History of the Shinn Family

Author: Josiah H. Shinn

Call Number: CS71.S556

This book contains the history and genealogy of the Shinn family of New Jersey.

Bibliographic Information: Shinn, Josiah H. The History of the Shinn Family. The Genealogical and Historical Publishing Company Chicago 1903.

THE HISTORY OF

THE SHINN FAMILY

IN EUROPE AND AMERICA

BY JOSIAH H. SHINN, 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

in the South."

PUBLISHERS:

THE GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY.

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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 conspicuous in the world's affairs, 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 the other extreme of keeping no record at all; it sweeps over periods of time engulfed in social, political or religious turmoil, when 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 absorbed my attention and affection. It is given to the family for their guidance and criticism. Wherever it is true it will obtain commendation; and wherein it departs from truth it will receive condemnation. It is launched with high hopes of a successful career.

At the outset I desire to acknowledge my indebtedness to Mr. Richard Cadbury, of Philadelphia, who copied for my use every reference in the Minute Books of the Burlington Monthly Meeting of Friends, the Springfield Minutes, the Chesterfield Minutes, the Mt. Holly Minutes, the Evesham and Upper Evesham Minutes. Without these it would have been impossible to write the story.

I am also indebted to Hon. John Clement, of Haddonfield, for a thorough investigation of the Records at Trenton, N. 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 have 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 Minutes 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 Norwood, N. C.; Prof. H. Frank Smith, Mr. J. C. Shinn and Dr. George W. Harkey, of Russellville, Ark.; to Dr. Quillen H. Shinn, of Cambridge, Mass.; to Mrs. Hannah A. Beal, of Agricultural College, Mich.; to Prof. Samuel Grant Oliphant, of Baltimore, Md.; to James Thornton Shinn, of Philadelphia, Pa.; to A. C. Shinn, Ottawa, Kan.; to Benjamin G. Shinn, Hartford City, Ind.; Rev. James Gallaher Shinn, Atlantic City, N. J.; to W. B. Stackhouse, Medford, N. J., and to Mrs. Mary Shinn Bennett, Fruit Hill, Ohio.

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

To William Collyer Shinn, of London, and Mr. W. G. Stockley, Head Master of Mildenhall 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 Norfolk, exhuming church registers and sending their contents with fidelity and zeal.

Those who read this volume expecting to find portrayals of great leaders will be disappointed. The lives portrayed are for the 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. Rugged honesty and rigorous labor, uncursed by the withering touch of ambition, are the marks that adorn the men whose lives are here presented. Stranger to the so‑called "thoughts" of dawdlers and idle paragraphers, 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 premeditated assault which these "literary" periodicals make upon a virtuous life by thousands of lines adulatory of "Captains of Success" is the Nation's plague. The farm lad, fitted for his place, and happy in his environment, is treated to picture and pun upon "hayseed" and "yawp!" is told so many imaginary stories by starving "penny‑a‑liners" 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, wornout 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 vainly 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 life. The aged ones everywhere started with hundreds of acres of good land, from which they harvested money, health, power and happiness; they lived simple yet noble lives. They left their children good farms, out of which, had a real philosophy been taught by the magazines and public opinion, they, too, might have harvested a greater wealth, a perfect health, more power and an equal happiness. But these descendants thought there was a better way; the fear of being a "mossback" led them away from the farm; the vicious examples of so‑called "rising in the world" exercised an evil influence on their minds; their hands lost their cunning, and their souls worshiped disastrously at the altar of strange gods. To every farmer's son and daughter who reads these words, I 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 by your own exertions more abounding, more habitable, more and more the royal abode of a thinking man. Greatness comes to the man who, in his own environment, does great things; and there is nothing more transcendently great than the power to turn a five‑dollar soil into the richness

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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 you 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 Carlton Shinn, my wife, I owe whatever good this work may contain. Always faithful, always ready, always true, they have sustained me when despondent and guided me to the end.

JOSIAH H. SHINN.

CHICAGO, ILL., April, 1903.

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PART FIRST:

THE FAMILY OF SHINN IN ENGLAND.

CHAPTER I.

THE MEN WHO ENTERED ENOLAND WITH THE SAXONS.

The man to whom the English speaking race is most indebted for its knowledge of the men who entered England with the Saxons is John Mitchell Kemble. In two memorable works, "Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxoniei" (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 England, as disclosed by the forms in which these names appear in ancient charters, consist of a personal name in a patronymie form.

These names take two endings:

1. A nominative plural in ingas, as Ardingas, the sons or descendants of Ard;

2. A genitive plural in inga, with ton, ham, ete., 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 "Mark" 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 external form. Among the older Teutonic races it was the name of the smallest division of land held by freemen in common. It was the first general division above the alods, or private estates of the Markmen. As such it was, as the word implies, something 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 profit and protection. And 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 ses girt isle.

The territorial meaning 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 possessions 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 way and by degrees was England settled. Bold chiefs with their followers found foothold on English shores, and planted the organization of the

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mark along the entire Eastern, and almost across the entire Southern border of 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 naturally 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 reconstructs 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 English speaking people as a genealogical 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 American 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 more geographical idea, as Leaming, people of the Leam. Between 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 descendants.

But a careful study of Kemble's lists of Anglo‑Saxon patronymics, together with the German list of Foerstemann, and a consequent comparison of these with the ancient poem of Beowulf, warrants the conclusion that ing is and has been a patronymic of the Teutons from time immemorial.

With the language of Sir J. Picton in his "Ethnology of Wiltshire" we concur: "When the Saxons first invaded England, they came in tribes and families headed by their patriarchal leaders. Each tribe was called by its leader's name, with the termination ing, signifying family, and where they settled they gave their patriarchal name to the mark or central point around which they clustered."

This view is fortified by the researches of Foerstemann with regard to German names, and is adopted by Ferguson. The name contained in the forms, ingas, ings, and ingen, is simply that of a leader under whose guidance the settlements were made, and is generally that of the patriarch or head of the family.

Kemble, as Master of the Rolls, had access to the long line of charters developed by Saxon life in England, and compiled an exhaustive list of these patronymics.

Foerstemann afterwards compiled a list of the patronymics of modern Germany. Taylor followed with a set of tables for the purpose of comparing the Anglo‑Saxon Settlements with those of Germany. Ferguson followed with a table still more exhaustive in which he used first, the Anglo‑Saxon names from

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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 the place; then names corresponding from the Liber 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 Foerstemann, it may be taken as proved that the Shinns came 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.

I 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.

EARLY 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.

Stubingas. Staubingen. Staubing in Stuf (A.S.) Stubbe

Bavaria. Stubbing

Secgingas. Siggingahem Belgium Sigga (L. V.) Siggs.

Specingas Speichingas. Spaichengen in Spech (Domesday) Speck

Westphalia.

Sceaflingas. Schuffelinga. Schiflingen in Shovel

Luxemburg.

Staeningas. Steen (F.) Stean Stone

(L.V.) Stenning

Sinningas. Siningas. Sinne (F.) Siney. Shinn.

Stellingas. Stell.

Taedingas. Tattingas. Dettingen in Tade (F.) Tadd

Bavaria.

Taelingas. Telingen. Bavaria. Teile (F.) Tella (L. Tall. Telling

V.)

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

Kemble also gives "Shinfold" as one of the patronymics of Sussex. Shinfield of Berks is not so well identified. Sinningas, then, means descendants of Sinn or Sinna. The intrusion of h is explained on the same principle as that of Washington from Wassengatun. In fact, our ancestors have always had trouble with h, intruding it where it needs not be, and eliding it where it should properly appear. The intrusion of a letter may 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 euphony. If not, I take it that it was introduced not so much to give meaning to the word as to destroy the meaning which the phonetic form gave to Sinn. Whatever theologians may conclude as to the possibility of destroying evil, it is almost certain that the descendants of the original Sinn destroyed its phonetic

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power, at least, by simply intruding an h. At all events, the best Anglo‑Saxon scholars give Shinn as the modern surname corresponding to the ancient patronymic "Sinningas."

CHAPTER III.

THE SHINNS ON THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE.

The exact date of the landing of the Shinns in England may never be determined. We 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 Moravians 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 car. In an early English record of births, deaths and marriages, taken from the Church at Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, the name Shinn is spelled in three ways between 1636 and 1670. And when we remember that "Scrobsbyryg" is the ancient setting for "Shrewsbury" we must conclude that names develop into higher and more beautiful 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 C‘sar, in possession of the Suevi, two of whose tribes were the Semnones and the Boii. The Cenni were the leading subtribe of the Semnones, and their descendants may still be traced in the "Sens" and "Senns," shepherds in the Alps. Thus the Saxon root word "Sinn" finds its counterpart in the Suevian "Senn," this representing the high, while that represents the low German form. This induction at least gives the name "Shinn" a high antiquity, and places it with more certainty among Teutonic words. The change from "Senn" to "Schin" is happily illustrated in the present village "Schinanach," in the Canton Aargan, Switzerland, one of the old seating places of the Cenni. One of the noble families of Switzerland is still known by the name Schein.

There are members of the family that trace the word "Shinn" to either G??elic or Pictish Celtic. Their chief reasoning is based upon the place name "Loch Shin," in Sutherlandshire, Scotland. In answer to this it may be said that the most careful examination fails to show the name "Shinn" as a surname at any time in the history of Sutherland. And the following matter will conclusively show that the place name "Loch Shin" is not a derivative of any ancient patronymic:

LOCH SHIN.

Etymologies‑‑

1. LOCH SINS (Gaelic), pronounced Sheenu, means Loch of the Stormwail (a not uncommon cry thereaway in Winter).

2. LOCH SI(TH)??IN (Gaelic), pronounced Sheein (th being silent), means Loch of the

Fairy‑Knoll, possibly from great number of cairns and tumuli (sepulchral) in that neighborhood, and which used to be ascribed to the Daoine‑sith, the Peace‑folk or Fairies. Of these the Cairns are perhaps memorials of battle. The more earthly tumuli, sometimes containing Ci??s, are certainly the burial‑mounds of the Picts, whose hut circles lie among them.

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History‑‑

"Tandem Comes Magbragdus, e Scotia, cum magno exercitu, Liotum in Paludibus

Scidensibus‑‑adortus est."

(Ozcades auctore Thormodo Torff‘o Historiographo Regio; Hauni‘e, 1697.‑‑Lib. I, Cap. IX.)

NOTE‑‑Liot, Earl of Orkney, third son of Thorfinn Hansakliuf (Skull Cleaner), was succeeded by his brother, Hlodver, 980.

"A Scotorum Comite Finnleico, ‘stivo tempore, ad certamen in Scidense Palude ad constitutam diem, provocatus."‑‑Ib., Lib. I, Cap. X.

NOTE‑‑This refers to Earl Sigurd Hlodverson, who fell at Clontarff, near Dublin, 1014.

The editor of the Origines Parochiales Scoti?? says (volume ii, pt. 2d, p. 700) that both battles were fought in the neighborhood of Loch Shin.

In 1548 John, Earl of Sutherland, granted to Helen Stewart, the widow of the Earl of Errol, the life rent of certain lands, including the Two Largis, Shenanes (the promontory of Schena). (Reg. Mag. Sig., Lib. XXX, No. 206; Reg. Sec. Sig., Vol. XXIV, Fol. 15.)

Schennynes included in new grant of lands to Earl John in 1566. (Sutherland Charters.)

Shin or Shinn not known as a surname in Sutherland.

I am indebted for the above matter to a scholarly gentleman of Sutherland, Scotland.

Note.‑‑Lower, in his "Family Names," refers Shinn to Loch Shin. It was easier to refer than to make a proper 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 anatomy.

CHAPTER IV.

INTO GREATER ANTIQUITY. (Reflections.)

It would be highly interesting to trace the Shinns back through those remoter ages when the Teutons were a part 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, and the hidden life of these nations as they wandered to their present historic seating places. 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 people are reckoned among the Dards, although two languages, entirely and radically different, 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 Dard‘ are located with surprising accuracy. Upon 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 Darad‘ in the year 400, and Hwen‑Thsang in 631. The latter says: "Perilous were the roads and dark the gorges. Sometimes the pilgrim had to pass by loose cords, sometimes by light stretched iron chains. Here there were ledges hanging in mid‑air; there flying bridges across abysses; elsewhere paths cut with a chisel, or footings to climb by. Yet, even in these inaccessible 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

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of India. And the law, whatever it was, that bound them together as "Shins" in ancient India would bind 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, become a tribal name, which, under other vicissitudes, would become a proper name.

This is a mere hypothesis, and is not advanced as a settled theory. The connection of the Sinning as 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 people 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 hypothesis can the widely recurring names "Shin," in China; "Shinn," in Japan; "Shin," in India; "Shenn," in Russia; "Schyn," in Bohemia; "Schin," in Switzerland, and "Shin," "Shyn," "Schyn" and "Shinn" in the same known families in England be 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 monumental census of England, taken in the eleventh century, he is apt to exclaim, with the writer of old, "Vanity, vanity, all is vanity!" And this is especially true when the student admits, as does the writer, a lack of critical Anglo‑Saxon scholarship. Accidental resemblances of form which, to the scholar, are not misleading, become to a novice a fruitful source of confusion and consequent error.

But the writer may consult scholarship, and in this case an honest effort has been made to gather the ripe fruits of its studies, and to compress them into a product containing the essence of its work. These scholars have classified many of these ancient root words, as has been shown in the Anglo‑Saxon patronymic Sinninga and in the place word Shinfold. An accidental reference has also been made to the possibly different derivation of Shenley and Shenfield, and causes us to remark that the Anglo‑Saxon words "scine" and "scene" have been classified as roots for that class of surnames whose variations are Shyne, Shynne, Shien, Shene, Sheen.

As to whether this philologic differentiation is borne out historically, we shall have more to say in another place. Enough has been said, however, to lead the reader to see that in the matter of Domesday identification we are to distinguish between men enrolled at that time under designations legitimately traceable to

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the root word "Sinn," and to differentiate or divorce them from other men enrolled at the same time under designations traceable to the root words "Scine" and "Scene."

The reader must remember that the Domesday books were really census enrollments of the people of England, 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 language are brought into juxtaposition from which a selection is to be made.

But as the 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 "Scine" or "Scene," the task of differentiating these words from each other in Domesday 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 "Nomenarum Personarum," we have two references‑‑"Chenias" and "Chinias" (364, 365, 369.) These, however, have been referred to the "Cheney" and "Chinn" classification. A very interesting historical argument might show this to be erroneous. In "Index Nominum Eliesis" we have "Nicholas Chenetu" (497). This has also been labeled "Cheney." In "Winton Domesday" we have many references: "Chinal" (561) and "Sinn" (536). The first is etymologically "Chinn" or "Cheney," and the second "Shin" or "Shinn." In the same book, in Herefordshire County, there were three men, named respectively, "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 "Scine" or "Scene" into historic view, and may be taken as roots for the modern surnames "Sheen," "Shene," "Shine," etc. In Buckinghamshire we have Semlai and Senlai. In Leicestershire, Sceneford and Sceneton. Literally, the ford of Sheen and the town of Sheen. In York, in Eurvie??shire, we have Schinestorp and Sinitun. The first is claimed by the classifiers for the list of Sheen words, while 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 etymologists claim this for Sheen upon grounds hard to understand. It may as well be classified "Schin" or "Shinn." In Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk we have "Scenefelda," which has been universally rendered "Shenfield," or field of Sheen.

So that whatever may be the truth about the derivation of the word "Shinn," whether it rightly roots back into the ancient Anglo‑Saxon "Sinninga," or whether it is a modern variable 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 VI.

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.

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In Anderson, Indiana, there is a family. that now spells its name Shinn. The father came direct from Ireland, and has no kin in the United States. His father was a Sheahan. There are thus two families wearing the same surname in that State whose ancestry are of distinct lines; lines absolutely divorced. Will the mutations of the future merge all of the name of Sheahan1 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, only lost as a word within the last two centuries."‑‑"English Surnames."

This is not exactly true, for there are still a few families who retain the surname 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 Shinns 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 upon superior power, whether we have the ability to analyze that power or not. The word Shinn contains a strength that enables it to dominate its weaker, though 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 march 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, not seeming to know that the Manor of Sheen, or Shene, antedated the 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 noun sheen was certainly derived from the Saxon scene, but it may be doubted whether the surname "Sheen" came from the same source. Eminent English authorities claim that these words, Shinn

1Sh??ahan, Sh??en, Shane, Syan. These Celtic forms are common. Castle Shane

Is 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 belongs to the Hon. Edward Lucas," says Burke, "and this gentleman

belongs to a family of which several members migrated from England to Ireland in

the early part of the seventeenth century and acquired by purchase and royal grant

the manor of Castle Shane. Queen Elizabeth made a grant of the lands of Syan to

Ro?? Bane McMahon. He sold the lands of Sheen to Lord Blayney. They passed to

Lucas." Thus Burke in one paragraph uses three forms of the same word. Nicholas

Lucas, another member of the Lucas family in England, was one of the three ass??gnees

of Edward Byilinge, 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 submitted to Mr. Thomas

Warthmell, 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 orthography. D'Alton, the greatest authority of

the past in Celtic names, states distinctly that O'Sheehan is the descendant of

Sheahan, a Celtic Sept of 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 Sheen, are as distinct as Shinn and Sheahan. These authorities assert with vehemence the tribal origin of the word Shinn, while demanding with earnestness the derivation of Sheen from Scene. I think they confound the common with the proper noun. 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, I 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. This series is: Sinn, Senn, Sinna, Senna, Shin, Shyn, Shine, Shyne, Schin, Schyn, Schen, Shene, Schene, Schyne, Scheen, Sheen, Scheene, Sheene, Schynne, Shynne, Shinne, Schynn, Shinn.

CHAPTER VII.

SHINN OR SHEEN‑‑WHICH?

In the nineteenth century the spelling crystallized into Shinn in England and America; for the first twenty years of the eighteenth century it was Sheen or Shene, after which it became Shinn; in the seventeenth centnry it was Sheen or Shene; in the fourteenth and the early part of the fifteenth century it was anything that pleased 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 with less change in its orthographical dress than is presented by the ancient and modern spellings of London (Lundonum). That it was a Saxon village is proven by the ending "tun"; had it been a Danish village its termination would have been "torp" 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 fifth 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 county 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 yielded the fruitage I wished, for the reason that, being written for the most part in the nineteenth century, they 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 the statement heretofore made, and these gleanings will be presented in another chapter. I have had the ancient parish registers of several places exhumed, and will present their content exactly as it was written at the time. I pause to say, however, that church registers were born in the fifteenth century, and that a family that begins with their advent in the world is hoary with age and respectability. I shall also present the briefs of many wills in their fifteenth and sixteenth century dress to support my conclusion.

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CHAPTER VIII.

ORTHOGRAPHY OF NAMES.

In Nash's "History of Woreestershire," Vol. II, page 318 (IV.), the following language appears:

"Some of the individuals of the Percy family (like most of others formerly) wrote the name with the variations Percy, Peircy, Piercy, Peerciey, and so on through twenty‑three forms. Some inserted a superfluous letter or two, as they saw the same printed in a book, or were seduced by vicious pronunciation. But the variations of the name Percy are trifling when compared with the variations which other names have undergone in the same line of family title 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 their names.

In temp. Hen. VIII, David Percival; in 1588, George Persyval; in 1620, Richard Percyval; in 1647, Philip Percivalle; in 1665, John Percivall; in 1698, John Percival; in 1770, John Perceval. The town of Lynn, in Domesday, is Lena and Lun; it was chartered by King John under the name Lena. Bloomfield 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, Mayor of Lenn. In a history of Berks the family name Feens or Fienes undergoes the following transformations: Fynes, 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 appears: Sherd, Sherde, 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 use them together. They are but variations of one family name. Bolton gives a Norfolk family as Scelton, Shelton and Sheltone. 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 Scheiengham claimed these as her inheritance; Henry, son of Walter de Sengham, held a messauge 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 hundred of Clacklose from that of South Greenhaw, and empties itself in the river, Wiffy; probably its ancient name was Schin or Shen; Shengay is a town in Cambridgeshire; Shenfield in Essex; Shenley in Hertfordshire." Blomefield was one of the most erudite of local historians, and has left a monument to his learning and judgment in his history of Norfolk. Shing ham is spelled in several other books Shyngham. And, by a strange metamorphosis, Luke Sheen according to one author, Luke Schene according to another and Luke Shyn according to another, was rector of Shingham parish in 1650. In Gage's "Somerset" we have the same surname under three forms‑‑ Theyne, Thynne and Thinn. 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 derivation of Shenley is obvious. It was a simple pasture of an old proprietor, Shen or Senn, and not a pasture of brilliant or beautiful proportions.

Sir Henry Chauncey, in his "Hertfordshire," says of Senley1 or Shenley: "These words were

doubtless taken from some ancient owner thereof, and the vill

1In Domesday Book it reads "Abbas Sancti Albani tenuit scenlai pro sex hidis

defendebat." And in the same book Shingham Manor was "Scingham." Both these

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is about four miles from St. Albans." In the same way the Manor of Sheen or Shine is brought down 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 "Maner of Shene." But historians agree that Edward built no palace there, and that Richmond was built by a later king. Other historians say 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 (beautiful).

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 18œ 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 IV died his body was conveyed to "Shien," a monastery in Surrey. And Rev. Mr. Lamb says:

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

Edward 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 proprietor or leader. Second, the word "Sheen" is not a word created by royal order to 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 simply and alone because some ancient Saxon, named Shine, Shene or Sheen, held it as a home in centuries before the Normans began their conquering march.

CHAPTER IX.

HISTORIC REFERENCES TO THE NAME SHENE, SHEEN OR SHINN.

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

Brisingham Parish, Norfolk, has a very ancient religious ceremony‑‑"The Pardon of the Beads"‑‑at the Charter House of Schene. Saxlingham Manor House belonged, in 1656, to Thomas Jermyn, Knight, who was father‑in‑law to one Shene, who married his daughter, Dorothy, and had one son, Jermyn Shene. In Wright's "Essex," Vol. I, page 484, another variation occurs in the Manors of Pelham and Sparrow Hall, owned by a family named Shaen of Witham. Manning and Bray, in their history of Surrey, give Shene, a chapel in Kingston Hundred.

But by far the most convincing piece of evidence is found in Chauncey's "Antiquities of

Hertfordshire," Vol. I, page 135. It reads as follows: "Hundred of Odsey. Coldridg. Hertfordshire; or Cotered, or Codred. This vill stands towering upon a high hill about a mile N. 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."

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called, Coldridge. The Manor was divided under two lordships by 41 Edward III (1368). One moiety of this manor came to one, Sheine, from whom it had the adjunct 'Manor of Sheine,' to distinguish it from the other part thereof; for it bore this name when a court was held there Anno 13 R. II. (1390) (Rot. Custulorum Maneris 13 R. II). Sometime after this it was in the possession of Sir William Cheiny, Kt., who to perpetuate the memory of his name to posterity (as many did in that age) changed the adjunct of Sheine to Cheynyes, when the courts were held here (for this part) Anno 3 H V (1417) (Rot. Cus. Manorii 3 H. V.)"

This affords food for many reflections.

First. "Are we so soon forgotten?" Chauncey was not only an eminent. sergeant at law, but an antiquarian of eminence. His references to these ancient manor rolls show a love for research and accuracy rarely found in county histories. These old manor houses and parish churches, as described by him, and by that other eminent antiquarian of Norfolk, Blomefield, seem to be absolutely forgotten.

Blomefield exhumed ancient brasses and set out their content upon his historic page. Inquiry at present, although directed to learned men, brings a vacant stare, and the dismal ejaculation, "I never heard of it!" Into the old tomes at Washington I send a mattock of thought which unfolds a lead of ore; I pick up these priceless nuggets and send them over the ocean to learned men who live and move in the halls wherein these nuggets had place, and find that other soils have arisen to hide the rifts from whence these nuggets came. Mankind lives in the present and pauses not to note the wailing cries of the solitary man who tries to be a man of yesterday as well as a machine of today. He who stands with one foot in the cemeteries and the other in the m‘lstrom of life needs hope for little consideration. That which was is lost, and irredeemably forgotten; that which is will in turn be lost, despite the efforts of the eleverest antiquarians; a few bold facts, pyramidlike, will outlast centuries; but the myriad details‑‑the flesh and blood of existence‑‑will pass into oblivion, leaving but a skeleton to grin defiance at researeh and culture. The one giant fact of life is that "we shall be forgotten when we are gone."

Second. ??If, in 1368, one Sheine owned the "Manor of Sheine," and in 1417 it had passed to Sir William Cheiny, who changed its name, the history of the Manor of Sheine must be sought in a period antedating 1368.

Third: It is not unlawful to think, and one cannot be held to an indictment for a criminal offense, if he surmise that the knight who changed the adjunct, "of Sheine" to "Cheynyes" to perpetuate the memory of his name, changed also his surname, Sheine to Cheiny, for the same reason. The plebeian name, Smith, has been wrought upon by various proprietors, who desired to perpetuate their names to posterity, till the product took the finished form, "Smythe." In the same way "Bird" has come to be "Byrud," "Jonathan" "Jo Nathan" and "Dobbins" "D'Aubigne." The gamut of change from Sheine to Cheiny is not a diffieult one, and a man who desired a change, as did Sir William, would naturally take this path. But while one changed his name,, the remainder of the family held on to the pottage handed them by their ancestors. Certain it is that in this same Hertfordshire, three hundred years later (1662) John Sheen was sent to jail for not paying his parish fees; that John Sheen appeared in New Jersey, wearing the name Sheen (1678), sixteen years later; and that John Sheen died as John Shinn, in 1711.

In Sir R. C. Hoare's History of Wiltshire, we find that in 1412, during the mayoralty of John Becket of Salisbury, an account was rendered of the rents and tenements within the city held under the mayor and commonalty. The writer says: "A shop near the entrance of the Cemetery of St. Thomas, with a. bed chamber over the steps, which John Shinn holds at 20 shillings, among the highest rates paid."

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Sir R. C. Hoare spells the name John Shinn. A glance at the other names on the roll suggests the suspicion that he spelled all names according to their modern rendering. If not, the word Shinn was in use in the 13th Century; if so, then the English concensus of opinion in Sir R. C. Hoare's day, was that Sheen, or Shene, should be rendered Shinn. In the pedigree of Lord Nelson, as given by Blomefield, we are told that William Nelson of Dunham Parva, married Mary, daughter of Thomas Sheen, the great grandmother of the Admiral. In other pedigrees of Nelson, the word Sheen is sometimes spelled Shene; and at other times Shinn. In Vol. 2 of Nash's Worcester it is said that John Shyen was rector, Feb. 14, 1387, of Edvin Loche, or Yedfen Loche, in the deanery of Burford, his patron being the king. (Gilbert Register f. 73.)

In A. D. 1300, John De Chyn was agent for Lord de Badlesmere in Wilts. (See Castle Combe, Vol. 1, Scrope 53.)

In 1610 Edward Sheen, by assignment of R. Beckham, father and son, came to be rector of Fransham Parva; and in 1652 William Sheen was rector of the same parish. (Blomefields Norfolk, Vol. V, page 1006.)

Blomefield states that, in the chancel of Castleacre, Priory Manor, Norfolk, is a Mural Monument: "In memory of Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Gawfell, Kt. wife of John Shene, Clerk, who died in1653." The Gawfell pedigree, which begins in 1500, contains this marriage.

As an instance of mutability I make this exeursion. I have a very learned friend in Mildenhall, Suffolk, to whom I sent the above quotation, asking him to go over to Castle Acre. This gentleman is a model investigator. He takes his bicycle and rides forty or fifty miles a day, taking in indicated parishes. At first he had considerable difficulty in reading the old registers; but he has so far advanced in knowledge as to read the records, in many cases, more easily than the vicars, who have them in charge. Here is what he wrote concerning his trip to Castle Acre:

"Last Friday I left Mildenhall for the places you mentioned in Norfolk. Finding it necessary to stay the night in Swaffham, I looked in the registers there, and found Margaret and John Shinn, children of John and Margaret Shinn, baptized 1612, but no other entry. Next morn I went on to Castle Acre. The registers did not begin soon enough. There is no trace of a monument in the church, but there is a Shinn family, poor, still living in the village. I met a young man in the church whose uncle has worked up the history of the place, but he does not mention any tablet to a Shene; so if there was one it must have disappeared at some restoration in considerable time back. I wrote to this uncle, J. W. Bloom, Rector, White Church, Stratford on Avon, and 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 I know, never spelt Shene. The Shene equal splendor is grand.' This man is quite an authority upon names." This long extract from a very interesting gentleman is a model of correspondence and indicates the difficulties that surround historical problems. 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. In my letter to England it was set out as an hypothesis that Sheen might equal Splendor. This was in turn transmitted to Mr. Bloom, who treats it as indicated in the extract.

In Vol. V Blomefield, p. 787, it appears that in the 2nd of King John William de Chaen was Lord of North Greenhaw Hundred and Wighton; and that in 1383 Ad. Schene was Rector of Waxham Parva, instituted by Sir Miles Stapleton.

Suckling in his History of Suffolk gives a list of subscribers to a church repair fund in 1750 at Kirkly, among which the name of "Widow Shin" appears. In Carter's, Cambridge, p. 269, Francis Shinn and Henry Shinn (so spelled) are put down as freeholders at Soham in 1722; also Thomas Shinn?? freeholder, at Sutton

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in same year; also, John Shinn voted for a Member of Parliament at Witcham, 16 miles north of Cambridge at the same time. (Sheahan's Cambridge.) These spellings 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 18th 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 manner of Sheene the XXI day of Nov. (1422).'"

In Antiquities of Berkshire by Ashmole, p. 161, 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 History of Reading, p. 274,, this same, Shinfield is rendered Shyningfield, which suggests the Saxon Sinninga; as Sinning(a); Shinning, Shynning.

Two seats or manor houses in Hertford, Shingey Hall, and Shenley, had those names at the Conquest, 1066, 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 reading embraced every County history of England found in the Congressional Library at Washington. Few books are quoted for the reason that the great body of the ancient histories do not contain the name. The most fruitful places were Hertford, Surrey, Norfolk and Suffolk.

CHAPTER X.

THE PARISH REGISTERS OF ENGLAND AS TO SHINN.

Thanks to modern research and enterprise, hundreds of parish registers have been copied and printed. The Congressional Library at Washington, and the Newbury Library at Chicago are rich in these productions. But owing to the great number of parishes, 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 parishes of South Eastern England. Every printed registry book on file in these libraries was looked at, however, and led to the conclusion that the proper habitat of the family was where the historic induction placed it. After exhausting the printed parishes, original research was made into the registers of other parishes. The contents of some of the printed books will be presented first.

Parish of Ellough, Suffolk.

2/26/1733 Jeffrey Ely and Dorcas Sheen of Beccles Parish, married.

The following entries show that Shine, Shiene and Sheene were interchangeable in the sixteenth century.

Parish of Birchington, Kent.

10/2/1578 Henricus Shiene married Johanna Staple.

8/25/1579 Joseph Shine, filius Henrici, bap.; ob. 12/30/1579.

9/10/1581 Agnes Shine, filia Henrici, bap.; ob. 11/20/1591.

8/9/1584 John Shiene, filius Henrici, bap.

3/27/1586 Johanna Shine, filia Henrici, bap.

3/29/1591 Eliz., filia Henrici Shine, bap.

1/1/1597 Henricus Shiene, pat. fam. ob.

1/12/1605 Lawrence Whatema married Anna Sheene.

This is a compact history of the married life of Henry Shinn, of Birchington, Kent. Of all that he did while living, this is the meager all that is left to history. But it is enough. It shows that he was a dutiful Christian citizen, living in a peaceful, happy home, and dying under the benedictions of the Church.

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Parish of Carlton, Suffolk. (Sheen, Shean, Shine.)

4/30/1702 Davenish Sheane 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 Ricks, 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.

9/18/1745 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. James, Clerkenwell, London.

4/27/1629 Mary Shinn (Sic) buried from John Hand's House.

Parish of St. Dunstan'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, Herefordshire.

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 Church, 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 Register.

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 my 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, Norfolk and Suffolk.

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Parish of Mildenhall, Suffolk.

This register is very old; one of the oldest extant. It was copied from an older one in 1662 and the following note appended:

"Although this register will be found very imperfect by reason of the great division and confusion of these times until the year 1662, yet I thought it more than expedient to set down what names........(not without great difficulty) ........ and do now proceed in order. May 20, 1662, J. O. Watson, Vicar."

The dotted lines in the certificate are illegible, says Mr. Stockley. Extracts from this Register. (Shene, Sheene, Sheen, Shine, Shyn, Shyne, Shin.)

MARRIAGES.

June 1578 Thomas Shene and J........ Bonet.

June 1588 John Sheene and Anne Che........

July 1589 Thomas Sheene and Maria Corkett.

May 1611 Thomas Wing and L........ Shene.

Jan. 1632 John Sheene and Ann Rolfe.

Sept. 9, 1639, John Avis and Elizabeth Shyn.

These complete the list of Mildenhall marriages from 1578 to 1671, a period of ninety‑three years. They give us the marriage date of John Sheene and Ann Rolf. This Ann was a descendant of an ancient family of Ralfs or Rolfs in Norfolk. Mildenhall was so??ed on Sir John Fitz Ralf in 1402. Another descendant of the same family formed an alliance in Virginia with the famous Indian princess, Pocahontas.

BIRTHS AND BAPTISMS.

July 1588 John Sheene, son of John Sheene, baptized.

Sept. 1589 Thomas Sheene, son of John Sheene, baptized.

April 1590 Anne, daughter of Thomas Sheen, baptized.

Nov. 1592 Nicholas, son of John Sheene, baptized.

Oct. 1595 Richard, son of John Sheene, baptized.

Oct. 1598 William, son of John Sheene, baptized.

Feb. 1604 Francts, son of John Sheene, baptized.

Sept. 1633 Rachel, daughter of John Sheene, baptized.

Oct, 1637 Richard, son of Richard Sheene, baptized.

March 1637 John, son of William Sheene, baptized.

March 1638 John, son of John Shyn, baptized.

Aug. 1640 James, son of William Sheen, baptized.

Nov. 1640 John, son of John Sheen, baptized.

Sept, 1640 William, son of Richard Sheen, baptized.

Oct?? 18/1646 Catherine, daughter of John Shin. baptized.

Feb, 2/1663 Elizabeth, daughter of John Shin, baptized.

July 22/1666 John, son of John Shin, baptized.

March 9/1669 Hannah, daughter of John Shin, baptized.

Feb. 4/1671 Hannah, daughter of John Shin, baptized.

??CRIALS.

May 1636 Francis Shyne buried.

May 1590 Anne, daughter of Thomas Sheen, buried.

Oct. 1607 John Shene, son of John Sheene, buried.

Jan. 1610 Thomas Sheene buried.

Feb. 1617 Widow Shine burled.

Feb. 28, 1638, Richard Shyn buried.

March 30, 1639, John, son of John Shyne?? buried.

July 24, 1644, William, son of John Shin, buried.

Aug. 10, 1662. Rachel, daughter of John Shin, buried.

Jan. 11, 1664, John Shin buried.

July ??, 1664, John, son of John Shin, buried.

Jan. 20, 1669, John, son of John Shin deceased. buried.

Aug. 27, 1679, Hannah, daughter of John Shin, buried.

Sept. 9, 167?? Amy Shin, widow, buried.

Parish of Little Fransham. (Shene.)

1610 Ed. Shene, rector.

1617 Elizabeth, daughter of Ed. Shene, baptized.

1623 L??cas, son 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.

1632 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.

1665 Marie, daughter of Ed. Shene, baptized.

Parish of Freckenham. (Sheene.)

1551 (???), daughter of Francis Sheene, baptized.

1564 Mary, 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 Sheene, 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.

1621 Anne, of John Sheene, baptized.

1623 John, son of Francis Sheene, baptized.

1627 Thomas, son of Francis Sheene, baptized.

1628 Marie, wife of John Sheene, buried.

1630 Thomas, son of John Sheene, baptized.

1630 Thomas, son of John Sheene, buried.

1631 Joane, wife of Francis Sheene, buried.

1631 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.

Parish Swaffham.

1612 Margaret and John, children of John and Margaret Shinn, baptized.

Town of Barton Mills.

Thomas Shinn, post‑boy at Bull Inn in the days of travel by means of coaches.

Parish of Worlington.

1805 William Langham married Elizabeth Shin. (See Langham Pedigree.)

Parish of Albury, Herts.

1661 Walter Shenn buried.

The following matter was received after the preparation of this manuscript was completed, the same having been typewritten and delivered to the printer, too late to change the entire manuscript, but not too late to be inserted as an addendum. It does not change the conjectural Freckenham pedigree to any great extent; in fact, it enforces the views therein advanced. It was argued there that Clement Sheene, b. 1593. 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 contemporaneous with Clement of 1593 and about the same age. Clement of 1593 married a woman named Grace (???); the register shows that he had a daughter born in 1624, and other children in 1627, 1630, 1634, 1637, 1640, in which year he died. The other Clement married a woman named Sarah (???) and had a son named Edward born in 1626. Now John Shinn of New Jersey was probably a son of the Clement who married Grace, and if so was born in 1632, between

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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 Jersey in 1680, having wife Eliza, his brother and not his father, as the conjectural pedigree asserts; this brother being younger, born in 1637 and dying O. S. P. so far as the records of New Jersey show. Of course John of 1678 in New Jersey could have been a son of the other Clement who married a Sarah. In that case I think the relationship would take this form. Clement of 1593, who married Grace (???), is known to be a son of John Sheene and grandson of Francis of 1520. The Clement who married 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 peculiar. Beginning in 1571 with a plain Shinn, followed in 1580 by Shene, then by many spellings, Shin, and using Shyn only once. I think there is little room for doubt but that the Freckenham pedigree modified by the Soham register indicates the exact neighborhood in which John Shinn was born. Freckenham, Mildenhall, and Soham are parishes not far distant from each other. Soham in the 16th Century being quite a noted town. I subjoin an exact copy of the Soham register.

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

1571 Marie Shinn buried.

1580 John Shene buried.

1624 Margaret, d. of Clement and Grace Shin, baptized.

1626 Edward, son of Clement and Sarah Shin, baptized.

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

1627 Henry. son of Clement and Grace Shin, baptized.

1630 Thomas, son of Clement and Grace Shin, baptized.

1634 Francis, son of Clement and Grace Shin, baptized.

1637 Clement, son of Clement and Grace Shin. baptized.

1640 Grace, daughter of Clement and Grace Shin, baptized.

1640 Clement Shin buried.

1657 Elizabeth Shyn. daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Shyn. baptized.

1663 Francis Shin and Alice Curtis married.

1663 John Howlett married Grace Shin.

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

1665 Mary, daughter of Francis and Alice Shin. baptized.

1668 Francis, son of Francis and Alice Shin. baptized.

1668 Henry Shin born.

1673 Alice, daughter of Francis and Alice Shin, baptized.

1674 Henry Shin died.

1681 Francis Shin. yeoman, died.

CHAPTER XI.

WILLS OF ENGLAND BELATING TO SHENE, SHEEN, SHINN AND SHINNE.

Through the courtesy of Mr. Stockley, who not only put question marks to parish registers. but wrote to leading antiquarians and literary men of the Eastern Counties of England, I can present my readers with a very interesting letter from Mr. J. J. Murkett, Editor of the Eastern Counties Magazine, and some valuable extracts from wille, concerning the Manorial Families of Suffolk.

"II Talbot R'd., 8th. Tottenham, Apr. 3/01.

"Dear sir:‑‑I have much pleasure in sending you the Shinn, Shene, Sheene, etc., notes in my Suffolk Collection. They are none of them so early as 1560. but some, I trust, will prove of use to you. The real value of many of them is that they are taken from documents relating to families of other surnames, showing in some cases unexpected relationships, I shall be glad to hear that they are not‑‑at any rate‑all disappointing to you.

"You will notice that the name of the same person is occasionally spelled Sheene and Shinn. I am much interested to know that your researches show them to have

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been at Mildenhall as far back as 1560. 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 Lord Nelson. The pedigree of Admiral Lord Nelson, Baron of Trafalgar, shows a relationship to the old Nelson family in Norfolk.

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 1658. Had son, Jermyn Shene. Lands in Suffolk, P. C. C. Wooten, 349.

"Will of Thomas Shene of Stowmarket, Worsted Weaver, proved 1711. P. C. C. Young 91.

"Will of Alice Blackbye of Multon, Suffolk, 1565, 24th of April P. C. C. 21 Morrison & 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 6/24/1565 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 Hoxene in Suffolk for life. Our three children; Jermyn Sheene my only sonne; Annie Sheene, eldest d.; Sarah Sheene, youngest d. Wife, executrix. Probate 5/27/1658.

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 of 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. 39 Wood, of Willie Haywards of Roydon, Suffolk 1611. To my grandchildren 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 grandchild, and Lydia Shen his sister when 21, or on the day of her marriage; son Geo. Shinn executor. Codicil: To my daughter, Margaret Fuller œ3.12.0 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 Plymouth 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 Josle Bolton; my nephew Wm. Bolton; my sister Chittock, sister to my late husband, Sheene œ50; husband's nephew, Augustine Sheene œ20; 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.

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Mr. Stockley wrote, 5/12/1901: "There was recently a family of Shinns at Soham, but I could not get any valuable information concerning them. Yesterday I was playing cricket at Eriswell. One of my opponents was a Peter Shinn. There were three generations of John Shinn before him, and the widow Shinn of Barton's Mill is a connection." This letter, taken in connection with the gradual changing in the registers and in the wills from Shene and Sheene, to Shyn, Shin, and Shinne, indicates that the same people to‑day in the old habitat of the family spell the name Shinn. The identity of all the variations named with the modern surname Shinn is, I think, clearly established.

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CHAPTER XII.

WHO WAS JOHN SI?? OF BRIDLINGTON. NEW JERSEY (1678)?

In 1885 while employed as Chief Clerk in the Office of the Secretary of State at Little Rock?? Arkansas. I asked myself the question which heads this chapter. I then and there began the work of answering it satisfactorily, and have given all my spare time since to its elncidation. The first ten years of my labor were thrown away on account of stickling for orthography. My name was Shinn, and I wanted Shinn. and nothing else. Smith in his history of New Jersey said that John Shinn came with others to Nova C‘sarea. It was a full decade after my original determination before I crossed an entry in New Jersey Archives at Trenton. which informed me that John Shcen, and not John Shinn, entered New Jersey. The next original entry found 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 I now possess concerning the vicissitudes of Surnames in their orthographieal dress. at the time I worked most laboriously upon the problem the results would have been far more satisfactory. In 1886 I was asked by Mr. Keltie, Editor of the Statesman's Mannal. London, to prepare a statistical article for that publication. This led to a friendly eorrespondence concerning my name, and a reference to William Collyer Shinn of London. whose portrait adorns these pages. I then wrote to Mr. Shinn. and led him astray, as I had myself wandored from the goal. He began a search for the Quaker. John Shinn, and as a matter of course never found him. Had I given the variations. Shin. Shene and She??ne. these pages would have been richer in gleanings from the old Quaker files. As it is I can present but his confession of failure. as a guide to others who may hereafter make a similar research.

