boundaries  of  the  I'nili'd  States  westwanl  1o  tlic  Mississippi  Hiver, 
and  ii])cned  for  .-etilement  a  rtgioii  of  almost  ine.\liau.-lil)le  fertility.  Hut  prior 
to  this  the  French  and  Indian  War.  HoiKpiet's  Expedition  (1764)  and  the  Treaty 
of  Ft.  Stanwix  (K(iS)  had  fixed  the  title  to  the  vast  regions  of  Pennsylvania  and 
Virginia  in  (Jreat  l^ritain.  which  led  adventurous  s]iirits  over  11ic  Allegjieiiv  ^foun- 
tains  into  the  n-gions  beyond.  (Md  lines  of  travel  changed  and  new  I'oads  were 
made.  Nip  hmger  wa>  the  niignuioii  xml  liw  ai'd  iiilo  the  Cai'oliiias.  luit  wc-twai'd, 
into  Kentucky  aiid  Ohio. 

'i'he  regi<tn  around  Winchester.  \'a..  bad  been  the  Mecca  of  migratorv  s])irits 
frnm  \ew  Jersey.  Pennsylvania  and  Marvlaiid.  Tbc  Monthly  .Meeting  IJeeords  of 
the  Friends  at  lloju'well.  l-'rcdirick  ("(iiini\.  \a..  dixlose  events  of  great  historic 
importance.  An  enterjM'ising  (^)iiakei'  by  the  iiaiiir  of  Kd--  (ib|;iiiicd  w  ;iM'aiii>  \\>v 
the  survey  oi'  furty  thousand  acres  of  land,  and  these  surveys  were  made  along 
the  ()|»e(]U(>n  and  up  to  A[)ple  Pie  liidge,  about  ten  niile<  north  of  Wimliesler. 
K(Tcheval  says  that  numerous  immigrations  of  the  (^Miaker  profession  removed 
from  I'eiinsyhania  and  settled  nn  ibc  |,'<i,-^  >iir\c\s.  (Ii-cat  nmubi'i's  of  imniigi'ants 
folldwed  from  New  .lersey  and  Marvlaiid.  Tbc-c  (^hiakci's  bad  a  rcunlar  Monthly 
.Meeting  at  Hopewell  in  K^s.  I'.m  ndi  nidy  in  lldpcwcll.  \'a..  liid  tboc  (^)uaker 
immigrants  go  in  large  nundiers.  but  also  \n  Cidpcpci-,  Stalb.id.  L(.iid(iim.  Fairfax. 
Warren.  Fampiier  and  Madison  ('(nnitic-.  I'ivp;i  r.n  i\  c  meetings  were  held  at  a 
very  early  dale  in  each  <if  these  c(Minties,  wiib  ,i  eeiiii-.-d  anlli(ii'il\  \e-te(l  in  Hope- 
well. Si  great  and  rapid  was  the  migi-alioii  tli.il  ibe  MoiilbK  Meeiiiig>  were 
o^lahlished  by  the  parent  society  al  We:-l  bind,  in  i  be  b'a  ppabaniioek  \'allev; 
Crooked  l{im.  in  SialVord  :  |'";iiit';i  \.  ;ii  W  aii-entnii.  in  Fan.piiei' :  .\pple  I'le  K'idgc  o^- 
\\  inche.-ter.  I'"redcrick  County:  WOodlawn.  in  Faii'fax.  and  (ioo>e  Ci-eek.  in 
Loudoun.  Pushing  westward,  .lackscai  Moiillil\  Meeting  \\a-  -et  up  in  eiiber 
Hampshire  or  llarri.-on.  while  Hush  Creek  and  Hack  Creek  Prep.i  i;ii  i\  e  Meeimus 
find  place  in  Hampshire.  The  ri'coriU  of  ibe>,.  nieeiing<  simw  llie  dismissal  of 
scores  of  (Quakers  for  the  back  parts  of  N'irginia  and  xkui  Inr  di-iani  Ohio.  The 
(Quakers  were  good  cili/.cns.  and  the  Ibonghtful  historian  i-  led  to  ask  wbv  they 
Hlumld  leiive  so  fair  a  country  a-  \'irginia  for  the  wilderness  to  the  we.-i  ?  The 
answer  is  to  he  found  in  the  spirit  of  the  np'.  ;iml  noi  in  llie  p.cii  I  ninl  le-  <d'  the 
\'irgininns  or  of  the  <.»iiakers.  That  spirit  was  emiiieiiilv  imirlial.  and  Imnnl 
no  excuse  for  a  .M'l  of  people  who  refused  to  bear  amis.  In  ! 'eiiii-\  Kania  a  number 
of  promim-nt  Quaki-rs  were  seize. I  by  the  authorities  ami  bmii-bed  to  Wincliester, 
Va.  In  HJ."»0  the  House  (d"  Hnrgesses  of  \'irginia  passed  a  law  n\'  more  than 
ordinary  severity.  DurinLT  Eonl  Dnnmoiv's  War  and  afterwards  during  tbe  KN-vo- 
lutionarv  War  the  IclmI   and   -ocial   status  of  the  (^)uakers  in    \"irginia   \\a>   alm<wf 


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execrable.  They  refused  to  Ix'iii-  arms  and  to  pay  taxes  to  carry  on  a  war.  Their 
estates  were  confiscated  vi rider  Ic^^al  warrant,  and  they  looked  to  the  great  West 
foi-  relief.  S|)(;cuhitors  took  advantage  of  the  law  to  gain  by  stealth  what  had 
cost  the  thrifty  Quakers  years  of  diligent  effort  to  obtain.  Warlike  glory  was  in 
the  air  everywhere,  and  the  partisans  of  non-resistance  fell  into  disrepute.  The 
Quakers  were  eager  to  leave,  and  the  Virginians  were  glad  to  see  them  go.  It  is 
not  an  easy  matter  to  pass  judgment  on  either  party.  In  many  essential  points 
each  was  wrong,  l)ut  it  is  certain  that  as  the  age  was  constituted  neither  party 
could  have  done  other  than  it  did.  But  the  historian,  as  he  views  the  trend  of 
affairs  through  the  centuries,  cannot  avoid  the  conclusion  that  in  the  long  run 
Virginia  lost  more  than  did  the  Quakers.  Thrift,  honor,  honesty  and  enterprise 
are  qualities  that  a  State  can  ill  afford  to  lose,  and  that  these  qualities  belonged  to 
the  Quakers  of  Virginia  is  beyond  all  controversy.  We  shall  see  some  of  these 
Quakers  of  Virginia  trans|)lanted  to  Ohio,  where  their  thrift  and  enterprise  changed 
tliat  vast  solitude  into  centers  of  civilization  and  refinement. 

Levi  Sbinn  was  the  pioneer  of  the  westward  movement,  so  far  as  the  family 
of  Shinn  was  connected  with  it.  The  records  do  not  disclose  the  place  of  his 
marriage,  his   wife's    name   nor  his  dismissal    from   any  Xcw  Jersey  meeting  of 


HOUSE    OF    LEVI    SHINN,   1778. 

Friends.  Neither  do  the  records  show  when  he  reached  Hopewell  nor  how  long 
he  remained  there.  Tradition  and  the  records  say  that  he  lived  for  awhile  on  Apple 
Pie  Ridge,  in  Frederick  County,  Va.,  where  others  of  the  family  and  others  ±rom 
New  Jersev  had  taken  residence.  In  1778  we  find  him  in  Harrison  County,  \  a 
hlazing  with  his  ax  the  domain  which  was  to  be  his  under  '^  Tomahawk  Kiglit,  and 
near  wliich  the  town  of  Shinnston  now  stands.     The  accompanying  picture  shows 

the  log  house  built  1)V  him  at  this  time.  ^t-     n        •  x-         -c  ^i 

After  thi.  he  returned  to  Hopewell  for  his  family.  His  description  of  the 
county  so  pleased  his  friends  and  relatives  that  many  of  them  determined  to  move 
Some  time  durino-  the  rear  inO  Levi,  with  his  famil.y  his  brother  Clement  and 
his  familv,  his  cousin  Benjamin  and  family  viz.,  Samuel,  Isaac,  Amy  and  Luc^^^^^^^ 
Shinn,  and  some  of  the  Clarks,  Antrims,  Earls,  Drakes,  Herberts  and  otheis  set 
mat  fo  Harrison  County.  Arriving  there,  they  took  up  such  lamls  as  pleased  them, 
and  be-an  their  imin-ovement.  Levi  Shinn  had  already  made  h.s  selection.  Clem- 
ent located     n  Middle   Creek,  about  one  mile  from  where  Shmnston   was  after- 


i:{-.'  HiSTouv  OF  Tin:  Shinx  Family  in*  Europk  Axn  America 

wardb  laid  out.  Lsaat-  Sliiun  went  al.out  >ix  miles  away  iind  chose  a  location  ou 
Simpson's  Creek,  wjiilc  Samuel  Shinn  made  a  selection  on  Ten-Mile  Creek,  about  . 
fifteen  miles  awav.  Ch-aring  and  liouseliuildin^^  kept  them  busy,  and  the  Indians 
troubled  them  so"  frequently  as  to  make  them  forofet  their  peaceable  doctrines  and 
fight  for  their  lives.  The"  necessity  for  a  fort  soon  ])resented  itself,  and  upon  a 
prominent  location  about  three  miles  away  they  erected  a  stockade.  They  were 
pleased  with  their  settlement,  however,  and  sent  word  back  to  Hopewell  and  to 
New  Jerivy  inviting  other  friends  and  relatives  to  jniii  lliem  in  the  West. 

The  family  record  din-loses  six  sons  of  Clement  and  Elizabeth  (Webb)  Shinn. 
Two  of  these.  Peter  and  Solomon,  remained  in  New  Jersey  until  a  later  period, 
when  they,  too.  removed  to  the  West.  The  traditions  and  family  records  agree  that 
Levi,  Jonathan  and  Clement  married  in  New  Jersey  at  or  near  Salem.  Levi  Shinn 
married  Elizabeth  Smith.  K;.':  Clement  Shinn  married  ]^Ith  Bates  in  ITT^ ; 
Jonathan  Shinn  married  ,Marv  Clark.  1:T8.  The  Hopewell  Kecord  shows  that 
David  Shinn  presented  a  certificate  from  Mt.  Holly,  dated  8,  5/1790,  and  lodged  it 
at  Hojtewell.  Frederick  County.  \:i..  1/3/1791.  This  certificate  names  Samuel, 
David  and  John  as  children  of  J)avid  Shinn.  but  does  not  refer  \n  Ids  wife.  His 
marriage  in  New  .Jersey  is  thus  proved,  but  1  cannot  give  tlu'  mime  of  his  wife. 
David  and  Jonathan  were  twin  brothers.  Keferring  to  Mt.  Holly  Minutes, 
7/8/1 790,  we  fiiul  this  note:  '*  David  Shinn  sends  an  acknowledgment  for  bearing 
arms  and  marrying  by  a  hireling  jtriest.  which  was  accepted  and  a  certificate  of 
removal  to  Hopewell  Monthly  .Meeting  (Virginia)  granted."  The  minute  also 
contains  the  words.  "  where  he  had  long  resided,"'  and  shows  that  he  had  been 
in  Virginia  for  a  nund)er  of  years.  Whether  the  "bearing  arms''  referred  to  the 
Revolutionary  War,  J  cannot  say,  but  the  family  have  always  claimed  that  David 
was  a  lievfdulionary  soldier,  and  his  son  was  a  distinguished  soldit'r  from  Virginia 
in  the  War  (»f  isr^,  besides  being  a  noted  militia  olhcer  in  Hampsliire  County. 
David  lived  a  most  exemi)lary  lile  arici'  liis  settlemcni  -ii  Hopewell.  His  home 
was  in  llainp^bire  Cuunfy.  and  tbe  ])arti(ular  meeting  to  which  he  belonged  was 
Btyled  ''  Middh'  Creek."  liis  niime  Irecpiently  ap))ears  upon  the  Hopewell  Alinutes 
upo!i  important  coiiiniitlees.  ;iiid  <iii  S/G/1792  tliat  meeting  made  him  an  elder. 
In  reading  these  minutes  flie  nanu's  Branson.  Shreeve  Stratton.  Wright,  Fenton. 
Earl,  Antrim  and  Lupfon  snggest  the  fancy  that  you  are  not  at  Hopewell,  A^'a., 
but  back  at  .Mt.  Holly  and  Hurlingfon.  David  died  in  ISl.")  in  Hampshire  County. 
leaving  a  will,  dated  ;{/7/l<Sl."».  and  jtrobated  4/17/181.").  ll  names  Samuel  and 
Lytha  as  children,  son-in-law  SainncI  r.ii-liy.  mid  direct-  lii-  pi'o|icity  to  be  divid(^d 
among  all  his  ehildreii.     Wilr  Mary. 

Cliildren  of  |)a\id  .iihI    .M;ir\    ( )    Sliimi. 

4K2.  Ill  Samuel   Sliiiin.   1).   A/22/\lH{;:    m.    1811.   Fairfax   CoinUy.   Va. 

•18:{.  Ci)  David  Shinn.  U.   17SS;   m.  Mary  Shinn  at  P'airfax.  Va.,  4/— /l^'"- 

•I84  C?)  Jolin  Shinn.  1).  1790;   m.  Mary  Dalby.  Hoi)owel!.  Va..  10/5/1810. 

4S5.  (4)  I.ydia  Shinn.  I».   IT'.tfi;    ni.  Aniasa  Shinn.   Hopewell.  Va..  12/7/1820. 

4Kn.  (f.)  .Mary  Siiinn.  1>    I7:i4;   m.  Capl.  .Joel   Reese.   Hopewell,  Va..  8/4/1S14. 

487.  (6)  ICHlher  Shinn,  1».  5/— /17!>:{;  m.  Samuel  Busby,  Hopewell,  Va..  12/!)/l«l■5• 
CIenlent  Shinn  does  not  a|i|ieiir  on  any  of  the  records,  and  was  coideid  to  live 

an  ob.-eure  life.  H(!  was  in  Harrison  County  as  early  as  ITin.  with  a  wife  aiul 
children.  H<'  took  up  a  farm  near  wliere  Sliiimston  now  stands,  cleared  it  and 
lived  ujion  it  until  he  died.  His  adventures  willi  ilic  Indi.ins  would  be  interesting. 
but  hi-  did  not  eominit  tlieni  to  writing,  and  bis  descendants  li:ive  nothing  but  the 
tra<lilions  eommoii  to  pioneer  life.  His  children  are  taken  fi-oiu  the  familv  Bible 
and  their  marriages  from  the  court    moidv  df  Harrison  County. 

( 'Inldrrii  (if  Clement   ;ind   K'nili    (Hates)    Shinn. 

488.  (II  .JoKcph  Shinn.  b.  ;>/2:V177.'i;   ni.  .Mary  .Malhis  in  Virginia.  7/:V1800. 

489.  (2)   Mosps  Shinn.  h.  2/10/1770:   m.  Sarah  Kyle,  4/5/17J»;t.  in  Virginia. 


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49(».     (■.'>)   Daniel  Shinn,  b.  1/10/1781;   m.  Mary  Whiteman,  ISUl 

491.  (4)    Hepzibah    Shinn,   b.    4/25/1784;    m.  Levi   Shinn,   7/2/1800 

492.  (.J)   Clement  Shinn,  b.  11/24/178G;  m.  Lueretia  Shinn,  1808. 

4'.K',.     (G)   Edward   Shinn.  b.  1788;   m.  Hannah  Shinn.  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Agnes 

(Dralcei  Shinn. 
4:>4.      (7)   Keuben   Shinn,   h.  9/26/1780;   married. 

495.  (8)   Asrhah  Shinn,  b.  1792;  m.  David  Earl. 

496.  (9)   Samuel  .Jonathan  Shinn,  b.   10/7/1793;  ob.  sine  proli 

497.  (10)   Eli  Shinn.  b.  1797. 

I.cvi  Sliiiiii  lived  and  died  near  Shinn.ston,  W.  \'a.  He  married  in  New  Jersey, 
and  .several  of  lii.<  cliilrlren  were  born  in  that  State.  He  was  born  in  1748,  and 
married  Klizabdb  Smitli  in  n?2.  He  was  a  Virginia  pioneer,  and  suffered  the 
usual  hardships,  lie  i.<  buried  near  Shinn.«ton.  and  his  descendants  point  out  his 
grave. 

Cbiblicii  of  Levi  and  i^]lizal)etii  (Smith)   Shinn. 

498.  (1)   (Mement  Shinn,  b.  177:1.  in  New  Jersey;   m.  Mary  Thompson,  in  Virginia 

1794. 

499.  (2)    Solomon  Shinn,  b.  1775;   m.  Walmsley;    (2)   Mary  Ann  Kirksey. 

500.  Ci)    Sarah  Shinn,  b.  1777;  m.  Dire  Waldo. 

5(H.  (4)  Anna  Shinn,  b.  1780;  m.  Jonathan  Whiteman. 

502.  (5)  Aaron  Shinn.  b.  1782;   m.  Mary  Pig^ott,  5/23/1811. 

503.  (0)  Levi   Shinn    b.   17S3;    m.  Sarah  McDole,  1816. 

504.  (7)  Elizabeth   Shinn.   b.    1785;    m.  Joseph   Wilson,   1838. 

505.  (8)  Moses   Shinn,   b.    .5/21/1791;    m.    (1»    Esther  Busby;    (2)    Elizabeth   Hall: 

(3)  Mary  Irvin. 

506.  (9)    Isaiah  Shinn,  b.  5/14/1794;  m.  Nancy  Robey,  4/17/1816. 

Jonathan  Shinn  was  Imrn  in  Xew  Jersey,  and  married  ^Mary  Clark,  in  that 
State.  On  ')/?  ImS;  lie  produced  a  certillcate  at  Hopewell,  Va.,  from  Burlington 
Monthly  Meeting,  dated  8/7/178(5.  His  wife  appears  to  have  been  dead  at  that 
time.  On  12/1/1788  he  was  di.sowjied  at  Hopewell  for  marrying  out  of  meeting. 
He  never  made  acknowledgments,  but  his  wife,  Mary,  on  6/2/1792,  sent  a  very 
touching  paper  ii>  Hopewell  .Mci-ting,  which  is  here  produced,  that  the  reader  may 
form  an  estimate  of  the  woman  who  reared,  as  stepmother,  Asa  Shinn,  one  of 
the  greatest  ])reachers  that  ^lethodism  has  prodticed,  and  a  thinker  worthy  of 
any  ag»»  or  clime.     The  following  i>  ^Fary  (Edwards)  Shinn"s  acknowledgment: 

"  Whereas  I  have  had  my  birthright  and  education  among  Friends,  but  for  want 
of  due  regard  to  the  manifestation  of  truth  in  my  heart  hath  so  given  way  to  the 
lemptntion  of  the  enemy,  as  to  brin.g  sorrow  to  myself  and  disgrace  on  the  society,  and 
for  which  I  was  justly  disowned;  and  from  my — sense  of  sorrow  do  desire  that  Friends 
may  pass  by  my  misconduct  and — receive  me  under  their  Christian  care  as  my  future 
conduct    may  deserve.  (Signed.)  MARY  SHINN." 

The  ste})mother  has  been  derided  in  all  climes  and  in  every  age,  but  the 
woman  who  cotild  pen  such  an  acknowledgment  merits  universal  praise.  Jonathan 
Shinn  made  a  wise  selection,  and  his  children,  whether  by  the  iirst  or  by  the 
second  inarriage.  had  a  wise  and  safe  counselor  in  Mary  Shinn.  The  stepmother 
had  two  of  her  husl)and"s  first  children  to  foster  and  educate.  These  two  boys, 
Levi  and'  Asa,  inherited  religious  inclinations,  and  Mary  Shinn  was  a  proper 
person  to  foster  the  inheritance.    Much  sport  has  also  been  made  of  the  backwoods,^ 

•Why  has  the  United  States  taken  a  leading  position  in  inventive  genius?  May 
not  this  bent  of  mind  owe  its  existence  to  our  backwoods  life?  Doddridge  has  truly  said: 
•'  Every  family  was  under  the  necessity  of  doing  everything  for  itself."  Did  they 
need  mills?  They  invented  the  hominy  block  and  hand  mill.  When  the  toil  of  pounding 
the  grain  became  excessive  they  invented  the  sweep.  And  in  Greenbrier  County  these 
sweeps  were  soon  turned  into  pounding  saltpeter  into  gunpowder.  And  what  better 
utensil  was  ever  made  for  soft  corn  than  the  backwoods  grater?  Then  came  their 
tub  mills,  with  sifters  of  deer  skin  stretched  over  a  hoop  and  perforated  with  a  hot 
wire.  They  made  their  own  looms,  and  were  always  improving  them.  They  were 
tanners,  and  the  substitutes  they  were  compelled  to  use  for  the  regular  tanning  formula 
quickened  their  inventive  power.  They  were  tailors  and  shoemakers,  and  the  shifts 
they  were  put  to  when  a  lack  of  materials  or  tools  presented  itself  kept   their  minds 


134  HisTOBY  OF  TttE  Shixn  Family  IX  EuHori:  and  America 

but  ill  thi.s  liltlc  llarri:«uii  County  tabiii  there  was  ilie  refinement  that  comes  from 
subdued  desires,  and  its  occupants  were  models  in  purity  of  life  and  elevatecl 
thought.  From  this  rude  hut  went  the  man — Asa  Shinn — who  was  to  charm  vast 
audiencfjs  in  (.'ineinnati.  Pittshur^'.  Philadelphia  and  Haltimore  with  his  charming 
manners  and  jtolished  oratory,  and  who  was  to  <lKiin  the  thought  of  ehurehmen 
everj'where  with  his  jirofouml  sermons  and  jiuhlished  reasoning. 

Jonatlian  had  moved  to  Harrison  Coutity  prior  to  Ins  disowiiment  and  pur- 
eliased  a  farm  where  Shihnston  now  stands.  Although  disowned  by  Friends,  he 
was  a  fJod-fcaring  man,  and  his  wife  was  an  earnest  Friend.  His  house  was  open 
to  traveling  preachers  al,  all  times,  ami  the  Hible  was  an  o]>en  book  in  his  house. 
Two  of  liis  sons,  T>evi  and  Asa,  became  Mc^thodists  at  a  very  earW  age,  and  both 
l>ecame  preacliers.  T^evi  lacked  the  ability  •>("  Asa.  but  was  a  great  pioneer  preacher 
in  \'irgiT:ia  and  t)hi(».     Asa  becanw  a  famous  man  aiid  belonged  to  the  world. 

('bibli'cn  of  .loiial  lian  and  Mary   (I'lark)  Sliinii. 

507.  (1)   l.fvi  Shinn,  1j.  ri/W/MlH,  in  New  Jersey;   m.  Hepzibah  Shiuu.  his  cousin, 

at    Shinnslon.  Va..  7/1/1800. 

508.  i'l)   Asa    Shinn.    ]).    1781.    in    New    .Jersey;    m.    (1)    Phebe    Barnes,    in    Wood 

County.  Va.:    (2)   .Mary  Bennins^ton  Gibson,  at  Pittsbiu'g.  Pa. 
fjO't.     (.•;»    Ann  Sliinn.  b.  1 7X:^ ;   ni.  IJaniel   Whitoman.  4/11/1799. 
5J0.     (4)   .lonaihan   Sliinn.   b    17.S.'>;    oi>.   sine  proli. 

511.  (^)    KUvaheth  Shinn.   h.    17S7:    m.   Samuel   Clark,  1/18/1807. 

Cjiildren  of  donatban  and  .M.ii-y   (  I'M  wards )  Shinn. 

512.  (1)      <;.  Amasa  Shii'ii.  h.   1789;   ni.  his  cousin.  Lydia  Shinn,  12/7/1820. 
.'■)i:!      i2(      7.   Ruth   Shinn.  1..   I7;tl;   ni.  William   Harey. 

514.  CJ)     S.   Hannah  Shinn.  b.  17!t:!:   m.  her  cousin,  David  Shinn,  4/— /1800. 

515.  (4)     9.  Sarah  Shinn.  b.   17!h;:   m.  Earl. 

17(J.     Hi;.\jA.\ii.\   doNES   (4). — di:AN'  Aikin^on    Ci),  Saraji    Siii.w    (2). 

John  (1). 

Benjamin  .lones,  son  of  I'.cn  j.miin  ami  .Saiah  (Atkinson)  Jones,  was  born 
in  IJurlington  (bounty,  N.  .1.,  in  \'ris.  and  was  married  in  1740  to  Elizabeth 
Carter.     I  biuc  oidy  found  one  ebibl,  but  tlici'c  mav  have  b.'cn  more. 

Childrrn  id'  llcnjamiii  and    t]Ii/alicl  li    (Carter)  Jones. 

516.  (1)    Sarah  .lones  (5).  who  married  U/.  (launi.  son  of  Zcbuloii.     llcr  descendants 

were: 
517  Ml    Samuel  Gaunl   (6),  who  married  Hannah,  <laughter  of  Aden  Atkinson, 

and  had  .\den.  Sarah.  .Job.  Mercy,  Israel.  Ridsway  and  Walter. 
525.  (2)    Renjaniin  (launl  (fi).  who  married  Susan,  daughter  of  .lohn  Stokes,  and 

bad    lOli/.abelh,    Lctuisa,    I'/..   Asher.   Susan.    I>'i;ml<lin,    Cliarh's,    .Anna. 

lienjainin   and    Nathan. 

538.  CJ)    Israel  (;annl    ((!);   ob.  unmarried. 

539.  (4)    Hannah  Caunt    {(',).  marri(>(l   Asa  Shinn.  and   had  Sarah  Gaunt. 

542  (5(    iO'lsha  Gainil    (<I(,  marrird   Dru.sella.  dau.uliler  of  Simeon  Norcross,  and 

had  {..ewis.  Sophia,  .John  F..  William.  .Mail  in  and  Caroline. 

54:J  (»))    Lewis  Gaiuil    (C),  ob.   sini!  ])roli,    is:;4. 

544.  (7)   .lefferson  Gaunt   (ti).  marrii'd  .Mary,  daughter  of  .Joseph  Harrison,  and 

had  Theodore.  ICdwanl.  .Josephine,  William.  Lewis,  Frederick,  Ella. 
I'-    I'liiribiis  and    fnia. 

I7h.     xNao.mi   111 -II  ^    til.      I.'uw  i.wii  ()wi:\   (;! ),  M  \i;iii  \  Sii  I  \  \   cM.donN   (1). 

Nnomi.  daughter  of  IJi.wland  and  Prudence  (i'oucll)  Owen,  upon  reaching 
the  nge  of  wnnuinbood,  married  Isaac  liusby  in  New  Jersey,  aiul  had  (he  following 
childn-n :      Waehel,    i'rudence,    Mary,    Isaac,    ^lartha.   .loseph    and    Pebecca.      The 

alert  tip«in  llno«  which  favored  mechanical  iiiveiiiioii.  Doddridge  truly  says:  "The 
Htato  of  H4»rloty  wliirh  existed  in  our  country  at  an  early  period  of  Us  settlement  was 
wpII  rnlrulnted  to  call   into  action  every  native  mechanical  genius." 


Fourth  Generatiox. 


135 


fifth  child,  Martha  Busby,  married  Smith  Bell,  son  of  Thomas  and  Thamer  (Smith) 
Bell,  of  Delaware,  and  had  children — Sarah,  Hiram,  Smith,  Mary,  Kobert  and 
Martha.  'I'hc  .second  child,  Pliram  Bell,  was  a  prominent  man  in  Columbiana  County 
(Jliio,  and  was  at  one  time  Commi.s.^ioner  of  the  county.  He  married  Martha  Freed, 
daughter  of  George  Freed,  5/30/1849,  and  had  Sydney,  Lewis,  Kaomi,  Eebecca, 
Elizabeth,  Mulford.  Anna.  (Mifton  and  Norman.  (See  Chapman's  "History  of 
Vermillion  County,  Illinois/'  p.  575.) 

180.      (Ie'Sehxl    Isaiah    Siiinn    (5). — Joseph    (4).    George    (3),    Johk    (2), 

JOHX   (1). 

Isaiah  Shinn,  .second  son  of  Joseph  and  Ann  Sydonia  (Shivers)  Shinn,  born 
Decembci-  15th.  1704,  at  Pilesgrove,  X.  J. ;  died  July  25th,  1822;  married,  Januar}^, 
1788,  Elizalx'tb.  (liuii^litrr  df  .Toscpli  .Iciiks,  born  October  21st,  1768,  and  died  De- 


GEN.  ISAIAH  SHINN. 

cember  4th,  182;  ;  prominent  in  Salem  County;  Justice  ot  Qnnvtcv^er^i<yns,ive- 
nx^oui\^■  nominated  for  high  sherilf:  Commander  of  the  ^ew  Jersey  Militia  in  1«|^' 
his  commissum  and  epaulettes  are  in  the  possession  of  his  g^^^^H.^^^^ J,^/' .^^^^^^ 
Woodnutt  Clawson.     The  following  were  children  of  Isaiah  and  Elizabeth  (Jenks) 

Shinn  :^ r  •  tT 

-    -^,e,e  <,a,es.  «c..  ^,e  ,aU.n  (ron,  *ecjd  family  BU,.eo,  Isaiah  Shm^^^ 
and  sold  bv  Isaac  Collins.  Trenton.  N.  J.,  MDCCXC.     P"*;^^,^,,fi'''"°^''4^=„_ .    „iso  the 
the  death  of  Elizabeth   Shlnn   was  In  X^^-'^IS^S^foiTu  Zok^iZn^e^'H^^^^ 
;:rh'-°'a'l;reri^,r„frae'h?-  S^Tj^'S'^^s^n  states  that  Hannah  Shinn  was  Anna 
Svdonia  Shivers,  daughter  of  Samuel  Shivers. 


l.'ifi  History  of  the  Shix.v  Family  ix  Europe  axd  America 

60o.     Ill   Joseph  Shinn.  1».  November  17.  1788:  ob.  August  31.  1795. 

604.  (2)   William    Jenks    Shinn.    b.    September    2.    1790;     m.    Margaret    CarpenteV 

Woodnmt.  February  13.  1817. 

605.  (3)  Maria  Shinn.  b.  March  22.  1792;  ob.  October  16,  1793. 

606.  (4)  Eliza  Shinn.  b.  October  10.  1794;  ob.  October  20,  1797. 

6U7.  (5)   Chariot!.-  Shinn.  b.  August  19.  1796;   m.  Israel  R.  Clawson.  12/6/1815. 

60S.  oi)   Samuel  Shivers  Shinn.  h.  October  IS.  1798;  ob.  January  17.  1828. 

609.  (7)   Jenks  Shinn,  b.  June   l'..   liHn):   ob.  April  9.  1802. 

610.  (8»  Joseph  Jenks  Shinn.  h.  .January  1.  1803;   ob.  July  31.  1803. 

184.    S.vMiKi.  SiiiNN  (.')).  -.\.M OS  (4).  Geohgi;  (o).  John  (2).  John  (1). 

Samuel  .Shinn,  son  of  Ani<).<  and  Ann  (Carter)  Shiim.  was  born  in  Burlington 
County,  New  Jersey,  llis  early  life  i.s  obscure,  but  he  projects  himself  into  authentic 
history  in  1777,  when  the  following  minute  was  made  a!  Mt.  Holly  Monthly 
Meeting:  '' Saniurl  Sliinn.  son  of  Anios.  wa-;  roportcMl  fnr  1 1'.iiiiiiii:-  in  llio  military 
service  and  foi-  marrying  a  woman  that  is  iii>l  of  luir  oiilcr  and  fiu'  neglect  of 
attendance  upon  meetings,  the  irutli  of  wliidi  lie  ;i(kiin\\  Icdgcd."  .StrikiM-.  in  Ids 
list  of  Revolutionary  soldiers  of  New  Jersey,  names  Buddcll  Slunn  and  Vincent 
Shinn.  His  sih'uce  as  to  Samuel,  sou  of  Amos,  is  not  to  be  tak(M\  as  a  negative. 
There  were  many  .soldiers  in  tlic  Ivevolutionary  Army  llial  have  failed  to  be 
recorded,  and  Samuel  Shinn  lielongs  to  that  numljer.  If  there  was  any  one  thing 
for  which  I-'riends  stood,  it  was  the  sinfulness  of  bearing  arms,  and  when  they 
deliberately  note  u])on  their  minutes  that  Samuel  Shinn  had  been  training  in  the 
militia,  and  tlu-n  di.sown  him  (as  they  did  on  11/9/11^7),  it  is  conclusive  evidence 
that  he  was  a  .soldier.  He  a|)pears  to  have  been  a  cooper,  and  to  have  married 
FJizabcth  Starkey  in  17()(I.  After  the  war  he  went  to  ridkidelphia,  where  he  plied 
his  trade  i'ov  awhilr.  when  be  rcnioxiMl  to  A'iiiccntown.  wlicn'  he  died. 

C'hildren  ol  Sjiinu.d  ;ind    l'di/.;d)i'i]i    (Starkey)    Shinn. 

576.  (1)   Anio.s  Shinn.  b.   I'tiS. 

577.  (2)   Nathan  (or  Nathanielj   Shinn  b.  ITTu;    m.   (\)  i\lari;aret  Baxter,  4/6/1797; 

(2)  Hannah  Doren,  3/2/1800;    (3)  Mrs.  Annie  Lippincott,  nee  Warren. 
57S.     (.".)   Samuel  Sliinn.  b,  1772. 
.'i79.      (1»    (Jeor.ge  Shinn.   h.    1771i. 

\Si\.       ZlI.I-II.V    SlIIXN    (.'•).  —  .\M()S    (  1  ).   eiKOKLIK    (;>),. loiIN    (2).JoHN     (1). 

/ilpha.  daugliter  of  Amos  and  Ann  (Carter)  Shinn,  v.as  born  in  1747.  She 
married  according  to  Friends'  rites,  at  Evesham  M(mtlily  .Meeting,  in  October,  1775, 
Caleb,  sen  of  Nathaniel  ami  Mary  (Kngle)  Idiipinrdt  (.  Caleb  was  a  widower, 
bavitig  married  Ann  V'inacond)  in  I'f.  I.  nnd  li\cd  ;ii  I  l.^ddMnlield.  to  which  place 
'/ilpha  l((ok  a  removal  (x'rtilicalc  I'ldni  l'l\r>li;iin  in  d;inn.ii\.  lilli.  .\sn  Mallack, 
in  bis  Memoirs,  notes  the  second   ninri'iagc  and  i:i\c-  I  lie   iMilowiug  children: 

('liildren  <A'  Caleb  and  Zilpha   (Shinn)    Lipiunctiit. 

580.  (1)   Ann  Lippincott;  oh.  sine  inoli.     (2)   Caleb  I.,ippine()ll.  ob.  .sine  proli. 

581.  C!)  .loKhua  i.ippincoli.  b.  1780;  m.  Jane  Moore. 

582.  (4>   (Irace   l,ippi?icolt  ;    ob.   sint<  proli. 

187.     A.M()s  Siii.NN  (;')).— .\m()s  (  1 ).  Ckohch  (3).  John  ('2).  John  (1). 

.\nio.-.  iiflb  child  of  .\ino>  and  Ann  (Cart<'r)  Shinn.  married  Ann  Cunning- 
bam  in   17(><i.     Tile  following  i-  a  li-t  <d'  bis  cbildicn.  so  lar  a-   I   have  been  enabled 

to  find  them  : 

595.  (1  )   Ann   Shinn. 

596.  (2)    William  Shinn. 

.597  t.T)  CurtlH  Shinn.  who  married  in  Hurlinglon  County,  N.  .1..  ami  luid  one  son, 
Owen  Lonis  Shinn.  b.  ;;/2/l.*<17 ;  m.,  :!/l(i/ls;;;t.  Sarah  I'ancoast  TTeav- 
land.  ami  had  one  child.  Frederick*  Shinn,  b.  t;/2/1S42.  who  married 
Ann  Slater  MeCabe,  5/15/186(;.  and   bad  cliildiNMi : 

.".'•s  111   Cr'orge   Shinn;    ob.   infans. 


Fourth  Generation.  i;^7 

599.  (2)   Edgar  Shinn:    ob.  infans. 

600.  {/,)   Clara  Shinn;  ob.  unmarried. 
('>(tL  (i)   Helen   Matilda   Shinn;    m.  Mr.   McCabe. 

(5)   Owen  Louis  Shinn;    b.  7/30/1871;   m.  Edith  May  Stringer,  11/9/1897 
and   had   Eleanor  Anna  Shinn,  b.  7/20/1900. 


602 


li>0. 


EsAi.is  Sjiinx  (-,).— Joiix  (4).  George  (3).  John  (2),  John  (1). 


Esaias  Sliiiin  (otIicrwiH-  J>aiali),  second  child  of  John  and  Lydia  (Carter) 
Shinn,  wa.s  honi  0/14/1745;  died  in  vita  patrk  2/16/1791.  (Mt.  Holly  Kecords.) 
He  married  IIaiina]i  liranan  according  to  Friends'  rite  in  1771,  and  had  the  follow- 
ing de.«c<-n(la!i(s.      (Hiirlington  and  Mt.  Holly  Ficcords  and  John's  Will)  • 

1.  Lydia  Shinn  (6);  b.  2/16/1772;  ob.  unmarried. 

2.  Sarah  Shinn   (6);   b.  12/16/1773;    10/— /1794. 

3.  Moses  Shinn  (6);  b.  3/4/1775;  m.  Hester  Devault.  6/11/1799. 

4.  Abigail  Shinn  (6):  b.  5/15/1777;  ob.  2/14/1807. 

r>.  Esaias  Shinn  (6);   b.  12/20/1778;  m.  Mary  Gaskell,  3/17/1800. 

6.  Miriam  Sliiiin   (6);   b.  3/20/1782. 

7.  Aaron  Shinn    (6);   b.  3/2«)/i782;  ob.  8/28/1805. 

8.  Hannah  Shinn  (6);   b.  12/28/1785;  m.  —  Page,  1807. 

9.  Elijah  Shinn:   b.  3/10/1789;   ob.  3/3/1807. 

Of  fhcM'  chihlren  I  have  only  the  following  notes:  Hannah,  the  mother, 
ask-cd  Mt.  Holly,  in  K!i;;.  for  a  certificate  of  removal  for  her  son  Moses  to  Evesham, 
which  was  granted.  .Mo.^^es  is  named  in  his  grandfather's  will,  and  Burlington 
County  marriage  regi.-^tors  show  his  marriage.  He  was  a  shoemaker;  moved  to 
Fhiladeiphia  in  ISO.!.  mikI  wa.-  at  work  there  in  1806.  Burlington  Minutes  show 
that  .Miigail  ami  Hannah  had  heen  residing  in  Philadelphia,  and  that  they 
|)lace(l  their  ccrlilicates  of  removal  with  Burlington  in  May,  1805.  Burlington 
and  Mt.  Holly  registers  agree  upon  the  date  of  Ahigail's  death.  Burlington 
.\Hmit{fs  show  that  Hannah  was  disowned  in  the  8th  month.  1807.  for  marrying  out 
of  meeting,  giving  her  hnshand's  name  as  ahove. 

Fsaias  is  nanu-il  in  his  grandfathers  will,  and  Burlington  County  records 
show  his  marriage.  ^Hriam  was  disowned  at  Evesham  in  1801.  Of  the  land  in 
Virginia  he(|ueathcd  l>y  the  grandfather,  John,  to  his  "grandsons  Esaias,  Moses, 
Aaron  and  l-llijah.  sons  of  his  son  Esaias/'  I  know  nothing.  It  was  sold,  in  all 
jtrohahilily,  hy  tiie  heirs,  as  I  find  no  family  in  Virginia  tracing  its  pedigree  to 
any  of  these  <hildren.  The  descendants  of  Moses,  Esaias  and  Hannah  are  in 
South  Jersey  <>!■  IMiiladelphia,  htit  I  have  not  found  any  of  them.  I  have  addressed 
many  Shinns  iu)W  living  in  Salem  County  and  in  Philadelphia,  who  are  not  placed 
in  this  genealogy,  hut  from  indisposition,  churlishness,  cupidity,  ignorance  or 
some  other  cause,  have  not  l)een  answered.  Some  of  these  may  be  the  descendants  of 
these  three  marriages.  If  so.  1  have  given  them  an  easy  starting  place  for  their 
researches,  as  well  as  a  pungent  introduction  to  their  other  kinsmen. 

10;5.     .loiiN   SiiiNx  (5).— John  (4),  George  (3).  John  (2),  John  (1). 

.h)hn  Shinn,  son  of  John  and  Lydia  (Carter)  Shinn.  v,as  born  in. Burlington 
County,  5  30  1754.  (Alt.  Holly  Record  of  Births  and  Deaths.)  Being  a  yoimg 
man  of  some  spirit  ami  of  a  generous  nature,  he  frequently  transgressed  the 
church  rules,  and  was  once  reprimanded  for  dissipation.  He  made  an  open 
acknowledgment  and  was  forgiven.  In  his  seventeenth  year  he  made  application 
to  Burlington  Monthly  fleeting  for  a  certificate  to  Evesham  on  account  of  mar- 
riage, which,  after  deliberation,  was  granted.  But  as  there  is  no  record  at  Evesham 
of  the  marriage,  and  as  the  family  have  no  minute  of  it,  it  is  presumable  that 
it  never  occurred.  He  may  have  changed  his  mind,  or  the  young  woman  may 
liave  changed  hers ;  at  all  events,  the  records  and  tradition  say  nothing  further 
of  the  mai-riage.  In  1771  he  was  granted  a  certificate  of  removal  to  Chesterfield 
Monthly  Meeting  from  Burlington.  (Burlington  Minutes,  7/1/1771;  Chesterfield 
Minutes.   5  ^^   KM.)      He  remained  at  Chesterfield  until   1778,  when  he  took  a 


i:{s  IIisToijv  or  'liii:  .'^iiinn   I'a.mii.v  in  EiHorE  and  America 

certilk-atc-  to  .Mt.  Ildlv.  (Clifsti'rHfkl  Minute,  lT7f<:  Mi.  Il"llv  Mmutc,  1/6/1779). 
During  lli^^  ivtiidum-f  at  C'licsterfii'hl.  in  the  year  IV, o,  he  was  married  to  Martha 
J^arker.  as  is  disclosed  bv  the  marriage  license  record  at  Trenton.  Tlie  minutes  of 
Clicsterlicld  arc  .-ilcnt  npon  the  (question  ol'  this  marriage.  Jlc  may  have  inarried 
with  the  usual  formality  of  Friends:  or  he  may  have  made  acknowledgments  after- 
wards. Certain  it  is  that  he  was  in  good  standing  in  17 7 S.  when  lie  was  dismissed 
to  Mt.  J  lolly,  which  cluirch  nr)t  oidy  received  him.  hnt  ke])t  ;i  recoi'd  of  his  childnm, 
who  are  recorded   as  f(»llo\\s: 

Childri-n  of  -loini  Shinn.  dr.  mul   Martha   (  I'arkei-j    Sliinii. 

1.  Klizal)eth  Shinn;  b.  l/:;0/177r.. 

2.  .Miriam  Shinn:  b.  10/7/1777. 
:;.  Elli.s  Shinn:   1).  11/19/1779. 
4.  Daniel  Shinn:  b.  ll/:j(i/1781. 

Martha  mnst  have  died  in  \'i^\  oi-  i;,s-.'.  i'oi-  in  1  ^s:i  liic  cliiiracteristie  minute 
was  made  in  Mt.  llollv  Minutes:  "  .Inlm  Shinn.  .Ir..  i-e|Hii-ie(|  I'nv  marrying  out 
of  meeting"  and  "neglecting  attendaui-c  upon  iiieeling.'~."  dohu  made  the  usual 
acknowledgments,  and  was  retained  in  the  fold.  From  this  lime  on  he  viewed  life 
with  ditferent  eyes.  lie  lieianie  steady  and  eminently  u<eruL  His  second  wife 
was  from  the  Evesham  neigld)oi-hood,  and  his  sphere  of  religious  activity  dates 
from  h\<  n-moval  to  Upper  J^vesham  fleeting.  In  isoo  he  was  placed  upon  com- 
mittees, and  in  1S04  was  sent  to  Quarterly  Meeting.  Jn  ISO^.  at  Upper  Evesham, 
he  was  recommemled  l»y  his  hi'ethrcn  for  the  ministry.^  (Upjjcr  Evesham" M.  M., 
Kec.  lSOO-1-7.)  For  years  he  had  heen  a  patient  teacher  of  children  in  the 
schools  of  the  neighhorhood.  Ahout  1800  Fi'ionds  liuiH  a  schoolhouse  near  New 
lli>pewell.  on  the  old  l']gg  llarhor  road.  The  chihlicn  helonged  in  part  to  the 
districts  'r;in>hoi'o  and  Fnnip  l)i-;iiich.  ('iiniden  ('imnty.  N.  J.  Its  size  was 
lhirty-si.\:  by  eighteen,  and  the  \'w>\  leachci-  was  .loim  Shinn.  In  December,  1807, 
he  and  Samuel  Leidy.  .Ii..  were  j'elcaseil  lo  p;iy  a  \isit  lo  I  he  l-riends  in  Salem 
(Quarterly  .Meeting.  l<'rom  this  visit  follo\ve(l  the  niigiali.)n  of  many  of  his  chil- 
dren to  Salem  County. 

In  .\pril.  ISII.  John  Shinn.  .Tr..  was  again  released  to  visit  Salem,  and  in 
Septendjcr  he  was  sent  to  Little  l^gg  lliii'bor,  Bass  IJiver,  liarnegat  and  thereaway. 
In  LSI."!  we  lind  him  at  I'hiladelphia  and  Abingdon  (^)uarterly  ^IcM'ting.  dust  when 
he  moved  to  iJerlin.  Camden  Comity,  is  not  known,  hut  there  he  !i\-ed  for  many 
years,  teaching  school  as  a  regular  occuj)ation  and  pdi'oi'miiig  the  sacred  duties  of 
a  Friends  miinster  as  the  spirit  and  the  rtdes  ol'  the  xuiety  .-ugi;e-led  and  re(iuired. 
He  died  about  IS'jO,  universally  n-.-peclcd  lor  hi>  cliaraeler  and  wcn-ks.  and  was 
buried  in  .New  Hopewell  graveyai'il.  Daniel.  hi>  yoiingol  chihl  h\  llie  llrst  mar- 
riage, followeil  his  footsle])S.  ami  aillhi'rd  In  llic  (^)uake|-  lailh.  (Sec  sketch  of 
Datnel  Shinn.)  His  children  by  the  second  mairiagr  wmr  Mar\.  ("aleh.  doab,  Asa. 
dobn.  IJacbel.  .Mary  .\nn  and  Lydia.  'rhr--r  and  Danul  all  nunid  id  I'ike  Countw 
Illinois,  and  identified  themselves  peiinanenlh  with  ihe  ginwlh  ami  ile\e|opmcnt 
of  that  great  State. 

Children  of  John  and    Maitlia    (I'aikei'j    Sliinn. 

V>2\.      (I)    KM /.a  1)1  •111   Sl:iiin    (•;).    b.    1/:;(t/17T(;.   who   iiianied   in    New   .Jersey. 
rt22.      (L'l    .Miriam  Shinn   ((.i.  b.   10/7/1777:   d.  at   .MtMllor.i. 
fi'j:'..      C'.i    Kills  Shinn   H<).  b.   1 1 /1})/I77!t :   ob.  sine   iiroli. 


'In  a  i>o|Milar  hlHlory  of  IbirlinKton  Connty  tlie  lollowins  language  occurs:  "  Eliza- 
beth Co'lins  was  the  tinnisler  at  the  time  of  the  orL;aiii/,a(ion  of  the  society  at  Upper 
Kvesiiam.  or  Medfonl.  In  17r»9.  Other  preachers  soon  followed,  amonj;  whom  was  .John 
Sliinn."  (HlH).  Hnr.  Co..  p.  MiG.)  This  shows  how  history  is  written.  Evesham  held 
llH  first  nieellnj;  in  17fio.  Uppor  Evesham,  or  Alodford.  or  Shinnston.  or  Nebo  held  its 
lirsl  meeting:  in  1794.  .lohn  Shinn  did  not  follow  Elizabeth  Collins.  She  ineachod  for 
Evesham  and  hi-  for  l'i)i)er  Evesham.  He  was  made  a  minister  by  t  iiper  Evesham,  and 
was;  .1  cliil.i  ..(•  tlijii   cbnrcli.     (Upper  Evesham  Minutes,  Vol.  I.) 


Fourth  Generation.  i:)'.! 

624.  (4)   Daniel  Shinn  (6),  b.  11/30/1781;  m.  in  Gloucester  (now  Caindenj  County, 

N.  J..  Mary  Racket,  1806. 

Children  of  John  and  Mary  ( )  Shinn. 

625.  (5)   Caleb  Shinn  (6j. 

626.  (6)  Joab  Shinn  (6),  to  Illinois  in  1830,  and  settled  in  New  Salem  Township. 

627.  (7 J   Asa  Shinn   (6),  moved  to  Illinois,  where  he  married  and  reared  a  family. 

628.  (8)  John  S'hiun  (6),  b.  17H0;  m.  Rebecca  Lippincott. 

629.  (9)   Rachel  Shinn  (6),  b.  1792;  married  and  reared  a  family. 

630.  (10>   Mary  Ann  Shinn  (6).  b.  1794;  married  and  reared  a  family. 

631.  (11)   Lydia  Shinn  (6),  b.  1796;  married  in  New  .Jersey. 

201.  Curtis  Siiinn  (.j). — George  (4),  George  (3),  John  (2),  John  (1). 

Curtis  Avas  of  a  wandering  nature,  and  had  a  tempestuous  life.  The  civil 
records  of  Bnrliii^^ton  County  .show  that  he  married  in  li??,  while  the  British 
and  American  armies  were  striving  for  supremacy  in  Xew  Jersey.  He  married 
Ann  Merriott.  'J'lie  Friends  Society  was  almost  on  the  verge  of  dissolution  at  this 
time  on  account  of  the  calamity  of  war.  Mt.  Holly  w^as  in  turn  held  hy  hoth  British 
and  Americans,  and  the  younger  (Quakers  were  tiring  of  the  yolicy  of  non-resistance. 
They  were  looked  upon  with  suspicion  by  both  sides  because  of  their  conscientious 
scruples  against  bearing  arms.  In  the  year  1777  many  of  the  younger  men  joined 
the  army,  and  anu>ng  tliem  was  Curtis  Shinn.  In  June,  1777,  the  Friends 
ap})()inted  Samuel  Shinn,  son  of  Francis,  with  others,  to  devise  some  plan  to 
present  the  truth  dearly  and  to  say  what  was  best  for  the  good  of  the  members. 
The  result  is  not  known.  In  1786  Curtis  Shinn  asked  to  be  received  into  mem- 
bership at  ]\It.  Holly  for  himself  and  children.  The  committee  made  a  report 
that  "  there  appeared  to  be  something  hopeful  in  him,  but  let  his  request  rest  for 
the  |»resent."'  His  wife,  Anna,  was  then,  and  continued  to  be.  a  member  at  Mt. 
Holly.  She  was  born  9/5/1758,  lived  at  Mt.  Hollv.  died  10/15/1824,  and  was 
buried  at  the  Afonnt.  Where  and  when  Curtis  died  is  not  known,  nor  have  I  been 
enabled  to  fiml  all  \\\>  children.  Jane  Shinn  died  in  1824.  leaving  a  will,  which 
recites  that  she  is  a  daughter  of  Curtis  and  Anna  Shinn,  and  mentions  brothers  and 
sisters,  but  does  n<il  mime  them.     (Burlington  Co.  Wills,  Liber  C,  p.  458.) 

Children  of  Curtis  and  Anna   (Merriott)   Shinn. 
58:;.     (1)   Jane  Shinn;  ob.  sine  proli,  cum  testamentum. 

202.  John  Siiinn  (5).— George  (4),  George  (3),  John  (2),  John  (1). 

The  date  of  John's  birth  and  marriage  is  lost  to  mankind,  as  far  as  my  inves- 
tigations lead.  He  married  Jane  Herbert  in  Burlington  County.  He  was  a 
distiller,  and  lived  near  Georgetown,  X.  J.  He  was  not  athliated  prominently 
with  the  Friends,  and  does  not  appear  upon  their  records,  and  the  records  of  other 
cluirches  at  that  date  are  not  very  helpful  to  a  student  of  genealogy.  The  records 
and  traditions  of  the  familv  enable  me  to  give  the  followinu'  list  of  children: 

584.  (1)   Sarah  Shinn.  who  married  William  Nutt;  ob.  sine  proli. 

585.  (2)   Nancv  Shinn.  who  married  Anthony  Logan. 

586.  (3)   John"shinn.  b.  12/8/1785;  m.  Elizabeth  Asay,  11/1/1809. 

587.  (4)   Benjamin  Shinn,  who  married  Sarah  Burtis;  ob.  sine  proli. 

588.  (5)   William  Shinn.  who  married  Elizabeth  Reed. 

589.  (6)  Joseph  Shinn.  w^ho  married  Catherine  Burtis.  7/5/1812. 

590.  (7)   Curtis  Shinn;   ob.  unmarried. 

205.     George  Shinn  (5).— George  (4),  George  (3),  John  (2),  John  (1). 

George  seventh  child  of  George  and  Sarah  (Owen)  Shinn,  was  boiii  about 
17fil.   and  iuarried  in   Burlington 'County,  a  woman   whose  Christian  name  was 


UO  HiSTOKY    OF   THE    SlIIXX    FaMII.V    IX    EUKOPE    AXI)    AMERICA 

Charity,     ik-r  MinKiiiic  i>  niiknnun.     lie  was  a  farmer  in  Springfield  Township, 

and  left  four  chihlrcn: 

591.  (1)   John   Shinn.   b.   180(t;    m.   Elizabeth   Anderson.   12/27/1823. 

592.  c:)   Sarah  Shinn.  b.  12/6/lS(il:   m.  James  Read.  7/7/1825. 

593.  (")   Elizabeth  Shinn:   m.  .John  B.  Thompson. 
r.fi4.     (4)   (ieorge  Shinn. 

2U7.     Sakaii  Shinn-  (o).— Az.utiAii  (4).  Gi-okge  (3),  John  (2),  John  (1). 

Sarnli  Sliimi.  <lau<rhtor  of  Azariah  and  Saiaii  (ilaiiics)  Shinn.  born  in 
Gloucester  i-ounty.  X.  .1.:  member  of  the  Haddniilnlii  Monthly  Meeting  of 
Friend.^.  On  ihc"  I'.'tli  of  the  8th  month  she  aii<1  David  Wan-,  son  of  John  Ware, 
<if  Sah-m.  dcchinMl  iheir  intentions  of  marriage  the  liist  tinu'  liefore  the  lladdon- 
lield  Meeting.  On  the  !»th  of  the  next  month  they  appeared  the  second  time,  and 
on  the  ]l>th  of  the  T.'th  month  the  maniage  wa>  ivpoi'ted  hack  as  accomplished 
in  an  orderly  maimer.  It  occurred  cm  the  i;;ili  nf  ilie  IMli  iiinntli.  1T82,  and  the 
eertilicate  is  leeorded.  The  oidy  u  itiu.-st',-  of  llie  nniiie  Shiuii  were  Sarah,  lier 
motiier,  and  Martlia.  lier  sister.  (Iladdonfiehl  Moiiildy  Meeting  Record.)  In  the 
11th  month  she  took  a  certificate  of  removal  tn  Salem.  (  Iliid..  — .)  David  Ware 
inherited  a  fine  farm  in  Salem  County,  whicli  he  sohl  shortly  alter  his  marriage 
and  removed  to  Darby.  Pa.,  where  he  died.  (Shourd"s  "  History  of  Fenwick  Col- 
ony."') 

Children  of  Daxid  and  Sarali    (Shinn)    Ware. 

g:'.2.     (1)   Sarah  Ware;  m.  Aaron  Ashbridge. 

2\\.     ZiHi-.ij  SiiiNN  (."i).— IiiiAit  (4),  Joshua  (3),  doiix  (•2),  John  (1). 

Ziber  (spelled  Ziha.  Ziljer  and  Zihah)  Shinn,  son  of  I'riali  and  Eelx'cea 
(Kidgway)  Shinn.  was  \>nn\  1/13/1777,  was  married  12/24/1800  in  Burlington 
C(»unfy.  "X.  J.,  to  Klizaheth.  daughter  of  Uoliert  and  Mary  Colkitt.  The  fatnily 
IJilile  spells  (he  name  Colkitt,  l)Ut  llie  jnarriai:^'  license  record  at  lUii-lington  spells 
it  Cleutt. 

I  take  it  tiial  the  family  record  is  more  worthy  of  credence  than  is  the  mar- 
riage license  record.  Zilta  lived  and  died  neai'  Ifetreat.  Burlington  County.  He 
was  a  prominent  niendjcr  of  the  Jiaptist  Chui'ch  al  X'iiicentown.'  I']lizal)eth  died 
in  1830,  leaving  a  will,  dated  n/1/1830.  (Burlington  WilU.  Liher  D.  p.  '2-?!).)  She 
iiuMitions  her  own  son  Isaac  jiiid  Allen,  mui  of  \]ry  iu'diliei-  Smiinel.  Ziha  died  in 
1H31.  leaving  a  will.  If  names  daughter  .Mai'v.  wife  id'  Tlmmas  Leichworth;  son 
Richard,  daughter  Webecca.  dauglilcr  Islizaliel h.  wife  id'  Isaac  \\'eri-ell.  and  grand- 
daughter (.'amelia  Shinn.     llu>liaiid  ;iiid  wife  arc  Imried  al    ^' iiicrnlnw  ii. 

('hildren   of  Ziha    ;iiid    td  i/.ahcl  h    (('nlkill)    Shinn. 

Colt.      (1)    Isaac   Sliinn.  b.  4/:!/lS(iI;    iii.    Frances   \'au,:;bn.    11^,  1    1S2.'>. 

fi.'M.     (2»    .Mary  Shliui.  b.  8/4/180:}:    iii    'iliomas  Letctiworlh,  and   had   one  daughter, 

al   least,  who  married   .Mark   Hranin.  of  Ml.  Holly.  N.  .1. 
fi.'ir).      C!)    Uichard  Shiiui.  b.    Hi/ 1/ ISO.",;    m.   ICIi/.a   Hunlord. 
C'tn.      (4)    Sannicl  Shinn.  b.   12/4/1807;   oli.  imtnarriecl. 
G:t7.     (5)   Sarah  Shinn;   b.  2/5/1811. 
fi.lS.     (';»   ZIba   Shinn.  b.    i2/y/18i:!:    in.    Ilanuali    ICsl.'lle,  al    X'iiiceiuown,   N.  .1..   and 

ba<l  on<'  daiiuhlcr.  Convdia.  who  dii-d   unmarried. 
fi:',!t.      (Tt    Utdiccca  Shinn.  b.  :'.   17/181(1;    nnmai-ried:    lived   al    l'hiladeli)hia.   I'a..   lo  a 

very  <d(l   a^e. 
t;4d.      (S>    Elizabeth  Shinn.  b.  7/9/1818;   m.  Isa'nli   Worrell. 
f.41.      (;•»    llaniuih   Sliiiui.   b.   !»/9/l822. 
642.  (10)   Ilnlh  Shinn.  b.  10/11/1826. 


'DiHmiHHcd    from    reniberlon    Haptist   Church    to    tonii    N'iiucuiown    Baptist   Chin-ch. 
Soplombor  19.  18.?  4. 


Fourth  Generation.  141 

ai3.     LvDiA  SiiixN  (.J).— L'uiAii  (4),  Joshua  (3),  John  (3),  John  (1). 

Lydia  Sliinn,  daughter  of  Uriah  and  Eebecca  (Ridgcway)  Shinu,  born 
1775;  mari'icd  in  her  sixteonth  year.  She  resided  at  Evesham,  and  was 
H  momher  of  the  Baptist  Church.  She  had  one  daughter,  Miriam,  born  1793, 
who  died  nniMarried  3/17/1868  at  Moorestown,  X.  J.,  and  was  buried  in  the  Baptist 
cemetery.  Tbis  yrtung  lady  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church  at  Evesham,  N.  J., 
and  in  I83r).  wbcn  the  family  moved  to  Moorestown,  she  prevailed  upon  Rev. 
Peter  Powell,  ol'  liurlington,  to  conduct  a  meeting  at  that  place.  This  meeting 
resulted  in  the  formation  of  an  Independent  Baptist  Church.  Miriam  attached 
herself  to  the  ucw  organization,  as  did  her  cousin  Isaac,  and  Amv,  his  wife.  In 
December.  ]h;{;.  Mi.-s  Miriam,  with  Ann  Creely,  Hannah  Walker,  Mary  Hewlings, 
Mary  Shinn  (her  cousin  by  marriage),  Martha  Jones,  Elizabeth  Wisham  and  Eliza- 
beth Wright,  formed  a  "  Female  Mite  Society,"  which  met  regularly  to  devise 
ways  and  means  for  the  betterment  of  the  church  and  the  relief  of  the  needy. 
This  was  one  of  the  first  organizations  of  this  kind  in  New  Jersey  history.  Miriam 
lived  to  be  seventy-five  years  of  ago,  and  was  always  an  active,  consistent  Christian. 

21^).     ]!SAA(;  SjiiN.v  (5). — Uriah  (4),  Joshua  (3),  John  (2),  John  (1). 

Isaac  Sbinn.  son  of  T'riah  and  Rebecca  (Ridgeway)  Shinn,  born  6/7/1779; 
married.  2/4  1  I  HO."),  Martha  Jones.  (Burlington  County  Marriage  Licenses.)  The 
marriage  certificate,  as  sot  out  in  an  old  family  Bible  at  Haddonfield,  is  a  depart- 
ure from  the  ])onderous  documents  of  the  Friends,  and  is  printed  in  full:  '•'To 
nil  whom  it  mav  coiu'crn :  This  may  certify  that  Isaac  Shinn  and  Martha  Jones 
by  tlu'ir  own  mutual  consent  are  lawfully  married  together.  Witness  February  14, 
1805,  Alex.  M.  (4roard.''  I  suppose  the  latter  was  a  civil  officer,  authorized  to 
solemnize  nuirriages,  collect  fees,  and  make  short  records.  This  marriage  was  a 
hap})V  one.  nnd  fruitful  of  children  sound  in  mind  and  body.  Martha  died 
3/34/1832  iind  ls;iac  7/20/18GU.  being  four  score  and  one.  He  lived  at  Moores- 
town. 

Cbildren  of  Isaac  and  Martha  (Jones)  Shinn. 

G43.     tl)    AIUmi  Shinn.  b.  9/25/1805;    m.  Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  William  and  Han- 
nah .]ones. 
614.     (2)   Isaac  Shinn.  b.  2/18/1807;  m.  Amy  King. 
645      (:•.)   (Jideon  H.  Shinn.  b.  12/26/1808;  m.  and  lived  to  be  an  octogenarian. 

646.  (4)    lirias  Shinn,  b.  7/8/1812;   m.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Mary 

Bispham.  10/7/18:^2,  Gloucester  County,  N.  J. 

647.  (5)   Charles    P.    Shinn.    b.    3/10/1814;    m.    Margaret    Green;    ob.,    12/17/1845, 

childless. 

648.  (6)   William  Hooten  Shinn,  b.  1/30/1816;   m.   Sarah  Wolfe. 

649  (7)    Martha  Shinn,  b.  12/15/1818;  m.  John  Armstrong;  ob.,  3/24/1832,  childless. 

650.  (S)   Miles  .J.  Shinn,  b.  10/3/1820;  m.  Annie  C,  daughter  of  Thomas  Newman, 

9/18/1849.  Richmond,  Ind. 

6.^1  (9)   .Joseph  H.  Shinn,  b.  6/30/1822;  m.  Louisa  Kreuger. 

652  (10)   Emeline  Shinn.  b.  9/17/1824;  ob.  sine  proli,  5/8/1846. 

653  (11)   Benjamin  H.  Shinn.  b.  11/6/1827;   ob.  12/2/1827.  ,  ^   ,, 

654  (I'l  James  S.  Shinn.  b.  10/21/1829;  m.  Mary  S.,  daughter  of  Godfrey  and  Ann 

Hancock.  10/21/1852,  Camden,  N.  J. 

217.     Henry  Shinn  (5).— Henry  (4),  Caleb  (3),  John  (3),  John  (1). 

Henrv.  son  of  Henrv  and  Ann   (Fort)   Shinn,  born  1781;    married  Hannah 

Warner,  of  Tuckahoe,  X."  J.,  where  he  lived  for  many  years   engaged  m  teaming; 

moved  to  Ohio,  but  did  not  like  the  new  country;  .returned  to  Wmslow,  N    J  ; 

purchased  a  farm  and  lived  upon  it  until  his  death,  m  April,  1858.     The  chddi.n 

"""^^'sS      11)    Ann  Shinn  (6),  b.  1801,  in  New  Jersey;  m.  James  Southard,  and  had  one 
child.  Mary,  who  married  a  Mr.  Rhubart. 


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659. 

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662. 

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14-.'  Hi.sTouv  OF  Tin:  Siiixx  Family  ix  Europe  and  America 

656.  (2)  Solomon  Shinn  (6).  b.  ISIO.  in  New  Jersey;  in.  Margaret  Ann  Miller,  in 
Pennsylvania,  at  Cumberland  Furnace,  1833;  she  was  born  at  Hagers- 
town.  Md..  in  1817,  and  died  8/31/1902;  moved  to  Quincy,  111.,  7/4/1852; 
died  there  December.  181)1:   his  children  were: 

.John  Shinn  (7),  b.  Oak  Grove,  Pa..  1834;  ob.  unmarried. 

Ann  Shiiin   (7).  b.  Oak  Grove.  Pa..  1S36. 

Sarah    .lane    Shinn    (7).    b.    at    Dillstown,    Pa.,    1838;    m.    William    H. 

Winters,  of  Quincy,  ill. 
Mary  Shinn  (7).  b.  at  Dillstown.  Pa.,  1840. 
Matilda  Shinn   (7).  b.  Dillstown.  Pa..  1842. 

William   H.   Shinn    (7).   b.   Cumberland   County,    Pa.,   1844;    reared   in 
Quincy,    111.;    superintendent  Channon   Emery   Stove   Co.;    married. 
1868,  Harriet,  daughter  of  Andrew  Wood,  and  a  relative  of  ex-Gov- 
ernor Wood,  of  Illinois;    and  had  children: 
«6:;.  (1)   Anna    Ma.v    Shinn     (St:    m.    William    Eull,    insurance    agent,    at 

Quincy.  II!. 
»;<;4.  (2)   Fannie    Shinn    (8):    m.    Wilfred    Amburn,    general    agent    Wells- 

Fargo  Express  Co.,  Oelwein.  Iowa. 

665.  (3)   Sadie   Shinn    (8);    m.  E.    Percy   Brown,   druggist,   at  Quincy,   111.. 

666.  and  had  one  child,  Edwin  Brown  (9),  b.  1899. 

667.  (4)  Alva  Shinn  (8). 

66S.  (7)   Charles  W.  Shinn  (7),  b.  9/20/1845;   m.  Mary  M.  Burrows,  of  Hanni- 

bal. Mo.,  4/:5/1884,  a  traveling  salesman  for  the  Quincy  Stove  Manu- 
facturing Company:    formerly   Superintendent  Bonnet-Nance    Stove 
(Company.     Had  children: 
669  670.  (1)  Charles  Thomas  Shinn  (8);    (2)  John  Cabot  Shinn  (8). 

671.  (8)   Margaret  Shinn  (7),  b.  1847. 

672.  (9)   A  babe  died  al.  birth  (7). 

673.  (10)   John  C.  Shinn  (7),  b.  1850. 

11,  12,  13.  14  and  15  died  at  birth  (7). 

679.  (16)   Addie  F.  Shinn,  b.  1860;  m.,  1876,  at  Quincy,  111.,  Joseph  P.  Johnson. 

680.  (:',)   I-:iizab('ih  Shinn  ((1),  b.  in  New  Jersey;  m.  Enoch  Mason,  in  Ohio. 

6X1.  (  n  Joseph  Shinn  (<l),  b.  in  New  Jersey;  m.  Margaret  Shiles,  in  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  lived  for  several  years;  returned  to  New  Jersey  and  took  up 
his  residence  at  Winslow;  purchased  a  farm  in  Salem  County,  where 
he  remained  until  his  death.     Children: 

682.  (1)   Ann    Shinn    (7);    m.    (1>   ;    (2)    Richard  Farnsworth.     One   child, 

683.  William,  by  first  wife,  took  his  mothers  maiden  name,  and  married 

Annie  B .     William  died,  leaving  his  wife  and  one  child,  who 

reside  at   Newfield.   N.   J. 

684.  (5)  Jason  Shinn  (6),  b.  in  New  Jersey;   m.  Susan  Wiltsee,  of  Winslow,  N.  J. 

He  was  a  glass  workman,  and   lived  alternately  in  Pennsylvania  and 
New  Jersey,  as  his  business  required. 

685.  (6)   Charles  Shinn   (6);  ob.  unmarried. 

r^^l.     Hannah   Sminn    (.")). — I acoi;  (i|.,l\(()ij  (;;).. Ioiin    cij-Joiix   (I). 

Ilaiiiiiili,  eldest  cliild  oJ' .liicdii  iiinl  Ihiiiiiah  (Fentoii)  Shinn.  hdrn  ri  12/1778; 
married  Diiiiicl  Kiirl  l/lO/l'IitS.  Mr  was  the  son  of  'raiiton  and  Mary  (Haines) 
Karl:  TaiittMi  \vav\  was  a  son  of  'I'liunias  and  .Marv  (Crispin)  \v,\v\  :  Mary  (Cris- 
|)iii)  l*;arl  was  a  daii^ilitcr  of  Silas  and  Maiy  ( Slocklon-Siiinii)  Crispin.  Daniel 
Karl  wa-  in  tlic  sixth  ^.^eiicrat ion  Ironi  K'alph  I'^ari,  tlu;  unigrani.  Daniel  and 
Hannah  lived  in  l'hiladrl|.hia,  l»a.     Hannah  died  1 /•>(;/] 85;?.     Children  of  Daniel 

and  Hannah  (Shinn)  Karl  were: 

686.  (1)    ICllzabflli    Earl.  b.   9/10/1798;    m.   William   B.  Hei)i)ar(l. 

687.  (2)   Abii;ail   lOarl.   b.  9/Ht/1798:    unniarrit'd. 

688.  C!)   Caroline  Earl,  b.  .V29/1X0();    m.  llobert    Smith. 

689.  (4)   Mary  Earl.  b.  6/27/1802;   ob.  1/8/1817. 

690.  (5)    Hannah  F.  Earl.  b.   l/'4/1805;   m.  George  Farr. 


V  V  .■  . 


l-;i.i/Aiu:iii  SiiiNN  (o). — ,1  \(()i;  (  I).,Ia(()|{  (;5),  Jojix  (•.'),. John  (1), 


Kli/aheth,  second  chilil  of  .Tacnh  ami  Hannah  (Kenton)  Shinn.  horn  3/20/ 
17H();  ni.  Dennis  Heard  Scitlcndx-r,  i.soi.  at  the  2nd  I'reshyterian  Cliureh,  Thila- 
«lelj)lna.  l*a. ;   his  father  was  an  Kngli.^li  sea  captain,  who  :;cttlcd  in  Xcw  England. 


FouKTH  Geni:i!atiox.  143 

Here  in  tli<;  Nilla*,'o  of  \ortli  Branfc^iU,  ('01111.,  Xovember  G,  1783,  Deiiuis  Heartt 
was  l)orii  •  aiipn-ntifod  in  n«3  to  Kead  &  Morse,  printers;  removed  to  Philadel- 
pliia,  Pa.,  and  hegaii  life  for  hiin.-olf;  wa.s  one  of  the  invited  guests  of  Robert 
Fulton  on  tlie  trial  trij)  of  the  "  Clermont,""  in  1807;  in  1810  commenced  the 
|iuldi<'afioii  of  tlic  I'll ihnfrlph In  Ht'ijertorij;  in  18'^0  migrated  to  Hillsboro,  IST.  C, 
and  on  Febniarv  •^Otli  issued  the  first  copy  of  the  HiUsborongh  Recorder.  By  in- 
doniitahje  energy  and  ((uistant  application  he  won  a  reputation  in  the  State  second 
to  none.  ''  He  iwver  .^elected  an  article  or  wrote  a  line  for  his  paper  which,  dying, 
he  could  \vi>h  to  Idot."'  As  a  man  he  was  ever  temperate,  honest,  above  suspicion, 
an<l  hahiliially  truthful.  For  many  years  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church; 
was  a  good  .sehohir  and  wrote  well;  he  generally  wrote  his  editorials  two  and 
even  three  linies  hefore  giving  them  to  the  press;  his  personality  was  seen  through 
tlie  columns  of  his  paper.  There  was  never  a  time  when,  in  spirit,  the  Recorder 
was  not  Dennis  lleartt,  or  the  editor  the  living  soul  of  the  paper.  In  January,  1869, 
he  sold  his  paper  to  ('.  B.  an<l  'J\  ('.  Kvans;  from  the  Evans  men  the  Recorder 
passed  to  ( 'ol.  John  1 ).  ( 'aineron,  who  removed  the  paper  to  Durham,  the  name  being 
changed  to  Dinlnini  Rfcorder.  Jle  died  5/13/1870.  His  death  cast  a  gloom  over 
the  whole  town:  every  store,  even  the  saloons  and  shops,  were  closed  the  day  of 
his  funeial,  that  all  might  atteiul  it.  He  was  greatly  beloved  by  all  the  citizens 
of  Jliilshoro,  and  his  name  will  long  be  cherished  among  the  people  of  Orange 
(bounty.  Only  four  of  Mr.  IIeartt"s  children  lived  to  be  grown.  His  two  daughters 
never  married.  Leo  iuarrie<l  and  had  six  children;  now  only  two  sons  survive. 
Iildwin  married  and  had  four  ihildreii;  two  daughters  and  his  widow  are  still 
living.  Kliznh<'th  Heartt.  cmisort  of  Dennis  Heartt.  died  2/25/1825.  The  chil- 
dren were: 

r.fll.     (1)    l).-niiis  Hi-a:it   (i.).  b.  Philadelphia.  Pa.,  1/31/1808;  ob.  2/4/1808. 

M2.  (-M  Caroline^  Kli/.al)etli  Heartt  (ti).  b.  5/30/1809.  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  ob. 
unmarried 

(;93.  (:".)  Henrietta  Maria  Heartt  (6),  b.  4/1/1812.  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  ob.  un- 
married. 

r)94.  (4)  Leoiiold  KuRene  Heartt  (6),  b.  10/19/1814;  m.  Mary  Louisa  Cosby,  and 
luid  six  children  and  eleven  grandchildren. 

711       (f))    Kmiiy  .\ugusta  Heartt   (6).  b.  ;V16/1817;  ob.  iufans. 

712.  (fi)  Edwin  Adolphus  Heartt  (H).  b.  9/27/1819:  m.  Elizabeth  Wilson,  and  had 
lour  chihlren.  one  of  whom.  Mary,  married  a  son  of  Governor  Bragg. 

717.     (71    Emily  Augusta  Heartt  (6),  b.  Hillsboro,  Orange  County,  N.  C,  4/1/1822. 

71S  (.s)  William  .Augusius  Heartt  (6),  b.  Hillsboro.  N.  C,  10/2.3/1824;  ob.  May, 
is:?ti. 

2'v'5.      Lmua  SiiiNN   (.-)). — 1a(()1".  (i),  Jacob  (3),  Joiix  (3).  John  (1). 

Lvdia,  lil'th  child  ol"  .laeoh  and  Hannah  (Fenton)  Shinu,  born  1788,  in 
Spriniilield  Townshiji.  Burlington  Couutv,  X.  J.;  married  Joseph  Heppard,  of 
Philadeli.hia.  Pa. 

227.     Kkhixca  Siiixx  (5).— Jacob  (4),  Jacob  (3),  John  (2),  John  (1). 

Kebecca.  voungest  child  of  Jacob  and  Hannah  (Fenton)  Shinn,  born  1801,  in 
Springfiehl  Township,  Burlington  County,  X.  J. ;  her  mother  dying  when  she  was 
m  infancy,  she  went,  with  her  sister.  Elizabeth  Heartt,  to  Hillsboro,  X.  C.  where 
she  lived  "until  her  marriage,  in  1820  :  she  then  removed  to  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  where 
•she  passed  the  remainder  of  her  life,  dving  3/18/1874;  married  Charles,  son  of 
Isaac  and  :^rartha  (Berrvman)  Harbert  (b.  3/25/1799;  ob.  4/25/1884);  lumber 
merchant  at  Pliiladelphia.  Pa.     The  descendants  were: 

no.      (1)    Emma  Harlun't   (G).  b.  9  2/1822 ;  m.  May,  1840,  Jeremiah  Mayburry 
Brooks    drv  jjoods  commission  merchant,  Philadelphia.  Pa.,  and  had 
7->0  (1)   Elizabeth    B." Brooks    (7),    b.    2/5/1841;    m.,    4/7/1864,    William    Worrell 

Sloan    of  Philadelphia.  Pa.:  graduate  of  the  University  of  Pennsylva- 
nia:  Republican:   for  a  short  time  in  1862  went  to  the  front  with  the 


144  History  of  the  Shixx  Family  ix  Europe  axd  America 

Reserves;  belonged  lo  the  Hamilton  Rifles,  of  West  Philadelphia;  in 
the  cotton  busin'-ss  for  twenty-five  years;  though  a  Presbyterian, 
went  with  his  wife  to  the  Episcopal  Church  for  twenty-eight  years; 
was  elected  immediately  a  member  of  vestry  at  St.  Jf)hn.  Concord; 
when  he  moved  to  Philadelphia,  in  1874,  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  Trinity  vestry:  served  four  years  as  rector's  warden;  entered  into 
rest  in  1S!)7.     Children: 

721.  (1)   Caroline   Worrell   Sloan    (8).   b.   l/22/lS6<i:    m.   Thomas   Ellicott.   1884, 

who  died  1888.  leaving  one  daughter,  Elizabeth  Sloan  Ellicott;  she 
married  second  Horace  Clifton  Beitzel,  1896,  and  had  two  children — 
Caroline  Worrell  Beitzel,  b.  April,  1899,  and  Horace  Clifton  Beitzel. 
]>.  .Itme.  19(i(t 

722.  (2)   Charles    Brooks    Sloan    (8),    b.    ;3/26/18G9;    m.    .Jane    Bartram   Wilson, 

great-great-granddaughter  of  John  Bartram,  in  August,  1897,  and 
had  one  daughter.  Mary  Bartram  Sloan,  b.  December,  1898. 

723.  (.:}   Emma  Brooks  Sloan    (S).  b.  2/22/187:];    ni.   Samuel  B?bcock  Crowell, 

IS'.M.  and  had  three  children— ^William  Sloan  Crowek  ,  b.  1896;  Eliz- 
abeth Eyre  Crowell,  b.  1901;    Samuel  Babcock  Crowell.  b.  1902. 

724.  i4i    William  Herbert  Sloan  (8),  b.  12/G/1883. 

.Mi    except    Caroline    Worrell   were    born   in    Philadelphia.      All    the 
married  ones  are  living  in  West  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

725.  (2)   Charl.'S   Harberl   Brooks    (7),   b.   7/2/184:];    ob.   .June.   189:1;    m.,   6/6/1867, 

Fannie  Everly,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  and  had  children: 
726  727.  (1)    -Mary  D.  Brooks   (8):    (2)   Charles  Maybuiry  T^rooks    (8). 

728.  CI)    Elwood  Wilscm  Brooks  (8). 

729.  (3)    Emma    .Ma>liurry   Brooks   (7).  b.   9/9/184.5;    m..   6/4/1863.  William   Mellor, 

of  I'hilailelpliia.  Pa.  Children:  (1)  Emma  Brooks  Mellor,  (2)  May- 
biirry  Brooks  Mellor.  (3>  Martha  Mellor,  (4)  Gertrude  Mellor,  (5)  Ban- 
croft Mellor.  The  eldest  child,  Emma  Brooks  Mellor  (8).  b.  6/7/1864, 
m..  10/2/1885,  Albaiuis  Longstreth  S:uith.  and  had  three  children — 
Mavburry  Meilor  Smith.  Lloyd  Mellor  Smith.  Elizabeth  Pearsall 
Smith.  The  second  child,  Mayburry  Brooks  Mellor  (8),  b.  12/2/1865, 
m.  2/1/189:^,  in  Providence.  R.  I.,  Louise  Miller,  daughter  of  .John  B. 
Anthony,  and  Had  two  children — Be  Forest  Anthony  Mellor  and  Dtm- 
can  McLaren  Mellor.  The  third  child.  Cerlrude  Mellor  (8).  b. 
4/29/1869,  m..  5/11/1898,  Charles  Beamish,  and  tiad  one  child — Douglas 
Mellor  Beamish. 

741.  (4)    Sallie  Perot    Brooks    (7).  b.  10/8/1849. 

742.  (5)   Anna  Carver   Brooks   (7),  b.  ;V28/1854;    m.,  October.   1873.  Meredith  Bai- 

ley, of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  and  had  one  child — JMeredith  Bailey. 
744  (6)    Henry  Hudson  Brooks  (7),  b.  2/26/1856;   m.,  April,  1895,  Ada  Robertson, 

of  Chicago.  II!..  and  had  three  children — Adelaide  Robertson  Brooks. 
Beatrice  Brooks  and   .Mildred  Brooks. 

748.  (7)   Candinc  Elliott   Brooks  (7).  b.  12/23/1857. 

749.  (S)    Mary  Hartiow   Brooks,  b.  2/2/1862. 

;r.(l.      (?)    I'Mwin    lliirlicit    (d),   1).    ly^l;   iii.    (!)    .\.uii<-    Wiiilnini;    cn    liviK-    B. 

Sidiii  :    iiiovi'd  to  iNa.^hvillc,  'rcim..  mikI  lluii  lo   Unvlii'M.   W'i  soon  sin. 

ulicrc  lie  (lied:    cliildrcn  hy  llic  lir.-t  iiiiiri'iniic  wcic: 
T'.i  M»   f'harles  Harhert  (7),  wlio  liiarried  Anna  Page. 

CliiMri'ii  li\   llir  Sccdiiil  M;irria«i;e. 

IbZ.  1    iZ)    \'irgiMia    llarlicrt    (7).  who   married    lOdward   Wilson   Couper. 

753.  2  C.)  .lames  llarlicrt  (7),  b.  12/ll/l8t;s.  at  Nashville.  Tenn ;  moved  to  Bayfield, 
Wis.,  1871;  educated  at  Lake  I'^jresl  University,  Lake  Forest  111.,  and 
Macalester  College.  .Macalester.  Minn.:  in  the  fall  of  1888  moved  to 
St.  Paul,  Minn.,  where  he  was  engaged  in  various  business. enterprises 
until  fall  of  ISit9.  at  which  lime  he  m(.V(>d  to  Kalisi)ell.  Mont.,  and  has 
since  been  running  a  large  (lei)artmenl  store,  in  which  he  has  been 
very  successful;  Presbyterian;  Republican:  married  Ella  D.  Dorsey. 
of  SI.  Paid.  Minn.,  in  1893;  she  is  a  daughter  of  Robert  Allison  and 
.\nna  C.  Dor.sey;  on  March  12ih,  1887.  a  daughter — Dorris  D.  Harbert — 
was  born. 

^.'••l.      (;{)    Vir;:iiiia  Ilarlterl    ((>);  oli.  sole  in   linll  iiimie.  .M'l. 

tnr^.      (\)    Alnrlhn    l'.err\iiiaii    Ihirl.ert     ((i).    I.    ()/M/lS:]n 
ISnO.  Henrv  ('lav  Sinilli.  "\'  ( iioi-clnw  n.  I).  ( '. 


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FOUKTII    (jiEXEEATIOX.  147 

AM.,  ill  .iamiarv,  IHHr,.  On  the  day  that  Martha  married  Mr.  Smith, 
her  .<istor,  Laura,  married  John  MeLoud,  making  a  double  wedding 
in  the  househrdd.     Chihlren: 

756.  (1)   Rebecca  Harbert.  Smith   (7);    m.  John  Hillen  Jenkins,  and  had  two  chil- 

dren— Elsie   Hillen   Jenkins  and  Henry   Clay  Smith  Jenkins. 

7.',7.  (2)   Emma  Brooks  Smith   (7);   m.   (1)  Wesley  Albert  Tucker;    (2)  John  Pem- 

berton  Pleasants. 

758.  (".)   MarKaretra    Smith    (7);    m.    Carter   G.,   son   of  Joab    Osburn,   of  Loudon 

County,  Va.;  he  was  bom  in  Bluemont,  Loudon  County,  Va.;  cashier 
Farmers'  and  Merchants'  Bank,  Baltimore,  Md.     Children: 

759  7«0.  (1)   Carter  Cibson  Osburn  (8);    (2)  Margaretta  Norton  Osburn  (8). 

7()1.      ('))    Cliarh's  Jlarln-rt   ((i):  oh.  young. 

':^•>'^.  (<;)  I|,.|,.n  Ilarhert  ((J),  b'.  1834;  m.  Johnty  Jenivs  and  removed  to  St.  Paul. 
.Minn.:  .^hc  died  at  Phihadelphia,  Pa.,  a  few  years  after  her  marriage, 
h'aving  no  cliildrcn. 

'<i-''.  (')  l-iiira  I'ottcr  Harhcrl  ((i).  It.  1837;  in.  Joliu  MeLoud  and  removed  to 
St.   Tjiid.  Minn.,  where  she  has  since  resided. 

;(;j.  (>;)  Isaat  Dulheld  ]lari»ert  (G),  h.  1840;  m.  Anna  Kirkbride  at  the  Church 
of  the  Jloly  Trinitv,  IMiihidclphia,  Pa.,  10/20/1870;  they  have  always 
lived  in  JMiihidel])hia  and  suburbs;  now  reside  at  Overbrook.  He 
was  a  nu'nd)er  of  the  firm  Harbert,  Eussell  &  Co.,  lumber  merchants, 
nntil  lS!»o.  wlu'ii  he  retired  from  business.  He  has  always  been  a 
licpublican.  and  attended  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church.  They 
lad  four  diihlren : 

7ti.").  (It    Helen   Kirkliride  Harbert   (7),  b.  10/9/1871;    m.  George  Gale  Brooke,  of 

Radnor.  Pa..  9/28/1891;  she  died  3/20/1902,  leaving  four  children: 

7«;«;.  (1)    Helen   Harbert   Brooke   (8),  b.  10/9/1892. 

767.  (2)    Lewis  Trimble  Brooke  (8),  b.  3/24/1896. 

7G8.  C!)   Constance  Gale  Brooke  (8),  b.  12/5/1897. 

769.  (41    G.-orse  Gale  Brooke.  Jr.,  b.  3/20/1899. 

77(».  (2)    .Maiy  Kirkitride  Harbert  (7),  b.  3/24/1873. 

77 L  CD   Charles  Harbert  (7).  b.  12/19/1874. 

772.  (4)    Howard  Percival  Harbert  (7),  b.  1/2/1877. 

:r3.      (!•)    Howard  llarlMTi   ((i)  ;  d.  of  vellow  fever. 

774.  (10)    Percival  Harbert  (6)  ;  ob.  infans. 

775.  (11)    Klizabetli  Harbert   (G)  ;  ob.  infans. 

77G.  (P.»)  Marv  IJ..bcrts  Harl)ert  (G):  m..  10/1.5'18:4,  Kingston  Goddard  Whe- 
U\\.  in  IMiihidelpiiia,  Pa.,  and  have  since  resided  there;  he  was  born 
in  l*hihidol|iliia,  10/5/1851 ;  son  of  the  late  Townsend  Whelen,  of  tlie 
111  in  of  Townsend  Wluden  Co.,  one  of  the  oldest  banking  firms  in  Phil- 
adelphia: hi-  eut(>red  Harvard,  1870,  and  graduated  as  a  civil  eu- 
giiuvr:  later  he  adopted  the  profession  of  expert  accountant;  member 
of  First  Regiment,  Pa.  Veteran  Corps;  Eepublican;  both  he  and  his 
wife  are  members  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church.  The  Wlielen 
t'aniilv  have  for  many  years  been  prominent  in  Philadelphia  society. 
(Als()  of  roval  descent.  See  ""Americans  of  Eoyal  Descent,'*'  pp.  10 
and  ;)(i"2. )     The  followino-  is  a  list  of  their  children: 

777  (1)    Sarah  Yates  Whelen  (7).'b.  12/21/1875,  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  m.,  2/6/1902, 

Ht)lden  Bovee  Schermerhorn,  of  tne  old  Knickerbocker  family  of  that 
name;  he  graduated  from  College  Department  of  U.  of  Pa.,  class  1890, 
degree  of  Ph.  B. ;  class  1893.  Law  Department,  B.  L. ;  present  residence, 
Germantowu.  Pa. 

778  .o)   Rel)ecca  Harbert  Whelen  (7),  b.  5/25/1877,  in  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

779'  (3)   Virginia  Harbert  Whelen   (7),  b.  10/19/1879;  m.,  4/23/1902,  William  Wil- 

bertorce,  son  of  John  and  Frances  (Watson)  Farr;  graduate  of  U.  of 
Pa.  :^Iedical  Dept.:  also  of  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital,  with  degree  M.  D. ; 
present  residence,  Mt.  Airy.  Philadelphia.  Pa. 


10 


us  HisTOitv  OF  Tin;  .sminx   Family   in   Europk  and  A.mkrica 

-"•Tf..     .\.\h»s  SiiiNN    {(,). — S.v.MiKi,  (.")).  Amo-   (  H.  (ii:()iaiK  (.)),  John   (3), 

John    (I). 

Ainu.-,  first  cliilil  of  SaniUfl  and  Klizahcili  (Siai-kt-v)  Sliiiui.  was  born  in 
New  Jersey  and  married  tlu-rc.     His  children  were: 

8:59.     (1)    Margaret  Shinn  (7):  ol).  int'ans. 

84<t.      (!')    Kli/.alteth  Shinn   (7);   ob.  sole. 

S41.      CJ)   Naihan  Shinn   (7);   ob.  sole. 

.V-12.  fJl  Honjamin  Shinn  (7).  married  at  Uranville.  l>ici\iug  County,  O.,  when  the 
country  was  a  wilderness,  then  went  to  Cincinnati,  where  he  died  in  a 
few  years,  leaviniEj  two  children,  whose  names  are  unknown. 

845.  (.">)  Stacy  Shinn  (7).  moved  to  Licl\ins  County.  Ohio,  with  his  brother,  Ben- 
jamin, antl  married  there;   he  reared  the  followint;  children: 

S4H.  (1)   Amos  Shinn  {H).  b.  12/22/1822;   moved  to  Corning,  Iowa,  and  had  the 

following  children: 

847.  (1)   Orric  Shinn  (!i).  who  married  Mr.  Salts  of  Corning,  la. 

848.  (2)   Benjamin  C.  Shinn   (Hi,  of  Odell,  Neb. 

849.  (3)    William  P.  Shinn   (9),  of  Parkville.  Mo. 

850.  (4)    Frank  Shinn   (9),  of  Denver,  Colo. 

851.  (5)   Amos  Shinn  (9);    (6)  Stacy  Shinn  CM;    (7)  Alary  Shinn  (9). 

854.  (2)   William  Shinn   (8).  b.  1824. 

855.  (:{)   Stacy  tshiiin   (8),  b.   182G. 

8.5«  (41    Rachel  Shinn   (8).  b.  ;5/V1829:    m.  Timothy  Rose  of  Urbana,  O.;   her 

father  died  when  she  was  seven  years  of  age,  leaving  the  care  of 
seven  young  children  in  a  new  count r.v  to  the  mother.  Mrs.  Rose 
says  that  her  mother  frequently  told  her  that  her  great  grandfather 
was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  War.  She  had  an  old  chest  that 
they  preserved  for  years,  which  the  ancestor  used  for  carrying 
arms;  she  also  had  a  quantity  of  Continental  Currency,  which  he 
obtained  as  a  soldier.  All  this  agrees  with  the  Quaker  record  that 
Samuel,  sun  of  Amos,  "had  been  guiitv  of  training  with  the  mili- 
tia." 

857.  (5)    Nathan   Shinn    (8).   b.   9/10/1831:    moved    to    Huron.   Erie  County.  O.. 

and  had  children: 

858.  (II   Charles  Slacy  Shinn  (9l:    (2)  (George  P.  Shinn  (9). 

859.  {?,}   Louisa  Shinn  (9);    (4)  Mary  Shinn  (9);    (5)  Stella  Shinn  (9). 
8<;(i.             (())    p^lizabeth  Shinn.  who  was  named,  so  .Mrs.  Rose  says,  after  Elizabeth 

Starkey. 
8(;i.  (7)    Isaac  Shinn    (Si,  1).  7/26/18:;ti;    married:    moved   lo   Elkhart.  Ind..  and 

had  children: 
8(i2.  (1)  Amos  Shinn  (9).  b.  6/26/1858. 

86:{.  (2)    Kate  Shinn  (9),  b.  10/7/1S60. 

864.  C.)   Celia  Shinn  (9),  b.  12/20/1862. 

865.  (4)    William  Shinn   (!)),  b.  9/:5/1868. 

866.  (5)    Nettie  Shinn  (9).  b.  11/14/1869. 
(Sec  AiMx'iidix.) 

."il'.     N\rii\\   (  .\ A  Til  w  ii:i, )   Siiiw   ((i). — S\.mii;i.  ( ') ) .  .\\i(i^  (  I),  ({eokcjk  (o). 

.lull  \    c' ).   •'iHl  \     (  1  ). 

.\)itliMn,  or  Nallianiel.  .second  eliild  of  Saimiel  and  l']li/,jd)etli  (Siarkev)  Sliinn. 
Worn,  ae<'ordiii;r  to  an  oM  IJilile  in  possession  of  Mi--  .\llie  X.  Shinn  of  Ml.  Iloliv. 
.\.  . I.,  on  .March  ll.l^Ki.  The  eiil  ries  in  tiiis  ISilile  aic :  (!)  "  \ai  han  Shinn.  ids 
Uihie.  hon^rht  lit  IMiihidel|iliia  on  the  (illi  of  thi'  •.'iid  nioiilh.  llS.s"";  {•>)  -  Naihan 
Shinn.  .-on  oI"  Samuel  and  I'llizahdh  Shinn,  was  hm-ii  I  he  Ihh  of  the  1st  inonih. 
Ii*<i*"  This  seems  to  settle  the  (|iiesti<<n  as  to  ids  ii.iiiK  .  It  i>  ice(n(led  Nathan. 
The  miirrintre  license  re«.Ms1er  in  the  Siirroj^ate's  olliee  at  Ml.  Molly  has  this  entry: 
**  Niithiin  Shinn  married  .Mar^rarel  Uaxter,  4/0/1 7!lo."  The  llilile  ahove  referred 
lo  liii.s  this  entry:  "  .Maruaicl  liaMei.  daiiirlder  of  l.'oheil  I'.axlei'  and  Maiv. 
his  wife,  was  horn  Ajiril  'Jltli.  .\.  I).  1 : ; ."..  Dejiarted  this  iiJ'e  tlie  '^Joth  of  March. 
.\.  h.  11!IS.  at  ten  o'clock  in  the  inornini:.  .Xiicd  tweiitv-two  vears.  elev«Mi  nnmfhs 
iind  one  dnv."  Miss  .\llie  N.  Shinn  wrote:  "We  have  oiicn  wondered  who  this 
>[nr;raret  Uaxter  mi^dil  he."  The  Court  records  aho\c  refeireil  to  have  this  fur- 
ther  entjv:      "Nathaniel    Shinn    married    Hannah    hor«n.    .!   V    ISOO."      As    Miss 


FouKTH  Generation.  14!) 

Sliiiiii  i>  a  lineal  (le.<ceiulant  of  thi^^  N'athanici  and  Hannah  Doren,  it  is  fair  to 
presume  tliat  Nathan  and  Nathaniel  are  the  name^^  of  the  same  person.  Some 
leaves  were  eiit  from  the  Bible  before  the  father  of  ^liss  Shinn  received  it,  and  it 
may  b(;  that  these  leaves  would  hav<-  given  the  record  of  the  two  marriages  above 
referred  to.  .Vathan  Shinn  afterwards  married  a  third  wife,  Mrs.  Annie  Lippin- 
eott.  whose  maicicn  nanu;  was  Warren.  There  is  no  record  of  any  children  by  the 
lirst  marriage.  Of  tin-  second  marriage  there  is  a  record  of  two  children;  of  the 
third  marriage  there  were  no  children.  Clayton  Shinn  of  Mt.  Holly,  X.  J.,  was  a 
(irst  cousin,  bloorl  relationship,  of  Thomas  Doren  Shinn,  son  of  Nathan  and  Han- 
nah (Don-n)  Shinn.  The  father  of  .Mrs.  Ogburn  was  also  a  first  cousin  of 
Tlioma.-.  l)<.ren  Shinn:  this  make<  it  eertain  that  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Starkey) 
Shinn  had  other  children  than  Natlian.  Hlizalu'th  Shinn  died,  as  the  Bible  re- 
ferred !u  phiinly  sets  forth,  "on  the  fifth  day  of  A{)ril,  1T88,  at  two  o'clock  in 
the  arteirioon."  The  records  at  Trenton  show  that  she  married  Samuel  Shinn, 
.son  of  .\mo«.  ill  I  ((■,(■,.  Samuel  died  after  his  wife.  The  father  of  Clayton  Shinn 
of  Ml.  IIm||\.  N.  ,1..  is  a  son.  and  the  father  of  Mr>.  Ogburn  another,  but  I  have 
no(   a>ceit;iiiied   their  names.     Amos,  Samuel  and  Oeorge  were  three  others. 

('hildi-eii   (if    Nathan   ami    llamiah    (l)oren)    Shinn   were: 

7X'».     (I)   Sarah  Shinn  (7).  who  married  Job  Rogers  at  Vincentown,  N.  J.,  and  had 
sev4Ta]    children,   among  whom   was   Hope   Rogers,  who  married   John 
Naylor  and   had  one  child,  Allie  Rogers,  who  died  young. 
7S'!      (■_'(   Thomas   Doren  Shinn   (7),  h.  Vincentown,  N.  J.,  in  October.   1803;    d.   at 
.Mt.    Holly,    March,    1881;    he   was   a   carpenter;    m.   Lydia   Gaskell   and 
mo\ed  to  Bridesbnrg,  I'a. ;  there  his  wife  died;  returned  to  Vincentown. 
and  married  Theodrjsia  Johnson;   moved  to  Mt.  Holly,  where  he  died: 
children  of  the  first  marriage,  all  bom  at  Bridesburg,    Pa.,   were   as   fol- 
lows: 
7st.  (It    Kiwoijd  Shinn  (8(,  b.  January,  1829;  mason  by  trade;  married  at  Vin- 

ceniown.  N.  J..  .Mary  J.  Estell,  12/22/1852;   enlisted  in  Co.  C,  23rd 
Regiment    .V.    .!.    \'ol.   Inf.,   and   served   throughout  the   Civil    War. 
Children: 
(II   J<»seph  Estell  Shinn  (9),  b.  4/2/1854;  ob.,  unmarried.  1888. 
(2(    Allie  Nayior  Shinn  (i<t,  b.  February,  1863;  stenographer  at  Phila- 
delphia:  unmarried.     A  very  intelligent  and  covu'teous  woman 
Albert  Shinn  (8),  b.  1831;  ob.  infans. 
John  B.  Shinn  (8),  b.  1836;  ob.  infans. 
Wilbur  Shinn  (8),  ob.  unmarried. 

Children  of  the  Setond  Marriage  were: 
.1.  Howard  Shinn   (8),  who  married  Jennie  Lewis. 
Sarah  Shinn  (8);  3  (7)  Emma  Shinn  (8);  4  (8>  Lydia  Shinn  (8). 
Thomas    Shinn    (8);    6    (10)    Annie    Shinn    (8),    who   married    Hany 
Dantz. 
All  these  died  in  infancy  except  the  first  and  last. 

.■■>;!S.     S\\iri:i    Sinw    (ti). — Samiki.   (o),   Amos    (4),  (iEoiiGi;    (o).  John    (2). 

John    (1). 

Samu.l.  third  child  of  Samuel  aiul  Elizabeth  (Starkey)   Shinn.  horn  at  Bur- 
lington. i:(?S:  he  married  about  n!'4  and  had  five  cliildren: 

793.  (1)   Thomas  Shinn  (7).  who  died  unmarried. 

794.  (2)   Clavton  Shinn  (7);   (3)  Nathan  Shinn  (7):   (4)  Mary  Shinn  (7j. 

797.  (.=it  Samuel  Shinn  (7).  This  son  at  the  age  of  sixteen  left  New  Jersey  and 
entered  the  State  of  Ohio,  settling  near  Laton;  he  was  a  pioneer;  never 
talked  much  about  his  family  except  to  speak  of  his  grandfather,  Sam- 
uel and  his  uncles,  Thomas,  Nathan  ana  Clayton.  Thomas  visited  him 
once:  lie  married  (II  Charity  Throckmorton  at  Eaton:  (2i  Mary  (Hud- 
low)  Zeek,  and  had  children: 

798  1 1)  Job  Shinn   (8),  born  near  and  married  near  Eaton,  Ohio,  where  he 

always  resided,  as  has  his  large  family.     Children: 


7sr.. 

786. 

787. 

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788. 

(3) 

789. 

(4) 

7:t'i. 

1    (.".1 

791. 

2    (61 

792, 

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801. 

C-i) 

802. 

(4) 

OF  THE  Shixx  Family  ix  Europe  and  America 

William    E.    Shinn    (9),    a   soldier   iu    Co.   D,    156th    O.    Vol.    lut.. 
U.  S.  A. 

Jacob  L.  Phinn  (in.  a  soldier  in  Co.  D,  156th  O.  Vol.  Inf.,  U.  S.  A. 
John  M.  Shinn  (!♦).  a  soldier  in  Co.  D,  156th  O.  Vol.  Inf.,  U.  S.  A. 
James  L,.  Shinn  (9);    (5)  Hiram  Shinn  (9).     This  son  was  a  ma- 
chinist:   patented   an   "Automatic    Car   Coupler,"   a  "Railroad 
Gate"  and  other  inventions:   Hiram  married  and  has  children, 
who  reside  at   Eaton.  Ohio. 
So;J.  (I'j  Jane  Shinn   (8t.  who  married  Daniel  Cox  and  lived  at  Dayton,  Ohio. 

804.  (3)  Amos  Shinn   (8).  married  and  settled  at  Richmond.  Ind.:    was  a  sol- 

dier in  the  Union  Army:  had  one  son.  William  E.  Shinn  (9). 
806.  (4)   John   Shinn   (S).  married:    moved   to  Wabash.  Ind.,  and   had  children, 

Wilbcr.  Walter.  Wilhclniina  and  Annie,  who  reside  in  Indiana. 
811.  (5)   David  Shinn    (8)   married  and  settled  at  Xenia,  Ind.;    children,  Ollie, 

Tillie  and  Hester. 
SI'i.  (6)  Jonathan    Shinn.   married:    when    last   heard    from    was    in    Randolph 

County.  Indiana:   has  a  son.  Charles  Shinn    ([)). 
817.  (7)  Jefferson    Shinn    (8):    shoemaker;    married    in    Preble    County,    Ohio, 

Catherine  Hudlow:   moved  to  Miami  County.  Indiana;   farmer;   Re- 
publican:   United  Brethren:  oh.  1884;  had  children: 
MK.  (1)   CJeorj^e  W.   Shinn    (9),  m.  Susan  Pence  and   had: 

819.  (1)   Addie   Shinn.   m.   Mr.   Jackson   at   Marion,   Ind. 

820.  (2)   Hettie  Alice  Shinn,  m.  Charles  Lemons. 

821.  (3)   Isaiah  Shinn,  Mier.  Ind. 

822.  (4)   Jason  Wilson  Shinn,  unmarried. 

823.  (5)   ,Iacob   Sliiiui.   unmarried. 

824.  (6)    Walter    i?hinn,   deceased. 

825.  (7>   Gran  Shinn. 

826.  (2)   Temperance  Shinn   (9i.  m.  Simon  Walls. 

827.  (3)   Charity  Sliinn  (9),  m.  James  Wolfe  and  had: 

828.  (1)   Earl   Wolfe;    (2)   Albert   Howard  Wolfe. 

830.  (4 1   Leander   r»Ielton   Shinn.   m.    Mary   S.    Comer   and    had   one   child, 

Maud  Eliza  Shinn. 

832.  (5)   An  infant. 

833.  (6)   Martin  Ezra  Shinn  (9),  b.  Miami  County.  Indiana,  in  18G1 ;   mar- 

ried. 1881.  at  Peru.  Melissa  Pettit;  moved  to  Chicago,  111;; 
j)atternmaker:  inventor  with  George  S.  Lloyd  &  Co.;  invented 
a  carpet  stretcher,  a  wire  fence  stretcher,  a  friction  self-wind- 
ing toi)  and  a  corn  planter.  Made  the  first  "Lubricating  Die" 
for  smoothing  tile;  without  advantages,  he  is  forging  for  him- 
self a  name  and  place  in  the  world.  His  inventions  are  all 
j)ractical  and  are  being  introduced  raiiidly.  He  is  an  honest, 
t  li()roiiglit;()in.g  business  man. 

Elizabeth   Shinn    iS).   nianied   a  man  named    Beers,  at  Greenville,   O. 

Susanna  Siiinn  (^).  married  a  man  named  Phillips  and  moved  to 
Texas. 

Mary  S}iinn    (S).  Miarried   a   man   named   Town   at    Winchester,   Ind. 

Sarah   Shinn   (S),   married  a  man  named   Antrim  at,   Yorktown,  Ind. 

Rachel  Shinn    (Si.  married   Mr.   Abbott. 


1'38.      .Ie.MIMS    Shiw    (.".).       .lollN     (h.,l\(()|!    (;!).. loilN     (•j)..l(»ll\     (1). 

.Tciiiiinn.  olrlo.st   eliild  of  Joint   and    Mnrv    ( \'()rt(^ii~)    S^liinn.   tn.ifried    George 

Woodward,  a  furint  r  of  Cn'Miii    Kid^%   .\.  .1..  niid   had  cliildreii: 

867.     (])  Isaac   Woodward,    ni.  Thompson;    became   a   merchant    at    Imlays- 

town,  N.  J. 
8»i8.      (2)    Tllton   Woodward,  m. riKiiiipson. 

869.  (3)   .Anthony   Woodwaril,  m. Thompson.     These  three  were  prominent 

farmers  near  Inilayslown,  N.  J. 

870.  (4»   John,   (.'»)   (Jeorge,   (6i   James  and    (7)    Mary  Woodward,   married  and  re- 

mained in  New  Jersey,  but  1  have  not  ascertain(>d  their  whereabouts. 
874.     (8>   Debora    Ann    \\ dodwanl.   married    a    man    named    Deacon   at   Bordentown, 
N     1 


834. 

(8) 

835. 

(9) 

836 

no) 

837. 

(111 

838. 

(12) 

Fourth  Gexei!aji(j.\. 


i:>l 


230.     William    N'ohtox   Shikn"  (5).— Joiix    (4),  Jacob    (3),  John   (2), 

John   (1). 

William  Norton,  second  child  of  John  and  Marv  (Xorton)  Shinu,  born 
10/2i/17H'i;  married  Sarah  Budd,  1/25/1801.  He  was" a  farmer  of  the  thinking 
kind  and  introduced  )nany  new  ideas  concerning  agriculture.  ]^ew  Jersey  land 
when  divested  of  its  timber  was  not  worth  the  taxes  assessed  against  it,  which 
condition  was  changed  by  him  in  the  lavish  use  of  a  fertilizer.  From  the  con- 
dition of  a  largo  leaseholder  he  became  a  prosperous  proprietor.  He  was  suc- 
cessively Sheriff  of  the  County,  member  of  the  upper  and  lov.er  houses  of  the 
New  Jersey  Legislature.  In  October,  1829,  he  was  nominated  by  the  Democratic 
Convention  for  the  Council,  and  although  in  a  strong  Whig  Count}^  was  elected. 
On   April   1.",.   Is3?.  Chief  .lust ire  Charles  Ewing  appointed  John  Clement.  Wil- 


WILLIAM   NORTON    SHINN. 

liam  Norton  Shinn  and  John  Patterson  to  settle  the  disputes  growing  out  of  the 
canal  enterprise  from  Easton  to  Jersey  City.  In  that  year  he  was  also  made 
Chairman  of  the  Democratic  State  CentrarCommittee.  In  the  same  year  the 
Dcmoeracv  of  New  Jersey  put  out  what  was  called  •'"'The  Jackson  Ticket,"  one 
headed  with  the  names  oi"  Jackson  nad  Tan  Buren,  on  which  the  following  can- 
didates for  Concrress  were  named:  Philemon  Dickerson,  Samuel  Fowler,  Ferdi- 
nand S.  Schencic.  James  Parker,  William  Norton  Shinn  and  Thomas  Lee.  The 
ticket  was  elected.  The  Emporium  and  True  American  of  Trenton  had  this  to 
sav  of  ^Ir.  Shinn  : 

"Of  William  Norton  Shinn  it  need  only  be  said  that  in  his  own  County, 
Burlington,  strong;  as  the  opposition  is  there,  he  has  never  been  beaten  in  a  popu- 
lar election,  and  "has  been  elected  every  year  to  the  Council  in  opposition  to  the 


ir)ii 


lli>T()i;">    ui-    riii;  Sjiinn    l-"\.\iii.^    in    Ki  i;<»i'i;  and  America 


strongest  men  in  tliat  county,     lie  beat  the  Clay  candidate,  Biuld.  a  few  years  ago^ 
son  voles.     A  inan".<  character  at  home  is  the  best  recommendation." 

.Mr.   Shinn  received  "M-Ol-J   votes  in  tliis  eh-ction  and  defeated  liis  opponent 

In-   1,091  votes.     lie  served  in  Congress  for  the  years  1833-5  and  was  re-elected 

in   1834.   and  .served  for  the  years  1835-7.      lie  was  then   appointed   as  the  first 

State  Director  of  the   Camden   and    Andwy    IJailroad   Com[)any   and   was   several 

times  president   of  the  lJuriin»iton  A^yricult ural    Association;  he  was  a  consistent 

.Methodist  and  lield  liigh  raidc  in  that  body,     lie  died  in  1871,  leaving  one  child: 

875.     (1»    Btuld  Shiiin   ffi).  b.  1S08:  m.  Aiitis,  (laughter  of  Thomas  and  Susan  Lacy: 

Hudd  died   in   1S4;!.  in  his  :i.5th  year,  without   issue.     He  was   a  strong 

man  and  a  lover  of  lal)or.   whicii   brought    liini    to  an  early  grave.     His 

widow  never  married. 

240.     John   Smw    (5). — Ioiin    (I).  .Iacoi!   (3).  .Ioiin    ci).  -loiix    (1). 

John,  third  chihl  of  .lohn  and   .Mary    (Norton)    8hinn,  was  born  8/19/1784 
in  Springfield  Township,  l>iirlington  County,  ]S[ew  Jersey.     He  seems  to  have  ]>een 


MARY  (WHITEi  SHINN. 


JOHN   SHINN. 


a  very  thonghlfnl  inan.  Cp  lo  this  lime  wcjdtli  I'oimd  its  hesl  ivxixments  in 
country  residences.  Tbe  towns  had  not  as  yet  bccoine  tlu'  t-enters  of  fashion,  in- 
lelligence  and  wil.  Railroads  and  great  inanu  factures  were  unknown.  The  idea 
of  a  "trust  "  had  not  been  coiuTiNcd.  .ind  New  ,Iit.--c\  \\a>  the  home  of  rich  and 
|>n»sperous  farmers.  Hut  clianges  were  |)re|)ariiig  and  .lnhii  Sliiini  Tofoaw  ihcni. 
lie  turned  his  eyes  towards  tlie  Cit\-  (d'  rhibide!])hi;i  .iiid  niailc  that  place  his 
home,  lie  mtirricd  there,  (i/'.'?/lS05.  M,ir\.  daiightcf  of  \h-.  Jolm  ami  I'^lizabeth 
(Stanley)  Wliite  (born  II  1  1 1  S.'i ) .  Dr.  John  Wliite  was  .\ssistanl  Surgeon  iti 
the  \'olunteer  \avy  of  the  l{e\olnt  ionary  War:  a  prisonci-  in  the  r>filisl)  Prison 
Ship.-»  oil'  the  Jersey  Coiist  :  ('oiinty  ( 'oinmi-^ioner  of  riiiladel  pliia  ('(uint\.  and  a 
prominent  mannract  iirer  (d'  elieniieal>.  In  isor,  .lolm  Shinn  was  elected  to  niein- 
hcTship  in  the  famou.'>  "l-'ir.-t  I'iiil.-idel  plii.-i  'Troop  ""  ;  in  I S  Ti  lie  volunteered  in 
J(»]\n  Swit'1%  Company  of  the  Washington  (iiiards.  \>\  \':\.  h'egt.,  l'.  S.  A.,  and 
attaineil  tiie  rank  (d"  MaJ<»r:  was  t  ransferi-ed  to  aimilici'  rcLiiment  as  its  Colonel. 
and  stationed  at   Ff»rt    Milllin  on  the  Delaware. 


buLUTH.  Geni:.i:atiox. 


\rui 


In  civil  lif''  liis  lui.-iiie.ss  was  that  of  a  eliemit-t,  and  liis  chemical  laboratory 
»<o()ii  bocarnc  known  outside  of  Phiiaflelpliia.  His  advertisements  were  published 
in  all  the  New  .Icrx-y  papers  from  ISK;  to  IH-M.  I  have  read  them  in  the  old 
(il(;s  of  Maryland  and  I'l-nnsylvania  j)apers.  Delvin<^  in  old  papers  at  the  Con- 
gn-Hsional  Library,  Washington  (!ity,  I  found  John  Shinn's  "Panacea"'  adver- 
tis(,'(]  in  the  Whcelin;;,  V'a.,  (Uizeite,  1824,  and  in  the  Independent  Virginian  of 
Harrison  County.  \'ir<;inia.  lH->.").  The  ])('culiarity  about  his  advertising  seems 
to  have  been  that  all  charitable  institutions  and  the  |)oor  were  to  be  furnished 
\\m'.  medicine  Thm-  of  charge.  We  seem  to  tliink  that  all  the  progressiveness  of  the 
worbl  was  brought  into  it  since  l.SoO.  John  Shinn  in  1816,  and  for  many  years 
thereafter,  set  the  pace,  whicli  great  advertisers  after  him  copied  without  orig- 
inating or  improving.  In  these  same  ])apers  jio  other  advertisements  from  distant 
places  oc<'ur.  His  advertisement  talked,  as  it  were,  to  thousands  of  people,  many 
liundreds  of  miles  away,  and  his  name  was  well  known  throughout  the  land.  He 
did  not  advertise  a  |»ro|irietary  medicine  as  a  doctor,  but  a  chemical  preparation 
as   a   "cbi'ini-t."      lie  >i;_Mied    lij^   njiine  "John    Sbiiiii.   Chemist."" 


MRS.  MARY  ^WHITEi  SHINN. 


\:a  History  of  the  Shinx  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

Wliat  the  preparation  was  1  do  not  know,  but  i  am  couiidcut  that  he  was 
the  pioneer  in  the  region  ^<hii1i  of  Xew  York,  if  not  in  the  whole  country,  of  this' 
metliod  of  reaching  the  people.  He  soon  forgot  the  scenes  of  his  boyhood  life 
and  became  a  vital  force  in  Philadelphia.  His  laboratory  and  his  enterprise  re- 
warded him  well.  He  si)ent  more  money  annually  in  advertising  than  his  ances- 
tors on  the  farm  accumulated  in  a  lifetime.  But  not  for  his  industry  and  enter- 
prise is  this  sketch  written.  He  was  greater  than  his  ancestors  in  foreseeing  and 
anticipating  the  economic  changes  that  transpired;  he  was  greater  than  they  in 
ihat  lie  enlarged  his  sphere  of  action  and  became  a  man  of  the  world.  And  what 
gave  him  place  among  the  really  great  men  of  the  earth  had  its  inception  in  that 
clause  of  his  advertisement  which  donated  his  formula  to  charitable  institutions 
and  to  the  poor.  Developing  that  idea,  he  conceived  the  plan  of  establishing  an 
academy  in  Philadelphia  which  should  prepare  young  men  for  a  larger  life  than 
the  scholastic  idea  theretofore  had  permitted  them  to  know.  Science  was  to  be 
pitted  more  strongly  against  rhetoric  and  language.  The  college  curricula  of  his 
day  hardly  recogni;^od  the  natural  sciences,  and  collegiate  fitting  was  in  the  main 
professional.  John  Shiuifs  idea  was  to  dignify  the  natural  sciences  and  to  make 
^eady  for  the  coming  industrial  i-evolution.  He  brought  the  subject  prominently 
before  liis  friends  in  Philadelphia,  and  by  and  with  the  aid  of  six  other 
thinking  men.  '■  The  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences"^  was  founded:  the  founders 
were  .lolui  (Jilliams.  M.  D.,  (J.  ^t.  Mann,  W.  S.  Parmcntier.  John  Speakman, 
Thomas  Say,  Gerard  Troost,  !M.  J).,  and  John  Shiun. 

Mr.  Shinn  was  lecturer  in  the  absence  of  the  Professor  of  Chemistry  at  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania;  Vice-President  of  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences 
from  1/2.J/1812  to  12/31/lSlG.  After  the  museum  was  arranged  in  the  Ne\v 
Hall  in  Gilliams  Court  (1815)  he  delivered  a  course  of  popular  lectures  upon 
ehemistry:  moved  to  the  '•  Marine  Settlement"'  in  Illinois  in  1S17,  where  he 
passed   four  years  of  his  life:  returncHl  to  Plii]a(lel])liin   and   dieil   there  in   1825. 

His  eliildj-i'U  were  as  follows: 

876.  (1»   .John   White   Shinn.  b.   3/6/1800:    m.  Elizabeth  Reeves   Cox  at   Mt.   Holly. 

N.  .1.,  •.]/][^/]H::rj. 

877.  (2)   William  Shinn.  b.  1S10:  ob.  18:i2. 

87S.     CI)   p:iizal)eih   Stanley  Shinn.  b.   4/22/1811;   m.  John   Hasoltine,   :V11/1830. 

879.  (4)   Catherine  Lucy  Stevenson  Shinn.  b.  1/3/1819;   m.  Daniel  Haddock,  2/27/ 

1838. 

880.  (.'".)   James  Callaher  Shinn.  b.  4/1:1/1822;   m.   (1).  8/1/1848,  Eliza  T>ouisa  Davis 

Hill;    (l:)   .\Iaiy  Cecilia  Shoemaker. 

:n-!.     llwN.Mi  SiiiNx  (.5). — John  (4),  Jacob  (3).  Joivx  (2).  John  (1). 
Ilaiianli.  (iflli  eliilil  of  .Itibii  and  ^larv   (XoiMon  )    Sliiim,  Imni    H SS.  married 
of  'i'liniiias  and   Ann    (Palmer)    Lawi'ence,  and  had  cliildren: 
Ann  Lawrence  (6),  m.  Uriah  W.  Stokes  of  Philadelphia  and  had  tour  sons 
and   four  daughters;    one  of  these  sons  was  Charles  Henry  Stokes  of 
I'liiladelphia.   Ta. 

.Mary   Lawrence   (tl),  m. Bullock. 

.lohn   Lawrence  ((i). 
William  l..awrence   (G). 

]]dward    Shinn   Lawrence,    ni.    Aramintha    Slewart    of    IMlishur.i;,    Pa.,    and 
had  children: 
894.  (1)   Slewart    Lawrence    (7).    Engineer   Cori)s    U.    S.    Navy.    1902;     (2)    Dr. 

I'Mward   l^awrence   (7);    C'.l   .John  Lawren<'e   (7);    (4)    William   Law- 
rence  (7);    (■'>)   Ramlall    i.a\vr"nce   (7». 

2i;{.     ]')i;i  i,.vii  Sin.NN    ( ."> ).— doiiN    (  I  ).  .Iacou  (:'.).. Ioii\    (•.M.-'onx   (1). 
Beulah.    si.xlh   child    of   John    and    Maiy    (Xoilon)    Sliinn.    inai-ried    William 
Norton. 

24-1.     Freedom    Iji'IM\(  ni'i    Shinn    (5).-.I(iii\    (h.   .1  \(  or,    {'■]).   .Lmin    (2), 

.fonv    (I). 
Fre(Mlom    lii|)|iiiicolt,  sevenlli  iliiM   nf  .loIni   and    .Mary    (NorLou)    Shinn.  lioru 
in   Springfield  Township.  TJurliiigion   (oiintv.   New  Jersey,   10/10/1792.      In  his 


Sanuiel. 

S(»ll 

881. 

(1) 

890. 

(2) 

891. 

(3) 

892. 

(4) 

89::. 

(.")) 

Fouirni  Genkijatiox.  1-).-> 

fceveu  teen  til  year  went  to  Philadelphia  and  placed  himself  under  the  care  of  Dr. 
.lohn  White,  who  directed  his  .studies  and  prepared  him  for  college:  in  1815  was 
graduated  from  the  "Old  University  .Medical  and  Surgical  College";  married  at 
Camden,  X.  J.,  10/ lo/l^l-'^j  Hannah  Ackley;  settled  at  Camden,  where  in  addi- 
tion to  tlw  practice  of  his  profession  he  conducted  a  drug  store  and  a  chemical 
lrtljoriit(»ry.  Jn  ]m23  removed  to  Tom's  Kiver,  X.  J.,  where  his  practice  extended 
from  Freehold  to  Darnegat,  and  from  X'ew  Eg}'pt  to  the  ocean.  In  1846  he  mar- 
ried the  s«'coiid  tini»-.  Anna  Jmlay,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Anderson  Im- 
lay  of  riiiladelphia,  and  removed  to  Cedar  Creek,  where  he  remained  for  eleven 
yearr;  lie  tlx-n  removed  to  Cassville.  where  he  remained  seven  years;  he  then  lo- 
cated at  .Manchester  Station  or  Lakehurst  Postoffice,  where  he  passed  the  remain- 
der of  his  life,  ]>racticing  his  j)rofes>ion  and  enjoying  the  comforts  of  home  and 
cultured  coin|>anions.  His  professicmal  life  embraced  a  period  of  sixty-four  years, 
iifty-six  of  which  were  spent  in  Ocean  County;  he  was  a  Presbyterian,  and  a 
member  of  Harmony  ]i(»dge,  V.  A.  M..  at  Tom's  Kiver.  He  was  of  large  and  im- 
posing physique;  his  j)resence  commaiuling;  his  personality  gracious  and  winning. 
His  courteous  manners  won  respect  and  gained  for  him  the  title  "Gentleman  of 
the  Old  School."  His  generosity  prevented  him  from  amassing  wealth,  and  he 
died  a  poor  man  comparatively.  It  is  said  that  his  account  books  at  the  time  of 
his  death  showed  a  large  number  of  uncollected  accounts,  which,  if  added  to  the 
unwritten  accounts,  those  which  a  noble  physician  always  dedicates  to  the  poor, 
would  represent  a  .--um  almost  sufficient  to  endow  a  college  or  equip  a  hospital. 
i"'ull  of  wit  and  good  humor,  he  lived  a  happy  life  and  died,  leaving  his  escutcheon 
untarnished  by  a  single  mean  act. 

'j'he  Children  by  the  First  ^larriagc  were: 

89;t      I  '  I   Thoma.s    .AcKley    Sliinn,   b.    6/21/1816;    killed   as    a   soldier   in  the   Union 
Armv;  un  married. 

900.  <2)   .Mary  Norton  Sliinn.  b.  7/1/1819;  m.,  2/23/184.3,  John  Walker  Garrett. 

Children  by  the  Second  ^larriage: 

901.  1    (.-{I   Emma  Newell  Shinn.   b.  3/4/1847;    m.,  2/7/1871.  Thomas   Slack  Cham- 

berlain. 

902.  2   {4i    Susan  Cox  Shinn.  1).  12/20/1849:  m.  P.  Howell  Emley  of  Lakehurst,  X.  J. 
90:^     3   (5»   William  Norton  Shinn.  b.  11/13/18.51. 

9(t4.     4   (('.»   Sara  Low  Sbinn.  1).  2/2«;/18.5rt;  m.  Henry  Archer  Conant  of  Passaic,  X.  J. 

'.M").       Sl8.VNN.Ul    .NolMUN     SjllNN     (-")). JOHX     Cl),    JaCOB    (3),    JOHX     (2), 

John   (1). 

Susannah  Norton,  eighth  child  of  John  and  Mary  (Xorton)  Shinn,  was  born 
in  Springfield  Township,  Burlington  County,  Xew  Jersey,  and  became  the  third 
wife  of  Benjamin.  .<on  of  William  and  Sarah  Cox  of  A'incentown,  X\  J.  His  first 
wife  was  Sarah  T.amb.  hv  whom  lie  had  three  children — Sarah,  who  married  Eev. 
William  G.  Agnew  of  Philadelphia:  William  Ellis,  and  Mary,  who  married  Hor- 
ace Afoore.  His  second  wife  was  Kesiah  Eayre,  by  Avhom  he  had  three  children— 
l?ebecca  Lamb,  who  married  Eichard  Haines:  Dillwyn,  who  married  Eachel 
Cramiu'r  of  Philadelphia,  and  Benjamin  Eayre.  Avho  died  young. 

His  third  wife  was  Susamuih  Xorton  Shinn,  one  of  the  most  beautiful  women 
of  her  day  and  generation.  This  was  made  memorable  by  the  exclamation  of 
Joseph  Bonaparte,  brother  of  X^apoleon,  when  seeking  an  introduction:  "She 
is  th(^  uK^st  beautiful  woman  I  have  seen  in  America.'"'  In  the  drawing  rooms  of 
Ihe  Sliinn  family  in  Xew  Jersey  the  Shinns  were  classified  according  to  com- 
plexion, as  "Eed  Shinns,''  "Bed 'and  White  Shinns,"  and  "Dark  Shinns."  John 
Shinn.  l^rother  of  Susan,  was  said  to  be  one  of  the  handsomest  men  of  Philadel- 
l)hia.  and  the  portraits  of  his  daughters  in  thi^  volume  show  that  a  large  amount 


15»;  HisTOKV  or  Till.  SiiiNN    Iamu.v   J-\    l-;ri;itn:   anh  A.ukkica 

of  beauty  fell  to  their  slian-.     It  i-  ii'grettalde  that  no  portrait  of  Susannah  Shinn 
Cox  exists.      I!v  thi>  last  iiiarria-v  then-  wtTc  four  oh  11  (Iron  : 

905.     (1)   .Julia   Davis  Cox   t<;i!   who  married    Drury   Fairbanks   of   Philadelphia   and 

died  childless. 
9(KI.      (2)    Edward   Augustus  Cox   (C).   who   married   Elizabeth   Dix   Gaskell   and   had 
children: 
Ml    .Minnie  Cox   (7):    (2i    Ida  Cox   (7):    ('.'.)    William   Henry  Cox  (7);    (4) 
Edna  Augustus  Cox   (71.  who  married  .lames  A.  McElwee  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 
mi       CIl    Eliza  Armina  Cox   ((>!.  married   .Mark  Reeves  of  Ml.  Holly.  N.  J.     At  his 
deaih   she  removed   to  Washington,  where  she  now  resides.     Children: 
912.  (li    Lillian    Reeves    (7).   ra.   George   D.   Crawford   of   Gettysburg,   Pa.   and 

had  children: 
9i:;.  (l(    Blanche  Crawford    (  s  i .   ni.   l)r.   Walton   I.  Mitchell   of  Minneapolis, 

.Minn. 
(2 1    .Mary   Reeves   Crawford    (S). 

(3)  .John   Douglas  Crawford   (8) 

(4)  Lilian   Mark   Crawford    (8). 

917.  (4)    William   Henry  Cox  (ti),  ob.  young. 

'iVi.     .\i'.l«;\ii.   SiiiNN    (."■)). — )()ii\    (n..lA(()ii    (;!),. loiiv    (•?).. Toiix   (1). 

.\!»i,i:ail.  tenth  chihl  oi"  John  ;iimI  Mai\  (.Norton)  Shinn.  horn  .3/6/1798, 
married  Samuel  Hartshorn,  a  rarincr,  ncai'  .New  Kl;vi)1,  Monmouth  Comity,  N.  J., 
l(»/!)/1<S'?3.  Samuel  was  a  desceiulant  of  one  of  the  oldest  families  of  East  Jer- 
.sey,  hi.«  ancestor,  I{iehai-<l  iiait.-horn.  hein^-  a  nicinhci-  of  the  assembly  in  Lord 
Cornhury's  time  and  its  presiilcnt  ;  inemher  of  thi'  Colonial  (^ouncil.  and  for 
iwenfv  years  oiu-  o!'  the  most  inllnciit  ial   men   of  .Monmouth   County. 

('hildi-.Mi   of  Samuel   ami   .Miiuail    (Shinn)    TTail>horn  : 

918.  (11   Coliiu  Marisliorn  (C).  ni.  Eliza  Wall  of  .Jacobsiown,  N.  J. 

919.  (2)    Edward  Shinn  Hartshorn  ((i),  ob.  sole,  4/19/190(1. 

920.  (."'.)   Emeline  Hartshorn    (6),  b.  7/22/1830;   m.   Samuel  Harrison,  son  of  John 

Emlry.  at  .lacobstown,  N.  .1.,  1/20/1850.  and  had  children: 

921.  (II    Leon    Waller   Emley   (7),  b.  2/8/1851.  m.  Georgie  Starr  at   St.   Louis: 

Leon  was  educated  at  Trenton,  N.  J.,  is  an  accountant   and  a  Re- 
publican;  resides  at  Ogden,  Utah.     The  children  were: 
11)   Mortimer    (8);     (2)    Waldamere    (8);     (3)    Genevieve    (8)    and 
Leon   "NV'alter  (8),     All  unmarried. 
92«;.  (li)    Lilla  Corinna   t^miey   (7),  b.  11/6/1852;   m.,   12/25/1873,  .lolm   Wyckoff 

Hurtis,  a  farmer  near  Allentown,  N.  .1..  aiul  had  children: 

927.  (1)   Lulu  C.   (8),  b.   7/4/1875;    m.  E.   D.    Voorhees  of  Trenton,  N.  J. 

928.  (2)   Smyrna   Burtis    (8),   b.    7/15/1885;    (3)    Emma   M.   Burtis    (8),   b. 

5/l(;/1887;    (4)  J.  Carroll   Burtis  (8).  b.  8/2/1889. 

931.  (5)    Helen  R.  W.  Burtis  (8),  b.  7/2:!/l892. 

932.  (3)    Herbert    Haseltine   Emley   (7).   b.   6/15/18(13:    m.   Mary   W.   Worden  at 

•\llenif)Wii.   X.   .J.,   4/18/1900;    he   is  a   physician    and    dentist:    inie- 
pcndeni   in  politics  and  a  Presbyterian. 

•.'1.^.        Ml.l/.  M'.KTIl     SlliNN      (■)). loilV     (1).    .1  VCni;     (  ;'.  I  .    .lo||\      ( '!  )  .    doilX      (I). 

Klizabelh,  elc\<'iith  child  of  .lohn  ami  Marv  (Norton)  Shinn.  horn  in  l>ur- 
liii^Mon  (Nuiiilv.  N<'W  .ler<cy.  1  11  !S(l(».  and  on  T)  1/lS-j;!  mariMed  Charles, 
-event h  -on  of  l-rael  and  .Mar^an-t  (Woodward)  Ivins.  The  Ivins  family  was  one 
of  the  olde.<l  in  New  .lersey,  and  its  meinhers  wci'c  frc(|n(iit  Iv  foiiml  in  responsi- 
ble posil'(Hi>  in  the  cMrh  records  id"  llic  pidximc  (  harlo  hi'i-  was  a  prosperous 
fanner  of  r»urlin;:lon  County,  but  in  1  .^  I  1  lie  di.-po>ed  of  his  farm  and  removed 
to  Nainoo.  III.  i''indin,i:  the  Mm'iinui.-  of  that  re^^ion  inimical  to  (Jeidile  settlers, 
he  moved  1o  !,a  llarpe.  a  \illa.L!c  in  Hancock  County,  and  en,u,ai!:ed  at  farming. 
He  returned  In  .Nnuvoo  and  began  the  publication  <d'  a  paper,  eiditled  "  Tlic  Ndu- 
rnn  E.vpitsUnr."  wlio^e  oltjeel  was  to  expose  the  hii;h-handed  practices  of  Joseph 
Smith  and  Svdnev   Ifi^'don.     One  issue  <d'  the  pajter  was  ])ulilished.  and  oidy  one. 


Fourth  Gh.sKiiATioN.  157 

TIk-  Danites  (le>.tro\X'(l  hi.-  jircsses  and  threatened  to  destroy  the  publisher.  He 
removed  \u>  family  to  Keokuk,  Iowa,  where  he  amassed  a  competency  and  lived  a 
peaceful  life.  Klizahetli  Iviii-  was  known  far  and  wide  for  her  charities  and  gen- 
tle lielp  to  the  alllicted  or  tlio.-e  in  adversity.  She  died  .shortly  after  the  Civil  War, 
hehtved  by  the  entire  pojiulation  for  miles  about  the  primitive  cit}-,  Keokuk. 

(children  of  Charles  and   Elizabeth    (Shinii)    ivins: 

n:;:{.     (D    William    Norton    Shinn    Ivins.    born    in    Burlington    County,   New    Jersey, 

5/l.'V1824;   m.  Virginia    daughter  ot  Major  John  R.  and  Mary  (Kinney) 

Wilcox,  at  Keoliuk,  la..  4/2;J/1849;  ob.  .5/18/1889. 
'A^4.     (2)   .\Iary  Shinn  Ivins.  born  in  Burlington  County,  New  Jersey,  5/18/1825;  m. 

fl)  Thomas  F.  Anderson.  1845.  at  Keokuk.  la.;   (2)  Geo.  M.  Seaton. 
935.      (.'?»    Charles   Henry   Ivins.   born  in   Burlington  County,   New  Jersey,   4/1/1829; 

married  at  Keokuk.  la.,  10/17/1850,  Mary  Eleanor,  daughter  of  Edward 

and   Mary   (W'inthrop)    Cole. 
aw.     (4)    .Margarette    Woodward    Ivins.    born    in    Burlington    County,    New    Jersey, 

r,/-[:',/]H:]]:    married,  at   Keokuk.   la..  4/18/1853,  William  Albert  Patter- 
son;  ob.   11/2/1900. 
9.57.     (5)   Anna  Fllizabeth  Ivins.  i)orn  in  Burlington  County,  New  Jersey,  4/27/1839; 

married,  at  Cambria.  Cal..  7/3  1881.  John  Henry  Janssen  of  Frankfort. 

Prussia:    no  issue. 
93S.     (t;)   Sab.-lla  Ivins.  bom  at   La  Harpe.  111..  6/1/1841;   ob.  8/1/1841. 
939.     (7>   Sarah    Ivins.    born    ai    Nauvoo.    111.,    1/26/1844;    married    at    Keokuk.    la., 

5/7/1868.  Francis  Haw.xhurst. 
9 to.      (S)    Kodf-rirk   T)hu   Ivins.  born  at   Keokuk.  la..  4/30/1846:   ob.  5/21/1857. 

•l\U.      M\i;ni\  Siiiw    (•'»). — FoilN    (4).  .F.vrOB  (3),  Joiix   (2),  JoHX   (1). 

Martha,  iwelfth  ciiild  of  .lolin  and  Mary  (.Norton)  Shinn,  born  Springfield 
'ro\vn.>ln|i.  Mnrlington  County.  Xi-w  .Jersey:  married  Samuel  Woolston  and  had 
chihlreii.  of  wlioiii   I  have  thr.'c     She  died  at  a  very  advanced  age,  having  passed 

\u'r  ninetieth  vear. 

941.     (1)   Charlotte  Woolston.  b.   1826;    m.  John  B..  son  of  John  Boone  and  Sarah 
(Risdon)    Hankiiison:    Republican:    Episcopalian;    Sheriff  and  Judge  in 
Nebraska;   farmer  and  commission  merchant.     Had  children: 
il)    KUa   W.   Hankinson.   b.   1856;    m.  John,   son  of  John   and   Mary  Ann 
(Clarke)    Black   of   .Mt.   Holly.   N.   J.;    Republican;    farmer;    Episco- 
palian. 

(2)  William  A.   Hankinson.   b.  18-5*. 

(3)  Risdon   B.  Hankinson.  b.   1859. 

(4)  Viola  B.  Hankinson.  b.  1861;   sole. 

946.  (21   Thaddeus  Woolston.  b.  1827:   m.  Martha,  daughter  of  Jervis  Haines,  and 

had  children: 

947.  ;li    William  Woolston. 

94g  ^-2)    .Mamie  Woolston.  m.  Dr.  Charles  Marker,  dentist,  Mt.  Holly,  N.  J. 

949!     (3)    Ben.iamin  Franklin  Woolston.  a  clergyman,  who  married  and  left  the  fol- 
lowing surviving  children. 

950.  (I)   Benjamin  Franklin  Woolston  of  Ocean  Grove,  N.  J. 

951.  (2)    Peyton  Woolston.  Denver.  Colo. 

950  (;5)   Ernest  N.  Woolston.  Ocean  Grove,  N.  J. 

95:1  (A)   Blanche  Woolston.  v.ho  married  Frederick  Emil  Smith,  a  druggist  of 

New  York  City.  N.  Y. 
954.  (5)   Paul  Livingston  Woolston  of  New  York  City,  N.  Y.     Letters  to  each 

of  these  five  children  have  brought  no  reply. 

•.•.-.(>.     F.i.\vAi;i)  SiiiNN   (.-.).— John    (4).  Jacob  (;3),  Joiix   (2).  Johx  (1). 

Kdward  vounirest  child  of  John  and  Mary  (Xorton)  Shinn,  born  in  Spriug- 
tleld  Township.  Burlington  County,  New  Jersey:  farmer;  justice  of  the  peace; 
protninont  politician :  married  Mary  Field  at  Mt.  Holly,  12/21/1831;  he  lived  to 

''"^  V\%ri'kVnil!\2t  Johti'shiim.  (3)  William  Shinn,  (4)  Edward  Shinn,  (5)  Jonathan 
Biuid  Shmn.  Letters  to  the  father  and  to  three  of  the  children  have 
brought  me  no  further  knowledge. 


i:.N  lli.sTOKV  OF  Tin:  Siijxv  Family  ix  Europe  and  America 

•n2.    BuuDEi.L  Siiixx  (5).— Thomas  (4),  Thomas  {o),  Tjiomas  (3),  John  (1). 

In  a  list  of  ••  Field  Ollicers,  Captcains  aii.l  Staff  Officers  of  the  three  regi- 
ments raised  in  New  Jersey  in  Deceniber,  i::"),  and  February,  1776,  which  served 
in  the  Xortlu-rn  Arniv,  extra.ted  from  a  ^fanual  of  t]i(>  Xew  Jersey  Cincinnati" 
and  published  in  Voluine  \'JI1,  1st  .Series  of  Proceedings  of  Xew^  Jersey  His- 
torical Society,  page  65,'  we  find,  under  the  title  "  3nd  Eegiment,"  Col.  William 
-Maxwell,  commanding,  the  name  of  Buddell  Shinn,  ranking  as  Quartermaster. 
The  volume  of  tlie  Xew  Jersey  Archives  which  gives  the  names  of  all  soldiers  be- 
longing to  these  regiments  and  to  all  other  regiments  raised  in  Xew  Jersey  during 
the  Mar,  also  contains  his  name.  He  was  one  of  the  Cincinnati,  as  appears  from 
the  above  Manual,  and  his  descendants  are  entitled  to  the  privileges  of  the  order, 
and  to  belong  t(i  any  other  patriotic  order  growing  out  of  the  Eevolutionary  War. 

llv  married  Sarah  Uispliam-in  1781  and  died  in  1787.  KSarah  made  acknowl- 
edgment to  th(!  Church  .n  \\\.  Holly  in  1782  for  marrying  against  order  by  a 
hireling  ]iriest  and  was  forgiven.  She  died  5/18/178'6.  His  mother  made  a  will, 
7/S/lSO."),  which  names  tlie  two  children  of  her  son,  Buddell.  (Burlington  Wills, 
Liber  A,  page  91.) 

Children  of  Buddeil  and  Sarah  (Bispham)   Shinn. 

9GU.     (1)   Mary  Shinn.  b.  1781;   m.  Matthew  McHenry. 
961.     (2)   Margaret  Shinn,  b.  1783. 

27-i.    Ha.nnaii  Siiixx  (o).— Thomas  (4),  Thomas  (3),TiT0^rAs  (-2),  Jonx  (1). 

In  the  will  of  Mary  (Buddell)  Shinn  mentioned  alwvc  reference  is  made  to 
her  daughter.  Hannah,  wlio  married  Frederick  Toy.  The  marriage  license  record 
at  Burliiigt<»n  shows  that  Haimali  Shinn  was  married  to  Frederick  Toy  in  1784. 
J  have  not  fotunl  her  descendants.  Frederick  Toy  was  a  descendant  of  the  Swedes 
who  settled  in  Chester  Township  before  the  English  came  to  Xew  Jersey.  The 
land  of  the  Toys  was  near  the  river  and  ]jart  of  it  is  still  held  by  men  of  the 
name,  some  of  whom  may  be  the  lineal  descendants  of  Frederick  and  Hannah 
(Shiini)  Toy.  These;  Swedes  in  the  olden  time  worshiped  at  Tinakum  and  Wi- 
caco;  a  worsliip  in  form  very  much  like  that  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church. 
301.     Thomas  Shixx   (o).— Ea]!l  (4),  Thomas  (H),  Thomas  (?J),  John  (1). 

Thomas,  second  child  of  lOarl  and  Keljecca  (Monroe)  Shinn,  was  born  6/1/ 
1764;  married  Lucy  ^^'orrell  in  1788,  and  di(>d  in  1701,  when  administration  was 
granted  to  his  wife,  Lucy  Shinn,  and  -Idlin  l>i>l>liin>.  'I'herc  is  no  record  of  any 
children.  On  the  niidli  >\'i  S(|)iriiil»('r,  JIM',  lie  reiiuived  to  Philadelphia,  as  is 
shown  by  the  Ml.  Hoilv  Minutes.  II  is  presiiiiied  that  he  died  at  that  place. 
302.    John  Shinn  "(5).— Eaim.  (  I).  Thomas  (3),  Thomas  (3).  John  (1). 

John  Shinn.  third  eliild  nf  Fail  ami  Ifebecca  (Monioo)  Shinn,  was  born 
1/'i/Vi^\i\.  On  the  iith  (.!'  July.  \\s\,  his  fatlK'r,  F.arl.  asked  Mt.  ITolly  :\reeting 
for  a  certilicale  of  removal  for  his  son,  .)ohn,  to  I'liiladelphia.  A  tDinmillee  was 
ap|)ointed.  which  reported  that  John  Shinn  had  been  ajtpi-enticed  in  I'liiladelphia 
to  n  ])orson  who  was  mil  a  l-'rii'iid.  Tiie  re<|iic>i  I'm'  Mail  W^v  I  lie  eertilicate  was 
denied.  l)nt  John  remaiiie<|  in  I'liiladelphia.  lie  nian'ied  a  woman  named  Tfidg- 
way,  and  d.inl.ti.-v  Id"!  .|..^.-,.|iiliinl<  in    I'liiladelpiiia,  but  i  have  not  found  them. 


'In  SiryUtT's  '  New  .Jersey  Soldiers  in  ilie  llevohilion  "  tliere  is  this  additional  mat- 
Ict:  Shinn  IJuddh-.  Quarterniasler.  2nd  Hati..  1st  Kslablishnient,  11/27/177:'):  declined; 
2nd  KsfHl)liHhnienf,  2nd  Li<'Utonanl  in  Capl.  Hosecrantz's  Co.:  WA  Batt..  11/29/1776. 
Flollro<l  9  2r./178f>. 

-. Joseph,  son  of  Henjamin  and  Sarah    Mispbam.  married  Mart;arel   lieyiiolds  in   1755, 
nnd  had.  anionR  other  children.  Sarah,  b.  lU/2/1755;   d.  5/18/1780. 


Fourth  GEXEnArioN-.  159 

303.    Gamamkl  Shin-x  ( o ; .— Kujl  (4).  Thomas  (3),  Thomas  (2),  John  (1). 

Gamaliel  Shinn,  fourth  child  of  Earl  and  Rebecca  (Srouroe)  Shinn,  born 
1/18/1708,  ran  away  from  home  in  his  twentv-first  year  and  never  communicated 
with  his  family  after  that  date.  He  went  to  sea,  kiit  finally  located  in  Gloucester 
Gounfy,  N"ew  Jersey,  where,  on  7/2/1707,  he  married  Beulah  Easelwood.  There 
apjtcar  to  have  been  no  descendants. 

301.     Samckl  Shin-n-   (.-,). —  Kakl  (4),  Thomas  (3),  Thomas  (2),  Johx   (1). 

Samuel  Shiuii,  littii  cliihl  of  Earl  and  Rebecca  (]\[onroe)  Shinn.  born  9/30/ 
1770:  married  Ilannah  Simpson  according  to  Friends"  rite  at  Byberry,  Pa.,  3/18/ 
1795.  lie  removed  to  Pliiladclphia  7/9/1789  and  engaged  as 'a  bricklayer.  He 
resided  at   in^    Loml^ard  Street. 

Cliildrcn  of  Sjimuci  and  Hannah  (Simpson)    Shinn. 

'Ar,2.     (I)    Karl   Shinn.  1».   1/21   179«;   ni.  Sarah  Comfol-t,  4/10/1822. 
96.!.      (2)    Rebccra  Shinn.  who  m.  Caleh  Ash,  M.  D.,  of  Philadelphia. 
964.     ('.',)   Hannah   Shinn;    ol).   ISfi:!.  unmarried. 

310.     M.\n\  UihcwAv  (T,).— PosxiiEMA  Shinx  (4),  Thomas  (3),  Thomas  (2), 

JOHX    (1). 

Mary    Uidgway,    daughter    of   John    and    Po.strema    (Shinn)    Ridgwav.    was 

born  al    I'.nrliiig .\.  ,1..  11/24/1774,  and  married  Daniel  Knight  of  Philadel- 

|)liia.  I  liavf  not  asccrtaim-d  the  children,  but  an  article  by  William  John  Potts, 
in  N'olumc  11,  I'miisijlnniia  Mdf/azin,-  of  lliixj.  and  Hist.,  page  381,  says  that  from 
this  nnirriagr  was  descended  lianiel  Ridgway  Knight,  the  Mell-known  artist  of 
lMiiladeli)hia. 

317.     ^rAUT^A  RiDciWAv   (o).— PosTRKMA  (4),  Thomas  (3),  Thomas   (2), 

JOHX     (I). 

Marlba  Ridgway.  daughter  of  John  and  Po.strema  (Shinn)  Ridgway,  was 
born  jit  Rurlington.  X.  J..  5/8/1777.  I  have  not  been  successful  in  tracing  the 
desi-endants  of  this  marriage. 

31S.    Thomas  Siiiw  IJidgwav  (.'.).— Postui-ma  (4).  Thomas  (3).  Thomas  (3), 

Jojrx   (1). 

'l'homa>  Shinn  Kidgway,  son  of  John  and  Postrema  (Shinn)  Ridgway,  born 
11/4/1779;  marri(Ml  ^[ary  Joy  of  Philadelphia.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Captain 
Joy  of  the  Revolutionary  Army  from  Pennsylvania  (Volume  17  Perm.  Mag. 
Bioi].  and  Hist.,  page  381),  and  the  descendants  of  the  marriage  are  eligible  to 
nunnbership  in  al)  patriotic  organizations.  The  home  of  this  couple  was  in 
Gloucester  County,  New  Jersey,  where  Thomas  died,  4/1/1857. 

327.     1\[ai;v  SiiixN  (5). — Thomas  (4),  Samuel  (3),  Thojnlas   (2),  Johx"  (1). 

^Fary  Shinn.  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Ruth  (Stratton)  Shinn,  was  born  in 
Rurlington  County,  Xew  Jersey,  1/21/1744.  She  married  Jonathan,  son  of 
David  and  Ann  (Lee)  Oliphant,  6/25/1764,  at  Upper  Evesham,  IST.  J.;  he  was 
born  N"ov.  10,  1739,  on  his  father's  farm  in  Amwell  Tovrnship,  Hunterdon  County. 
He  removed  witli  his  ])arents.  in  1756,  to  the  Township  of  Evesham,  Burlington 
County.  West  Jersey.  Here  tiie  father  purchased  grist  and  saw  mills;  in  1762  was 
elected  Justice  of  the  Court  of  General  Quarter  Sessions  of  the  Peace,  held  at 
Burlington.  In  1763  he  bought  for  £5,000  a  tract  of  3,750  acres  of  land  in 
Evesham,  on  which  he  continued  to  live  until  his  death  in  1774:  Jonathan,  the 
son,  served  his  country  as  Captain  in  the  2nd  Regiment  of  Burlington  County 
Militia  durino-  the  earlv  A'ears  of  the  Revolution,  but  was  forced  to  resign  for  dis- 


I'io  History  of  the  Shinx  Family  in  Euhope  and  Amekk  a 

ability  April  il,  177*.  I'rivalc  |iaiicr.-  slmw  that  Ik-  i^avc  frcciy  nl'  liis  substance  to 
iiiaiiitaiii  lii.s  conijtaiiy  ami  that  lie  s|K'nt  his  fortune  in  the  cause  of  American 
liulepondonec.  In  later  lilV,  al)out  K!>-"i  or  ITOO.  he  removed  lo  IMiilmlelpliia.  Pa., 
where  lie  died.  Sej)!.  1(»,  1804. 

Children  of  .Jonathan  an<l  Marv  (Shinn)  ()lii»luinl. 
96.5.  (!)  Shinn  Oliphant.  b.  Friday.  March  1.  176.5.  at  7  a.  m..  Oliphant's  Mills, 
Evesham;  ob.  J/22/1. S:;9:  m.  Nov.  12.  1787.  to  Hope  Eayre.  daughter  of 
Habakkuk  Eayre  and  Mary  Jones.  (Hope,  b.  May  9.  1767;  d.  May  1-5. 
is:;!t.) 
»!;•;  (21  .\nn  Oliphant,  b.  Wednesday  a.  m..  March  11.  1767,  Oliphant's  Mills;  ob. 
1/22/1S47;  m.  Aaron,  son  of  Jacob  Prickett  and  Elizabeth  Phillips. 
(Aaron,  b.  May  16.  1763;   d.  Feb.  20.  18:'.7.) 

967.  {■'.)   Job  Oliphant.  b.  Tuesday.  8  p.  ni..  Nov.  28.  1769,  at  Oliphant's  Mills;   oh. 

Sept.  8,  nn. 

968.  (4 1    Hannah    Oliphant,   b.    Wednesday.    :{    p.    ni.,    Oct.    14,    1772,    at    Oliphant's 

.Mills;  ob.  I!  14/1848;  m.  David  Voorhees.  son  of  Roelof  Van  Voorhees 
and   Rebecca  Pease.     (David  b.  .A.pril  17.  1771;   d.  October  19,  1840.? 

969.  (.". )    .Martha  Oliphant,  b.  Sunday,  7  p.  m..  April  24,  1774,  at  01ii)hant's  Mills; 

ol).    at    Tuckerton.    6/;!(i/185.5;    m..    9/10/1795,   Jacob   Lii)])incott,   son   of 
Ama/.iah    Liiii)inc()it    and    Hannah    Prickett,    a   sister    to    Jacob,    above, 
t.lacob   Lippincolt  d.   November   26.   18.56.) 
y7u.     (6i   Joel  Oliphant,  b.  Tuesday.  7  a.  m..  Nov.  12.  1776.  at  Oliphant's  Mills;  ob. 
Jan.  27.  17S2. 

971.  (7i    William  Oliphant,  b.  Sunday,  Sept.  13,  1778.  "Sign  of  the  Bear."  in  Eves- 

ham; ob.  9/;;/ 1847.  at  Waynesville,  O.;  m..  Jan.  5,  1806,  at  Mt.  Holly. 
N.  J.,  to  Hannah  Prickett.  daughter  of  John  Prickett  and  Sabilla  Ham- 
met  t. 

972.  (M    Hope  Olijjhant.   b.  Friday.   11    a.   m..   March    30,   1781,  Evesham;    ob.   6 '27/ 

1S46;  m..  Jan.  9,  1S<i3.  Leather-\ille,  N.  Y.,  to  William  Albert  Cowen- 
hoven,  son  of  Albert  Cowenhoven  ana  Patience  Cowenhoven   (cousins). 

!t73.  (f.)  David  Oliphant,  b.  Wednesday,  8  p.  m.,  Jan.  28,  1784.  Evesham;  ob.  4/22/ 
1828,  at  P.arnegat,  N.  J.;  m..  Dec.  24,  1806,  to  Mary  McDonald,  daughter 
of  .lames   McDonald   and  Leah  Cowenhoven   (sister  of  Albert   above). 

974.    (Pi)    Eli   Oiii)hanl,   b.   Feb.    13.  1786.  Evesham;   ob.   Sept.   15.  1787.  Evesham. 

97.5.  (11  »  Ruth  Oliphant,  b.  Tuesday,  3  p.  m..  July  7.  1789,  Evesham,  N.  J.;  ob. 
Sei>'    26.  179S.  at  T'hiladeli)hia.  Pa. 

A'iX.       <\\\\V.\     SillW     (.")). TlKt.M  \>    (    I  ).    S  \  Ml   i:i.    (  ;")  ).    'i'lloM  AS    (-JL-ldllN     (1). 

Saiiiiii'l  Shinn.  son  of  'l'liomii>  ami  iJnth  (Sirallon)  Shinn.  Imhmi  ('>  I!*  K  1 7  ". 
marri'-d  ('hri,>^tiana  Wait  in  {■<i'.'.  Me  comes  into  liislory.  lirst,  (Ui  the  marriage 
license;  records  of  IJnrlin.uton  (uunty.  uhi'n  !ic  marrii'd.  lie  neM  appear^n  at 
ICveshani  as  a  witness  to  a  marriage  in  I7M.  In  ihe  >.inie  year  lie  ami  his  wife. 
('hristiana.  witness  twd  other  marriages  a1  1  he  same  phiee.  In  lis;!  iwo  chihlreii 
'if  Samiii'l  ..Shinn.  .Mar\  .•mm!  Ihtpe.  were  taken  iiilo  meiiihei'>hip  at  l'",\eshain.  In 
I7IM  he  was  appointed  on  ;i  coniiniiiec  ;ii  r|i|iei-  l-",\eshaiii  lo  noniinate  elders; 
;ds(»  sent  to  (^iiarterlv  .Meeling:  al>u  \u  (i\cr>ee  ilie  e|Hiiing  of  a  iiieeiing  for  wor- 
.•«hip  al  ( 'ropwcll.  In  ll').5  he  \\;i-  made  overseer;  >eiil  lo  (^)iiar!erl\  .Meeting;  ap- 
pointed to  lake  >iih.'-cii|il  ions  lor  I'cnn-  "  No  (ros^.  No  (  rown"";  appointed  to 
have  oversight  "over  niemiters  attending  (Quarterly  Meciing.""  In  lIlHi  he  wa.- 
again  put  on  a  eomnutlee  to  nominate  eldi-rs.  .and  wa.-  >enl  lo  (,)iiarterly  Nieeling. 
In  .Sepleniher,  ll'.l'i.  ('hri-^tiana  Shinn  wa>  iioininaled,  and  in  October  appointed. 
elder  at  rpper  |-',vc.-h;im.  In  11'.'^  Sjiniiiel  I'.-iiled  hi  alieiid  service.-  on  aceoiini  of 
had  health,  lie  was  e.xciised  three  linio.  ami  in  l.stll  wa-  iclea.-ed  as  ovi'r.M-er  at 
his  (»wn  reipiesl.  In  l.siM  hi.-  danghtei'  Mope  was  di-ov\ned  I'oe  "going  out  in 
marriage. ■■  This  ends  his  aelive  ehureh  eiweei-  and  poini-  lo  lii-  dissolnt  imi. 
vvhieh  occurred  in  |S(l|.  The  will  of  lii>  l.illier.  Tbuni.-i-.  ii;iini-  one  gi-andxm. 
William,  son  of  .-on  Samnej.  The  will  of  Marv.  a  .-ingle  woman,  il.iied  (Iciober 
t'v'.  IMM,  and  probated  November  '.' ] .  Im»1.  name-  grandlat  her  Thomas,  father 
Samuel,  brother  .Samuel,  and  sisters.  Ifebeeea.  Mope  and  lOli/aiiei  h.  (  Hiirliniiton 
Wills.  \o.  ;U».  p.    1.'.!).) 


MRS.  MILDRED  CARLTON  SHINN. 


FouuTii  Gexeratiox. 


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(JhiJclren  of  Samuel  and  Christiana   (Wait)   Sliiiin.  born  at  Evesham,  N.  J. 


ii;   i*^'^  ?.?""'  '^^/^/l^^^:   ''^-  ^^^e  P™li'  1801,  cum.  testamentum. 
f2)    HopH  Shinn,  b.  12/5/1770;  m.  Lawrence  Webster   2/23/1804 
Ci)   Sarah  Shinn,  b.  10/28/1773;  ob.  1774.  '    /     / 

(4)  Thomas  Shmn,  b.  8/3/1775;   ob.  1775. 

(5)  Reljecca  Shinn,  b.  4/25/1777;  ob.,  unmarried,  10/13/1813 

(6)  A  son.  b.  lO/G/1779;  ob.  unnamed. 
(71    William  Shinn,  b.  2/20/1781;  ob.  1782. 

(8>   Samuel  Shinn,  b.  7/1/1785;   m.  Rhoda  Willsey,  10/11/1804 
(9)    Elizabeth   Shinn.    b.   9/4/1788;    m.   Joseph   Hinchman   and   died   childless, 

( / 1 4/I0I..1. 

:i29.  Klizahi-ti]  Skin-v  (.-,)._TnoMAS  (4),  Samuel  (3),  Thomas  (3),  John  (1). 
Elizal.otli.   toiwth   fliihl  of  Thomas  and  Ruth    (Stratton)    Shinn,  born  3/8/ 
1749;  she  appear.-^  lii-st  in  written  history  in  1763,  when  her  father  and  mother 
her  sister  Mary  and  herself  sign  a  marriage  certificate  at  Upper  Evesham  Monthly 


991. 

992. 
993. 
994. 
995. 
996. 
997. 
998. 
999. 


AN  OLD  BUTTONWOOD  TREE  AT  MEDFORD,  N.  J. 

j\lceting;  man-iixl,  17()4.  John  Armstrong.  She  is  better  known  in  history  as  the 
girl  wlio  })lanted  the  famous  buttonwood  tree  at  her  father's  door  when  a  young- 
girl.  The  trei'  has  been  noted  by  thousands  of  people  and  stands  to-day  a  monu- 
ment to  her  girlhood  pride.  She  dug  it  up  as  a  tender  shoot  with  a  small  pen 
knife  and  transplanted  it  to  her  father's  yard  about  1760;  the  engraving  shows 
the  tree  to-day:  it  is  one  hundred  feet  across  the  top  and  one  hundred  feet  high: 
the  trunk  one  foot  from  the  ground  has  a  circumference  or  twenty-five  feet;  in 
the  engraving  ]\Ir.  William  Budd  Stackhouse  may  be  seen  staiiding  on  the  left,  on 
the  sj>ot  where  Thomas  Shinn's  house  stood;  on  the  right  is  a  house  w^hich  was 
the  home  of  John  Shinn,  son  of  Levi,  son  of  Thomas.  Elizabeth  Shinn  has  gone 
to  her  rest  in  the  peaceful  realm  of  the  dead;  her  father  and  the  house  in  which 
lie  lived  have  passed  away;  but  the  tree  stands  blessing  the  citizens  of  Medford, 
and  investing  Elizabeth's  name  with  a  quiet  immortality.  Tree  planting  to-day 
has  orown  to  bo  a   fad,  not  without  good  results,  however.     There  are  thousands 


If4  HlSTOHY    OF   THE    SHINN    FaMILY    IN    EUROPE    AND    AMERICA 

u!  biincii  Irii:-  liinm^'liuui  Aiiiunc;!  uumi  whieli  >\:\nd  unshaded  lioiiK's,  and  in 
which  romp  and  \A:iy  many  amljitions  ^irirls.  These  wirhoiit  waiting  for  some  tree 
planting  craze  to  strike  the  town  might  well  emi)loy  their  tender  hands  in  trans- 
planting buttonwood  shoots.  They  may  not  live  to  enjoy  the  shades  which  they 
will  impart  in  after  years.  ])nt  they  will  surely  know  that  they  have  added  blessings 
to  numkind.  The  consciousness  of  ha\ing  done  something  worthy  of  connnenda- 
lion  is  a  source  of  hai)i)iness  the  world  cannot  destroy.  1  liave  found  but  one 
(hild  as  the  issue  <tf  John  Armstrong  and  Elizaln'tli  Sliinn,  viz.:  Lydia  Arm- 
strong, who  marricil  (1)  .\aron  liatcs  and  had  three  children.  Joliu.  Alice  and 
Aaron   liate>:   (t?)   a  man  named   liranin.  from  whom  descended: 

97r..     (1)   Norris  Branin.  b.  18(10,  who  married  and  had  four  children.  Charles.  Sam- 
\iol.  Joseph  and  Norris  Branin. 

981.  (2)   Charles  Branin.  b.  1S(I2.  who  died   single. 

982.  (3)   Ira   Branin.   b.    IS'i4,   who  married   and   had   six   children.   Levi,   Rebecca, 

Ciiarles  and   L.vdia  (who  furnished  these  facts  as  to  the  descendants), 
Edward  and  Lewis. 
989.     (ti    Lydia   Mranin.  b.   18(i7.   who   married  ami   had  one  daughter. 

.'i32.     Levi  Sjii.vn    (o). — Thomas   (1).  S.\.\iii:i.   (;;i.  Thomas   (•?).  John    (1). 

TjCvI  8hinn,  son  of  Thomas  and  Jluth  (>Stratton)  Shjun,  was  born  10/3/ 
^7ii!}:  disowned  at  Evesham.  177(!.  for  mari-ying  against  the  rules  of  the  Society. 
A  family  Jjible  in  possession  of  .Mrs.  llaunali  Sutvan  of  lladdoiilieid  shows  that 
he  married  Ifannah,  daughter  of  Samuel  l?eeve.  She  was  liorn  11  1-1/1754.  This 
record  gives  the  following  as: 

Children  of  Levi  and  llann.ili    (  Reeve)    Sliinn. 

1000.  (li   Enoch  Shinn,  b.  8/29/1776;   m.   (1)   Mary  Xorcross,  11/1/1798;    (2)    Mary 

Sinmions.  5/3/1804. 

1001.  (2)   Riuh  Shinn,  b.  8/22/1779;  ra.  Caleb  Stokes.  1803. 

1002.  (3)  Alice  Shinn.  b.  9/28/1782;  married  a  man  named  Garwood  and  moved  to 

Ohio. 

1003.  (4)  Thr)mas  Shinn.  b.  1/18/1787;   m.  Amy  Hammitt.  1808. 

1004.  Cj)   .lohn  Shinn.  b.  4/5/1789;   m.  Keturah   fBiudsall)   Edwards,  4/11/1813. 
lo't.'i.      oi)    Hannah  Shinn.  b.  4/5/1791:  m.  Samuel  Newton.  1811. 

KH'i;.      (7)    Sarah  H.  Shinn.  1>.  4/12/1795;  m.  Edward  Norcross,  1830. 
K'UT       (Ki    Elizabeth  Shinn,  b.  8/8/1797;   m.  .losiah   Braddock. 

;{;{.■;.    Tuo.m.v;?  Smw  {')). — Tjio.MAs  (1).  S\mi  i:i.  (;;).  'I'iiomas  i  1  ).  John    (  ]  ). 

'i'homas  Shinn.  son  of  Thomas  and  Jluth  (Slratton)  Shinn.  boj-n  ll/o/l<.">8; 
•  iisowned  in  the  seventh  month.  17s:'>.  at  F.veshani.  for  ,uoing  out  in  marriage,  and 
neglectjjig  attendanee  iijioii  nii'eting.  The  ci\il  records  sliow  that  he  was  mar- 
ried in  1782  to  Jane  .\ustin.  who  was  biuii  r.VG/17o8.  Jane  was  received  into 
nie!id)ership  at  L'])])er  F,\esham  in  Ki'l.  Tbonuts  died  (!/ 2i)/l«()(),  leaving  a  will. 
(Liber  ;!!•,  jiage  (iS. )  This  docuinenl  niiiiies  four  ehildreii  ami  agrees  witli  the 
fatiiily  record.  Jane  moved  to  Ohio  in  ISdS  and  dii'd  in  Sbelbv  Countv  "?  \]/ 
ism;,  al  M'Vfii  o'ebick  a.  iii..  being  eighty-se\<'ii  yr;ir-  d!'  auc. 

Chiblrrii   i>\'  'J'liiiiiia,-  ami  Jane    (.\n-liii)    Shinn. 

1008.  (I)    .Martha  Shinn.  i).   11/29/1782;   ob.  sine  proli. 

1009.  (L'l    William    Shinn.    1).    7/:!l/17S7:     m.,    at     .Medford.    .lan(<    ( b.     12/2t;/1786), 

(iaii^;hitr  of  Adonijah  and  Sarah  Beacoci<.  I  ':'.1/1S11. 
KMO.      (•.',)   AiiKtin  Shinn.  b.  7/9/1794.  al  MedftM-d:   m.   .Maiilia   Hop.  well,  at   .Medlord. 

lK2(t. 
mil       ell   .Jacob  Shiini.b.   1  :i/14/17X!t :   oi>.   (i/28/18(Mi. 

331.       .\llri:     \\\     .Siiiw     (  .',  K       'rii.i\i\.>.     (1),    S.V.MLKl.    {'o),    'I'llo.MAS     {'2). 

John    (1)V 

Alice   .\nn,  ninth  eliijd  of  Thomas  ami    IJnth    (StraII<ui)    Shinn.   born    l/K)/ 
17(51;  some  of   the  descendants  say   that    her   name   was    .\mi;   (iiher>   .\li.c   .\nn  ; 


in 


Fourth  Gexeijatiox.  Kjo 

out-  of  tli.|  rppor  Evesham  records  she  signs  as  a  witness  Alice  Ann:  1  have 
usetl  the  (louUe  name.  She  married  John  (Jonathan)  Davidson  in  1778  a^  an- 
pears  ironi  the  Trenton  Kecords.  The  Bihle"  record  of  the  children,  all  born  at 
Aledforfl.  is  as  follow.-: 

q«Qj*''/i'.''^[!  ''^  '^^^'n    (Jonathan)  and  Alice  Ann   (.Shinn)   Davidson, 
ocof-        ,'   T.^?,'"^''  DavifLson,  b.  9/:J0/1779;  married  and  had  children. 
aoo        J^    William  Uavidson.  b.  2/2.5/178:3;  married  and  had  children. 
"JS9c.     (?,)   Jonathan  Davidson,  b.  1/4/178G. 
989d.     (4)   Sarah  Davidson,  b.  9/18/1788. 
989e.     (.5)   Samuel  Davidson,  b.  10/15/1791. 

989f.      rfl)   .John    Shinn   Davidson,  b.    1/1;J/1794;    m.   Mary  Lodge  in  Peunsvlvania; 
sf>me  ot  the  family  lived  in  Marvland. 

(7)  Ann  David.son,  b.  8/12/1796. 

(8)  Mary  Davidson,  b.  9/16/1798. 

989g.  (9)  Alice  Davirl.son,  b.  10/9/1801;  m.  Samuel  Stackhouse. 
;53r,.  Li  riMvTiA  Siiixx  (.")).— I^uomas  (4),  Samuel  (3),  Thomas  (2).  Johx  (1). 
l-ncretia,  youngest  child  of  Thomas  and  Ruth  (Stratton)  Shinn,  born  Shinns- 
lon,  \.  .1..  1/7/]  Ui-!  ;  ob.  at  IMedford  3/8/1847.  I  do  not  find  her  name  in  either 
Evesham  or  Upper  Evesham  :Minntes;  married  with  a  license  in  1784  (Trenton 
Records).  .Vbraham  Proud,  son  of  John  and  Rachel  Proud,  born  4/5  17.56  •  ob 
:i(   Mcdlni-d  n-^s/isris;  children  all  born  at  Medford,  X.  J. 

Childivn  of  .M)raham  and  Lncretia    (Shinn)    Proud 
989h.     (II   Shinn  Proud,  b.  4/6/1785;  ob.  7/28/1786. 
9891.      (2)   Thomas  Proud,  b.  2/11/1787;  m.  Kesiah  Stratton. 
989.1.      C!)   Rachel   Proud,  b.  :V16/1789;   m.  Samuel  Stackhouse, 
989k.     (4t    Ruth  Proud,  b.  4/21/1791;  m.  Joseph  Rockhill. 
9891.      (5)   Elizabeth  Proud,  b.  7/20/1793;  m.  Samuel  Reeve. 
989ni.   (6)   Levi  Proud,  b.  5/27/1797:   m.  Ann  Davis. 
989n.      (7)   John  Proud,  b.  9/11/1799;  m.  Ann  :Moor. 
9891).     ('^t    .Mary   Proud,   b.  12/:31/180:3;   m.  Thomas  Joyce. 

33S.      Sii.w    |',i:n.ia\ii.\    Siijnx    (5).— Silas    (4),   Samuel    (3),   Thomas    (2), 

JOHX    (1). 

Silas,  ^(rond  riiild  of  Silas  and  p]linor  (Overcast)  Shinn,  was  born  on  Cold- 
water,  Cabarrus  County.  V.  C..  1770;  married  at  Old  Coldwater,  4/21/1800,  Eliz- 
alielli.  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Penie  Little:  farmer  in  Cabarrus  and  ^Montgomery 
Counries.  Xorth  Carolina.     Also  teacher  and  surveyor. 

Children    of   Silas   and   Elizabeth    (Little)    Sliinn.^ 

102o.     (1)   Benjamin    Daniel    Ranson    Shinn.    b.    April,    1801;    m.    Pattie    Tucker   in 
North  Carolina. 

1024.  (2)   Elizabeth  Sarah  Shinn.  b.  11/26/180:3;   m.  David  Harkey,  1/24/1822. 

1025.  (;5)   John  R.  Shinn.  killed  when  about  twenty  years  of  age. 
1020.     (4)    Maria  Shinn.  m.  Isaac  Harkey. 

1027.     (5)   Thomas  Jefferson  Shinn,  b.  12/26/1809;  m.  Polly  Reed,  3/l/lS:3n. 
102S.     (6)   Nathaniel  Duncan  Shinn,  b.  1811;  m.  Hester  Brooks. 


'This  is  an  appropriate  place  to  introduce  the  great  migration  from  North  Caro- 
lina intt)  .Arkansas.  The  latter  State  had  just  been  admitted  into  the  Union,  and  its  rich 
lands  were  an  attraction  to  residents  of  other  states.  The  estates  gathered  by  the  elder 
Shinns  in  North  Carolina  (Samuel,  the  ancestor;  Isaac,  Benjamin,  Silas  and  Joseph, 
sons)  had  passed  to  a  lar.ge  extent  into  other  hands;  Silas,  the  grandfather  of  the  chil- 
dren named  above,  had  lost  his  in  the  maintenance  of  that  fashion  which  his  position 
in  life  demanded;  and  what  he  earned  as  a  surveyor  was  expended  in  the  same  way;  this 
large  family  of  grandchildren  turned  their  eyes  to  the  West.  And  as  a  great  cavalcade 
of  emigrants  had  accompanied  Samuel  into  North  Carolina  in  1750,  so  a  great  cavalcade, 
in  18:37.  prepared  for  an  exodus  out  of  it.  Covered  wagons  were  the  vehicles;  the  party 
was  made  up  of  Benjamin  Daniel  Ranson  Shinn  and  family,  James  Madison  Shinn  and 
family,  Littleton  Crankfield  Shinn  and  family,  Nathaniel  Duncan  Shinn  and  family, 
Elizabeth  (Little)  Shinn  and  her  yotmger  sons,  Silas  Monroe  Shinn  and  Oliver  Shinn; 
Claiborne  Freeman  Reed  and  family,  David  Harkey  and  family,  Isaac  Harkey  and  fam- 


1<;<;  History  of  tiii:  .biiiNX  Family  in   Eukoi'E  and  America 

10j»      .7)   James  Madison  Shinn.  b.  4/1J/1S12.  in  Caliarrus  County,  North  Carolina; 

ni.   there  in    U:!2.   Sophia  Harkey. 
1030.     (8)   Littleton  Crankfiekl  Shinn.  b.  3/19/1814;  ni.  (1)  in  North  Carolina.  183o. 