On April 22, 1890. he wr??te from London, England:

"I beg therefore to say, that I have visited Somerset House: Her Majesty's Printing Office (where all Acts of Parliament are printed and published); the Public Record Office, and the Friend's Meeting House in Bishopsgate Street. The result of my inquiries is that on the passing of the General Registration Act. about fifty years ago, various records showing births and deaths of Quakers. extending over a considerable perlod, 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 Friends, 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, movoments 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 Herefordshire 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 pursult.

"Sincerely yours.

"WILLIAM COLLYER SHINN."

Four years later ??vi??ited London, and was the guest of this gentleman. Had all my correspondents of ??ulture and leisure been equally courteous my labor would have redounded more to their credit, as well as to that of the family. I found Mr. Shinn to be a High ??hurchman, and a worshiper at Westminster Abbey. His pedigree, which is presented elsewhere, began in 1757 in London. branching off into Herefordshire. It dealt with the word Shinn. as mine had, and led to an investigation of London and Herefordshire records. His father spent his whole life as cashier in an Army Agent Office: he, himself, spent fifty years in a large firm in London, as confidential clerk and cashier, retiring in 1883 on a small competency; his son. whose portrait is also found herein, was cashier. until his death, in

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Her Majesty's Printing Office. Can there be a greater testimonial of the integrity of these three generations than is contained in the words, "three whole lives in confidential 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 and 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 be honored, and for anything else I say, "You must read it in the engraving made from the photograph he sent to me." I subjoin another part of his letter to show the lack of courtesy that prevails 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, and which we hope, in spite of all difficulties, will be attended with satisfactory results. When we think of the great energy you have displayed our little effort appears so insignificant as hardly to deserve attention. All public officers in London are anything but communicative, and only disposed to answer specific questions. They will not enter into a general subject, nor take any trouble to elucidate; and it is consequently very difficult to get information."

He died in January, 1903, being 88 years of age. A gentleman in London in March, 1903, wrote these words announcing his death. "He was a thorough representative of the Shinn family, with all the characteristics; one of the best and cleverest of men; a man devoted to his family, and whose first thought was for their interests; his next thought was for the good of others; his demise is deplored by many relatives and friends:

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PEDIGREE OF WILLIAM COLLYER SHINN.

John Shinn (1).‑‑In 1757 was in business in Grosvenor Row, Chelsea, London.

Had a son, John (2), who in 1857 was in business in Lindsay Row, Chelsea.

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 1825.

Had one son, John (6).

John Shinn (6).‑‑In business at Smith St., Chelsea. Died in 1858. Had a family,

about whom little is known except that his only son, John (7), 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 (9).‑‑Died at New Wandsworth, London. 1903. aged 88. Has two

sons, Thomas (11) and William (12).

Thos. Shinn (11).‑‑Born in 1842. Chief Cashier at Her Majesty's Printers; died

1891; one daughter.

Wm. 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 daughters; one daughter married Charles Thomas; the other married a Whitehouse, who deceased. The son, William, is not married, and is the only one of this 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 March, 1890, he wrote:

"My family have been settled in London about sixty years. My grandfather was born in Mildenhall. Suffolk. 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 ancestors. The name is not uncommon in Mildenhall, and I have met with it in the adjoining 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 uneventful 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 Mildenhall man writing a poem, which a naval captain named Shinn, subscribed for, fixed my attention. however, upon Mildenhall and its neighborhood.

This George W. Shinn of Brighton Church has made a name for himself in music. He has composed: "The March of the Israclites," a "Benedictus" and a "Nune Dimittis." Rev. Geo. Wolff Shinn, Rector of Newton Parish, Newton, Mass., is of the opinion that each of these productions is a work of very great merit. Musicians 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, Herefordshire, I addressed him a communication, which brought this reply:

"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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John Shinn, a Wesleyan preacher, who went to America about forty‑five years ago, and died at St. Louis in 1884. I can not go back further than my grandfather.

"Yours respectfully, JOHN SHINN."

The family referred to at St. Louis is a most respectable one. One son of the deceased preacher held a responsible position on the Globe Democrat for many years; other children are in good business relations there, and in Oregon. The grandchildren are intelligent and energetic people. This and two other families to be mentioned hereafter are the only ones I have found in the United States who do not form part of the army of John Shinn's descendants. The rector at Ledbury, England, wrote me in 1896 that the Shinns of that County were an eminently respectable family.

Turning to the history of Herefordshire, I came to the conclusion after reading it that the Shinns were not an old family in that County. The Chinns seem to have been there from the beginning, but the Shinns are first named about the beginning of the eighteenth century. But an examination of the Parish Register shows that the family there is as old as in Suffolk. The registers say:

3/16/1557 Margaret Shynne was buried.

3/5/1565 William Shynne buried.

1575 Joan Shynne a god mother at a christening.

An examination of Wm. C. Shinn's pedigree will show that John Shinn (1) had a son Benjamin, whose descendants are not traced.

For the last four years I have given my attention to the Eastern Counties, and will in the next chapter identify John Sheen, so far as the evidence in hand will warrant an opinion.

CHAPTER XIII.

JOHN SHINN, OF ALBURY.

Besse's Suffering of Friends is a mass of facts, but being without an index, its reader is compelled to read everything within its compass to obtain the most trifling fact. I read the first volume and found nothing that would connect John Shinn with the hardships of the 17th century. The second volume was taken up and seemed to be as unpromising as the first. But is was not so. On page 205 of Vol. II, under the County Hertfordshire, I found this entry:

"At the Quarter Sessions on the 12th of the 11th Month, 1662, John Shinn of Albury and Jeremiah Deane of Hartford were committed to prison on a process against them for absence from their Parish Church and for not paying the Court fees."

In the same county I found this entry: "1663 Robert Dimsdale excommunicated for practicing chirurgery without the Bishop's license, was committed to Hartford Gaol and remained there some years." This is the only reference in Besse's Suffering to John Shinn, or to any one bearing that surname. The 12th of the 11th month, 1662, O. S., would be Jan. 12th, 1663. On that day at the shire town, Hertford, John Shinn was sent to jail for not attending the parish church; he was described as of Albury; in 1678‑1679 or 1680 a Quaker, John Shinn, master of a family, appears at the infant settlement at Burlington, N. J., and enrolls himself with Friends at that place, and died a member of that society thirty years later. That John Shinn of Albury, Hertfordshire, was a member in good standing in the Established Church of England is proved by the action of the Court of Quarter Sessions. Refusal to attend the Parish Church and to pay Court fees point to the conclusion that he had imbibed the principles of Fox, and was firm in claiming his right to worship where he pleased. In fifteen years we find John Shinn with a large family and considerable substance in the wilds of New Jersey, on Birch Creek, in a log house, which he called "Springfield Lodge." The first reference to the man in American history is in 1680, when the Court Minutes

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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 1680 as a frecholder, 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 became 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 probably an old man, and the father or grandfather of John Shinn. And this man Robert 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, however. 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 Essex, in which Dimsdale was reared, there was a "Springfield Lodge," and John Shinn named his wildwood home under that ancient title. The records show that he was a "Wheelwright," a "Millwright," and a "husbandman"; that he came as a "master of a Family," and not as a "Redemptioner"; that he becomes at once a "Freeholder," and is at once made a "Grand juror"; that Dimsdale entrusts him with the fiduciary relation, "Agent"; that he became a "Proprietor"; that for years he was "Overseer," at Springfield Mecting of Friends; that his children 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 grandchildren, having an abundance of means, and blessed with the friendship of the wisest and the best of early New Jersey days. If there is any certainty in historic relations, it would seem that John Shinn of Albury (1663), a prisoner for Conscience sake, was John Shinn of Burlington, N. J. (1678‑1711).

CHAPTER XIV.

FURTHER IDENTIFICATION OF JOHN SHINN AS TO HIS IMMEDIATE ANOESTORS.

Albury is a name of two parishes in Hertfordshire, and the adjunct "of Albury," used in the Court records of 1663 in the trial of John Shinn for contumacy, do not distinguish between them. This necessitated the examination of both registers; one of them did not go back far enough to be of any use. The other was examined by Mr. Stockley from 1620 to 1680, but contained no reference to John Shinn, or any one of that surname, save "Walter Sheen buried 1661." This bore out my 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 proceedings were instituted at Hertford against John, and do not contain the name of Shinn in any other place, shows that the residence at Albury was temporary,

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and that Walter was a member of the family. Could all the events of those days of religious fanaticism be known it might appear that John Shinn had been driven by persecution from some other place and was merely a denizen of Hertford seeking rest. But whether there as citizen in business, or refugee for conscience sake, he failed to find peace. The gates of a prison closed upon him, and Hertfordshire has left no other monument to his name. But rest came to him on the waters of the Assincunk, where a record of good deeds make a shaft more enduring than marble, and more honorable than an armory and crest.

I shall now present a conjectural pedigree of John Shinn (1678‑1711) as to his ancestry in England. The quotations from the many registers of Eastern England show that as early as the beginning of the16th Century the family was widely dispersed over many Counties. The recurrence of the word John burdens the investigation with difficulties almost insurmountable. But there were certain ear‑marks of the family in its early New Jersey history, that seem to indicate where our investigation should be made.

1. John Shinn of New Jersey was accompanied at his landing by Clement

Shinn. No register in England that has been examined yields a Clement

save those of Freckenham and Soham Parishes. This name stands there

alone, clear cut, and beacon like, as it stands alone in New Jersey history.

It seems to say: "Go to Freckenham or Soham for the ancestor of John."

2. John Shinn of New Jersey named his sons John, Francis, George, Thomas

and James. And one of his grandsons, son of John, was given the name

Clement, and another Francis. And in the pages which follow, showing

the American descendants, it will be seen that Francis and Clement recur

with remarkable frequency.

The Mildenhall register deals with John, Thomas, Richard and William. Francis and Clement do not appear. The Freckenham register not only presents the single case of Clement, but shows that he was the son of John. who was the son of Francis, born as carly as 1520. It also shows that John and Francis were favorite names. I present the Mildenhall pedigree of John Sheene, born 1550, as made up from the Mildenhall register to show that no one of that family bearing the name John could have gone to New Jersey in 1678. It is as follows:

THE MILDENHALL PEDIGREE OF JOHN SHEENE OF 1550.

John Sheene (b. 1550) married at Mildenhall (???) and had:

1. Thomas Shene (b. 1551; ob. 1610) married (1) at Mildenhall June, 1578,

J(???) Bonet; married (2) at same place, July, 1589, Maria Corkett;

she died 1617. The first marriage entry spells his name Shene; the

second Sheene. There is but one child recorded:

1. Anne, daughter of Thomas Sheen, b. April 1590; ob. May 1590.

2. John Sheene (b. 1553; ob. 1607), married June, 1587, Anne Che(???) and had:

1. John Sheene, b. July 1588; ob. 7/5/1664; married Jan. 1632 Ann Rolf

and had:

1. Rachel Sheene, b. Sept. 1633; ob, 8/19/1662.

2. John Shyn, b, March 1638; ob. 3/30/1639.

3. John Sheen, b. Nov. 1640; ob. 1/20/1669; married Amy (???)

1662 and had:

1. Elizabeth Shin, b. 2/2/1663.

2. John Shin, b. 7/22/1666.

3. Hannah Shin, b. 3/9/1669.

4. Catherine Shin, b. Oct. 1646.

2. Thomas Sheene, b. Sept. 1589; married and had:

1. Augustine Sheene. (See will, Chapter XI.)

3. Nicholas Sheene, b. Nov. 1592; married Sarah Bolton of the family of

the present Lord Nelson, whose father, upon the death of Lord

Nelson, Baron of Trafalgar, renounced his patronymic, Bolton, and

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look the name of his uncle, Nelson, and the title, Lord Nelson. Nicholas

Sheene died before 1653, leaving a will (see Chapter XI); his wife

left a will dated 3/7/1653, naming her late husband, Sheene, his sister,

and his nephew, Augustine Sheene. No children.

4. Richard Sheene, b. Oct. 1595; ob. 2/20/1638.

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 set out the Freckenham pedigree of Francis Sheene, born 1520‑1525, as made up from the register. To my 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 11/12/1593; the register says nothing of his marriage nor of his death. He evidently removed from the parish, married elsewhere, and had children; this view is strengthened by the fact that John Shinn, the emigrant to New Jersey, who was accompanied by a Clement Sheen, lived at Albury in Hertfordshire. Clement may have lived in Essex or Hertfordshire. The Soham register shows his marriage and death.

THE FRECKENHAM PEDIGREE OF FRANCIS SHINN (1520‑1525).

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

1. (???) (???), daughter of Francis Sheene; baptized 1551.

2. Mary Sheene; baptized 1564.

3. John Sheene; married (1) Anne (???), who died in 1617; (2) Marie (???),

who died 1620; (3) Marie Spatkes, who died 1628; (4) (???) (???), and

had by first marriage:

1. Edward Sheene, b. 1588; rector of Little Fransham 1610; 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. 1615.

By the second marriage:

9. John Sheene, b. 1619.

By the third marriage:

10. Anne Sheene b. 1621.

By the fourth marriage:

11. Thomas Sheene, b. 1630; ob. 1631.

4 Francis Sheene, m. and had children:

1. Clement, b. 1592, who m. Sarah (???) at Soham and had:

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

In every case where a child is placed in the above pedigree (save where enclosed 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.

CHAPTER XV.

THE ARMS AND ORESTS OF THE FAMILY.

In the Royal Book of Crests for Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Jos. McLaren, published by Knight & Butler, London, the family crest of the Sheen family in England is given as follows:

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

The coronet is "obsidional."

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

"A sword crect, blade enfiled with a rebel's head, all ppr."

These crests are also given in Fairbairn's Crests and in Burke. The arms are:

"Or. three piles issuant from the chief gu. within a bordure, engr. erm."

Heraldry is a relic of the feudal ages, where it was employed to display the exploits of chivalry. Armorial bearings was the symbolic language of Europe. Exhibited on the shields and vestments of warriors, they adorned the most splendid apparel of peace, and were often transferred to more durable materials to perpetuate the memory of those who bore them. The volume of "Royal Crests" above referred to has this language:

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"A crest is the uppermost part of an armory. The crest is deemed a greater mark of nobility than the armory, 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 enfiled 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 Germany 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 I 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 exclusive 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 element, however, seems to have been supplanted 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 Suffolk 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 Essex, 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 numbers 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 being

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studied, preceded by his genealogical number, and followed by the given name of his ancestors in a parenthesis, with their generation numbers. For example:

847. JOSLAH HAZEN SHINN (5).‑‑BRNJAMIN (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2),

JOHN (1).

This means that Josiah Hazen Shinn is the 847th name reached in the mechanical making of the book; that his father was Benjamin, of the fourth generation from John; his grandfather Samuel in the third, etc. If further knowledge concerning Benjamin is desired, one has but to turn back in the book until the genealogical number 847 is reached. He will find there Josiah H. Shinn under this head:

476. BENJAMIN SHINN (4).‑‑SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

By successive changes the history of Samuel may be reached; then Thomas, then John.

3. When the sixth generation is reached the plan changes. Under each name in the sixth generation are given all the descendants, so far as found, of each one in that generation. The generation number is then placed after the name, for example:

1024. John Shinn (6)‑‑James (5), John (4), George (3), Vincent (2),

John (1).

His children were:

1857. (1) Mary Shinn (7), married Lewis Brown and had:

1858. (1) Thomas Brown (8).

1859. (2) John Shinn (7), married Ellen Kirk and had:

1860. (1) Mary Shinn (8), married Jay Cook and had

1861. (1) Louisa Cook (9).

1862. (2) John Cook (9).

1863. (2) John Shinn (8), o. s. p.

1864. (3) Lewis Shinn (7).

A little attention will make this clear. It means that Mary Shinn's number is 1857, that she is the first child of John (6) and therefore in the seventh generation. Number 1858 is the first child of Mary Shinn (7), and the grandchild of John (6), and therefore in the eighth generation. Each new set of children is set further to the right. The family numbers are in parentheses and immediately under each other. Thus, in the case above, the children of John (6) are (1) Mary (7), (2) John (7), (3) Lewis (7). The grandchildren are Thomas Brown (8) and John Shinn (8.) The great grandchildren are Louisa Cook (9) and John Cook (9). All 7s under a given 6 are brothers, sisters, or brothers and sisters; all 8s under a given 6 are brothers, sisters, or brothers and sisters, if they fall under the same 7; if they fall under different 7s, they are first cousins; all 9s under a given 6 are brothers, sisters, or brothers and sisters, if they fall under the same 8; if under different 8s, but the same 7?? they are first cousins; if under 8s and different 7s, they are third cousins; each 9 under a given 8 is second cousin to every other 8 under the same 6, except the 8s under its own 7; one 8 there is father or mother, the others his uncles and aunts.

5. There are a few technical words and abbreviations which may need some explanation: o. s. p. means died without issue; d., daughter or died; ob. infans, died in infancy; b., born; cum testamentum, with a will; B. M. M. R., Burlington Monthly Meeting Records; liber means book; circa, about; pat. fam., father of the family; ob. idem anno, died the same year; ob. vita patris, in the life of the father; W. J., West Jersey; ob., died; Mt. H. M. M. R., Mt. Holly Monthly Meeting Records; N. J. W., New Jersey Wills; M. L. R., marriage license recorded; intestate, without a will.

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PART SECOND‑‑THE FAMILY OF SHINN IN THE UNITED STATES.

1. JOHN SHINN AND EARLY NEW JERSEY.

In the spring of 1677 two hundred and thirty Quakers left London on the ship Kent for West Jersey. Half of these were from London and the other half from Yorkshire. Smith, in his "History of Nova C‘sarea; or, New Jersey," gives a partial list 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 there began a settlement, which they named New Beverley; this was afterwards changed 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 1678, and in a general way names others who came between 1678 and 1680. In this general list will be found the name of John Shinn. In the old records of Burlington now in the office of the Secretary of State at Trenton, showing the freeholders for the year 1680, the names of "John Sheen" and "Clement Sheen" appear. The same records show that in the same year John Sheen was a grand juror.

From the record of the Men's Monthly Meeting of Friends at Burlington it appears that on the 7th day of the 12th month (February), 1680, the Friends addressed a letter to the London yearly meeting, which Bowden transcribes in his history,1 with the remark that this was the earliest communication received by the London yearly meeting from any meeting in America.

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

"Dear Friends and Brethren whom God hath honored with his heavenly Presence and crowned with Life and Dominion as some of us have been Eye witnesses (and in our measures partakers with you) in these solemn Annual Assemblies in ye Remembrance of which our hearts and souls are consolated and do bow before ye Lord with Reverent acknowledgments to him to whom it belongs forever.

"And dear 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 ourselves 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 hounour 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 be had in good Repute and Esteem by those yt are yet Strangers to itt.

"Dear ffriends our first 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 Certifycates concerning them for here are severall honest Innocent People yt brought no Certifycates with them from ye Respective Monthly Meetings not foreseeing ye Service of ym and so never Desired any which for ye future of such defect do Entreat you yt are sensiable 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 Miscarying which is not Necessary to ye Parties immediately & no wayes gratefull to Us yet in some cases necessity urgeth it or we must Act very Unsafely and pticularly in cases of Marriage in which we are often Concerned so if ye parties yt come are single and

¹History of Friends in America.

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Marriageable att their Coming away we Desire to be Certifyed of their clearness or unclearness from other pties & 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 & if any do incline to come that pfess truth & yet walk disorderly & 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 itt) 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 brought to Light & in it be condemned for wch cause we thus Request your assistance as an advantage & Furtherance to yt Work for though some have not thought it necessary either to bring Certificates themselves or Require any Concearning others we are not of yt mind and do leave itt to ye wise in heart 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 without exercising our own immediate sence as God shall Guide us some we know yt have been other wise deserving but have Unadvisedly denied this Impartial right of a certificate & very hardly could obtain it, merely through ye dislike of some 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 attempt itt at least their Tryals become unsuportable unto them but if this they know they need not fear for ye Lord is known by Sea & Land ye Shield & Strength of ym ht fear him.

"And Dear Friends one thing more we think needfull to Intimate to you to warn and advise all yt come pfessing truth yt they be carefull & Circumspect in their passage for itt is well known to some of you yt such as are imployed in sea affairs are commonly men of ye Vilest sort & many of ym use Great Diligence 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 Young Women that they behave themselves modestly & chastly yt they may not be corrupted in mind & so drawn to gratify ye wanton Luxurious inclination of any for many temptations may be met with some Times through short or Straight allowance for ye Enlargement of wch some have complyed wth that w??h hath Dishounoured God & grieved his people & though we Know yt true friends are never enabled ym to submit to any unrighteousness to gratify so mean an End yet all ye Professors of Truth are not of yt Growth & for their sakes it is intended yt all may be preserved & grow in truths Dominion.

"So Dear Friends this wth what further you may apprehend may tend to truths pmotion in this Place we desire your assistance which will be very kindly and gladly Received by us who are Desirous of an Amicable Correspondency with you and do claim a part wth you in yt holy Body & Eternall Union which ye bond of Life is ye Strength of in wch God preserve you & us who are your ffds & Brethren.

Thomas Budd,

Willm Peachee,

Wm Brightwen,

Tho. Gardiner,

Robt Stacy,

John Hollingshead,

Robt Powell,

Jno Burton,

Saml Jennings,

Jno. Woolston,

Daniel Leeds,

John Butcher,

Henry Grubb,

Wm. Butcher,

Seth Smith,

Walter Pumphrey,

Tho. Ellis,

James Saterthwate.

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"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,

Thos. Lambert,

Jno. Kinsey,

Samll. Cleft,

Willm. Cooper,

Jno. Shin,

Willm. Biles,

Thos. Harding,

Willm. Hulings,

Richard Arnold,

Jno. Woolman,

Jno. Stacy,

Abra. Hulings,

Peter Fretwell,

Thos. Eves,

Jon. Payne,

Jon. Crippe.

"From our mens monthly meeting in Burlington in West Jersey ye 7th of ye 12th Month 1680.

"To our dear Friends and Bretheren of ye Yearly Meeting of London."¹

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 the name "Nova Cesarea, or New Jersey."

These two proprietors at once drew up a constitution for the colony, which gave equal privileges and liberty of conscience to all. This instrument was called "The Concessions and Agreements of the Lords, Proprietors of the Province of New C‘sarea, 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 themselves, 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 province, 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.

¹A careful perusal of the communication 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 freeholders,

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.

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The persecution of Quakers marked the reign of Charles II, and many of their evangelists had been driven to America. Two of these preachers‑‑William Edmunson and George Fox‑‑had passed through New Jersey, whose soil was said to be good, and, taken altogether, "A most brave country." It would be a useless repetition of well‑known facts to narrate the suffering of the Quakers during this period. Church and State united to make them miserable, indeed. But there appear to have been causes for suffering other than those of polities or religion. Miss Amelia Mott Gummere1 says: "If we consider the destruction of life occasioned by the terrible plague of 1665, when 1,177 persons, out of London meeting alone, were buried in Bunhill Fields;2 the destruction of property belonging to the survivors by the fire which swept over the city in the following year, together with the persecution so rigorously pursued during the troublous periods of the protectorship and restoration, we cannot wonder at the desire of Friends to escape and seek liberty of conscience in a free land." It was not long after Lord Berkeley's announcement of his determination to sell that a sale was made of his half of the province to two Quakers‑‑John Fenwick and Edward Byllinge. In 1675 Fenwick, with a number of settlers, established the town of Salem. Fenwick and Byllinge divided their half of the province, which came to be called West Jersey, into 100 parts, of which Fenwick received ten,3 and Byllinge the remainder. Fenwick's settlement was upon his tenth. Byllinge met with a ??crics of reverses and assigned his property to William Penn, Gawen Lawrie and Nicholas Lucas, all Quakers, for the benefit of his creditors. These trustees sold a number of shares of the undivided half of New Jersey to different purchasers, who thereby became proprietors in common with them. These proprictors, on the 3d day of March, 1676, agreed upon a form of government comprising many of the provisions of the instrument formed by Berkeley and Carteret, and called it "The Concessions and Agreements of the Proprietors, Frecholders and Inhabitants of the Province of West Jersey, in America."4 This instrument created, among other things, a set of commissioners, ten in number, to be elected from their own number by ballot annually on the 25th of March, whose duty it was to "govern and order the affairs of the province for the good and welfare of the said people," according to the concessions, and until a general free assembly should be elected. By this agreement each tenth of the original one hundred proprietors was entitled to one commissioner, and the inhabitants of each tenth were the electors upon whom was cast the election of these commissioners.

These Concessions and Agreements were signed by one hundred and fifty‑one persons, many of whom moved to New Jersey and became prominent in the affairs of the infant settlement. Although the name of John Shinn does not appear in the list, yet, as he became one of the proprietaries in a very few years, and lived among these men until his death, we extract the names of such as had to do with the habitat in which John Shinn was afterwards found.

EXTRACT FROM LIST OF SIONERS TO CONCESSIONS AND AGREEMENTS.

Wm. Penn,

Wm. Emley,

Josh. Wright,

Tho. Hooten,

Henry Stacy,

John Lambert,

George Deacon,

John Thompson,

Tho. Smith,

And. Thompson,

John Pancoast,

Rich. Fennimore,

Tho. Scholey,

Tho. Wright,

John Newbold,

¹Friends in Burlington, 1884, page 6.

²"Bunhill" is a corruption of Bonehill. A. J. C. Hare's Walks in London.

³These 100 parts came to be called "proprieties." These by a subsequent agreement

were divided into ten parts, designated as "Tenths." Fenwick's share was called

"Fenwick's Tenth."

⁴Gordon's History N. J., Smith's History N. J., N. J. A., Barber and Howe's Historical

Collections, New Jersey.

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Richard Smith,

Dan. Wills,

Thomas Olive,

John Butcher,

Mahlon Stacy,

Eleazer Fenton,

Dan. Smith,

Sam. Lovett,

Thomas Stokes,

Robert Stacy,

Tho. Eves,

Sam. Jennings,

John Gosling,

Tho. Revell,

Wm. Biddle,

Thos. Gardner,

Tho. Budd,

Dan. Leeds.

On the 1st day of July, 1676, a division of the province 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, through the country, to the utmost branch of the Delaware River, and called it "East New Jersey." The rest of it, along the Delaware, fell to Penn and his associates, under the title "West New Jersey," and was to be divided into one hundred parts. Fenwick had already located his tenth in the southern part of West New Jersey. Purchasers were numerous, and in a short time two companies‑‑the first made up of some Friends in Yorkshire and the other of some Friends in London‑‑contracted for shares and received their patents. In 1677 the proprietors sent commissioners to purchase the land from the Indians, to inspect the titles of claimants and to lay off the lands. The commissioners¹ representing the Yorkshire proprietors were Robert Stacy, Joseph Helmsley and William Emley. Representing the London proprietors were Thomas Olive, Daniel Wills, John Penford, Benjamin Scott, John Kinsley, Richard Guy and Thomas Foulke. These commissioners, with the exception of Richard Guy, who was already in New Jersey, formed a part of the passenger list on the ship Kent, which sailed for New Jersey in 1677, as has been stated. After their landing at what was afterwards called Burlington, the commissioners negotiated three purchases from the Indians, viz., (1) from Timber Lake to Rankokas Creek, (2) from Oldman's Creek to Timber Creek, (3) from Rankokas Creek to Assunpink. From this territory so purchased the Yorkshire commissioners chose from the Falls of the Delaware down, which was called the First Tenth. The London commissioners chose at Arwaunus (in and near Gloucester), and called it the Second Tenth. Both sets of men, however, united in settling Burlington, a surveyed street being made the dividing line. With this explanatory matter concerning the general history of New Jersey, we pass to the particular history of John Shinn, Senior, the head of the family in America.

Burlington Records, on file at Trenton, N. J., show "John Sheen and Clement Sheen" in a list of freeholders for Burlington in the year 1680. They also show "John Sheen" as grand juror in the same year.

JOHN SHINN,2 SENIOR.

On September 18th, 1680, John Shinn, Senior, bought of William Emley, one of the commissioners, 1‑15 of one of the one hundred shares of West Jersey. This is evidenced (1) by a deed, dated July 17, 1697, wherein John Shinn, of Springfield Township, Burlington County, wheelwright, conveys to his son, James

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

Smith's History of New Jersey, page 92.

²Salter 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

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Shinn, 120 acres,1 being part of the 1‑15 of the propriety bought of William Emley, September 18,1680; Liber AAA, f. 368, N. J. Deeds; (2) by a deed, dated July 15th, 1711, 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. 368 ??f.

At a meeting of proprietors and freeholders in the First Tenth on the 24th 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 Proprietors and Freeholders, and ye Number of Acres They Possess," we gather that John Shinn had that year in the First Tenth "Undivided 300 acres. Located 100 acres."

The list shows eighty‑nine freeholders. Samuel Barker is the only one that shows 1,000 acres; twelve others show from 450 to 650; eight own 400 acres; the remainder had from 50 to 350.2 John Shinn at that early day stood among the well‑to‑do 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. 7.) 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, 1686, 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 Burlington 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 done by Hon. John Clement, for thirty years a Judge of the Court of Error and Appeal of New Jersey3 this transaction gave John Shinn the right to locate 2,000 acres of land.

Judge Clement contributed an article to the Pennsylvania Magazine of Biography and History,4 from which the following document is extracted:

"On 'th of ye twelfth month 16(8)7.

"The Deputy Governor and Commissioners being then met at ye house of (Henry) Grubb in

Burlington, proposed to Governor Coxe's Agent to join ye

the brother of "John Sheen," and that "George Shinn" was either his brother or son.

We have seen that the Frecken ham Registers record the birth of "Clement Sheen, son

of John Sheen, baptized Nov. 24th, 1593." The age of Clement in 1680 would be

eighty‑seven, which makes it probable that he was the grandfather of John, and the

father of the Clement of the text. When it is remembered that his name appears

nowhere else in Burlington records; that it appears then as a freeholder merely; that

John was then a father of a large family of children, several of whom were of marriageable

age, the deduction is logical that this Clement was about his age; that he

bought lands in England in 1676, but did not go to them; that he actually came to

America when John and his family emigrated; and that he died at Burlington in the

year 1680, or shortly afterwards. This makes the pedigree of John Shinn of Burlington,

N. J., root back to Francis Sheene of Freckenham Parish, England, born 1520.

The spelling of the name "Sheen" connects the family with the English. In England

and New Jersey the spelling crystallized into its present form about 1700. Since

that time it has been uniformly spelled "Shinn" in England and America.

¹The land conveyed was bounded W. by John Day; E. by John Butcher; S. by a

branch of Birch Creek; N. by John Shinn. N. J. A., Vol. XXI, p. 506. A survey of

land on Oct. 23, 1680, on Assincunk Creek at Mattacopenny describes the land as

adjoining John Shinn. Revel's Book of Assincunk describes it as adjoining Samuel

Jennings and John Shinn, Ibid. Also N. J. A., Vol. XXI. p. 347. This enhances the

probability of John Shinn being in New Jersey prior to the year 1680.

²Penn. Mag. B??og. and History, Vol. 15, p. 346.

³Surveyors' Association. West New Jersey, p. 123 (1880).

⁴P. M. B. and H., Vol. 7, p. 335.

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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 known" concerning the legality of the measure and their agreement thereto.

On the 13th of ye 12th month, 1687, 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 accommodate the Governor and the families from England who had given information of an intention to remove to this province, and the expectation of a great advantage accrning to the province by reason of "peopling the same,"1 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,

Thomas Gardner,

John Dayes,

William Royden,

William Cooper,

Thomas Farnsworth,

William Bates,

John Reading,

Joshua Humphries,

John Hugg,

Bernard Devonish,

John Pancoast,

Elias Ffar,

James Atkinson,

Percival Toole,

John Kay,

William Albertson,

Nathaniel Cripps,

Thomas Barton,

John Shinn,

Isaac Marriot,

Thomas Sharp,

Freedom Lippencott,

William Beard,

Thomas Thackara,

Thomas Matthews,

Anthony Elton.

On December 14, 1687, John Shinn, of Springfield Lodge, deeded John Crosby, of the same place, millwright, husband of Mary, daughter of said Shinn, one‑half of a three‑hundred‑acre lot on Birch Creek. (W. J. R., Liber B, Pt. 1, pp. 167‑443.) This deed fixes the name of one daughter.

On April 10, 1693, John Shinn deeded to his son‑in‑law, Thomas Atkinson, and his daughter, Sarah, one hundred and ninety‑five acres of land. (W. J. Rec., Liber B, Pt. 2, p. 582.)

On May 25, 1687, John Shinn, Sr., and twenty‑three others, proprietors of several undivided shares of land in West Jersey, conveyed to Thomas Budd 15,000 acres, to be bought from the Indians; grantee to pay the debts of the province according to act of General Assembly for 1687. (W. J. R., Liber B, ff. 150‑231.)

On August 8th, 1686, John Skein, of Peachfield, N. J., sold John Shinn, Sr., 100 acres in the First or Yorkshire Tenth to be located. (W. J. R., Liber B, f. 196.)

On February 12, 1688‑9, John Shinn and other proprietors consent to the agreement made by Dr. Daniel Coxe with East Jersey concerning the partition line. (W. J. R., Liber B. f. 233.)

¹The proprietors had issued a long advertisement for distribution in England and

Europe, which "after dwelling on the salubrity of 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.

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On July 17, 1697, John Shinn, wheelwright, deeded to his son, James Shinn, 120 acres on Birch Creek. (W. J. R., Liber B, f. 619.) In 1707 John Shinn, with divers others of the proprietors and purchasers of West Jersey, sent a remonstrance to Edward Viscount Cornbury, Captain‑General and Governor‑in‑Chief of New York and New Jersey, and asked for the removal of certain prohibitions, in words as follows:

PETITION FROM PROPRIETORS AND PURCHASERS OF WEST JERSEY TO LORD CORNBURY.

(From original in Alexander West Jersey Papers, p. 149.)

To Edward Viscount Cornbury Captain Generale and Governour in Chief in and

Over the Province of New Jersey, New York and All the Territories and

Tracts of Land Depending Thereon in America and Vice Admirall of the

Same, &c.:

THE HUMBLE PETITION of divers of the proprietors and purchasers of the western division of New Jersey in all humility sheweth.‑‑

That whereas we are fully Informed that the Councill of Proprietors for the western division have received a Prohibition from the Lord Cornbury in Councill held at Amboy the fourteenth day of November Anno Dom: 1706 for granting any warrants for laying out lands &c by reason whereof no warrants 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 have also bought the same of the Indians for a very valuable consideration.

WHEREFORE we humbly pray that such prohibition and Impediments may be removed and we evidencing our rights to such person or persons as the Proprietors have appointed to Inspect the same may be admitted thereto and we shall as in duty bound forever pray.

Thomas Brian,

Willm. Stevenson,

Daniel Wills,

John Gosling,

John Sharpe,

Richard Haines,

William Heulings,

Henry Ballinger,

Henry Burr,

Samuel Lippincott, Junr.

Richard Fenimore.

Will Petty, Jr.

Edward Elkton,

Joshua Humphries,

Thomas Eves,

Thomas Stoker,

John Haines,

Williams Evens,

Benjamin Moore,

Steven Wilson,

John Horten,

Thomas Wilkins,

William Horton.

John Jones (his mark),

John Stokes,

John Woolman,

John Clarke,

Joseph Kirkbride,

Wm. Biles,

John Swift,

Roger Parke,

Samll. Ferris,

Nath. Pope,

John Day (his mark),

John Abbat,

Matthew Watson,

John Shinn,

Thomas Peacher,

Nathan Allen,

Edward Rockhill,

John Bacon.

(N. J. Archives, Vol. III, p. 164.)

On July 15, 1711, John Shinn, of Springfield, wheelwright, deeds John Shinn, Jr., one‑seventh of a share of a propriety. (W. J. R., Liber AAA, f. 368.) In the will of John Shinn, Sr., hereafter to be noted, this John, Jr., is identified as a son of John, Sr. On February 2, 1699‑1700, Robert Dimsdale,1 of Bishops

¹This man and John Shinn were from the same county in England and by a

singular coincidence were confined together in the same jail at Hertfordshire. After

John Shinn had located in New Jersey Dimsdale removed thither and purchased a

large tract of land on what was afterwards called Dimsdale Run, a small stream that

flows into the Rancocas at Lumbertown. He was twice married, once in England, and

again in New Jersey to Sarah, the daughter of Francis and Mary Collins. He died in

England in 1718 and was buried in the church at Theydon Garnon, in Essex. Through

his descendants by the first wife the name became illustrious. His great‑grandson

was created Baron of the Russian Empire in 1769.

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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 their 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 children, especially the 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 Shinn, 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.

Burlington County at this period (1680‑1712) embraced not only its present area, but a large part of Hunterdon County and Nottingham Township, in Mercer County. It is a difficult matter to trace the boundaries of the townships of the county as they existed then, but it is certain that they were larger than they are at present. Springfield Township, in which the greater part of John Shinn's possessions were located, was settled before 1680, and within three years of the settlement at Burlington. The land along the Assincunk was very fertile, and abounded from the very first in superior meadows.¹ The region abounds in marl and the farms 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 these were Samuel Jennings, Eleazer Fenton, Thomas Budd, Robert Stacy and John Butcher. Having traced his land transactions historically, with their accompanying evidences of prosperity, good judgment and thrift, let us turn our attention to his standing and connection with the church.2 John Shinn was a member of Burlington Monthly Meeting of Friends. As 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 probability that he was a Friend in England, and brought 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, 1684,3 the minutes show that the meeting engaged to "pay the under money lent out of the first money received to buy boards for the meeting house." John Shinn subscribed and paid 5 shillings.

¹Barber and Howe's Historical Collection of New Jersey, p. 120.

²In Vol. XX?? N. J. A., as a note to Thomas Shinn is appended a long and well

written article concerning the land transactions of John Shinn. It was written after

the one presented in this chapter and by a different hand.

³Wherever dates are adduced they refer to Minutes of Burlington M. M. Meeting

unless otherwise explained.

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The accompanying cut shows the old structure after it was finished, and which continued in use until 1787.

On the 5th of the 2d month, 1686 (April 6), John Shinn, Jr., and Ellen Stacy proposed, in open meeting, their intention to marry. On the 5th of the 3d month they appeared the second time, when they were left at liberty to proceed1 On the 4th of the 8th month, 1686, and again on the 8th of the 9th month, John Crosby and Mary Shinn, daughter of John Shinn, appeared before the meeting and announced their intention to marry. On the 2d of the 11th month, 1687, John Shinn, Sr., and nine others were appointed on a committee "to visit a meeting in Pennsylvania, exhibit a complaint against a member of that meeting, and endeavor to bring about a reconciliation."

On the 6th of the 12th month, 1687, and again on the 5th of the 1st month, 1687‑8, "Thomas Shinn, son of John Shinn, and Sarah Shawthorne proposed their intentions of marriage." On the 6th of the 12th month, 1687, John Shinn and John Day were appointed to notify Daniel Leeds to bring in his paper to the Burlington Meeting before sending it to Philadelphia. Daniel Leeds had issued an almanac, which was the first publication ever made in New Jersey or Pennsylvania. Its title page ran thus: "An Almanac for the year of the Christian Account, 1687, particularly respecting the meridian and latitude of Burlington, but may indifferently serve for all places adjacent. By Daniel Leeds, Student in Agriculture. Printed and sold by William Bradford near Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, Pro Anno, 1687." This publication gave offense to the Friends on account of some of its "superfluities," and he was forced to make amends. The following paper shows the hold which the church had gained over the intellect of the man:

¹ The rules of the Friends required the young people who proposed marriage to

appear publicly in meeting and make the announcement. The meeting then appointed

a committee to see whether the contracting parties were free from all engagements,

and that the parents consented. After one month the parties reappeared and made

a second announcement, when, if the committee reported them "clear," they were

permitted to consummate their intentions. This was generally done within a few

days at the house of the father of the bride, and with a ceremony which will be more

fally set out hereafter. To be married by a minister or by a civil officer was cause

for "disownment," or excommunication.

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"To ye Men's Monthly Meeting at Burlington.

Dear Friends: Wheras, I do understand yt something in my Almanac hath given offonse 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 judgement of some proceedings of 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 modern Shinns finds himself wishing for "the good old times," let him read this inquisition of 1687. Daniel Leeds may have printed the signs of the zodiac; he may have called the planets after the fashion of the learned by names which commemorate heathen gods: he may have advertised patent medicines, for proprietary remedies were even at that day a source of revenue 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 enterprise; was forcing thought into the sphere of routine, and did not deserve the censure he received. Thomas I. Wharton, of Philadelphia, has called him "The first author in Pennsylvania or New Jersey in order of time," and all first authors have to stem tides of great opposition. The Quaker opposition in 1687 seemed to appall him, and to bring him closer to the peculiar style of the society. But continued opposition drove both Leeds and Bradford to New York, where Leeds issued a virulent manifesto against Quakerism.

As to the position of John Shinn in the matter, there is no recorded testimony. He executed the duty put upon him by the Society of Friends, and doubtless looked upon Leeds as a refractory member. The families of John Shinn and Daniel Leeds were intimate, and John Shinn, Jr., and Leeds married sisters, the daughters of Robert Stacy. This unfortunate occurrence drove a good man out of the church and a budding printing enterprise out of the colony.

On the 5th of the 9th 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 couple proposing marriage, and also to investigate an instrument of writing by which a part of a widow's estate was conferred upon her children. At the next meeting he was appointed to investigate a scandal, upon which he made report at the next meeting that he "found nothing of validity." On the 4th of the 12th month, 1688, he was again sent to Quarterly Meeting, and on the 2d of the 10th month, 1689, was appointed, with another Friend, to speak to a member "concerning his marriage contrary to the mind of Friends, both to the respect of the untimeliness of it, and also, to the order and manner of it." In December, 1690, the meeting considered the loss of James Silver by fire, and resolved to relieve him by subscriptions from several Preparative Meetings of the neighborhood. John Shinn, of Birch Creek, was requested "to promote the said subscriptions at their monthly meeting and to the respective meetings thereto belonging." Although Burlington Monthly Meeting was the earliest, it was not the only meeting of Friends in Burlington County. For convenience preparative meetings were held in many parts of the county.¹ One of these meetings was held at John Shinn's house, Springfield Lodge, Springfield Township, 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 give an account

¹"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.

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of it to her husband's brother in England." When one at the present day reads the Concessions and Agreements he is somewhat bewildered with its scope and method of treatment. The strength and vigor of John Shinn's mind may be inferred logically from his appointment upon this committee; and these minutes, kept in the woods of New Jersey by the Friends, show a plan of government and a system of execution of governmental affairs that would do credit to any modern community.

On the 5th of the 4th month, 1691, and again on the 6th of the 5th month, George Shinn and Mary Thompson announced their intentions of marriage. At the November meeting, 1691, the books printed by William Bradford, the pioneer printer of New York and New Jersey, upon the order of the yearly meeting, were received, and six of them delivered to John Shinn, with instructions to bring their value to the next meeting. In February, 1691, 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 Friends in the city of Burlington; (1) A lender of the under money; (2) A contributor to its payment; (3) A committee to receive and inspect it at its completion. Many 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 private life, who seemed to be ubiquitous when a man of judgment was needed, and invisible when the flim‑flam of trumpets was sounded and glory awarded.

In 1692 he was continued on a committee to settle for the building, and also on another committee to investigate charges against a Friend.

In the 6th of the 1st month, 1692‑3 (March 6, 1693), and on the 7th of the 6th month, 1693, Thomas Shinn and Mary Stockton announced their intentions of marriage. Mary Stockton was the daughter of Richard Stockton,1 the founder of the Stockton house in New Jersey, and one of the wealthy men of the province. He was a slaveholder, as was Thomas Shinn.

During the same year John Shinn was sent three times to Quarterly Meeting. In 1695 it was determined to build another meeting house at Upper Springfield, in Springfield Township, and John Shinn and another were appointed to take subscriptions therefor. He and another Friend were also "appointed to take care that the order of the Yearly Meeting be looked after." Mr. Richard Cadbury, of Philadelphia, informs me that this was an appointment as "Overseer of Springfield Meeting." This was held at "Springfield Lodge," the house of John Shinn, as these minutes will hereafter disclose. On the 8th of the 12th month, 1695, he was sent again to Quarterly Meeting. In September, 1696, he and another were appointed to inquire about the distress of a Friend who had addressed the meeting by letter; œ5 having been 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 John Shinn, proposed their intentions of marriage, and were "set at liberty to proceed." On the same day a committee was appointed "to give Restore Lippincott and his wife and John Shinn and his wife a visit and speak to them and their son and daughter concerning their marriage, there being an account given to this meeting of their intending to publish their intentions and not take notice of this meeting."

At the next meeting the committee reported "that the young people were willing to come to the meeting, provided they might have the consent of their parents." After consideration "their parents agreed to it." Then James Shinn and Abigail Lippincott declared their intentions the first time, and on May 3, 1697, the second time, and were "left at liberty to

¹A more extended notice of the Stockton family will be given in connection with

the sketch of Thomas Shinn, the founder of the Southern line.

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proceed." On the same day John Shinn 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, 1698, 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 long 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 the yearly meeting paper; Therefore this meeting hath appointed 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 œ5 loaned to a Friend by the meeting. On the 2d of the 11th 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 œ7, 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 month, 1699: "John Shinn and John Day were appointed to see that the builder finish Springfield Meeting House by the next three weeks' meeting, or else get some other workman." This order had its effect, for on the 5th of the 4th month,1699, John Shinn and John Day reported "Springfield Meeting House is done."¹ The minutes then say: "The removing of the Springfield Meeting from John Shinn's to the New Meeting 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; Richard Ridgway, Thomas Olive, Daniel Wills, James Newbold and others of the infant colony to worship the Lord. Here had been solemnized many of the early marriages, prominent among which was that of Matthew 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 England 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 presence 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 integrity 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 chosen 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 Willingboro, 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 1711, John Shinn was retained as overseer, and at every meeting was appointed upon some committee connected with the affairs of the church. His wife, Jane, seems to have been a godly woman,

¹Located near Mattacopany Bridge. Now called Copanny.

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

On the 7th of the 2d month (April), 1712, John Day, the co‑worker with John Shinn for twenty years, arose in Springfield Meeting and announced the death of John Shinn, and asked that another Friend be chosen to act as overseer.

The will of John Shinn was dated "14th of the 11th month, 1711 (Jan., 1712), and was probated 30th of 12th month, 1711 (Feb., 1712). (Wills of New Jersey, Liber 1, p. 337.)

The exact date of his death is not recorded, but it must have occurred between the dates aforesaid. The following is a copy of his will and of the inventory of his personal estate:

LAST WILL OF JOHN SHINN.

"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 Springfield and county of Burlington In the province of West New Jersey (being sick and weak of body) but of sound disposing minde and memory praised be God doe make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in Writting in manner and forme following(???)first and principally of all I Give and Recommend my Soul and Spirit into the hands of Almighty God that gave and my body to the Earth to be buried In a Christian like & decent manner att the discretion of my Executors hereafter named And as touching the disposition of all such temporal Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow up mee I give and dispose 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 good silver Money att nine Sbillings and two pense pr ounce upon these Conditions as followeth that is to say that the Sayed Thomas Atkeson Shall give good lawfull and Sufficient Security unto Richard Fenimore and Mary his Wife and there Heirs &c. forever of and from all manner of Charges burthens or Incombers whatsoever In Relation toward the Caire and Mentainance both for victals and Clothes and al other necessaryes for my grand child Mary Crosby being an Idiott and not capeble to take care of herself so long as she shall live which sd sort of an Agreement I made with my daughter Mary before she was Married for me to take the sayed Care of sayed Idiott Child in order thereunto I had my Daughter Mary's plantation Conveyed to mee for Sixty five pounds and Twenty five pounds more I Received in Money and bills for goods sould a?? a Vandue of my Daughter which made up the Sum of ninty pounds and ten pound more I gave out of my one Estate for to make up the sum of one hundred pounds as afore sayed. All the Rest of my Estate both Reale and personall I give to Jane my Dear and well beloved Wife duering her natural life and no longer and after her decease I give and bequeath as followeth Item I give to my Son John Shinn twenty pounds which he hath in his hand already upon bond to pay interest Item I give to my son James Shinn twenty pounds in Moneys which he hath in his hands already upon bond Item I give to my Son in law Joshua Owein and Martha his Wife twenty pound Item I give to my Son in law Thomas Atkeson and Sarah his Wife twenty pounds as al the littel House that I have built upon his land as also one bedd and al the furniture belonging to itt that is to bee under Shed as aforesayed after the decease of My Wife I give to my Son in law Richard Fenimore and Mary his Wife two shillings in moneys my sayed Daughter Mary being before this time advanced by mee Item I give to my grandson Thomas Shinn my boulting Mills and fifty pounds in Moneys and all the Rest and Remainder of my Estate both Reale and Personall that In left after the decease of my Wife She haveing a good Comfortable liveing out of the Same Wil??est She liveth and al our debt and funerall Charges is defrayed I give unto my two Sons John Shinn and James Shinn Equally to be divided between them and also to nominate and appoint my two sons John and James Shinn as aforeanyed to be my onely and Sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament Ratifying this and onely this to be my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal ye day and year above sayed.

"JOHN SHINN L. S."

INVENTORY OF JOHN SHINN'S ESTATE.

A True Inventory of the goods Chattels and Personall Estate of John Shinn of ye

Township of Springfield and County of Burlington and Province of West New

Jersey yeoman viewed taken and apraised this thirteenth day of the twelfth month

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

Vis(???) 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 & furniture 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 doe sollemnly 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 inventory of all and singuler the Goods Chattles and Credits of John Shinn deceased soe far as came to my view possession or knowledge or to the view possession or knowledge of any other person for my use.

JOHN SHINN

Burlington 20th feb 1711

Every writer of early Jersey affairs credits the erection of the first bolting mill in Burlington County to Thomas Olive.¹ However that may be, it is certain, from the provisions of the foregoing will, that John Shinn was the owner of a bolting mill at the date of his death, 1711, and that he bequeathed it to his grandson, Thomas Shinn. When this mill was erected it is not known, but it was in existence in1711, and was probably erected about the beginning of the century. John Shinn is frequently described in legal documents as a wheelwright, his sonin‑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 New Jersey").

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

1Thomas Olive established a water mill on Rancocas Creek in 1680. Mahlon

Stacy about 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 Shinn 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 Atkinson, 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 memory, which at times seems but the filmy fabric of a passing dream.

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Atkinson, father and son, afterwards held an interest. Hon. Thomas B. Jobes, of New Egypt, N. J., before his death, wrote these words: "I think it certain that John Shinn, Sr., with others, erected the dam on the North Branch of the Rancocas at Bridgton, N. J. (Mt. Holly). A sawmill for lumber was necessary as soon as sawed lumber was used instead of logs. The 'boulting flour' mill at Bridgton receives water through a flume which again discharges itself into the main tideway of the stream. My opinion is that John Shinn, Sr., 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 the Shinns of early times were millers is beyond all question. The Evesham Shinns 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 Joshua Southwick and Edward Gaskill, who built a dam across the creek and erected a grist or corn mill there. He (Edward Gaskill) sold two‑eighths to Ebenezer Laige in 1737, who added a bolting 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 certainly earlier. Judge Jobe's hypothesis 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 assume, several men united their capital to accomplish the end. In the division John Shinn took the boulting mill as his share."

We may never be able to arrive at the exact truth, but 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 America connects himself with the earliest manufacturing interest of New Jersey, by which we are enabled to see him as many‑sided in the constituent elements, industry, thought and enterprise.

Such was the life of John Shinn, the progenitor of nearly every Shinn in the United States. An Englishman born; reared within the fold of the Established Church; a follower of George Fox from choice; persecuted and imprisoned in Hertfordshire; an emigrant with a large family from the home of his birth; one of the first settlers of Nova C‘sarea in America; a freeholder and a proprietor; a man of affairs, chiefly within the Society of Friends; a man of thrift; a man of probity and honor, a man trusted and esteemed by all who knew him, a prince of peacemakers. There is no reason for a pride in ancestry unless that ancestry be worthy of all commendation, and the descendants have the virtues of the ancestry. John Shinn exemplified to the highest degree the remark of Rev. Sydney Smith:

"Quakers, it must be allowed, are a very charitable and humane people. They are always ready with their money, and, what is of far more importance, with their time and attention for every variety of human misfortune."

John Shinn did his part. He left the family name untarnished and gave his family place among the best of his time. He died a worker, with his armor girded about him. Have his descendants improved the talent he left them? Have they equaled 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 speake from the tomb and charges us to imitate and surpass before we claim the glory of the line.

1. Francis Sheene of Freckenham Parish, England, 1520‑1525.

2. Clement Sheene. b. 1593; m. Grace (???).

3. John Shinn. b. 1632; m. Jane (???).

Descendants of John and Jane Shinn.

2. (1) John Shinn, Jr., b. in England; married (1) Ellen Stacy 3/3/1686. B. M.

M. R.; married (2) Mary (???) 7/1/1707. B. M. M. R.

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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. (9) 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. JOHN SHINN, JR. (2).‑‑JOHN (1).

John. Born in England. Designated in records John, Jr. He appears upon the Records of West Jersey for the first time on the 6th day of the 10th month (December 6), 1683, when he and his father, John Shinn, Senior, signed the marriage record of John Woolston and Letitia Newbold as witnesses. Said ceremony was performed by Elias Pharo Justice. (Burlington Records, 1683.) Then, on May 13th,1685, John Renshawe, of Burlington, deeded John Shinn, Jr., of Birch Creek, Burlington County, for œ17, 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 marriage. 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 month (May 3, 1686), 1686. Upon their first appearance a committee 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 impediment 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 clearness 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 canonical 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 thought 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 sufficient 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 Marriages, Births and Deaths of Burlington Monthly Meeting of Friends:

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

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Shinn, Jr., of Birch Creek, Husbandman, and Elin Stacy, daughter of Robert Stacy of Burlington, both inhabiting the Province aforesaid, Inquiry having been made for removing obstructions, and also ye consent of parents being had, ye meeting permitted their joyning together 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 John Shinn did take and declare ye said Elin Stacy to be his wife, and ye said Elin Staey did take and declare ye said John Shinn to be her husband according to ye example of ye Holy Men of God recorded in the Scriptures of Truth. Each of them consenting or proposing to be loving, faithful and true in ye capacity as husband and wife during the term of their natural lives together. In witness whereof the parties themselves have first of 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., Robert Stacy, Jane Shinn, Thomas Shinn, George Shinn, John Stacy, Elizabeth Stacy, Mary Shinn, and twelve others.

This young lady, Ellen Stacy, was the daughter of Robert Stacy, one of the principal men of the colony. The family in England 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 New Jersey, and his signature appears on "The Concessions and Agreements;" he was also one of the First Commissioners sent over to the young colony by the proprietors. In New York Colonial Documents, Vol. XXI, page 635, he is set down as one of the first magistrates of West New Jersey, his commission being dated August, 1677. In the Pennsylvania Colonial Records, Vol. I, page 75, he appears as a mediator between the Province of Pennsylvania and East Jersey. The New York Colonial Documents, Vol. XII, page 614, show that on November 14, 1678, he leased Matiniconck Island from Sir Edmund Andros, Governor of New York. Soon after this he took up lands along Assincunk Creek, and in 1680 was the owner of one‑sixth of a propriety. In point of wealth and grasp of affairs, few men stood higher than he, and no one in West Jersey had a greater influence. He removed to Philadelphia in 1690, where he and his son, John, began the manufacture of leather. His will, dated 2/2/1699, was admitted to probate October 18, 1701. (Phila. Wills, page 147.) There is no record of the children of this marriage, and we are left to the recitals of wills and deeds to ascertain their names, but are without any material whatever to predicate an opinion as to the order or dates of their birth. The will of the father‑in‑law. Robert Stacy, gives a legacy to "Ellen and her son," but does not name him.

We shall now take up the land transactions of John Shinn, Jr., not so much to show his position as a landholder as to construct an authoritative line of descent. There is doubtless in some old book in some forgotten heap of rubbish an accurate family record of John and Ellen (Stacy.) Shinn, but as I cannot find it, I am driven to the next best thing to construct one from materials that are as authentic as a record, but not so orderly nor so comprehensive.

As early as 1685 John Shinn, Jr., had begun to acquire land, as is evidenced by the following conveyances, recorded in the records of Burlington County. We have already noted that on May 13, 1685, John Renshawe, of Burlington, conveyed two hundred acres, to be surveyed in the First Tenth, to John Shinn, Jr., of Birch Creek. (Liber BB, f. 87.) On January 6, 1706‑7, John and Mary Crosby conveyed to John Shinn, Jr., brother of said Mary, five hundred and fifty‑five acres, the land that had been given them by John Shinn, Sr. (Liber BBB, f. 215.) On May 17, 1716, Joseph mbler, of Philadelphia, sold John Shinn one hundred acres. (Ibid., f. 298.) On August 27, 1718, John Shinn conveved to John Ogbourne thirty acres. (Ibid., f. 348.) On January 11, 1713‑4, he sold braham Bickley, of Philadelphia, one hundred acres in Springfield Township. (Ibid., f.

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414.) On June 30, 1722, he sold a meadow in Springfield Township to Thomas Budd, of Northampton. (Liber BB, f. 379.)

Hon. John 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, N. J.) On June 1, 1726, John Shinn, of Springfield Township, conveyed six hundred and eighteen acres on a branch of Raritan River, in Hunterdon County, to Widow Sarah Dimsdale. (Liber D, f. 189.) On May 11, 1726, John Shinn sold to his sons, William and Clement, several tracts of land. On October 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 Shinn 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 junior passed to another John, the on of the first John, Jr., as is evidenced by the following will:

WILL OF JOHN SHINN, JR.

I John Shinn Junr. of Springfield In ye County of Burlington & Western Division of ye Province of New Jersey Yeman being very sick 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 that it is appointed for all men once to Dy Do make 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 and 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 obovesaid 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 be holden & 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 Personall 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 unto my Brother Clement Shinn & Robert Ruckel whom I Likewise make, ordaine & Constitute my whole & sole Executers of this my Last Will & Testament 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 Rattif??e & Confirm this & no other to be My Last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Eighth Day of February Anno ye Dominey one Thousand seven hundred & twenty seven Eight 1727‑8.

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 Jersey John Shinn Abraham 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

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of Almighty God and John Shinn and Abraham Marriott being of 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 Testament and at the doing thereof the Testator was of sound mind, memory and understanding 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 Executor1 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 believes.

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‑‑&c‑‑

Affirmed Before me‑‑ Sam'l Bustill D Surr & Regr.

On January 29, 1736‑7, John Shinn, the father, executed his will, in which he names his wife, Mary; sons, Jacob and Caleb; grandson, 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, No. 4, p. 91.)

From these authentic records it is an easy task to construct the following table as the children of John 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 1736‑7, names Mary as wife, 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 we have been designating John, who married Ellen Stacy, as John, Jr., we shall adhere to this fashion to avoid confusion; but it should be remembered that this title left him in 1711, upon the death of his father, and passed to his son, who died in 1727‑8, and then passed to John, son of George, grandson of John, Jr., and great‑grandson of the immigrant.

John Shinn, Jr., was not as consistent in his religious affairs as was his father, but the records disclose some activity in that direction; enough, at least, to enable us to clear away some of the perplexing 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, Jr., was made possible by the elaborate record which the Quakers at Burlington made upon the occasion of his marriage. The great worth of the father seemed to overshadow the son, and for many years we find him in the background of the picture, with his father as a central figure.

In 1697 he was appointed on the ubiquitous committee that adorns every church to raise money. In 1701 he and his father sign a "testimony" against some pretended "Friends."

In 1706 and again in 1707 he had gained sufficient prominence to be sent to Quarterly Meeting. On the first day of the seventh month, 1707, the church appointed two Friends to speak to John Shinn, Jr., to let him know that meeting expects that he should clear truth and Friends from the reproach he had brought upon them by his disorderly doings. He appeared before the meeting, 10th of the 9th month, 1707, and promised to attend to the matter at the next meeting. On the 1st day of the 10th month, 1707, he brought in a paper condemning his action,

¹This shows that Clement Shinn died within a few weeks of 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 Peace. 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 that Ellen was dead, and from the will of John we know that her Christian name was Mary. Mary what? Not 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 by the first marriage. This son was, in all probability, George. He married Elizabeth Lippincott, 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 November, 1716, as appears from the Burlington records of that date. John Shinn, Jr., of 1727‑8, names Elizabeth, Mary, William and Clement as brothers and sisters, but does not mention George, Joshua, Caleb or Jacob. These were certainly alive at the date of the will, and the omission of all reference to them furnishes ground for the inference that Joshua, Caleb and Jacob were but half‑brothers. But why he should not mention George cannot be explained on this hypothesis. George lived then in Gloucester County, and, being the eldest son, was passed by his brother. It may be safely assumed that the children of John Shinn, Jr., and Ellen Stacy were George, Mary, Elizabeth, William, Clement and John. They (John Shinn and Ellen Stacy) were married in 1686, and she died before 1707, when John married the second time.

The children of the second marriage were certainly Caleb and Jacob, and very probably Joshua. There was one daughter by this marriage, whose Christian name was 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 case the full blood brother relationship of William, Clement and John is established. George died in April, 1732, as is shown by his will probated in Gloucester County on April 14th of that year. Wills No. 3, p. 98. 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 1736‑7, 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 genealogy will be easier to ascertain.

Children of John Shinn, Junior.

11. (1) George married Elizabeth. Daughter of Restore and Hannah Lippincott 2^nd day 4^th 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.

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15. (5.) William, married (1) Martha, daughter of Joshua and Jane (Budd) Shreeve, 2^nd day, 11th month, 1728. (Chesterfield Monthly Meeting Record.) William married (2) Exorcise Corliss; 1739.

16. (6.) Joshua.

17. (7.) Jane, married Jonathan Gaskill 5/4/1732 (B. M. M. R.).

18. (8.) Caleb, married Mehitabel Curtis, 1739.

19. (9.) Jacob, b. 5/13/1715; married Hannah Lippincott (relict of Freedom Lippincott), nee

Rakestraw‑‑12th month, 1745‑6. (Burlington and Haddonfield M. M. Records.)

20. (10.) Sarah, married Thomas Atkinson, son of Thomas and Sarah (Shinn) Atkinson 6/12/1739. (B. 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, Essex and Hunterdon, under an Ordinance passed by the Convention of New Jersey, 7/18/1776.

6. THOMAS SHINN (2).‑‑JOHN (1).

Thomas Shinn was born in England in Hertford County, in all probability, but the date of his birth cannot be asserted authoritatively. His first appearance in authentic history was in the little octagonal church of the Friends in Burlington, when, in company with a young woman of that town, he appeared and declared his intention to marry her. This was on the 6th day of the 12th month, 1687, (Feb. 6, 1688). Burlington Monthly Meeting Records contain this further entry; "5th of 1st month,1687‑8 (March 5, 1688), Thomas Shinn and Sarah Shawthorne came before the meeting the second time and declared their intentions 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 is all 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 this marriage by Thomas, who himself died within seven years, leaving a will. Certain it is that Thomas Shinn and Mary Stockton appeared before the Burlington Meeting on the 2nd of the 7th month, 1692, and again on the 6th of the 1st month, 1692‑3, and announced their intention of marriage and were set at liberty to proceed. That this was the same Thomas that married Sarah Shawthorn is evidenced by the will of Thomas, which refers to Mary Stockton as "my now wife." That Sarah had died is inferred from the fact that the church which had given its consent to the first marriage consented to the second. Of Mary Stockton there is much more to be said than of Sarah Shawthorn. She was the daughter of Richard Stockton, who was a descendant of a noted family of that name in Durham on Tees, England. Her father was the first of the family to immigrate to America and settled in Flushing, L. I., where he bought two thousand acres of land March 10, 1692. Soon after this he purchased several thousand acres in Springfield Township, Burlington County, N. J., and removed thereto. He was a prominent man, of great wealth and influence. He died in 1707, leaving children, Richard, John, Job, Abigail, Sarah, Mary, Hannah and Elizabeth. N. J. A., Vol. X, p. 427. From Richard, the brother of Mary, who became very wealthy, was descended six sons, Richard, Samuel, Joseph, Robert, John and Thomas. John inherited the ancestral home "Morven" at Princeton, and became a warm friend of Princeton College. From this John was descended the famous jurist, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, Richard Stockton.

Thomas lived scarcely two years after this marriage. His will is dated November 4th, 1694, and was proven by John Shinn, Sr., on Dec. 15, 1694. The following is a copy of his will. It shows one child, Thomas, already born, and a posthumous child, which, we shall see, was called Samuel. It also shows that he had four brothers, and corroborates our tabulation of the male children of John Shinn, Sr. It also shows him to have been a freeholder and a slaveholder‑‑one of the earliest slaveholders‑‑if not the very earliest in New Jersey.

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WILL OF THOMAS SHINN, SON OF JOHN SHINN.

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN.

I, Thomas Shinn of Springfield in the County of Burlington make this my last Will in Manner and 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 containing 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 Meadow that remains of my plantation.

Fourthly the other half of my plantation I give and bequeath unto my now wife Mary Shinn with all my building and orchading 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 I would 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 unborn should dye before it is of age I would have its share fall unto my son Thomas. If both my children should dye before they be of age I would have that which I have given to them to 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 unto my fower brothers, but if my now wife should live to marrie again that then that shaire of land and meadows I giver her to be at her disposing as she pleases forever.

Also I appoint Francis Deavenport, and John Wilston to be my trustees to see this my will to be performed according to my desire: This is my will and pleasure this fourth day of ye Eighth Month commonly called November Anno 1694.

Thomas Shinn (L. S.)

Signed, Sealed in ye presence of us(???):

Isaac Horner,

Matthew Champion,

John Shinn, Sr.

December 15th, 1694.

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 & declaring 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 John Shinn subscribe their names as evidences thereto;1

In presence of us Edward Hunloke

Thos. Revell John Tabham Justices

Serey & Reg'r. Thos. Revell

On page 612, Liber B. New Jersey Deeds, 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 Silas Crispin of Pennsylvania, and before doing so arranged for the property which had descended to her from her husband to be held in trust and managed for the use and benefit of her sons, Thomas and Samuel Shinn. The trustees, as recited in the deed, were Richard Stockton, Jr., brother of said Mary, and John Shinn, Jr., brother‑in‑law of said Mary, 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 Crispin to whom Mary Shinn was married in 1697 at Burlington, N. J., was the second son of Rear Admiral William Crispin of the English Navy by his wife Annie, daughter of William Jasper, an English merchant of Amsterdam, and Sister of Margaret, wife of Admiral Sir William Penn, and mother of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania. N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Rec., Vol. 29,p. 137; also p. 201.

By this marriage the following children were descended:

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

¹The Inventory of the Personal Estate was œ273‑9‑16.

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2. Benjamin, b. 1699; m., 6/21/1722, Margaret Owen, daughter of Joshua and Martha (Shinn) Owen.

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

4. Silas, Jr., b. March 19, 1702; m., Nov. 9, 1724, Mary Wetherell.

5. Mary, b. March 12, 1705; m., Nov. 6, 1727, Thomas Earl Wetherell.

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

Silas Crispin died May 31, 1711, and Mary then married Richard Ridgway, Jr., by whom there were no children. This last marriage was celebrated in the new Springfield Meeting House in presence of Richard, Abigail and Job Ridgway, 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 Monthly Meeting the following entries occur:

Thomas, son of Thomas and Mary Shinn, born 6th day 11 month, 1693.

Samuel, son of Thomas and Mary Shinn, born the 15th day 2nd month, 1695.

Thomas Shinn, Sr., lay down his life the day of the 9th month called November, 1694.

The eldest son, Thomas, married Martha Earl and became the head of a distinguished family in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

The younger son, Samuel, married, first, Sarah Schooly; second, Provided Gaskell; third, Abigail Urie. The children by the first two wives became the heads of families in New Jersey, while the father and the third wife removed to North Carolina, and founded the House of Shinn in the Southern States.

Children 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 SHINN (2).‑‑JOHN (1).

James was probably the youngest of the children of John Shinn and was born in England. He lived longer than any of his brothers and sisters and died in 1751 without a will. The same difficulty occurs in collating his children as happened in the collation of those of John, Jr.

There are some things certain, however, and from these authentic entities we shall be enabled to construct a solid foundation. On the very day that his sister Martha, accompanied by Joshua Owen, arose in meeting the second time and declared their intentions of marriage (3rd of the 1st month, 1696‑7, March 3, 1697), the membership was informed by some busy body that James Shinn and Abigail Lippincott had declared their intention to marry without coming before meeting. A committee was appointed at once to speak to John Shinn and his good wife, Jane; Restore Lippincott and his good wife. Hannah; and the obstreperous young people, James Shinn, and his fiance, Abigail Lippincott. This incident caused a great amount of talk throughout the community and led the committee to probe the matter to the bottom. On the 5th of the 2nd month, 1697, the Church was doubtless crowded to hear the result. The committee reported that the young people were determined to marry, but not having their parents' consent they could not pass meeting. Old John Shinn and old Restore Lippincott walked out under a stately beech and began a discussion of the question. Their wives soon joined them. and in a short time peace was restored and parental consent accorded. On the same day James and Abigail declared their intention to marry before the assembled

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multitude and were applauded by the younger element who were in attendance. 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 Restore 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 Nottingham Township (Liber B, 619) and the young people set up for themselves. During the same year he bought other lands of John Butcher (Liber B, 619), and in 1705 was made the sole legatce of the estate of his brother, Francis. (See Francis Shinn.) In 1709 he purchased lands of John Garwood (Liber R, 431), and in May, 1712, his father‑in‑law, Restore Lippincott, conveyed him two hundred and twenty‑three acres in Nottingham Township (Liber D, 97). He afterwards became seized of large bodies of land in New Hanover Township (Liber S, 147) and in Ocean County.

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

Richard settled first at Boston, where he was made a freeholder in 1640. He afterwards moved to Dorchester and thence to England, where in 1653 his son Restore was born. In 1669 he moved from Plymouth, England, to Shrewsbury, N. J. He was the largest shareholder in the company that colonized on Shrewsbury River, and became an active officer of the colony. Restore Lippincott, his son, married Hannah Shattock of Boston in 1674 and removed to Northampton Township, Burlington County, where he became a wealthy and influential man. In 1703 and 1705 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 relations of life, and much respected by the community on account of his regard for truth and justice."

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

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

It now remains for us to gather up the details of evidence concerning the children of James and Abigail (Lippincott) Shinn, and tabulate them as accurately 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. BURLINGTON MONTHLY MEETING RECORDS.

First of 8th month, 1716, John Atkinson and Hannah, daughter of James Shinn, declared their 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 married Mary Budd.

Fourth month, 23rd day, 1720, at house of James Shinn, Michael Atkinson, son of William, and Hope, daughter of James, were married. Witnesses, James

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and Abigail, Joseph and Mary Shinn, John, Joseph, Thomas, Hannah, Sarah Atkinson and thirty

others. They passed meeting 4/6/1720.

Thirteenth of 8th month, 1729, Francis Shinn and Elizabeth Atkinson passed meeting. On Feb. 12, 1728, James Shinn of New Hanover deeded Francis Shinn, his son, the land he bought of Restore Lippincott in 1712. (Liber A. R., p. 97.)

Seventeenth of 3rd month, 1739, a certificate was recorded showing that Solomon Shinn, son of James, and Mary Antrim were married on that date. Witnesses, James and Abigail, Clement, Joseph and Mary (Budd) Shinn, James and Hannah Shinn, Elizabeth Shinn and Caleb Shinn.

Eighth of 10th month, 1739, report was made that James Shinn, Jr., and Hannah Shinn, being first cousins, had lately married. The parents disclaimed knowledge, excepting Elizabeth, the mother of Hannah. Elizabeth was the widow of George Shinn.

Ninth of 9th month, 1741, Clement Shinn of New Hanover, son of James, and Elizabeth (Webb) Shinn sent in a paper condemning their disorderly proceeding in marrying out of meeting.

In this list, by a strange fatality, three brothers and sisters of the name Atkinson, John, Michael and Elizabeth, married three brothers and sisters of the name Shinn, Hannah, Hope and Francis, and still another brother of the Atkinson line married Mary Shinn, but not the daughter of James.

From these facts it is hardly questionable that the children of James and Abigail (Lippincott) Shinn were:

24. (1) Hannah, who married John Atkinson, 9/21/1716.

25. (2) Hope, who married Michael Atkinson, 4/23/1720.¹

26. (3) Francis, b. 8/25/1706; m. Elizabeth Atkinson, 8/13/1729.

27. (4) Joseph, who married Mary Budd, 1726.

28. (5) James, who married Hannah Shinn, 1739.

29. (6) Solomon, who married Mary Antrim, 3/17/1739.

30. (7) Clement, who married Elizabeth Webb, 1740.

From evidence not so convincing as that heretofore adduced, but sufficiently clear to warrant the conclusion, I add the following:

31. (8) Abigail, m. Henry Reeve, 1728.

32. (9) Susannah, m. Bartholomew West, 1727. He lived in Monmouth County, where he reared a large family. Three of his sons were in the Rev. Army.

33. (10) Marcy or Mercy, a witness in 1714‑‑ob sine proli.

James died in 1751 in New Hanover Township² in his own house at a ripe old age. In Will Book No. 7, p. 104, an entry was made on Jan. 14, 1751, appointing Joseph Shinn administrator. James Shinn seems to have had very little to do with church affairs3 and still less with polities. His ambition seemed to be

¹Judge F. B. Jobes of New Egypt informa me that he has seen the marriage certificate

of Hope and Michael. That the ceremony was performed at the house of James;

witnessed by Thomas Scattergood, James Shinn, Solomon Shinn, Restore Lippincott,

Marmaduke Coates, Jonas Cattell, William Budd and a long line of others whose

names he could not recall.

²Just when he moved into New Hanover Township is not known, but it is certain

that he had lived there a long time. In Will Book No. 4, p. 316, Burlington County

Wills, James Shinn of New Hanover (Wrightatown) was made Administrator of

William Cutler, on Nov. 4, 1741. And in Deed Book A. R., p. 97, James Shinn of

New Hanover gave his son Francis a tract of land. From all these facts it appears

that he was born in Springfield Township, lived for many years after his marriage in

Northampton Township, and all the later years in New Hanover.

³But that he was a member of the Friends Society in good standing is attested

by a paper drawn up by Burlington Monthly Meeting on 4/11/1704 during Queen

Anne's War, addressed to all captains and other military officers, atating that the

names on the list which followed had appeared at their last monthly meeting and

declared that they were of the Society of Friends and could not conscientiously bear

arms. On this we find:

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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. Many of them became large land owners in New Jersey, and some of them became very rich. It was from the line of Thomas that the first migration Southward started in 1750, but the line of James furnished the next mass of adventurous spirits, and his hardy grandchildren soon entered Virginia, spread into West Virginia and were among the first into Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Nearly every Shinn in the Southern states finds his ancestor in Samuel, the son of Thomas, the son of John. Four‑fifths of the Shinns in the Northern states from the Atlantic to the Pacific find an ancestor in either Clement or Joseph, sons of James, son of John. And many of the descendants of Clement, James and Joseph remained in the ancestral homes, filling honorable positions and living noble lives. Of all these we shall speak hereafter.

2. GEORGE SHINN (2).‑‑JOHN (1).

Where or when George was born we cannot say with greater certainty than that the event occurred in England prior to 1669. In Old Burlington Meeting House he passed meeting the second time on the 5th of the 6th month, 1691, and shortly afterwards was married to Mary Thompson, daughter of John Thompson, at the house of his father, John Shinn:

John Thompson was a frecholder and a man of public affairs. In the troubled administration of Lord Cornbury as Governor of New Jersey, John Thompson was chosen by Burlington County as one of its Assemblymen, and sat in the famous assembly of 1707. He was one of the proprietors and a signer of the "Concessions," N. J. A., Vol. I, p. 268; member of the General Assembly, 1698, N. J. A., Vol. II, p. 148; also member of the Colonial Council, 1701. Ibid, Vol. II., p. 381.

Mary, his daughter, was soon bereft of her husband, for on March 2nd, 1694, a will dated January 27th, 1694, was probated in Burlington County, which bore witness to the fact that George Shinn had died. The following is a copy of the will:

WILL OF GEORGE 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 personall 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 revoaking 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

his

John Day

mark/his

Henry Page

mark

Daniel Leeds.

Thos. Revell

Surr & Regr.

At Burlington in ye Province of West New Jersey the second day of month of March, Anno Regina Gulliel im et Maria Angl. &c. Septimo Annoq Dom 1694. Exhibitted & proved ye above written to be ye last will & testament of George Shinn ye Testator above named according to law before us.

Edward Hunloke

Jeremiah Basse

Thos. Revell.

For Springfield‑‑George Shinn.

For Northampton‑‑James Shinn.

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Mary Shinn qualified as executrix and gave bond on March 2, 1694, with John Shinn, Sr., and Daniel Leeds as bondsmen. (Unrecorded Wills, Trenton, N. J.)

The inventory of his personal property was œ124.4.3.

The names of his children are not given in the will, but they have been ascertained as follows. From a minute book of marriages solemnized in open court at Burlington, on file in the office of the Secretary of State at Trenton, it appears that Mary Shinn was married to Daniel Wills in 1695.1 That this was the widow of George Shinn is established as follows: In the year 1709 a census by households was taken in Northampton Township, Burlington County, and one of the tabulations is as follows:

Daniel Wills, age 50

Mary Wills 40

Elizabeth Wills 17 daughter by former marriage.

Daniel Wills 17 son by former marriage.

James Wills 15 son by former marriage.

Joseph Wills 11 son of Daniel and Mary.

Ann Wills 9 daughter of Daniel and Mary.

Margaret Wills 7 daughter of Daniel and Mary.

Hannah Wills 5 daughter of Daniel and Mary.

John Wills ‑‑ son of Daniel and Mary.

Levi Shinn 16 son of former marriage.

Martha Shinn 14 daughter of former marriage.

Mary Shinn 12 daughter of former marriage.

There are some apparent discrepancies, but they may all be reconciled by assuming 1709 to be an error in transcription. If the year 1707 be assumed every difficulty disappears. However that may be, the fact that Levi, Martha and Mary Shinn are enumerated immediately after the family of Daniel and Mary Wills seems to prove conclusively that the children of George and Mary (Thompson) Shinn were Levi, Martha and Mary. Daniel Wills, the second husband of Mary Thompson Shinn, was the son of Daniel Wills, one of the most prominent men of early Burlington County. The elder Daniel Wills was one of the proprietors, and one of the Commissioners sent from England to divide the lands. He came with a large family and many indentured servants, who afterwards became leading citizens in the Colony. As Commissioner, he with his fellow Commissioners purchased the Indian rights from the Rancocas to Timber Creek, laid it out in parcels suitable for purchasers, and administered the government of the Colony according to the Concessions and Agreements. As a Commissioner of the London Company he with three men located the London Tenth at Arwaumus, where Gloucester now stands. He was afterwards chosen a member of the Governor's Council, which position he dignified and adorned. He himself took up large quantities of land in Northampton Township, which was so named in honor of Northampton, England, from which Daniel Wills had emigrated. In 1681 he was Surveyor General of the Province. In 1698 he went to the Barbados upon business, where he died, leaving a will. The children named therein were James, Daniel, John, Mary, and Ann. Daniel married (1) Margaret Newbold, in 1686, by whom he had three children, Elizabeth, Daniel and James. Married (2) Mary (Thompson) Shinn in 1695, by whom there were five children, Joseph, Ann, Margaret, Hannah and John. Daniel, Jr., continued to reside on the paternal acres until his death. His descendants to the seventh generation still reside upon the original homestead of Daniel Wills, Sr.

The children of George Shinn married as follows:

Levi Shinn, b. 1692; m. Ann, youngest daughter of Daniel Wills, Senior, b. 1677. (Asa Matlacks Memoranda.)

Martha Shinn married Daniel Gaskill, 1735. Bur. M. M. Record.

¹This marriage was solemnized by Edward Hunloke and witnessed by James and

John Wills, John Shinn, Thomas Atkinson and Mary (Stockton) Shinn.

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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, 1735.

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

9. 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 11th 1704.

Whereas Francis Shinn of Springfield 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 James 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, Eleazar Fentons line and John Shinn line.

Item‑‑I 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 Seale.

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 enumeration she is recorded is being forty years of age. If, as is probable, the

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census was taken in 1707, then she was born in 1667. There is no record of her marriage, but in a conveyance of John Shinn, Sr., on the 10th day of April, 1693, he gives his son‑in‑law, Thomas Atkinson, and his wife, Sarah, one hundred and ninety‑five acres of land in Burlington County. (W. J. Deeds. Liber B f, 532.) In the will of John Shinn, Sr. (1711) Thomas Atkinson is again named as son‑in‑law. It may have been that Sarah remained in England a number of years after the emigration of her father and was there married to Thomas Atkinson,¹ or the marriage may have been performed by a Justice of the Peace, the record of which is lost. If the latter hypothesis be true, the Friends would have reprimanded them, and the records of the society would disclose the fact. But no such reprimand is to be found and the inference is that the marriage occurred in England. Their oldest child, Jane, was 14 years of age at the date of the Northampton Census. This would place the marriage in 1693, at about the time John Shinn gave them the land hereinbefore mentioned. The father of Thomas Atkinson is not disclosed by the records, but the Northampton Census places the age of the son at 46, so that he was born between 1661 and 1663. One William Atkinson located lands in 1683 in Burlington County on Birch Creek, in the neighborhood of John Shinn, and in 1686 married Elizabeth Curtis. In all probability this William Atkinson was a brother of Thomas, and were both from Lancashire, England. Hon. John Clement in "The Atkinsons of New Jersey" seems to believe that William Atkinson² came from London or Yorkshire. In Besse's Sufferings of Friends it is recorded that on 11/24/1660, at Swartmore, Lancashire, William Atkinson was put in Lancashire gaol for religious dereliction. And that on 3/23/1660, at Newton Cartmell, Lancashire, Thomas Atkinson was arrested and sent to Lancashire gaol for the same reason. And on the same day at the same place Margaret Atkinson was arrested and sent to prison for reproving a priest. This Margaret Atkinson seems to have been a woman of rare intelligence and dauntless courage, for her arrests and incarcerations, although numerous, did not lessen her ardor nor bring her to silence. She was a Quaker of Quakers, and her stripes were many and severe. The towns named above are not far from Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire, where John Shinn and his ancestors and relations had lived from time immemorial. The Lancaster Atkinsons had been residents of Lancashire for centuries, and men of that name had estates, and positions of honor and trust during all that time. Among the rectors of the established church in Norfolk, Cambridge, Hertford and Lancaster Counties during the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th centuries the name frequently occurs. Thomas and William Atkinson, of Burlington County, were doubtless sons of either Thomas or William Atkinson, who were imprisoned in 1660. The young men were Friends and came to America to escape the persecution which had come to the family in their old home. Certain it is that the young men were in America and that Thomas married Sarah Shinn. Thomas took little interest in public affairs and was not prominent in religious matters. Business engrossed his entire attention and gave him a fortune. His trade was that of a bricklayer and stonemason, and his handiwork created a demand for his services. He was enabled to buy large tracts of land, mills and slaves. He lived in Burlington in 1695, but the latter years of his life were passed at Mt. Holly, or Bridgton, as it was then called. His son, Thomas, lived at the latter place and was a man of affairs. The Friends had a meeting

¹This hypothesis cannot hold, for that Thomas, Sarah and Martha Shinn sign a

certificate for Thomas and Sarah Hood 7/10/1689. B. M. R., Liber I.

²The Atkinsons are a Scotch family, but they have long had a residence in England.

in a parish of Berkshire on a plate in the chancel is the usual "Hic jacet," followed by

the name and title, "William Atkinson, Professor of Divinity in the Chapel of Windsor

Castle." He was not a good man, apparently, for in Latin he commands all passersby

"Orate pro anima Will Atkinson" ("Pray for the soul of William Atkinson").

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house at this place, of which Judge Clement says:¹ "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 opposition to slavery‑‑then so general among those of his own belief and practice. In this primitive building often sat Robert Dimsdale, Francis Collins, Benjamin Bryant, Edward Gaskill and Jonathan Southwick. Here also came Thomas Atkinson,² 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 Quarterly Sessions and for many years a member of the General Assembly. It is also true that the preaching of Woolman 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 North Carolina. The children of Thomas Shinn, who inherited slaves, were at last driven by the public sentiment of their brethren 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 Thomas Atkinson3 names all of the following as his children, save Mary and Martha:

37. (1) Jean or Jane, b. 1694, married Benjamin Jones, Jr. 1727.