Nellv  Tiickor:    (2>.  3/31/1865,  in  Arkansas,  Lavina  Love. 

1031       ''.n   Eliza  Cariock  Sliinn.  b.  9/14/1815,  in  Cabarrus  County,  North  Carolina; 

married    there,    12/1/1831,   Claiborne   Freeman   Reed. 

1032.  (Ill)    Oliver  Shinn;  m.  Cynthia  Yarberry. 

1033.  (11)   Silas  Monroe  Shinn.  b.  6/22/1821;   m.  Letiiia  .Maddux. 

.X3!».      1>.\A<     .^IIINN    (.)).  — Sll.\>    (i).  Samtkl    (3).  TIIOM.VS    (2),  Joiix    (1). 

Isaac,  third  diild  of  Sila.-^  and  Elinor  (Overcast)  .Shinn.  l.uni  1772;  married 
a  woman  named  Kate,  hut  wlioso  surname  is  unknown;  thev  had  one  sou,.  Isaac, 
bora  12'10/171U.  wlio  marri.-<l  F.lizahetli  :\lartin,  1/30/1833;  he  died  4/19/1846; 
she,  2/20/1885. 

C'hihircn  of  Isaac  iiiid   Flizabotli   (^Imtiii)    Sliinn. 

1034.  (li    Rifhard  M.  Shinn   (7).  1).  !i/20/1823:   a  soldier  in  the  Confederate  Army; 

m..  10/2/1845.  Margaret  H.  Irwin;  he  died  5/27/1879;  had  one  son, 
Isaac  Law.son  Shinn  (S).  who  married  Laura  C.  Smith  and  had  chil- 
dren, whose  names  have  not  been  ascertained. 

1036.  (2t   Elam  Shinn  (7).  killed  while  fighting  as  a  Confederate  soldier. 

1037.  (3)   Sandy  Shinn  (7).  killed  while  fighting  as  a  Confederate  soldier. 
lOTSi      (4  1   .lohn  Shinn:   died   in  the  Confederate  Army. 

The  whole  family  w^ent  to  war  and  only  one  reiurned. 

352.     Bknjamiv  Sittn-v   fn).— Hkn.ja^iix    {\).  Samif.i.   (3).  Tiro^rAs    (2), 

John    (1). 

Henjamin  Sliinn.  fourth  child  of  IV'iijamin  and  Abigail  (Urie)  Shinn,  was 
born  in  Caharriis  County,  North  Carolina,  1788;  apprenticed  to  a  shoemaker  in 
lSOr>.  .\fter  k-arning  liis  trade,  and  selling  Ins  allot nieiit  in  his  father's  estate 
(pec  .sketch  of  Josiah  Cariock),  he  started  for  Georgia.  He  worked  at  his  trade 
for  awlnle.  and  then  became  a  prospector  and  manager  of  mines  in  Ceorgia  and 
Alabama.  Jn  1830  enlisted  for  \ho  campaign  against  the  Creek  Indians.  In 
184fi  enlisted  in  Co.  1  the  \-\  (icorgia  Hegiment  (Fannin's  Avengers),  at  Grif- 
fen,  under  f^i]itMin  71.  J.  Sargent,  and  set  out  for  ^Mexico.  He  took  part  in  the 
storming  of  A'cia  Cruz  and  was  killed  at  Camargo,  1/10/1847.  He  married 
twice:     (1)  at  (Jrilfeii.  (la.,  lo  Tabitha  Blackluirn:  (2)  at  Griffen.  Ga,.  to . 

Children   of    liciijamin    and    Taijillia    (  IILk  l^biini  )    Sliinn. 

11112.  (1)   Susan  Shinn.  b.  1828;   m.  Elijah  Blackburn, 

loi:;.  (2)   Ransom  Shinn.  b.  1830:  m.  Laura  Logan. 

1014.  (3>  .lames  .Madison  Shinn,  1).  1833;   m.  Mahala  Muse. 

1015.  (4)    Pillzabelh  Shinn,  !).   1X:;5;    ni.  Williani  .Johnson. 

1016.  (5)   .loKiah   Shirtn.  b.  8/4/18:17 ;   m. . 

Chililren   <>|'   ihc   Secund    Marriage. 

1017.  I    (6)   UrasluK  Shinn;    2    (7(    Di  rhy    Shinn;    :'.    (8)   Rennie  Shinn. 


ily.  John  Hark<'y,  with  .Mary,  tlie  mother  of  the  three  Harkeys;  Robert  Mc.Nuliy  and 
family,  Nellie  and  Catherine  Harkey,  Pink  Fowler,  John  Linken  and  family,  Jackson 
Shandy  and  family,  CharU-s  IMcss  and  William  Brooks.  For  many  weeks  they  traveled 
over  moiiniains.  and  Ihrouuh  dense  forests,  luilil  at  last  they  set  down  in  I'ojje  County, 
.\rkHnsHs.  where  they  settled  an<l  n-mained.  To  write  their  history  further  would  be 
to  write  tin-  history  of  I'opc  C«)unty.  From  the  huns  of  one  of  the  children  named 
above  have  Kpning  over  eight  hundred  descendants,  so  that  the  blood  of  Shinn  is  widely 
(liHseininHted  Into  fHtidlb-s  of  that  region  that  wear  other  names.  Where  thc^  flourishing 
town  of  Hussellvllle  now  stands  there  was  but  a  single  house,  that  of  Dr.  Russell.  Near 
thiK  the  Shinns  ami  Harkeys  located.  And  although  the  town  bears  the  name  Russell- 
ville.  its  life  and  history  are  Imiit  upon  the  lives  and  deeds  of  men  who  wore  the  s\ir- 
nnmes  Uuhh«'II,  Harkey  and  Shinn. 


Fourth  Gexeratiox. 


lor 


355.     JosiAH  Caulock  Shinx  (5). — Bexjamix  (4),  Samuel  (3).  Thomas  (2), 

JOHX    (1). 

Josiah  Oarlock  Sliinii  was  born  in  what  is  now  Cabarrus  Coimt\-.  X.  C,  9/21/ 
1794.  His  father  <]ied  in  1801,  leaving  him  and  his  four  brothers  minors.  He 
was  appHMiticed  by  the  Prol)ate  Court  of  Cabarrus  County  to  the  firm  of  Garret- 
son  A:  Graha.'n,  of  Concord,  X.  C,  10/17/18Ut>,  to  learn  the  hatters  business; 
served  bis  apprenticeship;  his  bond  of  indenture  was  cancelled  in  open  court  7/19/ 
1H]0  at  10  a.  ra. ;  enlisted  in  1814  and  was  present  at  the  Battle  of  New  Orleans; 
iiiiidc  final  settlement  with  his  sruardian,  Samuel  Shinn,  May,  1813;  on  12/4/ 
islij  Jaccjit  Meisciibfimer,  John  Russell,  John  Long,  Martin  Phifer  and  John 
Rogers,  Commissioners  of  the  Rroiiate  T'ourt  of  Cabarrus  Coimty,  divided  the  real 


MRS.  ELIZABETH  FRANCES  ^SHINN-GILPIN  i  JUDD. 


estate  left  by  Benjamin   Shinn.  an.l   the  following  allotments  were  made  to  his 


children 


"  Josiah    C.    Shinn,    127    acre 


Moses    Shinn,    127    acres:   Benjamin 


Shinn    127  acres;  Joseph  Shinn,  127  acres,  and  Solomon  Shmn,  127  acres 

Sellin.v  his  North  Carolina  ]3roperty,  Josiah  Carlock  Shmn  removed  to  Cin- 
cinnati. OlHo,  where  he  enoaged  in  the  hatters  business.  Here  he  attached  himself 
to  the  Washin-tonians  in  1826,  and  his  card,  now  m  possession  ot  the  writer, 
shows  that  he  was  one  of  the  original  members;  removed  to  Terre  Haute  Indm 
1827,  where  he  married  Elizabeth  B.  Humphreys,  4/11/182.  ,. joined  the  ClH-ist.an 
Church  and  was  made  a  preacher  by  that  society;  his  wile  died  lO/lo/ 1839, 
moved  to  Lawrenceburg.  Anderson  County,  Ky.  where  he  opened  a  hat  manufac- 
torv  married  theiv.  2  C/ 1844.  Melissa  Ann  Baker,  daughter  of  a  prominent  citi- 


KIS 


lil.STOKV    or    THE    61LISS    i"A.MIL\    IX    EUROPE    AND    AMERICA 


zeii  of  Anderson   County.     She  died  10/15/1845,  childless.     On  11/18/1847   he 
married  the  tliird  time.'Elizaheth  Frances,  granddaughter  of  William  and  Eliza- 
heth  (Kive.-j   Gilpin,  and  daughter  of  Willis  and  Ann  (:\[cBrayer)   Gilpm.     Wil- 
liam  (;ilpin,  her  grandfather,   was  horn    in   Nelson   County,    Virginia.    111    1782. 
He  migrated  to  Anderson  County.  Keniiu-ky.  hefore  he  attained  his  majority  and 
Jived  in  tlie  counts-  sixtv-six  rears.    lie  was  a  member  of  Colonel  Adair"s  Regiment 
in  the  War  of  ^^^■L  and  was  captured  at  Fort  Stephenson.     While  in  the  prison 
pen  he  saved  ilic  life  of  Judge  V n<K'i\vood  of  Bowling  Green,  Ky.,  by  seizing  the 
tomahawk  in  the  hands  of  an  Indian  before  it  fell  upon  its  victim  and  hurling 
its  holder  io  the  ground.     He  was  at  the  battle  of  Tippecanoe,  which  ended   his 
war  experience:  a'man  of  great  physical  pro]iortions  and  always  ready  for  an  old- 
fashioned   fist   iiglit ;   universally  known  throughout  Anderson   County  as  a   man 
who  hrookcd  no  insult  and  who  knew  no  fear.     He  was  a  friend  to  the  poor,  a  kind 
father,  and  a  Kentuckian  of  Kentuekians.     William  Gili)in  was  the  son  of  John 
(;il])in.  of  Fairfax  County.  Virginia,  who  in  luin  was  a  son  of  Col.  George  Gilpin 
of  Alexandria.  A'a.     Col.dieorge  Gili'm  wns  a  ncighboi-  to  George  Washington  be- 
fore the  war  of  177C,  and  with  him  Avas  ai)poiiiti'd  on  the  first  committee  of  safety 
for  Fairfax  County.     Tic  was  aid  to  Washington  during  the  war.  and  rose  to  the 
])Osition  of  Colonel.     In  ihat  cai)acity  he  was  a  great  licl|>  to  his  brother.  Thomas, 
and  other  eminent  Quakers,  who  were  exiled  in  17 M  to  \\'incliester,  Ya.     By  a 
.•strange  mutation  tlie  grandson  of  the  exile.  Thomas.  Henry  Dilworth  Gilpin,  be- 
came  .Vttorney  General  of  the  Hnited  States.     The  diary   of  Washington  shows 
that  Col.  Gilpin  was  a  noted  Civil  Engineer,  and  that  these  gentlemen  traveled 
and  worked  togetlier  in  survi'ying  the  canal  around  Little  Falls  in  the  Potomac, 
and.  wliat  is  better,  ihat  they  were  fast  friends.     He  was  ])ostmaster  at  Alexan- 
dria for  many  years;  director  of  the  Alexandria  Bank;  kludge  of  Fairfax  County; 
Street  Commissioner  of  Alexandria,  and  a  man  of  respectability  and  power.     He 
was  a  meml>er  of  the  Ala^onic  Lodge  at  Alexandria,  and  of  Christ's  Church  at  the 
same  ])lacr.     T\r  wa-  our  of  the  eight  pall-bearers  at  WashingtonV  dcatli.  as  the 
following  diagram  lakcn  from  the  proceedings  of  the  day  attests:' 


("OLS. 

COLS. 

SIMMS, 

{.\Msi:v. 

OIIJMX. 
MAKSTKLLEK 

I'.WNIv 

MTTLK. 

MOFIiNKRS 

MASON  l(     1",1{I:TIIU1- 

N 

CI 

ii/ir 

\'S. 

Col.  (icoigc  (iilpiii  wa^  a  grandMin  of  William  (Jilpiii.  ihr  I'hihiilclpliia  enii- 
grani.  who  was  a  linml  dcscendani  of  jhc  William  (;il|iiii  wiio  was  knighted  by 
Xing  Jolm.  (  Vnr  a  conntli'tc  pedigree  of  1  he  ( i  il  pin  t'nmily.  said  In  lie  (me  of  the 
few  complete  pedigrees  extant,  see  "■(lilpin  Memoir.""  puhli^hed  hy  the  Westmore- 
land (England)  Ant  i(piarian  Soeiel\.  I'm-  ('nl.  (lemi;,'  (;iliiin"s  War  SiM'vices 
see  "  I'lvile-  in  Virginia,"  a  v<,'ry  rare  work,  and  ihe  I'oree  I'apeis.  Aj'ehi\e>  o[  the 

'Samuel  Cilpin  was  a  Major  in  the  Pennsylvania  Line,  and  (leor.i;(>  (lilpin  was 
Colonel  ol'  Ihe  Militia  in  Fairfax,  Va.:  he  was  a  neij;lil)or  and  i)ersonal  friend  of  Wash- 
ington, frecpiently  spoken  of  by  him.  and  was  honored  by  being  one  of  his  pall  bearers 
at  his  funeral:  his  regiment  was  in  active  servire  diirinu:  the  war. — Simpson's  "Eminent 
Philadelphians."  p.  :'.99. 


FouKTit  Gkneratiox.  161) 

(iovrTiuiinit  for  tlio  yi-ar  1^5;  see  also  Washington's  Diary;  Virginia  State  Pa- 
jjcrn;  Maryland  State  Papers  (Cecil  and  ^fontgomery  r'ountics),  and  "Descendants 
of  W'illiani  (JiljMii  in  Anif-rica,""  by  George  Gilpin,  Philadelphia,  Pa.)  Col.  George 
(Jilpin  died  at  Alexandria,  \a.,  in  the  year  1813.  The  father  of  Elizabeth  Frances 
(iilpin  Willis  (rilpin,  nianied  Ann  ^IcBrayer,  of  Lawrencebiirg,  Ky.,  a  daughter 
of  Andrew  Mclirayer.  a  Uevolutionary  Hanger  from  Virginia.  ^Yillis  died  on  the 
Afis,-^is>i|»pi  Iiiver  in  l.s;};i  of  cholera.  Josiah  Carlock  Shinn  and  Elizabeth  Frances 
Gil[»in  were  married  at  Lawrenceburg,  Ky.,  and  at  once  set  out  for  a  home  in  the 
youTig  state,  Arkansas.  He  died  at  Kussellville  in  that  state,  12/3/1853,  and  she 
died  at  the  same  place  2/9/180"?.  In  all  his  life  not  a  drop  of  whiskey  was  ever 
used  by  liini,  ami  nnder  no  cirenmstances  was  it  permitted  to  be  used  on  his  prem- 
ises, lie  was  a  teacher  of  note  during  the  latter  days  of  his  life,  a  Christian  in 
every  respect  and  a  fond  linsband  and  father.  She  inherited  all  the  traits  that 
made  the  Gilpin  family  notable  in  England;  one  of  these  was  the  performance  of 
duly  williont  regard  for  the  eonse(piences.  One  of  the  family  in  England  was  of- 
fere<|  a  bishop's  mitre  by  (^iieen  Elizabeth.  This  he  refused,  saying  '"My  duty  is 
to  preaeb  In  tlic  poor  of  Dnrbaiii."  \\'itli  her  needle  she  kept  her  children  in 
school,  and  with  a  lirmness  akin  to  stubbornness  made  them  go  imtil  they  gradu- 
mI(<I.     She  wa'  universally  respected. 

I'llizalMtii  I  rallies  Shinn  married  tlie  second  time,  3/28/1859,  Samuel  Eeed 
.hnhl.  al   ( 'iniinnat  i.  <  >. 

Children    of  .l<i>iab    (  ailoek   and    Elizalutli    ?>.    (Ifumphreys)    Shinn. 

lui'.ta.     (1)   Josi'ph    Heniy   Shinn,   b.   at  Terre  Haute,  Ind..   2/6/1832;    m.,  1/7/1867, 
Kvaline  M.  Chandler,  at  Baker  City,  Ore. 

loirtii.     (21   .lani.'s    H.-nry    Shinn.    b.    at    Terra    Haute,    Ind.,    8/28/18.36;    m.   Lavina 
Toiiey.  at  WinKviile,  Ore. 
Children   of  .losiah   Carlock  and   Elizabeth    Frances    (Gilpin)    Shinn. 

1020.  1    Ct)   .Josiah    Hazen   Shinn.   b.    3/29/1849,   at  Russellville,   Ark.;    m.   Mildred 

Carlton   Williams,   at   Bridgeport,  Ky.,  1/7/1875. 

1021.  -J   (  n    I'^zra   Hickman   Shinn.   b.   12/25/1850.  at  Russellville,  Ark.;    m.  Fannie 

K.  Alien  at  same  place.  8/20/1878. 

1022.  :;   (r>»    Benjamin   Everett   Shinn.  b.  11/13/1852;   ob.  infans. 

n'iW.      S.VMi  Ki.    SiiiNN    (."■)).— Is.vvc    (4).   S.VMiKL    (3).  James    (2).   JOHX    (1). 

Samuel,  .•^eecnnl  child  of  Isaac  and  Agnes  Shinn,  and  named  in  his  mother's 
will  married  Pollv  LittU-  and  did  in  ISOT:  his  will  was  proved  10/20/1807;  he 
wa<  a  mcnd)er  of  th(>  C(.nntv  Court  in  UOO;  he  left  one  sou,  Samuel,  who  married 
:\r;irv  Lon.^;  thi<  son  was  Constable  at  Concord,  N.  C,  in  1807;  member  of  the 
Couiity  Cmri  1S21  :  dii'tl  isMti.  intestate.  His  children  at  that  time  were  mmors 
anil  the  mother  was  guardian. 

Children  of  Samuel  and  :\rary  (Long)   Shinn. 

10;!!»      111    Samuel  O.  Shinn  (7).  . 

1040.  ,2»  John  Lons  Shinn  (7).  b.  4/6/1820;  ob.  7/27/1869;  was  a  distinguished 
surveyor  and  Captain  of  the  Senior  Reserves,  Co.  F.  Confedeiate 
Army;   m.  Mary  Ann  Meisenheimer,  and  had  children: 

1041  (1)   Rutus  Cornelius  Shinn   (8).  ob.  infans.  ^     ,      ^  ^  , 

lo"'  I2)   Jane  Rebecca  Shinn    (8),  b.   1/22/1845;    m.   R.  J.   Cook  of  Concord, 

N.  C. 

1043  t3>   Margaret  Julia  Shinn   (8),  ob.  infans. 

1044  (4)   Marv  Sophia  Shinn,  ob.  at  ten  years  of  age. 

1045  (5)   Charlotte  Leonora  Shinn  (8),  b.  9/6/1849;  ob.  l/2o/1886. 

1046  (6)  John  Jeremiah  Shinn   (8),  b.  5/2/18i)2;   ob.  1872. 

1047  (7)  Thomas  Long  Shinn  (8),  ob.  infans.  ^  ,,  .  ,  -^  o/.,n/ 
1048'  (■^)  loseph  Carlock  Shinn  t7).  b.  1/7/1822;  m.  Elizabeth  Meisenheimer,  8/30/ 
1048.     (,)   Jo-^^l                        1/4/1853;  she  died  8/6/1873;   had  children: 

1040  (1)    Mary    Jane    Shinn    (8),    b.    9/8/1S44;    ob.    9/19/1883;    m.    Caleb    M. 

Earnhardt  and  reared  a  family. 


I'.ti  HisTOUY  OF  iiii:  .Siiixx  Family  jn  Elkoi'e  and  A:merica 

1050.  (2)   Thomas   Smiih   Shiiin    (8),  b.   l/26/184f5;    m.   Mary  Eller;    served    in 

the  Confederate  Army,  Co.  A,  20  N.  C.  Regt..  C.  S.  A. 

1051.  (3)  Alfred    Jeremiah    Shinn    (8).   b.   9/9/1848:    m..    12/28/1873,   Marthine 

Ann  fJdgison. 

1052.  (4)   George  Richard  Shinn  (8).  b.  10/15/1850;  m.  Catherine  Yost:  he  died 

in  .March.  1891. 

1053.  (5)    .Margaret   Carlock  Shinn  (S).  b.  10/29/1852;    m.  Wilson  McCommins. 

1054.  (4»   Margaret  A.  Shinn  (7).  m.  James  Cline.     She  is  buried  at  Mt.  Gilead. 

1055.  (5)   Rachel  Shinn  (7).  m.  Joseph  Melin. 

1056.  (0)   Catherine  Shinn  d).  m.  (1)  George  Goodman.  (2)  Mr.  Stanley. 

1057.  (7>   Esther  Shinn  (7).  m.  Samuel  Murph  at  Mt.  Olivet. 

360.     J<v\(    Iioss  SiiiNN    to). — Joseph   (I),  Swukl   {'A).  Thomas   (2), 

John    (1). 

Isaac  Ii().<s,  eldest  son  oT  Joseph  and  Jane  (Koss)  Shinn,  Ixn-n  1/8/1T85,  in 
what  is  now  Caharnis  Ccnmty.  Xortli  Carolina;  married  Ann  i*lnnkott  of  the  same 
county  in  1M0G,  and  had  eleven  children;  married  (2)  Elizaheth  Wilkins,  10/22/ 
1832,  aiul  had  six  children.  ScNciiteen  children,  .ill  hoi-n  in  one  house,  made  the 
prohlem  of  livin<r  somewhat  complicated  for  Isaac,  but  he  and  his  children,  with 
oilier  thousands  of  men  and  women,  lived  strenuous  lives  beiore  a  Roosevelt  made 
that  living'  popular.  Isaac  was  a  farmer.  Charles  Dudley  Warner  advised  every- 
one to  he  horn  '"  in  ;i  little  fed  rai'iiihoiiM'.""  'riicse  were  liorn  in  a  little  log  farm- 
house, and  livi'd  lives  of  hard  work.  There  were  no  quacks  to  tell  them  about 
■"  mi.xing  brains  with  the  soil,"  and  how  to  succeed  with  less  labor.  These  farm 
boys  seemi'd  lo  know  that  hard  work  and  drudgery  were  indispensable  to  success, 
then  or  now.  ihcic  or  elsewhere;  they.  A\itli  others  reared  in  like  lumses  and  in 
;(  similar  way,  opened  the  W'esi.  and  gave  it  a  I'ace  of  heroes  as  proprietors.  The 
luiines  of  these  children  were: 

First  ]\iai'i'iage. 

1058.  Q)   Joseph  Shinn  itJ).  b.  4/22/1807.  moved  to  Georgia  in  the  fall  of  1830.     He 

has  descendants  somewhere  in  the  State,  but  I  have  not  found  them. 
1059       (2(   John  Shinn   (ti).  b.  12/2/1808;   moved  to  Alabama  in  1832. 
10GO.     CM   Carson  Shinn  (C).  1).  4/11/1811;  ob.  4/24/1855,  at  Mobile.  Ala.,  where  he 
was  making   a  sale  of  cotton;    carpenter;    moved   to   Waverly,   Miss., 
married  there  in  1844   Maria  Atkinson,  of  Virginia;    acquired  planta- 
tions and  wealth:  owned  Shinn  Springs,  the  most  fashionable  resort  of 
.Mississipi)i    before  the  war.     Children: 
10*11  (1)    Sarah  Ann  Sliinn   (7).  b.  8/30/184(};   ob.  9/S/1848. 

1002.  (2)    Virginia  Clemeniine  Shinn   (7),  b.   9/2/1848;    m.  Abram   Stephenson; 

had  one  child  iliai   died   in   infancy. 
lOf.3.  CD    Lama   Shinn    (7l.   b.   9/15/1851:    m.,   12/23/187:;,   .lames   Hearon.   and 

had  lhr<'('  children. 
1<"»;7.  (ti    Samuel  Carson  Shinn    (7).  b.   9/19/1853;    m.    (1).  10/25/1875,  Mattie 

Honer  of  .Aherdei-n,  Miss.:  she  died  10/18/1877.  leaving  one  child, 
.Mary   Aim    Sliinn    (8):    m.    (2).   7/19/1887.   Mollie    Russell   of   Ala- 
bama, and  had  one  boy,  Sanm<d   Duff  Shinn    (St. 
J<>7'i  (5j   Ajuui   Shinn    (7).   b.  8/29/1855;    in..   12/24/1878.   Daniel   l)\ifl:   Stephen- 

son, and  dii'd,  leaving  two  children. 

1073.  Ill    Isaac  Rose  Shiiiii    (li),  b.  3/2fi/ISlL';    at    iiianhood   went    West    and  settled 

in   .Mississippi.      He,  loo,  amassed  wealth,  and   al    his  death,  having  no 
children,  left   his  estate  to  his  brother.  Green. 

1074.  (5)   Green    R.   Shinn    (0),   b.   2/S/181ti;    went    with    his    luoilier   to    .Mississippi 

and    died    there;    his   children    moved    i.>     Texas. 

1075.  (•',)   Tluiinas  Sliiim   (I'l).  I».  1/24/1S20;   nn)ved   to  Coosa  County.  Alabama,  and 

reared  a  fauiily  of  three  sons  and  two  daughters.     One  of  these  was  a 

lireacher  of  I  he  M.  K.  C.  S.  of  considerable  power. 
10S1.      i7i    Heiijamin  Shinn   (t!),  b.  3/21/1824:   moved  to  Washington  County,  Te.xas, 

dying  there;  he  left  two  sons.  .lohn  and  Thomas;   the  first  one  studied 

medi<ine  and  married  a  wealthy  Texas  girl. 
|nS4.      IS)    Abiginl   Shinn    (M.   b.   l/2(t/lS14:    m.   in   .\orlh   Carolina,   reared   a  family 

and  <lie(l  there,  as  did  her  sisters. 
lORR.      (9>    Roily  Shinn    («).  b.    1/10 '1818;    (Km    Ann   C    Sliiiin    fC),  b.  3/30/1822. 
1087.   (11 »   Jane  Shinn   (d).  b.  8/11/182(1. 


FoLUTJi  Generation.  171 

By  Second  Maniagf. 

1088.  1  (12)  James  W.  Shinn  (6),  b.  8/30/18?.:i;  studied  medicine  under  Dr.  Ramsey 
of  Rowan  County,  North  Carolina;  attended  lectures  at  Philadel- 
phia, Pa.;  began  practice  in  1859;  volunteered  in  the  first  com- 
pany formed  in  Rowan  County  as  a  private  in  Co.  B,  4th  N.  C.  Inf., 
C.  S.  A.;  wa.s  promoted  at  the  battle  of  Seven  Pines  to  rank  of 
First  Lieutenant,  all  the  other  officers  being  killed;  was  granted  a 
furlough  after  this  battle  and  died  in  the  meantime. 

10H!«  2  (\:i)  Calvin  L.  Shinn  (»;).  b.  :V3/183.5;  married  and  settled  in  Iredell  Coun- 
ty, North  Carolina,  where  he  reared  a  family  of  two  sons  and  five 
daughters;  the  eldest  son  is  a  prominent  farmer  and  merchant 
near  Granite  Hill;  the  other  was  sent  to  Catawba  College,  at  New- 
ton, N.  C,  where  he  graduated  witn  honor.  Three  of  his  daughters 
are  married  and  were  all  settled  on  a  farm  by  Mr.  Shinn.  One  of 
the  youngest.  Anna,  was  sent  to  White  Hall,  Concord,  and  the 
other  to  Shinnville  Academy.  Calvin  L.  Shinn  has  been  a  most 
successful  man. 

1097.  ::   (14)   George  A.  Shinn   ((i).  b.  6/18/1838;   volunteered  in  February,  1862,  in 

Co.  1,  7th  N.  C.  Vol.  Inf.,  C.  S.  A.;  was  in  nine  battles;  wotmded  in 
the  thigh  6/28/1862  near  Gaines  Mill  in  the  Seven  Days  Battles; 
honorably  discharged  in  1864;  m..  2/8/1858,  Rachel  P.  Landers  of 
Iredell  County,  and  had  children: 

1098.  (1)   John  h .  Shinn   (7),  ob.  inlans. 

1099.  (2)   Leila  M.  Shinn   (7).  b.  6/2.5/18t;i ;   m.  P.  P.  Lorbacher  oi  Morgan- 

ton,  N.  C;  he  was  a  physician  and  pharmacist,  born  in  Erfurt, 
Province   of   Saxony.    Prussia.     Children. 

1100.  (1)   Rosamond   A.  Lorbacher   (8). 

IKil.  (:'.)   James  L.  Shinn  (7),  b.  5/18/1864;  reared  on  a  farm  near  Doolie, 

Iredell  County,  N.  C;  attended  the  public  schools;  then  the 
preparatory  department  of  Rutherford  College;  after  which  he 
entered  the  regular  course;  graduated  in  English  from  the 
private  school  of  Rev.  B.  York,  D.  D.,  in  1880;  began  teaching 
in  his  sixteenth  year  and  taught  for  three  to  ten  months  each 
year  for  sixteen  years;  principal  of  Glen  Alpin  Academy  from 
1886  to  1890;  ra..  3/4/1884,  Cyntha  E.  Keever  of  Lincoln  County, 
North  Carolina;  ordained  to  the  Baptist  Ministry  at  Providence 
Church.  11/28/1886;  served  as  pastor  of  Hopewell  Church  ten 
years,  and  preached  at  other  churches  in  the  Catawba  River 
Association;  in  1896  moved  to  Clifton,  S.  C,  and  served  the 
church  nearly  two  years;  in  January,  1898,  moved  to  Moores- 
ville,  N.  C,  and  was  pastor  there,  and  at  neighboring  churches, 
for  nearly  four  years;  in  January,  1902,  to  Salemburg,  N.  C, 
where  he  is  now  located;  he  is  a  fine  lecturer  and  preacher; 
his  labors  have  been  crowned  with  success.     Children: 

1102  (1)   John  .Marvin  Shinn  (8);    (2)   Oscar  Ray  Shinn  (8). 

1104.  (3)   Roy  Johnson  Landers  Shinn  (8);    (4)  Ethel  Maude  Beatrice 

Shinn  (8). 

1106.  (5)   Emmet  Anderson  Shinn  (8);    (6)  Ernest  Lawson  Shinn  (8). 

1108  (7)   Bertha  Rachel  Elizabeth  Shinn. 

1100  (4)   Abigail  D.   Shinn    (7),   b.  11/23/1866;    unmarried. 

1110  (5)   Mary  E.   Shinn   (7).  b.   7/31/1869;   m.   Louis  J.  Weber  of  Balti- 

more, Md.;  German-American;  painter;  resides  at  Morgantown, 
N.  C.  and  had  a  child,  Florence  I.  Weber  (8). 

1H2.  (6)    Alice  J.  Shinn  (7).  b.  4/6/1872. 

Ill;;  (7)   Fletcher  L.  Shinn  (7),  b.  5/2/1874. 

1114  (8)   Frederick  E.  Shinn  (7),  b.  9/19/1877. 

lll.S  (9)   George  I.  Shinn  (7),  b.  2/12/1880. 

111.:'  4  (15)  Alexander  (Sandy)  Shinn  (6),  b.  12/11/1841;  farmer:  volunteered  in 
186-^  in  Co  B  4th  N.  C.  Vol.  Inf.,  C.  S.  A.:  died  of  typhoid  fever 
Avhi'ie  at  home  on  a  furlough;  married,  in  1860,  Margaret  Baker, 
and  had  one  son,  William  Shinn  (7)  of  Mooresville,  N.  C. 

Ills      5  (16)   Elizabeth  Shinn  (6).  b.  5/3/1836;  m.  Silas  McNeely.     No  children. 

11  9'     6     17     Rebecca  Shinn  (6).  b.  4/16/1840;  m.  A.  F.  Goodman  of  Rowan  County^ 
^  No-th  Carolina,  in  1866;  he  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  men  of 

his  community,  and  reared   a   family  of  sons  and   daughters   that 
were  good  and  useful  men  and  women. 


i;-.'  History  of  the  .Sinxx  Family  ix  Europe  and  America 

359i.     ABKiAU.  Siiixx  (o).— .7(.sEi'ii  (4),,  Samiel  (3).  Thomas  (2),  Johjt  (1).  > 

Abi^'ail,  eldest  child  of  Josi-nli  and  Jane   (Ross)   Shi  mi.  jiianied.  1/10/1796, 
John  SHU.  and  had  three  ehildren.  who  remained  in   Nortli  Carolina: 
1120.     (1)  John  Still   (6);    (2)  Joseph  Still  (6). 
1122.     (:;i   Sarah  Still  (f. i.  who  married  Dr.  Fink. 

3G1.     .Tean  Siiinn    (o). — losEi'H  (4).  Samiki.   (:'.).  M^ftomas  (2),  John   (1). 

Jean,  third  ehild  of  Jose])h  and  Jane  (lloss)  Sliinn.  was  born  in  what  is  now 
Oaharrn>  County,  in  ITS').  Slic  marriod,  9/1/1801.  Ifiehard  Anderson,  of  the 
f^ame  eounty.  (In  some  old  tlceds  her  name  is  spelled  .Jena,  notably  in  one  of 
July  12.  1799,  wherein  her  father  conveys  land  on  both  sides  of  Buffalo  Creek 
for' $2,000.)  lienjamiu,  Joseph  and  Silas,  ])rothers,  owned  land  (500  acres) 
on  Dnt'-h  BulTalo  ('reek,  and  also  (."iOO  acres)  on  Two  Meadow  Creek.  Benjamin, 
on  Augn.-t  10,  1795.  bought  two  hundred  and  eighty-six  acres  on  Three-Mile 
Branch.  It  touched  other  Shinn  lines  three  times.  In  fact,  the  eai-ly  deed  records 
of  Cabarrus  County  teem  with  deeds  to  and  from  these  three  brothers,  showing 
them,  in  the  venrs'l780  to  l<s(io.  1(,  have  been  among  the  thriftiest  men  of  that 
region:  and  Jean  and  Elenor  Sliiuu  a[ipfar  Ji\'(juently  as  witnesses  to  these  trans- 
action-. Tradition  says  that  both  these  girls  were  brilliant  young  ladies,  and 
M'ell  versed  in  law.  Joseph  Shinn.  the  father  of  Jean,  died  seized  of  about  2,000 
acres  of  land  in  ihc  wilderness  of  Tennessee.  Richard  Anderson  alone  of  Joseph's 
many  sons-in-law  took  an  interest  in  this  land.  He  purchased  the  rights  of  all 
the  other  heirs,  as  is  shown  in  Deed  Book  8,  of  Cabarrus  County  Deeds,  pages  179, 
187  and  520.  The.<e  deeds  sujijily  the  missing  links  in  the  genealogical  chain  of 
the  descendants  of  Joseph  Slimn.  Each  deed  recites  tbat  Joseph  had  eight  chil- 
dren, names  them,  and  then  ediiNcys  each  heirs  right  to  Richard  Anderson.  He 
and  his  wife  Jean,  with  iheii'  ehihli'en,  i-einove(l  to  Tennessee  and  left  a  nnnierous 
ramilv  of  children  and  gramlehildicn. 

:]C)->.     Eeexoi;  SuixN   (5). — .Ioskimi    (  I  ).  S  am  i  1:1.  (;'>).  Thomas   ('iL-IoiiN    (1). 

Klenor,  fourth  child  of  .losepb   and  Jam;    (Koss)    Sliinii,  b.   5/20/1782,  was 
a    remarkably   intelligent    and    bi-illiant    wcnnan.      Aforeau   Barringer.   one   of   the 
leading   men    fif    N'orth    Cai'olina.    said    of    her:      "Elenor    Shinn    would    make   a 
better   Cf>vernor  <t\'  the   State   than    it    has   e\-er   had."      She    had    all   the   pride  of 
blood  llial  comes  to  a  woman   whose  aneestoi's  had   hdnie  a   leading  ]"»art  in  North 
C/arolimi  history;    was  herself  familial'  with  its  history  and  with   the  pedigrees  of 
thfi  citizens  of  Cabarrus;    >lie   (as  did  the  children  of  lienjaniin  and  Silas)  inher- 
ited  slaves,   and   was  noted    for    her    hnnianity    towai'd    lh(ni.      She   marriiMl,   C)/4/ 
ISOI.  .Jacob  Hudson,  a  pronnneni   eili/.en  of  (  ah;iiTn>  ('niiiii\,  and  had  children: 
112:5.     (1)   .lane  ICnos  Hudson  (<;),  b.  1/3/180:'.:  m.  Mr    Uiirkhead  of  Cabarrus  County 
and  had  children: 
(1).    12),    C!).    (4).      .All    (lied    ill    iiilaiicy. 
1128.  (5)   Janu'S  ('alvia    liolcniiil)   iinrkliead    (7);    111.    INI.   Cohenhover.   of   Salis- 

bury, .N.  ('..  and  resides  at   Concord;   he  had  several  children,  three 
of  whom  are  living ;  one  son  resides  in  Texas. 
li:'2.  (ip)    .Mary   .lane   Ross   IJurlshcad    (7),   ni.   .John   Knox   drahani:    r(>sides   in 

ilowan  County:  a  very  inlfdli.^enl  woman  and  the  possessor  of  a 
irunU  and  chair  bronchi  iiiio  X.nlli  Carolina  by  Sanuu-l  Shinn: 
these  were  heirlooms  handed  dnwii  from  Abigail  to  l<]ienor;  from 
Elenor  to  Jane  Enos,  and  from  .lane  to  Mrs.  CJraham:  she  is  the 
molher  of  six  children,  two  of  whom  died  in  infancy. 
li:i!V  (T»   .Icsse  Dc  Will    Iturkhead   (7),  m.  ()ii\ia  Anderson  of  Souili  c'arolina: 

graduate  of  the  Theological  Coiu'se  of  the  University  of  South  Car- 
olina; took  a  postgraduate  course  al  Clasgow.  Scotland,  his  wife 
accompanying  him;  an  author  of  seveial  doctrinal  works  of  great 
merit;  pastor  of  lh«<  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  .Monlgomery, 
.Ma.  (1Si»|  I :  has  two  sons  in  that  city,  one  of  whom  is  married. 


Fourth  Generation'. 


173 


1M2.  (8j  A.  A.  Whitefield  Burkhead  (7);  graduate  of  Davidson  College,  N.  C; 

said  to  be  the  most  brillianr  one  of  the  family;  volunteered  in  the 

Southern  Army  and  died  of  yellow  fever. 
1143.  (9)   Sylvanus  F.  Burkhead    (7);    m.  Laura  Gillispie;    resides  at  Moores- 

ville,  N.  C.  (1801);  had  three  children;  one  daughter  deceased  and 

two  sons, 
nil.     (2)   A  son  who  died  in  infancy. 
114.')      (.'{)   Sarah    Hudson   ((>).  who   married  J.  M.   Warmoth  and  settled  in  South 

Carolina.     Children: 
lilt;.  (1)   .James  Richard  Warmoth  (7) 

lit?  (2)   .John  Randolph  Warmoth  (7). 

;;(;i.     l.i;.\ii   Siiinn    (.j).— .Tm-kimi   (1).  S.vmiki.   (:)).  Thomas  (2),  John   (1). 

licali.   sixth   cliild   of   .7o.<c|ili   jiiid  Jane    (Ross)    81iinn,  b.   1787:   m.   a   man 
naiiK-fl   .Mlt'iii'pii;',.  aixl   lia<l   llncc  clnldrcn: 


1148. 


Il4i). 


1150. 


An  old  Chair  taken  Into  North  Carolina,  1750,  b>   Samuel  Shinn. 

(1)   Frances  Elizabeth  Allemong   (6),   who  married  a   man  named  Plunkett 

and  had  at  least  one  child:  r^^„^^„/i 

il)    Sarah  Adelaide   Plunkett    (7).  who  married  W.  J.  Hill  ot  Concoid, 

N    C      Mr    Hill  is  a  prominent  citizen  of  that  place;   magistrate; 

merchant  •    has   the   old   chair   which   Samuel    Shinn   brought   into 

North  Carolina  in  1760.  and  looks  snug  and  quaint  in  the  engraving; 

That  chair  has  been  in  the  family  in  North  Carolina  one  Jiundred 

and  forty-three  years,  and  may  have  crossed  the  ocean  one  hundred 

vears  earlier.     Children:  ,      ^        *  tvt  ^fi, 

(i)   Edward  Hill   (8).  who  was  the  first  one  to  7ol"°,teer  from  North 

Carolina  in  the  Cuban  War;    Senior  Captain  1st  N.  C  \olun- 

teers;    this  regiment  was  the  first  to   enter  Havana;    for  the 


174  HiSTOliY    OF    TJIE    6H1X.N"    FAMILY    IX    EUKUrE    AXD    A.XLKRICA 

next  two  years  Captain  in  the  27th  Regiment  of  the  Provincial 
army;  then  served  two  years  in  the  Philippine  Islands;  is  now 
First  Lieutenant  of  the  Coast  Artillery  in  the  regular  army. 

1151.  ci)    William  Joel  Hill   (S):    C'.l   Lalla  Hill   (8). 

115:L  (4»   Francis  .J.  Hill. 

1154.  (2)   Ellen  Alleniong  (6),  who  married  Mr.  Taylor. 

1155.  i?,)   Martha  Allomong  (6),  who  married  Joshua  Benson  and  had  children: 

1156.  (1)   Lewis  Benson  (7).  who  married  and  had  children,  Edgar,  Nanna  and 

Lulu. 

1160.  (2)   Henry  Benson  (7j. 

1161.  (3)  John    Benson    (7).    who   liiwrried    and    had    children,    Ollie,    Edward, 

Clyde  and  Nanna. 
1166.  (4)  Joseph    Benson    (7),    who    mairicd    and    had    three    children,    Don, 

Frederick   and   Esther. 
1170.  (5)   Rohert  Benson  (7);    (6)  Alia  G.  Benson   (.7). 

1172.  (7)   Kate   Benson    (7).  who  married   and  had   a  son,  Charles.     They  all 

reside  near  Statesville.  N.  C. 

30.1.       JOSKI'II    SlIINX    (.")). JoSKI'il    (4).    SaMLKI.    (3),    TjiO.MAS    [2),   JOHX    (1). 

Joseph,  seveiitli  child  of  Jo.^eph  and  Jane  (Iloss)  Shinii.  h.  1789;  m.  Mar- 
garet (Peggy)  C'arotlicrs.  :V26/1S0();  she  died  in  ^Mississippi  in  her  eighty-third 
year;  he  was  a  saddler  in  Concord  from  1S20  to  182;  ;  also  ran  the  Phifer  Mill; 
died  at  Concord  in  1827.  His  descendants  live  in  nearly  every  Southern  State, 
and  descend  from  one  or  tiie  otlier  of  tlie  following  I'hildu'n: 

1174.  (1)   Narcissus  Melissa  Shinn  (6);  ob.  infans. 

1175.  (2)   Warren  L.   Shinu    (6);    moved   to  Tennessee   in   1850;    to  Mississippi   in 

1853;  ob.  there  1867;   m.  Sally  Cope  and  had: 
li7t'..  (1)   Mary  Shinn   (7),  who   married    (1)    Mr.  Bolton;    (2J    Mr.   Martindale 

of  Si)ringport,  Miss. 

1177.  (2)  John   Shinn    (7),  who  never   married. 

1178.  (M)   Joseph  W.  Shinn  (7),  who  married  Miss  Magee  and  moved  to  Texas 

in  1881;  ob.  there  1890,  leaving  a  wife  and  ten  children  at  Lock- 
hart,  Tex.  He  was  a  brave  soldier  in  Captain  Green  Bowles'  Com- 
pany in  the  Confederate  Army. 

11^9.  (4)    Sarah    Shinn    (7),    married    a    Martindale    and    moved    to    Lockhart, 

Tex.,  where  she  died  in  1870.   leaving  five  children. 

11!^5.  (5)   Martha   Shinn    (7),   married   a   Mr.    Patton   and   moved    to   Caldwell, 

County,  Texas,  in  1890.     At  that  time  she  had  seven  children. 

1203.  (6)   Melissa  Shinn  (7).  m.  W.  H.  Holcomb.  of  Marcilina,  Tex.,  and  had 

ten  children. 

1214.  (7)    Eniarintha  Shiiiii    (7j,  ol).  infans. 

1215.  (8)   William  A.  Shinn  (7),  m.  Miss  Hudson  and  had  no  children. 

1216.  (9)   (kdia  Shinn  (7),  married  a  Mr.  Hudson  at  Eureka.  Miss.,  where  they 

still  live.     Seven   children. 

1224.  ('.',)    Wilborn   Sliiiin    (6);   removed  to  Hot  Springs.  Ark.,   where  he  died  with- 

(jut   issu<\ 

1225.  (4»    Harrisfjn  Shinn   (6);  ob.  at  twenty-two  years  of  age;   unmarried. 

1226.  (5)   Alexander  Shinn    (6)    (Sandy);    1).   1820,  Iredell   County.   North  Carolina; 

to  Tf-nncssce  1S47;  (o  Mississipi)!  185;>;  m.  (1)  a  woman  named  Ea.gie; 
(2)  Mrs.  Mary  Theresa  Uouglas;  enlisted  in  Company  C  1st  Mississippi 
Cavalry,  C.  S.  A.;  was  under  Cicni'ral  Joseph  Johnston  at  Atlanta;  sec- 
ond wife  in  her  youth  bore  the  name  Irvin,  and  was  a  sister  of  Samuel 
Irvin.  father  of  Attonics  Uohcri  Irvin  (t{  IJilIi,"  H()cl<,  .Ark.  The  chil- 
dren  were: 

1227.  (1)   Columbus  M.  Sliiun    (7);    soldier  in  Co.  C.  1st  Miss.   Cav.,  C.   S.  A.; 

wounded  at  Atlanta;    m.  .Miss   File  at  Pope's  Station.  Miss. 

1228.  (2)    .Mary    Ellen    Sliiim    (7).   in.    Taylor    Norris   and    bad    three   children. 

Hesides  Courl  buiil.   .Miss. 

1232.  (3)   .John   F.  Siiinii   t7).  in.   (1)   Anna  Sliidd:    moved  to  Caldwell  County. 

Texas,  where  she  died  in  1887,  leaving  five  children;  married  (2) 
a  woman  named  Solomon  and  liad  two  fliildren:  reside  at  Max- 
well, Tex. 

1240.  (6)  Mary  Ellen  Shinn  (li).  m.  .lobii  Sniilli  in  Rowan  County.  North  Carolina; 
ob.  NoveTril)er.   1S45.  and  had  children: 


FOLKTJI    GiiXKIt.VTION.  175 

1241  (Ij   George  Smith    (7).   who  lives  at  Santa  Ana.  Tex.,  with  a  wife  and 

six  children. 

1248.  (2)   MarRaret  Smith   (7),  who  married  a  Mr.  Icenhover,  who  was  killed 

in  the  Southern  Army.     No  children. 

1249.  ('.',)   Emarantha  Smith    (7),  who  married  a  Fink  and  remained  in  North 

Carolina. 
12.'>'».  (4)   Joseph  Smith    (7).  m.    Miss  Magie  in    Mississippi;    moved  to  Lock- 

hart,  Tex.,  and  has  seven  children. 
125X      (7)    Martha  J.  Shinn  ((>),  m.  R.  A.  Shield  and  moved  to  Texas.     She  was  the 
mother  ot   six  children. 

;;(;ii.     IWovjamin'  Shinn  (•'*). — Josei'h  (4),  Samuel  (3),  Thomas  (2),  John  (1). 

Kriijaiiiiii,  eiifhtli  cliiM  of  Jo>icph  and  Jane  (Ross)  Shinn,  b.  12/18/1791; 
III..  1/12  I. SOD.  Nancy  McAlicrn,  at  C'oneorfl,  X.  C,  and  had  two  children,  who 
icinaiiK'd    in    that  State.      N'nney  ilied   in    LSI 3,   and  Benjamin   soon  after.      The 

eiiildren  wen-: 

12*;r,.   (1)  .los.-ph  Shinn  (G).  b.  12/11/1810. 
12r.«;,   (2(  .Mary  Shinn  (tl).  b.  11/15/1812. 

:\\'i.     .loll.  SiiiNN    (.'•). — ,sir,.\s  (1),  Samiki.  (3).  Tiio.\[as  (2),  Johx  (1). 

.loci,   son    of    Silas   and    Klenor    (Overcast)    Shinn,   b.    in   North   Carolina; 
iiM.\id    aliout   1.S2I.  to   I'litnain  County,  Ind. ;    married  and  reared  a  family.     I 
liavf  found  but  one  cbibl  -Oliver  Shinn — who  married  an  aunt  of  Evaliue,  wife 
of  ,lnM|tli    llciilv  Shinn.      .Moved  to  California  and  held  several  important  posi- 
tions of  hniiur  Miiil  I  rust. 

3T0.     .I<m\     \tki\<(>n    (."i). — Samuki.    Atkixsox    (i),    Haxxah    Shixx    (3), 

.1  AMES  (2),  Johx  (1). 

John    .\tkinsoii   was   Ixtrn   S   1    IToiJ;  m.,   3/15/1798,   Elizabeth  Borton,  and 

ha<i  Ibi'  foMowini:  .  hildrcn  : 

12tl7.     (1)    Esther  AlUinson.  b.  8/5/1799;   m.  Jonathan  Heritage. 

12t;8.     (2)   Elizabeth  Atkinson,  b.  8/6/1800;  ob.  10/3/1864;  m.  William  H.  French. 

12<;ft      cn   (Iporge  Tat  em  Atkinson,  b.  10/26/1810;  m.  Elizaljeth.  daughter  of  Jesse 

Hon<i  ot  Siilem.  N.  J..  2/5/1840. 
127U.     (I»   John  Atkinson,  b.  3/18/1814  in  New  Jersey:   ob.  in  Colorado,  1/13/1889; 
m.  .\nnio  Alberison. 

382.  Ele.vzek   FEXTt)x    (:>).— Eli z.vbkth   Atkix^sox    (4),  Hannah  Atkixsox 

(3V,  James  (2),  Johx  (1). 

Elea/.er    Fenton   inarrird   a   woman    whose  name   cannot  be  ascertained,   and 

had   two  I'hiitlrcn  : 

1271.  (1)   Eleazer  Fenton:    m.   Elizabeth  Clarke. 

1272.  (2>   Elizabeth  Fenton;  m.  Enoch  Elkinton. 

383.  Kliz.vhkth  Shixx  (5).— Restore  (4),  Francis  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

Elizabeth    Shinn   was   born,   10/6/1758,   in   Burlington   County,   X.   J.:  m.. 
3/3/1777.  .lacob.  son  of  Joseph  Lamb.     She  died  4/9/1790,  leaving  the  following 

'"'   r>'73'    (I)   Restore  Shinn  Lamb.  b.  12/27/1788;   m.  Mary,  daughter  of  Benjamin  E. 
Ridgway,  4/18/1822. 
1274.     (2)   Rebecca  Lamb;  m.  Abraham  Merritt. 
1275^     (3)   Jacob  Lamb;  m.  Ann  Ridgway.  ........  t 

1276.  (4)   Clayton  Lamb:  m.  Ridgway,  daughter  of  Lott  Ridgway,  Jr. 

1277.  (5)  Joseph  Lamb:  ob.  sine  proli. 

384.  Rebecca  Shinn  (5).— Restore  (4),  Fraxcis  (3).  James  (2),  Johx  (1). 

Rebecca  Shinn,  second  child  of  Restore  and  Mary   (Biddle)   Shinn    b.  1/13/ 
i:c>0;   died   nnmarried.   leaving   a   will,   dated   January   26.    1806,   and   probated 


Ti; 


HisToitY  OF  Till-:  SiiiNX  Fa.\iii.v  i-V  Europe  and  America 


August  1(1.  ISOG.  (Burlingion  Wills.  \a\>vy  A.  page  131.)  This  will  names 
lior  sisters.  Lavina.  Lvtlia  and  Bfuhili:  iiitvf^.  Ilannali  and  Mary  Brook  Biddle. 
PJlizahetli  and  Uelx-cca  Hays  and  IJcltucca  Mcri-itt.  ,Slie  leaves  each  of  these,  and 
lier  relative  lulizahctli  Aildways.  a  large  sinn  of  money,  and  the  inference  is  that 
she  was  a  woman  of  wraltli. 

:is.-,.     I.Aviw  SiiiNN   (.')). — l.'i:sToi;i-:  (4).  Francis  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

I>avina  Siiiini.  third  ehiitl  <>f  Restore  and  Mary  (  [Middle)  Shinn,  b.  2/6/ 
1:G2;  died  unmarried,  leaving  a  will,  (hiled  8/3/1829.  (Burlington  Wills,  Liber 
1).  page  int.)  This  will  distribut<'s  a  large  estate  to  a  number  of  nieces,  nephews, 
great-nieces  and  sisters-in-law.  IJebecca  gave  her  propei'ty  to  females,  and  Lavina, 
while  recognizing  her  nephews,  seemed  to  tliin.k  the  lords  of  creation  might  care 
for  themselves.  The  estate  of  these  women  argues  a  very  great  wealth  for  the 
father.  Restore,  fmrn  wJKun  they  iiilKi'iicd  ilic  gcratcr  ]mv\  of  wliat  was  willed 
away. 

XIECES. 
Rebecca   Lamb   Merritt. 
Sarah  Biddle  Shinn. 
Mary    Uousherty. 
.Mary  Srrebent. 
Lvdia   Brooke. 


M:i'in:ws. 
Jacob   Lamb. 
Restore  Shinn  Lamb. 
Clayton  Lamb. 
Jo.si'ph    Biddk'    Shinn. 
Lamar   Hays. 
William  Hays. 
.John  Brooko. 
Restore    Shinn    Brooke 


SI.STERS-].\-I.AW 
Ann    Shinn. 
Sarah    Shinn. 


GKEAT-XIECES. 
Rebecca  ^lerritt  Lamb. 
Beulah  Shinn   Bolton. 
Mary  Lavina  Bolton. 
Elizabeth  Ives  Bolton. 
Ellen  Maria  Bolton. 
Marv  Daugherty,  Jr. 
Elizabeth  T^augherty. 


38G.     .Stacy  Shlvx   (5). — JJk.store   (4j.   Kj;ancis   [o),  James   (2),  Joiix    (1). 

Stacy  Shinn.  fourtli  child  of  l^■stor('  and  :\lary  (Biddle)  Shinn,  b.  2/27/ 
IvGi;  m.  Anne  Earl,  in  ir!)."").  and  died  in  ISOO.  John  Earl  was  appointed  ad- 
mini.s<rator.  4/14/18()()  (Turlington  Wills.  Liber  3«),  p.  T2),  ami  Caleb  Earl 
guardian  of  Jo^e])!!  B.  and  Sarah  B.  Slmin.  .5/29/1801  (Ibid.,  305).  These 
orphan  children  were  very  ])opular.  Ix-ing  named  in  Samuel  Sliinn's  will.  18].">-. 
Lavina's.  1S2!>;    Elizabeih  Salter".s  ^'^•">"-  'in'l  Hannali   S;dtei-"s.  ISCO. 

(Jhildren  of  Stacy  and  .Vmie  (Earl)   Sliinn. 

1278.  (1)  .Tosoph  Biddle  Shinn.  b.  7/2:V1790  (Mt.  Holly  Birth  Re.i;ister) ;  m.  In 
-Monmouth  County.  ?./\U/lS:n.  Rel)ecca  Stratton  Cline,  granddaughter 
ot  .Joseph   and   Flulda   (.Alotl)    Salter. 

i:'7!i      (L'l    Sarah   Biddle  Shinn.  b.    17!i.S:   ob.   sine   iiroli. 

.■J.s;.     Kkstore  Sin.N.v   (."■>). —  IJkstoki:  (I).  l-"i;\\(is  (:! ).  .I.wi  i:s  (2).J()iix   (1). 

Restore  Shinn.  fifth  child  of  K'e.-l.nv  uud  .M;,ry  (Biddle)  Shinn.  b.  V^*^/ 
K'iO:  m..  in  HiM.  a  wonian  nanuMi  Sarah,  lie  was  disowned  for  marrvinu'  out 
(d'  meeting  by  Mt.  Molly,  .\pril  10.  i::»l.  1 IC  iVwd  in  1802,  leaving  a  will,  dated 
TlaiKtver,  .\.  .1..  .I.muary  22,  1802.  and  |)robaled  Fe!»ruary  2(>.  iso-J.  (Burling- 
ion Wills,  laber  ."{9,  p.  ."iOI.)  He  names  wife.  Surah,  and  llu'  follow  in-  .liildren: 
|)aiigbler>.   Mary,   l.avina.  .Meriltu.  Lydia.  aiul  sou  ('l.ivlun. 

•  ''lildreii  nf    l.'e-iure  ,iiicl    Sural)    ( )    S'linn. 

I-S'i.  Ill  .Mary   Sliinu.   b.    i7!tJ:    m.          —   naugherty. 

12S1.  (2)  Lavina   Sliiuu.   I».    IViM;    m.   Thomas   Atkinson    Fierce,   .Vi:!/^819. 

12X2.  Cn  Clayton    Sliinn.    1.    17!m;;    m.    Susan   (Jaskill.   12/18/1824. 

12K:{.  (4)  Meriba  Shinn.   b.    17:t8:    ob.   sine   i>r(di. 

1284.  (61  Lydia    Shinn,   b.    175»S;    ob.   sine   proli. 

."'.SS.       .M.\i;\    Siii.NN    (.".).       li'i.siniji:    (1).    i-"i;\\cis    ( .'*>  i .  .1  A  M  i;s    (2)..l()lix    (1). 

Mary  Shinn,  si.xth  child  of  {{e.-toiv  and  .Marv  (r.id.lle)  Shinn.  b.  2/23/17(i8; 
m.   .\fi.   Hays,  in  1';90.     She  was  di^jwned  ut  ^li.    Ilollv.  (Ui   Ihe  9th  of  the  12th 


MRS.  LILUIE  A.  EGGLESTON 

ASA  SHINN 

FRANK  R.  SHINN 


JOHN   M.  C.  SHINN,  Jr. 
lOHN   M.  C.  SHINN 
ELIAS  SHINN 
ASA  E.  SHINN 


GEORGE  E.  SHINN 
MRS.  AZARIAH  SHINN 
MARSHALL  ASA  SHINN 


Fourth  Gkneratiox.  17«> 

jiioiitli.  ]7!MJ,  for  going  out  in  inarriag(3  after  being  precautioned.  She  died  iu 
I.SO— ,  Jeaviiig  a  will.  (Burlington  Wills,  Liber  A,  p.  21.)  She  names  daughter 
Mary,  wife  of  Charles  Kay,  and  three  unmarried  sisters — Rebecca,  Lavina  and 
liculaii.  Ifebccca,  in  her  will,  names  three  children  of  ^Mary  Hays,  viz.,  Biddle, 
I'llizabetii  and  Jfebecca.  The  mother  names  but  one  child.  The  inference  is  that 
Hiddle,  Elizabetb  and  llebecca  Hays  died  iu  the  interim.  If  so,  there  was  a  very 
great  mortality  in  Jiestore's  family  in  the  years  1804:-'o-"6. 

Children  of and  ^lary  (Shinn)   Hays. 

12.S.'>.     (1)   Elizal)eth   Hays;    ob.   sine  proli. 
128G.     (2)   Rebecca  Hays:    ob.   sine  proli. 

1287.  {'.'.)   Mary  Hays;    m.  Charles  Kay. 

1288.  (4)   Riddle  Hays;   ob.   sine  proli. 

3U0.  LvDiA  SiiiNx  (5). — Kkstore  (4),  Fraxcis  (3).  James  (2),  Johx  (1). 
J.ydia  Sliinn,  eighth  child  of  Restore  and  Mary  (Biddle)  Shinn,  b.  9/20/ 
1773  ;'m.  Bowyer,  son  of  Bowyer  and  Hannah  Brooks,  7/17/1794.  She  was 
disowned  at  Mt.  Holly  for  violating  discipline  in  marriage.  There  is  no  record 
of  her  dealli.  nor  of  the  births  of  her  children.  Rebecca,  in  her  will,  named  two 
nieces — Hannah  and  Mary  Brooke.  (The  spelling  changed  in  ten  years  from 
Brooks  to  Jirooke. )  J^avina,  tw(!nty  years  later,  names  nephews  John  and  Restore 
Shinn  lirooks,  niece  Lydia  Brooke,  and  great-niece  Mary  Strebent,  Init  omits 
.'[anna!!. 

Children  of  Bowyer  and  Lydia   (Shinn)    Brooke. 

1289.  (1)   Hannah  Brooke;    ob.   sine  proli. 

1290.  (2)   Mary  Brooke,  b.  1797;   m.  Strebent. 

1291.  (3)  John  Brooke. 

1292.  (4)   Restore  Shinn   Brooke. 
129:'..  (5)   Lydia   Brooke. 

3!il.     Be[i  All  SiiiNN   {5). — Restore  (4),  Fraxcis  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

Beuhih  Shinn.  ninth  child,  and  youngest,  of  Restore  and  Mary  (Biddle)  Shinn, 
I)  11/25/170(1 ;  m.,  in  Cloucester  County,  N.  J.,  4/11/1805,  Joseph,  son  of  Joseph 
and  Ixhoda  Bolton.  This  was  one  of  the  oldest  families  of  the  county,  and  its 
mend)ers  respectable  and  noted  persons.  I  have  not  traced  her  descendants 
further.  The  will  of  Lavina  gives  the  following  great-nieces,  or  grandchildren, 
of  Joseph  and  Lvdia  (Sln'nn)  Bolton: 
1294.      (1)   Beutah   Shinn    Bolton. 

(2)  Mary   Lavina   Bolton. 

(3)  Elizabeth   Ives   Bolton. 

(4)  Ellen  Maria  Bolton. 

I  am  inclined   to  believe  there  was  but  a  single  sou.  who   became   the  father  of 
the  above  children.     Beulah  died  in  1808,  and  .Joseph  married  Mary  Burr  in  1810. 

393.     Makv  SiriNX  (5).— George  (4).  Francis  (3),  James   (2),  Johx   (1). 

Mary  Shinn.  second  child  of  George  and  Rachel  (Wright)  Shinn,  was  l)orn 
in  1702.  'in  Burlinaton  Countv.  N^.  J.  She  married,  in  Stafford  or  Warren  County, 
Ya.,  Februarv  17.  1784,  John,  the  son  of  John  and  Margaret  HoUoway.  (Crooked 
Run  Mouthlv  Meeting  ^rinutes.)     There  were  two  children  recorded  in  the  birth 

register  of  Crooked  Run.  viz.: 

1298.     (1)   George  Holloway.  b.   9/26/1784. 

(2)   Jesse  Holloway.  b.   1/12/1786. 
I  suppose  there  were  other  children,  but  as  the  family  moved  to  Ohio,  the  record 
was  broken. 

;{95.     Axx  Siiixx  (5).— George  (4),  Fraxcis  (3).  James  (2).  Johx  (1). 

Mm  Shinn  fourth  child  of  George  and  Racliel  (Wright)  Sliinn.  was  born 
in  Stafford  Couutv,  Ya.,  1769.  She  nuirried  George  Duffy  Baily,  in  the  same 
countv.  in   1787.   "^  She  was  disowned   for  marrying  out   ot   meeting  by  Crooked 


ij 


ISO  IfisTonv  OF  jjiE  ."Sjiin'x  Family  in'  Ethope  and  A:\f erica 

Run  Friends,  4/8/378T.  I  liavc  no  record  of  her  desctmlanls.  and  they  are  to  b,e 
traced  in  Warren  and  StnlFord  Counties.  Va.  .Vnn  was  named  in  her  Uncle 
SamnelV  will  in  lSl."i.  nt  Ihirlinirton.  X.  J.,  and  m;is  alive  at  that  tinu'. 

39(!.     Rachel  .Sjijnx   (•")). — George  (4).  Fuancis  (3).  James  (2).  John    (1). 

Iladiel  Sliinii.  Jil'tli  child  of  George  and  Kachel  (\\'riglnj  Sliinn.  was  born 
17  71  in  Virginia.  She  married  John,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Sarah  L\i})ton,  in 
Warren  County,  Va.,  3/.")  J 797,  according  to  Fi'icml-"  vile  Shr  was  named  in 
h.er  l^nele  Samuel's  will,  at  Xew  Hanover,  N.  J.,  l>l(i.  and  the  (rooked  liun 
JJegister  gives  the  following  children: 

1300.     (1)  Jonathan   Lupton.    h.   3/13/1798. 

(2)  Lydia  Luplon.  b.   5/4/1801. 

1302.      (3)  Francis   Lnplon,   b.    5/4/1802. 

(4)  Abigail  Lu)>ton.  b.  J/12/1805. 

397.     Abigail  SjiixN    (."»). — (iEuiHiE  (I).   1-"i;ancis  (oj,  Ja.mls   (2j,  Joiix    (Ij. 

Abigail  Shinn,  sixth  child  of  George  and  I'aclicl  (Wright)  Shinn,  was  born 
in  \'irginia  in  1773.  She  married,  at  Crooked  Ifun,  \'a.,  3/3/17  93,  Moses,  son  of 
Andrew  and  Jane  (Kidgway)  ^IcKay.  Ijorn  in  l-'i'cderiek  County,  \a.,  9/17/17 ()(J. 
They  moved  to  Ohio  ami  settled  near  Waynesville.  The  following  extract  is 
taken  from  a  short  printeil  Inographical  sketch  of  Moses  ^[cKay,  prepared  by 
Jonas  T.  McKay,  and  read  at  the  ]\[clvay-Collett  picnic,  near  Waynesville,  Ohio, 
August  20,  1882.  It  is  correct  for  the  most  part.  The  liidgways  moved  to  Fred- 
erick County  at  the  time  Samuel  Shinn  migrated  southward  (1750-55).  The 
marriage  ol'  Abigail  did  not  occui'  in  I'l'ederick  County,  but  at  Crooked  Run.  in 
Warren  or  Stall'ord  Count ics.  The  following  is  an  extract  from  sketch  ]nv|)ai-ed 
by  Jonas  T.  McKay : 

"As  far  back  as  our  family  ti'ailiiinn  goes  is  to  Amli'ew  Mcdxav  (father  of 
Moses  McKay,  the  subject  of  this  sketch),  wlio  was  l)orn  in  l-'redei'ick  County, 
Va.,  in  the  year  1728.  lie  had  several  brothers  of  the  sami'  family  who  were 
noted  for  being  kind  and  l)enevolent  Quakers  and  leaders  or  elder-  in  that  society, 
by  the  rules  of  whicli  all  childi'cn  (d'  |iaicnts  of  good  standing  became  me-mbers; 
consequently  all  the  children  (d'  Andrew  ACeKay  were  members  of  the  (Quaker 
Society.  He  was  married,  about  .1755.  to  .lane  Kidgway,  of  Xew  Ji-rsev.  We  are 
not  informed  whethei-  ilie  Jiidgway  family  removed  to  the  State  of  Virginia 
before  or  after  the  mai'riage;  it  is  certain,  however,  they  were  there  about  that 
time.  One  (d'  the  brothers  of  .\ndrew  Mcdxay  al>o  married  a  sister  of  liis  wife. 
tliis  being  two  of  the  .M(d\ay  fandl\-  who  mai'rieil  si>tei>  of  the  h'idgway  fannlv. 
This  brolhci'  of  Andrew  M(d\av  wlm  married  a  l>idgwa\  had  a  son.  Robert,  who. 
in  his  second  marriage,  was  iinile(|  with  a  widow  Shinn.  who  had  a  number  id' 
children  liy  her  (irsi  mari-iage,  to  wii.  (ieoigv,  l-'ramis.  .Nancy.  .Mary,  liachel  ami 
-Vbigail.  who  afterwards  liecame  iln'  wife  of  Closes  ^l(d\ay.  the  subject  of  this 
sketch.  They  were  married  March  :'..  lin:;.  in  I'redei-ick  ('onnl\.  \a..  and  lived 
in  that  county  until  Mai-cli.  isjs,  ;ii  wIikIi  time  ihcx  rc'mo\ed  lo  W,-irren  Counl\. 
Ohio.  .Nfoscs  AIid\ay  maile  his  lirsl  location  in  W'aiicn  (  onnl\.  about  one  mih> 
jdtovc  I  lai'vey>l)\irg,  on  Ca'sai''s  Creek,  ami  renrnvcd  in  the  same  vear  to  a  farm 
on  the  Little  Aliaini  l{i\er.  four  mile-  aho\e  W  a\  ne-\  ille,  wlunc  lie  -pent  the 
babnuM'  (d'  Ins  life,  ami  died  .Innnaiv  '.'S.  IS2S.  Hi-  wife  -nr\i\ed  liini  /usi  six 
moidhs;  he  lieing  sixty-two  vears  old  ami  she  (ifty-lwn  \ears  of  age  at  her  death. 
When  he  (ir.»t  settled  in  A\'arren  ('ounty  he  owned  about  live  thousand  acres  of 
the  best  lands  in  Clinton  and  Warren  Cotnities.  Subse(|uentlv  he  j)uri-hased 
about  seven  hundred  and  fifty  acres  in  (ireinie  anil  Waricn  Counties.  .Vt  his  death 
he  owned  near  >ix  thousand  acres,  all  vi'ry  line  land,  pi-obablv  wuiih  at  this  time 
lietween   three  and    fo\ir  linndicd   thousand  dollars.     This  estate  was  devised,  bv  a 


Fourth  Genebatiox.  is] 

written  will,  to  his  twolvo  children,  and  accepted  as  given,  without  a  murmur  from 
any.  ' 

Children  of  Moses  and  Abigail  (Shinn)  McKay. 

1304.  (1)   Rachel  McKay,  b.  1/19/1794;   m.  Nathan  Haines 

1305.  (2)   Robert  McKay,  b.  12/17/1795;  m.,  (1)  1818-19,  Virginia  Grubbs;  (2)  Nancy 

McKay. 

1306.  (3)   Sarah  McKay,  b.   11/11/1797;    m.   Jonathan  Collett. 

1307.  (4)   George   McKay,    b.    3/11/1800;    m.    Mary  Ferguson,   in   Virginia,    and   re- 

mained there. 

1308.  (5)   Francis  McKay,  b.  1/2/1802;    m.   Mary  Collett,  10/7/1830. 

1309.  (fi)   Margaret  McKay,  b.  1/16/1804;    m.  Dr.  William  H.  Goode 

1310.  (7)   Virginia  McKay,  b.  8/22/1808;    m.  Daniel  Collett. 

1351.     (8)   Maria  McKay,   b.   5/23/1811;    m.  Daniel  H.  Collett,  11/3/1830. 

1312.  (9j  Jonas  Tilden  McKay,  b.  5/10/1813:    m.    (1)    Matilda  Ferguson,  sister  of 

George's  wife,   11/13/1831;    (2)    Matilda  Brown. 

1313.  (10)   Levi  Duffy  McKay,  d.  2/29/1816;   m.   (1)   Mary  Ann  Gaddis;    (2)   Rachel 

Jane  Gaddis,  his  sister-in-law. 

1314.  (]])   Jacob  Franklin  McKay,  b.  6/.3/1S19,  in  Ohio;  m.  Lucy  Virginia  Spangler 

in    1854. 

1315.  (12)   Mary  Elizabeth   McKay,  b.  7/27/1822;   m    Edward  Bond  Hacknev,  1843. 

1316.  (13)  ;   ob.  infans. 

399.     Ueohv,]-:  Siiin.v   (5).— George   (4:),  Fr.a^xcis  (3),  James   (2),  John   (1). 

Among  the;  other  jn-ominent  Friends  of  Crooked  Eun  was  a  man  named 
Joshua  Woodrow.  He,  like  George  Shinn,  was  in  the  forefront  of  every  vital 
question  porta iuiug  to  the  welfare  of  the  infant  society.  He,  too,  reared  a  large 
family  of  children,  who  were  upon  terms  of  intimacy  with  those  of  George  Shinn. 
As  the  years  rolled  on  the  intimacy  between  two  of  the  Woodrow  girls  and  George 
and  Francis  Sliinn  ripened  into  love,  and  they  were  married.  Then  came  the 
Ohio  fever.  Fnun  Thompson's  "  History  of  Highland  County,  Ohio,"  we  learn 
"that  in  October,  l.'^OM,  the  Woodrow  family  arrived  at  Hillsboro  and  took 
quarters  in  Laing's  tailor  shop,  on  Beach  street.  The  family  consisted  of  ten 
person^.  all  adults.''  From  another  histor}-  of  Highland  Count}^  pnblished  by 
the  Williams  Rrotliers.  we  are  told  that  the  family  consisted  of  "Joshua  Wood- 
I'ow  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth;  two  sons,  Joshua,  Jr.,  and  Joseph;  tliree  daugh- 
ters, Elizal)eth  and  ^lary,  who  married  two  brothers,  George  and  Francis  Shinn, 
and  Eachel,  M'ho  married  Col.  Allen  Trimble,  who  was  afterward  a  distinguished 
Congressnmn.  a  T'nited  States  Senator  and  Governor  of  Ohio."  Thompson  says, 
furtlu'i':  •■  doshua  \\'()(jdrow%  soon  after  his  settlement,  erected  a  hatter's  shop, 
and  employed  a  large  number  of  hands.  He  connected  witli  it  a  store,  in  part- 
nership witli  his  brother,  a  prominent  and  valuable  citizen,  a  magistrate  and 
auditor  of  tlie  county.  The  Woodrow  hats  were  much  sought  after,  and  were 
sold  in  all  the  neighi)oring  towns.  Afterward,  about  1830,  Francis  Shinn  did  a 
largo  business  in  this  line."  This  historian  further  says.  "  The  family  of  Wood- 
rows,  including  the  sons-in-law,  George  and  Francis  Shinn,  and  Allen  Trimble, 
in  wealth  and  cultivation,  as  well  as  in  numbers,  was  a  valuable  acquisition  to 
the  embryo  '  model  town,'  Hillsboro.  Industrious,  persevering  and  enterprising, 
their  advent  gave  impetus  to  the  business  of  the  new  town,  which  was  most 
favorable  to  its  growth." 

Joshua   Woodrow^,   Jr.,   married   Ann   Trimble,   of   Maryland,   and    sister   of 
David  Trimble,  who  moved  to  Kentuckrv^  and  distinguished  himself  in  the  war 


'Robert  McKav,  emigrant  from  Scotland,  settled  in  Frederick  County,  Va.,  in 
1732.  Was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Hite,  McKay,  Green  &  Duff,  who  obtained  a  grant 
of  100,000  acres  of  land  in  Northern  Virginia.  (Kercheval's  "  History  of  the  Valley," 
2d  ed.,  p.  139.*)  His  descendants  have  an  old  parchment  granting  Robert  McKay  828 
acres  on  the  western  side  of  the  Sherando  (Shenandoah)  and  on  both  sides  of  Crooked 
Run,  dated  October  7,  1734.  (Goode's  "Cousins  in  Virginia,"  p.  91.)  Andrew  McKay 
was  son  of  Robert,  and  Moses  son  of  Andrew. 


1H2  History  of  the  Shix.v  Family  in  Europe  and  America 


of  181'^  and  in  Congress.  A  daughter  of  this  marriagr.  l-:ii/.al)rtli.  married  Joseph 
Sill,,  a  prominent  lawyer  of  Chillicotlu-.  Oliio.  and  had  a  son,  Joshua,  who  was 
graduated  at  West  Point,  made  a  general  in  ihr  war  lictwcon  the  States,  and 
Jell  at  Stone  Kiver. 

George  Shinn,  .Jr..  wa-  Treasurer  of  Highland  County  from  1808  to  1810. 
Joshua  Woodrow,  Jr..  was  Auditor  of  tlu-  county  from  1829  to  1832,  when  he 
died.  He  was  .sueeeeded  hy  his  m)ii  .losliiia.  who  served  until  1833.  As  the  old 
men,  George  and  Joshua,"  had  heen  warjn  liieiids,  so.  loo.  were  George  and 
Joshua,  Jr.  They  were  energetic  in  everything  that  pertained  to  [»uhlic  life,  and 
in  1815  hought  land  and  ereeted  a  hewn  log  schoolhouse.  twenty-live  by  thirty-five 
feet.  Thi-  wa>  the  l)eginiiing  of  that  educational  ferment  which  afterward  made 
Ilillshoro  a  •'  uiodel  town."  In  ISls.  mainly  through  the  efforts  of  the  Trimbles, 
Shinns  and  Woodrows,  the  Hillshoio  Lancastrian  School  was  established  by  Cap- 
tain McMillen,  of  A'irginia.  To  this  school  Francis  Shiiiu  subscribed  three  and 
Governor  Allen  Trind)le  subscribed  four  pu])ils.  The  M.  L.  Church  was  estab- 
lished in  IS]  4.  aiul  (Jeorge  Shinn  was  one  of  the  first  trustees.  When  the  new 
brick  church  was  built,  in  1822,  George  Shiim  was  continued  in  that  capacity. 
George  enlisted  in  the  war  of  1812  and  served  witli  distinction  in  Oliio  and 
Canada. 

("nildreii    of   (i('oi'M(.   ;i|id    j-d  izalii'i  li    (  W'oodi'ow  ;    Sliiuii. 

i:;i7  Ml  .Moses  Franklin  rthiaii.  1).  l/3/]8n!).  at  HillsLoro.  Ohio:  m.  (1)  Sarah 
H.   Uolconih.    l,s:;(i;    (2)    Carrie ,  at   Omaha.  Neb. 

lolJS.     (L')   Allen  Trimble   Shinn;    m.   Melinda   Fenton. 

1319.     (3)  F'rancis  Shinn,  b.  1807;   m.  Lytle. 

^?,2t>  (4t  Robert  McKay  Shinn:  m.  Kesiah  Dunn,  and  had  two  children;  one 
died  in  inlancy.  the  other  died  in  the  Union  army.  Robert  died  at 
Xai)oleon.    Ark..     n/2'.»/lS42. 

1321.  (.5)   .Joseph    W.   Shinn:    ob.    unmarried. 

1322.  (6)   Greenbiu-y    (5.    Shinn;    m.    in    Hishland    County.    Ohio. 

400.  Francis  Siii.nx  (5).— (Ikokok  (4).  Fi;.\\cis  (3),  Ja.mks  (2).  JoitN'  (1). 
Francis  Shinn,  youngest  child  of  Georgt'  and  TJachel  (Wright)  Shinn,  was 
born,  us  i>  slniw  n  li\-  the  Jiiith  1{ecord  of  the  ('rooked  h'un  (\'a.)  Meeting  of 
Friends  (on  lile  at  '  Friends'  Record  llooni.  l'.,ilt  iinore.  Md.),  12/24/1781,  and, 
as  is  shown  hy  the  -aiiio  record.  \\a>  married  in  ISOS  to  Mary  Woodrow,  daughter 
of  Josliua.  As  lias  heen  nari-alcd  in  I  he  hi>lory  of  (ieorge  Shinn.  the  family 
inovcMJ  to  Ilillshoro.  Ohio.  I''i'ancis  \va-  ('nuaucil.  with  hi-  father-in-law,  in  the 
hatter's  business.  In  is-.'ti  hi  |iiirciia>ed  ihc  entire  hu<ines>  and  continued  it  for 
niajiy  years,  lie  was  |)roniiiiciit  in  tlie  early  educational  dexclopment  of  Hills- 
boro.  a  strong  ad\()''ate  of  tcin|)rr;iiiic  in   |)uhlic  alVairs.  and  a   public-spirited  man. 

('hihlri'ii   (if    l''ian''i-   and    .Mar\     (Womlrow  )    Shinn. 

\.',2.',.      (1)    ..'os<'i)li    .Milton    Sliinu.    1).    in    ('ul|)ep<'r    County,    Va.,    ISiiH:    ni.    .Mary    Ann 

Scroti,    at    Coluinl)Us,    Ohio. 
i;{24.     tJi   .John  Shinn.  1).  in  Culi)eper  County.  \^a.,  1811;   ob.  sine  proli. 
1325.      lot    William    Harrison    Shiini,   b.   at    Jliilsboro.   Ohio.   1813;    o.j.   sine   proli. 
132r».      (4)    l']li/,abi'th    Wal.son    Sliiiwi.   b.   at   Hillsboi-o.   Oliio,   1815;    ob.   sine   proli. 
i:!27.      l.'.i    Uachei    Ami   Slnuii.   b.   ai    llillslioro.   Ohio.    1.M7;    ni.    Hiram   Yeo.   at    Hills- 

boro.  Ohio. 

1328.  i»!l   .Joshua  Woodrow   .Shiim.   b.   at    liillshoid.   Ohio.    isi:t:    ni.  .loainia    I'atillin, 

Soutli  Charlesl(Mi.  Ohio. 

1329.  (7i    Helena   .Jane    Shiiui.    b    at    Hillsboro.    ISL'l;    m.   .lames   Scharff.    Hellefon- 

laine,    Ohio. 

1330.  [S)   .lames    .Madison    Shinn,    b.    at     Hillsboro.    Ohio.    IS21;    ob.    sini'    i)roli,    in 

California, 

1331.  C"    .Mary   Chivers   Shiuii.   b.   at    Hillsboi-o.  Ohio,    1,S27:    m.    (1)    .Tames   Monroe 

Roosa.  at   1.,1'baiiou.  Ohio;    {2)   ,lohn   l.ocke   Martin,  of  same  i)lace. 

|oi.   Sl.sa.n.n  ill  >iii\N   (o).      \i\(i;\r  (I).  l''i;\\('is  ( :> ) .  .i  \  \ii;>  (2).Jo7tn  (1). 
Su'^annah,  eldest    child    of    Ninc'iil    and    l-'li/.ahcth    (  Uudd  )    Shinn.    was   born 


Fourth  Generation.  183 

3/3/lTi;»;    reared  in  the  family  of  William  Biidd,  her  guardian  and  relative; 
married  Samuel  Bennett  in  1794  and  became  the  mother  of  one  child: 

1332.  (1)   Samuel  Shiun  Bennett. 

40'^.     (sAiAii  Siiixx  (o). — Vincent  (4),  Francis  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

Isaiali.  .son  of  Vincent  and  Elizabeth  (Budd)  Shinn,  was  born  5/11/1775; 
iipoii  the  death  of  his  father  placed  under  the  guardianship  of  William  Budd 
(1781')  ;  ]iiarried  Margaret,  daughter  of  Job  and  Margery  Rogers,  9/27/1798. 
The  certificate  was  witnessed  by  Alex.  ^IcGowan  and  Vinecome  Shinn,  his  cousin, 
and  was  for  many  years  in  the  possession  of  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Susan  Snyder; 
lived  and  died  in  Burlington  County,  X.  J.,  leaving  the  following  children: 

1333.  (1)   Job  Rogers  Shinn.  b.  7/3/1799;    m.  Anna  Maria  Miller. 

1334.  (2)    William  C.  Shinn,  b.  1/19/1801;    m.   Katherine  Phillips. 

1335.  (3)    Elizabeth   Shinn,  b.  4/23/1803;    m.,  1830,  Charles   C.   Shallcross.  at  Cin- 

cinnati. Ohio;    no   children;    ob.   12/20/1864. 

1336.  (4)   Samuel  Granger  Shinn.  b.  6/11/1806;    m.  Mary  Begar. 

1337.  rr,)   Susannah  Shinn,  b.  7/21/1810;    m.  John  Snyder. 

1338.  (6)   Mary  Shinn,  b.   8/11/1813;  ob.  5/2/1833. 

1339.  (7)   Margaret  Shinn,  b.  2/25/1816;   ob.  2/22/1819. 

|(i:;.  Wii.Li.v.vi  SiiiNx  (5).— Vincext  (i),  Francis  (3),  J.vmes  (2),  John  (1). 
William,  third  ciiild  of  Vincent  and  Elizabeth  (Budd)  Shinn,  was  born 
(5/1  /1 777;  was  placed  with  his  brothers,  Israel  and  Vincent,  under  the  guardian- 
ship of  William  and  George  Budd  (1791).  On  8/16/1797  he  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Abraham  amf  Elizabetii  (Bolton)  Jones,  in  Burlington  County,  X. 
J,  !!(!  removed  to  Columbiana  County,  Ohio,  in  181S,  and  died  there.  The  chil- 
dren Avoro  as  follows: 

1340      (1)   Washington   Shinn,   b.  Burlington.  N.  J.,  7/17/1798;    ob.   11/23/1800. 

1341.  (2)   Elizabeth   Shinn,  b.   5/25/1800;    ob.   10/19/18—. 

1342.  <3)   Margaret   Shinn,  b.   8/21/1801,  in   Burlington  County,  N.   J.;    m.   Abram 

Webb,   in    Ohio. 

1343.  (4)   Abraham    Jones    Shinn.    b.    7/6/1803,    in    Burlington    County,    X.    J.;    m 

Susan  Phillips,  in  Ohio. 

1344.  (5>    Susan   Shinn.  b.  8/24/1805;    ob.   10/15/1810. 

1345.  (6)   Isaac   Shinn.   b.    in    Burlington   County,    N.   J.,    5/20/1808;    ob.    18o4;    m. 

Cridv  Phillips,  in   Ohio.  «,.,oo^ 

1346.  (8)  Ann   Shinn,  b.    in    Burlington    Coimty,   N.   J..   5/14/1812;    ob.    :vi0/188b; 

m.  George  A.  Rogers,  in  Ohio. 

1347.  (71   Mary  Shinn.  b.  in  Burlington  County,  N.  J.,  5/19/1810;    m.  John  Stuart, 

1348.  (9)    Hannah'^Shinn.    h.    in    Burlington   County.   N.   J..   9/25/1814;    m.    George 

Entriken.   in  Ohio.  .„,^n/iooo 

1349.  (10)    William  Shinn,  b.  :V2/iS17.  in  Burlington  Coimty.  N.  J.;   m..  12/19/1839, 

Sidney  Entriken.  in  Ohio. 
1350    ai)   Vincent"  Shinn.  b.  in  Columbiana  Coimty,  Ohio,  9/9/1819;   ob.  1/4/1898; 

m    Rachel  Ann  Williamson.  9/19/1850. 
1350m. (12)  Beuiah   Shinn.  b.   2/2/1823;    m.,  5/17/1842,  William  Kerns. 

405.     Israel  Shinn  (5).— Vincent  (4),  Francis  (3),  James  (2),  John   (1). 

Israel,  fourth  child  of  Vincent  and  Elizabeth  (Budd)  Shinn  1)  1^80,  was 
undeJ  the  guardianslup  of  William  andGeorge  Budd  (1791  by  rade  yarp^- 
ter-  married,  (1)  1  10  1799,  Hannah  Hames,  who  died  m  1803  (2)  2;lv/180^ 
Sa^ah  W  'it.  After  the  death  of  his  first  wife  he  went  to  Cmcmnati,  Ohio 
as  )  where  he  bought  lands  situated  in  Eoss  County,  Ohio  He  remapped 
the  e  but  short  time;  returned  to  Xew  Jersey  and  marned  the  sex-ond  tunc 
n^n-\  rlvhio-  in  the  *ame  vear.  His  will  is  dated  New  Hanover,  Burlingto 
Cou^i'tv'  ^'  J  6  -'o  180?  '(Burlington  Wills.  Liber  A,  page  179.)  This  will 
nam  •  wi^e  sin^h  aiclbequeathed  iier  his  Ross  County  lands,  but  mentions  no 
chXMi  k;  had  two  children  by  his  first  marriage,  who  were  reared  by  tbe 
mother  of  his  first  wife.     These  children  were: 


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l:J51.     (I)    Hannah  Siiinn.  b.  1800;   ob.  young. 

1352.     (2)   Aaron    Shinn.    b.    1803:    m.    (1)     Susannah    Hamlin;     (2)     Henrietta    C. 
Speaker. 

406.     Vincent  Sjiinn  (5).— \'ix(  i:nt  (4).  Francis  (:3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

Vincent,  sktli  cliiM  (.1'  A'liuviit  ;m<l  FJizabeth  (Budd)  .Sliimi,  b.  3/23/1784; 
ob.  9/13/3857;  in  his  lourtecoith  vi-nr  appivntiecd  to  a  cabinetmaker;  finished 
his  ap]»rcnticeship  in  six  vears :  in  1804,  with  liis  brotlier  Israel,  tempted  by  the 
ollW  of  chcMj*  hinds  in  Ohio,  went  West.  Upon  starting  Colonel  Jones,  a  Revo- 
Intionarv  .<oldier.  presented  each  of  tlu'iu  a  brace  of  pistols:  they  never  had  occa- 
sion to  use  them.  Vincent's  chihlren  still  have  the  pistoi>.  Stopped  at  Milford, 
JIaniilton  T'onntv.  Ohno :  Ixm^ht  of  the  Andersons,  in  Anderson  Township,  same 
count V.  two  farilis.  Israel  n-rnrned  to  Xew  Jersey  in  180(i.  and  his  widow  sold 
Israel's  farm  to  Vincent.  Wmt  to  Columbia  and  woikcd  nt  his  trade,  leaving 
the  forest  farms  uiitouclied.  In  isU  began  eleariii.u'  upon  his  farms  and  built  a 
hon.<e.  While  at  Columbia  (IS  10)  he  married  Mrs.  Kuth  Brown,  a  pioneer  of 
Hamilion  County:  by  this  marriage  there  were  no  children:  she  died  in  1836 
upon  the  farm,  which,  by  this  time,  had  become  vahuible.  Re  then  married 
Mary  IIvlc.  whose  ancestors  were  pioneers  of  Baltimore.  ^Id.  Although  reared 
a  (^)uaker,  he  joi)ied  the  "S\.  E.  Church  at  Milford,  in  1803:  in  1829  he  joined  the 
.M.  P.  Church,  being  largely  influenced  by  his  cousin.  Rev.  Asa  Shinn;  donated 
the  site  for  Bethesda  M.  P.  Church,  besides  contributing  liberally  for  its  erection. 
He  was  a  consistent  Christian  all  his  life,  and  a  pul)li(-spiritcd  man;  one  of  the 
tliree  men  in  the  township  who  voted  for  Birney  for  rresident  of  the  United 
States.  A  road  was  laiil  our  that  year  between  his  farm  and  that  of  another 
Birney  man,  and  was  christened  "Birney  lane."  By  the  last  marriage  there 
were  seven  children,  two  of  whom  died  in  infancy.  The  wiilow  iiml  five  children 
lived  unon  the  farm   nnlil   ISil-j.  when  she  died      Cliildi'en: 

135:V  (1)  John  Alexander  Shinn.  b.  1/20/184];  farmer;  enlisted  in  the  188th  Regi- 
ment. O.  Vol.  Inf..  and  served  through  the  war. 

1354.      (2)   Catht'rine   Eli/.abi'th   Shinn.  b.   11/12/184;'.;   ob.   1845. 

1355      (3)   Vincent   Western   Shinn.   b.   2/26/184.5;    ob.    12/12/1892. 

135K.  (4)  Mary  Elizabeth  Shinn,  b.  2/24/1847;  m.  Alexander  Gordon  Bennett, 
8/16/1894.  This  woman  is  a  very  intelligent  writer;  she  has  guarded 
the  records  of  her  l'a,ther  with  a  jealous  eye,  and  is  a  worthy  repre- 
sentative of   the   family. 

1357.  (5)  Julia  Maria  Shinn,  b.  3/3/1849;    m.  Elmer  .lohnson  Jones.   10/10/1896. 

1358.  (G)    Susannah   l^udd    Shinn,   1).    .5/15/1852. 

](>;.      Fi:\X(ls  SiiiNN    (.')). —  r.  \i;zi  I.I.  \i    (  1) .  I'l;  \xcis  (3) .  ,1  .VM  es  (2),  Joiix   (1). 

Francis  Shiini,  son  ol."  iiiirzillai  .ind  Hannah  Shinn.  m.,  !)  13/1801.  Mary, 
the  eighth  and  youngest  child  of  IJichiii'd  and  Marg.'iret  Unines.  (Riehnrd  (5), 
Isaac"(-1).  Jonathiin  (3).  .loinil  Imn  ( •.' ) .  dolin  ll.'iino  (1).)  The  iiniiTiage 
occurred  at  Fve.-h;iin.  ami  a>  il  \\a,-  inM  pcrfdi'incil  accdi'di iig  to  l-'riends  I'ite. 
Marv  was  disowncii  hy  I'^Nc^ham  l-'rinuls.  The  dale  of  l'"raiieis'  death  is  not 
ri'.'(ir-d<'d.  but  Mar\  (Maine-)  Shinn  afln-w  ai-ds  niaiTicd  .loseph.  son  of  Samuel 
anil  Marv  (Morris)  I'.uldiri-.  i'^-om  ihc  (h'cds  of  set!  Iciiicni  hctween  the  heirs  of 
X'incfMi  and  those  of  Tinrzillai  Shinn.  ami  fi-<un  .'~^amiicl  SliinnV  will.  t!ie  follow- 
ing cbildnii  of  l*'raneis  and   Marv   (Haines)    Shinn  ai'e   I'ccorded  : 

13.59.  (1)  Esther  Shinn.  b.  l'S(»2;  m.  John  Wilson.  (Asa  .Mat'.ack's  Mem.  and 
Hlnchman's   Memoirs.) 

1360.  (2)    Mary    Shinn,    b.    S/4/1S04:     m..    2/24/182.').    l?(>n,iamiTi.    son    of    Bon.iamin 

and    i{rl)i'cca    ( Lippineoll  )    ShnH>ve. 
CD   Rebecca  Shiiui.   1>,    isnii;    ni.   a   man    naimd    Hc;;ai-y. 

408.      M.MtTII  \  SlIlNN   (/)). —  r.  \i;/.li.i  \i    (  1).   I'i;\\iis   (  .'I  ) .  .1  A  \1  lOS   (2)..)()ll\    (1). 

Thi.-  ilaugliter  of  Bar/.iliai  ami  llainiali  Shinn  \\,i>  hdin  IIS.");  m.  William 
Steven.->on  I'rosser.     The  following  <hildii!i  arc  named  in  SumnelV  will    (  ISl.'))  : 

1361,  (1)   Har/.lllai   Prosser       (2)    William    I'rosser. 


Fourth  Gexeratiox.  185 

400.     Ahchaii  Siii.vx  (o^.-.Baezillai  (4),  Fkaxcis  (3),  James  (2),  Joim  (1). 
This  daughter  of  Barzillai  and  Hannah  Shinn  was  1)orn  1787;  m.   (1)   Rich- 
ard jr.  ITorlxTt;   (2)  a  man  named  BrowTi.     Two  children  of  the  first  marriage 
are  named  in  the  will  of  Samuel: 

1363.     (1)  John  Herbert.     (2)   Mary  H.  Herbert. 

410.     (Jeoiige  Sitrxx  (r,).— Barzillai  (4),  Francis  (3).  James  (2),  Johx  (1). 

Very  little  is  known  concerning  this  youngest  child  of  Barzillai  and  Hannah 
Shinn.  He  was  horn  in  1789,  and  is  supposed  to  he  the  George  who  married 
Grace  Tlirnnas  in  Burlington  County,  X.  J.,  3/13/180.^. 

412.       I.VDIV    Sill  NX     (r,).— AViLLTAM     (4),    JoSEPH     (3).    JaMES     (3),    JOHX     (1). 

Lv<!i;i  Shiim.  (hmghter  of  William  and  Sarah  (French)  Shimi,  horn  in  1759; 
Jiieiitioned  in  her  I'.ither's  will  as  a  minor  (1767);  m.  Caleh  Arnev  Lippincott, 
son  of  Arnoy  r.ii)pincott.  in  17 — .     Lydia  was  his  third  wife. 

II.'..     .loM:n!  SiiiNx   (.-,).— William  (4),  Joseph  (3),  James   (2),  Johx   (1). 

.I">(.|,h  Shinn,  youngest  son  and  fifth  child  of  William  and  Sarah  (French) 
Shinn,  horn  in  1705:  named  in  his  father's  will,  1767.  He  married  Mary  Lip- 
pi  iicott  in  1783,  at  Pemherton  (alias  Xew  Mills  and  Xew  Hanover),  X.  J.  Marv 
was  the  daugiiter  of  Arney  Lippincott,  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Arney)  Lippin- 
cott,  son  of  Samuel,  son  of  Eestore.  He  lived  at  Pemberton  and  reared  a  family 
of  seven  children  : 


\K 


(1)   William   Shinn.   b.  1786;    m.  Ann  Fox,  9/1/1808. 

1366.  (2>   Jianipl  Shinn.  b.  6/7/1790;   m.  1811  at  West  Creek,  Ocean  County,  N.  J. 

1367.  (3)   Joseph   Shinn.   1).    8/31/1792;    m.,   at  Tuckerton,   N.   J.,   Zilpha,   daughter 

of  Edmund  and  Deliverance   (Willets)   Bartlett. 
136S.     (4)   Rebecca  Shinn.  b.    1796:    ob.   unmarried. 

1369.  (5)   Caleb  Arney  Lippincott  Shinn,  b.  1799;   m.,  in  Gloucester  County,  N.  J., 

6/28/1827,   Rebecca  Lodge. 

1370.  (6)   Elizabeth   Shinn,  b.  1802;   m.  John  Wright,  at  Pemberton. 

1371.  (7)   Abigail  Shinn.  b.  1805;   m.,  1824,  William  Malsbury,  at  Pemberton. 

116.     IsAA(    Sinxx   (5). — BEN,iA:\rTx   (4).  Joseph  (3).  James  (2),  John  (1). 

Isaac  Shinn.  son  of  Benjamin  and  ( -)   Shinn,  born  in  Xew  Jersey; 

removed  to  Virginia  during  the  Eevolutionary  war,  and  settled  on  Simpson's 
Creek,  in  Harrison  Ccninty.  On  February  16th,  1785,  he  was  married,  on  Simp- 
son's Creek,  to  Agnes  Drake.  George  Drake,  the  father,  was  a  lineal  descendant 
of  George  I)rake  from  ^Middlesex,  England,  who  died  in  New  Jersey  in  1707, 
leaving  a  will,  naming  a  son  George.  (Will  Book,  Trenton,  jST.  J.,  Liber  1,  page 
94.)  This  son  was  the  great-grandsire  of  Agues.  Isaac  was  a  hardy  specimen 
of  backwoods  manliood,  made  more  vigorous  by  the  stirring  duties  of  scout  in 
the  Revolutionary  war.  and  a  daring  fighter  in  the  later  Indian  troubles.  He 
lived  a  strenucms  life,  aiul  reared  a  family  of  thirteen,  who  grew  to  manhood  and 
womanhood  and  became  the  heads  of  fiourishing  families. 

Children  of  Isaac  and  Agnes  (Drake)  Shinn,  All  Born  and  ]\[arried  in   Harrison 

County,  Ya. 

1372.  (1)   Lucretia   Shinn,   b.   1785;    m.,    3/31/1808,   Clement,   son   of  Clement   and 

Ruth  (Bates)   Shinn. 

1373.  (2)   George   Shinn.   b.   8/20/1787;    m..   1/7/1808,   Sarah,   daughter  of   Samson 

and  Elinor   (Simms)    Kirk.     (See  portrait  facing  page  241.) 

1374.  (3)   Benjamin  Shinn.  b.  1789;   m.   (1)  Davidson;    (2)  Mary,  daughter  of 

Solomon  and  Ann   (Wood)   Shinn. 
1S75.     (4)   Rebecca  Shinn.  b.  1791;  m.  Stephen  Carroll. 
187ft.;     (5)   :Marv  Shinn.  b.   1793;    m.  William   Smith. 


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1377.  (M)   Hannah  Sliinn.  b.  ITlKi;    m,  Edward,  son  of  Clement   and   Ruth    (Bates) 

Shinn. 

1378.  (7)   Debura   Shinn.  b.   1798;    m.  Samuel  Davidson. 

1379.  (8)   Df)rcas    Shinn.    b.    1/5/1801;    m..    2/28,1819,    Hiram,    son    of    Moses    and 

Sarah    (Kyle)    Shinn. 

1380.  (9)    Samuel    Shinn.    b.    1802:    m.    (1)    Olive,    daughter   of   Dempsey    Carroll; 

(2)   .  in  Illinois. 

1381.  (Kt)    Rachel    Shinn.   b.    18(>4:    m.   .loseph    Wilkinson. 

1382.  (11)   Agnes   Shinn.   b.   180G;    m.   .Maxwell  Bartlett. 

1383.  (12)   Susan   Shinn.  b.  1808;    married  Felix  Bartlett. 
1381.   (l.T)    Isaac   Shinn.  b.   ISKi;   m.   Love   Bartlett. 

Ml.       Sa.AH  l-.l.  SlilNN    (.J). BkN.IA.MIX    (   h.  .losKlMI     (•■!).   J  V.MKS    C-^j-JoiIN    (1). 

SaiiiiU'l  Shinn  was  born  in  Xew  Jersey,  and  in  tarl\  n\anhood  moved  to 
Virginia.  He  liad  tlie  same  ex])eriences  as  his  hrothcr  Isaac  and  lived  a  hardy 
frontier  life.  He  settled  on  Ten-.Mile  Creek,  in  Harrison  I'onnty.  and  in  1785 
married  Sai'ah  haxidsoii.  'lh<'  Davidsons  were  very  pi'diiiiiicnl  in  the  early 
history  rd'  Hai'ri^on  (  mhhiv.  In  iiii;-  anionic'  it>  Icadiii.i:'  lawyci's  and  jioliticians.  Jlis 
.hildrcn  were: 

1385.     (1)   Sarah   Shinn,   b.   178H. 

ISSe.      (2)    Francis    .Marion    Shinn.    1).    9/29/1788;    m..    t:/ll/181j,   Eliza,    daughter   of 
.John  Robinson. 

1387.  C!)   Hannah  Shinn,  b.  1790;    m.  John  Wilkinson;   ob.  sine  i>r()li. 

1388.  (4)    p:iizabeth  Shinn.  b.   1792:   m.   William   R.  Ogden. 

1389.  (5)    Restore  Shinn.  b.  1794;   m.  and  moved  West. 

1390.  (H)    Isaac  Shinn.   b.   1/30/1793:    m.    (1)    Sarah   Robinson;    (2)    Maria   Shinn. 

421.     dor.  ,Miix\    (r,). — donx    (i;.  Joski-ii    (Mi.dwiKs   (-3).  John    (1). 

Jo))  .^'unn.  xin  of  .lolm  and  Mai'y  (.\llcn)  Shinn.  was  horn  in  l^iirlington 
(Jountv.  X.  J.,  in  11 65;  m.  (1)  Eaehel  (Jrimes.  in  KS;}:  (2)  Xancv  Cross,  in 
179-1.  "  She  died  at  JVndierton.  \.  J..  !l  "31  is;i:;.  and  he  died  at  the  same  i)laee. 
5/17/18."}'!.  Of  the  marriages  ol  .loh  Slnnn  i  am  not  certain,  save  as  to  the  one 
to  Nancy  Cross.  ''I'hat  he  had  two  sets  of  children  is  nn(inestioned;  that  he 
married  twice  is  uiKincstioncd.  Some  of  his  descendants  say  that  he  married  i 
woman  named  Aim  ('hi|)ji.  If  so.  theri'  was  a  third  marriage.  Oiu'  oL'  his  dangh- 
t('rs,  in  her  ninclicth  year,  wj-ote  me  that  he  mai'ried  IJaciicI  (iritnes  lirst  ami 
Nancy  Cross  second.  I  have  followe*!  ihi>  statement,  hnt  with  no  degree  of 
asstirance.  l^lie  correspondeiu-e  growing  out  of  Jo])'s  marriage  is  a  mass  of  con- 
tradictory mattei'.  which  cannot  he  reconcihMl.  ]  have  given  a  line  which  at 
best  is  but  tenlalivc.  That  lii<  father  was  .lohn  Shinn.  son  of  .Joseph,  is  not  (jues- 
lioned.  The  cliiblren  given  ai'e  taken  I  ii»m  .loh's  will,  and  aic  not  (|nestioned. 
The  element  of  doubt  is  tlie  <(iiestion  of  marriage  to  IJachci  (i  rimes,  and  also  to 
.\nn  ('lapp.  Ilis  wil!,  dated  'i/^()/^X'^', .  names  the  following  c  hi  Idreii  (  liurlington 
Wills.  I.ihcr  I-;,  page  1  ](>). 

<'hildi-eii   of  .loll  Shinn.   All    l'.oi-n  and    .\l;;nii>d    in    Hiirlington    ('oiintN.    .\ .   ■!..   Ex- 

eepl    as    Noted. 

K!91.      (1)    itachel    Shinn.    who    married    Benjamin    IJui  leiwoiih. 

i:i92.     (2)  .John  Shinn. 

1393.      C!)    Rr-becca   Shinn.    b.    2/17/1789:    in.    I?eni;iniiii.    s(ui    of    Francis    Shinn-    ob. 
9/4/1 S.^..'-,. 

i:!'M.      '4)   Ceorge   Shinn.   i>.    1791:    ni.    Hannah    Hoaglin,   10/5/1817:    (2i    .Mary   . 

Cliiblri'n  of  .loh  jind    \ane\    (('ross)    Shinn. 

ll.9.'>      *1)    ."».   .Mary   Shinn.   i)     i7!tr>:    m.   Samuel    Itogc  rs. 

I:;!m;.      ;2)    »;.  Thomas  Cross   Shinn,   i).    1797:    ui.    ill    Adelaidi'   ('.ran*.   0/12/1812:    (2) 
.Mary    Newman,    in    Indiana. 

1397.  (3)   7.   .Martha  Shinn.  b.   1800;    m.  .John   l)c   Cani]) 

1398.  (4)   8.  Catherine  Shinn.  b.   ISO:'.;    m.   .Martin   Lanih. 

1399.  (5)    9.  'Pacie  Shinn.   li.    1So7:    m.   Nalhan    Bishop    Wilson. 

One  of   the  descendanis  of  .loh   Sliiim    writes:      "Francis   and    Martha    were   grand- 
father and  granilmolher  of   Benjamin   Shinn   who  married   Rebecca;   .Job  and  Ann  Clapp 


FOIKTII    (jEXEKATIOX.  18T 

Shinn  were  grandfather  and  grandmother  of  Rebecca  Shinu."  Now  Frances  and 
Martha  were  married  in  1766  and  Benjamin  was  born  in  1773,  therefore  could  not 
have  been  the  grandfather  of  Benjamin  Shinn.  Tacie  Wilson,  daughter  of  Job  and 
Mrs.  Logan,  together  with  Judge  Jobes  unite  in  saying  that  Benjamin  was  the  son  of 
Francis  and  not  the  grandson.  The  same  remark  applies  to  Job  and  Ann  Clapp.  John 
Shinn  married  Marj'  Allen  in  1763,  and  died  in  1766;  Job  was  his  son  and  could  not 
have  been  the  grandfather  of  Rebecca,  who  was  born  in  1789.  He  was  her  father. 
Tacie  Wilson  during  her  life  wrote  that  Francis  Shinn  was  an  own  tmcle  of  Job  Shinn. 
Francis  Shinn  had  a  sister  who  married  George  Clapp  in  1763.  I  have  no  record  of 
any  descendants  of  this  marriage.  If  the  said  Ann  Clapp  was  a  daughter  of  George 
and  Rebecca  Clapp,  and  if  Job  also  married  the  said  Ann,  then  he  married  his  first 
cousin. 

425.  BexNJAmin  Shixx  (5). — FiiAXcis  (4),  Joseph  (3),  James  (3),  Johx  (1). 

Benjamin  Shinii,  son  of  Fraiu-is  and  Martha  (8hinii)  Shinn.  was  horn  9/ 
28/177S,'  in  Monmouth  County,  X.  J.;  m.,  (1)  1814,  Kehecca,  daughter  of  Job 
Sh'inii:  she  died  10/17/1829,  and  he  remarried,  11/10/1831,  Mary  Loveman. 
(Monmouth  County  Marriage  Record.)  He  inherited  a  goodly  estate  from  his 
father,  which  lie  manag(  d  well ;  died  at  Xew  Egypt.  1/24/1835,  leaving  a  will. 
namiiiL:  the  following  (■hildreii,  all  born,  reared  and  married  in  Xew  Jersey. 

Children  of  Benjamin  and  ^Martha   (Shinn)    Shinn. 

1400.  (1)    Francis    Shinn,    b.   12/15/1815;    ob.   11/19/1846. 

1401.  (2)    Martha   Shinn,  b.  3/22/1817;    m.  William  Lamb. 

1402.  (3)   Benjamin   Shinn,    b.    3/16/1819;    m..    at   New   Egypt.   2/1.5/1841.    Mary   H. 

Singleton. 

1403.  (4)  Job  Shinn,  b.  12/25/1820;   m.  Mary  Page. 
14n4.     f5)   Ann  Shinn,  b.  8/22/1822;    ob.  8/26/1824. 

1405.  (6)   Rebecca   Shinn,  b.  3/18/1824;   ob.   2/25/1825. 

1406.  (7)   William  Shinn,  b.  2/26/1826;   m.  Mary  Ann   (Cheeseman)   Fetters,  4/10/ 

1856,  at  Camden.  N,  J. 

1407.  (8)   George  Washington  McKane  Shinn,  b.  5/1/1828;    m.,  3/12/1856.  Isabella 

C.   Page,  at  Pemberton,  N.  J. 

Children  of  Benjamin  and  Mary    (Loveman)    Shinn. 

1408.  (1)   9.  Abigail  Shinn,  b.  1/11/1832;   m.  Emmor   (4)— Micajah   (3).  Jacob   (2), 

.Job   (1) — Wills,  at  Bamegat,  N.  J. 

426.  Kachel  Shinn  (5).— Thomas  (4),  Solomon  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 
IJaehel  Shinn.  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Vinacomb)   Shinn,  was  born 

2/14  '17(i5.  She  was  married  according  to  Friends'  rite  5/17/1787,  at  Upper 
Spriiuvfield  and  the  certificate  is  recorded,  describing  the  parties  thus:  Israel 
Kirbv°  son  of  Robert  and  Amy,  of  Hanover  Township,  and  Rachel  Shmn,  daugh- 
ter of  ^riunnas  and  Sarah,  of  Tapper  Freehold.  The  witnesses  of  the  name  Shmn 
wpre  Thomas  and  Sarali,  parents  of  the  bride;  Mary,  Sarah,  James,  Caleb,  Unity, 
Vinacomb.  Elizabeth  and  Hannali.  T  have  been  imable  to  find  any  ot  her  de- 
scendants. 

427.  A^INACOMB  Shinn  (5).— Thomas  (4),  Solomon  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 
Vinacomb   Shinn.   second  child   of  Thomas  and   Sarah    (Vinacomb)    Shinn, 

was  born  8  ^21 /1 766.  and  did  not  marrv  imtil  late  in  life.  On  the  4th  of  May, 
1812,  he  made  acknowledgment  to  Upper  Springfield  Meeting  for  going  out  m 
marriage,  which  was  received.  He  married  Sarah  Middleion.  who  died  af  er 
aivincv  birth  to  two  children.  Vinacomb  Shmn  died  m  1841.  He  left  a  wil  , 
which   names  two  cliildren— Ann   and   Elisha   L.— and    a   granddaughter,    barah 

'■'^"'  Children  of  Vinacomb  and  Sarah  (Middleton)   Shinn. 
liOQ      m    Ann  Shinn    b.  1813;  m.  Isaac  Taylor. 

il?n      (11   FHshaL    Shinn    b.  1815;    m.,   2/6/1840,  Caroline  W.  Patterson,  of  Mid- 
1410.     (2)   EU^j^f^ L^  SJ^°„"^„„th  Cotinty,  N,  J.     (Liber  C,  p.   254,  Monmouth  Mar- 
riages.) 


188  History  of  the  Shinn  Family  ix  Europe  and  America 

458.     L'xiTY  Shinx  (.'>).— Tjiom as  {[).  Solomox   (H).  Jamks  (2),  Johx  (1),, 

Unity  Shinn.  third  oliiM  of  Tiioma?  and  Sarah  (Viiiacomb)  Sliiim.  was 
horn  l/2i/17(38;  married  Apollo  :\r('irs.  and  had  the  folhnviiiL'-  cliildrcn: 

1411.  (1) (6),  who   married  Rebecca  Conover. 

1412.  (2)   Martha  Ann  Meirs  (6),  m,  Joseph  Holmes,  and  had  two  children:      (1) 

.Mary  Holmes,  m.  John  Longstreet;    (2)    Colin  Holmes. 

1413.  (3)  John   Meirs   (fi),  ra.  Lticretia  Gaskell. 

1414.  (4)   Martha   .Meirs   (fi).  m.  Abraham  Felton. 

1415.  (5J   David    .Meirs   (G».  ob.   unmarried. 

r?.9.     .Solomox  Shixn  (5). — Thomas  (4).  Solomox  (:>).  Jamhs  (•?).  Johx  (1). 

Solomon  Shinn,  fourth  child  ot  'rii()iiia>  and  Sarah  (\'inacomb)  Shinn,  was 
born  T/lo/lTTl.  He  married  in  ITDS.  and  was  disciplined  by  Upper  S])rinofiold 
for  niarrying  contrary  to  good  order.  There  were  no  children  by  this  marriage. 
He  was  Jiiarried  again  in  1821  to  Jane,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Alaitlia  (Antrim) 
Seattcrgood.     He  died  in  18;J.'):  his  wife,  Jane,,  1/23/1839. 

Children  of  Solomon   and  Jane    (Scattergood  )    Shinn. 

1416.  (1)   Thomas   Shinn,   b.   7/25/1822;    ob.    sine    proli    in    Mexico  returning   from 

California. 

1417.  (2)   Elizabeth    Scattergood    Shinn.   b.    3/11/1824;    m..    1S59,    William,    son    of 

Robert  and   Mary    (Delaplaine)    McKay. 

1418.  (3)   Riley  Shinn,  b.  'j/8/1825;   m.   (1)    Sarah  Taylor,  daughter  of  Joseph  and 

Elizabeth    (Black)    Carslake;    (2)   Mary  Shreeve. 
141!).     (4)   Sarah   Shinn.  b.  4/1/1827;   ob.  infans. 

1420.  (Tj)   Martha   Shinn,   b.  7/31/1829;    ob.   10/2/1831. 

1421.  (G)   Sarah    Shinn,    b.    2/16/1831;    m.,    4/24/1851,    Lotiis,    son    of    Joseph    and 

Caroline   Henrietta    (Von  Weisseman)    Arny,  at  Philadelphia.   Pa. 

1422.  (7)   Vinecomb    Shinn,    b.    2/20/1833;    m.    Caroline,    daughter   of   Joseph    and 

Caroline  Henrietta    (Von  Weisseman)    Arny,  at  Washington.  D.   C. 

•|:!2.     Thomas  \'ixa(  om  i;  Siiiw   (.')). — Thomas  (4),  Solomon   (.■)),  Ja:mes  (2), 

JOHX    (1). 

Thomas  Vinacomb  Shinn,  seventli  cliild  of  Tboma^  and  Sarah  (X'inaromb) 
Shinn,  b.  9/23/1777;  regnb.rly  married.  al  Ml.  Holly,  1/9/1806,  to  .Vbigail, 
daiigl'.ter  of '  Caleb  and  Mary  Haines.  The  record  shows  witnesses  Asa.  Mary, 
.\iin.  Yinac-ondj  and  Sarah  Shinn  and  forty-fonr  other  names.  TT(>  removed  to 
Chesterfield  in  1801'.  and  in  1820  to  T)iirlington.  taking  lii<  wife  .-md  three  named 
children.  ( I>iir]ington  ^Minutes.)  l>iirling1on  disowned  the  faliier  and  molher 
in  Novend)er,  1828,  for  joining  llie  ]liek>ites.'  His  two  sons.  Ji)>iali  and  Morgan, 
were  disownetj  in   is;{8  for  the  same  reason. 

Children  of  Thomas  N'mai-omli  and  Aliigad    (llaiiir-)    Shinn. 

142::.      (1)   Alfred    Shinn,   1).   1807;    ob.   sine   proli. 

1424.      (2)   Josiah    H.   Sbiiui.  b.   180i);    m.   Louise    — — . 

142.'),     C'.i    .Morgan   Sliinu.   li.   4/10/181(5;    ni.   in    Milwaiilvce,  Wis. 

i:;;{.     Sai;ah   Smw    f,*)). — Tiio.\L\s   (I),  Sdi.o.MoN    (3).  .Ia.\ii;s   (2),  John    (1). 

Siirali  Shinn.  eighth  club!  id'  'l4ioma<  ami  .Sarah  (A'imicomb)  Sliinn.  was 
born   II    •-'*  MT*!'.     She  nnirried  Joscpii  Sexton,  anil  liad  the  following: 


'Tlie  Friends  suffered  a  drawback  in  the  early  part  of  the  nin(>teenth  ct>ntm-y  on 
acctmnt  of  what  is  called  the  •"  Hicksite  Controversy."  In  1827  there  was  a  fortnal 
Hoitara'lon  into  (wo  bodies,  known  as  "Orthodox"  and  "Hicksite."  The  Orthodox 
Friends;  thouplit  it  riM.hl  tf)  disown  all  who  joined  or  attended  the  meetings  of  the 
other  body.  As  many  were  not  of  age  at  tlu'  time,  they  were  dealt  with  as  they 
l.ecanio  of  age.  Tiiis  will  acc(.unt  for  the  frequent  disownments  from  1828  to  1850. 
rho  old  animosities  have  long  since  disai)pi>ar(>d.  and  the  two  bodies  fraternize  with 
<^^'hristiaii  grace. 


Fourth  Gexebation.  1S9 

Children  of  Joseph  ati<i  Sarah  (Shiuii;   Sexton. 
1426.     (1)    Sarah   Sexton.      (2)    Zilpha   Sexton.      (3)    Francis   Sexton. 

4U.     Mauy  Shinn   (5).— Thom.is  (4),  Solomox   (3),  James   (3),  John   (1). 

]\[ary  Sluiin,  ninth  child  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Yinaeomb)  Shinu,  h.  9/30/ 
3781;  m.,  11/4/1803,  Samuel,  son  of  George  and  Hannah  Croshaw,  of  Spring- 
field. Tlie  maiTiage  certifieate  is  signed  by  the  following  Shinns:  Thomas, 
Sai'ah,  James,  \\'illiam,  lliomas,  Joshua,  Samuel  B.,  Ann,  Asa,  Solomon,  Abi- 
gail, Hannah,  Sarah,  Zilpha  and  Lavina  Shinn.  Mary  and  Samuel  lived  in 
Springfield  Township,  Burlington  County,  and  reared  a  large  family: 

Childi-en  of  Samuel  and  Mary   (Shinn)   Croshaw. 

1429.     (1)  Thomas  Croshaw, 

14.'.().     (2)   Jfiseph   Croshaw;    m.   Hannah  ,  and  had  three  children:      (1)    John 

Croshaw,    (2) ,    (.3)   Joseph  Croshaw. 

1431.  (3)   Sarah   Croshaw. 

1432.  (4)   George   Croshaw;    married. 

143.3.     iH)  Hannah   Croshaw;    m.   Job  Pickering. 

1434      (tj)  Elwood  Croshaw;    m.  Sarah,  daughter  of  Samuel  Gauntt. 

(7)  Charles  Croshaw. 

(8)  Mary  Croshaw^;    ob.  unmarried. 

1437.  (9)   John   Croshaw;    married. 

435.    ZiLPAH  Shinn  (5). — Thomas  (4),  Solomon  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

Zilpah  Shinn,  tenth  and  youngest  ehild  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Vinacomb) 
Shinn,  born  at  Upper  Freehold,  Monmouth  County,  N.  J.,  11/17/1783;  disowned 
at  I'pner  Springfield  for  marrying  otit  of  meeting,  1809;  married  Daniel  Burtis 
and  beeame  tiie  motlier  of  eleven  children,  who  married  and  reared  families  in 
S])ringlicld  Township. 

Children   of  Daniel  and   Zilpah   Shinn  Burtis. 

1438.  (1)  Charles  Burtis;   m.    (1)    Rebecca  Robbins;    (2)   Halloway. 

1439.  (2)  Sarah  Burtis;   m.  Thomas  English. 

1440.  (3)  INlary  Burtis;   m.  John  Robbins. 

1441.  (4)  David  M.  Burtis;  m.  Longstreet. 

1442.  (5)  Mary  Burtis:    m.  Reagan. 

1443.  (G)  Emeline  Burtis;   m.  Daniel  Ridgway. 

1444.  (7)  Ann    Burtis;    m.    John    Wainwright,    and    had    two    children:       (1)    Joel 

Wainwright;    (2)   . 

1445  (8)   Talman    Burtis. 

1446  (9)   Agnes  Burtis;   m.  Samuel  Pew. 

1447.  (10)   Thomas  Bloomfield  Burtis. 

1448.  (11)   Daniel   Burtis. 

436.     Hannah  Shinn  (5).— Asa  (4),  Solomon  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

Hannah  Shinn.  eldest  child  of  Asa  and  Sarah  (Clauntt)  Shinn,  b.  1/12/ 
1770;  reaularlv  married  at  Old  Springfield,  5/5/1803,  to  Samuel,  son  of  George 
•ind  ifarv  Craft.  The  certificate  is  signed  by  George,  James,  Jr.,  George,  Jr., 
Abio-ail  and  ^lai-v  Shinn  and  sixtv-one  others.  It  was  a  notable  wedding,  but 
eoufd  not  have  been  favored  bv  Hannah's  parents,  for  not  one  of  her  family 
signed  the  certificate.  Were  it  not  for  the  fact  that  the  certificate  recites  that  she 
was  the  danohter  of  Asa  and  Sarah  Shinn,  we  should  doubt  her  identity.  She 
is  not  named'^in  the  will  of  her  mother,  and  does  not  appear  on  the  Burlington  list 
of  \sa  and  Sarah's  children.  The  Springfield  record  and  the  family  records 
•\oi.ee  that  she  was  their  eldest  child.    There  were  no  children. 


llM>  HiSTOKV    OF    TJIE    SlilNN     J'a.MILV    IN    EUHOl'E    A-NU    A.\li:;KiCA 

437.     IsKAJ-L  SiiivN-  (5).— Asa  (1).  SoLo.Mox  (3),  Jamks  (2),  John  (1).  . 

Isrnel  Shinn,  second  cliild  of  Asa  and  Sarah  (Gauntt)  Sliiiiii,  b.  1/25/1772; 
marriod  out  of  mooting  and  was  forgiven  by  Bnrlinofon  Friends,  August  2.  1802; 
married   Ann  Curtis:  ili-nwncd  bv  TVurlington  3/]4/lS(iS.  and  died   1813. 

Chiblron  (tf  Israel  and  Ann    (Curtis)    Sbinn. 

144fi.  (1)   Hannah    Shinn.  b.    1802:    ob.    young. 

14.o0.  (2)    Sarah    H.   Shinn.   h.    ]8(>4.    i 

1451.  (3)  Asa  Shinn.  b.  ISOfi.  -Named  in  mother's  will,  6/5/1824. 

1452.  (4)   Anna  Shinn    li    1S08.  \ 

438.      \Vi!.i.i\M   SiiixN    (.".). — .\sA   (  1  ),  Sui.uMoN    (3).  Jamks    (2)..I(»11N    (1). 

William  Slmiii,  ihiid  diiid  of  .Vsa  and  Sarah  (liaunll)  Siiinii.  b.  2/G/1774; 
married  regularlv  and  ccrtifiiatc  recorded  by  Friends  at  'Mt.  Holly  2/16/1815; 
married  Ann.  daughter  <d  Josbna  and  J'liebe  (Shrecve)  Forsyth,  and  grand- 
daugl)ter  of  Caleb  Shrecve.  private  in  t be  Unrlinglon  Keginient  of  ]\Iilitia  (Stry- 
kcrs  ••  Jerseymen  in  the  Kevoinlion."  [>.  ^")2)  ;  b.  1/12/1:M;  moved  to  Burling- 
ton, wliere  lie  died  in  August.  1S28:  Ins  wife  died  6/3/1855.  He  was  disowned 
by  Burlington  nnc  ni<mt]i  bid'or*'  bis  deatli  for  promoting  a  se|iaration  of  Friends. 

Cbildreii   of   Williaiii  and   Ann    (Forsyth)    Shinn. 

145:;.  (1)   Shreeve  Shinn,  b.   11/23/1815;    m.  Emily  Norcross  Woolman,  12/17/1840. 

1451.  (2)    Phebo   Shinn,   b.   2/1.5/1817;    ob.    10/14/1893. 

1455.  (3)   Walter  Shinn.  b.  4/1/1818;   ob.  6/23/1844. 

1456.  (4)   Anne    Shinn,    b.    4/5/1820;    ob.    1/13/1887;    m.    William    Conrow,    son   of 

.Joseph   Hancock,   3/12/1840;    ob.   10/9/1880;    no  children. 

1457.  (5)    Klw(K)(l    Shinn.    b.     5/27/1822;     m.    Hannah,    dau.nhter    of    Joseph    and 

A.schah    Hartshorn.   3/14/1861. 

1458.  (6)    Willi!    Shinn.  b.    1/5/1825;    living,',   unmarried.    190:'.. 

439.     ls:.\.u;  Siiiw   (5). — Asa   (4).  Solomon   (3).  .Ia.mks   (2),  John    (1). 

Isaac  Sbinn.  fonilb  eliild  of  .\sa  ami  Sarah  (GauntI  )  Sblnn.  I>.  11/2/1775; 
married  out  of  meeting  Frances  (nicknamed  l^'anny)  \'an:  disowned  l)y  Burling- 
ton  for  (bis  cause  in   Febriniry,   1S?7. 

('biblren   of    l>aac;inil    l''i-anees    (  \'aii  )    Sbinn. 

14.59.  (1)  Sanniel    Ellis  Shinn.   b.   11/11/1X27;    m.   Aschah  Fo.\,   1849. 

1460.  (2)  John   (].   Shinn,    h.    1829;    ob.   mimarried. 

1461.  (3)  Albert  Shinn,  b.   1831;   m.  Emma  Antrim,  1853. 

1462.  (4)  Caleb    U.    Shinn,    b.    1833;    m.    Mary,    daughter    of    William    and    .\bi.nail 

(Shinn)    Malsbury. 
116:;.      (5)    Sarah    1'..    Shinn.    Ii.    9/22/18:!7:    m.    Isaac   King. 

!  I<).      S\.\ii  I.I,   SiiiNN    (.'>). -.\sA    (I).   Solomon    (:>).  .Iwii.s    (2).  doiiN    {\). 

Sa?nnel  Sbinn.  liftb  cliild  of  .\,si  and  Saiab  ((iaiintl)  Sbinn.  b.  10/6/1777; 
m.  Frances  (\'an)  Sbinn.  widow  of  bis  brother  Isaac,  and  bad  one  child.  The 
inotlier  outlived  her  si  cond  bll^ban(l  ami  left   a  will. 

Cbildreii  of  Samuel    and    l''i-anees    (Nan)    Sbinn. 
1164.      (1)    isaaf   ShiiUL    l>     ISIl;    m.    lOlla    A.    Wright,    lS7u. 

111.     Solomon   Siiinn   (5).-    .\v\    (|),  Solomon    ( :{ ) .  -I  \.\i  i;s   (2).. John    (1). 

Solomon  Sbmn,  sixtli  ebild  of  .\.><a  and  Sarab  (Cauiitt)  Sbinn,  b.  0/8/1779; 
granted  a  certificate  by  Burlington  to  Fp|)er  Springliebl  on  account  of  marriage 
7^()/1S05;   married   at^  Springfield.    7/15/180.'..    Mercy    Land),   of    New   Hanover, 


Fourth  Generation.  IdI 

(laughter  (»f  Josopli  and  Mary  Lamb.  The  certificate  has  fifty-sLx  signatures, 
fourteen  of  which,  are  the  surnames  Earl  and  eleven  Shinn.  Thev  removed  to 
BuHinglon  in  1806. 

fJhildren  of  Solomon  and  Mercy  (Lamb)   Shinn. 

1465.  (1)   Joseph  Lamb  Shinn.  b.  1806;  m.  Julia  Ann  Gaskell,  12/25/1825. 

1466.  (2)   Mary   Shinn.  who  married  Samuel  Pope.   1831. 

1467.  (.'5)   Solomon  Shinn,  b.  1/22/1808;  m.  (1)  Edith  Johnson,  182»;   (2)  Sarah  . 

44:^     .fo.siiLA  Shinn  (o). — Asa  (4),  Solomon  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

Josliua  Shinn.  seventh  child  of  Asa  and  Sarah  (Gauntt)  Shinn,  b.  4/4/l':8l; 
granted  a  cerlilicate  on  account  of  marriage  bv  Burlington  to  Mt.  Hollv.  11/9/ 
]803;  married,  at  Mt.  Holly  11/17/1803,  Ann,  daughter  of  Josiali  and  Beulah 
Gaskell;  tlie  certificate  is  recorded  at  Mt.  Holly,  and  is  signed  by  seventeen  having 
Ihe  surname  Shinn:  removed  to  Mt.  Holly  7/7/1804.  :\rt.  Holly  records  show 
the  birth  of  two  chihlren.  Stacy  .and  Clayton.  Biirlington  records  give  three  other 
chihlren. 

Chihlren  of  Joshua  and  Ann   (Gaskell)    Shinn. 

1468.  H)    Stacy   Shinn.   b.  8/9/1804;    m.    (1)    Jane,  daughter  of   Samuel  and  Eliza- 

l)eth  Wextrlm;    (2)    Rebecca  (Pennington)    Proctor. 
1469      (2)   Abigail   Shinn.  who  married  Samuel  Wills.  May.  1833. 

1470.  (3)   Rebecca   Shinn,        '  i      loio  '  William  Loveland. 

1471.  (4)  Ann  Eliza  Shinn,    \   ^-    ^^     '    ™-     \' Joseph  Loveland,  .3/28/1832. 

1472.  (5)  Clayton  Shinn.  b.  6/18/1806;   ob.  7/10/1807. 

113.     .\.sA  <ivr.\TT  SiiixN  (5). — Asa  (4),  Solomon  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

.Vsa  Gauntt  Sldnn.  eighth  child  of  Asa  and  Sarah  (Gauntt)  Shinn.  was 
born  4/2/1783;  married.  4/1G/1827,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Uz  and  Sarah  (Jones) 
Gauntt.  liis  first  cousin,  and  was  disowned  therefor  by  Burlington,  December  G, 
1828.     TTaniiMh  di.'.l  in  1832.  and   Asa  married  Elizabeth  Blackwood,  2/26/1833. 

Children  of  Asa  and  Hannah  Shinn. 

1473     (1)   Sarah   Gauntt    Shinn. 
(2)   Shinn. 

Chihlren  of  Asa  and  Elizabeth  Sliinn. 

1475.  (1)    3.  John   Blackwood   Shinn,     /.     i-,/i-,iooo.    „v,    ^7/24/1834. 

1476.  (2)   4.  Uz   Gauntt   Shinn.  \^    11/-4/18..0,   ob.   ^7/5/1834. 

1477.  (3)   5.  Henry   Clay    Shinn,   b.   12/21/1834;    m.    Sarah   Heisler   Haines,   11  29/ 

1881. 

1478.  (4)   t').  Samuel   B.   Shinn,   b.    2/24/1837;    ob.    unmarried,   1862. 

UC.     .\nxk  Siunn   (."i). — Asa  (4),  Solomon   (3),  James   (2),  John   (1). 

Anne  Shinn.  voungest  child  of  Asa  and  Sarah  (Gauntt)  Shinn,  1).  2/17/1789; 
nuirried.  at  T'pper  Springfield.  7/14/1813,  Stacy,  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Haines. 
The  certifii-ate  is  signed  Ijy  eleven  Shinns  and  forty-eight  other  persons.  I  have 
not  found  her  descendants. 

447.     MiRiv:\r  Shtnn   (•";). — James   (4),  Solomon    (3).  James   (2).  -Joiln    (1). 

ALriam   Shinn.  the  eldest  daughter  of  James  and   Lavina    (Haines)    Shinn, 

born  at  I'piier  Freehold  in  i:69;  married  William  Burtis.  and  had  two  chddren : 

1479.  (1)   Charles  Burtis.     (2)   Miriam  Burtis. 

41.S.       AlARGARET   SlIlVN    (  .■) ) .— JaMES    (4),   SoLOMON    (3),  JaMES    (2),  JOHN    (1). 

Maro-arct  second  child  of  James  and  Lavina  (Haines)  Shinn.  was  born  at 
Upper  Fmdioid.     She  married  (1)  John  Lawrence;  (2)  John  Hankins. 


192  History  of  tiik  Shixx  Famh.y  ix  ErnoPE  axd  America 

Childivn  of  .lolm  and   ^rnrgaret   (Sliiiiii)    Lawrence. 

1481.  (1)  James  S.  T^awrence  (6):   m.   (1)   Mary  Conover;    (2)   Phebe  Ann  Rue. 

1482.  (2)   Margaret    Lawrence    (6);    ni.    (1)    William    Tilton:     (2)    John    Hankins. 

Children   by    (1): 
148.'5.  (Ij   Martha  Ann  Tilton   (7);   m.  Edward  Wycoff. 

1484.  (2)   Amanda   Tilton    (7):    m.   Joseph    Sciidder. 

440.     Abig.ml  Sjiinx   (o). — James  (4),  Soi.o:\rox   (3),  James  (2),  Johx   (1). 

Abigail,  third  i-liild  uf  James  and  La\ina  (  ll.iiiiis)  Sliimi.  was  Ijorn  at  Upper 
Freehold.  1773.  She  married,  0/5/1811,  William  llaiikii)s.  foi-  which  she  was 
di.«cip]incd  liv  I'ppcc  Sjn-MiLilicld. 

Children  of   William  and   .Vhi.uail    (Shinn)    Hankins. 

148.5.      (1)   James   S.    Hankins:    m.    Hannah    Forsyth. 
148G.     (2)   John   Hankins:    ni.   Rebecca  Barkalow. 

1487.  CJ)   Joseph    Hankins:    ni.    Emily  Nelson. 

4."")"i.     Ja:\ii;s  Smx^x  (5). — J.s.mks  (4).  Soi.o.mox   (':V).  Jwmn   (•?).  Joiix    (1). 

James  Shinn,  si.xth  and  vonngest  child  of  .Iame>  ami  i.avina  (Haines)  Shinn, 
horn  11/17/1782,  at  Upper  Freeliold;  married.  (1)  l(»/4,1S0f).  Elizabeth  Allen ; 
(2),  in  Gloucester  County,  N.  J.,  ^larv  :\lillcr.  of  Salem  County,  2/15/1817. 

Chihlrcn  of  James  and   i-'.li/.aUclli   (.Vllcn)   Sliinn. 

1488.  (1)   Charles  Allen  Shinn,  b.   .5/4/181(1:    d.   in   the  West    Indies,   18:^4:    lost   his 

health  as  a  merchant  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

(.'hiJdrmi  (»!'  Janu'.-  and  .Mai'v    (.Miller)    Shinn. 

1489.  (1)   2.  Harriet   Shinn,   b.   2/14/1817;    m.    William  Durbin,   of   Indiana,   11/12/ 

1855;    ob.  sine  proli. 

1490.  (2)   3.  Adelaide    Shinn.    b.    Upper    Freehold,    4/2:]/1818:    m.    at    New    Egypt, 

l/2:3/184(j,  Thomas  B.  Jobes. 

lltn.     C!)   4.  Caroline  Shinn.  b.  Upper  Freehold.  1(i/2:'./KS2n:    m.   Dr.  Uloyd   Wilbur. 

1492.  (4)   5.  George  W.  Sliinn.  b.  fl '20/1824;    m.  Sarah  .Matilda  Rue. 

1493.  (5)   fi.  James   Miller    Shinn.    1..    1/20/1828;  m.   Susan   Lower. 

■453.      L\\[x\   Sinvx    (5 ).--.!  \  \i  i;s    (I).   SoioMnx    (;!).   ,I\mi:s    (2),  doiix    (1). 

Lavina  Shimi.  eldest  cinlil  of  dames  and  llannali  (  Ilai1)  Shinn.  lioni  9/ — / 
1787;  married  Thomas  F>rans(rn.   in  '\r\\'  driM\.  ami  had: 

1494.  (!)   Hepziba  Branson. 

1495.  (2)   Aaron    iiianson:    m.    Pnily    I'ancoasi.    iiis   cousin,   in   New   Jersey. 

455.     V.7M.\  Siiiw   (.")). — ,l\Mi:s  (I).  S((i.()\io\    (:'.).  d  am  i:s  (2).d(»ii\   (1). 

Ezra    Shinn.    lliird    cliiid    of   .lanirs   and    llannali    (Man)    Sliinii.    Iiorn    7/7/ 

1792;  ninrried,  (I)    1.-23,  Mrs.  .\nnir   (Lane)    I'.arkalow  :   (2) .     The  second 

marriage  was  a  childless  one  i;nli>lrd  in  (aplain  Merray's  company.  Colonel 
Clement  C.  llitldlc.  l""irsl  lu-gimenl.  I'liin.  \ul..  I  s  1 ;.  ;  nu'rehaid  in  rhilad(d[)hia  ; 
moved,  willi  his  molhcr,  to  Ohio  in  1  >".'i)  and  .-ellled  m  Mo!d.::dmery  Coniily:  he 
:if(er\\ard  moved  to  Indiana,  and  tlied  tin  re.  l/lfi/18();! :  a  nuanhcr  t<\'  no  clnirch. 
hut  a    l*'riend    in   hclier;    W'jng  and    h'epuMican. 

Children   of   M/.ia   and    Annie    (  Lam- l'>a  ikalow  i    Slmui. 

149G.      (1)    IW'iijainiii    MarUalow   Sliiiiii,    1>.    in    Montgomery   County,   Ohio,   :)/10/1824; 
m.    .Margaret    llarUalow,    1/1/184."..   in   Oliio. 

1497.  (2)   Jami's   K/.ru   Sliinn.   b.    11/10/1825;    m.    Eliza   A.   Barkalow. 

1498.  (3)   Lavinia  Shinn.  b.    1   S/1828.   in  Ohio;   m.   William   Kyle. 

1499.  '»»    Ezra    Worlcy    Shinn,    b.    f;/2?/18:!(l:    ni.    Elizaheih    Slmieani. 


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1500.  (5)   Thomas  Jefferson  Shinn.   b.  8/17/1832;   m.  Addie  Stoneam,  1865. 

1501.  (6)   Susan  Ann  Shinn;    ob.  sine  proli. 

4r)(i.     TIki'Zibah  Shivx  (5). — James  (4),  Solomon  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

Hepzibali  Sliiiii),  fourth  child  of  James  and  Hannah  (Hart)  Shinn,  born 
12/13/1794,  at  Uppor  Freehold,  X.  J.;  crossed  the  Alleghenies  on  horseback  with 
her  iii'ithci-  in   1S?0:  married  Jolui  Cox  and  reared  a  large  family. 

Children  of  John  and  Hepzibah  (Shinn)  Cox. 

1502.  (1)  Sarah  Cox;   m.  Peter  Le  Fevre. 

1503.  (2)  Hannah  Cox;   m.    (1)   Daniel  Ryser;    (2)   James  Ward. 

1504.  {?,)  Danie!  Cox. 

1505.  (4)  John  Cox;  m.  Lydia  Hall. 

1506.  (5)  Derrick  Cox;  m.  Ann  Allen. 

1507.  (6)  Lucy  Cox;   m.  Thomas  Tibbies. 
150S.  (7)  Thomas  Cox;   m.  Lydia  Death. 


MRS.  EMILY  (SHINN)   WHITE,  EDINBURG,  IND. 


4G2.     l^.MiLY  Shinn  (5). -James  (4),  Solomon  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

Ennlv  Shinn,  tenth  and  vonngest  child  of  James  and  Hminah  (Hart)  Shinn 
born"  l^^^^r  Fxiehold,  N.  J..  8/18/1808;  is  stxll  h>mg  ^^^^^^'^^^ 
ninetv-three  years  of  age  (1902).     She  married,  m  Ohio,  3/2/1826,  John  White, 
and  with  her  husband  migrated  to  Indiana. 


101  HisToiJV  OF  jiii:  SiiixN   i■■A.\llI.^    i\    I-ji;oim:  and  America 

Children  ot  .loliii  and  Emily  (Sliiim)   White. 

1509.  (1)   David  White,  b.  2/1/1827:    ni.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William  Drybread, 

11/27/18-18. 

1510.  (2)   Sarah    Ann    Whiit'.    1).    10/19/1828;    ni.    P.enjamin   Jarrett,    son    of   Jacob 

Deming. 

1511.  {.])   Hepzibah  Ann   White,   b.   l/19/lS;jl;    m.   Benjamin   .Jarrett  Deming,   1853. 

1512.  (4>   Mary  Wiiite,  b.  9/11/1835;    m.  William  H.  Barkalow. 

1513.  f5)   William    White,  b'.   11/14/1836;   m.  Eleena   Wilson. 

1514.  id)   Ueorge    White,    b.    11,24/1X41;    m.    Susan    M..    daughter   of   William    Dur- 

ban:  no  issue. 

1515.  f7)    ITonry   Clay    White,    b.    7/?0/1844;    m.    Clara    X..    daughter   of    Frederick 

Hart  man. 

471.     TuoArvs  ^invy   (.'.). — r'Ai.i:i;   (I).  S(.i.(.\i(t\    Ci).  .Iames   (?).  .Totix    (1). 

Thomas  Shinii.  cidc"^!  child  of  Cnlch  ;iiid  Mary  (Lucas)  Shian.  Ijorn  in 
Sprin^ffiold  ^iV)\\  n.^hi)),  ]>nrlin,i:t<)n  County.  N.  .1..  KT."):  married  Aldiiail  Gaskell 
out  of  tncclinfr  f)/'.'T/l  7!)?  :  disciplincil  ni  ()\i\  S|irini:lichl  in  Sc'pteinl)cr,  KSIS;  to 
Westland  Pa..  180.3:  to  Salem,  (  (iluniiiiaiia  County,  Ohio.  IS04,  with  his  father, 
C'aloh,  and  his  I'nclc  Kcdar:  they  liouiiht  a  section  ol'  land  and  huilt  a  lar<ie  tlour 
and  <>rist  mill.  Hi-  wife  died  in  180(1.  after  liivinu-  l)irtli  to  her  second  child.  He 
married  (2)  licfhecea  Daniel,  at  Salem,  Ohio,  in  1807;  she  was  horn  in  Loudon 
County,  Va. ;  died  at  Salem  1810:  married  (;>)  Sarah  Schrell,  of  Virginia^  in 
181G.  Shortly  after  this  he  removed  to  Stark  County  and  opened  a  tailor  shop. 
He  died  in  l.s.'J.").  a  respected  eitizen  of  Stark  County,  and  one  of  the  earliest  pio- 
neers of  Lastern  Ohio.  His  deseendants  are  among  the  best  citizens  of  Iowa, 
Texas  and  California. 

( 'lii  I'!  Ten   i>\'   'rihMna>   and    Ahi_i;aii    (Caskcll)    Shinu. 

151C.      (  1  )    .Miiry   Shinii.   h.   1798. 

1517.  (21   .Joshua   Shinn,    I).    Oct.,   1800:    m.   in   Ohio;    ob.   1S7S;    published   the   first 

arithmetic  used  in  Ohio;    teacher;    held  many  positions  of  honor  and 
trust. 

('Iiildrcu  of  'r!i(iiiui>  and    llcln'cca    (hanid)    Sliimi. 

1518.  (1)    3.  .Tames  Shinn.   i)    ;)/29/1807:    m.    (1)    Mary   Sebrell.   11/25/1828.  at   Lex- 

ington,  Ohio,    (2)    Lucy   l']llen   ClarU,   ll/2(!/lS4ti,   I'latteville.   Wis. 

1519.  (2)    I.   Hannah  Shinn.   b.  at   Salem,  Ohio.   18n'.);    ob.  siiu-  proli.   1841. 

('hildi-cn   of  Tliniiia>  and    Sarah    (Schrcll)    Shinn. 

1520.  H)    5.  Calcl)    Shinn,    h.    Salem.  Ohio,   in    1M7:    ob.    ls::7. 

1521.  (2)    0.   Susannah    Shinn,    1).    Salem.    Ohio.    ISIS;    ob.    l,s:;,s. 

1522.  (3)    7.  ,M;ny    Ann    Sliiini,    horu    Salem.   Ohio,    in    IS20;    ol).    1S:'.(;. 

152::.      (4)   8.  Joscidi    Shinn,    h.    u.ar    Lexington,    Ohio,    4/19/1825;     m..     11/3/1854, 

Mary   Stralton. 
1524.      (5»    9.   Hcn.iainin     Shinu.     b.     near    Allinnc.'.     Ohio.     5   1    1828;     ni..    :V30/1854, 

.\]ar\     Lduisc    .JcnUins. 

\','!.      Ki;m\i;   Sihw    (.")). — C\i.i:i:   (  1).  Soionkin    (•")).  .l\Mi:s    (3).  .Toiix    (11. 

Kcdar  Shinn.  second  child  cif  ('jdcli  and  .Mai\  (Lucas)  Shinn.  horn  K  74, 
al  I'pper  Springlield.  r<urliii.i:t(in  (nnnlv.  \.  .1.:  has  his  name  written  on  the 
many  removal  cerlilicalcs  granted  hi-  fa!  her  h\  dill'ereid  l''i'iends"  societies  of 
l>nrlinglon  County,  lie  removed,  in  isoi.  with  In,-  latlicr.  lo  Colinnhiana  County, 
Ohio,  hut  afier  a  few  years  returned  to  New  dersey;  getlle.l  I  w  ^  niilo  ami  mie- 
ludf  ahove  .Ml  Ijolly;  huilt  a  Ikui.m-.  hlack^nnih  ;ind  wIu'cIw  right  ,-hop ;  the 
pla(;e  wa-  ■  ;,|l,.,i    Kc.|;ir\  ille.      ||.'   marrie.l    Miriimi    Willil,-'    al    .ML   ilolly.    11/11/ 

MndifTerenlly    written,    in    old    documents.     Wylles.     Willis.     Willits.       They    were 
<inHl<crs.  nnci  peoidc  of  respect abilily. 


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1798,  and  became  the  fatlier  of  twelve  children,  who,  for  the  most  part,  lived 
and  died  in  Xew  Jersey.  The)'  were  distributed  throughout  South  Jersey,  and 
I  have  liad  much  trouble  in  the  ascertainment  of  their  descendants.  The  follow- 
ing is  an  accurate  record  of  the  children  of  Kedar  and  Miriam  (Willits)  Shinn, 
but  not  a  Bible  7'ccorrl.     That  seems  to  have  l)een  lost: 

1525.  (1)   Caleb    Shinn;    m.    (1)    Susan    Powell,    5/13/1824,   Mt.    Holly,    N.   J.;    (2) 

Rachel   Swain,  1/18/1834,  Camden,  N.  J. 

1526.  (2)   Joseph  Shinn;  m.  Martha  Harvey. 

1527.  (3)   Thomas    Willits    Shinn,    b.    8/23/1801;    m.    Sarah   Anderson,    12/23/1826, 

Mt.   Holly,  N.  J. 

1528.  (4)  John  H.  Shinn;   m.  Hannah  Frake,  8/13/1817,  at  Mt.  Holly. 

1529.  (5)  Kedar  Shinn;    m.  Mary  Chambers,  12/25/1828,  at  Mt.  Holly. 

1530.  (6)  Hannah  Shinn;   m.  Griffith  Elberson. 

1531.  (7)  Susan  Shinn;   m.  Clayton  Tomlin. 

1532.  (8)  Phebe  Shinn;   m.  Miles  Lucas. 

1533.  (9)  Amy  Shinn;   m.  Landon  Bluce. 

1534.  (10)   Annie  Shinn;   m.  Scott. 

1535.  (11)   Lewis   Shinn;    m.  Ellen  Johnson. 

1536.  (12)   William   Shinn;    m.   Sarah  Kline. 

475.     David  Shinn  (5). — Peter  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (3),  John  (1). 

David  Shinn,  second  child  of  Peter  and  Grace  (Gaskell)  Shinn,  was  born 
10/1.3/1783;  married,  according  to  Friends'  rite,  at  Upper  Evesham,  3/ — /1808, 
]lannah.  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Ellen  Wilson;  dismissed  by  Upper  Evesham 
to  Haddonficld,  1818;  in  183r3  to.  West  Frankford,  Pa.,  and  in  1837  to  Salem, 
Oliio;  thence  to  ILuntingdon,  Huntingdon  County,  Ind.  Here  he  settled  upon  a 
farm  and  remained  to  the  end  of  his  life,  in  1889.  The  following  children  are 
named  in  tlie  cinirch  records  of  Evesham,  and  agree  with  the  family  record. 
After  tlie  death  of  their  faflier  thev  left  Indiana  and  moved  farther  West: 

1537.  (1)   Elizabeth   Shinn,  b.   11/29/1808,  at  Upper  Evesham;    ob.  10/27/1809. 

1538.  (2)   Charles   Shinn,    b.   12/8/1811,   at  iL,vesham,    N.   J.;    married   Phebe   Hea- 

cock,  at  Marlborough,  Ohio. 

1539.  (3)   Rachel  Shinn,  b.  at  Evesham,  N.  J.;   ob.  in  Ohio,  sine  proli. 

1540.  (4)   Hannah  Shinn,  b.  at  Evesham,  N.  J.;    ob.  in   Ohio,  sine  proli. 

1541.  (5)   Joseph  R.  Shinn,  b.  at  Evesham,  N.  J.;  ob.  in  Ohio,  sine  proli. 

470.    John  Shinn  (5).— Peter  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (3),  John  (1). 

John  Shinn,  sixth  child  of  Peter  and  Grace  (Gaskell)  Shinn,  was  born  3/ 
19/1701  :  married,  in  1814,  at  Upper  Eveshatn,  N.  J.,  according  to  Friends'  rite, 
Svbolla  Collins;  removed  to  Frankford,  Pa.,  5/11/1832,  and  to  Salem,  Ohio,  in 

183G. 

Children  of  John  and  Sybella  (Collins)   Shmn. 

1542.  (1)   Joseph  Shinn,  b.  at  Evesham,  N.  J.,  12/1/1815;    ob.,  unmarried,  at  Pat- 

mos,  Ohio.  . 

1543.  (2)   Mary   Shinn,  b.  at  Evesham,  N.   J.,   5/23/1817;    m.  Joel  Betts,  m   Ohio, 

1S47;  ob.  sine  proli. 

1544  (3)   Grace  Shinn,  b.  at  Haddonfleld,  N.  J..  1819:    ob.  infans. 

1545  (4)  Elijah  Shinn,   b.   at   Haddonfleld,  N.  J.,  9/22/1822;    m.    Sarah   Woodruff, 

in  Ohio,  5/6/1845.  ,,.    x     i-      ^r  . 

1546  (5)   John    C.    Shinn,   b.    at   Frankford,    Pa.,    1826;    m.    (1)    Lydia    Votaw,    in 

Ohio-    (2)   Hester  Brook. 

1547  (6)  Ann  H    Shinn,  b.  at  Salem,  Ohio,  9/24/1827;   ob.  unmarried,  9/7/1884. 
1548"     (7)  Aaron    Shinn,    b.    Berlin    Center,   11/1829;    m.    Sinah   Ellyson,   at   Berlin 

Center,  Ohio,   11/27/1850. 

480.     Mahlon  Shinn  (5).— Peter  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 
Mahlon  Shinn,  seventh  child  of  Peter  and  Grace  (Gaskell)   Shinn,  was  born 
11/12/1704;  married  Sarah  Church,  at  Mt.  Holly,  in  1816    and  m  a  few  years 
removed  to  Philadelphia,  where  he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life. 

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Children  of  Mahlon  and  Sarah   (Church)   Shinn. 

1549.  (1)   William  Shinn,  b.  12/22/1820;   ob.  unmarried. 

1550.  (2)   John   Shinn,  b.  5/17/1828;   m.   Sarah  Ann  Bardsley,  5/29/1852,  at  Phila- 

delphia, Pa. 

481.  Abraham  .Shinn  (5).— Peter  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

Abraliam  Sliinn,  eighth  and  vounircst  child  of  Peter  and  Grace  (Gaskell) 
Shinn.  was  born  3/19/1798;  married  Margaret  Wilkin?,  12/38/1820,  at  Mt. 
Hollv.  X.  J.;  shoemaker;  removed  to  Haddonfield  in  1825;  then  to  Lumberport, 
N.  J.,  and  then  to  Salem,  Ohio,  1829.  Here,  with  his  mother  and  brothers,  he 
affiliated  with  the  Tlicksites.  and  in  1831  was  disowned  by  Burlington,  N.  J.  He 
was  never  known  to  do  a  dishonest  act.  the  proudest  legacy  a  father  can  leave  to 
his  children;  lived  a  consistent  Friend  all  his  life,  and  dioil  in  the  faith,  6/1/ 
1865;  his  wife  followed  him  in  1870.     Children: 

1.-).51.      (1)    Emeline  W.  Shinn   (0).  b.  12/1/1822,  at  Lumberton,  X.  J.;  m., 
at   Birmingham,   Ohio,   2/9/1843,   Josiah,   son   of   Elisha   and 
Tacy    (Bradshaw)     Fogg;    farmer;    Hicksite    Friend;    Repub- 
lican, and  resided  at  Alliance.  Ohio.     The  children  were: 

1552.  (1)   Samuel   A.    Fogg    (7),    b.    6/12/1845;    m.    11/2/1870,    and    had   one 

child,  Ada  B.  Fogg   (8),  Canfield,  Ohio. 

1553.  (2)  William    K.    Fogg    (7),    b.    6/25/1851;    m.    7/4/1871,    and    had    one 

child.  Bertha  E.  Fogg  (8),  Alliance,  Ohio. 

1554.  (3)  Aaron  B.  Fogg  (7),  b.  10/23/1856;   m.  9/2/1886. 

l.-i.-»5.      (2)    Samuel  A.  Shinn   (6),  b.  5/7/1826;  m.  Lodema  Key,  1/13/1855. 
He  died  2/20/1865,  leaving  the  following  children: 

1556.  (1)  Walter  G.  Shinn   (7),  b.  5/9/1856;   ob.  sine  proli. 

(2)  Lorena  Shinn   (7). 

(3)  Lewis  Shinn    (7). 

1557.  (3)   Jane  E.    Shinn    (6).  b.   9/13/1828;  ob.   10/22/1896;   m.,   9/5/ 

1847.  William  BradsliaAv,  and  had  children: 

1558.  (1)   Samuel  E.  Bradshaw   (7),  b.  6/30/1849. 

1559.  (2)   Lewis  C.   Bradshaw   (7),  b.  11/8/1853. 

(3)  Margaret   E.    Bradshaw    (7),   b.   7/27/1858. 

(4)  James  A.  Bradshaw  (7),  b.  1/15/1863. 

1560.  (4)   Grace  A.  Shinn  (6),  b.  2/28/1830;  m.  (1)  David  Wharton,  10/ 

21/1852,  who  died  9/12/1861,  leaving  one  child,  Sylvester  C. 
Wharton.     The  widow  married  a  Mr.   Ellyson.  and  now  lives 
at  Berlin   Center,  Ohio. 
].'.61.      (5)   William  W.  Shinn   (6),  b.  6/3/1833;  nh.  4/23/1874:  m.  Harriet 
S.   Webster,  12/31/1857,  and  had  childivn: 

1562.  (1)   Mabel   M.   Shinn    (7),   b.   1/28/1 8G0;    ob.    1S61. 

1563.  (2)   Lizzie  May  Shinn   (7),  b.  1/^/1862. 

1564.  (3)   TTarry  W.   Shinn   (7).  b.  5/26/1863. 

1565.  (4)    William   JiaynKmd   Shinn   (7),  b.   10/7/1867. 

1566.  (6)   Abi-aliam   Shinn    (6),  b.   12/15/1835;  ob.  3  V18"'9. 

1567.  (7)    Charles  V.  Shinn    (6),  b.  5/23/1837;  ob.  10 '30/1902:  m.   Mary 

Boner,  2/16/1860. 

482.  Samuel  Shinn   (5).— David  (I).  Clement   (3),  James  (2),  John   (1). 

Samuel  Shinn,  eldest  child  of  David  and   ^Tary   ( )    Shinn.  was  born  in 

Frederick  Coiintv,  Va.,  4/22/17S6;  named  in  his  father's  tlisinissal  from  Mt. 
Holly.  8/5/l';!)o;  and  lodged  at  Hopewell  1/3/1791.  S.dd  certificate,  however, 
stales  tlial  David  "had  long  resided"  at  Ho]je\\cll.  mid  jiis  (hildren  were  born 
there.  Ai  a  nu'eting  held  I)/8/1814  at  ilii|(r\\i||.  \;i.,  iju'  conunittee  on  the 
case  of  Samuel  Shinn  jtroduecfl  a  testimony  against  him  as  follows:  "Samuel 
Sliinn  having  been  in  the  practice  of  training  in  the  militia,  and  has  accomplished 
his  marriage  contrary  to  discipline,  we  hereby  disown  him.     Hichard  George  and 


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John  Ward,  Committee."  He  was  a  A^irginia  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  was 
afterward  colonel  of  the  militia  in  Hampshire  County.  I  have  not  been  able  to 
ascertain  the  name  of  his  wife.  He  was  named  in"^his  father's  will,  in  1815. 
(Hampshire  County  Wills,  4/17/1815.)  He  moved  to  Guernsey  County,  Ohio, 
in  1816,  and  from  there  to  Noble  County,  where  he  died,  6/8/1865. 

Children  of  Samuel  and  ( )   Shinn. 

1568.  (1)  David  W.  Shinn,  b.  9/9/1815,  in  Hampshire  County,  Va. 

1569.  (2)  Amos   Shinn,  b.   1817,  in  Guernsey  County,  Ohio;    m.  Rebecca  ,  4/ 

29/1847,  in  Ohio. 

1570.  (3)   Lydia  Shinn,   b.   1817,  in  Guernsey  County,  Ohio;    m.,   7/22/1858,   Clem- 

ens  Clendenning. 

1571.  (4)   Mattie   J.   Shinn,   b.    1/13/1839,   in   Guernsey   County,   Ohio;    m.    Landon 

Lady. 

483.     David  Shinn  (5). — David  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

David   Shinn,  second  child  of  David  and  Mary   ( )    Shinn,  was  born  in 

Frederick  County.  Va.,  1788;  disowned  at  Back  Creek  Preparative  Meeting, 
Hampshire  County,  10/5/1810,  upon  a  testimony  sent  from  Fairfax  Monthly 
Meeting  that  he  had  married  his  first  cousin,  in  the  "back  part  of  the  State;" 
he  married,  in  Harrison  County,  Va.,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Shinn,  twin 
brother  of  David,  father  of  David  of  this  notice.  He  moved  to  Adams  County, 
HI.,  in  1826;  to  Fulton  County,  1836;  to  Clinton  Cotmty,  Iowa,  1845,  where  he 
died.     He  reared  a  family  of  nine  children,  but  I  have  only  secured  two  of  them. 

Children  of  David  and  Hannah   (Shinn)    Shinn. 

1572.  (1)   Ellison  Shinn. 

1573.  (7)  David   Wesley   Shinn,   b.   4/28/1823,  Harrison  County,  Va.;    m.,  in   1852, 

Aseneth    M.,    daughter    of    Capt.    Joel    and    Mary    (Shinn)     Reece,    b. 
1828    (his  first  cousin),  in  Morgan  County,  Ohio. 

485.     Lydia  Shinn  (5). — David  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

Lydia  Shinn,  fourth  child  of  David  and  Mary  Shinn,  was  born  in  Frederick 
County,  Va.,  circa  1T93:  married,  in  Hampshire  County,  Va.,  in  1815,  her  first 
cousinVAmasa.  son  of  Jonathan  Shinn;  12/7/1820  diso^^Tied  at  Hopewell,  Va.,  for 
that  reason  (Hopewell  ]\ronthly  Meeting  Minutes.)  He  removed  to  Pike  County, 
111. ;  Amasa  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Kinderhook  Township ;  died  at  Stony 
Prairie,  111.  ("History  Pike  Co.,  111.")  His  brother  Asa  was  a  Methodist 
])reacher;  Levi,  a  Christian  preacher;  Amasa  was  a  farmer  and  a  Universalist. 

Children  of  Amasa  and  Lydia  (Shinn)   Shinn. 

1574.  (1)   Parmelia  Shinn  (6),  b.  1816;   m.  James  Faith;  no  issue. 

1575.  (2)  Winchester  Shinn   (6),  b.  1818. 

1576.  (3)   David  Edwards  Shinn   (6).  b.  in  Virginia,  1/25/1820;    m.  Charlotte  Gar- 

field,  1858;    moved   to    Syracuse,    Neb.;    ob.   3/30/1890,   at    Hoopeston, 
111.     Children: 
1577  (1)   Benjamin  Amasa  Shinn  (7),  b.  12/1/1858;    m.  Elizabeth  Miller,  7/4/ 

1883;    ob.    9/28/1900.      Children:       Ray,    Charlotte,    Charles    and 

True. 
1582  (2)  Asa   Franklin    Shinn    (7),   b.    9/21/1860;    m.    Elizabeth   Martin,   2/8/ 

1888    and  had  Frances  M.,  Forest  S.  and  Fern  Ruth. 
1586  (3)   William  David  Shinn   (7),  b.  12/23/1863;   m.  Ida  Fikes,  11/26/1902. 

1587'  (4)   Henry    Alexander    Shinn     (7),    b.    7/29/1865;    m.    Georgie   Bousman, 

1/6/1888,  and  had  Archie,  Fleecy,  Franklin,  Horace,  Fannie,  Juna 

and  Joseph.  _ 

1595  (5)   Charles  Ellsworth  Shinn    (7),  b.  9/18/1867;   unmarried. 

1596!  (6)   Melissa  Ellen  Shinn   (7),  b.   1/25/1870;   m.   Charles  Buggerly,  9/28/ 

1892,  and  had  children: 

(1)   Clifford    Buggerly    (8). 


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1598.  (7)  Lydia   Ann    Shinn    (7),    b.    3/10/1872;    m.    Lewis    Richardson,    8/18/ 

1894,  and  had  children: 

(1)  Flossie    Kichardson    (8). 

(2)  Baby   Richardson   (8). 

1601.  (8)  John  Wesley  Shinn    (7),  b.  8/1/1874;   unmarried. 

1602.  (9)   Samuel  Edward  Shinn  (7),  b.  5/15/1876;   unmarried. 

1603.  (4)   Penelope  Shinn  (6).  b.  1822;  m.  Henry  Garfield;  ob.  sine  proli. 

1604.  (5)  Asa  Shinn   (6),  b.  1826;    ob.  sine  proli. 

1605.  (6)   Mary   Shinn    (6),   b.    1827;    m.   Samuel  T.   Wilson,  in   1853,  and  had   the 

following  children: 

1606.  (1)   Jefferson  Wilson    (7),  b.  1857;   m.   Mary  Lowe. 

1607.  (2)   Dora  Wilson   (7).  b.  1860;    m.  George  Wolfe,  1886. 

1608.  (3)   Rose  Wilson  (7).  b.  1871;   m.  Marcus  Wolfe,  1884. 

1609.  (4)   Frank  L.  Wilson  (7),  b.  1865;   m.  Hiram  R.  Shaw,  1882. 

1610.  (5)  Leonard  Wilson  (7),  b.  1869. 

1611.  (7)   Solomon  ahinn  (6),  b.  1831;  ob.  sine  proli. 

48G.     Mary  Shixx  (5). — David  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (2),  John   (1). 

ilary  SliinTi,  fifth  ehilil  oi'  David  and  Mary  Sliijin,  wa;;  born  in  Frederick 
County,  Va.,  circa  1794;  married  Joel  Keese,  son  of  Captain  Joel  Eeese,  of  Lord 
Dunmore's  War,  9/4/1814;  disowned  by  Hopewell  the  same  year  for  marrying 
contrary  to  dif^eiplinc ;  movccl  to  Illinois  182(5;  to  Iowa  1845.     I  have  found  one 

child,  but  I  am  inclined  to  believe  that  there  were  more.     Children  : 

1612.  (1)  Aseneth    M.    Shinn    (6),    b.    1828;    married    her    cousin    in    1852,    David 

Wesley  Shinn. 

487.  Esther  Shinn   (5). — D.win   (4),  Clement   (3),  James   (2),  John   (1). 

Esther  Shinn,  sixth  child  of  David  and  Mary  Shinn,  was  born  in  Frederick- 
County,  Va.,  May,  1793;  mai-ried,  12/9/1813,  Samuel  Busby,  in  Hampshire 
County,  Va. ;  disowned  by  Hopewell  for  marrying  contrary  to  discipline,  1813: 
moved  to  Harrison  County,  1814,  where  Samuel  Busby  died,  leaving  one  child. 
Esther  married  ]V[oses  Shinn,  eighth  child  of  Levi  and  Elizabeth,  1817;  she  died 
10/1/1823  al   Sliinnston,  Va. 

Children  of  Samuel  and  Esther   (Shinn)    Busby. 

1613.  (1)  John   Hamilton   Busby,   b.   1814;    moved   to  New   Orleans  in   1841,  where 

ho  became  a  in'oniinent   merchant. 

Childnni  of  .Moses  and   l<]sther  (Sliinn-Busl)y)    Shinn. 

1614.  (1)   2.  Silas  Shinn,  b.   1817;   ob.  sine;  proli. 

1615.  (2)   3.  Elislia  Shinn,  b.  1821;   m.  Mary  Payne  Le  Fevre. 

1616.  (3)   4.  Kniily    Shinn,    b.    1821;    m.,    (1)    9/— /t840,    Seth    M.    Sandy,    son    of 

William  and  Rhoda;    (2)   Benjamin   Martin. 

488.  JosEi'Ji  Siiiw   (.")). — ( 'i,i:\i  i:\i'  (Ij,  ('i.i;\ii:\r  (:! ),  Ja.mi:s  (•.'),doiix   (1). 

Joseph  Shinn,  eldest  child  ol'  Clement  ami  IJuili  ( I'ates)  Shinn,  was  born 
9/23/1770,  in  New  ,]i-]yv\:  marrieil.  in  IIa!ii><.n  Coimly,  \'a.,  7/3/1800,  :\lary 
Mathis.     He  was  a  farnuM-  ami  |)ioneei-. 

( 'liilili'eii   (if  ,In>c|ili   ami    ^lai'v    ('M;iiliis)    Sliinn. 

1617.  (1)   Reuben   Shinn.   b.    ISOl  ;    in.    (1)    Sarah    Hoskins,   at   Powhatan,   Belmont 

County,   Ohio,    1S21:    (2)    Maria    Hanks,   in    Monroe   Coimty,   Ohio;    (3) 

,   in   Washington   County,   Ohio. 

1C18.     (2)  Job  M.  Shinn,  b.   Iso:;;    ni..  l)y   Rev.  W.  Lucas,  on  Simpson  Creek,  9/25/ 
1825,  to  Duncan. 


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489.     Moses  Siiixn  (D).-ChEMKXT  (4),  Clemext  (3),  James  (2),  John  (i). 

9/m\''r^yo  '"^^a"'"  T"""  '^'^"^  of  Clement  and  Ruth  (Bat^s)  Shinn,  was  bom 
2/10/1.79  in  xNew  Jersey ;  married,  4/15/1799,  in  Harrison  Conntv,  Va.,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Anthony  and  Elizabeth   (Cooper)   Kyle,^  a  farmer  and  pioneer      He 


MOSES  SHINN. 


died   111 
year 


I  in  1871,  being  ninety-three  years  of  age;  his  wife  died  in  her  eighty-fourth 


Cbildreu  of  ;^[oses  and  Sarah   (Kyle)   Shinn. 

1619.  (])   Hiram    Shinn.    b.    9/19/1800;    m.,    2/28/1819,    Dorcas,    daughter   of   Isaac 

and  Agnes   (Drake)    Shinn.  at  Clarksburg,  Va. 

1620.  (2)   Maria  Shinn,  b.  3/19/1802;   m.   (1)   Isaac,  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Da- 

vidson)  Shinn;    (2)   Harvey  Crosthwait. 

1621.  (:5)   Sampson    Shinn,    b.    1805;    m.    Edith,    daughter    of    Solomon    and    • 

(Wood)    Shinn. 

1622.  (4)   Matilda  Shinn,  b.  1807;   m.  William  Harbert. 

1623.  (5)  Justus  Shinn.  b.  1809;  m.  Laura,  daughter  of  General  Davis. 

1624.  (6)   Merrick  Shinn,  b.  1811;   m.   (1)  Ann  Duncan;    (2)   Hannah  Barnes. 

1625.  (7)   Rezin   K.    Shinn,   b.    1/24/1813;    m.   11/3/1836,    at   Shinnston,  Va.,   Sarah 

Ann.  daughter  of  Robert  and  Hannah  Bartlett. 

1626.  (8)   Sevilla  Shinn,  b.  1815;   ob.  sine  proli. 

1627.  (9)   Absalom   Shinn.   b.   1/19/1818,  at   Shinnston,  Va.;    m.,  y/7/1837,   Clarissa 

B.  Ebert. 

490.    Daniel  Shinn  (5). — Clement  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

Daniel  Shinn.  third  child  of  Clement  and  Ruth  (Bates)  Shinn,  was  born 
1/1 0/1 781  on  :Middle  Creek,  Harrison  County,  Va. ;  married,  8/5/1801,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Edward  and  Elizabeth  (Kyle-Cooper)  Whiteman.  (See  note  to 
Moses  Shinn,  5.)  In  1823  he  moved  to  Tyler  County.  Ya. ;  in  1829  upon  a  flat 
boat,  which  he  constructed  at  the  mouth  of  Middle  Island  Creek  in  Virginia,  he 
was  transferred  to  Cincinnati.  Selling  his  boat  there  he  took  passage  on  a  canal 
boat  to  Hamilton,  0.,  and  from  thence  was  transferred  by  team  to  Plenry  County, 
Indiana.  His  Avife  died  in  1833 ;  he  then  removed  to  Fayette,  then  to  Blackford 
County,  Indiana:  thence  to  the  home  of  his  son  Elias  at  Dubuque,  la.;  he  died 
at  Uniontown.  111..  1851,  at  the  house  of  his  nephew,  Hiram. 

^Elizabeth  Cooper,  b.  3/18/1756.     She  was  married  first  to  Anthony  Kyle,  by  whom 
she  had  three  children — Samuel,  John  and  Sarah. 


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1627. 

(1) 

1628. 

(2) 

1629. 

(3) 

1630. 

(4) 

1631. 

(5) 

1632. 

(6) 

1633. 

(7) 

1634. 

(8) 

1635. 

(9) 

1636. 

(10) 

1637. 

(11) 

1638. 

(12) 

1639. 

(13) 

Children  of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Whiteman)   Shiun. 

Noah  Shinn;   m.  Ann  Fort. 

Elias  Shinn;   m.  Harriet  Ummensetter. 

Charily  Shinn,  b.  1806;  m.  Levi  Gorrell. 

Unity  Shinn,  b.  1/31/1808;   ob.  infans. 

Henry    Shinn;    m.    Harriet   Walker. 

Israel  Shinn;   m.  IMary  Ann  Hood. 

Darius  Shinn:   m.  Rachel  L.  Turner. 

Hyman  Shinn;    m.  Ann  Van  Buskirk  Welch. 

Newman    Shinn;    m.    Christina  Marts. 

Harrison  Shinn;   m.  Mary  Jane  Spencer. 

I\Iary  Ann   Shinn:    m.   William   Burchard. 

Silas  Shinn;  b.  1826. 

Sabra  Shinn;    m.  Nathan  Ellsworth. 


491.     Hepzibah   Shinn    (o). — Clement    (4),  Clement    (3),  James    (2), 

John   (1). 

Tfcpzibah    Shinn.   fourth   child   of    Clement   and   Eu.th    (Bates)    Shinn,    was 
born  4/25/1784  on  :\riddle  Crock.  Harrison  County,  Virginia;  married,  7/2/1800, 
Levi,  eldest  son  of  Jonathan  and  ]\Iary  (Clarlv)   Shiun.     (For  her  descendants  see 
Levi  (5),  son  of  Jonathan.) 
492.    Clement  Shinn  (5). — Clement  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

Clement  Shiun.  fifth  child  of  Clement  and  Euth  (Bates)  Shinn,  born  11/24/ 
1786  on  Middle  Creek,  Harrison  County,  Va. ;  married  3/31/1808  on  Simpson's 
Creek,  same  County,  Lucretia,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Agnes  (Drake)   Shinn;  took 


CLEMENT  SHINN    SON  OF  CLEMENT. 