38. (2) Martha, b. 1695.

39. (3) Francis, b. 1696.

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

41. (5) Thomas, b. 1700, married Hannah.

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

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

44. (8) Christiana, b. 1706, married (???) Wilson.

4. MARY SHINN (2).‑‑JOHN (1).

It is quite probable that Mary was the eldest of John Shinn's children. On the 8th of the 9th month (November), 1686, she and John Crosby passed meeting the second time and were left by the society to accomplish their marriage in the fear of God.⁴ (Bur. Monthly M. Rec.) Of John Crosby prior to this date little is known. In 1683 he and his brother Francis took up five hundred acres of land on Northampton River, 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, 1687, John Shinn, Sr., of Springfield Lodge, conveyed one‑half of a

¹"The Atkinsons of New Jersey" is brimful of human interest and bears the earmarks

of that indefatigable worker, John Clement.

²Some 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, preflguring modern, hard‑headed Congressmen, 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.

³The Northampton Census of 1709 gives the family of Thomas and Sarah (Shinn)

Atkinson and their ages as follows:

Thomas Atkinson 46

Sarah Atkinson 40

Jean Atkinson 14

Martha Atkinson 13

Francis Atkinson 11

John Atkinson 10

Thomas Atkinson 8

Mary Atkinson 6

Christiana Atkinson 3

⁴This 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.

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three‑hundred‑acre tract on Birch Creek to John Crosby, millwright, husband of Mary, daughter of the grantor. (W. J. R. Liber B, pt. 1, pp. 164‑443.) That he was a prosperous man is evidenced by the fact that on Jan. 6, 1706, he and Mary conveyed five hundred and fifty‑five acres in a body to John Shinn, Jr. (Liber BBB, p. 215.) And by his will, dated Dec. 22, 1707, he left his wife other lands, after providing for his children. His will was probated in August, 1710, and named two sons, Nathan and John. (New Jersey Wills, No. 1, 278.) The will of John Shinn, Sr., proves that there was certainly a daughter named Mary, and it is probable that there was another daughter named Rebecca. In the year 1711 Mary (Shinn) Crosby was married to Richard Fennimore; prior to that event, Dec. 2, 1710, she conveyed to her father, John Shinn, Sr., the land devised to her by her deceased husband, on the condition that he should maintain her idiot child, Mary, which condition John Shinn, Sr., performed by making it a charge upon his estate at his death. (Liber AAA, p. 266.) Just what the means of education were at that time is not known, but John Crosby certainly appreciated the advantages of culture, since he made his wife, Mary, his executrix, and gave her power to sell his lands for the purpose of educating his children. Richard Fennimore,¹ the second husband of Mary, was a prosperous widower of Willingboro Township, whose father, Richard, was one of the original proprietors and who signed the original "Concessions and Agreements." Richard Fennimore, father and son, were prominent in early Jersey affairs and universally respected for their thrift and honesty and public enterprise. Mary outlived her second husband, who died in November or December, 1713, and so far as the records disclose was never married again.² It is not certain that she had children by this marriage, but it is probable that there was a son, John, and a daughter, Mary. It is not known when she died. Surrounded by her own children and grandchildren, as well as by the children and grandchildren of Richard Fennimore by his first marriage, and well provided for by each husband, she doubtless lived a happy life, and in the evening of life passed to a Christian's grave.

Children of John Crosby and Mary Shinn.

45. (1) Mary Crosby, an idiot.

46. (2) John Crosby, who married Elizabeth Wilson at Burlington in 1737.

47. (3) Nathan Crosby, who married Elizabeth Garwood at Evesham in 1726.

48. (4) Rebecca Crosby, who married Samuel Garwood at Burlington in 1728.

Probable Children of Richard Fennimore and Sarah Crosby.

49. (1) Mary Fennimore, who married Abraham, son of Thomas and Rebecca

(Collins) Bryan in 1728.

50. (2) John Fennimore, who married Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca

(Collins) Bryan at Burlington.

10. MARTHA SHINN (2).‑‑JOHN (1).

This daughter appears upon Burlington Record of Marriages many times as a witness, and on the fifth of the twelfth month, 1696 (O. S.), she and Joshua Owen appeared before Burlington Meeting and declared their intention to marry. On the 5th of March, 1697, the Society set them at liberty and they were in all probability married that month. Joshua Owen was a respectable landholder of Burlington County and a native of Wales. He and Martha lived in Springfield Township for many years and passed uneventful lives. Joshua died before 1729,

¹Richard Fennimore, Sr., was a grandson of Richard Fennimore, whose remains

are deposited in St. Lawrence, Reading, England. The Mayoralty of Reading was

held by members of this family in the sixteenth century. (Man's History of Reading.)

²Mary Fennimore was married to Abraham Bryan in 1728, but whether this was

Mary (Shinn‑Crosby) Fennimore cannot be known. It may have been. It is more

probable that she was her daughter.

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for in that year Martha (Shinn) Owen married Restore Lippincott, one of the most prominent men of the period.

The Burlington Record of Births does not give us the children of Joshua and Martha Owen and we are forced to construct a list from the Record of Marriages.

On 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, daughter 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‑Stockton) 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:

51. (1) Martha Owen, who married Benjamin Merriott. 1730.

52. (2) Joshua Owen, who married (1) Mary Butcher 7/29/1730; (2) Sarah

Branson 1/5/1743.

53. (3) Rowland (Roland) Owen, who married Prudence Powell 3/17/1738.

54. (4) Rebecca Owen, who married Thomas Evins 4/4/1730.

55. (5) Sarah Owen.

56. (6) Mary Owen, who married Henry Burr. 1736

57. (7) 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 GENERATION.

11. GEORGE SHINN (3).‑‑JOHN, JR. (2), JOHN (1).

George Shinn was born 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, naming 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 Burlington Minutes in 1704, when he is certified as a member of Springfield Meeting. (See note to James Shinn.2) On the 7th of the 2nd month, 1712, he and Elizabeth 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 Lippincott, 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 married 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, New 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 County, made his will, making his wife, Elizabeth, his

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executrix. Elizabeth desired to return to her old home in Burlington and renounced the executorship. On May 29th, 1732, Samuel Harrison was appointed in her stead. She with her younger children returned to the old home, leaving the elder children to become the heads of families in Gloucester, Camden, Cumberland and Salem Counties.

Her children are determined as follows: John is named in the will of his grandfather; Amos is named in Burlington Minutes as son of George of Gloucester on the occasion of his marriage, 9/25/1740. Hannah is named as daughter of Elizabeth Shinn, on 3/5/1740, when she married her first cousin. Jairus died in Gloucester 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 George at his marriage in 1749. Zilpah and Elizabeth were born in Gloucester and are placed with George's children without further evidence.

Children of George and Elizabeth (Lippincott) Shinn.

58. (1) Joseph Shinn, b. 1713, married Ann Sydonia Shivers 8/19/1758.

59. (2) Amos Shinn, b. ‑‑, married Ann Carter 9/25/1740.

60. (3) John Shinn, married Lydia Carter 12/4/1744.

61. (4) Jairus Shinn ob sine proli.

62. (5) Hannah Shinn, married James Shinn 3/5/1740.

63. (6) Zilpah Shinn ob sine proli.

64. (7) Elizabeth Shinn, b. 1726, married Charles Ford 1768.

65. (8) George Shinn, married Sarah Owen 3/2/1749.

66. (9) Azariah Shinn, married Sarah Haines 1760.

67. (10) Isaiah Shinn ob sine proli 1763.

12. ELIZABETH SHINN (3).‑‑JOHN, JR. (2), JOHN (1).

Very little is known of this daughter of John, Jr. That she married Robert Rockhill is evidenced by Burlington Minutes of the 9th month, 5th day, 1716.¹ The same minute notes that Robert Rockhill was from Chesterfield. He was the son of Edward Rockhill, who came to New Jersey from Yorkshire about the year 1686. He was the father of eleven children, of whom Robert was the sixth in order of birth. He was born 1/25/1692 in Burlington County, where he lived and died.

15. WILLIAM SHINN (3).‑‑JOHN, JR. (2), JOHN (1).

William Shinn appears first upon the church records in 1728, when he asked the Burlington Meeting to grant him a certificate on account of marriage, to Chesterfield Monthly Meeting. On the 5th of December, 1728, as is recorded on Chesterfield minutes, William Shinn, son of John of Springfield, and Martha Shreeve, daughter of Joshua, appeared before meeting the first time. They appeared again on Jan. 2, 1729, and the committee reported on the 6th of February that the marriage "had been orderly." William appears quite frequently in land transactions from 1726 to 1750. On May 11, 1726, John Shinn, father, sold to William and Clement, sons, several tracts of land. Clement died in1736 and William became his heir at law. On Oct. 29th, 1736, William conveved three hundred acres in Hunterdon County to his father; eight days before this the father conveyed to William four hundred and twenty‑six acres in Lebanon, Hunterdon County. Shortly after this he was made agent for the West Jersey Proprietors, and in that capacity had much to do with the affairs of that famous corporation. In 1739 he married Exorcise Corliss. The date of his death is not known.

Children of William and Martha (Shreeve) Shinn.

68. (1) William Shinn, b. 1729, married 6/4/1746. B. M. M. R.

69. (2) Hope Shinn, b. 1731, married Abner Rogers 1/4/1750.

¹Chesterfield has this minute: "6th day 7th month 1716 Robert Rockhill asks for

a certificate on account of marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of John Shinn of Burlington."

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70. (3) Mary Shinn, b. 1737, 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 Burr 1770.

72. 2 (5) Exorcise Shinn, b. 1743, ob sine proli.

73. 3 (6) Elizabeth Shinn, b. 1748, married John Alloways 1774.

74. 4 (7) Job Shinn, b. 1749, married Elinor Burns 1776.

16. JOSHUA SHINN (3).‑‑JOHN, JR. (2), JOHN (1).

But for the extract from the Surveyor General's office adduced in the life of John Shinn, Jr., and the 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 of the family are that he married a Lippincott,¹ and had at least one child. He had died in all probability before his father in 1736, as did his brothers, John and Clement. That he was a son of the second marriage is inferred from the fact that he does not appear in any of the land transactions of 1726 and 1736 between his father and John, Clement and William. Tradition says that he lived near the Cedar Swamp and that he died there.

Children of Joshua and (???) (Lippincott) Shinn.

75. (1) Uriah, who married Rebecca Ridgeway 1776.

18. CALEB SHINN (3).‑‑JOHN, JR. (2), JOHN (1).

Caleb's birth is not recorded, but he was named in the land transactions of his 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 kept companionship with the hilarity of the world. The following article from the Pennsylvania Journal of date Aug. 30, 1750, shows that 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 fit 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 following advertisement, taken from the Pennsylvania Gazette of Nov. 2, 1749:

"Notice.‑‑Made his escape from the Burlington gaol, one David Dundorse, 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, ozenbrigs

¹See "Uriah Shinn." It is very probable that it was Joseph and not Joshua who

married (???) Lippincott.

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shirt, an old light colored coat and an old felt hat. He passed sometimes for a soldier and sometimes for a sailor. He stole from Caleb Shinn a likely gray horse, paces swift, has a very thin mane and foretop. Any person that takes up and secures the man and horse shall have five pounds reward and reasonable charges; and three pounds if taken without the horse??‑‑ John Hollinshead, Sheriff."

Caleb Shinn did not consult the Church when he married, but rode over into Monmouth County and was married by a preacher. This event occurred in 1739 and the woman he married was named Mehitable 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 Thomas Atkinson, his son‑in‑law, and Peter Bard, two of the most successful men of that period.

Children of Caleb and Mehitable (Curtis) Shinn.

76. (1) John Shinn, who married (1) Amy Griffith 1767; (2) Sarah Jones 1780.

77. (2) Henry Shinn, who married Anna Fort 1770.

78. (3) Caleb Shinn‑‑ob sine proli.

79. (4) Mehitable Shinn, who married Ebenezer Doty 1779.

80. (5) Mary Shinn, who married Jacob Lamb 1768.

19. JACOB SHINN (3).‑‑JOHN, JR. (2), JOHN (1).

Jacob is recorded in Mt. Holly Records as born 5/13/1715, and as having passed meeting on account of marriage regularly on 12/3/1745. He was married at Haddonfield in the same month to Hannah Lippincott, widow of Freedom Lippincott. (Haddonfield M. M. Records.) The minutes of that meeting show that Freedom Lippincott married Hannah Rakestraw some time before this, and we are thus enabled to know the woman's maiden name. Jacob is named in the Surveyor General's office of date 1725, in an entry which certifies that John Shinn and his four sons, Joshua, Clement, Jacob and Caleb, took up lands in Cedar Swamp. In the various deeds which passed between John, the father, and his sons, John, Clement and William, in 1726‑7 and 1736, he is not named. The inference is Joshua, Caleb and Jacob were children of the second marriage. Jacob was named in the father's will in 1736, and, in conjunction with his brother, Caleb Shinn, and his cousin, Samuel Shinn, was made an executor of the will. The probability is that he was a favorite son, and that he received a major part of the estate. It is certain that at his death he left one of the largest estates that had been probated up to that period. His family were called the "Silk Stocking Set," a title that did not well agree with his Quaker professions. He had considerable prominence in the Society of Friends, as is shown by the following extracts from Burlington and Mt. Holly Minutes: Burlington in 1765 made him an overseer of a meeting to be held near Shreeve's Mount. In 1767 he was sent to Quarterly Meeting, and twice in 1768. In 1770 he made an acknowledgment for misconduct. In 1774 he with others petitioned for leave to build a meeting house at Shreeves Mount. In 1779 he and his wife were transferred to Mt. Holly. In 1780 he submitted a matter for arbitration to the Mt. Holly Meeting, and its decision being adverse, he refused to be governed by the arbitrament. Although no complaint appears on the minutes from this time on to his death, in 1795, it is evident that he was not interested in Church affairs, and the Society with equal pugnacity ignored him. Wealth is frequently overbearing, and old age belligerent. The good things of life ought to sweeten its associations and old age should be as placid as a deep river. His will bears date 1/7/1792. It was probated 5/16/1795. (Liber No. 35, p. 203, W. J. Wills.) It names his wife, Hannah; sons, Jacob, Caleb and John; daughter, Mary, and son‑in‑law, Caleb Lippincott. Hannah did

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not survive her husband many months. Her will, dated 10/17/1795, was probated 5/18/1796. (Liber No. 35, p. 466, W. J. Wills.) This will is more explicit than that of Jacob. It names, son, Caleb; grandchildren, Alexander Lippincott, Samuel Lippincott, sons of Abel Lippincott, dec.; granddaughters, Hannah Butcher, daughter of Benejah Butcher; grandson, Thomas Butcher, son of Benejah Butcher; grandson, Freedom Shinn, son of John; granddaughter, Hannah Shinn, daughter of son Jacob; granddaughter, Elizabeth Lippincott, daughter of Samuel; granddaughter, Rebecca Lippincott, daughter of said Samuel; granddaughter, Hannah Lippincott, daughter of said Samuel; granddaughter, Mary Ann Lippincott, wife of Jesse; granddaughter, Jemima Kay; granddaughter, Hannah Kay; grandson, Caleb Wright, son of Samuel, dec., four daughters, Hannah Kay, Elizabeth Lippincott, Mary Wright and Rachel Butcher.

The Mt. Holly Record of Births and deaths gives the following list of children with 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. 11/25/1757, 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.

22. THOMAS SHINN (3).‑‑THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Thomas Shinn, son of Thomas and Mary (Stockton) Shinn and grandson of John, the immigrant, has his birth recorded in the Record of Births and Deaths of Burlington Monthly Meeting as having occurred on the 6th of the 11th month, 1694. The same 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 married Silas Crispin of Philadelphia. In the will and deed of trust Thomas is mentioned as a son of Thomas and Mary, and the will shows that Thomas was the elder of the two boys.

The subject of our sketch was born and lived throughout the greater part of his life in Springfield Township, Burlington County. 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 11th 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 Martha, daughter of William Earl,¹ were married at the house of William Earl in

¹"The family of Earls, who now are and for several generations have been Lords

of Heydon Manor, 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 County, England, viz.: Fountaine, Briggs and Earl." Bloomfield's History

of Norfolk, Vol. III, 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

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Springfield Township, on the 22nd day of the 11th month, 1718. It was witnessed by the mother of Thomas, Mary Ridgway, she having married Richard Ridgway after the death of Silas Crispin; by William and Elizabeth Earl, parents of Martha; by John, James and Abigail, his uncles and aunts; by Samuel and Sarah Shinn, his brother and his wife; by George and Levi Shinn, his cousins, and by twenty others. The bride was born in Portsmouth, L. I., but had lived in Springfield Township about all her life. The affair was one of considerable importance and was attended by some of the first people of the County. The solemn Quaker who was appointed by Burlington Meeting to attend reported back on the 12th of the 2nd month, 1718, that "These friends that are under our care and conduct are pretty orderly." The young people had successfully passed the committee report upon the declaration of intention, and likewise the Argus‑eyed committee on marriage, and were now ready to settle down to practical life. The possessions of Thomas were in Springfield Township and there he began his career. For eighteen years he is covered by an envelope of impenetrable obscurity, save for an occasional transfer of land which confronts us on the deed records at Trenton. In 1736 he was put on a committee to supervise a marriage, and on the same day was sent to Quarterly Meeting. The inference is that he had lived an honest Christian life and that now in his forty‑first year he had gained the confidence of his brethren. About this time he removed to Mt. Holly in Northampton Township,1 and on the 1st of the 6th month he was made an elder by the Burlington meeting. In 1748 he was made one of the Trustees to hold the Mt. Holly Meeting House property. In Vol. III. of the Burlington Minutes 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 month, 1753, in the 58th year of his life. It was really the 59th year, but one cannot quarrel with venerable records and escape unscathed.

If we had nothing but the simple record of this man's life as given by the scribes of Burlington

Monthly Meeting of Friends, we should ascribe to him qualities

of Uxbridge; was granted the degree Serjeant at Law; was successively Steward

and Recorder of Norwich; was of Commission of Oyer and Terminer to Norwich and

afterwards to York; was a member of the Long Parliament from Norwich; was

Private Serjeant to Oliver Cromwell and afterwards to Richard and was Serjeant to

the Commonwealth. He was pardoned by Charles H, again granted the degree Serjeant

at Law and continued in great reputation to the end of his days. He is buried

in the East Chapel of the North Isle under an exceedingly large tomb, over which is

the mural monument with his arms and a long inscription." Bloomfield, Vol. II,

p. 531.

It is a tradition in the New Jersey family that it sprang from Norfolk County, but

the author of "Ralph Earl and His Descendants" holds that it is a tradition in the

Massachusetts family that it sprang from Somerset County, near Exeter. William

Earl of Springfield Township, N. J., was a grandson of Ralph Earle of Taunton, Mass.

William was a ship owner and carried on a trade for many years between Massachusetts

and New Jersey. In 1697 he removed to New Jersey and purchased land in

Springfield Township, upon which he lived until his death. One of his first acts after

his change of residence was to change the spelling of his name by dropping the final e,

a change which his descendants have respected and followed for more than two centuries.

Whether Ralph Earle migrated from Norfolk or Somerset is a matter of little

consequence. The Earles in England now have a habitat in nearly all of its southern

counties and run back into time when the Saxons were masters of the land.

William was a Quaker and never had much respect for Massachusetts, his birthplace,

on account of its narrow religious spirit.

¹Then called Bridgeton Northampton Township. The Pennsylvania Gazette of October 25, 1739, shows that Thomas Shinn lived on High Street, Bridgetown, in 1739. And in Will Book No. 4, p. 83, Thomas Shinn of Bridgeton was made Administrator of Jonathan Sleeper 1/24/1736, and on the same day was appointed guardian of John Sleeper. He was living in Springfield Township in September, 1720, as appears from Will Book, D. D., p. 76.

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of mind and soul above those of mediocrity. The spiritual superiority of the man is evidenced by his elevation to the eldership, the high spiritual qualities presuppose a hgher mentality. But we are not left to deduction in proving his superior mentality.

The American Weekly Mercury of Philadelphia, No. 14‑‑24, in 1742‑3, in its local says: "We have 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 New 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 supersedeas issue removing Richard 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 the House of Assembly for November, 1742. By election he was a member of the Assembly which began October 10th and ended December 10, 1743. He was also a member of the General Assembly that met at Perthy Amboy in August, 1744, and of the adjourned session which met at Burlington in October of the same year. In all these assemblies he was characterized by the royalists as a "Professed Quaker." In Vol. XVI, N. 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 New Jersey, appointed Thomas Shinn Judge of the Inferior 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 arrested and held to be contumacious by the Assembly. Some of the Judges recanted, but Shinn remained firm, and under a veil of sickness escaped the punishment which the high‑handed assemblymen desired to inflict. The principle involved the relative rights of the legislature and judicial powers, and Shinn had taken the right side‑‑the side which triumphed in the construction of New Jersey law. For such as desire to know more of this affair, see a long article in N. J. A., Vol. XVI, pp. 222 to 239.

In the Pennsylvania Gazette of June 7, 1750, we find this notice: "All persons indebted to the estate of Thomas Shinn, late of Mt. Holly, deceased, are desired 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 Paxson and John Woolman, Executors."

Thus the political 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. He was a student of human rights and an advocate of human liberty. He carried his Church Convictions into the world and made them the arbiter of his public 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 Record of Births and Deaths at Burlington Monthly. Meeting.

Children of Thomas and Martha (Earl) Shinn.

90. (1) Susannah Shinn, b. 3/10/1721, married Thomas Atkinson 1739.

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.

95. (6) Earl Shinn, b. 10/27/1736, married Rebecca Monroe 9/1/1760.

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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 Ridgway 1764.

23. SAMUEL SHINN (3).‑‑THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Samuel Shinn was the posthumous child of Thomas and Mary (Stockton) Shinn, and was mentioned in the will of his father, who died in November, 1695. Samuel is recorded in Burlington minutes as having been born 2/15/1695, or April 15th, 1695. That this was a mistake is evidenced by the fact that his father died in November, 1695, and in his will provided for Thomas, his living son, and for another child "then unborn." Samuel was born in April, 1696. Of his early life we know little; his name occurred for the first time in authentic history in 1697, when his mother, Mary (Stockton) Shinn, divested herself of the trust conferred upon her by her departed husband, and made her brother, Richard Stockton, and her brother‑in‑law, John Shinn, Jr., trustees for her children, Thomas and Samuel Shinn.1 The inventory of Thomas Shinn's estate in 1694 showed that his personal estate amounted to œ273 9s 06d, a very large property for that date. The deed of trust by Mary showed that her husband, Thomas Shinn, was a slave holder, and that as events will show hereafter, in the division of the estate, the slaves went to Samuel, the younger child. John Shinn, Jr., made a will in 1736, appointing his sons, Jacob and Caleb Shinn, and his cousin, Samuel Shinn, as his executors. From this I infer that Samuel was reared in the family of his uncle, 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, John, Sr. Both were reared in Springfield Township and both were married there. We find Samuel on the records on June 11th, 1714, as a witness to his mother's third marriage to Richard Ridgway, a man who even at that day had made the name "Ridgway" synonymous with "Pounds, Shillings and Pence," a faculty which clings to the family to this day. Mary Stockton was born in an affluent family; she married Thomas Shinn, a man of wealth, as wealth was counted at that day; she then married Silas Crispin, a man of wealth and distinction, in Pennsylvania; and, again, Richard Ridgway, who made wealth the text of his daily life. It is but fair to presume that the early lives of Thomas and Samuel were spent among the best people of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and that they were counted as good marriageable quantities by matrons who had daughters of grace and comeliness, though clad in the simplest of Quaker garbs. Love seems to have smitten the younger brother first, for we find that on the 5th of May, 1718, he asked the good people at Burlington to certify his clearness, as he wished to take a wife in Chesterfield. The grave Quakers appointed a committee to inquire into his habits, and on the 2nd of June this committee reported that the young man, Samuel Shinn, was clear on account of marriage, and that his conduct and conversation had been pretty orderly. The certificate was granted at that meeting. Samuel could now go to Chesterfield with a testimony that he was no bigamist, whether his orderliness was above suspicion or not. The young fellow had already been over to Chesterfield and had walked before the meeting the first time accompanied by Sarah Scholey of that place. This occurred on the first of May, 1718. Two days after the committee reported on his character at Burlington, he took his certificate to Chesterfield and gave it to the Society, and on the same day appeared before the meeting the second time. They were married the next week at the house of Thomas Scholey. (Chesterfield M. M. R., Vol. 1.) It is tolerably certain that although Samuel was a member of the

¹She was then about to marry Silas Crispin of Pennsylvania.

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Church at Burlington, that he was not prominent in spiritual affairs. He was never appointed on Committees and did not attain that degree of Christian eminence which fell to his brother Thomas. The silence of the church record, however, 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 Early Germans in New Jersey," p. 480, gives a history of the Scholey family, from which it appears that Thomas Scholey, the first, came to New Jersey in November, 1677,¹ in the ship "Willing Mind," and that he married in 1686 Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Parke, of New Jersey. Sarah was a daughter of this marriage. The apparently accidental union of the Englishman, Samuel Shinn, with the daughter of the German, Thomas Scholey, led to momentous conclusions in the life of Samuel Shinn, and will enable his descendants to understand many of the incongruous incidents which have puzzled them in their studies. Some of them in North Carolina still maintain that the Shinns are of German descent, and the habitat in which they lived, as well as the strong German characteristies of the descendants, would seem to prove the assertion. Another portion of the North Carolina branch, as well as many of the New 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 physical organization of the children than would have been possible had she been English born. The first effect 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 learned something of the German manners and became acquainted with the German Reformed 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 marriage remained within the fold. Samuel and Sarah began life in Springfield Township and remained there until her death, which occurred some time in 1733 or 1734. In 1721 his 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., p. 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 millwright; Levi Shinn, husbandman and carpenter, and Samuel Shinn, husbandman, cordwainer and mason. The vocation of breeding fine horses was taken up by New Jersey 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 (Scholey). Shinn must have died late in 1733 or early 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 consideration.

¹From 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 Mansfield

Woodhouse one sixty 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 Scholey'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

many of his countrymen became members of the German Reformed Church.

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In May of the year 1734 his paper was taken up, and as his behavior had been orderly of late he was left for further probation.

Whatever his troubles may have been with the church they were not so flagrant as to call for severe discipline, nor did they affect his general character for probity and honor. John Shinn, Jr., selected him in 1736 as an executor of his large estate, and certainly estimated him as a man with sound judgment and exemplary character.

In April, 1737, Samuel was arraigned before Burlington Meeting for marrying within the time limit and with a license. Such cases were ordinarily dealt with summarily, but Samuel simply answered that he needed a helpmate for his family of small children and he was forgiven. He married Provided Gaskill, daughter of Edward,¹ as the secular records show. This wife was of old English stock, and was at that time, as it is now, one of the most respectable in New Jersey. From this date, with a single exception, the church records are silent as to Samuel Shinn. The political records of Burlington County show that he voted at an election held at Burlington in 1738, and after that the Burlington records know him no more.

Provided Gaskell lived but a short time² and became the mother of one child, who was given the name Samuel. The children of the first marriage were now approaching manhood, and as the Church was becoming more rigorous in its demands for the emancipation of slaves, Samuel began to think of changing his residence. The father of his first wife had gone into Hunterdon County and purchased lands on Scholey's Mount, which was named after him. (N. J. Historical Society, Pro. 2nd Series, p. 23. Molts 1st Contury of Hunterdon County, p. 8.) There Samuel went for awhile. He became acquainted with Abigail Urie, another woman of German descent, and in 1740 was married to her according to the ceremony of the German Reformed Church. He remained in New Jersey until the Southern Migration sentiment began, about the year 1750. Then, accompanied by many of his Quaker and German friends, he and Abigail, with their small children, started South, making the first migration of the Shinns from New Jersey, and about the first migration of people of any name from that colony. The region beyond the Alleghenies was not then open and the only inviting field was to the South. And as the South favored slavery, it was for this reason the Mecca of slave‑owning people leaving the Northern States.

Bernheim has given an account of the method of travel of these early immigrants from Pennsylvania and New Jersey into Rowan County, then nearly all of Western North Carolina:

"Immigrants to the South journeyed in covered wagons; every available article for house and farm use, capable of being stowed away in their capacious wagons, was taken with them; and then the cavalcade moved on, every able bodied person on foot, women and children on bedding, and cattle, sheep and hogs driven before them; they traveled by easy stages upon the roads

¹The Northampton Census (1709) gives the family of Edward and Hannah Gaskill

with their ages as follows:

Edward Gaskell 46

Hannah Gaskell 33

Joseph Gaskell 14

Zerubabel Gaskell 11

Provided Gaskell 9

Samuel Gaskell 6

Hannah Gaskell 4

Braord Gaskell 3

Edward Gaskell is ranked by Judge Clement as one of the prominent men of that

day.

²I infer that she was dead on Jan. 20, 1740, from the following fact: Samuel's

daughter Mary married on that date Thomas Stevenson and the marriage is recorded

in Burlington Minutes. In the space set apart for the family Thomas Shinn's name

appears. Two other Shinns, Thomas, his son, and Sarah, his daughter, sign; thirty

other witnesses sign the certificate, but no other Shinn. The marriage occurred at

Northampton Meeting House.

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of the picturesque Shenandoah Valley until they reached the land of their hopes and desires."

Dr. Foote in his "Sketches of North Carolina" (page 20) says:

"As the extent and fertility of the beautiful prairies of North Carolina became known, the Scotch‑Irish, seeking for settlements, began to follow the 'Traders' Path' and join the adventurers in this Southern and Western frontier. By 1745 the Settlements in what is now Mecklenberg and Cabarrus (then Rowan) Counties were numerous. Some were born in Pennsylvania, some in New 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 New Jersey for Missionaries."

The "Traders' Path" ran from Philadelphia to Winchester, Va., and thence southwest through the Shenandoah, through Evan's Gap, into North Carolina. Rumple in his "History of Rowan County," on page 36, says:

"There 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 1753 and that, at that time, the Jersey Settlement was more populous than the region between the Yadkin and the Catawba."

A settlement at Crystal Springs, ten miles south of Salisbury, was made in the year 1746, and the old graveyard at Crystal Springs Church contains the remains of the McPhersons, the Mahans, the Longs, and others. Rumple says that the members of Crystal Springs were transferred to Old Bethpage. Samuel Shinn was buried at Old Bethpage. Along with the Scotch‑Irish immigrants and settling side by side with them, went the Germans,² or, as they were called, "the Pennsylvania Deutch." Thus "Old Rowan" as early as 1753 had three great classes of population:

1. The English from New Jersey, forming "the Jersey Settlement."

2. The Scotch‑Irish.

3. The Germans.

The names Bostain, Cline, Trexler, Rheinhardt, Barringer, Meisenheimer, Beard, Overcash, Harkey, Cress, Henkel 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 New 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 follow a given family 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 migrated. 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 probated at the January Court, 1762, at Salisbury, N. C. (Will Book A, p. 144. Clerk's Office of Rowan County, N. C., and the Burlington Register of Births and Deaths, Burlington, N. J.)

¹The German settlement was large and compact, so that it is said that the Rowan

negroes spoke the Dutch language.

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Children of Samuel and Sarah (Scholey) Shinn.

99. (1) Mary Shinn, b. 3/16/1719, ob sine proli 1727.

100. (2) Alice Shinn, b. 1/20/1721, married Thomas Stevenson 3/10/1739.

101. (3) Sarah Shinn, b. 6/16/1723, married Philo Leeds 1740.

102. (4) Thomas Shinn, b. 5/2/1725, married Ruth Stratton 1743.

103. (5) Mary (2) Shinn, b. 12/3/1727, married William Taylor, Jr., 1745.

104. (6) Elizabeth Shinn, b. 4/14/1730, unmarried.

105. (7) Marcy Shinn, b. 10/31/1733, unmarried.

Children of Samuel and Provided (Gaskell) Shinn.

106. (1) Samuel Shinn, b. 1737, 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.

Children of Samuel and Abigail (Urie) Shinn.

107. (1) Leah Shinn, b. New Jersey 1741, married George Crozine in N. C. 1758.

108. (2) Isaac Shinn, b. New Jersey 1743, married Agnes (???) in N. C. 1760.

109. (3) Silas Shinn, b. New Jersey 1745, married Elenor Overcash in N. C. 1768.

110. (4) Sarah Shinn, b. New Jersey 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.

These children received large bequests of land and money by the will of the father. In the will of the mother (1775) the last eight children are named, but not the first. In the father's will there are two Marys and two Sarahs.

24. HANNAH SHINN (3).‑‑JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

As James Shinn left no will and the church failed to record the births and deaths of his children, we are left without an accurate guide as to the order of their birth. Hannah was probably the oldest, and we are introduced to her first at the old Burlington Church on the 1st of October, 1716, when she and John Atkinson declared their intention to marry. The record informs us that Hannah was the daughter of James Shinn. In "The Atkinsons of New Jersey," a very pleasant little book by a prominent descendant of this marriage, we learn that John Atkinson was the son of William Atkinson, who married Elizabeth Curtis in 1686. The next month the young couple appeared before the meeting the second time and were informed that they were at liberty to consummate the match at their pleasure. On the 21st of November the marriage occurred before forty‑eight witnesses. The little pioneer house of James Shinn was crowded to its fullest capacity and the sleek black slaves of the Atkinsons were happy to see how eagerly the guests devoured the puddings and cakes prepared for the occasion. William and Elizabeth Atkinson and James and Abigail Shinn affixed their names first to the record. John and Hope Shinn also sign. The other signatures were of friends, relatives and neighbors.

John and Hannah (Shinn) Atkinson were prosperous in their married life and honored by a large circle of friends. From the Burlington Record of Births and Deaths, and from the volume "The Atkinsons in New Jersey" we present the following list as the children of this union:

Children of John and Hannah (Shinn) Atkinson.

115. (1) Hannah Atkinson, b. 4/7/1719, married (???) Cowperthwait.

116. (2) Samuel Atkinson, b. 4/16/1721, married (1) Esther Evins; (2) Elizabeth

Conrow.

117. (3) James Atkinson, b. 4/20/1724.

118. (4) Abigail Atkinson, b. 10/22/1726, married Jonathan Eldridge 1750.

119. (5) Elizabeth Atkinson, b. 2/1/1731, married Eleazer Fenton 1753.

120. (6) Patience Atkinson, b. 4/1733, married (???) Conrow.

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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.

25. HOPE SHINN (3).‑‑JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

On the 3d of May, 1720, Hope Shinn, daughter of James, and Michael Atkinson, son of William and Elizabeth (Curtis) Atkinson, appeared before the Burlington meeting the first time. On the 21st of June, 1720, 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, Hannah and Sarah Atkinson, and thirty others. Thomas Scattergood, Restore Lippincott, Marmaduke Coates, Jonas Cattell and William Budd were out in their gala equipments, and the occasion was a happy one in every respect. ("The Atkinsons in New Jersey," p. 18‑35.; also letter of Judge Jobe, already referred to.) This couple was also a prosperous one, and their lives were peaceful and happy. Michael died in 1746 and Hope in 1761, each leaving a will.

From these documents we are enabled to give the names of their children, but not the dates of 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.

26. FRANCIS SHINN (3).‑‑JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

This son of James seems to have been more prominent in church affairs than any of the children of James. He was born in Springfield Township, October 25, 1706. He passed meeting regularly for marriage on September 1st, 1729, but the certificate is not recorded. He married Elizabeth, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Curtis) Atkinson, being the third child of James Shinn to marry into that family.

On February 12, 1728, James Shinn conveyed to Francis the farm in New Hanover 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, 1749, 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 schoolhouse during the winter. In 1760 he was sent twice to Quarterly Meeting. In 1765 he was appointed to collect money in Upper Springfield for the Yearly Meeting, and was sent to Quarterly Meeting four times. In 1774 he, with Jacob Shinn, Restore 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 his wife. Elizabeth; sons, Samuel, Restore, Vincent, George and Barzillai; grandson,

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George, son of son George, now in Virginia; grandson, Isaiah, son of son Vincent; grandson, Francis, son of son Barzillai (minors). His wife died 3/29/1783, in her seventy‑fifth year. Francis lived to be eighty‑three. The instances of longevity among the descendants of this family are so numerous as to attract attention, and will be noticed more particularly hereafter. The Mount Holly Register gives the following list of children, to which we have added the marriage names:

Children of Francis and Elizabeth (Atkinson) Shinn.

133. (1) Lavinia Shinn, b. 8/24/1731, married Hezekiah Jones 6/9/1749.

134. (2) Restore Shinn, b. 1/26/1733, married Mary Biddle 11/1757.

135. (3) Samuel Shinn, b. 4/15/1736, married Hannah (???).

136. (4) Levi Shinn, b. 1/1/1737, ob sine proli.

137. (5) George Shinn, b. 6/8/1740, married Rachel Wright 1761.

138. (6) Israel Shinn, b. 5/2/1743, married Mary Budd.

139. (7) Vincent Shinn, b. ‑‑, married Elizabeth Budd 1772.

140. (8) Barzillai Shinn, b. ‑‑, married Hannah (???) 1783.

141. (8) Isaiah Shinn, b. (???), ob. unm. 1774.

27. JOSEPH SHINN (3).‑‑JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

In the burying ground attached to St. Andrew's Cathedral, Mt. Holly, a tombstone rears its modest head, and from whose time‑worn and weather‑beaten face these words have been deciphered: "Joseph Shinn. Died Feb. 11, 1759. Aged 56 years." This enables us to say that Joseph Shinn, son of James and Abigail (Lippincott) Shinn, was born in 1702 (O. S.,) and 1703 (N. S.). He was probably the oldest son, and the third child, Hannah and Hope, his sisters, being older than he. History is silent as to his early life, and the first authentic record of the man is found in the minutes of Burlington Monthly Meeting for the 2d of the 11th month, 1726, when it was recorded. "The overseers gave an account that Joseph Shinn, son of James Shinn, hath married a wife that is not of our profession." And at the meeting on the 5th of the 4th month he was disowned therefor. Thus ends, so far as Quaker records are concerned, all evidence concerning Joseph Shinn, for he never thereafter returned to the religion of his birth. We might be at a loss to determine the maiden name of his wife but for the fact that a very perfect genealogy of her family has been preserved, from which we learn that in 1726 Joseph Shinn married Mary, daughter of William and Eliza (Stockton) Budd. The genealogy of the Budd family, referred to above, was prepared in 1774 by a William Bradford, a descendant of the family, and who afterwards became Attorney General of the United States. At Bradford's death it passed to his nephew, John B. Wallace, whose son gave it, in 1880, to Charles R. Hildeburn, who presented it to the Pennsylvania Historical Society, in whose library it now rests. The writer has a wide acquaintance with libraries in Europe and the United States, but is nowhere so comfortable as in the library of the Pennsylvania Historical Society. Its whole atmosphere is conducive of thought and eminently favorable to meditation and investigation. From the time‑worn genealogical manuscript of the distinguished jurist I gleaned the following facts, which I here present, divesting them of the graphical method of presentation which makes the original so interesting and valuable.

William Bradford's maternal grandfather's father, William¹ Budd, married Ann Clapgert. Son of William Bradford's maternal grandfather's father, William Budd, married Eliza Stockton, daughter of Richard.

¹This man and his brother Thomas owned the lands on the East, North and West

of Hampton‑Hanover (Pemberton) for miles in each direction.

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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.

6. Ann married Kendall Cole.

7. Thomas married Jemima Leeds.

8. Rebecca married Joseph Lamb.

We have been thus 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 New Jersey life. They were firm adherents of the Established Church, and consistent in their religious 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 unbroken upon 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 preached at Burlington, 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 Campbell, of date May 30, 1746, we extract the following: "Baptized to Joseph and Mary Shinn, adults, Patience, Rebecca and William; to the said Joseph and Mary Shinn, the same day, baptized children, Vestai, Joseph, Benjamin, John, Francis and Abigail." From this it may be logically inferred that Joseph and Mary Shinn were and had been 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 equally 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 County, and in Upper Freehold, in Monmouth County. He died in 1759, and administration was granted by the Probate Court of Burlington County on February 15th of that 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, Jr., 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,

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being sisters, daughters of Restore Lippincott. They were also second cousins on the paternal side; James, the father, being a great‑uncle of Elizabeth.

The Church of Burlington arraigned the young couple for marrying against the canons on January 8,1739. James and Abigail denied any complicity in the affair. Elizabeth, the mother of Hannah, acknowledged that she knew the intentions of the young couple, but the record does not show whether she discouraged these intentions or not.

The young people were disowned in March, 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., married first cousins, as we shall see, and it would be an interesting contribution to sociology could we know the effect. It certainly did not decrease longevity nor the number of children. When the migration sentiment was in the heyday of its influence in New Jersey, Adam and Prudence, Ann and Israel Thompson, Robert Shinn, Sarah, Hannah and Elizabeth Shinn removed into Fairfax County, Virginia. The administration papers upon Adam's effects in 1784 show that he had gathered a small estate, which was administered on by his wife, Prudence. Robert was a witness to several marriages in Virginia, but there is no record of his own marriage. James married in Gloucester County, New 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 Stafford, Fairfax and Fauquier Counties, Virginia, and became mothers of large families carrying names other than Shinn. In this way the name has been lost in that region, notwithstanding the fact that the blood of James Shinn exists in the veins of many a Virginia family.

Children of James and Hannah (Shinn) Shinn.

151. (1) Ann Shinn married Israel Thompson 1771.

152. (2) Hope Shinn married Aaron Bech 1774.

153. (3) Adam Shinn married Prudence (???) 177‑‑.

154. (4) Robert Shinn; (5) Sarah Shinn; (6) Hannah Shinn; (7) Elizabeth Shinn.

155. (8) Mary Shinn; (9) James Shinn married Unity Bogcoe 12/13/1795 in

Gloucester County, N. J.

29. SOLOMON SHINN (3).‑‑JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

This grandson was born in Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, and was married at Springfield Meeting House on May 17, 1739, to Mary, daughter of Thomas, son of John Antrim, in the presence of their parents, Thomas Antrim, James and Abigail Shinn, and thirty‑eight others, among whom were Clement Shinn, Joseph and Mary (Budd) Shinn, James and Hannah Shinn.