Up  a  farm  on  liock  Camp  (from  wliich  he  was  called  Ivock  Camp  Clement),  where 
he  lived  to  sec  several  of  his  chiitlrcii  married;  his  wife  dying,  his  thoughts  began 
to  drift  westward  with  the  thousands  who  were  seeking  wealth  in  that  region. 


Taking  his  unmarried  sons  and  daughters,  he  removed  to  Carn 


where  he  died,  :]/9,^/\f^G9,,  in  his  cighty-hrst  year.     His  cliildnii  unv  ns 
as  fnlon  from  tlie  record  made  by  himself: 


t  'luiiiiy,  Indiana, 


follows, 


Fifth  Generation.  201 

Children  of  Clement  and  Lneretia   (Shinn)    Shinn. 

1640.  (1)  Zilpha  Shinn;    m.  Bennett  Ritteuhouse. 

1641.  (2)   Isaac   Shinn,  b.  8/2S/1810;    ob.  infans. 

1642.  (.3)  Aschah  Shinn;    ra.  Noah   Harbert. 

1643.  (4)   Restore  Shinn,  b.  1/19/1815. 

1644.  (.5)   Agnes    Shinn;     ra.    William    Hannah. 

1645.  (6)   Clement  Shinn,  b.  1818;  ob.  in  California. 

1646.  (7)   Francis  Marion  Shinn,  b.  3/25/1820. 

1647.  (8)  Joseph    Shinn;    m.    Henrietta   Ash. 

1648.  (9)   Jesse  Shinn;   m.  Jane  Hannah. 

1649.  (10)   Riley   Shinn;    m.    Henrietta   Shinn. 

1650.  (11)   Lncretia  Shinn;   m.  Mr.  Harbert. 

1651.  (12)   Olive   Shinn,   b.   5/10/1830. 

1652.  (13)   Tabitha  Shinn;   m.  Stephen  Peters. 

493.    Edw.\rd  Shinn  (5). — Clement  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

Edward,  sixth  child  of  Clement  and  Euth  (Bates)  Shinn,  born  Harrison 
County,  Virginia,  1788;  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Agnes  (Drake) 
Shinn;  she  was  born  5/1/1789,  and  died  8/25/1841;  at  her  death  Edward  re- 
moved with  his  family  to  Kentucky,  where  all  further  trace  of  his  history  was 
lost.  His  children,  as  given  by  Samuel  0.  Shinn  of  Shinnston,  W.  Ya.,  are: 
(1)  Alfred,  (2)  John,  (3)   Clement,  (4)   Samuel. 

498.  Clement  Shinn   (5). — Levi   (4),  Clement  (3),  James   (2),  John  (1). 

Clement  Shinn,  eldest  child  of  Levi  and  Elizabeth  (Smith)  Shinn,  was  born 
in  New  Jersey,  1773;  married  Mary  Thompson  in  Harrison  County,  Va.,  1794. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  a  pioneer;  is  buried  at  Shinnston,  Ya. 

Children  of  Clement  and  Mary  Shinn. 

1653.  (1)   Rhoda,   b.    1795;    m.    William    Sandy,    in   Virginia,    and    had    three   chil- 

dren— Seth,  Levi  and  George.     There  were  other  children. 

1654.  (2)   Orpha,   b.   1797;    m.  Isaiah   Harbert. 

1655.  (3)   Mahlon,  b.  9/15/1798;   m.  Mary  Edwards. 

1666.  (4)   Josiah.  b.  1800;   ob.  sine  proli,  1821. 

1667.  (5)   Seth,  b.  1805;   m.   (1)    Rebecca  Smith;    (2)   Mary  J.  Reeser,  of  Cumber- 

land, Md. 

1668.  (6)   Sarah,  b.  1809;   ob.  infans. 

1669.  (7)   Olive,  b.  1815;    m.  Enoch  Cunningham. 

1670.  (8)   Moses,  b.  1817;  m.  Mary  Shinn. 

499.  Solomon  Shinn  (5).— Levi   (4),  Clement   (3),  James   (2),  John   (1). 

Solomon  Shinn,  second  child  of  Levi  and  Elizabeth  (Smith)  Shinn,  born  in 
New  Jersey,  1/21/1775;  to  Virginia  as  a  boy;  married  (1)  a  Walmsley;  she  died 
1806;  (2)  Mary  Ann  Kirksey,  in  1808;  moved  to  Illinois  and  died  in  Adams 
County.  Eev.  Eobert  Franklin  Shinn  prior  to  his  death  gave  me  the  following 
record'  of  the  descendants  of  Solomon,  his  father. 

(1)   Children  of  Solomon  and  (Walmsley)    Shinn. 

1671.  (1)  Mary;    m.    Benjamin    Shinn. 

1672.  (2)  Unity,  b.  1797;    m.  William  Lucas. 

1673.  (3)  Elizabeth,  b.  1799;   ob.  unmarried. 

1674.  (4)  Rachel,  b.  1801;   m.  William  Wood. 

1675.  (5)  Edith,  b.  1803;   m.  Sampson  Shinn. 

1676.  (6)  Abel,  b.  1805;   ob.  1840,  unmarried. 


2o->  History  of  the  Shixx  Family  in  Europe  axd  America 

(2)   Chiidren  of  Solomon  and  ^lary  Aim   (Kirksey)   Shimi. 

1677.  (1)     7.  William,  b.   1812;    ob.   1881,   unmarried. 

1G7S.  (2)  8.  Raymond,   b.    1814;    ob.    1851.   unmarried. 

107Si.  (3)     9.  Susan,  b.  1819;  m.  (1)  J.  Pickens,  184U:    (2)  J.  Lyons. 

1680.  (4)  10.  Abner.  b.  October,  1820;   m.   (1)    Mary  Hough;    (2)   H.  Wilsoa 

lo81.  (5)  11.  Robert  Franklin,  b.   1821;   m.  Fannie  Jackson   Taylor. 

1C82.  (6)  12.  Emeline.  b.  1824;   ob.  1853. 

1683.  (7)  13.  John.  b.   1S26;    ob.   1839. 

1684.  (8)  14.  Julia  Ann;   m.  E.  G.  Lyons. 

oUl.     Anx  Shixx   (5).— Li:vi    (1).  Clemext   (3),  JA:\rES   (2),  Johx   (1). 

Ann,  lliird  child  of  Levi  and  Elizabeth  (Smitli)  >Slunn,  born  Harrison 
County,  Virginia,  1777;  married,  4/11/1799,  Daniel  Whiteman,  and  had  a  dangli- 
ler  Ann.  who  married  Levi,  son  of  Levi  and  Sarah  (McPolc)  Shinn,  her  cousin. 
(See  Levi  (5).) 

504.    Elizabeth  Shixx  (o). — Levi  (4).  Clemext  (3),  James  (2),  Johx  (1). 

Elizabeth,   daughter  of   Levi  aiul  Eii/.ubelh    (S:fmiihj    Shinn,   born   Harrison 
County,  Virginia:  married,  1806,  Joseph  W.  Wilson;  she  died  in  1850.     Children: 
1C85.     (ij  Michael    Shinn    Wilson,    b.    in    Virginia,    1806;    m.    Celia   Campbell,    and 
moved  lo  Souihern  Missouri,  where  he  died,  leaving  a  family. 

1686.  (2)   Thomas  R.  Wilson,  b.  1808;   m.  Rebecca  Reading,  and  moved  to  North- 

ern Missouri,  where  he  died,  leaving  a  family. 

1687.  (3)   Joseph  H.  Wilson,  b.  ISIO;   ob.  in  Missouri. 

1688.  (4)   Solomon   W.  Wilson,  b.   1813;    m.   Sarah   McPherson,   and  moved  to  the 

State  of  Washington,  where  he  died,  leaving  a  family. 

1689.  (5)  Eliza  Wilson,  b.  1815;    m.  William  Callison. 

1690.  (6)   Jonathan  Wilson,  b.  1818;   m.  Sarah  Callison;   ob.  in  Southern  Missouri. 

1691.  (7)   James  R.  Wilson,  b.  1821;   m.  Sarah  Davis;   to  Missouri;   ub.  in  Texas. 

1692.  (8)   Sophia  W.   Wilson,   b.    1823;    m.  E.   C.   Brown,   in  1850;    moved   to  Ver- 

sailles,   Mo.,    where    she   was    living   1903,    the   only    remaining    child, 
except  her  sister,  Harriet,  of  this  large  family. 

1693.  (9)   William  H.  Wilson,  b.  1828;   d.  on  and  was  l)uried  in  the  ocean. 

1691.  (10)  Harriet  W.  Wilson,  b.  1834;  m.  B.  G.  Bowlin;  moved  lo  Versailles,  Mo., 
where  she  now  resides  (1903).  This  entire  family  adhered  to  the 
Union  cause,  and  inclined  to  the  Methodist  Church. 

500.     Saii.vii  Sjuxx  (5). — Levi  (4),  Clemext  (3),  Jami;.s  (:.'),  Joiix  (1). 

Sarah,  daughter  of  Levi  and  Elizalieth  (Smiih)  Shinn.  born  Harrison  County, 

\'irginia;    marrii'd    (1)    W'almsb'y ;    (•.'),    7    1!*    isil,    Jedediali.    son    of 

John  (4),  Edward  (3),  John  (2),  Cornc'lins  (1)  and  Jemima  (Abbott)  Waldo 
(born  10/19/1772;  ob.  1/20/1H58).  Sarnli  Sliiim  was  liis  second  wife,  and  he 
was  her  spi-ond  husliaiul :  he  was  a  num  of  wfahh  ami  tbe  owiiei'  of  many  slaves. 
The  children  of  the  last  marriage  were  Isaac  and  Sarah.  Sarali  died  in  infancy, 
and  Isaac  (Jopeland  Shinn.  lK)rn  4/18/1818,  ob.  12/11/1840  at  Roanoke,  Va., 
married,  in  Novend)er,  1830,  Elizabeth,  dangliter  of  -ledcMliali  and  "Martha  (Du- 
vall)   Coll"  of  lioollrs  Creek,  who  di(>d  al    I{oanoke  in    l!Mi().     'rh(>  cliildnMi  wow: 

1<;95.  (1)  Jedediah  G.  Waldo,  who  enlisted  in  I  lie  rniou  army,  and  died  at 
Washington  in  1863. 

1696.  (2)   Tha<ldeus  I>.   Waldo;   o.  s.   p.   12/7/1867. 

1697.  (3)   Isaac  Coiudand   Waldo,  b.   2/14/1845.  at  Bridgeport,  Va.;    hotel  business 

at  Weston,  Va.,  for  many  years;  ni..  1/1(!/1867,  at  Weston.  Elizabeth 
Ann.  daughter  of  W.  (!.  T.  and  .Maria  V.  (Hereford)  Camp,  of  Lewis 
County.  W.  Va..  and  had  one  son,  Isaac  William  Waldo.  1).  5/21/1874, 
who  resides  at  Baltimore,  Md.,  unmarried;  he  is  chief  clerk  of  car 
service  of  tlie  B.  &  O.  R.  R.  Co.,  and  has  been  the  genealogist  of  the 
Waldo  family  since  the  death  of  liis  (Muinent  kinsman,  Lorenza 
I'inckney  Wablo. 


Jb'iFTH  Gexeeatiox.  -m'-i 

503.     Levi  Shinx   (5).— Levi   (-1),  Clemext  (3),  Ja^ies   (2),  Johx   (1). 

Levi,  sixth  child  of  Levi  and  Elizabeth  (Smith)  Shinn,  was  born  in  17S3; 
married  Sarah  McDole  in  Harrison  County,  Virginia.  Removed  to  Ohio;  thence 
to  Illinois;  he  was  a  Methodist  preacher  of  note;  his  children  were  as  follows: 

1698.  (1)  Elizabeth   Shinn.     "(2)    Mary   Shinn. 

1699.  (3)   David  Shinn,  who  married  and  had  children,  of  whom  Margaret,  Alvira 

and  Montgomery  have  been  reported  to  me. 

1700.  (4)   Solomon    Shinn,    b.    near    Columbus,    Ohio,    1821;    soldier   in    the   Black 

Hawk  War,  and  one  of  the  chosen  posse  who  captured  the  famous 
chief;  passed  through  the  Mormon  troubles  of  his  region  and  became 
a  successful  farmer  and  preacher;  sold  his  farm  in  1866  and  moved 
to  Cooper  County,  Mo.,  where  he  died  in  February,  1884;  m.,  in  Vir- 
ginia,   in    1843,    Delila,    daughter    of   Jacob    and   •    (Shinn)    Smith. 

His  children  were:  (1)  Sarah;  (2)  Mary  Jane,  who  married  Fulton; 
(3)  Montraville;  (4)  Levi;  (-5)  Oliver  H.;  these  three  were  gallant 
soldiers  in  the  .50th  Regiment.  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry.  Levi 
moved  to  Leadville,  Colo.,  where  he  died,  leaving  two  children;  Oliver 
H.  lived  and  reared  a  family  at  Fall  Creek,  111.  (6)  Robert  Fulton 
married   and   removed   to  Missouri. 

1701.  (5)   Levi   Shinn,  who  married  Ann  Whiteman,   and  had  children,   Rezin   K. 

and  William. 

1702.  (6)   Samuel  Shinn,  who  married  and  reared  a  family  of  children,  of  whom 

I  have  the  names  of  Thomas.  Edward  and  Joseph. 

1703.  (7)  Asa   Shinn,   who   married   and   reared   a  family.     I   have   the  names   of 

two  sons,  Columbus  and  Levi. 

1704.  (8)  William    Emory   Shinn,   who   married    Sarah   Shinn,   daughter   of   Isaiah 

and  Nancy  (Robey)  Shinn;  he  was  a  farmer  near  Plainsville,  111., 
and  had  the  following  children:  (1)  Alva  W.,  (2)  Raymond  A.,  (3) 
William  E.,  (4)   George  W.,   (5)   Martha. 

o02.    A:VR0X  Siiixx  (5). — Levi  (4),  Clemext  (3),  James  (2),  Johx  (1). 

Aaron,  son  of  Levi  and  Elizabeth  (Smith)  Shinn,  born  in  A'irginia;  married 
jNfary  Piggott,  5/23/18n.  He  was  a  stone  mason  and  bnilt  the  stone  house  in 
Shinnston,  now  occupied  hy  his  nephew,  Luther  Clive  Shinn;  he  carried  the  stone 
in  a  leather  apron  from  the  river;  he  moved  into  the  western  part  of  the  state  and 
left  a  lariro  family,  whose  names  I  have  not  been  able  to  ascertain. 

505.  Moses  Shixx  (5). — Levi  (4),  Clemext  (3),  James  (2),  Johx  (1). 
Moses  Shinn,  eighth  child  of  Levi  and  Elizabeth   (Smith)    Shinn,  was  born 

3/11/1791  in  Harrison  Cotmty,  Virginia:  married,  in  1816,  Mrs.  Esther  Busby, 
widow  of  Samuel  Bnsby  and  daughter  of  David  Shinn  of  Hampshire  County,  Vir- 
ginia, his  first  cousin.  She  died  10/1/1823  and  he  then  married  Elizabeth  Hall. 
Emily  Shinn,  daughter  of  Moses  by  his  first  wife,  says  of  Elizabeth  Hall  that  she 
was  a  noble  stepniother.  Moses  married  (3)  Mary  Irvin.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
miller  and  lived  and  died  in  Harrison  County,  Virginia.  Died  3/21/1862.  For 
descendants  see  Esther  Shinn  (5),  daughter  of  David. 

506.  Isaiah  Shixx  (5).— Levi  (4),  Clemext  (3),  James  (2),  Johx  (1). 

Isaiah  Shinn,  ninth  and  voungest  child  of  Levi  and  Elizabeth  (Smith)  Shinn, 
born  in  Harrison  Conntv.  Virginia,  5/14/1794;  married  Xancy  Eobey  in  same 
county.  4/17/1816.  Gloved  to  Pike  County,  Illinois,  where  he  died,  12/13/1871. 
His  wife  died  4/3/1877. 

Children  of  Isaiah  and  Xancy  (Robey)  Shinn. 

1705.  (1)  Elizabeth  Shinn;    m.  G.  Sandy. 

1706.  (2)  Mary  Shinn;   m.  Moses  Shinn. 

1707.  (3)  Tabitha  Shinn;   m.  Peter  Mason. 

1708.  (4)  Jeremiah  Shinn:  m.  M.  J.  Sturm. 

1709.  (5)  Mahala  Shinn,  b.  6/19/1826;   ob.  5/19/1833. 

1710.  (6)  Sarah  Shinn;   m.  William  E.  Shinn. 


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1711.  (7)   Emma  Shinn;  m.  Samuel  Clark. 

1712.  (8)   Martha  Shinn,  b.  7/22/1834;   ob.  6/15/1838. 

1713.  (9)   Solomon   Shinn;    m.   M.  J.   Nay. 

o07.    Levi  Shixn  (5). — Jonathan  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

Levi  Shinn,  eldest  child  of  Jonathan  and  Mary  (Clark)  Shinn,  was  born  in 
Xew  Jersey  5/11/1779;  moved  to  Virginia  as  a  boy;  married  Hepzibah,  daughter 
of  Clement  and  Ruth  (Bates)  Shinn,  his  first  cousin,  at  Shinnston,  W.  Va., 
7/1/lSOO.  Inherited  from  his  father  land  upon  -which  a  part  of  Shinnston  stands; 
was  a  farmer  and  preacher;  preached  in  Virginia  and  Ohio;  lived  in  Muskingum 
and  Ijicking  Counties,  Ohio,  for  many  years.^     Died  at  Shinnston. 

Children  of  Levi  and  Hepzibah    (Shinn)    Shinn. 

1714.  (1)  Asa  Jonathan  Shinn:   m.   (1)   Annie  Flower;    (2)   Lydia  Halbert  Davis. 

1715.  (2)  Amy  Shinn;    m.  Jacob  H.  Fortney. 

171C.  (3)   Lavina  Shinn;    m.   (1)   Abner  Warmsley;    (2)    Genus  Clarke. 

1717.  (4)   Naomi   Shinn;    m.  Justus  Jarrect. 

171S.  (5)   Samuel    O.    Shinn;    m.   Elizabeth   Childers. 

1719.  (6)   Charlotte   Shinn;    m.    Thomas   Harbert. 

1720.  (7)  Alfred  Shinn;  ob.  infans. 

1721.  (8)  Luke  M.  Shinn;   m.  Leah  Childers. 

1722.  (9)   Lemuel  D.  Shinn;   m.  (1)   Emily  Wood;    (2)   Mrs.  Amelia  E.  Briggs. 

1723.  (10)  Alpheus  W.  Shinn;   m.  Isabella  Criss. 

508.     Asa  Shinn  (5). — Jonathan  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (2),  John   (1). 

Asa  Shinn,  second  child  of  Jonathan  and  Mary  (Clark)  Shinn,  was  born  in 
New  Jersey  5/3/1781  :  to  Virginia  in  1788;  his  father  was  remarried  in  that  year 
at  Hopewell,  Frederick  County,  Va.,  to  j\Irs.  Edwards,  a  most  estimable  woman. 
Upon  a  farm  in  Harrison  County,  Virginia,  Asa  spent  his  youth,  with  such  edu- 
cational advantages  as  the  backwoods  schools,  a  thinking  father  and  an  educated 
mother  could  give;  a  writer  has  said  of  him:  "He  never  saw  an  English  gram- 
mar until  after  he  began  to  preach."  The  inference  is  that  he  had  no  education 
in  l']ng1ish  grammar  until  after  he  began  his  itineracy.  If  so,  it  would 
not  have  lessened  his  real  ability.  But  the  remark  shows  an  ig- 
norance of  afl'airs  that  is  lamentable.  Lindley  Murrey  published  the 
first  English  grammar,  between  1780  and  1790,  after  Asa  Shinn's 
birth.  Are  we  to  su])pose  that  there  was  no  knowledge  of  English  before 
this  book  was  published?  Asa  Shinn  never  saw  nu  Englisli  gi-amnuir  until  be  be- 
gan preaching,  because  there  was  none  to  see.  But  that  he  was  ignorant  of  the 
principles  of  English  is  not  borne  out  by  the  facts.  He  had  an  ordinary  English 
education  wlien  he  began  to  preach,  and  this  enabled  him  to  meet  tlie  diflicuities 
of  every  positif)n  in  aflcr  life.  A  fall  from  a  tree  when  a  mere  youih  injured  his 
head,  but  this  gave  way  to  treatment,  returning,  liowcvcr,  at  critical  times  in  his 
life  to  annoy  him.  He  was  a  class  leader  at  fifteen;  a  neighborhood  preacher  at 
Bixteen;  recognized  by  the  Baltimore  Conference  of  tlio  M.  E.  C.  in  his  eighteenth 
year,  and  put  upon  the  Monongahela  Circuit  with  (|)uinn  :  be  gave  promise  of 
greatness  aiul  altractcd  ci-owds  wherever  he  went ;  his  reasoning  was  of  the  grand- 
est kind  and  his  eloquence  equal  to  his  reason.  At  one  place  in  Virginia  he  saw 
for  the  first  time  in  his  life  a  household  clock.  It  challenged  his  attention  and 
he  asked  permission  to  take  it  apart.  Studying  each  part  before  detaching  it,  he 
thou  separated  it  from  the  rest  and  studied  its  function.  The  table  was  covered 
with  j)arts  and  the  bystanders  murmnred  that  nobody  but  a  clock  maker  would 
ever  put  it  together  again.  Yet  without  a  false  move  the  young  man  replaced 
every  part,  saying,  "It  is  a  perfect  mecbnui-m.     If   is  a  good  gift  from  llie  Al- 

'Pinnoor  Pai)or.  No.  31.  Lickinp  County.  Ohio,  by  Rev.  C.  Springer,  states  that  he 
was  a  pioneer  preacher,  and  livod  in  lU)\vling  Greon  Township.  Licking  County,  Ohio. 


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205 


mighty."    Observation  was  born  in  him  and  he  loved  to  compare.    This  made  him 
masterful  in  analysis  and  majestic  in  his  reasoning  power. 

In  1803  he  laid  off  the  Hockhockiug  Circuit  in  Ohio,  comprising  what  is  now 
the  counties  of  Fairfield,  Licking,  Muskingum,  Coshocton,  Knox,  Delaware  and 
Franklin.  It  was,  save  for  an  occasional  cabin,  a  trackless  wilderness.  It  took 
four  weeks  to  "  ride  the  circuit,"  and  his  was  the  work  of  organizing  classes  and 
churches,  a  pioneer  shepherd  in  the  Master's  field;  in  1804  his  labors  took  in  all 
Southern  Oliio;  in  180G  and  1807  we  find  him  organizing  camp  meetings  and 
drawing  crowds  from  far  and  near;  in  1809  sent  by  Asbury  as  a  stationed  preacher 
to  Baltimore,  Md. ;  1812-13,  Oeorgetown,  D.  C.  Wliether  in  large  cities  of  the 
East  or  in  the  slashings  of  the  wild  West,  he  attracted  audiences  that  came  again 
and  again.  In  1813  he  lost  two  children,  and  this,  in  conjunction  with  the  old 
wound  in  his  head,  brought  on  a  suspension  of  his  reasoning  faculties.  Eest  re- 
lieved this,  however,  but  a  severer  attack  followed  upon  the  death  of  his  wife. 
/For  several  years  after  this  he  combated  with  this  malady  and  overcame  it  appar- 


REV.  ASA  SHINN. 


ently  in  lS-?0.  In  182-3  lie  was  made  Presiding  Elder  of  the  Pittsbnrg  District; 
in  1825  the  Pittsburg  Conference  was  formed  and  Asa  Shinn  stationed  at  that 
citv.  In  1829  he,  with  others,  left  the  M.  E.  C.  and  founded  the  M.  P.  C.  At  the 
first  session  of  the  Ohio  Conference,  1829,  he  was  elected  its  president,  anofhce 
correspondinti-  to  the  rank  of  bishop  in  the  old  church,  and  stationed  at  Cmcm- 
uati,  where  he  remained  four  years.  Here  he  lost  his  second  wife.  Jn  1833  the 
Pittsburg  Conference  of  the  M.  P.  Church  was  formed  and  he  was  elected  presi- 
dent From  1835  to  1837  he  was  associate  editor  of  the  Methocnst  Frotestant 
of  Baltimore.  President  of  the  General  Conference  of  the  M.  P.  C.  at  its  meeting 
at  Pitt«buro-  in  1838;  president  of  the  succeeding  General  Conference  at  Balti- 
more in  isl2:  member  of  the  Convention  that  formed  the  Constitution  and  Disci- 
pline of  the  M  P  C.  in  1830;  during  his  connection  with  the  Baltimore  Confer- 
ence ^r   E    C    a  period  of  twentv-eight  years,  he  filled  many  important  positions. 


206  History  of  the  Shinn  Fa:mily  ix  Europe  and  America 

and  in  the  ^M.  P.  C.  licld  the  highest  rank.  In  1813  he  issued  his  first  book,  "  An 
Essay  on  the  Plan  of  Salvation,*'  which  was  reprinted  in  1831.  From  1824  to 
1828^  he  pnl)ii>hcd  a  voluminou.s  series  of  articles  in  the  Mutual  Rights.  In 
1840  he  published  at  Philadelphia  his  most  profoimd  work,  one  that  placed  him 
among  the  profound  thinkers  of  the  world,  "  The  Benevolence  and  Kectitude  of 
the  Supreme  Being.'^  Dr.  .Aliller  of  the  M.  E.  C.  S.  told  tlio  writer  in  1892  that 
he  studied  this  Ijook  at  college  in  South  Carolina,  and  considered  it  one  of  the 
greatest  work.'i  ever  written.  Dr.  xVlger  in  his  "  Critical  History  of  the  Doctrine  of 
a  Future  Tiife"  says  of  the  book:  "It  is  written  with  charming  simplicity  and 
candor."  Dr.  Admn  Clark,  his  contemporary,  after  reading  it  pronounced  him 
the  greatest  reasoner  in  AniiTica.  He  was  called  the  "Jonathan  Edwards"  of  the 
M.  P.  C.  In  1818  his  mind  gave  way  again  and  the  last  five  years  of  his  life 
were  shrouded  in  mental  darkness.  He  died  at  Brattleboro,  Yt.,  2/11/1853.  Years 
after  his  death  Isaac  Smucker,  who  liad  lionrd  liiiu  in  his  pioneer  preaching  in 
Ohio,  anfl  had  witnessed  his  growth  in  later  years,  wrote  these  words:  "The 
great  promise  of  ^Ir.  Shinn's  early  career  as  a  pioneer  preacher  in  the  West  was 
fully  realized  on  reaching  the  full  maturity  of  his  intellect,  for  he  became  eminent 
as  an  author,  no  less  than  as  a  divine.  It  is  my  deliberate  JTidgment  that  no  man 
of  a  better  intellect,  nor  of  a  higher  order  of  pnl]nt  talents,  has  ever  exercised  the 
functions  of  a  minister  of  the  gospel."  Such  is  the  life  of  a  God-inspired,  self- 
made  and  mother-polished  man.  He  married  twice,  first  in  Wood  County,  Vir- 
ginia. Phebe  Barnes;  second  at  Pittsbtirg,  Pa.,  Mrs.  Mary  Benningtoji  (Wren- 
shall)  Gib.son,^  daughter  of  John  "Wrenshall. 

Children  of  Asa  and  Phebe    (Barnes)    Shinn. 

1724.  (1)  William  M.  Shinn,  b.  6/16/1809;  m.  Henrietta  M.  Collionn. 

1725.  (2)   .Tames  Shinn:  ob.  181.3. 

1726.  {?,)   Eliza  Shinn:    m.  Thomas  Reader. 

1727.  (4)   Mary  Shinn;   ob.   181:3. 

Chilflren  of  .Asa  and  ^Fary  Bennington   Shinn. 

1728.  (1)   5.  Thornton  Asa  Shinn. 

•John  Wronshall.  a  Methodist  preacher,  and  the  author  of  ''Farewell  to  Pittsburg 
and  the  Mountains."  was  a  son  of  Thomas  and  Margaret  Wrenshall.  of  Preston, 
EnKland.  He  was  born  Dcecmber  liTtli.  ITCI.  and  on  the  Cth  of  Oot()l)er.  ITS:-.,  married 
Mary,  dauKhlcr  of  Mailliew  and  Sarah  Bennington,  of  Halifax,  Yorkshire.  They  had 
eleven  children;  Esther,  Ann  and  .John  Matthew  died  in  England.  On  July  20,  1794, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wrenshall,  with  the  following  children,  embarked  at  T.,iverpool  for  Phil- 
adelphia, where  they  arrived   October  1.^),  1704: 

1.  .Margaret    Sarah,   who  married   William   Hoggs,  and   died  at   Florence,   Ala. 

2.  Mary   IJennington.  who  married    (1)    Woolman  Gibson,  and    (2)    Asa  Shinn,  and 

died  at  Cincinnati.  Ohio. 

?,.  Ellen  Pray,  who  nuxrried  Frederick  Dent,  and  became  the  mother  of  Mrs.  U. 
S.  (Irani,  and   died  at   St.   Louis,  .Mo. 

4.     Fanny   Fieldliouse,  who  married   William  Smiili.  and   died   at   Washington,  Pa. 

The  following  were  born   in   Pittsburg,   Pa.: 

fj.     Emily,  who  married   Samuel   K.   Page,   and    died   in    !.()iiisvill(\    Ky. 

0.     Sarah,  who  married  .Tohn   K.  Fielding,  and  died  at   SI.   Charles,   mO. 

7.     ,Iohn    Fletcher,   who  married    Mary   Ann    Cowan.   imkI   died   at    Woodville.   Pa. 

Mrs.  .Mary  Wrenshall  died  .Inly  jst,  1S12.  and  .Mr.  Wrenshall  married  Ann 
Holdshiii.  who  died  November  !Hli.  isil.  leaving  a  d;mghler.  who  did  not  long  survive 
hor  mother,      (fleneral   note  below.) 

CJrnera!  Note — For  lhos(>  who  desire  to  know  more  of  llev.  Asa  Shinn,  I  refer 
them  to  a  "  History  of  the  Methodist  I'rotestant  Church,"  by  Rev.  D.  J.  Drinkhouse, 
which,  I  am  assured  1)y  Dr.  F.  T.  Tagg,  editor  of  the  "  Metliodist  Protestant."  is.  after  the 
hlography  written  by  his  son,  the  best  work  upon  the  life  and  works  of  Asa  Shinn. 
(See  also  Vam  Lam's  "History  of  Perry  County.  Ohio,"  Smucker's  "Historical 
Sketches  of  Licking  County.  Ohio,"  Minutes  of  the  .Monon.gahela  (Ohio),  Baltimore  and 
Pittsburg  Conferences  of  the  M.  E.  C.  and  of  the  M.  P.  C;  Sprague's  Annals,  VH, 
Methodist.  1859;  Abbott's  Biblical  Catalogue  at  end  No.  428.3;  files  of  the  *' Methodist 
Protestant,"  18.35-36:   files  of  the  "Mutual  Richts,"  1822-28.) 


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511.    Elizabeth  Shinn  (5).— Joxathak  (4),  Clemext  (3),  James  (2) 

JOHX    (1). 

Elizabeth  Shinn,  fifth  child  of  Jonathan  and  Mary  (Clark)  Shinn,  was  born 
in  New  Jersey  in  1787;  married  Samuel  Clark  1/18/1807  in  Virginia.  Her  hus- 
band was  a  pioneer  preacher  of  the  ]\[.  E.  Church  and  traveled  in  Virginia  and 
Ohio.  *= 

Children   of   Samuel   and   Elizabeth    (Shinn)    Clark,   Taken   from   History   Pike 

County,  Illinois. 

1.  Amos  Clark;   ob.  sine  proli. 

2.  Phelje  Clark;  m.  and  d.  in  Missouri. 

3.  Obadiah  Clark;   ob.  1848. 

4.  Levi  Clark;  ob.  sine  proli,  1831. 

5.  Hester  Ann  Clark;  ob.  1880. 

6.  Asa  Clark;    moved  to  Marion  County,  Mo. 

7.  Elizabeth  Clark;    ob.  sine  proli,   1833. 

8.  Samuel  Clark,  b.  9/2.3/1820;   m.  Emma,  daughter  of  Isaiah  and  Nancy   (Robev) 

Shinn,  5/22/1851. 

512.    Amasa  Siiinx  (5). — Joxathax  {-i),  Clement  (3),  James  (2),  Johx  (1). 

Amasa  Shinn,  eldest  child  of  Jonathan  and  Mary  (Edwards)  Shinn,  was 
born  in  Harrison  County,  Virginia,  cii'ca  1789;  married  Lydia,  daughter  of  David 
and  Mary  Shinn,  of  Hampshire  County,  Virginia,  2/7/1820.  Moved  to  Illinois 
and  .'settled  in  Kindcrhook  Township,  Pike  County,  being  one  of  the  first  settlers. 
(History  I'ike  County,  Illinois.)  For  descendants  see  Lydia,  daughter  of  David 
Shinn  (5). 

G24.    Daniel  Shinn  (6). — John  (5),  John  (1),  George  (3),  John  (2), 

John   ( 1 ) . 

In  the  Gazetteer  of  Illinois  and  Missouri,  published  in  1822,  Chicago  is  men- 
tioned as  a  village  in  Pike  County  containing  twelve  or  fifteen  houses  and  about 
si.xty  or  seventy  inhabitants.  Pike  County  at  that  time  was  co-extensive  with 
Northern  Illinois.  The  History  of  Pike  County  by  Chapman  has  a  sub-head 
which  reads  as  follows:  "  Franldin  and  Shinn,  the  first  settlers  of  Pike  County, 
as  now  known."  Under  this  caption  the  specific  information  is  given,  that  Frank- 
lin arrived  in  jMarcli,  1820,  and  settled  in  what  is  now  Atlas  Township.  Daniel 
Shinn  arrived  in  April  of  same  year  and  settled  near  where  Franklin  had  pitched 
his  tent.  Daniel  Shinn,  son  of  John  and  Martha  (Parker)  Shinn,  was  born  in 
Now  .T(M-soy  and  was  married  there  in  1806  to  Mary  Hackett,  the  estimable  woman 
who  shared  with  him  the  privations  of  pioneer  life.  Soon  after  their  marriage  the 
young  couple  started  for  Ohio  in  a  wagon.  They  located  near  Batavia  in  Cler- 
mont County  and  remained  there  until  six  children  were  born.  In  the  winter  of 
1820  he  and  his  family  moved  to  Pike  County,  Illinois.  He  took  the  first  wagon 
that  evi'r  entered  that  region.  In  May  he  had  a  log  cabin  ready  for  occupancy  and 
Pike  County  was  opened  for  civilization  and  development.  Daniel  Shinn  was  a 
Quaker  of  strong  convictions,  and  meetings  were  held  in  his  cabin  for  ten  years 
after  its  erection. 

The  wolves  were  a  great  pest  and  Mr.  Shinn  lost  about  two  hundred  pigs  to 
their  rapacity  before  he" outwitted  them  by  building  a  close  log  stable,  in  which 
the  pigs  were  kept  from  their  earliest  pighood  until  ready  to  kill.  As  a  hunter  he 
had  few  equals,  and  his  business  ability  was  equal  to  his  other  talents.  He  got 
out  the  lo^s  for  the  first  court  house  in  1820.  Four  of  his  children  were  enrolled 
at  the  first  school  ever  taught  in  the  county.  In  1822  provisions  became  scarce 
and  Franklin  and  Shinn  started  for  Louisiana,  Mo.,  to  obtain  a  supply.  When 
thev  reached  the  Mississippi  they  could  not  attract  the  attention  of  the  ferryman 
on  the  other  side.  Not  to  be  outdone,  they  plunged  into  the  stream  without  un- 
dressing- and  headed  for  Missouri.     About  midway  Shinn  was  attacked  by  cramp 


208  History  of  the  Shixn  Family  ix  Europe  and  America 

and  would  have  drowned  but  for  the  coolness  of  his  companion,  Franklin,  who 
swam  to  him,  beat  him  and  rubbed  him  till  he  regained  his  powers,  and  then 
started  ahead.  Their  clothing  became  a  serious  impediment.  Seeing  their  danger, 
they  stripped,  gave  their  clotliing  to  the  current,  and  swam  for  the  shore.  After 
a  long  struggle  they  landed  about  three-fourths  of  a  mile  below  Louisiana,  Mo., 
where  clothing  was  furnished  them  by  Missouri  farmers. 

In  1824  Daniel  Shinn  was  elected  to  build  the  county  Jail.  He  was  prosper- 
ous in  his  affairs  and  left  his  children  a  fine  estate.  His  wife  died  in  18-±9  and  he 
survived  her  for  three  vears.  The  name  of  Daniel  Shinn  will  forever  stand  as  a 
landmark  in  Pike  County.  His  descendants,  thirteen  in  number,  down  to  the 
eleventh  generation  from  the  original  emigrant,  John  (1),  are  as  follows: 

1.  Benjamin   Shinn    (7),   b.   1S07,  in  New  Jersey;    to   Ohio  as  a  child;    to   Illinois  at 

twenty;   m.  (1)  Charlotte  Cooper;    (2)  Rebecca  Jackson;   to  Davis  County,  Iowa, 

in  ISoM;  ob.  in  Iowa,  1883.  Children  of  Benjamin  Shinn: 
1,  James  Shinn  (S),  m.  Clark;  2,  Nancy  Shinn  (8),  m.  Ailshie;  3,  Sarah  Shinn  (8), 
m.  Baldock;  4,  Henrietta  Shinn  (8),  m.  L.  A.  Smyser;  5,  Daniel  Shinn  (8); 
6,  David  Shinn  (8);  7,  James  Shinn  (8);  8,  Rachel  Shinn  (8),  m.  Worley;  9, 
H.  J.  Shinn,  County  Judge  of  Custer  County,  Neb.,  who  married  and  had  four 
children,  in  1890,  viz.,  Charles  Milton,  lima  Lucretia,  Minnie  Laurinda  and 
Eflie. 

2.  John  Hackett  Shinn   (7),  b.  1809,  in  New  Jersey;   to  Illinois  in  1820;   m.  Theodora 

Hoskins.  1829,  in  Pike  County,  111.;  founded  New  Hartford  in  1836,  in  conjunc- 
tion with  Abner  Clark  and  Isaac  Hoskins;  to  Davis  County,  Iowa;  served  in  the 
Mexican  War  as  a  soldier  under  Major  Sterling  Price;  died  in  Iowa.  Children 
of  John  Hackett  Shinn,  all  born  in  Davis  County,  Iowa,  were: 
1.  Daniel  Hoskins  Shinn  (8),  b.  3/14/1830;  m.  Mirinda  Richardson,  1851;  enlisted, 
8/13/1862,  Company  C,  16th  Iowa  Infantry,  U.  S.  A.  His  children  were: 
1.  James  Aaron  Shinn  (9),  b.  12/25/1852,  in  Davis  County,  Iowa;  m.,  5/1/1878, 
in  Colorado,  Minnie  Albertson.  The  "Denver  Democrat"  of  July  12,  1902,  said: 
"  One  of  the  best-known  men  in  Colorado  today  is  Col.  James  Aaron  Shinn. 
(See  engraving  facing  page  208.)  Though  not  among  the  early  pioneers  of  the 
State,  he  has  pc'rliai)s  been  more  intimately  associated  with  the  industrial, 
social  and  political  development  of  our  great  Commonwealth  than  has  any 
other  one  person  now  living  within  its  limits.  He  was  the  eldest  child  of  an 
Iowa  family,  and  made  Colorado  his  home  in  the  early  seventies.  He 
secured  work  in  the  mines  of  Boulder  County,  and  labored  industriously  to 
master  the  mysteries  that  lurked  beneath  the  hills;  and  the  mastery  came, 
for  the  Colonel  has  been  generally  recognized  for  many  years  as  a  past 
master  of  the  intricacies  that  attach  to  the  mining  industry.  He  has  been 
successful  in  the  management  of  prominent  mining  properties  in  Lake, 
Pitkin  and  other  counties.  He  is  well  known  in  the  largo  money  centers 
of  Washington,  New  York,  Philadelphia,  Chicago,  St.  Louis  and  Milwaukee 
as  one  of  the  most  reliable  promoters  of  legitimate  mining  enterprises. 
The  mining  industry  has  never  lost  its  fascination  for  him.  His  promi- 
nence in  political  affairs  has  been  thrust  u|)()u  him  rather  than  sought  after 
l)y  him.  He  is  a  consistent  Democrat,  and  has  always  been  known  as  a 
lighter  in  the  van  for  the  principles  of  his  party  and  for  the  advancement 
of  his  political  and  personal  friends.  His  advice  and  counsel  have  been 
souglit  and  considere<l  since  Terrilorial  days  by  the  leaders  of  his  party. 
Ho  has  filled  witli  diHlinciion  mort;  tiian  one  itosilion  of  trust,  and  has 
refused  others  tliat  would  liave  advertised  his  ability  and  worth.  There 
Is  no  uncertainty  about  liiin;  onv.  always  knows  where  to  find  him.  His 
friends  and  enemies  are  a  unit  as  (o  his  straightforward,  upright  methods. 
His  most  prominent  characteristic  is  masterful  executive  ability.  He  is 
intensely  American  in  all  tilings.  His  paternal  ancestor  came  to  New 
Jersey  in  1G78,  and  was  a  distinguished  citizen  of  tliat  colony;  his  grand- 
father earned  a  captaincy  in  the  Mexican  War,  and  the  intimacy  there 
formed  with  (Irant  and  Taylor  did  not  cease  witli  tlic  war.  Colonel  Shinn 
is  a  large  man,  one  of  tlie  largest,  physically,  in  the  State,  and  his  great 
size  is  bill  an  index  lo  his  mentality.  I'he  Colont;!  married  a  Denver  girl- 
Minnie  Albertson — and  reared  a  large  family  of  intelligent  and  loving  chil- 
dren." 

Colonel   Shinn   is   a  mining  engineer,   and   resides  at  Leadville;     manager 
of  the  Nayr  Development  Co.,  of  that  place;     this  syndicate  is  a  most   en- 


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>SiXTH  AXD  Later  Generations.  211 

terprising  combination  of  capital  and  intelligence,  and  now  centering  its 
labors  upon  the  Red  Cross  Mines,  at  Alma.  Colonel  Shinn  is  a  graceful 
writer,  and  his  descriptive  articles  are  prized  in  Colorado  and  elsewhere 
where  they  are  known.  He  was  the  father  of  eight  children,  born  in  Colo- 
rado.    Children: 

1.  Martha   Francis    Shinn    (10),    b.    3/28/1879;    m.,    in    October,    1902,    Harry 

McRoy;    2,  Theodora  Elizabeth  Shinn   (10),  b.  10/3/1880;   m.,  5/15/1901, 

Charles   Brokate;    3,   Jennie  Mays    Shinn    (10);    4,   Minnie   Alma    Shinn 

(10);    5,  .James  Wood  Shinn   (10);   6,  Mary  Carroll  Shinn  (10);    7,  Paul 

Arthur  Shinn   (10);    8,  Howard  Hamilton  Shinn   (10). 

2.  Mary  Ann  Shinn   (9),  b.  Davis  County,  Iowa,  1854;    m.  John  Oliver  Stringer; 

moved  to  Versailles,  Mo.,  and  had  children: 

1,  James  Edward  Stringer,  m.  Frances  Crocomb,  1896,  and  had  two  children, 

Florence  and  Thomas;    2,  Ira;    3,  Charles;    4,  Grover;    5,   Theodora;    6, 

Cora;    7,  Minnie;    8,   Opal. 

3.  John   Henry   Shinn    (9),  b.   in   Davis   County,  Iowa,   1855;    m.,  in   Texas,   Mrs. 

Cannon;   o.  s.  p.  at  Leadville,  Col.,  1892. 

4.  Sarah  Jane  Shinn   (9),  b.  in  Davis  County,  Iowa,  1857;    m.,  in  Lynn  County, 

Kan.,   Benjamin  Ellis,  and  had  two  children: 

1,  Frank;    2,  Walter,  served  two  years  in   the   Philippines. 

5.  Samuel    Wesley    Shinn    (9),   b.    in    Davis    Countv,    Iowa,    1859;    m.    in   Texas, 

1879,   and   had: 

1,  Theodora;   2,  Hattie;   3,  Mamie;   4,  Hazel. 
C.  Tiieodora   Elizabeth   Shinn    (9),   b.   in   Davis   County,  Iowa,   1860;    m.,   in   Mo- 
berly.  Mo.,  Lindsay  Leone  Norton,  in  1879,  and  had: 

1,   Glen;    2,   Waverly,   m.   John    Monroe,    who   was   killed   in    Coeur    d'Alene 
Mines,  Idaho;   3,  Ella;    4,  Lindsay  Leone;    5,  Ethel. 

7.  Daniel  Boone  Shinn   (9),  b.   1865;    m.,  at  Leadville,  Colo.,  Lillie  Holmes,  and 

had  Rhoda  Miranda,  b.  1896. 

8.  Harriot  Susannah  Shinn   (9),  b.  1862;    m.  Albert  Ganz,  and  had  Sidney. 

2,  Rachel;    3,    Mary;    4,    John;    5,  Aaron;    6,    William;    7,    Isaac;    8,    Benjamin;    9, 
Charles;    10.  Emma;    11,  Susan. 
3,  Eliza;   4,  Mary;   5,  Hannah;   6,  Phebe;   7,  Nancy;   8,  Lydia;   9,  Henry  Shinn. 

10.  William    Shinn    (7),    b.    in    Pike    County.    111.,    1/7/1827;    m.,    6/27/1846,    Mary   Jane, 

dau.s;hter  of  Andrew  and  Elizabeth   (Wagner)    Lytle;    to  California  in  1850;    not 
finding  it  as  he  expected,  he  returned  to  Illinois;    one  of  the   most  prosperous 
farmers   in   Pike  County;    a  buyer  and   shipper  of  cattle  for  St.  Louis  and   Chi- 
cago markets;  a  successful  man;   lives  at  Pittsfleld,  111.     Children: 
1,  Elizabeth  Shinn  (8),  m.  William  Gay;   2.  Alvin  Shinn  (8),  m.  Lucy  Woolfolk;   3, 
Mary    Shinn    (8).   m.   William   Cunningham;    4,   Daniel   Shinn    (8),  o.   s.    p.;    5, 
William  D.  Shinn   (8),  m.  a  Walker. 

11.  Daniel    Shinn   (7),  b.  Pike  County,  111.;    to  California;    d.  on  ocean  returning;    was 

buried  in  sea. 

12.  Asa  Shinn  (7). 

020.    JoAB  Shinn  (6). — John  (5),  John  (4),  George  (3),  John  (2),  John  (1). 

Joab,  son  ot  John  and  Mary  Shinn,  born  in  Gloucester  County,  ISTew  Jersey, 
ITO-t;  learned  the  tinner's  trade  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  served  as  a  soldier  in  1812; 
to  Ohio  181  U  married  there,  1815,  Nancy  English;  to  Indiana,  thence  to  Kinder- 
hook  Township,  Pike  C^ountv,  Illinois,  heing  its  first  settler;  Methodist;  Democrat 
and  farmer;  ob.  in  Pike  Count}',  Illinois,  1866. 

Children  of  Joab  and  l^ancy  (English)   Shinn. 

1.  Achey  Shinn  (7);   m.  Carroll  Hawkins;    d.  at  Withamsville,  111. 

2.  Lvdia  Shinn  (7),  b.  1818;   m.  a  Brigham,  Bloomington,  111.;   living,  1902. 

3.  Elizabeth  Shinn  (7);  ob.  sole;    4,  John  Shinn  (7);   ob.  leaving  a  large  family. 

5.  Marv  Shinn   (7),  b.  1827;   m.  A.  Hooper,  and  had  children: 

1,  Hannah;    2,   Peter  F. ;    3,  Almira;    4,  J.   C.   Hooper,   m.   and   had  Gay  and  Bird; 
5,  Dr.  Asa;'  6,  J.  A.;   7,  Charlotte;   8,  Nancy;   9,  William;   10,  Minnie. 

6.  Ann'shinn  (7);   m.  A.  M.  Cole;   7,  Susan  Shinn   (7),  m.  Mr.  Salthouse. 

8.  Asa    Shinn    (7).    b.    Indiana,    12/29/1829;    m.    Barbara    Conley,    10/1/1850;    farmer; 
Christian  Scientist;    Democrat.     Children: 
1.  Henry  B.  Shinn  (8),  b.  7/20/1851;   farmer;  Democrat;   m.  Emma  Shrigley;   lives 
in  Kansas. 

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212  History  of  the  Siiixx  Family  ix  Europe  axd  America 

2.  Kate  Shinn   (8),  b.  S/2C/1S65;    Christian  Scientist;    m.  I.  Wooley,  a  farmer;   rer 

sides  at  Dayton,  Olcla. 

3.  Frederick  Shinn   (8),  b.  12/31/1870;   clerk;   Democrat;   m.  Lucinda  Wooley. 
9.  Rachel  Shinn   (7);   m.  Rockwood,  and  had: 

1.  E.  M.  Rockwood,  M.  D. 

62S.    John-  Shinn  (6). — John  (5),  John  (4),  George  (3),  John  (2), 

John   (1). 

Jolin  Shiiin,  son  of  John  and  ^lary  Shinn,  was  born  in  New  Jersey  about 
1789;  married  in  Gloucester  County  about  1806,  Eebecca  Lippincott;  drove  a 
wagon  in  1822  to  Cincinnati,  0.,  where  he  cultivated  ground  now  covered  with 
solid  business  edifices;  rode  on  horseback  in  1830  to  Pike  County,  Illinois,  where 
he  bought  nine  hundred  acres  of  land;  in  1831  moved  to  and  settled  upon  this  land 
near  what  is  now  Griggsville  (Phillips  Ferry),  111.;  erected  the  first  two-story 
house;  was  a  ^lethodist  preacher,  and  his  house  "was  long  the  home  of  the  church. 
Peter  Cartwriglit  held  meetings  in  his  house  and  John  accompanied  him  on  his 
itinerary.     He  bought  trees  from  Ohio  and  grew  an  orchard,  which  was  known  far 

and  wide;  lie  died  in  1865  full  of  years  and  honor.     Ilis  children  ^vere: 

1.  .James    Shinn,    b.    7/10/1806,    in    Gloucester    County    (now    Camden    County,    N.    J.; 

m.,  in  1827,  in  Clermont  County,  Ohio,  Mary  Smith;    to  Pike  County,  111.,  1831; 
settled  at  Griggsville,  and  had: 

1.  Horace  B.  Shinn  (8),  b..  1828.  in  Clermont  County,  Ohio. 

2.  .John   B.   Shinn    (S),  b.   lO/28/18:!0,  in  Ohio;    attended  McKendree  College,  Leba- 

non. 111.;  m.  Charlotte  E.  Fielding,  in  Pike  County,  111.,  9/6/1853,  and  had  chil- 
dren: 

1.  Charles  B.  Shinn  (9). 

2.  Grace  L.   Shinn;    m.  William  Craw^ford   (9). 

3.  Edwin  F.  Shinn,  of  Griggsville  (9). 

4.  John  F.  Shinn;   m.  Lillie  Lantzenheimer   (9). 

5.  Annie  M.  Shinn;   m.  Arthur  Pally  (9). 

6.  l^Iary  B.  Shinn;   m.  Elmer  Laird  (9). 

3.  Hannah  A.  Shinn   (8) ;   m.  James  Elder,  State  of  Washington. 

4.  Charles  W.  Shinn   (8),  architect,  Springfield,  111.;    m.  Etta  Hutchinson;    no  chil- 

dren. 

5.  Kate  Shinn  (8) ;   m.  Nathaniel  Stephens,  Santa  Rosa,  Cala. 
C.  Victoria  P.  Shinn   (8);   m.  Dr.  Day,  of  Mayfield.  Ky. 

2.  Samuel    Lippincott    Shinn   (7),  b.   1811,  Gloucester  County,  N.  J.;    to  Ohio   in   1822; 

to  Pike  County,  111.,  1831;  m.,  1834,  Sarah  Evans;  farmer  and  Methodist  preacher; 
he  had  sixteen  children;   eight  died  in  infancy;    the  others  were: 

1.  Clnmont  Lippincott  Shinn  (8),  1).  Pike  County,  111.;   m.  Sarah  Brown,  at  Hettick, 

111.,  and  had  one  daughter,  Olive. 

2.  Joseph  Shinn  (8);   enlisted,  July  22d,  1861,  in  Company  G,  Sih  Illinois  Infantry, 

and  served  four  years  and  ten  month,  until  May,  1866.  (Explanation:  The 
regiment  was  the  last  of  the  volunteers  to  be  disbanded,  having  been  kept 
for  garrison  and  patrol  duty  in  Texas.)  Married  Hattie  McMahan.  of  Griggs- 
ville, 111..  ;uiil  liad  one  daughter,  Gertrude,  who  married  W.  H.  Cook,  of 
Pforia.  111. 

3.  James  Shinn   (S),  b.  at  Griggsville.  111..  8/31/1841;   served  three  years  in  the  8th 

Illinois   Infantry  and    Signal   Corps.   IT.    S.   A.;    has  been   for  many   years  elec- 
trical  f-nginoor  at   the   Illinois   Institution   for   the   Blind,   at  Jacksonville,   111.; 
m..  1864.  Kate,  daughter  of  William  Glenn,  and  had  children: 
L  Herbert  Shinn   (9>.  b.  1867;   m.  Eva  Hubbard,  of  Pittsfield.  111. 

2.  Delia  M.  Shinn  (9».  b.  1869. 

3.  August    Shinn    (!M     li.   ISTO;   m.  ().   \V.  Jones,  of  Newburg,  Mo. 

4.  .John  Shinn   (8). 

5.  Martha  .lanr-  Shinn  (S);   ni.  Hamilton  Pastors,  and  had  one  son.  Harry. 

6.  Mary    Shinn    (8),    m.    W.    S.    McKinney,    and    had    five    children— Samuel.    John. 

Thomas.  SInnlv  and   Mattie,  all  of  Griggsville,  111. 

7.  EPon  Shinn    (8).  Griggsville. 
9.   Martha  Shinn    (8). 

3.  John  S.  Shinn    (7).  b.  in  Gloucester  County.  N.  J..  1813;    moved   to  Ohio.  1822;    to 

Pike  County.  111.,  1831:  m.  Latirawa  Paulin,  and  had  children: 
1.  Parvin    Shinn    (8),   b.   10/10/1838,   in    Pike   County,    111.;    m.,    10/10/1863,    Louisa, 


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daughter  of  William  and  Hannah  (Sweetney)  Thackray;   he  died  1895,  leaving 

children: 
1.  Louisa  R.  Shinn   (9).     2.  Eugenia  R.  Shinn  (9). 
3.  Eva  L.  Shinn   (9).     4.  Ross  Shinn   (9). 
2.  Eleanor  Shinn  (8j. 

4.  Clement    Lippincott    Shinn    (7),   b.    in   Gloucester   County,   N.    J.,   December,    1815; 

second  lieutenant  in  73d  111.  Infantry;  m.,  1839,  in  Pike  County,  111.,  Catherine 
Hollings,  of  Baltimore,  Md.;  moved  to  Moultrie  County,  111.,  1864.  He  had  two 
children: 

1.  Mary   Ann   Shinn    (8) ;    m.    Robert  M.   Kenney,   and   had   two   daughters,   in  Los 

Angeles,  Cal. 

2.  William  H.   Shinn    (8),  b.   in  Pike  County,  111.,   2/11/1849;    enlisted  as  drummer 

boy  in  the  68th  Illinois  Infantry;  at  McKendree  College,  1867  and  1868;  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  Moultrie  County,  1877;  m.,  in  February  of  that  year, 
Cora  R.  Randolph:  Prosecuting  Attorney  of  Moultrie  County;  moved  to  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  where  he  is  now  practicing  as  an  attorney.  There  were  two 
children.     I  have  only  ascertained  the  name  of  one — Clement  Shinn   (9). 

5.  William  M.  Shinn  (7),  b.,  12/1/1830,  in  Clermont  County,  Ohio;   m.,  2/5/1861,  Mary 

Alice,  daughter  of  Joseph  Jenkins;  member  Bethel  M.  E.  Church;  ob.  1/11/1879; 
there  were  four  children,  all  dying  in  infancy,  except  Eva  Shinn  (8),  who  mar- 
ried W.  W.  Williams;   there  were  no  children  by  this  marriage. 

6.  Ann  Shinn    (7) ;    m.  William  Kinman  and  moved  to  Jacksonville,   111.     Enlisted  in 

the   115th   Illinois  Infantry,  and   was  made  lieutenant-colonel;    killed   at   Chicka- 
mauga.     Children: 
1,  Milton;    2,   William;    3,   Newton;    4,   Cyrus;    5,   Edward;    6,   Rose;    7,   Susan;    8, 
Belle;  9,  Jennie;   10,  Clarissa. 

7.  Isabel  Shinn  (7) ;  d.  in  1870. 

8.  Emily  Shinn  (7)  :  m.  E.  S.  Parker,  of  New  London,  Mo.,  and  had: 

1.  J.  F.  Parker  (8) ;  m.  Mary  Baxter,  and  had  two  children — Harry  and  Mary. 

2.  Thomas  Parker  (8). 

3.  Lewis  Parker  (8) ;    m.  Louise  Lasbury,  of  Griggsville,  111. 

4.  AnnabeJle  Parker    (8) ;    m.  Fred  Ferrand,   of   Griggsville,  111.,  and  had  two  chil- 

dren— Frederick  and  Emily. 

9.  Rose  Ann  Shinn  (7);  m. Wade. 

632.     Sarah  Ashbridge  (6). — Sarah  Ware  (5),  Azariah  Shinn  (4),  George 

(3),  John  (2),  John  (1).      ■ 

Sarah  Ware,  daughter  of  David  and  Sarah  (Shinu)  Ware,  was  born  in  Darby, 
Pa.;  married  Aaron  Ashbridge,  and  had  three  children: 

1.  David  Ashbridge  (7) ;  to  California. 

2.  Ann  Ashbridge  (7);  m.  John  Firth,  son  of  Judge  Firth,  of  Salem,  N.  J.;  no  issue. 

3.  Howell  Ashbridge  (7) ;  m.,  near  Moorestown,  N.  J.,  Jane  Price  Gillingham,  and  had 

two  children: 

1.  John  Gillingham  Ashbridge   (8),  b.  11/2/1845;   m.  Sarah  Bamford,  6/— /1873,  and 

had  one  child: 
1.  William  Howell  Ashbridge  (9);   b.  1874. 

2.  Samuel   Howell   Ashbridge    (8);    b.   12/5/1849;    m.   Anna   Josephine   Deisenbach, 

8/2/1874;  elected  Mayor  of  Philadelphia  1899.     He  had  one  child: 
1.  Karlsen  Ashbridge  (8) ;  b.  12/13/1876. 

585.    Nancy  Shinn  (6).— John  (5),  George  (4),  George  (3),  John  (2), 

John   (1). 

Xancv,  second  child  of  John  and  Jane    (Herbert)    Shinn,   born  9/25/1781 
in  Xew  Hanover  Township,  Burlington   County,  Kew  Jersey;  married  Anthony 

Logan,  9/18/1809,  and  had  children: 

1  Mary  S    Logan   (7);    b.  .5/2/1811;   m.,   12/31/1835,  Daniel  Clevenger,  and  had  chil- 

dren:     Charles  Henry,  Maberry,  Daniel  W.,  John  Anthony,  Thomas   L.,  Adelia 

and  Samuel  J.  ^  .,       ..  ^  t.   ^ 

2  John  S    Logan  (7);  b.  8/11/1812;   m.,  1/10/1839,  Margaret  Cowperthwaite,  and  had 

children:      Cynthia,  who  married  Mr.  Kelly;    Ann,  who  married  Mr.  Budd;    Mil- 
lard   Ormond    George,  Carrie,  who  married  Mr.  Hankins,  and  Harry. 
3.  Thomas  S.  Logan   (7):  b.  8/15/1815;   m.,  11/20/1844,  Mary  Fort,  and  had  children: 
Eli.?;abeth  and  Scott. 


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6. 


Jane  S.  Logan  (7);   b.  8/15/1817:   m..  3/15/1865,  Charles  Ashton. 

Elizabeth  Ann  Logan  (7);  b.  4/29/1821:  m.,  12/17/1840,  Job  Gaskell,  and  had  Cor- 
nelia H..  Antoinette  Vv'.,   Dana   Boardman. 

James  Logan  (7);  b.  12/9/1825;  m.  Jernsha  Clevenger,  and  had  Edward  Everett, 
James  P. 


586.    Joiix  SiiiXN  (G).— John  (5),  George  (4),  George  (3),  John  (2), 

John    (1). 

John,  third  child  of  Jolm  and  Jane  (Herbert)  Shinn,  born  in  New  Hanover 
TowiiiilHi).  Burlin.irton  County,  New  Jersey,  12/8/1785;  married  Elizabeth  Asay 
in  ^lonmonlh  Coiinty,  ll/l/iS09,  and  moved  to  ]\ran?field  Township,  Burlington 
County,  Xcw  Jersey.'     The  following  is  the  rt'cnril  ot  cliildren  as  taken  from  the 


rHl>i( 
near 
1.  Jo 


John 

lildrcii ; 

Wilbur, 
who. 


3. 
4. 
5. 
(J. 
7. 


CUL,  JOHN   IRICK  SHINN. 

of  his  daiighler-in-law,    Hannah    (Lyons)    Shinn. 
(Irorgclown.  N.  .1.      Elizabetli  died  7/2r)/18(i;!.     C 

'lui  hick  Sliinn    (7):    b.  S/ii/181(t;   farmer;   m.  Hannah 
and  Mary   (Smith)    Lyons.  1/15/1837.  and   had  childit-n 
live  in  and   around   Hurlinpton.  N.  J.: 
Elizaiicth   Sliinn    ^S),   wiio  ni.   .Joseph   Shumard. 
CalbfTinc  Sliinn   (H).   wlio  m.   Daniel   Cross. 
John  Shinn  (8),  wlio  died  ycMin.s;. 
Sarah  Shinn  (8),  who  married  Charles  Page. 
Elnora  Shinn  (8).  who  died  young. 
Adam   Charles  Shinn    (S),  who  m.  Meribah    l'ai;e. 
Col.   .John    !rirl<    Shinn    (S);    b.    S'3(t/184t;.   near   Ceorgetowii; 
n<'ar  Ihiddiuwn:    in   18(14   enlisted  in   Co.   I,  37th   N.  J.   Vol. 


died    V?/20/1840, 

daughter  of  Daniel 
for  the  most    part, 


worked    on   a   farm 
Inf.;   after  the  war 


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worked  on  a  farm  near  Jacobstown;  then  at  New  Egypt;  then  tried  the  butcher 
business  at  Columbus;  in  1878  moved  to  Burlington,  where  he  has  since  re- 
sided; joined  the  National  Guard  of  New  Jersey  in  May,  1881;  private  in  Co. 
A,  6th  Regiment;  lieutenant  and  captain,  1885;  major,  1893;  colonel  3d  Regi- 
ment, 1900;  member  of  Burlington  City  Council;  Methodist;  Republican;  a 
typical  American;  married,  12/5/1867,  Rachel  A.  Cranmer,  b.  8/5/1843,  and 
had  children: 

1.  Frank   I.    Shinn    O) ;    b.    3/20/1869;    m.,    October,   1890,   Bertha   Sampson,   and 

had  three  children — Reta  May  Shinn,  Aida  Shinn  and  John  Wilfred  Shinn. 
The  two  first  died  in  infancy,  and  the  mother  died  7/1/1895;  in  1898  Frank 
I.  Shinn  married  the  second  time,  Matilda  Fowler,  and  had  one  child — 
Webster  Shinn.     The  father  died  October  6th,  1900. 

2.  Judson  Shinn   (9);   b.  8/3/1872;   m.,  in  Feb.,  1899,  Emma  Robins,  and  had  one 

child— Aida   Shinn. 

3.  Ridgway  F.  Shinn  (8);  b.  1/24/1875. 

4.  Daniel  C.  Shinn  (9);   b.  2/26/1878;   enlisted  in  Co.  K,  3d  N.  J.  Vol.  Inf.,  Span- 

ish-American War;   d.  7/18/1898. 

5.  Arthur  Shinn   (9);    b.  2/15/1881;    m.  Anna  Wilkinson,  November,  1900. 

6.  Wilmcr   (9);   7,  Louise  (9);   8,  Delora  (9J. 

8.  Samuel  P.  Shinn  (8)  ;  ob.  infans. 

9.  Hannah  B.   Shinn   (Sj;    m.  Samuel  Hopkins. 

10.  Jacob  A.  Shinn   (8);   m.   (1)    Rachel  Hartshorn;    (2)   Rebecca  Hartshorn. 

11.  Edith  K.  Shinn  (8);   m.  William  Harbert. 

2.  Mary  Shinn   (7);    b.  6/26/1812;  m.  James  Pittman. 

3.  Charlotte  Shinn    (7);    b.  10/20/1814;    m.  Samuel   Whitehouse. 

4.  Jane   S.    Shinn    (7);    b.   10/8/1816;    m.,   3/24/1846,   Joseph   Deviny,   of   Wrightstown, 

N.  J.:   Ob.  4/19/1892.     Children: 

1.  Charles  H.  Deviny  (8);   b.  8/23/1847;  m.  Mar>'  G.  Mount,  in  December,  1874,  and 

had  children: 

1.  Jane   S.  Deviny    (9);   b.  10/28/1875. 

2.  Lydia  T.  Deviny  (9);   b.  8/3/1881. 

2.  Sarah  Ann  Deviny   (8);   b.  7/26/1851;    m.  J.  Alpheus  Vansant,  of  Camden,  N.  J., 

4/19/1877;    member  of  the   firm    Sutton   &   Vansant,  importers   and  jobbers  of 
coffee,    Philadelphia   and   New   York.      Children: 
1.  Amy  Rose  (9).     2.  Ada  V.  (9). 

3.  Edith    Ella   Deviny    (8);    b.   9/23/1852;    m.,   2/24/1875,   David  L.    Cliser,   and  had 

two  children — Sadie    V.   and  Stella  Cliser. 

4.  Joseph  Deviny  (8);  b.  1/22/1858;   m.  Sarah  Kirk,  3/18/1884,  and  had  one  child- 

Florence  Deviny. 

5.  Sarah  Shinn   (7);   b.  9/1/1818;  ob.  unmarried. 

6.  Hannah   Shinn   (7);   b.  3/11/1821;    m.  Daniel   Pittman. 

7.  John  Shinn  (7):   b.  4/21/1823;   moved  to  California. 

8.  Edith  Shinn   (7);   b.  8/28/1825;   m.   Chalkley  Keeler. 

9.  Jacob  Asay  Shinn   (7);   b.  8/28/1829;   d.,  unmarried,  in  the  U.  S.  Army. 

581).    Joseph  Shinn  (6). — John  (5),  George  (4),  George  (3),  John  (2), 

John   (1). 

Joseph,  sixth  child  of  John  and  Jane    (Herbert)    Shinn,  married  Catherine 
Ruvtis.  7/5/1812.  and  moved  to  Haddonfield,  K  J.     His  children  were: 

1.  Samuel  B.  Shinn  (7).  who  married  and  lived  at  or  near  Medford,  N.  J. 

2.  Sarah  Ann  Shinn  (7);    b.  1/1/1813.  in  New  Hanover  Township,  Burlington  County, 

N.  J.:  m.  Charles  Croshaw',  of  Hightstown,  N.  J.,  and  had  children: 

1  Samuel  B   Croshaw  (8);  b.  5/14/1839;  m.  Sarah  J.  Schuyler,  3/9/1865,  and  had: 
1    Mary  J    Croshaw  (9);  b.  4a2/1866;  m.  J.  Ely  Robbins,  12/23/1891. 

">    Daniel   S    Croshaw    (9);   b.  8/9/1870;    m.  Arretta  Gulick,  11/14/1894,  and  had 
one   child— Helen— b.    10/18/1894. 

3.  Ida  B.  Croshaw  (9);  b.  5/12/1875. 

2  William  Croshaw   (8);   b.  10/17/1844;  m.  Elizabeth  Rue,  3/20/1872,  and  had: 
1    George  A.  Croshaw  (9);  b.  12/13/1872;  m.,  1/11/1899,  May  Pickering. 

'>    Sarah   E    Croshaw    (9);    b.   7/5/1876;    m..   11/9/1898,  William  Mount,  and   had 
two  children— George,  b.  8/21/1899,  and  Mary  E.,  b.  4/28/1902. 

3  Samuel  Elwood  Croshaw  (9);  b.  11 '22/1878;   m.,  12/25/1901,  Lillian  Buckelew. 

4  Lvdia   A    Croshaw    (9);    b.   12/20/1881;    m.,   1/9/1901,  Augustus   Conover,   and 

"had  one  child— Clarence   Elwood   Conover;    b.  8/9/1902. 
5.  Bertha  M.   (9).     6.  Leslie  H.   (9).     7.  Myron  W.   (9). 


316  History  of  the  Shinx  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

3.  Henry   P.  Croshaw   (8);    b.  1/5/1848;    m.  Elizabeth  Okersou,  9/15/1870,   and  had 
children: 

1.  Charles  E.  Croshaw   (9);   b.  2/11/1S72;    ra.,  2/12/1902,  Sadie  Pickering. 

2.  Lulu   May    Croshaw    (9);    b.    5/29/1874;    m.,   6/4/1895,    Fred   Berrien,    and   had 

one  child — Paul  Berrien;    b.  7/4/1901. 

3.  Eva  Anna  Croshaw   (9j ;   b.  9/15/1876;    m.,  11/3/1897,  Hendrick  Conover. 

4.  Oliver   (9>.     5.  Raymond   (9). 

3.  Martha  Shinn   (7);   m.  Mr.  Poinsett. 

4.  John  B.  Shinn  (1 ) ;  sole. 

5.  Elmira  Shinn  (7) ;  m.  a  Mr.  Lamb. 

6.  Earl  Shinn  (7);  b.  3/12/1815;  m.,  11/6/1841,  Emma  Eliza  Arey,  daughter  of  William 

P.  and  Abigail  Arey.     Children: 

1.  Vashti   Burtis    Shinn    (8);    b.    3/21/1842;    m.,    3/12/1870,   Mr.    Sutton,   Burlington, 

N.  J. 

2.  Joseph  Arey  Shinn  (8);   b.  5/12/1843:   m.,  1/24/1867,  Hightstown,  N.  J. 

3.  William  Elwood  Shinn   (8);    b.  7/19/1844. 

4.  Charles  Earl  Shinn   (8);   b.  2/17/1846. 

5.  Abigail   Zaue   Shinn    (8);    b.   8/14/1847;    m.   David   Ewan,  12/24/1878,   at  Burling- 

ton, N.  J.,  and  had  children: 

1.  Blanche  Cordelia  Ewan   (9);   b.  1/11/1880;   m.,  2/20/1900,  Atwell  Wright. 

2.  Herbert  Shinn  Ewan  (9);   b.  12/29/1880. 

6.  Thomas  Carty  Shinn   (8);   b.   3/14/1849;   m.  3/5/1879;   ob.  1/14/1900. 

7.  Nathan   Frazier    Shinn    (8);    b.    10/11/1850;    m.    7/24/1879;    has    a   son,    Seth   L. 

Shinn,  in  Chicago,  111. 

8.  Samuel  Henry  Shinn   (8);    b.  11/9/1852;   m.  4/16/1876. 

9.  John  Wesley  Shinn   (8);   b.  7/21/1854;  m.,  3/30/1877,  Philadelphia. 

10.  Anna   Elizabeth    Shinn    (8);    b.   11/23/1857;    m.,   12/26/1881,  a   Mr.   Robbins,   Bur- 

lington. 

11.  Millard   Fillmore    Shinn    (8);    b.    12/7/1862;    m.,    2/11/1889,   Ida   May   Hallock;    a 

contractor   for   felt,   gravel    and    slag  roofing,    Camden,    N.   J.;    two    children — 
Morris  Hallock  Shinn,  b.  4/2/1892;   Hermon  Ruland  Shinn,  b.  11/22/1896. 

604.     William  Jenks  Shinn  (6). — Isaiah  (5),  Joseph  (4),  George  (3),  John 

(2),  John  (1). 

William  Jenks  Shinn,  second  son  of  Isaiah  and  Elizabeth  (Jenks)  Shinn;  b. 
9/2/1790;  m.,  February  13th,  181T,  ]\Iargaret  Carpenter  Woodnntt,  b.  8/16/1794 
d.    12/13/1869;  lawyer;  member   New   Jersey   Assembly;   State   Senator,    1845 
Presidential  elector,  1832;  nominated  for  Sheriff,  1819;  for  Congress,  1836;  Judge 
jiromiuent  legally,  socially  and  politically  in  Salem  County  for  forty  years;  his 
wife,  ]\Iargaret  Woodnutt,  is  classed  by  Browning  as  an  American  of  royal  descent, 
being    of    the    thirteenth    generation    from    Alfred    the    Great.      (See     pedigree 
CLXXXV.,  Browning's  "  Americans  of  lioyal  Descent.") 

CliildrcTi  cif  William  Jonks  and  Margaret  Carpenter  (Woorlnutt)   Shinn.  wlio  lived 

to  manhood  or  wotiianhood. 

(Ij    Eineliiie  WuodmilL  Sliiiui,  b.   November  J 5,  1817;  ob.  August  5,  1888. 

(2)  Samuel  Shivers  Shinn,  1).  10/  1(;/LS24;  ob.  January  17,  1869,  unm. 

(3)  Mary  Woodnutt   Shinn,   h.   .Tune   15,   1825;   d.    AFarch   7,   1856;  m.   Thomas 

Syclcnham  IJced,  ^L   I).,  1).   .\|.iil   1.  1822;  d.  September  11,  1889;  resided 
and  practiced  at  IMiihulclpiiia.     Jhul  children: 

1.  ATargaret  S.  Eeed ;  ob.   in   infancy. 

2.  Charles    Henry    Reed,    b.    1/26/1852;    m.,    12/12/1883,    Louisa    Johanna 

SehcnnerMl  at  N'ifMina,  .Austria;  a  gradnnto  of  Yale;  resides  and  practices 
at  Piiiln(i('l].liia.   I'a.     Children: 

1.  Emlon  Shinn  Reed.  b.  Vienna,  Austria,  Sept.  8,  1884. 

2.  Martha  Clawson  Rood.  b.  Philadolphia,  Pa.,  Dec.  21,  1886. 

3.  Marion  Reed.  b.  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  April  13,  1888. 

4.  Anna  Loe  Reed,  b.  4/27/1893. 

3.  Emeline  Shinn  Reed,  b.  9/10/1853;  m.  Bradbury  Bedell,  5/22/1879.     No 

children. 

4.  Edward  Preston   Reed;  ob.    infans. 


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(4)  Martha  Woodnutt  Shinn,  b.  5/31/1831;  m.,  12/30/1850,  her  cousin,  Dr. 
Isaiah  Dunn  Clawson,  son  of  Isaac  E.  and  Charlotte  (Shinn)  Clawson. 
(See  Charlotte  Shinn  (6).) 

607.     Charlotte  Shinn  (6).— Isaiah  (5),  Joseph  (4),  George  (3),  John  (2), 

John  (1). 

Charlotte,  fifth  child  of  Isaiah  and  Elizabeth  (Jenks)  Shinn,  b.  8/19/1796; 
ob.  4/5/182-1;  m.,  12/G/1815,  Israel  E.  Clawson,  M.  D.,  b.  1776;  ob.  4/7/1849. 
The  mother  of  Israel  R.  Clawson  was  a  Dunn,  from  South  Carolina.     Children : 

1.  William  Shinn  Clawson  (7)  ;  b.  1816;  ob.  6/17/1861;  attorney  at  law;  at  his 

death  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  New  Jersey;  m.  Abigail  R.  Keen;  no 
children. 

2.  Elizabeth  S.  Clawson  (7)  ;  b.  1820;  ob.  May,  1898;  m.  Rev.  A.  J.  Hires,  and 

had  children.    The  following  are  living: 

1.  Elizabeth  Hires   (8);  rn.  ].  Harry  Clawson,  and  had  one  child,  I.  Dunn 

Clawson  (9). 

2.  Harry  Hires  (8).    3.  Ella  Hires,  deceased. 

4.  I.  Clawson  Hires  (8),  who  married  and  had  seven  children. 

3.  Isaiah  Dunn  Clawson   (7)  ;  b.  3/31/1822;  ob.  10/8/1879;  attended  Delaware 

College,  Newark,  Del.;  then  Lafayette  College;  then  Princeton,  from  w^hich 
institution  he  graduated  in  1841;  then  the  Medical  College,  U.  of  P.,  from 
which  he  also  graduated;  continued  in  the  active  practice  of  his  profession 
until  liis  death;  always  interested  in  politics,  he  was  sent  to  the  State  Senate 
in  1854;  in  1856  he  was  elected  Congressman  from  the  First  District  of 
New  Jersey;  m.,  12/30/1850,  Martha  Woodnutt  Shinn,  daughter  of  William 
Jenks  Shinn,  a  brother  of  his  mother.     There  were  two  children: 

1.  Abigail  Louise  Clawson  (8)  ;  ob.  infans. 

2.  William  Shinn  Clawson  (8),  b.  4/21/3866;  graduated  from  Yale  in  1889; 

in  business  several  years  at  Denver,  Col.;  graduated  afterwards  from  the 
law  school  of  the  TJ.  of  P.;  began  practice  of  law  in  Philadelphia  in  1898 
and  is  still  so  engaged;  resides  at  Woodstown,  N.  J.;  m.,  6/4/1890, 
^lary  Carnahan  McDonald,  great-granddaughter  of  James  Carnahan, 
who  was  president  of  Princeton  University  from  1840  to  1857.  Chil- 
dren : 

1.  Mildred  Clawson  (9),  b.  6/22/1891. 

2.  James  McDonald  Clawson  (9),  b.  2/14/1898. 

643.  Allen  Shinn  (6). — Isaac  (5),  Uriah  (4),  Joshua  (3),  John  (2), 

John   (1). 

Allen  Shinn,  eldest  child  of  Isaac  and  Martha  (Jones)  Shinn,  was  born 
9/25/1805;  married  !Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  William  and  Hannah  Jones,  and 
had  two  children.    Allen  Shinn  died  3/26/1847  at  Moorestown,  N.  J.,  being  thrown 

from  a  horse. 

1.  Martha  Shinn   (7);   m.  Lamb,  and  moved  to  Wheeling,  W.  Va. 

2.  Hannah  Shinn   (7.) ;  m.  Monroe  Crowell,  and  lived  near  Philadelphia. 

644.  ISA.VC  Shinn  (6).— Isaac  (5),  Uriah  (4),  Joshua  (3),  John  (2), 

John   (1). 

Isaac  Shinn,  second  child  of  Isaac  and  Martha  (Jones)  Shinn,  was  born 
2/18/1807 :  married  Amy  King,  at  Moorestown,  N.  J.,  and  had  three  children. 

Died  at  Moorestown,  N.  J. 

1.  Georse  Shinn   (7);   m.  Elmyra  Jackson. 

2.  Emma  Shinn   (7);    m.  Samuel  J.,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Ann   (Ivins)    Bispham,  and 

had    four   children: 
1,  Amy  Gertrude  (8);   2,  William  (8);  3,  Isaac  A.  (8);  4,  Allen  (8). 


218  History  of  the  Shinn  Family  ix  Europe  and  America 

3.  Allen  Busby  Shinn  (7k  b.  al  Moorestown,  N.  J.,  4/16/1847;  m.,  at  Philadelphia,  Pa., 

Elizabeth  Frances  Felton,  and  had  two  children: 
1,  Mabel  Sheparde  Shinn:  2,  Grace  Aschom  Shinn. 

64:5.    GiDEox  II.  Snixx  (G). — Isa.vc  (5),  Uriah  (-i),  Joshua  (3),  John  (3), 

JOHX    (1). 

GideoD,  thijil  child  of  Isaac  and  Martha  (Jones)  Shinn,  lived  and  died  in 
.New  Jersey,  lie  was  an  octogenarian  when  I  corresponded  with  his  daughter, 
Mrs.  \\'iggins,  of  Palmyra,  X.  J.,  in  1889  and  1890.  He  gave  me  much  valuable 
information  concerning  his  ancestry,  but  failed  to  give  me  a  record  of  his  chil- 
dren. Correspondence  since  then  has  not  brought  the  information.  Besides 
.Mrs.  Wiggins  there  is  an  unmarried  daughter,  Lizzie,  in  Camden.  There  may  be 
other  children. 

64G.    Urias  Shixx  (0). — Isaac  (o),  Uriah  (-1),  Joshua  (3),  John  (2), 

John-   (1). 

Urias,  fourth  child  nf  Isaac  and  Martha  (Jones)  Shinn,  was  born  7/8/1810 
at  ^loorestown,  X.  J. ;  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Nancy  Bisp- 
ham,  in  Gloucester  Coxmtv,  N.  J.,  10/7/183"?.     His  descendants  were: 

1.  Sarah    Shinn    (7);    b.    2/4/1833;    m..    Thanksgiving   Day,    1857,    Joseph    B.    Stewart, 

of  Philadelphia,  I^a.     She  had  one  child: 
1.  Elizabeth  Bispham  .Stewart  (8);   b.  at  Haddonfield,  N.  J.,  11/2/1874;    unmarried; 
in  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

2.  Martha   Shinn    (7);    b.   8/22/1834;    ni.   Lemuel   Middleton,   of   Haddonfield,    and   had 

William  L. 
;;.  Rebecca  B.  Shinn   (7);   b.  8/30/1836;   m.  John  H.  Garrett,  of  Haddonfield;   ob.  1898; 
she  had  one  daughter: 
1.  Bertha  Garrett   (8);   b.  at  Haddonfield,  N.  J.,  8/10/1875. 

4.  Benjamin  B.  Shinn    (7);   b.  8/18/1838;    enlisted,  1861,  in  Co.  B,  3d  Regiment,  N.  J. 

Vol.  Inf.;    transferred  to  Co.  G;   m.  Rachel  Garrett,  and  had  Charles  Ritner. 

5.  Elizabeth  Shinn   (7) ;   b.  4/14/1840. 

6.  Isaac  West  Shinn  (7);  b.  10/7/1842;  m.  Anna  Wilson,  of  Haddonfield,  N.  J.;   served 

in  the  Union  army;  member  G.  A.  R.  Post,  Camden,  N.  J.;  had  one  child — Wilson. 

7.  Louisa  C.  Shinn  (7);    b.  10/14/1844;   m.  Joseph  Fortiner,  and  had  Uriah  S. 

8.  Charles  P.  Shinn  (7);   b.  11/26/1846;   ob.,  unmarried,  4/— /1S73. 

G48.    William  Hootex  Shinn  (6). — Isaac  (5),  Uriah  (4),  Joshua  (3), 

JoiTX    (2),  Joiix    (1). 

Willia7ii  Honlon,  sixth  chiM  of  Isaac  and  Martha  (Jones)  Shinn.  born  at 
Mo.irestown,  X.  .J.,  1/30/181G  :  a  laniici':  married  Sarah  Wnlfc  of  riiiladelphia, 
I'a.,  1838;  ob.  tliere  4/2G/18r)2  :  llic  widow  married  Samuel  Slic}i[)ard,  183();  ob. 
in  18G2.    There  were  three  children  Ikhh  Ii\-  ihe  first  marriage: 

(1)  Sarah    Sliinn    (7).    h.    IMiiladelpl'iia,    I'a..    1811;    niarri<Ml    George    Side- 

hotliam  of  lli.'i!    place  in   18()3  and  died  in  18)".'.     ChildiX'U : 
(1)  Julius  Braselman   (8);   2  George  (8);   3  Sarah   (8). 

(2)  George   Wolfe   Shinn    ( ■;  ) .   h.    in    Tldladelpliia    12/14/183!);   educated    at 

the  piililic  .schools  t<\'  tli;it  eily.  at  ihe  A'irgiiiia  Theological  Sciiool. 
and  graduated  from  ilie  riiiladelpliia  Divinity  School.  18G3;  entered 
tlie  Ministry  of  the  Protestant  Ki)iscopal  Church,  ludding  rectorates 
in  Phihidelj)]iia.  Shaniokin  and  Lock  Haven,  Pa.,  aiul  Troy,  N.  Y., 
and  finally  l)ecanie  l{cctor  of  Grace  Church,  Newton.  ^lass. ;  was  at 
St.  I'aiirs  Church.  Lock  Haven,  from  February,  ]8(i7.  until  Novem- 
ber, 1870,  when  he  went  to  Si.  Luke's  chiiK  h.  Trov.  X.  ^'.  In  I'urey's 
History  of  Clinton  County  (p.  142)  there  is  ihis  reference:  "The 
Central  Slate  \i»rmal  School  was  esl;dili.-hed  in  llie  citv  of  I^ock  Ha- 
ven through  the  effort  of  Hi'.  Alhert  Y.  h'aiili  ;ind  Mcx.  Geo.  Wolfe 
Shinn.  Mr.  Sliinn  wa<  a  l'i-e(|neiit  \-isitoi-  .-ind  leefurer  af  tlie  Inuli 
school  at   Lock   Haven,  presided  over  hy    Dr.    iiatiii.   who  su^i^'esled   th.e 


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219 


project  of  making  Look  Haven  the  place  for  the  school  of  the  Eighth 
Normal  School  District.  Mr.  Shinn  received  the  suggestion  with 
cntlnisiasra,  and  from  that  time  these  two  educated  and  refined  gentle- 
men worked  together  to  accomplish  this  purpose."  In  another  History 
of  Clinton  County,  by  John  Blair  Linn,  there  is  this  testimonial  from 
the  pen  of  Dr.  Albert  X.  Eaub :  "  Of  all  who  were  a  few  years  ago 
interested  in  the  educational  question,  no  one  gave  more  time  and  la- 
bor towards  its  solution  that  Eev.  Geo.  Wolfe  Shinn,  Eector  from 
ISGf)  to  1870  of  St.  Taul's  Episcopal  Church  at  Lock  Haven.  He  was 
a  fre(|uent  visitor  of  the  public  and  private  schools,  encouraging  and 
assisting  teachers,  lecturing  to  classes  on  various  subjects,  and  in 
some  instances  voluntarily  taking  charge  of  certain  branches.  Being 
a  gentleman  of  very  fine  scholarship  his  work  in  the  school  was  valu- 


REV.  GEORGE  WOLFE  SHINN,   D.  D. 

able  to  the  pupils.    His  experience  served  to  deepen  the  need  of  better 

schools.*'  ^ ,  .        T    1 1    , 1 

From  November,  1870,  to  September,  1873,  Mr.  Shmn  held  the 
rcctorate  of  St.  Luke's  Episcopal  Church  at  Troy,  X.  Y.  Owing  to 
the  meao-er  provision  in  the  neighborhood  of  this  parish  for  the  edu- 
cation ol*  children  he  established  a  Parish  Day  School,  which  soon 
numbered  12-1:  pupils.  Its  success  led  to  his  being  made  the  head  mas- 
ter of  St.  Paul's  School,  an  endowed  institution  connected  with  old 
St  Paul's  Parish  in  that  citv,  but  which  had  become  almost  depleted 
of  its  scholars,  speedilv  revived  and  numbered  104  pupils  when  he 
left  it  He  relinquished  this  Avork  because  of  his  desire  to  resume  the 
charo-e  of  a  parish,  and  became  Eector  of  Grace  Church,  Xewtou.  On 
Sundav,  Jan.  3,  1875,  he  began  the  work  at  Grace  Church.  Xewton, 
Ma^''  '  where  he  has  since  remained.     He  was  formally  instituted  into 


220  History  of  the  Shixn  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

the  office  of  Kector  by  Bishop  Paddock.     The  preacher  of  the  sermon 
that   day  was  Kev.  Dr.   Huntington,  then  the  Rector  of   All   Saints 
Church.     By  a  strange  anomaly  in  affairs  the  same  Dr.   Huntington 
was  called  to  deliver  the  sermon  on  the  2r)th  anniversary  of  Dr.  Shinn's 
ijistitution  as  liector  at  that  place.     Well  may  Dr.   Shinn  say  to  his 
people,  "  I  have  heard  of  no  other  instance  where  the  preacher  of  an 
institution  sermon  came  a  quarter  of  a  century  after  to  take  part  in 
the  same  way  in  the  Anniversary  Celebration."     The  writer  of  this 
genealogy    celebrated   his   25th   anniversary   of   marriage    by    a    silver 
wedding  at   Springdale,  Ark.,   Jan.    7,   1900.      The  two  anniversaries 
came  in  the  same  month  and  to  the  silver  wedding  Dr.  Shinn  sent 
his  address,  "  Twenty-Five  Years,"  a  golden  testimonial  more  lasting 
and  far  more  dazzling  than  the  silver  gifts  that  adorned  that  occasion. 
A  quarter  of  a  century  (now  twenty-seven  years,  1902)   is  a  long  life 
for  a  preacher  at  a  single  place,  and  argues  adaptability,  resourceful- 
ness, spirituality  and  a  touch  of  genius.     It  argues  also  ability,  tact, 
strength  and  patience,  the  handmaids  of  all  successful  work.     To  write 
his  biography  would  be  to  write  the  history  of  Grace  Church,  and  in 
another  sense  the  history  of  iSfewton,  Mass.,  for  twenty-seven  years. 
He   found  a   church   building  encumbered   with   a   heavy   debt,   upon 
whieli  a  high  rate  of  interest  was  charged,  and  a  congregation  of  mod- 
erate size.     In  course  of  time  the  debt  was  paid,  the  church  was  con- 
secrated, and  its  interior  was  richly  decorated  and  improved.     By  de- 
grees additions  were  made  to  the  main  building,  a  splendid  Parish 
House,  and  an  excellent  chapel  erected,  unincumbered  and  free  from 
debt;  in  1893   a  building  for  the  Vested  Choir,  a  memorial  to  Dr. 
Brooks,  who  made  his  last  public  address  to  the  Choir  Guild  of  New- 
ton   Parish;   in    1895   the   Rector's   Study,   another  memorial   to   Mr. 
Charles  A.   Townsend;  the  building  of  three  new  parishes,  the  Mes- 
siah at  Auburndale,  St.  Paul's  at  Newton  Highlands,  and  the  Church 
of  the  Redeemer  at  Chestnut  Hill ;  five  times  depleted  to  form  eight 
self-supporting  parishes,  and  yet  by  a  marvelous  recuperative   power 
regaining  its  old  strength;  the  Newton  Hospital  established  in  1885 
a  pioneer  and  model  for  small  hospitals;  the  editorial  work  of  a  se- 
ries of  publications  that  reached  the  hands  of  one  hundred  thousand 
young  people  every   Sunday  morning;  published   a  number  of  books 
for  adults  ami  a  large  number  of  pauiplilets,  besides  writing  numerous 
articles  for  magazines  and   newspapers;   for  twelve  years  a   moving 
spirit   in   the  public  education   of  Newton   as  member  of  the  school 
board,  constantly  teaching  "We  are  to  regard   the  public  schools  as 
one  agency  for  haslening  the  kingdom  of  God";  the  formation  of  the 
Ministers'  Union    for  the   prdnidi  ion   of  Christian   Unity;  one   of  the 
foundci's  and  its  first  and  only  secretary  for  twenty-five  years,  of  the 
Tuesday    Club,    a    literary    organization    of    leading    professional    and 
business  men  of  iSlewton ;  vice-president  and  chaplain  of  the  Actors' 
Church  .Mliance,  and  in  1901  becoming  president  of  the  Boston  Chap- 
ter of  tliat  society;  president  of  the  Society  for  the  Entertainment  of 
the  Shut  Ins,  or  those  who  by  age,  infirmity  or  other  causes  are  shut 
in  their  own  rooms  or  are  inmates  of  hospitals  or  institutions;  in  addi- 
tion to  these  he  has  been  identified  witli    lite   general   work  of  the 
Episcopal   CMiurch  in  the  Diocese  and  beyond.     For  several  years  he 
edited  the  Diocesan  missionary  paper  and  served  as  vice  dean  of  the 
Eastern  Convocations.     He  is  now,  1902,  secretary  of  the  Missionary 
Committee  and  one  of  the  delegates  to  the  General  ]\rissionarv  Coun- 


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cil,  and  president  of  the  Corporation,  "  The  Boston  School  of  Expres- 


sion " 


Through  all  this  labyrinth  of  growth  the  figure  of  George  Wolfe 
Shinn  may  be  seen  by  all.  His  industry  never  flagged;  his  Christian 
spirit  never  faltered;  his  enthusiasm  never  chilled.  Helpful  to  the 
young,  helpful  to  the  aged;  seeking  those  who  stumbled,  cheering 
those  who  held  their  way;  alert,  tactful,  able;  kind,  generous,  loving; 
a  choice  spirit  for  any  sphere  of  life;  doubly  choice  in  the  work  of 
regenerating  mankind.  May  every  one  of  the  name  catch  the  sparks 
of  his  Heavenly  fire,  and  "take  heart  again."^ 

George  Wolfe  Shinn  married  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  on  Sept.  3,  1863, 
Elizabeth  Mills,  daughter  of  John  and  Rachel  (Dougherty)  Mills;  of 
her  it  may  be  said:  Her  husband  holds  her  in  highest  esteem  and 
feels  for  her  even  deeper  affection  now  after  nearly  forty  years  than 
when  it  was  his  fortune  to  marry  her.  She  has  been  comrade  and 
friend,  helper  and  consoler,  everything  a  man  could  ask  a  wife  to  be. 
Interested  in  his  work,  giving  of  her  time  and  strength  to  help  him 
do  it.  Making  his  home  happy  by  her  genial  presence.  Keeping  up 
his  faith  by  her  unflinching  trust  in  her  Lord.  Giving  out  endless 
love  to  her  family,  utterly  unselfish,  binding  husband  and  children  to 
her  so  closely  that  they  know  that  even  death  cannot  sever  the  blessed 
bonds.  Every  husband  should  be  thankful  to  the  good  Lord  for  the 
gift  of  a  good  wife,  and  live  to  be  a  nobler,  truer  man.  Mr.  Shinn's 
children  were: 

(1)  George    Mills    Shinn    (8);    b.    July    6,    1864;     educated    at    St.    Paul's 

School,  Concord,  N.  H.,  and  at  the  Institute  of  Technology,  Boston, 
Mass.  He  became  an  architect,  and  was  employed  in  the  office  of 
W.  P.  Wentworth,  Boston.  While  there  he  did  considerable  of  the 
work  of  sketching  and  designing.  He  was  spoken  of  as  the  artist 
of  the  establishment,  capable  of  adorning  whatever  he  touched. 
In  addition  to  his  work  as  an  architect,  he  was  a  musician;  sang 
in  the  choir  of  Newton  parish  and  in  the  Singers'  Club  of  Boston. 
Some  of  his  musical  compositions  have  been  published.  Ob.  8/7/1891. 

(2)  Lizzie   Shinn   (8);    b.  Jan.   11,  1866;    after  going  through  the  Newton 

Schools,  became  a   student  in  the   Boston  University;    she   was   a 


^The  following  are  his  publications,  in  part: 

For  twenty  years  editing  the  "  Teachers'  Assistant "  and  the  "  Whit- 
taker  Series  of  Instruction  Papers;"  editing  a  prayerbook  and  hymnal 
for  Sunday  school  use. 

In  book  form: 

•'  A  Manual  of  Instruction  Upon  the  Collects,  Epistles  and  Gospels 
for  the  Christian  Year"  (1874),  "Manual  of  the  Prayerbook"  (1875); 
"Manual  of  Church  History"  (1876),  "Stories  of  Christmas"  (1879), 
"Questions  About  Our  Church"  (1880),  "Questions  That  Trouble  Begin- 
ners in  Religion"  (1882),  "An  illustrated  Guide  for  Chapel  Builders," 
"  Grace  Church  and  Its  Architecture,"  "  Modern  Substitutes  for  Chris- 
tianity— Christian   Science,  Theosophy,   Socialism  and   Spiritualism." 

Magazine  articles: 

"  Friendly  Talks  About  Marriage,"  "  The  Actors'  Church  Alliance " 
("Arena");  "What  Has  Become  of  Hell?"  ("North  American").  Pam- 
phlets: "The  Theatre  as  a  Place  of  Amusement,"  delivered  in  St.  Paul's 
Pro-Cathedral,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  10/21/1900,  and  repeated  in  St.  Paul's 
Church.  Louisville,  Ky.,  10/28/1900;  "The  Teaching  Function  of  the 
Stage,  from  a  Clergyman's  Standpoint"  ("The  Coming  Age"),  "Dra- 
matic Ideals:  The  Stage  as  a  Teacher."  This  last  delivered  in  St.  Ste- 
phen's Church,  Boston,  5/6/1900,  and  repeated  in  St.  Chrysostom's  Chapel, 
New  York,  6/17/1900. 

Among  published  sermons: 

"  The  Indebtedness  of  Massachusetts  to  Its  Five  Bishops,"  delivered 
before  the  annual  convention  of  the  diocese;  "Teaching  by  Parables: 
A  Plea  for  the  Drama." 


222  History  of  the  Shinn  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

linguist  of  fine  order,  and  taught  the  classics  for  several  years  at 
Lasell  Seminary.  Her  first  position  as  teacher  was  in  the  Allen 
School,  at  West  Newton,  where  her  work  was  to  prepare  boys  for 
college.  She  received  her  degree,  A.  B.,  from  Boston  University, 
and  was  preparing  to  receive  the  IM.  A.  degree,  when  called  away 
by  death.     Ob.  10/1:1/1892. 

(3)  Isabel  Shinn    (8);    b.  Dec.  23,  1867;   educated  in  the  Newton  Schools; 

graduate  of  the  Boston  University;  taught  for  two  years  in  the 
Staunton  (Va.)  Episcopal  Institute  for  Girls:  then  for  two  years 
in  Lasell  Seminary,  Aul)urndale.  Mass.,  her  specialty  being  elocu- 
tion; she  is  also  a  good  musician,  both  vocal  and  instrumental;  m., 
9/21/1897,  at  Williamsport,  Pa.,  Lewis  Hough,  and  became  the 
mother  of: 

(1)   .Marshall    Lewis    Hough    (9);    b.    6/21/1899. 

(2)   Lawrence  Wolfe  Hough   (9);    b.  1/3/1901. 

(4)  Josephine  Shinn   (8);    b.  March  3,   1870;    graduated  from  the  Newton 

High  School;   m.,  12/11/1895,  George  Canning  Stephens,  of  Summit, 
N.  J.     Children: 
(1)   Barbara  King  (9);    (2)    Serena  Stevens   (9);    (3)   Lorna  Le  Baron 
Stevens    (9). 

(5)  Elsie  Shinn  (8);    b.  March  16,  1872;   ob.  Nov.  11.  1876. 

(6)  Francis  Adin  Shinn   (8);  b.  Feb.  12,  1877;   the  youngest  of  the  family 

of  six  children:  was  educated  partly  at  St.  Paul's,  Concord,  N.  H., 
and  partly  at  Mr.  Cutler's  private  school,  in  Newton.  He  received 
his  A.  B.  from  the  Boston  University;  then  took  a  post-graduate 
course  there,  and  was  made  M.  A.;  after  that  he  went  to  Harvard, 
and  earned  the  same  degree  from  that  university;  some  of  his 
vacations  were  spent  in  the  study  of  pedagogics,  in  preparation 
for  his  work  as  a  teacher.  His  first  position  was  that  of  a  master 
at  St.  Paul's.  Concord,  N.  H. ;  then  master  at  the  Morristown 
School,  Morristown,  N.  J.  His  special  work  is  history,  economics 
and  philosophy,  in  which  branches  he  is  an  enthasiastic  student 
and  teacher. 

650.     Miles  J.  Shinn   (G). — Isaac   (5),  Uriah  (4),  Joshua   (3),  John   (2), 

John   (1). 

]\riles  J.,  eiglith  cliild  of  Isaac  and  iMartha  (Jones)  Sliimi.  was  born  at 
^l()ort'.«lowii,  X.  J..  lO/3/18'^O;  at  eighteen  removed  to  Richmond,  Ind.,  with 
Keuhoii  II.  Iviiis;  aj^prenticed  there  for  four  years,  horning  the  trade  of  u  shoe- 
jnakei-;  in  1842  began  business  for  himself;  married,  9/18/1849,  Ann  C  daughter 

of  Thomas  Newman  of  iJidi nd.  hid.;  settled  nn  the  jSTewman  fai'ni  in  1850;  in 

18.54,  with  two  oilier  men,  started  a  paper  mill;  an  active  supporter  of  the  cause 
of  temperance,  liaving  been  allied  with  several  o.-ganizations,  some  of  which  were 
organized  by  liim  ;  member  of  tlie  Indiana  Stale  4\Mnperance  Alliance,  lie  never 
spent  a  cent  for  intoxicating  li(in(ii-  In  he  drnnk  as  a  beverage,  nor  ['i)\-  tliat  other 
scourge  of  the  human  race,  tobacco ;  joined  the  \\'hit(^water  1.  ().  ().  F.  in  1847, 
and  ever  afterwai'ds  took  a  pi-ominent  part  in  the  organization  and  support  of  as- 
sociations of  that  order:  originated  iind  assistctl  in  (uganizing  in  ISl".'  a  lit(>rary 
society,  calbd  the  Washington  Inslitnte  ot  IJichmond  :  in  18r)t)  took  an  adive 
part  in  organizing  a  sinular  society  of  the  name  in  KatlilV  School  district,  where 
he  resided;  the  society  still  continues  and  has  a  i-especlahh'  lihi-ai'v;  aided  in  form- 
ing the  (himl)erlan(l  Pres])yterian  Clnirch  at  li'ichnioinh  linh;  in  IS^C,  with  his 
family,  visited  the  scenes  of  his  chihlhoud  in  Xi^w  Jei'sev:  in  IS^s  hoimiu  h'inds 
near  Wichita.  Kan.,  and  removed  |o  ihem  in  Islli;  his  wife  died  Ihei'c,  10  "J".'/ 
1881;  rcnioveii  to  Snnuu'r  Connlv.  I\aii^;i>,  lss.^;  |)emoer;ii  until  the  hi'cakim'- 
out  of  the  Civil  War;  sujjported  jjucohi  tlie  second  lei'm.  and  was  .-i  I\(^puhlican 
until  his  death,  0/27/1896;  liis  chihii-eii.  all  horn  and  reare(|  at  IJichmond,  Ind., 
were  as  follows : 
1.  Newman    Howard    Shinn    (7):    b.   9/11/1850;    joined   tlic   Friends   at    Richmond,   Ind.; 

teacher  and  farmer;    ni,.   11/6/1878,  Alice  A.,  daughter  of  .Jonathan  Scearce,  and 

had: 


Sixth  and  Later  Generations.  223 

1.  Anna  Clara  Shinn  (S);   b.  2/29/1880. 

2.  Tharldeus  Henry  Shinn  (8);  b.  10/2/1882;   educated  Friends'  University,  Wichita, 

Kan. 

3.  Miles  Jonathan  Shinn  (8);  b.  7/23/1885;  educated  at  Friends'  University,  Wichita, 

Kan. 

4.  Edith  Francis  Shinn    (8);    b.  9/17/1887 

2.  Miles  Webster  Shinn   (7);    b.  10/22/1853;   ob.  1/6/1870 

3.  James  Eddy  Shinn  (7);  b.  7/27/1855;   m.,  at  Wichita,  Kan.,  3/22/1881,  Annie  Mary, 

daughter  of  Lieut.  J.  Henry  Brown,  of  Pennsylvania,  and  had- 

1.  Theodore  Brown   Shinn   (8). 

2.  Bessie  Viola  Shinn  (8);   b.  6/10/1883;  entered  Agricultural  College  of  Kansas  in 

'.',.  James  Ernest   (8).     4.  Susie  May  (8). 

4.  Indiana  C.  Shinn:    b.  6/19/1859;   ob.  7/12/1880. 

651.     JosEi'ii  IIuoTKX  SiiiNN  (G).— IsAAc  (5),  Uriah  (4),  Joshua  (3), 

John   (2),  John   (1). 

Joseph  Hooten,  ninth  child  of  Isaac  and  Martha  (Jones)  Shinn,  was  born 
6/30/1823  in  Delaware;  married  Louisa  Wilhelmina  Krenger  at  Camden,  N.  J., 
4/2/1856;  she  was  born  in  Germany  2/28/1838,  and  died  at  Camden  4/25/1895; 
lie  was  a  cabinetmaker  by  trade;  afterwards  engaged  in  the  heater  and  range 
business;  died  9,2/1885,  leaving  children: 

1.  Joseph  Howard   Shinn   (7);   b.'l860;   carpenter;    employe  in  Postoffice  Department; 

d.  3/6/1901. 

2.  Paul    Theodore   Shinn    (7);    b.,   Camden,   N.   J.,   2/24/1875;    attorney  and   counsellor 

at   law.  Camden,  N.  J.;   m.,  6/24/1896,  M.  Florence  Fuhrman,  at  Trenton,  N.  J., 
and  had: 
1.  Nelson  A.  Shinn  (8);   b.  8/24/1897. 

654.     James  S.  Shinn   (6).— Isaac  (5),  Uriah  (4),  Joshua  (3),  John  (2), 

John   ( 1 ) . 

James  S.,  youngest  child  of  Isaac  and  Martha  (Jones)  Shinn,  was  born  10/21/ 
1829  at  i\[oorestown,  ^^.  J.:  married,  10/21/1852,  ^Eary  S.,  daughter  of  Godfrey 
and  Ann  Hancock,  both  residing  at  Chairville,  Camden  County,  X.  J.,  at  the 
time;  removed  to  Atlantic  City,  jST.  J.,  where  his  familv  attained  a  distinguished 
position.     James  S.  died  4/17/1888;  his  wife  died  7/29/1900.    The  children  were: 

1.  Joseph  Henry  Shinn   (7);   b.  7/25/1854;   m.  Elvira,  daughter  of  Daniel  G.  and  Mary 

Bartlett;  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  Atlantic  County,  N.  J.,  and  represented  the 
county  in  the  Assembly  of  1882;  he  died  2/25/1888,  leaving  the  following  chil- 
dren : 

1.  Lena  S.  Shinn  (8).     2.  Stewart  H.  Shinn  (S). 

3.  Berenice  B.  Shinn  (8).     4.  J.  Newman  Shinn  (8). 

2.  Stewart   H.   Shinn    (7);    b.  1/15/1855;    m.,   10/5/1887,  Emily  G.,  daughter  of  Joseph 

and  Hannah  Scull;  Joseph  Scull,  the  bride's  father,  was  the  son  of  Joseph 
Scull,  b.  17:H),  who  was  a  soldier  of  the  War  of  1812;  he,  in  turn,  was  a  son  of 
Abel  Scull,  b.  1760,  son  of  Joseph  Scull,  a  Revolutionary  soldier.  Stewart  Shinn, 
at  18,  served  an  apprenticeship  for  three  years  at  house  carpentering;  worked  at 
the  trade  three  years,  when  he  entered  the  real  estate  and  insurance  office  of 
Hon.  John  J.  Gardner  as  clerk;  taken  into  partnership  under  firm  name  of  Gardner 
&  Shinn,  Atlantic  City;  in  1893  disposed  of  this  and  engaged  in  the  amusement 
business;  disposed  of  his  interest  in  1898  and  retired  from  active  business;  spends 
his  time  in  sailing,  fishing  and  hunting,  being  an  expert  helmsman  and  marks- 
man; Republican:  represented  Atlantic  City  in  the  Board  of  Chosen  Freeholders 
for  nine  years,  serving  one  year  as  President  of  the  board;  Methodist;  two  chil- 
dren— Helen  and  Marion. 
S.James  W.  Shinn  (7);  b.  12/31/1857;  m.,  9/15/1880,  Leulla,  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Maria  Ingersoll.  and  had  children — Wilbur  F.,  Nellie  G..  Joseph  H.,  Ralph 
I.,  Berenice  B..  Harrie  W.,  Roy  E.,  Clifton  E.  and  Lewis  S. 

4.  Clifton  C.  Shinn  (7);  b.  12/27/1866;   attorney  at  law.  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.;  dealer  in 

real  estate:   at  present  manager  of  the  Hotel  "Raleigh"  at  that  city. 

5.  Mary  E.  Shinn:   b.  3/26/1870. 


v!2-i  History  of  the  Shinx  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

876.     John  White  Shinn  (6).— John  (5),  John  (4)/Jacob  (3),  John  (2), 

John   (1). 

John  While,  eldest  cliild  of  John  and  Mary  (White)  Shinii,  was  born  in 
New  Jersey  180G ;  ob.  Canton,  111..  3/4/18(58;  married  at  Mt.  Holly,  N.  J.,  3/19/ 
1836,  Elizabeth  Reeves  Cox  (born  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  7/26/1813;  ob.  at  Canton, 
111.,  32/10/1891);  moved  to  Canton,  111.,  the  same  year;  druggist;  member  of 
the  school  board;  School  Commissioner  Fulton  County,  1851-3.  Prominent  in 
political  a7id  commercial  atTairs.  Nominated  by  the  Democrats  in  1838  and  in 
1811  for  County  Commissioner.  He  left  several  children,  vvho  reside  at  Canton. 
One  of  them  is  a  preacher  in  the  United  Brethren  Church.     Children: 

1.  John  White.  Jr.    (7);   b.  12/]0/1835;   ob.  8/15/1836. 

2.  Mary  White  (7);   b.  2/6/1837;  m.,  3/4/1855,  John  Rice  Beadles,  at  Canton,  111. 

3.  Sarah  Elizabeth   (7).     4.  Eliza  Bean   (7). 

5.  George  Washington  Cox  (7);  b.  5/29/1841;   ob.  4/4/1882;   mortally  wounded  at  Fort 

Donaldson,  and  died  at  St.  Louis,  on  his  way  home. 

6.  Catherine   Lucy    Haddock    (7);    b.    12/12/1842;    ob.   2/4/1898;    m.,   4/13/1863,    Henry 

Montgomery  Kline,  at  Canton,  111. 

7.  Rev.  William  Budd  (7);  b.  9/26/1844;  m.,  1/12/1871,  Elizabeth  Greenslit,  at  Canton, 

111. 

8.  Menan  Kennard  Cox  (7);  b.  7/11/1846;  ob.  4/26/1847. 

9.  Caroline  Jennette  (7);  b.  1/13/1848;  m.  (1)  Joseph  Moore;    (2)   A.  Jackson  Herron. 
10.  James  Stanley   (7).     11.  Martha  Jane   (7).     12.  John  White   (7). 

13.  Charles  Carroll;   b.  5/5/1855;   m.,  6/26/1879,  Leah  M.  Sebree,  at  Canton,  111. 

14.  Alice  May   (7;;   b.  5/5/1857;   ob.,  6/24/1858. 

878.     Elizabeth   Stanley   Shinn    (6). — John    (5),   John    (4),   Jacob    (3), 

John   (2),  John   (1). 

Elizabeth  Stanley,  third  child  of  John  and  Mary  (White)  Shinn,  born  4/22/ 
1811  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  ob.  at  Boston,  Mass.,  6/29/1882;  married  at  Philadel- 
phia, Pa.,  3/11/1830,  John  Haseltine  (b.  2/28/1793  at  Haverhill,  Mass.;  ob.  at 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  12/11/1871),  a  son  of  James  and  Abigail  (Mooers)  Haseltine, 
and  a  descendant  of  Robert  Haseltine,  who  landed  in  Massachusetts  in  1637 
(John  (6),  James  (5),  John  (4),  Lieut.  Richard  (3),  Abraham  (2),  Robert 
(1).)  John  Haseltine  was  a  merchant  in  Philadelijhia,  of  the  firm  of  Haseltine, 
Haddock  &  Co.  From  one,  who  at  the  age  of  14,  entered  the  counting  house  of 
this  firm  as  assistant  bookkeeper,  banker,  collector,  and  everytliing  else  that  a  boy 
could  do,  I  have  these  words:  "  In  those  days  there  were  no  commercial  travelers. 
The  mercliants  from  the  West,  the  South  and  the  Southwest  came  to  Philadel- 
pliia  for  tlu'ir  purchases.  Daily  association  with  these  men  for  four  years  gave 
me  a  good  practical  business  education."  The  same  man,  in  the  year  1903,  look- 
ing backward  to  1836-40,  sums  up  the  character  of  Mr.  Haseltine  in  these  words: 
"Jolin  Haseltine  was  an  eminently  upright,  successftil  and  benevolent  man." 
Xo  better  praise  could  be  given  any  man  than  this.  He  was  an  original  member 
of  the  Union  League  of  Philadelphia,  and  filled  many  ])laccs  of  trust  and  responsi- 
bility. Mrs.  Haseltine  inherited  a  large  sluiie  of  the  beauty  of  the  family,  as  is 
shown  in  the  engraving,  the  original  of  which  was  ])ninted  by  Sully.  Mrs.  Reeves 
has  tliis  to  say  of  her  kinswojnan,  IMrs.  Haseltine,  of  the  portrait,  and  of  the  re- 
production: "The  great  beauty  of  the  ]iortrait  cannot  be  shown  on  a  print.  I 
always  thought  it  one  of  the  most  bcantiriil  |inrt  rails  T  ever  saw,  and  I  have  seen 
many  of  beautiful  women,  both  in  this  country  and  in  Europe.  None,  how- 
ever, that  I  thougbt  lovelier  than  this  one  of  my  cousin.  It  is  a  very  correct 
likeness  of  her  in  her  young  wonuinhood,  all  have  said,  and  not  at  all  flattered. 
She  retained  much  of  her  beauty  until  the  close  of  In  r  life."  (See  portrait  facing 
page  272.)     The  cliildi-en  of  this  iniirriaire.  all  born  in   I'hiladcliibia,  Pa.,  wm'c : 

1.  Caroline  Augusta  Haseltine;   b.  12/17/1830;   ob.  1899;    m.,  2/7/1855,  at  Philadelphia, 

Emilo  Marqueze,  a  native  of  France,  and  had  three  children. 

2.  Mary  White  Haseltine;  b.  7/17/18^,2:   ob.  youn^. 


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3.  James  Henry  Haseltine;    b.  11/2/1833;   by  profession   a   sculptor,  and  has  resided 

abroad  for  forty  years  or  more;  returned  to  the  United  States  during  the  war 
between  the  States;  enlisted  in  the  Union  army  and  attained  the  rank  of 
major;  m.,  at  Paris.  France,  7/5/1881,  Marie  N.  F.  Trombetti,  and  now  resides 
at  Florence,  Italy,  childless. 

4.  William   Stanley   Haseltine;    b.   6/11/1835;    by  profession  an   artist,   and  has  lived 

abroad  nearly  forty  years,  dying  at  Rome  in  1900;  m.  (1)  Helen,  daughter  of 
Josiah  Lane,  by  whom  there  was  one  son,  who  died  before  manhood;  (2)  Helen 
"Wykoff,  daughter  of  Capt.  C.  H.  Marshall,  by  whom  there  were  several  children, 
three  now  living. 

5.  Elizabeth    Stanley    Haseltine;    b.    4/22/1837;    m.,    5/30/1860,    at    Philadelphia,    Pa., 

William  Poultney  Smith,  a  prominent  merchant  at  Philadelphia.  There  were 
seven  children. 

6.  Capt.  John  White  Haseltine;   b.  9/6/1838;   enlisted  in  the  2d  Pa.  Cavalry,  and  rose 

to  the  rank  of  captain;  m.,  6/9/1869,  Rose  Idler,  at  Philadelphia;  had  one  child. 

7.  Charles  Field   Haseltine;    b.   7/29/1840;    this   gentleman  has  for   many  years   been 

a  dealer  in  artistic  paintings;  his  establishment  on  Chestnut  street,  Philadel- 
phia, known  as  the  "  Haseltine  Art  Galleries, '  is  a  landmark  of  modern  Philadel- 
phia; his  leisure  hours  are  devoted  to  the  genealogy  of  the  Haseltine  family, 
of  whom  he  has  collected  a  voluminous  mass  of  matter,  numbering  more  than 
70,000  names.  Ten  years  ago  he  addressed  me  at  Little  Rock,  Ark.;  since  then 
I  have  had  many  letters  from  him,  each  of  which  was  clear,  analytic  and 
exhaustive;  the  mantle  of  "Historian  of  the  Family"  could  not  have  fallen  on 
more  worthy  shoulders.  He"  married,  9/6/1863  at  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  Elizabeth 
Holmes  Patterson  (ob.  3/29/1891)  and  had  children: 
1.  Esther  Holmes  Haseltine;   m.  her  cousin,  Charles  Stewart  Carstairs. 

8.  Lucy  Haseltine;   b.  9/28/1841;  ob.  1841. 

9.  Albert   Chevalier    Stanley   Haseltine;    b.    1/14/1843;    lived   at   Paris,   France,   since 

1870,  where  he  died  in  1898,  unmarried. 

10.  A  daughter,  who  died  at  birth. 

11.  Marianne  Lucy  Haseltine;    b.  6/9/1846;   m.  James  S.  Dumaresq,  and  d.  7/16/1881; 

she  was  the  mother  of  two  children,  both  deceased. 

879.     Catherine  Lucy  Stevenson  Shinn  (6). — John  (5),  John  (4),  Jacob 

(3),  John  (2),  John  (1). 

Catlierine  Lucy  Stevenson,  fourth  child  of  John  and  Mary  (AYliite)  Shinn, 
was  born,  1/3/1819,  in  Illinois,  on  what  was  called  the  "  Marine  Settlement,"  and 
took  her  middle  name  from  the  then  Governor  of  the  State,  ^vith  whom  her  father 
was  an  intimate  acquaintance.  This  was  before  Chicago  was  platted,  or  Cook 
County  organized,  and  twenty-nine  years  before  a  single  railway  existed  in  the 
commonwealth.  She  was  taken  to  Philadelphia  in  1821,  where  she  passed  the  re- 
mainder of  a  long  and  useful  life;  her  portrait,  painted  by  Eembrandt  Peale,  is 
reproduced  upon  these  pages,  revealing  glimpses  of  that  beauty  which  distinguished 
her  earlv  life:  she  married,  2/27/1838,  Daniel,  son  of  Daniel  and  Abigail  (Hasel- 
tine) Haddock,  born  Haverhill,  Mass.,  11/12/1816;  at  sixteen  he  removed  to 
Philadelphia  and  entered  the  house  of  Moody  &  Co.,  wholesale  dealers  m  boots, 
shoes  and  straw  goods ;  afterwards  became  a  partner  of  his  uncle,  John  Haseltine, 
under  the  firm  name  Haseltine,  Haddock  &  Co.,  succeeding  Moody  &  Co.  From 
this  firm  Mr.  Haseltine  retired,  and  the  firm  was  known  for  many  years  as  Had- 
dock, Eeed  &'  Co.,  which  was  dissolved  about  1871;  he  ^as  an  active  business  man 
during  a  whole  lifetime,  sagacious  and  wise,  far  reaching  and  conservative.  Be- 
sides keeping  his  private  affairs  in  splendid  poise,  he  was  a  director  for  nearly 
fiftv  years  of  the  Commercial  ^^ational  Bank  of  Philadelphia,  and  its  vice-presi- 
dent "for  nearly  eleven  years.  The  directors  of  the  l)ank  spread  upon  its  minutes 
thc«e  words-  '"No  one,  from  the  incorporation  of  the  bank  in  1810  up  to  the 
pre^^ent  time  (1/24/1890),  served  as  long  as  Mr.  Haddock,  and  no  one  more 
faithfully  and  effectively."  For  thirty-three  successive  years  he  was  elected  one 
of  the  board  of  manaoers  of  the  Butler  Hotel  Company  (afterwards  called  the 
Continental  Hotel  Company).  After  this  long  service  he  was  elected  pre^iclent  of 
the  company  in   1880,  and  held  that  position  until  his  decease  m  1890.     For 


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twenty-four  years  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Pennsylvania  Fire 
Insurance  Company :  f(tr  twenty-one  years  a  niemlier  of  the  board  of  directors 
of  the  I'hiladelphia  I'rust,  Safe  Deposit  and  Insurance  Company.  His  power  to 
grasp  and  master  complex  rehitions  grew  as  he  advanced  in  j^ears,  and  was  at  its 
best  wlien  death  called  him  away.  He  amassed  great  wealth  and  was  numbered 
among  the  city's  millionaires.  Earnestness  was  the  keynote  to  his  most  successful 
career.  Earnestness  without  bustle ;  earnestness  without  demonstration ;  earnest- 
ness without  the  driving  intensity  that  marks  a  business  career;  he  was  a  moral 


DANIEL  HADDOCK. 


force,  an  honest,  conscientious  character;  he  stood  for  Inith  and  righteousness, 
and  in  that  position  "men  knew  llmt  he  would  ])o  steadfast  as  the  Xew  Enghmd 
hills  amid  which  his  chiblhood  iind  (  liiir.icirr  were  cindled.""  lie  was  charitable, 
not  simply  (if  hand.  Inil  n|"  licnri  ;  he  \n\ri\  children  ami  iiiii>ic.  mid  ii  lias  been 
written  of  him:  "  He  was  all  that  could  be  desinMl  :is  n  son,  brother,  husband, 
father,  friend  and  citizen."     And  of  his  wife.  Cjitheriiie  Lucy  Stevenson   (Shinn) 


Haddock  it  has  been  written 


She   did    mil    wearv 


HI    we 


doing. 


She  died 


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August  29th    1898,,  and  they  wrote:     "She  was  a  Christiaa  woman,  remarkable 
lor  her  excellent  character,  her  very  superior  executive  abilitv,  and  her  devotion 
to  the  cause  of  Christ  and  humanity."     This  book  would  have  small  place  in  the 
world  if  it  gave  naught  but  the  skeleton  facts  of  births,  deaths  and  marriaoes- 
a8  a  family  record  it  ought  to  record  something  for  the  souls  of  those  who°are 
hereafter  to  be  born  in  the  family.     The  life  of  this  woman  is  an  exemplar  for 
other  matrons.     She  was  a  praying  Presbyterian;  appreciating  the  privileoe  of 
prayer  and  devoutly  believing  in  its  efficacy.     But  she  was  also  a  liberal  Presby- 
terian, a  giving  Presbyterian,  a  Christian  who  contributed  beyond  her  means  to 
religious  and  benevolent  objects.     She  attached  herself  to  the  Church  soon  after 
her  marriage  and  never  wavered  in  her  support;  she  was  active  in  all  the  work  of 
the   C}iurch,  especially  that  of  the  Sunday  School,  of  which  she  was  assistant 
superintendent  for  many  years;  during  the  Civil  War  she  was  especially  instru- 
mental in  promoting  a  fair  for  the  establishment  of  a  Soldiers'  Home  in  Phila- 
delphia, which  netted  the  sum  of  $80,000.     And  after  the  establishment  of  the 
home  she  gave  it  her  personal  and  never  tiring  attention.    \Yhen  the  Young  xMen's 
Christian  Association  was  striving  to  erect  a  fine  building,  at  the  particular  invi- 
tation of  ]\rr.  Jolm  Wanamaker  she  helped  to  a  successful  issue  a  fair  for  its  ben- 
efit.    Tlie  Orijhanage  for  the  Church  is  the  pride  of  Presbyterians  to-day;  this 
was  a  work  to  which  she  gave  her  executive  ability,  her  time  and  her  money.    She 
was  made  president  of  its  board  of  managers,  president  of  the  Woman's"^  Union 
Missionary  Society  of  America  for  Heathen  Lands,  vice-president  of  the  Presby- 
terian Homefor  Widows  and  Single  Women,  vice-president  of  the  Woman's  Bible 
Readers'  Society  of  Philadelphia,  and  a  manager  of  the  Female  Domestic  Mission- 
ary Society  for  the  support  of  the  Gospel  in  the  Almshouse.     During  her  life  she 
was  ever  alert  in  Christian  work,  and  when  death  called  her  she  gave  each  of  the 
institutions  named  a  legacy  in  money.     And  not  only  this,  but  in  her  will  she 
made  a  special  gift  of  $125,000  and  her  elegant  home  in  Philadelphia  for  the 
founding  of  an  Infants'  Home  to  be  called,  in  memory  of  her  husband  and  chil- 
dren, "  The  Haddock  ^Femorial."     She  was  endowed  by  a  wise  Providence  witli 
talents  of  a  superior  order,   and  with  a  heroism  worthy  of  the  supremest  com- 
mendation she  used  those  talents  for  the  good  of  mankind  and  the  glory  of  God. 
(See  engraving  facing  page  256.)     The  children  of  this  marriage,  all  born  in  Phil- 
adelphia, were: 

1.  Mary  White  Haddock;  b.  2/5/1840;  m.,  3/22/1880,  James  Carstairs,  Jr.,  b.  in  Phil- 
adelphia. 3/13/1834;  ob.  5/29/1893;  grandson  of  Thomas  Carstairs,  of  Scotland, 
who  settled  at  Philadelphia  prior  to  the  Revolutionary  War.  James  Carstairs, 
Jr.,  was  a  merchant  of  Philadelphia,  beloved  and  respected  for  his  sterling  hon- 
esty and  vigorous  character.  By  the  terms  of  Mrs.  Catherine  Lucy  Stevenson 
Haddock's  will,  her  residence,  at  806  Pine  street,  was  made  a  home  for  Infants, 
orphans  or  half  orphans  under  three  years  of  age.  Two  of  her  daughters — 
Mrs.  Mary  White  Carstairs  and  Mrs.  Helen  Louisa  Farr — with  ten  other  ladies, 
were  designated  as  a  board  of  managers;  this  board,  at  its  first  meeting,  in  1900, 
elected  Mrs.  Carstairs  president  and  Mrs.  Farr  first  vice-president  and  treas- 
urer, which  positions  they  have  since  held;  these  daughters  put  the  home  resi- 
dence in  excellent  condition,  and  turned  it  over  to  the  managers  named  in 
the  will;  the  house  was  formally  dedicated  to  the  uses  outlined  by  Mrs.  Had- 
dock on  November  27th,  1901;  the  managers  have  made  the  house  a  veritable 
home  for  the  infants  who  have  been  admitted;  the  mantle  of  the  mother  seems 
to  adjust  itself  admirably  to  her  daughters,  who  spare  no  effort  in  making  the 
"  Haddock  IMemorial  "  worthy  of  place  among  the  world's  beneficences.  The 
children  of  Mary  W.  and  James  A.  Carstairs  were: 

1.  Lucy  Haddock  Carstairs;    b.  1/16/1S61;    she  was  named  by  her  grandmother  as 

oiie  of  the  board  of  managers,  and  is  and  has  been  from  the  beginning  the 
efficient   corresponding   secretary  of  the  "  Haddock   Memorial." 

2.  Daniel    Haddock    Carstairs;    b.    2/7/1862;    appointed    one    of   the    executors    and 

trustees   of   Mrs.   Haddock's   will   and   estate;    m.,    11/27/1883,    Louise   Sowers 
Orne,  and  had  children: 
1.  Elizabeth  Bolden  Haddock.     2.  Mary  Haddock. 

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228  History  of  the  Shixx  Family  ix  Europe  and  America 

3.  John   Haseltine  Carstairs;    b.   8/7/1863;    m.,   4/29^1884,   Belle   Wolfe  Wilson;    ex- 

ecutor and  trustee  by  terms  of  his  grandmother's  will.     There  was  one  child: 
1.  Ix)rraine  Carstairs. 

4.  Charles    Stewart    Carstairs:    b.    8/2/18Go;    m.,    1/14/1885,    Esther    Holmes    Hasel- 

tine, his  cousin.     Had  children: 
1.  Charles  Haseltine.     2.  C.  Carrol. 
3.  James  Stewart.     4.  Lillie  Haseltine. 

5.  H<-len  Burton  Carstairs:   b.  8/29/18G7;   m.,  (1)  6/1/1887,  Charles  S.  Phillips;    (2), 

11/9,  1898.    Cornelius    Vanburen    Burrell. 

6.  Emily    Frances    Carstairs;    b.    12/11/1869:    m.,    4/22/1895,    Walton   Ferguson,    Jr., 

and  had  one  child — Emily  Frances  Ferguson. 

7.  Mary   White   Carstairs;    b.   8/19/1871;    m.,   2/18/1895,   Stephen   de   Kosenko;    this 

daughter  was  also  named  by  her  grandmother  as  one  of  the  managers  of  the 
"Haddock  Memorial."  Children:  Maria  Carstairs,  Emily  Frances  and  Lu- 
cille. 

8.  Lena  Farr  Carstairs;    b.   3/24/1878;    m.,   11/9/1898,   Francis   Allison  Janney,   and 

had  children:     Emily  Hall,  Mary  White  and  Helen  ^Morris. 

9.  James  Carstairs;    b.  1/2/1880. 

2.  John    Haseltine    Haddock;     b.    5/9/1841;     killed    at    the    battle    of    Chancellorsville, 

5/2/1863. 

3.  and  4.  Elizabeth  and  Alfred   Hazen;   ob.  infans. 

5.  Helen    Louisa    Haddock;     b.    6/26/1846;     m.,    4/30/1867,    Rev.    William    Wilberforce 

Farr.  I).  D.,  b.  4/4/1840;  this  family  has  always  held  high  place  in  Philadel- 
phia; the  husband  was  a  distinguished  churchman  of  the  Episcopal  Chtirch,  and 
rector  of  the  Church  of  the  Saviour,  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  his  character  was  tm- 
blemished.  The  wife  was  constituted,  by  the  will  of  her  mother,  manager  of 
the  Haddock  Memorial;  elected  l)y  the  board  of  managers  at  its  first  meeting 
vice-president  and  treasurer,  which  positions  she  now  holds.  She  and  her 
elder  sister,  Mrs.  Mary  White  Haddock  Carstairs,  have  united  their  energies 
and  love  upon  the  institution  created  by  their  mother,  and  have  carried  it  for- 
ward to  success.  The  children  of  Dr.  William  Wilberforce  and  Helen  Louisa 
Haddock  Farr  were: 

1.  Catherine  Lucie  Farr;    b.  4/26/1868;   m.  Mr.   Uobinsou,  and  had  children:      Will- 

iam Farr,  Helena  Sarah,  Catherine  Lucie,  Caroline  Farr  and  Alexander  Pat- 
terson. 

2.  tJrace  Farr:   b.   11/8/1869;    m.  Mr.  Martin,  and  had  children:     William  Paul  and 

Helena  Louise. 

6.  Emily  Frances  Haddock;    b.   5/29/1848;   ob.  7/12/1877. 

7.  Stanley    Brickett   Haddock;    b.    9/6/1852;    m.,   10/24/1878,   Amelia   Watkin ;    he   was 

named  as  one  of  the  executors  and  trustees  of  his  mother's  will  and  estate. 
Children:      Stanley  Brickett  and  Helen. 

88(;.     .Iames  Gallaiiki;  Shinn  (6). — John  (5),  John   (4),  Jacob   (3), 

-loiix    (2).  .loiix    (1). 

Jaiiics  (J;ill;ilier.  yoimn-csl  child  of  .lohn  ;iii(l  MniT  (While)  Sliiini.  l)()ni 
O.xford  Towiisliij),  I'hiladelpliiii  Coiinly,  l*eiuis_\  Ivaiiia,  1^  i:)/ l^'Jv!.  liis  i'alher 
died  Ijcfore  .Tames  was  ff)iir  yoars  of  a^c  and  his  (raiiiins:  i)assed  entirely  into  tlie 
hands  of  his  ("hrisliaii  nioiher:  went  llr>t  lo  I'^ricnds"  Schinil  :  ihcii  to  a  |ii-i\;ite 
school  coiiducled  hy  Dr.  Mann  uflhc  M.  K.  ( 'hiii'di  ;  then  lo  P'riends"  ScIkkiI  :  ilieii 
three  years  lo  I 're  para  lory  .\cadcniy  nf  ihe  I 'iii\ci-sily  (t{  i'('iiii>yl\ai)ia  :  then  lo  llie 
Classieal  Department  of  the  same  .\cad<'my;  in  his  tniii'iceiith  year  he  cniei-ed  ihe 
counting-  house  of  lla,-ell  iiir- 1  l.-idddck  \-  t'o..  wlicre  he  remained  four  \rai-s:  felt 
that  he  was  called  to  In-  a  minister  and  renewed  his  studies  ef  l.alin  and  ( i  reek  ; 
in  .lainniry.  iMll,  entered  the  Cniversily  (d"  I'einisylvania  niie  him  advant'i'd; 
had  for  a  classmate  (i('or<re  11.  MeClellan;  lifadnaled  \\.  A.  nn<l  \  nledietorian, 
I'^ll:  .\.  M..  ISK:  entered  'riie(do,u'ieal  Seiniii;ii'\  ;il  I'riiicelnii  the  >aiiie  \-eiii' 
and  ,i:radnated  ihend'mm  in  1 S  I ;  :  licensed  to  preach  in  .\]iril.  |S|;,  h\  ihe  I'wa- 
hytery  of  riiiladelphia  (Old  School):  called  to  the  paslor.-iie  of  the 
Burlington  (Iowa)  Treshyterinn  Clnirdi  is|s,  where  he  reiiiaine<|  tliree 
years;  cnlled  to  Port  K'ichmond.  rhil;iilrl|ihi;i  (Xinncrnih  wai-d).  whci'e 
ho  remained  eleven  years:  at  the  hreaking  niii  o|'  the  ('i\il  W'-.w  was 
elected   Chaplain   of  the   2:!rd    h'e-inient    Pennsvh  ania    X'olnnteers ;   this   -jave   him 


Sixth  axu  Later  Gexeratioxs.  229 

the  nominal  rank  of  Captain  of  Cavalry  and  entitled  him  to  the  feed  for  a  horse 
to  be  provided  by  himself;  his  first  horse,  after  two  vears  of  valiant  service  ffot 
loose  m  some  way  and  was  never  seen  again;  :dr.  Shinn  thinks  that  he  went'over 
to  the  enemy;  had  charge  of  the  three  largest  regimental  mails  of  the  \rmv  of 
the  Potomac,  and  had  to  ride  to  Washington  every  week  day,  make  up  and  carrv 
out  the  mail;  his  tent  became  the  regimental  postoflfice;  besides  this  he'vi'^ited  the 
sick  m  the  regimental  hospital ;  the  men  in  the  Brigade  hospital  and  the'  men  of 
his  regiment  m  the  general  hospital  at  Washington;  besides  doing  errand^  for  the 
men  at  every  trip  to  Washington ;  after  the  first  pav  dav  he  sent  home  for  his 
comrades  in  arms  over  $8,000,  in  sums  from  $10  to  $40;*' on  Sunday  he  held  re- 
ligious service  at  11  o'clock;  the  men  soon  evinced  a  high  regard  for  the  hard 


REV.  JAMES  GALLAHER  SHINN. 


working  chajilain ;  he  could  not  drink  whisky  with  them,  nor  play  cards,  but  he 
obliged  them  in  every  other  way,  and  exercised  an  influence  over  them  for  good; 
at  the  end  of  one  year  a  ten  days'  leave  of  absence  was  granted  liim,  and  the  sol- 
diers pressed  $18,000  upon  him  to  be  taken  to  Philadelphia  and  disbursed  to 
their  families:  they  never  thought  that  ]Mr.  Shinn  might  defraud  them,  nor  did 
he;  at  other  times  he  was  entrusted  with  sums  amounting  in  all  to  $30,000,  every 
penny  of  \\hich  went  to  its  proper  place ;  one  evening  while  encamped  on  the  Rap- 
pahannock he  was  invited  to  dress  parade;  he  found  the  23rd  Regiment  drawn  up 
in  the  form  of  a  holloAv  square,  into  which  he  was  asked  to  enter;  there,  in  the 
presence  of  the  regiment,  the  Colonel  handed  him  a  present  of  two  hundred  del- 


230  History  of  the  Shinn  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

lars  as  a  gift  of  the  regiment  for  faithful  services  to  them;  mustered  out  at  the 
end  of  three  years  and  made  U.  S.  Hospital  Chaplain  at  Saterlee  Hospital,  Phila- 
delphia, where  he  remained  one  year;  his  service  here  among  eminent  Eoman  Cath- 
olic divines,  and  numerous  Sisters  of  Mercy,  forms  one  of  the  sunniest  sides  of 
the  Christian  life;  opened  a  preparatory  school  at  1908  Mt.  Vernon  street,  Phila- 
delphia, which  was  eminently  successful;  re-entered  the  regular  ministry  as  mis- 
sionary to  three  weak  churches  alons;  the  line  of  the  Camden  and  Atlantic  Rail- 
road,  viz.,  Berlin,  Atco  and  Waterford;  here  he  worked  harder  than  he  had  ever 
worked,  got  less  pay,  and  fewer  thanks,  but  remained  four  years;  opened  a  Boys' 
Boarding  School  at  Waterford,  where  he  remained  three  years;  thence  to  Kansas, 
preaching  as  a  missionary  without  pay;  thence  to  Atlantic  City,  N".  J,,  where  he 
has  been  located  for  more  than  twenty-two  years  (1902)  ;  here  on  week  days  he 
has  been  a  secular  teacher  and  on  Sunday  a  spiritual  teacher;  all  Church  doors 
are  open  to  him  and  from  all  pulpits  he  preaches  without  fee  or  hope  of  reward; 
at  his  own  expense  he  has  given  away  hundreds  of  New  Testament  and  Scripture 
portions;  he  gives  these  on  the  street,  at  private  houses,  in  open  stores,  and,  in  his 
later  3^ears,  in  the  saloons;  preaching  on  Sunday  morning  at  the  city  prison; 
teaching  the  Bible  at  two  Sunday  Schools;  occupying  some  pulpit  each  Sunday 
night;  and  as  the  Christmas  approaches  (1902)  Mr.  Shinn  in  his  80th  year  has 
prepared  and  is  ready  to  distribute  as  the  freest  of  happy  Christmas  gifts  four 
hundred  portions  of  Holy  Scriptures;  Bibles  and  Testaments  in  the  English, 
Italian  and  German.  Old  age,  like  a  majestic  river,  sweeps  this  grand  old  man 
on  into  the  vastness  of  eternity;  but  he  bears  himself  right  nobly,  and  doeth  a 
man's  work  well. 

He  was  married  twice:  (1),  8/1/1848,  at  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church, 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  by  Rev,  Henry  A.  Boardman,  D.  D.,  to  Eliza  Louisa  Davis, 
daughter  of  Dr.  John  H.  and  Eliza  Louisa  Davis  Hill.  She  died  in  1867.  Mar- 
ried' (2),  on  9/19/1887,  in  Philadelphia,  at  St.  Theresa's  Church,  by  Rev.  Hugh 
Lane,  to  Miss  Mary  Cecelia  Shoemaker,  youngest  daughter  of  John  Shoemaker, 
coal  merchant,  of  Philadelphia,  and  Elizabeth  Hubbs  Shoemaker,  his  wife,  of 
Camden  County,  New  Jersey.  No  children  by  this  marriage.  Children  by  first 
marriage : 

1.  Mary  Elizabeth   Shinn    (7);    b.  in  Burlington,   Iowa,   7/7/1849;    m.,   at   Philadelphia, 

Pa.,   .Jacob    Planking! on    Donaldson,   3/30/1S71;    to   them   one   child,    a   daughter, 
was  born. 

2.  Eliza  Kate  Shinn   (7);   ob.  infans. 

;;.  Lucy  Henry  Shinn  (7):  b.,  in  Philadelphia,  10/26/1852;  m.  Thomas  Watson  Price, 
at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  8/5/1873. 

1.  Candino  Shinn   (7);  ob.  infans. 

5.  Howard  Hill  Shinn  (7);  b.  4/4/1857;  moved  to  California  in  .Tnnnary.  1875,  doing 
biisines.s  in  San  Francisco,  and  residing  in  Oakland;  mining  share  broker; 
member  of  the  San  Francisco  Stock  Exchange  and  of  the  Stock  and  Oil  Ex- 
change; m.,  3/7/1882,  Frances  Ella,  daughter  of  Joseph  Warren  and  Eleanor 
lU-an,  b.  2/28/1857,  at  Salt  Spring  Valley,  Calaveras  County,  Cal.  The  father 
of  the  young  woman  was  a  direct  descendant  of  General  Warren,  and  was  born 
near  New  Sharon,  Me.  Children: 
1.  Lucy  Ha.seltine  (8).     2.  Alice  Eleanor  (8).     3.  Howard  Francis  (8). 

C.  Alice  Richardson  Shinn  (7);  b.  .5/8/18G0;  a  student  of  art  for  five  years  in  Etirope. 
mostly  in  Paris;  jjpior  to  thai,  three  years  in  the  Penn.  Acad,  of  Fine  Arts;  her 
studies  of  jxirtrail  heads  liave  been  on  exhibition  from  time  to  time;  for  nearly 
four  years  has  been  supervisor  in  charge  of  the  art  department  of  the  schools 
at  Colorado  Springs,  Colo. 

7.  .John  TTaselliue  Shinn   (7);   b.  2/19/18C4;   m..  3/30/1891,  Laura,  daughter  of  William 
Harrison   and   Caroline  Matilda    (Stiles)    Carryl.  b.   1/31/18G5;    merchant  and  im- 
pnrlcr.   IMiiladelphia,  Pa.     Children: 
1.  .John  Carryl    (S).     2.  Mary  Francos  (8). 


Sixth  axd  Latek  Gexeeations,  231 

*J00.     :Mauy  Noktox  Shinm  (G).— Feeedom  L.  (5),  John  (4),  Jacob  (3), 

JoHiN'   (2),  John   (1). 

Mary  Norton,  second  child  of  Dr.  Freedom  Lippincott  and  Hannah  (Ackley) 
Shinn,  born  at  Camden,  N.  J.,  7/1/1819;  married,  2/23/1843,  at  Philadelphia, 
Jolm  Walker  Garrett,  a  wholesale  merchant  of  Philadelphia.  He  was  a  Eepub- 
lican  in  politics,  bnt  never  souglit  official  preferment;  in  private  life  he  was  a 
high-minded  man,  honorable  in  every  respect,  and  a  true  gentleman;  his  wife 
was  an  estimable  woman,  interesting  in  association  and  of  a  most  attractive  per- 
sonality ;  she  had  a  wide  circle  of  devoted  friends,  and  reared  a  family  of  honor- 
able sons  and  daughters.     The  children  were: 

1.  Willis   Austin   Garrett    (7);    b.    1/.30/1844;    m.,   2/20/1867,   Sarah  Rowland,  and   had 

children: 
1.  Rowland  Austin    (8).     2.  Mary  Norton   (8). 
3.  James  Wilson   (8).     4.  Harold  Frederick   (8). 

2.  James   Wilson    Garrett    (7);    b.    8/1/1845,   at   Philadelphia,   Pa.;    wholesale    grocer; 

manufacturer  and  salesman;  in  the  U.  S.  army  as  a  member  of  Landis'  Battery  A, 
of  Philadelphia,  in  1863,  and  participated  in  several  engagements;  m.,  1/14/1869, 
Sarah  Mays,  daughter  of  Edward  Howard,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  who  had  the  dis- 
tinguished honor  of  being  the  first  American  to  make  a  watch  by  machinery; 
the  old  gentleman  celebrated  his  89th  birthday  on  10/6/1902;  by  this  marriage 
there  were  no  children. 

3.  Mary   E.   Garrett    (7),   b.   3/3/1847;    m.,   10/21/1868,   Major  Edward   G.   Whitesides; 

this  gentleman  served  through  the  Civil  War  with  distinction;  was  in  fourteen 
engagements,  and  severely  wounded  in  one;  a  pocket  knife  turned  the  course 
of  the  bullet  and  saved  his  life.    The  children  were: 

1.  Mae  Page  Whitesides  (8),  who  married  Arthur  Renouf,  and  had: 
1.  Edward  Prince  Renouf  (9). 

2.  .lohn    Garrett    Whitesides,    who    is    lieutenant    in    one    of    the    regiments    of   the 

National   Guard  of  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

4.  Dr.    Edmund   Franklin   Garrett;    b.   3/3/1847;    graduated   at  Jefferson   Medical   Col- 

lege; was  prominent  in  his  profession,  highly  esteemed  and  had  a  large  practice 
in  Germantown  and  Philadelphia,  Pa.;   beloved  by  all;    d.  12/16/1891;   m.  Mary 
H.  Riiter,  and  had  one  child: 
1.  Margaret  Hansell   Garrett   (8). 

5.  Elizabeth    Wilson    (7).      6.  Lewis  Worthington    (7). 
7.  Emma  Norton  (7).     8.  Blanche  (7). 


901.    Emma  jSTewell  Shink  (6). — Freedom  L.  (5),  Johx  (4),  Jacob  (3), 

John  (2),  John   (1). 

Emma  Newell,  oldest  child  of  Dr.  Freedom  Lippincott  Shinn  by  his  second 
wife,  Anna  Imlay,  born  3/4/1849;  married,  2/7/1871,  Thomas  Slack  Chamber- 
lain,  of  Cream  Rid2:e,  N.  J.,  and  had  children: 

1.  Anna  I.  Chamberlain   (7);   b.  10/9/1871;   m.,  1/1/1895,  Ambrose  Otterson. 

2.  Thomas  J.  Chamberlain   (7);   b.  3/1/1873;   m.,  12/24/1895,  Lillian  Pagans. 

3.  Sara  G.  (7).     4.  Samuel  S.   (7).     5.  Blanche  G.   (7). 

933.     \YiLLiAM  Norton  Shinn  Ivins  (6).— Elizabeth  (5),  John  (4),  Jacob 

(3),  John  (2),  John  (1). 

William  Norton  Shinn  Ivins,  eldest  child  of  Charles  and  Elizabeth  (Shinn) 
Ivins,  was  born  at  Burlino-fon,  N.  J.,  5/13/1824;  moved  with  his  father  in  1841  to 
Nauvoo.  111. ;  at  eighteen  vears  of  age  he  o^nied  and  operated  the  ferries  between 
Nauvoo  and  Montrose  Barracks  on  the  Iowa  side  of  the  Mississippi  Eiver;  was 
active  in  planning  and  accomplishing  the  escape  of  various  men  who  were  doomed 
to  death  bv  the  Mormon  "  Council  of  Forty":  his  ferry  boats  were  burned  by  the 
Danites  and  he  followed  his  father  to  Keoloik,  Iowa;  mamed  there,  4/23/1849, 
Yir-inia,  dau-hter  of  :^Fajor  John  Remelee  Wilcox,  U.  S  A.,  who  had  charge  of 
the  ^Indian  fo^rts  from  Armstrong,  at  Eock  Island,  to  Edwards,  at  Warsaw,  111 
In' 1852  started  overland  to  California  with  several  hundred  cattle  and  a  tram  of 


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ox  wagons;  captured  on  Platte  River  l)y  Blackfeet  Indians;  escaped  in  three  days, 
1-e.joined  his  train  more  dead  than  alive":  on  the  Sierra  Xcvada  :\rountains  a  daugh- 
ter was  l)orn,  wlio  was  cliristened  "  Sierra  Xevada  Shinn  " ;  arrived  at  Petahuna, 
Cal.,  after  a  journey  of  one  hundred  and  ninety-three  days  and  began  the  manu 
faeture  of  cheese;  amassed  a  littk^  fortune  and  set  out  for  the  States,  via  Nica 
ragua;  crossed  the  Jstlimus  during  the  episode  of  "Walker's  Filibustering"" 
arrived  at  Keokuk  and  invested  his  California  earnings  in  l)usiness,  only  to  have 
them  swept  away  in  tlie  crash  of  1857;  in  seven  years  paid  off  an  indebtedness  of 
{f'80,000.  and  l)y  ISH  had  laid  the  foundations  for  another  fortune.  For  more 
than  thirty  year>  he  was  the  first  one  to  cross  the  river  on  the  ice  at  Keokuk,  and 
the  last.  He  always  broke  the  road;  of  small  stature,  gi't'at  strength  and  endiir- 
ance,  fleet  on  foot,'  a  great  skater  and  a  famous  horseman  ;  jovial  in  disposition, 
abstemious  in  liabit ;  indulgent  at  Ikiiiic  ami  beloved  al)road;  died  at  Keokuk, 
5/1 8/1 880.     His  descendants  were: 

1.  Frank  Herbert  Ivins  (7).  b.  at  Keokuk,  4/23/1850;    ob.  there  8/4/1852. 

2.  Charles  Ivins   (7),  b.  at  Keokuk  :3 /1 9/1852;   ob.  there  2/4/1856. 

:?.  Sierra  Nevada  Ivins  (7),  b.  in  Sierra  Nevada  Mounrains,  Sierra  County,  California, 
9/10/1 85:i;    m.   at    Keokuk,   1/7/1879.   Dr.   Robert   Ralston,    son  of   Rev.    Samuel 
Beach  Jones;   removed  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  her  husband  is  engaged  In 
tlic  U.   S.  Eiiirinfcr's  OHiec,  Custom  Hovise. 
Children  of  Dr.    Robert   Ralston   and   Sierra  Nevada    (Ivins)    Jones. 
1.  Elizabeth   Ivins   (8);    2   Robert   Ralston    (8). 

4.  Harry  Ivins  (7).  b.  at  Keokuk,  12/9/1 SSO;   ob.  2/15/1862. 

5.  Elizabeth  Galland  Ivins  (7),  b.  10/9/1858. 

fi.  Ivan  Walton  Jones   (8),  b.  1/19/1869;   ob.  8/6/1869. 

7.  William  Norton  Shinn  Ivins   (7),  b.  3/25/1871;   a  prominent  man  of  Chicago,  111. 

!):il.  ^r.Mtv  Siiixx  Tvixs  ((i). — Elizabeth  (5),  John  (I),  Jacob  (3).  Joiix  (2), 

Joiix   (1). 

Mary  Shinn  Tvins,  second  cliiM  of  Charles  and  Elizabeth  (Shinn")  Tvins, 
was  born  in  liiirlington  County,  .New  Jersey,  5/18/1828;  married  at  Keokuk, 
Iowa,  (1),  Thomas  F.  Anderson;  (2),  George  M.  Seaton ;  moved  to  the  Isthmus 
of  Nicaragua  and  ])urchasc(l  a  liotel  about  liall'  way  across;  driven  away  by 
Walkr-r's  Filibusters.     She  was  tlie  mother  of  one  chibl : 

i.  Goorgiana    Anderson     (7),    b.     at    Keokuk,     11/ — /184'.t;      m.    at    Keokuk,    Thomas 
Edward  Pope,  who  removed  to  Oakland,  Cal.,  and  had: 
1.  Mary  Georgiana  Pope  (8).  b.  at   Oakland.  Cal.,  7/12/1874;   m.,  4/23/1896,  Charles 
Rossicr.  and  had: 
1.  Edward    I 'ope   Rossier   (It). 

935.     ('n\i;i,i>   lli;\i!V  I\'].\s  ((>). — I'j.iZAiiirni    (.^),.li>ii\    (1),.Iac()B   (;>), 

John   (2),  John   (1). 

Charh'S  Henry,  thiiil  child  of  Charles  ami  l^lizahelli  (Shinn)  Ivins.  was 
born  in  liurlington  County,  New  Jersey,  4/1/1829;  i-einnxcd  with  his  father  to 
Keokuk.  Iowa,  where  he  manaiil,  10/17/1850,  "Mai-y  I''leanor.  daugliter  of  Jvlward 
and  .Mary  (Winlhrop)  Cob-;  lawyer,  judge;  mo\e(l  to  \Vhidby"s  Islaiul.  Wasliing- 
(oM  Territory,  in  the  early  fifties;  sud'ered  great  hardship  through  Indian  attacks 
and  depredations;  succe.«sfid  in  his  jiractice:  he  amassed  a  comfortable  foriuiu'  and 
resides  al   Santa  "Monica.  C;il.     His  descendants  are: 

1.  Cora   Jessie    Ivins    (7).    1).    Whidby's    Island.    Wash.    Ter.,    2/9/1855;    ui.    William    E. 

Stewart,  and   had   the  following  children: 
1.  Raymond  A.  Stewart  (8).     2.  William   Shinn   Ivins   (S). 

2.  P^rnest   Cole  Ivins   (7),  b.  at   Whidby's   Island.  Wash.  Tor.,  G/29/1856;   m.,  9/10/1879, 

Hester  Hlunt.     Children: 
1.  Charles   Henry   Ivins   (S).      2.   Ern(>st    I).   Ivins    (8). 

3.  Arthur  Henry  Shinn   Ivins  (7).  b.   Petaluma.  Cal..  2/20/1862;   ob.  10/13/1862. 

4.  Kate   Maud    Ivins    (7),   b.    MarUleville.   Cal.,    6/12/1804;    m..    10/2:5/1882,   Louis    Hoef- 

ller;   ob.   ll/:!/1883.  without   issue. 


Sixth  and  Later  Generations.  233 

936.     Makoaiikt  Woodwaim)  Jvins  (6).— Elizabeth  (5),  John  (4),  Jacob  (3), 

John   (2),  John   (1). 

Margaret  Woodward,  fourth  child  of  Charles  and  Elizabeth  (Shinn)  Ivins, 
was  horn  in  Burlington  County,  New  Jersey,  5/13/1831;  married  at  Keokuk, 
Iowa,  5/18/1853,  William  Albert  Patterson;  moved  to  the  Isthmus  of  Mcaragua; 
driven  away  by  Walker's  Filibusters;  settled  at  Keokuk.  Ob.  11/2/1900.  His 
descc'iuhuits  were: 

1.  Mary  Patterson   (7),  b.   at  Keokuk,  12/31/1856;    m.,  2/21/1884,  Francis  V/.   Greene, 

and   had   the  following  children: 
1.  .Margarot  Ivins   (8).     2.  Stuart  Greene  (8). 

2.  William   Albert  Patterson  (7);  unmarried. 

:;.  Elizabeth  Shinn  Patterson,  b.  1/16/1860;   m.,  at  Keokuk.  8/15/1888,  William  Thomp- 
son,  son  of  Andrew  J.   and   Willia    (Thompson)    Wilkinson;     removed   to   Mo- 
bile,   Ala.,    thence    to    Ottumwa,   la.,    where    Mr.    Wilkinson   is    engaged    in    the 
wholesale  and  retail  coffee  trade;    president  of  and  stockholder  in  the  largest 
furniture  establishment  of  that  place.     He  had  the  following  children: 
1.  Margaret  Willia  (8).     2.  William  Albert  (8).     3.  Elizabeth  (8). 

93J).  Sak.mi  Ivins  (G). — Elizabeth  Shinn  (5),  John  (1),  Jacob  (3),  John  (2), 

John   (1). 

Sarah,  .^^eventh  chiM  of  Charles  and  Elizabeth  (Shinn)  Ivins,  was  born  at 
Nauvoo,  III.,  1/26/1844;  married  at  Keokuk,  Iowa,  5/7/1868,  Francis  Hawx- 
hurst,  and  uiovcd  to  Oakland,  Cal.     Had  the  following  children 

1.  Georgiana  Hawxhurst   (7),  b.  at  Keokuk,  la.,  2/28/1869;    m.  at  Oakland,  Cal.,  1891, 

Melvin,  and  had: 
1.  Edward  Pope  Melvin  (8),  b.  5/— /1892. 

2.  Caroline   Hawxhurst   (7). 
',i.  Harry  Hawxhurst  (7). 

*.)(;().    M  \i;v  SjiiNN  (6). — BuDDELL  (5),  Thomas  (4),  Thomas  (3),  Thomas  (2), 

John  (1). 

Mary  Shinn,  eldest  child  of  Buddell  and  Sarah  (Bispham)  Shinn,  was  born 
in  Burlington  County,  New  Jersey,  1T81;  married  Matthew  McHenry,  1805;  ob. 

1830.     Her  descendants  were: 

1.  Charles  McHenry   (7),  b.  1806;  ob.  young. 

2.  George  McHenry  (7),  b.  1808;   m.  Rebecca  Shreeve;  ob.  1864.     Children: 

1.  Eliza  (8).     2.  Mary.     3.  Charles. 

965.     Shinn  Oliphant  (6).— Mary   (5),  Thomas  (4),  Samuel  (3),  Thomas 

(2),    .TOTIN     (1). 

Shinn  Oliphant,  eldest  son  of  Jonathan  and  Mary  (Shinn)  Oliphant,  born 
Olijihaufs  ^liUs,  Evesham,  X.  J.,  3/1/1765;  married,  11/12/1787,  Hope,  daugh- 
ter of  IIal)akkuk  and  :Mary  (Jones)  Eayre,  b.  5/9/1767;  removed  to  Tuckerton, 
N".  J.,  and  bought  the  Hour  and  grist  mill  known  as  the  Andrews-Shourds  Mill; 
this  he  afterwa'rds  sold  to  his  sou,  Eayre  Oliphant,  and  Simeon  Haines;  Haines 
dvinc",  his  share  was  sold  to  Timothv  Pharo,  and  the  industry  was  known  as  the 
Oliphant  and  Pharo  Mills.  Shinn  Oliphant,  Sr.,  owned  farms  near  Tuckerton, 
one  of  them  beina"  the  old  Bclangee  farm:  Eayre  Oliphant  likewise  owned  this 
farm  after  his  father,  and  was  a"  prominent  merchant  as  well  as  a  prosperous 
miller-  Eavre  Oliphant  sold  his  milling  and  business  interests  to  Timothy  Pharo 
and  removed  to  Xew  Lisbon,  N.  J.;  Shinn  Oliphant,  Sr.,  died  2/22/1839;  his  wife 
died  5/15/1839.  (See  Leah  Blackman's  Memoir  in  Proceedmgs  West  Jersey  Sur- 
vevor's  Assn.)  Plis  descendauts  were: 
i:  Eavre  Oliphant   (7),  b.  9/22/1788;   m.  Ann  Mullen. 

2.  Beniamin  Oliphant   (7),  b.  2/4/1790;   m.  Rebecca  Mullen. 

3.  Joseph  Oliphant  (7),  b.  3/18/1792;    m.  Grace  Wilkms. 


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4.  Mary  Eayre  Oliphant  (7),  o.  s.  p. 

5.  Hannah  Oliphant  (7),  o.  s.  p. 
(J.  Samuel  Oliphant  (7),  o.  s.  p. 

7.  Hope  Eayre  Oliphant   (7),  b.  4/16/1799;   m.  Thomas  Ballinger. 

8.  Shinn  Oliphant,  Jr.  (7),  o.  s.  p. 

9.  Jonathan  Oliphant  (7),  b.  9/8/1806;   m.  Louisa  W.  Burr. 

10.  Amanda  Malvina  Fitzalan  Oliphant   (7),  b.   9/17/1808;    m.   Charles  Collins. 

11.  Thomas  Shinn  Oliphant   (7),  b.  10/1/1812;   ob.  1819. 

one.    AxN  Ojji'iiaxt  (G).— Mary  (5),  Thomas  (4),  Samuel  (3),  Thomas  (2), 

John   (1). 

Ann,  second  child  of  Jonathan  and  ]\Iary  (Shinn)  Oli^jhant,  b.  3/11/17G7; 
m.  Aaron,  son  of  Jacob  and  Elizabeth  (Phillips)  Priekett,  b.  5/16/1763;  Ann  d. 
]/'32/lS47;    Aaron    d.    2/20/1837.      Children    of    Aaron    and    Ann     (Oliphant) 

Priekett : 

1.  Thomas  Priekett  (7),  b.  7/25/1789;  m.  Hannah  Wilkins. 

2.  Hannah  Priekett  (7),  b.  1792;  ob.  young. 

?..  Lydia  Priekett  (7),  b.  1/22/179:?;   m.  James  Dobbins. 

4.  Henry  Priekett  (7),  b.  4/23/1795;   m.  o.  s.  p. 

5.  Ann  Priekett  (7),  b.  5/14/1796;  m.  Samuel  C.  Davis. 

6.  Aaron  Priekett  (7),  b.  10/27/1798;  m.  Leah  Hamitt. 

7.  Mary  Priekett  (7),  b.  10/11/1801;  m.  Samuel  C.  Davis. 

8.  Mahlon  Priekett  (7),  b.  2/17/1804:  m.  (1)  Ann  Priekett,  (2)  Mrs.  Mary  Elma  Jones. 

9.  Hepzibah  Priekett   (7),  b.  4/22/1806;   m.  Josiah  Kay. 

10.  Jonathan  Priekett  (7),  b.  5/14/1809;   m.  Elizabeth  Dagherty. 

11.  Hannah  Priekett  (7),  b.  9/8/1812;  ob.  1832. 

9G8.     Hannah   Oliphant    (6). — Mary    (5),   Thomas    (4),    Samuel    (3), 

Thomas  (2),  John  (1). 

Hannali,  fourtli  child  of  Jonathan  and  IMary  (Shinn)  Oliphant,  b.  10/14/ 
1772;  m.  David,  son  of  Poelof  and  Rebecca  (Pease)  Yan  Voorhees;  she  departed 
3/14/lS48;lie  10/19/1840.     They  resided  near  Beaver  Dam,  Schuyler  County, 

X.  Y.     Cliildrci!  of  David  and  Hannah  (Oliphant)  Yoorhees: 

1.  Elizabeth  Voorhees  (7),  b.  8/14/1793;  m.  Dr.  John  Sto\vits. 

2.  Ruliph  Voorhees  (7),  b.  5/5/1795;   o.  s.  p. 
.!.  Sarah  Voorhees  (7),  b.  5/10/1797;  o.  s.  p. 

4.  Thomas  Marshall  Voorhees   (7),  b.  5/10/1798;    m.   Hannah  Carlisle. 

5.  Mary  Voorhees  (7),  b.  8/6/1800;   m.  John  (J.  Van  Derveer. 

6.  David  Voorhees  (7).  b.  10/17/1802;  o.  s.  p. 

7.  Rebeeca  Voorhees  (7).  b.  2/16/1804;   m.  Salmon  Allen. 
S.  Naney  Voorhees   (7),  b.  7/3/1806;   o.  s.   p. 

9.  Jolin  Whileloek  Voorhees   (7),  b.  9/17/1808;   o.  s.  p. 

10.  Benjamin  Hollinshcad  Voorhees  (7),  b.  3/25/1811;    m.  Jane  Fero. 

11.  Jonathan  01ii)hant  Voorhees   (7).  b.  2/28/1815;    m.  Eliza  Schuyler. 

fiGK.       ^fAKTllA     Ol-IPHANT     (G). — MaRY     (5),     'J'jIOMAS     (4),     SaMUEL     (3), 

TiroMAs  (2),  John  (1). 

Martlia,  fiftli  child  of  Jonathmi  and  M;in  (Shinn)  01ii>liant.  b.  4/24/1774; 
m,  Jacob,  son  of  Amaziah  and  Hannah  (Priekett)  Lippincott;  moved  to  Tucker- 
ton.  X.  J.     Children  of  Jacol)  and  Marlha   (01i])Iiani)    Li]i|)inoott: 

1.  Mary   Ann    Lippiiu'olt    (7j,  b.   3/21/1796;    m.   Nath.   Cowperllnvait. 

2.  Sabilla  Lii)i)ineott  (7),  b.  7/20/1799;  o.  s.  p. 

3.  Huth  Lippiiieott  (7).  b.  4/3/1805;   m.  Benjamin  C.  Bragg. 

4.  Ezra  Lipi)ineott  (7).  b.  4/10/1808;  m.  Eliza  Craumer. 

971.     William   r)i.i|.:i ant    (G).— Mauv    (r,).   Thomas    (4),   Samuel    (3), 

Thomas  (2),  John    (i). 

William,  sevcnih  chihl  of  Jonathan  and  ^[arv  (Shinn)  Oliplinnt.  b.  ;")/'! 3/ 
1778;  m.,  1/5/180G,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Jolm  and  Sabella  (Hammctt)  Priek- 
ett; ob.  Waynesville,  Ohio,  9/3/1847;  spent    llic   major  portion   of  liis  life  as  a 


Sixth  and  Later  Generations.  235 

miller  in  Xow  Jersey,  principally  at  Manahawkin  and  Eavrestown.  The  latter 
was  a  town  of  considerable  importance  and  William  was  the  principal  business 
man  in  it,  as  he  had  the  grist,  saw,  turning  and  fulling  mills;  here  he  remained 
twenty  years;  then  he  turned  his  eyes  to  the  El  Dorado  of  the  West,  then  located 
in  the  growing  state  of  Ohio;  in  1840  he  and  his  son  Samuel  went  West  and  a  few 
months  later  selected  a  home  at  Waynesville,  Ohio;  here  he  had  grist,  saw  and 
fulling  mills,  blacksmith  and  copper  shops,  six  dwelling  houses  and  one  hundred 
and  twenty  acres  of  tilled  land  and  a  large  tract  of  timber;  to  this  place  he  re- 
moved his  family  the  following  year,  and  died  there,  September  3,  1847.  He  was 
a  Jackson  Democrat,  a  IViend,  but  later  generally  attended  the  Methodist  Church. 
Children: 

1.  John  Oliphant  (7j,  D.  9/28/1806. 

2.  Joel  OliphanL  (7),  b.  5/23/1809. 
:;.  Job  Oliphant  (7),  b.  1/8/1812. 

4.  Samuel    Oliphant    (7),   b.   1/27/1814,  Eayrestown,  N.   J.;    m.    (1),   1/18/1840,  Martha 

Kirkbrido  Mathls,  daughter  of  Aaron  Mathis  and  Margery  Kirkbride  (sister 
to  Martha  above),  b.  12/15/1815;  d.  12/29/1872;  married  (2),  11/9/1876,  Mrs. 
Ellen  Paul,  daughter  of  Charles  McAllister  and  Margaret  Rose,  b.  1/18/1838; 
Samuel  went  to  Waj'nesvllle,  O.,  in  1841,  with  his  father  and  family;  after 
his  father's  death  (1847)  he,  with  his  brothers,  Joel  and  Job,  conducted  the 
business  until  Job's  death,  in  1849,  and  then  Samuel  and  Joel  continued  it 
until  1851,  when  they  sold  out  and  returned  to  New  Jersey.  Samuel  was  in 
succession  a  miller  at  Gibbsboro,  Port  Republic  and  Chestertown,  until  1866, 
when  he  bought  the  valuable  mill  property  at  Sharpstown,  N.  J.,  where  he 
lived  until  his  death.  4/5/1901;  he  was  a  member  of  the  M.  E.  Church  and  one 
of  its  stewards  for  many  years.  Children  of  Samuel  and  Martha  (Kirkbride) 
Oliphant: 

1.  William    Oliphant    (8),   b.    11/26/1840,   at   Eayrestown,   N.   J.;    m.    (1),    3/3/1862, 

Mary  Warner,  daughter  of  Samuel   and   Sarah  Ann    (Warner)    Clevenger; 
m.    (2),    5/12/1886,    Mary   Rebecca,    daughter   of   Samuel    S.    and   Mary   H. 
(Flanagan)    Thompson;    for   twenty   years   he   was   the   proprietor   of  the 
flour,    feed    and    plaster    mills,    known   as    Oliphant's    Mills,    in    Gloucester 
Coimty;  later  he  has  become  the  owner  of  the  Harrisonville  Mills.     By  the 
first  marriage  there  was  one  child : 
1.  Samuel  Grant  Oliphant  (9),  A.  M.,  Ph.  D.,  b.  3/13/1864,  Camden,  N.  J.     He 
taught   school    when    a   boy   of   sixteen    and    afterwards    attended    the 
Phillips-Exeter    Academy,    N.    H.,    and    Princeton    College;     graduated 
from  the  latter  in  June,  1891,  with  the  first  honors  of  a  large  class 
and  the  highest  standing  made  at  Princeton  in  over  twenty  years.     He 
won  many  substantial   honors  and   prizes  during  his   course   and  was 
awarded  the  classical  fellowship  upon  graduation.     The  next  fall   he 
went  to  Parson's  College,  Iowa,  as  Professor  of  the  Greek  Language 
and   Literature;    after  four  years  of  highly   successful   work  here   he 
was  called  to  his  old  Alma  Mater  as  instructor  in  Greek  and  Latin. 
Four  years   later  he  went  to  Washington,    Pa.,   as   Professor   of   the 
Latin  Language  and  Literature  in  the  Washington  and  Jefferson  Col- 
lege.    In  1902  he  entered  upon  a  graduate  course  leading  to  the  Ph.  D. 
degree  at  Johns  Hopkins  University,  Baltimore,  Md.     In  1894   Prince- 
ton gave  him  the  A.  M.  degree.     In  1893  and  1899  he  was  a  Stinneeke 
Examiner  for  Princeton.    For  several  years  he  has  been  engaged  upon 
an  extensive  work  on  the  history  of  the   Oliphant  family   since  1066 
A.    D.      On    12/24/1891    married    Carrie    Gause,    daughter   of   Professor 
A.  C.  and  Lydia  H.    (Shortlidge)    Norris,  to  whom  one  son  was  born, 
Samuel  Norris  Oliphant,  1/20/1900,  who  died  not  long  after  at  Wash- 
ington, Pa.     To.  Prof.   Samuel  Grant  Oliphant  I   am  indebted  for  the 
very    extensive   matter    in    this    book    concerning    the    descendants    of 
Jonathan  and  Mary  (Shinn)  Oliphant. 

2.  Charles  Pitman  Oliphant  (8),  b.  1843;  m.  Mary  Burnett. 

3.  Aaron  Mathis   (8),  b.  1847;  m.  Hannah  Githens. 

4.  Job  Kirkbride  Oliphant   (8),  ob.  infans. 

5.  Albert  Conover  (8),  b.  IS 55;    m.  Martha  Peak. 
7.  EHin  Rogers  (8),  b.  1S58;  m.  Martha  S.  Hewitt. 

5.  Sabella  Oliphant  (7).  b.  4/9/1816;  m.  H.  H.  Kirkbride. 

6    David  Oliphant  (7),  b.  8/31/1818;  m.   (1)   Elizabeth  Harris;    (2)   Susan  B.  Jobes. 


236  History  of  the  Shixx  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

7.  Mahlon  Oliphant  (7),  b.  S/18/1S20;  m.  Eliza  Kirkbride. 

8.  i^Iary  Oli pliant  (7),  b.  4/25/1823;  m.  Job  Rogers. 

9.  Ann  Oliphant  (7),  b.  1/28/1826;  m.  Otho  B.  Ward. 

10.  Hannah  Oliphant    (7).  b.  10/10/1828;   o.  s.  p. 

11.  Elizabeth    Hope  Oliphant    (7),  b.  12/5/1830;    m.    (1)    Joseph  Rogers;    (2)    Dr.   O.  G. 

Potts. 

072.    Hoj'K  Oi.ii-iiANT  ((i). — :\rAKY  (5),  TiioMAs  (4),  Samuel  (3),  Thomas  (2), 

John   (1). 

Hope,  eighth  cliild  of  Jonathan  and  Mary  (Shinn)  Oliphant,  b.  3/30/1781; 
m.,  1/0/]  803.  William  Albert,  son  of  Albert  and  Patience  Coveuhoven;  d.  near 
Knral  Grove,  X.  J.,  (3/27/1840.    Children  of  William  Albert  and  Hope  (Oliphant) 

t'ovenhoven   (1)  were  (Anfijlicized  Conover)  : 

1.  David  Conover  (7),  b.  12/4/1803. 

2.  Mary  Conover  (7),  b.  3/7/1S06. 

3.  Isaac  Conover  (7),  b.  3/15/1807. 

4.  Albert  Whitelock  Conover  (7),  b.  8/7/1808. 

5.  Jonathan  Conover  (7),  b.  6/25/1811. 

6.  William   Oliphant  Covenhoven    (7),  b.   2/26/1813. 

7.  John  Whiielock  Conover  (7),  b.  1/12/1816. 

8.  Shinn  Conover  (7),  b.  12/18/1818. 

9.  Sarah  Ann  Conover  (7),  b.  12/24/1821. 

10.  Joel  Conover  (7),  b.  10/21/1824. 

11.  Nancy  Conover  (7),  b.  11/1/1827. 

973.     David  Olii-haxt   (6). —Mary   (5),  Thomas   (4),  Samuel   (3),  Thomas 

(2),  John  (1). 

David,  ninth  child  of  Jonathan  and  Mary  (Shinn)  Oliphant,  b.  1/28/17S4; 
in.,  ]2/24/lS0(i,  .Mai'v,  daughter  of  James  and  Leah  (Oovenhoven)  McDonald; 
ob.  at  Jiarnegat,  N.  J.,  4/22/1828.  Childi'en  of  David  and  Marv  (McDonald) 
Oliphant: 

1.  Nancy  Oliphant  (7),  b.  9/17/1807;  o.  s.  p. 

2.  William  D.  Oliphant   (7),  b.  4/15/1809. 

3.  Hope  Oliphant   (7),  b.  7/23/1810. 

4.  Selah  Hiibbs  Oliphant   (7),  b.  9/25/1811. 

5.  James  Oliphant  (7),  b.  4/13/1813. 

6.  Jane  Ann   Oliphant   (7).  b.   12/2/1S14. 

7.  Hannah  Oliphant  (7),  b.  7/14/1816. 

8.  IMalcann  01ii)lianl    (7),  b.  4/30/1819. 

9.  (Joorge  Washiii.L'ion   Oliphant    (7),  b.  9/30/1822. 

10.  Caroline  H.  01ii)hant    (7).  I).  9/24/1824. 

11.  Ann  Eliza  Oliphaiil    (7),  b.  5/19/1826. 

12.  David   Oliphai.t    (7),   b.   1/14/1828. 

1000.     I'Incjcil  Shinn    ((;;.-  I j;\i    {:,).  Tik.mas  (I).  SA.\irt:i.   (3).  Thomas  (2), 

-loiIN    (  1 ). 

iOnoeh,  el<l(-l  clnld  .d'  l.cvi  and  ilannali  (iJeeve)  Shinn,  b.  8/20/1776  at 
Evesham,  N.  .1.:  m.  (1).  11/1/1708,  Mary  Xorcross;  (2),  5/3/1804,  :Marv, 
daiigliler  nf  Henry  and  Sai-ali  (Dnini)  Sinnnons  of  liucks  County,  Pennsylvania. 
'IMie  children  of  Ihe  firs^t  mai-riagc  were: 

(1)  Levi  Shinn   (7),h.   10/20/ i  I!)!) :  ni..  0   -.'H    is-j-j.  Il.inn.ili   Mcl'.ridc. 

(2)  Simeon  Shinn   (7),  I).  4/27/1801  :  a  classical  scholar  and   T.ilile  student;  oh., 

unmarried,  10/8/1828. 

Cliilili-ci)    (if    llic    S<'(nii(l    JiJarriage. 

1  (3)  llenrv  Simmons  Sliinn  (7),  b.  2  m  1  so.', -.  ,,1,.  ni  Afai^nolia  Station,  i\[d., 
2/27/^1813;  m.,  2/7/1828,  KlizalHili  M..  ,|;ni,u|i!.T  of  James  nnd  Kachel 
Dillon,  and  liad  two  sons: 


Sixth  and  Later  Gexeratioxs.  237 

1.  Mordecai  Shinn  (8),  d.  in  Philadelphia,  1872,  without  issue. 

2.  Henry  S.  Shinn   (8),  moved  to  Iowa;   m.  there  and  reared  a  family 

2  (4)    Sarah  Dunn  Shinn  (7),  h.  7/29/1806;  ob.  at  Woodbury,  X.  J.,  1/15/1883; 

III.,  .j/l/18;n,  Xelfton  Thomson,  and  had  five  children: 

1.  Mary   S.  Thomson    (8),  b.   2/8/1832;    m.,   3/20/1856,  Amos   T.  Eastlack  of   Glou- 

cester County,  New  Jersey,  and  had  children,  Ella  M.,  Sallie  T.  and  Helen, 
all  of  whom  died  in  infancy  or  girlhood. 

2.  Hannah  Parker  Thomson    (8),  b.  10/23/1833;    m.,  12/23/1869,  Henry  Clay  Foote 

of  Meriden,  Conn,  and  had  three  children: 
1.  Charles  T.   (&).     2.  Henry  Clay  (9). 
3.  Martha  Stokes  Foote  (9),  b.  6/12/1874;  m.,  9/17/1902,  Howard  S.  Hartshorn. 

3.  Charles  Parker  Thomson   (8),  b.  3/26/1837;   m.,  2/23/1868,  Emma  Thomas. 

4.  Richard    S.    Thomson    (8).   b.    10/8/1839;    m.,   10/3/1862,    Camilla   Fullerton,    and 

had  one  child.  Ella  Thompson,  b.  8/29/1863;  m.,  11/13/1890,  Frank  Haman, 
and  had  .James,  Henry  and  Kathryn. 

3  (5)    Hannali    Koeve    Shinn    (7)_,   b.    2/29/1808;   ob.    at   Medford    11/28/1888; 

iiiiirried.  in  ]8;33,  John  Reeve,  and  had  chihlren : 

1.  Sallie   R.   Reeve   (8),   b.   11/30/1834;    m.,   2/22/1866,  John   C.   Lewis. 

2.  Helen  M.  Reeve  (8),  b.  2/26/1837;  m.,  2/10/1866,  Benjamin  E.  Wills. 

3.  Maria  Reeve  (8). 

Hannah  Keeve  Sbinn.  m.    (2),  Abraham  Proud  Stackhouse,  2/12/1842,  and  had 
three  cliihiien  : 

1  (4)  Mary  R.  Stackhouse  (8),  b.  5/5/1843;  m.  John  R.  Haines,  5/5/1864,  and  had 
one  son.  Abraham  Stackhouse,  b.  10/5/1866;  m.,  2/28/1895,  Elvira,  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  Kilsey  Walling. 

2.  (5)   Samuel    Stackhouse    (8),    b.    12/6/1845;    m.,    8/29/1868,    Emma   J.    Braddock, 

and  had  five  children: 

1.  Mary  R.  Stackhouse  (9),  b.  7/5/1869;   m.,  11/29/1887,  C.  C.  Burdsall. 

2.  Clarence  B.  Stackhouse  (9),  b.  1/2/1871;   m.,  10/17/1894,  Lizzie  M.  Murphy; 

(2),  6/4/1902,  Irene  Hammell. 

3.  Florence  E.  V.   Stackhouse   (9),  b.  8/2/1872;    m.,  August,  1895,  Ernest  Mac- 

Neal,  and  had  three  children,  Mildred,  Pauline  and  Helene  Adele  Mac- 
Neal. 

4.  Herbert    Felton    Stackhouse    (9),    b.    1/21/1874;     m.,    April,    1895,    Ella    E., 

daughter  of  Clayton  H.   and  Rebecca  R.   Stackhouse,   and  had  children, 
Russell  Leroy.  Marien  Arline  and  Clayton  Braddock. 

5.  John  H.  Stackhouse  (9),  b.  7/10/1881. 

3  (r,)    Abndiiiin  Wiiifiebl   Stackhouse   (8),  h.  6/3/1848;  m.,  5/1/1874,  Lydia  R. 

A\'oo!man,  and  had  children,  Howard  R.,  Edith  L.,  Hannie   M.,   Sallie 
W.,  Helen  ]\[.  and  Abraham  P.,  twins,  J.  Frank  and  Clinton  Stackhouse. 

4  (6)    Elizabeth  Shinn  (8),  b.  10/7/1809;  ob.  infans. 

5  (7)   Mary  Bispham  Shinn   (8),  b.  8/3/1811:  ob.  at  ]\redford,  4/20/1893;  ra., 

2/"23/]840,   William,   son   of   Samuel   and   Rachel    (Proud)    Stackhouse, 
and  had  seven  children: 
1.  Anna  Lucretia  (9j.     2.  Richard  Henry  (9). 

3.  Mary  Elizabeth  Stackhouse  (9),  b.  12/22/1844;   m.,  12/22/1882,  W.  C.  Allen,  and 

had  one  child.  Hettie  May  Allen. 

4.  Hannah   Maria    (9).     5.   Esther  Jane    (9). 

6.  William  Budd  Stackhouse  (9),  b.  6/23/1853;  born  in  Medford,  removed  to  "  Ma- 
plewood  Farm"  3/25/1854,  with  his  parents,  and  has  since  resided  there; 
brought  up  in  the  faith  of  the  Friends,  but  joined  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  at  Mt.  Holly  1/10/1892;  has  been  active  in  his  church  work  in  that 
denomination;  delegate  to  the  great  Convention  of  Christian  Endeavor  at 
Boston  in  1895,  and  to  several  State  Conventions  since;  never  had  any  po- 
litical aspirations,  although  holding  township  offices;  Republican;  to  this 
gentleman  I  am  indebted  largely  for  the  Stackhouse  branch  of  the  Shinn 
line;  he  is  affable,  courteous,  honest  and  true.  Mr.  Stackhouse  says  that 
the  familv  has  in  its  possession  as  an  heirloom  an  old  pocket  book,  made  of 
canvass,  worked  with  zephyr,  cross  stitched  and  having  the  initials  "  T.  S., 
1416,"  in  pink  letters  worked  thereon.  This  is  a  most  valuable  heirloom  and 
Avas  undoubtedly  brought  over  the  ocean  by  Clement  or  .John.  It  has  been 
in  the  Mediord  branch  of  the  family  from  time  immemorial.  It  is  singular 
that  the  ancient  relics  of  the  family  are  all  to  be  found  in  the  line  of  John 
(1),  Thomas   (2)   and  Samuel   (3). 


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7.  Joseph  Edwin  Stackhouse  (9),  b.  10/2/1856;  m.,  1/1/1902,  Anna'L.  Shingle. 
6   (8)   Anna  Middleton  Sliinn  (8),  b.  11/17/1813;  ob.  at  Wilmington,  Del.,  8/8/ 
1894;  m.  (1),  in  1844,  Joseph  Buzby,  of  Crosswicks,  N.  J.;  (2),  Josiah 
Cole  of  C'olestown,  X.  J.,  about  ISGO.     Children  of  first  marriage: 
1.  Charles  Shinn  Middleton  Buzby   (9).  b.  8/22/1845;   m..  June,  1869,  Ella  Blizzard 
of  Wilmington,   Del.,   and   had  one   son,   Charles  Middleton   Buzby,   b.    2/24/ 
1870. 
:    (0)   Enoch  Shinn    (8),  b.  2/2/181G;  ob.  at  Harrisonville,   X.  J.,   1/13/1896; 
m.,  3/26/1840,  Eliza  'SI.  Ivaighn.  and  had  children: 
1.  Sarah  K.  Shinn  (9).     2.  Joseph  B.'Shinn  (9). 

;;.  Emma    M.    Shinn    (9),    b.    6/6/1847;    m.,    6/5/1869,   Malachi    E.    Homer,    and    had 
six  children: 


MR    WILLIAM  BUDD  STACKHOUSE.     (See  Page  237.} 

1.  Waltor   S.    Homer,   b.    l/r,/lH'iO;    m.    Sarnli    Darlington.      No   children. 

2.  Elwood   Slokfs   Homer,  b.  10/16/1872:    m,   .Maria  Viola  Shivelor  and   had  one 

son.  C'larence  Honior. 

3.  John  Wliilmer  Iloiiicr.  b.  in/4/1876;    ni.   Kate  Sarks  of  Thil;id.l!»liia  and  had 

liillian   and    iiarlx'rl    iioinor. 
I.   Harry  Fooic.     5.  Edgar  Frank.     C.  Ccorge  Clark. 

4.  Whilmer  Shinn   (9).  b.  8/26/1850;  m.  Martha and  had  two  sous,  Whilmer 

and  Enoch  Shinn. 

5.  Ellns  C.  Shinn    (9).     6.  Ida  May  Shinn    (9). 

7.  Ilosp  Eliza   Sliinii   (9).  b.   IKCO;   oi).   int'ans. 

8.  Enoch    .Mfrcd    Sliinn    (91.   b.   r,/L'7/lS64;    m.   Sarah    Mishlcr   and   ha<l    three  sons, 

Horace.   }^)llnnd  and   Rnlond  Shinn. 

8   (10)   Mercy   Stackhouse   Shinn    (8),   b.   8/19/1817;  m.,   3/19/1843.   Thomas, 
son  of  Samuel  and  Elizabclb   (I'roud)  Tk-ovo.  and  had   Tour  cliildren: 


Sixth  and  Later  Gexeratioxs.  239 

1.  Samuel  Reeve  (9),  b.  2/15/1844;  m.,  8/24/1881,  Sallie  R.  Newton. 

2.  Mary  Emma  Reeve    (9),   b.   7/26/1846;    m.,   3/3/1869,   Isaac   C.   Groff  of   Mullica 

Hill,  N.  J.,  and  had  three  children:  Joseph  R.,  b.  10/24/1870,  d.  of  lockjaw 
1887;  Bertha  A.,  b.  4/30/1875,  m.  11/18/1896,  S.  Lippincott  Moore,  and  had 
two  children,  Helen  R.  and  Earl  S.  Moore;  Florence  J.,  b.  12/18/188  7,  m., 
2/15/1899,  Lenwood  Borton,  and  had  Mildred  G.  and  joseph  H.  Borton. 

3.  Josephine  Reeve  (9),  b.  12/7/1848;   ob.  unmarried,  7/5/1902. 

4.  Thomas  Reeve   (9),  b.  5/16/1855;    m.,  2/9/1876,  Kate  Chew,  and  had  one  child, 

Elsie  S.  Chew,  who  married  Ralph  Ryley,  10/5/1898,  and  moved  to  Cali- 
fornia. 

1001.     EuTH  SiiiNN-  (6). — Levi  (5),  Thomas  (4),  Samuel  (3),  Thomas  (2), 

JOHX    (1). 

Ruth,  second  child  of  Levi  and  Hannah   (Reeves)    Shinn,  b.  8/22/1779;  m., 
1803,  Caleb,  son  of  John  and  Beulah  (Haines)   Stokes,  and  had  children: 

1.  Rachel  S.  Stokes  (7),  b.  2/3/1804;  m.,  3/24/1829,  William  A.  Riker,  and  had: 

1.  Maria  S.  Riker  (8),  b.  12/21/1829;   m.  7/31/1854,  John  C.  Fenton,  and  had: 

1.  Frank  G.  (9).     2.  William  R.  (9).     3.  Elwood  A.  (9).     4.  Albert  O.  (9). 

2.  Mary  Jane  Riker  (8),  b.  11/7/1832;  m.,  8/31/1854,  Samuel  Smith,  and  had  a  son, 

William  H.  Smith,  b.  12/12/1855;   o.  s.  p. 

3.  Beulah  A.  Riker  (8),  b.  11/11/1834;   ob.  sine  proli. 

4.  Ruth   Anna  Riker    (8),  b.   10/15/1838;    m.,  5/3/1870,  James  S.  Barclay,  Newark, 

N.  J.,  and  had: 
1.  William  D.   (9).     2.  James  S.   (9).     3.  Rachel  S.    (9). 

5.  Lucy   A.  Riker   (8),  b.   11/29/1841;    m.,  10/12/1870,  William   H.   Van   Slych,   and 

had: 
1.  William  F.  (9).     2.  George  W.  (9). 

6.  Oliver  S.   Riker    (8),  b.   4/3/1845;    m.,   10/22/1870,  E.  Louisa  Baker,   Mt.   Tabor, 

N.  J.,  and  had: 
1.  Kathleen  R.   (9).     2.  Robert  A.    (9).     3.  Harry  A.   (9). 

7.  Alice  R.  Riker  (8),  b.  6/25/1847;   m.,  1/3/1871,  W.  Edgar  Mulford. 

2.  Levi  B.  Stokes  (7),  b.  2/8/1806;  m.,  5/15/1828,  Debora  Haines,  and  had  chil- 

dren : 
1.  Norman   (S).     2.  Wistar  (8). 

3.  Nathaniel  B.  Stokes   (8),  b.  6/27/1835;   m.  Emma  Barton,   1859. 

4.  George  C.  Stokes  (8),  b.  9/29/1837;  m.,  1865,  Sarah  Squires. 

5.  Bartlott  Stokes  (8),  b.  11/16/1841;  ob.  sine  proli. 

3.  John  S.  Stokes  (7),  b.  4/25/1808;  m.  (1)  Rachel  Fletcher,  1831;  (2)  Rebecca 

Jones,  2/18/1847.  I  corresponded  with  John  S.  Stokes  in  1890.  He  said: 
"  I  have  been  publisher  of  the  paper  called  the  Friend  for  a  little  over  twenty 
years.  There  is  no  printed  account  of  my  life,  and  I  do  not  wish  to  be  con- 
spicuous in  anv  way.  I  am  in  my  82nd  year  and  aspire  to  nothing  beyond  a 
Christian's  life".    Am  in  the  station  of  a  minister  in  the  Society  of  Friends." 

Children  bv  first  marriage: 
1.  Malvina  F."  (8).     2.  Alice  R.  (8).     3.  Rebecca  (8). 

By  Second  Marriage: 

1  (4)  John  Stokes.  ^,         -,  rr.,  -n-       • 

4.  Beulah  A.  Stokes  (7).  b.  7/18/1810;  m.,  5/13/1840,  Elwood  Thomas,  Harris- 

ville,  0.,  and  had  children: 

I:  ^^ItTV^ZTm.'l-Wlm^:   m.,  10/4/18J1.  Sydney  P.  Walter.  Malvern, 

Pa.,  and  had  one  son,  Arthur  H.,  b.  11/3/18.2.  ,  .       „     •  -nt 

3    Samuel  C.  Thomas  (8),  b.  12/12/1846;   m.,  11/11/1869,  Josephme  Resinger,  New 

1  ^'^l7n%ri''Btrt^^  A.   (9).     3.  Beulah  M.   (9).     4.  Carrie  E.  (9). 
4.  Robert   P.    Thomas    (8),   b.    5/1/1851;    m.,    10/20/1875.    Susan    McGrew.    Pleasant 

1.  B?n7am?n  ^(?).  ^^2*^' Walter   S.    (9).     3.   Gilbert   E.    (9).     4.   Charles    (9).      5. 

5.  Enoch  R.  sTokes'  (^■)!'b.'  11/25/1812;  m.,  6/9/1832,  Helen  Sweeney. 


•^40  History  of  the  Shinn  Family  in^  Europe  and  America 

6.  Elwood  H.  Stokes.  ]).  D.,  b.  10/10/181.-.:  autlior  of  "Life  of  Bev.  John  Han- 
cock" and  "Footprint?  in  My  Own  liife";  Agent  and  President  of  Ocean 
Grove,  187o;  in  18(19  elected  President  Ocean  Grove  Camp  ^Meeting  Asso- 
ciation, and  re-elected  every  year  after  to  1898;  Dr.  Ballard  has  said: 
"Whatever  may  come  in  the  future — however  imuh  tlie  I'oi-ins  and  customs 
may  change  as  they  have  already  changed — the  names  of  Elwood  H.  Stokes 
and  Ocean  Grove  Mill  stand  toiiether  wliile  time  has  a  historv  or  eternity  a 
record."  Elwood  married  (1)'  Hannah  M.  Xeff,  8/31/1838.  and  had  one 
child,  :\rary  :\lalvina.  b.  6/18/1839:  ob.  T/31/186v^;  ni.  (3)  Sarah  Ann 
Stout,  daughter  of  ]\e\.  Edward  Stont.  Elwood  was  reared  a  Friend:  joined 
the  M.  E.  C.  4/27/1834. 

:.   IJuthanna   Stokes    (7).   h.   !)/29/1822;   m..  3/22/1854,   Franklin    L.    ilewlings, 

and  had  children  : 
1.  Lydia  S.  Hewlings  (8),  b.  6/25/1855,  Medford,  N.  J. 

1003.    Thomas  Siiixx  [ii). — Lj':vi  (5),  Thomas  (4),  Samuel  (3),  Thomas  (2), 

John    ( 1 ) . 

Thomas,  fourth  child  of  Levi  and  llainndi  (Reeves)  Shinn,  b.  1/18/1787;  ob. 
1848;  married  Amy  Hamniitl.  1808,  and  moved  to  Gloucester  County,  Xew  Jer- 
sey, where  he  died,  leaving  a  will,  beai-ing  date  7/25/1848  (Book  A,  page  211 
Camden  \\'ills).  He  li\-ed  in  Fnion  Towiiship.  and  named  wife  Amy,  grandchil- 
dren Aim  Elizabeth  Baiinn  and  Ann  llrowii.  children  Levi,  John  H.,  Emma  C.  and 
Priscilla.  Now  he  bad  four  sons  and  live  daughters,  some  of  whom  not  mentioned 
in  the  will  being  alive  at  the  time.  One  son,  Charles  Hammet  Shinn.  married  a 
Wealthy  woman,  which  may  explain  the  omission  of  his  name.  His  residence  must 
have  been  at  Gloucester  City,  for  his  obituary  reads:  "Buried  from  his  late  resi- 
dence in  Gloucester  City,  Dec.  1.  1848."  Priscilla,  his  daughter,  was  l)uried 
"  from  the  residence  of  her  mother  at  Gloucester,  on  Sunday  afternoon,  Aug.  25, 
1850,"  and  John  S.  was  buried  "from  the  residence  of  his  mother  at  Gloucester 
City  July  15,  1850." 

Children  of  Tlinnias  and  Amy    (ilaniniill)    Shinn. 

1.  Ann   Shinn   (7).  wliu  married   l.uilier  Toinkiiis  and   died   witlioiu    issue. 

L'.  Hei)/.ii)ali  Shinn  (7),  who  married  a  minister  named  Barton,  and  had  one  child, 
.\nn  E]i/al)elh  Barton,  who  died  without  issue. 

:!.  I'Dlizabt'tli  Shinn  (7),  who  married  Charles  Brown,  her  first  cousin  en  ilie  Hanimitt 
side:  there  was  one  child.  Anna  Brown.  Eli/ahoth  dyins.  Charh's  married  Ilep- 
zihah  Barton,  his  sister-in-law,  and  left  no  heii's.  Anna  Brown  also  died  willioiU 
issue. 

4.  Emma  C.   (7).     5.  Priscilla   (7).     C.  .John  S  .(7).     7.  Amy  (7). 

8.  Cliarb'S  ilanunilt  Shinn  (]  ).  the  second  chihi.  was  In, in  ai  Medford.  \.  d..  8/9/ 
1810:  ni..  12^1/1835,  Abigail  Marsh.all.  danghler  .d'  William  and  Nancy  Cof- 
fin of  llanimonton.  "N.  d.  The  Marriage  License  iJegister  of  Woodbury 
shows  thai  the  ceremony  was  iierfonneil  1)\'  ]?ev.  dacolt  P.  Londenslac'er  at  tlu^ 
liouse  (d"  tile  bride's  father  in  ilamnionlon.  Ibjii.  John  ('lenient  in  an  arlicle 
entilleil  "  Alhintie  County"'  (Surveyor's  Assn..  p.  118).  says:  "Aliout  the 
year  isi  |  Wjllinni  Collin  piii-cha^cd  iwo  I  imber  tracts  of  land  in  thi^  northern 
part  (d"  the  connty.  and  built  a  saw  mill,  which  he  managed  advanlagvoiisl v  : 
ill  lsl!>  .loiiallian  Ilaines  obtained  a  half  inleresi  of  Collin,  and  llie\.  as 
partners,  oiaginatcd  llie  "  I  lammonton  (ihass  Works":  CoHiii  siil)se(|iieiii  Iv 
became  sob'  proprietor,  enlarging  the  l)nsiness,  continuing  il  main  vears.  re- 
ceiving the  sure  reward  of  industry,  ec(mom\  and  perseverance.  This  was 
the  money  center  of  the  region  round  abont.  .•ind  proved  ihal  the  maniifaclnre 
of  glass  could  be  made  rcmunerati\c."  The  dati'  of  the  death  of  Charles 
Hammitt  Shinn  is  not  given,  bnl  he  died  before  the  death  of  his  wife.  Sep- 
tembc.   lS!t5:  she  owned  a  tract   of  land   in   Waterford  'i'ownsliip.  now    n(da- 


GEORGE  SHINN. 
JACOB  ELWIN   SHINN. 


ALBERT  CLAY  SHINN. 
lOHN  KIRK  SHINN 
AND 
TARITHA  I'OGDEN)  SHINN. 
MrI    FRANCES  EVALINE  SHINN. 


SARAH  (KIRK)  SHINN. 
CLAY  BRIDE  SHINN. 


Sixth  and  Later  Generations.  243 

ware  Township,  which  was  a  part  of  the  "  Wharton  Tract,""  upon  which  stood 
the  old  mansion  built  before  1728,  in  which  Charles  H.  Shinn,  and  after  him 

his  widow  resided  ;  he  filled  many  positions  of  honor  and  trust;  Abbie  C.  Shinn 
left  a  will,  dated  9/10/1895;  it  recited  that  she  was  of  the  city  of  Camden, 

and  gave  various  bequests  to  her  daughters,  Eliza  C.  McGrath  and  Xancy  C. 

Eingle;  and  to  her  sons,  Edward  Coffin  Shinn  and  Charles  Hendry  Shinn. 

There  were  two  children.     Howard  died  in  infancy. 

1.  Eliza  Coffin  Shinn   (8),  b.  12/20/1836;   m.,  5/16/1860,  John  M.  McGrath,  and  are 

both  living;    he  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  7/20/1834;   graduate  of  U.  of  P.; 
also  Penn.  Med.  College:    served  in  the  23rd  Penn.  Vol.  Inf.  a  few  months, 
then  as   surgeon  of   the  78th   Pa.   Inf.,   then  as  Acting  Briigade   Surgeon  of 
the  VII.  Brigade,  Thomas  Corps,  Army  of  the  Cumberland,  from  the  fall  of 
1861   to  June,   1863;    wounded  at  Schultzes  Battery  in  discharge  of  duty  at 
Nashville,  Tenn. ;    executive  officer  of  the  Mower,  General  U.  S.  Hospital  at 
Chestnut    Hill,    near   Philadelphia;    then   in   charge   of   the    Christian    Street 
Hospital    in   Philadelphia  until   closed   in   1867;    Republican;    member  of  the 
Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion,  and  of  the  G.  H.  Thomas  Post,  G.  A.  R., 
Philadelphia.     There  were  two  children,  the  second  of  whom.  Charles  Shinn 
McGrath,  died  in  infancy. 
1.  John  IMcGrath   (9),  b.  6/9/1861  in  Philadelphia;   attended  Protestant  Episco- 
pal   Academy;    went    into   the    carriage    and   saddlery    business;    for   fif- 
teen years  in  charge  of  the  Cincinnati  office  of  the  Eberhard  Mfg.  Co., 
and  is  now  so  engaged;  Republican;   member  of  the  M.  O.  L.  L.;   Junior 
Warden  Wyoming  Lodge,  No.  186,  F.  &  A.  M.;    chairman  of  the  street 
committee  of  the  village  council  of  Wyoming,  a  beautiful  suburb  of  Cin- 
cinnati;   married,   11/16/1892,   Jennie   Hargitt   of  Hamilton,   O..   and   has 
three  children: 
1.     John  Champney.     2.  Jervis.     3.  Robert. 

2.  William    Coffin   Shinn    (8),   b.   12/1/1838;    ob.   May,  1879;    Captain  in   24th  N.   J. 

Vol.  Inf.;  wounded  at  Fredericksburg,  losing  the  sight  of  one  eye;  member 
of  New  Jersey  Legislature  from  Camden  County;  married  Louisa  J.  Garri- 
son of  Salem,  N.  J.,  and  had  one  child,  Anna  Garrison  Shinn,  who  married 
Samuel  Clement  and  had  three  daughters,  all  living  at  Haddonfield,  N.  J., 
Anna,  Louisa  and  Edith  Clement. 

3.  Thomas  Jefferson  (8).     4.  Charles  Hendry  (8). 

5.  Nancy  Colfiin  Shinn   (S),  b.  11/7/1844;    m.  at  Camden,  N.  J.,  12/6/1865,  Simeon 

Toboy  Ringel,  and  had  three  children: 

1.  Abbie  Coffin    Ringel    (9),   who    married    Sanford   Northrop,   manager   of   the 

American  Refrigerator  Car  Co.;  lives  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  had  one  child, 
Nancy   Northrup. 

2.  William  Earl  Ringel   (9),  who  married  (1)   Mary  L.  Bender,   (2)   Edythe  E. 

Dunlap;  he  is  Asst.  Gen.  Pass.  Agent  of  the  Seashore  Division  of  the 
Penn.  R.  R. ;  two  children  by  first  marriage,  Simeon  Toby  and  James 
Woodward  Ringel. 

3.  Charles  Shinn  Ringel,  m.  Margaret  Steelman;   one  child,  Adah  Ringel. 

6.  Edward  Coffin  Shinn  (8j,  b.  5/2/1846;  married;   he  is  in  the  U.  S.  Army  in  the 

West. 
9.  Thomas  Hammitt  Shinn   (7),  who  on  11/17/1839,  married  Elizabeth  Kellie 
and  had  one  child.  Helen,  who  died  without  issue. 
10.  Levi  Shinn  (7),  married  (1),  Anna  Evans,  in  1856,  who  died  leaving  a  daugh- 
ter, that  died  in  infancy;  (3),  at  St.  PauFs  Cathedral,  Camden,  X.  J.,  8/26/ 
1861,  Eliza  F.  Shick;  he  became  a  wealthy  man,  and  had  children: 

1.  Thomas  Levi  Shinn   (8),  who  now  lives  in  Germantown,  Pa. 

2.  William  C.  Shinn  (.8),  o.  s.  p. 

1004.     John  Shinn  (6).— Levi  (5),  Thomas  (4),  Samuel  (3),  Thomas  (3), 

John   (1). 

John,  fifth  child  of  Levi  and  Hannah  (Beeves)  Shinn,  b.  4/5/1789:  m.,  4/11/ 
1813,  Keturah  Burdsall ;  he  died  4/12/1854;  his  descendants  were: 

1.  Frances  M.  Shinn  (7),  m.  John  Cowperthwaite  at  Medford,  N.  J. 

2.  Hannah  Shinn  (7),  who  died  unmarried. 

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3.  Mary  Wills  Shinn   (7),  b.  12/13/1819;   m.,  9/13/1844,  Henry  Haines,     and  had  seven 

children: 

1.  John  Shinn  Haines  (8j;   ob.  infans. 

2.  Edwin  Burdsall    Haines    (8),  b.   9/20/1847;    ob.   12/30/1892;    m.,   9/23/1868,   Mary 

S.    Brown,    and    had    two   children,   Jennie    Brown   Haines    and    Clara   Mayda 
Haines 

3.  Emma  Wills  Haines;  ob.  infans. 

4.  Ella   Shinn    Haines    (8),   b.   3/7/1853;    m.,    2/24/1881,    Samuel   L.    Dudley   of   Mt. 

Holly,  N.  J.,  and  had  four  children: 
1.  Howard  Samuel  Dudley  (9).     2.  Justus  Haines  Dudley    (9). 
3.  Mary  Ethel   Dudley   (9).     4.  Edwin  Chester  Dudley    (9). 

5.  Henrietta   Shinn   Haines,  b.  4/25/1856;    m.,  1/9/1878,  Charles   P.   Kirkbride,   and 

had  seven   children: 
1.  Henry   Chester    (9).     2.  Lillie   Louisa    (9). 
3.  Anna   Wills    (1»).      4.  Walter   Haines    (9). 
5.  Neva   May    (9J.     6.  Mila  Lippincott    (9). 
7.  Bertha  Frances   (9). 

6.  Mary  Lyda   Haines    (8),  b.   5/29 /1S61;    m.,  11/23/1882,   Joshua  Huston,    and   had 

one  child,  Emma  Wallen  Huston. 

7.  Henry  Rogers  Haines   (S) ;   ol).  infans. 

4.  Kesiah  Shinn   (7),  who  married  Wilkins  Jones. 

5.  Sarah  Shinn  (7),  who  married  Amos  Wilkins. 

6.  Adelaide  Shinn    (7),  who  warried  George  Lovett. 

7.  Ellen  Shinn   (7),  who  died  unmarried. 

1005.    Hannah  Shinn  (6). — Levi  (5),  Thomas  (4),  Samuel  (3),  Thomas  (2), 

John    ( 1 ) . 

Hannah,  sixth  child  of  I^evi  and  Hannah  (l?eeves)  Shinn,  b.  4/5/1791;  mar- 
ried Samuel,  son  of  Isaac  and  Mary  Nowton,  in  1811,  and  liad  children: 

1.  Mary  Newton  (7),  b.  1/20/1812;   m".  Samuel  Edwards,  and  had  two  children: 

1.  Elizabeth    (8).     2.  Levi    (8),  an  Episcopal  clergyman. 

2.  Joel   (7).     3.  Matilda  (7).     4.  John   (7).     5.  Levi  (7). 

6.  Anna  Maria  Newton  (7),  b.  2/28/1821;   married  an  Aiterbury  and  removed  to  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y. 

lOOG.    Sar.ah  1^  SiriNN  (6).— Levi  (5),  Thomas  (4),  Samuel  (3),  Thomas  (2), 

John   ( 1 ) . 

Sarah  Tl.,  seventh  child  of  Levi  and  Hannah  (Reeves)   Shinn,  b.  4/12/1795; 
m.,  Ls.'iO,  Edward,  son  of  Edward  and  .Marv  Xorcross,  and  had  two  children: 

1.  Hannah  Shinn  Norcross    (7),  b.  3/18-/1831";    m.,  2/3/1853,   William   Sutvan,   and   had 

three  children;    she  ob.   11/22/1893. 
1.  Josephine    (S).      2.   Edward   J.    (8). 

3.  William  Aljihonso  Sutvan,  b.  6/6/1863;  m.,  6/4/1890,  Lizzie  M.  Seabury,  and  had 

Gladys  and   W.  Stanton  Sutvan. 

2.  Thomas  Norcross    (7),  b.   7/27/1833;    ob.,   unmarried,   1/22/1890. 

Kior.     Ei.i/\i!i:iii  Siiixx    (('.).— Levi    (.-.),  Thomas   (I),  Sa.muel  (3),  Thomas 

(2),  John    (1  ). 

Elizalictli.  youii,i:v>l  cliihl  of  Levi  and   Ilaimali   (  liecves)   Shiiiii,  h.  n'R/1797; 
m.  .losiah  JJraddock,  and  had  two  sons: 

1.  Neu  Braddock  (7),  who    married  Charlotte  Scott,  and  had   lour  (hiughters: 

1.  Viola    I?radd()ck   (8),   married   Mr.   Burton. 

2.  Onclia   Hraddock   (8),  married   a   .Mr.   Hurlon,  sea  captain. 
:'..   .Mary   Braddock    (8).  married  .lohu   Suiiili. 

4.  Lizzie   Braddock   (8),  niarrie<l. 

2.  Levi    Shinn    Brathlock    (7).   b    .10/31/182<;:    ob.    M    H)/j865;    m.,    4/29/1849,    Margaret 

M.   Norcross.   and   liad    three  children: 

1.  William   N.   Braddock    (S),  married   and   has  clnldiin,  .loscpli,  Albert    1.  aiul    Reg- 

inald  F"..  who  are  married   iiiul    have   children. 

2.  Elizabeth  Braddock   (8);  ob.  infans. 

3.  Isaiah   N.  Braddock   (8).  b.  7/19/]86(i:    m.   ll:\nn;ih   K.    I'ratt  and   had   three  chil- 

dren,  Harry  L.   E..   .\d:i   M:ie  and    Wiiliaiu    I'ratt. 


Sixth  and  Later  Generations.  245 

991.  .Mary  Shinn  (6).— Samuel  (5),  Thomas  (4),  Samuel  (3),  Thomas  (2), 

John   (1). 

Mary,  eldest  child  of  Samuel  and  Christiana  (Wait)  Shinn,  b.  9/6/1769; 
d.  1801,  single;  her  will  was  dated  10th  month,  12,  1801;  probated  11/21/1801; 
recorded  in  Will  Book  Xo.  39,  p.  459.  She  places  residence  at  Evesham,  and 
names  brother  Samuel,  sister  Elizabeth,  grandfather  Thomas,  father  Samuel,  sis- 
ters Hope  and  Rebecca. 

992.  HorE  Shinn  (6). — Samuel  (5),  Thomas  (4),  Samuel  (3),  Thomas  (2), 

John   (1). 

Hope,  second  child  of  Samuel  and  Christiana  (Wait)  Shinn,  b.  12/5/1770; 
m.,  2/23/1804,  Lawrence  Webster,  b.  11/12/1767,  ob.  6/5/1817;  Hope  Shinn  signs 
a  marriage  certificate  at  Upper  Evesham  m  1789;  in  September,  1783,  she  and  her 
sister,  Mary,  were  received  into  membership  at  Upper  Evesham  Monthly  Meeting; 
in  the  third  month,  1804,  she  was  diso\vned  for  marrying  out  of  meeting.  That 
ends  her  connection  with  Friends.  She  died  3/7/1844;  her  father  at  his  death 
gave  liis  Tiiblo  to  Hope;  she  gave  it  to  her  daughter  Elizabeth,  who  gave  it  to  her 
daughter,  Hanna  A.,  who  kindly  sends  these  facts.  The  following  chidren  were 
born  in  or  near  Shinnston,  N.  J. 

Children  of  Lawrence  and  Hope    (Shinn)    Webster. 

1.  Elizabeth    Shinn    Webster    (7),   b.   10/23/1804;    ob.    12/2/1882;    m.   Eden  Williamson, 

8/ol/1825,  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.;   he  was  born  on  the  Eastern  Shore  of  Maryland, 
11/2/1788;    had  ten  children,  all  born  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.: 
1.  Mary   Stokes   (8).     2.  Anna  Vaughn    (8). 
3.  Jane  Pringle   (8).     4.  Rebecca  Shinn    (8). 
5.  Emily  (8).     6.  Hannah  A.  (8).     7.  Margaret  Stolies  (8). 

8.  John  Lawrence  Williamson,  b.  11/26/1842;  m.  in  Philadelphia,  12/8/1863,  Cath- 
erine Avelda  Jones,  b.  Montgomery  County,  Pennsylvania,  8/26/1842,  and 
had: 

1.  Harry  Fibler  Williamson  (9),  b.  6/5/1865;   m.,  11/24/1892,  Ella  Taylor,  and 

had  one  child,  Lillian  Lewis  W^illiamson. 

2.  Clara  Williamson   (9),  b.  9/4/1867;    m.,  11/24/1885,  George  Franklin  dinger, 

and  had  a  son,  Harry  Williamson  Clinger,  b.  3/6/1889.     The  father  died 
2/9/1898. 

3.  Edward    Jones    Williamson    (9),    b.    12/1/1869;    m.,    1/1/1896,    Josephine    E. 

Greenleaf,  and  had  a  daughter,  Ethel  Williamson,  b.  11/28/1896. 

2.  Isaac  Webster  (7),  b.  7/20/1806;   ob.  12/11/1895;    m.  Sarah  Cowperthwaite  and  had 

children: 
1.  Alfred  Balanger  (9).     2.  Theodore  (9). 

3.  Hannah  Webster  (7),  b.  4/21/1808;   ob.  3/28/1874. 

4    Ann  Webster  (7),  b.  3/28/1810;  m.  Eli  S.  Jones,  and  had  children: 
1.  Emma  Jones  (8).     2.  Hope  Jones   (8).     3.  Eli  Jones  (8). 

998      SvMUFL  Shinn   (6).— Samuel  (5),  Thomas   (4),  Samuel   (3),  Thomas 

(2),  John  (1). 

Samuel  eighth  child  of  Samuel  and  Christiana  (Wait)  Shinn,  b.  7/1/1785; 
m  10/11/1804^,  Rhoda  Willsey,  for  which  he  was  disowned  by  Upper  Evesham 
]\ronthiv  ^leetinc-.  His  marriage  was  bv  civil  license,  as  appears  from  l\It.  Holly 
Marriao-e  License  "Record.  I  have  found  bttt  one  child,  Christiana  Shinn  who 
married  T.  L.  Bear  of  Camden,  5^'.  J.  She  made  her  residence  there,  and  had 
children. 

989a      Thomas  Davidson   (6).— Ann  Shinn  (5),  Thomas  (4),  Samuel   (3), 

Thomas  (2),  John  (1). 
Thomas,  eldest  son  of  Jonathan  and  Alice  Ann  (Shinn)  Davidson    b    9/30/ 
1779,  was  married,  but  his  wife's  surname  has  not  been  ascertained.     The  follow- 
ing line  of  descendants  is  given : 


^40  HlSTOUY    OF   THE    ShINN    FaMILY    IN    EUUOPE   AND    AMERICA 

1.  William   .Siimu  David.son    (7),   b.   4/14/1812;  in.,   1/1/1839,   Rebecca   Tyler 

Smith:  he  d.  8/1-^1893;  she  d.  3/11/1S79.     There  were  nine  children: 

1.  Mark  Smith  Davidson   (8j,  b.  2/VJ/1H40;  m.  at  Salem,  N.  J.,  2/18/18G7,  Harriet 

Lanilx^rt,  and  iiad   two  children: 

1.  William    Lanibvrt    Davidson     O),    h.    12/20/1868;     m.,    1892,    Lillie    Kizer    of 

Salom  County,  Sew  Jersey,  and  had  two  children,  Ruth  K.  and  Harriet 
L.   Davidson. 

2.  John  Lambert  Davidson    CJ),  h.  August,  1872;    m.,  March,  1898,  Emma  Wil- 

kinson, and  had  two  children,  Smith  W.  and  John  L.  Davidson. 

2.  Elizabeth   Mill«>r  Davidson    (8j,  b.   12/9/1841;    m..  2/19/1 8t;5,  Joseph  T.   Howard, 

M.  D.,  of  Washinpton,  D.  C,  and  had  four  children: 

1.  A.  I^loyd  Howard   (9),  b.  lbG4;   ob.  infans. 

2.  Joseph  F.  R.   Howard   (9),  b.   11/20/1866;    he,  too,  became  a  physician;    m., 

February,    1894,    Florence    S.    Wander    of    Salem,    N.    J.,    and    ni(jved    to 

Cumberland   County,  where  he  had   six  children: 
1.  Josephine  Theo.   Howard.     2.  Earl   Howard. 
3.  Forest  Keshena  Howard.     4.     A.  Lee  Howard. 
5.  Francis  Carrol  Howard.     6.  Robert  Wander  Howard. 

3.  William   Davidson  Howard    (9),  b.   il/20/18GG;    ob.   yotmg. 

4.  Arl'inis    Lee   Howard    (9j,   b.    2/22/1870;    ra.,    6/20/1901,   Anna    D,    Morrison 

of  Salom,  N.  J. 
li.  Anna  Smith    (8).     4.  Samuel  Tyler  (8j.     5.  Mary  Tyler   (8). 

6.  John  Miller  Davidson   (8),  b.  5/14/1852;   m.,  August,  1879,  Laura  F.  Shoemaker, 

and  moved  to  Bridgoton,  N.  J.     Children: 
1.  Rebecca  Tyler  David:son  (9j.     2.  J.  Irwin  Davidson   (9). 
.'{.  Anna  Smith  Davidson  (9j.    Ralph  Davidson  (9). 

7.  Sallie   A.    S.    Davidson    (8),   b.    4/27/1855;    m.,    2/1 5/1 88!],   J.    H.   Kelty   of    Salem 

County,  New  Jersey,  who  died  in  November,  1889,  leaving  a  son,  Frederick 
Hraiins    Kelty. 

8.  I^uella  Davidson    (8J,  b.  7/10/1857;    m.,  6/15/188.'},  James   Harrison   Mayhew  of 

Pittsgrove,  N.  J.,  and  had  two  children: 
1.  Clifford  Davidson  Mayhew  (9).     2.  Marguerite  Wheeler  Mayhew   (9j. 

9.  Eva  L.  Davidson   (8),  b.  ;{/''''0/1860. 

2.  John  Davidson   (7),  b.  l/lG/1814;  ob.  3/5/18l)G ;  m.,  1/28/1830.  Ann  Justice, 

b.   3/.30/1811,   ob.    o/lG/1878;  moved   to    Clark.sboro,   then    to   Swedesboro, 
Gloucester  County,  X.  J.,  where  they  passed  their  lives.     Children: 
1.  Isaac  Justice  (8).     2.  Mary  (8).     :;.  John  Tyler  (8).     4.  Susanna  (8). 

5.  Mulff»rd    Davl.lson    (H).   b.   3/18/1848;    m.,    1/22/1872,  Mary  L.   Mayhew,  and   had 

children: 

1.  El  wood  Stokes  Davidson  (9),  b.  1 2/14/1 87:i;  m.,  2/23/1898,  Linda  Pimm,  and 

had   two  children,  Emma  G.   and   William  P.  Davidson. 

2.  Warren   Davidson    (9).    b.    3/7/1846;    m.,    12/20/1899,   Hannah    Ridgway,    and 

had  one  child,  Ralph  L.  Davidson. 

3.  Anna   (9).     4.  Mayhew   (9).     5.  Thomas  W.   CJ). 

G.  Blanche    Davidson    (9),    b.    9/15/1882;    m.,    3/19/1902,    Henry    A.    Salisbury, 

and  had  one  child,  Maria  A.  Salisbury. 
7.  Mary   (9).     8.  Lillian   (9). 

6.  Thomas  W.   Davidson    (H),   b.   1/15/1837;    m..  3/1/1860.  Elizabeth   A.   Shuto    and 

liad   three  children,  Susie  S.,  Atley  S.  and  Helen  S.  Davidson,  who  died   in 
infancy. 

7.  James  J.  DavidHf)n   (8),  b.  9/4/1846;  m.,  12/21/1870,  Margaret  T.  Rulon,  and  had 

two  children  at  Swedesboro: 
1.  Ellen  I>enora  (9).     2.  James  J.  (9). 

8.  Sarah  Davidson  (8),  b.  8/22/1842;  m.,  12/20/1866,  at  Swedesboro,  William  Henry 

Beckett,  who  died  3/7/1860,  leaving  children. 

1.  Wilbur  T.  Beckett,  b.  2/17/1868;   m.,  V-"/l«95,  Laura  Hunt,  and  had: 

1.  U;slie  M.  Beckett.     2.  Helen  H.  Jieckett. 

2.  Eva  D.  Beckett    (9),  b.   2/7/1872;    ob.  1887. 

3.  Mary  A.  Beckett  (9).  b.  ^/^/iHlfi■,  m.,  12/27/1899,  Harry  A.  Black  and  moved 

to  the  farm  near  Sharpstown,  Salem  County,  N.  J.;   had  one  child,  Mar- 
guerite D.  Black. 

980^^    Alick  David.son  (G).— Ann  Siiinn  (5),  Thomas  (4),  Samuel  (3), 

Thomas  (2),  John  (1). 

.Mice,  youngest  child  of  Jonathan  and  Alice  Ann    (Shinn)    Davidson,  b.  at 


Sixth  axd  Later  Gexeratioxs.  24? 

Medford,  10/9/1801 ;  m.  Samuel  Stackhouse,  being  his  second  wife.     There  was 
one  child  by  this  marirage,  viz. : 

1.  Rachel  D.  Stackhouse,  who  has  given  me  the  information  herein  presented  as  to 
the  descendants  of  John  and  Ann  (Shinn)  Davidson. 

989i.     TiioiiAs  Proud  (6). — Lucretia  Shixx  (5),  Tho^ias  (4),  Sa^iuel  (3), 

Thomas  (2),  John  (1). 

Thomas,  second  child  of  Abraham   and  Lncretia   (Shinn)    Proud,  b.  2/11/ 
1787;  m.,  in  1820,  Kesiah  Stratton,  and  had  children: 

1.  Hope  Proud  (7),  b.  1821;  ob.  unmarried. 

2.  Levi  Shinn  Proud  (7),  b.  1/20/1829;   m.,  3/9/1854,  Cynthia  Ann  Allen,  and  had  chil- 

dren: 

1.  Charles  R.  Proud  (8),  b.  8/12/1855. 

2.  Sarah    J.    Proud    (8),    b.    10/19/1856;    m.,    12/22/1881,   Thomas    Evans,    and   died 

1/6/1882. 
:',.  Eliza  A.  Proud   (8),  b.  10/22/1857;   m.,  4/20/1897,  William  C.  Frear. 

4.  Kesiah  Proud  (8),  b.  11/27/1861;  m.,  11/2/1885,  John  M.  Ross. 

5.  Lizzie  R.   (8).     6.  Mary  R.  Proud  (8).     This  branch  resides  at  Camden,  Del. 

3.  Charles  Stratton  Proud   (1),  m.,  11/8/1859,  Saran  Briggs  Kay,  and  had  children: 

1.  Alfred  Kay    (8),  who  married  Beulah  V.  Parker,  11/26/1890,  and  had  two  chil- 

dren, Beulah  V.  and  Alfred  Gordon  Kay. 

2.  Ann  Eliza  (8).     3.  Marian  (8).     4.  Charles  Aubrey  (8). 

5.  Edgar  Kay   (8),  married  Lizzie  Rogers  Phillips,  and  had  a  child,  Alice  E.  Phil- 

lips. 

989j.     Pachel  Proud  (G). — Lucretia  Shixx  (5),  Thomas  (4),  Samuel  (3), 

Thomas  (2),  Johx  (1). 

Eachel,  third  child  of  Abraham  and  Lucretia  (Shinn)  Proud,  b.  3/16/1789; 
m.,  11/21/1811,  Samuel  Stackhouse,  and  had  children: 

1.  William  Stackhousc(  7),  b.  10/30/1812;  m.,  2/23/1840,  Mary  Bispham,  daugh- 

ter of  Knoch  and  ^Nlarv  (Simmons)  Shinn,  and  had  children: 

1.  Anna  Lucretia  Stackhouse  (S),  b.  11/26/1840. 

2    Richard  H^nrv  Stackhouse   (8),  b.  8/21/1842;   ob.  unmarried,  10/6/1887. 

3.  Mary  Elizabeth   Stackhouse   (8),  b.   12/22/1844;   m.,  12/22/—    W.   C.  Allen,  and 

had  one  child,  Hettie  May  Allen. 

4.  Hannah  Maria  (8).     5.  Esther  Jane  (8). 

6.  William    Budd    Stackhouse  -(8),   b.   6/23/1853.      (For   sketch   see   descendants   of 

Enoch  and   :Mary    (Simmons)    Shinn.) 
.7.  Joseph  Edwin  Stackhouse  (8),  b.  10/2/1856;  m.,  1/1/1902,  Anna  Lee  Shingle. 

2.  Esther  Stackliouse  (7),  b.  11/2/1814;  ob.  unmarried. 

3.  Abraham  Proud  Stackhouse    (7),  b.  12/28/1816;  m.,  2/12/1842,  Hannah  R. 

Reeve,  widow  of  John  Reeve,  daughter  of  Enoch  and  Mary  (Simmons)  Shinn, 

/Marv'^Ra^chel  ^StVckhouse  (8),  b.  5/5/1843;  m.,  5/5/1864,  John  R.  Haine^  and 
had  one  son,  Abraham  S.  Haines  (9),  b.  10/5/1866,  who  married  Elvina, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Kelsey  Walling.  -r    r^      , ,     i  , 

2.  Samuef  J.  Stackhouse  (8),  b.  12/6/1845;   m.,  8/29/1869,  Emma  J.  Braddock,  and 

1    MarJ^R^^l^ackhouse   (9),  b.  7/5/1870;    m.,   11/29/1887.  Charles  C.   Burdsall. 
I'  Clarence  B    Stackhouse    (9),  b.  1/2/1871;    m.    (1),   10/17/1894,  Elizabeth  M. 
Alurnhv    (2),   1/4/1902,  Irene  Hummell. 

3  Floi-ence  E.'  V.    Stackhouse    (9),  b.   8/2/1872;    m.,  August,  1893,  Ernest   Mc- 

Neal    and  had  two  children,  Mildred  Pauline  and  Helen  Adele  MacNeal. 

4  Herbert  Felton  Stackhouse  (9),  b.  1/21/1874;  m.,  April    1896    Eila  E.,  daugh- 

ter  of  Clayton  and  Rebecca  R.   Stacknouse,   and  had  children.   Russell 
Leroy    ClaVton  Braddock  and  Marian  Arline  Stackhouse. 

3.  A^^a^  4?eTrstaSh!.u'se%?f  b.'v3,a848.  m.,  5/1/1874,  L.d.a  R.  Woo.Ma., 

I.Howard   (9)"'TEdith  (9).     3.  Hannah  (9).     4.  Sallie  (9).     5.  Helen  (9). 


•248  History  or  the  Siiinx  Family  ix  Europe  and  America 

fi.  Abraham  P.   (9).     7.  J.  Frank  (9).     S.  Clinton   (9). 
4.  .SaniiR'I   StiR-khousc   (7),  h.  ;3/-21/1821  ;  oh.  3,  SO/ISI!);  in..  1/21/1847,  Sarah 
Ann  Lewis,  daii^fliter  of  Phineas  and  ^farv ,  and  had  chihlreu: 

1.  Alice  A.    Stack-house    (S),   b.  November,   1847;    m.,   4/12/1870,  Edwin  A.   Thorpe, 

and  had  four  children: 

1.  Caroline  A.  Thorpe   (9).     2.  Sarah  Ann   Thorpe    (9). 

n.  Lewis   Charles   Thorpe    (9).     4.   Kate  Tatlow   Thorpe    (9). 

2.  Lfwis    S.    Stackhouse    (81.    b.    12/9/1854;    m.,    12/20/1880,    Kate    H.    Tatlow,    and 

had   two  children.   .Juliet  and  Jessie  L.   Stackhouse. 

3.  Jessie  Lewis  Stackhouse  (8),  b.  June,  1860. 

.'».  George  Stackhouse  (7).     6.  Elizaheth  Lucretia  (7). 

7.  CL-iyton  Jlaines  Stackhouse  (7),  h.  9/25/1828;  m.  Rehecca  E.  Coles,  and  had 
fhildren  : 

1.  Marion   Coles   Stackhouse    (8).  b.   1/16/1859;    m.,   3/16/1892,   Richard   H.   Haines. 

2.  Walter  Lippincott    (8).     3.   Emma  Jane    (8). 

4.  Albert    Stackhouse    (8),   b.    9/26/1865:    m.    Kale   Cowperthwaite. 

5.  Hannah   R.  Stackhouse   (8),  b.  5/7/1870;    ob.  7/30/1 8SS. 

6.  Ella  E.  Stackhouse  (S),  b.  5/8/1875;  m.,  April.  189G.  Herbert  Felton  Stackhouse, 

and  had  children,  Russell,  Leroy,  Marien,  Arline  and  Clayton  Braddock 
Stackhouse. 

9S9k.     Ruth  pRorD   (0). — Lucretia  Siiinn   (5),  Thomas    (4),  Samuel    (3), 

Thomas  (2),  John  (1), 

Kmli,  fourth  cliUd  of  Abraliaui  and  Lucrrlia    (Sliinn)    I'roud.  b.  4/21/1791; 
III.  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas  and  L3^dia  Rockhill  of  Xorthampton  Township,  Bur- 
lington County,  Xcw  Jersey,  3/30/1817;  he  and  his  family  moved  to  South  Bend, 
Ind.,  in  18.58;  children  all  born  at  Modford,  N".  J. 
L  Elizabeth  Rockhill  (7),  b.  7/19/1818;  ob.  8/20/18.52:  m.  Thomas,  son  of  Isaac 

and  Rachel  Lee,  at  Fo.stertown,  N.  J.,  in  1S42:  liad  childvcn: 

1.  Emma  Lee  (8) ;   ob.  inlans. 

2.  Anna   Lee    (8);    m.    Mr.    Kyrkendall    of   Springdale,    111.,    and    had    four   children. 

whose  habitat  is  unknown. 

3.  George  Washington  Lee   (8),  b.   3/19/1846;    ob.   1/16/1874  at  Denver,   Colo. 

4.  Abigail    Lee    (8),    b.    9/17/1848;    m.    (1),    9/6/1866,    at    Morgantown.    Ind.,    Jesse 

Clarkson.  son  of  George  W.  and  Mary  A.  (Benson)  Davis,  who  died  in 
1882  in  Tennessee;  had  children,  Lizzie,  Annie,  Maria,  Delora,  George 
Thomas.  Sallie  May,  Walter  Henry  and  Viola  Jane  Davis.  The  first  three 
deceased.  Married  (2),  2^3/1885,  at  Crawfordsvillo.  lud..  Henry  Sea,  son  of 
Jesse  and  Julia  (Robertson)  Petro,  and  had  other  children,  born  near  New 
Richmond,  Ind.;  twins,  Everett  and  Earnest  Sea;  Susan  Lenora  Petro  Sea, 
Earnest  Sea,  deceased.  Of  the  first  cliildr(Mi,  George  S.  Davis  married,  6/16/ 
1897.  Alice  Mary  Baldwin,  and  liad  luur  children.  Lewis  Harley,  Charles 
Elstan.  Harvey  Clifford  and  Francis  Lee  Havis.  Viola  .lane  Davis  married 
at  Lafayette,  ind..  <;/l/lSS9,  Wolford  Churcli.  and  had  two  children.  Oka 
Louise  and  Delora  Lee  Church.  Sallie  May  Davis  married,  5/10/1900.  at 
Waveland.  Ind..  Rev.  John  S.  Crowder.  a  Methodist  minister  from  Virginia. 
and  to  them  a  pair  of  twins  was  born  at  DarliTiglon,  Ind..  John  Robert  and 
Mary  Agnes  Crowder.  Walter  Ilein-y  Davis  married,  5/28/1902,  at  Lafay- 
ette,   Ind.,   Grace   Chilils. 

5.  Sarah   Gaskell   Lee   (8).  b.  5/1/1850;    m.    (I).    isTi;,   at    Georgetown.   Ind..   Francis 

Anthony  Rund  of  Germany,  and  had  children,  (1)  Ora  .Mien  Rund,  ob. 
inl'ans;  (2)  Flora  May  Rund,  b.  (;/2l/lS7S,  m..  3/8/1899,  CharU>s  Kesler  Mc- 
Donald, and  had  two  children,  Cecil  Herljen  and  Ivae  McDonald;  (3)  Burt 
Rnsco  Rund,  b.  12/1 1/1  SS((,  m.  12/2/1902,  Emma  F.  Long.  Francis  A.  Rund 
died  in  IK'tf,  and  Sarah  G.  married  (2),  11/M/l!iO(),  John  Skephart. 
f'l  Thomas  Lee  (K),  1).  8/23/lS.''i1  ;  m.  at  Ladoga.  Ind..  8/28/1879.  Nannie  E.  Ei)per- 
son,  and  had  children.  William  Carl.  Fva  Francis,  Walter  Earl.  Harley 
Dickinson.  Iluw.nd  Epperson,  Orval  Thomas  Lee,  of  whom  the  first  two 
deceased. 

2.   Rachel  l{ock]ii!l    C).     ;•..   .Vbigail   K'nrkhill    i^). 

1.  Lydia  Rockhill  (7).  h.  1  /1/182.V.  ni..  1802,  Henry  Powell  of  South  Bemh  Tmi. 


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5.  William  Eockhill   (7),  b.  10/14/1828;  m.  Jane  B.  Richardson,  and  had  chil- 
dren : 

1.  Rebecca   Richardson    Rockhill    (8),    b.    2/28/1856;    m.,   12/4/1890,   Frederick,    son 

of  Jacob  and  Julia  Ann  Curtia,  in  St.  Joseph  County,  Indiana.     No  children. 

2.  Ruth   Anna    Rockhill    (8),    b.    8/29/1857;    m.,    5/3i/1881,    at   Attica,    Ind.      Oliver 

Burgess,  son  of  Daniel  and  Catherine  Keene,  a  traveling  salesman;  had 
children,  Oliver  and  Earl  Keene. 

3.  Mary  Elizabeth   Rockhni    (8),  b.  8/15/1859,  at   South  Bend,   Ind.;    m.,   6/26/1879, 

George  Hodgkinson,  son  of  Judge  George  H.  Alward  of  South  Bend,  Ind.; 
he  is  now  clerk  of  St.  Joseph  Circuit  Court;  had  children,  Robert  Rockhill 
Alward,   Chester  Arthur   Alward,   William    Henry  Alward. 

9801.    Elizabeth  Proud  (6). — Lucretia  Shinn  (5),  Thomas  (4),  Samuel  (3), 

Thomas  (2),  John  (1). 

Elizabetli,  fifth  child  of  Abraham  and  Lucretia  (Shinn)  Proud,  b.  7/20/1793; 
rn.,  G/26/1815,  Samuel,  son  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Eeeve,  and  had  children: 

1.  Mary  C.   Reeve   (7),  b.  3/16/1817;    ob.,  unmarried,  2/18/1872. 

2.  Thomas    Reeve    (7),   b.    6/6/1819;    ob.    3/14/1896;    m.,    3/19/1843,   Mercy    Stackhouse, 

daughter  of  Enoch  and  Mary   (Simmons)    Shinn,  and  had: 

1.  Samuel  Reeve   (8),  b.  2/15/1844;    m.,  8/24/1881,  Sallie  R.   Newton. 

2.  Mary    Emma    Reeve    (8),   b.    7/26/1846;    m.,    3/3/1869,    Isaac    C.    Groff,    and    had 

Joseph  R.  Groff,  who  died  young;  Bertha  M.  Groff,  b.  4/30/1875,  m.,  11/18/ 
1896,  S.  Lippincott  Moore,  and  had  Helen  R.  Moore  and  Earl  S.  Moore; 
Florence  j.  Groff,  b.  12/18/1877,  m.,  2/15/1899,  Linwood  Borton  and  had 
M.  G.  and  Joseph  H.  Borton. 

3.  Josephine  Reeve   (8),  b.   12/7/1848;    ob.,  unmarried,  7/5/1902. 

4.  Thomas  Reeve   (8),  b.   5/16/1855;    m.,  2/9/1876,  Kate  Chew,  and  had  one  child, 

Elsie  S.  Reeve,  b.  12/13/1876,  m.  10/5/1898,  Ralph  Ryley. 

3.  Elizabeth  Ann  Reeve   (i),  b.  7/9/1821;   m.  Aaron  Chew  and  had  chldiren,  Ira  Wins- 

low,  Charles  B. ;  Sarah,  who  married  Swenton  Smith;  Samuel  Reeve;  Mary, 
who  married  Charles  Snyder,  had  several  children,  Laura  Hannah  and  Flor- 
ence  Chew. 

4.  Samuel    Reeve    (7),  b.   2/5/1823;    m.,   1/1/1848,   Jane  K.   Tingle,   and  had  two   sons, 

William  H.  Reeve,  b.  9/7/1849,  who  married  Ella  Wilson;  Samuel  N.  Reeve,  b. 
9/29/1860. 

5.  Elwood    (7).  b.  5/18/1826;  ob.  10/21/1865. 

6.  Levi  P.  Shinn   (7),  b.  7/17/1828;   married  in  November,  1872,  Eliza  Powell,  and  had 

four  children: 

1.  Lizzie    Powell     Reeve     (8),    b.    1/27/1874;     m.,    11/20/1895,    Frederick    Winston 

Branin,  and  had  one  child,  Frederick  L.  Branin. 

2.  Alice  Reeve  (8).  b.  1/19/1876;   m.  Irving  Stewart,  1897. 

3.  Helen  Reeve    (8),  b.   4/23/1882;    m.  Frank   Springer,   12/23/1901. 

4.  Levi  P.  Reeve  (8),  b.  12/5/1889. 

7.  William  S.  Reeve  (7),  b.  10/17/1830;   m.  Anna  Powell,  10/21/1868,  and  had  children: 

1.  William    S.    Reeve    (8),    b.    8/13/1869;    m.,    10/21/1890,   Mary   Johnson,    and    had 

two  children,  Elsie  D.,  b.  2/27/1894;    Ruth  R.,  b.  11/13/1900. 

2.  Clara    Elizabeth    Reeve    (8),    b.    9/17/1871;    m.,    4/16/1898,    Robert    Goldy.      No 

children. 

3.  Sara  Anna  Reeve    (8),  b.   4/16/1873;    m.   Pierce   C.   Heisler,   12/1/1892,   and   had 

one  child.  Orlande  A.,  b.  10/12/1893. 
4    John    W.    Reeve     (8),    b.    6/26/1877;     m.,    6/29/1898,    Annie    Howell,    and    had 
one  child,  John  W.,  b.  4/26/1900. 

5.  Isaac  P.     (8).     6.  Bessie  May   (8). 

8.  Rachel  S.  Reeve  (7),  b.  1/27/1833. 

9.  John    W.    Reeve    (7),    b.    10/26/1835;    m.,    7/5/1854,    Sarah    Kemble,    and    had    three 

children: 
1.  Harry   M.  Reeve    (8),  who  married  Ida  V.  Roberts,   and   had   two  children,   Ida 

and  John  Reeve. 

2  Frank  W.   Reeve    (8),   who   married   Mamie   Oldfield,   and   had   one   child,    Clara 

Reeve. 

3  Anna  V.   Reeve    (8),  who  married  Wesley  Keamer  Harris   and   had   three   chil- 

dren   Reeve  B.,   Sara  and   Romaine  Harris. 

10.  Ruthanna  Reeve   (7),  b.  11/26/1837;   ob.  unmarried. 


2o0  History  of  the  Shinx  Family  ix  Europe  and  America 

989m.    Levi  Proud  (6).— Lucretia  Siiixn  (5),  Thomas  (4),  Samuel  (3), 

Thomas  (2),  John  (1). 

Levi,  sixth  child  of  Abraham  and  Lncretia  (Shinn)  Proud,  b.  5/27/1797; 
ob.  9/6/1827  :  m.  Ann  Coles  Davis,  and  had  children: 

1.  Samuel  D.  Proud   (7),  b.  1/21/1821;   m.,  11/29/1849,  Catherine  Byerly,  and  had  chil- 

dren: 

1.  Levi    S.    Proud    (8),    b.    9/10/1850:    m.,     11/22/1877,     Lenora     Antrim,    and    had 

children,  Leon  B.,  Louis  A.,  Emily  M.,  Samuel  D.,  Roy  and  Daisy  D.  Proud. 

2.  Anna    E.    Proud    (8),   b.   7/23/1852;    m.,   12/23/1874,   William    H.    Harff.    and    had 

children: 

1.  .Alary  Emma  Harff   (9),  b.  2/11/1876;   m.,  5/17/1899,  Alfred  Darnell. 

2.  Charles  E.  Harff   (9),  b.  9/26/1877;    m.,  5/4/1899,  Ella  Stackhouse,  and  had 

two   cliildren,  Verna  K.   and   Roy  W.   Harff. 

3.  Mary  C.  Proud   (8j,  b.  9/6/1S55;    m.,  7/17/1895,  Thomas  MarLfe  gf 

4.  John  A.  Proud   (8).     5.  Emma  A.  Proud   (8). 

G.  Samuel  David  Proud  (S).  b.  7/31/1861;  m.,  1/14/1885,  Ida  Langelon,  and  had 
three  children,  .John  A.,  Lena  and   Margueretta  E.  Proud. 

2.  Caroline  C.  Proud   (7),  b.  1/14/1823. 

3.  Abraham  C.  Proud  (7),  b.  9/G/1825;  m.,  6/10/1852,  Amanda  Smith,  and  had  children, 

Emma,  Amanda  and  George  S.  Proud,  who  married  Mary  E.  Fowler  in  1890. 

989n.     John  Proud   (G). — Lucretia  Shinn    (5),  Thomas   (4),   Samuel    (3), 

Thomas  (2),  John  (1). 

John,  seventh  child  of  Abraham  and  Lucretia  (Shinn)  Proud,  b.  9/11/1799; 
<.b.  9/18/1859  at  Rollin,  Mich.:  m  .11/27/1831,  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Ann,  daugh- 
ter of  Stephen  and  Hannah  .Moor,  b.  12/11/1798,  at  Merion,  Pa.,  ob.  11/3/1883, 
at  Agricultural  College,  ^lich.,  and  had  children: 

1.  George  Proud  (7),  b.  1834;  ob.  1834. 

2.  William   Moor   Proud    (7),  b.   3/31/1834;  m..   10/4/1860,   Ann   Mercy   Bell, 

daughter  of  Eliliu  and  Lucretia   (Paddock)   Talbcrt;  his  yotitli  spent  on  the 
farm  near  Rollin,  Mich.;  1856  to  1869  farmer  and  mechanic  at  Hesper,  la,; 
1869  to  1887  same  business  at  Lawrence,  Xan. ;  since  1887  mechanic  at  Whit- 
tier,  Cal.     Children: 
1.  Carroll  John  Proud  (8),  b.  12/18/1865,  at  Hesper,  la. 

2  .Ernest  Elihu  Proud  (8),  b.  3/19/1868;  m.,  4/9/1890,  Cathora  Vandruff,  and 
had  Cliildren.  Cuillord.  Alta  Mora,  Lucien  Everett,  Leila  May,  Lester  Paul 
and  Cecile  Roy  Proud. 

3.  Francis    Eldred    Proud    (8),    b.    3/10/1870,    at    McLouth,    Kan.;    m.    (1),    Ella    B. 

Cope;    (2).   Minnie  Brown:    childron: 
By   (1)   Ella  B.  Proud.     By  (2)    El  wood   I'roud. 

4.  Augusta  May  Proud    (8),  b.  5/4/1  ,S7:'.;   ob.   12/4/1874. 

5.  Ellie    Ray    Proud    (8),    b.    5/9/187.">:     m.,    11/25/1897.    at    Whittier,    Cal.,    Emma, 

daugbler    of    Stephen    and    Amy    (Aldrich)     Harkness,    and    had    one    child, 
Bula  Proud. 

6.  Lufretia    Ann    Proud    (8),   b.    8/28/1877;    m.,    10/5/1902,   at    Whiiiier,    Cal..   John 

Thcroii  Keck,  a  contractor  and  builder  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

3.  Hachcl  .Moor  I'lond   (7),  b.  7/16/1835. 

I.  Hannah  ;\iin  I'roud  (7),  b.  4/28/1837  at  Medlord,  X.  ,).;  m.,  9/2/1863  at 
Ivoliin,  Micb..  \Villiam  James,  son  of  William  ami  Rachel  S.  (Comstock) 
Beal;  graduate  Michigan  University,  A.  B.,  185!» :  IMi.  D.,  1880;  B.  S.,  Har- 
vard, 1865;  employed  at  Friend's  Acailciny  and  I  lowland  Scliool,  TTnion 
S])rings,  N.  Y.,  1863-68;  since  1870  Professor  of  Botany,  .Michigan  Agrictil- 
turnl  College;  he  was  born  3/11/1833  at  Adrian,  Mich,;  ]\[rs.  Hannah  A. 
Beal  is  another  most  helpful  woman  ;  Iht  intelligence  is  of  the  kind  that 
grasps  what  is  wanted  and  supplies  the  want  splendidly  and  accurately.  The 
children  of  this  nuirriage  were: 
1.  Jessie  Irene  Real  (8).  b.  in  Chicago,  Rl..  3/17/1870;  in..  1/2/1896.  at  Agricul- 
tural  College,    Michigan,    Ray    Staiuiard.    son    of   Joseph    and    Alice    (Potter) 


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Baker,    b.    4/17/1870,    at   Lansing,    Mich.;    graduate    Mich.    Agrl.    Coll.    1889; 
with   Chicago  Record  1892-98;    then   associate  editor  and  special  writer  Mc- 
Clure's  Magazine,  New  York  City;    she  graduated  Agr.  Coll.  1890;    children- 
1.  Alice  Beal    (9).     2.  James  Stannard    (9). 

5.  Thr.mas  Shinu  Proud  (7),  b.  11/21/1839;  m.,  12/22/1867,  at  Hesper,  Iowa, 

Ella  Elizabeth  Graham,  b.  10/9/1847,  at  Conwav,  Mass.;  has  resided  in 
Lenawee  County,  Michigan;  Winneshiek  County, " Iowa;  Jefferson  County, 
Kansas,  and  Jefferson  County,  Nebraska;  fanner,  carpenter,  bridge  con- 
structor and  builder;  now  lives  near  Kalispell,  Mont.     Children: 

1.  William   John   Proud    (8;,  b.   10/17/1868;    m.,   1/4/1893,  at   Fairbury,   Neb.,  Mary 

Murray,  and  had  two  children,  Lyle  and  Edith  Sephina  Proud. 

2.  Gratia   Narcissa   Proud    (8),   b.   2/6/1872   at   Springdale,   Kan.;    m.,   5/15/1901,   at 

Kalispell,  Mont.,  Joseph  A.  Roe,  from  Melverton,  Ontario;  he  is  a  dairy- 
man at  Kalispell;   there  was  one  child,  Zella  Romona  Roe. 

3.  Oscar  Emery  Proud   (8),  b.  2/14/1874. 

4.  Inez    Gertrude    Proud    (8),    b.    12/19/1877    at    Daykin,    Neb.;    m.,    11/10/1897,    at 

Fairbury,  Neb.,  Elmer  Curtis  Friend,  and  had  one  child,  Duane  Lloyd  Friend. 

6.  Joseph  Lewis  Proud  (7),  b.  8/14/1841;  ob.  4/8/1887  at  Grand  Kapids,  Mich.; 

farmer  till  1867,  then  agent  for  sewing  machines  at  Angora,  Ind.,  Jackson 
and  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.;  m.  (1),  12/11/1867,  at  Mount  Clemons,  Mich., 
Snrali  Chase,  (2)  at  Jackson,  Mich.,  4/27/1874,  Orpha  (George)  Hall. 

989p.     Mary  Proud   ( 6 ) .— Lucketia  Shinn   (5),  Thomas    (4),  Samuel    (3), 

Thomas  (2),  John  (1). 

Mary,  youngest  daughter  of  Abraham' and  Lucretia  (Shinn)  Proud,  b.  12/31/ 
1803;  ob.  at  Luniberport,  N.  J.,  10/27/1856;  m.,  Thomas  Joyce  and  had  two  chil- 
dren, who  died  young.  Thomas  Joyce  was  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  War  and  was 
buried  at  the  Soldiers'  Home,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

1009.     William   Shinn    (6). — Thomas    (o),  Thomas    (4),   Samuel    (3), 

Thomas  (2),  John  (1). 

William,  second  child  of  Thomas  and  Jane  (Austin)  Shinn,  b.  at  Medford, 
N.  J.,  7/31/1787 ;  m.  at  Medford,  Jane,  daughter  of  Adouijah  and  Sarah 
Peacock,  1/31/1811;  moved  with  his  father  in  1808  to  Columbiana  Count}',  Ohio; 
thence  to  Warren  County,  and  finally  to  Shelby  County,  Ohio,  where  he  died,  12/2/ 
1862.  His  wife  died  in  Warren  Coimtv  10/31/1834.  His  descendants  are: 
1.  Thomas  P.  (7).     2.  Sarah  V.   (7).     3.  Mary   (7).     4.  Elma  (7). 

5.  William  Shinn  (7),  b.  Warren  County,  Ohio,  3/10/1818;  m.  in  Shelby  County,  Ohio, 
1/ — ^/1840,  Denitia  Stokes;  farmer;  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  many  years;  prom- 
inent in  the  Orange  Chapel  M.  E.  C;  ob.  9/15/1895  and  buried  in  Orange  Chapel 
Cemetery.     His  descendants  are: 

1.  Sarah   Jane    Shinn    (8),   b.   in   Shelby   County,   Ohio.;    m.,   7/13/1884,   Thomas   J. 

Baker.  By  this  marriage  there  was  one  child,  that  died  in  infancy.  Mrs. 
Baker  still  lives  at  Anna,  O.,  a  very  intelligent  woman.  She  has  many 
curious  relics  of  her  great-grandmother,  Jane,  one  being  the  Quaker  cap  she 
wore  to  church;  also  Jane's  picture,  and  that  of  her  Uncle  Austin. 

2.  Brendella  (8).     3.  Milton  Russell  (8). 

4.  Wilford   Edwin   Shinn    (8),   b.   in   Shelby   County,   Ohio,    4/2/1851;    m.,    3/2/1876, 

Mary  E.  Mesker,  and  had  the  following  children: 
1.  Roy  G.    (9).     2.  Charles  Ross    (9).     3.  Shinn    (9);    ob.  infans. 

5.  William  Roswell  Shinn   (8),  b.  in  Shelby  County,  Ohio,  6/15/1855;    m.  Laura  L. 

Field,  12/26/1876;  moved  to  Benton  Harbor,  Mich.;  thence  to  Chicago,  111.; 
lawyer  and  author;  Dean  of  University  Law  School  in  Chicago  and  a  most 
excellent  and  profound  instructor.  In  the  various  law  books  he  has  pub- 
lished he  stamped  himself  indelibly  upon  the  legal  affairs  of  the  State  of 
Illinois,  and  erected  for  himself  a  monument  more  durable  than  granite. 
From  a  country  school  boy  in  Shelby  County,  Ohio,  to  an  eminent  law  writer 
for  a  great  state  in  the  short  period  of  twenty-five  years  is  the  reward 
America  gives  her  sons  of  promise.  His  works  are:  "Pleading  and  Prac- 
tice  for  the    State  of   Michigan,"    "Pleading  and    Practice   for   the    State  of 


252  History  of  the  Shinn  Family  in  Europe  axd  America 

Illinois."  a  work  upon  "  Garnishment,"  another  upon  "  Attachment."  He  fell 
dead  upon  tne  street  in  Chicago  in  February,  1903,  and  was  buried  in  Benton 
Harbf)r.  Mich.     His  children  were: 

1.  Hanild    Rrough    Shinn    (lU.    b.    9/24/1877;    graduated    Northwestern    Univer- 

sity. Evanston.   III. 

2.  Howard    (9).     :J.  John  Leslie    (9).     4.  Walter  Q.    (9). 
6.  Jane  A.  (7).     7.  John   (7). 

8.  Martha  Ann  Shinn  (7),  b.  6/22^1827:    m.  Alexander  Howard;    she  died  4/11/1851. 

9.  Adonijah  Shinn   (7),  b.  3/6/1829;   m.  Sylvester  N.  Howard  of  Chicago,  111. 

1(»1().     AisTix    Siiixx    (6).— Thomas    (5),    Thomas    (4),    Samuel    (3), 

Thomas  (-2),  John  (1). 

Austin,  tliird  cliild  of  Thomas  and  Jane  (Austin)  Shinn.  was  horn  at  ]\[ed- 
ford,  N.  J.,  :/9/1794;  m..  at  .Mt.  Holly,  in  1820,  :\[artha  Hopewell.  His  descend- 
ants were: 

1.  Samuel  Austin  Shinn   (7),  b.  at  Mt.  Holly,  N.  J.,  9/14/1821;    m.,  1850,  Marie  Davis; 

ol).  at   Xorrlstown.  Pa..  4/1/1899.     Children: 

1.  Charles    T.    Shinn    (8),    b.    3/17/1851;    prominent    physician    at    Norristown,    Pa. 

Unmarried. 

2.  Elizabeth  D.  Shinn   (8),  b.  6/7/1853;   ob.  unmarried,  1877. 

2.  William  Shinn   (7),  b.  at  Mt.  Holly,  N.  J.,  1823. 

1013.    Eaxsom  Shinn  (6). — Bexjamix  (5),  Benjamin  (4),  Sa:^iuel  (3), 

Thomas  (2),  Joiix  (1). 

Kansoni,  second  child  of  Benjamin  and  Tal)itha  (Blackhurn)  Shinn,  was 
horn  in  Giilfin  County,  Georgia,  1830;  m.  Laura  Logan  at  Griffin,  Ga.  Enlisted 
in  the  First  Georgia  Kegiment  in  1847  and  served  through  the  ^Mexican  War.  His 
children  were:  f 

1.  W O (7).     2.  Hannah   (7).     3.  Rebecca    (7). 

1014.    James  Madisox  Shinn  (G). — Benjamin  (5),  Benjamin  (4),  Samuel  (3), 

Thomas  (2),  John  (1). 

James  Madison,  third  child  of  Benjniiiiii  and  'i'aliitha  (Blackburn)  Shinn, 
was  born  at  Gritlin.  (ia.,  1833;  jn.  at  (Jrillin,  Ga.,  Mahah-i  Muse,  l-'nlistcd  in  a 
Georgia  Kegiment,  C.  S.  A.,  and  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Seven  Pines. 

lOK).     JosiAii  Shinn  (G). — Benjamin  (5),  Benja:\[in  (4),  Samuel  (3), 

Thom.\s  (2),  John  (1). 

Josiah,  fifth  chiJil  of  Benjamin  and   'Pabilha    ( lilackburn)    Shinn,  was  born 

at   Grillin,    Ga.,   .S/4/1S37;   eidistcd    in    tiie  lu'ginicnt    Georgia    Volunteers, 

C.  S.  A.,  in  18G1,  and  served  throiigii  the  war;  married,  isc.  I.  at  (irillin.  (la.  Of- 
fered his  services  in  1897  for  the  Spanish-. \iiirri(  an  wai-.  luii  was  rejected  on  ac- 
count of  age.  He  said  that  the  day  tliat  he  was  mustered  out  of  the  Confederate 
service — the  cause  he  thiuight  was  right — h(>  was  ri'ady  to   light  fm-  T'ncle  Sam. 

Lives  at  Victory.  Ga.     His  desceiHhinis  are: 

1.  Charles  Jackson   (7).  b.  9/8/1865;   m.  Burta  Cobb. 

2.  E.  R.   (7),  b.  1/12/1869;    m.  Mollie  Taney. 

3.  Robert  Lee   (7).  b.  11/1 /I S67;    m.  Othello  Echols. 

4.  Josiah  E.   (7),  b.  2/19/1870;    m.   Eugenia   Wliilo. 

5.  Hessie  Hagem   (7),  b.  1/12/1871;    in.  Tlionius   Higgins. 
7.  Lucy   (7).  b.  1/10/1880;   ni.  Jos.'ph  Thompson. 

loi*.     L'h.vstus  Shinn  (G). — Hkn.ja.min  (5),  Hknmamin  (4),  Samuel  (3), 

Thomas  (2),  John  (1). 

I'rastus  Shinn,  eldest  ehdd  of  l>enjamin  Shinn  i)y  his  second  marriage,  was 
})orn  at  Grilfin.  Ga,  In  18G1  he  enlisted  in  a  Georgia  Kegiment  of  Confederate 
Volunteers;  elected  Captain  of  Company;  killed  at  Murfrecsboro. 


Sixth  axd  Later  Gexeeatioxs.  253 

1019-A.    Joseph  Hexly  Shixx  (6).— Josiah  (o),  Bexjamix  (i),  Samuel  (3), 

Thomas  (3),  Johx  (1). 

Joseph  Henly,  elde.st  child  of  Josiah  Carlock  and  Elizabeth  (Humphreys) 
Shinn,  b.  2/6/1833  at  Terre  Haute,  Ind.;  educated  at  Georgetown  College,  Ken- 
tucky; to  California  overland  in  1849;  gold  digger  at  Shasta  until  1864;  to  Baker 
City,  Ore. ;  elected  County  Clerk  1866-1870 ;  Eegister  of  State  Land  Office  from 
1876  to  1880;  m.,  1/1/1867,  Evaline  M.  Chandler.  After  twenty  years  of  business 
life  in  Baker  City  he  came  back  to  the  states  and  was  in  business  in  Kentucky  and 
Arkansas;  thence  to  Buenos  Ayres,  South  America;  thence  to  Berkeley, ""  Cal., 
where  he  died  September,  1901;  member  Durant  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Berkeley; 
Past  Master  at  Baker  City,  Ore.     His  children  were: 

1.  George  Hazen  Shinn   (7),'  b.   2/1/1868,  at  Auburn,  Ore.;    educated  in  Public   Schools 

and  University  of  Oregon;  admitted  to  the  bar  1892;  Dept.  Dist.  Atty.  6th  Jud. 
Dist.  of  Oregon  1892-1896;  Chief  Deputy  Internal  Revenue  Collector,  Portland, 
Ore.,  1898  to  present  time;  m.,  1/11/1895,  Dell  M.  Caples  of  Columbia  City,  Ore., 
and  has  one  child,  George  Caples  Shinn.  The  grandfather  of  his  wife  was  Dr. 
James  McBride;  physician  and  minister  of  the  Christian  Church;  he  was  an 
own  cousin  of  President  Andrew  Jackson,  and  a  relative  of  Jefferson  Davis; 
minister  to  Hawaii  under  President  Lincoln;  her  uncle  is  John  R.  McBride,  the 
first  Congressman  from  Oregon,  and  appointed  by  President  Lincoln  U.  S.  Dis- 
trict Judge  in  Idaho;  another  uncle  was  Hon.  Geo.  W.  McBride,  eight  years 
Secretary  of  State  for  Oregon  and  U.  S.  Senator  from  1895  to  1901,  and  now 
one  of  the  U.  S.  Commissioners  at  the  World's  Fair,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

2.  Eva  M.    Shinn    (7),   b.   Baker  City,   Ore.,   10/27/1869;    graduated   University   of   Cali- 

fornia; lived  several  years  in  Chili;  teacher  of  Latin  in  High  School,  Berkeley, 
Cal.;  m.,  1889,  at  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Martin  B.  Stone,  and  had  one  child,  Lurita 
Stone. 

1019-B.    James  Henry  Shixx  (6). — Josiah  (o),  Bexjamix  (4),  Samuel  (3), 

Thomas  (2),  Johx  (1). 

James  Henry,  youngest  child  of  Joseph  Carlock  and  Elizabeth  (Humphreys) 
Shinn,  b.  8/28/1836  at  Terre  Haute,  Ind.;  educated  public  schools,  and  George- 
town College  (Ky.)  ;  to  Shasta,  Cal.,  in  1851;  at  French  Gulch,  he  was  an  active 
factor  in  the  events  of  a  time  that  can  never  be  reproduced;  to  Baker  City,  Ore., 
in  1862 ;  it  has  been  said  of  him  there:  "  K'o  man  had  more  to  do  with  laying  the 
beams  of  civilization  in  Baker  Count}'  than  he^';  in  1866  he  was  elected  SherifE 
and  held  the  office  four  years ;  elected  County  Judge  in  1882  and  served  four  years ; 
meml)cr  of  the  Council'  of  Baker  City ;  in  debate  he  was  said  to  be  "  re&dy,  ag- 
gressive, redoubtable  and  eloquent."'  His  funeral  was  a  grand  testimonial  of  pub- 
lie  esteem ;  every  available  vehicle  in  the  city  was  put  to  use,  and  teams  and  carriages 
in  extensive  numbers  came  from  the  valley;  he  was  always  prominent  in  public 
affairs;  his  nature  would  not  permit  him  to  be  obscure;  "  Xature  made  him  a  giant 
intellectually  and  he  displaved  his  powers  in  disposing  the  events  and  affairs  of 
Baker  Countv."  Ob.  12/30/1889;  m.  at  Wingville,  Ore.,  1866,  Lavina  Toney,  b. 
Mt.  Vernon,"  HI.,  8/11/1850.  His  widow  married  in  1893,  James  Wisdom,  a 
bankrr  of  Baker  Citv.    Descendants  of  James  Henrv  and  Lavina  (Toney)   Shinn: 

1.  Asa  Calhoun  Shinn' (7),  b.  9/18/1868,  at  Wing\'ille,  Ore.;  m.,  12/1/1889,  Ephigenia  Mc- 

Cord,  b.  at  Baker  City,  11/11/1871;  ob.  4/15/1897.  Merchant  and  stock  raiser;  his 
children  are  Hazel,  Leland,  Lavina,  Angelina  and  Syrenus. 

2.  Albert  Edward  Shinn  (7),  b.  at  Baker  City,  Ore.,  February,  1871.     Clerk  in  the  U.  S. 

Mail    Service   between    New    York   City    and    Hamburg,    German    Empire;    m.    a^ 

New  Haven.  Conn,.  Mae  Sheldon,  daughter  of  a  prominent  citizen  of  New  Haven. 

and  had   children,  Eleanor  Mae,  w-ho  died,  and   Esther  Sheldon. 
3    Robert  Franklin  Shinn  (7),  b.  at  Baker  City,  Ore.,  October,  1872. 
4^  James  Henrv   Shinn    (7),  b.   at  Baker  City,   Ore.,   8/19/1880;    m.,   11/2/1901,   at  The 

Dalles,  Ore,  Rose  Bucklir.  b.  8/9/1881. 

1020     Josi\H  Hazex  Shixx  (6).— Josiah  (5),  Bex.jamix   (4),  Samuel  (3), 

Thomas  (2),  Johx  (1). 
Josiah  Hazen  Shinn,  eldest  child  of  Josiah  Carlock  and  Elizabeth  Frances 


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History  of  the  Shiis'x  Family  in  Europe  and  America 


(Gilpin)  Shinn,  was  born  at  Eussellville,  Ark.,  3/39/1849;  learned  to  read  at  his 
father's  knee  in  his  third  year;  to  Louisville..  Ivy.,  in  1854;  entered  school  there  in 
his  sixth  year,  being  placed  in  the  third  grade;  to  Cincinnati  in  1859;  passed 
through  the  intermediate  and  high  school  grades  of  the  schools  of  that  city;  grad- 
uated at  the  Oliio  Xonnal  School  in  18G9;  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Cincinnati  1S72, 
but  never  practiced;  he  was  examined  for  admission  by  Stanley  Matthews,  after- 
wards Associate  Justice  of  the  U.  S.  at  Washington;  Judge  Hoadlej'-,  T.  D.  Lin- 
coln and  Henry  Snow;  taught  school  for  ciglitecn  years  in  Ohio,  Kentucky  and  Ar- 
kansas; married,  l/'^/l^'^^?  ^t  Bridgepoi't,  Franklin  County,  Ky.,  Mildred  Carl- 
ton, daughter  of  Jacob  and  Catherine  (Mueller)  Williams. 

The  father  of  the  bride  Avas  a  soldier  in  the  5th  Kentucky  Orphan  Brigade, 
C.  S.  A.,  and  grandson  of  Jesse  Williams  of  Nelson  County,  Va.,  a  Eevolutionary 


Wreath  placed  by  Josiah  H.  Shinn  on  the  sarcophagus  of  Emperor 

Alexander  III.  in  the  cathedral  of  St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul, 

St.  Petersburg,  January,  1894.     The  only 

American  wreath. 


Soldier.  Mr.  Sliinu  moved  to  Arkansas  in  188,3;  institute  instructor  for  five  years 
under  W.  E.  TbomiJ.son;  Stale  Superintendent;  President  State  Teachers'  Associa- 
tion 18S7;  Chief  Clerk  in  olTice  of  Secretary  of  State  under  Elias  B.  Moore  and 
Ben.  B.  Chism  1885-1890;  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  1890-1894; 
rcccivcfl  the  liighest  vote  cast  for  any  man  on  the  state  ticket;  estal)lished  the  first 
State  Xormal  Schools  in  .Arkansas  wliilc  in  this  otlice;  organized  the  Southern  Edu- 
cational Association  at  "Moorebead  City,  N.  C.  in  1891,  and  was  elected  its  first 
President;  re-elected  at  Chattanooga,  Tcnn.  in  1893;  Vice-President  National  Ed- 


Sixth  axd  Later  Gexerations.  255 

ucatioiial  Association   1892:  placed  specially  by  the  Legislature  of  Arkansas  in 


presented  to  Emperor  Nicholas  I,  at  the  AnitchkofE  Palace. 

Writer  for  the  Little  Rock  Gazette  and  Democrat;  editor  and  publisher  for 
ten  years  of  the  Arkanma  Teacher  and  Southern  School  Journal";  established  the 
first  Chautauquas  in  Arkansas  at  Spring-dale,  Mammoth  Spring  and  Fort  Smith 
in  3898,  1899,  1900,  1901;  lecturer  1896  and  1897  in  Mississippi,  Alabama,  Geor- 
gia, Tennessee  and  Missouri;  President  of  Springdale  College  1898-1901;  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  Accounts  Division,  Indian  Otfice,  Department  of  Interior,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  1901 ;  to  tlie  Indian  Warehouse,  Chicago,  111.,  1902. 

Mr.  Shinn  has  publisbed  the  following  books  and  pamphlets:  "The  Public 
Scbool  and  the  College,  1891;  "The  South  in  Public  Education,"'  1891;  Vassar 
College,  Pampblet,  1891;  "Illustrated  Arkansas,"  1892;  "History  of  the  Ameri- 
can People,"  1893 ;  "  History  of  Education  in  Arkansas,"  published  by  the  U.  S. 
Government,  1899;  "Russia  at  the  World's  Fair,"  in  English  and  Russian,  1894, 
'IMiis  was  republished  by  Russian  governmental  officials.  "History  of  Arkansas," 
for  schools.  1S9.-);  "Primary  History  of  the  United  States,"  1899;  "History  of 
the  Russian  i'hnpire,"  for  Libraries,  in  preparation.  Registrar  of  the  S.  A.  R.  for 
Arkansas,  1892-3-4.  Member  of  the  American  Institute,  1894;  Honorary  Member 
of  the  Pennsylvania  and  West  Virginia  Historical  Societies,  1894;  Member  of  the 
Im])erial  Russian  Geographical  and  Historical  Societies,  1894;  Member  of  the 
Cliristian  (Jhurch,  a  good  speaker  and  a  Democrat.  His  wife,  Mildred  Carlton 
Shinn,  also  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church,  was  prominent  in  Church  and 
social  circles  in  Little  Rock,  and  other  parts  of  Arkansas;  is  a  woman  of  strong 
convictions,  and  her  influence  has  always  been  given  to  the  suppression  of  liquor 
selling  and  other  forms  of  vice;  progressive  in  religious  matters,  she  always  favored 
advanced  methods  for  the  propagation  of  the  Gospel  at  home  and  abroad ;  a  member 
of  the  C.  W.  B.  ^^.  of  her  own  church,  and  of  the  W.  C.  T.  U.  wherever  she  has  re- 
sided;  of  the  Society  for  the  Rescue  of  Fallen  Women  at  Little  Rock;  of  the  Co- 
operative Club  for  the  betterment  of  all  classes,  in  which  she  took  an  active  inter- 
est in  Social  Science  and  Economics.  At  the  death  of  her  mother,  in  1876,  she 
undertook  to  rear  four  of  her  brothers  and  sisters ;  Margaret  Williams,  now  the 
wife  of  James  W.  Wells,  Bentonville,  Ark;  Mattie  Williams,  for  eight  years  clerk 
in  the  oftice  of  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  Little  Rock,  Ark., 
and  still  so  employed;  Jo  Desha  Williams,  now  a  successful  merchant  at  Russell- 
ville,  Ark.,  and  Julian  Otis  Williams,  now  and  for  ten  years  past  a  compositor  on 
the  Little  Rock  Gazette  and  Democrat,  Little  Rock,  Ark.  In  1892  she  received 
Zeller  Hazen  Shinn,  son  of  her  husband's  brother,  into  her  family,  and  kept  him 
until  1897,  when  he  joined  the  1st  Arkansas  Volunteers  in  the  Spanish-American 
War;  then  came  the  care  of  her  own  father  and  of  the  stepfather  of  her  husband. 
Through  all  this  lalior  she  found  time  for  every  good  work  of  the  neighborhood 
and  e.xerted  a  good  influence  over  the  moral  and  intellectual  status  of  every  place 
in  which  she  lived.  Her  own  house  was  always  in  order,  and  she  always  found  time 
to  aid  everv  good  work  with  her  presence,  her  means  and  her  whole  soul.  Two 
busier  people  have  rarely  ever  been  united  as  happily  as  these,  and  their  silver  wed- 
ding, 1/7/1900,  was  a  milestone  in  their  lives  which  showed  them  the  appreciation 
others  had  for  them.  Four  hundred  silver  presents  from  all  parts  of  the  United 
States  made  the  event  one  never  to  be  forgotten.  (See  Frontispiece.  Also  en- 
graving facing  page  160.) 

Children  of  Josiah  Hazen  and  Mildred  C.  (Williams)  Shinn. 
1    Grace  Electra  Shinn  (7).  b.  at  Bridgeport,  Franklin  County,  Ky.,  10/9/1875;  d.  of  ty- 
phoid-malarial fever  at  Russellville,  Ark.,  10/23/1885.     No  more  brilliant  and  no 
better  child  was  ever  born. 


256  History  of  the  Shinn  Family  ix  Europe  and  America 

2.  Joseph  Roy  Longworlh  Shinn  (7).  b.  at  Bridgeport,  Ky.,  3/18/1880.  Educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  Tharp's  Academy  at  Little  Rock,  Ark.  Amanuensis  for  his 
father  in  the  preparation  of  many  books;  offered  for  enlistment  in  the  Spanish- 
American  War.  but  was  rejected  on  account  of  age;  manager  of  the  Springdale, 
Mammoth  Spring  and  Ft.  Smith  Chautauquas;  clerk  in  the  population  division 
12th  census,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  stenogi-aphic  course  Greggs  Business  College, 
Washington,  D.  C,  and  under  Prof.  Cross  of  the  Chicago  University;  business 
manager  of  the  Genealogical  and  Historical  Publishing  Company,  Chicago,  III. 
Unmarried.    (See  engraving,  page  145.) 

1021.     Ezra  Hickman  Shinn  (6). — Josiah  (5),  Benjamin  (4),  Samuel  (3), 

Thomas  (2),  John   (1). 

Ezra  Hifkman  Shinn.  second  child  of  Josiah  Carlock  and  Elizabeth  Frances 
(C4ilpin)  Shinn,  was  boi-n  at  RnssellviUc,  Ark.,  12/25/1850;  educated  at  Louis- 
ville, Kv..  and  Cincinnati,  0. ;  married  at  Eussellville,  x\rk.,  Fannie  Allen;  teacher, 
salesmaji ;  "  liis  mother's  boy."'  Died  at  Eussellville,  Ark.  His  wife  died  soon 
afterwards. 

Children  of  Ezra  H.  and  Fannie   (Allen)    Shinn. 

1.  Zeller  Hazen  Shinn    (7),   b.  at  Russellville,  Ark..   1879;    reared  by  his  uncle,  Josiah 

H.  Shinn;  educated  at  Little  Rock  public  schools  and  at  Tharp's  Academy;  en- 
listed in  the  1st  Arkansas  Volunteers  in  the  Spanish-American  War;  when  mus- 
tered out  he  joined  the  18th  U.  S.  Infantry  and  was  sent  to  the  Philippines;  in 
the  Quartermaster's  Department  at  lioilo,  P.  1.  Served  three  years  there  and 
was  honorably  discharged;  appointed  at  once  to  a  clerkship  in  the  Provincial 
Treasurer's  office;  resigned  1902  to  accept  a  position  in  the  Marine  Hospital 
Service.     Unmarried. 

2.  Eugene  Shinn   (7).  b.  at  Russellville;    at  the  death  of  his  father  entered  the  family 

of  his  aunt,  Mrs.  W.  J.  White.  Clerk  and  bookkeeper  for  a  large  dry  goods 
store  at  that  place.     Unmarried. 

3.  Vernon  Shinn  f7),  b.  at  Russellville,  Ark.;   reared  by  his  aunt,  Mrs.  W.  J.  White. 

1269.     GrEORGE  Tatum  Atkinson   (G). — John  Atkinson   (5),  Samuel  Atkin- 
son (4),  Hannah  Shinn  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1).  • 

George  Tatum  Atkinson,  tliii-d  child  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Borton)  Atkin- 
son, was  born  10/26/1810;  m.  at  Salem,  iST.  J.,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Jesse  Bond, 
2/5/1840;  reside  on  tlic  homestead  near  ^[ullica  Hill,  N".  J.;  celebrated  their 
golden  wedding  2/5/1 89U. 

Children  and  Descendants. 

1.  John  B.  Atkinson    (7),  b.   11/11/1840;    m.,   5/23/1867,  Sarah  A.,   daughter  of  William 

and  Ann  Black  of  Mt.  Holly;    removed  to  Earlington,   Ky.,  where,   in  connection 
wilh  Hon.  John  Clements,  he  piil)lished  a  very  comprehensive  brochure,  entitled 
"The  Atkinsons  in   New  Jersey."     Vice-president  and   treasurer  of   the   St.    Ber- 
nard Coal  Co.     His  children  were: 
1.  John  B.    (8).     2.  Mary  Newbold    (8). 

2.  Lydia  Atkinson    (7),  b.  2/5/1843;    m.   Rol)ert  Comly. 

3.  Townsend   Atkinson    (7),  b.   9/15/1  S4r>;    ob.    unmarried. 
•1.  Caroline  F.    (7),   b.   12/1G/1847;    m.   B.   N.  Farren. 

5.  George  C.  Atkinson    (7),  b.   5/15/1852;    m.   Fannie  M.   Miller;    moved   to   Earlington, 

Kentucky,  where  he  is  employed  as  Secretary  of  the  St.  Bernard  Coal  Co. 
G.  Warren  Atkinson   (7),   1).  2/28/1856. 

1273.    "Restore  SiiiNN  I.a.mm  (('>). —  I'Ili/ \i;i:tii  Simw   (5).  Ukstore  (1),  Fran- 
cis (3),  .Iami:s  (2).  'loll  X   (  1  ). 

Kestore  Shinn  l.iinil),  cldr.-i  cliiM  dl'  Jarnl.  aiiil  l^li/ahelii  (Shiiui)  Laiiili.  was 
born  in  r.nriington  County,  New  Jersey,  13/27/1788;  m.,  4/18/1822,  Mary,  daugli- 
Icr  of  I'ciijaiuin   I*].  Kiduwaw     Their  descendants  were: 

1.  Rebecca  Mcrritt   Lamb    (7);    b.   3/22/1824;    m.,  iii   Burlington   County,   N.   J.,  12/22/ 
1842,  Barclay  White,  of  Mt.  Holly,  a  prominent  surveyor  and  lawyer;  his  articles 


MRS.  CATHERINE  LUCY  STEVENSON   HADDOCK. 


Sixth  and  Later  Gexerations. 


259 


in  the  minutes  of  the  Surveyors'  Association  show  laborious  investigation,  careful 
analysis  anrl  accurate  conclusions.     His  children  were  as  follows: 

1.  Howard    White    (8);    m.    (1)    Ann    Patience   Ellis,    10/2/1869;    (2)    Helen    Trump 

Comly,  6/29/18SG.     By  the  first  marriage  there  were  four  children. 

2.  Joseph  Josiah  White  (8);   m.  11/1/1869,  Mary  Anne  Fenwick,  and  had  four  chil- 

riren. 

3.  George  Foster  White  (8) ;  m.,  10/9/1876,  Mary  Jeans  Walter,  and  had  three  chil- 

dren. 

4.  Uarclay  White   (8);   m.,  5/1/1877,  Anna  Mary  Bradley,  and  had  one  child. 
Benjamin  Ridpcway  Lamb   (7) ;  m.  Sarah  Reeves  Haines,  9/12/1850. 

Lydia  Ann  Lamb  (7);  ob.  sine  proli. 

Restore  Hiddle  Lamb   (7);  m.  (1)  Adelaide,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Margaret  Lamb; 
(2)  Exine  Hosmer,  nee  Evans. 


ZELLER  HAZEN   SHINN.     (See  page  256.) 

1274.    Eebecci  Lamp.  (6). -Elizabeth  Shinn  (5),  Eestore  (4),  Francis  (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Eebocon,  second  child  of  Jacob  and  Elizabeth  (Shinn)   Lamb,  married  Abra- 
ham ^lei-ntt  aiKl  luad  the  follo^mig  cM^  ^^^^^^^^      3/^322.   (g) 

'■  '%^ni7a^?7mf4"NeUold,  Vi%^  ^^^^^'  ^/^V1S49;    (4)   William  H. 

Ellis.  2/12/1857. 

2.  Abraham  Merritt  (7):  m.  Margaret  Budd. 

3.  Jacob  Merritt  (7) ;  m.  Rachel  Woolston. 

4.  Rebecca  Merritt  (7);  m.  John  Champion. 

ir 


260  History  of  the  Shinn  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

1275.  Jacob  La^^ib   (fi).— Elizabeth  Shinn   (5),  Eestobe   (4),  Francis   (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Jacob,  third  child  of  Jacoli  and  Elizabeth  (Shinn)  Lamb,  married  Ann  Ridg- 

way,  and  had  the  following  cliildren: 

1.  John  Lamb  (7);  m. iviainwaring. 

2.  Joseph  L.  Lamb  (7);  m.   (1)  Louisa  Rossell  Shinn;    (2)    Sarah  Stewart 

3.  Sarah  Lamb  (7);  m.  Samuel  Rogers. 

4.  Mary  Lamb   (7) ;  m.  George  Rogers. 

5.  Elizabetli  Lamb  (7);  twin  of  Mary;  ob.  sine  proli. 

6.  Beulah  Lamb  (7);   m.  Joseph  Southwick. 

7.  Anna  Lamb  (7) ;  ob.  sine  proli. 

8.  Jacob  C.  Lamb;  m.  (1)  Caroline  Roberts;   (2)  . 

1276.  Clayton  Lamb  (6). — Elizabeth  Shinn  (5),  Restore  (4),  Francis  (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Clayton,  fourth  child  of  Jacob  and  Elizabeth  (Shin]])  Lamb,  married , 

(laughter  of  Lott  Ridgway,  Jr..  and  had  the  following  children: 

1.  Jacob  Lamb  (7);   m.  Margaret  Watkinson. 

2.  Elizabeth  Lamb  (7);  m.  Budcl  Bodine. 

3.  Clayton  Lamb  (7) ;  m.  Lawrence. 

1278.    Joseph  Biddle  Shinn  (6). — Stacy  (5),  Restore  (4),  Francis  (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Joseph  Biddle,  eldest  child  of  Stacy  and  Anne  (Earl)  Shinn,  was  born  7/23/ 
1796;  married  at  Shrewsbury,  N.  J.,  according  to  the  rites  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church  by  Ilenry  Finch,  rector  of  Christ's  church  at  that  place,  3/10/1831, 
Rebecca  Stratten  Cline  (Mon.  Co.  Mar.  L.  Book  C,  page  28).  From  a  will  of 
Elizabeth  Salter,  probated  October  29,  1850,  and  recorded  at  Freehold,  N.  J.,  we 
ascertain  that  Rebecca  Stratten  Cline  was  a  niece  of  Elizabeth  Salter,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Joseph  and  ITuldah  (Mott)  Salter.  The  will  of  Hannah  Salter,  sis- 
ter of  Elizabeth,  probated  18G0  at  Freehold,  also  me]itio]is  her  niece,  Rebecca 
Stratten  Shinii.  Joseph  Salter,  her  grandfather,  was  a  Lieutenant  Colonel  of  the 
2nd  Moiiniouth  IVfilitia  in  the  Revolutionary  War  and  a  member  of  the  New  Jersey 
Pi-ovincial  Congress.  Her  descendants  are  entitled  to  the  privileges  of  all  patri- 
otic orders.  The  Salters  have  always  occupied  a  respectable  place  in  JSTew  Jersey 
history  and  some  of  its  members  have  held  the  most  distinguished  places.  (See 
Stillwell's  Salter  I^'aiiiilv,  and  IListorv  of  Ocean  and  jMonmouth  Counties  by  Edwin 
Salter.) 

Josepli  Biddle  Shinn  was  a  nien]ber  of  the  New  Jersey  Independent  Blues  in 
3822,  a  crack  military  organization  at  Burli]]gton.  He  was  disowned  by  Burlington 
2/6/1832  for  accomplishing  his  marriage  by  a  hireling  priest.  Removed  to  Hills- 
boro,  Ohio,  about  1850.     Childi-en: 

1.  John  B.  Shinn;   1).  in  New  Jersey;  appointed  a  cadet  to  West  Point  from  Hillsboro, 

Highland  County,  Ohio,  1852;  brevet  second  lieutenant,  Third  Artillery,  7/1/1856; 
second  lieutenant,  9/1/1856;  first  lieutenant,  5/30/1860;  captain,  1/20/1864;  dis- 
charged, 12/27/1870;  brevet  major,  5/1 3/1 865  for  arduous  and  meritorious  service 
in  successfully  bringing  his  battery  across  the  Yuma  and  Gila  deserts,  and  for 
faithful  service  in  New  Mexico;  for  twenty  years  afterwards  clerk  in  the  U.  S. 
Land  Office,  Washington,  D.  C;   m.  and  has  a  family  in  Washington. 

2.  Mary  Shinn,  who  married  a  Perlee,  and  removed  to  Now  York. 

3.  Caddie  Shinn. 

1317.     ^FosKs  Franklin  Shinn   (6). — Gkokge   (T)),  Ceoimiio  (4),  Filvncis   (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

]\[oses  Franklin,  ehle.'^t  child  of  (Jeoi'gc  and  Elizal)etli  (W'oodrow)  Sliinn,  was 
born  at  Hillsboro,  0.,  1/3/1809;  said  to  have  been  the  first  white  child  bom  in 


Sixth  and  Later  Gexerations.  261 

tho  place;  married  (1)  Saraii  II.  llolcoml),  1830;  joined  the  ^kEethodist  Church  at 
lillsboro;  licensed  to  pruac  li  and  moved  to  Iowa;  Locust  Grove;  (1852)  Council 
il.ifr.s;  (185:J)  |)reHding  elder;  (18.>4)  in  the  Nebraska  and  Kansas  Missionary 
District;  to  Omaha  in  April,  iHoo;  purchased  tract  of  land  in  the  suburbs  which 
became  an  addition  to  Omaha,  and  gave  him  a  competence;  Chaplain  Iowa  Legis- 
lature IHM,  in  which  lie  delivered  this  classic  prayer:  "Great  God,  bless  the 
young  and  growing  s^tate  of  Iowa;  bless  our  Senators,  Representatives  and  chief 
olliccrs;  give  us  a  sound  currency,  pure  water  and  nndeiiled  religion,  for  Christ's 
Hike;  Amen."     Had  one  child  by  his  first  wife.     Married  at  Omaha    (2)    Carrie 

,  and  died  at  that  place.    His  descendants  are: 

1.  Ht.|»hfn  I).  Hhinn  (7);  m. .  and  had  children: 

I      !'r;itiU   (Ki.     2.  Addic  (8).     3.  George  (8). 

1"'I>      .\u.j:x   'J'lfi.MiiLK  SiiiNx    ((3).— George   (o),  George   (4),  Francis   (3), 

James  (2),  Joiix  (1). 

A 1 1. '11  'riiuibie,  secniid  child  of  George  and  Elizabeth  (Woodrow)  Shinn,  was 
burn  at  llillsburn.  0.;  married  there  Melinda  Feuton;  moved  to  Iowa  and  died 
there.     Mis  descendants,  living  in  Iowa  and  Nebraska,  are: 

1.  Kraiik  Shinu  (7);  b.  Hillsboro.  Ohio;  moved  to  Pottawattomie  County,  Iowa;   lawyer 

and   pn»rnin<'nt  poliiirian;    nominated  for  Congress  by  the  Democratic  party,  but 
waH  dricatcd.     His  children  are: 
1.  Srnnia  A.  Shinn   (8).     2.  Kate  D.  Shinn  (8).     3.  Myrtle  I.  Shinn  (8). 

2.  (}eorK»>  Sliinn   (7);   m..  and  had  children,  Andrew  J.  and  Alford  Shinn. 
;{.   Fernion   .M.   Shinn    (7 1. 

4.  Andrew  A.  Sbimi   (7):   b.  1/11/1848;   m.,  1/10/1875,  Sarah  A.  Barr,  b.  8/10/1840,  and 

luid  one  child.  Mont  Shinn  (8),  b.  5/28/1878. 
r>    FInley  Shinn  (7). 

13 lit.     Fi;a\("]s  Siiixx  (G). — George  (5),  George  (4),  Fraxcis  (3),  James  (2), 

Joiix   (1). 

{•'rancis,  third  child  of  George  and  Elizabeth  (Woodrow)  Shinn,  born  at  Hills- 
boii).  Ohio,  isi:!:  married  a  daughter  of  Elizabeth  Lytle.  From  Evan's  and  Sti- 
ver's llistoiy  of  Adams  County.  Ohio,  we  make  the  following  extract: 

".lust  before  St.  John's  Day  in  1851  Francis  Shinn,  the  auditor  of  the 
County  (Koss)  and  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  popular  men  in  the  County, 
went  to  Cincinnati  to  procure  supplies  for  a  ^^Fasonic  celebration,  which  was  held 
June  24.  lSr)l,  in  the  court  house  yard.  ]\[r.  Shinn  had  exhausted  himself  in  his 
trip  to  Cincinnati  and  in  his  work  on  the  day  of  the  celebration.  He  went  home 
on  the  evening  of  the  24th  and  was  attacked  by  cholera,  the  first  case  in  the  village. 
He  died  on  the  26th  and  was  given  a  public  Masonic  burial.  On  July  1st  George 
Shinn.  the  father  of  Francis,  was  attacked  and  died  on  the  2nd.  On  July  6th  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Lytle,  mother  of  Mrs.  Francis  Shinn,  sickened  and  died.  On  the  7th 
Francis  A.  G.  Shinn.  son  of  Francis,  passed  away.  Thus  four  persons  died  within 
eleven  davs  in  the  same  house  and  from  the  same  disease."  Francis  had  the  fol- 
low in  s;  children  : 

1.  Joseph    W.    Shinn    (7):    b.    1/27/1844;    attended    Miami    University;    taught    school; 

lawyer;  clerk  Circuit  Court,  1869-75;  auditor,  1881-87;  Representative,  1889-90;  ob. 
1891:    Democrat;    very    prominent    and    successful    politician    in   Adams    County, 
which  is  very  close  politically;  he  was  never  defeated.     Children: 
1.  John  F.  (S).  "  2.  Joseph  Stanley  (8).     3.  Nellie  Carson  (8). 

2.  John   W.   Shinn   (7);    m.  and  moved  to  Russellville,  Brown   County,   Ohio;    enlisted 

in  the  Union  Army  in  1861.  and  was  killed  at  Nashville,  Tenn.     He  left  one  son: 
1.  John  William  Shinn  (8).  who  moved  to  Joplin,  Mo.,  and  married  there. 
3    Louisa  Shinn  (7);  m.  Frank  Wells,  of  Winchester,  Ohio,  and  had  children: 

1.  Lydia  Wells  (8) :  m.  a  Mr.  Wallace  at  Winchester,  Ohio. 

2.  Edward  Wells  (S). 

4.  Francis  A.  G.  Shinn   (7);  ob.  sine  proli. 


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5.  Sarah  Shinn  (7),  b.  West  Union,  O.,  3/2/1S48;  m.  James  D.  Short,  8/7/1872;  he  was 
a  Democrat;    enlisted  Company  G,   91st  Regiment,  O.   V.   Inf.,  and    served  three 
j'ears;  Presbyterian;  lives  at  Winchester;  Sarah  d.  7/17/1891,  leaving  children: 
1.  Inda  Ora    (8).     2.  Bert  C.   (8).     3.  Nora  Etta   (8).     4.  Lulu  Ethel   (8).   5.  Joseph 
Earl   (8). 

1322.    Greenbury  G.  Sijinn  (6). — George  (5),  George  (4),  Francis  (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Greenbury  G.,  youngest  child  of  George  and  Elizabeth  (Woodrow)  Shinn.  was 
born   at   Hillsboro,   0.;  farmer;  ob.   at  Youngsville,   0.,    1894;   m.   in   Highland 

County,  Ohio,  and  had  children: 

1.  Mary  Elizabeth  Shinn    (7);    b.   11/13/1846;    m.,   11/8/1869,  A.   D.  Edington  and   had 

three  children: 
1.  Lyra  Ethelyn  (8).     2.  Leona  Alice  (8).    3.  Arthur  Lee  (8). 

2.  Sarah  Catherine  Shinn  (7);  b.  5/9/1848;  m.,  at  Bentonville,  Ohio,  in  January,  1877,  J. 

W.  Burbage,  and  had  six  children;  one  died  in  infancy;  the  other  five  are  living, 
one  of  whom  is  married  and  has  a  child. 

3.  James  M.  T.  Shinn  (7);  b.  9/29/1851;  unmarried. 

4.  Rachel  Lee  Shinn   (7);   b.  4/22/1853;   m.,  11/8/1876,  Dr.  Arthur  Noble,  of  Winches- 

ter, Ohio.     She  died  in  California  in  1890,  and  was  buried  at  Winchester,  Ohio. 
No  children. 

5.  Annie  I.  Shinn  (7);   b.  10/27/1856;   stenographer  in  Chicago,  111. 

1323.     Joseph  ]\[ilton  Shinn   (6). — Francis   (5),  George  (4),  Francis   (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Joseph  ]^rilton,  eldest  child  of  Francis  and  ]\Iary  (Woodrow)  Shinn,  was  born 
in  Culpeper  County,  Virginia,  1809 ;  married  Mary  Annie  Colt  at  Columbus,  0. 

His  descendants  were: 

1.  Elizabeth  Shinn  (7);  m   Thomas  Wilson,  and  had  one  child: 

1.  Frank  Wilson  (8);  b.  Harveysburg,  Ohio;  m.  Lucy  Linders,  of  Lebanon,  Ohio;  ob. 
1890,  leaving  one  child: 
1.  Grace  Thomas  Wilson  (9). 

2.  William  Henry  Harrison  Shinn,  b.  at  Hillsboro,  Ohio,  4/7/1839;  m.,  at  Lebanon,  Ohio, 

Mary  June  Graver,  of  Lebanon,  5/15/1860;  had  children: 

1.  Frank   R    Shinn    (8);    b.   at  Columbus,  Ohio,   7/20/1861;    cashier  of  the   Citizens' 

Saving  Banl^:    imraarried. 

2.  Mary  Ella  Shinn  (8);   b.  11/28/1862;  ob.  9/11/1866. 

3.  Catherine   (7).     4.  John   (7). 

1327.    Rachel  Ann  Shinn  (6). — Francis  (5),  George  (4),  Francis  (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Racliel  Ann,  iillh  child  ol  Francis  and  Mary  (Woodrow)  Sliijin.  b.  Hillsboro, 
0.,  9/30/1817;  ob.  1/3/1897;  m.,  G/30/1837.  Hiram  Yeo,  b.  3/4/1816;  ob. 
5/13/1809.    M'be  cliiklren  were: 

1.  William  Francis  Yeo  (7),  b.  9/28/1838;  2nd  Lieut,  in  U.  S.  Navy;   o.  s.  p.  5/12/1876. 

2.  Joshua  M.   Yeo   (7);    b.  3/10/1840;    1st  Sergeant  Co.  F,  23rd  O.  V.  I.      (McKinley's 

roginu>n1  )    and    Liiifoln's   Body  Guard;    also    1st  Lioiit.    and  Adjt.   196th   O.   V.   I. 
Unmarried  at  Chillicothe,  O. 

3.  Mary  Alice  Yeo  (7);  b.  12/3/1841;  m.  Samuel  E.  Mackey,  12/27/1866.     No  children. 

Resides  at  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

4.  Albert  G.  Yeo  (7);   b.  10/19/1850.     Unm.     Chillicothe,  O. 

5.  Lanra   Emma   Yeo    (7);    b.    6/10/1846;    m.,    5/27/1875.  Josopli    J.    Woods.      She   died 

5/1/1882,   leaving  two  children: 

1.  Charles   Hiram  Woods   (8);    b.  6/24/1876;    at  present  Assistant  Attorney  Gen- 

eral  of   Oklahoma  Territory. 

2.  Alice  Lorena  Woods   (S);    b.  4/1/1882;   student  at  Oberlin  College,  O. 

1328.    Joshua  Woodrow  Shintn  ((5). — Francis  (5),  George  (4),  Francis  (3). 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Joshua  Woodrow.  sixtli  child  of  Francis  and  "M^ary  (Woodrow)  Sliinn,  was 
born  at  Hillsboro.  0.,  1819;  married  Joanna  PauUin  at  South  Charleston,  0., 
where  he  now  resides  in  his  83rd  year.    His  children  are: 


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1.  Charles  A.  Shinn  (7);  m.  Anna  Beech.    He  resides  at  Chattanooga,  Tenn.;   a  pros- 

perous manufacturer.    Children: 
1.  John  Beech  Shinn  (8). 

2.  Joshua   Paullin   Shinn    (7);    b.   at   Hillsboro,   Ohio;    m.   Clara  Hastings,  of   Chicago, 

111.;  no  issue;  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  practiced  in  Chicago,  111.;  he  is 
now  a  member  of  the  firm  Harpole,  Shinn  &  Fry,  live  stock  commission  mer- 
chants, Union  Stock  Yards,  Chicago,  111. 

3.  Mary  C.  Shinn  (7);  b.  at  Hillsboro,  Ohio;  m.  Charles  N.  Perry,  of  Chicago,  111.,  and 

had  Gertrude  and  Helen. 

4.  George  Shinn  (7) ;  ob.  unmarried. 

5.  Anna  Shinn  (7);  m.  Thomas  C.  Woolford,  of  Xenia,  Ohio;  had  no  children. 

6.  Josephine  E.  Shinn  (7);  m.  Edgar  T.  Hitchcock,  Chicago,  111. 

1320.     Helen  Jane  Shinn  (G). — Francis  (5),  George  (4),  Francis  (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Helen  Jane  Shinn,  born  at  Hillsboro,   0.,  1821;  married  James  Scharff  of 

Bellefontaine,  0.,  and  had  children: 
1.  Frank  (7).     2.  Edward   (7);  m.  a  Riddle. 
3.  Mary  (").     4.  Robert  (7).     5.  Richard  (7). 

1331.     Mahy  Ciiivers  Shinn   (6).— Francis   (5),  George   (4),  Francis   (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

^fary  Chi  vers,  youngest  child  of  Francis  and  Mary  (Woodrow)  Shinn,  was 
born  at  Hillsboro,  6.,  1827;  married  (1)  James  Monroe  Eoosa,  March,  1851,  at 
Lebanon,  0.,  and  had  one  child,  Frank  Eoosa,  that  died  at  three  years  of  age;  mar- 
ried (-J),  1875,  John  Locke  Martin.  No  children.  She  is  still  living  at  Lebanon, 
0.  (1902). 

1342.     :M.\rgaret  Shinn  (6).— William  (5),  Vincent  (4),  Francis  (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

^lurgaret,  third  child  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Jones)  Shinn,  born  8/21/ 
1801;  ob.  3/12/1849;  m.,  4/13/1820,  Abraham  Webb,  b.  9/25/1798;  ob.  2/15/ 

1856.    Children:  _.        ^      ^.,^ 

1.  Elizabeth  Webb   (7);   b.  4/14/1821;   m.  David  Woodruff,  at  Salem,  Ohio;   ob.  child- 

less, 10/13/1853.  ^  ^  ,         ^^.  ,  ,     - 

2.  Rebecca  Webb  (7);  b.  10/25/1822;  m.  William  Teegarden,  at  Salem,  Ohio,  and  had 

children: 
1.  Thomas  E.  (8).     2.  Josephine  (8).    3.  Frank  W    (8 
3    Isaac  Webb  (7);  m.  Maria  Arter,  at  Salem,  Ohio,  5/5/1846,  and  had  children. 

1.  Pamphilia  Arter  Webb  (8);  b.  9/12/1847;  ob.  1865.  ^,    .     x^     ,      n    10/91/ 

2.  Emmor  T.  Webb   (8);    b.   5/24/1850;   ob.  1/9/1884;    m.  Sarah  A.  Hartwell,  12/24/ 

1874,  and  had  children: 
1    William  H    Webb   (9).     2.  Frederick  Garfield  Webb   (9). 

3.  Mar>    ElSabeth  Webb    (8);    b.  7/7/1854;   m.  Frank  M.  Ladd,  9/28/1876,  and  had 

children  ■ 
1.  Sanford  Webb.     2.  David  Hartwell.     3.  Frank  Edward. 


4.  5„S'Xib^°7Tr'm''tL*n'E.no?t';"af  west  Liberty,  Iowa,  9/11/1862,  and  had  cWl- 
dren : 
i.  wniLm^K  Webb   (S);    b.  8/25/1864;   m.  Emma  C.  Webb,  7/18/1895,  at  Milford, 

3.  Edward  L.  Webb  (8);  t>;lVl/1866    jingle    West  Liberty,  Iowa. 

4.  Anna  Margaret  Webb  (8);  b.  11/6/1872,  ob.  1874. 

6-  Emmo7weU'H)''b'1/tS:t.  Emerilla  Crockett,  at  Bellefountaine,  Ohio,  where 
she  died.  4/9/1871;  ^ad  one  child: 

7.  Mais  Webr('7);'bS/13yi'834fm..  at  Salem,  Ohio,  Albert  Teegarden,  and  died 

8.  Wil^i'mM.'webb  (7);  b.  10/13/1834;  unmarried;  at  San  Antonio.  Texas. 


264  History  or  the  Shinn  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

9.  Emeline  Webb  (7):  b.  9/1/1836;   m.  Henry  Phillips,  and  had: 
1.  Harry  W.  Phillips   (8);   b.  8/4/1858;   ob.  1886. 
10.  Ann  Eliza  (7).     11.  Mary  H.  (7).     12.  Julia  (7).     13.  isyphena  W.   (7). 

3343.    Abraham  Jones  Siiinn  (6). — William  (o),  Vincent  (4),  Francis  (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Abraliam  Jones,  fourth  child  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Jones)  Shinn,  born  in 
Xew  Jersey,  7/6/1803;  ob.  10/20/1885;  m.  at  Salem,  0..  9/15/1825,  Susannah 
Phillips;  b.  10/2;)/lS07:  ob.  4/3/1877;  passed  their  lives  at  Salem,  0.     Children: 

1.  Robert  P.  Shinn   (7);   b.  9/16/1826;   ob.  5/5/1833. 

2.  James  Lewis  Shinn    (7);    b.   7/23/1829;    m.,  2/21/1857,  Lizzie  Hamit;    ob.   5/19/1858, 

leaving  one  child: 
1.  James  Lewis  Shinn  (8);   b.  1/13/1858;   m.  and  had  three  children — Clara,  Chester 
and  Mary  Shinn;  these  reside  in  Missouri. 

3.  Eliza  Shinn   (7);   b.  8/26/1832;   ob.  5/29/1852. 

4.  Albert  R.  Shinn   (7);    b.  5/3/1841;   m.,  9/13/1866.  Eliza  Schilling,  and  had  children: 

1.  Donna  A.    Shinn    (8);    b.    8/4/1867;    m.    Gornas    Thomas,    and   had    two   children, 

Helen  and  Elsie  Thomas. 

2.  Mary  E.  Shinn  (8);   b.  12/18/186S;  m.  John  Lease,  and  had  two  children— Whinry 

and  Albert  Lease. 

3.  Lucy  H.  Shinn  (8);  b.  ;V4/1877;  m.  Frank  Zengling. 

4.  Arta  Shinn  (8);  b.  8/11/1878. 

5.  Henry  A.  Shinn  (8);  b.  5/12/1880;  m.  Nettie  Clark,  1902. 

5.  Sarah  A.  Shinn  (7);  b.  9/10/1845;  m.,  1/19/1886.  William  V.  T3unn. 

6.  Mary  E.  Shinn  (7);   b.  11/10/1845;    m.  4/20/1864. 

1345.    Isaac  Sj II NX  ((i). — \\'iLLL\.Ar  (5),  Vincent  (4),  Francis  (3),  James  (2), 

John    (1). 

Isaac,  sixth  child  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (J(mes)  Shinn,  b.  5/20/1808;  ob. 
8/16/1S55:  m.  C'liristina  riiillips,  b.  2/9/1811;  ob.  1/12/1863.     Children: 

1.  Mary  E.  Shinn  (8);  ob.  1/14/1864;   m.  Edmund  C.  Pinnock,  and  had  one  child: 
1.  Mary  Pinnock  (9),  b.  January,  1864;  m.  a  Mr.  Esquiers,  of  Michigan. 

2.  William  B.  Shinn  (7);  m.  (1)  Louisa  Erwin;    (2)   Susan  Kinbet ;    (3)  Lorena  Knesel; 

a  soldier  in  the  Union  army. 

1350.    Vincent  Sitinn  (6). --William  (5),  Vincent  C4),  Francis  (3),  James 

(2),  John  (1). 

Vincent,  eleventh  child  of  A\'illiam  and  Elizabeth  (Jones)  Shinn,  Ijoi'n  in  Co- 
lumbiana   County,    Ohio,    9/19/1819;    m.,    !)/19/1850.    Rachel    .Vnn    Williamson; 

moved  to  Cedar  Countv,  Iowa,  where  he  died,  1/4/1 S9S.     llis  children  were: 
1.  Ceorge  Entriken   (7)'.     2.  Hannah   (7).     3.  Elnora  (7). 

4.  Mary  Shinn   (7);   b.  5/31/1858;   m.,  4/12/1881,  Charles  Geller. 

5.  William  B.  Shinn  (7);  b.  3/18/1860;  m.,  3/4/1882,  Nellie  Campbell. 

6.  Ida  Belle  Shinn   (7);  b.  5/10/1862;   m..  1/29/1883.  John  Ellsworth  Bateman,  and  had 

chihlren. 

1350m.      I'.iri.Aii   Siilvn   (0). — Wii.i.iwi    (5).  A^ixcknt   (1).   1''i;\ncis    (3). 

Jamks  (2).  .loiix   (  1  ). 

lieulab.  Iwi'irtli  an(i  \(Hin,L;-est  cliild  of  William  and  I-'l  izaliel  h  (Jones)  Shinn, 
born  Fraidslin  S(|nare,  ().,  2/2/lS-i:):  oh.  ;;  11)  \wr.  m..  5/17/18  12.  William 
Kerns:  b.  7/4/lS'^(),  at  East  Marlborough.  Ta.:  with  his  parents  to  Salem,  ().. 
1S31,  where  he  engajred  in  farminfj;  moved  in  IS5;!  lo  Moline,  ill. :  clerk  of  village 
from  1858  to  1861;  appointed  in  ihe  latter  year  by  President  Lincoln  lo  (he  ])osi- 
tion  of  ])os! master  of  Moline,  which  posilion  he  held,  save  for  a  shm1  lime  durinp," 
dohnson's  adminisl  ration  to  |8(;9;  in  ]8(i5  bei^jin  li'aveling  for  Conder.  Swan  &  Co., 
al'tei'wards  the  Moline  i'low  ('ompany.  and  in  Ihat  position  had  charge  of  the 
defense  in  some  of  tlir  nio-i    imporlant   suits  exci'  in>lilu1i'd   in  the  federal  oi'  state 


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courts;  cases  involving  liundreds  of  thousands  of  dollars,  and  it  was  a  source  of 
pride  to  him  that  the  company  never  had  a  decree  against  it  during  his  service  with 
it;  he  retired  from  tiie  company  in  1881  and  was  appointed  by  Governor  Cullom 
a  rnemher  of  the  State  Board  of  Equalization;  executor  and  trustee  of  the  estate 
of  ]{.  K.  Swann,  from  1878  to  1890;  a  free  soiler  from  the  time  slavery  became 
an  issue;  he  hecame  a  Republican  upon  the  formation  of  that  party,  and  was  al- 
ways (me  of  its  strongest  adherents,  with  the  exception  of  the  campaign  of  1872, 
when  lie  voted  for  Greeley;  a  strong  temperance  advocate;  outspoken  and  straight- 
forward upon  every  question  involving  moral  right;  of  splendid  judgment,  a  man 
of  strong  convictions;  generous,  affable  and  intelligent,  he  made  a  strong  impress 
upfui  his  time  and  numbered  his  friends  among  the  greatest  and  best  of  the  state. 
]]('  died  3/12/1899  in  full  possession  of  his  mental  power;  his  married  life  of 
nearly  (ifty-seven  years  was  a  happy  one;  his  wife  was  kind,  loving  and  thoughtful; 
in  early  life  she  was  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church,  but  upon  moving  to  Mo- 
linc  Ix-r  l(.'tt<'r  was  placed  with  the  Congregational  Cliurch,  of  which  body  she  re- 
mained ;i  consistent  member  until  her  death,  3/20/1902;  an  octogenarian  known 
and  loved  bv  hnndreds  of  friends.     The  children  were  as  follows: 

1.  George   Kerns   (7);   b.  3/2/1843;   enlisted  in  Co.  — ,  Regt.,  111.  Vol.   Inf.;    killed 

at  Stone  River.  12/31/1862. 

2.  Simon  A.  Kerns  (7);  b.  1/25/1847;  m.,  5/14/1868,  at  Muscatine.  Iowa,  Clara  M.  Mar- 

tin, am!  iiad  children: 
1.  Ceorge   M.  Kerns    (8);    b.  10/12/1871;    m.  October,  1897,  at  Ottumwa,  Iowa,  and 
had  one  child— Gertrude— b.  2/28/1899. 

3.  Anson  Kerns  (7);  b.  4/6/1850;   ob.  at  Massillon,  Ohio,  10/4//1854. 

4.  Charles  S.  Kerns   (7);   b.  at  Moline.  111..   10/22/1858;    m.,  at  Wilmington,  Del.,  6/6/ 

1S.S!»,  Riizalteth  M.  Vernon,  and  had  children: 
1.  William  Vernon  (8).     2.  Arthur  Blaine  (8).     3.  Beulah  Margaret  (8).     4.   Charles 
Maris   (8).     5.  Anna  Mabel  (8). 

13.")2.    .Vai;on  Sjiixx  ( ti ) .—Israel  (5),  A'ixcext  (4),  Fraxcis  (3),  James  (2), 

Jonx   ( 1 ) . 

Aaron,  son  of  Israel  and  Hannah  (Haines)  Shinn.  born  1803;  his  mother  died 
tlu'  same  vear  and  he  was  reared  by  the  maternal  grandmother;  learned  the  black- 
smith traih^:  in  1825  migrated  to 'Logan  County,  Ohio;  married  there,  Susannah 
Hamlin;  removed  to  Kosciusko  County,  Indiana,  where  his  wife  died;  in  18-57  re- 
turiu'd  to  Williams  Countv,  Ohio, "  where,  on  3/4/1860,  married  Henrietta 
C.  Speaker;  ob.  there  1/3G/1867.     Children  bv  first  marriage  were: 

1.  David  Shinn   (7);   b.  in  Ohio;   moved  to  Kosciuslvo  County,  Ind.;   m.  there  and  had 

descendants;  one  of  these.  A.  B.  Shinn,  resides  at  Warsaw,  Ind. 

2.  Elizabeth   Shinn    i'7).     3.  Isaiah  Shinn   (7).     4.  Maria  Shinn    (7;;    these  married  in 

Kosciuslvo  County,  Ind..  and  have  descendants  there  now. 

Children  of  the  Second  ]\[arriage  Were : 
1    5.  Mary  Mahala   Shinn    (7);    b.   1861;    m.  Albert  Smith,   of  Paulding  County,  Ohio; 

died  May,  1887.  leaving  three  children.  ,....„      ^  r. 

2.  6.  Hannah  Jane  Shinn  (7);   b.  1863;  m.  Orlando  Kuapp;  moved  to  Midland  County, 

Mich.,  and  reared  a  family. 

3  7     \aron  Franl<lin  Shinn  (7);  b.  6/6/1865;  m.,  10/12/1891,  Estia  Stern,  and  had  one 

"  '    son    Emerson  Lerov  Shinn;   resides  in  Hillsdale  County,  Mich. 

4  8    William   Henrv  Shinn    (7);    b.   3/19/1867;    m.,   12/25/1891,   Zoe  Thomas,  and  had 

one  son,  William  Thomas  Shinn;  residence,  La  Grange,  Ind. 

1333      Job  Rogers  Smxx  (6).— Isaiah  (5),  Yixcext  (4),  Fraxcis   (3), 

James  (2),  Johx  (1). 

Job  Koo-er^  son  of  Isaiah  and  Margaret  (Rogers)  Shinn,  born  Burlington 
Count  \ew  Jersey.  7/3/1799,  at  Mt.  Holly,  ^^.  J.;  m.,  4/24/1825,  Anna  Maria, 
aaughte/of  Henr}-  ^[iller,  b.  6/15/1808  in  Xew  York.     The  ceremony  was  per- 


2(}Q  History  of  the  Shin^n  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

formed  by  Kev.  Geo.  Maley  at  Mt.  Washington;  Job  moved  to  Ohio  in  1830;  to 
Mt.  Washington  in  October,  182S,  and  lived  there  about  thirty-five  years;  in  1838 
returned  to  Xew  Jersey  and  brought  nearly  all  of  his  brothers  and  sisters  to  Ohio; 
tanner,  stock  raiser,  and  meat  dealer;  county  commissioner  for  two  years;  Whig, 

Eepublican,  Quaker.    His  children  were: 

1.  Mary  Elizabeth  (7) ;  ob.  young. 

2.  Margaret  Shiun  (7);   b.  6/19/1829;   m.  James  Mullen,  and  had  four  children — Mary, 

Annie,  Marguerite  and  Media  Mullen.     Resides  in  Montgomery  County,  Ohio. 

3.  William  Eudd  Shinn   (7),  b.  on  Duck  Creelc,  Plamilton  County,  Ohio,  9/35/ 

1833 ;  ob.  3/15/1903 ;  his  youth  was  spent  with  his  father  at  butchering 
a]id  farming ;  educated  at  the  common  district  school  during  the  winter  sea- 
son ;  learned  the  bricklayers'  trade  under  his  uncle ;  in  early  years  worked 
in  Chicago,  but  returned  to  Ohio;  worked  in  Cincinnati,  and  Anderson  Tp., 
Hamilton  County.  He  was  an  expert  chimney  builder;  a  noted  bricklayer; 
lifelong  Metliodist  and  voted  the  Republican  ticket.  He  was  a  Corporal  in 
the  138th  Eegiment  0.  Vol.  Inf. ;  died  at  his  residence,  Salem,  Hamilton 
County,  0. ;  married  Henrietta  Hine  December,  1858.  Three  chihlren 
were  born : 
1.  Thomas  H.  (8).     2.  Gillettie  (8).     3.  Ellis  De  Camp  (8). 

4.  Anna  Maria  Shinn  (7);  b.  11/4/1834;  m.   (1)  W.  H.  Warton,  and  had  children,  who 

are  all  dead;    (2)    George  MaGee,  and  had  children — Frank,  Sherwood,  Burt  and 
Georgianna  MaGee. 

5.  Mary  Emma  Shinn  (7);  b.  6/20/1837;  m.  Stephen  Conrey,  and  had  children — Perlie, 

Wilbur  and  Carrie  Conrey. 

6.  Hettie   Jane    Shinn    (7);    b.   12/25/1840;    m.   Frederick   Carney,    and   had    children  — 

George,  Lewis,  ^ddie,  Willie,  Hany,  Sarah  and  Susie  Carney. 

7.  General  Thomas  Eullaford  Shinn   (7),  born  at  Mt.  Washington,  0.,  10/31/ 

1846;  attended  the  public  schools  at  that  place;  graduated  1866  Ohio  Wes- 
leyan  University;  enlisted  in  Co.  H  138th  Ohio  Vol.  Inf.  and  served 
throughout  the  war ;  was  promoted  at  Oak  Harbor  to  rank  of  First  Sergeant ; 
was  in  the  following  battles:  City  Point,  Bermuda  Hundred,  Spring  Hill 
and  Petersburg.  Reported  for  gallantry  at  the  battle  in  front  of  Peters- 
burg. After  the  Avar  settled  at  Delaware,  0.,  and  was  married  to  Mary  L. 
Beeber,  daughter  of  Peter  vS.  and  Caroline  (McClure)  Beeber,  at  Marion, 
0.,  1/1/1806 ;  member  of  Andrus  Post  133,  C  A.  R. ;  was  made  its  com- 
mander at  Ashland,  0.,  in  1886  ;  Department  Commander  of  Ohio  at  Youngs- 
town  in  1899;  Republican  in  politics  and  has  been  Secretary  of  the  Repub- 
lican County  and  State  Committees;  was  the  Secretary  of  the  State  Central 
Committee  for  two  years ;  Mayor  of  Agorta,  0. ;  president  and  also  treasurer 
of  the  Ashland  School  Board;  vice-president  Ashland  Board  of  Trade;  is 
now  a  morchnnt  at  Ashland,  0.  Mary  L.  Beeber  died  3/13/1878.  He  then 
married  Emma  S.  Stockwcll  at  Agorta,  Miami  Count}^,  0.,  3/34/1879;  she 
was  the  daughter  of  C.  M.  and  Margaret  (Carroll)  Stockwell.  Children 
bv  first  wife  were. 

1.  Atta  Shinn  (S):   b.  10/24/1866. 

2.  Myrtle  Shinn  (8);  b.  10/28/1868;  m.,  at  Ashland,  Ohio,  10/1/1896,  John  Stockwell. 

and  had  one  son — Harold  Stockwell. 

Children  by  the  Second  Marriage. 
1.  Eva  S.     2.  Anna  Rhea.     3.  Thomas  E.     4.  Carrel  M.       5.  Guy  B. 

1334.     Wii.Li-v.M  C.  SiiixN  (6).— IsAiAu   (5),  Vincent   (4),  Francis  (3), 

Ja]\[es  (3),  John  (1). 

AVilliam  C,  second  child  of  Isaiah  and  "Margarol  (Rogers)  Shinn,  horn  1/19/ 
1801,  in  Burlington  County,  New  Jersey:  married  there,  Kathcrinc  Phillips;  he 
lived  at  Pemberton,  N.  J.,  and  at  Mt.  Holly,  N.  J.;  he  had  one  son,  William,  and 
three  daughters,  Margaret,  Mary  and  Susannah. 


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1336.    Samukl  Guanoee  Shinx  (6).— Isaiah  (5),  Vincent  (4),  Francis  (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Samuel  Granger,  fourth  child  of  Isaiah  and  Margaret  (Eogers)  Shinn,  b. 
G/11/lHOG;  ob.  8/24/1868;  m.  Mary  B.  Begar;  moved  to  Hamilton  Comity,  Ohio, 
and  had  (1)  Anna,  m.  Benjamin  Robb;  (2)  Eliza  C,  ob.  sole,  11/7/1867;  (3) 
llanihn  S.,  b.  6,a/]842,  member  70th  Kegiment  Ohio  Vol.  Inf.,  killed  at  Ft. 
Pickering;  (4)  Ellen;  (5)  John  Begar. 

1337.     Susannah   Shinn    (6).— Isaiah   (5),  Vincent   (4),  Francis   (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Susannah,  fifth  child  of  Isaiah  and  Jklargaret  (Rogers)  Shinn,  born  Burling- 
ton Cour)ty,  New  Jersey,  7/21/1810;  ob.  12/19/1901,  being  more  than  ninety-one 
years  of  age;  joined  the  M.  E.  Church  at  seventeen;  afterwards  transferred  her 
niemberiihip  to  the  Old  6th  Street  M.  P.  Church  of  Cincinnati,  0.;  she  was  a 
churcli  member  seventy-four  years;  married  John  Snyder,  and  had  the  following 
chihiren: 

1.  GeoPKc  Snyder  (7);  m.  Lydia  Phillips;  no  children. 

2.  Mary    Snyder   (7);    m.   Daniel  Michael,  and  had   three   children— Jennie,  John  and 

C^linrles. 

3.  Cliarlrs  Snyder  (7):  ni    and  lives  at  Dayton,  Ohio;  has  one  child — Walter. 


1360.     .Mai;v  IImnes  Shinn  (6). — Francis  (5),  Barzillai  (4),  Francis  (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Mary  Jlaines,  second  child  of  Francis  and  Mary  (Haines)  Shinn,  born  8/4/ 
1804;   m.,    2/24 ''1825,   Benjamin,    son   of   Benjamin   and   Eebecca    (Lippincott) 
Shn!ve.     Descendants: 
1.  Robo^ra  I.avina  (7).     2.  Mary  Malvina  (7). 

3.  Phebe  Aim  Shreeve  (7);   b.  2/11/1830;    ra.,  7/6/1858,  William  H.,  son  of  John  Gill. 

Children: 
1.  Mary  Rebecca  Gill  (S);  b.  10/20/1860;  m.,  12/30/1885,  Johns,  son  of  Gerald  T. 
and  Elizabeth  (Coates)  Hopkins.  He  was  a  second  consin  of  Johns  Hopkins, 
the  founder  of  the  imiversity  of  that  name,  and  the  great  philanthropist;  also 
twenty-fifth  in  descent  from  William  the  Conqueror,  by  his  wife,  Lady  Maud, 
or  Matilda  of  Flanders.  (See  pedigree  133,  "Americans  of  Royal  Descent," 
p.  493.)     Had  two  children — Johns  and  William  Gill. 

4.  Benjamin  Franklin  Shreve  (7),  b.  Medford,  N.  J.,  1/5/1832;  m.,  2/17/1857, 

Sarah  Clarion,  daughter  of  George  and  Abigail  (Bowne)  Haywood  of 
Pliilndelphia,  Pa. ;  graduate  of  Princeton  College,  1851 ;  director  Mt.  Holly 
Xatioi^al  Bank ;  an  incorporator  and  first  president  of  Union  JSTational  Bank 
and  of  the  iMt.  Holly,  Lumberton  and  Medford  Eailway;  for  thirty-five 
years  a  director  of  the  Mt.  Holly  Water  Co.  and  for  many  years  its  presi- 
dent :  vestryman  at  St.  Andrews  in  1855 ;  warden  from  1858  to  1875 ;  a  de- 
scendant of  Thomas  Sheriff  of  Plymouth,  Mass.,  whose  son  Caleb  bought 
"  Mt.  Pleasant."  N.  J.  (near  Columbus),  in  1699;  the  old  house  bears  date 
"1742,"  and  has  come  do^vn  to  Benjamin  P.  Haywood  Shreve,  son  of  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  who,  residing  at  Philadelphia,  proposes  to  restore  it 
and  make  it  a  summer  home.    Children : 

1.  Benjamin  Franklin  Haywood:  b.  11/15/1857;  graduated  Trinity  College,  Hartford, 

Conn..  187S;  admitted  to  New  Jersey  bar,  1881,  and  has  practiced  since  at 
Camden,  N.  J.:  president,  since  1895,  of  the  Johns  Hopkins  Oil  Co.,  of  Phila- 
delphia. Pa.;  succeeded  his  father  as  president  of  the  Mt.  Holly  Water 
Company. 

2.  Marv  Augusta  Haywood;  b.  2/9/1860:   ob.  3/5/1866. 

3.  Marion  Havwood:  b.  5/3/1862,  m.,  6/5/1895,  Francis  Newton  Thorpe,  Ph.  D.;  pro- 

fessor Univ.  of  Penn.,  and  had  one  child,  Marian  Eggleston. 

5.  Francis  Shreeve:  ob.  unmarried. 


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136o.      Wji.i.iam    SiiiN.v    (*'.). — Josei'H    (o).    Wii.i.ia.m    (i),   Joseph    (3), 

James  (2),  Joiix  (1). 

William,  eldest  eliil'l  of  Josej)!!  and  .AFarv   (  i.ippincGtt)   Shiiin.  lioiii  at  Pciii- 
berton,  .\".  .1..  ITSH:  m.  Ann  Fox,  !)/l/18()S.     llis  descendants  were: 
1.  Aniev  J.i|)i.in.-(.(l  Sliinn   (7).  I).  12/3()/l.S()S ;  m.   (1),  Jane  Powell,  b.  12/33/ 
1813,  in 'Burlin-ftoii   County.   Xew  Jersey,  4/'4/l.S33.     She  died  7/19/1854, 
and  be  married    (2)    Elizabetli    I'lunkett,  12/30/1855,  at  Burlington,  K   J. 
He  died  at  Columbia   City.   Ind.,  8/17/1859.     His  descendants  by  tbe  first 
niari'iagc  were : 
I.William   Powell   Sbinn    (S)    was  l.orn  in   Burlington,  X.  J.,  5/4/1834;  edu- 
cated in  tbe  public  scbools  at   tliat  i)lace;   in   1849.  being  fifteen  j'ears  of 


WILLIAM  POWELL  SHINN. 


a^e,  began  lii>  ar<i\('  lij'r  a>  a  ('i\i!  l-'nginccr  m  iiiv]i;i  I'iiig  data  l''ii'  inap>  <>!' 
tbe  cities  of  rrovidciu-e,  1.'.  I.,  and  i";ill  llivrr.  Mass.;  In  I'll  Isliuig.  I'a..  in 
Ibc  employ  of  Ibc  Oliio  i\  \'r\\\\.  \l.  \l.  Cn.  :  bis  advani  rinciil  \\a>  iMpid  : 
(•onlinnrd  un  IIm-  ().  \-  1.  ;ind  lli.'  I-'.  W.  \  C  b'.  K.  nntil  their  coniiilcl  inn  ; 
wben  tbe  I'..  I-'.  W.  \-  ( '.  If.  |{.  \\:is  iTcalc(l  l.v  I  he  cniisol  idalidii  of  lliese 
lines,  be  was  made  supcrintcndrnl  of  the  l^a^l^|•|l  I)i\i-i(ui;  llicn  (icnrral 
Pass.  .\gl.:  tbcn  (It-ncral  l''rt.  .\gl.-.  wlim  the  i*i'nnsyl\  aula  Conipany  was 
organized  be  examined  (be  eondilinn  nf  tbe  lines  roniing  under  its  control; 
l>ossibIy  one  of  tbe  most  im])or(ant  and  \ahialile  iiiNcsl  igations  and  repnrts 
on  n  railroad  property  ever  made  in  tbis  enmiirx-  was  that  which  lie  executed 
for  tbe  Peiin.    If.    R    Companv  on    tbe   pi'o|ieri\    of  tlie    united    I'aili'oads   of 


Sixth  axd  Later  GEXERATioisrs.  269 

New  Jersey;  it  was  both  accurate  and  exhaustive;  and  its  couclusions  as  to 
the  earning  power  and  the  value  of  the  property  as  a  feeder  to  the  Penn- 
sylvania Railroad  led  to  the  lease  of  these  vast'^lines,  and  to  the  adoption 
of  important  changes  and  improvements;  in  1871  he  was  made  treasurer 
of  the  A.  Y.  &  P.  Pi.  P.  Company;  in  1873  was  made  its  president,  which 
position  he  held  for  two  years;  in  1874  he  was  elected  assistant  president 
and  controller  of  the  A.  V.  R.  R.  R.  Company;  in  1875  was  made  its  vice- 
president;  in  January,  1873,  he  entered  upon  a  career  by  which  he  became 
known  in  the  transactions  of  the  American  Institute  of  Alining  Engineers ;  in 
that  year  he  became  the  managing  partner  of  the  firm  of  Carnegie,  McCand- 
less  &  Co.  and  took  charge  of  the  construction  and  operation  of  the  Edgar 
Thompson  Steel  Works  at  Braddock,  Pa. ;  he  remained  in  this  position  six 
years,  originating  their  system  of  bookkeeping  and  laying  the  foundation 
to  a  large  degree  for  the  remarkable  success  of  these  works;  admitted  as  a 
member  in  1SG8  of  the  A.  S.  C.  E. ;  in  1875  of  the  A.  I.  M.  E.;  in  1877 
of  tlie  Iron  and  Steel  Institute  of  Great  Britain;  in  1879  and  1880  he  reor- 
ganized, rebuilt  and  started  the  work  of  the  Vulcan  Steel  Company  of  St. 
Louis,  Mo. ;  in  1880  made  president  of  the  American  Institute  of  Mining 
Engineers;  in  1881  to  1887  vice  president  of  the  Xew  York  Steam  Company 
for  supplying  steam  heat  and  power  to  dwellings  and  industrial  establish- 
ments;  from  1888  to  1890  he  was  vice-president  and  general  manager  of  the 
New  York  and  New  England  R.  R.  Company;  in  1888  and  1889  he  was 
president  of  the  Norwich  and  New  York  (Steamboat)  Company;  in  1890 
elected  president  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers;  he  contributed 
to  this  society  many  valuable  papers,  one  of  which  has  been  pronounced  by 
prominent  railroad  men  "the  best  ever  written  on  railroad  management," 
and  was  awarded  the  Norman  gold  medal  of  the  society;  during  the  last 
year  of  his  life  he  organized  the  Laiited  States  Class  Company,  a  consoli- 
dation of  sixteen  flint  glass  manufactories,  having  a  imited  capital  of 
$4,000,000,  and  was  made  a  director  of  the  company;  he  was  for  years  con- 
nected with  the  ^lansfieldCoal  and  Coke  Company,  and  interested  in  the 
development  of  the  Clover  Hill  Iron  Ore  Property,  near  Croton,  N.  Y. ;  it 
was  dnring  a  visit  to  the  works  that  he  was  stricken  with  his  final  illness, 
which  left  him  only  strength  enough  to  reach  home  before  dying;  but  the 
most  signallv  important  service  rendered  to  the  Institute  of  Mining  Engi- 
neers was  his  work  as  chairman  of  the  committee  on  transportation  in  con- 
nection with  the  reception  of  the  British  Iron  and  Steel  Institute  and  the 
Verein  Deutscher  Heisenhuettenleute  in  their  visit  to  America  in  1890. 
Mr.  Shinn  mnrried  in  Allegheny  City,  Pa.,  7/3/1856,  Sarah  Templeton, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Ann  M.  Farley.  He  died  at  Homewood,  Pa.,  5/5/ 
1891 ;  his  wife  departed  this  life  a  few  mnoths  before.  He  was  the  father 
of  one  child,  Sarah  Templeton  Shinn,  who  died  9/16/1890. 

2.  Marv  Powell  Shinn  (8),  b.  3/31/1836;  ob.  5/20/1837. 

3.  John  Kerlin  Shinn   (8),  born  in  Burlington,  N.  J.,  April  3,  1838;  received 

his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  that  place ;  in  his  fifteenth  year  com- 
menced his  active  life  as  a  civil  engineer  in  the  construction  of  the  Fort 
Wavnc  and  Chicago  R.  R.  Co.  on  the  Kankakee  marshes  of  Indiana ;  he  was 
in  the  employ  of  Ihe  consolidated  companies,  of  which  this  was  one,  in  the 
several  departments  for  nineteen  years;  was  engaged  in  mining  limestone, 
iron  ore,  coal,  sandstone  in  Western  Pennsylvania  from  1870  for  fourteen 
vears;  in  1876  he  completed  and  operated  the  first  Portland  cement  works 
"in  the  United  States;  in  1889  he  became  auditor  of  the  ]Maryland  and  Penn- 
sylvania R.  R.  Companv  at  Baltimore,  ]\Id.,  which  position  he  now  holds; 
married  (1)  Julia  Anm  daiighter  of  Alfred  and  Eliza  (Anderson)  Bungey 
of  Alleffhenv  Citv,  Pa.,  and  had  children  :     (See  engraving  facing  page  138.) 


370  History  of  the  Shinn  Fa:\iily  ix  Europe  and  x^merioa 

1.  Julia  Eva    Shiun    (9);    b.   2/21/1861;    m.,   4/10/1879,   John  Wesley   Rutter,   son 

of   Jesse    Brooks   and   Anna    (Sharp)    Rutter,   of   New   Castle,    Pa.,    and   had 

children : 

1.  Orpha  Ann   (10).     2.  Grace  June   (10). 

3.  John   Shinn    (10).     4.  Charles  Bashford    (10). 

5.  Wilma  May  (10).     G.  Mona  Jean  (10). 

2.  William  Henry   Shinn    (9);    b.   8/12/1863;    m.,  4/13/1887,   Inez  Louella  Osburn, 

daughter  of  Charles  Carter  and  Sarah  Jane  (Sweezy)  Osburn,  of  New  Castle, 

Pa.     Children: 

1.  Marie   (10).     2.  William  (10).     3.  Charles   (10). 

3.  Joseph  Bashford  Shinn  (9);  b.  6/6/1867. 

S.John  Kerlin  Sliinn  (8),  m.  (2),  12/22/1869,  Caroline  Clarke  Nagel,  daugh- 
ter of  Ixiulolph  Cliristiau  and  Mary  Nagel  of  New  Castle,  Pa.,  and  had: 

4.  1.  Rudolph  Nagel  Shinn  (9);  b.  9/23/1870;  ob.  sine  proli. 

5.  2.  Mary  Nagel  Shinn   (9);   b.  1/1/1872;    m.,  1/31/1895,  Samuel  Neal  Doran,  son 

of  William  Thomas  and  Rachel  (Galbreath)  Doran,  of  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
1.  William  Thomas  (10).     2.  Caroline  Nagel   (10). 

6.  3.  John  Kerlin  Shinn  (9);   b.  11/15/1873;   m.,  15/11/1896,  Minnie  Elizabeth  Ver- 

million, daughter  of  William  Thomas  and  Rachel  Lavinia   (Duncan)   Ver- 
million, of  Norkomis,  III.,  and  had: 
1.  John  Nagel   (10).     2.  Genevieve  Elizabeth   (10). 

7.  4.  Jane  Powell  Shinn;    b.  7/6/1875;    m.,  10/5/1899,  Paul  Clunet,  son  of  Victor 

and  Mary  (Shannon)   Clunet,  of  Baltimore,  Md. 

S.John  Kerlin  Shinn  (8),  ni.  (3),  12/23/1896,  Mary  Anna  Correll,  daughter 
of  John  William  and  Lucinda  (Latham)  Correll  of  Baltimore,  Md.  Be- 
sides at  Baltimore,  ]\Id. 

4.  Ann  Elizabeth  (8).     5.  Cornelia  Eugene  (8). 

6.  Joseph  Ashbrook  Shinn  (8),  b.  2/24/1845 :  m.  at  Salem,  0.,  9/18/1870,  Mary 
E.  Woodruff;  his  education  at  the  public  school  of  Burlington,  N.  J.,  ter- 
minated at  the  age  of  11  years  by  the  removal  of  his  father  to  Coesse,  Whit- 
ley County,  Ind.,  6/15/1856.  At  the  death  of  his  father,  in  August,  1858, 
entered  the  service  of  the  P.,  Ft.  W.  &  Chicago  Eailway  Co.  as  messenger; 
afterwards  promoted  to  various  clerical  positions;  in  August,  1864,  enlisted 
in  Co.  B.  193rd  Pennsylvania  Vol.  Inf.;  in  September  re-enlisted  at  Wil- 
mington, ])el.,  in  Co.  1).  14th  Pa.  Cavalry;  taken  prisoner  Dec.  17th,  1864, 
at  Snicker's  Ford,  Va. ;  confined  in  Libby  Prison  until  February,  1865; 
again  entered  the  service  of  the  P.,  Ft.  Wayne  &  Chicago  R.  R.  as  clerk  in 
tlie  ticket  office  at  Allegheny,  Pa. ;  cashier  of  the  same  company  at  Youngs- 
town,  0.;  a])pointed  traveling  agent  for  the  traffic  department  7/1/1870; 
Jan.  1st,  1872,  accepted  the  position  of  traveling  auditor  of  the  C.  I.  &  L. 
R.  R. ;  in  1873  was  made  accountant  for  the  same  road;  resigned  this  Jan- 
uary 1st,  1876,  and  became  sni'erintcndont  of  and  partner  in  the  first  suc- 
cessftil  works  erected  in  this  country  for  the  manufacture  of  Portland  ce- 
ment; April  1st,  1887,  was  appointed  auditor  of  the  K.  Y.  &  N.  E.  R.  R., 
and  in  1888  of  tlie  Norwich  and  New  York  Transportation  Co.  also;  Jan. 
1st,  1889.  was  made  general  freight  agent  of  the  two  companies  named; 
in  August,  1902.  he  obtained  a  patent  for  the  conversion  of  shig.  a  waste 
product  of  blast  furnaces,  into  a  superior  aiiicle  of  sand  for  building  pur- 
poses, and  is  now  engaged  in  that  business. 

His  children  wore:  1.  Cerlrude  Woodruff  (9).  2.  Edmund  Woodruff  (9),  b. 
7/9/1S7G  at  Now  Castle.  Pa.;  m.  Mille  Adell  Hedges,  4/3/19(11,  and  had 
Mille  Adell  Shinn.  b.  7/4/1902. 

1.  Arnoy    Lippincott     Shinn     (7).    by    his    second    marriago.    with    Elizabeth    Plunkett, 

had  one  child: 
1.  7.  Mary    Ella    Shinn    (8);    b.    4/12/1857,    at    Columbia    City,    Ind.;    unmarried    at 
Pi(ts))urg,  Pa. 

2.  Sarah  Shinn  (7);  m.  Israel  l^ippincott. 

3    Ann    Lavina   Shinn    (7);    m.    Janios   (I.   Dnriss.   and    had    the   following    descendants, 
who  rcsido  in  New  Jersey  and   Pennsylvania: 
1.  John  n.  Dnriss   (8):   b.  2/8/1842;   m.,  4/30/1867,  Adelaide  Hartley,  and  moved  to 
Germantown,  Pa.     His  descendants  were: 


Sixth  and  Later  Generations.  271 

1.  Robert   Hartley   Doriss    (9);    b.    5/16/1868;    m.,   4/26/1893,   Laura   Scatchard. 

One  child:  /     /         - 

1.  Robert  H.  Doriss   (10). 

2.  Harry  Stokes   (9).     3.  Emma  Lavina  (9).     4.  John  William  (9). 
5.  Adelaide  Hartley  (9).     6.  Anna  Shinn  (9). 

7.  Florence  Ethel  Doriss  (9);   b.  8/2/1878;   m.,  6/21/1900,  Lorenza  Lewis  Bland. 

8.  Howard  Doriss  (9) ;   b.  2/28/1881. 

2.  Emma  C.  Doriss  (8);  b.  9/20/1843;  ob.  unmarried. 

3.  Cordelia  Doriss   (8);    b.   12/19/1845;    m.,  5/18/1871,  Joseph  E.  Reeves,  and  had 

children,  who  reside  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.: 
].  Anna  Reeves   (9).     2.  John  Doriss  (9).     3.  Cora  Ethel   (9). 

4.  Samuel   Shinn    (7) ;    drowned  in  boyhood. 

5.  P^letcher  Shinn  (7);  killed  by  rolling  machine. 

6.  Jonathan  Shinn   (7);    b.  1816;   m.,  1836,  Phebe  Naylor,  and  removed  to  the  Shore: 

His  descendants  were: 
1.  Samuel  Edward  Shinn  (8);  m.  Kate  Peckworth,  1/29/1889,  and  had: 

1.  William  Shinn  (9) ;  b.  11/16/1872. 

2.  Nellie  Shinn   (9);   b.  10/29/1873;   m.  Joseph  Lippincott,  and  had  one  child- 

Helen. 

3.  Ida  Shinn  (9);  b.  8/29/1S77;  m.  John  Spencer,  and  had  one  child — Estella. 

4.  Frank.     5.  Edward  L.     6.  Kate.     7.  Raymond  Shinn. 

13GG.    Daniel  Shinn  (6). — Joseph  (5),  William  (4),  Joseph  (3),  James  (2), 

John   (1). 

Daniel  Shinn,  second  child  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Lippincott)  Shinn,  was  born 

r)/7/1790;  m.,  1811, ;  member  of  Quorum  Court,  Monmouth  County, 

New  Jersey,  1816.     He  died  at  West  Creek,  Ocean  County,  N.  J.,  6/18/1870.    His 

descendants  were: 

1.  Mary   Shinn;    b.   10/12/1812,  at  West  Creek,  N.  J.;    m.  Mr.    Shields,  and  had  John 

Shields. 

2.  Joseph  Shinn  (7);  b.  2/26/1813,  at  West  Creek,  N.  J.;  m.  Hannah,  daughter  of  John 

and  Elizabeth  (Sooy)  Bartlett,  and  had  Alfred,  Eliza,  Abigail,  Mary  L.  and  Louisa. 
Eliza  m.  a  Kelley;  Abigail,  a  Seaman;  Mary  L.  m.  and  moved  to  Brooklyn. 

3.  Rebecca  Shinn  (7);  b.  12/25/1815;  m.  John  Pharo. 

4.  Elizabeth  Shinn  (7);  b.  11/12/1816;  m.  Mr.  Bowyer,  and  had  Ann  and  Mary  C. 

5.  Abigail  Shinn  (7);   b.  3/3/1819;  m.  Mr.  Blackman,  and  had  Joseph,  Jackson,  Smith, 

Annie  E.  and  Daniel  S. 

6.  Daniel  Arney  Lippincott  Shinn  (7);   b.  3/21/1825;    m.  and  had  Elizabeth,  James  S., 

Daniel,  Joseph   A.,  Sadie  A.,  Charles  S.,  Hannah  A.  and   Silas  S.     Elizabeth  m. 
a  Homan;   Sadie  A.,  a  Lloyd;  and  Hannah  A.,  a  Parker. 

7.  Lydia  Arney  Lippincott  Shinn  (7);  b.  9/14/1829;  o.  s.  p. 

1367.    Joseph  Shinn  (6).— Joseph  (5),  W^illiam  (4),  Joseph  (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

Joseph  Shinn,  third  child  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Lippincott)  Shinn,  born  8/3/ 
1793;  married  Zilpha,  daughter  of  Edmund  and  Deliverance  (Willets)  Bartlett 
at  West  Creek,  N.  J.,  and  had  Edmund,  Oliver,  Nathan,  Josephine,  who  married 
Walter  S.  Cox  and  had  Walter  Barclay  Cox;  and  Zepheniah  Shinn.  (A  Deed  in 
Monmouth  County  Eecords,  Liber  Q,  names  him  as  an  heir.) 

1369.     Caleb  Arney  Lippincott  Shinn  (6).— Joseph  (5),  William  (4),  Jo- 
seph (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

Caleb  Arney  Lippincott  Shinn,  fifth  child  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Lippincott) 
Shinn.  born  1799;  married  Eebecca  Lodge,  6/28/1827,  in  Gloucester  County,  N.  J. 
I^Iember  Quorum  Court,  Monmouth  County,  N.  J.,  1846;  died  at  Vincento^vn, 
N.  J.,  4/5/1880,  leaving  a  will.  (Bur.  Wills,  Liber  P,  p.  256.)  His  descendants 
were  Mary  S. ;  Anna  Lodge,  m.  Elijah  W.  Haines;  Amanda  L.,  m.  Mahlon  Joyce; 
Joseph  and  Ann.  Joseph  was  twin  of  Amanda  and  was  drowned  in  liis  youth; 
Ann  o.  s.  p. 


272  History  of  the  8hinn"  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

1371.    Abigail  Shinx  (6). — Joseph  (5),  William  (4),  Joseph  (3),  James  (2), 

John   (1). 

Abigail  Shiiin,  seventh  child  of  Joseph  and  Mary   (Lippincott)    Shinn,  born 
at  Pemberton,  IST.  J.,  1805 ;  married,  3/13/1824,  William  Malsbury,  and  had  the 

followinii-  children,  who  reside  at  Pemberton,  IST.  J. 

1.  Rusling   Malsbury    (7);    b.    1826;    m.    (1)    Anna   Larison;    (2)    1/23/1865,   Rachel   A. 

Jamison,  and  had  Frank,  who  married  Anna  Yeager,  and  Mattie  Malsbury. 

2.  Elizabeth  Malsbury  (7);   b.  1828;  ob.  unmarried. 

3.  Caleb  A.   Malsbury    (7);    b.   3/20/1830;    m.,   11/25/1856,   Adelaide    Maria  Davis,   and 

had  Anna  Davis,  Jennie  Pearl,  Mary,  Henrietta  and  Charles  Malsbury,  b.  3/17/ 
1869;  m..  1804,  Georgiana  Steelman,  and  had  two  children— Altheis  and  La  Ross, 
and  Belle  Malsbury,  b.  12/28/1873. 

4.  Mary  S.  Malsbury  (7);   b.  1832;   m.  Caleb  B.  Shinn. 

5.  William  Malsbury  (7);  b.  1834;  killed  in  civil  war. 

6.  Rebecca  Malsbury  (7);   b.  1836;   m.,  1862,  Charles  B.  Lamb,  and  had  Laura. 

7.  Joseph  S.  Malsbury  (7);  o.  s.  p. 

8.  James  Malsbury;   b.  11/31/1840;   m.  Emma  A.  Reeves,  and  had: 

1.  Louisa  Myers   Malsbury    (8);    b.   11/14/1872;    m.,    2/8/1900,   John   Caldwell   Tevis, 

and  had  children: 
1.  Louisa  Malsbury  Tevis  (9);   b.  9/20/1901. 

2.  Hilman  Gaskill  Malsbury  (8) ;  b.  9/20/1874. 

9.  Benjamin  Malsbury   (7);    b.  10/3/1S42;    m.,  4/2/1865,  Anna  S.  Goslin,  and  had  chil- 

dren: 
1.  George  H.  Malsbury  (8);   b.  4/4/1867. 
10.  Anna  Malsbury   (7);   b.  4/5/1847;   unmarried. 

1373.    George  Shinn  (6). — Isaac  (5),  Benjamin  (4),  Joseph  (3),  James  (2), 

John    ( 1 ) . 

George   Shinn,  second  child  of  Isaac  and  Agnes    (Drake)    Shinn,  was  born 
8/20/1787;  married,  1/7/1808,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Samson  and  Eleanor  (Sims) 
Kirk,  in  Harrison  Connt}',  West  Virginia;  b.  1784;  an  admirable  woman;  paralyzed 
on  one  side  for  many  years;  a  great  reader,  having  read  tlic  Bible  through  many 
times;  lier  iiushaiid  in  his  devotion  to  her  was  excelled  by  no  man,  not  even  by  that 
model  iiusband.  President  McKinloy.     (See  engraving  of  group,  George  and  Elea- 
nor Sliiini,  John  Kirk  Shinn  and  others,  facing  page  240.)     The  children  and  their 
descendants  were: 
1.   Elizabeth  Ann  Sliinn  (7),  b.  11/27/1808 ;  m.  John  Manier  Fortney,  1/1/1837; 
at  Shinnston,  W.  \'a.    John  Manier  Fortney  was  the  son  of  Daniel  Fortney 
of  Preston  C'ountv.  \'irginia;  he  was  reared  on  the  farm  and  had  only  the 
meager   educational    and    social    advantages   of   the    day;   carpenter;    after 
building  a  saw  and  grist  mill  for  Mr.  Scth  Shinn  in  18  16  he  took  up  milling 
and  followed  it  for  fifteen  years;  many  times  elected  Justice  of  the  Peace 
for  Harrison  County;  I'residi ng  Justice  of  the  Bench  of  Justices. 

He  \\;is  ;il\\;!ys  licld  in  liigli  cslccni  for  bis  correct  understanding  and 
cleai-  exposition  of  law,  as  well  as  for  his  line  analysis  of  evidence  and  his 
uiuleviating  regard  for  honor;  an  uncom]5r()niising  Union  man;  enlisted  in 
1SG2  in  the  12th  W.  Va.  Inf.  and  served  until  his  health  failed;  removed  to 
Kansas  ISGS;  died  tbri'c  1S!)'2.  Fie  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Metho- 
dist Protestant  Cluirch,  of  wbich  be  A\ns  a  faithful,  consistent  member,  hon- 
ored and  res])ected  l)y  ;ill  wlio  knew  him.  Jie  and  Elizabeth  lived  together 
fil'ty-five  years  witbonl  jni-  li;ip[ty.  affectionate  and  only  solicitous  for  each 
other  and  tlieir  cluldren's  good.     Descendants: 

1.  Jasper   Fortney    (8);    b.   at   Shinnston,   Va..   10/16/1837;    m.,   4/11/1861,   Bashaba 

Janes;   civil  engineer,  Fort  Scott,  Kan.     Children: 
1.  William  Fnmklin  (9).     2.  Ella  Mary   (9). 

2.  Newton  Fortney  (8);  b.  3/3/1839,  at  Shinnston.  Va.;  ob.  sine  proli,  2/21/186—.' 

3.  Benjamin  Frank  Fortney  (8);   b.  5/24/1840;   m.   Sarah  Shorten,  Shinnston,  Va.; 

farmer.  Sherman,  Kan.     Children: 


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Sixth  and  Later  Generations.  275 

1.  rcTcy   (9).     2.  Mabel   (9).     3.  Harold   (9).     4.  Alvin  Maurice    (9).     5.  Lester 
Kenneth   (9). 
4.  Sarah  Ellen  Fortney  (8);  b.  Shlnnston,  Va.,  2/22/1848;  m.  Ray  Piper,  10/22/1874, 
at  Marmaton,  Kan.;  children  were  all  born  near  Labette  City,  Kan.,  where  the 
father  died.  9/18/1882;  the  mother  then  moved  to  Glendale,  Ariz.     Children: 
1.  Angellne  Fortney.    2.  John  Newton.    3.  Ray  Kathleen. 

2.  Wilson  Kirk  Shinn   (7),  b.  2/6/1810;  m.   (1) ;  m.   (3)  Mary  Ann 

Miller;  attorney  at  law,  Clarksburg,  Va. ;  politician;  member  of  the  Vir- 
ginia Senate .    Children  by  first  marriage: 

1.  Sabra  Shinn   (8);   b.  Clarksburg,  Va.,  12/25/1831;  m.  George  Best,  b.  Dublin,  Ire- 

land, 8/7/1828,  and  had  children: 

1.  James  Shinn  Best;   b.  Quincy,  111.,  August,  1851;   ob.  2/22/1855. 

2.  Ellen   Sabra  Best   (9);    b.  Quincy,  111.,  5/17/1856;    m.  Charles  Wells,  and  had 

rhildren,  all  born  in  Towanda,  Pa. 

1.  Ellen  Hollenbech  Wells   (10);   m.  Stanley  Judson  Little,  in  Towanda,  Pa., 

6/22/1898.  and  had: 
1.  Stanley  Judson  Little  (11);    b.  2/2/1901,  Athens,  Pa.;   ob.  infans. 

2.  ICmma  Florence  Wells  (10);   m.  Robert  Page  at  Towanda,  Pa.,  4/29/1902. 

3.  Alice  Best.     4.  Amelia  Page.     5.  Mary  Sabra. 

3.  Anna  Florence  Best  (9),  b.  Quincy,  111.,  9/4/1862;   m.  Frank  Benjamin  Kert- 
ner  In  Towanda,  Pa.,  11/4/1885.  and  had: 
1.  Nellie  Best.     2.  Charles  Wells. 