The original marriage certificate was in the possession of his grandson, Shreeve Shinn, at the date of his death. Solomon lived for many years in New Hanover Township, where he was engaged as a farmer. He inherited lands in that township and in New Egypt, Monmouth County, and was a large purchaser at Evesham and in other parts of Burlington County. He married the second time in 1782, Mrs. Mary Bishop, a widow with children, by whom there was no issue. He died intestate in 1785. The original marriage certificate has endorsed upon the back of it the names of his children and the dates of their birth, which are here transcribed, with their marriages, as gathered from the minutes of various monthly meetings.

Children of Solomon and Mary (Antrim) Shinn.

156. (1) Thomas Shinn, b. Sept. 17, 1740, married (1) Sarah Vinacomb 1764; (2)

Merebah Warren 1812.

157. (2) Asa Shinn, b. Nov. 27, 1742, married Sarah Gaunt 1767.

158. (3) James Shinn, b. Jan. 23, 1744, married Lavinia Haines 1768.

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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. (6) Caleb Shinn, b. May 3/1752, married Mary Lucas 1771.

162. (7) Mary Shinn, b. Nov. 14/1754, ob sine proli.

163. (8) Mary Shinn, born August 29/1756.

164. (9) 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 witness 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 records disclose the interesting fact that he made acknowledgments 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.

171. (7) Elizabeth Shinn, b. 1754.

34. LEVI SHINN (3).‑‑GEORGE (2), JOHN (1).

That Levi 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 daughter of Daniel Wills, Sr.

He was apparently not a member of the Society of Friends, as he is not mentioned in any of their records. That he was a carpenter is proven by a deed of date June 13, 1729 (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 Township to him, Thomas Budd and John Pritchett.

By 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 doubtless 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 New 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 he 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.

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It is possible, if not probable, that some, if not all, of them are descendants 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 1760.

173. (2) Levi Shinn, who was also a witness, but who died ob sine proli.

174. (3) Mary Shinn, who married William Atkinson in 1739.

175. (4) Hope Shinn, who married Abner Rogers in 1751.

35. MARTHA SHINN (3).‑‑GEORGE (2), JOHN (1).

Martha Shinn is recorded in Burlington Minutes as having passed meeting regularly in the 10th and 11th months, 1735, on account of marriage to Daniel Gaskell. The Gaskells were a prominent family in the early history of New Jersey and North Carolina, and the intermarriages between the Gaskells and the Shinns in the seventeenth century were frequent. The Gaskills were of the gentry of England, and their pedigree may be found in "Famili‘ Minorum Gentium," Vol. I, p. 302. The certificate is not recorded, and I am unable to give their descendants.

36. MARY SHINN (3).‑‑GEORGE (2), JOHN (1).

Mary Shinn and Samuel, son of Thomas and Mary (Roberts) Eves, declared their intentions twice (October and November, 1721) before Burlington Meeting, and were married in an orderly manner in November of that year. Samuel Eves produced a certificate of character from Newtown Meeting, Haddonfield, to which place he removed his wife. The Eves family was among the early settlers of the province, and maintained a high place in respectability and worth.

37. JEAN ATKINSON (3).‑‑SARAH SHINN (2), JOHN (1).

Jean or Jane Atkinson, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Shinn) Atkinson, married Benjamin Jones, Jr., in 1727. There were two children at least, and there may have been many more.

Children of Jean Atkinson and Benjamin Jones.

176. (1) Benjamin Jones, married Elizabeth Carter 1746.

177. (2) Joseph Jones, married Sarah Shinn 1764.

53. ROWLAND OWEN (3).‑‑MARTHA SHINN (2), JOHN (1).

The records of Burlington Meeting show that on 3/7/1738 Rowland Owen, son of Joshua, and Prudence Powell, daughter of John, were married in an orderly manner according to the usage of Friends. The marriage certificate was signed by Joshua, Mary and Sarah Owen and thirty‑six others.

Children of Rowland and Prudence (Powell) Owen.

178. (1) Naomi Owen, married Isaac Buzby.

179. (2) Mary Owen, married Jonathan Jones, son of William and Elizabeth (Atkinson)

Jones 4/12/1775.

FOURTH GENERATION.

58. JOSEPH SHINN (4).‑‑GEORGE (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

The family Bible of Isaiah Shinn, son of Joseph Shinn, the subject of this sketch, places Joseph's birth in 1713. This would make him the eldest son of George and Elizabeth (Lippincott) Shinn, and at the death of his father he doubtless remained in Gloucester County, where he had been reared. Of his life

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prior to 1758 we know nothing. In that year a license was granted to Joseph Shinn by the county authorities of Gloucester to marry Ann Sydonia Shivers, daughter of Samuel and Martha (Deacon) Shivers. This marriage is also disclosed in Asa Matlack's Mcmoranda, but Joseph is therein placed at Salem. Matlack, 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 1763 Samuel Shivers and Martha, his wife, made a conveyance of land to Joseph Shinn, of Pilesgrove, Salem County, New Jersey, for land in Salem County. (Liber T, p. 420.) The records after this show many conveyances to Joseph Shinn, of Pilesgrove. This township seemed to be a favorite one for Burlington 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 lived at a time when strong‑minded and fearless men were needed in the Assembly of the State. Great Britain was in trouble with her colonies, and the air was laden with arguments favoring independence. Salem County chose for one of her representatives to the Convention of New Jersey (1776) Joseph Shinn, of Pilesgrove. We find him at his post at every session of that body, and in the roll‑call, where the "ayes" and "nays" were set out at length, his vote in every case is recorded on the side of independence and liberty. That body organized the New Jersey troops for the war; formed an independent State Government for New Jersey; appointed delegates to the Continental Congress, viz., Richard Stockton, Abraham Clark, John Hart, Francis Hopkinson, and Dr. John Witherspoon. 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. Joseph Shinn sat side by side with John Hart, Charles Read, Frederick Freylinghuysen, Philemon Dickerson and Richard Stockton, men afterwards chosen by New Jersey for positions of place and power. He was in close touch with all the 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 the privileges, the highest privileges, of all patriotic 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. Land at that time brought 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 the world. The heirs of Samuel Shivers' descendants, like Esau of old, sold their birthright 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 hands 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 they 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 sharks who pit their rascally acts against the judgment of youthful heirs in expectancy 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.

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The heirs of Joseph and Ann Sydonia (Shivers) Shinn living in 1867 had an indefeasible right to their share of this land; their descent was unquestioned save by the interested sharks; they had not sold nor bargained their rights; if their fathers and mothers had done this, they had simply done an unlawful act, and by the illegality could not bar the living heirs in 1867. 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 unspotted and far more lovable. There was a "History of Rutlandshire," written in 1684 by a barrister named James Wright. He dedicates it to the nobility and gentry of Rutland. When he reaches Cromwell's glorious reign he leaves a blank, in which he writes, with great pomposity:

"Temporis hoc spatium detut oblivioni."

When the heirs of Joseph Shinn reach the judicial period, 1867, they may put James Wright's sentence to far more noble use by using it as an epitaph for the inglorious tombstones of the claim quacks and legal shysters who swallowed up their estates.

Joseph Shinn died in 1784, and his wife, Ann Sydonia, administered upon his estate. (Will Book No. 26, p. 109.) She ob. 8/19/1798. The Bible of Isaiah names three‑children, as does Asa Matlack's Memoranda.

Children of Joseph and Ann Sydonia (Shivers) Shinn.

180. (1) Isaiah Shinn, b. 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.

182. (3) Elizabeth Shinn.

59. AMOS SHINN (4).‑‑GEORGE (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

On the 5th of February, 1739, Amos Shinn asked Burlington for a certificate to Chesterfield on account of marriage. The Chesterfield minutes do not show the appearance of Amos, as the rules require, nor do the minutes of Burlington show its accomplishment. Amos seems to have gotten ready before his sweetheart was ready. At all events, on the 8th day of October, 1740, he and Ann Carter appeared the first time at Burlington, and on the 1st of December, 1740, the committee reported the accomplishment of the marriage. The certificate is recorded, and states that Amos Shinn, son of George Shinn, deceased, of the County of Gloucester, and Ann Carter were married on the 25th of November, 1740. Elizabeth Shinn, mother of George, James and Abigail Shinn; Zilpha Shinn, Caleb and Mehitabel Shinn, and many others sign the paper. Now, if this Amos who really married in 1740 was the Amos who wanted to marry in 1739, then we shall have no trouble. If not, then there is an Amos to account for, and no records to draw upon. The silence of Chesterfield Minutes leads me to assume that the two Amoses were one person. Amos married (2) Sarah Cunningham in 1774, and died in 1777. Administration was granted upon his estate to Sarah Shinn November 18, 1777. (West Jersey Wills, Liber 16, p. 516.)

Children of Amos and Ann (Carter) Shinn.

183. (1) Mary Shinn, b. 1741, married Richard Sinnett 1766.

184. (2) Samuel Shinn, b. 1743, married Elizabeth Starkey 1766.

185. (3) George Shinn, b. 1745, married Elizabeth Kelley 1769.

186. (4) Zilpha Shinn, b. 1747, married Caleb Lippincott 1775.

187. (5) Amos Shinn, b. 1751, married Ann Cunningham 1766.

188. (6) Nancy Shinn, b. 1754, married Hugh Mooney 1781.

60. JOHN SHINN (4).‑‑GEORGE (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

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1771 he removed to Chesterfield, and in 1780 to Evesham, where he died. His will is dated at Evesham, November 9th, 1801, and was probated November 20th, 1801. (Liber No. 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 Ephraim Stratton, and cousin Job Jones.

The Mt. Holly Register 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. (3) Ozias Shinn, b. 6/20/1747, ob sine proli.

192. (4) Noah Shinn, b. 1/28/1752, married in Dover Township, Ocean Co., N. J.

193. (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,

Philadelphia, Pa.

195. (7) Rachel Shinn, b. 1/1/1758, married Ephraim Stratton 12/12/1782.

196. (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.

65. GEORGE SHINN (4).‑‑GEORGE (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

This son of George and Elizabeth (Lippincott) Shinn appeared twice before Burlington Meeting in 1749, and on the 5th day of June the committee reported that the marriage 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 distiller's business, and lived near Georgetown, N. J.

Children of George and Sarah (Owen‑Branson) Shinn.

199. (1) Martha Shinn, b. 1750, married Francis Shinn 1766. See Francis4,

Joseph3, James2, John1.

200. (2) Postrema Shinn, b. 1753, married (???).

201. (3) Curtis Shinn, b. 1755, married Annie Merritt 1777.

202. (4) John Shinn, b. 1757, married Jane Herbert 1780.

203. (5) Susan Shinn, b. 1759.

204. (6) Elizabeth Shinn, b. 1761.

205. (7) George Shinn, b. 1763, married Charity (???).

206. (8) Mary Shinn, b. 1764, married John Irick 1781.

66. AZARIAH SHINN (4).‑‑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 Gloucester 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. Azariah, it is assumed, had forgotten the faith of his fathers, for he is never mentioned in their records directly. When his wife or children are named he is named as father or husband, but in no other way. The Salem M. M. Records 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 acknowledgment to Haddonfield Monthly 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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in the church. She would not do as they required, and they would not bend. She was disowned.

Azariah died in 1773. His will was dated at the town of Gloucester, and County of Gloucester, February 13, 1773, and was probated March 17, 1773. (Liber 16, p. 100, W. J. Wills.) The document names his wife, Sarah; wife's daughter, Mary Haines (who afterwards married Joseph Gibson); his three daughters, Sarah, Martha and Beulah, minors. Sarah (Haines) Shinn dated her will at Greenwich, County of Gloucester, on the 23d of November, 1781. It was probated December 19th of same year. (Liber No. 23, p. 351, W. J. Wills.) It states that she is a widow, and names son, John Haines; son‑in‑law, Joseph Gibson; daughters, Sarah, Martha and Beulah Shinn. "Life's fitful fever" is over for both of them, and they are at rest. From this couple descends some of the most respectable people of the twentieth century, among whom is the Mayor of Philadelphia, Hon. Samuel Ashbridge.

Children of Azariah and Sarah (Haines) Shinn.

207. (1) Sarah Shinn, married David Ware 1782.

208. (2) Martha Shinn, married Isaac Crines.

209. (3) Beulah Shinn, married Gibson Jones.

67. ISAIAH SHINN (4).‑‑GEORGE (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Of this son of George little is known. He died at Greenwich, Gloucester County, in 1763, and Jacob Spicer was made administrator of his estate April 20th, 1763. (Liber No. 11, p. 313, W. J. Wills.) There is no record of his marriage.

68. WILLIAM SHINN (4).‑‑WILLIAM (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

William Shinn's life was very obscure. His disownment on account of marriage may be found recorded in Burlington Minutes, as follows:

"Northampton overseers report that William Shinn had married contrary to order, and that he refused to make satisfactory acknowledgment. He was therefore declared out of unity." So far as authentic history is concerned, he left the world at this instant, for this is the last notice anywhere that the most diligent investigation can bring to light. The traditions of the neighborhood seem to indicate the following children:

Children of William Shinn.

210. (1) Ann Shinn, who married Isaac Islow 1784.

211. (2) Rhoda Shinn, who married John Steward 1783; he was a member of the

State Militia of Burlington Co. in 1776.

212. (3) Sarah Shinn, who married John Myers 1775; he enlisted in the 2nd

Burlington Regiment in 1776 and was elected Captain.

71. ISAIAH SHINN (4).‑‑WILLIAM (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Of this Isaiah very little is known. The civil records show that in 1770 he was married to Mary, daughter of Joseph and Rachel Burr, by license. Asa Matlack's Memoranda confirms this. Of his children nothing whatever is known. No one of the name traces back to this marriage, so far as I have been informed, and the inference is that there was no issue.

73. ELIZABETH SHINN (4).‑‑WILLIAM (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

The civil records show that Elizabeth was married to John Alloways in 1774. She must have been very popular with all the Shinns, for she is favorably mentioned in several of their wills. Rebecca Shinn left her a legacy in 1806 and Samuel Shinn in 1815.

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74. JOB SHINN (4).‑‑WILLIAM (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

The civil records show that Job married Elinor Burns in 1776. The Mt. Holly Records give him this notice: "Job 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.

75. URIAH SHINN (4).‑‑JOSHUA (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

On the 5th of May, 1777, Uriah Shinn sent a paper to Mt. Holly meeting acknowledging he had committed a fault in being married by a magistrate, and asked forgiveness. The meeting ordered the paper to be read publicly at the Mount Holly Meeting, and granted the request. Uriah married Rebecca Ridgway, and lived near Vincentown. He and his wife separated, and Rebecca certainly married again. Uriah removed to Salem County, and was living there in 1814, as is shown by the following letter to his son, Isaac:

"Salem County‑‑March 16, 1814.

"I take this opportunity 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 second husband of Rebecca had a surname Hosier, and by this marriage there were two children.¹ After Uriah's disownment he never returned to the Friends Society, although he maintained their peculiarities of speech. His descendants became members 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 lignment, I must be permitted to say that the matter is not altogether free from doubt. It is probable, I think, after mature consideration, that they are mistaken in their remembrance, for there is no record, and that Uriah Shinn was a son of Joseph Shinn by a wife prior to his marriage to Ann Sydonia Shivers. My reasons are:

1. Joseph was born in 1713, as an authentic Bible record in the possession of Isaiah Shinn, his son, at Salem, will sustain. He certainly married Ann Sydonia Shivers in 1758. He was then forty‑five years of age. The probability is that a man having lived single to that age would not marry at all. Hence I infer that he had been married before, and that the fruit of that marriage was Uriah Shinn, and possibly others.

2. This probable argument is strengthened by the fact that the descendants of Uriah Shinn to the last mature generation have all carried with them a tradition that they 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 original testator." This whole tradition, so widely prevalent among the descendants of Uriah Shinn, grew out of the ninety‑nine‑years lease of Tinicum Island by Samuel Shivers in 1758, already referred to. Joseph Shinn's descendants by Ann Sydonia Shivers were heirs to the remainder. And since all of the descendants of Uriah living at the time thought themselves 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, knowing themselves to be descended from Joseph, they at once leaped to the conclusion that they were heirs to whatever Joseph might have had. They had no right to Tinicum Island in reversion, not because they could not prove

¹Their names were Gideon and Pearson Hosier.

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descent from Joseph, but because they could not prove descent from Joseph and Ann Sydonia Shivers. Their mother was a different woman, and the estate was limited to the heirs of the four daughters of Samuel Shivers, of whom Ann Sydonia was one. The Shivers heirs lost the island through legal juggling; the heirs of Joseph Shinn by 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, I argue not that they were entitled to the property, but that their ancestor was certainly Joseph and not Joshua.

3. There are certain mental peculiarities and attributes of many of the descendants of Uriah Shinn that would class them as descendants of Joseph Shinn. He was a fearless actor and thinker. His votes in the Assembly in 1776 place him among the first men of that day. These same traits show themselves in Dr. George Wolfe Shinn and to a lesser degree in several of the descendants of Uriah.

Opposed to this is the Bible of Isaiah Shinn, of Salem, and the positive averments of Gideon and Rebecca. As to the first, the Bible is that of Isaiah, and not of Joseph. In fact, this Bible is one of the earliest ones that contained a family record. In Joseph's day, that is, in the day of his marriages, such instrumentalities were not known. Bibles were read and not used as a record and day book, and the entries are, in all probability, those of Isaiah and not of Joseph. The entries are absolutely‑correct in what they state. The first marriage was not entered because Isaiah knew nothing about it, and if he did know it he was not required to enter it in a register which had to do with his descent alone.

As to the second objection, I have to say that it is a question of memory, and that the difference between Joseph and Joshua is so slight that no conclusion can be drawn from it which will be permitted to outweigh the reasoning hereinbefore set out. Out of deference, however, to these two members of Uriah's family, I have placed Uriah as a descendant of Joshua. Every descendant who reads this book may array himself where he likes.

Children of Uriah and Rebecca (Ridgway) Shinn.

213. 1. Lydia Shinn, b. ‑‑/‑‑/1775; unmarried.

214. 2. Zlba Shinn, b. 1/13/1777; m., 12/24/1800, Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and

Mary Colkitt.

215. 3. Isaac Shinn, b. 6/7/1779; m., 1/14/1805, Martha Jones.

76. JOHN SHINN (4).‑‑CALEB (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

In Mt. Holly records there is a certificate of marriage in May, 1763, for John Shinn, son of Caleb and Mehitabel, and Amy Griffith, daughter of John Griffith, late of Darby, Pa., but now of Great Britain. In the same records in March, 1781, a committee reported the orderly marriage of John, son of Caleb and Mchitabel, both deceased, to Sarah, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Jones. Benjamin Jones was a descendant on the maternal side from Sarah Shinn, daughter of John Shinn, Sr. There is no record showing the birth of children to John and Amy (Griffith) Shinn. In 1791 Burlington granted a certificate of removal to Mt. Holly to John and Sarah (Jones) Shinn and their son Benjamin. In 1798 John Shinn, his wife, Sarah, and son, Benjamin, presented a removal certificate from Mt. Holly to Upper Evesham. They afterwards removed to Haddonfield, where John died, January 10, 1819. He was buried at Haddonfield. Sarah died on September 10, 1808, and was buried at New Hopewell. Upper Evesham records show that Benjamin was born December 18,1786. He seems to have been a very prominent young man, having been placed on several important committees by Upper Evesham Friends.

Joseph Hinchman, in his journal, recites that Benjamin died January 11,

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1819. The death of father and son within a day of each other indicates the presence of a contagious discase.

Children of John and Sarah (Jones) Shinn.

216. 1. Benjamin Shinn, b. 10/18/1786; ob. sine proli, 1/11/1819.

77. HENRY SHINN (4).‑‑CALEB (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Henry Shinn, son of Caleb and Mehitabel (Curtis) Shinn, born in Burlington County, New Jersey; married there, in 1770, Anna Fort, and removed to Gloucester County. He had several children, but I have been enabled to find but one.

217. 1. Henry Shinn, b. 1781; m. Hannah Warner at Tuckahoe, N. J.

82. HANNAH SHINN (4).‑‑JACOB (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Hannah Shinn, daughter of Jacob and Hannah (Lippincott‑Rakestraw) 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. Mary was born in 1746 and Jacob in 1750, and I infer that Hannah was born near Arney's Mount in 1748.

In 1767 she and Isaac Kay were regularly married according to Friends' usage, as is disclosed by Burlington Minutes. Francis Shinn was appointed to attend the marriage, and he reported, on the 4th of July, 1767, 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 Haddonfield, being among the earliest settlers of that part of Gloucester (now Camden) County. The old court records of Woodbury show that this family was most prominently connected with the administrative affairs of the county, and exercised a powerful influence upon its early history.¹ Hannah took up her residence at Haddonfield, where she passed the remainder of her life. She is mentioned in her father's will in1792, and in her mother's will in 1795. The latter will names two of her children, Jemima and Hannah. Her brother Caleb died in 1833, leaving a will which names his living brothers and sisters. Hannah is not named, nor is any of her children. Hannah died at Haddonfield.

Children of Isaac and Hannah (Shinn) Kay.

218. 1. Jemima Kay.

219. 2. Hannah Kay.

220. 3. Mary Ann Kay, m. 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 disownment (3/4/1782). In 1777 the society gave him a certificate on account of marriage to Burlington. In Book of Burlington Marriages it is set out that Jacob Shinn, son of Jacob, and Hannah Fenton (5), daughter of Eleazer, were married 11/6/1777 at old Springfield Meeting House. The certificate is signed by sixty‑two persons, and the wedding was a notable one for the day. Armed soldiers were at this time at rendezvous in camps throughout the county, and general gloom hung over the country. Still, courtships went on with unwonted vigor, and marriages

¹John Kay, grandfather of Isaac, represented Gloucester in the Assembly, 1708, 1709, 1710

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occurred with unbroken regularity. As one reads the Friends' minutes covering the period of the

Revolutionary War he is apt to think he is studying a period of profound peace. Every now and then a wail of suffering "on account of the war" creeps into the record, but the general trend is that of perfect tranquillity.

Eleazer Fenton, father of Hannah (Fenton) Shinn, married Elizabeth Atkinson in 1753, and was the son of Eleazer Fenton, the son of Eleazer, the emigrant.¹ Elizabeth Atkinson was the daughter of John and Hannah (Shinn) Atkinson. Hannah was the daughter of James and Abigail (Lippincott) Shinn. Thus Hannah Fenton, who married Jacob Shinn, the great‑grandson of John Shinn, Sr., was herself the great‑great‑granddaughter of the same person. Two years after the marriage (1779) Hannah took a letter of removal from Burlington to Mt. Holly. In 1782, as we have seen, Jacob was disowned at Mt. Holly, and his after life is lost in obscurity. He was alive in 1795 at the death of his father, but is not named in the will of his mother, who died in 1804. The probability is that he was dead at that date. Hannah, his wife, died in New Jersey.

Children of Jacob and Hannah (Fenton) Shinn.

221. 1. Hannah Shinn, b. 12/12/1778; m. Daniel Earle.

222. 2. Elizabeth Shinn, b. 3/20/1780; m. Dennis Heartt, September, 1804, at 2nd

Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pa.

223. 3. 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. John Shinn, born 1784; married and left descendants near Jobstown, N. J.

225. 5. Lydia Shinn, b. 1788; m. William Heppard.

226. 6. Samuel Shinn, b. 1793.

227. 7. Rebecca Shinn, b. Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey,

1801; m. Charles Harbert of Philadelphia, Pa., 10/31/1820.

84. ELIZABETH SHINN (4).‑‑JACOB (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

This daughter of Jacob and Hannah (Lippincott‑Rakestraw) Shinn was born 8/19/1753, as is shown by Mt. Holly records. Burlington records show that she was married regularly in 1776 to Samuel Lippincott, and a report made to the church on the 3d of June of that year. The will of Hannah Shinn enables us to name the following children. There may have been others.

Children of Samuel and Elizabeth (Shinn) Lippincott.

228. 1. Elizabeth Lippincott, who married (???) Tucker.

229. 2. Rebecca Lippincott, who married John E. Woodard.

230. 3. Hannah Lippincott.

231. 4. Jesse Lippincott, who married Mary Ann (???).

85. MARY SHINN (4).‑‑JACOB (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

This daughter of Jacob and Hannah (Lippincott‑Rakestraw) Shinn was born 11/23/1755. (Mt. Holly Records.) She was married to Samuel Wright in Burlington County in 1784 by a license, as is shown by the court records. The Friends do not appear to notice the irregularity of her marriage, and I infer that she was not a member of the society. Her children, as gathered from the will of her mother (1795) and her brother Caleb (1833), are as given below:

Children of Samuel and Mary (Shinn) Wright.

232. 1. Caleb Wright.

233. 2. Charles Wright.

234. 3. Thomas Wright.

¹The emigrant, Eleazer, m. Elizabeth Stacy, 1690. The marriage was solemnized in

open court at Burlington, N. J.

235. 4. Jane Wright.

236. 5. Mary Wright.

237. 6. Louisa Wright, who married Job Horner of Jobstown.

86. JOHN SHINN (4).‑‑JACOB (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

John, another of the children born to Jacob and Hannah (Lippincott‑Rakestraw) Shinn, was born in Burlington County, N. J., 11/25/1757. (Mt. Holly Records.) Like his sister, Mary, he 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 by the Friends, the inference is that he was not a member of the society. His wife was Mary, daughter of William and Susannah Norton. John Shinn died 2/13/1833.

Children of John and Mary (Norton) Shinn.

238. 1. Jemima Shinn, born 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) Lawrence.

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).

Rachel Shinn, daughter of Jacob and Hannah (Lippincott‑Rakestraw) Shinn, was a church‑loving woman, and her birth and marriage appear regularly upon the Mt. Holly Records. She was born10/24/1762, and married Benejah Butcher in 1784. Her children were:

Children of Benejah and Rachel (Shinn) Butcher.

260. 1. Hannah Butcher.

261. 2. Thomas Butcher.

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262. 3. Benejah Butcher.

263. 4. Jacob Butcher.

264. 5. Mary Butcher, who married Isaac Fennimore.

89. CALEB SHINN (4).‑‑JACOB (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

This, the youngest child of Jacob and Hannah (Lippincott‑Rakestraw) Shinn, was born 3/12/1764. He lived and died in Burlington County, and was a man of considerable wealth. He was never married, but by his will, dated December 12, 1833 (Burlington Records, Book D, p. 657), he appears to have left the greater part of his estate to his adopted daughters, Louisa Brognard Rossell and Mary Wright Rossell.

He also gave large bequests to his sisters, Jemima Lippincott, Rachel Butcher, and his brother Jacob. He also gave bequests to his nieces and nephews‑‑Elizabeth Tucker, Rebecca, wife of John E. Woodard; Thomas Wright, Charles Wright, Caleb Wright, Jane Lee (late Wright), Mary Wright, Louisa, wife of Job Horner; Caleb Lippincott, Mary, wife of Joseph M. Morgan; Hannah, wife of James F. Hulme; Caroline Smith, Mary Ann Kelley, Isaac Kay Lippincott, Benejah Butcher, Mary Fennimore, wife of Isaac Fennimore; children of nephew, Samuel Lippincott; two daughters of Joseph Lippincott, Hannah S. Butterworth and Elizabeth, wife of Restore Lippincott, and children of his brother, John Shinn, deceased.

90. SUSANNAH SHINN (4).‑‑THOMAS (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Susannah, the oldest child of Thomas and Martha (Earl) Shinn, was born in Springfield Township, Burlington County, N. J., 3/10/1721 (Burlington Records of Births). She was regularly married according to Friends rite 4/4/1739 (Ibid.; also Asa Matlack's Memoranda) to Thomas, son of Samuel and Ruth (Stacy) Atkinson, who lived at Haddonfield. Ruth Stacy was the daughter of Mahlon Stacy, of the Commissioners, and a man of affairs. Samuel Atkinson was a prosperous contractor and builder in Newton Township. ("History of Newton Township," Clement.) The Quaker minutes above referred to have "Sarah" instead of "Susannah" as the one who married Thomas Atkinson, but Thomas' will and the Marriage Record agree upon "Susannah." The Atkinson genealogy also gives the name Susannah. The scribe who prepared the record in the second volume of Burlington Minutes was not very careful, as will more fully appear in the next article. I have not ascertained their children.

91. MARTHA SHINN (4).‑‑THOMAS (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Martha, the second child of Thomas and Martha (Earl) Shinn, was born 1/22/1722‑3 (Burlington Records). She is next referred to in the Minutes of Burlington Meeting on the 6th day of the 6th month, 1739, as follows: "Henry Paxson and Mary Shinn, she being a widow with children, appeared the first time." This marriage is recorded, and the record shows the following certificate:

"Henry Paxson1 of Soulsbury in ye County of Bucks in ye Province of Pennsylvania, and Mary Shinn, widow, were married on the 12th of the 7th month, 1739," at Mt. Holly Meeting House. It was witnessed by James Paxson, brother of Henry; Thomas and Martha Shinn, parents of the bride; Jacob, Caleb and Elizabeth Shinn, and forty‑six others. This was a notable wedding, and it is most singular that the scribe should repeat the error of the minutes and transcribe the

¹James Paxson, from the parish of Marsh Gibbon, in the vicinity of Stowe, England,

and a member of the Coleshill Society of Friends, came to Bucks County, Pennsylvania,

about 1700, and died there 1722. One of his children, Henry, married Ann Plumly in

1706 and became the father of twelve children, one of whom, Henry, Jr., married Martha

Shinn in 1739. (History Bucks County, Pa., p. 678.) The father of Henry, Jr., was a

member of the Pennsylvania Council in the years 1695, 1704‑5‑6‑7‑8, and 1709. William,

uncle of Henry, Jr., was also a member of the Council for fourteen years. (History

Bucks County, Pennsylvania.)

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bride's name Mary, when it should be Martha. In the will of Thomas Shinn, her father, dated10/8/1751 (Will Book 7, p. 318), the children are named as follows: "Daughter Susannah Atkinson, sons Earl and Gamaliel, daughter Elizabeth 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. Henry Paxson was born 7/14/1719, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and died in Burlington County, 9/18/1778. Martha, his wife, died 2/23/1781. Henry Paxson, husband of Martha, represented Burlington County in the Nineteenth Assembly, 1754‑1761; in the Twenty‑first Assembly, 1769‑1772, and in the Twenty‑second Assembly, 1772‑1775. He gave his vote 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 membership in any of the patriotic societies growing out of the Revolutionary War, except the Order 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. THOMAS SHINN (4).‑‑THOMAS (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Thomas, Jr., the third child and first son of Thomas and Martha (Earl) Shinn, was born 6/7/1725. He married Mary Buddell about 1750. In the second volume of Burlington Minutes, 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 declared out of unity. A few months before this he had been made overseer of the Northampton (Mt. Holly) Meeting, but he seems to have preferred his wife to the church, and never made overtures to return. At the beginning of the Revolution he owned the "Old Cross Kegs" tavern, in Mt. Holly. In 1776 this tavern was captured by the British, and a company of soldiers quartered within it. ("History of Burlington and Mercer Counties," p. 182.) This was very 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 March 8, 1777, letters of administration upon his estate were granted to Buddell Shinn, his son. From a will made by his wife, Mary (Buddell) Shinn, on 7/8/1805 (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.

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93. MARY SHINN (4).‑‑THOMAS (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Mary, the fourth child and the third daughter of Thomas and Martha (Earl) Shinn, was born

10/22/1727. (Mt. Holly Minutes.) She was married to Thomas Allison on the 3d day of the 4th month, 1745, and her descendants have always been prominent Friends. She afterwards married James Clothier.

Children of James and Mary (Allison‑Shinn) Clothier.

276. (1) Caleb Clothier (5) of Mt. Holly, N. J., who married Elizabeth Jones

of Burlington County, New Jersey, and had:

277. (1) Caleb Clothier (6), who married Hannah Fletcher Hallowell of

Abingdon, Pa.; removed to Philadelphia, and had:

278. 1. Elizabeth Hallowell Clothier (7), who married Jacob S. Bunting and

had:

279. 1. Elizabeth Sellers Bunting (8), who married Charles William Pickering.

280. 2. Hannan Bunting (8), unmarried.

281. 2. Lucretia Mott Clothier (7).

282. 3. Isaac Hallowell Clothier (7), b. 11/5/1837; m. 9/1/1864, Mary Clapp

Jackson of Phliadelphia and had:

283. 1. Mary Jackson Clothier (8), b. 6/7/1865, who married William

Esher Heyl, 11/1/1892, at "Ballytore," 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.

Henry Powers Sailer, 4/30/1895, at "Ballytore," and had children,

Josephine and Randolph Sailer.

289. 3. Morris Lewis Clothier (8), b. 7/24/1868, who married Lydia M.

Earnshaw, 4/26/1900, at Riverton, N. J., and had two children,

Emily Earnshaw and Lydia Morris.

291. 4. Hannah Hallowell Clothier (8), b 7/21/1872, who married Dr. William

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

Knight Annear in 1903.

295. 7. Lydia Biddle Clothier (8).

258. 8. Caroline Clothier (8).

296. 9. William Jackson Clothler (8).

297. 4. William Penn Clothier (7), who married Jennie Drew of New York and

had children, Hannah, Fletcher, William Penn, and Caleb Clothier.

298. 5. Anna Burr Clothier, unmarried.

299. 6. Clarkson Clothier (7), who married Agnes Evans, 10/12/1875, and had

children, Marian, Edith and Robert Clarkson Clothier, living and

unmarried; another child, Florence Clothier, deceased.

94. ELIZABETH SHINN (4).‑‑THOMAS (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Elizabeth, the fifth child, and the fourth daughter of Thomas and Martha (Earl) Shinn, was born 7/20/1733, and married on the 2d of the 9th month, 1754. She passed meeting and her marriage was reported regularly, but the certificate is not recorded. (Vol. II, Burlington Monthly Meeting, 8/5, 9/2, 10/7, 1754.) She married Samuel Lovett.

95. EARL SHINN (4).‑‑THOMAS (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Earl, the sixth child and the second son of Thomas and Martha (Earl) Shinn, was born 10/27/1736. He passed meeting regularly and was married to Rebecca, daughter of John and Margaret (Mingen) Monrow. The marriage was reported on the 10th of the 6th month, 1760. (Burlington M. M., Vol. III.) He was an enterprising and intelligent man, as is shown by the following fact: The Bridgeton Library Company was granted a charter by the King on June 11, 1765, and

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among the incorporators we find the names of the brothers, Earl and Thomas Shinn. Earl 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 Earl and Rebecca (Monroe) Shinn.

300. 1. Elizabeth Shinn, b. 10/11/1762; ob. sine proli, 12/16/1841.

301. 2. Thomas Shinn, b. 6/1/1764; m. Lucy Worrell, 1788.

302. 3. John Shinn, b. 2/22/1766; m. (???) Ridgway.

303. 4. Gamaliel Shinn, b. 1/18/1768; m. Beulah Easelwood, 7/2/1797.

304. 5. Samuel Shinn, b. 9/30/1770; m. Hannah Simpson, 3/18/1795.

305. 6. Mary Shinn, m. (1) Samuel Berry, 1789; (2) Joseph Jordan.

306. 7. Margaret Shinn, b. 12/21/1774; m. William Hugg.

307. 8. Susannah Shinn, b. 2/15/1777; ob. 5/12/1840, unmarried.

308. 9. Buddell Shinn, b. 5/27/1779; ob. 6/10/1782.

309. 10. Rebecca Shinn, b. 7/15/1785; ob. sine proli, 1817.

96. GAMALIEL SHINN (4).‑‑THOMAS (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Gamaliel, the seventh child and third son of Thomas and Martha (Earl) Shinn, was born 5/10/1738, and was never married. He was drowned at sea in the year 1765.

97. AQUILLA SHINN (4).‑‑THOMAS (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Aquilla, the eighth child and the fourth son of Thomas and Martha (Earl) Shinn, was born 1/8/1740. He was a man of deep religious convictions and great public spirit, but was never married. In 1770 he was sent as a representative to Quarterly Meeting, 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 his capacity for business affairs. In 1774 a movement was set on foot by Jacob Shinn, Samuel Shinn, Francis Shinn, Restore Shinn and others to build a meeting house near Shreeve's Mount, as the schoolhouse, which they had been using for that purpose, was too small. In March, 1776, Burlington Meeting placed Aquilla on a committee to labor with those who held slaves, with those who neglected attendance of meetings, and violated the Friends' testimony against the taking of oaths. Mt. Holly Monthly Meeting was established by Burlington on the 7th of December, 1776, and Aquilla became a member thereof, Mt. Holly being his home. The new monthly meeting began its career with a large number of members and a goodly service of elders. Among the latter we find the name of Elizabeth Shinn, who was appointed by Burlington to that office in 1763. She was a first cousin of Aquilla Shinn. Under the direction of the Yearly Meeting of New Jersey Friends each Monthly Meeting was to appoint a committee to reason with such as held slaves. Aquilla 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 was appointed to record the marriage certificates, births and deaths when the same should be handed him. He performed the 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 by Mt. Holly 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 Cadbury, 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 been 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 Mercer Counties" we are told that Aquilla Shinn lived in the "Washington House," Mt. Holly, the same having

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been formerly occupied by Adam Farquier. In the first volume of the New Jersey Gazette (Feb. 28, 1778), and in the first volume of the Rural Visitor (1778) the following advertisement appears, and is introduced to show the difference between the new and the old styles:

"Dillon and Shinn, Mt. Holly, N. J.‑‑A General Store: Wholesale and retail. West India Rum and some Choice old Jamaica Spirit by the Gallon, or by the Barrel."

The old bachelor, Aquilla Shinn, for I am told that he was an importer and merchant, had a queer notion of the meaning of the word "choice." Jamaica rum is next to Russian vodka, and this is the most villainous drink known to man.

Aquilla Shinn, in common with many property holders of New Jersey, thought that the General Assembly of New Jersey, in 1775, was going too rapidly towards 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 unhappy 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 changing 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 opposition should be broken, which they think the establishment of an independency would effect. * * * 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 their intention to vest any Congress of body of men whatever with that power."

John Monrow,

Ch. Ph. Hughes,

Thomas Shinn,

Aaron Smith,

William Budd,

Mablon Gaskill,

Aquilla Shinn,

Thomas Paxson,

William Norton,

and 23 other men of landed estates.

To Provincial Congress & Council of Safety.

98. POSTREMA SHINN (4).‑‑THOMAS (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Postrema, the ninth child and fifth daughter of Thomas and Martha (Earl) Shinn, was born 1/6/1744. She was married to John Ridgway, Surveyor General of New Jersey, in 1764. William John Potts, of Camden, N. J., in Vol. 17, "Pennsylvania Mag. of Hist. and Biog.," page 381, says:

"The writer is acquainted with the various outline genealogies of the Ridgway family, as given by Major E. M. Woodard, and the fragmentary account by Mr. Edwin Salter, as well as the unpublished manuscript pedigree of the late Gideon De la Plaine Scull, which gave the descent of the Scully, Ridgway and other families from the De la Plaines and De Bellange families, as far as could be ascertained. That there were several intermarriages between these old Huguenot names, De la Plaine and De Bellange, and the Ridgways is certain. The Bible record of one family (Ridgway) is here given, in the earnest hope that some one will make the affiliation with the earlier members."

¹John Ridgway died 3/4/1809, and his wife, Postrema, died 9/23/1831.

Children of John and Postrema (Shinn) Ridgway.

310. 1. Thomas Ridgway, b. 8/17/1761; ob. sine proll, 9/14/1761.

311. 2. John Ridgway, b. 12/20/1762; m. Elizabeth Wright.

312. 3. William Ridgway, b. 11/6/1765.

313. 4. Aquilla Ridgway, b. 10/16/1767; m. Martha Lippincott.

314. 5. Anna Ridgway, b. 9/24/1769; m. William Hudson Burr, Associate Justice,

Mt. Holly, N. J.

¹As one link in the chain suggested by Mr. Potts, it may be said that the John Ridgway

whose record is here given was a son of Job Ridgway.

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315. 6. De la Plaine Ridgway, b. 10/9/1772.

316. 7. Mary Ridgway, b. 11/24/1774; m. Daniel Knight of Philadelphia, and became

the ancestress of the Philadelphia artist of that name.

317. 8. Martha Riagway, b. 8/5/1777; m. Aaron Bowker.

318. 9. Thomas Shinn 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 SHINN (4).‑‑SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Alice, second child of Samuel and Sarah (Scholey) Shinn, born 1/20/1721; married, 3/10/1739, Thomas, son of Elnathan and Sarah (Cornell) Stevenson, at Northampton Meeting House. (Burlington Minutes and Marriage Record.) Elnathan, 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 Newton, L. I., about 1690. The certificate is recorded, and besides the signatures of the parents of the young people, there appear thirty other names. Dr. Stevenson, of Haddonfield, a descendant of this marriage, has supplied me with a Bible record of the descendants of Alice and Thomas, which is transcribed.

Children of Thomas and Alice (Shinn) Stevenson.

321. 1. Samuel Stevenson, b. 1741; m. Mary, daughter of Joseph Siddon, of Bucks

County, Pa., 1761.

322. 2. Sarah Stevenson, m. Elton Kemble, 9/14/1761.

323. 3. Thomas Stevenson, m. Isabella Hunt.

324. 4. William Stevenson, m. Rachel Griffith, 11/5/1770.

325. 5. Elnathan Stevenson, b. 10/25/1767; m. Bathsheba Norcross.

101. SARAH SHINN (4).‑‑SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Sarah, third child of Samuel and Sarah (Scholey) Shinn, born 6/16/1723, in Springfield Township, Burlington County, N. J.; married under civil law to Philo, son of Daniel and Ann (Stacy) Leeds. Daniel Leeds was the maker of the first almanac ever printed in New Jersey. He left a will, dated June 27, 1720, naming seven children, Philo being one of them.

102. THOMAS SHINN (4).‑‑SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Thomas, fourth child of Samuel and Sarah (Scholey) Shinn, born 5/2/1725, was married in 1743 to Ruth 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 Washington and Jefferson College, Pa., have been puzzled to know where to place Thomas and to name the woman he married.

The following matter will 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 Medford, N. J. In 1682 John Roberts, William Matlack and Timothy Hancock settled at an Indian town called Penisaukin, on the south branch of Cemissick Creek in Burlington County; they established a Friends' Meeting called "Adams," which was afterwards called "Chester," near Moorestown. Timothy Hancock was from Brayles, Warwickshire, England; came to New Jersey in 1681 in the ship "Paradise"; m. (1) Rachel Firman in New Jersey; she died before 1690; m. (2), 1690, Susanna Ives; by the latter marriage among other children 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

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wife, Susannah; by the marriage of Mark and Ann (Hancock) Stratton, among others, there was a daughter, Ruth, who m. Thomas Shinn.

As to the father of Thomas, I had two avenues of escape from a serious dilemma:

First‑‑Samuel had a son, Thomas, born at a time when he could have become the husband of Ruth. He was duly recorded in Friends' Registry of Births, and is not recorded as to marriage or death. He was a living, authentic quantity to be dealt with.

Second‑‑Levi Shinn bought large tracts of land at Evesham, and married Ann Wills in 1720. Thomas might have been his son. But there is no record of the fact.

I chose the first assumption, and have so placed Thomas, who married Ruth, in this pedigree.¹

In Evesham Records of Marriage Certificates Thomas and Ruth Shinn sign one in 1763. In 1762, nearly twenty years after his marriage, Thomas Shinn produced an acknowledgment for himself and wife condemning their marriage against the order of the society. The minutes show that his wife was named Ruth. The acknowledgment was received and ordered published. In 1777 he was reported for long neglect of attendance, but as he showed penitence, he was held for further trial. These scant records contain his entire church history. He was a miller and a man of large business capacity. He was High Sheriff of Burlington County in 1760 and 1762, and was appointed guardian of John Hollinshead in February, 1776. (Burlington Wills, Liber 16, page 496.) His will bears date12/5/1781, and was probated 1/7/1782. (Ibid, Liber 24, page 180.) This instrument places his residence at Evesham, and names sons Thomas, Samuel, daughters Mary, Elizabeth, Ann, Lucretia, son Levi and grandson William, son of Samuel. His wife Ruth is not named, and had probably died before this time. From this document, the family records of Thomas, Levi and Mary, three of the children, and the Burlington County Marriage License Record, we are enabled to present the following:

Children of Thomas and Ruth (Stratton) Shinn.

326. 1. Sarah Shinn, b. 8/22/1743; ob. 1744.

327. 2. Mary Shinn, b. 1/21/1744; m. Jonathan Oliphant, 6/25/1764.

328. 3. Samuel Shinn, b. 6/19/1747; m. Christiana Wait, 1769.

329. 4. Elizabeth Shinn, b. 3/8/1749; m. John Armstrong, 1764.

330. 5. Enoch Shinn, b. 8/8/1751; ob. 1766.

331. 6. Jane Shinn, b. 11/11/1753; ob. in vita patris, sole.

332. 7. Levi Shinn, b. 10/3/1755; m. Hannah Reeve, 1776.

333. 8. Thomas Shinn, b. 11/3/1758; m. Jane Austin, 1782.

334. 9. Alice Ann Shinn, b. 4/16/1761; m. John Davidson, 1778.

335. 10. Lucretia Shinn, b. 1/7/1764; m. Abraham Proud, 1784.

106. SAMUEL SHINN (4).‑‑SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Samuel, the only son of Samuel and Provided (Gaskell) Shinn, was born in Burlington County in1737. Upon the removal of his father to North Carolina, in 1750‑54, the children of the first two marriages elected to remain in New Jersey.

¹Trifles have their weight. Levi, son of Thomas and Ruth, left a complete record

from his father down. The older descendants of Levi speak of the youngest daughter of

Thomas and Ruth as Alice Ann Shinn, and say that she was named after a sister of the

father, Thomas. Levi had a daughter, Alice, whom he named in honor of his sister,

Alice Ann. Now Alice Shinn nowhere appears in the older Shinn records except among

the children of Samuel and Sarah (Scholey) Shinn. Hence I infer that Thomas, who

married Ruth, was a brother of Alice, and that in this way the name Alice perpetuates

itself for three generations in Samuel's line. Thomas also named his eldest son, Samuel,

presumably in honor of his father; his next son, Levi, in honor of his kinsman at Evesham,

and his youngest son, Thomas, after himself. This is not conclusive reasoning, but,

taken with the other facts in the text, obtains respectable place.

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Samuel was left with Thomas at Evesham, where he remained until 1762, when he asked the Society of Friends at that place for a certificate of removal in order to settle at Hopewell Meeting, at Opukoneu, Va. This was a meeting of Friends on the Opequan, near Winchester, Va., which Kircheval, in "History of the Valley," says was established in 1739. The name "Hopewell" connects its creators with New Jersey. Thus affection rears its monument to distant places. The Hopewell Monthly Meeting records show that Samuel Shinn lodged his certificate from Evesham with the meeting at Hopewell, Va., in 1762. He was then about twenty‑five years old, and far away from his relatives and friends. It was but natural that he should fall in love. We know that he did so from the Hopewell records, which set out that on 5/5/1764 Samuel Shinn had been married at Crooked Run by a hireling priest, and refused to make acknowledgments. He was disowned. All we know of the young woman is that her name was Anna. This couple remained for a few years in Frederick County and then followed the other Shinns into Harrison County. In what part of the county he located I do not know. Some traditions say on "Simpson's Creek," others on "Rock Camp." All traditions agree that there were several Samuels from 1780 to 1800 in Harrison County. There was a Samuel, son of Benjamin, on Rock Camp; and Samuel, son of Clement, on Simpson's Creek. Then there was a Samuel, older than either of these, called "Old Samuel Shinn." This must have been Samuel, the subject of this sketch. Again, all traditions agree that the Jackson County Shinns originated in Harrison County, on Simpson's Creek. The Jackson County people trace to Samuel from Harrison, who had a son Samuel, born in 1807. From this son the Jackson County Shinns originate. The question to determine is who was his father, Samuel?

1. He could not have been 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 could not have been the father of a Samuel born in 1807; and even though the time were sufficient, he did not go to Jackson County, but to Ohio.

2. He could not have been a son of Samuel, son of Benjamin, for the reason that we have his Bible record to exclude the hypothesis.

3. 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 only 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. ELIZABETH SHINN (4).‑‑SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Elizabeth, sixth child of Samuel and Sarah (Scholey) Shinn, was born 4/14/1730, and was never married. She was of a highly religious nature and favored with the gifts which are demanded by the eldership in the Quaker Church. On the 7th of January, 1764, she was made an elder by the Burlington Society of Friends. At the first monthly meeting at Mt. Holly after its creation as a separate meeting, February 4, 1777, Elizabeth Shinn was reported as an elder of Mount Preparative Meeting. In 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, was born in New Jersey in 1745, and was named in his father's will. (Rowan County, N. C., Wills,

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Liber A, p. 144.) This will gave each child of the former marriages twenty shillings, and raises the inference that these children were all provided for in New Jersey in vita patris, and before his removal to North Carolina. Silas was given the farm upon which he then lived on Coldwater, containing two hundred and fifty acres, including the improvement that one Richard Lewis then lived on. Also two black mares, one of which was a natural pacer. He married Elinor Overcast in 1766 at the German Reform Church on Coldwater. He was a surveyor and a farmer. I have found plats of his surveying in many parts of North Carolina and in one county of South Carolina. The records of Mecklenburgh and Cabarrus Counties show that he was a large purchaser of lands and operated extensively in mills.

Children of Silas and Elinor (Overcast) Shinn.

337. 1. Catherine Shinn, b. 1769 on Coldwater; m .Peter Shank; two sons.

338. 2. Silas Benjamin Shinn, b. North Carolina, 1770; m. Elizabeth Little, 4/28/1800,

at Old Coldwater.

339. 3. Isaac Shinn, b. 1772; m. Kate (???), at Old Coldwater, 1790.

340. 4. Margaret Shinn, b. 1776; m. Frederick Criminger.

341. 5. John Shinn, b. 1780; m. Margaret Moore; no descendants.

342. 6. Joel Shinn, b. 178‑‑; moved to Putnam County, Indiana.

107. LEAH SHINN (4).‑‑SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Leah, first child of Samuel and Abigail (Urie) Shinn, was born in New Jersey in 1741, and removed with her parents to North Carolina. In the will of her father she received, as did her sisters, certain gifts of personal property, but no land. She married John Crozine in North Carolina in 1758, and lived and died on Coldwater. John Crozine died in April 1776, 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 were first in Rowan, then Mecklenburg, and finally in Cabarrus. Concord stands upon a part of the old Shinn tract. Leah and John left ten children, three sons and seven daughters. I have not found them all.

Children of John and Leah (Shinn) Crozine.

343. 1. Rachel Crozine.

344. 2. Abel Crozine.

345. 3. Levi Crozine.

346. 4. George Crozine.

347. 5. Lydia Crozine.

348. 6. Abigall Crozine, named in her grandmother's will.

113. BENJAMIN SHINN (4).‑‑SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Benjamin, the seventh child of Samuel and Abigail (Urie) Shinn, was born at Hopewell, Va., 1753. He was named in his father's will, 1760, and received a tract of land containing two hundred and fifty acres, being the remainder of a five‑hundred‑acre tract on Coldwater, about six miles from Concord. Silas received the other half. He joined the North Carolina militia in 1779; was surrendered with the American Army at Charleston, S. C. In 1782 he was a Grand Juror at Charlotte, and was styled in the minutes as Captain Benjamin Shinn. The County Court Minutes at Charlotte show that from 1782 to 1790 he was in continuous command of a hundred, or "Command," in Mecklenburg County. He held many positions of honor and trust. He married Rebecca Carlock at Old Bethpage in 1780, and at his death, 1801, was buried at that place. He left an estate of nearly one thousand acres of land and several negroes. The Minutes of the Probate Court of Cabarrus County, N. C., show that he left a will, but it and its record were destroyed with the courthouse in Concord, N. C., in 1800. This will

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was proven in open court by the oath of Frederick Meister, a subscribing witness; in it he nominated as 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 executor ship 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. They found 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.

Children of Benjamin and Rebecca (Carlock) Shinn.

349. 1. Solomon Shinn, b. 1781; ob. sine proli.

350. 2. Catherine Shinn, b. 1783; m. (1) a Mr. Hunt, (2) David Coulter.

351. 3. Sarah Shinn, b. 1785; m. Eli P. Dennis and moved to Kentucky.

352. 4. Benjamin Shinn, b. 1788; married and moved to Georgia.

353. 5. Moses Shinn, b. 1790; removed to Indiana; ob. sine proli.

354. 6. Joseph Shinn, Jr., b. 1792; ob. sine proli.

355. 7. Josiah Carlock Shinn, b. 9/21/1794; m. (1) Elizabeth B. Humphreys, 10/4/1827;

(2) Melissa Ann Baker, 2/6/1844; (3), Elizabeth Frances Gilpin,

11/18/1846.

356. 8. Abigail Shinn, b. 1796; married a man named Graham.

357. 9. Mary Shinn, b. 1800; married, at Paris, Ky., at her sister's house.

108. ISAAC SHINN (4).‑‑SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Isaac, second child of Samuel and Abigail (Urie) Shinn was born in New Jersey, 1743. He received by the will of his father one‑half the homestead, which was where Concord, N. C., is now located. He married Agnes (???) prior to the Revolution, and died in January, 1777, intestate. The Charlotte records show that Agnes Shinn, his wife, administered upon the estate. The personal property was appraised at œ258. He owned five hundred acres of land, which finally passed into the hands of Joseph. 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, 7/28/1767. I have found no other children.

Children of Isaac and Agnes Shinn.

358. 1. John Shinn.

359. 2. Samuel Shinn, who marrled Polly Little.

112. 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 Revolution; Captain of the Militia Command, Mecklenburg County, 1782‑1788; juror and grand juror in that county from 1775 to 1790; presiding judge, Cabarrus County, for eight years; Commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the militia by the Governor of North 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 Mecklenburg County, 1774, Jane Ross; ob. December, 1804, leaving a will. His personal valuation was œ754. He owned about one thousand acres in Cabarrus County, several 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 pasted in the top of the trunk, it has been identified as one of the seventeenth century. This trunk and chair were in all probability brought from

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England by John, Sr., in 1678, and now rest at the country home of Mrs. Mary Jane Ross Graham, near Salisbury, Rowan County, N. C. Joseph and Jane are buried in the Presbyterian graveyard at Concord, N. C. His will, and the recitations of four deeds of the heirs relinquishing title of the western lands to Richard Anderson, name eight children. The eldest, Abigail, was dead at the date of these instruments and was therefore not named.

Children of Joseph and Jane (Ross) Shinn.

359 1/2.(1) Abigail Shinn, b. 1775; m., 1/10/1796, John Still.

360. (2) Isaac Ross Shinn. b. 1777; m. (1) 3/24/1806, 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., 6/4/1801, Jacob Hudson.

363. (5) Sarah Shinn, b. 1785; m., 11/17/1803, William Hudson.

364. (6) Leah Shinn, b. 1787; m. (???) Allemong.

365. (7) Joseph Shinn, b. 1789; m., 9/26/1806, Margaret Caruthers.

366. (8) Benjamin Shinn, b. 12/18/1791; m., 7/12/1809, Nancy McAhren.

367. (9) John Shinn, b. 1793; ob. unmarried, 4/29/1829.

116. SAMUEL ATKINSON (4).‑‑HANNAH ATKINSON (3), JAMES SHINN (2),

JOHN (1).

Samuel, second child of John and Hannah (Shinn) Atkinson, was born 4/16/1721, in Springfield Township, New Jersey. He married Esther Evins and had the following children (Atkinsons in New Jersey and Burlington Records):

Children of Samuel and Esther (Evins) Atkinson.

368. (1) Caleb Atkinson; m. Sarah Champion.

369. (2) Empson Atkinson; m. Sarah Ridgway.

370. (3) John Atkinson; b. 8/1/1756; m. Elizabeth Borton, 3/15/1798.

371. (4) Esther Atkinson; m. Joseph Rogers.

372. (5) Hannah Atkinson; m. Samuel Hiliard.

373. (6) Josiah Atkinson; m. Priscilla Ballinger.

374. (7) Samuel Atkinson; m. Miriam Norton.

Esther (Evins) Atkinson died, and Samuel Atkinson married Elizabeth Conrow, leaving the following children:

375. (1) 8. Kezlah Atkinson; m. Benjamin Atkinson.

376. (2) 9. Mary Atkinson; m. John Atkinson, brother of Benjamin.

377. (3) 10. Hope Atkinson; m. Clement Rockhill.

378. (4) 11. Isaiah Atkinson; m. Sarah Eldridge.

379. (5) 12. Elizabeth Atkinson; m. Salathiel Townsend.

380. (6) 13. Ann Atkinson; ob. sine proli.

119. ELIZABETH ATKINSON (4).‑‑HANNAH ATKINSON (3), JAMES SHINN (2),

JOHN (1).

Elizabeth, fifth child of John and Hannah (Shinn) Atkinson, was born 2/1/1731. She married Eleazer Fenton at Burlington, 1753, and left the following children:

Children of Eleazer and Elizabeth (Atkinson) Fenton.

381. (1) Hannah Fenton; m. Jacob Shinn, Jr., 1777.

382. (2) Eleazer Fenton; married.

133. LAVINA SHINN (4).‑‑FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Lavina, the eldest daughter of Francis and Elizabeth (Atkinson) Shinn, was born 8/24/1731, passed meeting regularly at Burlington in 1749, and the marriage was reported on December 4th of that year as having been accomplished in an orderly manner. She married Hezekiah Jones.

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Children of Hezekiah and Lavina (Shinn) Jones.

382 1/2. (1) Job Jones.

134. RESTORE SHINN (4).‑‑FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Restore, second child of Francis and Elizabeth (Atkineon) Shinn, was born 1/26/1733. He married regularly, Mary, daughter of Joseph Biddle¹ of Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, November, 1757. For a complete history of Joseph and William Biddle, the reader is referred to the pamphlet published by Hon. John Clement, entitled "A Sketch of William and Thomas Biddle," reprinted from Penn. Mag. of Biog. and Hist. Also autobiography of Charles Biddle. This family was one of the oldest in New Jersey, and was prominently identified with the growth of Burlington County, and the City of Philadelphia. Restore Shinn was a thrifty man and acquired a large estate. He died 2/3/1801, and Mary, his wife, died 6/18/1804. (Mt. Holly Register of Births and Deaths.) Mary Shinn and Wm. Fox were appointed administrators of Restore, 3/23/1801. The Church Record of Mt. Holly gives the following children:

Children of Restore and Mary (Biddle) Shinn.

383. (1) Elizabeth Shinn, b. 10/6/1758; m. Jacob Lamb, 1777.

384. (2) Rebecca Shinn, b. 1/13/1760; ob. sine proli, cum testamentum, 6/26/1806

(Liber A, p. 121).

385. (3) Lavinia Shinn, b. 2/6/1762; ob. sine proli, cum testamentum, 8/3/1829

(Liber D, p. 167).

386. (4) Stacy Shinn, b. 2/29/1764; m. Annie Earl, 1795.

387. (5) Restore Shinn, b. 4/30/1766; m. Sarah (???), 1791.

388. (6) Mary Shinn. b. 2/23/1768; m. (???) Hayes, 1790.

389. (7) Biddle Shinn, b. 4/17/1771; ob. sine proli.

390. (8) Lydia Shinn, b. 9/20/1773; m. Bowyer Brooks, 7/17/1794.

391. (9) Beulah Shinn, b. 11/25/1776; m. Joseph Bolton, 4/11/1805.

135. SAMUEL SHINN (4).‑‑FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Samuel Shinn, third child of Francis and Elizabeth (Atkinson) Shinn, was born 4/15/1736 and was a prominent man in Burlington County. He did not marry until late in life, and being possessed of a fair estate was free to go and come as he pleased. The minutes show that he made a trip to Fairfax, Va., in 1769. His brother, Isaiah, had been to Fairfax two years before on "business," and the inference is that Samuel went there on the same errand. George, another brother, was residing at Hopewell, near Winchester, at the time, but his visit was not to him. Alexandria at that time was a bustling business village in the shipping line, and Samuel, no doubt, had interests at that place, which we cannot discover at this time. James Shinn, an uncle, was residing in Fairfax County. Samuel was one of the foremost agitators of the establishment of a monthly meeting at Mt. Holly, and upon its creation was made one of the trustees to hold the property. (Bur. Record, 12/5/1774.) He and Jacob Shinn were appointed in September, 1775, to raise money for Burlington. In 1777 he was appointed with others at Mt. Holly to consider what was best for the good of the members, in view of the calamity of war. In 1786 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 brethren at Mt. Holly. 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

¹Mary Biddle (4), daughter of Joseph Biddle (3), son William Biddle (2), son

William Biddle (1). Autobiography Charles Biddle, Phil., p. 367. Great‑granddaughter

of one of the proprietors and members of the Governor's Council. (Simpson's "Eminent

Philadelphians.")

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died in 1815, leaving a will, which disposed of his large estate and disclosed a long line of kin. He named him wife, Hannah; Grace Shinn, widow of Peter Shinn, his cousin; Elizabeth Alloways; Mary, widow of Joseph Haines; Sarah, daughter of Stacy Shinn; Martha, daughter of Samuel Bennett; Vincent Shinn; Martha, wife of William S. Prosser; Barzillai and William Prosser, sons of William Prosser; Aschah Herbert, daughter of Barzillai Shinn, deceased; Elizabeth and Samuel Shinn, children of Isaiah; Esther and Mary Shinn, daughters of Francis, son of Barzillai; John and Mary Herbert, 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 George and Rachel (Wright) Shinn, viz., Mary Holloway, Ann Duffy Baily, Rachel Lupton, Abigail McKay, George and Francis Shinn. (Burlington Wills‑‑Liber B, p. 412.)

137. GEORGE SHINN (4).‑‑FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

George Shinn, fifth child of Francis and Elizabeth (Atkinson) Shinn, was born in Hanover Township, Burlington County, N. J., 1/1/1737. He was married in Burlington County, New Jersey, in 1761. Whether married by a preacher or a justice of the peace is not known, but that he was not married according to Friends' usage is attested by the fact that six years later he sent a paper to the Burlington Monthly Meeting of Friends acknowledging his fault in marrying contrary to order and was forgiven. (Burlington Monthly Meeting Minutes, 10/5/1767.1) At the same meeting a certificate was granted to Isaiah, a brother of George, to Fairfax Monthly Meeting of Friends in Virginia, as he, Isaiah, intended to travel there on business. On the fourth day of the first month Isaiah returned the above named certificate to Burlington Meeting. His account of the Virginia region must have made a serious impression upon George, for on the second of the first month, 1769, he applied for a certificate of removal from Burlington Monthly Meeting to Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Hopewell, Va. This meeting had oversight over the preparative meetings at Crooked Run, Fairfax, Warrenton, Pipe Creek, Monallen, and other Virginia meetings. The certificate was granted on the sixth of the second month, 1769, to George Shinn, his wife Rachel and three children, Elizabeth, Mary and Israel. George moved to Virginia during that year and settled in Stafford County, near the line of Culpeper County, and in the jurisdiction of the Crooked Run Preparative Meeting. He presented his certificate during that year to this meeting and was received into fellowship. Shortly after this Rachel Shinn made application to the Woman's Meeting at Crooked Run for admittance to membership, which was granted. For the next eleven years George and Rachel Shinn appear prominently on the important committees of Crooked Run Meeting. The great questions of education and slavery were dealt with at these meetings, and George and Rachel seem to have been leaders in the discussion. Some very valuable state papers may be found in the Minutes of the Goose Creek, Crooked Run and

¹Prior to this, on the 4th of the 9th month, "Rachel Shinn laid before this meeting

(Chesterfield Monthly Meeting) an acknowledgment condemning her marriage contrary

to good order, which was received." This minute from the Chesterfield Minutes shows

that Rachel Wright was reared a Friend, and that her home was within the boundaries

of Chesterfield Meeting of Friends, probably at what is now Chester. On the 1st of

the 12th month, 1768, Rachel was granted a certificate of removal from Chesterfield to

Burlington Monthly Meeting. There is no record in Burlington Minutes of the presentation

of this certificate to that meeting, but as Burlington Meeting granted George and

Rachel a certificate of removal to Virginia one month later, the legitimate inference

is that she was received into membership at Burlington during the month of February,

1768‑9, and left New Jersey in good standing with the church. Her after life would

indicate a deeply spiritual nature, as well as a thrifty, intelligent housewife.

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Fairfax Minutes of the Friends' Meetings.1 The Revolution was at hand and its principles shook the faith of the sterling Quaker, George Shinn. In 1781 he joined the Company of Lieutenant John Swearingen's Frontier Rangers, and thus gave his sanction to military opposition to tyranny. Whether he was killed in service, or died from the effects thereof may never be known, but on the 23rd of August, 1782, he passed away. He had gathered some property in Virginia and administration upon his estate was granted to Rachel Shinn by the Probate Court of Stafford County in 1782. Rachel (Wright) Shinn afterwards married Jacob McKay, 7/7/1784. (Crooked Run Minutes and Goode's Cousins in Virginia.)

Children of George and Rachel (Wright) Shinn.2

392. (1) Elizabeth Shinn, b. in New Jersey, 1762; m. a man named Biddle, of

Philadelphia, Pa.

393. (2) Mary Shinn, b. in New Jersey, 1764; m. John Holloway in Stafford County,

Virginia, 12/17/1783.

394. (3) Israel 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. (5) Rachel 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) George Shinn, b. 11/15/1778; m. Elizabeth Woodrow, 1808.

400. (9) Francis Shinn, b. 12/24/1781; m. Mary Ann Woodrow, 1808.

138. ISRAEL SHINN (4).‑‑FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Israel Shinn, sixth child of Frances and Elizabeth (Atkinson) Shinn, born 5/2/1743. He married Mary Budd and left no descendants.

139. VINCENT SHINN (4).‑‑FRANOIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Vincent Shinn, seventh child of Francis and Elizabeth (Atkinson) Shinn, was born in 1745, but his birth is not recorded in the Mt. Holly Register. He was Wagon Master under James Thompson, Wagon Master General in the Revolutionary War, and his descendants are eligible for membership in all patriotic orders. (Stryker's New 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 Meeting of Friends. In Deed Book 1, page 100 and 101, Burlington County Deeds, the following children are recited; the Marriage License Register shows the marriage of all but Vincent; the family Bible of Vincent, Jr., gives a complete record of the children and their marriage.

¹Two monthly meetings in 1778 subscribed œ202 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 spirits 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.

²The 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. 303, 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 at 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.

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Children of Vincent and Elizabeth (Budd) Shinn.

401. (1) Susannah Shinn, b. 3/2/1773; m. Samuel Bennett.

402. (2) Isaiah Shinn, b. 3/11/1775; m. Margaret Rogers, 4/27/1798.

403. (3) William Shinn, b. 6/12/1777; 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,

2/12/1807.

406. (6) Vincent Shinn, b. 3/23/1784; m. (1) Ruth Brown, 4/20/1810; (2) Mary

Hyle, 5/21/1838.

140. BARZILLAI SHINN (4).‑‑FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Barzillai Shinn, the eighth and youngest child of Francis and Elizabeth (Atkinson) Shinn, was born in1747‑48. Like his brother Samuel, he married a woman whose surname is not given. He was disowned at Mt. Holly 6/11/1783 because he was not willing to condemn his outgoing in marriage. In the deeds of settlement of his own and of his father's estate she is called Hannah. The will of Francis, the deeds above named, and the family records enable us to write the names of the children of this marriage, but not the dates of their birth. Barzillai died in 1789 and Hannah afterwards married a man named Herbert.

Children of Barzillai 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. 1789; m. Grace Thomas, 3/13/1805.

144. WILLIAM SILINN (4).‑‑JOSEPH (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

William Shinn, the third child of Joseph and Mary (Budd) Shinn, was baptized as an adult at the Episcopal Church in Mt. Holly by Rev. Colin Campbell in 1746. (Dr. Mill's "History of the Episcopal Church," Burlington.) The civil registers show that he married Sarah French in 1756 in Burlington County. He received lands from his father February 4, 1756. (Burlington Deeds, Liber X, p. 311.) In May of the same year he was a grantee in a deed from David Budd. (Ibid. X, p. 314). He is described as of Hanover Township. He was made administrator of his father's estate 2/15/1759. (Liber No. 9, p. 177.) He moved into Springfield Township and died there, in May, 1767, leaving a will, which names wife Sarah and his children. (Burlington Wills, Liber 13, p. 179.) He was buried at St. Ann's Episcopal Churchyard, Burlington, N. J.

Children of William and Sarah (French) Shinn.

411. (1) Mary Shinn, b. 5/22/1757.

412. (2) Lydia Shinn, b. ‑‑/‑‑/1759; m. Caleb Arney Lippincott.

413. (3) Eli Shinn, b. ‑‑/‑‑/1761; ob. 11/9/1776; buried at St. Andrew's, Mt.

Holly, N. J.

414. (4) Aaron Shinn, b. ‑‑/‑‑/1763; m. (???).

415. (5) Joseph Shinn, b. 1765; m. Mary Lippincott, 1783.

147. BENJAMIN SHINN (4).‑‑JOSEPH (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Benjamin Shinn, the sixth child of Joseph and Mary (Budd) Shinn, was born in New Jersey, and was baptized as a minor by Rev. Colin Campbell in 1746. He married, but the family name of his wife is lost. He removed to Hampshire County, Va., in 1772, and from there to Harrison County. In "Border Warfare" Benjamin is described as a scout during the Revolution, and in the Indian wars that followed. He died intestate in Virginia.

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Children of Benjamin and ((???)) Shinn.

416. (1) Isaac 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) Lucretia Shinn, b. Virginia; m. Samuel Davidson, 6/17/1785.

419. (4) Amy Shinn, b. Virginia; m. Josiah Davidson, 2/25/1788.

148. JOHN SHINN (4).‑‑JOSEPH (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

John Shinn, seventh child of Joseph and Mary (Budd) Shinn, was baptized at Mt. Holly in 1746 by Rev. Colin Campbell. He married Mary Allen in 1763 in Burlington County, N. J., and died in 1766. Administration was granted to Mary, his wife, 1/17/1766. (Burlington Wills, Liber 12, p. 291.) He was described as of New Hanover.

Children of John and Mary (Allen) Shinn.

420. (1) Tacie Shinn, b. 1764; m. (???) Clapp.

421. (2) Job Shinn, b. 1765; m. (1) Rachel Grimes, 1783; (2) Nancy Cross, 1794.

149. FRANCIS SHINN (4).‑‑JOSEPH (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Francis Shinn, eighth child of Joseph and Mary (Budd) Shinn, was born in Burlington County, baptized by Rev. Colin Campbell, married Martha, daughter of George and Martha (Branson‑Owen) Shinn, in 1766. He moved into Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, and remained there until his death. He was a very prosperous farmer, and owned a very large body of land in Monmouth and Ocean Counties. Judge Jobes has sent me an abstract of his land transactions, taken from the records of these counties, with the remark, "He was a shrewd trader and a good farmer."

Children of Francis and Martha (Shinn) Shinn.

422. (1) Vashti Shinn, b. 1767.

423. (2) Martha Shinn, b. 1771; ob. sine proli.

424. (3) Jacob Shinn, b. 1775; ob. sine proli.

425. (4) Benjamin Shinn, b. 9/28/1778; m. (1) Rebecca Shinn, 1814; (2) Mary

Loveman, 11/10/1831.

151. ANN SHINN (4).‑‑JAMES (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Ann Shinn, the eldest daughter of James and Hannah (Shinn) Shinn, was born in Hanover, N. J., and married Israel Thompson at that place. She comes into authentic history in Fairfax County, Va., when, in 1792, she and her husband, Israel Thompson, and her cousin, Mary Shinn, ask the Friends of that place to take them under their care, which was done. The birth register shows no children. The cousin, Mary Shinn, was afterwards regularly married at Fairfax, Va., to George Canby, after which no further records have been found.

153. ADAM SHINN (4).‑‑JAMES (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Adam Shinn, son of James and Hannah (Shinn) Shinn, was born in Hanover, N. J. No further record appears until his death, in 1797, in 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, Warrenton 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 New Jersey. He appears as a witness at several marriages at Crooked Run, Va., and then disappears. He was probably an old bachelor.

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156. THOMAS SHINN (4).‑‑SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Thomas Shinn, the eldest child of Solomon and Mary (Antrim) Shinn, was born 9/17/1740. He passed meeting regularly at Burlington and was married in June, 1764, to Sarah, daughter of Francis Vinacomb.1 In 1775 Solomon Shinn bought of William Hendrickson four hundred and fifty‑five acres of land in Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, which he deeded in equal shares in 1777 to his two sons, James and Thomas. Thomas built a house upon his land and removed thereto. He bought adjoining tracts, until he was the owner of about eight hundred acres of land. He retained his membership in the Upper Springfield Meeting of Friends, and seems to have been an active member. He was frequently placed on important committees and sent to Quarterly Meeting. In 1798 he was placed on a committee "to draw a line for the government of preparative meetings with regard to permitting the interments of those not in membership with Friends in their burying grounds." Strong drink was then, as now, a great drawback to the church. In 1799 Thomas and Caleb Shinn, brothers, were added to the standing committee on spirituous liquors. On July 14, 1812, Thomas married the second time, at Upper Springfield, Mrs. Meribah (Taylor) Warren, daughter of Thomas and Ann Taylor, By this marriage there were no children. Thomas died in 1814, leaving a will, in which he names his wife, Meribah; sons, Vinacomb, Solomon and Thomas, and daughter, Sarah Sexton. (Burlington Wills, Liber C, p. 13.)

Children of Thomas and Sarah (Vinacomb) Shinn.

426. (1) Rachel Shinn, b. 2/14/1765; m. Israel, son of Robert and Amy Kirby,

5/17/1787.

427. (2) Vinacomb Shinn, b. 8/21/1766; m. Sarah Middleton.

428. (3) Unity Shinn, b. 1/21/1768; m. Apollo Meirs.

429. (4) Solomon Shinn, b. 7/15/1771; m. (1) (???), 1798; (2) Jane Scattergood,

1821.

430. (5) Anna Shinn, b. 4/2/1773.

431. (6) Elizabeth Shinn, b. 2/2/1776; m. (???) Lloyd.

432. (7) Thomas Vinacomb Shinn, b. 9/23/1777; m. Abigail Haines, 1/9/1806.

433. (8) Sarah Shinn, b. 11/27/1779; m. Joseph Sexton.

434. (9) Mary Shinn, b. 9/30/1781; m. Samuel Croshaw, 11/31/1803.

435. (10) Zilpha Shinn, b. 11/17/1783; m. Daniel Burtis, 1809.

157. ASA SHINN (4).‑‑SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Asa Shinn, second child of Solomon and Mary (Antrim) Shinn, was born 11/27/1742, and married, according to Friends' rite, in 1769, Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Black) Gaunt. Samuel was a son of Zebulon2 and Sophia (Shourds) Gaunt, and Sara, the daughter of William and Sara (Rockhill) Black. The marriage was a notable one, and the dignified Quaker overseer reported to Burlington that the marriage was consummated in an orderly manner, "except an appearance of too great lightness on the part of some young people." Asa was a strong churchman and possessed of many excellent parts. In 1791 he was made an overseer, and 1792 an elder by Burlington. No charge of any kind was ever presented against him, and he lived a blameless life. His wife died November 25th, 1824, and the record informs us that she was then a widow. The date of Asa's

¹The will of Francis Vinacomb was dated 9/5/1785. It gave lands in Mt. Holly to

each of his five daughters‑‑Robert Haines and Rachel, his wife; Joseph Campion and

Mary, his wife; Benjamin Bispham and his wife, Zilpha; Thomas Shinn, of Upper

Freehold, and Sarah, his wife; Isaac Lippincott and Elizabeth, his wife. (Liber A R,

p. 431.)

²In Leah Blackman's Memoir, page 287 (Proceedings Surveyors' Association of

New Jersey), we find the following statement: "Zebulon Gauntt married, in 1716,

Sophia Shourds, of Germantown, Pa. Children: Samuel, who married Sara Black;

Zebulon, Jr., married Esther Woolman; Israel, Hannah, married Robert Ridgway,

of Little Egg Harbor. Zebulon, Jr., and wife, Sophia and husband went to the Carolinas."

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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, Rebecca and Eliza, children of son Joshua; daughter Sarah, sons William, Samuel, Isaac and Asa. (Burlington Wills, Liber C, page 495.)

Children of Asa and Sarah (Gauntt) Shinn.

436. (1) Hannah Shinn, b. 1/12/1770; m. Samuel Craft, 5/5/1803.

437. (2) Israel Shinn, b. 1/25/1772; m. Ann Curtis.

438. (3) William Shinn, b. 2/6/1774; m. Ann Forsyth, 2/16/1815.

439. (4) Isaac 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. 9/8/1779; m. Mercy Lamb, 7/15/1805.

442. (7) Joshua Shinn, b. 4/4/1781; m. Ann Gaskell, 11/17/1803.

443. (8) Asa Shinn, b. 4/2/1783; m. (1) Hannah Gaunt, 1828; (2) Elizabeth

Blackwood, 2/26/1833.

444. (9) Sarah Shinn, b. 10/30/1784; unmarried; ob. 2/12/1826.

445. (10) Joseph Shinn, b. 3/30/1786; ob. unmarried.

446. (11) Anne Shinn, b. 2/17/1789; m. Stacy Haines, 7/14/1813.

158. JAMES SHINN (4).‑‑SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

James Shinn, third child of Solomon and Mary (Antrim) Shinn, born 1/23/1744, and was married to Lavina Haines 3/7/1768. The license was issued by Governor William Franklin 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 James and Lavina made acknowledgments for marrying out of order and were forgiven by Burlington. Although James Shinn was a man of sound business judgment and upright character, he was never prominent in church affairs. In 1776 he removed to Chesterfield, and in March, 1776, when his father, Solomon, gave him one‑half of four hundred and fifty‑five acres in Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, he moved to that place and built a house, with the date 1776 upon the gable. This land was in the possession of one of his descendants, Adelaide, wife of Judge Thomas B. Jobes, of New Egypt, in 1899. James added to the paternal acres until he owned about one thousand acres. Judge Thomas B. Jobes, of New Egypt, abstracted the land transactions of Thomas, James and Francis Shinn for me, 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 part of James, but industry, sobriety and honor. May the tribe of thrifty 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 "Farewell" 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 caravan of wagons, marched away. By noon the next day she was in Philadelphia; she passed one night there with Rachel 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 Montgomery County, Ohio. This journey

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today would occupy one day, and would hardly give fatigue. That journey, however, was heroic, while ours, to say the least, would be a very passive activity. That journey required resolution, courage, activity and purpose; our journeys require nothing but money to pay the bills; that stirred every quality of the human soul; ours stifle the soul and breed luxurious indolence and masterly inactivity. All hail to the ancestry that cleared the forests and dug up the teeming wealth of a slumbering earth to become dividends and interest for the most remorseless money kings of all the ages‑‑the corporate owners of railroad franchises in the mighty West. Not to them as "Captains of Industry" should the anvils ring their resounding notes, but to the "Hannah Harts," the unselfish pioneers who bared their arms and entered the lists to kill swamps, drain lands, hew timbers and turn wilderness and waste into plantations of thrift and plenty, let the praise be given now and evermore.

Children of James and Lavina (Haines) Shinn.

447. (1) Miriam Shinn, b. 1769; m. William Burtis.

448. (2) Margaret Shinn, b. 1771; m. John Lawrence.

449. (3) Abigail Shinn, b. 1773; m. William Hankins.

450. (4) George Shinn, b. 1775.

451. (5) Eleanor Shinn, b. 1778; ob. infans.

452. (6) James Shinn, b. 11/17/1782; m. (1) Elizabeth Allen, 10/4/1809; (2) Mary

Miller, 2/15/1817.

Children of James and Hannah (Hart) Shinn.

453. (1) 7. Lavina Shinn, b. 9/‑‑/1787; m. Thomas Branson.

454. (2) 8. Mary Shinn, b: 9/29/1790; ob. infans, 8/25/1791.

455. (3) 9. Ezra Shinn, b. 7/7/1792; m. Mrs. Annie (Lane) Barkalow.

456. (4) 10. Hepzibah Shinn, b. 12/13/1794; m. John Cox, 1820.

457. (5) 11. Hannah Shinn, b. 5/13/1797; ob. unmarried.

| | m. Hannah Conover. He

458. (6) 12. Aaron Burr Shinn |b. 7/23/1801 | died 2/18/1829.

459. (7) 13. Thomas Jefferson Shinn | | m. Elenor Cox, and died at

| | Franklin, Ohio.

460. (8) 14. Elam Shin, b. 9/‑‑/1804; ob. 6/30/1817.

461. (9) 15. Charles Shinn, b. 5/5/1807; ob. 9/7/1807.

462. (10) 16. Emily Shinn, b. ‑8/12/1808; m. John White, 2/2/1826.

159. SARAH SHINN (4).‑‑SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Sarah Shinn, fourth child of Solomon and Mary (Antrim) Shinn, was born 6/10/1747, and married Nathaniel Pope, of Philadelphia, according to Friends' rite, in December, 1769. He was the son of John Pope, a merchant of Burlington County and a prominent man.

Children of Nathaniel and Sarah (Shinn) Pope.

463. (1) Mary Pope, b. 3/3/1771; ob. 8/7/1771.

464. (2) Samuel Pope, b. 12/21/1772; ob. 2/9/1775.

465. (3) John Pope, b. 2/15/1774.

466. (4) Nathaniel Pope, b. 7/6/1778.

467. (5) Morris Pope, b. 6/19/1780.

468. (6) William Pope, b. 3/31/1782.

469. (7) Richard Pope, b. 8/3/1784.

470. (8) Sarah Pope, b. 7/31/1786.

160. UNITY SHINN (4).‑‑SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Unity, fifth child of Solomon and Mary (Antrim) Shinn, born February 9, 1749‑50; married by license in 1767, in Burlington County, Joseph Pancoast. An old document in the possession of Henry Pancoast, of Mesopotamia, Ohio (a descendant of Joseph and Unity), shows the origin of the Pancoasts in America.

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Following is an exact copy:

"Joseph Pancoast, son of John and Elizabeth Pancoast of Ashen, five miles from Northampton Town, in Northampton Shire (Eng.) born 1672, the 27th of eighth month, called October and in the year, 1680, Oct. 4th came into America in the ship, "Paradise," William Evelyn, Master; and I settled in West New Jersey, Burlington County, and on the 4th of the eighth month, October, 1696, I took to wife Thomasine Scattergood, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Scattergood, of Stepney Parish London, who also transported themselves into Burlington County in America." The marriage herein recited is of record in the Minutes of Friends' Meeting at Burlington, as are the several that follow. This Joseph died in 1749, leaving a will. The quoted record has these addenda: "Benjamin Pancoast, son of Joseph and Thomasine Pancoast, was born the 24th of sixth month, 1719. Joseph Pancoast, son of Benjamin and Sarah Pancoast, was born the 12th day of 11th month 1746."

The records of marriages in the 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 Mansfield, in Burlington County." The following oders are of interest:

"Mr. Sergeant Higgins: You are hereby required to warn in all the persons mentioned 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.

"By order of Colo. William Shreeve.

"Mansfield, May 5th, 1779.

JOSEPH PANCOAST, Capt."

"To Ensign Samuel Applegate:

"You are ordered to call the above class immediately. You must be particular in giving them 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 named Unity is established by the fact that the record of her marriage to Aaron Branson states that she married a cousin, and Aaron Branson was a grandson of James and Lavinia (Haines) Shinn; James Shinn being a brother of Unity (Shinn) Pancoast. 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, 1769." Unity (Shinn) Pancoast married, the second time, a man by the name of Everingham, and outlived him. In 1815, being then widowed the second time, she wrote a letter from Philadelphia to Aaron Baker and wife, of Cayuga County, N. Y., and addressed them as "Dear Son and Daughter." The family records show that Aaron Baker married Sarah Pancoast the16th day of the 2d month, 1800, and had the following children: Mary Ann, Sarah Thomasine, Stephen and Joseph W. Baker. The 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 very worthy young woman." She asks Aaron to direct his letters to "Blackhorse," now 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 "Ninepartners," starts with the address "My Dear Hannah," and closes "Thy Mother, Unity Everingham." Unity was at that time an assistant matron at a Friends' school at Ninepartners (about twenty miles from Poughkeepsie, N. Y.), and was addressed to "Hannah Pancoast, Charlotte Street, Corner Bedlow, N. Y." Another letter, from Sarah Pope, a sister of Unity (Shinn‑Pancoast) Everingham, to Aaron Baker, corner

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Charlotte and Bedlow streets, N. Y., dated 6/4/1805, from Mansfield, not only shows the correct ramification of the kin, but shows that Sarah (Shinn) Pope was alive at that date. The descendants of Solomon Pancoast have records which show another son of Joseph and Unity (Shinn) Pancoast, named Joseph, which agrees with Joseph Pancoast's will of 1749. This Joseph removed to Scipio, N. Y., where he married Susannah Cook, and died at Auburn, N. Y., 9/13/1852. The sons Solomon and Joseph, together with Hannah, removed to New York City; then co Cayuga County, N. Y., and were pioneer settlers of that county. Benjamin, Samuel and Unity remained in New Jersey, where they reared families. Unity (Shinn‑Pancoast) Everingham was buried at the Howland Burying Gound, Cayuga County, N. Y.