By   Second  Marriage: 

2.  Van  Buren  Shinn  (8),  b.  Harrison  County,  Virginia;  moved  to  Quincy,  111.    Mem- 

ber of  the  City  Guards.  1853-54. 

3.  Belinda  Shinn   (8).  b.  Harrison  County,   Virginia;   to  Illinois;    m.  William  Tapp. 

Children: 

1.  Llda  Tapp  (9),  m.  James  F.  Crawford.     Children: 

1.  Earl  (10).     2.  Ray  (10).     3.  James  (10).    4.  Lucy  (10). 

2.  Willie  Tapp   (9),  m.  Emma  Trip. 

3.  Louis  Tapp  (9),  m.  Gertrude  Fuller. 

4.  Lucy  Tapp  (9),  m.  Mr.  Pringle. 

4.  Cornelia  Shinn  (8),  m.  St.  Cyr. 

3.  William    Shinn    (7),  b.  Harrison   County,  Virginia,  5/16/1811;  m.,   12/25/ 

1812,  Susan  Cunningham;  to  Washington  Territory.     Children: 
1.  George  Shinn  (8).     2.  Josephine  Shinn  (8),  m.  Charles  Raggett. 
3.  Sheridan  Shinn  (8).     4.  Cassius  Shinn  (8).     5.  Wilson  Shinn  (8). 
6.  Ellsworth  Shinn  (8). 
•1.  John  Kirk  Sliinn  (7).  b.  Harrison  County,  Virginia,  3/4/1813;  m.  there,  6/ 
24/1836,  Tabitha  Ogden;  to  Illinois   (Adams  County)    1848;  ob.    10/20/ 
1889.     (See  portrait'oi  group,  George  Shinn,  John  Kirk  Shinn  and  Albert 
Clay  Shinn,  facing  page  240.)    This  couple  was  of  a  high  type  of  American 
citizenship,   dealing  justly   and   fairly  by  alh     They   died  imiversally  re- 
spected.    The  children  were: 

1.  Ataline  Shinn  (8),  b.  Harrison  County,  Virginia,  5/3/1837;   m.  Thomas  Stokes  m 

Illinois.  1/24/1858.    Children: 

1.  Helen  Stokes  (9),  m.  William  Egbert. 

2    Addie  Stokes   (9),  m.  Robert  Ayres  and  had  one  daughter,  Hattie  Ayres. 

i!  Eva  Stokes  (9) ;  ob.  1892. 

2.  Edgar  Jav  Shinn  (8),  b.  in  Harrison  County,  Virginia,  2/22/1839;  moved 

to  Hancock  County,  Illinois,  with  his  father;  went  overland  with  a  four 
yoke  team  of  oxen  to  Pikes  Peak  in  1860  in  search  of  gold;  returned 
safely  with  his  cattle;  considerable  experience  but  not  much  bullion; 
voted  for  Lincoln,  but  has  always  been  independent  in  politics;  an  ex- 
tensive buver  and  seller  of  hogs  and  cattle,  in  addition  to  his  occupation 
as  farmer  and  stock  raiser;  after  the  death  of  his  first  wife  he  removed 
to  Quenemo,  Kan.,  where  he  embarked  in  the  grain  business;  built  the 
first  elevator  in  that  toA^oi;  has  farming  interests  in  Osage  and  Franklin 
Counties:  the  first  mayor  of  Quenemo,  and  for  many  years  a  member  of 
the  Council;  in  1902  removed  to  Ottawa,  Kan.,  to  educate  his  daughter. 

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276  History  of  the  Shinn  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

(See  group  cngTaviiig  Edgar  Jay  Sliimi,  his  three  brothers,  and  the 
eldest  son  of  each.)  Married  (1)  in  Illinois,  Eebecca  Ayres,  12/2/1863; 
(2)  Hattie  Wickard.  Children  by  first  marriage  (there  were  five  chil- 
dren born;  four  died  in  infancy;  the  wife  died  1/20/1882,  leaving  one 

living  child)  :  (Engraving  facing  page  288.) 
1.  Edwin  Frank  Shinn  (9),  b.  5/21/1875,  in  Hancock  County,  Illinois;  graduated 
from  the  Quenemo  High  School,  1893;  graduated  from  the  Kansas  State 
University  in  1899;  in  his  senior  year  was  business  manager  of  the  class 
annual,  "The  Oread";  Located  at  Guthrie,  Okla..  in  1901  and  engaged  in 
the  loan  and  brokerage  business;  also  general  agent  for  Oklahoma  and 
Indian  Territory  for  the  American  Bonding  Co.  of  Baltimore,  Md. 

Children  by  Second  Marriage. 

1.  Tabitha  Shinn   (9),  b.  5/13/1885. 
3.  Martha   Ellen   Shinn    (8),   b.   Harrison   County,   Virginia,   11/9/1840;  m. 
William  Jackson,  10/9/1862,  and  had  children: 

1.  Wilburn  Shinn  Jackson  (9),  m.  Eva  Cutler  and  had: 

1.  Frank  Jackson.     2.  . 

2.  Anna  Jackson   (9),  m.  Herman  Harper  and  had  one  child. 

3.  Ella  Jackson   (9). 

4.  Albert  Clay  Shinn  (8),  b.  in  Harrison  County,  Virginia,  10/12/1842;  his 
father,  a  farmer,  moved  to  Illinois  in  1848,  a  pioneer;  politics,  first  Whig 
and  then  Republican;  when  Albert  was  twenty  years  old  he  enlisted  in  Co. 
G  12th  111.  Cavalry  and  was  assigned  to  the  Army  of  the  Potomac;  after  it 
was  veteranized,  department  of  the  Mississippi;  member  of  the  Gr.  A.  R. ; 
in  politics  he  does  not  adhere  to  any  party,  but  believes  in  the  Declaration 
of  Independence,  the  principles  of  abolition  and  the  free  coinage  of  silver. 
To  the  last  he  has  given  much  thought,  time  and  attention;  shortly  after 
the  close  of  the  Civil  War  moved  to  Kansas  and  took  up  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  of  land.  From  time  to  time  he  added  unto  it  until  he 
now  owns  five  hundred  acres,  all  in  one  body.  Short-horn  cattle,  Poland- 
China  hogs  and  standard  bred  horses  may  be  seen  upon  his  farm,  with 
descendants  that  have  records  between  2:16  and  2:14. 

Mr.  Shinn  is  an  original  thinker;  member  of  the  American  Bimetallic 
Union  and  one  of  its  National  Committee;  one  of  the  Weaver  electors  for 
Kansas;  nominated  on  the  Alliance  State  ticket  for  Lieutenant  Governor 
1890;  energetic  in  the  promotion  of  all  local  enterprises  and  openly  con- 
cerned for  the  prosperity  of  his  state  and  country.  On  10/7/1865  he  mar- 
ried Frances  Evalinc,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Esther  (Dyer)  Bride,  b. 
10/19/1843  in  Hancock  County,  Illinois;  her  parents  were  pioneers  of  that 
county,  living  there  through  tlio  T^ronnoii  troubles;  Samuel  Bride  was  at 
Carthage  when  the  great  Mormon  a]iostle  Joseph  Smith  was  killed;  the 
Brides  were  of  reguhir  old  fashioned  Yankee  stock  from  N"ew  England,  and 
Mrs.  Dyer,  mother  of  Esther  Bride,  was  a  great  graddaughter  of  the  farmer 
general  of  the  Revolutionary  War,  William  Heath.  Evaline  Bride  Shinn 
has  been  an  honored  wife  and  mother  in  her  Kansas  honie. 

There  is  one  point  that  stands  out  with  great  clearness  in  the  history  of 
this  branch  of  th(^  Shinn  family;  that  is,  their  connubial  longevity.     John 
Kirk  Shinn  celebrated  his  golden  wedding  in  1886.     George  Shinn  and  wife, 
their  parents,  lived  several  years  after  their  golden  wedding,  while   Isaac 
and  Agnes  Shinn,  their  grandparents,  also  passed  the  half  century  mark  to- 
gether, and  lived  a  long  time  thereafter.      (See  portrait  of  group,  George 
Shinn,  John   Kirk  Sliiiin  nnd   Albert  Clay  Sliinn,  facing  page  240.)      De- 
scendants : 
1.  Tal)ilha  Evaline  Shinn   (9),  b.   11/15/1867  in  Hayes  Township.  Franklin  County, 
Kansas;  educated  in  both  county  and  city  schools,  Warsaw,  111.;  and  at  Ottawa 
University;    teacher  for   a   short  time;    m.,   12/25/1893,   Oscar   Edward   Haley; 
farmer;   abstracter  in  Linn  County,  Kansas;   reside  at  Mound  City,  in  the  lat- 


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ter«junty( Mr    Haley  was  the   son  of  William   Potter  Haley,   b.  4/27/1822 
anfl  Nancy  Cornell.  ...  3/16/1832.)     Children:  /^</i5Z4, 

1.  A""  ^'^"■'^•'•in;;^  Haley  b.  3/6/1901.  (See  group  portrait  of  Oscar  Edward 
o  T.  u  "^'*'>-  Tabitha  Evaline  (Shinn)  Haley  and  child,  facing  p  320) 
2.  EHfher  Ann  Shinn  (9).  b.  12/.5/1869:  educated  in  county  schools  and  at  Warsaw, 
m  m.  .John  Martin  Conard.  1/21/1891;  owner  of  a  thousand-acre  tract  in 
Jr.hnson  '.ounty.  Kansas.,  where  he  has  lately  erected  a  neat  cottage.  (See 
portrait  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Conard,  their  daughter  and  home.)  John  Conard  the 
ancestor  of  .John  M.  Conard.  came  from  Germany  in  early  colonial  days' and 
settled  in  LoiKloiin  County,  Virginia;  here  a  son,  Anthony,  was  born  in  1760- 
this  Hon  .-nlistf.,1  in  the  Revolutionary  War  as  a  boy;  after  the  war  he  located 
in  Fairfax  County,  near  the  plantation  of  Gen.  Washington,  and  was  his  neigh- 
bor and  fncnd:  the  eldest  son  of  Anthony  was  given  the  same  name-  he  moved 


JOHN  MARTIN  CONARD,   MRS.  ESTHER  ANN  (SHINN;  CONARD  AND  ALBERTA  BELINDA  CONARD. 


to  Licking  County,  Ohio,  in  1828,  and  to  La  Salle  County,  Illinois,  in  1847;  he 
married  in  Virginia  in  1821  Nancy  Gregg,  and  became  the  father  of  fourteen 
children,  of  whom  William  H.  Conard  was  the  youngest;  he  enlisted,  8/4/ 
18t>2,  in  the  104th  Illinois  Vol.  Inf.;  was  twice  promoted;  tendered  a  commis- 
sion in  the  regular  army,  which  he  refused;  m.  Sarah  Belinda  Dominy,  2/20/ 
18G'j,  and  had  five  children,  of  whom  John  Martin  Conard,  b.  1/24/1867,  was  the 
eldest.  To  John  Martin  Conard  and  Esther  Ann  (Shinn)  Conard,  one  child  was 
born: 

1.  Alberta  Belinda  Conard,  b.  3/2/1899. 
Phebe  Clara  Shinn  (9),  b.  9/16/1871;  educated  in  the  district  schools  and  Ottawa 
University;   is  a  lover  of  music  and  sings  in  the  choir  of  the  Ottawa  Baptist 
Church,  of  which  she  is  a  member;  m.,  11/23/1892.  W^illiam  Anderson  Rodgers, 
son  of  William  Rufus  and  Lucy  Didama  (W^eeks)  Rodgers.     Children: 
1.  Harold  Shinn  Rodgers,  b.  9/1/1895. 


278  History  of  the  Shinn  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

2.  Roy  Elwin  Rodgers,  b.  6/1/1899.      (See  group  engraving  of  W.  A.  Rodgers, 
wife  and  cliildren,  facing  p.  320.) 

4.  Jacob  Elwin  Shinn    (9),  b.   1/17/1874;    educated  in  district  scliools   and    Ottawa 

University;  graduated  B.  S.  from  the  latter  institution,  1898;  manager  college 
baseball  team  and  president  State  Baseball  Association  one  year;  secretary 
and  treasurer  of  the  alumni  association  of  Ottawa  University;  abstracter  at 
Mound  City,  Linn  County,  Kansas,  three  years;  abstracter  at  present  in  Ottawa 
in  partnership  with  a  college  chum,  under  firm  name  of  "Shinn  &  Atkinson"; 
member  Forest  Park  Driving  Association  and  member  of  the  board  of  directors 
of  the  Franklin  County  Fair  Association  and  superintendent  of  the  speed  ring; 
owner  of  standard  bred  mares  locally  noted  for  speed;  has  always  been  a 
Democrat,  having  done  service  on  both  city  and  county  committees;  being 
secretary  of  the  latter  and  attends  all  conventions  of  his  party;  a  Congrega- 
tionalist;  member  of  the  Masonic,  Odd  Fellows  and  Elks  orders;  a  typical 
young  American,  doing  a  good  business  and  claiming  a  successful  race  in  life. 
(See  engraving  facing  p.  240.) 

5.  Clay  Bride  Shinn   (9),  b.  8/16/1887;   self  reliant;   made  a  tour  of  Colorado  alone 

in   1902,   visiting   Pike's   Peak   and   all   the   great   resox'ts.      (See   engraving   of 
group — A.  C.   Shinn.) 
5.  Silas  Webster  (8).     6.  Calder  Lee  Shinn   (8). 

7.  Taylor    Ogden    Shinn    (8),    b.    12/24/1848;    m.    Emma   Bride,    10/1/1870,    and    had 

three   children: 
1.  Edna  Shinn   (9).     2.  Jay  Shinn   (9).     3.  Ruth  Shinn    (9).     (See  engraving  of 
Taylor  Ogden  Shinn  and  his  three  brothers  and  their  eldest  sons,  facing 
p.   288.) 

8.  Lucy  Ann  Shinn  (8),  b.  5/14/1851;   m.  Thomas  McMahon,  and  had  three  children: 

1.  Argyle  McMahon  (9).     2.  May  McMahon  (9).     3.  Merle  McMahon  (9). 

9.  Arthur  Burthnot  Shinn  (8),  b.  4/24/1853;  ob.  young. 

10.  Charles  William  Shinn  (8),  b.  5/30/1854,  near  Warsaw,  111.;  attended  the 
district  scliools  in  winter  and  worked  upon  the  home  farm  the  remainder 
of  the  year;  in  1873  removed  to  California,  but  returned  in  1875;  admitted 
to  the  bar  6/6/1877  by  the  District  Court  of  Coffey  County,  Kansas;  re- 
turned to  Illinois  and  continued  his  le2:al  studies  in  the  office  of  W.  E.- 
Mason  and  W.  C.  Hooker  of  Carthage,  111. ;  on  5/8/1880  licensed  by  the 
Supreme  Court  of  Illinois  to  practice  law;  located  at  Ottawa,  Kan.,  in  1881 ; 
in  1883  removed  to  Eureka,  Kan.,  where  he  now  resides;  on  5/14/1888  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Kansas;  elected  Judge  of  the 
26th  Judicial  District;  in  January,  1896,  thai  district  was  abolished;  in 
November  of  that  year  he  Avas  elected  judge  of  the  13th  Judicial  District, 
which  position  he  held  until  1901;  he  is  now  engaged  in  the  practice  of 
law  at  Eureka;   married,   1/5/1882,  at  Ottawa,   Kan.,   Olive  T.   Barnett, 

and  liad  three  children  (see  portrait  facing  page  288)  : 
1.  Kirk  Shinn  (9).     2.  Winifred  Shinn  (9).     3.  Edward  Shinn  (9). 

11.  Flora  Evelyn  Shinn  (8),  b.  3/24/1857;  m.  Martin  Luther  Ellinger. 

12.  Homer  Ellsworth  Sninn   (8),  b.  7/8/1861;  m.  Fannie  Burgess,  1882,  and  had  four 

children  (see  engraving,  group,  facing  p.  288): 
1.  Homer  Winifred.     2.  Arthur.     3.  Jessie.     4.  Lyda  Frances. 
0.  George  Drake  Shinn   (7),  b.  Harrison  County,  Virginia,  1/5/1815;  m.  there, 

Almoda  McTntvrc;  ob.  5/9/1842.     Children: 

1.  Granville  Shinn  (8),  m.  (1)  Miss  Waters;  m.   (2)   Miss  Stephenson. 

2.  Vanvert  Shinn  (8),  m.  Mary  Payne;   three  children: 

1.  Alice.     2.  Florence.     3.  Nettie. 

6.  Cynthia   Sarah  Shinn    (7),  b.   Harrison   County,  Virginia,   1/5/1815,  twin  of 

George  Drake  Shinn ;  m,  Gustavus  Payne.    One  child : 
1.  Addie  Payne  (8);  ob.  ini'ans. 

7.  Deborah  Shinn   (7),  b.  8/3/1816;  m.  Willinm  Vandcbur,  1882;  d.  3/14/1903, 

and  was  buried  at  I^abettc.  Kan. 

8.  Jane  Shinn  (7),  b.  1872;  ob.  sine  proli. 

9.  Isaac  Shinn    (7),  b.   10/9/1819;  to   Adams  County,  Illinois;  m.  there,  8/31/ 

1862,  Elizabeth  Iven  Chaltcn  ;  attorney  at  bnv,  ()uiney.  111.;  ob.  there,  10/28/ 
1882.    Descendants: 


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279 


1.  Alice   Chatten    Shinn    (8>,    b.    6/12/1863;    m.    James   Brown,    5/11/1883,   at  Lynn, 

MasB.     Children: 

1.  Bessie  Orend  ({*).     2.  Birdie  (9). 

2.  Edwin  Chatten  Shinn   (8),  b.  11/19/1865;   m.   Clara  Terry,  5/14/1890,  at  Quincy, 

111.     One  child: 
1.  Olive  Shinn  (9),  b.  6/12/1891. 

3.  Lucy    Chatten    Shinn    (8),   b.    9/17/1867;    m.    Ebenezer   F.   Turner,    9/16/1886,   at 

Quincy,  III.     Three  children: 

1.  Ebert  P'letcher  (9).     2.  Harlan  Louis  (9).     3.  Era  Kate  (9). 

4.  Frank  Shinn  (8). 

10.  Samson  Sliinii  (7),  bom  at  Shinnston,  Harrison  County,  Virginia,  Dec.  26, 
1881;  came  to  Pavson,  Adams  County,  Illinois,  with  his  father  in  1838; 
fireparf'd  for  the  ministry  at  a  classical  institute  in  Quincy,  111.  In  1843  he 
joined  the  Illinois  conference;  m.,  8/26/1846,  at  Quincy,  Lucy  Anna,  the 
youngest  daughter  of  Michael  and  Anna  (Brown)  Dodd;  Michael,  the  son  of 
"Williarn  and  Patty  (Allen)  Dodd,  of  Xorth  Carolina,  his  wife,  Anna,  datigh- 
ler  of  P)cnjaniin  and  Susanna  (WTiite)  BroAiTi  of  South  Carolina;  the  Dodds 
and  Bniwiis  came  from  the  Carolinas  and  settled  in  Madison  County,  Illi- 
nois, near  Edwardsville,  in  the  earliest  pioneer  days;  Michael  and  Anna  were 
married  Oct.  11.  1810,  in  Madison  County,  Illinois.     Michael  volunteered  at 


X' 


REV.  SAMSON   SHINN  AND  WIFE,   LUCY  ANNA  SHINN. 

Camp  Kussell,  111.,  and  served  in  the  war  of  1812  in  Captain  Boling  White- 
sides"  company  of  Mounted  Hangers,  in  the  regiments  commanded  by  Colonels 
Russell,  Howard  and  Edwards;  was  at  the  treaty  of  "  Fort  Ash  m  Mis- 
souri- was  honorablv  discharged  at  Camp  Paissell  1816;  settled  at  Quincy  and 
died  there.  Dec.  3,  1841.  His  widow,  Anna  Dodd,  received  a  grant  of  land,  as 
shown  bv  the  records  in  the  Pension  office  at  Washington,  D   C 

\fter  the  marriage  of  Samson  and  Lucy  Anna  Dodd,  he  began  his  lite 
of  itineracv;  was  successively  (for  a  year  or  more)  at  Hillsborough,  Salem, 
Waterloo  Warsaw,  Carlvle,  Columbus,  Farmer  City,  Georgetown,  Danville 
Mahomet ;  presiding  elder  of  Danville  district  (living  at  Urbana)  ;  Jack- 
sonville Circuit;  Columbus  Circuit;  Chandlerville,  Gnggsville,  Stan- 
ford,     Old     Town,     Hopedale,     Fisher;     he     then      took      superannuated 


280    "y       History  of  the  Shinn  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

relations,  but  iilled  the  following  places  under  the  elder:  Downs 
and  New  Hartford.  In  1890  lie  was  appointed  superintendent 
of  the  Lake  Michigan  Mission  for  the  Seamen's  Bethel  work; 
in  this  he  worked  until  the  autumn  of  1892,  when  his  healtli  failed,  and  in 
January,  1893,  he  died,  aged  71  years.  He  was  a  man  of  advanced  thought, 
nearly  fifty  years  ahead  of  his  time.  He  took  a  pronounced  stand  against 
slaveiy.  About  the  year  1850  at  the  regular  session  of  the  Illinois  Conference, 
a  resolution  was  presented  in  favor  of  slavery ;  a  viva  voce  vote  was  called  upon 
its  passage  and  he  was  the  only  man  of  the  entire  body  who  voted  against 
it.  After  the  conference  had  declared  itself,  he  arose  and  said:  "Mr.  Chair- 
man, I  call  for  an  aye  and  no  vote ;  I  want  this  vote  to  be  recorded.  I  have  a 
little  son  at  home,  and  when  he  is  grown  I  want  him  to  know  that  his  father's 
vote  was  recorded  against  slaverv."  The  vote  was  so  taken,  and  when  his  name 
was  called  his  voice  rang  out  like  a  clarion  "  NO !"'  In  1864  he  was  a  dele- 
gate to  the  General  Conference  which  was  held  in  Philadelphia,  and  voted 
against  slave  holders  and  slave  merchants  being  members  of  the  M.  E.  C. ; 
he  was  an  uncompromising  opponent  of  tobacco  in  all  forms,  and  with  voice 
and  pen  opposed  the  admission  of  candidates  to  the  Conference  who  used  it 
in  any  form,  holding  that  it  was  hurtful  to  the  body,  a  detriment  to  mental 
activity  and  a  hindrance  to  spiritual  growth.  He  did  not  miss  attending  an 
animal  conference  for  forty-seven  years,  and  at  each  one  he  urged  upon  the 
conference  the  adoption  of  rules  against  tobacco.  In  politics  he  was  a  staunch 
and  loyal  upholder  of  the  Constitution,  an  anti-slavery  advocate,  and  when 
tlie  Republican  jjarty  was  formed  voted  with  it  and  remained  a  firm  believer 
in  its  principles  all  liis  life.  He  was  an  ardent  advocate  of  temperance  and 
a  logical  speaker.  His  life  was  one  of  hard  work  and  self  sacrifice.  Earnest, 
faithful  and  forceful,  he  was  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him.  He  was  buried 
at  Oakwoods  Cemetery,  Chicago,  111.  His  wife  died  2/21/1903  at  the  house 
of  her  son  in  New  York  City;  she  was  brought  to  Chicago  and  buried  at  the 
side  of  her  husband.  She  was  a  member  of  the  M.  E.  C,  having  joined  that 
societv  in  her  tenth  vear.  The  children  were: 
1.  Luther  Edgar  Shinii  (8),  b.  2/13/1848;  m.,  2/16/1871,  Emma,  daughter  of  Col. 
Earl  and  Hulda  Osgood,  at  Urbana,  111.;  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Illinois  .5/20/1870;  abandoned  the  law  for  a  business  life;  now  vice- 
president  of  the  National  Mfg.  &  Supply  Co.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
2.  Mary  Ellen  Shinn   (8),  b.  12/2/1851. 

3.  Wilbur  True  Shinn  (8),  b.  7/11/1853;   m.  Lillian  Wright  at  Chicago,  111.;   telegra- 

pher;  now  in  the  coal  business  at  Pjttsburg,  Pa.     Children: 
1.  Anna  Shinn,  b.  7/25/1902. 

4.  Harriet  Anna   Shinn    (8),  b.   Georgetown,  111.,  2/29/1856;    expert  court  stenogra- 

pher, Monadnock  l)uilding,  Chicago,  111.  I  am  indebted  to  her  for  much  valu- 
able matter  concerning  her  family.  She  is  a  most  intelligent  woman,  a  good 
writer  and  very  clever  thinker. 

5.  Charles  Albert   Shinn   (8),  b.  in  Lincoln,  111.,  2/7/1859;   accountant  and  traveling 

auditor   for  American    Steel   &   Wire   Co.,   Chicago,    111.;    accountant   for   U.    S. 
Steel  C()ri)()i-ati()n,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  at  present  time. 

6.  Robert  Olin  Shinn   (S),  b.  5/20/1862;   m.  4/11/1S96,  Marie  W.  Wenzel;   ob.  8/14/ 

1902,  at  Geneva,  Ohio.     One  child: 
1.  Clara  Marie  Shinn   (9),  b.  4/15/1899. 

7.  Clara  Shinn   (S),  b.  at  Urbana,  III.,  8/8/1866;  m.  at  Chicago,  111.,  2/12/1893,  Fred- 

erick W.   Buescher;    resides  Buffalo.  N.  Y.     Four  children: 
1.  Lucy    Shinn    (9).      2.  Warren    Shinn    (9).      3.  Winifred    (9).      4.  Frederick 
Theodore   (9). 
11.  .Tames  Sliinn  (T),  1).  in  Harrison  County,  Virginia,  7/30/1833;  m.  there,  9/13/ 
IS  19,  Eli'/alKitli  I^ecder;  to  Illinois:  to  Wns'hington  T(MTitory:  ob.  1891.     Six 

children: 
1.  Maxwell  (8).     2.  Lcroy.     3.  Horace. 

4.  Wilbur  Shinn   (8);   m.  Christina  Naples. 

5.  Homer  Shinn   (8) ;  m.  Phebe  Barman. 

6.  Pettie  Shinn  (8),  m.  Albert  Summers. 


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12.  Eleanor  Shinn  (7),  b.  5/26/1825;  ob.  2/22/1844. 

13.  Tlioinas  JvJ<,'ar.     14.  Edwin  Taylor;  both  deceased. 

1374.     Benjamin-  Siiinn  (6).— Isaac  (5),  Benjamin  (4),  Joseph  (3),  James 

(2),  John  (1). 

Benjamin,  third  eliild  of  Isaac  and  Agnes  (Drake)  Sliinn,  born  in  Harrison 
('Miinty,  Virginia,  178!);  married  (1)  a  Davidson;  (2),  Mary,  daughter  of  Solo- 
mon Shinn;  liad  children,  Franklin;  Austin,  m.  a  Bartlett;  Abel,  m.  a  Gothrop; 
Olive,  m.  William  Lucas;  Harriet,  m.  a  Golden,  and  Ann. 

137n.     Mai!v  Sfrrw  (6)  —Isaac  (5),  Benjamin  (4),  Joseph  (3),  James  (2), 

John   (1). 

.Mary,  fifth  cliild  of  Isaac  and  Agnes  (Drake)  Shinn,  born  in  Harrison  County, 
Virginia,  1793;  married  William  Smith  and  had,  Elbert,  m.  Basha  Moore;  William, 
m.  an  Ogdcn;  and  two  daughters:  one  married  a  Barnes  and  the  other  Story  Moore. 

1380.    Samuel  Shinn  (G). — Isa.vc  (5),  Benjamin  (4),  Joseph  (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

Samuel,  ninth  child  of  Isaac  and  Agnes  (Drake)  Shinn,  born  in  Harrison 
County,  Virginia,  10/14/1802;  married  (1)  Olive,  daughter  of  Dempsey  Carroll 
in  Ohio,  near  \\'ilmington,  3/5/1829;  (2),  a  woman  whose  name  has  not  been  as- 
certained ;  moved  to  Flora,  111.,  and  died  there  in  1847. 

Children  of  the  First  Marriage. 

1.  Thomas  Dompsey  Porter  Shinn   (7),  b.  in  Ohio,  11/22/1829;  moved  to  Clay 

County,  Illinois;  married  Phebe  Ann  Bowler,  5/19/1851,  near  Clarksburg,. 
Ind. ;  upon  the  death  of  his  father  he  took  upon  himself  the  rearing  of  his 
younger  brothers  and  sisters;  in  1856  removed  to  Flora,  Clay  County,  Illi- 
nois, where  he  died  in  1856,  leaving  two  children: 

1.  Albert  E.  Shinn  (8) ;   has  a  large  farm  near  Flora;   hardware  store  and  tin  shop 

in  Flora;  an  excellent  business  man,  and  is  very  prosperous;  married  after  re- 
turning from  De  Pauw  University,  May  Carmen,  and  has  three  children — Albert 
Robins  Shinn,  May  Carmen  Shinn  and  William  Townsley  Shinn;  is  promi- 
nently identified  with  every  enterprise  of  Flora,  111. 

2.  Lizzie  Olive  Shinn  (8);  unmarried;   at  Flora,  111.;   a  student  of  art. 

2.  William  Amos  Shinn  (7),  b.  11/22/1831  and  died  in  infancy. 

3.  John  James  Shinn   (7)j  b.  in  Ohio,  12/8/3  832;  m.  Louisa  Zipporah  Perkins, 

7/15  1857;  to  Decatur,  111.;  ob.  1882  at  Cerro  Gordo,  111.     Descendants: 
1.  Addison  Perkins    (8).     2.  Charles  Eliphas    (8). 

3.  Lizzie  Alice  Shinn  (8),  b.  8/6/1861;  m.,  11/3/1887,  James  B.  Baker,  and  had  four 

children: 

1.  Roscoe.     2.  Claudius  Shinn. 
3.  Mary  ]Magdalen.     4.  Evangeline  Norris. 

4.  Margaret  Julia  Shinn   (8),  ob.  Infans. 

5.  John  Harliu  Shinn  (S),  b.  7/21/1865;  m.,  1/7/1891,  Sarah  Porter  Downs;  had  four 

children: 

1.  Bernie  Mildred.     2.  John  William. 

3    Cleo  Ethel.     4.  Walter  Edmund. 

6.  Lillian  Winifred   Shinn    (8),  b.   1/3/1868;    m.,  6/15/1890,    Stewart   M.   Drum;    ob. 

5/23/1895.     One  child: 

1.  John  Winifred  Drum  (9),  b.  4/28/1895. 

7.  Lucy  Rebecca  Shinn   (8),  b.  1/25/1870;   m.  Francis  Marion  Grove,  2/25/1891,  at 

Monticello,  111.    Had  four  children: 
1    Edith  Winifred.     2.  Charles  Hamilton, 
s'  Harlan  Calvin.     4.  Henry  Orville. 

8.  Julia  Olive  Shinn  (8),  b.  3/12/1872;  m.,  6/15/1890,  Peter  Joseph  Barry,  and  had 

four  children: 

1.  Earl  Baker.     2.  Martha  Helen. 
Esther.     4.  Ruby  Lillian. 


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9.  Maude  Shinn   (8),  b.  3/21/1875;    m.  Charles  Edwin  Hart,  3/10/1897. 
10.  Cleo  Shinn  (8),  b.  4/4/1877;   m.,  6/3/1894,  Thomas  Alfred  Snyder. 
11.  Ella  Blanche  Shinn    (8),   b.   10/20/1879.     Took  premium  for  being  the   prettiest 
young  lady  in  Decatur,  111.     (St.  Louis  Post-Dispatch,  December,  1901.) 

4.  Edmund  Stephen  Shinn  (7),  b.  1835;  enlisted  in  the  Union  Army;  ob.  1865, 

unmarried. 

5.  Joseph  Hamilton  Shinn   (7),  b.  5/6/1837;  m.  America  E.  Snodgrass,  who  d. 

in  1885  at  Flora,  Clay  County,  111.     Children: 
1.  Charles  W.  Shinn  (8).    2.  Leulia  May  Shinn  (8). 

6.  Luther  Shinn   (7),  b.  9/21/1839  at  Port  William,  0.;  claims  to  be  the  first 

soldier  to  enlist  from  Illinois  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  War;  enlisted 
first  under  three  months'  call  of  President  Lincoln;  enlisted  in  Co.  I  8th  111. 
Vol.  and  served  three  months;  re-enlisted  in  August,  1862,  in  Co.  A  98tli  111. 
Inf.  and  served  with  distinction  throughout  the  war;  member  of  the  Wilder 
Brigade;  farmer;  treasurer  of  the  Effingham  (111.)  Shippers'  Association; 
is  a  man  of  unusual  strength  and  vivacity;  m.  Ellen  Dye  and  had: 
1.  Marion  Shinn  (8).     2.  Willie  Shinn  (8). 

3.  Bertha  Shinn  (8);  m.  Walter  Clutter,  and  has  two  children  at  Springfield,  111. 

4.  Ella  Shinn    (8),  a  teacher  in  the  Effingham  public   schools.     She  has  held  this 

position  for  several  years,  and  is  not  only  a  competent  teacher  but  a  very  com- 
petent and  useful  woman. 

Children  of  the  Second  Marriage. 
1.  (6)  Mary  O.  (7).    2  (7)  Sarah  (7). 

1381.    Eachel  Shinn  (6). — Isaac  (5),  Benjamin  (4),  Joseph  (3),  James  (2), 

John   (1). 

Eachel,  tenth  child  of  Isaac  and  Agnes    (Drake)    Shinn,  born  in  Harrison 
County,  Virginia,  1804;  married  there,  Joseph  Wilkinson,  and  had  children: 

1.  William  Wilkinson  (7).     2.  Isaac  Wilkinson  (7). 

1384.     Isaac  Shinn  (6). — Isaac  (5),  Benjamin  (4),  Joseph  (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

Isaac,  son  of  Isaac  and  Agnes  (Drake)  Shinn,  b.  7/6/1805  in  Harrison 
County,  Virginia;  m.,  in  1829,  Love  Bartlett;  she  d.  10/27/1858,  when  Isaac  m. 
(2)  Olive  — — ;  he  afterwards  took  a  third  wife,  whose  maiden  name  I  have  not 
ascertained.  Isaac  was  a  farmer  on  Simpson's  Creek,  Va. ;  moved  to  Clinton 
County,  Ohio,  where  he  remained  until  1857,  when  he  removed  to  Carroll  County, 
Missouri,  where  he  died  9/29/1879;  Whig;  Eepublican;  Dunkard.  He 
reared  a  very  large  family,  fourteen  in  all,  thirteen  living  to  be  married.  This  is 
an  extraordinarv  record  of  health.  His  children  by  the  first  marriage  were: 
1  William  M.  Shinn  (7),  b.  12/25/1829;  ob.  5/30/1888;  m.  Martha  A.  Harrison.  No  chil- 
dren. 

2.  Debora  A.  Shinn  (7),  b.  11/1(;/1831;  m.  Moses  Hunt.    No  children. 

3.  Sarah  Shinn  (7),  b.  4/12/1832;  unmarried. 

4.  Matilda  Shinn    (7),  b.   5/24/1833;    ob.   8/19/189G;    m.  James  Q.  Walker,  and  had  five 

children. 

5.  Austin  Shinn  (7),  b.  12/14/1834;  m.  Amanda  Mitchell,  and  had  three  children. 

6.  Susan  Shinn  (7),  b.  2/18/1827;  m.  Isaac  Dugan,  and  had  three  children. 

7.  Mary  Shinn  (7),  b.  7/30/1839;  m.  Daniel  Culver,  and  had  four  children. 

8.  Leonidas  Shinn   (7),  b.  7/4/1840;   ob.  12/27/1900;   farmer  in  Carroll  County,  Missouri, 

and  at  i'ittsl)urg,  Kan.;  a  soldier  in  the  121h  Ind.  Vol.;  m.  Maria  Dickison,  and  had 
three  children,  one  of  whom,  R.  Orville  Shinn,  is  in  business  in  Chicago,  111. 

9.  John  B.  Shinn  (7).  b.  7/15/1843;  m.  (1).  Ruth  Lanck,  and  had  two  children;   she  died 

1879;  m.  (2)  Eli/.abeth  Lefier,  and  had  two  children;  m.  (3)  Mrs.  Martha  Wooster, 
and  had  three  children.  Lived  for  many  years  at  Bosworth,  Mo.;  now  resides  at 
Ocmulgee,  I.  T. 

10.  Paulina  Shinn  (7),  b.  7/15/1843;  m.  Jabez  Calvert,  and  had  seven  children. 

11.  Charles  E.  Shinn  (7),  b.  4/8/1846;  m.  Evelyn  Riley.     No  children. 


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12.  Martha  J.  Stiirin  (7).  b.  8/11/1847;  m.  Ezra  Lanck. 

13.  Hanjilton  Shinn   (7),  h.  9/15/1855. 

Children  by  Second  Marriage, 
h  (14)  Olive  Shinn.  h.  7/14/1860. 

Thfse  fhlldren  wore  reared  in  Clinton  County,  Ohio,  and  in  Carroll  County,  Missouri: 
farmerH  and  Jiopublicans. 

138G.    Francis  Marion  Shinn  (6).— Samuel  (5),  Benjamin  (4),  Joseph  (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

FraneiH  Maiion,  second  child  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Davidson)  Shinn,  was 
born  on  Big  liock  Camp,  Harrison  County,  Virginia,  8/29/1788 ;  m.  there,  Eliza- 
beth Ftcjbinson,  daughter  of  John  Eobinson  of  Baltimore,  Md.,  6/13/1811;  was 
Colonel  (if  the  Clarksburg  Militia;  served  in  the  war  of  1813;  moved  to  Illinois; 
then  to  .Marion.  la. :  ob.  at  Kent,  Wash.,  1880,  being  92  years  of  age.  His  descend- 
ants were: 

1.  ItolxTl  CiinniiiKlKini  Shinn  (7),  b.  8/29/1812,  in  Harrison  County,  Va.;   m.  there,  9/8/ 

1k::,s,  Manila  Narci.ssa  Willis;  to  Marion,  la.;  ob.  at  Puget  Sound,  Wash.    Children: 
1.  James  Willis.     2.  Elizabeth.     3.  John. 

4.  .Mary  Adaline  Shinn   (8),  b.  9/26/1845;   ob.  10/16/1884;    m.,  1869,  Albert  Wright. 

Children: 

1.  Elhel  Wright  (9).  b.  9/10/1874;  m.  James  Hawthorne  Brown,  9/18/1892,  and 

had  Stewart  McHugh  and  Barton  Wright  Brown. 

2.  Helen  Wright  (9),  b.  10/21/1878;  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  Spokane, 

Wash. 

5.  William  Joab  Shinn  (8).  b.  10/3/1851,  at  Marion,  la.;  lawyer  and  real  estate,  Kent, 

Wash.;   m..  5/15/1877,  Mary  Rose,  and  had: 

1.  Uoberla  May  Shinn  (9),  b.  5/29/1878;  m.,  6/7/1899,  Owen  Taylor. 

2.  David  Rose.     3.  Adeline.     4.  William  J. 

5.  Harriet  Eliza.     6.  Robert  C.     7.  Kate  Harrison. 
8.  Martha  Hose.     9.  Lucy.     10.  Marion. 
G.  Harriet   Eliza   Shinn    (8),  b.   2/11/1855;    m.,  10/21/1875,  John  M.  Blanchard,  and 
had  two  children,  Lucie,  who  died  In  infancj',  and  Bessie,  who  is  a  teacher  in 
the  city  schools  at  Seattle,  Wash. 
7.  Lucy  Davis  Shinn  (8),  b.  10/26/1857;  m.,  December,  1879,  Beriah  Brown,  and  had 
children: 
1.  Martha  Elizabeth.     2.  James  De  Koven.     3.  Robinson  Ashmun. 
4.  Jeanie  Margaret.     5.  Beriah.     6.  Nathaniel  Usher. 

7.  Ashmun  Murray.  The  father  is  a  descendant  of  a  well-known  American  fam- 
ily and  is  associate  editor  of  the  Post  Intelligencer,  the  largest  dally  of 
Washington. 

2.  Mary  Jane   Shinn    (7),  b.  Harrison   County,  Virginia,  1/29/1822;    m.   at   Canton,   111., 

10/10/1847,  William  Wise,  and  had  six  children: 

1.  Catherine  Narisse  Wise  (8),  b.  at  Canton,  111.,  7/14/1848;  m.  Charles  Risdon. 

2.  INIary  Belle  Wise  <8),  b.  12/14/1849  at  Canton,  111.;  m.  Eugene  Faxon. 

3.  Susan.     4.  Alice.     5.  Clara.     6.  Carry. 

3.  Catherine  Shinn   (7),  b.  at  Harrison  County,  Virginia;   m.,  1/12/1852,  Ferdinand  Rie- 

nian.     Three  children: 

1.  Marv  Theressa  Rieman  (8),  b.  2/12/1853;  m.,  1/28/1875,  A.  H.  Brainerd. 

2.  Martha  Ann  Rieman  (8),  b.  2/15/1855;   m.  (1)   T.  A.  Lull,  1/9/1878;    (2)   W.  W. 

Hancock.  10/10/1901. 

3.  Frank  Shinn  Rieman  (8),  b.  3/22/1857;  ob.,  unmarried,  7/27/1884. 

4.  Joab  Robinson  Shinn  (7).  b.  Harrison  County,  Virginia,  12/16/1819;  m.  at  Canton,  111., 

10/1/1S50.  Francis  Antoinette  Slack,  b.  Derbyshire,  Eng.,  7/21/1831,  ob.  at  Union, 
Ore.,  6/14/1900.     Descendants: 

1.  Lucinda  Shinn  (8).  b.  1851;  ob.  1868. 

2.  Anna  Elizabeth  Shinn  (8),  b.  10/24/1852;  m.  (1)  Henry  Hollenbeck,  5/12/1880,  at 

Marion,  la.,  and  had  children: 
1.  Winona  (9).    2.  Rollo  (9).    3.  Ruth  (9). 
Married  (2)  Frank  Goebel  at  Lexington,  Ore.,  3/11/1894,  and  had  one  child: 
1.  (5)  Sadie  Belle  Goeble  (9). 

3.  Cyrus  Shinn  (8),  b.  3/6/1854,  at  Marion,  la. 


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4.  Robert  Alexander  Shinn  (8),  b.  7/14/1855,  at  Marion,  la.;  m.  a  daughter  of  John  B. 

Whiteman  and  resides  at  Joseph,  Ore. 

5.  Margaret  Elizabeth  Shinn  (8),  b.  4/6/1857;  m.  G.  Carothers  Fernow;  ob.  8/8/1888. 

One  child: 
1.  James  Robinson  Fernow  (9).  b.  10/15/1865. 

6.  Sarah  Ellen  Shinn  (8),  b.  6/15/1859;  m.,  7/3/1882,  William  Fleming,  and  had  three 

children: 
1.  Harold  William.    2.  Zereta  Anna.    3.  Genevieve  M. 

7.  Francis  Grant  Shinn,  ob.  infans. 

8.  Stella  May  Shinn  (8),  b.  at  Bertram,  la.,  4/15/1867;   m.  at  Des  Moines,  la.,  6/15/ 

1887,   Harry   W.   Smith;    commercial   traveler;    resides   at   Denver,   Col.     Had 
two  children: 

1.  Stella  Marie  Smith  (9),  b.  6/29/1890. 

2.  Dorothy  Faye  Smith   (9),  b.  6/27/1895. 

1390.    Isaac  Shinn  (6). — Samuel  (5),  Benjamin  (4),  Joseph  (3),  James  (3), 

John   (1). 

Isaac,  third  cliild  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Davidson)  Shinn,  b.  Harrison 
County,  Virginia,  1/3/1793;  farmer;  in  October,  1829,  set  out  in  wagons  for  Illi- 
nois; encountered  many  amusing  incidents  during  the  "Black  Hawk  Scare";  ar- 
rived at  Canton,  111.,  5/17/1830;  built  the  fourth  house  erected  in  the  town;  mar- 
ried twice  in  Virginia:  (1)  Sarali,  daughter  of  John  Eobinson,  who  d.  10/10/ 
1819;  (2)  Alaria,  daughter  of  Moses  and  Sarah  (Kvle)  Shinn,  8/10/1820;  ob.  at 
Canton,  111.,  3/1 7/1840. 

Children  by  First   Marriage. 

1.  Absalom  Robinson  Shinn    (7),  b.  12/25/1815  in  Virginia;    to  Illinois  with  his  father; 

preacher  of  the  M.  E.  C.;  m.  Caroline,  daughter  of  Asa  Jonathan  and  Annie  (Flow- 
ers) Shinn;  ob.  at  Canton,  111.,  8/2/1847,  leaving  one  child: 

1.  Charles  Elliott  Shinn  (8),  b.  Fulton  County,  Illinois;  to  Toulon,  1857;   merchant, 

clerk,  keeper  county  buildings;  Congregationalist;  Republican;  enlisted  in 
Co.  B  33rd  111.  Inf.  1861-5  and  served  with  the  Western  Army  at  Vicksburg, 
Esperanza,  Mobile;  Sergeant;  Commander  of  Post  237  G.  A.  R.  at  Toulon, 
1895;  m.  Rebecca  Pollock. 

Children  of  Charles  Elliott  and  Rebecca   (Pollock)    Shinn: 

1.  Charles  Frank  Shinn  (9),  b.  1/21/1871,  at  Toulon,  111.;    educated  there;   com- 

mercial traveler;    m.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Dennis  and  Mary  Elizabeth 
(Slater)  Halpin  at  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  6/30/1897.    Resides  at  Chicago,  111. 

2.  Arthur  William  Shinn  (9),  b.  at  Toulon,  111.,  12/4/1881;   clerk  Marshall  Field 

&  Company,  Chicago,  111. 

2.  Sarah  Shinn,  who  m.  Isaac  Whittaker  of  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

3.  Mary  Shinn,  who  m.  Johnson  of  Toulon,  111. 

2.  Job  Shinn  (7),  b.  in  Virginia,  10/1/1817;   to  Illinois  1829;  merchant;   m.  Diana  Wright 

in  Fulton  County;  ob.  at  Toulon,  8/3/1863. 

Children  by  Second  jMarriage. 

1.  (3)   Harriet  Shinii   (7),  b.  in  Virginia,  9/28/1821;   ob.  there,  9/24/1829. 

2.  (4)   Anna  Maria  Shinn  (7),  b.  in  Virginia,  2/22/1823;   m.  at  Canton,  111.,  9/1/1842,  Ed- 

win Page  Dewey,  son  of  Oliver  and  Jemima  (Wright)  Dewey,  who  was  born  at 
Hanover,  N.  H.,  2/4/1817;  a  successful  merchant  at  Canton.  Their  descendants 
were: 

1.  Harriet  Hon  fid  I  u  Dewey  (8),  1).  7/11/1843,  Canton,  111.:   ob.  2/10/1855. 

2.  Roswell   William    Dewey    (8),   b.    1/1/1845   at   Canton,   III.;    m.,   3^17/1875   at   Mt. 

Pleasant,  la.,  Clara  L.  Porter,  and  had  children: 
1.  Ralph  Porter.     2.  Edwin  Paul.     3.  Charles  Carroll.     4.  Percy  Allen. 

3.  Sarah  Phe])e  (8).     4.  Stephen  Edwin  (8). 

5.  Charles  Arthur  Dewey  (8),  b.  6/27/1851;   m.,  5/29/1878,  at  Canton,  111.,  Mary  An- 
netta  Bedell,  b.  Norfolk,  N.  Y.     Had  children: 
1.  Charles  Jay  Dewey  (9),  b.  1/29/1883. 
0.  Eliza  Maria  Dewey  (8),  b.  12/12/1853. 

3.  (5)   Edwin  Duncan  Shinn  (7),  b.  in  Virginia,  2/25/1825;   ob.  in  Kentucky,  unmarried 

1/4/1847. 


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4.  (G)   Sarah  Elizabeth  Shinn  (7),  b.  en  route  to  Illinois  in  Rush  County,  Indiana,  1/8/ 

1830;  m.  at  Canton,  111.,  5/9/1849,  Roswell  William,  son  of  Oliver  and  Jemima 
(Wright)  Dewey,  b.  at  Hanover,  N.  H.,  1/5/1845;  is  a  successful  merchant  at  Can- 
ton, III.    Their  descendants  were: 

1.  Alfred  William  Dewey  (8),  b.  2/3/1850,  at  Canton,  111.;  m.,  10/2/1879,  Sophia  Maria 

Bell,  at  Canton,  who  d.  1/18/1898.    Children: 
1.  Sophia  Clarice.     2.  Robert  Questen. 

2.  Maria  Jemima  Dewey  (8),  b.  3/20/1852. 

3.  FranciH  Herbert  Dewey  (8),  b.  1/30/1854;  m.,  8/13/1884.    Children: 

1.  Alfred  Herbert  (9).     2.  Donald  Walker  (9).     3.  Roswell  Cedric  (9).     4.  Sarah 
Elizabeth  Lucile  Dewey  (9). 

4.  Mary  Addie  (8).     5.  Harriet  Virginia  (8). 

5.  (7)   Mary  Savilla  (7).     C.  (8)  Eliza  Dillon  (7). 
7.   (9)   Phebe  p]linor  (7). 

8    (10)    Martha  Shinn   (7),  b.  at  Canton,  111.,  4/21/1838;   m.  at  Abingdon,  111.,  12/24/1863, 
Sylvester  James  Blair.     He  died,  and  his  widow  resides  at  Peoria,  111.    They  had 
one  child: 
1.  Harriet    Laverne  Blair  (8),  b.  3/21/1867. 

i;}8fi.      Hkstoue  SiiixN    (G).— Samuel    (5),  Bexjamix    (4),  Joseph    (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Hc'stort'  Shinn,  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Davidson)  Shinn,  was  born  in 
Virginia  and  married  there.  After  the  birth  of  four  children  he  set  out  overland 
for  California  and  died  en  route  near  IMarshalltown,  Iowa.  He  had  one  son,  Dal- 
las, who  lived  in  ITumboldt  County,  California;  one  daughter,  m.  Joseph  Means, 
and  another,  a  man  named  Betts. 

J3!)(i.    Thomas  Cross  Siiixx  (6).— Job  (5),  Johx  (4),  Joseph  (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

Thomas  Cross,  second  child  of  Job  and  Xancy  (Cross)  Shinn,  born  at  Tur- 
kevfown,  two  miles  East  of  Temberton,  N.  J.,  in  the  edge  of  the  New  Jersey  pines; 
m."  (1),  in  Burlington  County,  New  Jersey,  :Mary  Adeline  Grant,  6/12/1812;  she 
ob.  7/25/1825;  m.  (2),  in  same  county,  Mary  Newman;  moved  to  Ohio  in  1830. 

Ilis  descendants  were: 

By  First  ^larriage. 

1.  Rebecca  Woodward  Shinn  (7),  b.  1813;  m.  Samuel  Holland  and  removed  to  the  West, 

where  thirteen  children  were  born. 

2.  John  Grant  Shinn   (7),  b.  4/6/1816;   m.  Susan  Asay  Sharp,  1840;   d.  4/6/1876;   she  d. 

11/30/1889.     Their  children  were: 
1.  Ann  Eliza  Shinn   (8),  b.  6/20/1845;   m.,  10/7/1868,  Thomas  Cross  Shmn,  Jr.,  her 
first  cousin,  at  Vincentown,  N.  J.    Children: 
1.  Marv  Matilda  Shinn  (9),  b.  8/13/1869;  unmarried. 

2  Ella  Cyllane  Shinn  (9),  b.  7/16/1871;  m.  Walter  Vymal  Inman,  l/2o/1891. 

3  Walter  Thomas  Shinn  (9),  b.  6/11/1870;  clerk  in  Philadelphia;  unmarried. 

4  Joseph  Butterworth  Shinn  (9),  b.  1/23/1877;  m.  Alpatra  Penntard  Slizer. 

5.  Carlton  Rufus  Shinn   (9),  b.  6/5/1881;    m.  Jessie  Estelle  Croney,  4/23/1900; 
resides  Stanwick,  N.  J.;  one  child: 
1.  Jessie  Carlton  Shinn  (10).  ^     ,      .  ^x-  .  ^t    t 

"    Mary  Adeline  Shinn  (8),  m.  Lloyd  Wellington  Cook  at  Vincentown,  N.  J. 
3".  Ruth  Ann  Shinn  (8),  m.  Nelson  Prickett  at  Mt.  Holly,  N.  J. 
4    Michael  Henrv  Tavlor  Shinn  (8),  m.  Mary  Bennett  at  Vincentown,  N.  J. 
3    Job  Shinn  (7).  twin  of  John  Grant  Shinn,  b.  4/6/1816;  m.  Jane  Patterson. 
d    Rpniamin  Francis  Shinn   (7),  m.  Ellen  Murdock. 

5'  SanSpippen  Shinn  (7  ,  b.  in  New  Jersey  2/2/1823;  moved  to  Ohio  at  seven;  to 
Samuel  Pippeit  ^J  ^^^^^^.^Itj^ree,  when  he  married  (1),  in  Burlington  County,  Mary 
ri-Tme)  Shinn  widow  of  Jonathan  Shinn,  7/2/1846;  remained  there  seven  years; 
retVirned^o  Ohio  and  then  to  Curtisville,  Ind.,  where  he  has  remained  for  more 
th^r.  thirtv  vears-  his  wife  died  in  Ohio  and  he  remarried;  he  is  now  eighty  years 
of  age  and  locates  Turkeytown,  as  I  have  given  it  in  the  life  of  his  father.     His 

1.  ThomTs  Cross  Shinn  (8).  b.  4/16/1847;  m.  Ann  Eliza  Shinn.  10/7/1868.     (See  Ann 
Eliza  Shinn  (8).) 


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2.  Rebecca   Lame   Shinn    (8);    ni.   Edgar  Ecknian. 

3.  Ella  Chambers  Shinn  (8). 

4.  Sallie  Fox  Shinn  (8),  b.  1/25/1855;  m.  Frank  H.  Osmand. 

Children  by  Second  Marriage. 

1.  (6)   Richard  Shinn  (7);  m.  Peacock. 

2.  (7)  James  Lives  Shinn  (7). 

3.  (8)   George  Shinn  (7»;  enlisted,  18G1,  in  57th  Indiana  Vol.  and  killed  in  battle. 
i.  (9)  Elizabeth  Ann  Shinn  (7);  m.  Dr.  Doan  oi'  Curtisville,  ind. 

1399.     Catherine  Shinn   (6). — Job  (5),  John   (4),  Joseph   (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

Catherine  Shinn,  daughter  of  Job  and  Nancy  (Cross)  Shinn,  b.  11/10/1800; 
ob.  8/31/1888;  m.,  about  1824,  Martin  Lamb,  b.  8/15/1798,  ob.  9/5/1869.     She 
is  mentioned  in  her  fatliers  will.     There  were  four  children,  as  follows : 
1    George  F.  Lamb   (7);   b.  12/20/1825;   ob,  7/25/1850. 

2.  Rebecca  S.  Lamb  (7);   b.  2/23/1832;   living  at  Medford,  N.  J. 

3.  John  A.  Lamb  (7);  b.  2/21/1836;  ob.  5/15/1900;  m.  1862  Lydia  Ann  Sharp  and  had: 

1.  Samuel  N.  Lamb  (8);  b.  12/4/1863;  m.,  2/10/1886,  Hannah  E.  Thackra. 

2.  John  A.  Lamb    (8);    b.  8/13/1866;    m.,  12/7/1892,  Linda  T.   Brown,  and  had  one 

child,  Le  Roy  Lamb   (9);    b.   G/17/1895.     The  mother  died   12/15/1901. 

3.  Anna  S.   Lamb    (S)  ;    b.   11/25/1869;    ob.   12/25/1889. 

4.  Charles   B.  Lamb    (7);    b.   1/5/1838;    m.,  1861,  Rebecca  Malsbury   and  had   Laura   C. 

Lamb,  b.  5/12/1863. 

1400.    Tacie  C.  Shinn  (6).— Job  (5),  John  (4)^  Joseph  (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

Tacie  C,  youngest  child  of  Job  ajid  Nancy  (Cross)  Shinn,  b.  1/25/1807.  She 
died  after  reaching  her  ninetieth  year  in  a  happy  old  age ;  m.  at  Mt.  Holly,  3/25/ 
1836,  Nathan  B.  Wilson;  Nathan  was  not  in  the  war  of  1812,  but  as  a  boy  drove 
his  father's  team  in  carrying  supplies  for  the  soldiers;  he  attended  Friends'  Meet- 
ings; was  a  Democrat  and  lived  at  Bordentown;  I  corresponded  -with  Tacie  in  her 
85th  year  and  obtained  much  valuable  matter;  some  of  it,  however,  was  very  con- 
tradictory, especially  that  part  concerning  her  father's  marriages.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  Naney  Cross  and  was  mentioned  in  lier  father's  will.  The  children 
were : 

1.  Abraham  Wilson   (7);   b.  1/19/1837;   ob.  sine  proli. 

2.  Charles  F.  Wilson   (7);   b.  9/24/1839;   served  nine  months  as  a  soldier  in  the  Union 

Army;    then   enlisted   in  the  navy   and   served  until  the  end  of  the  war;    married 
at  Bordentown. 

3.  Anna  S.  Wilson   (7);   b.  5/15/1841;   resides  at  Bordentown,  N.  J.       ITnm. 

4.  Nathan    U.  Wilson  (7);    b.  12/27/1842.     Deceased. 

5.  George  M.  Wilson   (7);    b.   12/3/1844;   m.  12/17/1866  at  Bordentown  and  had: 

1.  Alice  R.   Wilson   (8);    b.   8/17/1868. 

2.  Stella  K.  Wilson  (8);  b.  5/14/1871;  m.  11/7/1894  and  had  a  son  Leslie. 

3.  Tacie  C.  Wilson   (S);    h.   12/7/1876;    m.,  4/22/—.  Carl  Stevenson   of  Trenton. 

G.  Japhet  Bishop  Wilson  (7);  b.  12/8/1848;  graduated  at  State  Normal  School,  Trenton, 
N.  J.;  teac-hcr  ;ii  Mallimorc,  Md.,  Oneida,  N.  Y.,  and  for  one  year  at  the  Normal 
School   at    IMonilllon,   Ark.     Ob.   unmarried. 

1397.    Mary  Shinn  (6). — Job  (5).  John  (4),  Joseph  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

Mary,  daughter  of  .lob  ami  Nancy  (Cross)  Shinn.  h.  K!)(>;  this  woman  died 
at  Higlil.Mowii,  N.  J..  8/25/1896,  being  99  years,  11  months  and  25  days  old:  m. 
Sauinel  Rogers  and  had  cliildren.  one  of  whom  was  Job  Shinn  Rogers,  m.  and  had 
a  family.  He  and  his  son  were  ])artners  in  the  furniture  l)usiness  at  TTightstown, 
N.  J.,  in  lsn5.  'I'his  family  was  noted  for  its  longevity,  three  of  tlie  daughters  of 
Jol)  having  reaclieil  four  score  and  ten.  ;md  one  of  lhes(>  lacked  but  five  days  of 
being  one  Inindred  years  of  age. 


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1401.  Martha  Shinx    (6). — Benjamin   (5),  Francis   (4),  Joseph    (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Martha  Shinn  (7). — Kebecca  (6),  Job  (5),  John  (4),  Joseph  (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

All  the  children  of  Benjamin  and  Rebecca  Shinn  are  entitled  to  this  double 
heading;  Martha,  second  child  of  Benjamin  and  Eebecca  (Shinn)  Shinn,  b.  3/22/ 
1817,  was  seventh  in  descent  on  the  maternal,  and  sixth  on  the  paternal  side  from 
the  original  American  ancestor.  The  same  remark  applies  to  Benjamin,  Job,  Wil- 
liam and  George,  whose  notices  follow  this.    Martha  married  William  Lamb;  ob. 

4/29/1853.    Their  children  were: 

1.  .Jf)hn  Lamb  (7),  who  married,  and  is  now  deceased. 

2    Caroline  Lamb  (7),  m.  Samuel  Stacl<house. 

3.  William  Lamb  (7).  married;  resided  near  Juliustown;  ob.  1903;  he  had  at  least  one 

son,  William  H.  Lamb,  who  is  a  teacher  in  New  Jersey. 
4    Mary  Lamb  (7) ;  m.  Samuel  Sapp,  and  had  the  following  children: 

1.  Lorenza  L.  Sapp  (8).     2.  Martha  L.  Sapp  (8). 
5.  Rebecca  Lamb   (7) ;  m.  Simons. 

1402.  BENJA.\nN  Sm.VN  (6).— Benjamin  (5),  Francis  (4),  Joseph  (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Benjamin,  third  child  of  Benjamin  and  Ptebecca  Shinn,  was  born  3/16/1819; 
married  at  New  Egypt,  X.  J.,  2/15/1841,  Mary  H.  Singleton;  ob.   1/19/1900. 

His  children  were: 

1.  Martin  A.  Shinn  (7),  b.  12/13/1841. 

2.  Rebecca  E.  Shinn  (7),  b.  3/9/1844;  m.  at  New  Egypt,  12/24/1879,  Garrett  South,  and 

had  children:  „^, 

1.  George   A.   (8),   b.    3/23/1883.      2.  Mary   Ethel    (8),   b.    5/11/1884. 

1-103.    Job  Shinn  (6).— Benjamin  (5),  Francis  (4),  Joseph  (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

Job,   fonrth  child  of  Benjamin  and  Eebecca   Shinn,  was  born  12/25/1820; 
married  ':\rarv  Page ;  ob.  11  /16/1901.    His  children  were : 
1.  Howard.     2.  Joseph.     3.  Catherine. 

1406.     William  Shinn   (6).— Benjamin   (5),  Francis   (4),  Joseph   (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

William,  seventh  child  of  Benjamin  and  Rebecca  Shinn,  was  born  2/26/ 
1826;  m.,  4/23/1856,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann  (Cheeseman)  Fetters  at  Camden,  N.  J.;  ob. 
5/11/1901  at  Philadelphia.    Had  one  child: 

1.'  Horace  A.  Shinn  (7).  b.  2/5/1857,  at  Camden,  N.  J.;  m.,  2/28/1882,  Clara  A.  Rigney  of 
Havre  de  Grace,  Md.     Had  two  children: 

1.  Ada  May  Shinn  (8).     2.  Edna  Rigney  Shinn  (8). 

1407      George  Washington  McKane   Shinn    (6).— Benjamin    (5),   Francis 

(4),  Joseph  (3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

Georcre  Washington  :ArcKane  Shinn,  youngest  child  of  Benjamin  and  Rebecca 
Shinn  was  born  5/1/1828:  m.,  3/12/1856,  at  Pemberton,  X.  J.,  Isabella  C.  Page. 
He  is  <!till  livinff  (1902)  at  Philadelphia.     One  child : 

1    riffford   Watson  Shinn    (7),  b.   9/21/186.0;    telegrapher  in  Broad   street  office  of  the 
■         Pennsylvania   Soad    Compaq       m.,    10/4/1899,    at    Philadelphia,   Ella   Cordelia 

Alloway. 
1408       \BiGAiL  Shinn    (6).— Benjamin    (5),  Francis    (4),  Joseph    (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Ahio-nil  Shinn  onlv  child  of  Benjamin  Shinn  by  his  second  wife,  Mary  Love- 
man,  b.T/ll/S^  Egypt.  N-  J-;  n^-  Emmor  Wills   (Emmor  (4),  Mica- 


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jah  (3).  Jacob  (2),  Job  Wills  (1),)  of  Barnegat,  K,  J.,  and  had  one  child: 
1.  Addie  B.  Wills  (7),  b.  2/20/1876. 

962.     Earl  Siiixx   (G). — Samuel  (5),  Earl   (4),  Thomas   (3),  Thomas   (2), 

John  (1). 

Earl  Shinn,  eldest  child  of  Samuel  and  Hannah  (Simpson)  Shinn,  b.  1/21/ 
1796;  secretary  of  the  Bricklayers'  Society;  measurer  of  buildings  in  Philadelphia; 
m.  Sarah,  daughter  of  Dayid"and  Beulah  (Walton)  Comfort,  4/10/1822.  Sarah 
was  fifth  in  descent  from  James  Thornton  of  Stony  Stratford,  England,  and 
fourtli  in  descent  from  Daniel  and  Mary  (Lamb)  Waltoii;  resided  for  years  on 
Pine  street  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.     Their  descendants  were: 


o 


MRS.  LYDIA  COMFORT  CADBURY.     (See  page  291.) 

1.  Elizalx'ih  Shinn  (7),  h.  12/12/182:!;  ob.  188:5;  m.  Henry  Haines,  10/1/1845,  and  had: 
1.   Henry  Haines  (S);  oi).  infans. 

Anna  Sliinii  (1  ),  I,.  1()/T)/182(; :  oh.  4/24/1888;  m.  Samuel  Eichard  Shipley, 
son  of  Tliomas  and  l.vdia  Shipley.  Mr.  Shiph'v  is  a  man  of  all'airs;  president 
of  the  Provident  I.ilV-  an-l  Trust  Co.  of  rhila<h'l|)liia,  and  has  llllod  many 
places  of  re.<p(insihili(y  and  trust;  his  wife  was  a  nmst  ex(>m]dary  character; 
a  devoted  wife  and  mother  and  a  faithful  servanl  (if  (io(L  Slie  was  tlie  au- 
thor of  many  very  pretty  verses  whicli  had  a  wide  cii'culalion  among  her 
friends  befdre  lier  death,  and  which  after  lier  death  were  printed  at  tlie  re- 
(|Uesl  of  friends  for  ])rivalc^  circuhition.  '^.i'he  yolunie  l)ears  tlie  modest  name 
"Poems  and  Hymns,''  by  Anna  Shipley.     Their  children  were: 


EDGAR  JAY  SHINN. 

TAYLOR  OGDEN   SHINN. 

CHARLES  WILLIAM  SHINN. 


HOMER  ELLSWORTH   SHINN. 
HOMER  WINIFRED   SHINN. 


EDWIN   FRANK  SHINN. 
JAY  SHINN. 
KIRK  SHINN, 


AHY 


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1.  Susan  Shipley  (8),  b.  11/18/1852. 

2.  Anna  Shipley  (8).  b^ 9/24/1854;  ob.  6/27/1884;  m.  Samuel  Henry  Troth    and  had- 

1.  John  Theodore  Troth  (9),  b.  5/30/1884. 

3.  Anna  Bella  Shipley  (8);  ob.  infans. 

3.  Lydia   Comfort   Shinn    (7),   b.   4/17/1828;  m.   Eichard   Cadbury,    12/4/1850 

-Mr  (.arlbury  was  for  many  years  in  the  wholesale  dry  A'cods  business;  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  Provident  Life  and  Trust  Co.  of  Philadelphia ;  an  active 
incmbor  of  the  "  Alagdalen  Society";  secretary  for  many  years  of  the 
I-  neiids'  Society,  lalwring  for  the  amelioration  of  the  Freedmen's  condition  • 
an  excellent  accountant;  his  wife  was  a  devoted  mother  and  a  Christian! 
Their  descendants  were: 

1.  Caroline  Cadbury  (8),  b.  9/23/1851;  m.  Thomas  Kite  Brown,  4/12/1876    and  had- 

1.  Rifhard.     2.  Mary  Anna.     3.  Bertha. 
4.  Shipley.     5.  Clement.     6.  Thomas  Kite. 

2.  Richard  Tapper  Cadbury;  m.  Helen  Nathans,  1884;   holds  responsible  nosition  iti 

The  Providence  Life  &  Trust  Assn. 

3.  Sarah  C'adl)ury;   ob.  sine  proli. 

4.  Samuel  Karl  Shinn  (7).  b.  1/1/1830;   drowned. 

5.  Charles  Shinn  (7);  ob.  infans. 


JAMES  THORNTON   SHINN. 


James  Thornton  Shinn  (7),  b.  1/9/1834;  m.  (1)  Ellen,  daughter  of  Henry 
and  Caroline  (Old)  Morris,  3/23/1863.  The  grandmother  of  Ellen  was 
great  granddaughter  of  Baron  Stiegal.  IN'o  children.  Married  (2)  Emma, 
a  descendant  in  the  eighth  generation  of  Anthony  Morris,  the  emigrant, 
daughter  of  Levi  and  Xaomi,  4/20/1870;  29th  in  descent  from  Alfred,  the 
Great.  (See  Pedigree  LXIII,  Americans  of  Royal  Descent. — Browning.) 
James  Thornton  Shinn  was  apprenticed  to  the  firm  of  Charles  Ellis  &  Co. 
from  1849  to  1854.  Graduated  at  the  College  of  Pharmacy  in  1854;  elected 
a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  soon  after  and  is  now  treasurer  of  the  Col- 
lege ;  carried  on  the  drug  business  at  Broad  and  Spruce  streets  from  1855  to 

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292  History  of  the  Shinn  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

1896,  when  he  retired;  joined  the  American  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation in  1860,  when  he  was  appointed  secretary,  and  was  elected  president 
at  the  meeting  in  Saratoga.  He  was  interested  in  various  charities  and  cor- 
porations ;  secretary  of  ''  The  Industrial  Home  for  Girls,"  the  first  of  its 
kind  in  Pennsylvania,  from  its  inception  to  its  merger  with  "  The  Foulke 
and  Long  Institute  for  Orphan  Girls,"  about  forty  years  (1862)  ;  president 
of  the  board  of  managers  of  "  The  Society  for  the  Employment  and  Instruc- 
tion of  the  Poor  " ;  secretary  of  the  Pennsylvania  Hospital,  founded  by  Ben- 
jamin Franklin  and  others  in  1751;  president  of  the  Philadelphia  Vacant 
Lots  Cultivation  Association,  where  the  poor  raise  their  own  potatoes  and 
other  vegetables  on  land  loaned  to  the  association;  vice-president  of  the 
"  Fuel  Saving  Society  of  Philadelphia,"  which  encourages  the  poor  to  save 
money  in  summer,  for  which  they  receive  coal  in  winter  at  less  than  whole- 
sale rates ;  member  for  several  years  of  the  "  Society  for  Organizing  Charity  " 
in  Philadelphia;  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Virginia  Mining  and  Im- 
provement Company;  manager  of  the  Mine  Plill  Eailroad;  member  of  the 
"Provident  Society"  for  giving  employment  to  poor  women;  chairman  of 
the  committee  of  management  of  the  University  Extension  Lecture  Course. 
Industrious,  fair  minded,  affable,  intelligent  and  courteous;  in  love  with  the 
basic  principles  of  every  movement  to  do  good;  helpful  with  time,  attention 
and  means;  quick  to  discern  and  prompt  to  act;  a  man  among  men  and  uni- 
versally beloved ;  for  fifty  years  he  has  gone  in  and  out  before  the  citizens 
of  Philadelphia  without  reproach,  and  with  increased  respect;  among  the 
thousands  of  men  I  have  known  no  one  of  them  measures  up  to  James 
Thornton  Shinn  in  qualities  of  heart,  and  the  acts  that  ennoble  life.     His 

children  were: 
1.  Morris  Earl.     2.  Anna  Morris. 

7.  Rebecca  Shinn  (7),  b.  10/18/1836;  unmarried. 

8.  Earl  Shinn,  Jr.  (Edward  Strahan),  b.  11/8/1838;  ob.  11/1/1886,  unmarried. 

1  append  a  sketch  of  Earl  Shinn  by  William  Walton  of  Philadelphia  and 
printed  by  George  Barrie  of  Philadelphia: 

"  It  is  a  true  saying  that  some  men  are  missed  much  more  than  others  and 
that  those  who  can  the  least  be  spared  are  those  most  apt  to  be  taken,  and  it 
is  possibly  because  of  the  tritcDess  of  this  speech  that  we  are  so  ready  to  yield 
a  general  assent  to  its  truthfulness  in  the  abstract  and  to  doubt  its  applica- 
tion when  it  is  claimed  for  some  particular  loss  which  is  not  our  own.  But 
if  the  mourners  can  show  that  he  who  has  been  taken  did  good  work  in  this 
world — work  which  was  needed,  and  which  but  few  or  none  can  do  so  well  as 
he — then  they  may  be  justified  in  claiming  that  death  seems  more  than  ever 
like  a  mistake.  And  in  the  case  of  the  good  worker  and  dear  friend  whose 
name  appears  at  the  head  of  this  brief  tribute  to  his  memory  we  think  it 
can  be  shown  tliat  his  work  was  necessary  and  well  done,  and  that  his  suc- 
cessors may  be  long  in  coming.  In  the  great  centres  of  Old  World  civiliza- 
tion, where  the  poorest  may  be  the  heir  of  all  the  ages,  these  skillful  and  con- 
scientious writers  may  be  counted  only  by  threes  and  fours.  In  our  new  cap- 
itals they  are  very  mnch  fewer;  and  chief  among  them  was  he  who  covered  his 
fathers  revered  name  with  the  cloak  of  '  Edward  Strahan.^ 

"Born  in  Philadelphia  less  than  fifty  years  ago,  of  that  Quaker  ancestry 
which  accounted  all  music  as  hurtful,  and  green  as  the  only  one  of  the  pri- 
mary colors  that  was  not  sinful  for  household  use,  he  lived  to  add  to  their 
righteous  doctrine  of  unbending  integrity  that  wider  knowledge  which  ac- 
cepts all  the  bonntifnl  things  of  Nature.  So  conscious  was  he  of  his  own 
strength  that  when  still  but  a  young  man,  untraveled  and  uninformed  except 
by  hearsay  of  the  great  treasures  of  art,  he  went  to  New  York  and  offered 
bis   services   as   a   critic  on   contemporary   art   to   \\\o    New   York   Nation — 


Sixth  and  Later  Generations. 


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at  that  time  and  for  long  afterward  the  head  of  the  critical  journals  of  the 
country.  As  it  chanced,  at  that  time  the  post  was  satisfactorily  filled;  but 
in  IbOG,  when  he  was  studying  as  a  painter  in  Paris  under  Geronie,  his  first 
contrihutioris  appeared  in  the  columns  of  the  paper  as  letters  descriptive  and 
analytical  of  the  system  of  the  great  government  art  schools;  and,  later,  on 
hiri  return  home,  he  long  filled  with  great  ability,  and  with  a  certain  pride  to 
himself,  this  honorable  post  of  art  critic  to  the  most  dignified  of  American 
journals.  I'.nt  this  was  but  one  of  his  many  occupations;  and  many  publish- 
ers, native  and  foreign,  were  glad  to  avail  themselves  of  his  discreet  knowl- 
edge. Jn  addition  lo  his  extensive  acquaintance  with  the  schools  of  contem- 
poraneous art— and  especially  with  that  of  France,  which,  with  all  its  faults, 
he  rightly  reg;irded  as  the  head  and  sum  of  them  all — his  curious  spirit  ex- 
plored many  other  branches  of  modern  knowledge.  As  an  archaeologist  he 
might  have  achieved  a  reputation  if  he  had  not  chosen,  except  on  very  rare 
occasions,  to  keep  his  gathered  learning  to  himself.  As  a  dramatic  critic  he 
refused  the  ofTors  that  A\ere  made  to  him  by  the  daily  press,  and  as  a  dra- 
matic author  he  wrote  at  least  two  complete  acts  of  one  society  play  and  care- 
fully sketched  out  one  or  two  more  comedies — only  to  lock  everything  up  in 
his  desk.  .\s  a  translator,  in  addition  to  the  quantities  of  lively  Parisian 
that  he  transferred  into  English  for  various  publications  at  different  times,  he 
meditated  mucli  serious  and  scholarly  work,  including  a  'worthy  translation 
of  tlie  works  of  lialzac  ';  and  as  an  artist  he  saw  visions  and  dreamed  dreams, 
for  many  of  whieh  ho  made  careful  preliminary  studies — a  Spirit  of  Frost 
painting  her  delicate  traceries  on  the  outside  of  the  cottage  window,  a  most 
curious  and  ingenious  archaeological  study  of  the  Masque  of  Bottom  and  his 
fellows  in  *  ^lidsumnier  Xight's  Dream,'  etc.,  etc.  These  are  but  a  few  of 
the  things  he  did  and  planned  to  do — by  the  plans  which  he  lays  out  for  his 
future  work  may  be  often  judged  the  best  the  quality  of  a  man's  ambition 
and  of  his  intellect. 

*'  One  of  the  tasks  in  which  he  took  great  pride  and  interest  was  the  prep- 
aration of  a  systematic  and  critical  record  of  the  most  important  art  works, 
foreign  and  native,  contained  in  the  public  and  private  galleries  of  the 
United  States;  and  '  The  Art  Treasures  of  America,'  in  three  quarto  volumes, 
begun  in  18T0  and  not  finished  till  1883,  is  the  unique  book  of  reference  of 
this  period  for  the  future  art  historian.  In  addition  to  this  monumental  work 
he  preparect. several  otliers  only  somewhat  less  in  size  and  importance:  'The 
l\[astcr]neccs  of  the  Centennial  International  Exhibition,'  on  which  he  spent 
nearly  two  vears  of  labor;  the  '  Chefs  d'Oeuvre  d'Art,  of  the  International  and 
Other  Exhibitions,'  '  Etudes  in  Modern  French  Art,'  '  The  International  Gal- 
lery, a  Collection  of  One  Hundred  Select  Works  by  Ancient  and  Modern 
]\rasters,'  written  in  the  last  year  of  his  life,  and  several  others,  all  issued 
from  that  Publishing  house  in  Philadelphia  which  now  prints  this  brief  note 
of  his  life  and  labors.  For  a  New  York  publisher  he  prepared,  in  1882,  the 
text  for  a  collection  of  plates  illustrating  the  most  important  paintings  of 
his  master,  Gerome,  and,  somewhat  later,  that  for  an  exhaustive  review  of 
the  brilliant  work  of  the  Parisian  water-color  painters. 

"In  June,  1883,  he  sailed  for  Paris  for  the  last  time  to  superintend  the 
arduous  work  of  preparing  the  drawings,  etchings,  photogravures  and  chro- 
mo-lithoo-raphs  for  that  siimptuous  book  on  the  house  and  collection  of  the 
late  Mr."  Yanderbilt,  which  he  had  commenced  when  the  mansion  was  first 
occupied  by  its  owner,  and  which  he  considered  the  crowning  work  of  his  life 
so  far.  In  addition  to  writing  all  the  text  of  this  appropriate  record  of  one 
of  the  most  notable  palaces  of  the  age,  he  had  to  oversee  the  photographer,  the 
artist  who  made  the  first  sketches  and  those  who  afterwards  transferred  the 
drawin2:s  to  metal  and  stone,  the  printer  and  the  paper-maker;  and  it  was  not 


204  History  of  the  Shinn  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

until  the  early  pait  of  1885  that  lie  was  enabled  to  finish  this  heavy  task. 
In  the  latter  part  of  that  year  he  returned  home,  but  the  pressure  of  constant 
ill  health  was  upon  him,  and  the  last  months  of  his  life  were  unmarked  by 
the  completion  of  any  other  important  enterprise  excepting  a  brilliant  trans- 
lation and  jjai'aphrase  of  the  text  of  a  Parisian  art  critic,  illustrathig  a  col- 
lection of  a  hundred  etchings  prepared  for  the  house  of  Goupil  et  Cie. 

"The  personal  traits  of  this  gentleman  of  the  world  were  as  worthy  of 
record  as  his  intellectual  accomplishments.  Full  of  that  courtesy  and  kind- 
ness which  are  everywhere  the  badge  of  a  simple  nobility  he  supplemented 
these  usual  traits  with  strongest  unwillingness  to  cause  even  the  slightest 
outlay  of  time  or  trouble  to  any  of  his  acquaintances — an  unwillingness  to 
be  on  any  occasion  or  at  any  time  the  recipient  and  not  the  donor  which  might 
soni(;tim('S  have  caused  an  impatient  friend  to  accuse  him  of  unfriendly  pride. 
For  his  own  purse  and  his  own  time,  tliey  were  always  at  the  disposal  of  an  ac- 
quaintance, and  to  this  unreasonable  unselfishness  he  was  indebted  at  times 
for  some  wasting  of  davlight  and  nightlight  by  those  who  found  comfort  and 
company  in  his  ready  sympathy."  Turning  from  these  eloquent  words  of 
Walton  let  us  listen  for  a  moment  to  the  young  man  himself.  In  his  article 
upon  the  "  Last  Muster,"  a  painting  by  Herkomer,  he  says : 

''■  The  drama  is  a  fimple  and  dreadful  one.  One  of  these  pensioners,  a  tall, 
dry  old  disciplinarian,  with  correct  and  almost  noble  bearings  hangs  his 
head  on  a  sudden  over  upon  his  breast.  Ilis  next  neighbor  turns  about,  takes 
him  by  the  wrist,  and  feels  his  pulse  with  anxiety  imprinted  on  his  features. 
Has  the  old  comrade  really  given  in?  This  silent,  unpretending  death  scene, 
at  muster,  and  strictly  iinrlcr  discipline,  is  wonderfully  'respectable.'  The 
pious  ceremony  must  JioL  h<;  interrupted;  the  curate  need  not  be  disturbed 
in  his  balanced  phrases;  there  is  no  call  to  alarm  these  brave  old  neighbors, 
each  leaning  likewise  over  the  grave.  The  comrade  who  has  taken  the  alarm 
is  silent;  he  is  satisfied  merely  to  hold  the  wrist  of  his  neighbor.  Death  is 
in  the  ranks;  he  has  come  to  dress  noiselessly  with  the  well  drilled  veterans, 
and  there  he  will  stay  unsuspected  while  the  review  is  kept  \\]>  Ijy  the  preacher 
who  oil  this  day  exercises  the  veterans."     (See  engraving  facing  page  48.) 

ni«  Prinied  Works. 

"  Sonio  lli^hwayH  and  Uyways  of  American  Travel,"  by  Earl  Sliiun  (Edward  Stra- 
Iian),  Sydney  Lanier  and  Edward  A.  Pollard.     Philadelphia,  1878. 

"  Et.udeH  in  ModeiTi  FrerK^h  Arl,"  illustrated  with  ten  plates,  India  proofs  and  nn- 
nioroiiH  fae-siniil<!H  of  original  drawinj^s.     New  York,  1881. 

"The  ChefH  irOeuvre  D'Art  of  llie  Iiitcniaiioiiiil  Exliihilion,  1878."  Philadelphia, 
1878-80. 

"The  MaHterpi(;ces  of  the  Centennial  Exhiliit  ion."  .     . 

"The  Art  Tre;iKiir<'s  of  America."     1879-8:5. 

"The  International  (Jallery." 

"  fJerome  and  His  School." 

"The  I'ariKian  Water  Color  Painters." 

"The  Vandf;rl)ilt  Floiise."  A  stupendrms  amount  of  matter,  beinp;  four  volumes  about 
three  feet  srpiare  and  filled  with  a  wondrous  mass  of  brifijht  matter  on  the  house  and 
collections  of  Cornelius  Vanderbilt.  Published  by  Gebbie  &  IJanie  of  Philadelphia  and 
sold  at  $400  a  set. 

He  wrote,  also,  the  twr)  first  chapters  of  "The  Book  of  the  Tile  Club,"  of  which  or- 
Kani/alion  lie  was  a  meruher,  but  beinp;  too  sick  to  finish  it,  that  work  was  periormed 
after  his  death  t)y  V.  ilnpkinson  Smith.     Published  at  Boston,  1886. 

Or).*^.     Hv.mTCA  SmNN  (f)).— Samuel  (5),  Faim,  (1),  Tiiom.vs  (:3),  Tiio.m.vs  (2), 

John  (1  ). 

llehecea  Shiiiii,  second  child  oi  Siiiiiiiel   ;iiid    llaiiiiuii    (Sini|)soii)    Shiiiii,  born 
in  l'hiladel[)hia.  Pa.;  m.  there,  Caleb  .\sh,  M.  D. ;  he  was  a  practicing  physician  in 


Sixth  and  Later  Generations.  ^05 

Darin-,  Delaware  County,  Pa.,  uutil  his  death  in  1862;  active  member  of  the  Del- 
aware County  Medical  Society;  a  reformer  by  nature,  he  had  no  fear  of  agitation 
and  was  especially  interested  in  the  causes  of  temperance  and  abolition.  His  de- 
scendants were: 

1.  Samuel  Shinn  Ash  (7),  b.  2/11/1829;   spent  an  active  life  in  business  at  Philadelphia, 

I'a.;  has  now  retired  and  lives  at  Swarthmore;  was  recorded  minister  in  the  So- 
ciety of  FYionds   in  1877,  but  has  not   retired   from  that  service;    m.,  11/9/1859, 
Sarah  Janr-  Scofield,  and  had  children: 
1.  Olivor   Howard.     2.  Henry  Caleb.     3.   S.  Earl.     4.   Mary  Scofield.     The  first  and 
third  dficeased.     Henry  C,  m.  Helen  Bonsall,  Seattle,  Wash. 

2.  Matthew  Franklin  Ash  (7),  b.  10/29/1830;  a  physician,  as  was  his  father;   moved  to 

Jackson,  Miss.,  and  became  prominent  in  every  respect;  espoused  the  Southern 
cause;  m.  S.  Catherine  Munnell,  who  survives  him.  He  left  several  children,  five 
of  whom  reside  in  Mississippi. 

3.  Hannah  Ann  Ash  (7),  b.  3/1/1833;   unmarried. 

4.  Earl  Sliiiui  Ash  (7),  b.  August.  1839;  m.  Hannah  A.  Patton. 

rt.   Humphrey  Marshall  Ash  (7),  b.  August,  1842;  m.  Mary  H.  Ash. 

MOD.     .\.VN  Shinn   (6). — ViXACOMB   (5),  THOiiAs   (4),  Solomon   (3),  James 

(2),  John  (1). 

Ann  Shinn,  oldest  child  of  Yinacomb  and  Sarah  (iFiddleton)  Shinn,  married 
Isaac  Taylor,  and  had  two  children,  the  eldest  of  whom,  Sarah  Ann,  was  named 
in  the  fiinior's  will,  10/3/1841. 

11I<».      Ij.isiiA   T..   Shinn    (6). — Vinacomb   (5),  Thomas    (4),  Solomon    (3). 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Rlisha  ]..  Sliinn,  second  and  youngest  child  of  Vinacoinb  and  Sarah  (Middle- 
ton)  Shinn,  was  Ixirii  near  Xew  Egypt,  N".  J.;  married,  2/6/1840  (Mon.  M.  L., 
Book-  (',  2')  I),  Caroline  W.,  daughter  of  Dr.  Charles  S.  and  Catherine  Patterson, 
and  granddaughter  of  Judge  John  Patterson  of  Middleton,  N.  J.  This  couple 
lived'^on  the  farm  bought  !)y  the  grandfather,  Thomas,  and  afterwards  occupied 
by  tlu^  father,  Vinacomb. 

Children  of  Elisha  and  Caroline   (Patterson)   Shinn. 

1.  Charles  P.  Shinn  (7);  3rd  Regiment  Pa.  Vol.;  ob.  at  York,  6/8/1861. 

2.  Sarah  C.  Shinn  (7).  m.,  4/28/1869.  Charles  S.,  son  of  Thomas  B.  and  Adelaide  (Shinn) 

.lobes;  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  New  Egypt;  Republican.    Descendants: 
1.  Anna  R.  and  Blanch  S.  Jobes  (8). 
3    Blanch  P.  Shinn  (7),  m..  2/3/1881,  Col.  James  P.  Mead,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
V  Honry  P.  Shinn  (7).  m..  1 '1/1869.  Sarah,  daughter  of  Nathan  Hendrickson. 
r.!  Rush"  P.  Shinn  (7),  b.  7/10/1855;  ob.  infans. 

1417.     Elizabeth  Shinn  (6).— Solomon  (o),  Thomas  (4),  Solomon  (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Elizabeth  Scatter<:ood  Shinn,  second  child  of  Solomon  and  Jane  (Scatter- 
good)' Shinn  b.  3/11/1824,  near  New  Egypt,  X.  J.;  m.  \Yilliam,  son  of  Kobert 
and  "Nlarv  (Dolaplaine)  McKay,  2/4/1859.    Children:  ,  ^,     , 

1.  William  McKay   (7).  b.  11/2/1859:   m.  Evaline  T..  daughter  of  Theodore  and  Emma 

(Apple)  Megargie.     No  descendants. 
2    Henrv  McKav   (7),  b.  10/28/1862:    ob.  1863. 

"'  Sarali   \rny  McKav  (7).  b.  12/11/1862;  m.  Robert  Simpson,  son  of  Joseph  L.  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Collins)  Jones.  11/21/1895,  and  had: 
1.  Collins  McKay  Jones  (8),  b.  Oct.  11,  1899- 

1418      Riley  Shinn  (6).— Solomon   (5),  Thomas   (4),  Solomon  (3),  James 

(2),  John  (1). 

Rilev  third  child  of  Solomon  and  Jane  (Scattergood)  Shinn,  b.  9/28/1825, 
at  New  Egypt,  N.  J.:  farmer;  m.  (1)  Sarah  Taylor,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Eliz- 


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abeth   (Black)    Carslake;   (2)    Mrs.  Mary  Slireve;  resides  at  Columbus  and  had 
the  following  children  bv  the  first  marrias;e: 

1.  Elizabeth  Carslake  Shinn  (7),  b.  10/20/1851  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  m.,  7/5/1870,  Parker 

Hall,  son  of  Parker  Hall  and  Anna  C.  (Orme)  Sweet,  b.  at  Falls  Church,  Va.,  5/11/ 
1848;  removed  to  Washington.  D.  C;  she  died  there,  4/20/1901.     Children: 

1.  Riley  Allen,  b.  Georgetown,  D.  C,  5/7/1872. 

2.  Annie   Elizabeth,   b.    Georgetown,   D.    C,   9/19/1874;    m.   William   Jasper  Wylam, 

4/4/1900. 

3.  Martha  Virginia,  b.  Georgetown,  D.  C,  12/27/1875;    ob.  at  Seabrook,  Md.,  9/16/ 

1886. 

4.  Parker  Hall,  b.  Georgetown,  D.  C,  8/8/1880. 

5.  Kate  Drummond,  b.  Seabrook,  Md.,  12/25/1886. 

6.  Mary  Shreve,  b.  Glen  Dale,  Md.,  9/4/1891. 

2.  Jane  Scattergood  Shinn  (7),  b.  4/19/1853;  m.,  10/27/1874,  Charles  Henry,  son  of  Rob- 

ert and  Martha  (Armitage)  Earl.     One  son: 
1.  William  Rawlings  Earl;  ob.  12/23/1901. 

3.  Joseph  Carslake  Shinn  (7).  b.  July,  1855;  m.  in  April,  1876,  Alice  Febrey,  and  had  two 

children,  William  H.  Shinn  (8)  and  Claude  Shinn  (8),  who  died  in  infancy. 

4.  Thomas  Shinn,  o.  s.  p.     5.  William  Shinn,  o.  s.  p. 

6.  Riley  Allen  Shinn  (7),  b.  4/12/1862;  m.,  5/19/1898,  Mary  Hester  Faudree,  b.  3/2/1871. 

7.  Sarah  Taylor  Shinn  (7),  b.  9/15/1865;  m.,  3/31/1886,  Howard  Wilbur,  son  of  Anthony 

and  Ann  Eliza  Parker,  and  had  one  son: 
1.  Wilbur  Parker  (8),  b.  10/2/1888. 

1419.     Sarah  Shinn  (G). — Solomon  (5),  Thomas  (4),  Solomon  (3),  James 

(3),  John   (1) 

Sarah,  sixth  child  of  Soiomon  and  Jane  (Scattergood)  Shinn,  born  at  New 
Egypt,  N".  J.,  2/16/1831;  m.  at  Philadelphia,  Pa,  4/24/1851,  Louis,  son  of  Joseph 
and  Caroline  Henrietta  (Von  Weissensee)  Arny. 

The  Von  Weissensee  and  Arny  families  are  among  the  oldest  of  Switzerland. 
Centuries  have  marked  their  career  in  the  fastnesses  of  the  Alps,  and  distinguished 
honors  have  been  won  by  members  of  the  family  in  military  and  civic  life.  Joseph 
and  Caroline  Arny  came  to  America  in  the  early  part  of  the  19th  century  and  set- 
tled at  Georgetown,  I).  C.  There,  on  July  18th,  1823,  Louis  Arny  was  born.  He 
was  educated  at  Georgetown  College,  and  then  embarked  in  business  in  Pliiladel- 
phia.  His  business  called  for  successive  residences  in  Philadelphia,  Georgetown 
and  Alexandria,  Va.  In  1860  he  was  sent  to  New  Orleans  by  the  late  William 
Massey  as  his  confidential  agent.  The  year  1861  with  its  martial  notes  caused  a 
change  in  the  quiet  current  of  his  business  life  and  aroused  the  warlike  spirit — 
the  slumbering  bequest  of  his  illustrious  ancestry.  In  Jrtly  of  that  year  Arny  joined 
the  Confederate  Guards  of  New  Orleans  under  Captain  Pilsbury  and  served  in 
that  distinguished  detachment  imtil  the  fall  of  New  Orleans  in  1863.  Then  he 
went  to  Mobile,  Ala.,  and  enlisted  in  Company  E,  2nd  Battalion  Alabama  Light 
Artillery.  When  the  Federals  passed  Fort  Morgan  Arny  was  ill  in  the  hospital, 
and  upon  his  recovery  was  detailed  to  General  Maury's  headquarters,  where  he 
remained  until  the  evacuation  of  Mobile.  His  detail  was  brought  up  in  this  way. 
Being  an  expert  accountant  and  a  splendid  writer,  he  was  required  by  the  routine 
of  duty  to  send  papers  of  many  kinds  to  the  various  commands  around  him.  One 
note  of  his  was  sent  to  the  olllcials  at  headquarters  and  the  beautiful  penmanship 
attracted  general  attention.  His  conduct  was  so  exemplary  as  to  attract  the  atten- 
tion of  General  IMaury,  who  ordered  his  secretary  to  direct  Arny  to  report  at  head- 
quarters for  duty.  There  he  remained  in  the  confidence  of  General  Maury  and  his 
stafl^  until  the  fall  of  Mobile.  Then  with  the  archives  of  the  office  he  was  sent  to 
Meridian,  Miss.,  where  he  remained  imtil  the  close  of  the  war.  He  was  paroled 
on  May  11,  186^.  After  the  war  he  was  always  an  active  member  of  the  Army 
of  Tennessee,  U.  C.  V. 

From  1866  to  1870  he  attempfcd  to  repair  his  broken  fortunes  in  Philadelphia. 
In  the  latter  year  he  became  the  bookkeeper  of  T.  A.  Waterman  of  New  Orleans, 


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which  position  he  retained  until  1874.  Then  he  started  a  business  of  his  own, 
whicli  he  managed  successfully  until  1896,  when  failing  eyesight  forced  him  to 
retiro  from  active  life  and  pass  his  business  affairs  into  the  hands  of  his  son.  In 
April,  1891,  he  and  his  wife,  Sarah,  celebrated  their  golden  wedding  at  his  resi- 
dence, 3013  Chestnut  Street,  New  Orleans,  La.,  surrounded  by  his  family  and 
relatives  from  Washington  and  Philadelphia,  and  his  lifelong  friends  of  New  Or- 
leans.   A  leading  })aper  of  New  Orleans  in  July,  1902,  had  this  to  say: 

"  Louis  C.  Arny,  an  aged  resident  of  this  city,  distinguished  in  war  and  successful 
In  buHincss,  passed  away  at  his  residence.  No.  3613  Chestnut  street,  yesterday  morning 
at  (;:40,  surrounded  by  all  his  children.  He  had  been  ill  for  over  a  month,  old  age  be- 
ing the  direct  cause.  Funeral  services  will  be  held  in  St.  Paul's  church  this  afternoon 
at  4  o'clock  and  the  interment  will  take  place  at  Metairie  Cemetery." 

Descendants. 

1.  William  Thomas  Arny  (7).  b.  1/.5/1855;  m.,  10/11/1882,  Edwina,  daughter  of  Andrew 

C.  and  Elmira  Keene  Weaver,  and  had  children: 
1.  Charles  Arny.     2.  Charles  Weaver.    3.  Edwin  Weaver. 
4.  William  Thomas.     5.  Elmira  Arny. 
G.  Louis  C.  Arny.  b.  1902;  the  mother  died  1902. 

2.  Charles  Freeman  Arny  (7),  b.  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  9/21/1856;  ob.  3/14/1872. 

3.  Elizabeth   Arny    (7),   b.   4/14/18 — ;    m.   Fabius   Chapman,   son  of   Gabriel  Picron  and 

Celah  (Pickett)  Godbolt,  at  New  Orleans,  1881;  educated  at  Centenary  College; 
graduated  Ph.  .M.  University  Louisiana;  Confederate  soldier;  for  ten  years  Secre- 
tary of  the  Louisiana  Board  of  Pharmacy;  pharmaceutist.  New  Orleans.  Children: 
1.  Louis  Arny.  2.  Caroline. 
I.  Harry  Yin  Arny  (7),  b.  2/28/1858;  educated  at  New  Orleans  and  Philadel- 
phia ;  graduate  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy ;  Ph.  D.  University 
of  (Jottingcn ;  Professor  of  Pharmacy  at  Cleveland  School  of  Pharmacy, 
Cleveland,  0,  My  meeting  with  this  member  of  the  Shinn  family  was  an  im- 
pressive one.  It  was  at  St.  Petersburg,  Russia,  in  the  winter  of  1894.  I 
was  a  guest  at  the  Hotel  D'Angleterre,  and  had  been  there  about  a  month, 
and  liad  become  somewhat  familiarized  with  the  climate  and  conditions.  One 
evening  after  a  long  visit  to  M.  DeWitte,  Minister  of  Finance,  I  was  seated 
at  my  dining  table  overlooking  the  approach  to  the  famous  St.  Isaac  Ca- 
thedral. It  was  gloomy  and  cold  outside  and  I  was  ruminating  over  the 
hard  lot  of  the  poor,  when  the  proprietor  of  the  hotel,  one  of  the  most  genial 
hosts  I  ever  met,  informed  me  that  an  American  guest  of  the  hotel  desired 
to  see  me.  One  is  always  glad  to  meet  a  fellow  countryman  in  any  part  of 
Europe,  and  doubly  so  in  the  frozen  regions  of  the  Great  White  Tsar.  Sup- 
pressing my  eagerness,  however,  I  awaited  the  presentation.  I  was  intro- 
duced in  a 'few 'moments  to  Mr.  Harry  Vin  Arny  from  New  Orleans.  This 
was  another  surprise  and  an  agreeable  one,  for  while  I  was  delighted  to  meet 
an  American,  no  matter  where  he  came  from,  I  was  even  more  delighted  to 
meet  a  man  from  my  own  sunny  Southland.  But  judge  my  surprise  when 
the  voung  man  modestly  informed  me  that  his  mother  was  a  Shinn,  and  his 
father  a  Confederate  soldier.  He  was  a  true  American.  Having  finished  a 
technical  course  in  his  owai  country,  he  was  adding  to  his  knowledge  the  vast 
educational  supplies  of  the  German  Empire.  It  being  Christmas  week,  he 
was  enioying  his  holidays  in  a  study  of  St.  Petersburg  and  Moscow.  Single 
handed  and  alone  he  met  every  difficulty  and  left  Eussia  a  cubit  higher  m 

:>.  Carrie  L.'  Arny,  unmarried ;  teacher  of  organ,  Texas  Institute  for  the  Blind. 

1422     ViNECOME  Shinn  (6).— Solomon  (5),  Thomas  (4),  Solomon  (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Yinecome    seventh  child  of  Solomon  and  Jane  (Scattergood)   Shinn    born  at 
New  Egypt,  N.  J.,  2/20/1833;  farmer  until  of  age;  graduate  of  the  Philadelphia 


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College  of  Dentistry.  Settled  in  Washington,  D.  C. ;  married  Caroline,  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Caroline  Henrietta  (Von  Weissensee)  Arny.  (See  previous  sketch.) 
No  happier  couple  ever  lived  than  these  two;  the  wife  brilliant,  thoughtful  and 
alert;  the  husband  honest,  courteous  and  hospitable;  members  of  many  elevating 
clubs  at  the  Capital  and  prominent  in  good  Avork.     No  children. 

1453.     Shreye  Shinn  (6).— William  (5),  Asa  (4),  Solomon  (3),  James  (3), 

John  (1). 

Shreve  Shinn.  eldest  son  of  William  and  Ann  (Forsyth)  Shinn,  born  in  Bur- 
lington Countv,  Xew  Jersey,  n/23/1815;  married  12/17/1840  Emily  Norcross, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Woolman,  born  11/17/1818;  farmer;  killed  by  a  runaway 
horse  9/23/1888:  had  in  his  possession  the  original  marriage  certificate  of  Solo- 
mon Shinn  and  ^lary  Antrim,  daughter  of  Thomas  Antrim,  of  Springfield  Town- 
ship, Burlington  County,  New  Jersey,  on  the  back  of  which  was  endorsed  the  births 
of  his  children,  as  tliey  appear  clseAvhere  in  this  book;   Emily  Norcross  Shinn  died 

11/6/1893.    Their  descendents  were: 

1.  William  Henry  Shinn  (7),  b.  10/25/1842;   ob.  1843. 

2.  Walter  H.   Shinn    (7),  b.   7/4/1844;    m.,   12/30/1869,   Sarah  Caroline,   daughter  of  Jo- 

seph W.  Coles,  and  had  children: 

1.  Joseph  Wills  Shinn  (8),  b.  2/16/1871;  m.  Emily  Bishop  Haines,  9/28/1892. 

2.  Albert  Woolman  Shinn   (8),  b.  2/22/1873;    m.  Mary  J.  Wills,  9/3/1899. 

3.  Anna  Virginia  Deacon  Shinn    (8),  b.  10/24/1875. 

3.  Albert  Woolman  Shinn  (7),  b.  6/19/1846;  m.,  12/12/1877,  Emma  J.,  daughter  of  John 

W.  and  Ann  Barber,  and  had  one  child: 
1.  Laura  Barl)er  Shinn    (8),  b.  2/19/1880. 

4.  Lydia  Ann  Shinn    (7),  b.  8/23/1848;    m.,  12/16/1874,  Edwin  Randolph,  son  of  Gilbert 

and  Meribah  Swain,  and  had  children: 
1.  Florence  (8).     2.  Forrest  W.   (8).     3.  Emily  Alberta   (8).     4.  Emma   (8). 

5.  Howard  Gauntt  Shinn   (7),  b.  3/23/1853;  m.,  10/26/1881,  Henrietta  Book,  daughter  of 

Joseph  and  Henrietta  Hill,  and  had  children: 

1.  Louisa  Shinn    (8),  b.   12/9/1882. 

2.  Henry  H.  Shinn  (8),  b.  6/14/1886. 

6.  Emily    Amanda    Shinn    (7),   b.    2/21/1855;    m.,    6/28/1876,   Joseph,    son   of   Joseph   L. 

Lamb;  ob.  3/7/18S6;    (2)  William  L.  Woodruff,  7/29/1893.    Child  by  first  marriage: 
1.  Winfleld  Scott  Lamb  (8);  ob.  infans. 

7.  Shreve   Shinn    (7),   b.   1/12/1861;    m.    (1),   1/12/1885.   Luna  Peters,   b.    1/12/1861,   ob. 

6/14/1894;    (2),  7/7/1897,  Clara  Adams.     Child  by  first  marriage: 
1.  Howard  Shinn. 

1457.  Elavood  Shinn  (6). — William  (5),  Asa  (4),  Solomon  (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

Ehvood  Shinn.  fifth  child  of  William  and  Ann  (Forsyth)  Shinn,  born  in 
Burlington  County.  Noav  Jersey,  5/27/1822;  married  3/14/1861,  Hannah,  daugh- 
ter of  Jos('])h  and  y\scha  Hartshorn,  born  S/ll/lS-^O;    children: 

1.  Elmer  Hartshorn   Shinn   (7),  b.  9/9/1863;    m.,  2/5/1885,  Linda  A.  Townsend,  b.  6/4/ 

1864,  and  had  children: 
1.  Caroline  M.     2.  Hannah.     3.  William  E.     4.  Arnold.     5.  Edwin  Willit. 

2.  William  Emly  Shinn  (7),  b.  2/17/1869;  m.,  10/13/1895,  Mary  Ella  Townsend,  and  had 

children: 
1.  HoAvard  Tcnvnsend  (8).     2.  Elwood  Aaronson   (8). 

3.  Ralph  Henry  Shinn  (7),  b.  2/4/1870;  m.,  4/27/1898,  Elmira  Borden  Kimball. 

1458.  Wii.T.TT  Stttnn  (6).— William  (5),  Asa  (4),  Solomon  (3).  James  (2), 

JOITN    (1). 

Willit  Sliinn.  youngest  child  of  William  and  Ann  (Forsyth)  Shinn,  born 
1/15/1825,  on  a  farm  near  Jobstown,  Burlington  County,  Ncav  Jersey;  his  father 
died  when  he  Avas  but  seven  years  of  age;  in  his  seA^enteenth  year  removed  to 
Philadelphia;    learned  the  bricklayer's  trade;    carried  on  that  business  in  Phila- 


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delphia  fifteen  years;  on  the  death  of  his  mother  he  removed  to  Burlington  County, 
New  Jersey,  and  with  his  brother,  Elwood,  purchased  the  homestead;  sold  his 
share  to  his  brother  in  LSTl  and  moved  to  Mt.  Holly,  where  he  now  resides.  He 
has  never  married.  His  residence  at  Mt.  Holly  is  a  line  type  of  village  home,  and 
is  furnished  with  every  modern  appliance  for  making  life  comfortable;  he  is  in- 
terested in  genealogy,  and  being  a  man  of  means  is  able  to  gratify  his  desires  in 
this  particular;  he  has  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  his  townsmen  and  has  lived  a 
lift,'  without  reproach.  I  am  under  the  heaviest  obligation  to  this  gentleman  for 
the  tireless  efforts  he  has  made  during  a  period  of  fourteen  years  to  aid  me  in  this 
genealogy.  I  have  never  asked  anything  but  that  he  accomplished  my  purpose,  and 
that  clearly,  succinctly  and  with  authenticit}\  Had  every  member"^of  the  family 
been  one-tenth  as  zealous  as  Willit  Shinn  I  should  have  had  the  most  thorough 


WILLITT  SHINN. 

genealogy  extant.     He  is  now  sevent}--eight  years  of  age,  and  my  wish  is  that  he 
may  pass  the  hundredth  milestone. 

1459.     Samuel  Ellis  Shixn  (G).— Isaac   (5),  Asa  (4),  Solomon  (3),  James 

(2),  John  (1). 
Samuel    Ellis,    eldest    child    of    Isaac    and    Fanny     (Van)     Shinn,    born 
11/11/1812:  married,  1849,  Aschah  Fox,  and  had  children: 

1.  Elmira  Shinn  (7),  b.  10/19/1849.  ^    ,     um,  -cm, 

2    Isaac  L    Shinn   (7),  b.  4/6/1853;    m.,  1878,  Rebecca  Stone,  and   had   children,  Emily 

Irene.  Sallie  EUiel,  Willie  Dayton,  Reuben  Clifford,  Elmira  and  Emma  Anderson. 

3.  Fannv  Shinn  (7);  m.  Budd  Whitcraft. 

4.  Meribah  S.  Shinn  (7) ;  m.  Grafton  Willie. 

5.  Sarah.     6.  Alice;  m.  Hartley  Stevenson. 
7.  Joseph  C. 


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1461.     Albert  Shinn   (C). — Isaac    (5),  Asa    (4),  Solomon    (3),  James    (2), 

John  (1). 

Albeit,  second  child  of  Isaac  and  Fanny  (Van)  Shinn,  born  1831;  m.,  1853, 
Emma  Antrim,  b.,  1833,  at  Pemberton,  IST.  J.  Children:  Fanny,  Laura,  Joseph- 
ine, Benejah,  b.,  1861,  m.,  18S5,  Carrie  McNair;  Eliza,  b.,  1863;  Henrietta,  b. 
1865,  m.  J.  E.  Spangler;  and  Bertha. 

1463.  Sarah  B.  Shinn  (6). — Isaac   (5),  Asa  (4),  Solomon   (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

Sarah  B.,  fifth  child  of  Isaac  and  Fanny  (Van)  Shinn,  born  9/22/1837;  m. 
Isaac  King,  and  had,  Charles  A.,  b.  3/18/1860,  m.  Linda  Park;  Anna  A.,  b 
9/18/1 862, 'and  Isaac  S.,  b.  9/27/1865. 

1464.  IsA^vc  Shinn   (6). — Samuel    (5),  Asa   (4),  Solomon    (3),  J^mes    (2), 

John  (1). 

Isaac  Shinn,  only  child  of  Samuel  and  Fanny  (Shinn-Van)  Shinn,  born  1841: 
m.,  1870,  Ella  A.  Wright,  and  had  Eugene  K.,  Clarence,  Orville,  William  and 
Loud  G. 

1465.  Joseph    Lamb    Shinn    (6). — Solomon    (5),    Asa    (4),    Solomon     (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Joseph  liamb  Shinn,  first  child  of  Solomon  and  Mercy  (Lamb)  Shinn,  born 
in  Burlington  County,  New  Jersey,  1806;  married,  10/23/1825,  Julia  W.  Gaskell 
and  had  children: 

1.  Charles  Lamb  Shinn   (7),  b.  3/9/1831  in  Burlington  County,  New  Jersey;   resided  at 

Lumberton;  man  of  affairs;  sheriff  of  Burlington  County.  Married,  2/4/1861, 
Mary  E.  O'Brien;  ob.  10/24/1889,  with  will  dated  10/12/1889  (Burlington  Wills 
Book  W,  p.  173),  naming  these  children: 

1.  Barzillai  Gaskell  (8).     2.  Ellwood  Hendley  (8). 

3.  Mary  Emly  Gaskell  (8). 

2.  Solomon   Shinn    (7),  b.   1/22/1808;    m.    (1),    1829,   Edith  Johnson,   and   was   disowned 

by  Burlington  2/ — /1829;  m.  (2)  Sarah  .     He  was  married  by  a  magistrate 

and  attended  meetings  of  the  Hicksites.     Children  by  first  marriage: 
1.  Sarah.      2.  Edith.      By    2d    marriage,    3.  Mary. 

3.  Mary  Shinn    (7),  b.  1810;    m.   Samuel   Pope,  1831,  and  was   disowned  by  Burlington 

10/— /1831. 

1468.     Stacy  Shinn   (6).— Joshua   (5),  Asa   (4),  Solomon   (3),  James    (2), 

John  (1). 

Stacy,  eldest  child  of  Joshua  and  Ann  (Gaskell)  Shinn,  born  8/9/1804;  re- 
moved to  Philadelphia;  m.,  3/4/1826,  Jane  Wextrim,  daua'hter  of  Samuel  and 
Elizabeth,  b.  3/17/1819,  ob.  8/15/1847;  m.  (2),  Rebecca  (Proctor-Penniugton) 
Shinn,  9/9/1851 :  Mr.  Shinn  was  quartermaster  at  the  IT.  S.  Navy  Yards  at  Phila- 
delphia until  too  old  to  ntfond  to  its  duties,  when  he  was  nmdo  watchman;  ob. 
7/14/1879. 

Children  of  First  Marriage. 

1.  Ann  Eliza  Shinn   (7).  b.  4/7/1827;   m.   Samuel  Richard,  and  had   children: 

1.  Emma  Matilda   (8),  b.  3/20/184(;;   m.,  6/2/lS(i7,  Richard  Berriman,  and  had  chil- 

dren.   Harry    Gross,    b.    9/3/1868,    m.    10/15/1890,    Mary    Ware;     and    Daniel 
Barnes,  b.  10/17/1871,  ob.  11/5/1893. 

2.  Ann  Jane   (8),  b.  12/10/1849;   m.    (1).  18G9,  John  Richardson;    (2),  1880,  William 

Brimt;    she  d.  G/4/1896.     Children  by  first  marriage: 

1.  Annie  E.,  b.  3/12/1870;  m.  December.  1890. 

2.  Edmund  Bruen,  b.  8/22/1872;   m.  Carrie  Keeplin,  1893. 

Children  bv  Second  Marriage. 
1.  (3)  William.     2.  (4)   Catherine. 


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3.  Edmiinrl  Bnien    (8).  b.   8/5/1851;    m.,  1880,   Martha  Jane  Ralph;   ob.  12/31/1896; 

two  children.  Edmund  B.  and  Thomas  Ralph. 

4.  Samuel  Dlllmore  (8) ;  ob.  infans. 

2.  Samuel  W.     ?,.  Mary  Jane,  b.  4/12/1837;  m.  Henry  Palmer.     4.     Joshua.     5.  Matilda. 
6.  Amanda  Matilda  Shinn  (7;,  b.  3/1G/1845;  m.  Joseph  Redding,  and  had  three  children. 

Children  by  Second  Marriage. 

1.  (7)   William    Pennington    Shinn    (7),    b.    6/13/1852;    m.,    12/5/1875,    Clara    Virginia 

Shrank;   resides  at  Camden,  N.  J.     Children: 
1.  Mary  Jane.     2.  Samuel  James.     3.  Carrie  Davis.     4.  Ida. 

5.  James  Proctor.     6.  Elizabeth.     7.  Harry  Raymond. 

2.  (8)   Jamfs   Proctor,  ob.  at  birth.     3.  (9)   Francis  Baker. 

4.  (lOj   James  Proctor  (7),  b.  9/y/1856;  m.  Elizabeth  Hess. 

5.  (11)  Anna  Pennington  (7),  b.  10/19/1858;   m.,  1/29/1879,  Archibald  Gtorman  Babnew, 

and  had  Joseph.  Wil.son,  Anne  and  Kate. 

6.  (12;   Rebecca  Loveland    (7),  b.  12/13/1860;   m.,  2/4/1878,  George  Washington  Davis; 

children.  Jennie  B.,  b.  8/1/1880. 

7.  (13)   David   Brown   (7),  b.  3/5/1863;   m.,  8/22/1888,  Wilhelmina  Dankleman;    in  busi- 

ness at  Camden,  N.  J.;  children,  Edwin,  Florence  and  Viola. 

1  177.     Henry  Clay  Shinn  (6).— Asa  (5),  Asa  (4),  Solomon  (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

lleiivv  Clay  Shinn,  fifth  child  of  Asa,  and  third  child  of  Asa  and  Elizabeth 
( Blackwood)  Shinn,  b.,  12/21/1834;  ra.,  11/29/1881,  Sallie  Heisler  Haines;  re- 
sided at  Mt.  Holly,  "N".  J.;  ob.  12/26/1901,  leaving  one  child,  Henry  Clay,  b.. 
1 1/27/1882 ;   unmarried. 

1485.  James  S.  Hankins  (G). — Abigail  Shinn  (o),  James  (4),  Solomon  (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

James  S.  Hankins,  eldest  son  of  William  and  Abigail  (Shinn)  Hankins,  b. 
near  New  Egypt.  N.  J. ;  married  Hannah,  eldest  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Elizabeth 
(Oroshaw)  Forsyth,  1/23/1836;  she  was  a  great  grand-daughter  of  Caleb  Shreve, 
a  Revolutionary  "soldier  (see  Caleb  Shreve,  in  Stryker's  Jerseymen  in  the  Revolu- 
tion).    Descendants: 

1.  Ann  Hankins  (7),  b.  12/28/1837;  ob.  5/9/1871;  m.  Calvin  Carroll,  a  prominent  citizen 

of  New  Jersey;   member  of  the  General  Assembly. 

2.  Thomas.     3.  Elizabeth.     4.  James. 

5    Phcbe  S.    b.  7/12/1845;  m.,  2/9/1869,  Horace  B.  Lippincott,  and  had  children: 

1.  Edwin   Hankins  Lippincott   (8),  b.  2/1/1871;   m.,  2/10/1897,  Sarah  Ridgway  New- 

bold,  and  had  Calvin  Newbold. 

2.  Elizabeth  Croshaw  Lippincott  (8),  b.  8/30/1873;   m.,  10/21/1896,  Joseph  Wilkins 

Gardner,  and  had  Joseph  Gardner. 

1486.  John  Hankins   (6).— Abigail  Shinn   (5),  James   (4),  Solomon    (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

John  Hankins,  second  child  of  William  and  Abigail  (Shinn)   Hankins,  born 
near  New  Eiivpt.  N.  J. ;  married  Rebecca  Barkalow,  and  had  children : 
1    Abigail;  m'T* Charles  WycolT.     2.  Mary  Ann;  m.  a  Mr.  Dawes. 

3.  Elizabeth;  m.  Peter  Wj'coff.     4.  George;  m.  a  Shuyley. 
5.  Hulda;  m.  a  Mr.  Hunt. 

These  men  are  all  prosperous  farmers;  Republicans;  live  near  Allentowm,  N.  J. 

1487.  Joseph  Hankins  (6).— Abigail  Shinn  (5),  James  (4),  Solomon  (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Joseph  Hankins,  third  son  of  William  and  Abigail  (Shinn)  Hankins,  born  in 
Monmouth  County,  New  Jersey;  married  there  Emily  Nelson.  He  died,  leaving 
sons  and  daughters,  respectable  and  thrifty  farmers;  Republicans;  reside  at  Allen- 
town,  N.  J. 


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1490.  Adelaide  Haines  Shinn   (6). — James   (5),  James   (4),  Solomon   (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Adelaide  Haines,  second  child  of  James  and  Marv  (Miller)  Shinn,  born  at 
Upper  Freehold,  X.  J.,  l]/12/18r)5;  married  at  New  Egypt,  1/23/1840,  Thomas 
B.  Jobes;  they  moved  to  the  old  Shinn  homestead,  land  that  had  been  owned  by 
the  great-grandfather  Solomon,  the  grandfather  James,  the  father  James,  and 
occupied  for  many  years  by  Thomas  B.  Jobes  and  Adelaide,  his  wife,  and  still  re- 
mains in  tlie  family;  the  house  built  by  the  grandfather,  James  Shinn,  in  1776, 
with  date  printed  on  the  gables  by  James  and  Lavinia  (Haines)  Shinn,  was  a 
large  two-story  house,  is  still  standing,  and  is  in  good  repair;  in  this  house  the 
children  of  James  and  Hannah  were  born;  here  his  son,  James,  died,  and  here 
George,  Elam  and  Emily  were  born.  "  Pleasant  Hill  "  was  another  residence  of 
the  grandfather,  and  at  which  ])lace  other  children  were  born;  in  the  old  house  at 
New  Egypt,  Adelaide,  and  her  brother,  George  W.  Shinn,  were  born,  and  here 
were  born  the  children  of  Judge  Jobes.  Thomas  B.  Jobes  was  a  diligent  student 
of  mathematics,  chemistry  and  botany ;  then  bookkeeper  in  the  counting  house  of 
a  wholesale  house  in  Philadelphia;  successful  druggist  at  Pemberton;  farmer  in 
Monmouth  and  Ocean  Counties;  prominent  in  county  and  state  affairs;  Judge 
of  Ocean  County;  a  Democrat  and  a  Methodist;  a  man  of  discernment,  industry 
and  intelligence;  in  sympathy  with  every  Christian  movement,  and  giving  liber- 
ally to  the  church ;  of  excellent  memory  and  sound  judgment.  To  him  I  owe  a 
debt  of  gratitude  for  the  aid  he  gave  me  in  unraveling  many  of  the  intricate  prob- 
lems of  this  book.     The  children  of  Thomas  B.  and  Adelaide  (Shinn)  Jobes  were: 

1.  Charles   S.  Jobes    (7),   b.   7/10/1842;    m.   Sarah  C,   daughter  of  Elisha  and   Caroline 

(Patterson)  Shinn,  1/23/1840.  For  descendants  see  Elisha  Shinn  (6).  He  was  a 
Union  soldier  and  served  throughout  the  war  as  Corporal  in  Co.  D  14th  New  Jer- 
sey Vol.  Inf.,  being  wounded  twice  severely. 

2.  James  Jobes  (7),  b.  0/9/1843;  m.  Emily  Brown,  March,  1869;  elder  of  the  Presbyterian 

Church  at  New  Egypt;  farmer  and  a  Democrat. 

3.  Anna  B.     4.     Hannah.     Both  killed  by  lightning  at  Pleasant  Hill,  8/31/1868.     Lovely 

in  life  and  in  death  not  divided. 
5.  Mary  S.     6.  Matilda  Rue. 

1491.  Caroline  Shinn    (6). — James    (5),  James    (4),  Solomon    (3),  James 

(2),  John  (1). 

Caroline,  third  child  of  James  and  Mai'v  (Miller)  Shinn,  born  at  New  Egypt, 
10/23/1820;  married  there  Dr.  Lloyd  Wilbur,  of  Hightstown,  N.  J.,  and  had  two 
sons,  botli  physicians. 

1.  Dr.  George  Franklin  Wilbur  (7),  ra.  Fannie  Apple  of  New  York;   graduate  of  Prince- 

ton and  the  Medical  Department  of  University  of  Pennsylvania;  had  two  daugh- 
ters.    Resides  at  Asbury  Park. 

2.  Dr.  William  L.  Wilbur,  lliglilslown,  N.  J.;   graduate  of  Princeton  and  Medical  Depart- 

ment of  University  of  Pennsylvania.     Unmarried. 

1492.  Ciiouc.E  W.  SiiiNx    ((;). — James   (3),  James   (4),  Solomon   (3),  James 

(2),  John  (1). 

George  W.,  fourth  cbild  of  James  and  ]\[ary  (Miller)  Shinn,  born  at  the 
"Shinn  Homostoad/'  New  Egypt,  N.  J..  0/20/1824;  attend. mI  district  schools 
and  graded  school  at  Bordentown  ;  im]irovod  the  homestead  until  its  fertility  was 
second  to  none  in  that  region;  in  1850  went  to  Philadelphia  and  for  a  while  en- 
gaged in  tlie  commission  l)usiness;  then  devoted  a  year  to  the  grocei'y  business  at 
Camden;  in  18,52  became  agent  for  tlic  Riverton  Improvement  Company  for  lay- 
ing out  a  town  on  tlie  D('lawar(>,  eiglil  miles  above  Camden;  at  the  same  time 
opened  a  general  store  and  also  a  lunihev  and  coal  yard  ;  married,  3/25/1852, 
Sarah  Matilda  Rue,  of  Crenni  Pidge,  N.  J.:  remained  at  Riverton  four  years; 
moved  to  Freehold  in  IS.")*').  wIkmt  lie  i-emnined  until  188.")  as  a  merchant;   Common 


Sixth  and  Later  Generations.  31)3 

rieas  Judge  two  terms  of  five  years  each;  President  from  1885  to  1903  of  tlie 
New  Jersey  State  lieform  School  for  Boys  at  Jamesburg,  ten  miles  west  of  Free- 
hold; this  institution  has  the  tutelage  of  360  boys;  during  this  period  he  lost  his 
wife  ajul  on  9/33/1891  was  married  the  second  time  to  Margaret  Park,  of  James- 
burg, ^'.  J.;  was  Master  of  Ceremonies  at  the  Centennial  Celebration  of  the  Battle 
of  Moiiinouth,  held  at  Freehold,  Monmouth  County,  X.  J.,  1877;  owner  of  the 
"  Shinn  Hall,"  in  which  the  celebration  was  held,  and  built  by  him  for  such  occa- 
sions. On  that  occasion  they  seated  twenty-seven  hundred  distinguished  guests, 
troops  and  citizens,  nine  hundred  at  a  time,  and  serving  until  their  patriotic  ardor 
was  assauged.  The  descendants  of  Solomon  are  related  to  the  Battle  of  Monmouth 
by  proximity  at  least.  Jersey  was  the  maelstrom  of  that  war,  and  Burlington,  Mer- 
crr  and  Monmouth  the  maelstrom  of  New  Jersey.  In  two  of  these  counties  the 
Sbinns  were  quartered  during  all  that  time.  George  W.  Shinn  resigned  his  posi- 
tion at  the  Reform  School  in  1902  and  moved  to  the  village  of  Jamesburg,  where 
he  oi)encil  a  real  estate  and  insurance  office;  he  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
illled  many  other  positions  of  honor  and  trust;  a  man  of  high  moral  character, 
interested  in  the  welfare  of  others,  and  a  helper  of  the  needy  at  all  times.  Children 
of  George  W.  and  Sarah  M.  (Rue)  Shinn: 

1.  James  L.   Shinn    (7),  b.  9/15/1850;    merchant  at  Freehold,  N.  J.;   m.  Hannah  Davis, 

and  had: 
1.  WaltfT  Shinn  (8),  b.  1880. 

2.  Mary  Anna  Shinn  (7). 

M93.     James    Miller   Shinn    (6).— James    (5),   James    {^),    Solomon    (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

James  ^Miller,  sixth  child  of  James  and  Mary  (Miller)  Shinn,  born  at  New 
Egypt,  N.  J.,  1/30/1828;  married  Susan  Lower,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  started  m 
business  at  Philadelphia;  owing  to  poor  health  came  back  to  the  old  home  town 
(Now  Egypt,  N.  J.)  ;  purchased  the  business  of  Thomas  W.  Ivins,  1848,  and  cou- 
ihicted  a^'iarge  business  for  thirty-five  years,  at  which  time  he  retired  and  returned 
to  Philadelphia,  Pa. ;  the  business  was  given  to  his  son,  George  L.,  who  still  con- 
ducts the  same,  making  fifty-five  years  of  successful  business  life  of  father  and 
son;  James  ^^liller  was  a  member  of  the  County  Board  of  Freeholders,  1868  to 
1873  ;  trustee  of  the  New  Egvpt  Presbyterian  Church  a  number  of  years,  and  identi- 
fied with  all  public  matters  of  his  town.    James  Miller  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa., 

8/9 /1S88;  had  children:  ^        ^       ,.      ^     ^-  ^  r^  + 

1.  William  Lower  Shinn   (7),  b.  9/26/1859;    m.,  4/1/1880,  Kate  Rewalt;    she  died  Octo- 

bor    1888.  leaving  one  son,  William  Rewalt  Shinn   (8).  ^  „     ,         ^  ^ 

2  Georee  L  Shinn  (7),  b.  11/5/1861;  m.  Wilhelmina  Boyd;  County  Collector  of  Ocean 
County  six  vears  1894  to  1900;  elected  State  Senator  1902  for  three  years;  large 
owner  of  cranberrv  bogs;  director  First  National  Bank,  Hightstown,  N^  J  ;  shoe 
business  at  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.;  interested  in  business  enterprises  at  Baltimore, 
SdaS  Buffalo  N.  Y.;  one-half  owner  of  the  New  Egypt  (N.  J.)  Water  Works; 
merchant  at  New  Egypt.  N.  J.;  deacon  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Conserva- 
tive cautious,  successful,  are  the  words  that  mark  his  career. 
•:!    Pharlps' Shinn  (7),  b.  7/29/1863;   ob.  infans.  ^^  r^  ^„ 

4".  Jl^Ses  M    SWnn  (7),  b.  8/31/1865;   resides  at  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.;   m.  there,  Octo- 
ber, 1890. 
I:  IdSe1i5^"n^a),\.'w%A8^     m.  Oscar  Burdick  at  Philadelphia,  and  had  chil- 

1.  Sgaret  (8).     2.  Elizabeth  (8).     3.  Isabel  (8). 
4    Harriet  (8).     5.  Susan  (8).  .     ^       i, 

7.  Isabel  Shinn  (7),  b.  6/16/1872;  m.  Morris  Jacobs. 

1496      Benjamin  Shinn  (6).-Ezra  (5)    James  (4),  Solomon  (3),  James  (2), 
'   ■  John  (1). 

T.     •      •     -Po-nV.;,1nw  «lhiTin   eldest  child  of  Ezra  and  Anna  (Barkalow)  Shinn, 


304  History  of  the  Shinn  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

low;   farmer;   Unitarian;   moved  to  Mattoon,  111.,  where  he  has  resided  for  many 
years ;   children : 


BENJAMIN   BARKALOW  SHINN. 

J.  James  J{.  Sliiun  (7),  b.  in  Montgomery  County,  Ohio,  10/4/1845;  ob.  1/28/1868,  un- 
married. 

2.  George  B.  Shinn  (7),  b.  in  Indiana,  10/20/1851;  m.  Cornelia  M.  Ricketts,  2/18/1872, 
at  Mattoon,  111.;  farmer,  Republican,  Knight  of  Honor;  ob.  2/7/1888  in  Coles 
County,  Illinois,  and  had  children,  Kate,  Nellie,  Oliver,  James  R.,  William  and 
Florence. 

1497.     James  Ezra  Shinn   (G). — Ezija  (5),  James  (4),  Soloimon   (3),  James 

(2),  John  (1). 

James  Ezra  Sliinii,  second  cliild  of  Ezra  and  Anna  (Bnrkalow)  Shinn,  born 
in  Montgomery  County,  Ohio,  11/10/1825;  m.  12/— /1S47,  Eli/abcih  Ann,  daugh- 
ter of  William  Barkalow ;  moved  to  Illinois;  farmer;  Republican;  belonged  to 
no  church;  ob.  11/7/1^''^'*^;  'hihlren: 

1.  Ann    Catherine   Shinn    (7).    b.    10/— /1848;    m.,   12/1/1867,   George    East;    farmer,   Re- 

liuldican;  soldier  in  the  Union  Army;  wounded  at  Antietam  and  Gettysburg; 
Methodist ;  moved  to  Fredonia,  Wilson  County,  Kan.  There  were  eight  children 
in  thf<  eighth  generation. 

2.  Aarrm  Sliinii    (7).  b.  1850;   m.  Sarah  E.  Suit,  9/4/1872;    farmer,  Republican,   Baptist. 

Children: 
1.  Omah.     2.  Lavinia.     3.  Charles.     4.  Eliza.     5.  Elmer.     G.  Harry. 

3.  Gef)rgo  Shinn   (7),  b.  March,  1861;    m.  Matilda  Suit,  in  February.*  1881:    farmer,   Re- 

piil)liran:   resides  at  Loxa,  111.     Children: 
1.  Mabel.     2.  Grace.     3.  Nettie.     4.  Harry.     5.  Jessie.     6.  Hazel.     7.  Garnet. 


MR.  HENRY  TOWN. 
GEORGE  CALLOWAY  TOWN. 


MRS.  NANCY  CATHERINE  LEVINS. 


MRS.  BELINDA  GARDNER  TOWN. 
HENRY  GALLOWAY  TOWN. 


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1498.     Lavina  Shinx  (6).— Ezra  (5),  James   (4),  SoLOiioN  (3),  James  (2), 

JOHX   (1). 

Lavina    Shinn,    third    child    of    Ezra    and    Anna     (Barkalow)     Shinn,    b., 
1/8/1828;   m.,  April,  18ol,  W.  K  Kyle,  in  Indiana;  farmer;    Republican;   chil- 
dren : 
1.  George.    2.  Natnan.     :i.  Anna  E.    4.  William. 

1409.     EzuA  Worley  Shinn  (6). — Ezra  (5),  James  (4),  Solomon  (3),  James 

(2),  John  (1). 

Ezra  Worley  Shinn,  fourth  child  of  Ezra  and  Anna  (Barkalow)  Shinn,  b., 
6/27/1832;  moved  to  Lathrop,  ^Mo.;  m.  there,  3/3/1858,  Elizabeth  Stoneam; 
farmer;  captain  in  L^nion  army;  president  of  the  Farmers'  Bank,  Lathrop,  Mo.; 
Kci»uhlican,  and  attached  to  every  progressive  enterprise  of  his  neighborhood; 
hospitable,  wealthy  and  courteous;  children: 

1.  Clara  .Ann  Shinn   (7),  b.  7/17/18.59;   m.  J.  E.  McKee,  and  has  three  children  at  La- 

throi).  Mo. 

2.  George  Washington   Shinn    (7),  b.  3/21/1861;    m.    Carrie  E.  Duncan;    resides  at  La- 

throp, Mo.;   cashier  Farmers'  Bank;   and  had  children,  Duncan,  Aletha  and  Mar- 
shall Shinn. 

3.  Prudence  Lane  (7).    4.  Lavina  Shinn  (7). 

ir)00.     Thomas  Jefferson  Shinn  (6). — Ezra  (5),  James  (4),  Solomon   (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Thomas    Jelferson,    fifth    child   of    Ezra    and    Anna    (Barkalow)    Shinn,    b., 

8/17/1832;   lieutenant  in  the  Union  army,  13th  Mo.  Cav.  and  6th  Regt.  Mo.  Vol.; 

farmer,  near  Lathrop,  Mo.;  m.,  10/16/1866,  Adelaide  Stoneam;   Eepublican;   ob. 

1898;   had  one  daughter: 

1.  Liilu  Shinn  (7),  b.  11/5/1870;   m.  Samuel  Stuckey,  and  had  one  child,  Mae  Stuckey. 

1502.  S.A.RAH   Cox    (6). — Hepzibah   Shinx    (5),   James    (4),    Solomon    (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Sarah  Cox,  eldest  child  of  John  and  Hepzibah  (Shinn)  Cox,  b.,  3/26/1823; 
ob.,  3/11/1893;  m.  Peter  Le  Fevre  August,  1848,  and  moved  to  Edinburg,  John- 
son County,  Indiana:    a  wealthy  farmer;    children: 

1.  John  Cox  (7),  b.  September,  ISol;  ob.  infans. 

2.  Joseph  (7).  b.  9/13/1853;  ob.  1/26/1888;   m.   (1)  Jane  Bevins;    (2)  Anna  Perry,  3/19/ 

1885.     Children  by  the  first  wife  were: 
1.  Homer  (8).     2.  Minnie  (8).     Children  by  the  second  wife: 
1.   (3)   Donlv  O.     2.    (4)  Effie  B. 
3.  (5)   Sarah  Edell   (8).     4.   (6)    George  Otto   (8). 
5.  (7)  Charles  Floyd   (8). 

3.  George    Le   Fevre    (7),   b.    6/7/1S57;    m.    Maria   J.    Copenbaver,    12/4/1878,    and    had 

Clarence  C.  Le  Fevre  (8)  and  Nellie  Le  Fevre  (8). 

1503.  Hannah  Cox   (6). — Hepzibah  Shinn   (5),  James   (4),  Solomon   (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Hannah  Cox.  second  child  of  John  and  Hepzibah  (Shinn)  Cox,  b., 
12/24/1824;  m.  (1)  Daniel  Kiser,  3/17/1857;  merchant  of  Dayton,  0.;  Demo- 
crat: Old  School  Baptist;  (2)  James  Ward,  of  same  place;  ob.  11/20/1884;  chil- 
dren by  the  first  marriage  were: 

1    Edmund  Moonev  (7),  b.  5/29/1858;  m.  Ida  Klugel,  8/25/1885. 
'>'  Daniel   B     (7),  b.   4/6/1865;    m.  Anna  Minto,   9/12/1889,   and  had   one  child,   Joseph 

Harshman'(8),  b.  6/25/1890. 
3    Lucy  (7)    b    8/26/1860;  m.  James  M.  Craven,  9/29/1880,  and  had  three  children: 
1.  Jay  Allen.    2.  Glenend  Louisa.    3.  William  Arthur. 

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308  History  of  the  Shinn  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

1506.  Derrick  Cox    (6). — PlErziBAH  Shinn   (5),  James    (4),  Solomon    (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Derrick  Barkalow  Cox,  third  child  of  John  and  Hepzibah  (Shinn)    Cox,  b., 

9/25/1826;  m.  Cornelia  Ann  Allen  in  Ohio;    farmer;   Baptist;  Democrat;   chil- 
dren: 

1.  Samuel  M.   (7),  b.  9/29 -'1848;  m.  Carrie  Fink,  10/18/1870,  and  had  children,  Virginia, 

A.,  Harrison  Flavel  and  Jennie. 

2.  Laura  Amanda   (7),  b.   2/7/1851;    m.  John  H.  Wooley,   1/9/1868,  and   had  Annie   B., 

Bertha  M.,  Jessie  A.,  Otis  D.,  Earl  E.  and  Hazel. 

3.  Ella    (7),   b.    9/20/1856;    m.   James   H.   Kennedy,    9/2/1874,   and    had   Claudia   B.   and 

Roscoe  Leland. 

4.  John  (7),  b.  5/12/1806;  m.  Minnie  Hoover,  3/2/1887,  and  had  Mabel  and  Oran. 

5.  Emma  (7),  b.  12/2/1859;  m.  Isaac  W.  Brown,  8/29/1888,  and  had  one  son,  Arthur. 

1507.  Lucy    Cox    (6). — Hepzibah    Shinn    (5),    James    (4),    Solomon    (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Lucy  Mollison  Cox,  fonrth  child  of  John  and  Hepzibah  (Shinn)  Cox,  b., 
12/23/1828;    ob.  5/14/1883;    m.  Thomas  Woodward  Tibbals  in  Ohio;    Baptist; 

Democrat ;   children : 

1.  Lyle  Elmore    (7),  b.   7/9/1861;    m.    (1)    Cora   Hinkle,   1/27/1897;    she  died  childless, 

1898;    (2)  Alice  Riddle,  1/8/1901,  and  had  one  child,  Leslie  Evans. 

2.  Taylor  (7),  b.  6/20/1866;  m.  Ida  Tracy  Lasverne,  4/10/1895,  and  had  one  child,  William 

Albert. 

3.  Richard  Evans  (7),  o.  1/5/1868;  m.  Kittle  M.  Marrice,  10/21/1897,  and  had  two  chil- 

dren:    1.  Katherine  Marie.     2.  Morris  Daniel. 

4.  Daniel    (7),  b.   11/26/1870;    m.,   1898,  Mamie   Swartz. 

1505.     John  Cox  (6). — Hepzibah  Shinn  (5),  James  (4),  Solomon  (3),  James 

(2),  John  (1). 

John  Cox,  fifth  child  of  John  and  Hepzibah  (Shinn)  Cox,  b.,  3/5/1831;  m. 
Lydia  Hall,  9/28/1853,  and  had  children: 

1.  Emmazetta  Cox'  (7),  b.  12/3/1854;  m.  James  Dorsey  Buchannan,  1/28/1875,  and  had: 

1.  Bessie  Pearl  (8),  b.  9/2/1875;  m.  P.  K.  Leffel,  6/19/1901. 

2.  John  Robinson  (8).    3.  Herbert  Ward  (8).     4.  Mary  Helen  (8). 

2.  Anna  Isabel  (7).     3.  Enoch  M    (7).     4.  Ida  May  (7). 

5.  Flora  S.  Cox  (7),  b.  3/17/1868;   m.  George  Laugh,  3/30/1892,  and  had  a  son,  Howard 

Laugh   (8). 

6.  Kiser   Lydia  Cox    (7),   b.   3/24/1876;    m.   John   Alexander,   December,    1896,    and   had 

Ralph  Main  (8). 

1508.  Thomas  Siiinn  Cox   (6).— Hepzibah  Shinn  (5),  James  (4),  Solomon 

(3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

Thomas  Sliiiin  Cox,  sixth  child  of  John  and  Hepzibah  (Shinn)  Cox,  b., 
1/28/18.36;    m.  Lydia  Ann  Death,  5/20/1858;    Baptist;    Democrat;    resides  at 

Piqua,  0. ;   and  had  children  : 

1.  John  Morton  Cox  (7),  b.  7/31/1859;  m.  Emma  Weffler,  9/26/1889. 

2.  Arthur  Cox  (7),  b.  9/25/1861;  ob.  1864. 

3.  Emma  Hartley  Cox   (7),  b.  12/2/1865;   m.  Charles  C.  Caldwell,   12/27/1888,   and  had 

children: 
2.  Viola.      3.  Carl    Eldridge.      4.      Thuru    Obed.      5.  Ina.      6.  James    Harver.      The 
eldest  child  died  unnamed. 

1509.  David   White    (6).— Emily    Shinn    (5),   James    (4),    Solomon    (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

David,  eldest  son  of  John  and  Emily  (Shinn)  White,  b.,  2/1/1827,  in  Ohio; 
m.,  4/27/1818,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William  Drybread,  farmer,  at  Edinbnrg, 
Ind.,  and  had : 


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1.  JarniLt  D.  White  (7),  b.  1/25/1849;  m.  Sarah  H.  Keaton  and  had: 

1.  Charlos  C.     2.  Benjamin  Keaton. 

2.  Fda  M.   White   (7)    b.  7/7/1855;   m.  Charles  L.  Clancy;   livery  and  sale  stables;   had 

one  rhild.  Charles  Sumner  Clancy,  b.  7/2/1874 

3.  Edward  E.  White  (7).  b.  7/11/1858;  livery  and  sale  stables;  m.  Anna  B.  Dobbins   and 

had   one   child.   Everett  L.,  b.   7/28/1886. 

4.  JoBoph  D.  White  (7l.  b.  11/21/1852;  farmer;  m.  Clara  Jane  Nible,  and  had: 

1.  Uaisy.     2.  Ray.     .-;.  Estella.     4.  Kate. 

5.  Cllbort  L.  White  (7),  b.  9/12/1862;  unmarried. 
C.  William   White  (7),  m.  Zee  Treese. 

l-MI.     IIki-zhuh  Ann  White  (6).— Emily  Shinn  (5),  James  (4),  Solomon 

(3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 

Hopzil.ah  Ann,  third  child  of  John  and  Emily  (Shinn)  White,  b.,  1/19/1831; 
m.  (1)  John  Henry,  who  died  6/8/1850,  childless;  (2)  Benjamin  Jarrett,  son  of 
.Tafol)  Dcmming,  farmer,  near  Edinbnrg,  Ind. ;  children: 

1.  Dillard    Lawrence  Dommin?;   (7),  b.   8/27/1854;    merchant,  Edinburg,   Ind.;    m.  Mary, 

dauKhtor  of  Peter  J.  Bonta.     Children: 
1.  nyn)n  J.     2.  Edward  Lawrence. 

2.  Clara    Hoile    Dimming    (7),    b.    1/30/1859;     m.    John    Alexander,    son    of    Alfred    C. 

Thompson  of  Edinburg,  Ind.;  banker  with  his  father  in  Edinburg  since  1870; 
nicnilxT  Edinburg  School  Board  for  ten  years;  a  35th  degree  Mason;  Republican 
and  a  monihcr  of  the  Christian  Church.     Children: 

1.  Rc'bio  Dcmming  (8),  b.  8/24/1880;  m.,  9/29/1900,  Clarence  Cutsinger. 

2.  Frank  Dale  (8),  b.  1/1/1884. 

:',.  Molllo  Doniming  (7),  b.  7/14/1866;   m.  Arthur,  son  of  Jackson  Pruitt,  clerk.     Chil- 
dren: 
1.  Maurice  Dale.     2.  Herold  Demming. 

1512.  .  M.AKv  AxN  White  (6). — Emily  Shinn  (5),  James  (4),  Solomon  (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Afavv  Ann,  fourth  child  of  John  and  Emily  (Shinn)  White,  b.,  9/1-4/1835; 
rii.  (1)  William  II.  Barkalow;    (2)  Dr.  F.  M.  Abbott,  of  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Children  by  First  Marriage. 

1.  .lohn  W.  Barkalow  (7),  b.  8/20/1861;  m.  Hettie  Hereth;  bookkeeper  at  Indianapolis. 

Children: 
1.  Louisa  Barkalow   (8). 

2.  Anna  Belle  Barkalow  (7),  b.  6/24/1863;  m.  Joseph  E.  Cruzen,  farmer. 

1513.  William  White   (6). — Emily  Shinn   (5),  James   (4),  Solomon   (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

William,  fifth  child  of  John  and  Emily  (Shinn)  White,  b.,  11/14/1836;  m. 
Elena  Wilson;   farmer,   Attica,  Harper  County,  Kansas;  children: 

1.  John  P.  (7).     2.  Frank  E.  (7). 

1515.     Henry  Clay  White  (6). — Emily  Shinn  (5),  James  (4),  Solomon  (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Henry  Clay,  seventh  and  youngest  child  of  John  and  Emily  (Shinn)  White, 
b..  7/20/1844  :m.  Clara  N".,  daughter  of  Frederick  Hartman;   farmer  near  Edin- 
burg, Ind. ;  children : 
1    A'lla  Maud  White  (7),  b.  6/25/1877;  m.  Frank  Pruitt,  and  had  one  son,  Merrill  Pruitt. 

2.  Olive  Seycore  White  (7),  b.  9/2/1885. 

1495.     Aaron  Branson  (6).— Lavina  Shinn   (5),  James   (4),  Solomon   (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Aaron  Branson,  eldest  child  of  Thomas  and  Lavina  (Shinn)  Branson,  was 
born  in  IsTe-w  Jersev;  his  parents  did  not  migrate  to  the  West  with  Hannah  in 
1820:    married  Unity,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Unity    (Shinn)    Pancoast;    the 


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mother,  Unity  Paucoast,  was  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Shinn;   the  young  people  were 

therefore  cousins;    children: 

1.  Elizabeth  Branson   (7). 

2.  Branson   (7),  m.  Mr.  Morton,  and  had  one  son,  Howard  Morton. 

1517.  JospiirA  Shinn    (6). — Thomas    (5),  Caleb    (4),   Solomon    (3),  James 

(3),  John  (1). 

Joshua,  first  son  of  Thomas  and  Abigail  (Gaskell)  Shinn,  born  in  New  Jer- 
sey; married  Abigail  Wliinery,  of  Kew  Garden,  0.;  teacher,  wool  dealer,  author 
and  editor;  author  of  one  of  the  earliest  arithmetics  published,  and  one  of  the 
first  ones  published  in  Ohio;  in  ISGO  gave  $5,000  to  the  Friends'  School  at  Salem, 
Ohio,  making  it  free,  and  boarding  many  of  its  students;  for  several  years  edited 
and  published  "  The  Students'  Magazine,"  besides  other  publications,  some  of  which 
are  still  in  circulation. 

1518.  James  Shinn  (G). — Thomas  (5),  Caleb  (4),  Solomon  (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 


JAMES  SHINN. 

James,  third   child  of  Thomas  and  first  of  Thomas  and  Eebecca    (Daniel) 
Shinn,  born  at  Salem,  Columbiana   County,  Ohio,  9/29/1807;    educated  in  the 


Sixth  axd  Later  Gexeratioxs.  311 

primitive  schools;  familiar  with  nature  from  boyhood;  strong,  healthful,  clean; 
n.'ared  under  tlie  shadow  of  Quaker  intliiences  and  refined  and  elevated  thereby; 
to  hiu  dying  day  in  liis  eigiity-ninth  year  never  free  from  the  impressions  of  his 
early  (^uai<or  environment;  in  early  manhood  a  clerk  of  the  Friends'  Meeting  at 
Salem;  marrierj,  11/25/1828,  at  Lexington,  Ohio,  Mary  Sebrell,  whose  parents 
wi-n-  from  Virginia,  as  was  his  grandmother;  moved  to  Platteville,  Wis.,  in  the 
early  forties  to  prospect  for  zinc  and  lead;  there  his  wife  died  in  18J:o,  and  there, 
on  11/2G/184G,  he  married  (2)  Lucy  Ellen  Clark,  whose  parents  were  from  Con- 
necticut; to  Keokuk,  Iowa,  prospecting  as  before;  to  Texas  in  1850;  to  Niles, 
Cui.,  in  is.').'),  where  he  remained  until  his  death,  cultivating  the  various  fruits  that 
have  matle  California  famous.  Here  on  the  29th  of  October,  1896,  he  died  a  vic- 
tim of  lu  grippe.  Had  he  lived  thirteen  days  longer  his  children  would  have  sur- 
prined  him  with  a  golden  wedding  service.  The  readers  of  this  book  will  doubtless 
liave  observed  ihc  great  number  of  descendants  of  John,  the  emigrant,  who  trace 
back  to  liiw  .son  James,  who  married  Abigail  Lippincott.  If  they  will  look  a  little 
more  narrowly  they  will  note  another  surprising  peculiarity  of  the  posterity  of 
James,  viz.,  the  great  number  who  reached  four  score  years  or  more.  I  began  a 
foircspMiidcnct'  with  Jame?:  Shinn  in  1889  and  continued  it  until  his  death.  Al- 
though almost  blind,  and  therefore  forced  to  use  widely  spaced  paper  specially  pre- 
pared for  him,  he  wrote  letters  that  were  full  to  the  brim  of  interest,  information 
and  reasoning.  He  thought  when  I  first  addressed  him  that  he  was  a  descendant 
of  (!aleb.  son  of  Jacob.  But  when  I  gave  him  the  birth  date  of  Caleb,  he  wrote 
bac;k  at  once  that  his  father,  Thomas,  was  born  when  Caleb,  son  of  Jacob,  was  but  a 
mere  child.  I  then  found  a  Caleb,  son  of  Solomon,  who  married  Mary  Lucas,  and 
Kent  this  to  him.  He  sent  back  the  good  word:  "  My  grandmother  was  Mary  Lucas, 
and  you  have  given  mo  a  good  line."  This  man  believed  in  the  elevating  influences 
of  a  sound  education,  and  gave  his  children  in  California  every  opportunity  the 
state  alTorded.  Two  of  them  had  achieved  a  national  reputation  in  letters  long 
Itefore  the  father  died. 

Descendants  of  James  and  ^lary  (Sebrell)   Shinn. 

1.  1-:H  Sliinn      LV  Rebecca  Daniel  Shinn. 

3.  Hannah   Urant Ingham  Shinn   (7).  b.  Salem.  O.,  4/19/1833;   m.  L.  M.  Mays,  in  Texas. 

She  resides  at  Rovmd  Rociv,  Tex.     Children: 

1.  Rebecca  Mays   (8),  m.  Professor  Switzer;    she  was  a  most  proficient  instructor 

of  music,  and  he  was  an  honored  minister  of  the  M.  E.  C.  S.;  president  of 
the  Female  College  of  that  society  at  Weatherford,  Tex.  Had  several  chil- 
dren. 

2.  Arthur.     :>.  Kate.     4.  Alice.     5.  Patsie.     6.  Livy.     7.  Ruth. 
8    Edwin.     9.  Zoe.     10.  Lulu.     11.  Maud.     12.  Grace. 

4.  Marv  Ann  Shinn  (7).  b.  Salem,  O.,  3/16/1835;  ob.  1868. 

5.  William  Henry  Shinn  (7),  b.  9/27/1837;   moved  to  Arkansas  before  the  war  and  was 

a  teacher.  His  last  letter  to  his  sister,  Mrs.  Mays,  was  written  from  Camden, 
Ark.  It  narrated  that  he  had  married  in  one  of  the  best  families  of  the  state  and 
was  the  father  of  two — or  three — children;  that  he  was  in  the  Confederate  Army 
at  that  time,  and  was  an  officer.  Since  that  letter  no  word  has  ever  been  re- 
ceived by  the  family.  His  father  thinks  that  he  was  slain  in  the  battle  of  Pea 
Ri^o-e,  Ark.  I  have  traveled  far  and  wide  in  that  state  and  have  an  acquaintance 
there  that  runs  far  into  the  thousands.  No  inquiry  of  mine,  however,  has  been 
sufficient-  to  find  the  wife  and  children  of  William  H.  Shinn.  They,  too,  must 
have  perished  during  the  war  or  immediately  thereafterwards,  or  moved  to  an- 
other locality. 

Children  of  James  and  Lucy  Ellen  (Clark)   Shinn. 

1  (6)  Ellen  Marv   Shinn    (7).  b.  Platteville.  Wis..  9/14/1847;    ob.   8//18/1848. 

2  (7)   Edwin  Shinn  (7),  b.  Dubuque,  la.,  9/20/1848;  ob.  there  9/30/1848. 

3  (8)  Charles  Howard  Shinn  (7),  b.,  4/29/1852,  at  Austin,  Tex.;    to  California 
^in  1856:    attended  public  schools  there  and  worked  on  a  farm  near  Mies; 


312  History  of  the  Shinn  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

at  sktecn  to  school  at  Oakland;  then  one  year  at  the  University  of  Cali- 
fornia; taught  school  in  San  Luis  Obispo,  Monterey,  Alameda,  Trinity  and 
Shasta  Counties;  received  a  State  Educational  Diploma  in  1876;  upon  the 
editorial  stall  of  San  Francisco  Daily  Bulletin  in  1878,  and  also  edited  the 
California  Horticulturist,  1S;9-S0;  continued  an  active  newspaper  life  until 
188?,  when  he  entered  Johns  Hopkins  University,  graduating  therefrom  in 
1884  witli  degree  A.  B. ;  took  up  literary  work  in  New  York  for  the  Post, 
Times,  Harper's  Wcekli/  and  other  publications,  and  published  a  book  on 
^Milling  Camps;  returned  to  San  Francisco  in  188rj  to  become  business  man- 
ager of  the  Overland  Monthly,  1885-90;  resigned  to  become  inspector  of 
the  Agricultural  Experiment  Stations  of  the  University  of  California,  1890- 
92;  Collaborator  for  California  of  U.  S.  Uiv.  of  Forestry  (since  Bureau), 
1899-1900;  Associate  on  Bailey's  Cyclopedia  of  Anierican  Horticulture,  1898- 
1903;  resigned  in  June,  1902,  from  staff  of  Agricultural  Department  of  Uni- 
versity of  California  and  took  an  appointment  as  agent  and  expert  for  the 
Bureau  of  Forestry;  resigned  in  October,  1902,  to  take  the  position  of  Head 
Forest  Ranger  in  the  Sierra  Eeserve  under  the  Department  of  the  Interior. 
Those  who  are  in  touch  with  the  magazines  and  scientifie  journals  of  the 
country  know  the  charm  of  ^Ir.  Shinn's  writing.  Of  no  other  member  of  the 
family  have  I  had  so  many  inquiries.  His  articles  are  read  everywhere  that  I 
iiave  been;  for  nowhere  has  there  been  a  place  in  which  some  one  has  not  said 
to  me,  "  Wlio  is  Charles  Howard  Shinn?"  He  lays  no  claim  to  fame;  nay, 
even  deprecates  any  allusion  to  it.  He  even  doubts  his  prominence  as  a 
writer.  This  is  right;  but  if  prominence  is  to  be  measured  by  the  number  of 
articles  written  for  reputable  magazines  and  periodicals,  accepted  by  them  and 
paid  for;  if  clippings  from  these  inserted  in  newspapers,  to  be  reclipped  and 
republished,  make  a  basis  for  prominence,  then  Charles  Howard  Shinn  is  a 
very  prominent  writer;  and  if  these  articles  so  accepted  and  paid  for,  and  so 
clipped,  reclipped  and  republished,  rest  upon  any  foundation  whatever  it  is 
upon  the  style  of  the  writer,  or  upon  the  matter  of  the  articles,  or  both.  The 
matter  of  his  horticultural  articles  is  strictly  scientifie;  his  treatment  is  ar- 
tistic; he  blends  the  algebraic  formula  of  scientific  accuracy  and  precision 
with  the  painter's  easel  aiul  brush;  he  is  clear,  yet  polished;  technical,  yet 
graceful ;  learned,  without  pedantry.  His  varied  writings  show  a  busy  intel- 
lectual life,  and  a  wide  acquaintance  with  the  world's  multiple  tomes  upon 
history,  economics,  science,  general  literature,  and  particularly,  agriculture 
and  forestry.  Newspapers  and  periodicals  demand  his  time  more  and  more; 
but  the  ofTicial  duties  of  his  life  place  a  limit  upon  this  kind  of  work;  these 
scattered  writings  fill  many  large  scrap  books,  and  include  paid  contributions 
in  prose  and  verse  to  nearly  every  American  monthly  or  weoklv  of  standing, 
to  many  dailies,  and  to  some  important  English,  Scotch,  Indian  and  Austra- 
lian publications.  The  respectability  of  his  position  as  a  writer  will  never  be 
questioned;  he  has  no  fretful  literary  ambition,  and  subordinates  his  desire 
for  expression  to  the  duties  which  stand  closer  to  hint.  He  has  lived  a  simple 
life;  nature  has  been  his  constant  companion  and  teacher;  his  books  are 
numerous  and  have  been  collected  with  care,  including  many  rare  first  edition 
books  and  pamphlets;  these  have  been  studied,  discussed,  and  assimilated. 
Though  he  has  lived  by  his  literary  work,  it  has  ever  been  the  lesser  part  of 
liis  life.  The  great  Sierra  Forest  Reserve  of  over  four  million  acres  is  far 
more  interesting  to  him  than  his  dormant  caiiaeity  In  \vv'\\;o  tlit^  great  Ameri- 
can novel.  The  six  e\i»criinent  sub-stations  of  the  Universitv  under  his  super- 
vision, with  tlieir  droughts  and  floods,  frosts  and  heats,  their  whole  agricul- 
tural, social  and  industrial  existence,  are  more  tempting  to  his  thoughts  and 
energies  than  the  ofTerings  of  literary  fame.  The  latter  chain  him  ito  a  bar- 
ren height;  the  former  leave  bini  free  to  walk,  talk  and  act  as  he  chooses. 


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In  religion  a  Congregationalist,  but  can  work  cordially  in  any  public 
sei-vico  with  Catholics,  Protestants,  Jews  or  Parsees;  brought  up  a  Lincoln 
Republican;  became  a  Cleveland  Democrat;  went  back  to  the  Republican 
party  on  the  gold  question,  and  is  a  progressive,  independent  Western  Repub- 
lican. His  life  has  been  one  of  old-fashioned  neighborliness,  illuminated  by 
love  and  friendship,  and  crowned  with  sunshine  and  happiness;  his  married 
life  has  been  especially  happy,  his  wife  being  a  bright,  well  educated  and  right 
thinking  woman.  He  married  in  1888  Julia  C.  Tyler,  of  Oakland,  Cal.,  and 
has  one  daughter,  Ruth  Wetmore  Shinn.  Positions  held,  clubs,  etc.:  Or- 
ganized State  Horticultural  Society  1880;  was  iirst  secretary,  and  State  Hor- 
ticultural Commissioner  at  large,  resigning  to  go  to  Johns  Hopkins  Uni- 
versity ;  charter  member  of  California  Historical  Society ;  correspondent  of 
Royal  Horticultural  Society,  London,  Eng. ;  active  member  of  American  Hor- 
ticultural Association,  American  Association  of  Applied  Science,  American 
Forestry  Association,  California  Water  and  Forest  Association,  Sierra  Club. 

Publications  are  as  follows:      (See  engraving  facing  page  6-1.) 

"  Pacific  Rural  Handbook,"  1879.    Dewey  &  Co.,  S.  F.    Two  editions,  both  out 
of  print. 

"  Land  Laws  of  Mining  District,"  1884.     Johns  Hopkins  Univ.,  Baltimore. 

"  Mining  Camps,"  1885.     Scribner's  Sons,  N.  Y.      (Out  of  print.) 

"  Co-operation  on  the  Pacific  Coast,"  1888.     Johns  Hopkins  Univ.,  Baltimore. 

"  Australian  Saltbnshes,"   1895.     Univ.  of  Cal.,  Berkeley. 

"  Story  of  a  Mine,"  1897.     D.  Appleton  Co.,  N.  Y. 

"  Intensive  Horticulture  in  California,"  1901. 

"  Picturesque  San  Luis  Obispo,"  1901.     Sunset  Magazine  Co.,  San  Francisco. 

"  Recent  Outdoor  Literature,"  1901.     F.  M.  Marriott,  San  Francisco.     (Out  of 

print.) 

"  Reports  on   Sub-Stations  of  the  California   Experiment    Stations,   Forestry, 
Agriculture,  Horticulture,  etc.."  1890-1902,  U.  C,  Berkeley,  Cal. 

"Experiments  with  Deciduous  Fruits,"   1902.     Univ.   of  California,  Berkeley, 

Cal. 

Magazine  articles,  etc.     At  intervals  in  the  Atlantic,  Century,   Outing,   New 
England    Magazine,    Popular    Science   Monthly,    Lippincott,    Overland,    Out   West, 
New  York  Post,   Outlook,  Country  Life,  Garden   and   Forest    (now  ceased   publi- 
cation), London  Garden,  etc.,  etc.  ,       ,.   . 
(9)   Annie   Holbrook   Shinn    (7),   b.    5/6/1856,   at  Niles,   Cal.;    ob.   at  the   University, 

1/13/1878.  ,  -,      ^    1 

(10)  Millicent  Washburn  Shinn,  born,  4/15/1858,  at  Xiles,  Cal.;  graduated 
A  B  from  the  Lniversitv  of  California  1880 ;  for  many  years  editor  of  the 
Overland  Monthly;  contributor  to  many  magazines  and  periodicals;  passed 
final  examination  for  the  degree  Doctor  of  Pliilosophy  Saturday,  December 
17  1899  •  sub-committee  in  charge  of  the  examination,  Professors  Joseph  Le 
Co'nto  Fletcher  Bascom  Dressier  and  Elmer  Ellsworth  Brown;  degree  con- 
ferred "  ^la^na  Cum  Laude."  She  is  a  most  accomplished  woman,  and  is  a 
recocTuized  a\ithoritv  upon  "  Child  Study  "  in  its  scholastic  sense,  and  upon 
"  Child  Nurture  "  in  its  economic  and  institutional  sense.       Principal  pubii- 

^''^^^^'^Notes  on  the  Development  of  a  Child,"  I.     University  of  Cal      Studies. 
"Notes  on  the  Development  of  a  Cnild,"  II.     University  of  Cal.     Studies. 
"Notes  on  the  Development  of  a  Child,"  III.  (in  press).    Univ.  Cal      Studies. 
"nSIs  on   Children's  Drawings."     University   of  California.      Studies,      vol. 

"■'  ■^The  F^rst'Two  Years  of  Childhood."     In  Proceedings  of  the  International 

n  «cr,-^a=  nf  Fdnoation  of  the  World's  Columbian  Exposition. 

Congres^s^  o^f^Education  pt  ^^^^.^^^.^^^  ^^.  ^^^  Association  of  Collegiate  Alumnae. 

^^""  Report^'of^Child  Study."  Publications  of  the  Association  of  Collegiate  Alum- 
"^^•«  The  Vi"bi?  world  of  a  Little  Child."  University  of  California  Magazine. 
^°^-"sJml^  Comments  on  Babies."     Overland  Monthly.     Vol.  XXIII.,  p.  1. 


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"  Concerning  School  Libraries."     Overland  Monthly.     Vol.   XXVII.,  p.   644. 
"  Comparative  Importance  of  the  Senses  in  Infancy."     Northwestern  Monthly. 
Vol.  VIIL,  p.  544. 

6.  (11).  Joseph  Clark  Sliiim,  born,  1/15/1861,  Niles,  Cal. ;  to  common  schools  of 

Oakhmd  and  Niles;  Urban  Academy  in  San  Francisco,  and  Washington  Col- 
lege, Xiles,  Cal.;  Boys'  High  School,  San  Francisco;  one  year  in  University 
of  California;  aided  his  father  in  the  nursery  business,  and  as  the  father  ad- 
vanced in  age,  the  cares  of  the  business  fell  more  and  more  upon  the  son; 
riding  to  Berkeley  three  or  four  times  a  week  to  lecttires,  returning  to  aid  in 
business  at  home,  soon  grew  onerous,  and  the  young  man  relinquished  the 
University  for  the  nursery;  in  1890  the  nursery  was  abandoned  as  the  land 
had  become  an  immense  orchard;  two  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  the  best 
orchard  land  on  both  sides  of  Alameda  Creek,  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres 
yielding  fruit,  with  good  buildings  and  canals;  the  business  consists  of  fruit 
growing,  a  little  general  farming,  and  a  very  considerable  and  growing  ship- 
ment of  gravel  to  San  Franciscco;  one  thousand  carloads  of  this  have  been 
shij)ped  in  a  single  month;  exercises  a  ]icrsonal  influence  for  good  in  all  the 
affairs  of  Xiles;  president  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Union  High  School, 
and  of  many  other  local  societies:  a  Cleveland  Democrat,  but  more  lately  a 
Republican;  unmarried. 

7.  (12)  Lucy  Ellen  Shinn  (7),  b.  9/5/1863,  Niles,  Cal.;  ob.  1873. 

1523.     Josr:;pH   Shinn    (6). — Thomas    (5).   Caleb    (4),   Solomon    (3),  James 

(2),  John'(I). 

Joseph,  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Sebrell)  Shinn,  was  born  near  Lexington, 
Stark  County,  Ohio,  4/19/1835;  teacher  for  twenty-two  years;  correspondent  for 
several  newspapers  and  magazines;  married  at  Friends'  Church,  Goshen,  Ohio, 
11/3/1854,  Mar)'',  daughter  of  Greorge  and  Susannah  Stratton;  moved  to  Spring- 
dale,  Iowa,  in  ^farch,  1862.  ^vhere  he  now  resides;  Quaker  and  Prohibitionist;  his 
wife  died  11/9/1899:  children: 

1.  Snsan  A.  (7),  b.  10/29/1855;   m.,  10/4/1882,  H.  C.  Porter,  and  had  four  children,  Ada 

L..  Leslie  Ryron,  Annie  Lucille  and  Joseph  G.  Porter. 

2.  Byron    (7),   b.   11/2:^1857;    m.  Anna  Fergelie   of  Slavenger,  Norway,  and   had   three 

children.  Mary  Josephine,  Harry  Edwin  and  Grace  Shinn. 

3.  Sarah   Elizabeth   (7).     4.     Ida  M.   (7). 

5.  Harwin  15.  (7).  b.  9/18/1864;  graduate  (B.  A.)  of  the  Northwestern  University;  also 
of  Garrett  Biblical  Inslituie,  Evanston,  (11.;  now  teaching  in  "  Collegio  Inglis," 
Iqiiique.  Chili,  S.  A.;   ra.  Josephine  Rothrock,  1899.     No  children. 

0.  Mary  B.  (7),  b.  11/29/1869;  m.  F.  M.  Harrington,  a  M.  E.  preacher,  who  is  now  a 
missionary  in  South  America;  presiding  elder  of  Northern  Chili;  the  family  has 
r<'si(io(I  tlicrc  for  several  years.  Cliildren,  Harwin  Fremont,  ]\larian  F.  and  Anna 
Lois   Harrington. 

7.  Anna  Ixils   (7),  b.  1/11/1872;   educated  in  public  schools  of  Iowa  and  at  Iowa  State 

University;   teacher  at  May  wood,  Chicago,  111.,  since  the  World's  Fair;   a  bright, 
intolb^ctual  and  gifted  woman. 

8.  Laura  J.   (7).  b.  :'./6/lK74;    in.,  12/27/1892,  George  F.  Poland  at  Springdale,   la.,  and 

had  four  children,  Hol)ertr,  Delia,  Caroll  and  Louise. 

1521.        I'.KN.IWILN    SlIINN     ((;). 'i'lloMAS    (5).    CalKIJ    (1),    SOLOMON    (3),   J.VMES 

(2).   .I(.ll\     (1). 

Bi'iijainin,  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Sebrell)  Shitni.  born  near  .Mliance, 
Stark  County.  Ohio,  5/1/1828;  converted  at  ;i  i;iin|)  ni(>eting  at  Mt.  Union,  Ohio, 
while  at  college  in  LS5;i :  langhl  at  Coshen,  Ohio;  married.  3/30/1854,  Mary 
Louise,  daughter  of  John  \V.  and  Harriet  Jenkins;  moved  to  Iowa  tlie  same  year, 
first  to  Johnson  County,  tlicn  to  Towa  County;  licensed  to  preach  by  the  "M.  E.  C. 
1854;  admitted  to  Towa  Conference  1857;  in  1859  this  Conference  divided  and  a 
new  one.  "The  Western  Iowa  ConfenMiee.''  formed  (later  D(>s  "^^oines),  of  which 
he  became  a  eliartcr  member,  in  which  he  has  held  continued  metnhersliip  to  date, 


Sixth  and  Later  Gexerations.  315 

filling  many  important  appointments;  in  1872  appointed  Presiding  Elder  of  the 
Council  Bluffs  district;  granted  a  superannuated  relation  in  1899  and  settled  in 
Dexter,  ])a]las  County,  Iowa,  where  he  now  resides;  he  served  forty-three  years  in 
the  pastorate  of  the  church,  in  the  same  conference,  and  was  the  last  of  the  original 
members  to  retire;  his  children  were: 

1.  Sarah  Josephine    (7),  b.   1/4/1856;    m.,   5/20/1873,  Josiah  Reeves,   and  had   children, 

Otto  Vinton,  Adelbert,  Inez  Verdee,  Clara  V.,  Leroy  Vernon,  Mildred  Beulah  and 
Gladys  Reeves. 

2.  Inez   (7),  who  m.  B.  H.  Windham,  10/18/1876,  and  had  children,  Eva  Leona,  Hattie 

L.,  Robert  W.,  Mary  E.  and  Inez  Helen  Windham. 

3.  Hattie  Medora   (7),   b.  11/13/1861;    m.   Thomas   Wilson  Phillips,   5/17/1885,   and  had 

children,  Lloyd,  Chester  A.  and  Benjamin  H.  Phillips. 

4.  Warren  Simpson  (7),  b.  5/13/1864;  m.  Cora  M.  Clark,  11/20/1889,  and  had  one  child, 

Berenice  A.  Shinn. 

5.  Eva  Lois    (7),   b.   1/20/1868;    m.,   7/19/1888,   Edward   Lyman  Bird;    he   d.   5/21/1889, 

leaving  one  child,  that  died  in  1890;  she  m.  (2j,  12/30/1895,  William  Roberts. 

6.  Vesta   Almeda    (7),  b.    7/31/1875;    m.,   1/31/1901,   William  R.   Boggess,   and  had   one 

child,  Gerald  Boggess,  that  died  in  August,  1902. 

1525.  Caleb  Shinn  (G). — Kedar  (5),  Caleb  (4),  Solomon  (3),  James  (3), 

John  (1). 

Caleb,  eldest  child  of  Kedar  and  Miriam  (Willits)  Shinn,  b.,  1789;  m.  (1) 
Susan  Powell  at  Mt.  Holly,  N.  J.,  5/13/1824;  (3)  at  Camden,  N.  J.,  Eachel  Swain 
1/18/1834;  children  by  first  marriage  were:  Elizabeth,  Mary,  Stratton,  Miriam, 
Harriot,  Sarah  and  Woolston;  by  the  second  marriage,  Susan,  Charlotte,  Stacy 
and  Thomas. 

1526.  Joseph  Willits  Shinn    (6). — Kedar    (5),   Caleb    (4),  Solomon    (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Joseph  Willits  Shinn,  son  of  Kedar  and  Miriam  (Willits)  Shinn,  married 
Martha  Pierce,  or  Martha  Harvey,  and  had  Josiah  and  James  Shinn, 

1527.  Thomas  Willits  Shinn   (6). — Kedar   (5),  Caleb   (4),  Solomon    (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Thomas  Willits,  second  child  of  Kedar  and  Miriam  (Willits)  Shinn,  born 
8/23/1801;  moved  to  Ohio  with  his  father,  but  afterwards  came  back;  settled 
about  two  and  a  half  miles  from  Mt.  Holly:  and  Avith  his  father,  Kedar,  built 
blacksmith  and  wheelwright  shops;  he  was  a  wheelwright;  afterwards  built  three 
other  houses;  the  place  was  called  Kedarville  after  his  father.  Married  at  Mt. 
Hollv,  X.  J.,  12/23/1826,  Sarah  Anderson.    Descendants : 

1.  Louisa  Emily  (7),  b.  1827;  m.,  at  Mt.  Holly,  1848,  William  Phillips. 

2.  Charles    Henry    Shinn    (7),    b.    12/4/1834;    m.    Hannah    Maria    Shires,    4/21/1856;    to 

Towa;   back  to  New  Jersey.     Descendants: 

1.  Thomas   Willis    Shinn    (8),    d.    Clermont,    la.,    8/10/1857;    m.,    4/— /1884,    Rachel 

Crawford. 

2.  Mary  E.   (8).     3.  Charles   (8). 

4.  Sarah  Anderson  (8),  b.  11/27/1863;  m.  Albion  Preble  of  Maine,  1879. 

3.  Joseph  Willets  (7),  b.  1838:  m.  Emma  Solomon. 

4.  Sarah  Anderson  (7),  m.  Samuel  H.  btiles. 

5.  Eliza  Smalley   (7),  m.  William  Shill. 

6    Allen  Boggs  (7),  b.  10/5/1S50;   m.,  7/2/1871,  Ella  Virginia  Hunter.     Children: 

1.  Charles   Etta  Shinn   (8),   b.  7/21/1872;    m.,  7/6/1892,  Harry  H.   Harris,  and   had 

Ella  H. 

2.  Alfred  Bertram.     3.  Joseph  W.     4.  Vernon  H. 

1528.  John  H.  Shinn  (6).— Kedar  (5),  Caleb  (4),  Solomon  (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

John  H.  Shinn,  son  of  Kedar  and  Miriam  (Willits)  Shinn,  married  Hannah 
Frake,  8/13/1817,  and  had.  Sweeny,  James,  Inardel,  Libbie,  John  and  Samuel. 