161. CALEB SHINN (4).‑‑SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Caleb Shinn, the sixth child of Solomon and Mary (Antrim) Shinn, was born 5/3/1752, and married out of meeting 11/2/1771. In December, 1772, he laid a paper before Burlington condoning his fault, and on the same day Mary (Lucas) Shinn asked the Women's Meeting to be taken under their care. After mature deliberation Caleb's paper was accepted and Mary was received. The Lucas family was among the gentry of England, and its descendants in New Jersey were respectable and worthy. Caleb Shinn was a high‑minded, generous fellow, and like many other young men of prosperous families, took life easily. He was a good companion, but did not acquire property as did his brothers. There is a law of compensation, however. What he lacked in material wealth he made up in a vigorous mentality. The depreciation of the colonial currency immediately after the war caused him to lose heavily from investments he had made. This also swept away the estate given him by his father, and made him a renter of other people's land.

In 1793 he removed from Burlington to Upper Springfield. In 1794 it is recorded that Caleb Shinn returned the Book of Discipline. Nine years later he and his wife asked Upper Springfield for a certificate of removal to Westland, Pa., which was granted. The great West was beckoning him thitherward, and two of his descendants for years sent the Overland Monthly from the utmost limits of our Western limits to the land of his birth, showing that Caleb's call was for the best. From Westland, Caleb and his wife, with his sons, Thomas and Kedar, crossed the Allegheny Mountains, and settled in Goshen Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, where (1804) they took up a section of land. They started a town on a part of this, which they named "Salem," after Salem, N. J. A Friends' Meeting was established, and Caleb and his sons became influential members. He died at Salem in 1810, and was buried there.

Children of Caleb and Mary (Lucas) Shinn.

471. (1) Thomas Shinn, b. in New Jersey, 1772; m. (1) Abigall Gaskell, 1797; (2)

Rebecca Daniel, 1806; (3) Sarah Sebrel, 1816.

472. (2) Kedar Shinn, b. 1774; m. Miriam Willets, 11/11/1798.

473. (3) Sarah Shinn, b. 1777; m. (???) Middleton.

166. PETER SHINN (4).‑‑CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Peter Shinn, a son of Clement and Elizabeth (Webb) Shinn, was born in New Jersey, 10/20/1744, and was regularly married at Mt. Holly, on 6/‑‑/1779, to Grace, daughter of Joseph and Grace Gaskell. In 1792 he removed to Upper Springfield. Four children were born while he lived at Mt. Holly, viz., David, Hannah, Rachel and John. Another child was born at Upper Springfield, who was named Mahlon. In 1794 he and Mary, with their five children, moved back to Mt. Holly. Three years later he was certified by Mt. Holly to Upper Evesham,

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now Medford. Here he died, about 1820. In 1825 his widow, Grace, with two sons, removed to Haddonfield; in 1826 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 in Columbiana County, Ohio. Thus 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 minute 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 machinery. 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.

476. (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.

479. (6) 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. DAVID SHINN (4). |

165. LEVI SHINN (4). |

|CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

169. JONATHAN SHINN (4). |

167. CLEMENT SHINN (4). |

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 other 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 community, 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 no 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 rame 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

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distinguished by its name, decays and dies. And even though the ratio remains the same, the vitality of the males leads to migration, and name decay follows.

It appears to be true in all families that there comes a time when the land that once knew them well knows them no longer. The supreme power of William the Conqueror transferred the Saxon estates to henchmen following the fortunes of the conquering lord; the supreme finesse of ignoble land barons, supported and reinforced by the refinements of law, chicanery and fraud, transfers the hard‑earned estates of father and son from the hands of grandson and great‑grandson to other names, to be in turn lost to them by processes similar in principle, though differing in form. And if to all this is added the individual weakness of the descendant, as evidenced by extravagance, idleness and drunkenness, and the absence of laws of primogeniture to centralize and hold the estate, the besom of destruction sweeps all away, and that which once added glory to a family name is lost in the shadows of obscurity and decay.

The successful issue of the Revolutionary War and the Treaty of Paris carried the boundaries of the United States westward to the Mississippi River, and opened for settlement a region of almost inexhaustible fertility. But prior to this the French and Indian War, Bouquet's Expedition (1764) and the Treaty of Ft. Stanwix (1768) had fixed the title to the vast regions of Pennsylvania and Virginia in Great Britain, which led adventurous spirits over the Allegheny Mountains into the regions beyond. Old lines of travel changed and new roads were made. No longer was the migration southward into the Carolinas, but westward, into Kentucky and Ohio.

The region around Winchester, Va., had been the Mecca of migratory spirits from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The Monthly Meeting Records of the Friends at Hopewell, Frederick County, Va., disclose events of great historic importance. An enterprising Quaker by the name of Ross obtained warrants for the survey of forty thousand acres of land, and these surveys were made along the Opequon and up to Apple Pie Ridge, about ten miles north of Winchester. Kercheval says that numerous immigrations of the Quaker profession removed from Pennsylvania and settled on the Ross surveys. Great numbers of immigrants followed from New Jersey and Maryland. These Quakers had a regular Monthly Meeting at Hopewell in 1738. But not only to Hopewell, Va., did these Quaker immigrants go in large numbers, but also to Culpeper, Stafford, Loudoun, Fairfax, Warren, Fauquier and Madison Counties. Preparative meetings were held at a very early date in each of these counties, with a central authority vested in Hopewell. So great and rapid was the migration that the Monthly Meetings were established by the parent society at Westland, in the Rappahannock Valley; Crooked Run, in Stafford; Fairfax, at Warrenton, in Fauquier; Apple Pie Ridge or Winchester, Frederick County; Woodlawn, in Fairfax, and Goose Creek, in Loudoun. Pushing westward, Jackson Monthly Meeting was set up in either Hampshire or Harrison, while Bush Creek and Back Creek Preparative Meetings find place in Hampshire. The records of these meetings show the dismissal of scores of Quakers for the back parts of Virginia and soon for distant Ohio. The Quakers were good citizens, and the thoughtful historian is led to ask why they should leave so fair a country as Virginia for the wilderness to the west? The answer is to be found in the spirit of the age, and not in the peculiarities of the Virginians or of the Quakers. That spirit was eminently martial, and found no excuse for a set of people who refused to bear arms. In Pennsylvania a number of prominent Quakers were seized by the authorities and banished to Winchester, Va. In 1650 the House of Burgesses of Virginia passed a law of more than ordinary severity. During Lord Dunmore's War and afterwards during the Revolutionary War the legal and social status of the Quakers in Virginia was almost

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execrable. They refused to bear arms and to pay taxes to carry on a war. Their estates were confiscated under legal warrant, and they looked to the great West for relief. Speculators look 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, but 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 transplanted to Ohio, where their thrift and enterprise changed that vast solitude into centers of civilization and refinement.

Levi Shinn 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 New Jersey meeting of 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 from New Jersey had taken residence. In 1778 we find him in Harrison County, Va., blazing with his ax the domain which was to be his under "Tomahawk Right," and near which the town of Shinnston now stands. The accompanying picture shows the log house built by him at this time.

After this 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 during the year 1779 Levi, with his family, his brother Clement and his family, his cousin Benjamin and family, viz., Samuel, Isaac, Amy and Lucretia Shinn, and some of the Clarks, Antrims, Earls, Drakes, Herberts and others, set out for Harrison County. Arriving there, they took up such lands as pleased them, and began their improvement. Levi Shinn had already made his selection. Clement located on Middle Creek, about one mile from where Shinnston was afterwards

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laid out. Isaac Shinn went about six miles away and chose a location on Simpson's Creek, while Samuel Shinn made a selection on Ten‑Mile Creek, about fifteen miles away. Clearing and house building kept them busy, and the Indians troubled them so frequently as to make them forget their peaceable doctrines and fight for their lives. The necessity for a fort soon presented 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 Jersey inviting other friends and relatives to join them in the West.

The family record discloses 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, 1772; Clement Shinn married Ruth Bates in 1772; Jonathan Shinn married Mary Clark, 1778. The Hopewell Record shows that David Shinn presented a certificate from Mt. Holly, dated 8, 5/1790, and lodged it at Hopewell, Frederick County, Va., 1/3/1791. This certificate names Samuel, David and John as children of David Shinn, but does not refer to his wife. His marriage in New Jersey is thus proved, but I cannot give the name of his wife. David and Jonathan were twin brothers. Referring to Mt. Holly Minutes, 7/8/1790, we find this note: "David Shinn sends an acknowledgment for bearing arms and marrying by a hireling priest, 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 number of years. Whether the "bearing arms" referred to the Revolutionary War, I cannot say, but the family have always claimed that David was a Revolutionary soldier, and his son was a distinguished soldier from Virginia in the War of 1812, besides being a noted militia officer in Hampshire County. David lived a most exemplary life after his settlement at Hopewell. His home was in Hampshire County, and the particular meeting to which he belonged was styled "Middle Creek." His name frequently appears upon the Hopewell Minutes upon important committees, and on 8/6/1792 that meeting made him an elder. In reading these minutes the names Branson, Shreeve Stratton, Wright, Fenton, Earl, Antrim and Lupton suggest the fancy that you are not at Hopewell, Va., but back at Mt. Holly and Burlington. David died in 1815 in Hampshire County, leaving a will, dated 3/7/1815, and probated 4/17/1815. It names Samuel and Lydia as children, son‑in‑law Samuel Busby, and directs his property to be divided among all his children. Wife Mary.

Children of David and Mary ((???)) Shinn.

482. (1) Samuel Shinn, b. 4/22/1786; m. 1814, Fairfax County, Va.

483. (2) David Shinn, b. 1788; m. Mary Shinn at Fairfax, Va., 4/‑‑/1810.

484. (3) John Shinn, b. 1790; m. Mary Dalby, Hopewell, Va., 10/5/1810.

485. (4) Lydia Shinn, b. 1796; m. Amasa Shinn, Hopewell, Va., 12/7/1820.

486. (5) Mary Shinn, b. 1794; m. Capt. Joel Reese, Hopewell, Va., 8/4/1814.

487. (6) Esther Shinn, b. 5/‑‑/1793; m. Samuel Busby, Hopewell, Va., 12/9/1813.

Clement Shinn does not appear on any of the records, and was content to live an obscure life. He was in Harrison County as early as 1779, with a wife and children. He took up a farm near where Shinnston now stands, cleared it and lived upon it until he died. His adventures with the Indians would be interesting, but he did not commit them to writing, and his descendants have nothing but the traditions common to pioneer life. His children are taken from the family Bible and their marriages from the court records of Harrison County.

Children of Clement and Ruth (Bates) Shinn.

488. (1) Joseph Shinn, b. 9/23/1775; m. Mary Mathis in Virginia, 7/3/1800.

489. (2) Moses Shinn, b. 2/10/1779; m. Sarah Kyle, 4/5/1799, in Virginia.

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490. (3) Daniel Shinn, b. 1/10/1781; m. Mary Whiteman, 1801.

491. (4) Hepzibah Shinn, b. 4/25/1784; m. Levi Shinn, 7/2/1800.

492. (5) Clement Shinn, b. 11/24/1786; m. Lucretia Shinn, 1808.

493. (6) Edward Shinn, b. 1788; m. Hannah Shinn. daughter of Isaac and Agnes

(Drake) Shinn.

494. (7) Reuben Shinn, b. 9/26/1789; married.

495. (8) Aschah Shinn, b. 1792; m. David Earl.

496. (9) Samuel Jonathan Shinn, b. 10/7/1793; ob. sine proli.

497. (10) Eli Shinn. b. 1797.

Levi Shinn lived and died near Shinnston, W. Va. He married in New Jersey, and several of his children were born in that State. He was born in 1748, and married Elizabeth Smith in 1772. He was a Virginia pioneer, and suffered the usual hardships. He is buried near Shinnston, and his descendants point out his grave.

Children of Levi and Elizabeth (Smith) Shinn.

498. (1) Clement Shinn, b. 1773, in New Jersey; m. Mary Thompson, in Virginia,

1794.

499. (2) Solomon Shinn, b. 1775; m. (???) Walmsley; (2) Mary Ann Kirksey.

500. (3) Sarah Shinn, b. 1777; m. Dire Waldo.

501. (4) Anna Shinn, b. 1780; m. Jonathan Whiteman.

502. (5) Aaron Shinn, b. 1782; m. Mary Piggott, 5/23/1811.

503. (6) Levi Shinn, b. 1783; 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 born in New Jersey, and married Mary Clark, in that State. On 5/7/1787 he produced a certificate at Hopewell, Va., from Burlington Monthly Meeting, dated 8/7/1786. His wife appears to have been dead at that time. On 12/1/1788 he was disowned at Hopewell for marrying out of meeting. He never made acknowledgments, but his wife, Mary, on 6/2/1792, sent a very touching paper to Hopewell Meeting, which is here produced, that the reader may form an estimate of the woman who reared, as stepmother, Asa Shinn, one of the greatest preachers that Methodism has produced, and a thinker worthy of any age or clime. The following is Mary (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 temptation of the enemy, as to bring 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 stepmother has been derided in all climes and in every age, but the woman who could pen such an acknowledgment merits universal praise. Jonathan Shinn made a wise selection, and his children, whether by the first or by the second marriage, had a wise and safe counselor in Mary Shinn. The stepmother had two of her husband'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,¹

¹Why 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

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but in this little Harrison County cabin there was the refinement that comes from subdued desires, and its occupants were models in purity of life and elevated thought. From this rude hut went the man‑‑Asa Shinn‑‑who was to charm vast audiences in Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Philadelphia and Baltimore with his charming manners and polished oratory, and who was to chain the thought of churchmen everywhere with his profound sermons and published reasoning.

Jonathan had moved to Harrison County prior to his disownment and purchased a farm where Shinnston now stands. Although disowned by Friends, he was a God‑fearing man, and his wife was an earnest Friend. His house was open to traveling preachers at all times, and the Bible was an open book in his house. Two of his sons, Levi and Asa, became Methodists at a very early age, and both became preachers. Levi lacked the ability of Asa, but was a great pioneer preacher in Virginia and Ohio. Asa became a famous man and belonged to the world.

Children of Jonathan and Mary (Clark) Shinn.

507. (1) Levi Shinn, b. 5/11/1779, in New Jersey; m. Hepzibah Shinn, his cousin,

at Shinnston, Va., 7/1/1800.

508. (2) Asa Shinn, b. 1781, in New Jersey; m. (1) Phebe Barnes, in Wood

County, Va.; (2) Mary Bennington Gibson, at Pittsburg, Pa.

509. (3) Ann Shinn, b. 1783; m. Daniel Whiteman, 4/11/1799.

510. (4) Jonathan Shinn, b. 1785; ob. sine proli.

511. (5) Elizabeth Shinn, b. 1787; m. Samuel Clark, 1/18/1807.

Children of Jonathan and Mary (Edwards) Shinn.

512. (1) 6. Amasa Shinn, b. 1789; m. his cousin, Lydia Shinn, 12/7/1820.

513. (2) 7. Ruth Shinn, b. 1791; m. William Harey.

514. (3) 8. Hannah Shinn, b. 1793; m. her cousin, David Shinn, 4/‑‑/1800.

515. (4) 9. Sarah Shinn, b. 1796; m. (???) Earl.

176. BENJAMIN JONES (4).‑‑JEAN ATKINSON (3), SARAH SHINN (2).

JOHN (1).

Benjamin Jones, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Atkinson) Jones, was born in Burlington County, N. J., in 1728, and was married in 1746 to Elizabeth Carter. I have only found one child, but there may have been more.

Children of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Carter) Jones.

516. (1) Sarah Jones (5), who married Uz Gaunt, son of Zebulon. Her descendants

were:

517. (1) Samuel Gaunt (6), who married Hannah, daughter of Aden Atkinson,

and had Aden, Sarah, Job, Mercy, Israel, Ridgway and Walter.

525. (2) Benjamin Gaunt (6), who married Susan, daughter of John Stokes, and

had Elizabeth, Louisa, Uz, Asher, Susan, Franklin, Charles, Anna,

Benjamin and Nathan.

538. (3) Israel Gaunt (6); ob. unmarried.

539. (4) Hannah Gaunt (6), married Asa Shinn, and had Sarah Gaunt.

542. (5) Elisha Gaunt (6), married Drusella, daughter of Simeon Norcross, and

had Lewis, Sophia, John F., William, Martin and Caroline.

543. (6) Lewis Gaunt (6), ob. sine proli, 1834.

544. (7) Jefferson Gaunt (6), married Mary, daughter of Joseph Harrison, and

had Theodore, Edward, Josephine, William, Lewis, Frederick, Ella,

E. Pluribus and Unia.

178. NAOMI BUSBY (4).‑‑ROWLAND OWEN (3), MARTHA SHINN (2), JOHN (1).

Naomi, daughter of Rowland and Prudence (Powell) Owen, upon reaching the age of womanhood, married Isaac Busby in New Jersey, and had the following children: Rachel, Prudence, Mary, Isaac, Martha, Joseph and Rebecca. The alert upon lines which favored mechanical invention. Doddridge truly says: "The state of society which existed in our country at an early period of its settlement was well calculated to call into action every native mechanical genius."

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fifth child, Martha Busby, married Smith Bell, son of Thomas and Thamer (Smith) Bell, of Delaware, and had children‑‑Sarah, Hiram, Smith, Mary, Robert and Martha. The second child, Hiram Bell, was a prominent man in Columbiana County Ohio, and was at one time Commissioner of the county. He married Martha Freed, daughter of George Freed, 5/30/1849, and had Sydney, Lewis, Naomi, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Mulford, Anna, Clifton and Norman. (See Chapman's "History of Vermillion County, Illinois," p. 575.)

180. GENERAL ISAIAH SHINN (5).‑‑JOSEPH (4), GEORGE (3), JOHN (2),

JOHN (1).

Isaiah Shinn, second son of Joseph and Ann Sydonia (Shivers) Shinn, born December 15th, 1764, at Pilesgrove, N. J.; died July 25th, 1822; married, January, 1788, Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Jenks, born October 21st, 1768, and died December 4th, 1827; prominent in Salem County; Justice of Quarter Sessions; frequently nominated for high sheriff; Commander of the New Jersey Militia in 1812; his commission and epaulettes are in the possession of his granddaughter, Martha Woodnutt Clawson. The following were children of Isaiah and Elizabeth (Jenks) Shinn;¹

¹These dates, etc., were taken from the old family Bible of Isaiah Shinn (printed

and sold by Isaac Collins. Trenton, N. J., MDCCXC; price 30 shillings). The date of

the death of Elizabeth Shinn was in the handwriting of William J. Shinn; also the

date of the death of Samuel S. Shinn. Isaiah Shinn wrote his mother's name "Hannah";

a memorandum made by Dr. I. D. Clawson states that Hannah Shinn was Anna

Sydonia Shivers, daughter of Samuel Shivers.

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603. (1) Joseph Shinn, b. November 17, 1788; ob. August 31, 1795.

604. (2) William Jenks Shinn, b. September 2, 1790; m. Margaret Carpenter

Woodnutt, 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.

607. (5) Charlotte Shinn, b. August 19, 1796; m. Israel R. Clawson, 12/6/1815.

608. (6) Samuel Shivers Shinn, b. October 18, 1798; ob. January 17, 1828.

609. (7) Jenks Shinn, b. June 16, 1800; ob. April 9, 1802.

610. (8) Joseph Jenks Shinn, b. January 1, 1803; ob. July 31, 1803.

184. SAMUEL SHINN (5).‑‑AMOS (4), GEORGE (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Samuel Shinn, son of Amos and Ann (Carter) Shinn, was born in Burlington County, New Jersey. His early life is obscure; but he projects himself into authentic history in 1777, when the following minute was made at Mt. Holly Monthly Meeting: "Samuel Shinn, son of Amos, was reported for training in the military service and for marrying a woman that is not of our order and for neglect of attendance upon meetings, the truth of which he acknowledged." Striker, in his list of Revolutionary soldiers of New Jersey, names Buddell Shinn and Vincent Shinn. His silence as to Samuel, son of Amos, is not to be taken as a negative. There were many soldiers in the Revolutionary Army that have failed to be recorded, and Samuel Shinn belongs to that number. If there was any one thing for which Friends stood, it was the sinfulness of bearing arms, and when they deliberately note upon their minutes that Samuel Shinn had been training in the militia, and then disown him (as they did on 11/9/1777), it is conclusive evidence that he was a soldier. He appears to have been a cooper, and to have married Elizabeth Starkey in 1766. After the war he went to Philadelphia, where he plied his trade for awhile, when he removed to Vincentown, where he died.

Children of Samuel and Elizabeth (Starkey) Shinn.

576. (1) Amos Shinn, b. 1768.

577. (2) Nathan (or Nathaniel) Shinn b. 1770; m. (1) Margaret Baxter, 4/6/1797;

(2) Hannah Doren, 3/2/1800; (3) Mrs. Annie Lippincott, nee Warren.

578. (3) Samuel Shinn, b. 1772.

579. (4) George Shinn, b. 1779.

186. ZILPHA SHINN (5).‑‑AMOS (4), GEORGE (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Zilpha, daughter of Amos and Ann (Carter) Shinn, was born in 1747. She married according to Friends' rites, at Evesham Monthly Meeting, in October, 1775, Caleb, son of Nathaniel and Mary (Engle) Lippincott. Caleb was a widower, having married Ann Vinacomb in 1764, and lived at Haddonfield, to which place Zilpha took a removal certificate from Evesham in January, 1776. Asa Matlack, in his Memoirs, notes the second marriage, and gives the following children:

Children of Caleb and Zilpha (Shinn) Lippincott.

580. (1) Ann Lippincott; ob. sine proli. (2) Caleb Lippincott, ob. sine proli.

581. (3) Joshua Lippincott, b. 1780; m. Jane Moore.

582. (4) Grace Lippincott; ob. sine proli.

187. AMOS SHINN (5).‑‑AMOS (4), GEORGE (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Amos, fifth child of Amos and Ann (Carter) Shinn, married Ann Cunningham in 1766. The following

595. (1) Ann Shinn.

596. (2) William Shinn.

597. (3) Curtis Shinn, who married in Burlington County, N. J., and had one son,

Owen Louis Shinn, b. 3/2/1817; m., 3/10/1839, Sarah Pancoast Heavland,

and had one child, Frederick Shinn, b. 6/2/1842, who married

Ann Slater McCabe, 5/15/1866, and had children:

598. (1) George Shinn; ob. infans.

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599. (2) Edgar Shinn; ob. infans.

600. (3) Clara Shinn; ob. unmarried.

601. (4) Helen Matilda Shinn; m. Mr. McCabe.

602. (5) Owen Louis Shinn; b. 7/30/1871; m. Edith May Stringer, 11/9/1897,

and had Eleanor Anna Shinn, b. 7/20/1900.

190. ESAIAS SHINN (5).‑‑JOHN (4), GEORGE (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Esaias Shinn (otherwise Isaiah), second child of John and Lydia (Carter) Shinn, was born 6/14/1745; died in vita patris 2/16/1791. (Mt. Holly Records.) He married Hannah Branan according to Friends' rite in 1771, and had the following descendants. (Burlington and Mt. Holly Records 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.

5. Esaias Shinn (6); b. 12/20/1778; m. Mary Gaskell, 3/17/1800.

6. Miriam Shinn (6); b. 3/20/1782.

7. Aaron Shinn (6); b. 3/20/1782; 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 these children I have only the following notes: Hannah, the mother, asked Mt. Holly, in 1793, for a certificate of removal for her son Moses to Evesham, which was granted. Moses is named in his grandfather's will, and Burlington County marriage registers show his marriage. He was a shoemaker; moved to Philadelphia in 1803, and was at work there in 1806. Burlington Minutes show that Abigail and Hannah had been residing in Philadelphia, and that they placed their certificates of removal with Burlington in May, 1805. Burlington and Mt. Holly registers agree upon the date of Abigail's death. Burlington Minutes show that Hannah was disowned in the 8th month, 1807, for marrying out of meeting, giving her husband's name as above.

Esaias is named in his grandfather's will, and Burlington County records show his marriage. Miriam was disowned at Evesham in 1801. Of the land in Virginia bequeathed by the grandfather, John, to his "grandsons Esaias, Moses, Aaron and Elijah, sons of his son Esaias," I know nothing. It was sold, in all probability, by the heirs, as I find no family in Virginia tracing its pedigree to any of these children. The descendants of Moses, Esaias and Hannah are in South Jersey or Philadelphia, but I have not found any of them. I have addressed many Shinns now living in Salem County and in Philadelphia, who are not placed in this genealogy, but from indisposition, churlishness, cupidity, ignorance or some other cause, have not been answered. Some of these may be the descendants of these three marriages. If so, I have given them an easy starting place for their researches. as well as a pungent introduction to their other kinsmen.

193. JOHN SHINN (5).‑‑JOHN (4), GEORGE (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

John Shinn, son of John and Lydia (Carter) Shinn, was born in Burlington County, 5/30/1754. (Mt. Holly Record of Births and Deaths.) Being a young man of some spirit and 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 Meeting for a certificate to Evesham on account of marriage, 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 have changed hers; at all events, the records and tradition say nothing further of the marriage. In 1771 be was granted a certificate of removal to Chesterfield Monthly Meeting from Burlington. (Burlington Minutes, 7/1/1771; Chesterfield Minutes. 5/9/1771.) He remained at Chesterfield until 1778, when he took a

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certificate to Mt. Holly. (Chesterfield Minute, 1778; Mt. Holly Minute, 1/6/1779). During his residence at Chesterfield, in the year 1775, he was married to Martha Parker, as is disclosed by the marriage license record at Trenton. The minutes of Chesterfield are silent upon the question of this marriage. He may have married with the usual formality of Friends; or he may have made acknowledgments afterwards.. Certain it is that he was in good standing in 1778, when he was dismissed to Mt. Holly, which church not only received him, but‑kept a record of his children, who are recorded as follows:

Children of John Shinn, Jr. and Martha (Parker) Shinn.

1. Elizabeth Shinn; b. 1/30/1776.

2. Miriam Shinn; b. 10/7/1777.

3. Ellis Shinn; b. 11/19/1779.

4. Daniel Shinn; b. 11/30/1781.

Martha must have died in 1781 or 1782, for in 1783 the characteristic minute was made in Mt. Holly Minutes: "John Shinn, Jr., reported for marrying out of meeting" and "neglecting attendance upon meetings." John made the usual acknowledgments, and was retained in the fold. From this time on he viewed life with different eyes. He became steady and eminently useful. His second wife was from the Evesham neighborhood, and his sphere of religious activity dates from his removal to Upper Evesham Meeting. In 1800 he was placed upon committees, and in 1804 was sent to Quarterly Meeting. In 1807, at Upper Evesham, he was recommended by his brethren for the ministry.1 (Upper Evesham M. M., Rec. 1800‑4‑7.) For years he had been a patient teacher of children in the schools of the neighborhood. About 1800 Friends built a schoolhouse near New Hopewell, on the old Egg Harbor road. The children belonged in part to the districts Tansboro and Pump Branch, Camden County, N. J. Its size was thirty‑six by eighteen, and the first teacher was John Shinn. In December, 1807, he and Samuel Leidy, Jr., were released to pay a visit to the Friends in Salem Quarterly Meeting. From this visit followed the migration of many of his children to Salem County.

In April, 1811, John Shinn, Jr., was again released to visit Salem, and in September he was sent to Little Egg Harbor, Bass River, Barnegat and thereaway. In 1813 we find him at Philadelphia and Abingdon Quarterly Meeting.. Just when he moved to Berlin, Camden County, is not known, but there he lived for many years, teaching school as a regular occupation and performing the sacred duties of a Friends minister as the spirit and the rules of the society suggested and required. He died about 1820, universally respected for his character and works, and was buried in New Hopewell graveyard. Daniel, his youngest child by the first marriage, followed his footsteps, and adhered to the Quaker faith. (See sketch of Daniel Shinn.) His children by the second marriage were Mary, Caleb, Joab, Asa, John, Rachel, Mary Ann and Lydia. These and Daniel all moved to Pike County, Illinois, and identified themselves permanently with the growth and development of that great State.

Children of John and Martha (Parker) Shinn.

621. (1) Elizabeth Shinn (6), b. 1/30/1776, who married in New Jersey.

622. (2) Miriam Shinn (6), b. 10/7/1777; d. at Medford.

623. (3) Ellis Shinn (6), b. 11/19/1779; ob. sine proli.

¹In a popular history of Burlington County the following language occurs: "Elizabeth

Collins was the minister at the time of the organization of the society at Upper

Evesham, or Medford, in 1759. Other preachers soon followed, among whom was John

Shinn." (Hist. Bur. Co., p. 366.) This shows how history is written. Evesham held

its first meeting in 1760. Upper Evesham, or Medford, or Shinnston, or Nebo held its

first meeting in 1794. John Shinn did not follow Elizabeth Collins. She preached for

Evesham and he for Upper Evesham. He was made a minister by Upper Evesham, and

was a child of that church. (Upper Evesham Minutes, Vol. L.)

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624. (4) Daniel Shinn (6), b. 11/30/1781; m. in Gloucester (now Camden) County,

N. J., Mary Hacket, 1806.

Children of John and Mary ((???)) Shinn.

625. (5) Caleb Shinn (6).

626. (6) Joab Shinn (6), to Illinois in 1830, and settled in New Salem Township.

627. (7) Asa Shinn (6), moved to Illinois, where he married and reared a family.

628. (8) John Shinn (6), b. 1790; 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 SHINN (5).‑‑GEORGE (4), GEORGE (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Curtis was of a wandering nature, and had a tempestuous life. The civil records of Burlington County show that he married in 1777, while the British and American armies were striving for supremacy in New Jersey. He married Ann Merriott. The Friends Society was almost on the verge of dissolution at this time on account of the calamity of war. Mt. Holly was in turn held by both British and Americans, and the younger Quakers were tiring of the policy 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 among them was Curtis Shinn. In June, 1777, the Friends appointed Samuel Shinn, son of Francis, with others, to devise some plan to present the truth clearly 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 membership at Mt. 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 present." His wife, Anna, was then, and continued to be, a member at Mt. Holly. She was born 9/5/1758, lived at Mt. Holly, died 10/15/1824, and was buried at the Mount. Where and when Curtis died is not known, nor have I been enabled to find all his 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 not name them. (Burlington Co. Wills, Liber C, p. 458.)

Children of Curtis and Anna (Merriott) Shinn.

583. (1) Jane Shinn; ob. sine proli, cum testamentum.

202. JOHN SHINN (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 investigations lead. He married Jane Herbert in Burlington County. He was a distiller, and lived near Georgetown, N. J. He was not affiliated prominently with the Friends, and does not appear upon their records, and the records of other churches at that date are not very helpful to a student of genealogy. The records and traditions of the family enable me to give the following list of children:

584. (1) Sarah Shinn, who married William Nutt; ob. sine proli.

585. (2) Nancy 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, who 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 born about 1761, and married in Burlington County, a woman whose Christian name was

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Charity. Her surname is unknown. He was a farmer in Springfield Township, and left four children:

591. (1) John Shinn, b. 1800; m. Elizabeth Anderson, 12/27/1823.

592. (2) Sarah Shinn, b. 12/6/1801; m. James Read, 7/7/1825.

593. (3) Elizabeth Shinn; m. John B. Thompson.

594. (4) George Shinn.

207. SARAH SHINN (5).‑‑AZARIAH (4), GEORGE (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Sarah Shinn, daughter of Azariah and Sarah (Haines) Shinn, born in Gloucester county, N. J.; member of the Haddonfield Monthly Meeting of Friends. On the 12th of the 8th month she and David Ware, son of John Ware, of Salem, declared their intentions of marriage the first time before the Haddonfield Meeting. On the 9th of the next month they appeared the second time, and on the10th of the 12th month the marriage was reported back as accomplished in an orderly manner. It occurred on the 13th of the 9th month, 1782, and the certificate is recorded. The only witnesses of the name Shinn were Sarah, her mother, and Martha, her sister. (Haddonfield Monthly Meeting Record.) In the 11th month she took a certificate of removal to Salem. (Ibid., ‑‑.) David Ware inherited a fine farm in Salem County, which he sold shortly after his marriage and removed to Darby, Pa., where he died. (Shourd's "History of Fenwick Colony.")

Children of David and Sarah (Shinn) Ware.

632. (1) Sarah Ware; m. Aaron Ashbridge.

214. ZIBER SHINN (5).‑‑URIAH (4), JOSHUA (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Ziber (spelled Ziba, Ziber and Zibah) Shinn, son of Uriah and Rebecca (Ridgway) Shinn, was born 1/13/1777, was married 12/24/1800 in Burlington County, N. J., to Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Mary Colkitt. The family Bible spells the name Colkitt, but the marriage license record at Burlington spells it Cleutt.

I take it that the family record is more worthy of credence than is the marriage license record. Ziba lived and died near Retreat, Burlington County. He was a prominent member of the Baptist Church at Vincentown.¹ Elizabeth died in 1830, leaving a will, dated 6/1/1830. (Burlington Wills, Liber D, p. 229.) She mentions her own son Isaac and Allen, son of her brother Samuel. Ziba died in 1834, leaving a will. It names daughter Mary, wife of Thomas Letchworth; son Richard, daughter Rebecca, daughter Elizabeth, wife of Isaac Worrell, and granddaughter Camelia Shinn. Husband and wife are buried at Vincentown.

Children of Ziba and Elizabeth (Colkitt) Shinn.

633. (1) Isaac Shinn, b. 4/3/1801; m. Frances Vaughn, 12/1/1825.

634. (2) Mary Shinn, b. 8/4/1803; m. Thomas Letchworth, and had one daughter,

at least, who married Mark Branin, of Mt. Holly, N. J.

635. (3) Richard Shinn, b. 10/4/1805; m. Eliza Bunford.

636. (4) Samuel Shinn, b. 12/4/1807; ob. unmarried.

637. (5) Sarah Shinn; b. 2/5/1811.

638. (6) Ziba Shinn, b. 12/9/1813; m. Hannah Estelle, at Vincentown, N. J., and

had one daughter, Cornella, who died unmarried.

639. (7) Rebecca Shinn, b. 3/17/1816; unmarried; lived at Philadelphia, Pa., to a

very old age.

640. (8) Elizabeth Shinn, b. 7/9/1818; m. Isaiah Worrell.

641. (9) Hannah Shinn, b. 9/9/1822.

642. (10) Ruth Shinn, b. 10/11/1826.

¹Dismissed from Pemberton Baptist Church to form Vincentown Baptist Church,

September 19, 1834.

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213. LYDIA SHINN (5).‑‑URIAH (4), JOSHUA (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Lydia Shinn, daughter of Uriah and Rebecca (Ridgeway) Shinn, born 1775; married in her sixteenth year. She resided at Evesham, and was a member of the Baptist Church. She had one daughter, Miriam, born 1793, who died unmarried 3/17/1868 at Moorestown, N. J., and was buried in the Baptist cemetery. This young lady was a member of the Baptist Church at Evesham, N. J., and in1835, when the family moved to Moorestown, she prevailed upon Rev. Peter Powell, of Burlington, to conduct a meeting at that place. This meeting resulted in the formation of an Independent Baptist Church. Miriam attached herself to the new organization, as did her cousin Isaac, and Amy, his wife. In December, 1837, Miss Miriam, with Ann Creely, Hannah Walker, Mary Hewlings, Mary Shinn (her cousin by marriage), Martha Jones, Elizabeth Wisham and Elizabeth 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 age, and was always an active, consistent Christian.

215. ISAAC SHINN (5).‑‑URIAH (4), JOSHUA (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Isaac Shinn, son of Uriah and Rebecca (Ridgeway) Shinn, born 6/7/1779; married, 2/14/1805, Martha Jones. (Burlington County Marriage Licenses.) The marriage certificate, as set out in an old family Bible at Haddonfield, is a departure from the ponderous documents of the Friends, and is printed in full: "To all whom it may concern: This may certify that Isaac Shinn and Martha Jones by their own mutual consent are lawfully married together. Witness February 14, 1805, Alex. M. Groard." I suppose the latter was a civil officer, authorized to solemnize marriages, collect fees, and make short records. This marriage was a happy one, and fruitful of children sound in mind and body. Martha died 3/24/1832 and Isaac 7/20/1860, being four score and one. He lived at Moorestown.

Children of Isaac and Martha (Jones) Shinn.

643. (1) Allen Shinn, b. 9/25/1805; m. Mary Ann, daughter of William and Hannah

Jones.

644. (2) Isaac Shinn, b. 2/18/1807; m. Amy King.

645. (3) Gideon H. Shinn, b. 12/26/1808; m. and lived to be an octogenarian.

646. (4) Urias Shinn, b. 7/8/1812; m. Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin and Mary

Bispham, 10/7/1832, 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. (8) Miles J. Shinn, b. 10/3/1820; m. Annie C., daughter of Thomas Newman,

9/18/1849, Richmond, Ind.

651. (9) Joseph H. Shinn, b. 6/30/1822; m. Louisa Kreuger.

652. (10) Emeline Shinn, b. 9/17/1824; ob. sine proll, 5/8/1846.

653. (11) Benjamin H. Shinn, b. 11/6/1827; ob. 12/2/1827.

654. (12) 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 (2), JOHN (1).

Henry, son of Henry and Ann (Fort) Shinn, born 1781; married Hannah Warner, of Tuckahoe, N. J., where he lived for many years, engaged in teaming; moved to Ohio, but did not like the new country; returned to Winslow, N. J.; purchased a farm and lived upon it until his death, in April, 1858. The children were:

655. (1) 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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656. (2) Solomon Shinn (6), b. 1810, in New Jersey; m. Margaret Ann Miller, in

Pennsylvania, at Cumberland Furnace, 1833; she was born at Hagerstown,

Md., in 1817, and died 8/31/1902; moved to Quincy, Ill., 7/4/1852;

died there December, 1891; his children were:

657. (1) John Shinn (7), b. Oak Grove, Pa., 1834; ob. unmarried.

658. (2) Ann Shinn (7), b. Oak Grove, Pa., 1836.

659. (3) Sarah Jane Shinn (7), b. at Dillstown, Pa., 1838; m. William H.

Winters, of Quincy, Ill.

660. (4) Mary Shinn (7), b. at Dillstown, Pa., 1840.

661. (5) Matilda Shinn (7), b. Dillstown, Pa., 1842.

662. (6) William H. Shinn (7), b. Cumberland County, Pa., 1844; reared in

Quincy, Ill.; superintendent Channon Emery Stove Co.; married,

1868, Harriet, daughter of Andrew Wood, and a relative of ex‑Governor

Wood, of Illinois; and had children:

663. (1) Anna May Shinn (8); m. William Eull, insurance agent, at

Quincy, Ill.

664. (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, Ill.,

666. and had one child, Edwin Brown (9), b. 1899.

667. (4) Alva Shinn (8).

668. (7) Charles W. Shinn (7), b. 9/20/1845; m. Mary M. Burrows, of Hannibal,

Mo., 4/3/1884, a traveling salesman for the Quincy Stove Manufacturing

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 at 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, Ill., Joseph P. Johnson.

680. (3) Elizabeth Shinn (6), b. in New Jersey; m. Enoch Mason, in Ohio.

681. (4) Joseph Shinn (6), 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 mother's 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.

221. HANNAH SIUNN (5).‑‑JACOB (4), JACOB (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Hannah, eldest child of Jacob and Hannah (Fenton) Shinn, born 12/12/1778; married Daniel Earl1/10/1798. He was the son of Tanton and Mary (Haines) Earl; Tanton Earl was a son of Thomas and Mary (Crispin) Earl; Mary (Crispin) Earl was a daughter of Silas and Mary (Stockton‑Shinn) Crispin. Daniel Earl was in the sixth generation from Ralph Earl, the emigrant. Daniel and Hannah lived in Philadelphia, Pa. Hannah died 1/26/1853. Children of Daniel and Hannah (Shinn) Earl were:

686. (1) Elizabeth Earl, b. 9/10/1798; m. William B. Heppard.

687. (2) Abigail Earl, b. 9/10/1798; unmarried.

688. (3) Caroline Earl, b. 5/29/1800; m. Robert Smith.

689. (4) Mary Earl, b. 6/27/1802; ob. 1/8/1817.

690. (5) Hannah F. Earl, b. 1/14/1805; m. George Farr.

222. ELIZABETH SHINN (5).‑‑JACOB (4), JACOB (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1)

Elizabeth, second child of Jacob and Hannah (Fenton) Shinn, born 3/20/1780; m. Dennis Hearit September, 1804, at the 2nd Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pa.; his father was an English sea captain, who settled in New England.

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Here in the village of North Branford, Conn., November 6, 1783, Dennis Heartt was born; apprenticed in 1783 to Read & Morse, printers; removed to Philadelphia, Pa., and began life for himself; was one of the invited guests of Robert Fulton on the trial trip of the "Clermont," in 1807; in 1810 commenced the publication of the Philadelphia Repertory; in 1820 migrated to Hillsboro, N. C., and on February 20th issued the first copy of the Hillsborough Recorder. By indomitable energy and constant application he won a reputation in the State second to none. "He never selected an article or wrote a line for his paper which, dying, he could wish to blot." As a man he was ever temperate, honest, above suspicion, and habitually truthful. For many years a member of the Presbyterian Church; was a good scholar and wrote well; he generally wrote his editorials two and even three times before giving them to the press; his personality was seen through the columns of his paper. There was never a time when, in spirit, the Recorder was not Dennis Heartt, or the editor the living soul of the paper. In January, 1869, he sold his paper to C. B. and T. C. Evans; from the Evans men the Recorder passed to Col. John D. Cameron, who removed the paper to Durham, the name being changed to Durham Recorder. He 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 funeral, that all might attend it. He was greatly beloved by all the citizens of Hillsboro, and his name will long be cherished among the people of Orange County. Only four of Mr. Heartt's children lived to be grown. His two daughters never married. Leo married and had six children; now only two sons survive. Edwin married and had four children; two daughters and his widow are still living. Elizabeth Heartt, consort of Dennis Heartt, died 2/25/1825. The children were:

691. (1) Dennis Heartt (6), b. Philadelphia, Pa., 1/31/1808; ob. 2/4/1808.