310  History  of  the  Siiixx  Family  in"  Europe  and  America 

1529.    Kedar  Shinn  (G).— Kedar  (5),  Caleb  (4),  Solomon   (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

Kedar  ShiDii,  son  of  Kedar  and  Miriam  (Willits)  Shinn,  m.  Mary  Chambers, 
and  had  Josepliine,  Georgiana,  Ecbecca,  Lydia,  Elizabeth,  Eachel,  Morgan,  Sarah 
and  Thomas. 

1534.  William  X.  Shinn  (6). — Kedar  (5),  Caleb  (4),  Solomon  (3),  James 

(2),  John  (1). 

William  X,  Shinn,  son  of  Kedar  and  ^liriaui  (Willits)  Shinn,  m.  Sarah  KLline, 
and  had  Annie,  ]\Iary  and  Louis. 

1535.  Lewis  Shinn  (G). — Kkuau  (5),  Caleb  (4),  Solomon   (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

Lewis  Shinn,  youngest  child  of  Kedar  and  Miriam   (Willits)    Shinn,  burn  in 

Burlington  County,  Xew  Jersey;  m.  Ellen  Jolmson;  moved  to  Ocean  County,  at 

Tom's  Eiver,  where  he  became  a  prominent  and  influential  man ;  he  published  the 

Ocean  Ware  for  many  years,  aiid  under  his  management  it  was  an  excellent  molder 

of  public  opinion;  surrogate  of  Ocean  County  for  many  years,  giving  satisfaction 

to  all ;  he  was  the  father  of  one  child: 

1.  Joseph  W.  (7),  insurance  agent,  Tom's  River,  N.  J. 

1538.     Charles  Shinn  (G). — Davh:)  (5),  Peter  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

Cliarlos  Shiim,  second  child  of  David  and  Hannah  (Wilson)  Sliinn,  b.  12/8/ 
1811;  m.  IMiebc  Hcacock  at  jMarlhorough,  Stark  County,  0.,  10/30,  1834;  a  mijiis- 
ter  of  ibc  Friends'  Society;  ob.  at  Maple  Grove,  Ind.,  12/31/1875.  Had  de- 
scendants: 

1.  Josepii  Shinn   (7j,  b.  7/27/1835;  ob.  unmarried. 

2.  Albina  Sliinn   (7),  b.  lU/1/1836;   m.,  V15/1860,  Phebe  Willets,  at  Andrews,  Ind..  and 

had  fhiidren: 

1.  William  II.,  b.  ;V21/1861;  m.  Lorena  Yell. 

2.  Lewis  C.     :5.  Phebe  Ann. 

3.  Hannah  Shinn  (7»,  b.  6/5/1S3S;  m.  Julia  S.  Duwns.  and  had  children: 

1.  Charles  Wesley.     2.  Mary.  b.  9/17/1862;  m.  Edward  Knee. 

3.  Sarah.     4.  Albina.     H.  William. 

151.").     EiJ.iAH  SiiiNN  (G). — John   (5),  Feter  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

Elijah,  fuiirtb  cbibl  of  .lolm  and  Syl)clla  (Collins^  Sliimi.  b.  9/22/1822, 
moved  tu  Oliiu  wilii  iiis  fatb«r:  m.,  5/G/i845,  Sarali  WuodrutT;  Trustee  Goshen 
Towusliip,  ^TnlK^ning  County,  Ohio,  in  18G0;  held  ullirr  otlices  of  liimoi-  and  trust; 
ol».  0/21  /ISftn  ill  liis  scvciil v-lliii-(l  vcar.     His  de^ceii(hiiits  are: 

1.  Maria  Shinn    (7).  b.   iMahonint?  Coiinty,   lO/i^/lStG;    m.,  1/20/1SG9,  Jesse   Sproat,  and 

had  rhlldron: 

1.  Melvu  .lane  Sproat   (S).  b.  1/:n/lS7();   m..  r)/12/18S;),  Wallace  Kin.c;.  and  had   rhil- 

d  ron : 
1.  Dorothy   Kin^   (0).  b.   f./8/l!»n2. 

2.  Sarah  Sproat  (S).  b.  7/3/1872;  m..  G/7/189U.  ICdward  rreUierue.  and  liad  children: 

1.  Homer  J.  Pretheroe  (9):   ub.  infans. 

2.  Pyron  Shinn   (7).  o.  s.  p. 

3.  Hannah  C.  Shinn   (7).  b.  8/4/1856;    in.  11/— /1S7:!.  .hdm  Lewis  Morris,  a  descendant 

of  till'  Morris  family  of  I'hiladolpliia.  and  had  children: 
1.  Maude   Adelaide   Morris    (S).   b.   3/13/1S7G;    m.,    1/1G/189G,    Ceorge   Hall. 

4.  Ixiia  Ann  Shinn    (7).  b.  6 '25/1862;   m..  8/28/1884,  Daniel   H.   Hartzell.  and   had  Ger- 

trude Helen  and  Riissell  Shinn   Hartzidl. 


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lo46.    John  C.  ShixXN  (G).— John  (5),  Peter  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

,  1  '^S^''  C  Shinn,  fifth  child  of  John  and  Sybella  (Collins)  Shinn,  born  Frank- 
turd,  Pa.,  182o;  m.  (1),  1848,  Lydia  Votaw;  he  was  Trustee  of  Goshen  Township, 
Mahonmg  County,  Ohio,  in  the  years  1839-45-46-4?-48-49  and  1850,  and  held 
other  positions  of  honor  and  trust;  m.  (2)  Hester,  daughter  of  Basil  and  Kaehel 
(Morris)  Brook;  she  was  seventh  in  descent  from  the  original  Morris  emigrant- 
had  one  child,  Flora  M.,  b.  4/15/1854;  m..  4/25/1871,  Ogden  Eose,  and  had  one 
chiJd,  Flora. 

1548.     Aaron  Shinn  (6).— John  (5),  Peter  (4),  Clement   (3),  James   (2), 

John  (1). 

Aaron  Shinn,  youngest  child  of  John  and  Svbella  (Collins)  Shinn,  born 
Berhn  Center,  0.,  11/11/1829;  m.  there,  11/27/1850,  Sinah  Ellyson;  moved  to 
Blairstown,  la.,  1863;  marshal  of  Blairstown  for  many  years;  deputy  sherifE  of 
Benton  County;  ob.  Blairstown  12/3/1891.    Descendants:" 

1.  Alfaretta  Shinn   (7),  b.  Berlin  Center,   O.,  9/3/1851;   m.  at  Blairstown,  la.    8/3/1869 

B.  N.  Morris;  she  ob.  8/3/1870. 

2.  William  Henry  Shinn  (7),  b.  Berlin  Center,  O.,  11/27/1853;  m.  at  Ida  Grove    la    Mrs 

Emma  Talbert;   ob.  at  Blairstown,  la.,  10/8/1892,  childless. 

3.  John    Shinn    (7),   b.   Berlin   Center,    O.,    9/5/1860;    m.   at  Dysart,   Tama   County    la 

2/12/1893,  Belle  Long. 

4.  Mary  Shinn   (7),  twin  to  John  Shinn;  m.  at  Carroll,  la.,  12/28/1888,  Frank  Collins. 

5.  Frank  Joseph  Shinn  (7),  b.  Blairstown,  la.,  11/11/1869;   moved  to  Washington  1891; 

m.  at  New  Whatcom.  Whatcom  County,  Wash.,  2/7/1893,  Maud  McDaniel;  is 
connected  with  the  Bellingham  Bay  Improvement  Company  in  the  lumber  depart- 
ment.     Children: 

1.  Alfaretta  Beatrice  Shinn  (8),  b.  Everson,  Wash.,  4/1/3  894. 

2.  Cornelius  Ellyson  Shinn  (8),  b.  Everson,  AVash.,  6/7/1895. 

6.  Sadie  Shinn  (7),  b.  Blairstown,  la.,  9/5/1873;  ob.  Infans. 

1550.    John  Shinn  (6). — Mahlon  (5),  Peter  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

John  Shinn,  second  child  of  Mahlon  and  Sarah  (Church)  Shinn,  b.  5/17/ 
1828,  at  Burlington,  ^ST.  J.;  m.  there,  5/29/1852,  Sarah  Ann  Bardsley;  member 
of  Franklin  Institute,  Philadelphia;  read  many  papers  before  that  body,  which 
were  published ;  an  investigator  in  Europe ;  an  inventor  of  note,  one  invention  be- 
ing an  improvement  in  the  manufacture  of  heavy  guns  and  shafts,  and  covered  by 
patent  Xo.  397029.  The  following,  taken  from  the  Journal  of  American  Carpet 
and  Upholstery  Trade,  published  at  Philadelphia,  page  36  of  the  issue  March, 
1895,  presents  the  man  as  he  was  known  to  his  fellows  at  Philadelphia  for  a  half 

century  or  more : 

"  There  are  verj'  few  people  in  Philadelphia  who  have  had  anything  to  do  with 
carpets,  machinery  or  designs  therefor,  who  are  not  acquainted  with  .lohn  Shinn.  in- 
ventor and  patent  attorney.  He  disclosed  an  inventive  talent  at  an  early  age  and  busied 
himself  in  textiles  up  to  1872,  when  he  entered  the  employ  of  J.  &  J.  Dobson,  and  aided 
them  in  starting  their  plant  on  tapestry  and  body  brussels  carpets.  He  remained  with 
them  three  years,  since  which  time  he  has  been  prominent  among  the  mills  here  as 
an  inventor  of  decided  skill  and  ability. 

"  One  of  Mr.  Shinn's  inventions  was  a  machine  for  weaving  tapestry  carpets  over 
stationary  pile  wires.  This,  he  contends,  is  yet  a  sound  invention,  but  like  many  other 
kindred  devices  it  has  never  assumed  a  prominent  place  in  mechanics. 

"Mr.  Shinn  has  been  a  close  student  of  chenille  axminster  and  of  chenille  fabrics 

generally. 

"  One  of  the  most  recent  things,  the  perfection  of  which  is  the  work  of  his  son, 
Marcus  Shinn  is  a  new  form  of  chenille  intended  to  secure  a  double  face  reversible 
fabric  in  variegated  colors.  Samples  of  this  chenine  show  great  study  and  ingenuity, 
as  well  as  positive  economy,  in  the  consumption  of  stock,  doing  away,  as  it  does,  with 
the  •  easer.' 


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"  Mr.  Shinn  is  a  self-made  and  self-taught  man,  and,  had  he  not  been  afflicted  with 
distrefjsing  deafness  for  years  past  would  have  been  even  better  known  than  now. 
Marcus  Shinn,  his  son,  is  a  practical  carpet  weaver,  and  has  worked  both  in  brussels 
and  in  ingrains." 


%  1  'ft 


JOHN    SHINN. 


Tlio  father  died  10/27/l!JUl.     J)epcendants: 

1.  Sallie  Manuella  Shinn   (7),  b.  Philadelphia,  9/15/1853;    m.,  11/15/1876,  Oliver  Miller 

Tagk'v,  and  had  children: 

1.  Clara  Rodf,'ers  Tagley   (8),  b.  8/25/1877. 

2.  Irene  Miller  Tagley  (8),  b.  9/3/1883. 

2.  Charles  Albert  Shinn  (7),  b.  3/27/1855;   ob.  infans. 

3.  Ella    Stockton    Shinn    (7>,   b.    10/17/185G;    m.,   3/21/1882,    James    Pearson    Teaz,    and 

had   children: 

1.  .Miriam   Shinn  Teaz   (S),  b.  9/11/1883. 

2.  Williani   Pearson  Teaz   (8),  b.  9/24/1885. 

3.  Ella  Unth  Teaz    (8),  b.   2/22/1894. 

4.  William    Malilon   Shinn    (7).   b.  9/1/1859;    m.   Ida  Wellman. 

5.  Emma   Matilda  Shinn    (7),  b.  3/9/18G2;   ob.  1SG7. 

6.  Edward   Klmades  Shinn   (7).  b.  5/2(;/]8G7. 

7.  NalhanicI   .Marcus  Shinn    (7).  b.  2/23/1870. 

These  children  were  all  born   in    Philadolphia. 


l.*)f;H.      I)AVii»   \V.   Siiiw    ((I). — .S.\.\ii;|.;i,   (,")).   Hwii)   (I 

(2),  .Toirx   (1  ). 

David  W.  Sliiiiii.  eldest  child  ol"  Saimicl  and  (- 


Cl.ilMKNT    (3).    JAilES 

-)  ShiniK  horn  llain])- 
phiro  County.  Vir^rinia,  O/O/lsi.'.;  moved  lo  rntleirsMill.  Washington  County. 
Ohio,  when  a  younj;  iii;iii:  ninn-jcd  th^Tc;  li\in--  in  1S!)();  h;id  our  child.  V..  \\ 
Siiijin. 


i:.nft.     A.Mos  Smxx  ((;).— Samuel  (5),  David  (1).  Ci.kmiat  (ri).  Jamks  (2), 

Joirv  (1). 

Amn<;,  HPcond  child  of  Saniucl  Shinn;  ixirn  in  ITanipshiro  Oountv.  Yiruinia, 
9/18/1817;  reiUMvccl  |(»  (iuenisi-y.  then  to  Xohle  Couiily.  Ohio,  iu  early  manhood; 
m.  tlierc.  4/29/1817.  Helteeon  Graves;  cliildren  all  born  luiir  Kidgc,  Xohle  Countv, 

Ohio. 
1.  Asa  Shinn   (7).  b.  2/21 '1848:    ni.   .Mary  IJurrows. 


Sixth  and  Later  Geneeations.  319 

2.  Charles  Shinn  (7),  b.  8/30/1850;  m.  Annie  Henry 

3.  David  Shinn  (7),  b.  12/6/1852;   m.  Sadie  Parr 

i'  ^•^y^o?'^''"'  ^^^'  ^-  VV1855;  unmarried;  ob.  at  Kansas  City,  1901. 

5.  Viola  Shinn  (7),  b.  2/12/1857;  m.  R.  R.  Danir 

6.  Amos  Leslie  Shinn  (7),  b.  6/26/1859;  m.  Lizzie  Mack. 

7.  Rebecca  Shinn   (7),  b.  7/15/1861;   m.  Orriu  Lowe 

8.  Mary  Shinn  (7),  b.  2/26/1863;   m.  Frank  Fairhurst. 

9.  Walter  Shinn  (7),  b.  2/22/1865. 

10.  James  Frank  Shinn  (7),  b.  11/28/1867;  chief  clerk  Passenger  Dept.,  Erie  R.  R.  Co. 

11.  Oscar  Shinn  (7),  b.  11/6/1869;  ob.  at  Ridge,  O.,  1900. 

12.  Otis  Shinn  (7),  b.  3/3/1872. 

1570.  Lydia  Shinn  (6).— Samuel  (5),  David  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

Lydia,  child  of  Samuel  and ( )  Shinn,  b.  1/3/1835,  Guersney  County, 

Ohio.;  m.,  in  N"oble  County,  Ohio,  7/22/1858,  Clemens  Clendenning,  b.  Morgan 

County,  Ohio,  6/14/1837;  enlisted  in  the Ohio  Vol.  Inf.;  captured  and  died 

in  prison  at  Andersonville,  Ga. ;  his  widow  removed  to  Trenton,  Grundv  County, 
Mo.,  in  1889.     Children: 

1.  Amos  Shinn  Clendenning  (7),  b.  5/15/1859  in  Washington  County,  Ohio. 

2.  Clendenning  (7),  b.  4/8/1863  in  Morgan  County,  Ohio;   m.  11/14/1889. 

1571.  Mattie  J.  Shinn  (6).— Samuel  (5),  David  (4),  Clement  (3),  James 

(2),  John  (1). 

AEattie  J.,  youngest  child  of  Samuel  and  ( )  Shinn,  born  in  Mor- 
gan, now  Xoble  "^County,  Ohio,  1/13/1839;  m.,  1859,  Lamdon  Lady  of  Washington 
County,  Ohio ;  removed  to  Marmoras,  Stone  County,  Mo. ;  thence,  in  order  to  edu- 
cate her  children,  moved  to  Republic,  Mo.     Children: 

1.  Sarah  L.  Lady  (7),  b.  7/28,  1864. 

2.  Wilbur  L.  Lady  (7),  b.  5aS/1869. 

3.  Judith  Lady  (7),  b.  12/9/1878. 

1573.     David  Wesley  Shinn  (6).— David  (5),  David  (4),  Clement  (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

David  Wesley,  child  of  David  and  Hannah  (Shinn)  Shinn,  born  4/28/1823 
in  Harrison  Coimty,  Virginia;  the  respective  fathers  of  David  and  Hannah,  viz., 
David  and  Jonathan,  were  twins.  Moved  with  his  father  to  Adams  County,  111.,  in 
1826;  to  Fulton  County  in  1836;  to  Clinton  County,  Iowa,  in  1845;  farmer  and 
teacher:  m.,  in  1852,  his  cousin,  Aseneth  M.  Reece,  daughter  of  Captain  Joel  and 
Mary  (Shinn)  Eeece,  b.  1828  in  Morgan  County,  Ohio.  They  were  both  alive  in 
January,  1902,  at  Leon,  Iowa.     Descendants: 

1.  Walter  E.   Shinn   (7),  b.  1/28/1853. 

2.  Mary  L.  Shinn  (7) ;  m.  Robert  Trump. 

3.  Otis  Lloyd  Shinn  (7).     In  the  History  of  Decatur  County,  Iowa,  page  266,  I  find  the 

following: 

"  Otis  Lloyd  Shinn,  printer,  lawyer,  editor  and  County  Judge  of  Ford  County, 
Iowa,  died  a  few  days  before  his  twenty-seventh  birthday,  beloved  by  all.  He 
was  a  close  student  and  left  a  fine  library.  No  man  in  the  community  stood 
higher."     Unmarried. 

4.  Leander  R.  Shinn  (7),  b.  2/28/1S57.     5.    Eva  E.  Shinn  (7),  b.  7/20/1858. 

6.  Laura  Alice  Shinn  (7),  b.  I11/8/I86O;  blind  at  three  years  of  age  from  scarlet  fever. 

Graduated  from  Iowa  College  for  the  Blind,  1879. 
7    Olive  Aseneth  Shinn  (7),  b.  4/20/1862.     8.  Charles  W.  Shinn  (7),  b.  3/5/1864. 
9'  Frank  D    Shinn   (7),  b.  2/24/1866.     10.  Edgar  M.  Shinn  (7),  b.  12/1/1867. 
11    Mills  E    Shinn  (7),  b.  2/14/1870.     12.  Grey  A.  Shinn  (7),  b.  2/4/1872. 


320  History  of  the  Shixx  Family  in  Europe  axd  America 

1615.     Elisha  Shinn   (6). — Moses   (5),  Levi   (-i),  Clemext   (3),  James   (2), 

JOHX   (1). 

Elisha,  second  child  of  Closes  and  Esther  (Busby-Shinu)  Shinn,  born  in  Har- 
rison County,  Virginia,  1/1/1S19;  ni.  Mary  Payne  Le  Fevre  in  same  County;  she 
ob.  9/4/1847,  and  his  widow  married  Jacob  H.  Fortney,  of  Shinnston,  Va.  (See 
pedigree  of  Amy  Shinn,  second  child  of  Levi  and  Hepzibah.)  Elisha  left  three 
children : 

1.  Albert  Irving  Shinn  (7) ;  a  soldier  in  the  3rd  Va.  Vol.  Inf.,  U.  S.  A.;  killed  at  Terra  Alto, 

W.   Va.,   by  the  kick  of  a  horse,   August.   1901.     Benevolent,   helpful,   honest;    a 
noble  type  of  manhood.     M.  Louisa  Martin.     No  children. 

2.  Quillen  Hamilton  Shinn    (T),  b.  in  Harrison  County,  Virginia,  1/1/1845;  at 

the  age  of  sixteen  enlisted  in  3rd  Va.  Eegimcnt  on  the  Union  side;  dis- 
charged in  eight  months ;  re-enlisted  in  the  12th  Va.  Vol.  Inf.,  U.  S.  A.,  and 
served  three  years;  at  Winchester,  Cedar  Creek,  Fisher's  Hill  and  all  other 
battles  in  which  tlie  regiment  engaged ;  Avounded  at  Winchester  and  captured ; 
taken  to  prison  at  Belle  Island  and  exchanged;  thus  the  period  that  should 
have  been  given  to  school  life  was  absorbed  by  his  country.  All  over  the  land 
on  both  sides  the  young  men  sought  a  career  in  the  army,  and  thus  failed  to 
gain  that  education  which  otlicrwise  might  have  been  theirs.  But  there  was  a 
recompense  in  this ;  what  they  lost  in  technical  knowledge  as  given  by  the 
schools  was  more  than  offset  by  that  broad  practical  education  which  follows 
contact  with  great  bodies  of  men.  I  have  met  hundreds  of  soldiers  who  went 
to  war  rather  than  to  school,  and  in  every  case  they  were  superior  in  practical 
thought  to  the  mass  of  those  who  sJmply  went  to  school.  These  soldiers  al- 
ways lament  their  lack  of  opportunity,  but  I  think  they  do  themselves  an  in- 
justice. Hundreds  and  thousands  of  men  now  in  honorable  positions  would 
have  been  tied  down  to  a  little  humdrum  life  of  squalor  and  mediocrity  but 
for  the  quickening  influences  of  the  education  received  in  the  school  of  war. 
Quillen  H.  Shinn  came  out  of  the  war  at  about  his  twentieth  year  an  un- 
loaiTicd  man  so  far  as  books  go,  Ijut  a  graduate  in  self  control,  enlarged  views 
of  the  world.  l)readth  of  judgment,  and  knowledge  of  men  and  human  nature; 
he  went  to  school,  however,  even  at  this  advanced  age,  and  was  not  ashamed 
to  learn  side  by  side  with  those  much  younger  than  he :  taught  school  at 
Shinnston;  went  to  Mt.  Union  College,  Ohio,  one  year  under  the  tutelage  of 
Dr.  Hartshorn.  Dr.  Hartshorn  himself  could  not  read  nor  write  in  his  twenty- 
fifth  year,  but  gained  a  s])londid  education  afterwards.  The  learned  college 
president  had  the  magnificent  power  of  awakc^ning  and  cultivating  the  nobler 
aspirations  of  men.  He  breathed  on  H.  S.  Lclii-.  niioilicr  noted  Ohio  educator, 
and  filled  his  soul  with  a  desire  to  be  really  and  truly  great.  Dr.  Lchr  breathed 
tliis  same  spirit  upon  and  into  the  many  thousands  of  young  men  who  waited 
upon  his  teaching  at  the  Xormal  T^niversity,  at  Ada,  0.,  the  first  graduate  of 
which  was  the  author  of  tliis  book.  TIkic  is  notliing  lost.  Quillen  H.  Shinn 
lost  notliing  by  the  war;  aiul,  even  thougli  lie  did.  the  loss  was  offset  by  con- 
tact with  Dr.  Hartshorn  ;  he  t1u>n  went  to  St.  Lawrence  TTnivorsiiy.  at  Canton, 
N.  Y.,  where  he  graduated  in  llic  'i'heological  Department  in  1ST0;  in  1806 
this  University  conferred  the  degree  of  D.  D.  u]ion  lijni  ;  was  ordained  as  a 
Universalist  preacher  at  Oaysville,  Vt.,  in  1870,  and  remained  tliere  two 
years;  then  missionary  to  his  native  state.  West  Virginia,  one  year.  Harrison 
County,  Virginia,  has  no  need  to  hang  her  head  wlien  tlie  roll  of  Counties  is 
called.  She  gave  the  world  that  superb  Christian  and  gallant  soldier,  Stone- 
wall Jackson;  before  tliat  she  gave  that  great  thinker  and  s]ilcndid  speaker, 
Asa  Shinn;  and  since  that  she  has  given  that  prince  of  missionaries,  Quillen 
Hamilton  Shinn. 

Then  from  the  mountain  fastnesses  of  West  Virginia  Ik^  was  given  regular 


WILLIAM  ANDERSON  RODGERS. 
OSCAR  EDWARD  HALEY. 


HAROLD  SHINN  RODGERS. 

ROY  ELWIN  RODGERS. 
ANN  CATHERINE  HALEY. 


PHEBE  CLARA  RODGERS. 
TABITHA  EVALINE  HALEY. 


Sixth  and  Later  Generations.  323 

work  among  the  elite  of  ]\Iassachusetts,  New  Hampshire  and  Maine.  The 
mountain  soldier  preacher  remained  at  Lynn,  Mass.,  three  years;  at  Fox- 
borough  four  years;  at  Lynn  he  married  Maria  S.  Burnell  of  Portland,  Me. 
After  Foxborough  he  went  to  Plymouth,  X.  H.,  where  he  built  the  first  Uni- 
versalist  Church  of  the  place;  then  to  Leering,  Me.,  where  he  built  another 
church ;  then  to  Westbrook,  Me.,  where  he  remained  four  years ;  then  to  Eut- 
land.  Me.,  where  he  built  a  marble  church.  Then,  crossing  the  continent,  he 
went  to  Omaha,  2s  eb.,  where  he  built  another  church.  From  that  time  on  he 
has  been  the  general  missionary  of  the  General  Convention  of  the  Universal- 
ist  Church,  and  holds  that  position  now  (1903).  During  this  period  (1870- 
1903)  he  has  built  29  churches,  and  has  traveled  in  every  state  and  territory 
of  the  United  States  and  into  Canada.  Two  of  these  churches  were  in  Can- 
ada; eighteen  in  the  Southern  States  and  nine  in  the  remaining  territory. 
lie  is  a  total  abstainer  from  the  use  of  intoxicating  liquors;  a  party  prohibi- 
tionist in  politics  and  an  avowed  enemy  of  the  liquor  traffic  and  the  use  of 
tobacco  in  any  form.  He  was  a  Universalist  from  his  earliest  boyhood,  and 
could  never  look  with  favor  upon  the  doctrine  of  endless  punishment. 

He  organized  the  Xational  Summer  Meeting  of  the  Universalist  Church  at 
Weirs,  N.  H.,  on  Lake  Winnepesaukee,  where  the  society  met  for  sixteen  years ; 
then  for  three  years  at  Saratoga  Springs,  X.  Y.,  and  now  meets  at  Ferry 
Beach  Park,  Old  Orchard,  Me.  Originated  the  "  Post  Office  Mission  "  of  the 
Church  and  the  "  Prison  Eeform."'  The  first  sends  literature  through  the 
postoffice  to  the  people;  the  second  is  to  stimulate  all  people  to  use  their  influ- 
ence towards  creating  "  Prison  Eeform  Schools.'"  I  have  met  this  gentleman 
in  the  South,  in  the  West  and  in  the  East.  I  have  jaunted  with  him  at  Lit- 
tle Eock,  at  Springdale,  at  the  Capital  of  the  Nation  and  at  Chicago,  HI.;  I 
have  heard  him  preach  in  large  cities  and  in  small  towns,  and  I  have  made  these 
notes:  Irrespective  of  assent  to  his  doctrinal  views,  he  is  a  great  preacher; 
great,  first,  because  of  his  power  to  teach.  He  would  have  made  a  good 
teacher  in  any  line.  He  is  clear,  concise  and  convincing;  his  language  is 
good  as  is  his  voice  and  presence.  He  is  great,  second,  in  vigor  and  native 
power.  He  is  an  epistle  of  health,  and  an  hour  with  him  is  as  good  a  tonic  as 
a  month  at  the  seaside;  he  walks  like  one  in  love  with  walking;  he  strides 
along  like  a  Colossus,  taking  in  great  draughts  of  pure  air  and  bathing  his 
lungs  with  God's  great  purifier.  Tf  they  send  for  him  at  a  station  he  is  too 
polite  to  refuse  a  ride;  but  he  loves  to  grasp  his  grip  and  walk  out  from  the 
station  five,  eight  or  ten  miles  to  an  appointment.  He  is  great,  third,  in  the 
Catholicity  of  his  spirit  and  the  boundless  volume  of  his  kindness.  He  loves 
mankind;  he  believes  in  mankind  and  he  works  for  mankind.  Affable  in  the 
h(uno;  tolerant  in  view  and  expression;  conversant  with  every  shade  of  home 
life ;  he  is  a  guest  that  honors  every  home  he  visits,  and  a  man  worthy  of  the 
respect  and  esteem  of  all  mankind.  I  am  not  a  Universalist  in  belief,  biit  I 
have  found  few  men  doing  so  great  good  for  mankind  as  Quillen  H.  Shinn. 
A  number  of  his  sermons  have  been  printed  in  pamphlet  form  and  in  the 
papers  of  his  church.  Delivered  the  memorial  address  at  Andersonville,  Ga., 
I^Iav.  1902.    He  lives  at  Cambridge,  Mass.     (See  engraving,  page  33.)     Chil- 

Edward  Lerov  Shinn  (8),  b.  Lynn,  Mass.,  4/5/1877;  graduated  at  Lombard 
Colleo-e,  Galesburg,  111.,  June,  1896,  with  degree  A.  B.  Meml)er  Phi  Delta 
Theta  fraternity;  president  of  his  class  in  his  senior  year;  took  first  pnze  m 
his  iunior  year  in  Swan  Oratorical  contest ;  reporter  during  college  course 
for  Gale«burg  papers;  business  manager  of  the  Lombard  Revieiu  during  his 
senior  vcar  •  secretarv  of  the  National  Universalist  Summer  Meetings  held 
at  The  Weirs,  N.  H.^,  1894-5-6-7,  and  at  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y.,  1898-9: 

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entered  employ  of  Doe.  Hunnewell  Ov:  Co.,  Boston,  Mass.,  in  October,  1896 ; 
in  ^May,  1898,  being  a  member  of  the  ambulance  corps  of  the  Massachusetts 
Volunteer  militia,  was  called  out  on  state  duty  in  Massachusetts  State 
t'amp  at  South  Framingham,  at  Brigade  Hospital;  enlisted  at  Boston,  6/1/ 
1898,  in  the  1st  Division,  2nd  Army  Hospital  Corps;  to  Camp  Alger,  Vir- 
ginia, where  he  acted  as  head  nurse;  detailed  in  July  with  the  6th  ]\Iass. 
Vol.  Inf.  to  Cbarleston.  S.  C. :  thence  on  board  the  V.  S.  S.  '^  Yale  "'  for 
Santiago:  arriwd  oil'  Morro  Castle  during  last  bombardment;  detailed  to 
I'orto  l\ico  uiidc-r  General  ^liles;  present  at  first  landing  at  Guanica,  and 
under  lire  at  Yanco ;  made  assistant  steAvard  of  the  regimental  dispensary 
and  bead  clerk  of  the  medical  dci)artment ;  mustered  out  in  January.  1S99, 
with  his  ri'gimcnt:  h<inoral)ly  discharged  at  Ft.  Warren,  Boston  Harbor, 
2/l/lS!i9:  rctiinicil  at  nnce  to  the  State  service  and  was  appointed  Cor- 
poral of  llic  Aiiilinlaiice  Corps.  M.  V.  M.:  wmi  i>ui'ii>  iii('(l;il  in  competitive 
examination  in  the  Ambulance  COi'ps  (in  iiicdical  knowledge  and  exhibi- 
tion of  t'xtemport'  ^plints  and  bandages. 

Beturned  to  his  old  em]doyment  with  Doc.  Hunnewell  c^'  Co..  Init  in 
August,  1899,  accepted  a  ])osition  in  Philadelphia  witli  the  Atlantic  Fuel 
Couipany :  was  elected  secretary  ard  treasurer  of  the  company  in  December 
of  tliat  year,  and  a  few  montbs  later  made  s'cneral  manager;  resigned  in 
October.  19(11.  and  was  a])])ointed  manager  of  the  Boston  (office  of  the  Penn 

Collieries  Com])anv;  Bepui)lican  and  Universalist. 
::.  Paal  Haywood  Sliinii   (8),  b.  Foxhorough,  Mass.,  4/29/1879;    graduate  from   God- 
dard's  Seminary,  Barre,  Vt.;   then  from  Harvard  Dental  College,  Cambridge, 
Mass.:   practicing  in  Boston,  Mass. 
?,.  Phillip  Allen  Shinn   (8),  b.  Deering,  Me.,  12/6/1885. 
3.  Mary  Elizabeth  Shinn  (7),  m.  Felix  W.  Martin,  and  had  children: 

1.  Charles  Q,  .Mnriin  (8).     2.  Albert  W.  Martin  (8).     3.  Leroy  H.  Martin  (8). 

Kild.     l-:.\iii,v  SiiiNN    ((i). — Mo.sK.s    (.-)).    Levi    (4),    Cee.mext  (3),  Ja^iks  (2), 

JOHX   (1). 

Fiiiily  Sbinii.  youngest  eliild  of  ]\Ioses  and  Estlier  (  liiishy-Shinn  )  Shinn.  b. 
1821  in  Harrison  County.  A'irginia.  where  she  still  resides  (12/6/19U2)  ;  m.  in 
September.  IS-IO.  Seth  M..  son  of  William  and  Hboda  Snndy:  m.  C?)  Benjamin 
.Martin.  She  is  now  more  than  eighty-(Mie  years  of  age,  having  li\e(l  beyond  the 
allotted  span  of  human  life:  an  earnot  Christian,  a  I'niNci'salist  and  the  mother 
of  children  ol"  wh<im  -he  may  well   be  prnnd. 

(  'hihli-en    b\'    i  lei'    l''ir>l     Mai'i'iage. 

1.  Moses  A.   Sandy    (7),  b.   near    Woriiiiii.^ion.   .Marion   County,    \V.    Va.:    enlisted    in    tlie 

:!rd  Va.  Vol.  Inf.,  L).  S.  A. 

2.  Newton  Bnsby   Sandy   (7),  b,  ai    Siiinnsion.   W.   \'a.:   enlisted   in  tlie  :'.Vi\   Va.   Vol.  Inf., 

U.  S.  A.  The  mother  of  these  boys  wrote  me  in  Novemlxr.  1!hi2: 
"  Wlien  tbe  call  for  volunteers  was  made,  little  did  I  think  that  my  little 
strips  of  boys  woidd  be  among  the  \cvv  l\y>\  In  \idnnteei-.  Their  stepl'athei'.  ^^r. 
.Martin,  tried  to  prevenl  their  going,  but  it  did  md  a\ail  an\lhing.  The  older  boy 
was  sound  and  liealtbrid.  but  the  \(innger  was  born  a  cripple.  His  stepfather  got 
him  ofT,  but  in  a  few  months  there  was  .inother  call,  and  in  spite  of  my  ])ravers. 
persuasions  and  tears  be  woidd  go.  and  to-da\-  I  thank  Cod  that  he  did."  .\nd  may 
T  stop  to  ask  why?  She  was  as  patriolii-  then  a-  now.  and  inei'e  pali'iniism  is  not 
enough  to  call  out  such  t  hank  fidness.  The  real  an>\\ei'  is  lh;ii  the  eilnc-ati(ni  of 
the  war  made  greater  mm  of  her  sons  than  the\  woidd  have  been  had  thev  vo- 
mained  at  home.  I'm  Id  ns  resmni'  ibi-  woman"-  nan'ali\c.  The  motheis  in 
Israel  have  a  right  to  l>i'  ln^ai'd.  "  W  bai  -boubl  I  dor  W  hai  could  I  do?  There 
was  only  one  thing  for  me  to  do,  anil  that  was  to  present  my  cause  with  a  broken 
heart   and   a   contrite   sjiirit   and   an    iin-hakeii   conlideiU'C  to  a    jirayer-heai'ing  (iod 


Sixth  axd  Later  Generations.  325 

and  father,  and,  like  Jacob  wrestling  with  an  angel,  I  would  not  stop  praving,  until 
(.TOd  in  II IS  own  way  made  it  plain  to  me  that  the  lives  of  my  children  would  be  pre- 
cious in  His  sight,  and  that  although  both  would  be  wounded,  I  should  embrace 
thcni  again.  And  so  it  was.  Moses  was  wounded  in  the  hand  but  soon  got  well. 
But  Xewton  Busby  was  shot  through  the  head  or  mouth,  the  bullet  going^through 
his  tongue  and  coming  out  back  of  his  ear.  He  was  pronounced  dead  by  all  the 
men  in  his  company;  they  gathered  him  up  and  kept  him  until  the  prisoners  were 
exchanged.  The  Union  Army  had  retreated  to  Washington  and  the  word  came  to 
me  that  my  boy  was  dead  and  that  I  must  be  reconciled.  I  told  them  that  I  had  evi- 
dence ri'(,in  Cod  that  my  boys  should  be  wounded,  but  not  killed!  and  that  1  woidd 
not  give  up  this  confidence  in  God,  even  though  thev  should  swear  to  Xewton's 
death.--' 

The   recovery   of   Xewton   Busby    Sandy   was  almost   miraculous.     His   head 
seemed  to  have  been  shot  away.     They  left  him  for  dead.    But  friends  who  desired 
to  have  the  body  decently  buried  gathered  it  up  and  carried  it  with  them.    Signs  of 
life  by  tliis  time  Avere  observed,  and  the  b';dy  was  taken  to  a  hospital  in  Alexandria. 
Here  a  Southern  woman  who  was  visiting  the  prisoners  became  interested  in  Xew- 
ton Busby  and  made  him  her  special  charge.     To  her  kind  nursing  Xewton  Busby 
Sandy  owes  his  life.     His  tongue  and  jaw  were  terribly  lacerated,  but  he  became  a 
good  speaker  ami  an  influential  man.     The  mothers  trust  in  God  was  Avell  founded. 
:].  Elizabeth  Lavina  Sandy  (7),  b.  at  Shinnston,  W.  Va.;   she  could  not  go  to  war  like 
her  brothers,  but  she  had  a  husband,  Rezin  L,orenza  Staley,  a  grandson  of  Amy 
Shinn,  daughter  of  Levi  and  Hepzibah.  that  took  her  place;   he  enlisted  in  the 
ord  Va.  Vol.  Inf.,  TJ.  S.  A.,  and  was  a  soldier  of  soldiers.     Jie  died  at  the  house  of 
Mrs.  Emily  Martin,  3/15/1874.     Three  children  were  given  them,  but  the  parents 
died    while   the   children   were  young.     Thrown   upon    their   own   resources,   they 
made  a  heroic  battle  tor  life  and  position  and  succeeded.     These  children  were: 

1.  Clarence   P.   Staley   (8),  b.   Shinnston,   W.  A^a.;    left  an  orphan;    went  to   school 

when  he  could,  and  taught  school  in  order  to  be  privileged  to  go  longer. 
Joined  the  Baptist  Church;  graduated  at  the  Baptist  Theological  School  at 
Richmond,  Va.;  became  a  Baptist  preacher  and  held  many  pulpits  in  Vir- 
ginia and  West  Virginia;  is  now  the  pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  in 
the  city  of  Richmond,  Va. 

2.  Charles  Luther  Staley   (8),  b.  near  Paola.  Kan.,  9/13/1872;   left  an  orphan;   had 

the  same  struggle  as  his  brother;  taught  school  for  awhile,  when  he  removed 
to  South  McAlester,  I.  T.,   where  he  became  editor  of  the  leading  paper  of 
that  place. 
3. Staley  (8);  ob.  infaus. 

Children  by  Second  ^farriage. 

1.   (4)   2.   (5)   3.  (6)    Three  children,  who  died  young. 
4.  (7)   Sarah  Esther  Martin  (7),  m.  Marmaduke  Randall,  and  had  three  children. 
D.   (8)   Belle  Martin;   m.  Jerome  R.  Martin,  and  had  eight  children. 

1(317.     Eeubex  Shinx  (6).— Joseph  (T.),  Clement  (4),  Clement  (3),  James 

(2),  John  (1). 

Eetiben  Shinn,  eldest  child  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Mathis)  Shinn,  born  at 
Shinnston,  W.  Va.,  1801;  Avell  educated;  an  excellent  teacher;  to  Belmont  County, 
Ohio,  1810:  m.  there  (1)  Sarah  Hoskins  at  Powhatan  in  1821;  m.  (2)  ^faria 
Hanks  in  Monroe  County,  Ohio;  m.   (3) in  Washington  County,  Ohio. 

Children  of  First  Marriage. 

1  :^rarv  Jane  Shinn  (7),  m.  Jacob  Wvels  at  Tvnerville.  W.  Va.,  and  liad : 
1  Albert  Wyels  (8).  2.  Alexander  Wyels  (8).  3.  Elizabeth  Wyels  (8). 
4.  Amanda  Wyels    (8).     C  Grant  Wyels    (8). 

'^    Sarah  Shinn  (7),  m.  Benjamin  Wheeler  in  :\ronroe  County,  Ohio,  and  had: 
1    Jacob  Wheeler  (8).     2.'  William  Wheeler  (8). 


326  History  of  the  Shinn  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

3.  Jacob  Shinn  (7),  m.  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  enlisted  in  the  U.  S.  Xavy  in  ISGl;  the 

Naval  Register  gives  his  record  in  these  words:  "Mate,  11/28/1862;  Acting 
Ensign,  7/22/1863;  honorablv  discharged   10/27/1865."     Children: 

1.  Charles  Shinn   (8)   of  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

2.  John  Shinn  (S)  of  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

3.  Mary  Shinn  (8)  of  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

4.  Samuel  Shinn   (7),  b.  in  Monroe  County,  Ohio;  his  relative,  Mrs.  Turvey,  of 

Chicago,  thinks  that  he  joined  the  Confederate  Army.  She  may  be  right,  but 
I  think  that  the  following  entry  in  the  U.  S.  Naval  Eegister  applies  to  him: 
"Samuel  Sliinn:  Mate,  8/5/1864;  disrated,  10/28/1864."  His  brother  was 
in  the  gunboat  service  on  the  j\Lississippi  and  I  think  Samuel  was  also.  His 
fate  is  unknown. 

5.  Jolm  Shinn   (7),  born  Monroe  County,  Ohio;  went  South  before  the  war;  be- 

came a  Confederate  soldier;  served  honorably  and  was  honorably  discharged; 
married  in  the  soutli  and  his  fate  is  unknown. 

6.  Nancy  Shinn   (7),  married  William  Lippincott  in  Monroe  County,  Ohio;  the 

family  give  his  descent  as  son  of  William,  son  of  William,  son  of  Elijah,  son 
of  William,  son  of  Richard  Lippincott,  who  hung  Captain  Huddy  in  New  Jer- 
sey in  J{ovolu(ionary  days,  an  account  of  which  appears  in  some  one  of  Edwin 
Salter's  productions.     Children: 

1.  Amanda  Jane  Lippincott  (8),  m.  Isaac  Gordon,  and  had  children: 

1.  Harry  Gordon   (D).     2.  Orville  Gordon   (9).     3.  Frank  Gordon   (9). 
4.  Beatrice  Gordon  (9).     5.  William  Gordon  (9).     G.  Leslie  Gordon  (9). 

2.  Amelia  Lipi)incott    (8),   m.   Everett  Thomas   in  Monroe   County,   Ohio,   and   had 

children : 
1.  Geneva  Thomas  (9).     2.  Myrtle  Thomas  (9).     3.  Mabel  Thomas   (9). 
4.  Eva  Thomas   (9).     5.     Ruth  Thomas   (9). 

3.  Leonora  Lippincott  (8),  m.  Alfred  Brague  in  Monroe  County,  Ohio,  and  had  chil- 

dren: 
1.  Grace  Brague   (9).     2.  Francis  Brague   (9).     3.  William  Brague   (9). 

4.  William    Lippincott    (9),   m.    (1)    Eva    Case;     (2),    in   Johnstown,    Pa.,    and    had 

Elva,  Emma,  Jiessie  and  Eva. 

5.  Eva    Lippincott    (8),    b.    Monroe    County.    Ohio.;    m.    Harry    Turvey   in    Belmont 

County,  Ohio;   moved  to  Chicago,  111.;    she  is  a  most  intelligent  woman  and 
interested  in  her  family  history;   her  children  are  Harry,  Roy  and  Wilbur. 

C.  Delia  Lippincott  (8),  m.  William  Brown  in  Wheeling,  W.  Va. 

7.  John  Lippincott  (8),  m.  Maggie  Smith,  and  had  Thomas  and  Lester. 

7.  Anna  Shinn  (7),  m.  a  ]\rr.  Hanks,  and  had  James. 

8.  William  Shinn  (7),m.  (1)  Rose  Short:  (2)  Eninia  Ward. 

0.  ]{uth  Shinn   (7).  m.  William  ^lai'tin  a1   Cincinnati.  ()..  and  liad  A\'illiain.  Eva 
and  Anna. 

Cliildivii  by  Second  Marriage. 
1   (JDj   Alcxandci-  Sliinn   (7).  niini.wriod.  Parkersburg,  AV.  Va. 


1G18.    .loi!  Siiixx  (6). — JosKi'ii   (5),  Clement  (I).  Clement  (3).  Ja:\ii:s  (2), 

JOTI.V    (1). 

Jol),  second  and  youngest  cliild  <il'  J()se])h  and  ^Fary  (IMatliis)  Shinn,  born  in 
Harrison  County,  Virginia,  1803;  m.  there,  9/25/1821,  Duncan;  the  cere- 
mony was  perfornii'd  by  Kcv.  W.  Lucas.  Job  lived  and  died  a  farmer  in  Harrison 
County,  Virginia.     (Hiildren: 

L  Joroniiah   for  Nohomi;ih)   Shinn   (7),  went  West. 

2.  Melvina  Shinn.     :'.  Louisa  Shinn.     Each  of  these  married  and  moved  to  Lumbcrport, 
W.  Va.    Their  husbands'  names  were  Lee  and  Harbert,  but  I  cannot  assign  them. 

lOlf).     IhiiA.u  SiiiNN  (6).— :\I().si;s  (5),  ('i.i;.Mi:.\T  (L),  Cli;.\ii;.\t  (3),  Ja.mks  (2), 

John  (1). 

Hiram,  eldest  child  of  Moses  ami  Sarah  (Kvle)  Sliinn.  b.  in  Harrison  (^ountv, 
Virginia,    9/19/1800;  m.,   2/28/1819,   at   Clarksburg,   Va.,    Uorcas,   danghter   of 


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Isaac  and  Agnes  (Drake)  Sliinn,  b.  Simpsoivs  Creek,  Va.,  1/5/1801;  moved  to 
Illinois  in  1834;  being  a  cabinet  maker,  he  found  little  to  do  in  this  line  in  the 
new  country;  landed  at  Copperas  Creek,  Fulton  County,  111.,  and  passed  on  to 
Canton ;  in  this  region  he  was  made  acquainted  with  the  wild  and  desolute  nature 
of  Western  life.  He  became  a  member  of  the  guild  that  will  ever  be  known  as 
"  The  Sons  of  the  Forest."  These  men  struck  out  into  the  unsurs'eyed,  unticketed, 
unmarked,  boundless  forest.  They  cut  down  the  gigantic  monarchs  of  the  wilder- 
hess,  and  made  great  slashings  of  felled  in  trees  which  they  set  on  fire.  The  burn- 
ing of  Home  was  a  small  conflagration  compared  with  many  of  the  wilderness  fires. 
Had  tbey  known  the  value  of  wood  pulp  they  might  have  been  richer.  One  news- 
paper in  New  York  uses  one  hundred  million  pounds  of  paper  a  year,  or  the  prod- 
uct of  thirty  acres  of  timber  land  daily.  Or  what  vast  possibilities  in  shoe  pegs 
had  they  been  invented  at  that  time !  Or  toothpicks  and  matches !  But  the  sons  of 
the  forest  were  making  what  was  of  far  more  value  to  America  than  wood  pulp, 
shoe  pegs  or  matches.  They  were  making  homes  for  millions  of  freemen,  for  in- 
ventors yet  to  be.  Without  science  they  destroyed  the  forests  that  their  college 
bred  sons  might  plant  them  over  again  and  thus  develop  a  new  industry  under  the 
guise  of  scientific  forestry.  After  the  chopping  ax,  the  slashings  and  the  great 
fires  came  the  constructive  moment,  wheji  welding  axes,  saws  and  frows  became  the 
principal  tools  of  a  new  civilization.  With  these  they  not  only  built  houses,  but 
made  ox  yokes,  ax  handles,  plow  stocks  ^nd  other  implements.  Every  boy  in  the 
family  did  his  part  and  every  one  of  them  was  an  artisan  of  some  kind;  his  final 
location  was  Knox  County,  near  Uniontown,  where  he  died  in  1882  in  his  82nd 
year;  farmer  and  anti-slavery  man  and  Eepublican.  His  children  were  seriously 
divided  upon  the  slavery  question,  some  favoring  it  and  some  opposing;  they 
aligned  thciDselvcs  therefore  in  different  political  parties.  He  reared  a  family  of 
thirteen  children,  four  of  whom  were  born  in  Illinois. 

1.  Kachel  Shinn  (7),  b.  8/15/1820;  m.  March,  1810,  at  Canton,  111.,  Martin  J. 
Whipp;  he  was  a  skilled  wood  workman  and  made  the  best  wagons,  buggies 
and  i^lows  known  around  Uniontown;  she  died  in  1891.     Children: 

1.  William  C.  Whipp  (8)  of  Concordia,  Cloud  County,  Kan. 

3.  Moses  H.  Shinn  (7),  b.  11/5/1820;  blacksmith;  with  his  brother  Benjamin 
built  a  wagon  shop  at  Uniontown,  m  which  wagons,  plows  and  buggies  were 
made  to  order.  Martin  J.  Whipp  did  the  wood  work.  Moses  H.  Shinn 
studied  to  be  a  physician,  and  might  have  been  eminent  in  the  profession;  but 
mechanical  pursuits  had  a  greater  attraction,  and  he  loved  the  freedom  of  the 
farm ;  he  built  the  first  elevator  and  arranged  for  a  depot  at  Alpha,  111.,  where 
he  bouo-ht  and  shipped  grain  for  several  years;  he  aided  in  the  construction  of 
the  first  corn  plow  ever  made,  and  called  it  "  The  Shanghai " ;  he  belonged 
to  no  secret  orders  and  was  almost  9  Universalist  in  belief ;  m.  at  Uniontown, 

111.,  1/9/1818,  Pauline  H.  Pease;  he  d.  9/16/18  3,  l^>;Vii"-\'^'o?f!Yl'l?^'- 
1    Angelia  Lorette  Shinn  (8),  b.  1/20/1849  at  Uniontown.  Ill  ;  ob    -^/I/IS^S- 

2.  Sylvia   Almina    Shinn    (8),    b.    2/3/1850,    Knox    County,    Illinois;    m.,    8/24/1871, 
Charles  E.  Hall,  and  had  children: 

1    Charles  Eari  Hall   (9),  b.  12/24/1872;   ob.  3/24/1883. 

2:  Ednalvancis  Hall   (9),  b.  7/6/1875;   m.,  1/25/1892,  W.  F.  Stewart,  and  had 
children: 

1  Edna  Francis;  ob.  3/12/1895. 

2  Babie  Marie  Stewart   (10),  b.  10/30/1894;   ob  2/14/1895 

3.  Rena  Agnes  Hall  (9),  b.  2/22/1877;   m.,  1/25/1896,  Lyda  S.  Sharpp,  and  had 

1  Varie  Isabell  Sharpp    (10),  b.  10/6/1896. 

9    William  Clare  Sharpp  (10),  b.  2/21/1899. 
4    Albert  Park  Hall  (9),  b.  6/25/1878 
5:  Naomi  Janette  Hall  («)-  b-  4/3C./1881. 
6    Ross"  Emerson  Hall  (9),  b.  8/1/1884. 
1.  Sary  Sylvia  Hall  (9),  b^  6/18/1888. 
8.  Larissa  Joanna  Junia  Hall  (9),  b.  5/0/1891. 


328  HiSTOHV  OF  THE  .Sjiixx  Family  ix  Europe  axd  America 

3.  Janotte  E.  Shiun  (8),  h.  -.VH/lSoS;  m.,  7/3/1888,  Eobert  P.  Watson,  and 

had  children : 

1.  Anna   Ethel  Watson    ^9),  b.  10/20/1889. 

2.  Robert  P.  Watson:   ob.  2/28/1892. 

4.  Carroll  Angcdu  Sliinn   (8),  b.  9/23/1851),  Knox  County,  Illinois;  to  Henry 

County  with  his  father;  to  Abingdon  College;  to  Jewell  County,  Kansas; 
an  active  fanner  and  stock  man;  a  strong  advocate  of  reform  in  social, 
rcli.uious  and  |in!itical  life:  in.  Margaretta  Kennedy,  10/2/1881.  and  had 
children : 

1.  Edith  May  Shinn  (9).  b.  8/30/1882. 

2.  Theo  Altha  Shinn  (!t),  b.  1/10/1884;  ob.  1/10/1894. 
:;.  Grace  Kennedy  Shinn   (9),  b.  7/17/1S85. 

4.  Gladys  Amanda  Shinn  (9),  b.  2/8/1887. 

5.  Cora  M.  Shinn   fO,.  b.  12/14/1890. 

6.  Cecil   York   Shinn   (9),  b.  3/14/1892. 

7.  Beatrice  Paulina   Shinn  (9),  b.  9/21/1893. 

8.  Mary  Glen   Shinn    (9).  b.  2/22/1896. 

9.  Birney  Clarence  Shinn   (9),  b.  5/1/1901. 

5.  Edward  Shinn    (S).  I..   G/3/18()3,  Henry  County,   Hlinois;  ob.   6/2T/1862. 
().  Bertha   Paidina   Shinn    (8).  b.   ()/28/1869,  Henry   County,  Illinois.     Lives 

at  Al[ilia.   111. ;  teacher. 

3.  Benjamin  d.  Shinn  (7).  b.    -1/30/1823;   ol).  11/6/1845;   unmarried.     He  was  a 

good  mechanic;    a  dutiful  and  trustworthy  man. 

4.  Sarah  Shinn,  b.    2/G/1825;ob.  infant. 

5.  ^lary  ^laria  Shinn   (T),  b.  5/S    lS2(i:  m.,  in  January,  1851,  Christopher  Bird 

and  moved  to  (ireenfield,  Iowa.     Chihh-en: 

1.  Esther  I'.iid   (S).  1..  C/3/1848;  in.,  (i/30/1870,  Jacob  AltrtMl  Patterson,  and 

had  chiblivn  : 

1.  .Jesse   Christopher   Patterson    (9).   b.    9/9/1871;    m.,   9/21/1892,   Mary  Eldora 

Caviness. 

2.  Mary    Elizabeth    Patterson    (9),    b.    5/9/1873;    m.,    12/19/1894,    John    Rufus 

Hartzell. 

3.  Charles  Gregory  Patterson  (9),  b.  6/2/187(5;    in.,  8/30/1899,  Effie  May  Riven- 

berg. 

4.  Ellen  Norah  Patterson   (9),  b.  8/11/1879;    m.,  4/19/1900,   William   Armstrong 

Prosier. 

2.  Sarah   i;ird   (S),  1,,     II ji,  ISI!);    m.,    1  l/l(i/18()9.   Henry  August   Welherell, 

and  had  children : 

1.  Henry  Wetherell   (9),  b.  10/29/1S70. 

2.  Nettie  Wetherell   (9),  b.  3/15/1873.      /  rp.„,.,,„ 

3.  Edward  Wetherell  (9),  b.  3/15/1873.    )  ^  ^^  "^^• 

;!.  dames   Waller  Jiird    (S).  I.,  l    1/'1S51  ;  ni.    II  at  tie  .  and  moved  to 

Xa.-liville.  Kau.sas. 

4.  Emily  Bird  (S).b.    3/(>/1853;   oh.  sine  pioli. 

5.  'ni..iMa^  .IcirciMui   I'.ird   (S).  h.    I    i;;'1855;   m.,  7/21/18!n.  .\iny  Poberlson, 

and  bad  ehihireii  : 

1.  Jessie    Bird    (9).  b.   6/25/1892. 

2.  P>ank  Bird    C.H,  h.  3/7/1894. 

r,.   iM-ancis  I'di/.ahctb  liird   (S).  h.  It)   ■?  |    1S5:. 

1.   .lolin  (Iregory   Bird    (S).  h.    I    11     ISfiO;  ni.  al   Ollnniwa.   jnua. 
8.   Ellen    I'.ird    (S),  li.    T/IK    ISliv':    in..  S^  1  I    ISSi;.  Clark    llosnuT  Spinas,  and 
had  ebildreii : 

1.  Adam  Spires  (9),  b.  11/7/1887. 

2.  Cecil   Blanche  Spires   (9),  b.  8/15/1889. 
:•..  Sarah  Edna  Si)ires  (9).  b.  10/25/1891. 

4.  Lloyd  Spires   (9),  b.  3/16/1894. 

5.  Myrtle  Spires   (9),  b.   10/29/1899. 

0.   Adam  Hibler  P.i I'd   (S).  h.     1    1I/]S8(!. 
(».  Agnes  Shinn   (7).  h.    l)/28/l.s27  :    ni..  1S51.  Alansou   r>ank<.  and  iiioNcd  to  Caw- 
ker  Citv.  Kan.sas. 


Sixth  and  Later  Generations. 


329 


7.  Jesse  Sliinn  (i),  b.   4/G/1829;  ob.,  10/8/1844,  of  spotted  fever. 

8.  Harriet  Shinn  (T),  b.    4/13/1831;   m.,  8/29/1852,  William  Corson  and  moved 

to  Hennepin,  111.;  thence  to  Eio;  the  children  were: 

1.  Cordelia    Corson    (8),   b.    8/23/1853;    m.    at   Hennepin,   111.,    8/19/1873,    Moses   M. 

Loose;   no  children 

2.  Alzina  Corson  (8),  b.  1/1/18.55;  m.  at  Hennepin,  111.,  12/15/1873,  Aaron  S.  Loose, 

and  had  one  child,  Theron  L.  Loose  (9>.  now  at  Cincinnati,  O. 

3.  Rosetta  Corson    (8),  b.  9/30/1856;    m.   at  Hennepin,   111.,   2/18/1879,  Aaron  New- 

burn;   no  children. 

4.  Eudora  Corson   (8),  b.  7/21/1858. 

5.  Clara  Corson  (8),  b.  6/20/1859. 

6.  Theron  Corson  (8),  b.  .5/27/1861. 

7.  Leota   Corson,    b.    1/29/1863;    m.    at    Hennepin,    111., 

and  had: 
1.  Albertus  E.  Junk   (9).     2.  William  S.  Junk  (9). 

8.  Lewis  T.  Corson  (8),  b.  1/18/1865. 

9.  Russell  E.  Corson  (8),  b.  1/24/1868. 
10.  Mattie  M.  Corson   (8),  b.  4/19/1870;    m.  at  Rio,   111. 

and  had  one  son,  R.  Wayne  Junk. 


9/21/1887,    James    H.    Junk, 
3.  Lavonne  M.  Junk  (9). 

1/20/1892,   Edwin    T,    Junk, 


HiRAM  GILBERT  SHINN. 


MRS.  HANNAH  L,  (HENDERSON)   SHINN. 


9.  Hiram  Gilbert  Shinn  (T),  b.,  1/1/1834,  at  M^^ckleroy  Creek,  Va.,  and  was  taken 
to  niinois  that  year  by  his  parents,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since ;  at  twenty 
vears  of  a^e  entered  as  an  apprentice  in  his  brother's  l)lacksmith  and  wagon 
"shop;  after  sixteen  months  his  health  failed;  entered  the  Xorth  Illinois  Insti- 
tute at  Henry,  111.,  to  improve  his  education;  his  diliojent  attention  to  his 
studies  impaired  his  health,  and  his  physician  advised  him  to  attend  a  water 


3o()  History  of  tjie  Shixx  Family  ix  Europe  axd  America 

cure,  or  take  a  trij)  upon  the  ocean,  liis  malady  Leing  consumption  of  the 
iuDgs;  started  for  Glenhaven,  X.  Y.,  in  1854,  but  owing  to  a  snow  blockade 
was  held  in  Chicago,  where  he  took  treatment  at  Dr.  Webster's  Water  Cure. 
He  also  attended  lectures  at  the  Kush  Medical  College;  for  four  years  was 
sales  agent  for  a  Eock  Island  nuirble  yard;  the  company  failed  in  1859,  and 
the  next  year  he  went  to  I'aducah,  Ky.,  where  he  studied  surgery  under  his 
uncle,  Dr.  Justus  Shinn,  an  eminent  jihysician  and  surgeon;  failing  health 
again  thwarted  his  desires  and  he  luj-iicd  to  the  farm;  his  health  improved  and 
he  is  now  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  successful  farmers  and  stock  raisers  of 
Henry  County,  Illinois.  His  acres  stretch  out  on  every  side,  upon  which  hun- 
dreds of  sleek  cattle,  horses  and  hogs  make  their  owner  rejoice,  and  proclaim 
him  one  of  the  rich  farmers  of  the  land :  he  never  sought  office,  but  was  elected 
Justice  of  the  Peace;  refused  the  nomination  for  Sheriff  of  Mercer  County; 
is  a  believer  in  Masonry  and  has  held  every  place  and  station  in  the  Blue 
I-iodge;  was  unanimously  elected  twice  W.  M.  of  Oxford  Lodge,  and  refused 
to  hold  the  place  longer;  member  of  the  Galesbnrg  Commandery,  Ko.  8, 
Knights  'J'emjjlai'.  and  was  a  judge  at  the  late  Conclave  at  Louisville,  Ky. ;  is 
a  Xolde  of  the  ]\Iystic  Shrine  in  the  Oasis  of  Peoria,  111.;  organized  a  company 
and  put  up  one  of  the  best  elevators  on  the  C,  B.  &  Q.  at  Alpha,  111.,  having  a 
capacity  of  20,000  bushels  of  grain ;  is  a  Baptist  in  belief  and  supervised  the 
liuilding  of  one  of  the  finest  churches  in  the  Eock  Island  Association,  and  was 
elected  'I'rustee  and  Financial  ]\Ianager  of  the  same;  ni.,  3/10/18G8,  at  Knox- 
ville.  III.,  ilannali  L.  Henderson  (See  portraits  of  Hiram  G.  and  Hannah  L. 
Shinn  ) .     ills  cliildi-cn  wore  : 

1.  Frank  Henderson   Shinn    (8),  b.  New  Windsor,   111.,   12/24/1868;    is   an  excellent 

teacher  and  owns  the  Muscatine  Business  College,  an  institution  noted 
among  the  business  men  of  Iowa  and  Illinois;  he  is  also  the  general  man- 
ager of  the  sales  department  of  the  Oliver  Typewriter  Company  at  Daven- 
port, Iowa;   m.  at  Genesee,  111.,  12/25/1891,  Sadie  Rice,  and  had  children: 

1.  Helen  Margaret  Shinn   (9),  b.  3/27/1893. 

2.  Paul  Verne  Shinn   (9),  b.  3/3/1895. 

2.  Libbie   Etta    Shinn    (8),    b.    New   Windsor.    111.,    1/9/1870;    m.    at   Galesburg,    111., 

8/22/1893,  Harry  H.  Wagoner,  and  had. 

1.  Harold  Clifford  Wagoner   (9),  b.  1/17/1897. 

2.  Mary  Henrietta  Wagoner  (9),  b.  5/24/1900. 

3.  Nellie  Cortrude  Wagoner  (9).  b.  5/26/1901. 

Z.  Nellie  Mae  Shinn  (8),  b.  New  Windsor,  111.,  11/5/1872;  m.  at  Prairie  City,  111., 
10/19/1892,  Joseph  Alexander  Burt;  he  is  a  popular  railroad  man,  and  she  is 
matron  of  a  private  boarding  hall  of  Gem  City  Business  College,  Quincy,  111. 
The  children   were: 

1.  Paiph    Lcltoy   Burt    (9),  b.   10/7/1S93. 

2.  Hiram    (Jillx-rt   Hiu't    (9),  b.   2/21/1897. 

4.  William   Wallace  Shinn   (8),  b.  10/12/1882;   attended  Muscatine  Business  College 

and  Gem  City  Business  College;  is  now  at  home  on  the  farm  with  his  par- 
ents near  New   Windsor,  Mercer  County,  111. 

5.  Hiram  Gilbert  Shinn.  twin  of  Nellie  Mae;  ob.  11/30/1872. 

10.  Dorcas  Ann  Shinn  C).  b.,  at  Canton.  111..  :'. '•?;|/18;15 :  m.  (1).  at  Hcnrv, 
INTarshall  County,  III..  •-'  '?1/1S5I.  I'.cnjaniin  W.  Po(^l  ;  moved  to  <  J  ivendeld, 
la.,  wliei'e  her  husband  died;  m.  (•.').  in  Issl.  |);i\i(|  Slie|ilienl,  1)\'  wliom  she 
had  no  children.      Lives  at  Noicihire,   Kansas. 

('bildi'eii  of   i''ii'-l   ^lai'i'iage. 

1.  .Inhii    Uandoli)li    I'nnl    (S).  b.   12/31/1854;    in.,   11/25/1894,  Ada  Albright,   and   had 

cMldren; 
1.   Warren   Randolph   Pool    (9).  b.   2/18/1896. 

2.  (Miarles   Wesley   Pool    (8),  b.   11/20/1856;    m.,  3/25/1880,  Francis  Marion  Foster. 

3.  Clara  .Jane   Pool    (8),  b.   2/18/1859;    m.,   12/5/1877,   Charles   Simon    Goodale,   and 

had  children: 


Sixth  and  Later  Generations.  331 

1.  Arthur  Owen  Goo'lale  (9),  b.  2/3/1879;   m.,  12/12/1899,  Nettie  Dewber.  and 

had  children: 
1.  Louis  Annabelle  Goodale  (10),  b.  12/20/1901. 

2.  Minnie  May  Goodale  (9),  b.  3/19/1881. 

3.  Jessie  Willis  Goodale   (9),  b.  10/29/1883. 

4.  Charles  Randolph  Goodale  (9),  b.  3/30/1889. 

4.  Jesse  James  Pool  (8),  b.  9/24/1860;  m.,  12/1-5/1890,  Lillie  Louise  Patnoe,  and  had 

children: 

1.  Bernard  A.  Pool  (.9),  b.  9/24/1891. 

2.  Benjamin  Earl  Pool  (9),  b.  12/16/1892. 

3.  Charles  Wesley  Pool   (9),  b.  2/16/1895. 

4.  Jesse  Willis  Pool   (9),  b.  11/.3/1897. 

5.  Clifford  Pool   (9),  b.  2/23/1899. 

6.  Norma  Dorcas  Pool  (9),  b.  3/2/1902. 

5.  Willis  Simeon  Pool   (8),  b.  6/9/1864;  m.   (1),  7/26/1888,  Julia  Agnes  Farris;    (2), 

12/8/1901,  Dorathy  Halstead. 

Children  of  First  Marriage. 

1.  Hazel  Grace  Pool  (9),  b.  3/18/1890. 

2.  Julia  Fern  Pool    (9),  b.  9/3/1894. 

6.  Mary  Alice  Pool   (8),  b.  2/11/1866;  m.,  6/19/1882,  George  Ashton  Eader,  and  had 

Lillie  May,  Lulu  Agnes,  Frederick  Ashton  and  Lyle  Randolph. 

7.  Lillie  May  Pool  (8),  b.  5/17/1868;  o.  s.  p. 

11.  EelK'Cca  Ellen  Sliinn  (7),  b..  Canton,  111.,  7/4/1836;   m.  (1),  at  Tonlon,  111., 

]«r)5,  John  Woodward;    (2)  1887,  Simeon  Cary;   resides  at  Curtis,  Neb.     No 
cliildrcn  by  second  marriage;   by  the  first  marriage  there  were: 

1.  Hiram  Albert   vVoodward   (8),  b.  3/18/1856,  at  Clay  Center,  Kan.;    m.   (1),  July, 

1874,  Jane  Thompson,  and  had,  Charles  and  Edward;    (2)  Ida  Fry  at  Council 
Bluffs,  la.,  1891,  and  had  Bertha,  Hazel  and  Opal. 

2.  Gilbert  Orson  Woodward  (8),  b.  4/16/1859. 

3.  Roswell  Lincoln  Woodward  (8),  b.  12/3/1860. 

4.  Frances  Louisa  Woodward   (8),  b.  10/5/1862;    m.,  December,  1882,  Walter  Fisk, 

and  had  Clyde  and  Mabel. 

5.  Edward   Petree  Woodward    (8),  b.  8/28/1864;   m.  Lena  Staley  at  Council  Bluffs, 

la.,  1887. 

6.  Ida  Jane   Woodward    (8),   b.   4/6/1867;    m.,   June,    1886,   at  Lincoln,  Neb.,   Allen 

Weston,  and  had  Hazel  Dell,  Ray,  Mildred,  Chester  and  Dorothy. 

7.  Dollie  Ann  Woodward    (8),  b.  4/4/1869;   m.,  1886,  at  Lincoln,  Neb.,  Eben  Snow, 

and  had   Vivian  and  Virgil. 
S.  John  William    vVoodward    (8),  b.  9/9/1872;    m.,  3/3/1892,  at  Elwood,  Neb.,  Kate 

Staly,  and  had  John,  Mabel  and  Peter. 
9.  Bradley  Rust  Woodward  (8),  b.  9/24/1878;   ob.  1894. 

12.  Thomas  Jefferson  Shinn   (7),  b.,  Canton,  111.,  7/31/1838;    m.,  1860,  Nancy 

Wagar  and  removed  to  Greenfield,  la. ;  children : 

1.  Mary  Catherine  Shinn  (8),  b.  10/3/1861;  m.  John  Alexander  Dixon,  and  had  John 

Alexander  and  Floy. 

2.  Paulina   R.    Shinn    (8),    b.    1/15/1863;    m.,   1/4/1883,   Edward    Sulgrove,    and    had 

Lewis  Clifford,  Daisy  and  Gladys  Fern. 

3.  Ida  Belle  Shinn  (8),  b.  1/22/1868;  m.,  12/2/1892,  Oliver  Wendell  Patton,  and  had 

one  child. 

4.  Ernest   Liberty   Shinn    (8),  b.   3/10/1877;    m.,   3/23/1899,   Maud   Revenburd,    and 

had  Harold  Lloyd. 

13.  Liberty  B.  Shinn  (7),  b.,  Uniontown,  111.,  5/14/1843;  m.,  10/1/1868,  Kate  M., 

dangliter  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  Laird,  at  Woodhull,  111. ;.   moved  to  Lincoln, 
Neb. ;  children : 

1.  William  Charles  Magnes  Shinn  (8),  b.  1/12/1870;  m.,  6/10/1896,  Belva  L.,  daugh- 

ter of  Louis   H.   and   Cyntha    (Butler)    Woods;    manufacturer  and   wholesale 
dealer  in  lightning  rods,  Lincoln.  Neb. 

2.  Ertle  Jefferson   Shinn   (8),  b.   3/10/1873,   at  Alpha,   111.;    m.,   12/30/1894,   Bertha, 

daughter  of  William  Bookwalter,  at  Bookwalter,  Neb. 

3.  Frederick  Mortimer  Shinn   (8),  b.  11/12/1875;    m.,  June,  1897,  Genevieve  Vance. 


332  HisTOKv  ui   Tin:  Siiixx  Family  in  Europe  axd  America 

102(1.  Maim  A  Smxy  (()).— Moses  (5),  Clement  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (2), 
.loiix  (1  ).  See  Isaac  Sittxx  ((>).  Saafuel  (o).  Bkx.taaiix  (4).  Jo- 
seph. {'■')).  James  (2),  Joiix   (Ij. 

1G2].     Sampsox  Siiixx  ((i). — ^NFoses  (5),  Clement   (\).  Clement   (3).  James 

(2).  John  (1). 

Sam])son,  third  cliilil  of  Moses  and  Sarah  (Kvle)  Shinn,  1).  in  Harrison  County, 
Vir<rinia.    12   .")   iso:!:    m.    there    Kditli    (('>).   dauuhtcr  of  Solomon    (5)    and  Ann 
(Wood)   Sliiiin  on   1,  H,  J.S22;    moved  lu  Illinois  and  located  in  Knox  County  in 
182!> :  lived  on  same  farm  ahont  litty  years;  oh.  at  Farmington,  Fulton  County,  111., 
12/17/1885,  in  hi>  ei.L:lity-.-ecoiid  year:    h\>  wife  also  reached  her  eighty-first  year, 
dving  at  Fnioiitown.  HI..  ;!/24/l8<s4  ;  a  married  life  of  sixty  years;  children: 
l".  Kmeliiu'  Shinn   C  ).  I.,  'l/^^nx-ii^:  ah.  T/1/1839,  at  Uniontown,  111. 
2.  Cyrus  Shinn  (T),  l».  in  I  l,iiii>oii  County.  Virginia,  3/7/1825;  to  Illinois  with  his 
fatlier  ill  is-i'.i:    reiiiaiiie(l  on  the  farm  until  of  age;   developed  a  talent  for  the 
mani])uhition  of  iai'ge  transactions  in  real  estate;    one  of  the  most  influential 
real  estate  men  in  Jroijuois  and  Cook  Counties,  Illinois,  and  in  Oneida,  Kan- 
sas.    For  thirty  years  a   leader  in  great  land  deals  and  a  veritahle  "town 
Imilder '";   an  editor  of  more  than  ordinary  ability,  his  articles  heing  copied  in 
the  metropolitan   journals;    jiarticidarly   noted   for   liis  outspoken  utterances 
against  tlie  IJoinan  Catliolie  Cliurch  ;   m.,  ()/7/185(),  (1)  ^Nfartha  J.  Keeder,  at 
I'l'oria,   ill..  Ii\-  whom  lie  had  one  child.  Frank  Shinn,  li.  3/25/1859;    living 
single.    Cyrus  m.  (2).  at  Civeii  \'a]ley.  Tazewell  Couuty.  Illinois,  1/22/1882, 
Kachel  Schureiii;in.      No  cliildreii.     He  died  l()/4/18!)S,  at  Oneida,  Kansas. 
.'!.    Harrison   Sliinn   {]).  I).    !iarri>on   (*ounty,  Virginia.  ll/4/182() :  m..  3/7/1854, 
.Maria  .M .  Liholt,  and  had  cliiidi-en  : 

1.  Ida   Josephine   Shinn    (8),   who   married   Benjamin   Mitchell    and    had    one   child, 

deceased. 

2.  Theodore  Shinn   (8j ;  o...  young. 
?j.  Enieliiic  Shinn  (8) ;  ob.  young. 

4.  Madellon    Shinn    (8),    m.    J.    E.    Wilmoth    ot    Ord.    Neb.,    and    had    iwo    children. 

Pearl  and   Raymond  C.  Wilmoth. 

5.  Leona  Shinn  (8),  who  married  a  man  wliose  surname  was  Pratt,  and  had  three 

daiiKiiiers. 

1.    .Martha    Shinn    {]).    h.    in     Ihii'ri-on    Coiintv.    \'irginia.    9/9/1833:    iii.    .Mliert 
Kolton    .Mor-c.   Ill   29/1857,  and   had  ehihlivu: 

1.  Martha  .M.  .Morse  (D),  b.  4/10/1859;   m.  .lohn   \V.  Kriger,  12/27/1881. 

2.  Mary  K.  .Morse  (9).  1).  4/ 15/1  SOI. 
:i.  Edith   Morse   (8).   b.   1/8/1807. 

A.  H.  Morse  diod  at  Manitou,  Col.,  12/21/1898.     The  mother  and  daughters  now 
reside  at   West  Cf)lorado  Si)rings,  Col. 

5.  Louisa  Sinnn  (]  ).  I>.  Kno\  Couiitv.  III..  7/1/183S  :  m..  in  >;iiiie  eounl\,  William 
'l'a|ieM  HIakeslee,  1 2/3 1/  I  s.')ii ;  |ihy>ieian:  reiiio\e(|  |o  Weaxci-.  Iowa:  chil- 
dren : 

1.  Elsie   HlakPsU'c    (8).    b.    7/17/1858;    m.    C.    D.   Turner.   4/25/1874.    and    bad    three 

cbildreii : 
1.   Harry    W.    Turner    O).      2.    Heri    Turner    CO.      :*..    Myrtle    Turner    (9).      Bert 
married  and  had  a  chihl,  Louisa   Turner. 

2.  Robert    BlakesbM-    (8).    b.    i\/.i/\ncA ;    m.,    11/8/1887.    Emma   Jones,    and    had    two 

children.  Robert   ami  Mamie  IMakesleo. 
n.  John  Blakeslee  (8);   died  single. 
4.  Franky  Blakeslee  (8).  b.  7/:{l/1871;    m.,  8/:n/l892.  Clara   l?<>dessene.  and  had  one 

child,   Frank  J.  Blakeslee. 

(i.  Fdith  Shinn  {').  h.  l\iio\  ('ounty.  Illinois,  s  1  is.Ml;  ni..  in  same  county, 
9/21/1.S74,  Almiron  (iardiier  .Morse.  ;ind  had  one  son,  O.  O.  ^loi'se.  that  died 
in  infancv.  She  ri'sides  at  I''armim:ton.  III.,  and  is  secreiarv  of  tlie  l*'arming- 
ton  Clmpter.  0.  E.  S. 


Sixth  axd  Later  Generations.  333 

102-;^.     .ALatilua  SirixN-  (Gj.— Moses  (5),  Clement  (4),  Clement  (3).  James 

(2),  John  (1). 
Matilda,  fourth  child  of  Moses  and  Sarah   (Kvle)    Shinn,  Ijorii  in  Harrison 
County,  A'lrginia,  1807;   married  there  William  Harbert,  and  had  children: 

1.  Thomas  Harbert   (T),  m.  Mary  Toland,  and  had  a  son,  Luther,  who  married, 

and  had  four  children,  Jessie,  Euth,  Flora  and . 

2.  Ann  Jfarbert  (7),  m.  James  Short  and  removed  to  Leroy,  Kan.,  and  had  the 

following  children: 

1.  Harriet  Short  (8),  who  married  a  Burns  at  Leroy,  Kan.     No  children. 

2.  Ellen  Short  (8),  who  married  a  Goodall  and  moved  to  Colorado.     No  children. 

3.  Bell  Short  (8),  unmarried. 

4.  Oscar  Short  (8),  unmarried. 

5.  Maria  Short  (8j,  who  married  Ina  Davis;  reside  at  Tola,  Kan.;  had  children. 

6.  May  Short  (8),  who  married  a  Tomlinson  and  had  one  son. 

7.  Frederick  Short  (8),  who  married  Belle  Tomlinson,  and  had  three  sons  and  one 

daughter. 

3.  Rebecca  Harbert  (T),  who  married  Luther  Carey,  and  had  eleven  children  ;   the 

mother  died  and  the  father  now  lives  at  Grant's  Pass,  Ore. 

4.  Maria  Harbert  (7),  who  married  John  Eeynolds,  and  had  children: 

1.  Theodore  Reynolds  (8),  who  married  Ida  Harris  and  had  four  children,  three  of 

whom,  Mable,  Perry  and  Pearl  survive  their  mother  and  reside  at  Greentop, 
Mo. 

2.  Laura  Bell   Reynolds    fS),  m.  Malontan  Murphy,  and  had  four  children;    one  of 

these  died   in  infancy.     The  others,   Harry,  Grace  and  Ruth,  live  with  their 
parents  at  Abingdon. 

3.  Ella  Reynolds  (8),  who  resides  with  her  mother  at  Kirksville.  Mo. 

4.  Dora  Reynolds  (8),  single. 

5.  Clement  Reynolds  (8),  unmarried,  at  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

6.  Conrad  Reynolds  (8),  m.  Julia  Broils,  and  has  one  living  child. 

7.  Roy  Reynolds  (8),  unmarried,  at  Kirksville,  Mo. 

Ti.   .Mary  liarliert  (7),  married  James  Inory,  and  had  children: 

1.  Orion  Inory  (8),  m.  and  had  children  at  Gas  City,  Kan. 

2.  James  Inory  (8),  m.  and  had  three  children. 

3.  Casmire   Inory   (8),  m.   Minnie  Harris,  and  had  eight  children.     Lives   at    Pitts- 

burg. Kan. 

4.  Warren  Inory  (8),  m.  and  had  four  children;  lola,  Kan. 

5.  Belle  Inory  (8),  m.  Lewis  Stone  and  had  one  son;  Pittsburg,  Kan. 

6.  Charles  Inory    (8),  m.  and  moved   to  Lexington,   Ore.     No  children. 

7.  Nora  Inory  (8),  m.  Louis  Shirk,  and  had  one  daughter.    Reside  at  Pittsburg,  Kan. 

1(V23.     Justus  Shinn  ((i). — Moses  (5),  Clement  (4),  Clement  (o),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

Justus,  fifth  child  of  Closes  and  Sarah  (Kyle)  Shinn,  born  in  Harrison  Coimty, 
Virginia,  1809  ;  studied  medicine  and  moved  to  Illinois;  became  a  noted  physician 
at  Heliojiolis.  111.,  and  Paducah.  Ky. ;  pro-slavery  man,  prominent  in  Southern  Illi- 
nois politics;  married  Laura,  daughter  of  General  Davis,  and  had  three  children, 
Maria,  Laura,  and  Justus  Shinn. 

1624.     Mehrick  Shinn  (6).— Moses  (5),  Clement  (4),  Clement  (3),  James 

(2),  John  (1). 

Merrick,  sixth  child  of  Moses  and  Sarah  (Kyle)  Shinn,  b.  in  Harrison  Coun- 
ty, Alrginia.  8/11/1810;  married  (1)  Ann  Duncan.  7/31/1831;  (2)  Hannah 
Barnes,"9  9/1845;  both  marriages  occurred  in  Virginia;  moved  to  Wells  County, 
Indiana,  in  1848;  to  Illinois  in  1852;  to  Kansas  in  1867;  his  second  wife  died 
2/6/1865;  he  died  at  Westphalia,  Anderson  County,  Kansas,  6/29/1886,  in  his 
76th  vear.  and  was  buried  in  Leroy  Cemetery  by  the  side  of  his  father,  ^Moses. 
^Merrick  Shinn  was  an  unassuming  man,  gaining  the  confidence  of  his  fellows  by  an 
eminentlv  upright  life;   he  was  the  peacemaker  of  the  community,  and  his  sense  of 


334  History  of  the  Siiixx  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

justice  so  well  balanced  that  his  decisions  were  adopted  by  contestants  who  appealed 
to  him;  a  loving  father  and  a  hnsband  who  took  counsel  with  his  wife;  a  Repub- 
lican ;  not  a  believer  in  war ;  thought  slavery  wrong,  but  that  the  negroes  should  be 
colonized  under  the  protection  of  a  government  in  a  state  of  their  own.  The  chil- 
dren of  the  first  marriage  were : 

1.  Elbert  Eezin  Shinn  (7),  died  in  his  24tli  year  unmarried. 

2.  John  Xelson  Shinn  (7),  b.  2/21/1834;  ob."'l/26/1900;  m.  4/2/1857,  in  Decatur 

County,  Iowa,  Mary  A.  Turner;  nio\c(l  from  Iowa  to  Mercer  County,  Illinois, 
whore  lie  remained  until  1867,  when  he  moved  to  Coffey  County,  Kansas; 
farmer :  died  near  Maple  City,  Cowley  County,  Kan. ;  his  wafe  died  3/7/1893 ; 
he  was  in  disposition  very  much  like  his  fatlier;  member  of  the  M.  E.  Church, 

and  one  of  the  official  board  at  his  death ;  children : 

1.  Dora  Delphrata  Shinn   (8),  b.  6/11/1858;  ob.  1859. 

2.  Arthur  William  Shinn  (8),  b.  3/31/1861;  ob.  10/13/1891,  unmarried. 

3.  Olivia  Alice   Shinn    (8),  b,   9/6/1862;   m.,  2/17/1880,  W.  A.  Snyder,  and  had  five 

children.  Roselia  Bstelle,  ciarence,  Harry,  Herbert  and  Vera  Beatrice. 

4.  Merrick  Turner  Shinn  (8),  b.  8/27/1865;   m.,  7/3/1901,  Emma  D.  McClenathan  at 

Tola.  Kan.,  and  had  one  child,  Byron  MerricK,  b.  10/20/1902.  Merrick  Turner 
Shinn  is  a  real  estate  dealer  of  lola,  Kan.,  and  prominently  connected  with 
the  interests  of  the  town. 

3.  Silas  Allen  Shinn  (7),  b.  Jime,  1836;   ob.  4/15/1901;   m.,  in  Mercer  County, 

lib.  Elizal)oth  "Martin  ;   farmer:   children: 
1.  Leota,  m.  Charles  Hart.     2.  Delia,  ob.  infans. 
3.  Eva  Gertrude,  m    Byron  AVard.     4.  Leona,  also  married. 

4.  Tliornton  Justus  Shinn  (7),  ob.  Februarv,  1859. 

5.  Savilla  Ann  Shinn,  )).  7/3/1843;   m.  St.^Clair  Powell,  August,  1862,  in  Henry 

County,  Illinois:  slio  died  in  Coffey  County,  Kansas,  in  September,  ]869,  leav- 
ing two  cliilili-cii.  Mcii'ick,  who  (lied  young,  and  Adilla,  who  married  Joseph 
Barnes. 

6.  Caroline  Shinn   (7).  n]i.  infnns. 

Childivii  liy  llie  Second  Marriage. 

1.  (7)   Fidelia  Arvilla  Shinn    (:),  b.  11/18/1846;    ob.  October,  1887,  in  Logan 

County,  Kansas:  m.,  Kovember,  1864,  in  Henry  County,  Illinois,  George 
W.  TTniid.  iiik'I  1i;i(1  chibli-cii:  Rosetta  Arvilla,  Rovilla  Clairetta,  Eosella 
I  Iciii'iciia,  VA\\>  Ccnv'j^r.  Ida  ^Inv,  Ijllinn.  A'ioln.  James  Carfield,  and 
Clara. 

2.  (8)    :\rargaret  Jane  Sliiini    C),  b.  3/10/1848;    m..    (1)    1/4/1867,  Alexander 

McConauhv.  who  died   6/21/lSll,  l('a\inu'  children: 

1.  Alexander  McCo'nai;hy  (8),  b.  2/20/1868;   m.,  3/29/1899,  and  had  one  child,  Beth. 

2.  Marj^'aret  Jane  McConaghy  (8),  b.  3/30/1870;   m.  a  Mr.  Tipton. 

3.  Mary  Ann   MoConaivliy   (S),   li.  2/19/1872;   m.,  2/24/1897,  and  had   three  children, 

Fay,  Dclore  and  ICdith. 

3.  (9)    Martha  Lucena  Sliiiiii   (ii.li.    I/15/I81!t:    dh.   NoNcnilin-,   ISC'). 

4.  (10)  Frederick  ^forlimer  Sliiiin    (]),  b.  3/25/lS.'il  ;  oli.   niiniai-iicil   in  Texas. 

5.  (11)  Mat  ilda  .\iigeline  Sliinii   (  1  )  ;  oh  in  fans. 

6.  (12)  Moses  Luther  Shinn    (  1  )  ;  oh.  inJ'ans. 

7.  (13)  Helen    Maria   Shinn    C).  b.   (i   2/lH.")7;  oh.  2/6/1879  at   Leroy.    Kan.;   ni., 

l-'ehriiary.   is";!;.  j|cni-y  .1.  Sn\der.  and  had  one  child,   l-'redei'ick  \V. 

1625.     Kkzin-  K.  Siiiw   (6). — Moses  (5),  Cle:\ii;\t  (  I).  Clement  (3),  James 

(2).  Joirv  (1). 

Eezin  K.,  sevenlh  cliihl  of  ^Toses  an<l  Sai-ah  (Kvie)  Shinn.  born  Harrison 
County,  Vn..  1/21  'isi;;:  married.  11  '3  '18:16.  ai  Shinnsion.  Yn.,  Sarah  Ann, 
daughter  of  IJobert   and    llaniudi  liartlett.     The   rollowing,  taken    fi'om  the  news- 


Sixth  and  Later  Generations.  335 

paper  "La  Harper,"  of  Hancock  County,  Hlinois,  January  5,  1900,  is  taken  from  a 

sketch  written  by  himself  before  his  death,  which  occurred  December  30,  1899 : 

"  I  lived  on  a  farm  in  Virginia  working  in  the  summer  and  going  to  scliool  in  win- 
ter till  I  was  seventeen  years  ot  age;  I  then  learned  the  tanner's  trade;  worked  a  year 
at  Shinnston  and  then  went  to  Brownsville,  Pa.,  where  I  finished  my  apprenticeship; 
worked  several  years  in  Pennsylvania  as  a  journeyman  tanner;  returned  to  Virginia 
and  married;  engaged  in  the  lumber  trade  on  the  Monongahela  River;  entered  the  mer- 
cantile business  at  Sterm's  Mill  on  West  Fork  River;  then  engaged  in  the  mercantile 
business  in  Shinnston,  Va.;  in  the  crash  of  1837-40  paid  out  but  had  nothing  left; 
bought  a  hotel  and  ran  it  for  three  years,  making  no  money;  engaged  in  the  mercantile 
and  lumber  business  for  several  years;  in  1841  was  appointed  Justice  of  the  Peace  and 
held  that  office  about  ten  years;  in  1854  was  elected  Presiding  Justice  of  the  County 
Court;  moved  to  La  Harpe,  Hancock  County,  111.,  in  1856;  opened  a  mercantile  estab- 
lishment there;  in  1859  was  elected  Mayor  of  La  Harpe,  the  first  Mayor  the  town  had; 
elected  Police  Magistrate  of  the  town  and  held  the  position  four  years;  the  mercantile 
business  at  La  Harpe,  stock  business  in  Iowa  and  Missouri  filled  out  the  rest  of  my  life 
and  loft  me  about  $4,000  ahead."  The  paper  said:  "In  the  death  of  Mr.  Shinn  the 
city  lost  one  of  her  most  highly  respected  citizens." 

In  Vir<.(iiiia  Keziii  K.  Shinn  was  a  pro-slavery  man,  and  owned  at  least  one 
slave;  upon  going  to  Illinois,  knowing  that  the  laws  of  that  state  would  not  permit 
slavery,  lie  offered  to  liberate  "  Sybil "  and  leave  her  in  Virginia.  But  she  would 
iiot  have  it  so.  She  would  go  with  her  master  and  mistress,  and  go  she  did.  Med- 
dlers on  l)oth  sides  interfered  at  La  Harpe,  but  Mr.  Shinn  declared  that  she  was 
free.  Locality  and  environment  have  more  to  do  with  our  views  upon  many  matters 
than  tlie  abstract  question  of  "  humanity."  The  fact  that  the  slaves  themselves  as  a 
rule  preferred  their  masters  to  freedom  is  an  argument  that  the  mass  of  slave  masters 
were  humane.  Rezin  K.  Shinn  in  Virginia,  wdth  Sybil,  a  slave,  in  his  household  for 
twenty  years,  was  no  w^orse  and  no  better  than  Rezin  K.  Shinn  in  La  Harpe,  111., 
witli  Svbil,  free,  in  his  house  until  1862.  Whatever  his  views  may  have  been  in 
Illinois  they  were  the  fruit  of  environment  and  were  not  antagonistic  to  the  views 
he  held  in  "Virginia  for  at  least  twenty  years.  Had  he  owned  two  hundred  male 
negroes  and  a  large  plantation  he  would  have  been  equally  kind  and  humane,  but 
far  more  pronounced  in  his  views.     He  died  an  honest  man,  and  that  is  enough. 

Children: 

1.  Robert  P.  Shinn  (7) ;  ob.  sine  proli. 

2.  Malilda  A.  Shinn  (7);  m. Boggess,  and  had  children: 

1.  Caleb  A.  Boggess  (8),  married  and  had  six  children  in  1900. 

2.  Seymour  E.  Boggess  (8). 

3.  Ernest  B.  Boggess  (S). 

4.-  Florence  B.  Boggess  (7). 

5. Boggess  (8),  m.  Daniel  Mullen  Ogden. 

3.  Seymour  B.  Shinn  (7) ;  ob.  sine  proli. 

4.  Florence  A.  Shinn  (7),  m.  Gittings.    No  children. 

5.  Ida  Belle  Shinn  (7) ;   ob.  sine  proli. 

1627.     Absalom  Shinn  (6).— Moses  (5),  Clement  (4),  Clement  (3),  James 

(2),  John  (1). 

Absalom,  youngest  child  of  Moses  and  Sarah  (Kyle)  Shinn,  born  in  Harrison 
County,  Virginia,  1/19/1818.  married,  9/7/1837,  Clarissa  B.  Ebert;  physician; 
anti-'^laverv  man;  moved  to  Brooklyn,  five  miles  from  Heliopolis,  where  he  died, 
January,  1861 ;  his  wife,  born  11/10/1820,  is  still  living  (1902)  at  Washington,  D. 
C,  with 'her  son,  Charles  M.  Shinn. 

Children  of  Absalom  and  Clarissa  (Ebert)  Shinn. 
1.  SaviUa  Ann  Shinn  (7),  b.  8/11/1838;  m.,  10/25/1862,  David  Sydney  Parker; 

dip  died  6/5/1879,  childless. 
2    Harriet  Amelia  Shinn  (7),  b.  6/25/1840;  m.,  3/25/1857,  John  H.  Jones;  she 
died,  1/18/1859,  leaving  one  child: 


336  HiSTOKY  OF  THE  Shixx  Fat^iii.y  IX  Europe  axd  America 

1.  Charles  Absalom  Jones  (8),  b.  1/18/1858;  reared  by  his  grandmother  at  Brook- 
lyn, 111.,  and  Fajrmount.  \V.  Va. ;  learned  printer's  trade  with  his  uncle,  C.  M. 
Shinn;  employed  at  Wheeling:  then  Cleveland.  O.;  assistant  proofreader  on 
Cleveland  Leader;   m.,  1/27/1887,  Clara  Emeline  Pake.     No  children. 

3.  Sarah  Elizal.eth  Shiiiii    (T),  b.  8/10/1843;  ob.  9/24/1855. 

4.  lleiirv    Aljihonso    Sliiun    (T),    b.    5/20/1844;    m.     Parse;     he    died 

at  Little  llock.  Ark..  7/27/1  DOl.  He  was  a  photographer  at  Pine  Bluff  and 
Little  ]ic)ck.  .\i-k..  I'oi-  more  ihaii  twenty  years;  a  Democrat  and  a  Methodist. 
I  knew  this  man  i'or  a  period  of  iifteen  years  and  at  all  times  found  him  meas- 
uring up  to  the  loftiest  standards  of  gentility.  Modest  and  entirely  unassum- 
ing, he  gained  grouiul  slowly,  but  held  all  lie  gained.  His  work  was  not  that 
of  a  mere  mechanic,  but  had  a  touch  of  ])rofessional  fire,  of  artistic  force,  and 
of  native  genins.  Coming  into  Pine  Bluff  unknown,  he  gained  the  respect  and 
confidence  of  the  best  peojik'.  At  Little  Hock  he  had  a  wider  field  and  a  far 
more  lucrative  one.  He  had  no  as])irations  in  a  ])olitical  way,  and  gave  his  life 
entirely  to  his  profession  and  to  liis  family.    His  cliildrcn  were: 

1.  Hallie  Shinn  (8>.  b.  

2.  Mary  Shinn  (S),  b.  . 

These  children  were  given  the  best  educational  advantages  at  Little  Rock, 
Pine  Bluff,  Galloway  Female  College,  Searcy,  Ark.,  Toronto,  Canada,  and  at 
Lynchburg,  Va.     They  are  now  in  Rome,  Italy  (1902). 

5.  Panlina  Orville  Shinn  (7)   /   rp,,-;.^^  i  .,.,,  io/qo/ioi-    i    oi       i    o /n- /io~~ 
„    ^,      ,      ,r         ^,,  .        , ,  ,       -   Iwins,  horn  12/dU/184<.  j    She  ob.  3/2o/18oo. 

6.  Charles  Mo.^^es  Shmn  {')      \  I 

Charles  ^Fo.-^cs  married  Anna  M.,  daughter  of  Allison  and  Martha 
(  Louclicry)  Fleming,  of  Fairmont,  W.  Va.  The  following  sketch  is  taken 
from  Governor  Atkinson's  "Prominent  ^Men  of  West  Tirginia:"' 

"Almost  with  the  ])olitical  ci'cation  of  the  state  came  within  its  limits  for 
residence  the  journalist  heading  this  sketch.  He  was  born  in  .Marshall  County, 
Kentucky,  but  reared  and  educated  to  the  age  of  sixteen  in  the  public  schools 
of  Illinois.  Enlisted  in  the  I'liion  .\iniy  at  that  age  and  several  times  subse- 
r|uently,  but  upon  examination  was  each  time  rejected.  He  became  connected 
with  the  Fairmont  West  Mrginian,  at  the  age  of  twenty,  in  the  first  year  of  its 
exi.«tencp,  1808.  He  sold  out  in  1874,  but  again  became  associated  in  its  pub- 
lication in  Mai'cli.  1S84,  selling  his  interest  in  180:!.  lie  was  a  eandidate  at 
the  agt'  of  22,  by  nomination  of  his  party,  for  the  House  of  Delegates,  but  was 
defeated  by  forty-six  votes.  At  the  age  of  29  he  was  the  Pepubliean  eaiulidate 
-by  unanimous  vote  u]>on  the  state  ticket  for  .\nditor  in  187(i.  lie  served  sev- 
eral \eai--  at  \\'a^llinl:■tlln  in  t'  Revenue  Bureau  and  then  in  the  Pen- 
Department.  Duiing  the  camiJaign  of  1888.  lie  was  tlu'  ])resident  of  the  State 
League  of  liepubliean  Clubs,  and  was  re-elei'ted  to  that  responsible  pai'ty  i^osi- 
lioii  \'i)V  anotlier  term.  Cnder  ( '()mnu>>i(>ner  of  Internal  KeNcnue  .lohn  W. 
^fason  in  iss'.l  he  \\;i-  appninle(l  li\-  Seei'etarx'  W'indiim  to  the  eliiel'ship  of  the 
Sianip  l)i\isiiin.  Treasury  hepartnienl.  Mr.  Shinn  I'esigned  his  positi(Ui  in 
Ihe  Intei'nal  Kevenne  P)urean  SeptendMr  l.'i.  is'.t;;,  .ind  has  since  been  engaged 
in  newspaper  work.  Me  i>  nnw  on  tlie  ediidiial  -lall'  i^\'  the  "Fveiiing  Star."  a 
daily  paper  uf  W'a-binglnn.  I ».  ('..  and  i~  the  \\a>liingt(in  I'epresenlat  ixc  of  the 
Wheeling  (  W.  \'a.)  "  I»;iil\  I  nlelligencei-.""  lie  was  elected  pi'oident  of  the 
West  Virginia  IJepuhlican  .\s.-ociat  ion  nf  \\'a>liingjon,  D.  ( '..  in  1S!I|  and  has 
held  the  olhee  ever  since,  being  re-elecled  each  vear." 

('bihlren  k\'  ('liai'le-   M.  and   Anna    M.  Shinn. 

1.  Flora  Parker  Shinn   (S).  b.  12/22 /I ST::. 

2.  Corinna   .Maude  Shinn    (S),  b.  O/l 3/1 87(1 ;    m.   Isaac  S.  Childs  and   had: 

1.  Ralph  Se\ille  Childs   (9).  b.  8/25/1S09. 
.1.  George  '''lutis  Shinn  (S);   4.   Harry  Allison  Shinn   (S);   twins,  b.  2/2/1S7 — . 

Harry  .Allison,  m.  r./:!0/i:i(i2.  Kli/.abeih  King  Woodward.  Ho  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  Spanisli-American  War,  in  1st  District  Columbia  Regiment. 
Served  in  Cuba  and  was  there  at  the  surrender. 


MOSES  SHINN. 
LUTHER  SHINN. 


SILAS  WILLIAWI  BERNETHY. 


MARY  iROBEYi  SHINN. 
NORMAN  GILBERT  SHINN. 


Sixth  and  Later  Generations,  339 

5.  Robert  Carter  Shinn   (8),  b.   10/2/18^0. 
G.  Anna  Edna  Shinn  (8),  b.  6/9/1885. 

7.  Elsie  May  Shinn  (8),  b.  6/16/1888. 

8.  Emma  Virginia  Shinn    (8),   b.  9/20/1892. 

9.  Herbert  Lenville  Shinn  (8),  b.  11/22/1894. 

7.  James  William  Shinn  (7)      |  rp^^,-       bo^n  1/4/1851     <     James    ob.  7/4/1851. 

8.  Mary  Jones  Shmn  (7)  f  ''''''''  '^°^^^  l/4/18ol.   .     ^^^^^   ^^_  y^/lSBl. 

9.  George  Ilughey  Miller  Shinn  (7),  born  4/27/1855;  married  2/27/1879-    ex- 

press messenger  on  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  Eailroad ;  children  • 

1.  Mabel  Parker  Shinn  (8),  b.  -Vl/lSSO. 

2.  James  Edwin  Shinn  (8),  b.  5/13/1882. 

■?,.  Chester  Crittenden  Shinn   (8),  b.  6/9/1884. 

4.  Charles  M.  Shinn   (8),  b.  1/18/1889. 

5.  Jennie  iVI.  Shinn  (8),  b.  10/10/1892. 

1G27.     NoAii  Sjiinn  (6).— Daniel  (5),  Clement  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

Xoah,  eldest  child  of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Whiteman)   Shinn,  born  in  Harrison 
County,  Virginia,  1/14/1802;  moved  to  Henry  County,  Indiana,  where  he  engaged 


MRS.  CASSA  A.   BAKER 

in  farming;  married  Ann  Fort  in  Virginia  in  1826;  ob.  in  Henry  County,  Indiana, 

2/25/1847;  children: 

1.  Sarah  Ann  Shinn  (7).  b.  Harrison  County,  Virginia,  3/10/1827;  ob.  1832. 

2.  Cassa  Shinn  (7),  b.  9/8/1831;   m.   (1),  Nathan  McDougai;    (2)   Mr.  Baker;   resides  at 

Indianapolis,  Ind.;  her  children  were  James  A.,  Phebe  Ann,  George  H.  and  Ida  S. 
McDougai  and  Cassa  A.  Baker. 

3.  Martha  Ann  Shinn  (7),  b.  7/5/1843. 

1G28.     Elias  Shinn  (6). — Daniel  (5),  Clement  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (2), 

John"  (1). 

Elias,  second  child  of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Whiteman)  Sliiiiii,  born  in  Harrison 
County.  Virginia,  3/11/1804,  married  there  Harriet  Ummensetler,  1823;  she  was 
born  in  Baltimore,  Md.^  11/11/1804,  and  died,  10/1/1865,  at  Dubuque,  la.;  moved 
to  Dubuqtie,  la.,  1844;  farmer  and  developer  of  mines;  ob.  8/28/1876,  leaving 
twelve  children,  two  sons  and  ten  daughters,  all  born  in  Tyler  County,  Virginia, 
save  the  voungest:  children:  (See  group  engraving  of  EJias  Shinn,  page  177.) 
'1.  Asa  Shinn  (7),  b.  2/9/1824;  moved  to  Hannibal,  ]\[o.,  and  developed  a  fruit 
farm :    his  prodticts  achieved  a  national  reputation,  and  gave  him  repittation 


340  History  of  the  .Siiinx   Family  ix  Europe  axd  America 

and  wealth ;    married  at  Dubuque  Azariah  Morgan,  1/4/1849 ;    the  gold  ex- 
citement enticed  him  to  California  :  went  overland  with  ox  teams,  fighting  his 
way  against   Indians  and  lack  of  roads;    returned  by  way  of  the  ocean  and 
New  York;  Avent  overland  again  in  1S()3  and  returned  the  second  time  by  way 
of  the  ocean  and  Xew  York;    concluded  that  Iowa  or  Missouri  was  a  better 
state  than  California  and  stayed  there:    embarked  in  the  lumber  business  at 
Waterloo,  la.,  and  then  took  u])  the  fruit  enter]irise  in  Missouri;    he  reared  a 
family  of  ambitious,  respectable  and   hoiie^-t   cliihlren,  as  follows   (see  group, 
Elias  Shinn.  Asa  Shinn  and  his  five  children,  page  177)  : 
1.  John  M.  C.  Shinn   (8).  born  in  Dulmque,  la.,  10/25/1849.     The  following 
extract  is  taken   I'l-oiii  "Manual  of  Westchester  County,  X.  Y.":     ''John 
Shinn.  ilic  cbiiiiin.in  of  the  lloai'd  of  Supervisors  of  Westchester  County, 
X.  '^'..  is  the  eldest  of  five  children,  all  of  whom  are  living. 

"  llv  was  educated  in  the  ]mblic  sehool  at  Waterloo,  la.,  and  the  High 
School  of  Hannil)al,  ^lo.  Having  a  desire  for  an  artistic  career,  he  went 
to  St.  Louis  in  187'2  and  attended  the  Art  Department  of  the  Polytechnic 
Institute.  Fi'oni  there  he  went  to  Xew  York  to  attend  for  two  years  the 
Life  Class  in  ('(jojier  Institute  aiul  tlie  Anti(|ue  at  the  American  Academy 
of  Design. 

"In  IHIi)  he  mai-iie(|  Label  King  in  Xew  York  City,  and  settled  in  Pel- 
ham  Manor,  a  beautiful  and  aristocratic  residence  park  adjoining  the  city 
in  the  north,  where  be  11 1  led  the  position  of  Principal  of  Public  Schools 
for  ai)out  five  years;  at  the  end  of  that  time  he  accepted  a  position  at 
Washington.  I ).  C.,  where  he  had  charge  of  collecting  and  tabulating  the 
statistics  rehiting  to  IJcunan  Catholic  Churches  for  the  eighth  census.  At 
the  iiid  of  one  year  be  resigned  and  returned  to  Pelham  ^fanor;  soon 
after  be  enterc'd  the  Xew  York  T-^aw  School,  which  he  attended  for  two 
years,  then  to  further  com])lete  his  knowledge  of  law,  he  took  an  extra  year 
at  Xew  ^'oi'k  I'liiversity.  and  was  admitted  to  practice;  soon  after  opening 
an  ollice  in  the  Mt.  A^ernon  IJank  lUiibling.  Mi.  \'ernon.  X^.  Y..  wliei'c  he 
is  still  located. 

"  Me  ha>  been  in  politics  for  alionl  ten  yeai's;  lli'st  as  receiviT  of  taxes, 
and  tben  as  Supcrvixir  of  his  town.  lia\ing  l)een  i'e-electe(l  continually  for 
about  eight  years  witbout  opposition  from  bis  political  opponents.  In 
politics  he  i>  a  U'epublican.  lie  and  bis  wife  early  joint'd  the  only  church 
of  the  village,  the  I'resbytei'ian.  t  bough  be  was  reared  a  Methodist  and  she 
an  Kpisco|ialiaii.  lie  is  a  pi'oniineiit  luenibei'  of  the  Republican  club<  of 
the  cities  of  New  ^'o|•l<,  Mount  NCiiion.  oi'  Xew  IJocbclle.  the  lodges  of 
Masons.  IJoyal  Arcanum  and  l''oi'estei's."'  (See  engra\ing  of  I'^lias  Shinn, 
A-a  Shinn,  ami  .lolm   M.   ( '.  Sbinn,  page   IIL)      His  childr(Mi  were: 

1.  Natalie  I.  Sliinn   CO.  b.  October  2,  1884. 

2.  firaoe  A.  Sbinn    (!u,  b.  October  1,  188G. 

:',.  .lobn   .M.  C.  Sbinn.  .Jr.   (it),  1).   March  22,  1891. 

■.'.  (Icorge  Fdgar  Sbinn  (S),  liorn  l/'^o/lS.M;  mai'i'icd  b.l  i/.aliei  b  ( i;inlincr.  of 
Michigan;  moved  to  Califoi-nia  and  was  postnia>tei'  at  l'"resli\\  atci'.  Cal., 
for  many  years.      (See  gi-onp  of   Flias  .Sbinn.) 

:{.  I.illie  A.  Shinn  ( S ) .  b.  C,  (i/IS.")  1.  at  Watei'loo.  Ia.;ni..  l'!  •-'">  1SS2.  iM-aiuis 
F.  Fu'deslon.  of  ('leveland.  <)..  and  move(l  to  X^ew  Voik  Citv,  where  her 
husband  was  engager  I  as  a  >to(d<  In-okei'-.  li\e(l  tlicre  eighteen  years;  upon 
the  death  <tf  bei'  f;itbcr  they  returned  to  llanndial.  Mo.  She  Iteing  the 
only  daughter,  bei-  fatliergave  bei- all  bis  estate,  real  and  pei'sonal.  dui'ing 
her  life;  the  fruit  farm  has  become  prolilablc.  and  ^bc  sells  apples  to  the 
comndssion  nu-n  of  the  large  cities  ailjoiniug:   no  (  bildien. 

4.  Asa  E.  Shinn  (S).  m..  11  '5  '1878.  'remperance  P)Urrows.  of  Hannibal.  AFo.  ; 
removed  to  (^)iiiiuy,  ('al.:  superintendent  of  the  VAwW  ('ity  .Mining,  ^Idl- 
ing and   Development    ('ompany,  (^)uincy,  Cal.:  bad  childi-en: 


Sixth  and  Later  Generations.  341 

1.  Lillie  May  Shinn.  2.  Emma  Jane  Shinn.  3.  Ruth  Addie  Shinn 
4.  Asa  Edward  Shinn.  5.  James  Evan  Shinn.  6.  George  Edgar. 
7.  Breck  l<rank  Shinn.  Emma  Jane  m.  a  son  of  General  George  Pickett  the 
hero  of  Gettysburg  on  the  Southern  side:  there  was  one  son,  Marshall 
Asa  Pickett,  who  not  only  descends  from  General  Pickett,  but  from  John 
Marshall,  Chief  Justice  of  the  United  States.  (See  group,  Elias  Shinn, 
Asa  bhinn,  John  M.  C.  Shinn,  and  others,  showing  five  generations,  from 
Elias  to  Marshall  Asa.) 

5.   Frank  Eobert  Shinn  (8),  immarried,  at  Hollister,  Cal. 
2.  Mahala  Shinn   (7)  married  Patrick  Dulanv  and  had  eleven  children,  three  of 
whom  died  young. 

1.  Anna  Dulany  (8);   m.  (1)  Robert  Short;    (2)   Mr.  Rabbit.     No  children. 

2.  James  Dulany   r8);   m.  and  moved  to  Cedar  Rapids,  la.,  where  he  died    leaving 

two  sons  and  two  daughters. 

3.  Mary  Dulany  (8);  m.  John  McGowan;  traveling  agent  for  the  Iowa  Building  and 

L.oan  Association;  four  sons  and  one  daughter. 
,     4.  Margaret  Dulany   (8);   m.  John  Kennedy. 

5.  Lena  Dulany  (S);   m.  Ritter  Murphy,  and  had  one  child. 

6.  Eliza  Dulany  (8);  m.  Jeremiah  Connelly,  and  had  two  children. 

7.  Joanna  Dulany  (8) ;  m.  Michael  Connelly,  and  had  two  children. 

8.  Lizzie  Dulany    (8);    m.  Benjamin  Harty,  and  had   three  children. 

.'5.  Susan  E.  Shinn  (:),  1).  12/31/1826;  m.  John  B.  Eiehman,  and  had  ten  chil- 
dren, of  whom  I  have  three;  their  parents  died  about  1880,  and  they  are  widely 
dispersed. 

1.  Jennie  Richman   (8) ;   m.  Mr.  Marberger. 

2.  Rebecca  Richman  (8) ;  m.  George  Sails,  and  had  one  child. 

3.  George  Richman  (8) ;   m.  a  Fisher  and  had  ten  children. 

4.  Mary  Shinn  (7),  b.  1/29/1829;   m.  Charles  Colgrove,  and  had  seven  children. 

5.  p:iiycabeth  Ann  Shinn  (7),  b.  12/13/1830;   m.,  8/1/1850,  John  Cain,  business 

man  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  children: 

1.  Jenny  Lind  Cain   (8);    b.  5/7/1851;   ob.  infans. 

2.  Alleyn  Gertrude  Cain  (8);  b  8/23/1853;  m.  Charles  C.  Boyer,  3/17/1873,  and 

moved  to  Kansas;    four  children — Nelly,  Harry,  Daisy  and  Barney. 

3.  Rose  May  Cain  (8);   b.  8/8/1855;   m.,  3/13/1880,  Levi  Marler,  and  had  Ettie, 

b.    1881,  who  married  Grau  Farmer  and  had   Ivy,  and  Ada,  b.   1883,  mar- 
ried in  1890. 

4.  George  F.  Cain;  b.  9/5/1857;  m.  Hollie  Rule,  and  had  Dollie  Carroll,  Maude, 

Charles,  Lily  and  Leroy. 

5.  John  C.  Cain  (8);   b.  12/11/1859;   m.  Julia  Koehler,  and  had  Arthur. 

6.  Susan  Hattie  Cain  (8);   b.  4/3/1861;    m.  William  Wathen,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo., 

and  had  two  sons,  Clarence  and  Perry. 

7.  Minnie  W.  Cain  (8);  b.  1863;  ob.  1888. 

8.  Francis  M.  Cain  (8);  b.  11/3/1865;   m.,  1893,  Fannie  Carmen,  and  had  Rus- 

sell. 

9.  Frank  Cain  (8);   b.  6/3/1869;   m.  Julia  Nagle,  7/3/1901. 

10.  Laura  Cain;    b.  2/19/1871;    m.,  1889,  Harry  Hoesner,  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and 

had  Harry.  Peter,  Florence  and  Leroy. 

11.  Maggie  Cain  (8);   b.  1873;  single. 

0.  Nancy  Catherine  Shinn  (7),  born  at  Wick,  Tyler  County,  Va.,  13/5/1832; 
married,  1850,  at  Dubuque,  la.,  James  Cummings  Galloway,  an  attorney  at 
law;  he  was  born  in  Gettysburg,  Pa.,  in  1800;  educated  at  Jefferson  College, 
Pa.,  and  at  Princeton,  X.  J. ;  abandoned  the  practice  of  law  in  the  East  and 
moved  to  Dubuque,  where  he  became  a  surveyor;  surveyed  the  line  between 
Wisconsin  and  Illinois,  and  other  work  as  a  government  surveyor;  was  a  man 
of  means,  but  miscalculation  in  land  and  reverses  in  mining  operations  swept 
all  awav  and  occasioned  his  death.  It  is  said  that  he  was  the  only  one  of  an 
intellectuallv  gifted  family  that  failed  :  ob.  1869  ;  Eliza  Jane  (Shinn)  Levins, 
her  sister,  having  died,  Xancy  Catherine  (Shinn)  Galloway  married  William 
Levins:  Eliza  died  at  Dulnuiue,  3/22/1896,  a  Christian  and  a  member  of  sev- 
eral charitable  societies;  for  several  years  president  of  the  Ladies'  Aid  Society; 


342  lIlSTOKV    OF    THE    SlIIXX    FAMILY    IX    EUROPE    AXD    AMERICA 

one  of  the  most  prominent  and  useful  members  of  the  Women's  Relief  Corps 
connected  witli  Hyde  Chirk  Post;  member  of  the  M.  E.  C,  and  buried  at  Cen- 
ter Grove  Cemeterv.  Her  life  was  devoted  to  her  family,  to  the  suffering  and 
needy,  and  to  her  God.     (See  engraving,  p.  305.)     There  were  six  children 

bv  the  first  marriage,  as  follows: 
"  1.  John  Smith  Galloway   (8);    b.  9/1:1/1851;    m.   Mrs.  Mary  Tuffin,  of  England, 
at  Dubuque,  Iowa,  on  9/27/1876;  ob.  January,  1898;   a  miner;   had  five  chil- 
dren. 
1.  Candace  Letitia  (9).     2.  John  Samuel   (9).     3.  Nancy  Bell   (9). 
4.  William  Hellen  (9).     5.  William  Perry  (9).     William  Hellen  ob.  infans. 

2.  Margaret  Hebben   Galloway    (8);    b.   7/23/1854;    d.   11/2/1882   on   the   eve   of 

her  wedding;    her  bridal  robe  became  her  shroud. 

3.  Samuel   Eirican  Heblen  Galloway    (8);    b.   7/24/1857;    unmarried;    in  Alaska. 

4.  Lavinia  Candace  Galloway  (8);   b.  5/12/1861;  m.  12/7/1883,  Archibald  McAr- 

tnur,  a  lawyer,  in  St.  Paul,  Minn.     He  is  a  graduate  of  the  Law  Department 
of  the  Iowa  University;   they  are  the  parents  of  a  son  and  daughter. 
1.  Lucy  Lavinia   McArthur   (9).     2.  Archibald  Galloway  McArthur    (9). 

5.  Belinda  Gardner  Galloway  (8),  burn  8/11/1863;  married  Henry  Town, 
3/21/1889;  born  at  Cicero,  Onondaga  County,  K.  Y.,  7/5/1861;  foreman 
of  the  cooperage  department  of  the  Illinois  prison  at  Joliet;  entered  the 
service  of  tlio  Singoi-  Sewing  ^Machine  Coinpany  and  was  stationed  at 
Dubuque,  la.;  Iraiisrcfi'cd  to  Jackson  and  Detroit,  ]Mieh. ;  thence  to  Madi- 
son, Wis.,  as  general  manager  of  the  southern  half  of  the  state;  here  he  re- 
iiiaiiH'<l  nine  years.  wIumi  on  9/23/1902  he  was  elected  by  the  state  board  of 
coiilrol  to  tlie  position  of  Warden  of  the  Wisconsin  state  prison  at  Wau- 
pun.  Wis. ;  lie  was  a  Republican,  but  was  elected  without  political  inliu- 
ence  solely  ti|ii)ii  his  merits;  she  was  a  teacher,  then  a  clerk  in  the  office  of 
Mr.  Town  :it  1  )iil)U(|ii(' ;  liei'  business  ability,  coupled  with  her  vivacity 
and  intelligence,  won  his  esteem,  and  then  his  love.  They  were  married 
and  Jiave  lived  a  happy  life.  (See  engraving  of  ISTancy  Catherine  (Gallo- 
way-Shinn)  Levens,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Town  and  their  two  children,  p.  305.) 

'J'lie  cliildren  were: 

1.  George  CJalloway  Town   (9);    b.  Detroit,  Mich.,  2/11/1891. 

2.  Henry   (Jalloway   Town   (9)  ;   b.   Madison,   Wis.,   10/11/1894. 

(').  James  ('nniniings  (ialloway   (!~i)  ;  I).  5/6/186() :  unmarried  at  Dubuijue,   la. 

Children  of  the  Second  Marriage. 

1.  (7)  Myrili'  Eena  Ee\ins,  born  Dubuque,  Iowa,  2/5/1876;  married, 
10/12/19(1].  |.('\i  Aiiliur  Crocker:  he  was  educated  at  the  ITniversity  of 
Wisconsin  and  Ann  .Vrbor  I'niversity:  both  are  now  in  Ihe  government 
service  at  the  Indian  School  at  ^romali.  Wis.;  he  holds  ihe  position  of 
disciplinarian,  and  she  that  of  bovs'  matron. 

7.  :\Iartli:i    Sldnn    (7).   l„u-n    S    IC '1  S;!.V.  '  inarried    William   Allen,    VV1S'">1  :     ^ 

dealer  in  palcnl  i-i',ihl-:  ihis  dangldei'  i>  a  wvv  intelligent  woman  and  has 
aided  me  maicrially  with  Hie  \ery  e\lensi\i'  line  (if  I'liias  Shinn  :  luM- husband 
dying,  slu?  mai-ricd  James  ranntl  and  resides  at  IMont ieello.  la.  Tier  letters 
are  brimful  nf  human  inlei'e^l  and  coxci'  a  widi^  field  of  genealogical  knowl- 
edge. She  had  one  child  hv  her  rii>t  liushaiul. 
1.  Harriet  Nyda  Allen   (8). 

8.  Eliza  Jane  Shinn  (^l.liDiai   10/18/1837:   marrieil  William  II.  Levins,  a  pioneer 

lelegraj)!)  operator  at   l)nhn(|ne.  Ta.     Vpon  I  lie  (U>ath  (d'  l-'Jiza  Jane  Levins  he 
married  the  widow  of  James  Cumnnngs  ( ialhi^av.  his  lii'sl  wi  fe"s  sister :  bv  the 

first,  marriage  there  were  three  children: 

1.  Sarah  Levens  (8);  ob.  sine  \u-n\i. 

2.  CJoorgo  Levens   (8);   m.  and   lives  near  Hannibal,  Mo.;   had  two  children. 

3.  CaT)itola  Levens   (8);    m.   Samuel   Daugherty   at  Monroe  City,   Mo.;    farmer; 

had  one  child. 


Sixth  axd  Later  Generations.  343 

y.  Margaret  Shinn  (7),  born  12/29/1839;  married,  3/13/1859,  George  D.  Clark, 
an  engineer,  at  Dubuque,  la.;   children: 

1.  Charles   William    Clark    (8);    m.    Florence    Terhune,    1/1/1881,    at   Dubuque, 

Iowa;   engineer,  and  had  Harry  A.  and  Goldie  Clark. 

2.  Mary   Jane    Clark    (8);    m.,   1/10/1883,   William   Wagner,    printer,    at    Cedar 

Rapids,  Iowa,  and  had  Albert  and  John  W.  Wagner. 
.3.  Ada  Bird  Clark   (8) ;    m.,  1/17/1885,  John  W.  Roach,  fruiterer,  at  Dubuque, 
Iowa,  and  had  Ada  B.  and  Rhea  Margaret  Roach. 

4.  John   W.   ClarK    (8);    m.,   8/15/1888,    Adele  Walters;    engineer   at   Dubuque, 

Iowa,  and  had  Amy,  deceased;  Albert  W.,  Lucille  G.,  Edna  A.  and  Frances 
E.   Clark. 

5.  Margaret  S.  Clark   (8);   unmarried  at  Dubuque,  Iowa. 

6.  Gertrude  Clark  (8) ;   unmarried  at  Dubuque,  Iowa. 

7.  George  D.   Clark    (8)    m.    Margaret  Plear,   5/3/1896,   and   had   Frederick   N., 

Margaret  E.  and  Wayne  G.  Clark. 

8.  Evelyn  D.  Clark  (8);   m.  Frank  C.  dinger,  10/30/1901;  one  child: 

1.  Wesley  V.  dinger  (9). 

10.  Harriet  P.  Shinn  (7),  born  10/6/1841;  married  John  Hollar,  a  farmer,  near 

Monticello,  la. ;   children: 

1.  Eliza   Hollar   (8) ;   m.   Frederick  Newton,   a  teamster,  at  Monticello,   Iowa; 

three  children. 

2.  Hattie  Hollar  (8);   m.  Peter  McKenna,  a  farmer;   four  children. 

3.  Grant  Hollar  (8);   m.  Anna  Brush;  farmer  near  Monticello,  Iowa;  one  child. 

4.  Edwin  Hollar   (8);   unmarried;   a  locomotive  fireman. 

11.  Daniel  Henry  Shinn  (7),  born  6/28/1843;   married  Ariminta  Breeze,  a  blind 

woman ;  farmer,  near  Spencer,  Clay  County,  la. ;  enlisted  in  Company  C,  16th 
Iowa  Infantry,  8/13/1862;  one  child. 

12.  Sarah  Iowa  Shinn  (7),  the  only  child  of  this  large  family  of  Elias  that  was 

born  in  Iowa,  was  named  after  the  state  on  the  day  of  her  birth,  11/19/1845. 
She  has  never  married ;  lives  at  Waterloo,  Blackhawk  County,  la. 

1631.     Henry  Shinn   (6).— Daniel  (5),  Clement   (4),  Clement  (3),  James 

(2),  John  (1). 

Henry,  fifth  child  of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Whiteman)  Shinn,  born  in  Harrison 
County,  Virginia,  1/31/1810;  to  Tyler  County,  Virginia,  with  his  father,  1823; 
to  Henry  County,  Indiana,  1831 ;  to  Wayne  County,  1835 ;  to  Henry  County  again 
in  1837,  where  he  remained  until  death,  3/23/1891 ;  he  died  in  his  81st  year,  having 
given  sixty  years  to  the  development  of  Indiana;  married  in  Henry  County, 
11/17/1837  Harriet  Walker,  of  Knightstown,  who  died  10/26/1882;  children: 
1  Mary  Jane  Shinn  (7),  born  9/2/1838;  married  (1),  10/9/1856,  Eobert  Davis 
Maxwell,  who  ob.  5/30/1860;    married   (2)    Eli  Charles.     Children  by  first 

1.  Henry  Milton  Maxwell   (8);    b.  4/10/1858;   m.,  4/— /1881,  Laura  B.  Ramsey. 

Children: 
1    Ora  Nevada  Maxwell   (9);    b.  1/28/1882. 

2.  Mary  Lola  Maxwell   (9) ;   b.  2/14/1885. 

2.  Charles    Marion    Maxwell    (8);    b.    12/6/1859;    m.,    5/20/1883,    Rilla    Weeks 

Children: 

1  Stella  Pearl  Maxwell  (9) ;   b.  11/6/1883. 

2  Laura  Vesta  Maxwell   (9) ;   b.  8/4/1885. 

3  Loma  Blanche  Maxwell  (9) ;   b.  10/2/1886. 
4'.  Ina  Edna  Maxwell  (9) ;   b.  4/16/1889. 

2.  Margaret  Shinn  (7),  born  1/6/1840;  ob.  infans. 

1632      Israel  Shinn   (6).— Daniel   (5),  Clement   (4),  Clement   (3),  James 

(2),  John  (1). 

Israel    sixth  child  of  Daniel  and  Marv  (Whiteman)   Shinn,  bom  in  Harrison 
County,  Virginia,  6/26/1812;   moved  with  liis  father  to  Tyler  County,  Virgmia; 


344  History  of  the  Shixx  Family  ix  Europe  axd  America 

to  Indiana;   settled  in  Henrv  County,  near  Ogden,  where  he  remained  until  death, 
:   married  there,  5/26/1835,  Mary  Ann  Hood,  and  had  nine  children: 

1.  :Mary  Elizabeth  Sliiim   (T),  born,  li /3()/183() ;    married  (1)  James  Goldsbury 

in  March,  1853  ;  he  \v;is  a  son  of  John  B.  and  Parmelia  Goldsburv,  and  en- 
listed in  the  Union  Army,  10/8/1864,  Co.  D,  29th  Indiana  Vol/lnf. ;  ob. 
3/22/1865,  and  was  buried  in  the  National  Cemetery,  Section  G,  Chattanooga, 
Tenn.  His  widow  afterwards  married  ^^'illialll  Martindale,  from  whom  she 
was  afterwards  divorced. 

Children  by  First  ]\Iarriage. 

1.  Charles  Leroy  Goldsbury  (8);   b.  12/19/1853;   ob.  3/10/1880;   m.  Lizzie  Wise- 

man, who  died  before  her  husband.     Children: 

1.  Rutherford  Burohard  Hayes  Goldsbury  (9);   ob.  sine  proli. 

2.  Harley   Goldsbury    (9);    b.   r./19/1879;    m.   Grace  White. 

2.  Mary  Emma  Goldsbury  (8):   b.  7/4/1859;   m.  Alvin  T.  Lowell  at  New  Castle, 

lud.,  and  had  children: 

1.  Valeda  Lowell   (9);    b.  9/— /1879;   m.  Vaughn  Wimmer. 

2.  Otis  Lowell   (9);    b.  1/1/1883. 

3.  Ida  Frances  Goldsbury   (8);    b.  10/9/1863;   m.  Thomas  Coimcillor,  New  Cas- 

tle, Ind.     She  died  4/27/1883. 

Cliildi'cn  liy  Second  Marriage. 

1.  (4)   Elzie  Martindale    (8);    b.   2/19/1871;    m.  twice. 

2.  (5)   Florence  Martindale  (8);  b.  9/28/1875;  m.  Dallas  Philander  Coon;  she  ob. 

8/14/1898,  at  Switz  City,  Greene  County,  Ind.     Children: 
1.  Olive  Coon    (9);    b.  6/1:3/1894. 

3.  (6)  Alma  Martindale   (8);    b.  7/24/1880;   m.  Floyd  Starbuck  at  Marion,  Ind.; 

no  children. 

2.  Edward  Landon  Shiiin  (7),  born  10/18/1840;   married  (1),  1862,  Jane  Hall; 

(2)  Mrs.  Sarnli  lliltdi).  1871  ;  ol).  at  Fairmmint.  Ind..  4/7/1888. 

Cliildi'cn  l)y  First  Marriage. 

1.  Rose  Ella  Shinn   (8);    b.   9/22/1863;    m..  at  Rushville,   Ind.,  9/21/1883,   Zach- 

ariah  Hod^e  Crawford,  and  had  children: 

1.  Kalema  Crawford   (9);   b.  10/16/1884. 

2.  Blanche  Crawford  (9);    b.   5/7/1887. 

3.  Alva  Crawford   (9);   b.  2/28/1889;   ob.  infans. 

4.  Millard    Hodge  Crawford    (9):    b.   6/16/1890. 

5.  Vernon  Clarence  Crawford    (9);    b.  10/6/1894. 

6.  Rachel   Beatrice  Crawford    (9):    b.  7/31/1897. 

7.  Eldon  Lee  Ray  Crawford    (9);    b.  6/16/1900. 

2.  William   Monroe;  Shinn    (8):    b.  2/15/1866;    m.  at  Fairland,   Ind.:   June,   1890, 

Flora   K.    St  cans,   and   had   children: 
J.   Waller  Scott    Shinn    (9):    ob.    infans.     2.  Galda    Leona   Blanche   Shinn    (9), 
b.   IS!);;.     :;.  Carl   lOdward  Shinn  (9).     4.  William  Paul  Shinn  (9). 

( 'liil(li-eii  h\'  Srcdiid  Mjin'iaffc. 


(-1^ 


1.  (3)   Otto  Shinn   (8);    b.  2/19/1S72:    marrie;l. 

2.  (4)    Hayes  Shinn    (8);    b.   4/1/1874:    marri(>d. 

3.  (5)    WlKM'ler    Shinn    (8);     b.    10/22/1876;    m..    1895,   Anna   Addison,    and    had 

eliildren : 
1.   Oakley  Shinn   CM  ;   b.    18!m;. 

4.  (6)    Maude  Shinn  (8);   b.  5/10/1879;  in.   Hubert   Wel)b.  of  Greenfield.  Ind..  and 

had  two  children. 

5.  (7)    Mary  Oden    Shinn    (S):    1).   2/13/1880. 

3.    Maria  .hiiie  S\\\\\\\   (  :  ) .  boni  S /25/1842  :    mnrried    (1).   1S.")!I,  n    Mr.    I'nlterson, 
and   (2),  IcStid.  ;i  Mr.  l,eoiiar(l.     Chilili'eii  of  ilie  lii'.-i  iii;iM'i;iL;v  wci'e: 
1.  Fannie   Patter.son    (8);    b.   8/8/1860. 

Ciiildren  by  Ihe  Second  ^Nfarriage. 

1.  (2)  Daisy  Leonard  (8);  b.  7/ir)/1867.  '^.  (3)  Frederick  Leonard  (8);  b.  6/5/ 
1S70.  3.  (4)  All)ert  Leonard  (8);  b.  7/25/1873.  4.  (5)  Martha  Leonard 
(8);    b.  4/20/1876.     5.    (6)    Hattie    Leonard    (8);    b.   7/12/1879. 


Sixth  axd  Later  Gexeratioxs.  345 

4.  William  Harrison  Shinn  (7),  bom  10/19/1845;  ob.  sine  proli. 

5.  Asbury  Xewton  Sbinn  (7),  born  11/7/1847;  a  soldier  in  the  47th  Indiana  Vol. 

Int.;    married   Xancy  Earles  and  had  three  children:   1.  Eosa   Shinn    (8)  • 
2.  Hannah  Shinn  (8);   3.  Souvern  Shinn  (S).     These  are  all  married.     As- 
bury  Xewton  Shmn  and  family  when  last  heard  from  were  at  Poplar  Bluff 
Missouri.  ' 

Ck  Cbarles  Omar  Shinn  (7),  born  1/24/1849 ;  married,  2/23/1874,  Sophronia  Ann 
J)ow<'ll,  and  had  five  children: 

1.  Eflwarrl  Lawrence  Shinn   (8);    b.  9/26/1875;    m.  Anna  McNurney    4/18/1900 

and  had  one  child— Leonard  Paul  Shinn    (9) ;   b    4/8/1901 

2.  Herbert  Shinn  (8);  b.  4/:3/1877. 

3.  Bertha  Sarah  Shinn   (8);   b.  8/2/1882;   m.  Harrv  LeRov  Albright    7/28/1901 

4.  Blanche  Anna  Shinn   (8);   b.  2/22/1885.     5.  Carl  Russell  Shinn   (8);   b    2/20/ 

1887.     6.  Clarence  Omar  Shinn   (8);   b.  2/5/1891.     All  reside  at  Ravsville, 
Ind. 

7.  Ali)lieus  Lafayette  Shinn   (T),  born  6/24/1852;    married,  3/19/1877,  Xancy 

Jane  Bryan,  and  had  children: 

1.  Cora  Ann  Shinn  (8);  b.  Delaware  County,  Ind..  12/2/1877. 

2.  John  Alfred  Shinn   (8);   b.  11/1.5/1879;   m.  Lily  May  Whittaker,  1/12/1902. 

3.  Arthur  Israel  Shinn  (8);   b.  9/.30/1882. 

4.  Charles  Omar  Shinn  (8);    b.  9/16/1884. 

5.  Martha  Elizabeth  Shinn   (8) ;    b.  10/23/1886. 

6.  Mary  Ida  Shinn  (8);   b.  5/8/1889. 

7.  Florence  Maud  Shinn  (8) ;   b.  8/23/1891. 

8.  Arlis  Rebecca  Shinn  (8);    b.  5/24/1893. 

8.  Henry    Lahkford    Sliinn    (7),    born   3/31/1855;    married    Mollie    M.    Bryan, 

1()/21/18S(),  and  had  two  children;  one  of  whom  died  in  infancy. 

9.  :\lartha  :\IalinTla  Shinn   (7),  born  8/19/1859;    married  at  Dublin,  Ind.,  and 

died,  leaving  her  husband  and  one  child. 

1G33.     DAitiu.s  SiiiNx   (6). — Daniel   (5),  Clemext   (4),  Clemext   (3),  James 

(2),  JOHX  (1). 

Darius,  seventh  child  of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Whiteman)  Shinn,  born,  11/16/ 
1815;  moved  with  his  father  to  Tyler  County,  Virginia,  1823;  thence  to  Henry 
County,  Indiana ;  married  in  Fayette  County,  Indiana,  10/6/1839,  Rachel  L., 
daughter  of  Silas  and  Sarah  Jane  Turner;  she  was  born  10/5/1820,  in  Ohio,  and 
dii'd  2/21/1860;  he  then  moved  into  the  wilderness  of  Blackford  County  and  entered 
a  farm ;  his  deadening  and  round  log  house  were  the  only  improvements  for  miles 
around  ;  before  him  naught  had  been  save  the  smoking  camps  of  the  native  Indians, 
and  tiie  unbroken  life  of  the  forest  animals;  with  an  ax,  possibly  made  by  himself, 
he  began  to  cut  out  primitive  roads,  which  were  types  of  the  greater  pathways  yet 
to  be ;  his  gun  was  of  the  old  unerring  kind,  and  Darius  had  been  trained  to  use  it 
well ;  what  though  no  gigantic  packing  houses  with  their  fiendishly  cruel  devices  for 
slaying  cattle  and  hogs  sent  beef  to  his  doors?  What  cared  he?  The  deer  that  for 
centuries  had  had  almost  uninterrupted  possession  of  the  woods  were  there  to  offer 
themselves  a  sacrifice  to  the  rifle  of  Darius  Shinn,  and  he  had  venison.  One  day  it 
is  related  that  as  he  was  returning  from  Montpelier  he  saw  five  deer.  Taking  aim 
witli  his  long  rifle  he  killed  a  doe ;  reloading  he  waited  for  a  few  moments ;  a  buck, 
bolder  than  the  lest,  soon  showed  himself,  and  with  another  shot  that  buck  lay  dead  ; 
the  sound  of  the  rifle  soon  died  away,  and  it  was  not  many  minutes  before  a  third 
one  appeared,  only  to  follow  the  fate  of  the  other  two.  Three  deer  dead  within  five 
rods  of  each  other  and  Darius  not  removed  from  his  original  place.  "What  would  our 
two  great  hunting  Presidents,  Cleveland  and  Eoosevelt,  have  given  to  have  had  the 
privileife  of  hunting  with  that  master  hunter,  Darius  Shinn  !  One  morning  he  took 
stand  under  a  tree  and  gave  the  turkey  call  as  only  a  past  master  in  the  hunting  art 
can  s'ive  it,  and  which  the  turkey  himself  cannot  excel ;  a  turkey  answered  and 
Darius  returned  the  courtesy  with  a  rifle  ball ;   he  called  again  and  another  confid- 


o-ic  History  of  the  Siiixx  FA:\riLY  ix  Europe  and  America 

ing  turkey  stepped  out  in  llie  open,  only  to  fall  a  victim  to  that  wicked  gun;  lour 
turkeys  fell  to  his  lot  before  he  left  that  place,  and  Darius  was  as  proud  as  Na- 
poleon at  Wagrani  and  ]iot  one-tenth  as  wicked.  At  another  time  while  calling 
turkeys  tu  tlieir  death  he  heard  a  heavier  step  on  the  leaves  behind  him;  turning 
quickly  he  faced  a  ferocious  wild  cat  creeping  upon  him;  the  old  long  gun  came  to 
a  quick  aim,  a  deadly  bullet  leaped  from  its  mouth,  sped  with  unerring  accuracy  on- 
ward and  pierced  the  wild  cat's  heart.  (Jloiious  life!  Happy,  healthful,  splendid 
pioneers!  Darius  .Shinn  pitched  his  tent  in  the  woods  sixty  years  ago.  An  army 
of  settlers  have  followed  him,  bnt  he  has  held  his  own  with  them,  even  as  he  held 
his  own  with  beai'  and  wild  cais.  He  died  on  the  ground  he  took  for  his  own  sttr- 
rounded  with  the  marks  and  tru])hies  of  modern  civilization.  Is  there  a  richer  county 
in  Indiana  than  Blackford?  Darius  Fived  in  that  county  until  7/16/1901,  and 
might  have  told  the  world  many  things  about  marvelous  development  had  he  been 
skilled  with  the  pen.  He  hewed  roads  in  the  wilderness;  he  hewed  roads  for  commg 
l>rosperity;  he  kept  on  hewing  for  school  houses,  for  churches,  and  for  homes;  he 
hunted  the  wild  cat  to  death  and  then  kept  hunting  to  kill  the  wilder  sins  of  civiliza- 
tion ;  he  hewed  logs  for  a  M.  E.  C.  chapel,  and  kept  hewing  sin  as  a  trustee  of  that 
chapel  for  thirty-five  long  years.  The  mantle  of  John  Shinn  never  fell  on  a  more 
honorable,  nor  more  upright  man  than  Darius  Shinn.  Unlearned  in  the  college 
ruts,  but  a  graduate  in  woodcraft,  the  hunters  art,  tireless  endeavor,  practical  liv- 
ing, primitive  inventions,  honest  and  frank  expression,  brotherly  helpfulness,  cour- 
age, truth,  sobriety  and  self-sacrifice.  Colleges  enroll  as  honorary  graduates  lum- 
dreds  of  men  who  lack  every  essential  element  of  that  manhood  which  marked  the 
pioneer,  one  of  the  greatest  of  whom  was  Darius  Shinn.  He  married  (2),  6/12/ 
18G2,  Mary  Jane  Chaney;  (3),  2/13/1866,  Nancy  Komine;  no  children  by  these 
marriages.     T]\r  children  of  the  first  marriage  were: 

1.  Sarah  Jane  Siiinn   (7),  born  10/24/1840;    married,  9/3/1860,  Jeptha,  son  of 

Abraham  and  :\rary  (Weimer)   IMcDaniel,  born  in  Athens,  Ohio,  11/6/1837; 
ob.  in  WqUs  Cinuilv,  Indiana,  T)/ 14/1901. 

2.  Daniel  Henry  Shinii  (7),  born  2/8/1842;    enlisted  in  Co.  B,  34th  Ind.  Vol. 

Inf.;    wrmndcd   at  Champion   Hill.  Miss.,   5/16/1863;    married,   6/22/1867, 
Jemima,  daughter  of  Al)rahani  and  l\[ary    (Weimor)   ^fcDaniel ;    lie  died   in 

Wells  Countv,   Indiana,  8/11/1874,  leaving  children: 

1.  Marion   Shinn    (8);    b.   in  Wells   County,  Ind.,   6/15/1868;    m.    (1).   3/17/1892, 

Allie  D.   Matson:    she   died   8/21/1896;    (2)    Mary   Bierie,   6/30/1900.     Chil- 
dren by  first  marriage: 
1.  rirant  M.  Shinn   (9);   b.  ;V22/189:;. 

2.  Olive  Shinn   (S);   b.  12/15/1869;   ob.  9/23/1888. 

3.  Silas  Xcwtuii  Sliiiiii   (7).  l)()rn  9/13/1843;    enlisted  in  Co.  K,  Toth  Ind.  Vol. 

Inf.:    died  Ml  Ihe  hospil;il  :ii  Gallatin.  4\'nn.,  12/30/1862. 
•1.   :\Iartha  Ann  Shinn   (i).  horn  6/7/1845. 

5.  .Mary  .\nianda  Shinn   C).  horn  2/3/1847:    nian-ied,  12/15/1866,  Stephen  A., 

son  of  William  A.  and   I'll  izaliet  h  Smith,  h.  in  Darke  Cotmtv,  Ohio,  7/9/1843; 

children  : 

1.  Florence  Arabella  Smith    (8);    1).  '.»/21/1867;    m.  Franklin  CappoU,  8/19/1895; 

killed,  12/2:!/19(i2.  in  a  piili)  mill  at  Gas  City.  Ind.     Children: 

1.  Carrie  Ann  Cappell    (9);    b.  (;/ll/1896. 

2.  Stephen   Frederick   Cappell    (9);    b.   11/21/1897. 

3.  Edward  Ernest  Cappell  (9);   b.  9/11/1899;   ob.  infans. 

4.  Marguerite  Cappell    (9);   b.   G/^^/^W^. 

2.  Sarah   Ann   Smith    (8);    b.   4/19/1869;    m.,   10  24/1899,  WalliM-   Franklin    Shep- 

])ard. 

6.  Philip  .\ndrew  Shinn    (7).  1)orn  7/15^8  19:    marri(Ml.  10/29  4872,  Marv  M., 

daughter  of  Robert  K.  and  Susan  (Hunt)  Shields;   he  died  8/19/1889;   Mary 
died  1/23/1902,  leaving  two  children  : 

1.  Branston  Llewellyn   Shinn    (8);    b.  7/1.5/1874;   m.  Bertha  Pearl  Kurt/.  6/14/ 

1898,  and  had  two  children. 

2.  Leota  Shinn   (8);   b.  3/17/1883;   m.  Lewis   M.  Dnllnsky,  2/21/1903. 


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7.  Cornelius  Elmore  Sliimi  (7),  born  7/21/1851;  married,  11/33/1875,  Sarah  E., 

daughter  of  Alfred  and  Sarah  Pluma  (Gove)  Irey,  and  had  children: 

1    Leslie  Chester  Shinn  (8);  b.  10/21/1876;  m.,  2/17/1901,  Amanda  Gilpin,  and 
had  children: 
].  Alfred  Elijah  Shinn  (9);   b.  12/7/1901. 

2.  Landona  Shinn  (8);   b.  10/20/1879;  m.,  4/15/1897,  Edward  Sullivan,  and  had 

children: 
1.  Vera  M.  Sullivan   (9);   b.  7/4/1899. 

3.  Clyde  Emmet  Shinn  (8) ;  b.  8/28/1885. 

4.  Ora  Ethel   Shinn    (8);    b.   10/5/1887. 

5.  Irey  Daniel  Shinn  (8);  b.  5/5/1S98;  ob.  idem  dies. 

8.  Florence  Emma  Shinn  (7),  born  8/24/1853;  ob.  1/2/18G8. 

9.  Muhala  Arabella  Shinn  (7),  born  9/3/1855;   married,  12/25/1875,  James  A., 

son  of  William  and  Melinda  (Panell)  Dawley;  sine  proli. 
10.  Charlotte  Abigail  Shinn   (7),  born  8/23/1857;    married  Francis  M.  Marker, 
.Mai'ch  G,  1895 ;  is  now  divorced. 

r03  1.     IIvAiAN  Shinn  (6). — Daniel  (5),  Clement  (4),  Clement  (3),  James 

(2),  John  (1). 

Ifynuin,  eighth  child  of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Whiteman)  Shinn,  born  3/10/1817 
in  Harrison  County,  Virginia;   was  taken  to  Tyler  County,  West  Virginia,  by  his 
father,  and  lived  there  until  the  family  migrated  to  Indiana;    in  his  twenty-first 
year  he  became  acquainted  with  Ann,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth   (Welch) 
Van  Buskirk,  who  was  born  in  Hampshire  County,  Virginia,  11/11/1810,  and  mar- 
ried her  at  Dublin,  Wayne  County,  Indiana,  12/24/1837;   he  removed  to  Blackford 
County  in  1841 ;   Hyman  passed  the  rest  of  a  long  life  in  Indiana,  encountering  the 
same  ditllculties  and  having  the  same  experiences  as  came  to  all  pioneers ;  he  died  at 
Hartford   City,  Ind.,  11/12/1890,  and  his  wife  passed  away  9/14/1891  at  same 
place.     They  had  lived  happily  and  peacefully  together  for  more  than  fifty  years, 
doing  their  full  duty  to  country,  home  and  church.    Their  descendants  are : 
1.  Benjamin  Granville  Shinn  (7),  born  in  Dublin,  Wayne  County,  Ind.,  10/20/ 
1838,  educated  at  the  public  schools,  at  Liber  College,  Jay  County,  and  at  As- 
bury  University,  Greencastle,  Ind.;  when  the  Civil  War  opened  he  enlisted  un- 
der the  first  call  of  President  Lincoln  for  troops,  April,  1861,  for  ninety  days; 
re-enlisted  in  Co.  B,  34th  Ind.  Vol.  Inf.,  and  was  elected  second  lieutenant; 
sickness  compelled  his  resignation  in  a  short  time;   he  returned  to  college  for 
the  spring  term  of  1862;  in  1864  he  enlisted  the  third  time  in  Co.  I,  138th 
Ind.  Vol.  Inf.,  and  was  made  orderly  sergeant;  he  remained  with  this  regiment 
during  its  term  of  service ;  he  then  began  the  study  of  law  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1867;   between  the  years  1856  and  1870  he  taught  twelve  terms 
of  school ;  located  in  Hartford  City,  Ind.,  in  1871 ;  was  successively  appointed 
to  the  position  of  Treasurer,  Clerk  and  School  Trustee,  and  was  City  Attorney 
from  1894  to  1898;   was  Chairman  of  the  Eepublican  Central  Committee  of 
Blackford   County  in  the  campaigns  of   1876,   1884,   1886   and   1888;    was 
unanimouslv  nominated  for  State  Senator  for  the  Counties  of  Grant,  Black- 
ford and  Jay  in  1878,  and  although  defeated,  ran  ahead  of  the  general  ticket; 
was  Presidential  Elector  for  the  8th  Congressional  district  of  Indiana  in  1896, 
and  cast  one  of  the  votes  of  the  state  for  McKinley  and  Hobart ;   has  been  a 
member  of  the  M.  E.  Church  since  1855 ;  holding  for  many  years  the  positions 
of  Trustee,  Class  Leader,  and  Sunday  School  Superintendent;    was  licensed 
as  a  local  preacher  in  1868  and  ordained  a  Local  Deacon  by  Bishop  E.  S.  Fos- 
ter in  1874;  is  a  member  of  the  I.  0.  0.  F.  and  has  passed  all  the  chairs  and 
represented  that  order  in  the  Grand  Lodge;  is  a  member  of  the  Jacob  Stahl 
Post  No.  227,  G.  A.  K.,  and  of  the  Department  Encampment;   is  still  in  the 
practice  of  law;  married  (1),  10/30/1862,  Emily  Jane,  daughter  of  Jonathan 
and  Mary  Ann  (Dawson)  Harris;    she  was  born  in  Wells  Coimty,  Indiana, 


348  History  of  the  Siiixx  Family  ix  EruopE  and  America 

3/28/1844,  and  died  ;it  Hart  fold  Ciiv.  liul.,  3/21/1897;  married  (2), 
5/22/1898,  at  Ilartldrd  Citv,  Ind.,  Mr:^.  Louise  Baechler,  widow  of  Rev. 
Samuel  Baeehler.  and  dau^diU-r  of  .Tohn  P.  and  :\ray  Ann  (Hughes)  Wilson, 
who  was  horn  in  Somerset,  Uiiio,  !),  19/1843.  (See  engraving,  p.  97.)  Chil- 
dren hv  first  marriaire: 

1.  Orlando  Milton  'shinn   (8):    b..  Wells  County.  Tnd.,  12/4/1864;   m.,  7/21/1887, 

at  Hartford  City,  Ind.,  Annie  Laurie,  daughter  of  Sidney  R.  and  Charlotte 
(Case)    Patterson,  b.   Ohio,  8/15/1868.     Children: 

1.  Florence  Shinn   (9);   b.  3/5/1888. 

2.  Majorie  Shinn   (9);    b.  7/23/1890. 

2.  Elmer  Ellsworth  Shinn   (8);   b.  8/26/1866,  in  Wells  County.  Ind.;    m.,  11/17/ 

1895.  Isabella  (Johnson)  Groendyke,  daughter  of  Abiram  and  Nancy  (Ward) 
Johnson,  b.  Grant  County.  Ind..  11/10/1862. 

3.  Eugene  Melville  Shinn   (8):   b.  Wells  County.  Ind.,  8/15/1868;   m..  5/30/1897, 

at  Blufton.  Ind..  El.sie  May.  daughter  of  Andrew  M.  and  Nancy  C.   (Bell) 
Sprague.  b.  Allen  County.  Ind..  6/7/1874.     Children: 
1.  Emily  Catherine  Shinn    (9);    b.  Hartford  City,  Ind.,  4/18/1898. 

2.  William    Jlenrv    Shinn    (:),    burn    liush    Comity,    Indiana,    5/27/1840;    ob. 

2/13/1842. 

3.  James  Lafavette  Shinn   (7).  born  Blackford  Covmty,  Indiana,  5/13/1843;  en- 

listed in  Co.  K.  75th  Ind.  Vol.  Inf.:  married,  5/13/lS(i9,  at  Blufton,  Ind., 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Samuel  ami  .Marv  (Forbes)  MeCleerv,  Ijorn  in  Wooster, 
Ohio,  12/25/1844:  lie  died  at  Montpel'ier,  Ind.,  1/29/1878,  being  then  Post- 
master at  that  place:    children: 

1.  Charles  Wilburn  Shinn    (8);   b.  5/3/1870;   ob.  at  Montpelier.  Ind.,  8/18/1880. 

2.  Frederick   Linden    Shinn    (8);    b.    4/17/1876;    educated   at    De   Pauw   Univer- 

sity, Indiana  University,  and  is  now    (1903)   completing  his  college  career 
in  the  University  of  Wisconsin  in  the  Ph.  D.  course. 

3.  Marian  Pearl  Shinn   (8);   b.  7/20/1877;   m.,  9/12/1901,  Charles  L.  Watts,  son 

of  D.  Newton  and  Samantha  Watts. 

4.  Jolm  Marion  Sliinn   (7),  b.  IMackford  County,  Indiana,  (i/22/1845;  enli.^ted  in 

Co.  K  75th  Ind.  A'ois.  and  was  discharged  for  disability,  which  terminated 
fatallv;  ok  in  Blackford  Countv,  4/24/18G3. 

5.  Oliver  Whitfield   Shinn   (7),  b.  2/29/1848;  m.   (1)    in  Wells  County,  Indiana, 

0/25/1870,  ^lartha,  daugbter  of  Horace  and  .Marv  (Martin)  Dawley,  born, 
Ohio,  2/20/1851  :  she  d.  l()/2(i/18S5  :  m.  (2),  1/1/1SS9,  Jennie,  daughter  of 
J)ardin  B.  and  Kliza  J.  (liaird)  Jenkins.     ChildriMi  bv  first  marriage: 

1.  Stella  Shinn   (8);   b.  5/10/1871;   ob.  infans. 

2.  Bertha    Shinn    (8);    b.    in    Wells    Co\uity.    Ind.,   9/7/1872:    ni.    there   William, 

son  of  Joseph  and  Frances  (Gaskill)   Bouse,  and  had  children: 

1.  Earnest  F.  Bouse  (9);  b.  1/29/1890. 

2.  Ray  Bouse   (9);    b.  7/29/1892. 

3.  Kali)h    Bouse   (it):    1).  7/29/1^92;    ob.   10/8/1893. 

4.  Howard    Bouse    (9);    b.   8/30/1894;    ob.   7/28/1896. 

5.  Harold   Bouse   (9);   b.  1/16/1897. 

6.  N<'llic  .Marie  Bouse  (9);  b.  12/6/1894. 

3.  Nellie   Shinn    (8).  ^  .     0,7/107^    S  Delia  m..  3/16/1901.  Mint,  son  of  Andrew  and 

4.  Delia  Sliinn    (S).    \  '^-  »/'/i»">-^      Mahala    (Williams)    Wort. 

5.  A  (;liild   who  died  in  infancy. 

6.  Grace  E.  Shinn   (8);   b.  6/22/1880;    ni.   William   H..  son  of  William  and  Har- 

riet   (Brenner)    Cami)bell,  :V16/1901. 

7.  8.  Unnamed    twins;    the   mother  and   children   died   and   were   buried  in    the 

same  casket. 

('bibh'i'n    by    Second    Maii'iage. 

1.  (9)   Cf)ra  Shiiui    (S);    1).   7/14/1890. 

2.  (1(1)  William    Wliil  field    Sliinn    (8);    b.   2/2/1893. 

3.  (11)  Hynian    lliiberl    Sliiiiii    (S);    h.    7/25/1895. 

4.  (12)  Charles    Warren   Shinn    (8);    b.   9/18/1897. 

5.  (13)  Helen  (Jould   Shinn    (8);    b.  2/28/1899. 

6.  (14)  Jessie  Elda  Shinn    (8);   b.  8/9/1901. 


Sixth  and  Later  Generations.  349 

6.  Thomas  Sylvester  Shinn  (?),  b.  12/11/1853;  m,  4/28/1875,  Esther  Jane, 
(laughter  of  James  McF.  Wells,  b.  1/24/1852,  Indiana,  and  d.  2/16/1887 ;  he 
d.  8/27/1888.  /     /  . 

1G35.     Xewmax  SiiiNX  (G).— Daniel  (5),  Clement  (4),  Clement  (3),  James 

(2),  John  (1). 

Xewman,  ninth  child  of  Daniel  and  Marv  (Whiteman)  Shinn,  b.  Harrison 
County,  Virginia,  9/22/1819;  moved  with  his  father  to  Indiana;  married  there,  in 
Wayne  County,  3/1/1846,  Christina  Marts,  b.  11/14/1820;  moved  to  Wells  County, 
Indiana,  in  1848;  to  Appanoose  County,  Iowa,  1864;  to  Carroll  Countv,  Missouri, 
where  lie  died,  7/31/1892,  being  seventy-three  years  of  age.  Descendants: 
1.  Silas  X.  Shinn   (7),  b.  Wayne  County,  Indiana,  1/11/1847;  m.,  10/24/1868, 

Elizabeth  Ann  McKehan,  and  had  one  child: 
1.  Arendal  Henry  Shinn   (8) ;    b.  — /— /1869. 

2., Elizabeth  Shinn  (7),  b.  Wayne  County,  Indiana,  3/9/1848;  m.,  1/26/1873,  Silas 
Sturtovant,  and  had  children: 

1.  Wardie   Newman   Sturtevant    (8);    b.    11/7/1873;    m.,   11/2/1897,   Emma   May 

Castle,  and  had  children: 

1.  Ena  Christina  Sturtevant  (9);  b.  4/10/1899;  ob.  infans. 

2.  Nola  Elizabeth  Sturtevant  (9) ;   b.  5/13/1901. 

2.  Elbert  Julian  Sturtevant  (8);   b.  8/1/1875;   m.,  12/24/1899,  Clara  Irene  Long, 

and  had  children: 
1.  Aubrey  Malcomb  Sturtevant  (9) ;   b.  7/1/1901. 

3.  Charles  Ferdinand  Sturtevant  (8);   b.  V23/1880;  ob.  sine  proli. 

4.  Nelson  Melroy  Sturtevant  (8) ;  b.  10/25/1882. 

5.  Leressa  Kalulah  Sturtevant   (8);    b.  1/27/1885. 

6.  Lessa  Delmar  Sturtevant  (8);  b.  4/15/1888;  ob.  infans. 

7.  Delbert  Raymond   Sturtevant    (8);    b.   11/24/1893. 

3.  Lida  Kalulah  Shinii  (7),  b.  1/25/1850,  in  Wells  Countv,  Indiana;  unmarried. 

4.  Elbert  Shinn    (7),  b.   12/23/1852  in  Wells  County,  Indiana;  m.,'  9/14/1887, 

Isabel  Joy  Culver;  resides  at  Haywards,  Alameda  County,  California.     Had 

children : 

1.  Lida  Joy  Shinn   (8);    b.  6/22/1888. 

2.  Milo  Russell  Shinn   (8);    b.  7/26/1889. 

3.  Elbert   Franklin    Shinn    (8);    b.    11/23/1891. 

4.  Donald  Monroe  Shinn  (8);   b.  12/31/1894. 

5.  James  Monroe  Shinn   (7),  b.  in  Wells  Coimty^  Indiana,  2/14/1856;  attended 

public  schools  of  that  County  and  at  Cincinnati,  la. ;  studied  dentistry  1867- 
70  at  Greencastle,  Mo. :  moved  to  Avalon,  ]\Io.,  and  practiced  his  profession 
fourteen  years;  to  Hale,  Mo.,  in  1891,  where  he  now  resides;  Eepubliean; 
]\[ethodist;  member  of  the  school  board  for  ten  years;  elected  its  president  in 
1899;  member  of  the  town  council  three  times;  an  Odd  Fellow  for  twenty 
years;  bank  director  for  seven  years;  m.,  12/16/1880,  Lulu,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  (Carey)  Rogers,  at  Coloma,  Mo.;  b.  ^Mercer  County,  Penn- 

svlvania,  5/6/1860,  and  had  children: 

'    1.  Charles  LeRoy  Shinn   (8);  b.  5/30/1884;   graduated  from  Hale  High  School, 
1902;    publisher  "Hale  Leader,"  Hale,  Mo. 

2  Pearl  Shinn  (8) ;  b.  10/16/1885. 

3  Ruby   Christina  Shinn    (8);    b.    3/6/1895. 
4.  Opal  Shinn   (8);    b.  12/7/1902. 

6.  Sarah  Ann  Shinn  (7),  b.  in  Wells  County,  Indiana,  11/4/1857;  m.,  11/4/1880, 

John  Worth  Farlev.  and  had  children : 

1  Claude  Ernest  Farley  (8) ;   b.  9/18/1881. 

2  Ira  May  Farley  (8) ;   b.  11/21/1883. 

3.  Numa  Maud  Farley  (8) ;  b.  3/19/1885. 

4.  Clessa  Christina  Farley   (8).  /.Twins;    b.    6/19/1891. 

5.  Essa  Farley  (8).  ) 

7.  Samuel  Henry  Shinn  (7),  b.  3/11/1859 ;  ob.  1864.  ,  ; 


350  History  of  the  Siiinn  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

8.  Ida  Williehiiina  Shinn  (Tj.  1).  11^  30/lSGl,  in  Appanoose  County,  Iowa;  m.  there, 

12/9/1890.  William  Franklii/ Palmer,  and  had  children: 

1.  Erma   Christina   Palmer   (8);    b.   12/20/1897. 

2.  Emmet  Jewell  Palmer   (8);    b.  6/26/1901. 

1630.     llARiasoN  SiiiNx   (0). — Daniel   (5),  Clement   (4),  Clement   (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Harrison,  tenth  cliild  of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Whiteman)  Shinn,  b.  in  Harrison 
County,  Virfrinia,  1821 :  m.  in  Fayette  County,  Indiana,  11/28/1850,  Mary  Jane, 
daughter  of  Michael  and  Elizabeth  (Minor)  Spencer;  he  d.  10/25/1853,  leaving 
one  child : 

1.    Kiigene  Franklin  Shinn   (8).  1).  12/24/1851;  m.,  11/10/1885,  Victoria,  daugh- 
ter of  Dennis  and  ^^;^•y  (. Vilnius)  Jolmson,  b.  3/18/18G5  ;  resides  at  Conners- 

ville,  Ind.     Childi'cii : 

1.  Maud  May  Shinn   (9);    b.  9/2/1886. 

2.  Cashel  Shinn  (9):   I).  4/3/1890;  ob.  idem  anno. 

1037.     ]Mary  Ann  Sjiinn  (G). — Daniel  (5),  Clement  (4),  Clement  (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

!Mary  Ann,  eleventh  child  of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Whiteman)  Shinn,  b.  Tyler 
County,  Virginia,  4/10/1821  :  ni.  William,  son  of  William  and  Elizabeth  Ann 
(Johnson)  Burcliard.  in  P)lackt()rd  County,  Indiana,  1/25/1846;  he  was  born  in 
Guernsey  County,  Ohio,  10/31/1822,  and  died  Jn  lUaekford  County,  Indiana,  0/14/ 
1891;  she  ob.  there  4/10/1891.    Descendants: 

1.  Harrison  Jackson  Burchard  (7),  b.  4/9/1849;  m.  Jane,  daughter  of  Nun  and 

Mary  Ann  (Speolman)  McTntyre,  b.  Wells  Connty.  Indiana,  8/14/1845;  chil- 
dren all  born  in  Blackford  (*ounty,  Indiana. 

1.  Margaret  Isabella   Burchard  "(8);    b.    9/27/1868;    m.    William    Carey,    son    of 

Henry  and  l^ouisa  (Wilson)  Seelig,  10/16/1888,  and  had  children; 

1.  Carl  SeliR  (9);    b.  7/4/1889;   ob.  infans. 

2.  Ralph  Soelig  (9). 
:',.  Mary  Seelig  (9). 

4.  Forest    Seelig    (9). 

2.  '.'>.  4.  Unnamed;   ol).   infans. 

5.  Rollin  Earl  Burchard   (Sj ;   b.  4/21/1881. 
t;.  Donnie  Idumea  Burchard  (8);   b.  6/13/1883. 

2.  John  .Marion  liuivlmrd   C).  1..  9/25/1851;  ni.  Eve,  dauglitcr  of  Xun  and  :\rary 

Ann    (Specliniiii  )     Mcliilyic,    0/14/1870.   and   had   iwolvo   cliildren,   born    in 

lihifkford  C()iini\.    Iinliaiia.  as  follows: 

1.  Arthur  Burciiard   (8);   b.  12/25/1872;   ob.  1885. 

2.  Elizabeth   Burchard    (8);    b.   10/24/1874;    m.,  6/26/1S96,  Francis  H.   Rico,   and 

had   two   cdiildrcn— Milo   Manfold,   b.   5/15/1897,  and  Esther   Edith,   b.   9/9/ 
190(1. 

3.  Sabra   I'.urcliard   (S);    b.  3/10/1876;   m.,  7/14/1895,   William  E.  Long. 

4.  Edith   Burchard   (8);   b.   1/13/1878. 

5.  Ernest  Burchard    (S).  /  ,„    .         ,      A,nn,-ioon    \      Ernest  m.  Minnie  Estella 
C.  Austin  Burchanl    (S,.    f  '^^"^^    ^-   ^27/1880.  ]  yarger.  8/20/1902. 

7.  Williani    Miirchard   (8);   b.  11/16/1881. 

8.  Mary  Burchanl   (8);   b.  9/24/1883. 
f».  Harry  Burchanl   (8);    b.  3/31/1885. 

Bi.  FU)yd  Burchard   (S);  b.  2/11/1887. 

11.  Florence  Burchard    (8);    b.  7/31/1888. 

12.  Grace  Burchard  (8);   b.  11/2/1890;   oh.  infans. 

3.  Sabra  Jane  liurcbard  (7).  b.  1 1/20/18.".  1  :  m..  11/9/1879,  Daniel,  son  of  Henry 

and  Sarab  Ann   (  Mmdcniiall )  Bongc,  \i.   ^'ork  County,  Pennsylvania,  12/25/ 

1837.  and  liad  children: 

1.  Donnie  Idumea  Bonge  (8);  b.  11/19/1882.  2.  Mary  .Toy  Bonge  (S)  ;  b.  2/18/ 
1S84.  :!.  Sarah  Stella  Bonge  (8);  b.  6/26/1886.  4.  William  Henry  Bonge, 
(8);  b.  2/19/1890. 


Sixth  and  Later  'Fenerations.  351 

4.  Elizabeth  Ann  Burchard  (7),  b.  8/24/1858;  ob.  1861. 

5.  Daniel  William  Burchard  (7),  b.  7/29/1864;  m.  Violetta  Laura  Belle,  daugh- 

ter of  John  and  Evaline  (Davis)  Vance,  7/31/1888.     She  was  born  in  Mont- 
gomery County,  Ohio,  4/7/1860. 

1639.    Sabra  Shinn  (6).— Daniel  (5),  Clement  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

Sabra,  thirteenth  and  youngest  child  of  Daniel  and  Marv  (Whiteman)  Shinn, 
b.  Tyler  County,  Virginia,  7/2/1828;  to  Henry  County  with  her  parents,  1830; 
her  mother  died  in  1833;  to  Blackford  County,  Indiana, "  1843 ;  ni.  there,  1/1/1S46, 
Nathan  Ellsworth,  and  had  children : 

1.  Daniel  Perry  Ellsworth   (7),  b.   1/7/1848,  at  Cassopolis,  Mich.;  m.  at  Mont- 

l)elier,  Ind.,  11/24/1866,  Alvira  Y.  Brown;  moved  to  Iowa  and  is  now  (1902) 
postmaster  at  Lohrville;  children: 

1.  Viola  Josephine  Ellsworth  (8);  b.  8/3/1867;  m.,  12/19/1900,  Rudolph  S.  Mid- 

dleton. 

2.  Walter    Elmer    Ellsworth    (8);    b.    3/12/1869;    m.,    1/25/1893,    Minnie    Agnes 

Bennett. 

3.  Samuel    Nathan    Ellsworth    (8);     b.    12/17/1870;     m.,    12/13/1892,    Blanche 

Moore. 

4.  Florence  Emma  Ellsworth   (8);   b.  10/15/1872;  ob.  infans. 

5.  Maude  May  Ellsworth   (8);   b.  11/12/1875;  m.,  4/29/1896,  William  H.  Silvert. 

2.  Mary  Elizabeth  Ellsworth   (7),  b.   12/17/1849;  m.,  4/4/1869,  at  Matamoras, 

Blackford  County,  Ind.,  Sylvester  Drummond,  the  ceremony  being  performed 

by  Eev.  A.  M.  Kerwood ;  resides  Ft.  Wayne,  Ind.     Children : 

1.  Calvin  Perry  Drummond  (8);  b.  2/10/1870;  ob.  idem  anno. 

2.  Arthur  Ellsworth  Drummond   (8);   b.  1/16/1872. 

3.  Charles  Augustus  Drummond    (8);    b.  8/28/1875;    m.,  1/10/1899,  in  Chicago, 

111.,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  O.  Smith,  Emma  Myers,  and  had  children: 
1.  Dorothy  Drummond   (9);    b.  11/10/1899;    ob.  infans. 

4.  Hiram    Sylvester   Drummond    (8);    b.    7/16/1878;    m.,   in   Fort   Wayne,   Ind., 

1/30/1901,  by  Rev.  Zachariah  Harris,  Inez  Laveck. 

5.  Estelle  Beryl  Drummond  (8);  b.  3/18/1880;  m.,  in  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  by  Rev. 

P.  J.  Rice,  Prof.  A.  G.  Harshman,  6/26/1902. 

6.  Clara  Belle  Drummond  (8);   b.  1/5/1882;  m.,  9/25/1902,  in  Fort  Wayne,  Ind., 

by  Rev.  E.  W.  Allen,  Frederick  L.  Jenkins. 

7.  Orlo  Rose  Drummond  (8);   b.  11/13/1885. 

8.  Franklin  Monroe  Drummond  (8) ;  b.  8/7/1888. 

3.  Electa  Ann  Ellsworth  (7),  b.  5/6/1852;  m.,  1/7/1872,  Edward  Lucien  Shull : 

resides  at  Montpelier,  Ind.     Children : 

1.  Jesse  Luetta  Shull   (8);   b.  1/16/1876;   m.,  6/18/1898.  Edney  K.  Martin. 

2.  Guy  Earl  Shull  (8);    b.  9/6/1881;   m.,  6/5/1902,  Carrie  Boone. 

4.  William  Henry  Ellsworth  (7),  b.  1/31/1855;  ob.  1861. 

5.  Hannah  Eoseltha  Ellsworth  (7),  b.  5/28/1857;  unmarried. 

6.  Icedora  Ellsworth  (7),  b.  10/16/1859;  m.  W^arren  I?.  Gibford. 

7.  Sabrina  Jane  Ellsworth  (7),  b.  11/20/1862;  ob.  1864. 

8.  Laura  Luetta  Ellsworth  (7),  b.  12/21/1864;  ob.  1874. 

1640.     ZiLPHA  Shinn    (6).— Clement   (5),  Clement   (4),  Clement   (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

1640.     Zilpha  Shinn    (6).— Lucr.etia   (5),  Benjamin    (4),  Joseph    (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Zilpha,  eldest  child  of  Clement  and  Lucretia  (Shinn)  Shinn,  born  at  Shiuns- 
ton,  Va.,  12/31/1808;  m.  Bennett  Eittenhouse  and  remained  in  Virginia  until  its 
dismemberment,  when  she  fell  into  West  Virginia;  she  died  in  1887.     Chihlrcn: 


352  History  of  the  Siiixx  Family  ix  Europe  axd  America 

1.  Justine  Rittenhouse   (7),  Dola.  W.  Va.     2.  Addison  Rittenhouse   (7),  Brown, 
W.   Va.     3.  Omar  Rittenhouse    (7).     4.  David   Rittenliouse    (7).     5.  Susan- 
nah Rittenhouse  (7),  who  married  a  Mr.  Powell.     6.  Elizabeth  Rittenhouse 
(7),  who  married  a  Mr.  Ray. 
:.  JaiK-  Rittenhouse   C).  h.  :/->/\^4->:  in.  K.  S.  Ogden,  2/28/1860,  and  died  on 
tlie   fortietli    anniversary   of   licf   wedding   day,   2/28/1900;   member   of   the 
Ba]iti>t  ("luireli  for  thirty-five  years  and  performed  every  duty  faithfully;  her 
husband,  eight  sons  and  fcmr  daughters  survived  her;  she  was  buried  in  the 
Masonic  Elk  View  Cemetery,  Clarksburg,  W.  Ya.,  her  eight  sons  being  pall 
bearers. 
8.  Okey  Rittenliouse   C).  b.   I  '2  '1S4r. -.  m..  3/3/18G8.  Lueza  Y.  Swiger,  and  had 
children : 

1.  Ashby  Rittenhouse    (8);    b.   4/7/1869;    m.,  12/25/1892,  Armatha   Swiger,   and 

had: 
1.  Willis  Allen.     2.  Carlie.     3.  Altie  Maude.     4.  Virgil  Mascoe,  all  of  Clarks- 
burg, W.  Va. 

2.  Lloyd  Ernest  Rittenhouse    (S).     3.  Annie  Maude   Rittenhouse   (8). 
4.  Robert  Emmet  Rittenhouse   (8).     5.  Flora  May  Rittenhouse   (8). 

fi.   Brantly    Rittenhouse    (S).      7.  Grover    Cleveland    Rittenhouse    (8). 
8.  Clyde  Flemming  Rittenhouse  (8).     All  of  Clarksburg,  W.  Va. 

1G42.     AsciiAii  SiijNx    ((J). — Clemext   (.")),  Clemext   (4),  Clemext   (3), 

James  (2),  Johx  (1). 

Aschah.  tliird  cliild  of  dement  and  Lueretia  (Shinn)  Shinn,  b.  2/26/1813; 
m..  3/1/1832,  Noah  llarl)eri,  b.  :,4/l80S;  Aschah  d.  5/16/1891;  Noah  d.  9/17/ 
1809.     Children: 

1.  Clement   J.   Harbert    (7);    b.   5/.3/1833.     2.  Frederick  W.   Harbert    (7);    b.  5/ 
22/1835.      3.  Stephen    S.    Harbert    (7);    b.    4/22/1837.      4.  Lueretia  Harbert 
(7);    b.   6/23/1839.     5.  Mary  E.   Harbert    (7);    b.   12/25/1841.     6.  Atistin  R. 
Harbert    (7);    b.   4/1/1844;    deceased.     7.  Albert   F.   Harbert    (7);    b.  3/25/ 
1846;   m.  Sarah  E.   Shriver,  10/13/1867,  and   had  children: 
1.  Charles  Lewis  Harbert   (8);    ob.  infans.     2.  Jeannette  Mary  Harbert   (8); 
b.    12/14/1871.      3.  Lila   A.    Harbert    (8).      4.  John    C.    Harbert    (8).      5. 
Eva  V.    Harbert    (8).     6.  Iva   E.    Harbert    (8);    ob.    1902.      7.  Walter  L. 
Harbert  (8).     8.  Vivian  Blanch  Harbert  (8).     9.  Ethel  G.  Harbert  (8). 

8.  Tabitha  J.  Harbert   (7);    deceased. 

9.  Lafayette   M.    Harbert    (7);    b.    10/7/1850;    m.    (1)    Jeannett    S.    Moore,   3/5/ 

1872;    (2)    Harriet  A.  Thompson,   1/1/1888.     Children  by  first  marriage: 
1.   William  T.  Harbert  (8).     2.  Isaac  T.  Harbert  (8).     3.  Cecil  J.  Harbert  (8). 
4.  Minnie  M.  Harbert    (8).     5.  M.  N.  Harbert  (8).     6.  Emery  S.  Harbert 
(8>.     7.  Arthur  B.  Harbert  (8).     8.  Otis  A.  Harbert   (8). 

<  'lii  III  ten  lift  lie  Sccdnil    Marriage. 

1.    (9)   Josci)li  L.  Ilarlieri    (S).     2.    (Ki)    llallie  L.  Harbert   (8).      3.  (11)   Hay  R. 

Iliirlx'rt   (,s».    4.    (121  .Mary  J.  Harbert  (8).     5.    (13)  11a  F.  Harbert  (S). 

m.  Noah   A.    Hari)ert    (7);    h.    9/10/1854;    m.,   7/21/1887,    Rachel    A.    Oivens.   and 

had    five    children — Charles    V.,    Elizabeth    A.,    Mary     J.,     Otto     Lee     and 

George  J. 

1611.     .\(;ne.s  ilA.NN.vii  Siiiw   (C). — Ci.K.MKN  r  (.")).  ('i.i:.\ii:\  r  (  I),  Ci.k.mkxt  (3), 

.1  \.\ii:s  (2),  John   (  I  ). 

Agnes  llannali.  liltli  eliild  of  Cleinent  and  Lueretia  (Shinn)  Sliinn.  b.  Har- 
rison County.  \'irginia.  12  12'l.siii;  m.  ..n  |;,,(k  ('aiii|i,  Harrison  Coimly.  Vir- 
ginia, 6/8/1843.  William  Hannah.  Ironi  Scotland.  William  look  out  his  naturali- 
zation ])a|)ers  at  Chirksl)iirg.  \'a..  in  Is;!  I.  ami  \va>  an  American  citizen  at  the 
date  of  his  marriage.  This  e(iu|ile  remained  in  \'iii;inia  and  reared  a  large  family 
of  children  and  <(randc]iildren,  as  follows; 


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353 


('lomont  Hannah    (7),  b.  3/12/1844;  m.,   12/31/1868,  Mary  Maria  Cunning- 
ham, on  Tioek  Camp,  and  had  children:  " 

1.  Matilda  Agnes  Hannah   (8);  b.  11/6/1871. 

2.  Emma  Loretta  Hannah   (S);   b.  7/22/1875 

3.  Luther  Theophilus  Hannah   (8) ;    b.  10/22/1879. 


MRS.  AGNES  HANNAH. 

^lary  Hannali    (;),  I).  8/771845;  m.  on  Rock  Camp,  William  Harrison  '^ay; 
moved  to  Greenwood  County,  Kansas,  and  had  children : 

1.  Omar  Nay   (8);   b.  10/29/1869. 

2.  Margaret  Nay    (8);    b.  3/1/1872;    m..  7/26/1891,  William   Oliver  Taylor,  and 

had  children: 

1.  Mary  Olive  Taylor  (9);  b.  5/11/1895. 

2.  Jesse  Jackson  Taylor  (9);   b.  11/1:3/1898. 

3.  cnarles  Ellis  Nay  (8) ;   b.  12/7/1873. 

4.  Cora  Agnes  Nay  (8);   b.  4/1/1876. 

5.  Frederick  Jesse  Nay  (8) ;   b.  10/26/1878. 

6.  Mary  Virginia  Nay  (8);   b.  7/4/1882. 

7.  Benjamin  Lafayette  Nay  (8) ;  b.  12/13/1885. 

Nelson  Hannah  (7),  1).  9/29/1846;  m.  on  Ten  Mile,  9/29/1846,  Hulda  Rosetta 
Carter,  and  had  children : 

1.  William  Jesse  Hannah   (8);   b.  2/23/1877. 

2.  Amos  Clement  Hannah   (8):   b.  5/14/1879. 

3.  Stella  Berthena  Hannah   (8);    b.  6/28/1882. 

4.  Okey  Jackson  Hannah  (8);    b.  11/20/1884. 

5.  Flavins  Marsh  Hannah  (8);   b.  2/19/1887. 

6.  Benjamin  Fleming  Hannah  (8) ;   b.  5/5/1890. 

7.  James  Russell  Hannah  (8);   b.  11/19/1892. 

8.  Jennie  Lee  Hannah   (8) ;   b.  5/11/1898. 

Jesse  Hannah  (7),  b.  10/4/1849;  m.  on  Rock  Camp,  3/31/1881,  Martha  Belle 

Cnnninyhani,  and  had  children: 

1.  Cora  Jane  Hannah   (8) ;   b.  1/27/1882. 

2.  Lenna  Agnes  Hannah   (8) ;   b.  10/31/1883. 

3.  Omar  Clellan  Hannah  (8) ;   b.  2/6/1886. 

4.  Sylvester  Roy  Hannah  (8);   b.  10/19/1889. 

5.  Mary  Dale  Hannah   (8);   b.  9/28/1892. 

Olive  Hannah   (7),  b.  1/27/1853;  m.  on  Rock  Camp,  4/9/1885,  Edgar  Lewis 
Harbert,  and  had  children : 

1.  Bessie  Agnes  Harbert   (8);   b.  11/3/1886. 

2  Frederic  Leslie  Harbert   (8);    b.   11/27/1887. 

3  Maggie  Ruth  Harbert  (8);   b.  11/1/1889. 


•354  History  of  the  Shixx  Family  ix  Europe  and  America 

6.  Tabitlia  Jane  Hannah   (7),  b.  3/12/1856;  m.  on  Eock  Camp,  1/7/1892,  John 

Weslov  Jones,  and  had  children: 

1.  Carl  Jones  (8)   and  2.  Earl  Jones  (8);   twins;   b.  5/10/1893. 

3.  Chester  Jones   (S);   b.  5/22/1895.     4.  Emma  Agnes  Jones   (8);    b.  9/6/1897. 

1645.  Clemext  Restore  Shinn  (6). — Clement  (5),  Clement  (4),  Clement 

(3),  James  (2),  John  (1). 
Clement  Shinn,  sixth  child  of  Clement  and  Lncretia  (Shinn)   Shinn,  h.  Har- 
rison County,  Virginia,  9/30/1818;  m.  there;  removed  to  Indiana;  thence  overland 
to  California,  dying  en  route  in  Iowa.     The  family  is  said  to  have  gone  on  into 
California  and  to  reside  in  Humboldt  County.     Children: 
1.  Dallas  T.  Shinn  (7). 

1646.  Francis  Marion  Shinn  (6). — Clement  (5),  Clement  (4),  Clement  (3), 

James  ( 2 ) ,  John^  ( 1 ) . 

Francis  ^Marion,  seventh  child  of  Clement  and  Lueretia  (Shinn)  Shinn,  was 
born  in  Harrison  County,  Virginia,  3/25/1820;  blacksmith;  m.  in  1841;  moved 
to  Ohio  in  1844;  to  Indiana  in  1854;  to  Illinois  in  1879;  to  Lincoln,  Neb.,  in  1893; 
to  Casselton,  N.  D.,  where  he  died  9/30/1895;  Democrat;  free  thinker  and  spirit- 
ualist. He  had  fourteen  children,  who  are  widely  dispersed  in  the  Western  States, 
but  are  not  responsive  to  genealogical  calls.  I  am  enabled  to  present  a  mere  skele- 
ton of  the  children  through  the  courtesy  of  Lamar  G.  Shinn  and  Mrs.  Amelia  B. 
Thurston.     Children : 

1.  Francis  Marion  Shinn   (7);   b.  8/15/1841;    d.  unmarried  at  Camp  Douglas  in 

1863. 

2.  Elias  lienon  Shinn   (7);   b.  3/1/1843;  m.  and  had  at  least  one  child — Freder- 

ick Shinn   (8),  who  tor  awhile  lived  at  Lincoln,  Neb. 

3.  Cornelia  Shinn  (7);  b.  8/10/1844;  m.  a  man  named  Snow,  Spokane,  Wash. 

4.  Virginia  Shinn  (7);  b.  12/21/1846;  died  at  Marshalltown,  Iowa. 

5.  Lamar  Cidley  Shinn    (7);    b.   3/27/1848;    married;    lived  most  of  his  life  in 

Northern   Illinois;    blacksmith,   manufacturer,  farmer  and  miner;    Prohibi- 
tionist, Socialist  and  Spiritualist;   moved  to  Spokane,  Wash.     Children: 
1.  Kay  Shinn    (8);    b.   1884.     2.  Ralph  H.   Shinn    (8);   b.  1885. 

6.  Amelia   Burd    Shinn    (7);    b.    6/11/1849;    m.    W.   R.   Thurston,   11/30/1869;    he 

died    4/23/1899;    she  resides   at   Davenport,  Iowa;    one   child: 
1.  Lulu  Belle  Thurston    (8),  deceased. 

7.  Seymour  Irvin  Shinn   (7);  b.  3/19/1851,  and  resides  at  Page.  S.  D. 

8.  Grafton  Omar  Shinn  (7);   b.  8/6/1852;   died  at  Ft.  Madison,  Iowa. 

9.  Ch'ment  Milton  Shinn   (7);   b.  3/5/1854. 

10.  Lueretia  E]iza])eth  Shinn  (7);   b.  4/17/1855;   m.  a  Mr.  Wirt,  Portland,  Ore. 

11.  Alva  Honard  Shinn  (7);   b.  1/29/1857;  unmarried;   Spokane,  Wash. 

12.  Charles  Shinn   (7);  b.  10/.5/1859;   died  at  Bo/.eman.  Mont. 

13.  Martha  Shinn   (7);    b.  12/24/1861;   married  a  Mr.  Ralston,  Portland,  Ore. 

14.  Frank  Shinn    (7);    b.   4/19/1864;    Spolvane,  Wash. 

1617.     JosKi'ii    SiiiNx    (6).— Clement    (5).  Clemknt    (1).   Ci.k.mknt    (3), 

J.vMKs  (2).  John  (1). 

Josej)li,  eighth  (hild  ol'  ('Iciiiciil  mid  Liicrclia  (Shimi)  Shiiiii.  lioi'ii  on  Big 
Rock  Camp,  5/19/1822.  in  irnnisnn  ('(iiintv.  \"iii:ini;i  :  in.  Ifcnriotta.  daughter  of 
Peter  and  Calhcrinc  .\>li.  II  26/18Ki.  nl'  Wilsi'.nbnrg.  Va. ;  io  Carroll  'County, 
Tnd.,  1853,  whore  he  now  resides;  llicN  (li'n\c  tlirough  in  llii>  nld-fasliioiu'd  covered 
wagon,  being  four  weeks  on  the  ro;nl  :  took  np  a  tract  ol'  land  near  r)nrlington.  cut 
down  its  sturdy  timber  and  niailc  it  ;i  \,iln;ilib'  farm;  sold  this  in  1867  and  bought 
another  on  Deer  Crock,  s;niic  count  \-:  retired  I'l'om  .-letivc  lil'e  in  1888  and  now  lives 
at  Carrol,  Tnd.,  with  liis  cliildren  neiii'  Inni,  serene  in  ;i  L;(iod  old  -Ago.     Tho  children 

are  as  follows: 

1.  Isaac   Riloy   Shinn    (7);    h.    11/22/1847:    d.    7/3/1870. 

2.  .Tamos   Washiimton    Shinn    (7);    b.    6/4/1849;    m.   .lennie   Pryor,   6/4/1879:    no 

children. 

3.  Mary  Sophia  Shinn    (7):   b.  6/20/1851;   d.  5/4/1885. 


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4.  Sabra  Katherine  Shinn  (7);   b.  3/11/1853;  m.  Michael  T.  Hendrix  9/18/1879; 

the  children  were  as  follows: 
1.  Harley    Hendrix    (8).      2.  Maude    Hendrix    (8).      3.  Joseph    Guv    Hendrix 
(8).     4.  Lola  Hendrix  (8). 

5.  Margaret  Jane  Shinn  (7);   b.  12/14/1854;   m.  William  I.  Brown  8/4/1897;  no 

children. 

6.  Peter   B.    bhinn    (7);    b.    10/11/1856;    m.    Emma    Cushman    4/3/1890;    began 

teaching-  in  1879,  and  has  continued  in  that  work  since;  graduate  of  the 
Teachers'  Course,  Valparaiso,  Ind.;  aiso  of  Indianapolis  Business  College; 
institute  instructor;  ten  years  past  principal  of  a  ward  school  in  Logans- 
port,  Ind.;  no  children. 

7.  William   Stephen   Shinn    (7);    b.   6/25/1859;    m.   Letha   Ann   Hines   and    had 

six  children— James  Roy,  Jesse  Lee,  Vernie,  Madge,  Edith  and  William 
Jennings  Shinn. 

8.  Truman  Alfred  Shinn   (7);   b.  1/23/1862;   m.  Ida  Parker  12/17/1892,  and  had 

two  children — Thorp  Parker  and  Melvin  Nye  Shinn. 

9.  Lucretia  Ann   Shinn    (7);    b.   5/11/1864;    m.   Edward   Hendrix,   and   had  one 

child — Joseph  B.  Hendrix. 
10.  Andrew  Martin  Shinn  (7);   b.  1/11/1867;    d.  10/21/1868. 

.1648.     Jesse   Shinn    (6).— Clement    (5),   Clement    (1),   Clement    (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

.Ics.se,  ninth  child  of  CkMncnt  and  Lucretia  (Shinn)  Shinn,  h.  Harrison 
County,  Yirifinia,  2/11/1824;  in.  there,  Jane,  daughter  of  John  and  Margaret 
Hannah,  ()/9/184;3;  moved  to  Miami  County,  Indiana,  and  died  there  5/11/1901. 
J)('.'<c('ndants: 

1.  Margaret   Elizabeth    Shinn    (7);    b.    o/4/1844;    m.    Samuel   Darby,    6/20/1872, 

and  died  4/29/1875  in  childbirth: 
1.  C.usta  Darby  (8) ;  ob.  5/13/1875. 

2.  Lucretia  Jane  Shinn  (7);  b.  10/19/1845;  ob.  10/15/1868  unmarried. 

3.  Ferdinand  Magellan  Shinn  (7);   b.  5/10/1847;   m.,  11/1/1871,  Lettie  L.  Kerk- 

man,  and  had  children: 

1.  Homer  Francisco  Shinn    (8);    b.   2/1.3/18<3;    m.,   (1)    9/6/1894,  Nina  Belle 

Harvey;    (2),  4/9/1899,  Jennie  Reynolds.     Children: 

1.  Harry  L.  Shinn  (9);   b.  3/27/1900. 

2.  Amanda  I.  Shinn  (9) ;  b.  8/18/1901. 

2.  Francis    Marion    Shinn    (8);    b.    2/9/1875;    m.,    3/12/1896,   Clara   Kemmer, 

and  had  children 

1.  Lorafe  Shinn   (9);   b.  2/27/1897. 

2.  Frederick  M.  Shinn  (9) ;  b.  1/5/1900. 

3.  Nellie  Shinn   (8);    b.  7/2/1881;   m.,  5/26/1898,  William   Hosteler. 

4.  Tabitha  Jane  Shinn  (8);   b.  7/11/1883;   ob.  infans. 

5.  Julia  Lora  Aydley  Shinn  (8) ;  b.  9/9/1843. 

4.  Emily  Matilda  Shinn   (7);   b.  9/10/1849;    m.,  9/10/1872,  John  T.   Powell,  and 

had  children: 
1.  Judd  Powell   (S);   b.  6/16/1874;   m.,  6/20/1900,  Kate  Stewart. 

5.  Thomas  Nelson  Shinn  (7);  b.  5/19/1851;   m.,  3/19/1879,  Jennie  Cox  and  had 

children: 

1.  Bessie   Modella    Shinn    (8)  ;    b.    11/9/1880. 

2.  Ina   Lov   Shinn    (8);    b.   2/14/1882. 

3.  Elco  Dee  Shinn  (8);   b.  2/18/1888. 

4.  Cleora  Shinn   (8);   b.  6/— /1895;   ob.  infans. 

5.  Clarissa  Fern  Shinn  (8):   b.  7/29/1896. 

6.  Everett   Nelson   Shinn    (8);    b.   7/11/1898. 

6.  Tabitha  Agnes  Shinn   (7);   b.  11/16/1853;   m.,  8/6/1885,  William  P.  Burk,  at 

Converse,  Ind.:    farmer;    Republican;    Methodist;    the  children   were: 
1.  William  Esick  Burk;    b.   11/11/1888. 
2    Jesse  Meredith  Burk;   b.  8/31/1895. 

7.  William  Jesse  Shinn   (7);    b.  12/29/1855;   m.,  9/8/1885,  Lilian  Norris;    reside 

at   Converse,   Ind.     Children: 
1.  Rex  Norris  Shinn    (8);    b.   7/27/1886. 

2  Joseph   Brenton   Shinn    (8) ;    b.   7/3/1887. 

3  Jesse   Max  Shinn    (8);    b.   9/20/1888. 

4.  Vera   Anna   Helen    Shinn    (8);    b.    1/5/1890. 

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356  History  of  the  Shinx  Family  ix  Europe  and  America 

5.  Walden  Augustus  Shinn    (8);    b.   1/26/1895. 

6.  Lowell   M.  F.   Shinn   (8);    b.   6/25/1898. 

1G-J9.     Ixii.EY  SiiiNx    ((i). — Clk.mhnt   {'>),  Clemext   (4),  Clement  (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Kiley,  tentli  child  of  (K'niciit  and  lAicretia  (Shinn)  Shinn,  horn  Harrison 
County,  Virginia,  lU/30/1825 ;  ni.  Henrietta  (7),  daughter  of  Mahlon  (6)  and 
Mary  (Edward?^)  Sliinn.  and  a  great  granddaughter  of  Levi  Sliinn,  brotlier  of  the 
grandfather  of  Kik-y ;  .<he  was  liorn  at  Jiurlington,  Ind.,  5/9/1829,  and  they  live  at 

Burlington.  Ind.     Children: 

1.  Mahlon  Clement  Shinn   (7):    b.  6/6/1853;   ob.  sine  proli  1858. 

2.  Infant  daughter;   ob.  at   birth. 

:}.  Jesse  Fernando  Shinn   (7);    b.  12/14/1856;   m.,  4/18/1882,  Anna  J.   Collins. 

4.  Florence  May  Shinn  (7);   b.  3/7/1859;    m..  9/6/1882.  Andrew  J.  Hammond 

5.  Amanda  Alice  Shinn  (7);    b.  5/30/1861;   m.,  .5/16/1886.  Joseph  R.  Simon. 

6.  Caroline  Bird  Shinn   (7);   b.  6/3/1865;  ob.  sine  proli  1886. 


MRS,  TABlTHA  PE.TERS 


T:.'.2.     'r\i!iTii\  .Siiiw    ((■.).— Cli:mi:\t   (.■,).  ( 'i,i;m  iat   (1).  Clement   (3), 

.).\.Mi;s  C- ).  -loiiN   (1).. 

'I'aliillui,  thirlecnth  and  voiiugest  iliiM  of  Clcincni  and  laicivfia  (Sliinn) 
Shinn,  h.  C./IS  ]h:V.\:  ni.,  l()/4/lH,'»3,  Stephen,  .^on  ot  Stephen  and  Saral)  Teters; 
they  removed  lo  Carl)on(hile.  Kan.,  where  lie  oh.  l/2r)/lS9v!.     Cliihlreii: 

1.  Stephen  Clement  Peters   (7);    b.  1/16/1855;    ob.  1868. 

2.  Samantha    Eveline  Peters    (7):    b.   6/2/1856. 


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357 


3.  George  Riley  Peters  (7);  b.  5/19/1858;  ob.  1868. 

4.  Henry  A.  Peters  (7);  b.  4/4/1860. 

5.  Henrietta  Olive    (7).  / 

6.  Baby  brother.  J  twins;   b.  9/1/1862;  he  ob.  1862. 

7.  Joseph  Bird  Peters   (7);  b.  2/14/1865. 

8.  Effa  Low  Peters    (7);    b.  8/14/1877;    m.,   9/29/1895,  Arthur  N.   Caberly    and 

had  children: 

1.  Gerald  Leslie  Caberly   (8);    b.  7/29/1897. 

2.  Henry  Stewart  Caberly  (8);   b.  2/13/1901. 

ir.r,.-,.    .^rAHLON  Shinn  (G).— Clement  (5),  Levi  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

^^allloll,  third  cliild  of  Clement  and  Marv  (Thompson)  Shinn.  Ij.  Harrison 
County,  Virginia,  9/15/1798;  m.  Mary  Edwards,  at  Shinnston,  10/6/1825;  then 
the  land  that  had  been  so  attractive  to  his  fathers  began  to  seem  poor  to  him;  the 
rich  l»hiek  lands  of  the  West  offered  qnicker  profits  than  the  hill  lands  of  Harrison 
County,  and  [Nfahlon  parted  with  his  birthright  and  went  to  Carroll  County,  Indi- 


MAHLON   SHINN. 


ana,  in  1829.  In  less  than  seventy-live  years  the  laud  of  his  faihcr  and  grand- 
father at  Shinnston  was  found  to  contain  oil,  and  its  value  rose  like  a  rocket;  its 
royalties  without  labor  yield  more  than  the  lands  of  Indiana  with  labor,  and  thus 
the  wheel  of  fortune  rolls  round.  The  young  couple,  "  with  a  heart  for  any  fate," 
took  up  land  in  Section  25,  Burlington  Township,  in  February,  1830,  and  built  a 
house;  the  house  and  farm  still  belong  to  the  family;  in  183-1:  Mrs.  Mahlon  Shinn, 
with  two  other  women,  constituted  themselves  into  a  class,  from  which  a  Methodist 
Church  sprang  into  existence  at  Burlington;  in  1856  ^lahlon  Shinn  erected  a  saw 
mill  on  his  farm  and  ran  it  successfully  for  many  years;  he  was  a  thoroughgoing, 
progressive  man,  and  connected  with  every  enterprise  that  tended  to  develop  Bur- 
lington ;  he  was  the  first  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  Burlington  Township,  and  held 
the  office  from  1832  to  1840;  nearly  twenty  years  later  he  was  re-elected  to  that 
position  and  held  it  from  1851  to  1855:  he  died  in  :\Iarch.  1871,  leaving  children: 
1    Lucinda  Shinu   (7);   b.  10/6/1827;   m.  Eli  Arnold,  12/8/1847,  and  had: 

1.  Malphes  A.  Arnold  (8);   b.  11/5/1848;  ob.  sine  8/11/1850. 

2.  Mary  Temperance  Arnold  (8);  b.  12/5/1851;  m.  Daniel  K.  Hartman,  4/29/ 

1871. 


358  History  oi-  the  Siiixx  Family  ix  Europe  axd  America 

3.  Robert    Marion  Arnold   (8);    b.  9/30/1855;    m.  Millie  Matthews,  1884. 

4.  Martha  Ollie  Arnold  (8):   b.  7/8/185r,  ob  sine  proli,  3/3/1870. 

5.  Margaret  Isabel  Arnold  (8):  b.  1/14/1861;  m.  David  C.  Wilhelm,  2/23/1882. 

6.  Dora  Grafton  Arnold   ( ,S ) :   1).  12/19/1862;    m.  Aaron  O.  Welty,  3/— /1884. 

2.  Henrietta  Shinn   (7):   b.  5/9/1829;   m.  Riley  Shinn.  2/26/1852.    (For  descend- 

ants   see    Riley    Shinn,    6.) 

3.  Olive  Shinn  (7);   b.  2/27/1831;  ob.  sine  proli,  2/24/1870. 

4.  Sarah   Elizabeth   Shinn    (7):    b.   3/25  1833;    m.   Thomas   B.   Robertson.   6/22/ 

1858;    resides  Burlinsi'ton,  Ind.     Children: 

1.  Mary    Belle    Robertson    (8);    b.    8/10/1859;    m     Francis    Marion    Williams, 

9/10/1888. 

2.  Benjamin  Franklin  Robertson    (8);    b.   11/4/1861;   ob.   sine  proli,  4/6/1886. 

5.  Damaris    Jane    Shinn    (7);    b.    1/17/1844;    m.    Jacob    Garrison.    11/28/1860; 

moved  to  North   \akima.  Wash.,  and  had  children: 

1.  Clara  Evaline   Garrison    (8);    b.    1/18/1862:    m.   Godfrey    Steinhagan,    1/8/ 

1898. 

2.  Mary  Lulu  Garrison   (S):   b.  10/17/1863;   m.  Robert  Etherington.  9/16/1886. 

3.  Sarah  Ori)ha  Garrison   (S):   b.  5/4/1865;   m. Burnworth,  1901. 

4.  Fannie  Dora  Gai-rison   (S):    b.  8/15/1867:   m.  Almond  W.  Banta,  6/ — /1890. 

5.  Mahlon   Wilson   Garrison    (8);    b.   1/27/1869. 

16G7.     Seth  Siiixx   (li). — ('lemext  (5),  Levi   (4).  ("lkmext   (3).  James   (3), 

.To?ix  (1). 

Seth,  fifth  chihl  of  Clenu'iit  and  ]\Iarv  (Thompson)  Shinn,  1)orn  at  Shinnsion, 
Va.,  1805;  fanner  and  stoclv  raiser;  owner  of  grist  mill  at  Shinnston;  thrifty  and 
prosperous;  m.  (1)  Kebeeca,  daughter  of  Joshua  Smith;  (2)  Mary  J.  Eizer  of 
Cumberlaml.  Mih 

Childi'cu  of  First  ^Mari'iage. 

1.  David  ;>rahlon  Sliiiin  (^),  b.  Shinnstoii.  A'a..  (i/20/1834;  reared  on  a  farm, 
aiding  his  father;  m.,  4/9/lS5'(,  Ann  iieheeea.  (hnightcr  of  Solomon  S.  and 
Kebeeea  Fleming;  engaged  in  1S5T  in  the  lund)er  business,  running  rafts  down 
the  West  Fork  and  the  Monongahcla  to  rittsl)urg.  Pa.;  in  the  same  year 
ojjencd  a  hotel  at  Sjiinnsion.  which  was  succcssrul  until  the  war  opened,  in 
ISOl  ;  identified  hiniscH'  with  the  Fnion  side;  member  of  the  West  Virginia 
Home  (Juards;  ])ostmastci-  at  Shinnston  seven  yeai's;  inherited  some  property 
from  his  father  and  again  entei-eil  ijic  luniher  business,  l)eing  very  successful 
u|>  to  1872:  the  failui-e  of  many  delitoi's  to  pay  at  that  time  crippled  him;  de- 
creased his' business  and  reinstated  hinix'lf  linaiicially;  contintieil  the  hunber 
trade  until  litilO;  owns  a  line  I'arui  and  i>  a  |U'o-pei'ous  stock  raisei';  his  lands 
cover  One  coal  deposits,  which  he  h^a^es  to  coal  >yndicate>  on  royalties  which 
yield  him  ahont  $1.(hi(i  prr  annum:  li\e-  on  a  I'ai'm  which  his  aiUH\^tor  Lend 
took  up  more  than  a  ceniui'\-  ago;  Le\  i  being  the  oi'iginal  settlei'.  followed  by 
Clement,  doiiatlian.  Samuel.  I-aai-  and  iu'iijamin:  he  ha>  heeii  a  faithful 
steward  and  has  addeil  lai'geh    to  the  patei'nal  domain,     ("hildren: 

1.  Eiiward   Smith   Sliinii    (S):    b    4/9/1858;   ob.  infans. 

2.  Henry   Fleming  Sliinn   (S);    b.   2/16/1859. 
:i.   Hugh   Mercer  Shinn   (8);    b.   1/2/1861. 

4.  Frederick    Sbinii    (S);    b.   3/26/1862;    ob.    1864. 

5.  Isabel  Sojihia  Sliinn  (8);   b.  10/1/1865;  m.,  2/1/1886,  Blackburn  A.  Robinson, 

and  had  children: 

1.  Alice  Clare   Robinson    (9);    b.   11/29/1886. 

2.  Florence    Aiijiusta    llobinson    (9);    b.    2/1/1893. 
:;.   Virginia   Roliinson    (9):    b.  8/25/1X9  1. 

6.  Sal)ra  Virginia  Shinn   (8);   b.  2/21/1867;   ni..   11/13/1889,  Orville  L.  Lowe,  and 

had  children: 

1.  Eslher  Ann    Lowe    (9):    b.   4/18/1S90. 

2.  Robert    William   Lowe   CM:    b.  8/10/1897. 

3.  David  Shinn   Lowe   (9):    1>.  :!/24/1900. 

7.  Robert   Carter  Shinn    (8);    b.   l(t/26  1869. 

8.  Richard  Lawrence  Shinn    (8);    b.   1/1/1872;   ob.  1874. 


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9.  Elizabeth  Ebert  Shinn   (8);   b.  3/28/1875. 
10.  Catherine  Shinn   (8);    b.  2/25/1878. 

2.  LutlK'f  ('live  Shinn  (?),  b.  in  Virginia;  espoused  the  Union  cause  in  1861;  was 

a  (Jolonel  of  West  Virginia  .Militia  during  the  war;  did  much  military  service, 
hut  was  in  no  battle;  after  the  war  l^ecame  a  student  of  political  problems 
and  claims  to  have  been  the  first  to  suggest  a  People's  Party  in  the  United 
States,  and  the  first  to  agitate  the  suggestion ;  under  his  convictions  he  held  a 
National  Convention  in  IST-J  at  Shinnston,  but  found  that  he  was  alone;  he 
was  dci'ided  considerably  over  this,  but  still  had  faith  in  his  cause;  this  party 
spiang  into  existence  in  IcSiJl  and  he  was  a  delegate  to  the  convention  at  Cin- 
cinnati which  gave  it  birth;  appointed  by  that  Convention  State  Organizer 
for  West  Virginia;  organized  the  party  in  West  Virginia;  wrote  a  book  en- 
titled "The  People's  Book,"  which  was  an  exposition  of  the  tenets  of  the 
pai'ty.  ajid  which  had  a  wide  circulation  in  West  Virginia;  m.  Delia  M., 
daiigiiter  of  Dr.  Peter  Davis,  and  had  children: 

1.   Arthur   Shinn    (8).     2.  Ernest   Shinn   (8).      3.  Luther   Shinn    (8).     4.  William 

Shinn   (8).     5.  Harper  Shinn   (8).     6.  Ralph  Shinn   (8),  and  others,  whose 

names  I  have  not  ascertained. 

3.  .loshua  Nelson  Shinn  (7),  b.  3/22/1838  at  Shinnston;  m.,  ■i:/14:/18o9,  Hepziba, 

daughter  of  Thomas  Harbort :  farmer:  moved  to  Salina,  Kan.,  1872,  where  he 
now  r('si(le>.     Children: 

1.  Thomas    Nelson    Shinn    (8);    b.    6/14/1860,    at    Shinnston;    m.,    3/6/1883,    at 

Salina,  Kan.;   no  children. 

2.  Rebecca  A.  Shinn   (8);   b.  6/18/1864;    m.,  9/30/1880,  John  R.  Smith  and  had 

three  children. 

3.  George  R.   Shinn    (8);    b.  9/8/1867;    unmarried. 

4.  Virginia   R.    Shinn   (8);    b.   2/9/1870;    m.,   9/11/1890,  John   E.   McDaniel,  and 

had  three  children. 

5.  Alpheus  W.   Shinn   (8);   b.   Salina.   Kan.,  4/24/1874;    unmarried. 

6.  Minerva  M.   Shinn   (8);    b.  Salina,  Kan..   2/9/1877:    m.,  3/11/1897,  Harvey  L. 

Crane,  and  had  one  child. 

Children  by  Second  Marriage. 

1.  (1)  .Mary  Shinn  (7),  b.  at  Shinnston,  W.  Va..  1847;  her  mother  died  when  she 
was  quite  young  and  she  passed  her  girlhood  for  the  most  part  with  her  aunt, 
^Trs.  E.  D.  t:iliott,  at  Webster,  Tavlor  County,  Va. ;  entered  life  a  well  edu- 
cated, intelligent,  attractive,  young  woman;  m.,  1866,  John  W.,  son  of  Robert 
and  Hlizabeth  (Simpkins)  Monroe,  at  Shinnston;  she  has  been  noted  for  her 
industrious  and  domestic  hal)its :  her  husband  was  prominent  in  Harrison 
Con  lit  v  for  many  years:  sheriff  of  the  County;  merchant;  member  of  the 
Masonic  Lodge:  died  Oct.  9th,  1901 :  this  couple  lived  for  many  years  on  the 
home  farm  in  a  fine  brick  house  built  by  her  father,  Seth  Shinn ;  the  site  is  a 
beautiful  hill,  and  with  its  fine  shrubbery  and  flowers  is  one  of  the  most  at- 
tractive in  the  County.  She  inherited  the  farm  from  her  father,  who  in  turn 
received  it  from  her  grandfather ;  it  has  been  in  possession  of  the  family  for 
more  than  one  hundred  and  twenty  years  and  will  in  all  probability  remain 
with  them  for  centuries  to  come.  Every  part  of  it  is  underlaid  with  coal,  the 
development  of  which  has  already  made  its  owners  wealthy,  and  which  will 
grow  more  valuable  as  the  years  glide  on.  Mrs.  Monroe  is  hospitable  by  in- 
stinct and  her  riches  have  enabled  her  to  follow  this  instinct  to  its  logical  con- 
clusion. Kind,  thoughtful,  provident  and  intelligent,  she  lives  a  peaceful 
life,  and  is  an  honor  to  the  (onimunity  in  which  she  has  always  lived.     The 

children  were : 

1  Virginia  Monroe    (8).  who  married   James  A.   Monroe,  of  Romney,   W.  Va., 

son  of  John  and  Lydia  (Coepley)   Monroe. 

2  Robert  Monroe   (8),  who  married  Elenor  J.  Wyeth,  daughter  of  Dr.  Wyeth, 

formerlv  of  Pennsylvania. 
3.  Mary  E.  Monroe  (8).     4.  Tinnie  Monroe  (8). 


•360  History  of  the  Shixx  Family  ix  Europe  axd  America 

2.  (o)  Oc'orfro  ]{izcr  Sliinn  (T),  1).  Sliinnston.  Va.,  10/26/1849;  m.  Anna  Saint  of 

Shinii.-ton  :  movt-d  to  Saliiia.  Kan,  1S84,  thence  to  tSiloani  Springs,  Ark.,  and 

had  ehiklren : 

1.  Tracy   Hester  Shinn    (8);   b.  7/27/1873:   m.  John  Edwin  Brotton,  11/11/1898, 

at  San  Francisco.  Cal.,  and  had  one  child — Ruby  Myrtle  Brotton  (9),  b. 
at  Taconia.  Wash.,  6/19/1900. 

2.  Seth  Wayne  Shinn   (8);  b.  11/27/1874. 

3.  Benjamin  Saint   Shinn  (8);   b.  7/24/1876. 

4.  Frank   Rizer  Shinn    (8):    b.   5/1/1878;    enlisted  at   Carthage.  Mo.,  July,  1899, 
,  in  Company  F,  o2d  U.  S.  V.  Infantry,  stationed  at  Ft.  Leavenworth,  Kan.; 

discharged  on  account  of  lung  trouble  a  few  days  before  the  company 
started  for  the  Philii)i)ines.  but  paraded  with  his  comrades  at  Kansas  City 
at  their  request;  m.  Birdie  .lohnetta  Abernethy  at  Siloam  Springs,  Ark., 
5/11/1900,  and   had  one  child — Thelma  Abernethy  Shinn;   ob.  infans. 

5.  Forrest  West  Shinn   (8);    b.  2/3/1882. 

6.  Lena  Sylletta  Shinn  (8);   b.  5/1/1885.  at  Salina,  Kan. 

7.  Howard  Victor  Shinn  (8);   b.  1/5/1889,  at  Salina,  Kan. 

3.  (G)  Howard  Tlininpson  Shinn  {",).  \>nyu  II;irri>on  Connty.  Virginia,  8/13/1851; 

married.    ](>  ;!o   Ls^-i,  J.aiira    .\uilli;i.   daughter  oi'  James  Jackson,   and   had 
ehiklren : 

1.  Columbia  Janette  Shinn    (S):    1).   ll/6/187(i. 

2.  Blanche    Carrell    Shinn    (8);    b.    5/26/1880;    m.,   12/28/1898,   John    F.   Martin, 

and  had  Grace  Alice,  b.  7/3/1900. 

3.  Frank  Alice  Shinn   (8);    b.  2/17/1887. 

4.  5.  Two  children  died  young. 

4.  (T)    Alljert  A.   Shinn    (7).  liorn   Harrison   County,  Virginia;    married   Savilhi 

Coon  and  moved  to  Sih>ani  Springs,  Ark. 

](i."il.       OlM'IIA    SlllNX     ((i). — ClK.MKNT    (.")).    LkVI    (-1).    Cl.EMEXT    (3),   JaMES    (2), 

John  ( 1 ) . 

Orpha  Shinn.  ;lic  seeond  clnhl  of  Ch'nicnt  ami   Marv   (d'hompson)  Sluiiii.  horn 

in   Harri.><on    Cniinty.    A'irginia.    Ki'i;    mnii'icd    Isaiah    Ilafhcrt    and  had    several 

elnhlreii;    one   I.,m-in(hi   mari'ic(l   a    IJog^css  and   lives  at    ljUinl)ei'p()rt.  A\'.   \;\..  an- 
otlier,  Setli,  married,  and  lived  at  same  j)hu-e  ;    .Mary  married  a  Moll'at. 

10G9.     Oi.ivi;  SiiixN   ((i). — ('i.t:.\i  i:xt  (5).  Li:vi   (I).  ('i.KMi:\r  (3).  James  (3), 

Joiix    (1  ). 

Olive  Shinn,  M-veidh  child  of  ('lenient  and  Mary  (Thompson)  Shinn,  born 
H/l  l/lsi.")  in  Han-isoii  ('oiinty.  \'i tgiina  ;  oh.  I/l-")/ is; "i ;  mafi'ifd  i'hioch  Cunning- 
ham. 8/'.i,S/ls;M,  and  had  children: 

1.  Mary  I>oulsa  (7);   b.  7/29/1835;    m.  William   S.  Sandy. 

2.  William   Nelson,  b.  5/14/1837;   m.  Pliehe  Ogden,  Logansport,  W.  Va. 

3.  Sarali    lOlizabetb,   b.   10/14/1838;    ob.    184.".. 

4    Savilla   Anne.   U.    5/6/1841;    m.   Joseph   Hildreth. 

5.  .Fames   Luther,   b.   8/1/1845;    ob.   in    Union   Army. 

6.  Benjamin   Franklin,  b.  3/17/1849;    m.   Sf)i)hronia   E.  Youst. 

7.  Virginia  Victoria.   1).  4/25/1852;    ni.  Ciuiltord   E.   Youst   and   had   Delphia   Olive.  James 

Albert,   Claudius   D.,   Lena   Alice   and   George   B.      l)eli)hia   Olive    m.    E.   T.    Phelen; 
Lena  Alice  m.  Charles  A.  May;   others  are  single. 

Hr.o.     .MosK.s  Siii\  \    (d).— ('i,i;m  i:\T   ( :, ) .   l,i:\i    (1).  ('i.i.Mi:\r  (3).  Jamios   (2), 

John    (  1  ). 

'Mo.ses,  cightli  and  youngest  child  III'  ( 'lenient  and  .Mai-\  ( 'rhmiiiisun  )  Shinn.  was 
horn  at  Slnnnslon.  \'a.,  J)/25/18K  :  -pent  lii-eai-l\  life  on  the  farm  with  his  father, 
who  was  a  pronnneiil  and  suecessrul  stock  iai>er;  was  a  great  lisher.  hiintt-r  and 
tra])pev;  married,  11  ^3(i'lS3S,  Ids  first  cousin,  .Mary,  daughter  of  Isaiah  and  Nancy 
(l?i)li('y)  Shinn;  his  father  gave  the  young  couple  a  farm  opjxisile  Shinnston  on 
(he  wc-t   fork  nf  the   Moiiongahela  ;    followcil   farming  and  rafting  limher  until  the 


Sixth  and  Later  Generations.  361 

spring  oi'  LsOO ;    removed  to  Adams  Count}',  Illinois,  going  the  entire  distance  by 
water;   from  Shinnston  on  his  own  farm  he  started  on  a  flatljoat  down  the  Monon- 
gahela  Kiver  and  remained  on  it  until  he  reached  the  head  water  of  steamboat  navi- 
gation, when  ho  transferred  to  a  steamljoat;  down  the  Ohio  to  its  mouth  and  up  the 
Mississippi  to  (^uincy,  where  he  disembarked;   the  steamboats  then  were  little  pal- 
aces, and  a  trip  like  that  was  an  event  of  a  lifetime;  purchased  a  farm  in  Hancock 
County,  twelve  miles  north  of  Carthage,  the  county  seat,  in  1851  •.  in  1852  returned 
to  AHrginia  for  a  team  of  thoroughbred  mares;    took  back  to  Illinois  a  ])eauliful 
span  of  bays  that  was  the  pride  of  Hancock  County  for  years;   opened  a  dairy  for 
the  manufacture  of  butter  and  cheese,  which  was  successful;  to  Pike's  Peak  with 
a  team   in   ISGO  during  the  gold  excitement  of  that  date;    located  claims  which 
gave  evidence  of  value;    returned  to  Hancock  County  with  the  intention  of  going 
to  Pike's  Peak  the  next  year  to  perfect  his  claims;   attacked  in  the  spring  of  1861 
ivitb  lypiioid  fever  and  lost  his  claim;    in  1862  went  with  a  part}',  his  daughter 
Carrir  ami  ber  husband  being  of  the  number,  overland  to  Oregon;  the  journey  with 
ox  teams  ]-c(piired  five  months  and  two  weeks;  the  hardships  were  grievous,  and  the 
dangers  many  and  imminent,  yet  the  trip  was  made  without  loss;    remained  three 
years  on  Puget  Sound  and  in  various  parts  of  Oregon,  and  desired  to  remain  in 
Washington ;    but  letters  from  the  good  wife  in  Illinois,  who  thought  she  could 
never  go  so  far,  induced  him  to  return  to  Illinois;   went  back  by  way  of  the  Isth- 
mus of  Panama  and  Xew  York  City  to  Hancock  County ;   in  1866  rented  their  Illi- 
nois ])roperty  and  went  to  low^a  for  a  year;  bought  300  acres  in  Pottawattomie 
County;    sold  the  farm  in  Illinois  and  with  all  his  stock  removed  to  Iowa  in  1867; 
develo|u'd  his  farm  for  eleven  years;  entered  a  joint  stock  company  for  the  erection 
of  a  lloiwing  mill  and  grain  elevator,  wdiieh  ruined  him;  he  furnished  money  and 
other  men  the  experience;   in  a  short  time  he  had  all  the  experience,  but  no  money. 
Sucb  schemes  are  called  "progressive  civilization";  "swindling"  would  be  a  truer 
name.     Xot  disheartened,  but  with  a  brave  heart,  he  set  out  for  Osborne  County, 
Kansas,  wliere  he  homesteaded  a  farm  and  began  in  his  old  age  to  rebuild  his  for- 
tunes.    He  built  a  sod  house  and  made  an  heroic  struggle  against  grasshoppers  and 
drouth;    but  it  was  a  losing  one.     His  daughter  from  Washington  visited  him  in 
1886,  and  seeing  the  seams  of  care  upon  his  face,  induced  him  to  leave  Kansas  for 
Washington.     He  drove  from  Osborne   County  to   Huntingdon,   Ore.,  in  a   light 
wagon  in  sixtv  davs.     Eemained  in  Grant  County  during  the  winter;    crossed  the 
Cascades  in  tlie  spring  of  1888  and  set  down  at  Portland  one  year.     In  the  summer 
of   1889   he  reached  Seattle;    visited  Olympia,   Shelton  Roads  and  other  places; 
finally  chose  a  spot  for  a  home  and  drove  down  his  stakes  for  the  last  eft'ort  of  his 
life.  "  La  grippe  seized  him  in  1892  and  on  July  25,  1893,  the  messenger  of  death 
called  the%vanderer  home.     Thus  ended  a  long  and  honorable  and  most  useful  life. 
For  more  than  seventv-five  years  he  had  lived  a  life  of  hajipiness  and  love ;   always 
a  £rood  citizen,  a  devoted  husband  and  father;    intelligent,  cosmopolitan,  broad  in 
vie\v  and  courteous  in  manner,  he  had  hosts  of  friends  and  was  generally  respected 
and  loved.    His  wife  is  still  alive  in  her  83d  year,  calmly  waiting  to  rejoin  the  com- 
panion of  her  life.     (See  engraving  of  Moses  Shinn  and  wife.  Luther  Shinn  and 
son.  and  Silas  W.  Bernethy,  p.  337.)     The  children  were: 

1  Henrietta  Shinn,  born  in  Shinnston,  Ta.,  October  6,  1839 ;  married  at  Carthage, 
111..  :\rarch  27,  1856,  Columbus  Franklin  Hildreth,  son  of  Aquila  and  Eliza- 
beth Bartlett  Hildreth.  His  mother  was  a  descendant  of  Joshua  Hildreth,  one 
of  the  si  toners  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence.  Columbus  F.  was  born  in 
Pike  County,  Illinois,  September  5,  183-i.  Died  at  Salida,  Col.,  :\ray  18,  1896. 
He  was  a  Tnion  Democrat,  did  not  belong  to  any  church,  but  was  not  an  in- 
fidel and  held  faith  in  a  supreme  being ;  farmer  and  miner.  In  1869,  she  had 
a  severe  attack  of  tvphoid  pneumonia  which  settled  in  her  side  and  hip.  leaving 
her  a  cripple  for  life;    she  has  since  gone  about  on  crutches.     In  1877,  left 


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History  of  the  Stiinx  Family  ix  Europe  axd  America 


Iowa  ami  moved  to  Jewell  County.  Kansas,  locating  at  Mankato,  Avhere  she 
opened  a  dress-making  shop,  and  educated  her  youngest  daughters,  while  her 
husband  was  engaged  in  farming.  She  is  a  member  of  the  German  Baptist 
Church,  uniting  witli  them  ^Farch  5,  1871,  and  has  been  an  active  Sunday 
School  worker  for  more  than  eight  years.  To  Columbus  and  Henrietta  six 
children  were  born,  four  of  whom  arc  livina'. 


MRS.    HENRIETTA   HILDRETH 


(Jt'OTKe  KirkpiHricU   Hihlrcih;    li..  at   Lallarpe.  111.,   1/20/1857;    m.  Mary  Anna 
Kinzie.   (b.  Lawrence.  Kan.,  11/17/1871)   July  111,   1S92,  at  Bur  Oak,  Kan., 
and  liad : 
I.    UtTiiice   HtMiriiiia    llildrcih;    !;.    .May   7,   18;t:J. 
'1.   Bcnlah  May  Hildrelh;   h.  Sept.  11,   lS!t4. 

1).    Ai)ril    21',    18!I7. 

1).  Heplemher  14,  1900. 
Durham  Township,  Hancock  County.  111.,  .Tanuary 
A.  Saunder.s.  September  .").  1881,  at  Mankato,  Kan.; 
»;ra<luale(l  from  Kentucky  School  of  Medicine  and  the  Louisville  Medical 
C!ollep;('  in  187f;;  afterwards  located  at  Mankato,  Kan.,  where  he  was  en- 
>;a^;ed  a.s  a  physician  and  druj;t;ist  for  twenty-five  years;  moved,  in  1899, 
to  Denver.  Col.,  where  he  now  resides.     Their  children  were: 

1.  .lames  Clyde  Saunders;  b.  October  iJl,  1882,  Mankato,  Kan. 

2.  Ida  Myrtle  Saunders;   b.  April  1:5.  1888. 

;;.  Latiretla   Marie  Saunders;   b.  October  T..  189:',. 
4.   Lenawee  (lail    Saunders;    b.   December   27,   1S!I7. 

I^niery  Alvin  Hildrelh;  b..  in  Hancock  County,  ill..  December  8,  1861;  o.  s.  p. 

Florence    Elva    Hildreth;    b..    La    Harpe,    111.,    August    9,    18()4;    m..    6/8/1881, 

Thomas    S.    Kirk|)atrick,    who    was    then    clerk    of    the    District    Court    of 


:!.   Anna   Mary    Hildreth; 
4.   Nettie  Leona   lliliireth: 
.Minnie    Hildreth;    b..    in 
2K.   l.s,'i:t;   m.  Lawrence 


Sixth  and  Later  Generations.  .iiyo 

Jewell  County;  in  1882  re-elected,  and  again  in  1884;  in  1885  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar,  and  in  1893  to  the  bar  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
State  of  Kansas;  Republican;  an  active  participant  in  all  elections.  Chil- 
dren : 

1.  Imogene  May  Kirkpatrick,  b.  5/7/1883. 

2.  Cameron  Thomas  Kirkpatrick,  b.  9/28/1886. 
'.i.  Roscoe   Conkling  Kirkpatrick;    b.    4/4/1888. 

5.  Anna  Mary  Hildreth  was  b.  5/8/1867  in  Pottawattomie  County,  Iowa;  m.  Dr. 

Franklin  Jennings  at  Mankato,  Kan..  12/24/1884.  One  child  was  the  result 
of  this  union — Helen  Claire  Jennings — b.,  at  Bunn  Oak,  Kan.,  5/25/1886; 
d.  5/10/1887.  Dr.  Jennings  died  at  Topeka,  2/22/1894,  and  his  wife  remar- 
ried, November  24,  1900,  at  Mankato,  Kan.,  to  John  P.  Hainen,  agent  for 
the  Chicago,  Rock  Island  &  Pacific  Railroad,  which  position  he  has  held 
for  fifteen  years. 

6.  Emma    Louisa    Hildreth;     b.    Pottawattomie     County,     Iowa,    November    3, 

1869;  d.  November  5,  1879. 

Louij-a   Shinii.   born   12/17/1840,   in    Harrison   Cotmty,  Virginia;    married  in 
September,  1866,  at  Carthage,  111..  William  K.  Spencer;    farmer  in  Illinois 
and  Iowa  ;   moved  to  Walnut,  Iowa,  where  he  took  charge  of  the  Walnut  school 
l)nihling :    children : 
1.  2.  Died  in  infancy. 

3.  Noel  W.   Spencer;    enlisted  in  the  Union  Army  and  was  with   Sherman   in 
his  famous  march  to  the  sea;  is  now  a  physician  at  Montrose,  S.  D. 

La\ii)a  Siiinn.  Ijorn  9/5/18-12;  married.  9/5/1861,  Jacoh  Phillips;  farmer 
and  stock  raiser  in  Illinois  and  Iowa;  moved  to  Osljorne  County,  Kansas, 
where  three  sons  died  of  diphtheria  in  three  successive  days.  His  wife  died  in 
]\Iay,  1894,  a  member  of  the  Adventist  Church.  There  were  nine  children 
born,  of  whom  one  daughter  and  two  sons  survive;  the  eldest  son,  George 
Ulysses  Phillips,  resides  at  Lead  City,  S.  D. ;  another  Luther  Phillips  is  a 
farmer  in  Osborne  County,  Kansas. 
Thomas  Shinn.  horn  1845  ;  oh  sine  proli. 
Carolina  Shinn.  born,  2/2/1846,  in  Harrison  County,  Virginia;  married,  1862, 
.\lvin  Bernethy.  in  Hancock  County,  Illinois.  Took  a  wedding  trip  in  a  wagon 
drawn  by  oxen  to  The  Dalles,  Ore. ;  remained  there  three  years  and  returned 
to  Illinois  hy  way  of  Panama.  Wealth  may  enal)le  its  possessors  to  cross  the 
ocean  and  see  the  glories  of  the  Old  World ;  the  pioneers  of  the  West,  without 
great  wealth,  saw  the  equally  great  glories  of  the  New  World,  with  a  trip  across 
the  isthmus  and  on  two  oceans.  After  several  years  of  farm  life  removed  to 
Cass  Countv,  Missouri,  and  settled  on  a  farm  given  by  the  father  of  ^Ir.  Ber: 
nethy.  Speculation  soon  caused  this  farm  to  pass  into  other  hands,  when  the 
couple  removed  to  Iowa.  There  the  wife  procured  a  divorce,  the  court  giving 
her  the  custody  of  her  two  children.  She  then  returned  to  her  childhood  home 
in  Illinois  and  hecame  a  dressmaker;  remarried,  1889.  L.  B.  Berry,  son  of 
Cajitain  Thomas  Berry,  of  the  War  of  1812.  His  mother  was  a  niece  of  a 
long  line  of  Cherokee  chiefs.  This  marriage  was  a  happy  one,  and  the  couple 
now  reside  at  Seattle,  Wash.,  where  the  hushand  holds  a  responsible  position  in 
a  leading  drv  goods  house  of  that  place.  Mrs.  Berry  is  a  dignified  Christian 
woman,  devoted  to  her  family,  and  a  l)eliever  of  the  doctrines  of  the  Fniver- 
salist  Church.  Bv  her  first  marriage  there  were  four  cbildrcii.  two  of  whom 
died  in  infancv.     Of  the  others: 

1  Silas  William  Bernethy;  b.,  La  Harpe,  111.,  8/2/1865;  went  to  the  Sweet 
Home  Valley,  Ore.,  and  became  a  "typical  cowboy;"  on  4/13/1898  enlisted 
in  Co  A  1st  Idaho  Regiment,  U.  S.  Vol.:  was  at  battles  of  Manila  Bay, 
8/13/1808;  Santa  Ana,  2/5/1899;  Caloocan,  2/10/1899;  Walaloon,  2/11/ 
1899;  Laguna  de  Bay  expedition,  April  8th  to  17th,  1899,  and  Santa  Cruz, 
April  9th  and  10th.  1899:  was  never  wounded,  and  honorably  discharged 
9/25/1899.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  Is  now  engaged  at  North  Star 
iVIill,  Boise,  Idaho.  (See  group  engraving  of  Moses  Shinn,  p.  337.) 
9  Henrv  A.  Bernethy  was  a  National  Guard  boy  three  years  at  Carthage,  111.; 
has  traveled  and  worked  in  twenty-seven  States  of  the  American  Union. 


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3(i4  HisTOKV  OF  Tin:  Sminn   Family   in   Kriiui'i;  and  America 

f).   Marion  Sliinii.  horn  1S4S;   oh.  siiu'  proli. 

7.  l:^aiah  Shinn,  horn,  184!»,  in  Wl'.<1   \'irgini,i  :  fanner  at  eighteen;  miner  in  the 

Black  Hills,  1876;    hunter  and  trapper  li«r  many  years;    farmer  for  the  last 
ten  years  near  Spearfish,  Soutli  Dakota.     L'nmarried. 

8.  ^Mahlon  Shinn.  l)()rn,  1',^  S/lSo].  in  Hancock  County,  Illinois;  engineer;   mar- 

ried Harriet  Lloyd,  wlio  soon  eloi)ed  with  another  man.  This  so  grieved  Mr. 
Shinn  that  he  gave  ii|)  his  position,  and  hegaii  a  I'oaiiung  life;  in  Honolulu 
awhih':  then  having  charge  of  the  construction  engine  of  a  railroad  in  Mexico; 
from  Kast  to  West  over  all  the  continent  he  iraveled.  never  at  rest:  in  a 
Mreck  on  the  i>.  M.  IJ.  If.  which  almost  cost  liiin  his  life;  tinally  his  head  was 
split  open  hy  a  c-ii-eiilar  saw.  and  on  1/25/1885  he  died,  after  two  weeks  of 
agony  in  St.  Joseph's  ]lospiial.  heiiMT.  Col.  Kind-hearted,  generous  to  a 
fault,  loved  hy  all  his  coni])anioii>. 
!».  Luther  Shimi.  horn  ">  ]  is.'il:  pla.-lerer;  married  at  Council  Blull's,  iowa, 
7/18/1883,  Jila  \'iiginia  (iilheit  ;  moved  to  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  in  1887,  where 
he  attained  eminence  in  his  trade;  has  acquired  ])roperty  there;  member  in 
good  standing  in  the  .\.  C.  V.  M.  and  represented  his  lodge  as  a  delegate  to  the 
Grand  Lodge  at  San  Fraiuix-o  in  ]!H)-^;  a  Democrat  and  a  believer  in  the 
"Golden  K'ulr."  (See  engraving  of  Moses  Shinn  for  Luther  and  his  son, 
Xorinan  (lilhert,  p.  337.)  Four  children  were  born,  two  of  whom  died  in 
infancv;  the  others  are: 

1.  Nellie  Gertrude  Shinn:   1).  G/9/1891. 

2.  Norman  Gilbert  Shinn;   b.  9/27/1897. 

I'l.  'Mfjses  Shinn.  horn  !)/lS  Is.'jS:  to  the  l>la(k  Hills  in  eai'ly  manhood,  where  be 
laid  the  foundation  for  the  life  of  a  mechanic;  tinislied  this  work  in  the  ma- 
chine shops  of  Chicago.  111.;  to  .\lgiers,  La.;  thence  to  British  Honduras; 
Ihence  to  I'>ro\\ii\  illc.  're\a>.  where  he  took  charge  of  the  government  wr.ter 
works  and  ice  plant:  iiiarrie<|  ihere  in  issi  |-;ilen  Cocki's ;  to  Alaska  in  1SU8 
prospecting  and  miniiiu'  on  the  Yukon,  where  be  vet  remains;  Socialist  and 
Atheist. 

Mu'i.     rviTv  SiriNN-  (r,).— Solomon-  (.",).  Li:vi    (1).  Ci.kmknt  (3).  Ja:^[es  (2). 

John   (1). 

I'liity.  daughter  of  Solomon  and  (Walinsley)    Shinn.  horn.  170T.   in 

Harrison  County.  \'irginia  :   married  there  William  Lucas,  and  had  children: 

1.  Elizaix'ih  Luca.s;   m.  Bartlett ;  family  in  West  Virginia. 

2.  Thomas   Lucas.     :;.  Saul   Lucas.     4.  Basil   Lucas.     5.  George   Lucas:    m.   and 

moved   to   Redfield,  Kans. 

1071.      I.'.\(  iii:i.  Sill  w  ((i). — S()i.o\io\   (.'i).  Li;\  I   (  1  ).  Ci.i:mi;ni'  (3).dA.Mi:s  ('-*), 

•  Inn  \    (  1  ). 

l?acliel.  fourth  cliihl  of  Solomon  and  (  \\alni>ley  )  Shinn.  hoi-n  in  Har- 
rison County.  N'ifLiinia.  isnj:  maiiieil  there.  IS-jn.  William  Wood,  and  had  chil- 
dren : 

1.  Tal)itlia   Wood;    b..  in   N'ir^inia.   \S22.  and   who  married  there  George  Adams. 

He   has   been   dead   tor   several   years;    she   is    slill    livint;    (I'.te:;)    in    West 
Virginia,  an  active,  cheerful   woman. 

2.  Klizabetli  Ann  Woofl;   1).,  in  Virginia,  1824;    married   there Morris. 

;?.  Emily    Shinn    Wood;    b..    in    \'ir,L;iiiia.    lS2i!;    niarritMJ    there   Lemuel,    sou    of 
Levi  and   Hepziijah    (Shinn)    Shinn;    dii-d   at    Red  Oak,  Iowa,  1875. 

4.  John  Wood,  who  died  an  infant. 

5.  Rebecca  Wood;    b.,  in   Virginia,  1828;    married  there  .loab  Teague;    she  died 

in  Exeter,  Cal.,  in  November,  1902,  leaving: 

1.  Honjamin   F.  Teague,  who  married  Gei-iiude  Chamberlain  at  Exeter,  and 

had   one   daughler — Sadie   Teague. 

2.  Sherman  Teague;    unmarried;    Exeter,   Cal. 


Sixth  and  Later  Generations.  ;i65 

6.  Raymond  Wood;    b.,  in  Virginia,  May,  183G;    m.    (1)    Mary  Chamberlain,  by 

whom  he  had  one  daughter: 
1.  Laura  Amelia  Wood,  who  m.,  in  1880,  W.  N.  Padgett,  of  Ft.  Scott,  Kan., 
and  had  three  children: 

1.  Raymond  Wood  Padgett. 

2.  Frederick  Warde  Padgett. 

3.  Agnes   E.    Padgett. 

Raymond  married  (2)  Jane  Wright,  by  whom  he  had  one  son,  James  Wood, 
of  Exeter,  Cal.,  who  married,  1887,  Fannie  Short,  and  had  two  children- 
Neva  and  Raymond  Glen.  Raymond  married  (3)  Mrs.  Lavina  Ross,  of 
Redfield,  Kan.;    no  issue. 

7.  Solomon  Wood;    b.,  in  Virginia,  1838;    m.  Martha  Thompson,  and  had  chil- 

dren: 

1.  Alice,  who  married  and  had  four  children,  one  of  whom  married  and  had 

a  child;   reside  at  Redfield,  Kan. 

2.  Ella,  who  married  and  moved  to  McCook,  Neb. 

IGT").     Edith  Siiinx  ((i). — Solomon  (5),  Levi  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

Edith,  iil'th  child  of  Solomon  and (Walmsley)  Shinn,  born  in  Virginia, 

1803;    married  there  Sampson,  son  of  Moses  and  Sarah  (Kyle)   Shinn.     For  de- 
sceii<1;mts  see  Sampson  Sliinn  (G). 

1G79.     Susan  Shinn  (G.) — Solomon  (5),  Levi  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

Susan,  third  child  of  Solomon  and  Ann  (Kirksey)  Shinn,  l)orn  in  Virginia, 
1818,  married  (1)  J.  Pickens  in  1840,  and  had  one  son,  Henry,  who  married  ^lar- 
llia  Wood  and  lives  at  IMcCook,  Neb.    Susan  married  (2)  J.  Lyon,  and  died  in  18i)8. 

1G80.     Abner  Shinn  (6). — Solomon  (5),  Levi  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

Abner,  fourth  child  of  Solomon  and  Ann  (Kirksey)  Shinn,  born  in  Virginia, 
November,  1820;  married  (1),  1848,  Marv  Hough  and  had  two  sons: 

1.  Grovener  Shinn;  b.  1849;  m.  Ida  Underwood,  and  died  4/28/1883,  leaving  three 

children: 

1.  John  B.  Shinn,  who  married  and  resides  at  Springfield,  Mo. 

2.  Leslie  Grovener  Shinn,  who  resides  at  Springfield,  Mo. 

3.  Nellie  U.  Shinn,  who  resides  at  Springfield,  Mo. 

2.  Eugene  F.  Shinn. 

Abner  remarried  in  October,  1882,  Hattie  Wilson.     No  children. 

1G81.     EoBERT  Franklin  Shinn  (G).— Solomon  (5),  Li:vi  (4).  Clement  (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Robert  Franklin,  fifth  child  of  Solomon  and  Ann  (Kirksey)  Shinn,  born  in 
A^iro-inia.  0/30/1821;  married  near  Springfield,  111.,  ()/22/1848,  Fannie  Jackson 
Taylor ;  he  was  an  eminent  Congregational  minister,  and  gave  a  long  and  conse- 
crated life  to  the  cause  of  his  master;  he  was  a  diligent  worker  and  always  ex- 
pressed a  desire  to  die  at  his  post.  And  it  so  happened.  At  a  gatliering  of  his  peo- 
ple in  Norris,  111.,  Mr.  Shinn  was  called  to  the  pul])it,  and  aftei'  a  fervent  prayer, 
and  in  the  presence  of  his  audience,  who  hardly  realized  what  had  happened,  his 
spirit  passed  out  into  the  great  beyond,  into  the  heaven  pivpared  for  th.-  redeemed. 
He  had  passed  the  allotted  time  of  three  score  and  ten,  and  died  ])eacefully  and 

calm      His  children  were : 

'      1    William  Raymond  Shinn;   b.,  7/11/1850,  in  Bethel,  Morgan  County,  111. 
2    Francis  Taylor  Shinn;  b.,  12/5/1853,  in  Chicago,  111. 

s'.  Julia  Ella   Shinn;    b.,   7/22/1858,   in   La   Harpe,   111.;    m.   S.    A.    Meredith,   of 
Macon,  Mo. 


36G  Hlstory  of  the  8iiixx  Family  in  Europe  and  Ameuica 

4.  Cora  Belle  Shinn;   b..  11/22/18GU,  in  Henry.  Marshal  County.  111. 

5.  Fannie  Elizabeth   Shinn:    b.,  2/20/18G4.  in  Chicago,  111. 
tj.  Mary  Shinn:    b..  5/12/1SG6,  at  Downer's  Grove,  111. 

The  eldest  of  these  became  a  physician,  married  and  had  one  son;  the 
youngest  married  a  minister,  Mr.  Giddings.  at  Normal.  111.,  and  had  two 
children:    the  mother  lives  with  an  unmarried  daughter  in  Chicago,  111. 

1GS4.     .liLiA  SiiiNx   ((i). — .Soi.o.Mox   (.3).  I.i.vi   (4).  ('i.i:mi:xt  (3).  James  (2), 

JOHX    (1). 

Julia,  youngest  child  of  Solomon  and  .\iiii  (Kirksev)  Sliiim.  l)orn.  3/30/1828; 
married  in  1840  E.  G.  T^yon.  No  cliildicii.  ^frs.  Lyon  is  the  only  living  child  of 
the  fourteen  children  of  Solomnn  Shinn.     Her  residence  is  at  riainvillc.  Illinois. 

1707.     Tabitha  Shjxx   (<i). —  Isaiah   (:>).  Li;\  i   (I).  Clemext  (3).  James  (2), 

,U)]\s    (  I  ) . 

Tabitha.  third  child  of  Isaiah  and  Nancy  (I»ol)ey)  Shinn.  hdrn  6/29/1821, 
married.  1(»   14   IS-H.  Peter  ^lasoii.  and  had: 

1.  Isaac  Mason. 

2.  William    E.   Mason:    b.,   in   Harrison   County,  Va.,    1852;    moved  to   Hancock 

County,  111.,  1854;  attended  La  Harpe  High  School  and  Adrian  College, 
Mich.,  1872;  lawyer;  elected  State's  Attorney  1876;  m.,  in  1872,  Helen, 
daughter  of  H.  Osborn.  of  Seneca,  N.  Y.;  he  died  at  Carthage,  III.,  1885. 
Children: 

1.  Penfield   E.   Mason.     2.  Edmund   Mason.     3.  Waldo   O.    Mason. 

4.  Tillman   Mason.     5.   vera  H.  :Mason. 

nil.       K.M.MA    SlllNN     (C). —  IsAJAII     (•")).     i.EM     (4).    ClEMENT     (3),    JaMES     (2), 

.loiIX     (  1  ). 

j-jiinia.  seventh  child  <A'  l>aiah  and  Nancy  (Kolicy)  Shinn.  liorn  K/8/1831, 
married.  .■»/22/18.")l.  SaniUfI  Chii-k.  and  had  the  I'dUnwing  descendants: 

1.  Henrietta    Clark,   hum    0/5/1852 :     niaiTie(j.   Angust.    1S12,   Thdnia-    11.    SikkI- 

grass,    and    had  : 

1.  Walter  Snodgrass;    b.  5/27/1873.  2.  Gertrude  Snodgrass;    b.    lU/21/1875. 

3.  Clark   Snodgrass;    b.  7/16/1878.  4.  Florence   Snodgrass;    b.   4/27/1882. 
5.  Lowell  Snodgrass;    b.  8/11/1884.  6.  Howard   Snodgrass:    b.   12/20/1888. 

2.  Fran.i-  Clark,  horn  s,  l!»/18r)4;   married,  (i  2!)    is:;!.  1{.  \V.  CJav.  and  had: 

1.  George  Gay;  b.  7/7/1874.  2.  Alsca  Gay:  h.  11/16/1878.  3."  Emmett  Gay:  b. 
6/7/1882. 

3.  Sahra  Clai-k.  hr)rn  1  '2(i    is.'n  ;    marriiMl.  1(1/8/181  (i.  .Mr.  HaiiuMi'.  and  had: 

I.  Floyd  Hanover;  b.  6/22/1878;  ob.  2/9/1884.  2.  George  Hanover;  b.  6/2/1881; 
ojj.  6/6/1884.  3.  Mary  E.  Ilnnovor:  b.  11/29/1884.  4.  Delia  Hanover:  b. 
8/26/1 887. 

4.  Minnie  Clark.  h..rn    l()/]8/]8r)i). 

'k   Cyrus  Clark.  1m. rn  (i/ir)/18(i2  :    ..h.  10   •?(»    ISCI. 

(1.    l''lorence   Clark.   Itorn    H/2'1/ lMi'>  :     inari'icd.    (i    1    iss'.i.   Shci'inan    llanoMT.   and 
had  : 

1.   Wallace  Hanover:   b.  3/9/1888. 
7.    .\rthiir  Clark,  hum   :    2(i    ISC.S;    married   M  innic  <  iaines  !»   ^.^    IMMi. 

1113.       Sol.oMoN    SlllNN    ((i). —  IsAIMI     (  '>  ) .    LlAl     (   I).    (  '  1.1 ,  M  KNT    (  i)  )  .   -'a.MKS    (2), 

dollN     (  I  ). 

Solomnn.  ninth  and  youngest  child  nl  Uaiali  and  Naiii\  (l>(ilr<y)  Shinn.  was 
horn  7/21/183';  at  Shinnston.  W.  \'a.  :  nianicd  at  Sjiinn-idii.  3/15/lS(in.  ;\r.  J. 
Nay.  dauglifcr  (d"  Isaac  and  Lottie  (  Hawkins)  .Na\.  ol'  ll.in'i.-nii  T'onnty.  \'ii'ginia. 
Moved  to  Hancock  County.  Hlinois.  .Vpril.  isni  :  tlicii  \n  dnlniMin  ('ountx.  Kansas: 
nt  Olathe.    Kan.,   he   was  engaged    in   tiie    nianuractuic  and    >;\\r  (4'   hie   hi\i',-   and 


Sixth  axu  Later  Gexeratioxs.  307 

apiarian  supplios;  his  first  wife  died,  9/2/1891,  at  Olatliu,  Kan.;  marriLMl  tiic  sec- 
ond time  at  Eev.  Isaac  Xay'.s  in  West  Virginia,  9/11/1892,  Annie  Atha,  daughter  of 
T.  Alford  and  Xaney  (Sutton)  Atha  :  Prohibitionist:  Congregationalist :  children 
by  first  wife  were : 

1.  A.    C.    Shinn;    b.,    9/4/1861,    at    Benjamin,    Harrison    County,    W.    Va.;    edu- 

cated at  Washburn  College.  Topeka,  Kan.:   married  and  is  in  the  Govern- 
ment employ  at  Indian  Agency,  Lapwai,  Idaho.     His  children  are: 
1.  Albert  Shinn.     2.  Harry  Shinn.     Z.  Roy  Shinn. 

2.  William   Shinn;    b.,   9/14/1862.   at   Benjamin,   Harrison   County.  W.   Va.:    m.. 

at   Olathe,    Kan.,    Martha   Morrow;     he   was    educated   at   Neodesha    High 
School;  Democrat;  successful  book  agent.     His  children  are: 
1.  Goldie  Shinn;   b.  1886.     2.  Lenora  Shinn;    b.  189-5. 

3.  Minnie  Shinn;  b.,  5/1/1865,  in  Harrison  County,  W.  Va.;   m.,  9/8/1888,  Hans 

F.  Nonken,  at  Olathe,  Johnson  County.  Kan.,  and  had  children: 
1.  Erie  Nonken.     2.  :Malile  Nonken.     :j.  Charley  Nonken. 

4.  Lily  May  Shinn;    b.   11/20/1875;   ob.  11/27/1891. 

r.  U.     Asa  Joxathax  Shtxx    (G). — Levi   (5),  Joxatiiax   (4),  Cleaiext   (3), 

jAilES    (2),  JOHX    (1). 

Asa  Jonathan,  son  of  Levi  (son  of  Jonathan)  and  Hepzibali  (daughter  of 
Clement)  Sliinn,  both  being  grandchildren  of  Clement  and  Elizabeth  (Webb) 
Sliinn.  born  10/20/1802:  ob.  3/24/1885.  The  following  is  an  extract  from  his 
obituary:  **  Asa  J.  Shinn  was  a  son  of  Elder  Levi  Shinn  and  a  nephew  of  the  Hev. 
Asa  Sliinn,  one  of  the  founders  of  the  M.  P.  Church.  He  was  a  descendant  of  an 
old  family  of  the  name,  the  first  of  whom,  Levi,  Clement  and  Jonathan,  emigrated 
from  New  Jersey  during  the  Eevolutionary  War,  and  took  up  land  in  Harrison 
County,  Virginia,  under  what  at  that  time  was  recognized  as  the  'tomahawk  right." 
They  felled  the  first  tree  where  the  town  of  Shinnston  now  stands  and  from  them 
the  town  derived  its  name."  Asa  Jonathan  married  (1),  in  January,  1822,  Anna 
Flower,  in  Harrison  County,  Virginia;  in  183-1  he  removed  his  family  to  Fulton 
County,  Illinois.  His  wife  died  in  1844,  and  he,  with  his  family,  returned  to 
A'irginia,  where  he  again  married.  This  time  the  Virginia  woman  who  l)ecame  his 
wife  was  Lydia  Halbert  Davis.  He  volunteered  during  the  Civil  War,  and  did 
good  service  for  his  country,  although  over  sixty  years  of  age.  He  died  in  Virginia 
and  was  buried  in  Shinnston  Cemetery.    The  children  of  the  first  marriage  were ; 

1.  Caroline  Shinn  (T),  born,  11/27/1822,  in  Virginia,  and  married  Absalom,  son 

of  Isaac  and  Sarah  (Robinson)  Shinn,  whose  pedigree  is  given  elsewhere. 

2.  Sarah  Shinn  (T).  born  1824:  married  Ephraim  Markley;   she  ob.  s.  p. 

3.  Naomi  Shinn  (T),  born  1827  in  Virginia,  and  married  Peter  Ailshire :   had  chil- 

dren : 

1.  Clarentine  Ailshire  (8);   m.  Milton  Jacobs,  of  Peoria,  III.,  and  had  children: 
1.  Milan    (9).     2.  Blanche   (9).     3.  Albert    (9). 

2.  Mary  Ailshire  (8);  m.  Frank  Murphy  and  had  one  child: 
1.  Adele  E.  Murphy   (9). 

4.  ]^Liry  Shinn   (T),  l)orn  in  Virginia,  11/24/1828;    married  Philemon  ^Markley, 

wiio  died  at  Girard,  Kansas,  in  1900.     Children: 

1.  Ann  Markley  (8) ;   ob.  sine  proli. 

2.  Sarah   Markley    (8),  who  married   Marshall   Bonwell,  of  Earlton,    Kan.,   and 

had  one  daughter: 
1.  Rozella  Bonwell    (9),  who  married  Don  Bogle,  of  Earlton. 
3    Clarentine    Markley;    unmarried. 

5.  Jesse  B.  Shinn  (7),  born  1/31/1832;  married  Amy  Bird;  lives  at  Xorris,  Ful- 

ton Countv,  111.  Xo  children. 
().  John  L.  Shinn  (T),  born,  G/2{)/183fi,  in  Fulton  County,  Illinois:  returned  with 
ills  father  to  Virginia  in  1844,  where  in  the  private  schools  of  Harrison  Coun- 
tv^ "  The  Old  Field  Schools  "  of  our  earlier  and  better  days,  he  received  a  good 
Eno-lish  education.  Teaching  seemed  to  agree  with  his  tastes,  and  to  him  at 
that  time,  as  fo  thousands  of  others  then  and  now.  it  afforded  the  readiest 


368  History  of  the  Sriixx  Family  ix  Europe  and  America 

means  of  a  livelihood.  This  lie  Idllowcd  xhwv  or  four  years.  The  leaven  of 
piety  then  hegan  its  work,  and  likr  hnndrcds  of  other  good  teachers  he  con- 
ceived it  to  he  his  duty  to  declare  the  word.  Politics,  the  pulpit  and  marriage 
have  depleted  the  teachers"  ranks  more  than  all  other  agencies  combined.  He 
became  a  Universalist  ])reacher  and  proclaimed  the  doctrine  with  vigor.  En- 
listed in  18(il  in  ilir  isth  Kegiment  of  Virginia  State  troops  for  service  in  the 
Union  Army;  remained  in  the  service  until  the  close  of  the  war,  when  in 
IbG.j  1k'  moved  to  Hancock  County.  Illinois,  where  he  remained  ten 
years;  tlK'iicc  tf>  Xeosho  County,  Kansas  (ISiC)),  and  in  the  same  year  to 
Wilson  County,  wlu-n-  he  now  resides.  In  1878  elected  County  Superintendent 
of  Public  Instruction  fui-  ^^■ilson  County.  He  owns  a  large  and  well  stocked 
farm,  where  he  live-  a   liappv.   iicaiTful    life. 


Il<'  married  in  Marion  County,  A'irginia.  (!  ^*21 /I  S.")  I.  Louisa,  daugliter  of 
I>aac  ( '.  and   Margaret   Sturm.     SJie  was  also  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  early 
settled   families  «d'  llic  Old    h.miiiiion.     The  eliildivn  were: 
1.  .T.'sse  Flower  Sliinii    (S),  born,  ll/30/18."i(;.  !ii    \iiginia:    aftemled  Virginia 
and  Illinois  s<'hools  until   IST'I;    removed  i.o  Kansas  and  tanglit  seliool  ;    in 
1882  elected  Clerk  of  the  l)isiii(t  ('(Uii-t  (d'  Wilson  Count  \.  being  the  Dem- 
ocratic nominee  ;  111   Is.s.'i  ap|Hiiiitei|  III  the  |io.-ilioii  (if  (illieial  court  stenogra- 
pher for  the  Seventh  .Judicial  I  )i  si  rid.  w  IikIi  |in>iiinii  lie  -i  ill  I  mid-  (  l!l(l3)  ; 
in  iSiM  was  admitted  to  the  bar:    in   IMKi  moved  to  Clianute.  Xeosbo  Coun- 
ty, where  he  now  resides   (liKi:;).     Married.  .'>   "iO    ISS;?.  at    iMcdonia,  Kan- 
sas. Fanny  M.  Creen.  Immmi  2/12/18G5,  at    l-dkliarl.  111.,  and  had  three  chil- 
dren : 


Sixth  and  Later  Geneeatioxs.  369 

1.  Jesse  E.  Shinn   (9);    b.  5/9/1884. 

2.  John  Marion  Shinn   (9) ;    b.   7/10/1886. 

3.  Murat  Ney  Shinn   (9);   b.  8/19/1889. 

2.  Benjamin  Franklin  Shinn  (8),  born  in  Marion  Countv,  Virijinia,  4/12/1859; 

attended  school  in  Virginia  and  Illinois ;  removed  to  Kansas  in  1876,  where 
he  taught  school  imtil  1883,  when  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar;  in  January, 
1886,  appointed  Deputy  County  Attorney  for  Wilson  Countv,  Kansas;  in 
1888  removed  to  Chanute  and  engaged  in  the  practice  of' law;  elected 
("ounty  Attorney  for  Xeosho  County,  but  declined  a  second  term;  returned 
to  his  practice,  w^hich  had  greater  and  more  remunerative  charms.  He 
married,  12/23/1883,  Carrie  B.  Dudrow,  born  6/19/1868  near  Clvde,  Ohio; 
had  one  child : 
1.  Byron  Lee  Shinn  (9);   b.  12/14/1889. 

3.  Joseph  Charles  Shinn  (8),  born  in  Virginia,  4/10/1862;   attended  school  in 

Ilhnois  until  1876;  attended  the  Normal  School  in  Kan.^^as  and  taught 
school;  attended  the  State  University;  in  1889  was  appointed  stenographer 
of  the  Santa  Fe  Division,  superintendent's  office,  at  Chanute,  which  position 
he  now  holds  (1903).  He  married  in  1894  at  Chanute  Grace  J.  Wilkinson. 
and  had  one  child: 
1.  Cora  J.  Shinn  (9);  b.  12/15/1894. 
I.  .Jennie  Shinn  (8),  born  in  West  Virginia,  2/19/1864:  attended  the  public 
and  normal  schools  of  Illinois  and  Kansas,  and  then  taught  school  success- 
fully for  several  years ;  during  Cleveland's  administration  she  was  a  teacher 
of  the  Sac  and  Fox  Indians  at  their  agency  in  Indian  Territory,  being  ap- 
pointed by  President  Cleveland.  Resigning  this  position,  she  returned  to 
her  parents,  where  she  now  resides  (1903). 

Children  of  the   Second  Marriage. 

1.  (7)  Anna  Shinn  (7),  born  West  Virginia,  and  married  there  Daniel  ]\Ioore.    Xo 

children. 

2.  (S)  Alligertha  Shinn  (7),  single,  residing  with  her  mother  at  Wyatt.  W.  Va. 

1715.     Amy  Shinn  (6). — Levi  (5),  Jonathan  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

Amy,  second  child  of  Levi  and  Hepzibah  Shinn,  born  in  Licking  ('(jiinty,  Ohio, 
1/25/1805;  removed  to  Virginia  with  her  father,  and  married  Jacob  H.  Fortney, 
and  had  several  children;  several  of  these  children  made  undying  fame  in  the  war 
between  the  states.     Children: 

1.  Julia  Ann  Fortney,  who  married  (1)  William  Kaufman,  and  had  three  children: 

1.  Stephen   Kaufman.     2.  Lemuel    Kaufman.      3.  Isaac   Kaufman. 

Lemuel  and   Isaac  were  brave  soldiers  in  the  12th  Va.,  U.   S.  A.     Julia  m. 
(2)  Rev.  Finley  Oakes,  of  the  Christian  Church. 

2.  William  Perry  Fortney,  a  Christian  preacher. 

3.  jMclinda  Fortney,  who  married  James  Staley  at  Fairmount.  W.  Va.,  and  had 

children : 

1.  Rezin  Lorenza  Staley;   private  3d  Va.  Inf.,  U.  S.  A.;   afterwards  of  the  6th 

Cavalry,  where  he  rose  from  the  ranks  to  the  position  of  adjutant:  m. 
Laverna,  daughter  of  Emily  (Shinn)  Sandy,  and  had  one  child — Perry 
Staley. 

2.  Luther  Staley,  a  soldier  of  the  3d  Virginia  Inf.,  U.  S.  A. 

4  Elizabeth  Fortney;    m.  John  Nay. 

5  Charlotte    Fortney;    m.    Fielding    Shreeve    in    Virginia    and    had    a    son — Harmon 

Shreeve,  of  Lumberport,  W.  Va. 

6  Minerva  Fortney;    m.   Oliver  Nay. 

7  Granville  Levi  Fortney,  a  soldier  of  the  3d  Va.,  U.  S.  A.;  preacher;  m.  Rose  Tetrick, 

of  Grangeville,  W.  Va. 

8  Tabitha  Fortney.  twin  of  Granville  L. 

9  Fidelia  Fortney,  who  m.  .Joseph  Wadsworth. 


3:o  HisToKV  OF  THE  SiiiNx  Fa:*iily  IX  Europe  axi>  America 

Aim-  (Sliiiiii)  l-'ortiKV  (lied  11/9/1856.  ami  licr  liiisliaiHl.  Jacol)  H.  Fortney, 
marriedtlic  wiilow  of  Kli>lia  Sliinn.  iiintluT  of  Dr.  (.MiilK'u  Hamilton  Shinn.  and 
reared  a  family  of  children. 

ITIG.    Lavixa  Siiixx  (()).— Levi  (-")).  Joxatilax  (i),  Clement  (3),  James  (2), 

JOHX    ( 1 ) . 

I.avina.  third  i-hihl  of  Levi  and  Hc|)zil)ah  Sliinii.  liorn  10/14/1807:  married 
(1i.  1    19/1823.  Ahner  Walmslcy;    (2)  Genu.-  (lark.     Xo  descendants. 

]':];.   Xaomi  .Snixx  (li).— Levi  (.j  ),  Joxaliiax  (4).  Clement  (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

Xaomi.  fiuirlh  child  (if  Levi  an<l  licpziliali  Sliinn.  I)(.i'n  4/20/1809;  oh.  12/27/ 
1875:   married  4/30/1835  Justns  Jarrett  ( h.   12  4    isoii.    oh.  8/6/1864).  and  had 

children: 

1.  Clarentine    Laveniia   .Jarrett    (7);    b.    .5/25/lSoG;    m.,    11/30/1854,    Joseph    B. 

Harrison,  and  has  a  son,  B.  T.  Harrison,  in  Loveland,  Ohio. 

2.  Amanda  .Jarrett    (7):    b.  9/24/18.38:   m.  John  Nay. 
?j.  Sophronia  .Jarrett   (7);   ob.  sine  proli. 

4.  Ann  Lenora  Jarrett  (7);  b.  11/23/1843;   m.  Charles  Reeder  and  had  a  son — 

Lloyd  C.  Reeder,  who  is  a  manufacturer  at  Parkersburg,  W.  Va. 

5.  Mortimer    Curtis   Jarrett    (7);    b.    10/29/1846;    merchant    at    Shinnston;    m., 

12/29/1867.  Algina  Martin,  and  had  children: 

1.  Annie    Myrtle    Jarrett    (8);    b.    10/24/1868;    m.,    1/26/1889,   Charles    Knox, 

and  had : 
1.  Glen  Jarrett  Knox  (9).     2.  Roy  Stanley  Knox  (9). 

2.  Effie  Allentia  Jarrett    (8):    b.  9/9/1871. 

3.  Ralph   Chandler  Jarrett   (8);    b.   4/30/lh79. 

6.  Montraville  Justus  Jarrett   (7);   b.  6/19/18.50;   m..  4/7/1889,  Clara  Shore,  and 

had: 
1.  Mildred  Launa  Jarrett   (8).     2.  Haroid  Montraville  Jarrett  (8).     3.  Miriam 
Henrietta  Jarrett    (8). 

7.  Abner    Lemuel    Jarrett    (7);    b.    7/31/1855;     bricklayer    and    cabinetmaker; 

having  lost  one  eye  by  accident  in  his  callnig,  he  became  a  grocery  mer- 
chant in  Shinnston;   m.,  1/15/1882,  Elizabeth  Bryan,   and  had: 
1.  Theresa  Jarrett   (8).     2.  Beatrice  Jarrett  (8).     3.  Lyle  Jarrett    (8). 

1T18.    Samuel  0.  Shinn  (6 L— Levi  (5).  Jonathan  (4).  Clement  (3),  James 

(2),  John   (1). 

S'lmiie!  ()..  lil'lli  I  hild  of  Lc\i  and  i!c|i/.il)ah  Sliinn.  horn  in  N'if-inia  8/24/ 
1.S13:  married,  4/30/183.^.  |-:iizai)c1  li  (■liililcr>.  lie  pa->cd  lii^  life  on  a  farm  near 
Shinii-lon.  (lyiii;^  11/2/ls;)';.  in  his  siih  voai'.  li  was  my  |>rivilc,i:c  to  corresi.ond 
with  him  from  ISSS  to  lS!t2.  Mis  lcltri>  wciv  hmi;-,  ncccssai-ily  so.  in  an.swering  my 
many  (|U('slions.  His  narrative  as  to  childicn  of  all  the  xarioiis  trihes  of  Shiitns  in 
West  \"ir<finia  was  clear  ami  acciir.-ilc.  I  cxamiiicil.  or  had  others  to  examine,  the 
records  at  ('larl\sl)iirji'  as  to  early  marria^i's;  the  records  of  the  chancery  C(nirts; 
the  files  of  the  ohlesl  papers  of  1  he  count  \  in  the  ( 'on.Li'ressional  Lihiary  at  Washing- 
ton :  the  various  county  liistories  id'  West  \'i!ginia  and  the  many  piinteil  hiographies 
of  West  X'irginian-:  I  ufote  lo  descendants  (d'  the  name  he  gave  me.  and  1  can  hut 
say  that  his  memory  was  very  retentive  and  accurate,  mnl  that  1  was  rarely  mi^le(l 
by  his  statements.  It  wouhl  give  me  ph'asure  to  say  ilie  >ame  thing  ahont  my  ot^lier 
correspondents.  Itut  I  cannot  do  so.  There  will  he  error  of  some  kind  in  excry  hook 
of  this  kind,  especially  in  llie  iipmIcmi  line-  which  depend  >o  largely  11)1011  the  fiicts 
gleaned  from  correspondence,  in  snme  cases  the  letier-  1  lia\e  reeei\-e(l  from  differ- 
ent mcmhers  of  the  same  faniih  lia\e  lieeii  so  coiil  1  adielni'\-  as  to  lead  me  into 
lio])elcss  confusion.  Xot  so  with  the  r;ici>  gleaned  finm  this  old  gentleman.  What 
he  knew  wa-  real;  nnd  although  \('r\-  old.  he  took  ]iaiiis  in  his  own  way.  and  with 
his  own  feelde  hand  to  tell  me  what   he  knew  in  the  clearest  wav.     I   rear  this  tablet 


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to  his  momory.  In  one  particular  only  was  ^,Lv.  .Sliinn  deficient.  He  gave  me  the 
names  of  sons,  but  not  his  daughters.  And  although  I  have  written  to  some  of  these 
for  a  comj^lete  list,  I  have  not  received  what  I  desired.  I  give  the  children  that  I 
have  as  follows : 

1.  Levi  ('.  Shiim  (  T),  horn  near  Shinnston,  4/V1837  ;  married  there  and  had  sons: 

1.  ^\  alter  Q.  Shinn  (8),  who  married  and  had  one  son,  Eav  Shinn  (9)  ;  2. 
George  Shinn  (8),  ob  sine  proli. 

2.  Dexter  Lemuel  Shinn   (T),  born  in  Virginia  in  Xovember,  183? ;    served  three 

years  in  the  Union  Army;  he  is  a  regularly  ordained  minister  in  the  "Re- 
organized Church  of  Jesus  Christ,"  and  travels  in  Ohio,  Virginia  and  West 
Virginia;  he  married  and  had  several  children,  of  whom  I  have:  1.  Charles 
(8)  ;  2.  John  (8)  ;  3.  Frank  (8)  ;  4.  Jesse  (8).  Tliere  were  two  or  three 
girls  also.  Charles  and  John  were  bricklayers,  married,  moved  to  Parkersburg, 
W.  Va.,  and  reared  families. 

3.  Oliver  William  Shinn   (7),  born  12/28/1841  in  Virginia;    was  in  the  Union 

Army  from  6/10/1801  to  8/1C/1864,  in  Co.  B,  3d  Va.  Inf.  or  6th  W.  Va.  Cav. ; 
he  was  a  volunteer  and  performed  his  duty  as  a  soldier  should;  married, 
2/23/1868,  Mary  Jane  Haught,  born  6/6/184-5.  He  and  his  three  sons  are 
bricklayers  and  contractors  in  Shinnston,  W.  Va.,  under  the  firm  name  '•'  0. 
W.  Shinn  &  Sons."  They  have  learned  the  value  of  family  cohesion,  and  do  a 
good  business.     Children : 

1.  Meigs    Curtis    Shinn    (8);    b.    1/21/1872;    m..    7/18/1896,    Savannah    Plumes 

Griffin,  b.  9/17/1869,  and  had: 
1.  Neta  Shinn   (9);   b.  4/2/1900.     2.  Asia  Shinn   (9j ;    b.  4/20/1902. 

2.  Rouert  Henry  Shinn  (8);   b.  2/1/1876.     3.  Mary  Elizabeth  Shinn  (8);  b.  8/9/ 

1878.      4.  Armstard    Miner    Shinn     (8);     b.    11/14/1883.      .5.  Emma    Laura 
Shinn   (8);    b.  12/18/188.5. 

4.  Louisa  Shinn  (T),  born  in  Virginia  ;  married  (1)  a  man  named  Ogden,  by  whom 

she  had  one  son.  W.  L.  Ogden  (8).  Louisa  ol)tained  a  divorce  from  Mr.  Ogden 
and  tiie  son  renounced  his  name  and  took  the  name  Shinn.  The  young  man 
Avas  apt  in  many  ways,  and  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  opened  a  business  college,  which 
was  successful ;  while  there  he  published  a  "  Commercial  Speller,"  which  is  a 
valualde  adjunct  to  a  luisiness  education.  His  mother  remarried  a  man  named 
McClung. 

1719,    Charlotte  Shixn  (6). — Levi  (5),  Joxathax  (4).  Clemext  (3),  James 

(2).  Joiix  (1). 

Charlotte,  sixth  child  of  Levi  and  Hepzibah  Shinn,  born  10/6/1817,  married, 
11/1/1833,  Thomas  Harbert(  and  had  two  dauhters,  Hepzibah  and  Eoseila  Har- 
bert.  Hepzibah  married  a  man  named  Shinn  and  Eoseila  married  a  man  named 
Harrison.     Both  live  at  Salina,  Kansas. 

1721.     Luke  ^L  Shixx  (6). — Levi  (.5),  Jo.vathax  (4),  Clemext  (3),  James 

(2).    JOHX    (1). 

Luke  :\r.,  eighth  child  of  Levi  and  Hepzibah  Shinn,  born  10/7/1819;  ob. 
7/6/1868:   married,  4/5/1838,  in  Virginia,  Leah  Childers,  and  had  children: 

1.  Asa  Shinn  (7),  a  gallant  soldier  in  the  3d  Va.  Vol.  Inf.  on  the  Union  side.    Died 

without  issue. 

2.  Leonidas  Shinn  (7),  born  5/21/1843;   enlisted  8/26/1862  in  the  same  regiment 

with  his  brother;    was  in   twenty-one  battles;    married   10/4/1869   Rebecca 
Cottrell  in  Virginia;  no  children;  resides  now,  1903,  at  ^larietta,  Ohio. 

3.  William   Elmore   Shinn    (7),   married  and  had   children,   two  of   whom   were 

Charles  and  Clyde. 

4.  Charles  Shinn ;   ob.  sine  proli. 


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372  History  of  the  Siiixn  Family  ix  Europe  and  America 

.1722.      Lemuel    D.    Siiixx     (^ (J). —Levi    (3).    Jonathax    (4),    Clement    (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

LuiiUL'l  I).,  iiiiiih  child  ol  Ja'vI  ami  liupzihah  Shinn,  born  6/23/1823;  mar- 
ried (1)  in  Alrginia  Emily  Wood,  a  grand-daughter  of  Solomon  Shinn  (See  Solo- 
mon, 5).  She  died  3/5/1890;  married  (2),  at  Bed  Oak,  Iowa,  Amelia  E.  Briggs; 
moved  to  Illinois:  enlisted  in  Co.  H.  102d  111.  Vol.  InL  at  Knoxville  8/20/1&G2, 
and  was  elected  captain  of  the  company ;  at  the  end  of  six  months  was  promoted  to 
the  rank  of  major;  discharged  for  disability  in  October,  1863.  Moved  to  Eed  Oak, 
Iowa.    Children  by  the  first  marriage  (no  issue  by  the  second  marriage)  : 

1.  Harmon  Shiun  (T),  born  2/T/1S-I3 ;   enlisted  in  the  lU2d  111.  Vol.  Inf.,  and  was 

killed  at  reach  Tree  Creek,  nearAtlaiUa,  Ga.,  7/22/1864. 

2.  Floyd  B.  Shinn  (7),  born  4/8/1847  at  Shinnston,  Ya. ;  enlisted  4/10/1862  at 

Knoxville,  111.,  in  the  1st  Reg.  111.  Cav. :  discharged  on  account  of  the  disband- 
ing of  the  regiment  7/14, '1862.     :\rarri('d  at  Kngcne,  Knox  County,  111.,  8/20/ 

1871.  Alarv  Stewart,  and  had: 

1.  Bertha  Shinn   (8).     2.  Harmon  Shinn   (8).     3.  Thornton  Shinn   (8). 
.3.  Isabella  Shinn  (7)  and  4.  Angelina  Shinn  (7),  twins,  who  died  in  infancy. 
5.  Columbia  Shinn  (7).     6.  Augusta  Shinn   (7). 

1723.  Alpheus  "W.    Shinn    (6). — Levi    (5),   Jonathan    (4),   Clement    (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Alpheus  W.,  tenth  child  of  Levi  and  Hepzil)ah  Shinn,  born  6/3/1827;  en- 
listed in  the  3d  Va.  Inf.  on  the  I^nion  side  and  made  a  good  soldier.  Married,  6/ 
18/1865,  Isabella  Criss.  He  died  12/18/1898.  By  this  marriage  there  was  one 
child : 

1.  Isola  Shinn  (7),  born  4/30/1866.  She  is  unmarried;  teacher  in  the  public 
schools  of  Clarksl)urg.  W.  Ya.  She,  at  my  request,  went  to  the  Clerk's  oi^ce  at 
Clai'ksburg  and  from  the  old  and  almost  destroyed  marriage  license  registers 
transcribed  the  marriages  of  Shinns  from  1785  to  1815.  The  fruits  of  her 
labors  showed  the  accuracy  of  Samuel  0.  Shinn's  memory,  as  has  been  noted 
elsewhere.  She  could  not  place  many  of  the  names  in  genealogical  sequence, 
but  she  could  reproduce  the  record  accurately  and  clearly,  Avithout  note  or  com- 
ment. This  is  an  art  that  many  others  of  the  family  would  do  well  to  imitate. 
Facts  are  worth  nmre  llian  dissertations,  and  wlien  one  essays  to  give  facts,  he 
should  stifle  the  American  habit  of  giving  woiibless  o]»inions  up(m  matters,  the 
lieiglds  and  depths  of  wbieli  he  knows  absolutely  nothing.  Is(da  Shinn  has  a 
logie;d  mind,  and  lier  record  was  a  positive  contribution  to  tlie  accuracy  and 
t  lioroiiglniess  of   llir   \\<':-l    N'ii'giina   matter. 

1724.  \Vti.lt\m    M.    Siriw     (CL—Asa    (5),    Jokatttan    (4).    Cleaient    (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

William  M..  elde>t  child  of  I?ev.  Asa  and  Phebo  (Barnes)  Shinn.  was  born  in 
Baltimore,  Md.,  6/16  isoii.  lie  liecame  identilied  with  rittsburg.  Pa.,  at  the  ago 
of  12  and  remained  tliere  until  bis  deaili  in  18()5.  He  enleivd  the  drug  estal)lish- 
nient  of  "Mr.  Charles  Avery,  whei'e  he  ma>tei-ed  llie  science  of  chennstry.  He  in- 
herited from  his  father  a  fine  analytic  power,  and  was  a  master  of  the  minidiiv  upon 
whiili  dilferentiation  and  generalization  ri>l.  l-jdei-ed  into  a  business  connecti<m 
with  Dr.  Eol)ert  Peter.  Afterward-  lieiame  the  -enmi'  pai'liier  df  ihe  tii-ni  "  Shinn, 
Sellers  X'  \\'ilMHi.""  ilealeiv-  in  diaigs. 

From  an  article  in  the  Ihttsburg  ]iaiiers  fnrnish(Ml  me  by  In's  daugliter.  Miss 
]\Iary  Colhoun  Shinn,  1  (piote:  "At  a  meeeting  id'  the  I'ittshni'g  l)ar  and  Board  of 
Trade  to  take  action  snitahle  to  the  denth  n\'  William  M.  Shinn.  Hon.  A.  W.  I.oomis 
said:     '  Owimr  to  the  occurrence  <>(  a  ealainitoiis  fire  the  oropertv  of  the  tirm  was 


Sixth  axd  Later  Generations.  373 

destroyed.  Air.  .Shinn  then  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  practice  at  the  bar  in 
October,  1842.  As  an  illustration  of  the  sterling  integrity  of  the  man,  it  may  be 
said  that  Mr.  Shinn  appropriated  every  dollar  received  in  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession, after  supporting  his  family,  to  the  liquidation  of  the  indebtedness  of  the 
former  firm  until  the  obligation  had  been  canceled.' '' 

He  was  vice-president  of  the  Board  of  Trade;  a  member  of  the  "Sanitary 
Commission  " ;  during  the  war  a  member  of  a  cavalry  company,  and  for  a  long  time 
his  family  preserved  his  uniform;  in  politics  a  Eepublican. 

His  social  position  in  Pittsburg  and  throughout  Pennsylvania  was  of  the  best. 
His  family  has  a  most  interesting  letter  written  by  him  from  Lexington,  Ky.,  de- 
scribing an  interview  with  Henry  Clay.  His  manuscripts  upon  various  subjects  dis- 
play an  excellent  style  and  unusual  originality.  In  an  obituary  it  was  said:  "  Mr. 
Shinn  was  a  just  man.  This  characteristic  adorns  any  calling  in  life,  but  it  seems 
eminently  fitting  that  after  years  of  merchandising  he  fell  into  the  ranks  of  the 
legal  profession,  where  more  especially  this  divine  quality  finds  a  field  of  usefulness 
perfectly  adapted  to  its  exercise.  Through  this  magic  telescope  he  viewed  the  in- 
terests that  were  submitted  to  him,  and  no  man  will  say  that  Mr.  Shinn  could  be 
hired  to  espouse  an  unjust  cause.  By  means  of  this  virtue  he  reconciled  differences 
that  had  separated  brothers  for  years,  bringing  enemies  face  to  face  in  a  strange 
forbearance.  He  was  thus  at  times  the  chosen  adviser  of  two  opposing  clients,  who 
were  satisfied  with  his  decision  without  an  appeal  to  court.  In  his  dealings 
throughotit  with  his  fellow-men,  whether  client,  neighbor,  employed  workman,  or  a 
casually  met  stranger,  his  habit  of  looking  at  his  relations  and  duties  to  others  from 
ail  unselfish  point  of  view,  elevated  him  above  the  mass  of  men.  He  judged  his 
own  cause  by  the  standard  that  he  applied  to  other  men.  If  nothing  else  stood 
prominently  forth  in  the  character  of  our  late  friend,  this  quality  of  justice  ad- 
vanced him  beyond  the  common  grade  of  men,  and  offers  a  point  of  rare  excellence 
for  admiration  and  emulation." 

Dr.  Speer,  of  Pittsburg,  said :  "  AYilliam  M.  Shinn  was  widely  known  as  a 
distinguished  lawyer  in  the  courts  of  the  state  and  nation."  He  was  a  partner  of 
Judge  Henry  W.  Williams  until  18.50,  when  the  latter  was  elevated  to  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  State.  He  died  at  his  country  place,  "  Evergreen  Hamlet."  His  wife 
died  at  her  home  in  Xcw  York  City,  2/18/1903,  and  was  buried  at  Pittsburg  by  his 
side. 

Air.  Shinn  married  Henrietta  M.,  daughter  of  Alexander  and  Margaretta  Col- 
houn.  of  Chambersburg,  Pa.,  and  became  the  father  of  six  children,  two  of  whom 
died  in  infancv,  and  none  married.     Children: 

1.  Mary  Colhoun  Shinn  (7).     2.  William  A.  Shinn  (7).     3.  Annie  Ross  Shinn(7). 
4.  Lizzie  Shinn    (7),  who  died   in  1872.     They  live  in  New   York   City,  where 
William  A.  Shinn  is  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law. 

1726.     Eliza  Shinn  (6).^Asa  (5),  Jonathan  (4),  Clement  (3),  James  (2), 

John  (1). 

Eliza,  third  child  of  Kev.  Asa  and  Phebe   (Barnes)   Shinn;  married  Thomas 

Reeder,  of  Yiririnia,  and  had  children : 

1.  Benjamin  Reeder  (7),  who  married  Hannah  Jones. 

2.  Charles  Reeder   (7),  who  married  Ann  Jarrett. 

3.  Elinor  Reeder,  who  married  David  Walmsley. 

4.  Sophia  Reeder. 

1728.     Thornton   A.   Shinn    ((3).— Asa    (5),  Jonathan    (4),   Clement    (3), 

James  (2),  John  (1). 

Thornton  A.,  the  onlv  child  of  Rev.  Asa  Shinn  by  his  second  wife,  Mary  Ben- 
nino-ton  ( Gibson- Wrenshall)  Shinn,  married  Sarah  P.  Rabe,  who  ob.  7/1/1896;  he 
died  4/11/1895.    Thev  resided  at  Coolbaugh,  Pa.,  and  had  the  following  children: 


374  History  or  the  Shi.n.v  Family  jx  Eiuope  and  A.meuica 

1.  Maud  Mary  Shinn. 

2.  Jane    Hannah    Shinn:    m.    William    Peal,    and    died    10/23/1900,    leaving   one 

child — Arthur  Thornton   Peal. 

3.  Arthur   Thornton   Shinn. 

4.  Sara     Beaumont  Shinn,  who  m.  Frederick  Dent  Casey. 

5.  liileanor   Gray    Shinn,  who   m.   John   B.    Semple,   and   had   one   son — John   B. 

S em  pie. 

6.  Florence  Shinn. 

1023.     Bex.i.\mix  Stttxx  (C). — Silas  (."')).  Silas  (  I).  SA:\rr-KL  (o),  Thomas  (2), 

John  (1). 

Beiijainiii  Dnnifl  Kaiisoiu.  eldest  ehihl  of  Silas  and  Elizabeth  (Little)  Sliiiin, 
b.  4/3/1SU2  in  Cahari'iis  County.  North  Carolina;  married  in  Stanley  County, 
Xorth  Carolina.  ]s-2(i.  Martha  'I'urkci-;  tanner  in  Xorth  Carolina  until  1840; 
farmer  and  lunibtT  dcalrr  in  I'n^n'  ('(innty.  .\i'kansas,  from  1840  until  his  death, 
8/17/1874;  owned  one  of  the  lirst  eireiilar  sawmills  ever  operated  in  Pope  County. 
Democrat  and  mcmhcr  of  the  Christian  Church.     His  descendants  were: 

1.  John  Erwin  Shinn  (",).  h.  5^  lU/ 1822  ;  nn  in  Pope  County,  Arkansas,  10^19/ 
1842,  Dora  Melinchi  ITarkey;  farmei-;  lundjer  dealer;  Democrat;  member  of 
Christ  inn  ( 'hui'ch  :    chiMi'cii : 

1.  :\rartlia  Ann  (S).  1..  12/2/1843;   \n.  11/7/1867  James  Anderson  Rachel,  and 

had:  1.  William  Erwin  (0):  2.  Dora  Belinda  (0).  b.  11  IH  1872.  m. 
12/9/lMMi  Scott  Douglas  and  had,  James,  iJov,  Walter  and  Balx' ;  '■>.  Xora 
Eva  (9),  b.  11/2/1876,  m.  12/16/1894  John  Cooley  Guest  and  had 
Bertha  and  Agnes;  4.  Kli  .Vdnin  Walter  (!)).  b.  2/16/18sn.  ni.  10/12/ 
19(12  Lily  P.ramlettc;  .").  .lames  Edward  CM.  b.  4/15/1882.  ni.  1  18/1903 
Elizabeth  Mdinda  Shinn;    (i.   Cora  May  (9). 

2.  Benjamin  Daniel  Pan.<om  Shinn  (8),  b.  10/26/184."J ;   m.  lit  25/1866  Xancy 

Smith;  enlisted  in  Union  Army  4/11/1864  Co.  D.  3d  Ark.  Car.;  dis- 
charged 6/30/1865;  chihlreii:  l",  Ceorge  Alfred  (9).  m.  11/9/1892  :\larv 
Adeline  Sims;  2.  Adam  .\n.ler.<on  (It),  b.  1/7  18-;s.  enlisted  7 '30  1901 
Co.  (J,  Ith  U.  S.  Ilegimeiit  and  served  one  year  in  .\laska,  now  stationed 
at  San  Francisco;  3.  Lily  Eve  (9),  b.  8/6/1880.  m.  11/11/1902  William 
.\.  Smitli;  4.  IMary  Meliiida  (!»).  b.  isii'.i.  ob.  ls;-i:  :>.  Jesse  Monroe  (9), 
b.  C  22/1872,  resides  at  liallinger.  Texas;  6.  l.'nbeil  Harrison  (9),  ol). 
inl'ans:  7.  :\rar(lia  Elizabeth  (i'l).  b.  8  '24  186:.  m.  10 /■?:V1 855  James 
Pleasant  .MiiHin  and  had  chihlivn.  Xanev  liell  (liM.  M;irili;i  .Mice  (10), 
I'.eniuo  Lee  ()<•).  .lanies  \iri:il  (Hi).  Clioter  S.ott  (lin.  and  Clarence 
l.i'land    (10). 

3.  David    .M<inr(.e    (S).    b.    S/:ii)    \s\:  -.     m.    !»   5    is;  ]     helphia    Tarlhenia    Me- 

Keever.  iiinl  >lill  li\e>  on  the  farm  n|Hiii  wiiich  he  \\;i>  bdrn  ;  his  ehildreii 
were:  1.  \'./.r.\  Waller  CM:  2.  dnhn  Cahm  ('.M.  b.  7/31/1872,  farmer, 
grower  of  ami  dealei'  in  M'ed,  >weet  |iiitat(ie>.  I  »rniiHi-;it.  m.  2/14/1895 
Laura  Ellen  Bailey  and  had  ehibli'en  (see  gi'dup  .lohii  (',il\in  Sliinn  and 
family  ).  Charles  Truman  (1").  \io|ei  M;i\  (  in  ) .  .ind  .lo-ie  Lneile  (lo); 
3.  Martha  ,\nn  (!i).  b.  7/8/1875.  in.  Kt  Hi  lS'.t2  William  h'aebel  .-ind  iiad 
children.  Delphia  May  (  1  <n .  .liim,..  I  i;i  (Kt).  Lnir.i  b.llm  lit').  I>enlaii 
(  HI),  and  David  T>ee  (  Hi). 

4.  Sarah   Elizabeth    (S),  b.  1    -.'(i    Is  III;  m.    H»   ;!<l    iSC)    .Mfivd    Mnnoie  Sosbee, 

and  bad  ten  children:  I.  .lames  M<mine  (!i).  b.  isiis.  m.  1889  Dosie 
l''re<l(>nia  Shinn  and  had.  I'.erili.i  (Hn.  Ifinh  .\gnes  (Hi).  Hugh  Lenoir 
(10),  and  Inez  l-lllen  (Hi);  2.  iL.i'a  .Mkc  (li).li.  1/23  1 M  n.  m."  6 '6/J889 
John  Calvin  Burtun  <d'  l-'oraker,  ^'ell  Cmintw  .\rk. ;  3.  Marv  Louisa  (9), 
b.  3/18/ls:-.'.  ni.   1/8/1893   Charles  Littleton   Shmn.  and    had   children, 


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Edna  Melinda  (10),  Boy  Alfred  (10).  and  Charles  Jewell  (10)  ;  4.  John 
William  (9),  b.  1/28/1877,  graduated  Memphis  Medical  School,  enlisted 
m  Co.  A,  1st  Ark.  Vol.  5/2/1898  in  the  Spanish- American  War,  lives  at 
Campbell,  I.  T. ;  5.  Chas.  Walter  (9),  b.  1/31/1879,  Democrat,  enlisted 
and  served  Uncle  Sam  one  vear  at  Ft.  Liscnm.  Alaska,  enlisted  again  in 
Co.  G,  7th  U.  S.  Inf.  7/30/1901,  stationed  at" San  Francisco;  6.  Minnie 
Marvilla  (9),  b.  1/15/1881,  m.  12/24/1901  William  Edward  Shoptaw 
and  had  child,  La  Van  Xeil  (10)  ;  7.  Eobert  Scott  (9),  b.  4/13/1883  :  8. 
Jc>^e  Henry  (9)  ;  9.  Sndie  (9)  ;  10.  Joseph  Alfred  (9). 
Lemuel  Shinn  (8),  b.  1850;  m.  2/2/1870  Mary  Jane  McGee  in  Pope  Couu- 
tv,  Arkansas,  and  had  children:  I.  William  Henrv  Shinn  (9).  b.  12/3/ 
1870,  m.  12/24/1890  Ollie  Firman,  of  Dover,  Ark.,  and  had  Lucv  Ethel 
(10),  Henrv  Otto  (10),  and  Lemuel  Rov  (10)  ;  2.  Minnie  E..  b.  1873.  m. 
1893  T.  M.  Stinnett  and  had  Bessie,  Lois,  Ethel,  William  Clyde,  Ada  Fay 
and  Maggie  Norma;   3.  Martha  Eullie.  b.  1874,  ob.  1892;    4.  James  Lee 


JOHN   CALVIN    SHINN.    MRS.  LAURA   ELLEN   SHINN 
AND  CHILDREN. 

Burr,  b.  1880.  ni.  :\rarv  Magdalene  Thompson  and  had  Rocco  and  Oscar; 

5.  Mary  Paith,  b.   1881,  im   1901    Lee  Rorex,  and  had   Mary  Viola;  6. 

Lemuel  Averv,  b.  1887,  unm. 
6.  Marv  (8),  b.  3/6/1853;  ob.  infans. 

Jacob  L.  Shinn  (7),  b.  Montgomery  County,  North  Carolina.  10/3/1826;  m. 
7/4/1855  Martha  Battenfield.  Democrat ;  enlisted  in  Yell's  Regiment,  Capt. 
Moffett's  companv,  in  the  Mexican  War,  and  was  in  the  battle  of  Buena  Vista ; 
member  of  the  Christian  Church;  made  a  :\Iason  at  Xorristown,  1853,  when 
that  town  was  the  chief  town  in  the  county  and  had  ambitions  to  become  the 
capital  of  the  state:  merchant  for  more  than  forty  years;  owner  steam  ferry 
at  Dardanelle:  principal  stockholder  in  the  most  complete  cotton  mill  ever 
erected  in  Arkansas,  or  the  South;  organizer  of  the  High  School  and  for 
many  years  the  president  of  the  board.     Quiet  and  unassuming,  he  moved  in 


376  HisToiiV  OF  THE  Shixx  F-Oiily  IX  Europe  and  America 

the  realm  of  great  enterprises  and  carried  them  to  success.     To  him  more 
tlian  to  any  other  man  Kussellville  owes  its  station  as  a  progressive,  lirst-class 
town.     Xo  niovemcnt  of  worth  ever  found  him  reticent,  and  when  others  were 
despondent   he  gilded  the  clouds  witli  the  rainbow  of  hope.     His  name  is 
written  so  large  on  evervthing  connected  with  the  moral  and  material  de- 
vclojiment  of  Pope  County  that  centuries  will  not  erase  it.     When  Kussell- 
ville begins  tlie  work  of  erecting  monuments  to  her  greatest  and  best  citizens 
the  first  one  to  rear  its  head  will  bo  that  of  Jacob  L.  Shinn.     Peace  to  his 
ashes;   he  died  8/17/1899,  the  father  of  four  children: 
1.  .Tnnio  ir.  Shinn  (8).  b.  3/3/1856:  graduate  of  Bethany  College:  m.  10/12/ 
l.s.Mi  Bessie,  daugliter  of  Gen.  Lewis,  and  had  children,  Edna   (9),  Leta 
(9),  Bessie  (9). 


GEORGE  WILLIAM   SHINN 

2.  (Irorgr   Willi;iiii    Sbinii    (S),   b.    :    ;;i    ls:.S;    gradiiiitc   of    i>ctbany    College 

l!>^*^:  nifiiilicr  .Mclropolitan  Socidy  .iiid  of  the  helm  'i';ni  l>('lt;i  I'l'at. ; 
graduate  Cincinnati  Liiw  School  1SS(i;  pi.-ict  iced  ,il  Littlr  IJock,  in  ])art- 
nership  with  John  M.  ^loorc,  aftci-wmd-  Aiioiiiry  Gencriil  :  then  ;i  partner 
of  Hon.  SmiiuicI  W.  W'illinin-.  (Hir  nf  iIh'  InHlini:'  jurists  ol'  Ihc  st;ite:  to 
Chicago  in  IS!)."):  Icciurci'  T  iii\  I'l^il  \  L,-i\\  Siliuol  nl'  ('JiimLid  1  !I(I0-1  902  ; 
granted  degree  of  ^l.l,.  b\    ili;ii    rui\ri>ii\    I'.Mcj:    |ii';iciiciug  iu   ('liimgo; 

m.    12/22/18(;(;   ill    \\lir..liii--.    W.    \;i..    I':il,-i    I'.rllr    Luuis.   ;ill(l    h;i(l   <U)e   son, 

Tliojnns  Tiouis. 

3.  Mdgar  Shinn  (S).  b.    1    2  1    iMil  :    lu.  2    11    iss.')  m    I  );iril,iuelle.  Ark.,  .\p.nic 

D.  Mitchell.   Transfer  and  liverv  liu>incss  ai  Danlaurlle.    llis  children  are: 


Sixth  and  Later  Generations.  3?? 

1.  Jacob  Edgar  (9);    2.  Floy  Ella  (9),  ob.  infans. ;    3.  Louis  Cook  (9), 
ob.  infans.;   4.  Elizabeth  Lucille  (9). 
4.  Charles  W.   Shinn   (8),  b.  12/19/1863;  m.   12/19/1882  Rose  Ella  Peck; 
moved  to  Texas  and  died  at  El  Paso,  9/19/1893,  leaving  one  child,  Ethel. 

3.  William  Columbus  Shinn  (7),  b.  Montgomery  Countv,  Xorth  Carolina,  1830; 

ob.  1832. 

4.  Daisy  Magdalena  Shinn  (7),  b.  8/19/1835  in  North  Carolina;   m.  10/12/1854 

Dr.  John  Thomas  Walker,  of  Pope  County,  Arkansas;  lived  there  until  1888, 
when  she  went  with  her  daughter  to  Shanghai,  China ;  returned  1890 ;  re- 
sides at  Eussellville,  Ark.;  member  Christian  Church;  children:  1.  James 
Henry  Walker  (8),  died  young;  2.  Mary  Louisa  Walker,  1).  11/24/1858,  m. 
8/l/i888  Rev.  11.  B.  Hill  at  Hot  Springs,  Ark.;  he  was  sent  to  China  as  a 
missionary  and  his  wife  shared  his  lot ;  she  died  in  Shanghai  12/24/1892, 
leaving  (1)  Laura  May  (9),  b.  3/20/1890,  in  Shanghai;  and  (2)  Louisa  (9), 
b.  1 1/20/1892,  in  same  city. 

5.  Cyrena   Shinn    (T),   b.    Xorth    Carolina    1/19/1858;    m.    11/12/1859   Travis 

Smith  of  Russellville,  Ark.,  and  had  children:  1.  Maggie  Marinda  (8),  b. 
2/24/1859,  m.  187G  Mack  Jones  of  Russellville,  Ark.;  2.  Hazie  Bell  (8),  b. 
6/27/18G1,  m.  10/16/1879  Shep.  Brown  of  Russellville,  Ark.,  and  had  chil- 
dren, L  Amanda  Victory  (9),  b.  10/13/1881,  m.  October,  1901,  Mr.  Rowe; 
.3.  Robert  Lee  (8),  b.  2/16/1866,  m.  2/1/1899  Marv  Brown  and  had  children, 
1.  William  Travis  (9),  2.  Minnie  Lucille  (9),  and' 3.  Edna  Lee  (9)  ;  4.  Mat- 
tie  Catherine  (8),  b.  4/27/1874,  m.  3/13/1899  Van  Boswell,  and  had  chil- 
(livii,  1.  Van  (9)  and  Van  Smith  (9). 

6.  Cnlviii  Ransom  Shinn  (7),  b.  5/29/1840;  enlisted,  7/1/1861,  at  Dover,  Ark., 

in  Captain  Scott's  Company,  1st  Battalion,  Arkansas  Cav.,  C.  S.  A. ;  pro- 
moted to  2ud  Sergeant's  place  and  held  that  position  throughout  the  war; 
returned  to  Pope  County,  Arkansas,  after  the  war  and  resumed  farming; 
Democrat  and  member  of  Christian  Church;  m.  (1),  9/12/1866,  Mary  Ca- 
gle;  (2),  9/14/1870,  Angeline  Eubanks;  he  d.  8/21/1882.  Children  by  the 
first  marriage:  (1)  Dora  :\[agdaline  (8),  Xovember,  1867;  m.,  1/24/1884, 
Louis  Countz,  and  had  children,  Edward  (9),  Fritz  (9),  Xellie  Ruby  (9) 
and  Prima  Donna  (9)  ;  they  live  near  Little  Rock,  Ark.  (2)  Adam  Daniel 
(8),  b.  10/11/1868:  m.,  3/1/1890,  Lida  Rye  of  London,  Ark.,  and  had  chil- 
dren, Gladvs  (9),  Floy  (9),  Homer  Ransom  (9),  John  Calvin  (9)  and  :\rary 
Alice  (9).'  Children  "by  the  second  marriage:  (3)  Mary  Ellen  (8),  ob  in- 
fans. (4)  Ida  Harrell  (8) ,  b.  8/23/1873  ;  m.,  12/25/1890,  Alexander  Countz 
and  had  children,  William  Everett  (9),  Charles  Zenamous  (9),  Bunie  Ren 
(9)  Ezra  Lee  (9)  and  Bertha  Eunice  (9).  (5)  Amanda  May  (8),  ob 
infans.  (6)  Martha  Louise  (8),  b.  5/24/1877;  m.,  12/16/1897,  Charles 
Leon  Reed,  and  had  children,  Ruby  Leona  (9)  and  Clarence  Erwin  (9). 
(7)  Henry  Erwin  (8),  b.  10/10/1880;  he  is  a  teacher  and  fanner.  (8) 
Callie  (8)",  b.  3/16/1883 ;  m.,  12/22/1902,  Joseph  Calvin  Pctrav. 

7.  Louisa  Shinn   (7),  b.  11/24/1842;  m.,  1S60,  Albert  Zachry  and  removed  to 

Texas ;  she  now  resides  in  Indian  Territory. 

8  Thomas  Jefferson  Shinn   (8),  b.  1/5/1845;  killed  by  accident   at   bis  father's 

mill,  7/24/1866. 

9  Elizabeth  Shinn   (7),  b.  —/—/—;  m.,   in   her  seventeenth  yeai'.   (^oke  Berry 

Darneal  of  Russellville,  Ark. ;  she  d.  in  California  m  1892  ;  her  children  were : 
(1)  Martha  Jane  (8),  who  married  Ransom  Petray  in  1859  and  died  in 
1863.  leaving  sons,  Henry  C.  (9)  and  William  (9)  :  lleiirv  C.  (9)  is  now 
nrincipal  of''the  Havwards,  Cal.,  Grammar  School:  m.  Annie  Brooks  of 
Santa  Rosa ;  had  children,  PIcnry  (10)  and  Miriam  (10).  (2)  Sarah  Caro- 
line "(8)    b.  12/26/1844;  m.,  4/5/1863,  TT.  T.  Toon  of  Kentncky.  and  had 


378  History  of  the  Siiixx  Family  ix  Europe  axd  America 

children.  William  Oscar  ( M )  and  Charles  Todd  ('•»):  William  Oscar  (9) 
married  Mattie  Calhoun  of  Iowa,  4/19/1S99,  and  luul  children,  Edith  Avis 
(10)  and  James  Reginald  (10)  ;  Charles  Todd  (9)  m.  Louisa  Allen  of  San 
Andreas,  Cal..  and  had  Lucille  Marian  (10).  (3)  Pauline  Eve  (8),  b. 
r2/'20/lS4S;  m.,  Fehruarv.  1864,  Kobert  Bowen.  and  had  children.  Alice 
Estelle  (9)  and  Arthur  (9).  The  latter  married.  10,10/1891,  and  had 
three  children.  Tliis  family  reside  at  Greenville,  Cal.  (4)  Hannah  Nar- 
cissus (8),  b.  9/5/1852:  m.  John  Wilcv  and  had  four  children.  (5)  Thomas 
Coke  (8),  b.  1/25/1854:  ob.  1898. 

10.  Martha  Shinn   (T)  ;  m.,  in  1852,  Mr.  Cuulicr:  >\\v  d.  in  1898:  her  children 

were:  (1)  .Alary  Louise  (8),  b.  1/1/1854:  m.  J.  B.  Eeddick  and  had  two 
cliildren.  Adolplius  (9)  and  Doi'othy  (9).  They  reside  at  San  Francisco, 
Cal.  (2)  Afartha  Catherine  (8).  m.  Nathan  llaiiscom  and  had  one  child, 
Waldo  (9).  (.'))  \\'illiam  Shinn  (8).  m.  at  San  Andreas.  Cal.,  and  had  one 
daughter,  Martha  (9).  (4)  Charles  Benjamin  (8).  1).  1869,  deaf  and  dumb, 
resides  at  El  Dorado,  Cal.  (5)  Dora  (8),  b.  deaf  and  dumb  and  died  in 
her  fifteenth  year. 

11.  Easter  Sliinn  (T),  1).  in  Xorth  Carolina:  m.,  5/4/1854,  in  Pope  Countv.  Arkan- 

sas. Dr.  John  William  Pruitt;  she  d.  2/5/1859,  leaving  three  children:  (1) 
:\[elissa  Jane  (8).  b.  1/30/1855;  m.  12/1'^/18'3,  Walter  William  Scott; 
moved  to  Texarkana.  Ark.,  and  had  children.  Lizzie  D.  (9),  Eobert  Franklin 
(9),  John  Homer  (9),  John  William  Pruitt  (9),  Harry  Mason  (9),  Louis 
.Vlfrcd  (9)  and  tlie  twins,  Roy  and  Ruth,  who  d.  young.  (2)  John  Franklin 
I'ruitt  (8).  I).  1857:  ob.  1874.     (3)  Thomas  Xewtoii   Pruitt   (8).  ol).  young. 

12.  IWiena  Vi-ta  Shinn   (7). 

1021.     Ei.iZAiiKTii  Sakaii  Sinxx  (6). — Silas  (5).  Silas  (1).  Saaiuel  (3), 

Thomas  (2),  Joilx   (1). 

Elizal)et]i  Sarali,  second  child  of  Silas  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  (  Little)  Shinn. 
b.  Xorth  Carolimi,  11/26/1803;  m.,  1/24/1822'.  David  llarkey:  a  woman  of  limited 
education  but  of  remarkable  natural  aljility :  memhei'  n{'  the  M.  E.  C.  and  a  de- 
voted Christian:  in  1.s39  she  and  her  busl)an(l  n'lnoxeil  to  Arkansas,  where  he  built 
their  first  house  from  the  forol  without  using  a  nail:  she  became  the  mother  of 
eighteen  children,  .seventeen  of  wIkhh  I'eached  matui'ity;  of  these  sixteen  nuirried  : 
from  tliese  liave  s|)rung  116  grandchildi'eii,  2^5  gi'eat  grandehildreii  and  between 
5(1  and  60  great  great  graiidchildn'ii.  I''i-(ini  Ibis  cniiple  the  worldV  population 
has  been  augmented  by  I5!t  souls.  I'llizalieth  Sarah  d.  2  ",  1859:  se\('n  (d'  her 
children  are  dead  and  eleven  are  yet  ali\c.  lli'r  youngest  ilaughter.  .AL's.  Kate 
Heed,  has  given  me  tlie  following  de-ceiidants  of  her  mothei'. 
L  Silas  Monroi'  llarkey  (]  ).  h.  li»/i:^  l.s22:  a  soldier  m  the  Mexican  War.  and 
died  in  San  Antonio.  Tex.,  11/3/1846. 

2.  Sarali  Caroline  llarkey  {'.  ).  b.  :!/ll    1824;  m..  isi.').  .Inhii  ^\.  r.iadley  of  Pope 

County,  Arkansas.     She  d.  in  Angnst.  18!):,  ihc  mnthei'  lA'  thirteen  children: 

(1)  AIImtI  M..  (2)  Sarali  M..  (M)  ,)anM-  A..  (I)  Marv  A..  (5)  Melissa  J., 
((!)  Kiizalieth.  C)  J<.seph.  ( s  )  Sydney.  (!•)  Ada.  (Id)  Martha.  (11)  Francis, 
(12)  Hatlie  (i::)  .lolm  M.  i'.i'adlev.  Td  tlie>e  ha\e  I.eeii  Ihumi  II  ft  v-thive 
children  and  foni-  grandchildren. 

3.  .Melinda    llarkey    (',).  b.  4/11/182.^;   m..    ls||.  .hilm    j'jwiii    Shinn:  they   had 

six  cliildren.  thii'ty-threc  grandi  liMdivn  and  fdi'ty-roui'  great-great 
grandchildren.     (Sec  Benjamin   haniej   l.'anMini  Shinn    ((i).) 

4.  "Nfary  Harkey   (7).  h.   I'l  '•!'','  IS'.'C;  m.  (i..,,rge  W.   Maddnx  in  1817:  d.  in  Illi- 

nois 18':2:  member   M.   K.   C.  and   had   seven  children:      (1)    Mahala  Jane, 

(2)  Celia  Ann,  (3)  Tlunnas  JelTerson.  (I)    Ira  J..   (5)  Jason  J.,  (G)  Jesse 


Sixth  and  Later  Gexerations.  3^9 

Newton,    d)   Sarah  Ellen.     These  have  twelve  children  and  reside  in  Illi- 
nois. 

5.  Elizabeth  Harkey   (7),  b.  12/8/182T:  m.  Harvey  Sharp  Maddux,  9/30/1847, 
and  had  children  : 

1.  Albert  Henry  (8);   b.  3/5/1849;   m.,  12/22/1872,  Margaret  Hamilton,  and  had 

children:  1.  Charley  A.  (9);  m.  Trecy  Fox.  2.  Minnie  Bell  (9);  m.  Mil- 
ton Carter.  3.  Mattie  Elizabeth  (9);  m.  Clark  A.  Fleming.  4.  James 
Amos  (9).  5.  Mertie  Ellen  (9);  m.  Olie  Brittin.  6.  Infant,  died.  7.  Dal- 
las Henry  (9).     8.  Lulu  May  (9).     9.  Josie  (9). 

2.  Zachary  Taylor  (8) ;   b.  12/2U/1850.     3.  George  Washington   (9) ;  b.  4/4/1853. 

4.  Jerome  Annis  (8);  b.  4/23/1854;  m.,  1/17/1899,  Ellie  Bowen. 

5.  Isabelle  (8);   b.  4/8/1856;    ra.,  8/20/1876,  William  Featherston,  and  had  chil- 

dren: William  F.,  Nora  E.,  Jessie  B.,  Louella,  Rosa  B.,  John  R.  and  Mary 
Etta   Featherston. 

6.  Sarah  Rachel  (8);   b.  3/21/1858;   m.,  1/7/1878,  John  G.  Butler,  and  had  chil- 

dren: Esco  Harvey,  Jesse  Lee,  Elmer  Gordon,  Annie,  Guy  Madison,  John 
Madison.  Wayne  Ethridge  and   Katie  Butler. 

7.  David  Alexander    (8);    b.    4/29/1860;    m.,   12/10/1885,   Mary   J    .Montgomery, 

and  had  children:  Beulah,  Dora,  W^nliam  Allen,  Harry  Martin.  Sarah 
Elizabeth,  John   and   Mattie  Pearl  Maddux. 

8.  Jennie  May  (8);  b.  5/4/1862;  m.,  4/18/1882,  Berry  Starks.  and  had:     Jennie 

May.  David  A.,  Elizabeth,  Walter,  Harrv.  Lela  Berrv  Stark3. 

9.  Ella  (8);  b.  3/29/1865. 

10.  Suerman  (8);  b.  9/4/1867;  m.,  4/29/1891.  Louisa  Hancock,  and  had  children: 

Henry   Sherman,  Annie  and  Nathan   Harvey   Maddux. 

11.  Mary  (8);  b.  3/1/1869.     12.  Lillie  (8);  b.  8/27/1871;  m.  D.  R.  Fulgiman. 

C.   S()].]iia    llarkey   (T),  h.  3/5/1829:  m..  r/31/1855.  William  Hampton  McKee- 

ver,  and  had  children: 

1.  Mary  Caroline  (8);   b.  1856;    m.  and  had  Dora  Alice,  F.  Howard,  Birdie  A., 

Rufus  Lafayette,  Delar,  Olie  Eve,  Arthur,  Adar  and  Mazy;  there  were  six 
great-grandchildren. 

2.  Melissa  Jane  (8);  b.  1858.     3.  John  Jasper  (8);  b.-  1860.     4.  Jesse  James  (8); 

b.  1861. 

5.  William  Adam   (8);   b.  1864;   m.  and  had  James  Earl,  :\Iary  Josephine.  Rob- 

ert. Johnson.  Carley,  Eddie,  Marvin  and  George  Dewey;  six  grandchil- 
dren. 

6.  Andrew  Jackson  (8);   b.  1866;   m.  and  had  Gertie,  Urbane  and  Ila. 

7.  (u'oro-e  AV.  Harkey  (7),  b.  9/16/1830;  worked  on  the  farm  for  fourteen  years, 
aiding-  his  father:  at  21  went  to  school;  at  21:  taught  common  school,  teach- 
ing half  the  year  and  going  to  school  the  other  half;  at  26  spent  one  term  at 
Arkansas  CoHege,  Fayetteville,  Ark.:  Principal  Paisscllville  School  1856- 
18.38;  m.  at  this  time  Jane  A.  Torrence;  moved  to  Texas  and  taught  school 
one  year;  began  the  study  of  medicine  in  1861;  returned  to  Arkansas;  a 
Union  man; "a  AVhig;  a  Eepublican;  but  although  a  Tnion  man  could  never 
take  up  arms  against  his  own  people ;  nor  could  he  fight  against  the  Union ; 
to  avoid  conscription  on  either  side  he  took  to  the  mountains  and  lived  a  se- 
cluded life;  in  1865  to  Hlinois  and  entered  a  medical  college;  graduated  in 
1867  and  returned  to  Arkansas;  formed  a  partnership  with  his  brother  in 
the  drug  business,  which  was  successfully  conducted  for  more  than  twenty- 
five  yeaS;:  ordained  a  preacher  in  the  Christian  Clnirch  1861;  member  of  the 
Masonic  fraternitv  since  1851 ;  a  friend  sums  his  character  and  life  as  fol- 
loAvs:  "He  was  a  good  boy,  sturdy,  self-educated,  a  school  teacher,  a  phy- 
sician, an  optimist,  a  good  citizen  and  an  honest,  temperate  man.*'  Few 
better"  men  have  lived  than  George  W.  Harkey ;  he  was  the  father  of  ten 

*^l^DOTa'(8);    b.    12/14/1859;    m.,    5/15/18S4,   Dr.    Thomas    F.    Gates;    moved   to 
Texas  and  had  two  children— girls. 

2  Lillie  Belle   (8);    b.  10/1/1861;   m.,  10/11/1881.  Amasa  Barnard,  and  had  six 

children— five  boys  and  one  girl.     Three  of  the  boys  died. 

3  Lucy  Jane  (8);  b.  11/21/1863;   m.,  11/17/1886,  James  Louis  Tucker,  and  had 

seven  children. 


o80  HiSTOUY    OF   THE    SlIINN    FAMILY    IX    EUROPE   AND    AMERICA 

4.  Robert  Lowe  (8);  b.  9/18/1866;   m.  Kate  bmith,  and  had  eight  children. 

5.  Walter  George  (8);   b.  9/16/1870;    single. 

G.  Edward   Washington    (8);    b.  9/27/1872;    m.,  5/6/1896,  Daisy  Baird,  and  had 
three  children. 

7.  John  David   (8j ;   b.  10/17/1874;   d.  8/8/1896. 

8.  9.  10.  Ob.  at  birth. 

b.  Capt  James  ^Madisou  llarkey  (T),  b.  6/11/1832;  ob.  181>T  ;  in.,  1855,  Eliza- 
beth Walker;  member  Christian  Church;  Mason  ul  the  highest  rank;  enlisted 
in  Confederate  Army  and  was  promoted  for  gallantry  to  the  rank  of  Captain; 
entered  the  drug  business  with  his  brother  at  the  close  of  the  war,  and  con- 
tinued this  successfully  for  more  than  twenty-five  years;  he  was  a  Democrat 
of  Democrats,  and  was  always  consulted  by  the  leaders  of  that  party;  elected 
State  Senator  tioni  I'ope  County.  Arkansas,  and  served  four  3'ears;  elected 
Supcrintcmli'iit   nf  the  Cnii federate  Soldiers'  Home  at  Tjittle  Kock  and  died 

while  holding  thai  po.-iiioii.     His  children  were: 

1.  Alice  P.   (8);   b.  1862;   m.,  1884,  Samuel  Holmes,  and  had  Essie  E.,  Samuel 

Ferris  and  Ina. 

2.  Charles  David   (8):   I).  1866;  ob.  1870. 

3.  Mary  Scottie  (8);  b.  1868;  m.,  1888,  John  Willis  Bailey,  and  had  Ollie  Electa, 

Henry   Grady,    Lloyd    Eugene,   twin    boys,    who    died   at   birth,   and    James 
Wallace;  moved  to  Georgia. 

4.  Reuben   Morten    (8);    b.   1871;    m.    (1)    Hattie   May   Carlisle;    (2)    Hattie    D. 

Briscoe,  and  had  Inez  and  Irene. 

5.  Floy  Lee   (8);    b.  1874;   m.,  1893,  Jerome  Clay,  and  had  Lafayette,  Floy  Vir- 

ginia, Elizabeth  and  Vera  Maud. 

!».  .Manila  Ann  Harkev  (7).  1).  9/()/18o3;  m.,  185(j,  William  S.  Davis  and  moved 
to  Te.xas.  (  liildivn  :  Ferdinand,  Ledona,  Buena  Yista,  Orion  and  Elizabeth 
Davis.  J-"ei'(liii;iii(l  111.  ,I;iiic  Cole  ;iinl  had  Frederick,  Louisa,  Eva,  Oran  and 
Tlieliiia.  Leilmia  111.  \\.  II.  Miii'[)hy  aiul  liad  ]\Iamie  and  Myrtle.  Buena 
\'ista  111.  Mary  Mahorg  and  hail  Ivoss  and  Samuel.  Lizzie  m.  Jacob  Har])er 
and  bad  Stella  and  Elsie. 

10.  William  .Jackson    llarkey    (:),  b.   G/11/183G ;  m.  ]\[ary  :\r.  Eeed,  his  cousin, 

185J>;  enlisted  in  the  Union  Army  and  died  in  the  hospital  at  Little  l?ock, 
7/7/1804.     (See  pedigree  of  Eliza  (Shinn)  Keed.) 

11.  .\niie  Harkey  (T).  1).  ()/-20/18;5:  ;  m.  Joel  Epps.  18(;v!.  and  had  ehihlreii: 

1.  John  Calvin   (8);    b.  1863;   m.,  1887,  Jeannette  Cole,  and   had  William  Ezra, 

Mattic  .Melissa.  James  Luther  and  Lillie  Lee. 

2.  Sarah   Elizabeth    (8);    b.    1864;    m.    M.   F.   Laflin,   and    had    Cordie    Lee,   Ona 

Hilard,    Ollie   Abaline,    Tacker,   Hattie,   William,    Nettie,    Anna   and    Mary 
Jane. 

3.  Emily   Allen    (H);    b.    18(1.'.;    m.,    1889,   J.    W.    Bond,    and    had    Ollie,   Early   B., 

('harles  Jackson   and   Willie  Roy. 

4.  Eliza  Allen   (8);   b.   1867;   m.  C.  C.  Bond,  and  had  Oscar  Jackson,  Ora  Anna, 

Thomas  Stinson.  Arthur  Calvin  and  Sadie  Lee. 

5.  David  Thomas   (8);    h.    1X69;    in.,  (li    1S99,  Maud  Eades;    (2)   Mattie  Rambo; 

no  diildren. 
fi.  William  Henry  (8):   ol).  young.     7.  James  Robert  (8);  ob.  young. 
8.  Minnie   Ledonia    (8);    b.    1876;    m.,   ]89t),   A.   J.   Raml)o.   and   had    Thomas   O., 

Delia  .May  and   Robert   Clarence. 
:t.   .Margan-i    Ann    (S);    b.    1S8:;;    m.,    1899,   Dossie   Davis,   and    had    Edna,   Anna, 

Lemuel   10. 

\-l.  Serena  llarkey  {:).  b.  1 ".'  11^838;  m.  her  enn>in.  Win.  .\.  K'eed.  in  18(;-2. 
Tliev  bad  twelve  ebihlreii  ami  t  w  imiI  \ ->e\  en  Liraiidchi  hli'eii.  (See  T-^iliza 
(Sliinil)    IJeed.) 

1:;.    Melissa  .lane  llarkey  ( ^  ).  b.   1/27/18  11  :  oh.   ls||. 

II.    Lavina   K'oberls  llarkey   ( "l  ) .  b.  7/20/184l\      la\ing  nnniaiiieih 

l.">.  .lolm  .lelVerson  llarkey  C^  ).  b.  5/1/1844;  sei\eil  in  ihe  I'nion  .\iin\  ;  in.  'Mary 
Epps.  is*"?,  and  bad.  I'enjamin  .Mien.  Mli/.aheth.  l)o\i'.  haniel  liaiis(^m, 
Cora.  Ma\.  I>irdie  nnd   l'"rederi(k.     These  have  Ibirteeii  ehihlren. 

Hi.    Kliza   Cntberine    Maria    llarkey    (T).   b.   8/21/184(i:   111.    George  Alhn    K'ee.l. 


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1867 ;  she  is  a  member  of  the  M.  E.  C. ;  a  woman  of  fine  memory  and  deep 
thought;  charitable  and  well  disposed  in  everv  relation  of  life.  (See  Eliza 
(Shinn)  Reed.) 

17.  Jacob   Taylor   Harkey    (7),   b.   2/19/1848;   m.    Eliza  Ann   Hamilton,    1867; 

served  in  the  Union  Army;  is  a  prosperous  farmer  in  Texas;  Republican. 
Children  (single),  William  James,  David  Robert,  Pearl,  Edgar,  Charles. 
LiU,  Maude  and  Ruby,  married  (1)  Sarah,  b.  1869,  m.  Thomas  Brumlev, 
1889,  and  had  Marvin,  Burrell,  Ollie,  Elbert,  Edward,  Samuel  and  Hazel 

(2)  Martha  Jane,  b.  1872,  m.  Dow  Reed,  1896,  and  had  Allen.  (3)  Dona,  b. 
1876,  m.  Lewis  Milam,  19U1,  and  had  Rex. 

18.  David  Henry  Harkey  (7),  b.  12/22/1851 ;  m.  (1)  Lily  West;  (2)  Rose  Hearen; 

(3)  Rebecca  Eubanks;  member  of  M.  E.  Church;  bookkeeper;  Democrat;  a 
noted  penman,  having  taken  several  prizes  in  Arkansas  and  Texas.  Five 
children:  Yerta,  Lillie,  Ada,  Elmer  and  Bonnie.  These  are  living  and  be- 
tween them  have  eleven  children. 

1026.  Maria  Siiixn   (6).— Silas   (5),  Silas   (4),  Samuel   (3),  Thomas   (2), 

John  (1). 

:Maria,  fourth  child  of  Silas  and  Elizabeth  (Little)  Shinn,  b.  in  Xorth  Caro- 
lina ;  m.  Isaac  ^latthias  Harkey  in  Xorth  Carolina  and  moved  to  Arkansas  with  his 
family  at  the  time  of  the  great  exodus.     The  children  were: 

1.  John  Kashaw  Harkey  (7);  m.  Minerva  Shaw,  and  had  children: 

1.  Dr.  William  Isaac  Harkey  (8),  of  Ola,  Ark.;   m.  Elizabeth  Bates. 

2.  Mary  Harkey  (8) ;   m.  Elmer  McCurdy. 

2.  Lavina  Harkey  (7);  m.  (1)  Jacob  Mendenhall;    (2)  Talkington. 

3.  Mary  Emeline  Harkey  (7);  m.  Pinckney  Fowler,  and  had  children: 

1.  James  Fowler  (8);   merchant  and  lawyer;   m.  Sarah  Garden. 

2.  Sarah  Fowler  (8);  m.  Joseph  H.  Battenfield;  Republican;  Reg.  U.  S.  Land 

Office,  Dardanelle,  Ark.     Children:      Maude,  Mattie  and  a  son. 

3.  John  Fowler  (8). 

4.  Francis  Fowler  (8) ;  m.  Williams. 

Three  others  died  in  infancy. 

4.  James  Sharp  Harkey  (7);  m.  Mary  Ann  Petray. 

5.  William  Jacob  Harkey  (7);  m.  (1)  Francis  Burkhead;    (2)   Mary  Wells;    (3) 

Elizabeth  George,  and  had  children:     W^illiam,  Jesse,  Charles,  Emily,  Mag- 
gie, Lucy,  Rosa  and  Addie. 

6.  Hester  Harkey   (7);    m.  Birk  Talkington,  and   had  nine  children,   of  whom 

I  have  three — Ella,  Charles  and  Mary. 

7.  Sarah  Elizabeth  Harkey   (7);    m.  De  Witt  Stout,  and  had   children — Henry, 

Thomas  and  Kate. 

8.  Thomas  Jefferson  Harkey  (7) ;  enlisted  and  died  in  the  Confederate  army. 

9.  Martha   Jane    Harkey    (7) ;    m.   William   Brigham,   and    had    children — Lillie 

and  Alice. 

10.  Martin  Luther  Harkey  (7). 

11.  Mariah  Ann  Minerva  Harkey  (7) ;  m.  Robert  Battenfield. 

12.  Kate  Harkey   (7) ;   m.  William  Martin,  and  had  eleven  children,  of  whom  I 

have  six — Samuel.  Charles,  Mattie,  Lillie,  Annie  and  Martina. 

13.  Littleton  Harkey   (7) ;   ob.  infans. 

1027.  Thomas  Jefferson   Shinn   (6). — Silas   (.l).  Silas   (4),  Samuel   (3), 

Thomas  (2),  John  (1). 

Thomas  Jefferson,  fifth  child  of  Silas  and  Elizal)eth  (Little)  Shinn,  b.  12/26/ 
1809;  m.  (I),  3/11/1830,  Mary  Reed;  (2)  Elizabetli  A.  Piatt;  he  lived  and  died  in 
North  Carolina ;  in  the  last  years  of  the  eighteenth  century  Silas  Benjamin  Shinn 
went  over  from  Concord  into  what  is  now  S.  E.  Ca])arrus  to  woo  Elizal)oth  Little ; 
his  hiiih-heeled  shoes,  the  first  seen  in  that  settlement,  his  nice  clotlies  and  his  pol- 
lished'nuinners  were  too  much  for  his  rustic  rivals,  and  sweet  Elizabeth  was  won. 
From  that  imion  sprang  Thomas  Jefferson   Shinn.  tlie  Iicad  of  the  family  in  Ca- 


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liarru8,  for  his  iiumermis  brothers  and  sisters  all  went  West  in  search  of  fairer 
homes:  Ijorn  at  the  close  of  an  exciting  eamjjaign.  his  name  shows  his  father's  poli- 
tics ;  the  fatlier  died  l)efore  the  family  was  self-supporting,  and  Thomas  J.  was  put 
to  work  on  a  neighlnn'ing  r.inn  to  help  support  the  fatherless  family;  this  kept  him 
out  of  school,  but  did  not  keej)  him  from  obtaining  a  fair  English  education;  as  a 
middle-aged  man  he  was  said  to  Ijc  the  best  equipped  and  most  successful  teacher 
in  the  county;  his  wife  was  the  granddaughter  of  the  man  who  had  the  famous 
gold  ]uiggct  for  a  door  step;  he  accumulated  property  and  slaves;  was  made  Deputy 
Sheriff ;  later  Justice  of  the  Peace ;  was  frequently  appointed  to  manage  estates  and 
to  act  as  guardian  for  minor  heirs;  in  1861  he  espoused  the  Confederate  cattse  and 
gave  what  lie  had.  His  sons  marched  with  the  first  to  the  front,  and  his  money 
went  into  C'onfcdcralc  bomh:  tin-  first  l)ad  news  was  from  Hoke,  his  voungest  son 


NATHANIEL  DUNCAN  SHINN.       SILAS  MONROE   SHINN.       MRS.  ELIZABETH   F,  JUDD,      THOMAS  JEf- PERSON   SHINN. 

MRS.   ELIZA  C,   REED.  MRS    LETITIA  L.  SHINN, 

at  the  Ii-nnl  ;  the  father  rc;ichi'(l  Ifichiiinnd  in  time  le  get  liis  h(i(l\- ;  two  weeks  later 
his  son  James  was  l)r<iuglit  h<iiiic;  then  b'ansdin  eame  se\erel\'  weiiiided  iVoin  Die 
Held  id'  <  ii'tt  vsburg  ;  he  rciiehi'd  hdiiic  ill  lime  1(1  die:  iheil  1  he  \'\r>{  hdi'ii  fell  at 
('ulpeper.  and  tlie  "hi  im;iii  (liv--e(l  iii^  eighteeii-Nca  r  uhl  mhi.  'rhnmns  .1..  .Ii'..  in 
the  gray  and  sent  him  on  to  the  Irnni.  he  hiniM'ir  trying  le  aecomimiiy  him.  hut  was 
turned  back  l)y  the  recruiting  oHieer.  At  the  eh>se  of  tlie  wai-  eame  reeoiisti'iielion  ; 
then  Tlioiiias  .1.  Sliinn  iii-icd  uiili  such  dignitv  as  to  win  tlie  i'es|teet  ef  Ids  political 
enemies:  he  was  selected  to  redeem  the  ('oiiuty  I'l-om  t  arpei-h.ig  rule;  after  a  bitter 
contest  be  was  sent  to  the  legislature  by  a  handsome  iiiaj(iri!\  :  he  left  the  legis- 
lative halls  with  the  confidence  of  all  good  men  and  ictiicil  to  juivate  life;  his  old 


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383 


a^M,-  was  .spent  in  hunting,  fishing  and  reading.  In  his  82nd  year  he  made  a  visit 
to  Russell vi lie,  Ark.,  to  meet  his  brothers  and  sisters;  he  was  royally  entertained  by 
Ihi-m  ;  was  met  at  Little  Rock  by  the  author  of  this  book,  wdio  accompanied  him  on 
lii-  trip  to  Chattanooga,  Tenn.  He  was  in  good  health  and  fine  spirits;  but  the  ela- 
tion was  too  much  for  his  aged  frame;  he  was  stricken  with  paralysis  on  the  train 
before  he  reached  Charlotte,  X.  C.  Speechless  was  he  when  moved  to  the  Charlotte 
Hospital,  where  he  died,  surrounded  by  his  children,  10/30/1891  :  his  hospitality 
was  bounded  only  by  the  chances  he  had  to  extend  it ;  his  honesty  was  unquestioned 
although  managing  large  estates  whose  value  quadrupled  his  own:  his  slaves  loved 
and  honored  him,  standing  with  bared  grizzled  heads  and  weeping  eyes  when  his 
funeral  was  in  progress;  he  is  one  of  the  l)ranches  of  the  Shinn  tree  that  will  never 


THOMAS  JEFFERSON   SHIMN. 


shame  the  trunk,  no  matter  how  glorious  its  proportions  have  been  m-  may  be.     lie 
was  the  father  of  twelve  children : 

1.  Elizabeth  Caroline  (T),  b.  T/V1831 ;  ob.  1/1/1851 ;  m.  Ephriam  Tucker,  9/20/ 

1849.  and  had  one  son.  whose  son,  Thomas  Ephriam.  m.  a  Furr  and  reared  a 
familv. 

2.  :\larv  Melinda   (7),  1).  2/4/1833;  ob.  1894:  m.  Valentine  Smith.  2/28/1800; 

reared  a  large  family  in  Tnion  County.  Xorth  Carolina.     Tucker  ami  Siniih 

were  ^lexican  War  Veterans. 
3    :\rarian  Adeline  (T),  b.  1835:  ob.  ISIG. 
4.  John  Calvin  (7),  b.  6/14/1837  :  killed  at  Culpeper  Court  House  Oct.  11.  l^'i3  ; 

m.,  9/16/1856,  Susan  C.  Bost,  ami  liad  fonr  diildivn.  Laura  Catherine  (S), 


384  History  of  die  Shixx  Family  ix  Europe  axd  America 

George  Coj'Jit'liu.s  (8),  William  liaiii^om  (S),  John  Calvin.  Laura  C.  m., 
1875,  Martin  F.  Barrier  and  reared  a  large  family.  George  C.  m.,  1888, 
Laura  J.  Furr,  and  had  Avin  Lia  (9)  and  Beulah  (9)  ;  he  is  a  merchant 
and  prominent  citizen  of  Georgeville,  a  town  named  for  him  ;  William  Ran- 
som m.  in  Iowa  and  removed  to  Arkansas.  John  C.  m.,  1890,  Laura  J.  Bar- 
ringer  and  had  five  cliildren,  Kenneth  A.  (9),  Alma  L.  (9),  Annie  M.  (9), 
Ola  M.  (9)  and  William  E.  (9).    All  reside  save  William  in  Xorth  Carolina. 

5.  Henry  Ransom   C  ).  h.  4/3/1839;  m.,  11/33/1860,  Elizabeth  Kriminger;  en- 

listed in  Southern  Army  and  was  killed  10/17/1863;  his  family  moved  to 
Arkansas  in  the  ''70s. 

6.  James  Madison  (7),  b.  4/25/1841;  enlisted  in  Southern  Army  and  killed  7/6/ 

1862;  m.  Rosa  Emeline  Klutz,  11/23/1860,  and  had  one  daughter,  Ida,  who 
m.  Harvey  Cook  and  died  childless. 

7.  ^iiehael  Hoke   (7),  b.   10/10/1843;  enlisted  in  Southern  Armv  and  died  at 

Richmond,  6/24/1862. 

8.  Thomas  Jefferson  (7).  1).  3  '5/18-^6;  enlisted  in  Southern  Army;  performed  his 

duty  as  a  soldier  and  I'cuiains  in  Xorth  Carolina  an  honored  man;  m.,  11/1/ 
1866,  Mary  Charlotte  Smith,  and  had  ten  children: 

1.  James  Franklin  (8),  b.  8/25/1867;  spent  his  first  twenty  3'ears  on  a  farm; 

attended  the  free  schools;  one  session  Union  Institute;  entered  Albemarle 
high  school  and  followed  its  principal.  Prof.  Spinks,  the  next  year  to  the 
high  school  at  ^lonroe  City;  entered  Trinity  College;  graduated  there  in 
class  of  1893,  with  degree  A.  B. ;  was  an  active  man  in  the  athletic  field 
as  well  as  in  the  literary  societies;  member  Kappa  Sigma  Frat. ;  on  the 
day  of  his  graduation  he  was  informed  than  an  essay  of  his  opposing 
lynch  law  had  won  a  Hall  prize,  and  that  he  had  been  awarded  a  schol- 
arship at  Johns  Hopkins  University;  financial  embarrassment  forced  him 
to  decline  the  coveted  prize ;  elected  Superintendent  of  the  Concord  schools, 
which  ])lace  he  held  four  years;  resigned  to  enter  an  active  business  life; 
studied  the  intricacies  of  cotton  milling,  starting  as  floor  sweeper,  and 
winning  every  position  in  the  Norwood  Mfg.  Co.  up  to  the  Superintend- 
ency  of  llic  niill.  wliicli  position  he  now  holds.  He  was  editor  of  the 
Trinity  Arcbive  at  College,  and  did  some  newspaper  work  while  Super- 
intendent  of  Schools  at  Concord;  author  of  several  papers  that  gained 
favorable  notice,  the  most  important  being  "  A  Life  of  Edward  Mosely," 
published  by  the  Southern  Historical  Association,  and  "Early  Gold 
Mining  in  Xorth  Carolina."  In  the  Johns  Ho])kins  series  there  is  a 
broclmi'e  on  Libraries  and  Literature  of  Early  Xorth  Carolina,  by  Dr. 
Stephen  1'..  Weeks,  which  ])laces  a  very  high  estimate  upon  the  literary 
value  <i\'  tlie  (ii'st  of  Ihese  iKijicrs;  ni.  at  the  age  of  thirty-one^  to  Annette 
Corinne,  daugbtei-  of  Richard  Sadler  and  Annette  Harris  of  Concord, 
X.  C.,  and  bad  two  boys.  James  (9)   and  Franklin   (9). 

2.  Virginia   Flonn.c    (S).  li.    isCil;  ob.  189:;  ni.   Paul  F.  Stalling  of  Bost's 

.Mill-.    ;nid    liiid    llirce   eliildreii. 

NOTK — Henry  Ransom  Shinn  was  a  non-commissioned  officer  and  First  Lieutenant 
in  Company  B.  7th  N.  C.  Uej^inient,  C.  S.  A. 

John  Calvin  Shinn  was  Second  Sergeant  Capt.  Brice  Co.,  41  h  N.  C.  Cavalry.  A 
poem  dedicated  to  Serjeant   Shinn   ran  through  the  N.  C.  papers  in  1802. 

.lames  .Madison  Sliinii  was  a  iioii-coniniissioned  officer  in  Co.  B,  7th  N.  C.  Regiment, 
C.  S.  A. 

Michael  Hoke  Shinn  was  a  private  in  the  7th  N.  C.  Regiment.  C.  S.  A. 

Thomas  .Jefferson  Shinn  volunteered  in  the  Junior  Reserves;  was  elected  First 
Lieutenant  Co.  B.  2d  N.  C.  Regiment;  transferred  to  Co.  1.  2d  N.  C.  Cavalry  of  Generail 
Barrlnger's  Brigade.  He  was  one  of  the  eight  men  still  clinging  to  the  regimental  col- 
ors when  captured  by  Ceneral  Custer  at  the  battle  of  Five  Forks. 


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3.  ^lary  Charlotte   (8),  b.  1871;  m.  Adolph  C.  Thies  of  Haile  Gold  Mine, 

bouth  Carolina,  1893,  and  had  Frederica  (9),  Elma  (9)  and  Karl   (9). 

4.  Margaret  Kosetta   (8),  b.   1873;  m.   Samuel  B.  Stewart  of  Chattanooga, 

lenn      and   had   Samuel    Van   Housen    (9),   Mary   Margaret    (9)    and 
Charles  (9).  -  o  v   / 

5.  Lily  Elmetta  (8),  b.  1878.     6.    Anna  Maria  (8),  b.  1878 

7.  Mattjc  Lendora   (8),  b.  1880;  m.,  1901,  Martin  Augustus  Boger  of  Albe- 

marle, IS.  C.  o  o 

8.  Lena  .May   (8),  b.  1883.     9.  Lizzie  Leota   (8),  b.  1885. 
10.  Bessie  Atha  (8),  b.  1889. 

!).  .iMcob  Little   (7),  b.  12/3/1848;  m.  11/5/1869,  Margaret  E.  Black,  and  had 
ehiulren : 

1.  Elizabeth  Amelia  (8);   b.  1871;   m.  Dr.  J.  R.  Jerome,  and  had  three  children. 

2.  Louis  Z.  (8);  b.  1873;  m.,  1894,  Minnie  Earnhardt,  and  had  children 
.'..  Luther  Thompson  (8);  b.  1875;  m.,  1902,  Flora  Furr. 

4.  Hoyle  Melancthon  (8);   b.  1877;   m.,  1898,  Beulah  Jerome. 

5.  Albert  Marvin   (8);    b.  1880;    m.,  1902,   Sophronia  Eudv. 

6.  William  Black   (8).     7.  Thomas  Franklin   (8).     8.  Ollie  Irene   (8) 

10.   Mnrtha  Shinn  (7),  b.  13/3/1848 ;  m.,  4/11/1869,  B.  K  H.  Miller,  and  reared 
a  large  family  in  Concord,  X.  C. :      (1)    Minnie  B.    (8),   (2)    Thomas  W 
(8),  (3)  Josephus  W.  B.  (8),  (4)  Clifford  S.  (8),  (5)  Fannie  L   (8),  (6) 
Mary  (8),  (7)  John  B.  (8),  (8)  Cooper  F.  (8).     All  Democrats  and  mem- 
bers of  the  M.  E.  C.  S. 

n.   Sarah  Catherine   (7),  b.  11/12/1853;  m.,  5/8/1871,  D.  M.  Widenhouse,  and 
reared  a  large  family  in  Concord,  X.  C. 

12.  Paul  Kestler  (7) ;  ob.  infans. 

1028.     Xathaniel  Duncan  Shinn  (6).— Silas   (5),  Silas   (4),  Samuel   (3), 

Thomas  (2),  John  (1). 

Xathaniel  Duncan,  sixth  child  of  Silas  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  (Little) 
Shinn,  b.  in  Xorth  Carolina;  m.  there,  Hester  Brooks;  moved  to  Arkansas;  prom- 
inent member  of  the  M.  E.  C.  S.;  County  Judge  of  Pope  County,  Arkansas; 
member  State  Legislature;  farmer,  and  prominent  Mason.     His  children  were: 

1.  William" E.  Shinn   (7),  of  Dardanelle,  Ark.;   b.,  12/19/1834,  in  N.  C;   ob.  in 

Yell  County,  Ark.,  1/2/1888;  m.,  11/1/1866,  Dora  C.  Lemoyne;  physician 
of  prominence  at  Dardanelle,  Ark.;  had  children — Nelly  and  Norma — 
who  are  living.  Nelly  m.,  10/4/1893,  J.  O.  Polk,  and  had  Dora  Carmen, 
Mary  Linda,  Joel  Travis,  Rubynelle  and  Walton  Ervin.  Norma  is  single. 
The  children  who  died  were  William  Duncan,  Fannie  Hester,  Walter  Er- 
vin, Arthur  Monroe  and  Henri  Eileen. 

2.  James  Madison  Shinn,  who  married  Julia  A.  Alman  and  moved  to  Texas  and 

had  seven  children — Mary,  Edgar,  Alice,  Emma,  Lucy,  John  and  David. 

3.  John  Franklin  Shinn   (7),  who  enlisted  in  the   Confederate  army,  and  was 

killed  at  Corinth,  Miss.,  1862. 

4.  Alpheus  Monroe  Shinn  (7).  who  married  May  J.  Robinson,  and  had  children: 

Rose,  Dudley,  Nelly,  Duncan,  Jesse,  Robert,  Delphia,  Grover,  Roy,  Floy 
and  Ilene.    Alpheus  M.  Shinn  was  a  Union  soldier. 

5.  Henry  Lafayette  Shinn   (7),  who  married  Sarah  Dawson,  and  had  children: 

Homer,  Lily,  Wallie  and  Mollie. 

6.  Marion  Ransom  Shinn   (7);    b.  Pope  County,  Ark.;    m.  Agnes  Johnson,  and 

had  one  child — Charles  Nathaniel. 

7.  Jennie    Shinn    (7) ;    m.   J.   F.   Munday,   a   prominent    citizen   of    Russellville, 

Ark.;  member  of  the  M.  E.  C.  S.;  editor  for  many  years  of  the  "Russell- 
ville Democrat";  a  vigorous  worker  in  the  cause  of  temperance;  mer- 
chant; had  two  children — Gertrude  and  Charles.  The  latter  is  a  gradu- 
ate of  the  Russellville  High  School  and  of  the  Dental  Department  Van- 
derbilt  University,  Nashville,  Tenn.;  he  was  b.  11/30/1876;  m.  6/14/1900,  at 
Big  Spring,  Tex.,  Jennie  Jackson,  and  had  Charles  Lowell  Munday;  Gertrude 
was  b.  10/23/1875;  educated  at  Galloway  Female  College;  m.,  12/22/1896, 
Dr.  R.  L.  Smith,  and  had  Dorothy  Rebecca,  and  Robert  Freeman  Smith. 


386  History  of  the  Shinx  Family  ix  Europe  axd  America 

8.  Bedford   Shinii;    ni.    Lizzie   Jones,   and   had    children — William,    Lulu,    Vesta, 
Myrtle,  Tally,  Silas,  May  and  Frank. 

1029.     James  .Maui.x^n   Siiixx    (lij. — Silas   (5).  Silas   (4),  Samuel   (3), 

Thomas  (2),  Johx  (1). 

Jame^  .Madison,  .^-rwutli  cliiid  of  Sila.>  Bfiijamin  and  Elizabeth  (Little) 
Shinn,  b.  in  North  Carolina,  4/4/1812 ;  reared  on  a  farm  with  limited  opportuni- 
ties for  an  education;  of  fine  native  ability,  ambitious  to  learn,  he  gained  a  fair 
edtieation ;  m.  Sophia  Harkcy  in  North  Carolina,  where  he  engaged  in  mercantile 
bu>ines.s :  moved  to  Arkansas  and  with  his  brother,  Silas  ]\Ionroe,  established  a 
tannery  at  lUissellvilh',  Ark.:  connected  a  mercantile  l)tisiness  with  this  at  a  later 
period;  Ijought  himl  wbicb  now  Ini-m.-  tlie  larger  part  of  the  town  of  Eussellville ; 
taught  school  at  same  jilaee:  elected  to  tlu'  State  ]>egislature  and  served  one 
term;  Democrat  ami  membci'  n['  the  M.  E.  C.  S. ;  in  1852  moved  to  Newton  Coun- 
ty, Arkansas,  and  o])eneil  a  taniiei'y  at  Yardelle;  after  the  war  was  licensed  by  the 
M.  I''.  C.  S.  to  preach,  ami  \\a-  a  local  preacher  at  his  death,  April,  18'('1.  He 
was  the  father  of  ten  children: 
1.  Paulimi  Shinn  (7),  b.  l/]0.  1833,  in  Cabarrus  Countv.  North  Carolina:  m. 
Hugh  Wells  at  Kussellville,  Ark.,  11/13/1851,  and  had  children: 

1.  Marv    :\lagdalene    Wells    (8),    b.    11/30/1852;    educated    at    Eussellville, 

Ark.,  and  m.  there,  7/6/1870,  Franklin  Bird,  son  of  Bird  S.  and  Mar- 
tha Ann  Hale:  lie  was  reared  on  a  farm;  salesman  in  dry  goods  store  of 
his  brother  at  Osceola,  Ark.,  from  18T0  to  1871;  began  farming  in 
1875;  joined  tlie  ]\Iissionary  Baptist  Chui-ch  in  that  year;  made  a  Free 
^lason  in  187-1  ami  has  been  W.  M.  of  the  Osceola  Lodge  several  times; 
niendier  of  tlie  school  l)oar(l  i'nv  twenty-one  yeai's:  an  organizer  of  the 
Granger's  Lodge  at  Oscecda  ;  also  a  charter  meml)er  of  the  K.  P.  Lodge 
and  of  the  K.  11.:  an  organizer  of  and  stockholder  in  the  Bank  of  Osce- 
ola in  L*^!)!  ;  six  yeai's  a  director  of  said  bank:  its  president  for  a  wliile, 
and  always  on  its  finance  committee:  oi'gani/A'r  of  tlie  Citizens"  Bank  of 
Osceola  in  lUUU;  its  president  then  and  now;  organizer,  stockholder 
and  director  of  the  Osceola  Compress  Co.;  president  of  the  ^Mercantile 
Club  Building  Com])any;  elected  secretary,  treasurer  and  general  man- 
agej-  of  the  Osceola  Cotton  Oil  Co.  in  1RDS  nnd  still  holds  these  offices; 
always  a  Democrat:  a  man  ol'  mn>t  excellent  business  cajiacity :  an  ex- 
cellent citizen:  a  true  husband  and  a  (le\iite(l  fatlu'r:  his  wife  is  a 
lover  n\'  hmue.  nnd  a  lu\;il,  dcxotcd  Christian  imilbei'.  The  chihlreii 
were:  (1)  .l;iiiie>  |,ce.  wild  m.  and  had  one  child.  ( "i )  ('barle>  frank- 
lin, ob.  1.S.S5.  (o)  l-;ii/.ahcth  TeaiL  oli.  ISS"?.  (I)  thiima  Wells,  ob. 
1887.  (5)  I'llla  (ii-ace.  ob.  iSS-j.  (  C,  )  William  rowvll.  (:)  PeaiL 
(8)  Cliarlo  l''ranklin.  C-' )  Marv  Tauliua.  (Hi)  P'ranklin  I'.ii'd.  (11) 
TTugh  Wells.      (]•.')    l-'.mma    l'',\alini'. 

2.  James   Webster   WclU    ( s )',   h.   ■!    jo    is.M;  .Mlucated   at    Ku>,-ellville,   Ark., 

anil  ^  oungstown.  ( ).  :  lln  ia\ages  of  war  caused  his  paienls  lo  remove 
1o  the  latter  place,  i-etui'iiing  south  in  isii.V,  salesman  foi-  d.  \j.  Shinn 
in  \s]\:  salesman  at  Osceola.  Ai'k..  is^l-l:  his  fatliei-  died  in  the  lat- 
ter yeai':  he  then  entered  the  diaig  ,-toie  of  hi',  i;.  |'>.  IJanudl.  and 
joine(l  the  M.  I-;.  ('.  S.  the  same  \ear:  >ale>mau  for  .1.  I..  Shinn  ISKI-.SQ; 
opened  a  drug  store  at  IJussellville  in  Issn.  and  conlinued  it  unlil  1807; 
in  connection  wiib  ihi-  he  w.-i-  agent  I'oi'  Hn  I  niei'nat  ioiial  Simd'C  Pood 
Coni])anv  of  M  iiineapolis.  Minn.,  lor  ,\rkan-a,-.  Indian  TeiTiloi'\-  and 
Oklahoma,  beginning  in  iss?  ;ind  holding  the  |tosiiion  io-da\  ;  in  Au- 
gust, 1805.  moved  his  fannly  to  a  t'laiil  fai-m  in  llenioii  ('ountv,  one 
mile  from    lii'iitonville.   .\rk. :  closinc:  out    liie  druy  business.   hi>   united 


Sixth  and  Later  Generations.  387 

his  energies  upon  the  stock  food  business  and  the  farm.  Both  have 
been  remunerative  and  his  health  improved;  "  Fairview  Farm"  is  not 
only  a  good  producer  of  the  far-famed  Arkansas  apples,  but  also  of  the 
finest  breeds  of  hogs.  Is  now  and  has  always  been  a  consistent  advo- 
cate of  temperance;  has  been  honored  by  his  church  with  various  posi- 
tions of  trust ;  his  word  is  as  good  as  his'  bond  and  he  is  in  every  respect 
a  model  citizen;  m.,  1/2/1885,  at  the  house  of  the  author  of  this  book 
in  Magnolia,  Ark.,  Margaret  Letcher,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Catherine 
(Meuller)  Williams,  and  sister  of  Mildred  Carlton  Shinn,  in  whose 
family  she  was  reared;  she  is  a  home  woman  and  a  model  wife  and 
mother.  The  children  were:  (1)  Hugh  Desha.  (2)  Homer  Franklin. 
(3)   Meta  Carlton.     (4)   Grace  Pauline.     (5)   Raymond  Wyatt. 

2.  Mary  Shinn   (7),  b.  2/5/1835;  m.  Dr.  J.  ^Y.  Ramsey  of  Kentucky  and  had 

children: 

1.  Mary  Josephine  Ramsey  (8);   b.  12/14/1860;    m.  Jasper  Sanders. 

2.  James  Ramsey  (8);  b.  1857;   m.  Miss  Gladden,  and  had  children: 

1.  D.  W.  Ramsey;    b.  1877;   m.  Bertha  Johnston. 

2.  Mary  Ramsey;   b.  1879;   m.  Richard  Morris. 
.3.  .John  Ramsey;  ob.  young. 

4.  Clarence  Ramsey;    unmarried. 

3.  Sarah  Ramsey  (8);  b.  1861;  m.  Samuel  Spears. 

4.  Paulina  Ramsey  (8);  b.  1859;  ob.  young. 

5.  Frank  Ramsey  (8);  b.  1863;  m.  a  Davis. 

3.  William  Ransom  Shinn  (7),  b.  1838;  ob.  1840. 

4.  Elizabeth  Priscilla  Shinn   (7),  b.  1842;  m.   (1)   Dr.  William  Payne,  dentist; 

moved  to  Springfield,  Mo.,  where  he  died,  childless;  m.  (2)  C.  H.  Milliken, 
8/12/1892. 

5.  Sarah  Minerva  Shinn   (7),  b.  March,  1845;  m.  William  Riley,  son  of  James 

and   Xancy    (Thompson)    Lee,    6/12/1862,   in    Newton    County,   Arkansas, 

and  had  children : 

1.  Ruah  P.  (8);  b.  6/10/1865;  m.  J.  L.  Morris,  7/12/1894,  in  Logan  County,  Ark. 

2.  Jeanette  (8):  b.  12/9/1866;  m.  W.  T.  Cook,  in  Logan  County,  Ark. 

3.  Millie  Catherine  (8);   b.  12/30/1868:  m.  J.  B.  Rodgers. 

4.  Nancy  Paulina  (8);    b.  4/7/1870;   m.  C.  B.  Willis. 

5.  Mary  (8);  b.  10/27/1871;  m.  (1)  W.  A.  Brown;    (2)  A.  C.  Gleason. 

6.  Henry  Clay  (8);  b.  9/9/1873;   m.   (1)   Fannie  Gleason;    (2)   Alpha  Spears. 

7.  John  A.  (8);  b.  7/31/1875;  m.  Johnnie  Hill. 

8.  James  (8);  b.  7/31/1875;  ob.  1876. 

9.  Victoria  E.  (8);  b.  3/13/1880;  m.  William  C.  Jolly,  in  Indian  Territory. 
10    Eliza  (8);  b.  12/6/1882;  m.  Bart  A.  Jolly,  in  Indian  Territory. 

n.  Richard  (8);  b.  12/16/1884;   ob.  1885. 

6.  Victoria   Shinn    (7),  b.   6/10/1847;  m.  John   A.,   son  of  James   and  Xancy 

Lee:  farmer:  Sheriff  of  Newton  County,  Arkansas.     Children: 
1.  Henry  (8):  b.  1867;  m.  Miss  McDougal,  1884. 
2    Martha  (8);  b.  1871;  m.  I.  J.  Renes,  1887. 

3.  Daisy  (8);   b.  1873;  m.  I.  F.  Cooper,  1893. 

4.  W.  Riley  (8) ;  b.  1875. 

5  Nannie  (8);  b.  1881;   m.  Sherman  Wheeler,  1898. 

6  Robert  L.  (8);  b.  1884;  m.  Laura  Wheeler,  1903. 

7'  Pearl  (8);  b.  1886.     8.  Lulu  (8);  b.  1888;  ob.  1895. 

7  Kate  Shinn  (7),  b.  4/3/1849;  m.   (1)   F.  A.  O'Daniel,  13/15/1870,  at  Yar- 

delle  Ark.;  (2)  Benjamin  Allen,  6/17/1886,  at  Russellville,  Ark.  The 
children  of  the  first  marriage  were  Myrtie,  William,  Frank  and  Charles. 

8  Thomas  Jefferson  Shinn   (7),  b.  6/30/1851,  at  Russellville,  Ark.;  was  taken 

to  Newton  County  in  1852  and  has  resided  there  ever  since;  farmer;  m., 
9/19/1871,  Elizabeth  Sanders  of  Cave  Creek;  physician  and  merchant; 
Democrat  'but  has  been  elected  Sheriff  and  Clerk  of  a  County  that  has  a 
normal  Republican  majority  of  200:  he  has  the  confidence  of  both  parties; 

95 


388  HiSTOKY  OF  THE  Shixx  Familt  in  Europe  and  America 

appointed  :Major  in  the  Arkansas  Eeserve  Militia  in  1898;  he  is  and  has 
always  been  a  faithful  Christian.     Children: 

1.  James  M.  (8);  b.  11/14/1871.     2.  Clarence   (8);   b.  12/25/1873. 

3.  Thomas  J.  (8);  b.  11/13/1875.     4.  Peter  Sanders  (8);  b.  11/28/1878. 

5.  Earnest  (8);   b.  11/11/1879.     6.  Jennie  (8);   b.  12/25/1881. 

7.  Pearl  (8);  b.  1883.     8.  Maude;  b.  3/9/1884.     9.  Ozie  (8);  b.  9/18/1887. 
10.  Claude  (8);  b.  9/20/1891.    11.  Clyde  (8);   b.  12/22/1897. 

Of  these  children  James  M.  studied  law;  began  practice  at  Harrison,  Ark.; 

■was  appointed   Prosecuting  Attorney  for  his  district  to  fill  out  an  unexpired 

vacancy;  afterwards  elected  Prosecuting  Attorney. 
9.  Eliza  Shiun  (7),  b.  6/12/1854;  m.,  4/15/1871,  Thomas  G.  Dickens  of  Yell 

County,  Arkansas,  and  had  children: 
1.  Frederick    (8) ;    b.   1872.     2.  Mattie.    3.  Johnnie.    4.  Oscar.     5.  Ida.     6.  Alonzo. 
7.  Gertie.     8.  Clifton.     9.  Mollie. 
10.  Martha  Shinn   (7),  oh.  in  vita  patris. 


LITTLETON   CRANKFIELD   SHINN. 


1030.    Littleton  Crankfield  Shinn  (6). — Silas  (5),  Silas  (1),  Samuel  (3), 

Thomas  (2),  John  (1). 
Littleton  Crankfield,  eighth  child  of  Silas  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  (Little) 
Sliinii,  b.  in  Cabarrus  County,  North  Carolina,  3/19/1814;  d.  in  Pope  Coujity, 
Arkansas,  9/7/1885;  m.  (1)  in  Cabarrus  County,  Korth  Carolina,  in  1835,  ISTelly 
Tucker,  b.  2/12/1815;  ob.  in  Pope  County,  Arkansas,  9/30/18G4.  Her  father 
died  when  she  was  a  child  and  she  was  reared  by  her  aunt,  the  wife  of  George 
'J'uckor.  Nelly's  mother  was  a  Clay.  M.  (2)  in  Pope  County,  Arkansas,  3/31/ 
18G5,  Lavina  Love,  b.  2/25/1840;  she  Avas  a  daughter  of  Pleasant  Love  and  Lear 
Motley,  both  of  whom  emigrated  from  North  Carolina  to  Arkansas.  Littleton 
Crankfield  emigrated  from  North  Carolina  to  Arkansas  and  lived  two 
years  at  what  is  now  Russollville  on  the  present  site  of  the  cemetery;  he  then 
moved  to  liis  homestead  at  I^Iill  Creek,  Pope  County,  Ark.,  where  he  lived  the 
remainder  of  his  life;  farmer  and  stone  mason;  member  of  tlie  Christian  Church; 
Democrat;  the  father  of  eight  children  by  his  first  wife  and  three  by  his  second. 
These,  with  their  descendants,  numbering  195,  are  as  follows: 
1.  Elizabeth  :\Ialinda  Shinn  (7),  b.  in  North  Carolina  2/3/1836;  m.  (1),  1/21/ 
1856,  in  Pope  County,  Arkansas,  John  WyclifTe  Shoptaw,  b.  in  Kentucky, 


Sixth  and  Later  Generations.  389 

1828;  ob.  during  service  Civil  War;  member  Co.  F,  3rd  Ark.  Batt.,  C.  S. 
A.,  under  Captain  James  Eussell  and  Colonel  Stirman;  farmer  and  Demo- 
crat; m.  (2)  at  Mill  Creek,  Ark.,  8/14/1867,  Eufus  Alexander  Bailey; 
farmer  and  Eepublican;  her  second  husband  was  also  a  Confederate  soldier 
of  the  same  battalion  as  Mr.  Shoptaw;  he  was  captured  at  luka.  Miss.,  and 
paroled.  Children  by  the  first  marriage,  all  born  in  Pope  County,  Arkan- 
sas, were  as  follows: 

1.  John  Thomas   Shoptaw    (8);    b.  9/21/1857;    m.  10/29/1879  Martha  Henrietta 

Pless,  and  had  twelve  children: 

1.  William  Edward    (9);    b.  8/27/1880;    m.,  12/24/1901,  Minnie  Marvilla  Sos- 

bee,  and  had  Lavan  Neil. 

2.  Elbert  Monroe  (9).     3.  Rosa  Malinda  (9).     4.  Charles  Monsieur. 
5.  Kelly  Maud   (9).     6.  Horace  Greeley  (9).     7.  Florence  Etta  (9). 
8.  Nora  Eve   (9).     9.  Laura  Annie   (9).  10.  John  Thomas   (9). 

11.  Ruth  (9).     12.  Dora  (9). 

2.  Mary    Alice    Shoptaw    (8);    b.    2/12/1860;    m.,    2/15/1883,    Henry    Bradford 

Thompson,  and  had  six  children: 

1.  May  (9);  b.  11/11/1883;  m.  Lawrence  Coffman,  5/5/1891,  and  had  lone. 

2.  Kate  (9).     3.  Fred  Burgess   (9).     4.  Ethel  (9).     5.  Sherod  (9).  6.  An  infant. 

3.  Jesse  James  (8) ;  b.  11/6/1861;  manufacturer  and  dealer  in  lumber;  Democrat; 

m.,  11/27/1884,  Martha  Allen  Burris,  and  had  eight  children: 
1.  Florence  Rosalia  (9).     2.  Millie  Oder   (9).     3.  Lillie  Ethel. 
4.  Edna  Malinda   (9).     5.  John  Emmitt    (9).     6.  Rheba   (9).     7.  Lois. 
8.  Bettie  (9).  ; 

Cliildren  of  Second  Marriage,  all  born  in  Pope  County,  Arkansas. 

4.  Evilina  Belmont  Bailey  (8);  b.  10/26/1869;  m.,  8/4/1892,  George  Washington 

Price;   farmer;   Baptist;   Republican,  and  had  four  children: 
1.  Nora  Lonanna    (9).     2.  Bertha   May    (9).     3.  Minnie    Mary  Elizabeth    (9). 
4.  Cora  Frances  (9). 

5.  Elizabeth  Virginia  Bailey   (8);   b.  2/10/1870;    m.,  2/14/1892,  Allen  Saturfield 

Garrison;   farmer;    engineer;    Methodist;    Republican;    and  had  three  chil- 
dren:    I.Clyde  Allen.     2.  Leo  Clay.     3.  Ora  Malinda. 

6.  Laura   Ellen   Bailey    (8);    b.    3/31/1871;    m.   John    Calvin   Shinn,    2/14/1895; 

farmer;   Democrat;   and  had  three  children — Charles  Truman,  Violet  May 
and  Josie  Lucile. 

7.  Henry  Monroe  Bailey  (8);   b.  2/3/1873;  farmer;  Republican;   m.,  12/21/1902, 

Rose  Evelyn  Smith. 

8.  Annie  Louise  Bailey  (8);  b.  4/5/1874;   ob.,  10/11/1900. 

9.  Rufus  Eddie  Bailey  (8);  b.  10/15/1876;  ob.  9/17/1878. 

10.  Cora  Dozella  Bailey  (8);  b.  9/16/1879;  m.  John  Green  Norden,  farmer. 

Martha  Isabel  Shinn  (7),  b.  in  North  Carolina,  2/5/1839;  ob.  in  Arkansas 
7/28/1898 ;  m.,  1/19/1858,  in  Pope  County,  Arkansas,  Eeuben  Hunt  Smith, 
b.  in  North  Carolina  7/10/1838;  farmer;  meclianic;  Christian; 
Democrat:  enlisted,  June,  1862,  Company  E,  First  Arkansas  In- 
fantry, C.  S.  A.;  served  under  Captain  Caleb  Davis;  in  battles  of  Pea  Eidge, 
luka,  Corinth  and  Port  Gibson;  captured  at  the  latter  place  and  sent  to 
prison  at  Alton,  111. ;  exchanged  and  sent  to  Eichmond,  where  he  served  as 
o-uard  until  after  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  when  he  returned  to  Meridian, 
Miss.*  furlouo-hed  and  made  1st  Sergeant  under  Captain  Benjamin  Jaca- 
wav ; 'captured  again  and  sent  to  Little  Eock,  Ark.,  where  he  remained  a 
prisoner  until  the  close  of  the  war.    The  children,  all  horn  in  Pope  County, 

Arkan'^as    were* 

1  Ma"ry  Fredonia  Smith  (8);  b.  11/1/1858;  ob.  3/21/1893;  m.,  June,  1875,  Henry 

Mann-  engineer;  and  had  seven  children: 
1  William  (9);  b.  3/28/1876;  ob.  12/27/l68a. 
2'  Nettie    (9);    b.    2/1/1879;    m.,    at   Baxter    Springs,    Kan.,    8/30/1896,   Felix 

Theodori'c  Dardenne,  and  had  Delia  Dana  and  Ruby  Cecillia. 
3    Charles   (9)       4.  Daniel   (9).     5.  Toby   (9).     6.  Minnie    (9).     7.  Nellie   (9). 

2  Jesse  Lee   Smith    (8);    b.   12/16/1860;    farmer;    Democrat:    m.,    at    Pinnacle 

Springs,  Faulkner  County,  Ark.,  12/24/1882,  Nettie  Smith,  and  had  seven 
children: 


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History  of  the  Shixx  Family  ix  Europe  axd  America 


1.  Arthur  Esse    (9).     2.  Homer  Scott  (9).     3.  Lillas  Luvena   (9). 

4.  Ruby  Belle  (9).     5.  Fred  Chapman  (9).     6.  Horace  Clyde  (9). 
T.Odessa  May  (9). 

3.  Sarah  Ellen   Smith    (S);    b.  4/5/1866;    m.,  2/16/1882,   William  Wylie   Smith; 

farmer;  Democrat;  and  had  seven  children: 
1.  Odessa  Lee    (9).     2.  Zellah    (9).     3.  Wyatt    (9).     4.  Lawrence    (9). 

5.  Horace  Buford    (9).     6.  Beulah  Bertha  (9).     7.  True  Frank   (9). 

4.  Lenora  Tripheua  Smith   (8);   b.  8/5/1870;   d.  9/28/1872. 

5.  Henry  Frank  Smith  (8);   b.  11/30/1873;   teacher;   member  Christian  Church; 

graduated  Russellville  High  School,  also  of  Peabody  Normal  College,  of 
Nashville,  Tenn.;  degree  L.  L;  also  University  of  Nashville,  class  of  1898; 
degree  A.  B.;  student  at  Cornell  in  post-graduate  work;  professor  of  lan- 
guage and  science  for  three  years  at  College  of  Springdale;  a  well-rounded 
man.     (See  portrait  of  Henry  Frank  Smith,  and  of  his  grandfather,  Little- 


PROF.  HENRY   FRANK  SMITH. 


7. 

s. 


Ion  Craulsliclil  Sliinii.  The  piciiirc  licini  wliicli  the  lalier  was  executed 
was  an  old  ambrotype,  taken  befori-  ilic  wnv.  II  shows  the  man  as  he 
was  in  i)ionf'cr  days  in  his  work  clothes,  rugged  and   hoTiost.) 

I01i/,al)C'lli   Wila   Smith    (S);    b.   2/14/1876;    d.   8/13/18711. 

.James  Thomas   Smith    (8);   1).   8/30/1877;    d.   (;/U;/1884. 

Mattip  Floniicc  Smith  (S);  1).  1/12/1879;  m.,  2/14/1898,  E.  Virgil  Trammell, 
and  had  one  child — Raymond  Verence. 

.liimc.«  Kansoiii  Sliinn  C).  I,,  at  IJu>.M'llvilIc,  Ark.,  4/;V1842;  farmer;  Dem- 
ocrat:  served  in  Southcni  .\riii\  :  cnli.-tcd  i)i  (',..  ]•:.  1."|ii  Ark.  Tiif. :  eno-a<Tod 
in  battles  of  Klklioni  (  I'ca  iv'iduv).  ('.innili.  I'oii  Cibson  ami  Baker's 
Creek;  in  tlie  la.^t  he  was  wdiiiulcd  ;  m.  m  \\t\H'  ('(nmty,  Arkansas,  l/lT/ 
ISfir),  Ttemima   Kllen  Sniitli.  and   had   tliiitccii  cliildivii: 


Sixth  and  Later  Generations.  391 

1.  George  Donald  Shinn   (8);   b.  9/25/1865;  d.  2/4/1866. 

2.  James  William  Shinn  (8);  b.  11/4/1866;   d.  11/25/1866. 

3.  Charles   Littleton    Shinn    (8);    b.    8/15/1868;    teacher   and    retail    merchant; 

Christian;  graduate  Peabody  Normal  College,  L.  I.  degree  (1895);  Demo- 
crat; m.,  1/8/1893,  Mary  i^ouisa  Sosbee,  and  had  three  children:  1.  Edna 
Malinda  (9).     2.  Roy  Alfred   (9).     3.  Charles  Jewell   (9). 

4.  Joicy  Louisa  Shinn    (8);    b.   9/27/1870;   m.,  2/16/1892,  Cyrus  P.   Hall;    hard- 

ware dealer;  Democrat;  Christian;  had  five  children:  I.Cyrus  Lee  (9). 
2.  Pauline   (9).     3.  Frank  (9).     4.  Goldman  (9).     5.  Susie  (9). 

5.  Dosie  Freedonia  Shinn  (8);  b.  2/15/1873;   m.,  7/27/1889,  James  Monroe  Sos- 

bee, her  cousin;  farmer;  Baptist;  and  had  four  children:  1.  Bertha  (9). 
2.  Ruth  Agnes  (9).     3.  Hugh  Lenoir  (9).     4.  Inez  Ellen  (9). 

6.  Amanda  Miranda  Shinn  (8);  b.  2/22/1875;  d.  8/22/1899;  m.  Mack  C.  Wiggins; 

teacher;  Democrat;  and  had  three  children:  I.Alfred.  2.  Gussie  Vow 
(9).     3.  Mary  Ellen   (9). 

7.  Thomas  Jefferson  Shinn    (8);    b.  2/1/1877;    d.  8/25/1879. 

8.  James  Reuben  Shinn   (8);    b.  11/25/1879;   farmer;    Democrat;    m.,  12/3/1899, 

Kate  Francis  Swilling,  and  had  two  children:  1.  Rue  Erwin  (9).  2. 
James  Goldman  (9). 

9.  Sika  Shinn   (8);    b.  7/4/1881;    m..  6/24/1900,  James  Allen  Jones;    salesman; 

and  had  one  child — William  Elbert  (9). 

10.  Lulu  Ellen  Shinn   (8);    b.  11/1.5/1882;   m.  Henry  Franklin  Spillers;  teacher; 

Democrat;  and  had  two  children — Charles  Lee  (9)  and  Ruby  (9). 

11.  Jesse  Lee  Shinn   (8);   b.  5/18/1884. 

12.  Elizabeth  Malinda  Shinn  (8);   b.  9/19/1885;  m.,  1/18/1903,  Edward  Rachel. 

13.  Catherine  Shinn  (8);   b.  11/30/1888. 

4.  Mary  Ann  Shinn  (7),  b.  in  Pope  County,  Arkansas,  3/2/1845;  Baptist;  ra., 

12/10/1863,  James  William  Booker;  served  in  Southern  Army,  1st  Arkan- 
sas Batt. ;  farmer  and  doctor ;  Baptist ;  and  had  ten  children : 

1.  Mary  Ellen  Booker   (8);    b.  8/13/1864;    d.  10/7/1865. 

2.  John  William  Booker  (8);  b.  3/29/1867:  Baptist;  lumberman;  m.  Ellen  Gray, 

March,  1896,  and  had  two  children — Zet  and  Arl. 
8.  Angelyne  Booker   (8);  b.  8/26/1869;    d.  11/13/1896. 

4.  Martha   Lavina   Booker    (8);    b.    10/4/1861;    m.,    2/9/1893,    James    Benjamin 

Scarb rough;  farmer;  Democrat;  and  had  four  children — Zan  (9),  Harry 
(9),  Essie  (9)   and  James  Oland   (9). 

5.  Sarah  Emma  Booker  (8);  b.  8/18/1874;   m.,  12/30/1896,  Rufus  F.  Yow;   lum- 

berman and  Democrat;   had  two  children — Beatrice  and  Andra. 

6.  Dora    Belle    Lonannah    Booker    (8);    b.    8/30/1877;    m.,    2/12/1896,    Isaac    S. 

Davis;  railway  employee;  and  had  one  child — Ruble. 

7.  James  Thomas  Elmer  Booker  (8);  b.  2/9/1880;   d.  8/19/1883. 

8.  Jesse  Littleton  Booker  (8);   b.  2/13/1882. 

9.  Albert  Dudley  Booker  (8) ;    b.  5/9/1884. 

10.  Robert  Henry  Nolle  Booker;   b.  10/28/1886. 

5.  Eliza  Malissa  Shinn   (7),  b.  in  Pope  County,  Arkansas,   12/19/1847;  d.   in 

same   County,    8/3/1891;   m.    there,   April,    1868,   TJriali    Columbus   Epps; 
Baptist ;  farmer ;  Eepublican  ;  and  had  seven  children : 

1.  James    Monroe    Epps    (8);    b.    2/21/1869;    hardware    dealer;    m.,    4/24/1898, 

Louisa  Epps,  and  had  one  child — Claude. 

2.  Sarah  Elizabeth  Epps   (8);    b.  1/16/1871. 

3.  Mary   Epps    (8);    b.    11/20/1873;    m.,    1/12/1896,    Andrew    Lawrence    Martin, 

farmer,  and  had  three   children — Lonzo  Lee,  Roy  and  Bessie. 

4.  Nancy  Ann  Epps  (8);   b.  10/22/1877;   m.,  11/16/1901,  John  Robert  Anderson, 

farmer,  and  had  one  child — Cecil. 
5    Martin  Littleton  Epps  (8);  b.  7/22/1881. 
6.  Florence  Epps   (8) ;  b.  11/22/1885.     7.  Lucy  Epps   (8) ;    b.  11/23/1888. 

6.  Silas  Monroe  Shinn   (7),  b.  8/30/1850;  farmer  and  Democrat;  m.   (1),  Sep- 

tember, 1869,  Sarah  Jane  Tucker;  m.   (2),  2/5/1885,  Mary  B.  Carr.     Chil- 
dren bv  first  marriage: 

1  James  Calvin  Shinn   (8);  b.  1/22/1872;   d.  5/14/1890. 

2  Martha  Luetta  Shinn  (8);   b.  3/1/1875;   m.,  12/29/1892,  Ulysses  Grant  Shop- 

taw;   farmer  and  ginner;    Populist:   had  Cora  Annis. 

3  Robert  Monroe  Shinn   (8);    b.  12/18/1881;    railway  employe;    Democrat;    m., 

5/12/1901,  Lillie  Susie  Nordin,  and  had  Aubra. 


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Children  by  the  Second  Marriage. 

4.  Walter  Daniel   (8).     5.  Maxie  Odia  (8).     6.  Shellie  Florence   (8). 

7.  Delphia  Ethel  (8).     8.  Silas  Emmitt  (8).     9.  Charles  Reese  (8). 
10.  Herbert  (8). 

7.  Sarah  Josephine  Shinn  (T),  b.  Pope  County,  Arkansas,  8/28/1853;  m.,  2/14/ 

1869,  Calvin  Polk  Kelly;  doctor;  minister  in  Christian  Church;  enlisted 
in  Co.  K  28th  A^a.  Inf.  June,  1861,  and  served  four  years  under  Colonel 
Tiobert  Preston,  General  Allen's  Brigade,  General  Pickett's  Division  1st 
Army  Corps  of  the  Potomac,  General  Longstreet  commanding.  Had  four- 
teen children : 

1.  Levestrain  Nevada  Kelley    (8);    b.   10/13/1870;    m.,   12/29/1887,   Thomas   Co- 

lumbus Rollins,  druggist,  and  had  seven  children:  I.William  C.  2.  Min- 
nie Davis.  3.  Oliver  Grady.  4.  Gertie  Odel.  5.  Doyle.  6.  Roy  Rex.  7.  A 
girl;  ob.  infans. 

2.  Ulalia  Virginia  (8);   b.  8/11/1873.     3.  Octava  Lebanon   (8);    b.  4/7/1875. 
4.  Medora  Malinda  (8);  b.  9/1/1877.     5.  Daniel  Brintz;  b.  7/25/1879. 

6.  James  Harrison  (8) ;  b.  11/21/1880.     7.  Stillia  Nita  (8) ;  b.  10/16/1883. 

8.  Marcus   (8);   b.  2/9/1886;   ob.  1886.     9.  tJessie  Odel   (8);   b.  8/12/1888. 
10.  Rhoda  Bell   (8);   b.  6/2/1890.     11.  Boy;   ob.  infans. 

12.  Lettie  May  (8);   b.  6/29/1893.     13.  Thomas  Raford   (8);   b.  7/2/1895. 
14.  Virgil  Mabel    (8);    b.  3/22/1899. 

8.  l.iiura  Alice  Sliinn   (7).  1).  Pope  County,  Arkansas,  6/14/1858;  d.  5/18/1860. 

Children  of  Second  Marriage,  Littleton  C.   Shinn  and  Lavina  Love. 

9.  :\lattie  :\ralissa  Shinn  (7),  b.  5/9/1866;  d.  11/23/1881;  m.  John  Maddux;  a 

physician  at  Lodi.  I.  T.,  and  liad  two  children: 
l!^  Laura   Bell    (8);    m.    (1)    William   Dehart;    (2)    Mr.    Stricklin,    and   had   one 

child  by  each  marriage. 
2.  Walter  Littleton  (8) ;  b.  8/26/1881. 

10.  David  Littleton  Shinn   (7),  b.  4/14/1869;  d.  2/14/1881. 

n.  George  Darling  Shinn  (7),  b.  12/2/1872;  farmer;  Democrat;  m.,  12/13/1891, 

Kiiiiii;!  Bnlciiian,  nnd  lind  two  children,  Ila  and  Mamie. 

1031.     Eliza  C.vrlock  Siiixx   (6). — Silas   (5),  Silas   (4),  Samuel   (3), 

Thomas  (2),  Johx  (1). 

1-^liza  Carlock,  ninth  child  of  Silas  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  (Little)  Shinn, 
b.  9/4/1815,  in  Cabarrus  County,  North  Carolina;  ob.  3/18/1896;  quietly  she 
lived  with  her  parents  until  at  the  age  of  sixteen  she  was  married  to  Clairborn 
Freeman  l^•ed,  12/1/1831 ;  they  lived  eight  years  in  North  Carolina,  and  in  1839 
moved  to  Pope  County,  Ark.  On  arriving  there  they  were  poor  and  much  work 
was  to  be  done,  but  she  was  a  shrewd  manager  and  soon  they  had  a  comfortable 
home;  she  lived  in  Pope  County  when  the  Arkansas  Traveler  was  a  true  picture 
of  the  State;  slic  also  lived  tliere  when  it  was  a  travesty  upon  its 
good  name;  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church;  her  home  was 
known  far  and  wide  for  its  welcome  to  preachers,  its  generous  hospital- 
ity to  strangers,  and  its  kindly  attention  to  the  poor  and  distressed;  io  (hem  nine 
children  were  born;  five  girls  and  four  boys,  four  living  and  five  dead;  and  from 
these  have  sprung  sixty-six  grandcliildren  and  105  great-grnndcliihlrcn  and  twcnty- 
fonr  great-great-grandchildren.  Cliildron: 
1.  Dicy  Melisse  Reed   (7),  b.  10/12/1833;  ob.  12/11/1901;  m.   (1),  12/25/1849, 

Averv  McGec;  m.  (2),  1871.  James  Taylor.     Bv  the  first  marriage: 

1.  Newton  McGee  (8);  b.  10/4/1860;  m.,  1871,  Hettie  Coonce. 

2.  Mary   Jane    McGee;    b.    7/1/1854;    m.    Lemuel    Shinn.    and    had:      I.Henry 

Shinn  (9);  ra.  Ollie  Ferman.  and  had  Lucy,  Otto  and  Roy.  2.  Minnie;  m. 
Marion  Stinnette.  and  had  Mamie,  Bessie  and  Clyde.  3.  Lillie.  4.  Lee- 
burh;   m.  Mary  Thompson,     .'j.  Ruth;  m.  Loo  Roarox.     6.  Avery. 

3.  Jason  Jasper  McGce;  b.  4/16/1857;  m.,  10/16/1880,  Juda  Crowell.  and  had:     1. 

Verta;  b.  9/27/1883;   m.  1897,  William  McAnulty,  and  had  Lois  Edna  and 


Sixth  and  Later  Generations.  393 

Vera.  2.  Cassie;  b.  8/1/1881;  m.,  7/4/1900,  Laura  Harvel,  and  had  Lloyd 
Herman.     3.  Ellen.     4.  Charles.     S.Bonnie  May.     6.  Gurley.     7.  Norma.     8. 

4.  Eliza  Ellen  McGee;   b.  5/11/1862;   m.   (1)   Willis  Dyer;    (2)  Taylor  Johnson, 

and  had  Dora  Dyer. 

Children  by  Second  Marriage. 

5.  George  Ezra  Taylor;    b.   5/14/1875;    m.,  12/23/1894,  Wellie  Shinn,  and  had 

Frederick. 

6.  William  Taylor;  b.  3/1/1877;  m.,  7/21/1897,  Ada  Harvel,  and  had  Uller  and 

Ulah. 

2.  Julia  Elizabeth  Eeed  (7),  b.  4/24/1835;  ob.  4/27/1865. 

3.  Mary  Malinda  Eeed  (7),  b.  3/7/1837;  m.  (1),  1/28/1859,  Jackson  Harkey; 

(2)  Edward  Guthrie.    Children  by  first  marriage: 

1.  Jennie  Harkey;  b.  12/15/1859;  m.,  7/4/1874,  James  Powell;  she  ob.  4/9/1888. 

Children:  I.Robert  Powell;  b.  12/11/1876.  2.  Mina  Powell;  b.  7/14/1880; 
m.,  8/29/1894,  Otis  Simmons,  and  had  Gertrude,  Bertie  and  William.  3. 
Mary  Powell;  b.  3/17/1882;  m.,  1898,  Charles  Knox,  and  had  Myrtle  and 
Ruth.  4.  Omah  Powell;  b.  8/7/1885;  m.,  12/5/1900,  William  Lancaster, 
and  had  Bernard.     5.  Jeannette;   b.  4/1/1888. 

2.  Jefferson  Davis  Harkey;   b.  7/4/1861;  d.  3/5/1868. 

3.  Isabella  Harkey;    b.   8/6/1862;    m.,   11/26/1883,   Marion   Stinnette;    d.    9/29/ 

1892;    children,  Delia  and   Herschel. 

4.  Mary  Jackson  Harkey;  b.  7/18/1864;  d.  7/18/1865. 

Children  by  Second  Marriage. 

5.  Sarah  Ellen  Guthrie;   b.  2/7/1869;    m.  Edward  Edgman,  and  had  children: 

l.Philamon.  2.  Edmond.  3.  .Josie.  4.  Hazie.  5.  Jesse.  6.  Samuel,  de- 
ceased.    7.  Mattie. 

6.  Nettie  Guthrie;  b.  9/9/1867;  d.    9/29/1897. 

4.  George  Allen  Eeed  (7),  b.  6/30/1840;  m.  (1),  1/1/1861,  Minerva  Copeland; 

(2),  9/26/1867,  Katie  Harkey;  he  died  8/27/1892;  early  in  his  teens  he 
had  charge  of  his  father's  farm,  where  he  learned  to  love  the  occupation 
which  he  followed  all  his  life;  he  was  a  farmer  because  he  loved  it;  when 
the  war  came  up  he  was  not  in  favor  of  dissolving  the  Union,  but  enlisted 
in  the  Confederate  Army  and  served  faithfully  during  the  greater  portion 
of  the  war;  served  as  Commissary  Sergeant,  was  then  promoted  success- 
ively to  third,  second  and  first  lieutenant,  and  for  a  short  time  during  the 
latter  part  of  service  was  Captain  of  his  company.  After  the  capture  of 
Dardanelle  by  the  Federals  he  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  and  all  through 
his  life  set  the  example  of  true  loyalty  and  citizenship.  He  was  a  devoted 
Christian;  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  served  in  all 
the  offices  of  the  same.  He  was  especially  active  in  Sunday  School  work  and 
was  superintendent  for  many  years  of  both  his  own  and  country  schools ;  was 
a  prominent  temperance  advocate  and  worker,  always  voting  the  Prohibi- 
tion ticket  when  one  was  in  the  field.     He  was  the  father  of  five  children, 

as  follows: 

1.  Eliza  Allen  Reed   (8);   b.  5/7/1862;   m.,  2/14/1878,  Thomas  Guthrie,  and  had 

children:  1.  Ida,  b.  7/13/1879;  m.,  7/3/1898,  Thos.  Jarnagain,  and  had  Glen 
and  Herschel.  2.  Grace,  b.  4/29/1881;  m.,  11/5/1902,  James  McKeever.  3.  Ef- 
fie,  b.  4/22/1883;  m.,  3/8/1903,  Daniel  Patterson.  4.  Edward;  5.  Lizzie; 
6.  Carl;   7.  Lester;  8.  Ernest;  9.  Kate;  10.  Leedona  Pearl. 

2.  Sarah  Reed  (8);  b.  2/20/1864;  d.  6/20/1865. 

3.  Emily  Annice  Reed   (8);   b.  11/22/1868;   educated  Russellville  High  School; 

teacher;  has  given  me  the  facts  concerning  her  family.    A  most  intelligent 
woman. 

4.  Lorenzo  Dow  Reed   (7);  b.  10/11/1870;   m.,  9/22/1896,  Martha  Harkey,  and 

had  Otis  Allen. 

5.  Infant  Reed;  ob.  infans. 


394  History  of  the  Shixx  Family  ix  Europe  axd  America 

5.  William  Adol])]iu>  JJtvd  (T),  b.  4/10/1843;  in.,  2/18/1862,  Cyrena  Harkey; 
Jiiember  of  tlie  Motliudist  Church:  a  soldier  in  the  Union  Army;  farmer; 

Democrat ;  d.  3/5/1899.     Children : 

1.  Maonah  Jane   Reed    (8);    b.   12/29/1862;    m.,  Dec,   1881,   Pink   McCurdy   and 

had,  Lizzie.  Annice,  Lee  and  Martha  Verlette. 

2.  Mary   Alice    Reed    (8);    b.    8/29/1864;    m.,    2/11/1883,    Geo.    Taylor   and   had 

Lucy.   William    Henry,  Elmer  Adams,  Jesse,  John,   Mary   Ellen,   Ada,   Ina 
Cyrena,  Amasa  and  Etta. 
S.Jesse   Lawrence   Reed    (8);    b.   5/18/1866;    m.    (1)    Mary    Nelson;    (2)    7/18/ 
1889.  Wager  Wood;   children:     Nellie,  Cyrena,  David  Allen,  Ernest  Orma, 
Jesse  and  Elizabeth. 

4.  Martha  Verlette  Reed    (8);    b.   ;V28/1868;    m.,  1/9/1890,  John  Witt,  and  had 

Minnie  Bell.  Eliza,  Allison,  Walter  Guy,  Everett,  Cyrena  Annice  and  Mary 
Melisse. 

5.  Sallie  Reed   (8);   b.  4/5/1869;    d.  8/18/1875. 

6.  Melisse  Jane  Reed  (8);   b.  1/3/1871;   m.,  1/3/1893,  James  McAlister  and  had 

William,  Scott  and  Theora. 

7.  John  Thomas  Reed  (8);  b.  3/10/1873;  m.,  10/29/1896,  Edith  Tabor. 

8.  Charles    Reed    (8);    b.    2/27/1875;    m.,    12/16/1897,    Martha    Shinn    and    had 

Ruby  and  Clarence. 

9.  Amasa   Reed    (8);    b.   3/18/1877. 

10.  Eliza  Reed  (8):   b.  12/6/1879;  m..  11/23/1901,  Lewis  McAllister  and  had  Jes- 

sie Leona  and  Henry. 

11.  Maud  Reed  (8);  b.  8/10/1883.     12.  David  Scott  Reed  (8);  b.  3/5/1886. 

G.  John  Franklin  l?eed  (T),  b.  4/12/184G ;  m.  (1),  4/3/1865,  Sarah  Petray;  (2), 
4/21/1S92.   T>ydia    Clino:   soldier  in   the   Union   Army   dnring   Civil  AVar; 

farmer  and  a  Democrat.     Children : 

1.  John  Thomas  Reed  (8);   b.  10/27/1868;   m.,  9/29/1887,  Jane  Taylor,  and  had 

Dessie   Lula,   Grace.  Emma,   Arthur,   Leona   and   Ruby. 

2.  Mary  Reed    (8);    b.  9/24/1870;    m.,  9/18/1888,   Elias   Cotton,   and   had   Lillie, 

Grace.  James,  Omah,  Lawrence  and  Laura. 

3.  Mattie  Reed    (8);    b.   8/28/1876;    m.,  8/15/1896,   Charles   McDonald,   and   had 

Rada.  Irene  and  Sarah. 

4.  William  Reed  (8);  b.  5/14/1878;  m.,  1899,  Ella  Childres,  and  had  William. 

5.  Edward    Reed    (8);    b.    2/28/1880. 

6.  Ida  Reed   (8);   b.  3/30/1882;   m.   (1).  1896,  Richard  Cline;    (2),  1901,  Warren 

Steward,   and  had  Clarence   Cline   and   Lois   Steward. 

7.  Charles   Reed    (8);    8.  Walter  Reed    (8);    9.  Elizabeth   Reed    (S). 

10.  Lee  Reed   (8);  11.  Arie  Reed  (8);   12.  Mamie  Reed  (8);   13.  Oscar  Reed  (8); 
14.  Etta  Reed  (8) ;  15.  Alta  Reed  (8) ;  16.  Eliza  Reed  (8.) 

?.  James  Shinn  Reed  (7),  h.  8/3/1 S48;  m.  Fannie  Churchill ;  farmer;  Eepiib- 
liean.  Children:  k'.liza  IMorcnce.  llaltic  r>citlia.  Octa.  William.  Monroe 
and   Kay. 

8.  Sarah    I-:ilcn   INm.!    C).  b.  2/l/18.-,.3:  m..  4/9/1871,  Al.Aand.T  Dove.     Chil- 

drrn  : 

1.  Lillie  Love.  b.  8/11/1872;  m..  4/20/1892.  .lohn  Tabor,  and  had  Gertrude,  Ellen 

and   Delia. 

2.  Anian.la    Love,    b.   .3/5/187(;:    ni.    (I).    7/10/189:'.,    William    Malone;     (2).    1897, 

Anicts  TollH'rl;    (3)  19(il,  William  Cole,  and  had  Winfroil  and  Clyde  Malone 
and  Lucy  Ellen  Cole. 

3.  Varnel;    4.  Jackscm  Love,  b.  4/.V1881;    m..  2/8/1902,  Sallie  Petray.   and   had 

riallab. 
r,.  Lnry;   6.  Eliza:   7.  Nettie;   S.  Claihorn;   ;».   .Martha;    K*.  Pleasant. 

9.  Martha    .Ma<:deline   K'ccd    (T).  b.  8/0/185.^);  ni.,  January.   1873.  John  Powell, 

atid   IuhI   chiblivn:      (1)    William   .lackMUi.   b.   Octubci-.    IS^".;   m.    I'cliruary, 
1003.    Ili.si    Morrbind.      CI)    llnny    Mdlon.  dcccasiMl. 

1032.     ()i.ivi;i;  .^iiiw    (6).— Silas   (T)).  Sm.as   (4),  Sa.\iij:i.   (3),  Tjiumas    (2), 

John  (1). 

Oliver,   tenth    child    of    Silas    I'.cnjaniin    and     I",l  i/.abclh    (Little)    Sliiim.    was 
born   in    North    Carolina:  moved   ai    llie  cxodns   in    1838  to  Arkansas:  m.   tliere, 


Sixth  and  Later  Generatioxs.  395 

Cynthia  Yarborougli  and  removed  to  California,  where  he  reared  a  large  family 
of  children. 

1033.     Silas  Monroe   Shinn    (6).— Silas    (5),  Silas    (4),   Samuel    (3), 

Thomas  (2),  John  (1). 

Silas  Monroe,  eleventh  cliild  of  Silas  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  (Little)  Shinn, 
b.  in  North  Carolina,  11/18/1821;  m.  Letitia  Losey  Maddux,  11/18/1841,  at 
Eussellville,  Ark.;  to  California  in  1849;  returned  and  went  again  in  1855;  his 
family  followed  in  ox  wagons  in  1856;  he  located  in  Sonoma  County.  The  chil- 
dren were: 

1.  Sardinia  Jane  Shinn  (7),  b.  12/21/1842  in  Pope  County,  Arkansas;  m.  John 

Bolen  Wilson  in  Sonoma  Countv,  California,  and  had  children: 
1.  Martha  (8);  m.  B.  T.  Farmer"^;  2.  Etta  (8);  m.  Geo.  L.  Farmer— Santa  Rosa. 
3.  Sophronia    (8);    4.  Eliza    (8);    5.  Dora   L.    (8);    6.  John   Jefferson    (8); 
7.  Letitia  (8);   8.  Emma  (8). 

2.  Mary  Angeline  Shinn   (7),  b.  12/23/1843  in  Arkansas;  m.  Leonidas  Laugh- 

lin  in  California,  and  had  children: 

1.  Victoria  (8) ;  d.  young. 

2.  Josephine  (8);  m.  Samuel  L.  Laughlin  and  had  Perry  and  Lester. 

3.  Elenora   (8) ;   m.  James  Hassett  and  had  Jay. 

4.  Albert  (8);  5.  Robert  R.  (8);  m.  Lola  Lafferty;  6.  Cynthia;  7.  Ernest. 

3.  Sophronia  Shinn   (7),  b.   1848;  m.  William  A.  Tliompson  in  California  and 

died  in  childbirth. 

4.  Elenora   Shinn   (8),  twin  of  Sophronia,  died  in  infancy. 

5.  Jerome  Shinn  (7),  ob.  young.     G.  Ira  Shinn  (7),  ob.  young. 

7.  Frodonia  Shinn  (7),  twin  of  Ira,  b.  6/1/1853,  in  Arkansas;  m.  in  California, 
William  A.  Thompson,  her  brother  in-law,  and  had  children:  Fannie, 
Samuel,  George,  Minnie,  Laura,  Lucy,  Grace  and  Cordelia. 

336.    Samuel  Shinn  (5). — Samuel  (4),  Samuel  (3),  Thomas  (2),  John  (1). 

Samuel,  son  of  Samuel  and  Ann  Shinn,  b.  Frederick  County,  Virginia;  m. 
in  Harrison  County,  Virginia,  and  moved  to  what  is  now  Jackson  County,  West 
Virginia,  about  1800,  where  he  reared  a  large  family.     Descendants: 

1.  A  daughter  who  married  a  Newell  and  removed  to  Indiana. 

2.  Melinda    Shinn    (6)    who   married    Solomon  Harpola,   a   soldier   of  the   War  of   1812 

and  the  mother  of  several  children. 

3.  A  daughter  who  married  a  Casto  and  left  descendants  in  Jackson  County,  W.  Va. 

4.  Charity    Shinn,    who    married    William    Anderson,    whose    children    live    in    Jackson 

County,  W.  Va. 

5.  Isaac  Shinn,  who  died  of  cholera  in  1832. 

6    Charles  Shinn,  who  lived  to  be  an  old  man. 

7.  Samuel  Shinn,  b.  1807;  ob.  1900;  m.  Early  Hindman. 

8.  Elizabeth  Shinn,  b.  1814;  m.   (1)  James  Kay;    (2)   Lewis  M.  Miller. 

9.  Catherine   Shinn,  m.  George  Bush. 

Samuel    Shinn    (6). — Samuel    (5),    Samuel    (3),   Thomas    (2),   John    (1). 

Samuel   Shinn  was  born  in  Jackson   County,   Virginia,   in    1807;   m.   there. 
Early  Hindman;  d.  1900.     I  have  ascertained  the  following  descendants: 
1.  George  W.  Shinn  (7),  b.  8/23/1833;  m.  Elizabeth  Stone,  4/7/1853;  member 
of1:he  West  Virginia  Legislature.    Children: 

1  Samuel  Frederick  Shinn    (8) ;    b.   1/15/1854. 

2  Permelia  Ann   Shinn    (8);    b.    12/27/1855. 

3  James  Owen  Shinn  (8);   b.  2/19/1858;    m.  8/5/1881;   elected  sheriff  of  Jack- 

son County  in  1896;    executed  the  murderer,  John  Morgan;    this  was  the 
last  public  execution  in  Jackson  County;   30,000  people  present. 

4  Reuben  Parry  Shinn   (8);   b.  7/20/1860. 

5  John  Alexander  Shinn    (8);    b.   12/11/1862. 
fi'  Nathan  R.  Shinn  (8) ;  b.  3/20/1865. 


396  History  of  the  Shixx  Family  ix  Europe  and  America 

2.  Charles  P.  Sliinn  (7),  h.  Jackson  County,  \Ycst  Virginia;  enlisted  March, 
1862,  in  the  L'nion  Army;  served  three  years  and  three  mouths;  prisoner 
eleven  months  in  Andersonville,  Ga. ;  ra.,  2/23/1866,  Ellen  Eader,  and 
had  children  : 

1.  Allena  Shinn  (8);   b.  12/11/1867;  m..  1887,  Lon  Parsons. 

2.  G.  W.   Shinn   (8);   b.  5/22/1877;   m.  Lily  Morton,  1890. 

3.  Nuna  Shinn    (8);    b.   5/22/1873. 

4.  Odelia  Shinn  (8);  b.  9/22/1876;  m.  Homer  McKown,  1894. 

5.  Omelia  Shinn   (8),  twin  of  Odelia;    m.  P'rank  Lisle,  1896. 

6.  Jessie  Shinn  (8);  b.  11/27/1881;  m.  Joanna  Elliott,  1898. 

7.  Maora  Shinn  (8);   b.  7/17/1884;   ob.  1891. 

8.  Aurora  Shinn  (8) ;  b.  7/20/1890. 

Elizabeth  Shinx  (6). — Samuel  (5),  Samuel  (4),  Samuel  (3),  Thomas  (2), 

John  (1). 

Elizabeth   Shinn,   daughter   of    Samuel,   Avas   born  in  Jackson   County,   Vir- 
ginia, in  1814;  m.  (1)  James  Kay,  andjiad  children:     (1)  Julius  Kay,  deceased. 
(2)    Henry    Kay,    deceased.      (3)    Perrin   Kay.      (4)    Margaret    Kay,    deceased. 
Elizabeth  m.  (2)  Lewis  M.  Miller,  who  was  born  in  Meigs  County,  Ohio,  in  1812; 
moved  to  Virginia  in  1850;  he  and  his  wife  died  there  in  1889.     Children: 
1.  Warren  :Miller   (T),  b.  Meigs  County,  Ohio,  4/2/1847;  to  Virginia  with  his 
parents  in  1850;  reared  on  a  farm;  attended  the  Ohio  University,  at  Ath- 
ens, 0. ;  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Jackson  County,  West  Virginia,  in  1871 ; 
Assistant   Prosecuting  Attorney   two   years   for   that    County;   then    eight 
years  as  Prosecuting  Attorney;  Delegate  to  Chicago  Convention  in  1884; 
served  two  years  in  the  West  Virginia  Legislature;  member  of  Congress 
from  4th  District,  1895-99;  Circuit  Judge  1900  and  1902;  resigned  this  in 
January,  1903,  to  accept  appointment  as  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Appeals.     President  of  the  Bank  of  Eipley;  Director  of  the  Valley  Bank; 
stockholder  and  director  in  the  Citizens'  Trust  and  Guaranty  Company  of 
Parkersbiirg,  W.  Ya.     Unmarried. 
"■JMie  following  Samuel  clipped  from  a  Piiilatlelphia  paper  in  1890,  has  not 
been  aligned : 

"  Samuel  Shinn  of  Parkersburg,  W.  Va.,  after  a  fair  trial  of  bach- 
elorhood, was  married  on  Saturday  last.  He  is  96  years  old  and  liis  Itride 
a  giddy  young  thing  of  50." 

r  su])pose  that  he  is  Samuel  D.  Sliiim.  seventh  cliild  of  Clement  and  Riitli 
(Rates)    Sbiiin.  b.   10/7/1793,  who  would   llll   the  conditions  exactly. 

Aauo.v   Siiixx    (5). — Wjr.LTA:\r    (4),  Joseph    (3),  James   (2),  John    (1). 

Aaron  Sliiiin  is  mentioned  in  the  will  of  his  father,  5/27/1767,  with  Mary, 
Joseph,  liydia  and  Eli  as  minors.  Eli  died  n/9/177()  and  was  liuried  in  the 
Ej)iscoj)al  graveyard  at  i\It.  Holly.  Aaron  was  the  youngest  child.  1  have  not 
found  a  record  of  liis  marriage,  hm  believe  that  ho  married  and  became  the 
father  of  several  children,  among  whom  were: 

1.   Eli   Shinn    (6),  b.  11/13/1788;  m.  Sarah  Haines,  b.  4/27/1791;  ob.   6/26/ 
isiil),  and  was  buried  at  the  l^fount.     There  was  one  child,  at  least: 
1.  Charles  Corey  Shinn  (7);  b.  2/13/1814;  m.  Dorothy  Soullnviok  and  had  children: 

1.  (Jarrclf  W.  Shinn   fS). 

2.  Anna  I.  Shinn    (S)   wiio  iiianied   I\lr.   Hiiiz. 
:?.  Hoiilah   Shinn    (S)    who  married   Mr.   Budd. 

4.  Sarah  Shinn   (S)   who  married  Mr.  (Jaskell. 

5.  Charles   Henry  Shinn   (8):    b.  9/18/184:?;    m.  Elizabeth  Moore  8/17/1869;    he 

was  sheriff  of  ■Rurlinp;ton  County,  and  one  of  its  i)rominoiit  citizens;  had 
one  child,  at  least:  Sanuiel  Woolston  Shinn  (9).  a  leading  attorney  of  Mt. 
Holly. 


APPENDIX. 

The  Shinns  of  Alexandria,  Virginia. 

About  1806  Stephen  and  Eobert  Shinn  left  Fordham,  England,  for  the 
United  States;  they  located  near  Philadelphia,  but  removed  to  Alexandria  in  1812, 
and  entered  the  commission  business  of  James  Eobinson,  an  uncle;  Stephen  at- 
tached himself  to  St.  PauFs  Episcopal  Church  in  that  city,  and  was  made  a  ves- 
tryman. (Bishop  Meade's  Churches  and  Families  of  Virginia.)  His  uncle  re- 
turned to  England  in  1830 ;  Robert,  his  brother,  returned  to  England  and  died  at 
Liverpool  in  1870.  From  the  Parish  records  of  Fordham,  set  out  in  the  latter 
part  of  this  book,  it  is  highly  probable  that  Stephen  and  Robert  Shinn  were  de- 
scendants of  Francis  and  Anne  Sliinne.  They  are  in  some  way  related  to  the 
present  Lord  Metcalf. 

Stephen  married  at  Alexandria  in  1825,  a  Miss  Muir,  and  died  in  1862.  His 
children  were  as  follows: 

1.  James  Robinson  Shinn;  ob.  1827. 

2.  John  Alexander  Shinn;  ob.  1858. 

3.  Stephen  Robinson  Shinn;  ob.  1866. 

4.  James  William  Shinn;  ob.  1898;  married  and  had  children: 

1.  James  Edward  Shinn.     2.  Elton  Randolph  Shinn. 

3.  Stephen  Robert  Shinn,  who  married  and  had  children:  Stephen  Robert  and 
Pauline  Marie.  He  is  a  trainmaster  of  the  Maryland  and  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
road and  is  the  only  grandchild  having  children. 

5.  George  Richards  Shinn;  ob.  1895. 

6.  Mary  Janet  Shinn;  living. 

This  family  has  been  seated  at  Alexandria  nearly  one  hundred  years.  George 
R.  Shinn  was  a  soldier  in  the  Confederate  Army  and  left  a  family.  One  of  the 
descendants.  Miss  Mary  J.  Shinn,  was  appointed  Clerk  in  the  Certificate  Division 
of  the  Pension  Office  at  Washington,  D.  C,  10/15/1880,  and  is  still  in  the  service. 

George  R.  Shinn  during  his  life  informed  the  author  that  his  father  came 
to  the  United  States  in  1806;  that  they  located  near  the  Pennsylvania  and  New 
Jersey  Shinns;  that  there  was  a  relationship  between  them  but  remote.  This  cor- 
roborates the  view  I  have  taken  as  to  the  Suffolk  habitat  of  the  emigrant,  John 
Shinn,  of  1678. 

John  W.  Green,  of  Alexandria,  Va.,  in  a  letter  to  the  author,  9/26/1889, 
styles  himself  a  nephew  of  Stephen  Shinn,  but  did  not  give  any  further  explana- 
tion. This  would  imply  that  Stephen  had  a  sister  in  America.  If  not  he  was  a 
nephew  by  marriage. 

The  Shinns  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 

John  Shinn,  with  Jane,  his  wife,  and  a  family  of  children,  left  Ledbury, 
Herefordshire,  England,  in  1852,  and  took  up  a  residence  in  St.  Louis,  :Mo.  :  he 
was  a  Wesleyan  Methodist  preacher,  and  a  very  upright  man;  he  died  at  St.  Louis 
in  1881,  leaving  the  following  children: 

2  HezSah  Shinn,  who  married  and  had  children:  William  W.  Shinn  of  Portland, 
Ore  ;  George,  Oliver  L.,  Victor  E.,  Ida  May  and  Edwin  Perry.  The  father  was 
for  many  years  connected  with  the  Globe-Democrat. 

?    Amelia  S.  Shinn,  who  married  Thomas  Lawrence. 

4.  Miriam  Shinn,  who  married  Mr.  Lawrenson. 

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398  History  of  the  Siiinx   Family  ix  Eukope  and  America 

The  Siiixxs  of  ^Iilwaukee,  Wiscoxsin. 
George  Shinn  was  born  in  Suffolk.  England,  in  1830 :  to  the  United  States  in 
1852;  to  Milwaiikee  in   18oo ;  car  builder  for  the  Milwaukee  Eailroad  Company 
for  twenty-five  years ;  lives  in  Xorth  ]\Iilwaukee. 

The  Shixxs  of  Madisox  County^  Indiaxa. 

Kobert  Shinn  came  from  Ireland  to  America  many  years  ago:  they  had  no  kin 
in  America  and  were  descendants  of  the  Sheahan;^  in  Ireland,  but  spelled  their 
name  Shinn  in  the  United  States.  Forkner  and  Dyson  in  their  history  of  Madison 
County  have  this  to  sav  of  him: 

"  Almost  every  farmer  in  Madison  County  A\"ill  remember  Robert  Shinn,  who 
kept  a  place  where  Louis  Blast's  '  White  House '  now  stands.  Robert's  place  was 
headquarters  for  farmers  to  lunch  and  get  the  political  news.  Robert  and  his  good 
wife,  Martha,  kept  i)Osted  on  the  politics  of  the  day,  and  many  politicians  and 
candidates  have  been  made  and  unmade  in  the  Shinn  grocery.  Robert  was  a  lib- 
eral fellow  in  all  things  and  had  a  large  heart.  When  the  crusade  against  saloons 
was  raging  in  1874,  the  ladies  sat  in  little  booths  upon  the  streets,  taking  the 
names  of  all  who  entered  the  saloons,  one  of  which  was  in  front  of  Robert's  place. 
Some  one  passed  down  that  way,  and  saw  Robert  complacently  sitting  beside  the 
ladies  who  were  watching  his  door,  fanning  himself  witli  a  large  ])alni  leaf  hat. 
When  asked  what  he  thought  of  the  proceedings,  he  answered  witb  a  laugli.  "  Oh, 
1  think  they  are  a  big  lot  of  fannyticks.' " 

'•Robert  died  several  years  ago  in  Anderson,  Ind.,  at  a  ripe  old  age.  ^^'hile  he 
was  a  saloonkeeper,  he  was  universally  liked  by  all  who  knew  him,  and  was  an 
honest  man.  TTc  paid  his  d('l)ts  to  the  last  farthing,  and  alwavs  practiced  the 
Golden  Rule."' 

Mi;s.  C.  H.  Browx  (nee  Shixn),  of  Trail,  B.  C. 

In  November,  1807,  I  received  a  letter  from  tliis  ladv  asking  about  her 
father,  George  W.  Sliiim.  who  married  Mary  E.  Franklin  and  practiced  law  in 
St.  L<niis,  !Mo. :  twenty-six  years  before  this,  when  Mrs.  Brown  was  but  four  years 
of  age,  her  motiier  died.  She  says  that  she  has  never  heard  of  her  father  since; 
that  he  came  from  Philadelphia  and  was  a  Captain  in  tbe  war  between  the  States. 
I  have  been  unable  to  help  the  daughter  find  her  father. 

.I.\.M);.S    SjllNX     OF    ^MAltbliALL    ColXLY,     IlLIXOJS. 

Two  bistorics  of  IMarsliall  County  give  an  account  of  an  altercation  on  the 
farm  oT  George  Bonbain.  on  .3/18/1854.  in  wliidi  .lames  Sliiim  sjal)bed  William 
Organ  lo  dcallL     7  have  not    fmind  llie  parents  of  this  man   imr  his  after  history. 

'I'lnc  SiiixNs  ATTENDixti  W i:si  row  v.  Va.,  BoAi;ni\(i  School. 

In  an  <ihl  i-ecoi-d  of  tins  school  I  liml  ihoe  memoiamhi  oL'  students  named 
Shinn,  who  allendi'd  this  school: 

llebecea   Sbiiui,  ISO')— from  Rbihidelphia.  Fa. 

.Fosc|ib   li.  Shinn.  18(1!) — from  Juliusiown,  ?s.  .T. 

Ann  FJiza  Shinn.   lHt.^5— from  I^ll.  ilollv.  X.  ,1. 

Elizahclh  Shinn.   1831— from  Philadelpliia.  Fa. 

Eydia  C.  Shinn,  is  10— from  Fhihnlelphia.  I'a. 

.Tames  Thornton  Shinn.  ISIS — from   I'hiiadclpliia.  Fa. 

Rehercn  Shinn.  1810 — from   Fhiladelphia,  Fa. 

Enrl  Shinn.  .h-..    1S.53— from   FliiladdiOiia.    i'a. 

Eurth<'r  notice  of  each  of  lliesc  may  be  found  in  (he  ])ody  of  (he  hook. 

DaXIKL    IvNKillT    OF    Fltl  LADELrillA.    Pa. 

Of  (his  descendant  of  Fostrema  (Ridgway)  Shinn  T  have  (bis  extract.  He 
is  of  (be  .-anir  liiir  as  Earl  Shinn  (Edward  Strahan)  : 


Appendix.  390 

''Daniel  Eidgway  Knight,  b.  at  Philadelphia;  abroad  in  1H\2;  studying  for 
some  years  in  Paris  at  FEcole  des  Beaux-Arts  and  under  Gle3rre.  He  waa  in  the 
f-tudio  of  Meissonier  in  18T6.  To  the  Paris  Salon  in  ISVS  he  sent  'The  Fugi- 
tives'"; in  1875,  'Washerwomen';  in  1876,  'Repast  During  the  Harvest.'  He 
has  exhibited  frequently  at  the  National  Academy,  Xew  York,  contributing,  in 
1870,  'The  Veteran'  (belonging  to  Asa  WTiitnev)  ;  in  1871,  'Othello  in  the  House 
of  Brabantio';  in  1873,  'The  Antiquarv,'  'The  Old  Beau'  and  'Dividing  the  Profits.' 
Jn  1874,  'Strolling  in  the  Garden';  "in  1876,  'Washerwomen';  in  1877,  '.\[arket 
Place  at  Poissy'  and  'Harvest  Scene'  (belonging  to  A.  J.  Drexel)  ;  in  1878,  'Pot  au 
Feu.' " 

The  Art  Journal  of  Mav,  1876,  savs: 

"  In  the  French,  'Washerwomen,'  by  D.  R.  Knight,  the  figures  are  drawn 
with  remarkable  spirit,  and  in  the  delineations  much,  grace  of  form  is  shown.  It 
is  without  that  artificial  feeling  which  belongs  to  work  where  the  conventional 
model  is  called  into  requisition." 

Additional  English  Xotes. 

July  6,  1619,  William  Shene  of  St.  Michael,  ad  Bladum,  London,  vintner 
bachelor,  m.  Jane  Wallis,  spinster,  at  Stepney,  Middlesex.  License  granted  by 
the  Bishop  of  London. 

Marriages  of  Shinns  in  New  Jersey  Xot  Placed  (Burlington  County). 

George  Shinn  and  Ellen  Kenia,  1860.    He  left  children  Charles  and  3»Iart.ha. 
William  L.  Shinn  and  Elizabeth  Pteeve,  at  Mt.  Holly,  X.  J.,  1/6/1825. 
P>dward   Shinn  and  Harriet  Hartman,  10/30/1827. 
Sarah  Shinn  and  Martin  Gibbs,  11/26/1827. 
Charles  Shinn  and  Rachel  Ware,  10/6/1796. 
Abel  Shinn  and  Alice  Parker,  7/2/1802. 
Rachel  Shinn  and  Abner  Burtis,  3/14/1810. 
:\rary  Shinn  and  Owen  Stratton,  6/4/1808.. 

Gloucester  County. 

Mary  Shinn  and  James  Kineer,  12/18/1795. 
Aaron  Shinn  and  Sarah  Pine,  5/21/1843. 

Monmouth  County. 

William  Shinn  and  Elizabeth  Brown,  VH/l^l^- 
Noah  Shinn  and  ]^ancv  Bunnell,  2/3/1831,  in  Dover  Township. 
Samuel  Shinn  and  Sarah  T.  Lloyd,  2/20/1844,  at  Reformed  Dutch  Church 
Freehold. 

Marriages  op  Shinns  in  California  Xot  Placed. 

Leon  W.  Shinn  of  San  Francisco  to  Kate,  daughter  of  William  ^fountjoy  and 
]^[arv'  B.  (Woodson)  Garrard,  and  had  children  Loreen  and  Iris  Shinn. 

Marriages  in  Xew  Jersey  Xot  Placed. 

Jonathan  Shinn   (6),  b.  1816;  m.  Marv-  Lame.  2  21/183:5. 
1.  Elizabeth    (7),  b.  2/1.5/1834;    m.,  18.58,  William   Carter    -... 

Agnes,  b.  1859;  o.  s.  p. 
'?    Amey  Ashbrook  (7),  b.  3/2.5/1836;  ob.  10/.5/ 18.58. 
i    .Jonathan   (7),  b.  8/23/1838;   ob.  8/23/1890. 
4.  Charles  Lippincott    (7),  b.   2/22/1841;    m.,   li/ll/18«9,   Sarah   Allowajs,  and 

had  the  following  children: 

1  Wilbert  (8),  b.  9/27/1870;  m.,  6/.5/1897,  Clara  -M.  Elli.«i. 

2  Elmer  (8).  b.  2/27/1872. 
3.  May  Ila  (8),  b.  6/18/1873. 

4    Anna  Lippincott   (8),  b.  7/28/1882. 


400  History  of  the  Shinn  Family  in  Europe  and  America 

Another  South  Jersey  Marriage, 

^\'i]liam  Shinn,  b.  at  Centcrtown,  Salem  County,  K  J.,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Anna  Shinn,  Shirley,  K  J.,  m.  Anna  Belle  Hesper  at  Daretown,  12/25/1883. 
Issue: 

Lewis  Cleveland  Shinn,  b.  11/13/1884. 

The  Shinns  of  Woodstown,  New  Jersey. 

James  C.  Shinn  of  Woodstown,  N.  J.,  m.  Elizabeth  Conklyn,  and  had  chil- 
dren: 

1.  Charles  F.  Shinn;  m.  Marv  Ferry. 

2.  Isaiah  Shinn,  b.  1/31/1811;  bank  teller  at  Woodstown,  N.  J.;  m.,  1/6/1869, 

Josephine  Eansley,  and  had  children: 

1.  Florence  Shinn,  deceased.     2.  Warren  Shinn. 

3.  Everett  Sliinn,  b.  Woodstown,  N.  J.,  1874;  his  parents  observed  that  he 

could  draw  and  encouraged  him;  started  with  the  Philadelphia 
Press;  then  to  New  York:  World;  then  to  the  magazines;  J.  Warner 
Pemberton  says  of  him :  "  He  is  a  young  artist,  whose  work  has  been 
quietly  watched  by  the  magazines  with  approval;  the  specimens  in 
Ilhistrated  American  and  McClure's  show  signs  of  talent  that  will  make 
something  like  a  solid  representation  for  him."  His  wife  is  also  an 
artist  and  does  work  for  the  higher  class  of  periodicals  over  the  signa- 
ture "  Florence  Scovell  "  and  "  Florence  Scovell  Shinn." 

4.  Harold  C.  Shinn. 

I  think  that  James  C.  Shinn  was  a  great-grandson  of  George  and  Elizabeth 
(Lippincott)  Shinn;  probably  a  grandson  of  Isaiah;  his  ancestor  was  one  of  the 
brothers  of  Joseph  Shinn  of  Pilesgrove,  but  which  one  I  cannot  say,  and  the 
family  seems  to  know  as  little  about  the  matter  as  I  do. 

Additional  Matter  prom  English  Parish  Eecords. 

Ford  ham  Eegister. 
(Shinne-Shinn.) 
1649.  Francis  Shiinie  m.  Anne  Ilynds — June. 
16.'>4.  Picliard,  son  of  Francis,  d. — April. 
1656.  Francis,  wid.,  m.  Anne  Baker  (?)  of  Soham. 
1660.  Elizabeth,  d.  of  John  Shinne,  bap. — June. 

1662.  ]\rary,  d.  of  Jolm  Shinne,  bap. — March. 

1676.  Phillip  Hinson  m.  Margaret  Shinn — September. 

Sutton  Eegister, 

(Shyn.) 

1660.  William,  son  of  John  Shyn,  bap.  Aug.  10. 

1678.  'i'liomas,  son  of  John  Shyn,  Jr.,  and  Anne,  bap.  April  11. 

1679.  Margaret,  d.  of  Jolm  Shyn.  Jr..  and  Anne.  bap. 
1683.  .\nnf',  d.  of  John  Shyn,  Jr.,  and  Anne,  bap. 
1681.  AVilliam,  son  of  John  Shyn,  Jr,,  and  Anne.  lia]i. 
1686.  John,  son  of  John  Shyn,  Jr.,  and  Anne  li.ip. 

Marriages. 

1656.  John  Sliin,  m.  Alice  Frost. 
1659.  John  Shin,  m.  Briflgct  Papper. 

1663.  John  Sheen,  m.  Aim  Fremont. 

1677.  John  Shinn,  m.  .\nn  Phillips. 

The  above  were  furnished  liy  Mr.  W.  G.  Stocklev  in  letter  dated  May  27th, 
1003. 


Appendix.  ,  401 

845.     Stacy  Shinn  (7).— Amos  (G)  Samuel  (5)  Amos  (4)  George  (3)  John 

(2)   John  (1). 

This  is  a  more  accurate  pedigree  of  the  descendants  of  Stacy  Shinn  than 
IS  found  on  page  148.     It  came  after  the  former  had  been  printed. 

Stacy  Shinn,  b.  New  Jersey;  m.  there  at  Newark,  12/25/1818,  Hester  Powell; 
moved  to  Licking  County,  0.,  in  1830  and  died  there  'in  1837;  his  descendants 
were : 

1.  William  Shinn  (8),  b.  11/11/1820  in  New  Jersey;   died  at  Concord,  O.,  9/3/1868. 

2.  Amos  Shinn  (8),  b.  12/22/1822,  in  New  Jersey;  m.  at  Elizabeth,  Jo  Daviess  County, 
111.,  5/12/1847,  Mary  A.  Van  Dyke;  ob.  at  Bdenville,  la.,  12/11/1872;  moved  to  Illinois 
In  early  manhood  and  opened  a  general  store;  soon  after  moved  to  a  farm  on  Clear 
Creek,  near  Warren;  sold  this  in  1858  and  with  a  number  of  gentlemen  removed  to 
Texas  and  founded  what  is  now  the  city  of  Sherman;  returned  to  Illinois  and  thence 
to  Pike's  Peak;  engaged  in  freighting  from  Omaha  to  Denver,  Colo.,  and  the  mines; 
made  twenty-six  trips  from  Omaha  to  Denver,  Salt  Lake,  Virginia  City,  and  other 
mountain  camps;  contractors  on  the  construction  and  telegraph  lines  of  the  Union 
Pacific  until  the  completion  of  the  road  in  1869;  his  life  was  one  of  ceaseless 
activity,  and  was  a  happy  and  successful  one;  his  children  were: 

1.  Orry  Hester  Shinn  (9),  b.  4/15/1848  at  Sweet  Home,  111.;  m.  at  Carbon,  la., 
12/14/1876,  A.  J.  Salts,  M.  D.,  and  had  three  children  who  died  in  infancy.  She 
now  resides  at  Corning,  la. 

2.  Benoni  Haskins  Shinn  (9),  b.  Babel  Mines,  111.,  1/19/1850;  accompanied  his 
father  on  his  overland  trips  from  1864;  m.  at  Hamilton,  la.;  Orpha  Dunbar, 
and  had  Catherine,  Noei  and  Orry. 

3.  William  Powell  Shinn  (9),  b.  1/18/1854,  at  Veda  Grande,  111.;  lived  at  Warren 
until  1868,  when  he  made  a  trip  with  his  father  to  the  west;  in  1869  settled 
with  his  father  near  State  Center,  la.;  to  Adams  county  in  1874;  then  to  Car- 
bon, la.;  during  this  time  was  justice  of  the  peace  six  years;  postmaster  four 
years,  at  which  time  the  official  name  of  the  office  was  "Shinn;"  during  Cleve- 
land's administration  was  made  a  railway  postal  clerk  on  the  line  of  the  C.  B. 
&  K.  C.  R.  P.  O.;  promoted  in  the  second  year  to  clerkship  in  class  five,  and 
removed  to  Parkville,  Mo.;  to  Corning  in  1890,  where  he  engaged  in  the  drug 
business  with  his  brother,  Amos  F. ;  mayor  of  Corning  for  two  terms;  to  Alaska 
in  1896,  prior  to  the  Klondyke  discoveries;  with  a  companion  packed  over  the 
Chilkoot  Pass  and  traversed  the  entire  length  of  the  Yukon;  home  via  St. 
Michaels,  Unalaska  and  San  Francisco;  elected  treasurer  of  Adams  county  in 
1897  and  re-elected  in  1899;  always  a  Democrat,  as  was  his  father  and  grand- 
father and  all  the  rest  of  the  family;  to  Prescott,  la.,  1902,  holding  the  posi- 
tion of  cashier  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  that  city;  m.  at  State  Center 
8/15/1874  Eloise  Morris  and  had  Benoni  H.,  Darwin  Amos  and  Juneau.  The 
eldest  child  Benoni  b.  5/5/1875;  m.  at  Waterloo,  la.,  6/24/1899  Augusta  Wilson 
and  had  Francis,  b.  8/12/1901,  the  only  grandchild  in  the  family;  Benoni  H. 
resides  at  Waterloo,  la.,  and  is  assistant  manager  of  the  Cream  Package 
Company. 

4.  Frank  R.  Shinn  (9),  b.  9/14/1856,  at  Sweet  Home,  111.;  m.  5/2/1878,  Mrs.  Julia 
Mortensen;  druggist  at  Corning,  la.;  one  child,  Frank  Wilbert  Shinn,  b. 
Chicago,  111.,  1/7/1893. 

5.  Amos  Ferdinand  Shinn  (9),  b.  7/17/1858  near  Warren,  111.;  m.  at  Corning,  la., 
11/5/1891  Delia  Bonham;  druggist  and  pharmacist.  Corning;  children,  Leo 
and  Forrest. 

6.  Mamie  Olive  Shinn  (9),  b.  12/2/1862;  m.  A.  L.  McClure;  she  is  a  graduate  in 
pharmacy  and  conducted  a  drug  store  in  Prescott,  having  the  pre-eminent  dis- 
tinction of  being  the  first  woman  in  Iowa  to  enter  this  field ;  after  her  marriage 
removed  to  Adrian,  Mo.,  and  had  one  child,  Roy. 

7.  Stacy  V.  Shinn  (9),  b.  7/12/1872  at  State  Center,  la.;  farmer;  unmarried,  at 
Corning,  la. 

3      Stacy  Shinn  (S)  b.  12/27/1824  in  New  Jersey;  ob.  at  Bloomington,  III.,  9/27/1842. 
4'     Elizabeth  Shinn  (8)  b.  4/10/1827  in  New  Jersey.   (See  page  148.) 
5'     Rachel  Ann  Shinn  (8)  b.  3/4/1829  in  New  Jersey.    (See  page  148.) 

6  Nathan  Shinn  (8)  b.  9/10/1831  in  Licking  county,  O.;  m.  and  moved  to  Huron,  Erie 
county,  Ohio.     (See  page  148.)  „,„,,„^^ 

7  Isaac  Shinn  (8)  b.  10/27/1834;  ob.  7/8/1835. 

8."    Isaac  Shinn  (S)  b.  7/26/1836  in  Licking  county,  Ohio.     (See  page  148.) 


402 


History  of  the  Shiis^n  Family  in"  Europe  and  America 


JOHN  SHAKESPEARE'S  FAMILY 


Richard  Shakespeare 
fanner  of  Suitterfield, 
lield  lands  from  Mary 
Arden's  father,  Robert 
Arden,  1523 


=  wife  uncertain 


I  I 

Thomas  John 

I  eldest 

John  son 
b.  March  10,  1582 


=  Mary  Arden         Henry 


Two  William-Anne  Gilbert     Joan 

daughters      the  poet  Hathaway  born 

(A)  infans  1569; 

ob  1646 


William   Anne    Richard    Edmund 
Hart 


William  Hart         = 
an  actor  of  some 
note  in  England 


wife  uncertain 


Edward  Hart 
the  first  emigrant  to 
U.S.    Helped  Wolfe 
cay)ture  Quebec 


wife  uncertain 


John  Hart 

Signed  Dec.  of  Ind. 


=  Deborah  Scudder 


I 
Hannah  Hart        = 


James  Shinn 
who  sold  Prince 
Bonaparte  land 


Appendix. 


403 


THE  GAWFELL  PEDIGREE. 


Thomas  Gawfell  =  Elena 


John  Gawfell  = 
1507 


Richard  Gawfell  — 


Thotnas 
Gawfell 


Catherine,  daughter  and 
heiress  of  Humphrey 
Kervile,  16,  Henry  VIII. 


Richard 

Gawfell 

1531 


=      Ursula,  daughter  of  Robert  Walbut 


John      =      Susan,  daughter  of  Gregory  Pratt 
Gawfell 


Thomas  Gawfell    = 


Gregory 
Gawfell 

died 
unmarried 


Edmund 
Gawfell 


Gray 


Mary 

died 

1653 


=     John  Shene 


Susan  Gawfell         =         John  Davis 


PEDIGREE  OF  SAINTHILL  OF  DEVON 
Richard  St.  Hill  m.  Joane,  d.  of  Richard  Mayne  of  Exeter 


1.   Katherine,  d.  of        = 
Sir  H.  Brown  Kgt. 


Peter  St.  Hill 


2.  Julian,  d.  of  William  Shyne  of 
Bradley 


Peter  St.  Hill      = 


Daughter  of  Thomas 
Martin,  Doctor  of 
Civil  Law 


Mary  St.  Hill  =  Henry  Martin 


Humphrey 


Robert 


Peter  m.  Dorothy  Parker  in  1620 


20 


404  History  of  the  Shinx  Family  in  Europe  and  America 


THE  STACY  PEDIGREE 

Mahlon  Stacy  of  Owlerton,  Sheffield,  England, 
I  died  1590 

Robert  Stacy  of  Owlerton 

I 
Robert  Stacy  of  Burlington,  N.  J. 

I 
Ellen  Stacv  =  John  Shinn,  1086 


THE  STOCKTON  PEDIGREE 

Thomas  Stockton  of  Keddington,  Parish  of  Malpas, 
County  of  Chester,  England,  born  1500 


John  Stockton  of  Keddington  =  Eleanor,  daughter  of  Vivian, 

granddaughter  of  Owen   Clayton 


Richard  Stockton  of  Flushinsr,  L.  T.  = 


Marv  Stockton,  horn  =  Thomas  Shinn,  109;5 

=  Silas  Crispin,  1697 


Appendix. 


405 


PEDIGREE  OF  NELSON,  EARL  NELSON  OF  TRAFALGAR 

Nelson 

William  descended  from  the  ancient  house  of         = 
that  name  seated  at  Mandesley  County,  Lan- 
caster, in  the  reign  of  Edward  the  III. 


Thomas  Nelson  of  Seaming  County,  Norfolk,  born  = 

there  circa  1.590 


Edmund  Nelson  of  Scarning,  born  1625  = 


William  Nelson  of  Dunham  Parva  County, 
Norfolk,  born  at  Scarning  in  1654;  died  at 
Dunham  Parva  January  2V,  1818,  aged 
59;  buried  in  the  chancel  of  Spore  County, 
Norfolk.  Monumental  Inscriptions  in 
Blomefield's  History  of  Norfolk 


Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Shinn,  born  at  Dunham 
Parva  in  1652;  died  Janu- 
ary 3,  1731,  aged  79. 
Buried  at   Dunham  Parva 


1.  Dorathy  =  Thomas  =  2.  Barbara    William  =  Mary 
Nelson  Nelson 


Edmund  =  Mary,  daughter 
Nelson  of  John   Bland 


John,  born  June 
16,  1736 


Edmund  Nelson, 
Clerk 


=     Catherine  Suckling 


Susan 
Nelson 


Thomas 
Bolton 


Catherine 
Nelson,  m. 
George 
Matchen 


Maurice 

Nelson 


William 

Nelson 

married 

1.  Sarah 
Youge 

2.  Hilare 
Barlow 


Horatio      Edmund      Annie 
Nelson       Nelson         Nelson 
born  9- 

29-1758  =  Frances  Herbert, 


Vice-Ad- 
miral  of 
the  White 
created 


daughter  of  Wm. 
Woodward,  Sr., 
Judge  of  the 
Island  of  Nevis. 


Baron  Nelson  of  the  Nile  and  of  Burnham  Thorpe  Co.,  Norfolk, 
October  6,  1798;  Viscount  Nelson,  1801;  Baron  Nelson  of  the  Nile 
and  of  Hillborough,  August  4,  1801;  with  remainder  to  his  father 
and  brother,  and  to  their  heirs  (male),  and  to  the  heirs  (male)  of  his 
sisters,  Duke  of  Bronte  in  Sicily  and  Honorary  Grandee  of  Spain; 
Knight  of  the  Most  Honorable  Order  of  the  Bath  by  Warrant,  dated 
May'27,  1797;  Grand  Cross  of  St.  Ferdinand  and  Merit  Knight  of 
the  Ottoman  Order  of  the  Crescent  and  of  St.  Joachim;  L.L.  D. 
killed  on  board  his  flagship  the  Victory  whilst  commander-in-chief 
of  the  British  fleet  at  the  great  battle  and  victory  of  Trafalgar, 
October  21,  1805;  buried  at  the  public  expense,  under  the  dome  of 
the  cathedral  church  of  St.  Paul,  London,  January  9,  1806 


1.  Horatio 
Nelson 
buried  under 
the  Dome  of 
St.  Paul 

2.  Lady  Char- 
lotte  Nelson 
married 
Samuel 
Hood,  Baron 
Bredport. 


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History  of  the  Shinn  Family  in  Europe  axd  America 


SHIJEVE  AND  FORSYTHE  PEDIGREE 


Caleb  Shreve 


Sarah  Arison 


Benjamin  Shreve 


I 
Caleb  Shreve 

b.  8-26-1734; 

ob. 1702 


Phebe  Shreve 
1).  5-2-1757; 
nb.  3-4-1797 


1.  Joshua  Forsyth,  Jr. 
-     b.  2-25-1779; 

ob.  2-26-1869 

2.  Hannah  Forsyth 
b.  1-1.3-1804"; 
ob.  2-2-1878 


Sarah  French 


Grace,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Anil  Fancoast,  b.  1734;  ob.  1806; 
m.  11-19-1755 


1.  Joshua  Forsyth,  5-9-1779 

2.  Michael  Rogers,  1782 


Elizabeth  Croshaw,  3-16-1803 


James  Shinn  Hankins,  son  of 
William  and  Abigail  (Shinn)  Han- 
kins; Abigail,   daughter  of  James 
and  Davina  (Haines)  Shinn.      Five 
children 


1.     Ann  Hankins  =  Calvin  Corle,  5-9-1871 

2  &  3.     'J'hoinas  and  Elizabeth  (twins),  ob.  infans 

4.  .James  Hankins 

5.  Fliebe  Shreve  Hankins     =     Horace  B.  Lippincott 


3.  Ann  F(Msyth 
b. 1-12-1781 


4.  Grace  Forsyth 
.Marv  r.iame 


=  William  Sliiini,  2-16-1815,   and  liad, 

among  others,  AVillit  Shinn, 
b.  1-5-1825 

=  John  Lame,  3-28-1804 

=  1.   .Tonatlian  Shinn 

=  2.   Samuel  Sliinn 


Appendix. 


407 


THE  CRISPIN  PEDIGREE 


William  Jasper,  a  Merchant  of  Amsterdam 


1.   William  Crispin 
of  the  English 
Navy 


=     Anne 


Margaret 


Admiral  Sir  Wilbar 
Penn 


Mary,  widow  of     = 
Thomas  Shinn 
daughter  of 


and 


Richard  Stockton 


Silas  Crispin 
ob. 5-31-1711 


(l)  Hester,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Holmes, 
Surveyor  General 
Pennsylvania 


William  Penn,  of 
Pennsylvania 


I 
Her  children  by  first  marriage  were  : 

1,  Thomas  Shinn,  who  married  Martha  Earl 

2.  Samuel  Sliinn  who  married  (1)   Sarah  Scholey;   (2)   Provided 
Gaskill;  (3)  Abigail  Urie 

The  children  of  the  second  marriage  were  : 

1.  (3)  Joseph  Crispin  married  Sarah  Barrett 

2.  (4)   Benjamin  Crispin  married  Margaret  Owen,  grand-daughter  of 

John  Shinn 

3.  (5)  Abigail  Crispin  who  married  John  Wright 

4.  (6)   Silas  Crispin  who  married  Mary  Wetherell 

5.  (7)   Mary  Crispin  who  married  Thomas  Earl 

6.  (8)  John  Crispin  ob.  sine  proli. 

Marv  (Shinn-Stockton)  Crispin  then  married  Richard  Ridgway,  Jr.,  son  of  Richard 
and  Elizabeth  Ridgway,  by  whom  she  had  no  children.  Richard  Ridgway,  Jr., 
married  first  Mary,  daughter  of  Hope  and  Mary  Willits,  and  had  children— William, 
Timothy,  James,"Richard,  Mary,  and  Elizabeth. 


408 


History  of  the  Shixx  Family  ix  Europe  and  America 


THE  IVINS  PEDIGREE 


Isaac  Ivins 
From  Engh\nd  to  Burlington 
Co.  late  in  the  ITth  century 


1.  Sarah  Johnson,  1711 

2.  Lydia  Brown 

3.  Ann 


Moses  Ivins, 
of  2tl  marriajje 
(probably); 
rovalist 


Kesiah,  eldest  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Rebecca 
(French)  Shreeve,  circa  1752 


Caleb 

Moses 

Sarah 

Israel       : 

Ivins 

b.  1-19- 

1760 

ob.6-11- 

1822 

=     Margaret      Rebecca 
daughter 
of  Anthony 
and  Constant 
(Williams) 
Woodward 
circa  1780 

Lydia 

Ann 

Anthony    Samuel    Robert    Moses    Israel    George  W.     James    Charles 
o.  s.  p.     o.  s.  p.  8th  child 

b.4-16- 
1799 


Elizabetli 

Lippin- 

cott, 

daughter 

of  John 

and  Mary 

(Norton) 

Shinn, 

I).  .5-1- 

1823 


Wm.  N.  S.  Ivins 

•Mary  Shinn  Ivins 

Charles  Henry  Ivins 

Margaret  W.  Ivins     | 

Anna  E.  Ivins 

Sabella  C.  Ivins 

Sarah  Ivins 

Roderick  Dim  Ivins 


Appendix. 


409 


THE  RIDGWAY  PEDIGREE 


Richard  Ridgway  of  Wallingford,  Bucks, 
England.  Arrived  in  Bucks  Co.,  Pa.,  7th 
month,  16V9.  To  Burlington  Co.,  N.  J,, 
16—.     Ob.  there  1722 


Elizabeth  Chamberlyn  (first  wife) 
who  died  3-31-1692 


Thomas 

b.  England  1677; 
"Elizabeth 
Andrews 
Ann  Pharo  in 
New  Jersey 


m 


Richard  Elizabeth 

b.  New  Jersey  1680;  b.  1682; 

m.  (1)  Mary  Willitts  m.  Joseph 

(2)  Mary  (Shinn)  Willitts 

Crispin, 

nee  Stockton 


Richard  Ridgway  of  Wallingford   =   Abigail  (second  wife) 
(same  as  above) 


1.(5) 


2.(6) 


3.(7) 


4.(8) 


5.(9) 


Job  Mary  Jane 

b.  b.  b. 

ob.  1761  m.  (Evi)  m.  Isaac 

m.  Belangee  Antrim 

—  De  la  Plaine 


1.  John  Ridgwav    =   Postrema  Shinn 

■   I 

1.  Mary  Ridgway 
m.  Daniel  Knight 


Sarah 
Ridgway 
m.  Joseph 
Pan  coast 


Joseph 

b. 

ob. 1760 

m. 


5.  Rebecca 
Ridgway 


Urias 
Shinn 


Josiah 
born 


G-  (10) 


Abigail 

b. 

m.  1717 

Henry 

Clothier 


1.  Caleb  Clothier 
m.  Mary  Alli- 
son, nee  Shinn 


410 


History  of  the  Shinn  Family  ix  Europe  and  America 


PEDIGHP:E  of  CALEB  clothier,  of  PHILADELPHIA 
Henrv  Clothier  =  Abigail  Ridgvvay 


Caleb  Clothier        =      Mary  (Shirin)  AUisosi,  daughter  of  Thomas 
of  1       and  Martha  (Earl)  Shiiin  and  widow  of 


Mt.  Holly 


Caleb  Clothier 

of 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Tiiomas  Allison 


Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Mary  (Owen) 
Jones  (both  descendants  of  John  Shinii) 


1 1 
I 
Elizabeth 

m. Jacob  C. 

Bunting  and 

had  children: 


Lucretia 

Mott 

Clothier 

unin. 


1.  Elizabeth 
Sellers 
m.AN'illiam 
Pickering 

2.  Haiinali.  num. 


Isaac 
Hallowell 
Clothier 
m.  Marv 
Clapp 
Jackson 
9-1-18G4 


William 

Penn 
Clothier 
m.  Jennie 
Drew  and 
had  children  : 

1.  Hanna  Fletcher 

2.  William  Penn 

3.  Caleb 


xAnna  Burr 

Clothier 

unm. 


Clarkson  Clothier 
m.  Agnes  Evans, 
10-2-1875. 
Children: 

1.  Marian 

2.  Edith 

3.  Robert    Clark- 
son 

4.  Florence,  o.s.p. 


Mary  Jackson         Elizabeth  Morris  F^ewis 

Clothier  Jackson  Clothier 

in.  William  EsluM-  (Jlothier  in.  Lydia  M. 

Iji-yl,  1 1-1-1892    m.  Thomas  Henry  Earnshaw, 


1.    William  Powers  Sailor, 

Esher  lleyl        4-3-1895 

•1.   Isaac  Clothier  ChildnMi: 
Heyl  1.    Randolph 

Sailer 


4-2G-1900 
Children: 
1.  Emily  Earn- 
shaw Clothier 


Hannah  Hallowell 
Clothier 
m.  Dr.  William 
L  Hull 
12-27-1898 
Children: 
1.   Mary  Clothier 
Hull 


Walter 
Clothier 
m.  Edith 
M.  Ball, 

4-2-1902 


17 


Isaac  llallowt'll  (Mothier 
in.  l-()()-19o3,  Melinda 
Knight  Aiincar 


Lydia  Biddle 
Ciothier 


Caroline  Clothier 


William 
Jackson 
Clothier 


PEDIGREE  OF  THOMAS  STEVENSON 

Thomas  Stevenson  of  London,  En^.,    =   Maria,  widow  of  William  Bernard, 
b.  I6I0;  settled  in  Long  Island,  1644         8-15-1645;  ob.  at  Newton,  L.  I.,  16 


653 


I   L 
Thomas   =   Elizabeth 
ob. 
2-6-1725 


2. 


Lawrence,  2-1672 
1 


Edward   =   Charity  Jennings 
ob. 7-12-1700 


John 
m. 


William 
m. 


2. 

=    Ann 


Issue  bv 
(1)   ■ 


1.  Thomas 
moved  to 
Bucks  Co., 
Pa.ob.  7-21- 
1719;  mem- 
ber general 
assembly 
1712-1719; 
m.  Sarah, 
daughter  of 
Gov.   Samuel 
Jennings,  and 
widow  of  Ed- 
ward Pen- 
nington 

2.  William, 
born  1676, 
moved  to 
Burlington 
Co.,  N.  J.,ob. 
5-1724; 
m.  Anna, 
daughter  of 
Gov.   Samuel 
.Fennings 

3.  John  moved 
to  Burlington 
Co.,N.  J.;  m. 
Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Gov. 
Samuel  Jen- 
nings 

-:.  Elizabeth, 
ob. 9-27-1703 
ch.  b  2. 


Elnathau   =  Sarah,  daughter  of 
m.  1718  Richard  Cornell 


6 


Nathaniel 
Daniel 

Stephen 

Susannah 

Anna 


Thomas=  Alice 
b.  4-14 
1719 


Cornell 


daugh-     m. 
ter  of     Mary 
Sam'l   Hedges 
Shinn         Elnathan 
1740  m.  Mary 

Riley 

Edward 
m.  Mary 
Stillwell 

Benjamin 
m.  Sarah 
Fennimore 

Sarah 
m.  John 
Hedges 

Charity 
m.  Wm, 
Pottet 
f'u'XJc  Anna 

m.  John 


Norcross 
Elizabeth 
m.  Aaron 
Carmon 


Samuel,  Sarah 

b.  1781,  m.  m.  Elton 
Mary,  daugh-  Kemble, 
ter  of  Joseph    9-14-1761 

Siddon  | 

ch.  I 

1.  Thomas,  b.  9- 
6-1765;  m.  Re- 
becca Thomas, 
7-29-1790 

2.  James  m.  As- 
cha  Branson  and 
moved    to    Vir- 


William 
m.  Rachel 
Griffiths, 
11-5-1779 


Elnathan 

m.  Bathsheba 

Norcross     ' 


ginia 


3.  Sarah    m. 
21-1790,   David 
Cox 


cli.  I 

1.  Thomas 
m.  Clemence 
Clement 

2.  Hannah 
m.  John  Foster 

3.  Elizabeth 
m.  Thomas 
Stevenson 

10-  4.  Ellen    ob.  un- 
married 


ch.  I 

ch.  I  l.Tamar,b.3-13- 

1.  Micajah  1768;   m.  (l) 
HI.  Elizabeth        Stacy  Lippiii- 

2.  Jonathan    m.   cott;     (2)  Sam'l 
(1)  Jane  Cox      Quicksall 


[2)  Elizabeth 
Proud 

3.  Cornell  m. 
Patience 
Marlow 

4.  Ann  m.  Wm. 
Elberson 

5.  Ttiomas  m. 
Elizabeth 
Kemble 

6.  Samufd  m. 
Ellen  Mahoney 


2.  Alice, b.l 0-23- 
1770;  m.  10-20- 
1788,  Seth 
Lucas-Gibbs 

3.  William,  b.  1- 
19-1774;  m.  6- 
26-1798,  Pris- 
{;illa    Lippiiicott 

4.  Calel>,b.ll-23- 
177G;    m.    Mary 
Stockton, 
1804 

5.  Ezra,    b. 
1783;    ob.   unm. 


1-7- 


7-6- 


List  of  Advance  Subscribers  to  the  History   of   the   Shixx   Family   ix 

Europe   and   America. 


James  T.  Sliinn,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Dr.  Viuecome  Sliinn,  Washington,  1).  C. 

Dr.  George  ^yolfe  Shiun,  Xewton,  ^ia^s. 

J.  C.  Shinn,  Xiles,  Cal. 

^Irs.  Carter  G.  Osburn,  Baltimore,  Md. 

John  B.  Atkinson,  Earlington,  Ky. 

Dr.  Qnillen  11.  Sliinn.  Cambridge,  ]\lass. 

A.  C.  Shinn,  Ottawa,  Kan, 

Mrs.  Tabitha  Peters,  Carbondale,  Kan. 

Dr.  J.  :M.  Shinn,  Hale,  Mo. 

Mrs.  Isaac  11.  Clothier,  Wvnnewood,  Pa. 

Jesse  F.  Shinn,  Channte,  Kan. 

Col.  Jolm  L.  Shinn,  Chanute,  Kan. 

Col.  James  A.  Shinn,  Leadville,  Col. 

Willit  Slnnn.  Mt.  Holly.  X.  J. 

Mrs.  E.  G.  Whitesides,  Germantown,  Pa. 


Mrs.  H.  C.  Turvey,  Chicago,  111. 

\\.  H.  Shinn,  La  Grange,  lud. 

Hon.  C.  W.  Shinn,  Eureka,  Kan. 

Edgar  Jay  Shinn,  Ottawa,  Kan. 

Joshua  M.  Yeo,  Chillicothe,  0. 

L.  G.  Shinn,  Spokane,  Wash. 

Miss  Bertha  Shinn,  Alpha,  111. 

Chas.  A.  Jones,  Cleveland,  0. 

^Irs.  F.  E.  Eggleston,  Hannibal,  ^to. 

Asa  E.  Shinn,  Quincy,  Cal. 

Chas.  S.  Kerns,  Moline,  111. 

Miss  Mary  Ella  Shinn,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Will.  S.  Ivins,  Keokuk,  la. 

Jasper  Fortney,  Ft.  Scott,  Kan. 

Miss  Lida  K.  Shinn,  Hale,  ^lo. 

Frederick  Linden  Shinn,  Madison,  Wis. 


Samuel  Grant  Oliphant,  Baltimore,  Md.    Mrs.  John  Black,  Mt.  Holly,  X.  J. 
John  K.  Sliinn,  Baltimore,  Md.  Dr.  Charles  H.  Eeed,  Philadelphia.  Pa. 

.Mrs.  Hannah  A.  Beal,  Agricultural  Col-  ^[rs.  J.  A.  Yansant,  Camden,  X.  J. 

Luther  E.  Shinn,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
Ya.  ^liss  Alice  Heartt,  Hillsboro,  X.  C. 


lege,  Michiiran. 


Mrs.  ]klary  M.  Monroe,  Shinnston,  W 
Jas.  W.  Bird,  X'ashville,  Kan. 
E.  L.  Weljb,  West  Liberty,  la. 
J.  F.  Shinn,  Concord,  X.  C. 
Mrs.  Eliza  A.  Eeeves,  Washington,  1).  C. 
Benjamin  G.  Shinn,  Hartford  City,  Ind. 
Samuel  R.  Shipley,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Frank  H.  Shinn,  Davenport,  la. 
P.  T.  Shinn,  Camden,  X.  J. 
Miss  Harriett  Shinn,  Chicago,  111. 
Hiram  Gilbert  Shinn,  X'ew  Windsor,  111. 
^Irs.  James  Carstairs,  Philadelijhia,  Pa. 
Mrs.  W.  W.  Farr,  Philadelpliia,  Pa. 
Mrs.  Carrie  B.  Berry,  Seattle,  Wash. 
Mrs.  Henrietta  Hildreth,  ^fankato,  Kan. 
John  ^r.  C.  Shinn,  Mt.  A^ernon,  X^.  Y. 
B.  B.  Shinn,  Mattoon,  111. 
Airs,  lielinda  Town,  Wauj)un,  Wis. 
^frs.  Jolm  A.  Th<tin|>s()n,  Edinbuig,  ind. 
II.  H.  While.  Edinburg,  Ind. 
M.  L.  Shiiin,  TiOs  Angeles,  Cal. 
Charles  H.  Shinn,  Xorth  Fork,  Cal. 
Miss  Allie  X.  Shinn,  Mt.  Holly,  X.  J. 
Elbert  Shinn,  Haywards,  Cal.  " 
Frank  H.  Sliinn,  Columbus,  O. 
David  M.  Shinn,  Shinnston.  W.  Va. 
Mrs.  James  Parrott,  AIoniicell<>.  Iowa. 
Martin  E.  Shinn,  Chioago,  111. 


Wm.  Budd  Stackhouse,  Medford,  X.  J. 

E.  F.  Shinn.  Connorsville,  Ind. 
Libertv  B.  Sliinn,  Lincoln,  X^eb. 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Shinn  Bennett,  Fruit  Hill, 

Ohio. 
John  ^McGrath,  Cinciniuiti,  0. 
C.  A.  Shinn,  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 
B.  F.  Haywood  Shreve,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  S.   P.  Wilkinson,  Ottum- 

wa.  In. 
Stewart  11.  Shinn,  Atlantic  City,  X.  J. 
M.  T.  Shinn,  lola,  Kan. 
Miss  Olive  Shinn,  Flora,  111. 
Dr.  James  Gallaher  Shinn,  Atlantic  City, 

X.  J. 
J.  W^  Wells,  Bentonville,  Ark. 
Mrs.  L.  A.  Crocker.  Tomah.  Wis. 
J.  C.  Shinn.  RusscUville,  Ark. 
Airs.  Electa  A.  Shull,  Montpclier,  Ind. 
II.  Frank  Smith,  Rnssellville,  Ark. 
Frank  J.  Shinn,  Whatcom,  Wash. 
Airs.  Cassa  Baker,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

F.  B.  Hale,  Osceola,  Ark. 
Geo.  S.  Shinn,  Portland.  Ore. 
Richard  T.  Cadburv.  Philadelphia.  Pa. 
S.  L.  Shinn.  Eaton!  0. 
Hon.  George  L.  Shinn.  Xew  Egypt. 


Mrs.  Sal)ra  J.  Bonge.  Hartford  Citv,  Ind.  Miss  Alary  Colhoun  Shinn,  Xew  York 
C.  C.  Shinn.  Atlantic  City,  X.  J."  City. 

James  Eddy   Sliinn.    Conway   Springs,     Oen.  'V.  R.  Sliinn.  Ashland.  O. 
Kan. 

(412) 


Index  to  the  Surname,  Shinn. 


113 


INDEX  TO   THE   SURNAME,  SHINN. 


Augustine,  27,  8G. 
Alplieus,  372. 
Amy,  369. 
Alice,  2t;,  27,  111. 
Amos,96, 186, 148.  318. 
Ann,   22,  23,  27.  121, 

179,  180,  202,  295. 
Agnes,  22, 27,  328,  352. 
Anne,  24,  25,  38,  191. 
Amy,  24. 
Annie,  37. 
Anna,  37,  288,  326. 
Ann  Sydonia,  95. 
Aqiiilia,  109,  110. 
Adam.  121. 
Asa,  122,  123,  204,  205, 

206,  340,  367. 
A])salom,  335. 
Abigail.  156,  172,  180. 

181.  192,  287. 
Alice  Ann,  164,  165. 
Aschah,  185,  352. 
Adelaide  H.,  302. 
Asa  Gamut,  191. 
Abraham,  196. 
Aaron,   208,   265.  317, 

396. 
Amasa.  207. 
Azariah,  99,  100. 
Allen,  217. 
Alexander(Sandy),171, 

326. 
Austin,  252. 
Allen  T.,  261. 
Abraham  J..  264. 
Albert  C,  276. 
Albert,  300.  320,  360. 
Asbury,  345. 
Alpheus,  345. 
Abner,  365. 

Beniamin,  27,  31,  114, 
115,  120,  121.  166, 
170,  175,  187,  208, 
281,  287,  303,  314. 
328,  369,  374. 

Barzillai.  120. 

Beulah,  154, 179,  264. 

Buddell.  158. 

Benjamin  G.,  347. 

Caleb,  16,  64,  79,  80, 
106,  126.  315. 

Clement.  25.  26.35,36, 
37.  38,  58, 63,  93. 127, 
128,  132,  200,  201. 

Christopher,  23. 

Catherine,  24,  36,  286. 

Curtis,  139. 

Charlotte,  217,  371. 

Clifton  C,  223. 


Catherine  Lucy  Steven- 
son, 225.  226,  227. 

Charles  W.,  142,  278. 

Carson.  170. 

Calvin  L.,  171. 

Clement  Lippincott, 
218. 

Caroline,  302. 

Charles  H..  311,312. 

Charles,  316,  345,  377, 
396. 

Carrol  A.,  828. 

Cyrus.  332. 

Charles  M.,  336. 

Corinna,  336. 

Cassa,  339. 

Carolina,  363. 

Calvin,  377. 

Dorothy,  27. 
Dorcas,  22,  330. 
Davenish,  23. 
Darius,  345. 
David,   127,    128,  132, 

195,    197,    318,    319, 

358,  374,  392. 
Daniel,   199,  200,  207, 

208,  211,  343. 
Daniel  Haskins,  208. 
Dexter,  371. 

Edward,  24,  25,  26,  27, 
37,  157,  201,  344. 

Elizabeth,  22,  23.  24, 
25,  26,  36,  37,  63,  78, 
100,  104,  108,  113, 
142.  143,  156,  157, 
163,  164,  175,  202, 
207,  244,  295,  341, 
378,  396. 

Ellen,  58,  59,  60,  61. 

Emma,  366. 

Esther,  59,  198. 

Eliza,  342,  373,  392. 

Earl,  108.  109. 

Earl,  288,  292. 

Elias,  339. 

Esaias,  137. 

Elbert,  334,  349. 

Elenor,  172,  173. 

Edith,  332,  365. 

Ezra,  192,  193. 

Elijah,  316. 

Emily,  193.  194,  324. 

Elizabeth  Stanley,  224, 
225. 

EmmaNewell. 155,231. 

Enoch,  236,  237,  238, 
239. 

Ezra  Hickman,  256. 

Elizabeth  A.,  272. 


Edgar  J.,  275. 
Elisha  L..  295,  320. 
Elwood,  298. 
Ezra  W.,  307. 
Edward  L.,  323. 
Emeline.  332. 
Eugene  F..  350. 
Edgar,  376. 

Francis,  21.  24,  25,  26, 
36,  37,  38.  58.  59,  78, 
89,  90.  121,  182,  184. 
261,  262. 

Freedom  Lippincott, 
154,  155. 

Francis  Adin.  222. 

Francis  M.,  283,  354. 

Frank  H..  330. 

Fidelia,  334. 

Flora,  336. 

Frank,  341. 

George,  23.  27,  31,  35, 
36.  59,  63,  71,  72,73, 

77.  78,  99.  118.   119, 

139,    140.    181,   182. 

185.    272,   336,    339, 

340,  360.  392. 
George  Wolfe, Rev.. 31, 

218,  219,  22],  222. 
George  A.,  171. 
George  L.,  303. 
Grace,  37. 
Gideon.  H.,  218. 
Gamaliel,  108,  109,  159. 
Green  B.,  170. 
Georse  D.,  278. 
G.  W".  McK.,  287. 
George  W.,302,  376. 

Henrv,  21,  22,  25,  26, 

37, '103,  141,  142,  336, 

343,  345,  384. 
Hannah,  24,  36,  88,  89, 

103,    142,    158,    189, 

244,   311. 
Hope,  89,  245. 
Hepzibah,  193.  200. 
Helen  Jane,  263. 

Henrv  C.  301. 
Hiram,  326. 
Harriet.  329,  335,  343. 
Hiram  G.,  329.  330. 
Harrison,  332,  350. 
Helen  M.,  334. 
Harry  A.,  336. 
Hyman.  347. 
Howard.  360. 
Henrietta,  361. 


Isaiah,    100,   135,    136, 

183,  203,  204. 
Isaac,    115,    132,    141 

166.    190,    217,    21S; 

264,    282,    284,   30(i. 
Israel,    119,    183,    184 

190,  343,  364. 
Isaac   Ross,    170,    171 

185,  186. 
Isaac  Rose,  170. 
Isola,  372. 

James    Madison,    252. 
386. 

Joseph  Henly,  25.3. 

James  Henry,  253. 

Joseph  Biddle.  260. 

Joseph  Milton.  262. 

Joshua  W.,  262.  263. 

Job  R.,  265,  266. 

John  K. ,  275. 

John  Kerlin,  269. 

Joseph  A.,  273. 

James  T.,  291. 

Joseph  L.,  300. 

James  M.,  303. 

James  E.,  304. 

Joseph  C,  314. 

Joseph  W.,  315. 

John  H.,  315. 

John  C,  317.  383. 

Janette.  328. 

Jesse,    329,   355.    367, 
368. 

Justus,  333. 

John  N.,  334. 

JohnM.  C,  340. 

Julia,  366. 

.lohn  L.,  867. 

Jennie.  369. 

Jacob  L.,  3'/5. 

John,  19,  2<t,  21,  23 
24,  25.  27,  29,  31,  32, 
35.  36,  37.  38.  41,  59. 
64,  96,  99,  102,  103, 
105,  121,  137,  138, 
139,  152,  153,  154, 
175,  195,  212,  213. 
214,  215,  243,  244, 
317,    326.    348,    374. 

James    Gallaher,    228, 
229,  230. 

Jonathan,    127,    128, 
133.  134. 

Jacob,  64,  80,  81,  103, 
104,  326,  385. 

James  W..  223. 

Jane,  58.  64. 

Jean.  94,  172. 

Jemima.  105,  150. 


414 


History  of  the  Shinn  Family  in  Europe  and  America 


Joseph  Henry,  223. 
James,   23.  24,  36,  59, 

68,  71.    91,    92,   123, 

124,     192,    Si08,    310, 

348,    349,    376,    384, 

390. 
James  Aaron.  Col.,  208. 
James  S  ,  223. 
Joseph,  22.  23,  90,  91, 

94,  95.  96,   115,  116, 

142.    174,    175,    185. 

198,   215,    216,    314, 

354.  369. 
Johanna,  22,  25. 
Joan,  23. 
Job.  101.  186,  187,  287, 

326. 
Josiah,  252. 
Joshua,    64,    79,    191. 

310,  359. 
Josiali  Hazon,  253,  254, 

255.  256. 
Joseph    Roj'    Loug- 

■worlh,  256. 
Jermyu,  27,  37. 
Josiiih   Carloch,    167, 

168.  169. 
Joel.  175. 

John  Hackelt,  208. 
Joab,  211,  212. 
John  Irick.  214,  215. 
Joseph  Ilooten.  223. 
John  White,  224. 
Jason,  142. 
Jefferson,  150. 
James  W.,  171.    ' 
James  L.,  171. 
James  Eddy,  223. 

Kinbury,  23. 
Kedar,  194,  195,  316. 

Lydia,    27,    141,    143, 

179,    185,    197,    198, 

319. 
Lucas,  24,  37.       * 
Levi.  93,  94,  127,  131, 

132,    133,    164,   203, 

204,  371. 
Leali,  114,  173,  174. 
Lavina,  116,    117,   176, 

192,  307,  370. 
Louisa,  332,  371. 
Lucrctia,  165. 
Lydia  C.  291. 
Lewis,  316. 
Libbie  E..  330. 
Liberty  B.,  331. 
Lillie  A..  340. 
Lida  K.,  349. 
Lnliicr  C,  359. 
i^uDier.  364. 
Luke,  371. 
Lenuiel,  372.  375. 
Littleton,  388. 

Mary  Chinncry,  27. 
Marie,  25,  26,  332,  344, 

381. 
Marf,'aret,    23.    25.   26, 

37.191.  192,263,264, 

884,  343. 


Mary,    23,   25,   37,   ^9, 
64,  75,   76,   94,    104. 

105,  108.  159,  160, 
176,  179,  189,  198, 
233,  245,  281,  286, 
328,  341,  350,  359, 
367. 

Martha.  59,  76.  77,  94, 

106,  107,  157,  184, 
332,    342,    374,   389. 

Mary   Wooduuit,    216. 

Miriam,  191. 

Martha  Woodnutt,217, 

287. 
Mahlon.  195,  196. 
Moses,    199,   327,  360, 

364. 
Miles  J.,  222,  223. 
Martin  Ezra,  150. 
Mary  Norton,  155,  231. 
MaryE.,  171. 
Moses    Franklin,    260, 

261. 
Mary  Shivers,  263. 
Mary  H.,  267. 
Milieent,  313. 
Maitie  J.,  319. 
Matilda,  3;^3. 
Merrick,  333. 
Mahala,  341. 
MahloD,  357,  364. 
]\Iichael,  384. 

Nicholas,    24,   25,    27. 

36,  38. 
Nathan,  148,  149. 
Nancy,   213,  214,  326, 

341. 
Newman  Howard,  222. 
Nellie  M..  330. 
Noah,  339. 
Newman.  349. 
Naomi,  367.  370. 
Nathaniel,  385. 

Owen,  23. 

Oliver,  348,  371,  394. 
Orpha,  360. 
Olive,  360. 

Po.slrema,  110.  111. 
P<ter.  126,  127. 
Paul  Theodore,  223. 
Paul  H.,  324. 
Philip  A..  324. 
Paulina.  336. 

(iuilien  Hamilton,    33, 
320. 

licbert,  19,  121. 
Kicliaid,  24.  31,  36,  37, 

180. 
Rebecca.  23,  143,  144, 

147,    171,    175,     176, 

294    331 
Ka"eh'l,24.36.  105,  106, 

187,  327,  364. 
Restore,  117,  176,  285. 
Rutii.  239.  240,  326. 
Ransom,  252. 
Rachel  Ann,  262,  282. 


Riley,  295.  356. 
Reuben,  325. 
Rez'nK.,  334. 
Robert,  365. 

Sarah,  27.  37,  59,  64, 
73.  74,  75,  111,  124, 
140.  188,  189,  202, 
296,  336,  343. 

Susannah.  23,  106,  182, 
183,  267. 

Susannah  Norton,  155, 
156. 

Sara  Low,  155. 

Sarah  R. ,  244. 

Samuel,  84.  85.  86,  87, 
88,  112.  113,117,118, 
136,  149.  150,  159, 
160,  163,  169,  170, 
186,  190,  196,  197, 
245,  281,  285,  326, 
370,  395. 

Solomon,  92,  93,  188, 
190,191,201,202,366. 

Silas,  113,  114,  334, 
378,  391,  395. 

Silas  Benjamin,  165, 
166. 

Stacy, 176,  300. 

Stewart  H.,  223. 

Susan  Cox.  155. 

Samuel  Lippincott, 
212. 

Samuel  G  ,  267. 

Samson,  279. 

Sampson,  332. 

Shreve,  298. 

Samuel  E.,  299. 

Sarah  B.,  300. 

Savilla,  334,  335. 

Susan,  341,  365. 

Seth,  358. 

Sabra,  351. 

Sinningas.  11,  12,  14, 
15,  16.  30. 

Shinfold,  11,  14. 

Shiutield,  11,  14,  18. 

Sinn.  11,  14.  15,  16,  17. 

Sinna,  11,  17. 

Siney,  11. 

Schyn,  12,  14. 

Shyn.l2.  14.  17,  24,26. 

Sciiynn.  12.  14. 

Shin  Loch.  12,  13. 

Shina,  13. 

Schinestorp,  15. 

Shin,  13.  14,  21,22,23, 

24,  25,  26,  29. 
Shenn.  14. 
Sheahan.  15.  16.  17. 
Sheen.  15,  16,  17,  18, 

19,  21,  22,  23,24,  25. 

26,  27. 
Shane,  16. 
Syan.  16. 
Shean,  16. 
Sheene.  16.  22,  23,  24, 

25,  26,  27.  29. 
Shene.  16.   17.  19,   21, 

23,  24,  25.  26.  27,  29. 


Shengham,  18. 
Senley,  15,  18. 
Shien,  19. 
Shine,   19,   22,  23,   24, 

27. 
Shaen,  19. 
Sheine,  20. 
Shy  en,  21. 
Schene  Ad.,  21. 
Sheyne.  22. 
Shieue,  22. 
Sheane,  23. 
Shynne,  23,  27,  32. 
Shyne,  23,  24,  27. 
Shinne,  26,  27. 
Shen.  27. 
Shenn.  25. 
Sceneford,  15. 
Sceneton,  15. 

Thomas,  21.  24,  25.  27, 
30,  31,  36,  37,  38,  59, 
64,  68,  81,  82.  83,  84, 
107,  111,  112,  122, 
164,  194,  240,  243, 
349,    377,    384.    387. 

ThomasVinacomb,  188. 

Thomas  Doren,  149. 

Thomas  C,  285. 

Tacie,  286. 

Thomas  J.,  307,  331, 
381. 

Thomas  W.,  315. 

Thornton  J.,  334. 

Tabitha,  356,  366. 

Thornton  A.,  373. 

Uriah,  101,  102,218. 
Unitv,    124,    125,    126, 

188,  364. 
Urastes,  252. 

Vincent,  119,  120,  184, 

264. 
Vinacomb,  187. 
Vinecome,  297. 

William    Collyer,    25, 

28,  29,  31. 
William,  23.  24.  31,  86, 

37.  78,  100,  120,  183, 

190,    251,    252,    268, 

269,    270,    275,    287. 

326,    330,    377,    385. 

387. 
Waller,  25,  35,  36. 
William  L.,  303. 
William  Norton,   151. 

152. 
William    Jenks,     21(), 

217. 
William  Hooten,  218. 
AViliiam  IL,  142,  311. 
William  Powell,  148. 
Wdliam  M..  213,  372. 
William  C,  266. 
Wilscm  K.,  268,  275 
Willit,  298. 
William  N.,  316. 
Zilpha,  136,189,351 

Ziber,  140. 


Index  to  the  Allied  Names. 


415 


INDEX   TO   THE   ALLIED    NAMES. 


Ahernolliy,  360. 

AI>boU,  150,  309. 

A(  klcy,  105.  155. 

Adams,  298,  3G4. 

Aildi.son,  344. 

Ailsliio,  208. 

Ailshire.  367. 

All)rit;lit,  330,  345. 

Albcilson,  175,  208. 

Alien,  91,  121,  124, 
169,  186,  192,  193, 
234,  237,  247,  256, 
308,    343,    378,   387. 

Alcxiinder,  308. 

Allison,  83,  107,  108. 

Alnian,  38"). 

Allovvaye,  79,  100,  118, 
399 

Allcraoug,  116,  173, 
174. 

Alward,  249. 

Aniburu,  142. 

Anderson,  116,  140, 
157,  172,  232,  315, 
391,    395. 

Annear,  108. 

Anlrini,  70,  92,  122, 
124,  125,  126,  150, 
188,  190,  250,  298. 
/      Apple.  302. 

Arey,  216. 

Armstrong,  112,  163. 

Arney,  107. 

Arnv,  188,  296,  297, 
298. 

Arnold.  357. 

Asay,  139,  214. 

Ash,  159,201,394,295, 
354 

Asb  bridge,  100,  140, 
313. 

Ashton,  314. 

Atha.  367. 

Aiterbury,  244. 

Atkinson.  59.  64.  69, 
70,  74,  75,  83,  88,  89, 
90,  94,  106,  107,  116, 
117.  118,  119,  130, 
184,    170,    175,    356. 

Austin,  113,  164,  251, 
253. 

Avis,  34,  37. 

Ayres,  275,  276. 

Babnew,  301. 
Buecliler,  348. 
Bailey,   144.  374,  380, 

389 
Baily',  lis,  119,  179. 
Baird,  380. 


Baker,   115,   135,    167, 

171,    339,    251,   381, 

339,  400. 
Baldwin,  348. 
Baldock,  308. 
Ball,  108. 
Baliinger,  116,  334. 
Bamford.  213. 
Banks,  328. 
Banta,  35S. 
Barclay,  239. 
Bardsley,  196,  317. 
Bark  alow.    124,      192,, 

194,    301,   303,    304, 

307,    309. 
Barber,  298. 
Barker,  47. 
Barman,  380. 
Barnard,  379. 
Barnes,  134,   199,    306. 

281,  333,  334. 
Barnett,  378. 
Barnbardi,  385. 
Barr,  361. 
Barrett,  67. 
Barrier,  384. 
Barringer,  384. 
Barry,  381. 
Bartlett,  185,  199,  223, 

271,    281.   282,   334, 

364. 
Bartram,  144. 
Barton,  239,  240. 
Bateman.  264,  393. 
Bates,    93,     132,    164, 

198,    199,    200,    201, 

381,   396. 
Battenfield,  375,  381. 
Baxter,  136,  148,  213. 
Beadles,  224. 
Beal,  250. 
Bean.  230. 
Bech,  92. 
Beckett,  246. 
Bedell,  316,  284. 
Bedessene,  332. 
Begar.  183,  267. 
Begary,  184. 
Beech,  363. 
Beecroft,  37. 
Beever,  266. 
Beitzell,  144. 
Bell,  135,  285. 
Beers,  150. 
Bender,  243. 
Benson,  174. 
Bennett.  118,  120,  183, 

184,  285,  351. 
Bcrnethy,  363. 
Bernard,  111. 


Berrien,  216. 

Berriman,  300. 

Berry,  3f)3. 

Best.  275. 

Belts,  195. 

Beveus,  307. 

Biddle,    90,    117,    119, 

175,    176,    179,   192. 
Bierie,  346. 
Bird,  315,32.'^.  367. 
Bispham,  107,  141,  158, 

217,  218.  247. 
Black,    133,    157,   346, 

256.    385. 
Blackbye,  27. 
Blackman,  271. 
Blakeslf-e.  332. 
Bland,  371. 
Blair.  285. 
Blizzard,  238. 
Blanchard,  283. 
Blosse,  27. 
Blackwood,  123. 
Bloom,  21. 
Blackburn,  166,  252. 
Bluce,  195. 
Blunt,  232. 
Bodine,  260. 
Bogcoe,  92. 
Boggess  315,  335,  360. 
Bogle,  367. 
Boeer,  385. 
Bolton,    27,    36,    117, 

174,  179,  183. 
Bond.  175,  380. 
Boner,  196. 
Bonet,  24. 
Bonge,  350. 
Bonham,  401. 
Bonsall.  295. 
Bonwell.  367. 
Bonta,  309. 
Boone,  157,  351. 
Booker,  391. 
Bookwalter,  331. 
Borton.   116.  175,  289, 

249,  256. 
Bost,  383. 
Bowen.  378.  379. 
Boswell,  377. 
Bowlin,  302. 
Bowler,  281. 
Bowker,  111. 
Bowyer,  271. 
Boyd,  303. 
Boyer,  341. 
Boiiseman,  197. 
Bouse,  848. 
Bozeman,  354. 
Bradley,  259,  378. 


Braddock,     164,     237, 

244,   247. 
Bradshaw,  196. 
Bradden,  33. 
Brainerd.  383. 
Bradford,  90. 
Bragg,  143.  334. 
Brague,  826. 
Branin,    99.    127.    140, 

164.    249. 
Branson,    77,    99,   121, 

134,    193,   309. 
Bramlette.  374. 
Breeze,  343. 
Bride,  376,  278. 
Brisham,  211,  381. 
Briggs,  304.  373. 
Briscoe,  380. 
Briirges,  33. 
Britton,  379. 
Broils,  333. 
Brokate,  311. 
Brook,  317. 
Brooke,  147,  179. 
Brooks,  117,  143,   144, 

179,    385. 
Brown,  130,  142,  181, 

184,    185,    200,    212, 

223,    240,   244,   279, 

283,    286,    291,   302, 

308.    326.   351,   355, 

377,    887,   898.    899. 
Brotton,  360. 
Brumley,  381. 
Brunt,  300. 
Brush,  343. 
Bryan,  76,  345,  370. 
Buckalew,  215. 
Buchannan.  308. 
Bucklir,  353. 
Budd,  70,  75,  90,  91, 

93,  98,  105,  119,  130, 

121,    182,    183,    184, 

213,   359.   396. 
Buddell,  83,  107,  158. 
Bunnell,  64,  899. 
Bungey,  269. 
Buesclier,  280. 
Buggerly,  197. 
Burr,  77.  79,  100,  110, 

179,234. 
Burbage    363. 
Burkhead,     173,    173, 

381. 
Burcbard,     200,     350, 

351. 
Burdsall,  164,  237,  243, 

247. 
Burdick,  303. 
Burgess,  249,  278. 


41G 


History  of  the  Shinn  Family  in  Europe  and  America 


Bunn,  79. 
Burk,  355. 
Burning.  108. 
Burnell.  323. 
Bunford.  14(1. 
Burns,  79.  101,  333. 
Bullock,  154. 
Burnett,  235. 
Burt.  830. 

Burrows,  142.  318,  340. 
Burton,  244,  374. 
Burlis,   122,    124,    13!), 

156,    189,    191.    215, 

39!). 
Bush,  395. 
Busby,   132,   135,   198, 

203,  320. 
Butler,  37y. 
Butcher,    69,    77,    81, 

105,    106. 
Butterwortli,  186. 
But/,,  396. 
Burnworth,  358. 
Buzby,  94,  238. 
Byerly,  250. 


Caberly,  357. 
Cadbury,  109,  291. 
Cagle,  377. 
Cain,  341. 
Caldwell,  308. 
Callison,  202. 
Calvert,  282. 
Camp,  186,  202. 
Cam|.l)ell,91,  120,  121, 

202,  264,  348. 
Cannon,  211. 
Caples.  253. 
Cappell,  346. 
Canby,  121. 
Carey,  333.  350. 
Carlisle,  234,  380. 
Carlock,  88,  114. 
Carney,  2(ifi. 
Cardei),  381. 
Carmen,  281,  341. 
Carr,  3^\. 
Carroll,   185.  186,  281, 

301. 
Carry),  230. 
CarsiHkc,  18S,  296. 
Carstairs.  225,  227. 
Ca.se.  326. 
Carv.  331. 
Carter.  78,  96,  99,  134, 

136,  137,  3,53.  39!). 
Casev,  371. 
CaruIiicrH,  116,  174. 
Caste,  3!)5. 
Castle,  349. 
CavincHS,  328. 
Champion,  116,  259. 
Chiimber.s.  195,  316. 
Chamberlain,  155,  231, 

364,  385. 
Cha.se.  251. 
Chandler,  169,  253. 
Charles,  343. 
Chaney,  346. 


Chatten,  278. 
Chenias,  15. 
Chiids,  248,  336. 
Chenev,  15,  20. 
ChildeVs,  204,  370,  371, 

394. 
Chenutu,  15. 
China".  15. 
Chew,  239,  249. 
Chinai,  15. 
Cliinn,  15,  32. 
Chittock,  27,  37. 
Church,  127,  195,  196, 

248,  317. 
Churchill,  394. 
Clancy,  309. 
Clawson,  135.  136.  217. 
Clapp,  91,  121. 
Clapgert,  90. 
Clark,     93.    134,    194, 

205,    206.    207,    208, 

238,    264,    311,    315, 

343,    366.    370. 
Clarke,  175,  204. 
Clay,  380. 
Clement.   61,    74,    75, 

151,   243. 
Clendenning,  197,  319. 
Clevinger,     213,     214, 

235 
Cline,'    170,    176,    260, 

394. 
('linger,  245, 
Cliser,  215. 
Clothier,  83.  108. 
Clunet,  270. 
Clutter,  282. 
Cobb,  252. 
Coffin,  240,  243. 
Cole,  91.  157,  232,  238, 

380,  394. 
Cockes,  364. 
Coles,  248,  298. 
Colgrove,  341. 
Collins,  127,  195,  234, 

316,    317,    356. 
Colhoun,  206,  373. 
Collett,  181. 
Colkitt,  102.  140. 
Colt,  262. 
Condy,  256,  2.59. 
Comlort,  159,  288. 
Comer.  150. 
Tonard,  277. 
Conley,  211. 
Conant,  155. 
Conrcy,  266. 
Copeland,  393. 
Conrow,  88,  116,  1!)0. 
Conover,  124,  1«8,  192, 

215,  216,  236. 
Cook,  169,  285,  387. 
Coon,  344.  360. 
C'ooper,   199,  208,  387. 
Corkett,  24, 
Cope,  174,  250. 
(;o.\,  105.  124,  150,  154, 

155.     156,    193,   224, 

307,    308,   855. 
Copenhaver,  307. 


Corson,  329. 
Corynoble,  27. 
Correll.  270. 
Cottrell,  371. 
Coulter,  115,  378. 
Corliss,  64,  79. 
Councillor,  344. 
Cornell,  111. 
Countz,  377. 
Cosby,  143. 
Couper,  144. 
CottoD,  394. 
Cohenhover,  172,  236. 
Conklyn,  400. 
Covenhoven,  160. 
Cowperthwait,  88,  213, 

234,  243,  245,  248. 
Craft,  123,  189. 
Crane,  359. 
Cranmer,  215,  234. 
Craven,  308. 
Craver,  262. 
Crawford,    il56,     212, 

315,  344. 
Crines,  100. 
Crispin,  67,  68,  77.  81, 

82,  142. 
Criss,  201,  372. 
Criminger,  114. 
Crosby,  59,  75,  76. 
Crocker,  342. 
Crossthwait,  199. 
Crockett,  263. 
Crocomb,  211. 
Croney,  285. 
Croshaw,      122,      189, 

215,  216. 
Cross,    121,    186,    214, 

286. 
Crowder,  248. 
Crowell,  144,  217,  392. 
Cro/.ine,  88,  114. 
Cru/.en,  309. 
Culver.  282,  349. 
Cuninngham,  96,   136, 

201,  211,  353,  360. 
Curtia,  249. 
Curtis,  23,  64,  74,  80, 

88.  103,  123,  190. 
Cushman,  355. 
Cutler,  276. 
Cutsinger,  309. 


Dagherty,  234. 
Dalbv,  133. 
Danill,  126,  194,  271. 
Danir,  319. 
Daidielman,  301. 
Dantz,  14!). 
Darbv,  355. 
Dardenne,  389. 
Darlinnton.  238. 
Darneal.  377. 
Darnell.  250. 
Dau chert y,  176.  342. 
Davidson,     112.      121, 

165,    185,    186.    245. 

246,    247,    281.    283, 

284,  285. 


Davis,  165,    199,    202. 

234,    248,    250,  252, 

272,    301,    303,    333, 

359,    367,    387,    S91, 
Dawes.  300. 
Dawley.  347,  348. 
Dawson,  385. 
Day.  212. 
De  Bellange,  110. 
Death.  193,  308. 
Deisenbacli.  213. 
De  la  Plaine,  110. 
De  Kosenko.  228. 
Dehart.  392. 
Demming,  194,  309. 
Dennis,  il5. 
Devault,  137. 
Deviny,  215. 
Dewber,  331. 
Dewey,  284,  285. 
Dickens,  388. 
Dickison.  282. 
Dillon,  236. 
Dimsdale,  35,  48. 
Dixon.  331. 
Doan,  286. 

Dobbins.  158.  234.  309. 
Dodd,  279. 
Durbiu,  192,  194. 
Drew,  108. 
Donaldson.  230. 
Dorsey,  144. 
Doran,   136,    148,   149. 

270. 
Doty,  80. 
Doriss,  270, 
Douglas,  174,  374. 
Dowell,  345. 
Dunbar,  401. 
Dumaresq,  225. 
Dugan.  282. 
Dyer,  393. 
Dunlap,  243. 
Downs.  281,  316. 
Drake.   121.    133.    185. 

186.    201.    272,    281. 

282. 
Drum.  281. 
Drummond.  351. 
Dudley.  244. 
Dudrow,  369. 
Drybread.  194.  308. 
Duncan,  198,  199,  307. 

326.  333. 
Dunn,  182,  264. 
Dulany.  341. 
Dulinsky,  346. 


.Eades,  380. 

Kader,  331. 

Earl,  68.  80.  81,  106. 
107,  108,  109,  110, 
117,  133,  134,  142, 
176,  296. 

Earles,  845. 

Earle.  104. 

Earnshaw.  108. 

Eaiile,  174. 

East.  304. 


Index  to  the  Allied  Names. 


417 


Eastlack,  237. 
Easel  wood,  109,  159. 
Eayre,  155,  160,  233. 
Earnhardt,  169. 
Ebert,  199,  335. 
Eohol.s,  252. 
Eckman,  286. 
Ediiinton,  262. 
Edgman,  393. 
Edwards  93.  133,  164. 

201.  204,  244,  357. 
Edgi.son.  170. 
Egbert,  275. 
Egglestori,  340. 
Elber.son,  195. 
Eldor,  212. 
Eldridge,  88,  116. 
Eller,  170. 
Elkinton,  175. 
E]li.s.  259,  399. 
EllinL,^er.  278. 
Ellicott,  144. 
Elliott,  263,  396. 
Ellsworth.  200.  351. 
Ellyson,  195.  196,  317. 
Eiiiley,  45,  155,  156. 
English,  189,  211. 
Entriken.  183. 
Engle,  136. 
Epps,  380,  391. 
Epperson,  248. 
Eiwin,  264. 
E.S([uicrs,  264. 
Estelle,  140,  149. 
EtheringtOD,  358. 
Eubanks,  377. 
Eiidy,  385. 
Bull,  142. 
Evcringham,  125. 
Evans,   108,    HI,   212, 

247. 
Eves,  73,  94. 
Evins,  77,  88.  116. 
Ewan,  216. 

Pagans.  231. 

Faith,  197. 

Fairhurst,  319. 

Fandree,  296. 

Farnsworth,  142. 

Farley.  349. 

Farmer.  395. 

Farr.  147.  228. 

Farreu,  256. 

Farris.  331. 

Featherston,  379. 

Febrey,  296. 

Feltou,  188,  218. 

FentoD,  81,  88,  103, 
104.  116,  142,  143, 
144,  147,  175,  182, 
239.  261. 

Feuwick.  259. 

Fenniraorc,  59,  76, 106. 

Ferguson,  181,  228. 

Fergelie,  314. 

Fernow.  284. 

Fero,  234. 

Ferrand,  213. 

Ferrv.  400. 


Fetters,  187,  287. 
Ferman,  392. 
Field,  105,  157,  251. 
Fielding,  212. 
Fikes.  197. 
File,  174. 

Fink,  172,  175,  308. 
Firman,  111,  375. 
Firth,  213. 
Fisher,  91,  341. 
Fisk.  331. 
Fleming,  284,  336,  358, 

379. 
Fletcher,  239. 
Flower.  204,  367. 
Fogg,  196. 
Foote,  237. 
Forsyth.  123,  190,' 192, 

298,  299,  301. 
Ford,  78. 
Fort,  80,  103,  141,  200, 

213  339 
Fortney.  204,  272,  369. 
Fortiner,  218. 
Foster.  328.  330. 
Fowler.  250,  381. 
Fox,  185,  190.  379. 
Frake.  195.  315. 
Franklin,  123. 
French,  91,  120,  175. 
Freed,  135. 
Friend,  251. 
Frear.  247. 
Frost.  400. 
Fry,  331. 
Fremont,  400. 
Fuhrman,  223. 
FuUerton,  237. 
Furr.  384,  385. 

Gaddis,  181. 

Gaines,  366. 

Galloway,  341. 

Gardiner,  340. 

Gardner,  301. 

Garfield,  197,  198. 

Garrett,  155,  218,  231. 

Garrard,  399. 

Garrison,  243,  358,  389. 

Garwood,  69.  76,  164. 

Gaskell,  64.  68,  72,  86, 
88,  91,  93,  94,  112, 
113.  123,  126,  127, 
137,  149,  156,  176, 
188,  191,  194,  195, 
196.    214,    300,    396. 

Gaunt,  92.  122,  123, 
134,    189,    190,    191. 

Gay,  211. 

George,  381. 

Geller,  264. 

Gibbs,  399. 

Gibford,  351. 

Gibson,  134,  206. 

Giddings.  366. 

Gilbert.  364. 

Gill,  267. 

Gillespie.  173. 

Gilpin,  115.  168,  169, 
254.  .347 


Gillinghara,  213. 

Hanover,  366. 

Githens,  235. 

Hanscom.  378. 

Gittinsfs,  335. 

Hanks,  198,  325,  326. 

Gladden,  387. 

Hankihs,  124.  157 

191, 

Gleason,  887. 

192.  213. 

Glenn,  212. 

Harbert,  104.  144, 

147, 

Godbolt,  297. 

199.    201,    204, 

215, 

Godfrey,  141. 

326,    333,    352, 

353, 

Goldsbury.  344. 

359,    360,    .371. 

Goldy,  249. 

Harff,  250. 

Golden,  281. 

Harkness,  250. 

Goode,  181. 

Harkey,  165,  166 

374, 

Goodall,  333. 

378,    379,    380, 

381, 

Good  ale,  330,  331 

386,   393. 

Goodman.  170,  171. 

Harey,  134. 

Gorrell,  200. 

Hargitt,  243. 

Gordon,  326. 

Harker,  157. 

Goslin,  272. 

Harper,  380. 

Gothrop,  281. 

Harpold.  395. 

Graham,  115,  116 

172, 

Harrington,  314. 

251. 

Hartman,  194,  309 

,357, 

Grant,  186,  285. 

399. 

Graves,  318. 

Hartshorn,     105, 

156. 

Gray,  391. 

190.  215,  237,  298. 

Green.  141,  368. 

Hartzell.  316,  328 

Greene.  233. 

Hart.    123.    124, 

192, 

Greenslit,  224. 

193,    282. 

Griffin,  371. 

Hartley,  270. 

Griffith,  80.  102,  111. 

Harty,  341. 

Grimes,  121.  186. 

Hartwell,  263. 

Groff,  239,  249. 

Harris,    75,    235, 

249, 

Grosse,  23. 

315,    333,   347, 

384. 

Grove,  281. 

Harrison,  78,  134, 

156, 

Grubb,  181. 

282,  370,  371. 

Guest,  374. 

Harvel,  393. 

Gulick.  215. 

Harvey,  315,  355. 

Guthrie,  393, 

Harshman,  351. 

Haseltine,  154,224,228. 

Hackett,  139. 

Hastings,  263. 

Hackney,  181. 

Hassett,  395. 

Haddock.  154,  225. 

Haught.  371. 

Hale,  386. 

Hawkins,  211. 

Haley,  276.  277. 

Ilawkshurst.  157, 

233. 

Halloway.  189. 

Haywood,  267. 

Halpin,  284. 

Hays,  176,  179. 

Halstead,  331. 

Hayes,  117. 

Hallock.  216. 

Heavland,  136. 

Hallowell,  108. 

Heacock,  195,  316 

Hall,     133,     193. 

251, 

Heartt,  104,  142,  143. 

308,    316,    327, 

344. 

Hearen,  170,  381. 

391. 

Hedges,  270. 

Haines.  78.  92.  99, 

100, 

Heisler,  249. 

118,    120,    122, 

123, 

Hendrickson,  295, 

355. 

124,    125,    142, 

157. 

Henderson.  33(». 

181.    183,    184, 

188, 

Hcppard.  104.  142 

191,    192,    239. 

244. 

Henry,  309,  319. 

248.    259.    265, 

288. 

Herbert,   99,  118, 

120. 

298,  301.  396. 

185,  214. 

Haman.  237. 

Hereth,  309. 

Harnett,  234,  264. 

Heritage,  175. 

Hammitt.  164,  240 

Herron,  224. 

Hammell.  237. 

Hess.  301 . 

Hammond,  356. 

Hewitt,  235. 

Hamilton,  379,  381 

[. 

Hewlings,  240. 

Hamlin,  184.  265. 

Hey],  108. 

Hancock.  141,  223, 

283. 

Higuin.s,  252. 

379. 

Hildreth,  360,  361, 

362, 

Hand.  334. 

363. 

Hannah,  75,  201, 

352, 

Hill,  154,  173.  174, 

230, 

355. 

298.  377,  387. 

418 


History  of  the  Shinn  Family  in  Europe  and  America 


Hiliard,  IIG. 
Hindman.  395. 
Hinkle,  308. 
Hines,  355. 
Hires,  217. 
Hine,  266. 
llinchman,  163. 
Hitchcock,  263. 
Hoaglin,  186. 
Hoeffler,  232. 
Hoesner,  341. 
Holcomb,  174,  182. 
Hollar,  343. 
Holland,  285. 
Hollenbech,  283. 
Hollings,  213. 
Hollinshead,  112. 
Hollo  way.  119,  179. 
.    Holmes,  188,  380. 
Honer,  r^O. 
Hood,  200. 
Hopewell,  164,  252. 
Hopkins,  215,  267. 
Hoover,  308. 
Homer,  238. 
Hooper,  211. 
Hoskins,  198,  208,  325 
Hosmer,  259. 
Hosteler,  355. 
Hosier,  101. 
Hough,  202,  222,  365. 
Howard,  231.  246,  252. 
Howell,  123,  249. 
Howlell,  37. 
llublKird.  212. 
Hull.  108. 
Hulme,  105. 
Hugg,  109. 
Hummell,  247. 
Humphreys,  115,   167, 

109,253. 
Hunt,    111,    115,    246, 

282,   301. 
Hudson,  116,  172,  173, 

174. 
Hunter,  315. 
Huston,  244. 
Iluiciiinson,  212. 
Hyle,  120. 
Hynds,  400. 

Icenhover,  175. 

Idler,  225. 

Ingersol,  223. 

Inman,  285. 

Imlay,  105,  155. 

Jnory,  333. 

Irick,  99. 

Irvin,  133,  174. 

Islow,  100. 

Irey,  847. 

Ives,  111. 

Ivins,    105.    157.   281, 

oo.)      o  j"» 

Jack.son,  108,  208,  217. 

276,  360,  3H5. 
Jacobs,  303,  367. 
Janes,  272. 
Jamison,  272. 


Janney.  228. 
Jannsen,  157. 
Jarnegan,  393. 
Jasp<r,  67. 
Jarrett.  204,  370,  373. 
Jenks,    96,     135,    147, 

216,    217. 
Jenkins,  147,  194,  213, 

314,  315.  348,  351. 
Jennings,  111,  363. 
Jermyn,  19,  27,  37. 
Jerome,  385. 
Jobes,    121.    123.    192, 

235,    295,   802. 

Johnson,  93,  142,  149, 
166.  191,  195,  249, 
284,  300,  316,  348, 
350,    387.    393. 

Johnston,  387, 

Jolly,  387. 

Jones,  75,  80,  89,  90, 
94.  99.  100,  102,  103, 
108,  116,  117,  120, 
134.  141,  160.  183, 
184,  212,  217,  218, 
219,  220,  221,  222, 
228,  232,  234,  239, 
244,  245,  263,  264, 
265.  295.  332,  335, 
336,  354,  373,  386, 
391. 

Joyce,  165,  251. 

Jordan, 109. 

Joy,  111.  159. 

Junk,  329. 

Judd,  169. 

Justice,  246. 

Kaighn,  2.38. 

Kaufman.  369. 

Kay,  81,  103,  179,  234, 

247,  395,  396. 
Keck.  250. 
Keeplin,  300. 
Keeler,  215. 
K  el  lie,  243. 
Keene,  217.  249. 
Kelly,  96,  105,  392. 
Kelley,  99,  271. 
Kelty,  246. 
Keinble.  111.  249. 
Kemmer,  355. 
Kennedy,  308,  328, 841. 
Keever,  171. 
Kerns,  183,  264,  265. 
Kerkman,  355. 
Kinmaii,  213. 
Kcutner,  275. 
Kinia,  399. 
Key,   196. 
Kille.  89, 

Kline,  195,  224,  316. 
Klugel.  307. 
Klui/,  884. 
Kimball.  298. 
Kinbet,  284. 
Kineer,  399. 
King.    141,    190.    217. 

816,   340. 


Kinzie,  362. 

Kirk.  185,  215.  272. 

Kirkbride,     147,    235, 

236.    244. 
Kirkpatrick,  362,  363. 
Kirby,  122,  187. 
Kirksey,  133,  201,  202. 
Kiser,  307. 
Knee,  316. 
Kizer,  246. 
Kue.sel.264. 
-Knapp,  265. 
Knight,  111,  159,  898, 


39y. 

Knox,  370,  393. 
Koehler,  341. 
Kriger,  332. 
Kreuger,  141,  223. 
Krimiuger,  384. 
Kurtz,  346. 
Kyle.    132.    192,    199, 

307,    332,    333,    334, 

335,    336. 
Kyrkendal,  248. 

Lacy,  152. 

Lndd,  263. 

Lady,  197,  319. 

Lafferty.  395. 

Laflin.  380. 

Laird,  212,  331. 

Lamb,  80,  91,  117,123, 
186,  187,  190,  191, 
216,  217,  2.56,  259, 
260.  272,  286,  287, 
298. 

Lambert,  246. 

Lame,  399. 

Lane,  124,  225. 

Lancaster,  393. 

Lanck,  282,  283. 

Langham,  25. 

Laugelon,  250. 

Lantzenheimer,  212. 

Larison,  272. 

Lasbury,  213. 

Lasverne,  308. 

Laugh,  30S. 

Laughlin,  395. 

Laveck,  351. 

Lawrence,  105,  124, 
154.    191,    260,   397. 

Lease,  264. 

Lee,  159,  248,  326,  887. 

Leeds,  88,  91.  111. 

Le  Fevrc,  193,  198, 
307,    320. 

LelTell,  308. 

Leller,  282. 

Lemons,  150. 

Leuvyne,  385. 

Leonard,  344. 

Letcliworlh,  140. 

Levins.  341,  342. 

Lewis,  237,  247,  376. 

Linders,  262. 

Lippincott,  59,  63,  64. 
68,  69,  77.  79,  80,  81, 
91.  92,  94,  96,  99, 
103.    104,   105.    106, 


110,  120,  136,  139, 

160,  184,  185,  212, 

268,  271,  272,  301, 
326. 

Little,  114,  115,  165, 

169,  2T5. 

Lloyd,  122,  271,  364, 
399. 

Lodge,  165.  185,  271. 

Losan,  139,  166,  213, 
059 

Long,'    169,    248,   317, 

349,   350. 
Longstreet,  188. 
Loose,  329. 
Lorbacher,  171. 
Love,  166,  388,  394. 
Lovett,  83,  108,  244. 
Loveland,  191. 
Loveman.  121,  187. 
Louis,  376. 
Lowe,  198,  319,  358. 
Lowell,  344. 
Lower,  192,  303. 
Lucas,    93,    126,   195, 

201.    281,   364. 
Lull,  283. 

Lupton,  118,  119,  180. 
Lyon,  365,  366. 
Lyons,  202.  214. 
Lytle,  182,  211,  261. 

Mack,  319. 

Mackey,  262. 

Maddux,  166,  878,  379, 
392,  395. 

Mahorg,  380. 

Malone,  394. 

Mainwaring,  260. 

Malsbury,  185,  190, 
272,    286. 

Mann,  389. 

Maples,  280. 

Marker,  347. 

Marburger,  341. 

Marler,  341. 

Marrice,  308. 

Marriott,  77,  189. 

Marshall,  225. 

Markley,  367. 

Marts,  -A)0,  349. 

Martindale,  174,  344. 

Manjueze,  224. 

Martin,  166.  182.  197, 
198,  228,  250,  268, 
265,  324,  325,  326, 
331.  351.  360,  370, 
374.    881,   391. 

Mason,  142,    366. 

Matbis,  132,  198,  235, 
326. 

Matson,  346. 

Matlhew.s,  358. 

Mays,  311. 

May  hew,  246 

Maxwell.  843. 

May,  360. 

Mead,  295. 

Megargie,  295. 

Meirs,  122,  188. 


Index  to  the  Allied  Names, 


410 


Mendenliall,  381. 
McTwliih,  365. 
M<;rrilt,  99,  17"),  259. 
Me.sker,  251. 
Mc-iseniieimer,  169. 
Miciiaol,  267. 
Mid(ll(;lori,      122,    126, 

1H7,    218,    295,    351. 
Mills.  221. 
Milam.  381. 
Miller,   123,    124,    142, 

192.    197,   256,    265, 

275,    303.    385,    395. 
Milliken,  387. 
.Miiitd.  307. 
Misliler,  238. 
Mitchell,  156,  282,  333, 

376. 
Miriircn,  108. 
.Moflat,  360. 
.Moiiigonicry,  379. 
Monroe.  83,  108,    109, 

158,  159,  359. 
iNIoor,  165,  250. 
Mo. ire.   114,    224.   239, 

249.    281.    351.    352* 

369.    396. 
Mooiiev,  96. 
Moriiau.  105,  340. 
Morris,   291,  316,  317, 

364.  387. 
Morrison,  246. 
Morrow.  367. 
Morse.  332. 
Morton,  310,  396. 
Mount,  215. 
Morlensen.  401. 
Mullen,  233.  266. 
Miilford,  239. 
Mundav,  385. 
iMunnell,  295. 
Murdock,  285. 
Murkett.  14,  26,  27. 
Murphy.  237,  217.  333, 

341,367,  380. 
Murph.  170. 
Murray,  251. 
Muse,  166.  252. 
Muir,  397. 
Myers,  100,  351. 

McAhren,  116.  175. 
MiAnulty,  392. 
]\leAlestcr,  394. 
McArthur,  342. 
McBride,  236,  253. 
Mct'abe,  136,  137. 
]\IcClure,  401. 
McClenathan,  334. 
McCleery,  348. 
McCluug,  371. 
McCommins,  170. 
McConaghv,  334. 
McCord,  253. 
McCurdy.  381,  394. 
McDauiel,     317,     346, 

359 
McDole,  133,  203,  203. 
McDonald,    160.    217, 

236,  248,  394. 
McDousal,  339,  387. 


McElwee,  156. 
McGee,   174,  266.  375, 

392. 
McGowan.  341. 
McGrew,  339. 
McGratb,  343. 
McHenry,  158,  333. 
Mclntyre.  278,  350. 
McKav,  118.  119,  180. 

181.^188. 
McKee,  307. 
McKehan,  349. 
McKee  ver,     374,    379, 

393. 
McKenna,  343. 
McKenney,  213. 
McKowD,  396. 
McLaughlin,  105. 
McLoud.  147. 
McMahon,  378. 
McMahan.  212. 
McNair,  300 
MacNeal,  337,  247. 
iMcNurnev,  345. 
McNeely,"'l71. 
McFherson,  302. 
McRoy.  211. 

Nagcl,  270. 
Nathans,  291. 
Nay.  204,  353,  366,  370. 
Naylor,  271. 
Needles,  33. 
Neff,  240. 

Nelson,  193,  301,  394. 
NelsonLord,  21,37,  36. 
Newbold,  72,  259,  301. 
Newburu,  329. 
Newell,  395. 
Newman,  141,186,222, 

285. 
Newton,  164,  339,  344, 

249. 
Nible,  309. 
Noble,  262. 
Nonken,  367. 
Norcross.  Ill,  134, 164, 

336.  344. 
Nordin,  391. 
Norris,  174,  235.  355. 
Northrop,  243. 
Norton,   81,    105,    116, 

150,   151,    152.    153, 

154,  155,  156,  157. 
Nutt,  139. 

Oakes,  369. 

Gates,  379. 

O'Brien,  300. 

O'Daniel.  387. 

Odbar,  23. 

Ogburn,  149. 

Ogdeu.   186,   281,  335, 

352.  360,  371. 
Oivens,  352. 
Okerson,  316. 
Oldfield,  349. 
Olinger,  343. 
Oliphant,  112.  159,  160, 

233,  234,  335,  236. 


Orne,  227. 
Osborn,  366. 
Osburn,  147.  370. 
Osgood, 280. 
O'Sheahan,  16. 
Osmand,  286. 
Otterson.  231. 
Overcast,  88,  114,  165, 

166.  175. 
Owen.  59,68,76,77,78, 

94,  99,  121,  134,  139. 

Padgett,  365. 
Paggett,  275. 
Page.     137,    144.    187, 

214,  275,  387. 
Pake,  336. 
Pally,  312. 

Palmer,  154.  301.  350. 
Pancoast,  89,   93.    124, 

125.  126,  309,  310. 
Papper,  400. 
Park,  85,  300. 
Parker,   99,   138,    213, 

247,    271,    296,    335, 

355.  399. 
Parr,  319. 
Parse,  336. 
Parrott,  342. 
Parsons,  396. 
Patterson,  151.157, 187. 

235,    233,    285,    295, 

338,  344,  318,  393. 
Pastors,  313. 
Patnoe.  3^^. 
Patton.    174,  295,   331. 
PauUin,  182,  213,  263, 

263. 
Paxton.  83. 
Paxsou,  83,  106,  107. 
Payne,  278;  387. 
Peal,  374. 

Peacock,  164,  251,286. 
Peak,  235. 
Peck,  377. 
Peckworth.  271. 
Pease,  327. 
Percy,  18. 
Percival,  18. 
Perkins,  281. 
Perlee,  260. 
Perrv,  263.  307. 
Peters,  201,   298,   356, 

357. 
Pettit.  150. 
Petray,  377,  381,  394. 
Petro,  248. 
Pew,  189. 
Pharo,  271. 
Phelen,  360. 
Phillips,  150,  183,  228, 

247,    264,    266,    267, 

315,    363.   400. 
Pickens,  202,  365. 
Pickett,  341. 
Pickerinff,     108,     189, 

215,  216. 
Pierce.  176.  315. 
Pisgott,  133,  203. 
Pimm,  246. 


Pine.  399. 
Pinnock,  264. 
Piper,  275. 
Pittman,  215. 
Piatt,  381. 
Plear,  343. 
Pless,  389. 
Plunkett,  116, 173,  26S, 

270. 
Poland,  314. 
Polk,  385. 
Pollock,  284. 
Poinsett,  216. 
Pool,  330,  331. 
Pope,  93,  124,  191,  232, 

300. 
Porter,  284,  314. 
Potts,  236. 
Powell,    77,    94,    134, 

195,    248,    249,   268, 

315,    334,    355,   393, 

394,  401. 
Pratt,  244,  332. 
Preble,  315. 
Pretheroe,  316. 
Price,  230,  389. 
Prinule,  275. 
Prickett,  234,  285. 
Pritclieit,  93,  160. 
Proctor,  191. 
Prosser,  118,  120,  184. 
Proud.    113,   347,  248, 

249,  350,  251. 
Pruitt,  309,  378. 
Pryor,  354. 

Rabe,  373. 
Rabbett,  341. 
Rachel,  374,  391. 
Kader,  396. 
Rakestraw,     80.      103, 

104,  105,  106. 
Ralph,  301. 
Ralston,  233,  354. 
Rambo.  380. 
Ramsey,  343,  387. 
Randall,  335. 
Ran.sley,  400. 
Randolph,  313. 
Read.  140. 
Reading.  202, 
Reddick,  378. 
Redding,  301. 
Reece,  197.  319. 
Reed.    139,    165.    166, 

216,    377,   380,   381. 

392,   393,   394. 
Reeder,  206,  280,  333, 

370,  373. 
Renes,  387. 
Reese,  132.  198. 
Reeser,  201. 
Reeves,   156,  239,  244, 

271,  272.  315. 
Revenburd,  aSh 
Reeve.   112,    165,   238. 

239,  249,  399. 
Rewalt,  303. 
Revnolds,  333,  355. 
Renouf,  231. 


420 


History  of  the  Shinn  Family  in  Europe  and  America 


Resingev,  239. 
Rhubart,  141. 
Rice.  330,  350. 
Riddle,  263.  308. 
Ricks,  23. 
Rigney,  287. 
Richman,  341. 
Richardson,    198,    208, 

249. 
Rieman,  288. 
Riker,  239. 
Ricketis,  304. 
Riley,  282. 
Riltenhouse,  201,  351, 

352 
RisdoD,  283. 
Ridgway,    68,    79,    84, 

101,    102,    107,    109, 

110,    111,     141,    175, 

lt9,  240,   398. 
Ritter,  231. 
Ringel,  243. 
Rivenberg,  328. 
Rizer,  358. 
Roach,  343. 
Rol)erts,  260. 
Robertson,    144,     249, 

328,  358. 
Robinson,     186,      228, 

283,    284.    350,  385. 
Rock  wood,  212. 
Rodirers,  277,  278,  387. 
Robb,  207. 
Robiu.s,  215. 
RoI)bins,  189,  215,  216. 
Rockiiill,   63,  78,    116, 

122,  105,  248,  249. 
Rogers,    78.    94,    116, 

120,    149,     183,    186, 

236,    260,    265,    266, 

2GT,  286,   349. 
Rolfe,  24. 
Rollins,  392. 
Robcy,  133.  203. 
Rorex,  375.  392. 
Romine,  346. 
Rose,  148,  283,  •',11. 
Ros.s,  88.  116,  170.  172, 

173.    174.    175,    247, 

365. 
Rossier,  2:^2. 
Roosa.  182,  263. 
HoMin.rk.  314. 
Rowe,  251.  377. 
Rowland,  231. 
Rue,  192,  215,302,  303. 
Rule.  341. 
RidoM.  246. 
Rund,  248. 
Rutler,  270. 
Russell,  170. 
Rye,  377. 
Rvley,  239.  249. 
Ryser,  193. 


Sailer,  108. 
Sails,  341. 
Saint,  360. 
Salisbury,  246 


Salter,  176. 
Salthouse,  211. 
Salts,  148.  401. 
Sanopson,  215. 
Sanders,  387,  388. 
Sandy.    198.   201,  203, 

324,  325.  360.  369. 
Sarks.  238. 
Saunders,  362. 
Scatchard,271. 
Scarborough,  391. 
Scatteruood,   122.  125. 

188,  295.  296,  297. 
Scearcp.  222. 
Scliarflf,  182,  263. 
Schernieral.  216. 
Schilling.  264. 
Scliermerhorn,  147. 
Seholey,  68,  84,  85,  88, 

111.  113. 
Schureman,  332. 
Schuyler.  215,  234. 
Scott".  182. 195,  244,378. 
Scotield,  295. 
Scudder.  192. 
Scull,  223. 
Scovell,  400. 
Sebrell,  126,  194,  311. 
Sebree,  224. 
Seaton,  157,232. 
Seaman,  271. 
Seabury,  244. 
Sempie,  374. 
Se.xton,  122,  188,  189. 
Sharp,  285,  286,  327. 
Shank,  114. 
Shallcross.  183. 
Shattock,  69. 
Shaw.  198,  381. 
Shawthorne,  59,  64. 
Shields,  174,  175,  271, 

346. 
Siieldon,  253. 
Shick,  243. 
Shingle,  238,  247. 
Shill',315. 
Shipley,  288,  291. 
Shire.s,  315. 
Shirk,  333. 
Shiveller.  238. 
Shivers,78.  95,  96, 101, 

102.  135. 
Sheppard,  218,  346. 
Sliort,    262,   326,    333, 

841. 
Shorten,  272. 
Shore,  370. 
Shoemaker,    154,    230, 

240. 
Shoptaw,  375,  888,  389, 

391. 
Shourds,  122. 
Shreve,  75,  267,  296. 
Shrecvc,    64,    78.    184, 

18M,  233.  259,  369. 
Shriglev.  211. 
Sluite,  246. 
8liuniard,214. 
Siiull.  351. 
Shuyley,  801. 


Sidebotham,  218. 

Siddon,  111. 

Sill,  182. 

Silvert,  351. 

Simmons,  164,  236. 

Simon,  356. 

Simons,  287. 

Sims,  374. 

Simpson,  109.  159,  288. 

Singleton,  187,  287. 

Sinnett,  90. 

Skephart,  248. 

Slack,  283. 

Slizer,285.  ' 

Sloan,  143,  144. 

Smith,  75,  93,  105,  132, 
133,  135,  142,  144, 
147,  157,  166,  174, 
175,  185,  201,  202, 
203,  225,  239,  214, 
246,    249,    250,    265, 

281,  284.  326,  346, 
358,  359,  374,  377, 
380,  383,  384,  385, 
389,    390. 

Smyser,  208. 
Snodgrass,  282,  366. 
Snow,  331,  354. 
Snyder,  183,  249,  267, 

282,  334. 
Solomon,  175,  315. 
Sosbee,  374,  389,  391. 
South,  287. 
Southard,  141. 
South  wick, 260, 396. 
Spicer,  100. 
Spangler.  181,  300. 
Spatkes,  37. 
Speaker,  184. 
Spears,  387. 
Stockton,59,  64,  68,84, 

90,  142. 
Stacy,  58,  59,  60,  106, 

111 
Spillers,  391. 
Spencer.  200,  271,  350, 

363. 
Spires,  328. 
Sprague,  348. 
Sjiringer,  249. 
Si)r()at,  316. 
S(]uires,  239. 
Stackhouse,    163,    1G5, 

237,   288,    247,    248, 

249,    250.    287. 
Stanley,  152,  170. 
St.  Cyr,  275. 
Staple,  22. 
Staley,  325,  331,  369. 
Sialy,  331. 
Staliiugs,  384. 
Stannard.  250,  251. 
Starks,  379. 
Starl)uck,  344. 
Starkey,  96,  136,   148. 

149. 
Steans.  344. 
Stephenson,    170,    278. 
Steven.son,88,  111,  286, 

299. 


Stern,  265 

Stephens,  212,  222. 

Steelman,  243,  272. 

Stemhagen,  358. 

Steward,  100,  394. 

Stiegal,  291. 

Stewart,  154,  218.  232, 
249,  269,  327,  355, 
372,    385. 

Still,  116,  172. 

Stiles,  315. 

Stmnett,  375,  392,  393. 

Stokes,  134.  154,  164, 
239,  240,  251. 

Stockwell,  266. 

Stockley,23,  26,  28,35, 
400. 

Stone,  253,  299,  333, 
395. 

Stoneam,  192.  193,  307. 

Stout,  144,  240,  381. 

Stowitts,  234. 

Stralton,  88,  99,  111, 
112,  159,  160,  163, 
164,  165,  194,  247, 
314. 

Strebent,  179. 

Stringer,  137,  211. 

Stricklin,  392. 

Stuckey,  307. 

Sturm,  203,  368. 

Sturtevant,  349. 

Suit,  304. 
I  Sullivan.  S47. 

Sulgrove,  331. 

Summers,  280. 

Sutton,  216. 
I  Sutvan,  164,  244. 
I  Swain,  195,  298,  315. 
i  Swartz,  308. 
!  Sweeney,  2'd9. 

Sweet,  296. 

Swigger,  352. 

Swilling,  391. 

Swetzer,  311. 

Symonds,  23. 


Tabor,  394. 

Tacrley,  318. 

Tathert,  250,  317. 

Talkington,  381. 

Taney,  252. 

Tapp,  275. 

Tatlow,  248. 

Taylor,  88,  122,  174, 
187,  188,  202,  245, 
283,  295,  353,  365, 
392,    394. 

Teague.  364. 

Tea/,,  318. 

Teciiarden,  263. 

Teinpleton,  269. 

Terhune,  343. 

Tetrick,  369. 

Terry,  279. 

Tevis,  272. 

Throckmorton,  149. 

Thaekray.  213,  286. 

Tides,  385. 


Index  to  the  Allied  Names. 


431 


Thomas,  185,  237,  239, 
265,  326. 

Tlioinpson,  59,  71,  92, 
121,  140,  150,  201, 
235,  237,  252,  2fi4, 
309,  331,  360,  365, 
375,    389,   392,   395. 

Thorpe,  248,  267. 

Tliiirston,  354. 

Til)l)Ml.s,  193,  308. 

Tiltoii,  344. 

Tingle,  249. 

Tipton,  334. 

Tolberl,  394. 

Toliind,  333. 

Tornlin,  195. 

Toiiilin.son,  333. 

Tonikiiis,  240. 

Toney,  169,  253. 

Toon.  377. 

TorreiKX',  379. 

Town,  150,  342. 

Tovvn.sen(l,  116,  298. 

Toy,  107,  158. 

Truninicll,  390. 

Treesc,  309. 

Trimble.  181. 

Tripp,  275. 

TrombcUi,  225. 

Troth,  291. 

Trump,  319. 

Tucker,  104,  165,  16G, 
371,  379,  383,  388, 
3!,'1. 

Tullln,  342. 

Turner,  200,  279,  334, 
345. 

Turvey.  326. 

Tyler.  313. 

Utnnicnsetler,  200,  339. 
Uiuli'rwood,  365. 
IJrie.   68,  86,  88,    113, 
114,  115,  166. 

Van.  123,  299.  300. 
Vance,  331,  351. 
Vaudebuhr,  278. 
VandruIT,  250. 
Vausant,  215, 
Van  Slych,  239. 
Van  Derveer.  234. 
Van  Buskerk,  347. 
Van  Dyke,  401. 
Vaughn.  140. 
Vermillion,  270. 


Vernon,  265. 
Vinacomb,92,122,  136, 

187,  188,  189. 
Voorhees,  156,  234. 
Votaw,  195,  317. 
Von    Weissensee,  296, 

297,  298. 

Wade,  213. 
Wadsworth,  369. 
Wagar,  331. 
Waggoner,  330. 
Wagner,  343. 
Wait,  112,  245. 
Wainwright,  189. 
Waldo,  133,  202. 
Walker,  200,  211,  282, 

343,  377,  380. 
Wallis,  23. 
Wallace,  261. 
Walls,  150. 
Walling,  237,  247. 
Wall,  156. 
Walmsley.     133,     201, 

202,    204,    364,    370, 

373 
Walters,  343. 
Walter,  239,  259. 
Wander,  246. 
Ward,    193,    236,    307, 

326. 
Ware,    100,    140,    213, 

300,  399. 
Warmoth,  173. 
Warren,   27,    92,    122, 

136. 
Warton,  266. 
Warner,  103,  141. 
Watts,  348. 
Waters,  278. 
Watkinson,  260. 
Wathen,  341. 
Watkins,  228. 
Watson,  328. 
Weaver,  297. 
Weber,  171. 
Webb,  70,  93,  126,  127, 

132,  183.  263,  344. 
Webster,  163,  196,  245. 
Weeks,  343. 
Weffler,  308. 
Welch,  200. 
Wells,    261,   275,  349, 

381,  386. 
Wellmau,  318. 
Wenzel,  280. 
Welty,  358. 


West,  70,  381. 
Wetherell,  68,  328. 
Wextrim,  300. 
Wharton,  196. 
Whatema,  22. 
White,  105,    124,    152, 

153,    154,    193,    224, 

225,    252,   256,    259, 

309,    344. 
Whelan,  147. 
Whitcraft,  299. 
Wheeler,  325.  387. 
Whitehouse,  215. 
Whipp,  327. 
Whiteman,     133,    134, 

199,    200,    202.    203, 

284,    339,    343,   349, 

350,   351. 
Whittaker,  284,  345. 
Whitesides,  231. 
Wickard,  276. 
Widenhouse,  385. 
Wiggens.  218,  391. 
Wilcox,  157. 
Wilbur,  192,  302. 
Willets,  126. 
Wilcox,  231. 
Wiley,  378. 
Wilhelm,  358. 
Wilkins.  116,  127,  170, 

196,  233,  234,  244. 
Wilkin.son,    186,    215, 

233,  246,  282,  369. 
Williams,  169,  254,  358, 

381,  385. 
Williamson,  183,   245, 

264. 
Willie,  299. 
Willis,  283,  387. 
Willits,  194,  195,  314, 

315,  316. 
Willsey,  163,  245. 
Wills,    59.    72,  93,  94, 

187,    191,    237,    287, 

288,  298. 
Wilmoth,  332. 
Wilson,    75,    76,    127, 

133,    143,    184,    186, 

194,    198,    202,    218, 

228,    249,    262,    286, 

309,    365,   395,    401. 
Wimmer,  344. 
Wiltsee,  142. 
Windham,  315. 
Winburn,  144. 
Wing,  24. 
Winthrop,  157. 


Winters,  142. 
Wirt,  354. 
Wisdom,  253. 
Wise,  283. 
Wiseman,  344. 
Witt.  394. 
Wolfe,    141,   150,   198. 

218. 
Wood,    142,   201,    204, 

364,  365,  372,  394. 
Woodrow,  119,181,182, 

260,  261,  262. 
WoodruiT,  195,  263.270, 

298,  316. 
Woods,  262,  331. 
Woodward.    150,    156, 

331,  336. 
Woodard,  104,  105. 
Woodnutt,  136,216,217. 
Wooley,  212,  308. 
Woolfolk,  211. 
Wool  ford,  263. 
Woolman,  75,  83,  190, 

237,  247,  298. 
Woolston,  105,  157,259. 
Wooster,  282. 
Wordcn,  156. 
Wort,  348. 
Worley,  208. 
Worrell,  109,  140. 
Wrathmell,  16. 
Wright,  68,  81,90,  96, 

104,    105.    110,    118, 

119,    120,    179,    180, 

182,    183,    185,    190, 

216,    283,    284,    3o0, 

365. 
Wrenshall,  206. 
Wvcoff,  192,  225,  301. 
Wyels,  325. 
Wjeth,  359. 
Wylam,  296. 

Yarger,  350. 
Yarbrough,  395. 
Yarberry,  166. 
Yeager,  272. 
YellT  316. 
Yeo,  182,  262. 
Yow,  391. 
Youst,  360. 
Yo.st,  170. 

Zackry,  377. 
Zengling,  264. 
Zeek,  149. 


422  History  of  the  Shtnn  Family  in  Europe  and  America 


INDEX  TO  PEDIGREES. 

PAGE 

John  Sliakespeare's  Family .  402 

The  Gawfell  Pedigree 403 

Pedigree  of  St.  Hill  of  Devon 408 

The  Slacy  Pedigree ....  404 

The  Stockton  Pedigree .  404 

Pedigree  of  Earl  Nelson  of  Trafalgar 405 

Shreve  and  Forsyth  Pedigree 406 

The  Crispin  Pedigree 407 

The  Ivins  Pedigree .           408 

Tlie  Uidgway  I'edigree 409 

Pedigree  of  Caleb  Clothier ...  410 

Pedigree  of  Thomas  Stephenson 411 

Li.st  of  Advance  Sub.scribers 412 


Errata.  423 


ERRATA. 

Page  177.     For  -'Marshall  Asa  Sliinn  "  read  "Marshall  Asa  Pickett." 

Page  26?>,  line  15.     "  Helena"  for  "  Helen." 

Page  234,  line  51.     For  "  Craumer"  read  "Cranmer." 

Page  255,  line  7.     Read  "Cooper"  for  "Copper.'^ 

Page  2G2,  head  1323;  Joseph  Milton  Shinn.     His  children  were: 

1.  Elizabeth  J.,  b.  3-22-1832;  ra.  Thomas  Wilson,  and  had  one  child,  Harry  Wilson. 

2.  Mary  C,  b.  3-26-1834. 

3.  John  F.,  b.  1-25-1836. 

4.  Charles  S.,  b.  1-6-1838. 

5.  William  II.  H.,  b.  4-17-1839;  married  Mary  Jane  Craner,  and  hud: 

1.  Frank  R.  Shinn. 

2.  Mary  Ella  Shinn,  b.  11-28-1862;  ob.  9-1-1863. 

3.  Susie  C.  Shinn,  b.  9-10-1864;  ob.  9-11-1866. 

Page  264,  third  line  from  bottom.     Read  "Caudee"  for  "Condor.'' 

Page  322.     Read  "  George  Canning  Stevens  "  for  "Stephens." 

Under  Isabel  Shinn,  add  under  children:  "3.     Allison  Hart  Hough,  b.  6-21-1903." 

Page  327,  line  4.     Read  "desolate"  for  "desolute." 

Page  330,  eighth  line  from  bottom.      '  Norcatur  "  for  "  Norcature." 

Page  354,  sixth  line  from  bottom.     "  Carroll"  for  "Carrol." 

Page  377,  sixteenth  line.     Read  "1-19-1838"  for  "1-19-1858." 


424  History  of  the  Shinn  Family  in  Eueope  and  America 


LIST   OF   ENGRAVINGS. 

PAGE 

1.  Josiah  H.  Shinn  (Frontispiece) 

2.  William  Collyer  Shinn 28 

3.  Thomas  Sliiiin 30 

4.  Dr.  Quillen  Hamilton  Shinn 33 

5.  Crests 38 

6.  Earl  Shinu 49 

7.  Friends'  Meeting  House 52 

8.  Charles  Howard  Shinn 65 

9.  Benjamin  Granville  Shinn 97 

10.  John  Kerlin  Shinn 129 

11.  House  of  Levi  Shinn,  1778 131 

12.  General  Isaiah  Shinu 135 

13.  Joseph  Roy  Longworth  Shinn 145 

14.  William  Norton  Shinn         151 

15.  Mary  White  Shinn 152 

16.  John  Shinn 152 

17.  Mrs.  Mary  (White)  Shinn 153 

18.  Mrs.  Mildred  Carlton  Shinn 161 

19.  An  Old  Buttonwood  Tree  at  Medford,  N.  J 163 

20.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Francis  (Shinn-Gilpin)  Judd 167 

21.  An  Old  Chair,  taken  into  North  Carolina,  1750,  by  Samuel  Shinn 173 

22.  Group  of  Five  Generations  —  Mrs.  Lillie  Eggleston,  Asa  Shinn,  Frank  R.  Shinn.  .John 

M.  C.  Shinn,    John  M.  C.  Shinn,  Jr.,  Elias  Shinn,  Asa  E.  Shinu,  George  E.  Shinn, 

Mrs.  Azariah  Shinn,  Marshall  Asa  Pickett 177 

23.  Mrs.  Emily  Shinn  White 193 

24.  Moses  Shinn 199 

25.  Clement  Shinn,  son  of  Clement 200 

26.  Rev.  Asa  Shinn 205 

27.  Col.  Jamos  Aaron  Shinn ,  209 

28.  Col.  John  Irirk  Shinn 214 

29.  Rev.  George  Wolfe  Shinn,  D.  D 219 

30.  Daniel  Haddock 226 

31.  Rev.  James  Gallalier  Sliinn 229 

32.  William  Budd  Stackhouse 238 

33.  Group— George  Shinn  and  Sarah  (Kirk)  Shinn,  John  Kirk  Shinn  and  Tabitha  (Ogden) 

Shinn,  Albert  Clay  Shinn  and  Frances  Evaline  Shinn,  Jacob  Elwin  and  Clay  Bride 

Shinn        241 

34.  Wreath 254 

35.  Mrs.  Catherine  Lucy  Stevenson  Haddock 257 

36.  Zeller  Ha/en  Shinn 259 

37.  William  J'owell  Shinn 268 

38.  Mrs.  Eli/al)ctii  Stanley  Haseltine 273 

39.  Group— John  Martin  Conard,  Mrs.  Esther  Ann  (Siiinn)  Conard,  Alberta  Belinda  Con- 

ard,  Conard  Residence 27? 

40.  Rev.  Samiison  Shinn  an<l  wife,  Lucy  Anna  Sliinn 279 

41.  Mrs.  Lydia  Comfort  Cadbury 288 

42.  Group  — Edgar  Jay  Sliinn  and  son,  Edwin  Frank:  Taylor  Ogden  Shinn  and  son.  Jay; 

Hon.   C'harles    William    Sliinn    and    son.   Kirk;   Homer  Ellsworth  Sliinn  and    son. 

Homer  \\ 289 


List  of  Engravings.  435 

PAGE 

43.  James  Thornton  Shiun        291 

44.  Willit  Shinn 299 

45.  Benjamin  Barkalow  Shinn 304 

4«.     Group  —  Mrs.  Nancy  Catiierine  Levins,  mother;  Mrs.  Belinda  Gardner  Town,  daugh- 
ter; Mr.  Henry  Town,  husband;   George  Galloway  Town;   Henry  Galloway  Town  305 

47.  James  Shinn 310 

48.  John  Shinn 318 

49.  Group  — William  Anderson  Rodgers,  Phebe  Clara  Rodgers,  Harold    Shinn   Rodgers, 

Roy  Elwin  Rodgers,  Oscar  Edward  Haley,  Tabitha  Evaline  Haley,  Ann  Catherine 

Haley 321 

50.  Hiram  Gilbert  Shinn  and  Mrs.  Hannah  L.  Shinn        329 

51.  Group  —  Moses  Shinn,  Mary  Robey  Shinn,  Luther  Shiun,    Norman   Gilbert    Shinn, 

Silas  William  Bernethy 337 

52.  Mrs.  Cassa  A.  Baker 339 

53.  Mrs.  Agnes  Hannah 353 

54.  Mrs.  Tabitha  Peters 356 

55.  Mahlon  Shinn        357 

50.     Mrs.  Henrietta  Hildreth 362 

57.  J.  L.  Shinn  and  Louisa  Shinn 368 

58.  Group  —  John  Calvin  Shinn,  Mrs.  Laura  Ellen  Shinn.  and  children        375 

59.  George  William  Shinn 376 

60.  Group  —  Nathaniel  Duncan    Shinn,    Silas  Monroe   Shinn,    Mrs.  Elizabeth   F.   Judd, 

Thomas  Jefferson  Shinn,  Mrs.  Eliza  C.  Reed,  Mrs.  Letitia  L.  Shinn 382 

61.  Thomas  Jefferson  Shinn 383 

62.  Littleton  Crankfield  Shmn 388 

63.  Prof.  H.  Frank  Smith 390 


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