692. (2) Caroline Elizabeth Heartt (6), b. 5/30/1809, at Philadelphia, Pa.; ob.

unmarried.

693. (3) Henrietta Maria Heartt (6), b. 4/1/1812, at Philadelphia, Pa.; ob. unmarried.

694. (4) Leopold Eugene Heartt (6), b. 10/19/1814; m. Mary Louisa Cosby, and

had six children and eleven grandchildren.

711. (5) Emily Augusta Heartt (6), b. 3/16/1817; ob. infans.

712. (6) Edwin Adolphus Heartt (6), b. 9/27/1819; m. Elizabeth Wilson, and had

four children, one of whom, Mary, married a son of Governor Bragg.

717. (7) Emily Augusta Heartt (6), b. Hillsboro, Orange County, N. C., 4/1/1822.

718. (8) William Augustus Heartt (6), b. Hillsboro, N. C., 10/23/1824; ob. May,

1836.

225. LYDIA SHINN (5).‑‑JACOB (4), JACOB (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Lydia, fifth child of Jacob and Hannah (Fenton) Shinn, born 1788, in Springfield Township, Burlington County, N. J.; married Joseph Heppard, of Philadelphia, Pa.

227. REBECCA SHINN (5).‑‑JACOB (4), JACOB (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Rebecca, youngest child of Jacob and Hannah (Fenton) Shinn, born 1801, in Springfield Township, Burlington County, N. J.; her mother dying when she was in infancy, she went, with her sister, Elizabeth Heartt, to Hillsboro, N. C., where she lived until her marriage, in 1820; she then removed to Philadelphia, Pa., where she passed the remainder of her life, dying 3/18/1874; married Charles, son of Isaac and Martha (Berryman) Harbert (b. 3/25/1799; ob. 4/25/1884); lumber merchant at Philadelphia, Pa. The descendants were:

719. (1) Emma Harbert (6), b. 9/2/1822; m. May, 1840, Jeremiah Mayburry

Brooks, dry goods commission merchant, Philadelphia, Pa., and had

720. (1) Elizabeth B. Brooks (7), b. 2/5/1841; m., 4/7/1864, William Worrell

Sloan, of Philadelphia, Pa.; graduate of the University of Pennsylvania;

Republican; for a short time in 1862 went to the front with the

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Reserves; belonged to the Hamilton Rifles, of West Philadelphia; in

the cotton business 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. John, 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 1897. Children:

721. (1) Caroline Worrell Sloan (8), b. 1/22/1866; 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,

b. June, 1900.

722. (2) Charles Brooks Sloan (8), b. 3/26/1869; m. Jane Bartram Wilson,

great‑great‑granddaughter of John Bartram, in August, 1897, and

had one daughter, Mary Bartram Sloan, b. December, 1898.

723. (3) Emma Brooks Sloan (8), b. 2/22/1873; m. Samuel Babcock Crowell,

1894, and had three children‑‑William Sloan Crowell, b. 1896; Elizabeth

Eyre Crowell, b. 1901; Samuel Babcock Crowell, b. 1902.

724. (4) William Herbert Sloan (8), b. 12/6/1883.

All except Caroline Worrell were born in Philadelphia. All the

married ones are living in West Philadelphia, Pa.

725. (2) Charles Harbert Brooks (7), b. 7/2/1843; ob. June, 1893; m., 6/6/1867,

Fannie Everly, of Philadelphia, Pa., and had children:

726 727. (1) Mary D. Brooks (8); (2) Charles Mayburry Brooks (8).

728. (3) Elwood Wilson Brooks (8).

729. (3) Emma Mayburry Brooks (7), b. 9/9/1845; m., 6/4/1863, William Mellor,

of Philadelphia, Pa. Children: (1) Emma Brooks Mellor, (2) Mayburry

Brooks Mellor, (3) Martha Mellor, (4) Gertrude Mellor, (5) Bancroft

Mellor. The eldest child, Emma Brooks Mellor (8), b. 6/7/1864,

m., 10/2/1885, Albanus Longstreth Smith, and had three children‑‑Mayburry

Meilor Smith, Lloyd Mellor Smith, Elizabeth Pearsall

Smith. The second child, Maryburry Brooks Mellor (8), b. 12/2/1865,

m. 2/1/1893, in Providence, R. I., Louise Miller, daughter of John B.

Anthony, and had two children‑‑De Forest Anthony Mellor and Duncan

McLaren Mellor. The third child, Gertrude Mellor (8), b.

4/29/1869, m., 5/11/1898, Charles Beamish, and had one child‑‑Douglas

Mellor Beamish.

741. (4) Sallie Perot Brooks (7), b. 10/8/1849.

742. (5) Anna Carver Brooks (7), b. 3/28/1854; m., October, 1873, Meredith Bailey,

of Philadelphia, Pa., and had one child‑‑Meredith Bailey.

744. (6) Henry Hudson Brooks (7), b. 2/26/1856; m., April, 1895, Ada Robertson,

of Chicago, Ill., and had three children‑‑Adelaide Robertson Brooks,

Beatrice Brooks and Mildred Brooks.

748. (7) Caroline Elliott Brooks (7), b. 12/23/1857.

749. (8) Mary Bartlow Brooks, b. 2/2/1862.

750. (2) Edwin Harbert (6), b. 1824; m. (1) Agnes Winburn; (2) Irene B.

Stout; moved to Nashville, Tenn., and then to Bayfield, Wisconsin,

where he died; children by the first marriage were:

751. (1) Charles Harbert (7), who married Anna Page.

Children by the Second Marriage.

752. 1 (2) Virginia Harbert (7), who married Edward Wilson Couper.

753. 2 (3) James Harbert (7), b. 12/11/1868, at Nashville, Tenn; moved to Bayfield,

Wis., 1871; educated at Lake Forest University, Lake Forest Ill., 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 1899, at which time he moved to Kalispell, Mont., and has

since been running a large department store, in which he has been

very successful; Presbyterian; Republican; married Ella D. Dorsey,

of St. Paul, Minn., in 1893; she is a daughter of Robert Allison and

Anna C. Dorsey; on March 12th, 1887, a daughter‑‑Dorris D. Harbert‑‑was

born.

754. (3) Virginia Harbert (6); ob. sole in Baltimore, Md., 1895.

755. (4) Martha Berryman Harbert (6), b. 6/14/1830; ob. 6/21/1859; m.,

1860, Henry Clay Smith, of Georgetown, D. C.; he died in Baltimore,

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Md., in January, 1885. On the day that Martha married Mr. Smith,

her sister, Laura, married John MeLoud, making a double wedding

in the household. Children:

756. (1) Rebecca Harbert Smith (7); m. John Hillen Jenkins, and had two children‑‑Elsie

Hillen Jenkins and Henry Clay Smith Jenkins.

757. (2) Emma Brooks Smith (7); m. (1) Wesley Albert Tucker; (2) John Pemberton

Pleasants.

758. (3) Margaretta Smith (7); m. Carter G., son of Joab Osburn, of Loudon

County. Va.; he was born in Bluemont. Loudon County, Va.; cashier

Farmers and Merchants Bank, Baltimore, Md. Children:

759 760. (1) Carter Gibson Osburn (8); (2) Margaretta Norton Osburn (8).

761. (5) Charles Harbert (6); ob. young.

762. (6) Helen Harbert (6), b. 1834; m. Johnty Jenks and removed to St. Paul,

Minn.; she died at Philadelphia, Pa., a few years after her marriage,

leaving no children.

763. (7) Laura Potter Harbert (6), b. 1837; m. John McLoud and removed to

St. Paul, Minn., where she has since resided.

764. (8). Isaac Duffield Harbert (6), b. 1840; m. Anna Kirkbride at the Church

of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, Pa., 10/20/1870; they have always

lived in Philadelphia and suburbs; now reside at Overbrook. He

was a member of the firm Harbert, Russell & Co., lumber merchants,

until 1890. when he retired from business. He has always been a

Republican, and attended the Protestant Episcopal Church. They

had four children:

765. (1) Helen Kirkbride Harbert (7), b. 10/9/1871; m. George Gale Brooke, of

Radnor, Pa., 9/28/1891; she died 3/20/1902, leaving four children:

766. (1) Helen Harbert Brooke (8), b. 10/9/1892.

767. (2) Lewis Trimble Brooke (8), b. 3/24/1896.

768. (3) Constance Cale Brooke (8). b. 12/5/1897.

769. (4) George Gale Brooke, Jr., b. 3/20/1899.

770. (2) Mary Kirkbride Harbert (7). b. 3/24/1873.

771. (3) Charles Harbert (7). b. 12/19/1874.

772. (4) Howard Percival Harbert (7). b. 1/2/1877.

773. (9) Howard Harbert (6); d. of yellow fever.

774. (10) Percival Harbert (6); ob. infans.

775. (11) Elizabeth Harbert (6); ob. infans.

776. (12) Mary Roberts Harbert (6); m., 10/15/1874, Kingston Goddard Whelen,

in Philadelphia, Pa., and have since resided there; he was born

in Philadelphia, 10/5/1851; son of the late Townsend Whelen, of the

firm of Townsend Whelen Co., one of the oldest banking firms in Philadelphia;

he entered Harvard, 1870, and graduated as a civil engineer;

later he adopted the profession of expert accountant; member

of First Regiment, Pa. Veteran Corps; Republican; both he and his

wife are members of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The Whelen

family have for many years been prominent in Philadelphia society.

(Also of roval descent. See "Americans of Royal Descent," pp. 10

and 362.) The following is a list of their children:

777. (1) Sarah Yates Whelen (7), b. 12/21/1875, In Philadelphia, Pa.; m., 2/6/1902,

Holden Bovee Schermerborn, of the 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.

Germantown, Pa.

778. (2) Rebecca 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 Wilberforce, son of John and Frances (Watson) Farr; graduate of U. of Pa. Medical Dept.; also of Johns Hopkins Hospital, with degree M. D.; present residence. Mt. Airy, Philadelphia. Pa.

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576. AMOS SHINN (6).‑‑SAMUEL (5), AMOS (4), GEORGE (3), JOHN (2),

JOHN (1).

Amos, first child of Samuel and Elizabeth (Starkey) Shinn, was born in New Jersey and married there. His children were:

839. (1) Margaret Shinn (7); ob. infans.

840. (2) Elizabeth Shinn (7); ob. sole.

841. (3) Nathan Shinn (7); ob. sole.

842. (4) Benjamin Shinn (7), married at Granville, Licking County, O., when the

country was a wilderness, then went to Cincinnati, where he died in a

few years, leaving two children, whose names are unknown.

845. (5) Stacy Shinn (7), moved to Licking County, Ohio, with his brother, Benjamin,

and married there; he reared the following children:

846. (1) Amos Shinn (8), b. 12/22/1822; moved to Corning. Iowa, and had the

following children:

847. (1) Orrie Shinn (9), who married Mr. Salts of Corning, Ia.

848. (2) Benjamin C. Shinn (9), 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 (9); (7) Mary Shinn (9).

854. (2) William Shinn (8), b. 1824.

855. (3) Stacy Shinn (8), b. 1826.

856. (4) Rachel Shinn (8), b. 3/4/1829; 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 country 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, son of Amos, "had been guilty of training with the militia."

857. (5) Nathan Shinn (8), b. 9/10/1831; moved to Huron, Erie County. O.,

and had children:

858. (1) Charles Stacy Shinn (9); (2) George P. Shinn (9).

859. (3) Louisa Shinn (9); (4) Mary Shinn (9); (5) Stella Shinn (9).

860. (6) Elizabeth Shinn, who was named, so Mrs. Rose says, after Elizabeth

Starkey.

861. (7) Isaac Shinn (8), b. 7/26/1836; married; moved to Elkhart, Ind., and

had children:

862. (1) Amos Shinn (9), b. 6/26/1858.

863. (2) Kate Shinn (9), b. 10/7/1860.

864. (3) Celia Shinn (9), b. 12/20/1862.

865. (4) William Shinn (9), b. 9/3/1868.

866. (5) Nettie Shinn (9), b. 11/14/1869.

(See Appendix.)

577. NATHAN (NATHANIEL) SHINN (6).‑‑SAMUEL (5), AMOS (4), GEORGE (3),

JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Nathan, or Nathaniel, second child of Samuel and Elizabeth (Starkey) Shinn, born, according to an old Bible in possession of Miss Allie N. Shinn of Mt. Holly, N. J., on March 11, 1770. The entries in this Bible are: (1) "Nathan Shinn, his Bible, bought at Philadelphia on the 6th of the 2nd month, 1788"; (2) "Nathan Shinn, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Shinn, was born the 11th of the 1st month,1770." This seems to settle the question as to his name. It is recorded Nathan. The marriage license register in the Surrogate's office at Mt. Holly has this entry; "Nathan Shinn married Margaret Baxter, 4/6/1795." The Bible above referred to has this entry: "Margaret Baxter, daughter of Robert Baxter and Mary, his wife, was born April 24th, A. D. 1775. Departed this life the 25th of March, A. D.1798, at ten o'clock in the morning. Aged twenty‑two years, eleven months and one day." Miss Allie N. Shinn wrote: "We have often wondered who this Margaret Baxter might be." The Court records above referred to have this further entry: "Nathaniel Shinn married Hannah Doren, 3/2/1800." As Miss

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Shinn is a lineal descendant of this Nathaniel and Hannah Doren, it is fair to presume that Nathan and Nathaniel are the names of the same person. Some leaves were cut from the Bible before the father of Miss Shinn received it, and it may be that these leaves would have given the record of the two marriages above referred to. Nathan Shinn afterwards married a third wife, Mrs. Annie Lippincott, whose maiden name was Warren. There is no record of any children by the first marriage. Of the second marriage there is a record of two children; of the third marriage there were no children. Clayton Shinn of Mt. Holly, N. J., was a first cousin, blood relationship, of Thomas Doren Shinn, son of Nathan and Hannah (Doren) Shinn. The father of Mrs. Ogburn was also a first cousin of Thomas Doren Shinn; this makes it certain that Samuel and Elizabeth (Starkey) Shinn had other children than Nathan. Elizabeth Shinn died, as the Bible referred to plainly sets forth, "on the fifth day of April, 1788, at two o'clock in the afternoon." The records at Trenton show that she married Samuel Shinn, son of Amos, in 1766. Samuel died after his wife. The father of Clayton Shinn of Mt. Holly, N. J., is a son, and the father of Mrs. Ogburn another, but I have not ascertained their names. Amos, Samuel and George were three others.

Children of Nathan and Hannah (Doren) Shinn were:

780. (1) Sarah Shinn (7), who married Job Rogers at Vincentown, N. J., and had

several children, among whom was Hope Rogers, who married John

Naylor and had one child, Allie Rogers, who died young.

783. (2) Thomas Doren Shinn (7), b. Vincentown, N. J., in October, 1803; d. at

Mt. Holly, March, 1881; he was a carpenter; m. Lydia Gaskell and

moved to Bridesburg, Pa.; there his wife died; returned to Vincentown,

and married Theodosia Johnson; moved to Mt. Holly, where he died;

children of the first marriage, all born at Bridesburg, Pa., were as follows:

784. (1) Elwood Shinn (8), b. January, 1829; mason by trade; married at Vincentown,

N. J., Mary J. Estell, 12/22/1852; enlisted in Co. C, 23rd

Regiment N. J. Vol. Inf., and served throughout the Civil War.

Children:

785. (1) Joseph Estell Shinn (9), b. 4/2/1854; ob., unmarried, 1888.

786. (2) Allie Naylor Shinn (9), b. February, 1863; stenographer at Philadelphia;

unmarried. A very intelligent and courteous woman.

787. (2) Albert Shinn (8), b. 1831; ob. infans.

788. (3) John B. Shinn (8), b. 1836; ob. infans.

789. (4) Wilbur Shinn (8), ob. unmarried.

Children of the Second Marriage were:

790. 1 (5) J. Howard Shinn (8), who married Jennie Lewis.

791. 2 (6) Sarah Shinn (8); 3 (7) Emma Shinn (8); 4 (8) Lydia Shinn (8).

792. 5 (9) Thomas Shinn (8); 6 (10) Annie Shinn (8), who married Harry

Dantz.

All these died in infancy except the first and last.

578. SAMUEL SHINN (6).‑‑SAMUEL (5), AMOS (4), GEORGE (3), JOHN (2),

JOHN (1).

Samuel, third child of Samuel and Elizabeth (Starkey) Shinn, born at Burlington, 1768; he married about 1794 and had five children:

793. (1) Thomas Shinn (7), who died unmarried.

794. (2) Clayton Shinn (7); (3) Nathan Shinn (7); (4) Mary Shinn (7).

797. (5) Samuel Shinn (7). This son at the age of sixteen left New Jersey and

entered the State of Ohio, settling near Eaton; he was a pioneer; never

talked much about his family except to speak of his grandfather, Samuel,

and his uncles, Thomas, Nathan and Clayton. Thomas visited him

once; he married (1) Charity Throckmorton at Eaton; (2) Mary (Hudlow)

Zeek, and had children:

798. (1) Job Shinn (8), born near and married near Eaton, Ohio, where he

always resided, as has his large family. Children:

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799. (1) William E. Shinn (9), a soldier in Co. D, 156th O. Vol. Inf.,

U. S. A.

800. (2) Jacob L. Shinn (9), a soldier in Co. D, 156th O. Vol. Inf., U. S. A.

801. (3) John M. Shinn (9), a soldier in Co. D, 156th O. Vol. Inf., U. S. A.

802. (4) James L. Shinn (9); (5) Hiram Shinn (9). This son was a machinist;

patented an "Automatic Car Coupler," a "Railroad

Gate" and other inventions; Hiram married and has children,

who reside at Eaton, Ohio.

803. (2) Jane Shinn (8), who married Daniel Cox and lived at Dayton, Ohio.

804. (3) Amos Shinn (8), married and settled at Richmond, Ind.; was a soldier

in the Union Army; had one son, William E. Shinn (9).

806. (4) John Shinn (8), married; moved to Wabash, Ind., and had children,

Wilber, Walter, Wilhelmina and Annie, who reside in Indiana.

811. (5) David Shinn (8) married and settled at Xenia, Ind.; children, Ollie,

Tillie and Hester.

815. (6) Jonathan Shinn, married; when last heard from was in Randolph

County, Indiana; has a son, Charles Shinn (9).

817. (7) Jefferson Shinn (8); shoemaker; married in Preble County, Ohio,

Catherine Hudlow; moved to Miami County, Indiana; farmer; Republican;

United Brethren; ob. 1884; had children:

818. (1) George 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) Jacob Shinn, unmarried.

824. (6) Walter Shinn, deceased.

825. (7) Oran Shinn.

826. (2) Temperance Shinn (9), m. Simon Walls.

827. (3) Charity Shinn (9), m. James Wolfe and had:

828. (1) Earl Wolfe; (2) Albert Howard Wolfe.

830. (4) Leander Melton 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 1861; married,

1881, at Peru, Melissa Pettit; moved to Chicago, Ill:;

patternmaker; inventor with George S. Lloyd & Co.; invented

a carpet stretcher, a wire fence stretcher, a friction self‑winding

top and a corn planter. Made the first "Lubricating Die"

for smoothing tile; without advantages, he is forging for himself

a name and place in the world. His inventions are all

practical and are being introduced rapidly. He is an honest,

thoroughgoing business man.

834. (8) Elizabeth Shinn (8), married a man named Beers, at Greenville, O.

835. (9) Susanna Shinn (8), married a man named Phillips and moved to

Texas.

836. (10) Mary Shinn (8), married a man named Town at Winchester, Ind.

837. (11) Sarah Shinn (8), married a man named Antrim at Yorktown, Ind.

838. (12) Rachel Shinn (8), married Mr. Abbott.

238. JEMIMA SHINN (5).‑‑JOHN (4), JACOB (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Jemima, eldest child of John and Mary (Norton) Shinn, married George Woodward, a farmer of Cream Ridge, N. J., and had children:

867. (1) Isaac Woodward, m. (???) Thompson; became a merchant at Imlaystown,

N. J.

868. (2) Tilton Woodward, m. (???) Thompson.

869. (3) Anthony Woodward, m. (???) Thompson. These three were prominent

farmers near Imlaystown, N. J.

870. (4) John, (5) George, (6) James and (7) Mary Woodward, married and remained

in New Jersey, but I have not ascertained their whereabouts.

874. (8) Debora Ann Woodward, married a man named Deacon at Bordentown,

N. J.

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239. WILLIAM NORTON SHINN (5).‑‑JOHN (4), JACOB (3), JOHN (2),

JOHN (1).

William Norton, second child of John and Mary (Norton) Shinn, born 10/24/1782; married Sarah Budd, 1/25/1804. He was a farmer of the thinking kind and introduced many new ideas concerning agriculture. New 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 condition of a large leaseholder he became a prosperous proprietor. He was successively Sheriff of the County, member of the upper and lower 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 County, was elected. On April 15, 1832, Chief Justice Charles Ewing appointed John Clement, William 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 Central Committee. In the same year the Democracy of New Jersey put out what was called "The Jackson Ticket," one headed with the names of Jackson nad Van Buren, on which the following candidates for Congress were named: Philemon Dickerson, Samuel Fowler, Ferdinand S. Schenck, James Parker, William Norton Shinn and Thomas Lee. The ticket was elected. The Emporium and True American of Trenton had this to say of Mr. 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 popular election, and has been elected every year to the Council in opposition to the

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strongest men in that county. He beat the Clay candidate, Budd, a few years ago, 800 votes. A man's character at home is the best recommendation."

Mr. Shinn received 24,012 votes in this election and defeated his opponent by 1,091 votes. He served in Congress for the years 1833‑5 and was re‑elected in 1834, and served for the years 1835‑7. He was then appointed as the first State Director of the Camden and Amboy Railroad Company and was several times president of the Burlington Agricultural Association; he was a consistent Methodist and held high rank in that body. He died in 1871, leaving one child:

875. (1) Budd Shinn (6), b. 1808; m. Antis, daughter of Thomas and Susan Lacy;

Budd died in 1843, in his 35th year, without issue. He was a strong

man and a lover of labor, which brought him to an early grave. His

widow never married.

240. JOHN SHINN (5).‑‑JOHN (4), JACOB (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

John, third child of John and Mary (Norton) Shinn, was born 8/19/1784 in Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. He seems to have been a very thoughtful man. Up to this time wealth found its best exponents in country residences. The towns had not as yet become the centers of fashion, intelligence and wit. Railroads and great manufactures were unknown. The idea of a "trust" had not been conceived, and New Jersey was the home of rich and prosperous farmers. But changes were preparing and John Shinn foresaw them. He turned his eyes towards the City of Philadelphia and made that place his home. He married there, 6/22/1805, Mary, daughter of Dr. John and Elizabeth (Stanley) White (born 11/7/1785). Dr. John White was Assistant Surgeon in the Volunteer Navy of the Revolutionary War; a prisoner in the British Prison Ships off the Jersey Coast; County Commissioner of Philadelphia County, and a prominent manufacturer of chemicals. In 1806 John Shinn was elected to membership in the famous "First Philadelphia Troop"; in 1812 he volunteered in John Swift's Company of the Washington Guards, 1st Pa. Regt., U. S. A., and attained the rank of Major; was transferred to another regiment as its Colonel, and stationed at Fort Mifflin on the Delaware.

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In civil life his business was that of a chemist, and his chemical laboratory soon became known outside of Philadelphia. His advertisements were published in all the New Jersey papers from 1816 to 1824. I have read them in the old files of Maryland and Pennsylvania papers. Delving in old papers at the Congressional Library, Washington City, I found John Shinn's "Panacea" advertised in the Wheeling, Va., Gazette, 1824, and in the Independent Virginian of Harrison County, Virginia, 1825. The peculiarity about his advertising seems to have been that all charitable institutions and the poor were to be furnished the medicine free of charge. We seem to think that all the progressiveness of the world was brought into it since 1850. John Shinn in 1816, and for many years thereafter, set the pace, which great advertisers after him copied without originating or improving. In these same papers no other advertisements from distant places occur. His advertisement talked, as it were, to thousands of people, many hundreds of miles away, and his name was well known throughout the land. He did not advertise a proprietary medicine as a doctor, but a chemical preparation as a "chemist." He signed his name "John Shinn, Chemist."

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What the preparation was I do not know, but I am confident that he was the pioneer in the region south of New York, if not in the whole country, of this method 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 rewarded him well. He spent more money annually in advertising than his ancestors on the farm accumulated in a lifetime. But not for his industry and enterprise 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 that he 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 recognized the natural sciences, and collegiate fitting was in the main professional. John Shinn's idea was to dignify the natural sciences and to make ready for the coming industrial revolution. He brought the subject prominently before his friends in Philadelphia, and by and with the aid of six other thinking men, "The Academy of Natural Sciences" was founded; the founders were John Gilliams, M. D., C. M. Mann, W. S. Parmentier, John Speakman, Thomas Say, Gerard Troost, M. D., and John Shinn.

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 1/25/1812 to 12/31/1816. After the museum was arranged in the New Hall in Gilliams Court (1815) he delivered a course of popular lectures upon chemistry; moved to the "Marine Settlement" in Illinois in 1817, where he passed four years of his life; returned to Philadelphia and died there in 1825. His children were as follows:

876. (1) John White Shinn, b. 3/6/1806; m. Elizabeth Reeves Cox at Mt. Holly,

N. J., 3/19/1835.

877. (2) William Shinn, b. 1810; ob. 1832.

878. (3) Elizabeth Stanley Shinn, b. 4/22/1811; m. John Haseltine, 3/11/1830.

879. (4) Catherine Lucy Stevenson Shinn, b. 1/3/1819; m. Daniel Haddock, 2/27/1838.

880. (5) James Gallaher Shinn, b. 4/13/1822; m. (1), 8/1/1848, Eliza Louisa Davis

Hill; (2) Mary Cecilia Shoemaker.

242. HANNAH SHINN (5).‑‑JOHN (4), JACOB (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Hananh, fifth child of John and Mary (Norton) Shinn, born 1788, married Samuel, son of Thomas and Ann (Palmer) Lawrence, and had children:

881. (1) Ann Lawrence (6), in. Uriah W. Stokes of Philadelphia and had four sons

and four daughters; one of these sons was Charles Henry Stokes of

Philadelphia, Pa.

890. (2) Mary Lawrence (6), m. (???) Bullock.

891. (3) John Lawrence (6).

892. (4) William Lawrence (6).

893. (5) Edward Shinn Lawrence, m. Aramintha Stewart of Pittsburg, Pa., and

had children:

894. (1) Stewart Lawrence (7), Engineer Corps U. S. Navy, 1902; (2) Dr.

Edward Lawrence (7); (3) John Lawrence (7); (4) William Lawrence

(7); (5) Randall Lawrence (7).

243. BEULAH SHINN (5).‑‑JOHN (4), JACOB (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Beulah, sixth child of John and Mary (Norton) Shinn, married William Norton.

244. FREEDOM LIPPINCOTT SHINN (5).‑‑JOHN (4), JACOB (3), JOHN (2),

JOHN (1).

Freedom Lippincott, seventh child of John and Mary (Norton) Shinn, born in Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, 10/10/1792. In his

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seventeenth year went to Philadelphia and placed himself under the care of Dr. John 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, N. J., 10/15/1815, Hannah Ackley; settled at Camden, where in addition to the practice of his profession he conducted a drug store and a chemical laboratory. In 1823 removed to Tom's River, N. J., where his practice extended from Freehold to Barnegat, and from New Egypt to the ocean. In 1846 he married the second time, Anna Imlay, daughter of William and Mary Anderson Imlay of Philadelphia, and removed to Cedar Creek, where he remained for eleven years; he then removed to Cassville, where he remained seven years; he then located at Manchester Station or Lakehurst Postoffice, where he passed the remainder of his life, practicing his profession and enjoying the comforts of home and cultured companions. His professional life embraced a period of sixty‑four years, fifty‑six of which were spent in Ocean County; he was a Presbyterian, and a member of Harmony Lodge, F. A. M., at Tom's River. He was of large and imposing physique; his presence commanding; 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 sum almost sufficient to endow a college or equip a hospital. Full of wit and good humor, he lived a happy life and died, leaving his escutcheon untarnished by a single mean act.

The Children by the First Marriage were:

899. (1) Thomas Ackley Shinn, b. 6/21/1816; killed as a soldier in the Union

Army; unmarried.

900. (2) Mary Norton Shinn, b. 7/1/1819; m., 2/23/1843, John Walker Garrett.

Children by the Second Marriage:

901. 1 (3) Emma Newell Shinn, b. 3/4/1847; m., 2/7/1871, Thomas Slack Chamberlain.

902. 2 (4) Susan Cox Shinn, b. 12/20/1849; m. P. Howell Emley of Lakehurst, N. J.

903. 3 (5) William Norton Shinn, b. 11/13/1851.

904. 4 (6) Sara Low Shinn, b. 2/26/1859; m. Henry Archer Conant of Passaic, N. J.

245. SUSANNAH NORTON SHINN (5).‑‑JOHN (4), JACOB (3), JOHN (2),

JOHN (1).

Susannah Norton, eighth child of John and Mary (Norton) Shinn, was born in Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, and became the third wife of Benjamin, son of William and Sarah Cox of Vincentown, N. J. His first wife was Sarah Lamb, by whom he had three children‑‑Sarah, who married Rev. William G. Agnew of Philadelphia; William Ellis, and Mary, who married Horace Moore. His second wife was Kesiah Eayre, by whom he had three children‑‑Rebecca Lamb, who married Richard Haines; Dillwyn, who married Rachel Cramner of Philadelphia, and Benjamin Eayre, who died young.

His third wife was Susannah Norton Shinn, one of the most beautiful women of her day and generation. This was made memorable by the exclamation of Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, when seeking an introduction: "She is the most beautiful woman I have seen in America." In the drawing rooms of the Shinn family in New Jersey the Shinns were classified according to complexion, as "Red Shinns," "Red and White Shinns," and "Dark Shinns." John Shinn, brother of Susan, was said to be one of the handsomest men of Philadelphia, and the portraits of his daughters in this volume show that a large amount

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of beauty fell to their share. It is regrettable that no portrait of Susannah Shinn Cox exists. By this last marriage there were four children:

905. (1) Julia Davis Cox (6), who married Drury Fairbanks of Philadelphia and

died childless.

906. (2) Edward Augustus Cox (6), who married Elizabeth Dix Gaskell and had

children:

(1) Minnie Cox (7); (2) Ida Cox (7); (3) William Henry Cox (7); (4)

Edna Augustus Cox (7), who married James A. McElwee of Washington,

D. C.

911. (3) Eliza Armina Cox (6), married Mark Reeves of Mt. Holly, N. J. At his

death she removed to Washington, where she now resides. Children:

912. (1) Lillian Reeves (7), m. George D. Crawford of Gettysburg, Pa. and

had children:

913. (1) Blanche Crawford (8), m. Dr. Walton I. Mitchell of Minneapolis,

Minn.

(2) Mary Reeves Crawford (8).

(3) John Douglas Crawford (8)

(4) Lilian Mark Crawford (8).

917. (4) William Henry Cox (6), ob. young.

247. ABIGAIL SHINN (5).‑‑JOHN (4), JACOB (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Abigail, tenth child of John and Mary (Norton) Shinn, born 3/6/1798, married Samuel Hartshorn, a farmer, near New Egypt, Monmouth County, N. J., 10/9/1823. Samuel was a descendant of one of the oldest families of East Jersey, his ancestor, Richard Hartshorn, being a member of the assembly in Lord Cornbury's time and its president; member of the Colonial Council, and for twenty years one of the most influential men of Monmouth County.

Children of Samuel and Abigail (Shinn) Hartshorn:

918. (1) Collin Hartshorn (6), m. Eliza Wall of Jacobstown, N. J.

919. (2) Edward Shinn Hartshorn (6), ob. sole, 4/19/1900.

920. (3) Emeline Hartshorn (6), b. 7/22/1830; m. Samuel Harrison, son of John

Emley, at Jacobstown, N. J., 1/20/1850, and had children:

921. (1) Leon Walter Emley (7), b. 2/8/1851, m. Georgle Starr at St. Louis;

Leon was educated at Trenton, N. J., is an accountant and a Republican;

resides at Ogden, Utah. The children were:

(1) Mortimer (8); (2) Waldamere (8); (3) Genevieve (8) and

Leon Walter (8). All unmarried.

926. (2) Lilla Corinna Emley (7), b. 11/6/1852; m., 12/25/1873, John Wyckoff

Burtis, a farmer near Allentown, N. J., and 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.

5/16/1887; (4) J. Carroll Burtis (8), b. 8/2/1889.

931. (5) Helen R. W. Burtis (8), b. 7/23/1892.

932. (3) Herbert Haseltine Emley (7), b. 6/15/1863; m. Mary W. Worden at

Allentown, N. J., 4/18/1900; he is a physician and dentist; independent

in politics and a Presbyterian.

248. ELIZABETH SHINN (5).‑‑JOHN (4), JACOB (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Elizabeth, eleventh child of John and Mary (Norton) Shinn, born in Burlington County, New Jersey, 7/11/1800, and on 5/1/1823 married Charles, seventh son of Israel and Margaret (Woodward) Ivins. The Ivins family was one of the oldest in New Jersey, and its members were frequently found in responsible positions in the early records of the province. Charles Ivins was a prosperous farmer of Burlington County, but in 1841 he disposed of his farm and removed to Nauvoo, Ill. Finding the Mormons of that region inimical to Gentile settlers, he moved to La Harpe, a village in Hancock County, and engaged at farming. He returned to Nauvoo and began the publication of a paper, entitled "The Nauvoo Expositor," whose object was to expose the high‑handed practices of Joseph Smith and Sydney Rigdon. One issue of the paper was published, and only one.

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The Danites destroyed his presses and threatened to destroy the publisher. He removed his family to Keokuk, Iowa, where he amassed a competency and lived a peaceful life. Elizabeth Ivins was known far and wide for her charities and gentle help to the afflicted or those in adversity. She died shortly after the Civil War, beloved by the entire population for miles about the primitive city, Keokuk.

Children of Charles and Elizabeth (Shinn) Ivins:

933. (1) William Norton Shinn Ivins, born in Burlington County, New Jersey,

5/13/1824; m. Virginia, daughter of Major John R. and Mary (Kinney)

Wilcox, at Keokuk, Ia., 4/23/1849; ob. 5/18/1889.

934. (2) Mary Shinn Ivins, born in Burlington County, New Jersey, 5/18/1825; m.

(1) Thomas F. Anderson, 1845, at Keokuk, Ia.; (2) Geo. M. Seaton.

935. (3) Charles Henry Ivins, born in Burlington County, New Jersey, 4/1/1829;

married at Keokuk, Ia., 10/17/1850, Mary Eleanor, daughter of Edward

and Mary (Winthrop) Cole.

936. (4) Margarette Woodward Ivins, born in Burlington County, New Jersey,

5/13/1831; married, at Keokuk, Ia., 4/18/1853, William Albert Patterson;

ob. 11/2/1900.

937. (5) Anna Elizabeth Ivins, born in Burlington County, New Jersey, 4/27/1839;

married, at Cambria, Cal., 7/3/1881, John Henry Janssen of Frankfort,

Prussia; no issue.

938. (6) Sabella Ivins, born at La Harpe, Ill., 6/1/1841; ob. 8/1/1841.

939. (7) Sarah Ivins, born at Nauvoo, Ill., 1/26/1844; married at Keokuk, Ia.,

5/7/1868. Francis Hawxhurst.

940. (8) Roderick Dhu Ivins, born at Keokuk, Ia., 4/30/1846; ob. 5/21/1857.

249. MARTHA SHINN (5).‑‑JOHN (4), JACOB (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Martha, twelfth child of John and Mary (Norton) Shinn, born Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey; married Samuel Woolston and had children, of whom I have three. She died at a very advanced age, having passed her ninetieth year.

941. (1) Charlotte Woolston, b. 1826; m. John B., son of John Boone and Sarah

(Risdon) Hankinson; Republican; Episcopalian; Sheriff and Judge in

Nebraska; farmer and commission merchant. Had children:

(1) Ella W. Hankinson, b. 1856; m. John, son of John and Mary Ann

(Clarke) Black of Mt. Holly, N. J.; Republican; farmer; Episcopalian.

(2) William A. Hankinson, b. 1858.

(3) Risdon B. Hankinson, b. 1859.

(4) Viola B. Hankinson, b. 1861; sole.

946. (2) Thaddeus Woolston, b. 1827; m. Martha, daughter of Jervis Haines, and

had children:

947. (1) William Woolston.

948. (2) Mamie Woolston, m. Dr. Charles Harker, dentist, Mt. Holly, N. J.

949. (3) Benjamin Franklin Woolston, a clergyman, who married and left the following

surviving children.

950. (1) Benjamin Franklin Woolston of Ocean Grove, N. J.

951. (2) Peyton Woolston, Denver, Colo.

952. (3) Ernest N. Woolston, Ocean Grove, N. J.

953. (4) Blanche Woolston, who 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.

250. EDWARD SHINN (5).‑‑JOHN (4), JACOB (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Edward, youngest child of John and Mary (Norton) Shinn, born in Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey; farmer; justice of the peace; prominent politician; married Mary Field at Mt. Holly, 12/21/1831; he lived to be a very old man. Children:

(1) Ella Shinn, (2) John Shinn, (3) William Shinn, (4) Edward Shinn, (5) Jonathan

Budd Shinn. Letters to the father and to three of the children have

brought me no further knowledge.

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272. BUDDELL SHINN (5).‑‑THOMAS (4), THOMAS (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1). In a list of "Field Officers, Captains and Staff Officers of the three regiments raised in New Jersey in December, 1775, and February, 1776, which served in the Northern Army, extracted from a Manual of the New Jersey Cincinnati" and published in Volume VIII, 1st Series of Proceedings of New Jersey Historical Society, page 65,¹ we find, under the title "2nd Regiment," Col. William Maxwell, commanding, the name of Buddell Shinn, ranking as Quartermaster. The volume of the New Jersey Archives which gives the names of all soldiers belonging to these regiments and to all other regiments raised in New Jersey during the war, 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 to any other patriotic order growing out of the Revolutionary War.

He married Sarah Bispham² in 1781 and died in 1787. Sarah made acknowledgment to the Church at Mt. Holly in 1782 for marrying against order by a hireling priest and was forgiven. She died 5/18/1786. His mother made a will, 7/8/1805, which names the two children of her son, Buddell. (Burlington Wills, Liber A, page 91.)

Children of Buddeil and Sarah (Bispham) Shinn.

960. (1) Mary Shinn, b. 1781; m. Matthew McHenry.

961. (2) Margaret Shinn, b. 1783.

274. HANNAH SHINN (5).‑‑THOMAS (4), THOMAS (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

In the will of Mary (Buddell) Shinn mentioned above reference is made to her daughter, Hannah, who married Frederick Toy. The marriage license record at Burlington shows that Hannah Shinn was married to Frederick Toy in 1784. I have not found her descendants. Frederick Toy was a descendant of the Swedes who settled in Chester Township before the English came to New Jersey. The land of the Toys was near the river and part of it is still held by men of the name, some of whom may be the lineal descendants of Frederick and Hannah (Shinn) Toy. These Swedes in the olden time worshiped at Tinakum and Wicaco; a worship in form very much like that of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

301. THOMAS SHINN (5).‑‑EARL (4), THOMAS (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Thomas, second child of Earl and Rebecca (Monroe) Shinn, was born 6/1/1764; married Lucy Worrell in 1788, and died in 1791, when administration was granted to his wife, Lucy Shinn, and John Dobbins. There is no record of any children. On the ninth of September, 1789, he removed to Philadelphia, as is shown by the Mt. Holly Minutes. It is presumed that he died at that place.

302. JOHN SHINN (5).‑‑EARL (4), THOMAS (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

John Shinn, third child of Earl and Rebecca (Monroe) Shinn, was born 2/2/1766. On the 9th of July, 1781, his father, Earl, asked Mt. Holly Meeting for a certificate of removal for his son, John, to Philadelphia. A committee was appointed, which reported that John Shinn had been apprenticed in Philadelphia to a person who was not a Friend. The request for Earl for the certificate was denied, but John remained in Philadelphia. He married a woman named Ridgeway, and doubtless left descendants in Philadelphia, but I have not found them.

¹In Stryker's 'New Jersey Soldiers in the Revolution" there is this additional matter:

Shinn Buddle, Quartermaster, 2nd Batt., 1st Establishment, 11/27/1775; declined;

2nd Establishment, 2nd Lieutenant in Capt. Rosecrantz's Co.; 3d Batt., 11/29/1776.

Retired 9/26/1780.

²Joseph, son of Benjamin and Sarah Bispham, married Margaret Reynolds in 1755,

and had, among other children, Sarah, b. 10/2/1755; d. 5/18/1786.

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303. GAMALIEL SHINN (5).‑‑EARL (4), THOMAS (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Gamaliel Shinn, fourth child of Earl and Rebecca (Monroe) Shinn, born 1/18/1768, ran away from home in his twenty‑first year and never communicated with his family after that date. He went to sea, but finally located in Gloucester County, New Jersey, where, on 7/2/1797, he married Beulah Easelwood. There appear to have been no descendants.

304. SAMUEL SHINN (5).‑‑EARL (4), THOMAS (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Samuel Shinn, fifth child of Earl and Rebecca (Monroe) Shinn, born 9/30/1770; married Hannah Simpson according to Friends' rite at Byberry, Pa., 3/18/1795. He removed to Philadelphia 7/9/1789 and engaged as a bricklayer. He resided at 107 Lombard Street.

Children of Samuel and Hannah (Simpson) Shinn.

962. (1) Earl Shinn, b. 1/21/1796; m. Sarah Comfort, 4/10/1822.

963. (2) Rebecca Shinn, who m. Caleb Ash, M. D., of Philadelphia.

964. (3) Hannah Shinn; ob. 1863, unmarried.

316. MARY RIDGWAY (5).‑‑POSTREMA SHINN (4), THOMAS (3), THOMAS (2),

JOHN (1).

Mary Ridgway, daughter of John and Postrema (Shinn) Ridgway, was born at Burlington, N. J., 11/24/1774, and married Daniel Knight of Philadelphia. I have not ascertained the children, but an article by William John Potts, in Volume 17, Pennsylvania Magazine of Biog. and Hist., page 381, says that from this marriage was descended Daniel Ridgway Knight, the well‑known artist of Philadelphia.

317. MARTHA RIDGWAY (5).‑‑POSTREMA (4), THOMAS (3), THOMAS (2),

JOHN (1).

Martha Ridgway, daughter of John and Postrema (Shinn) Ridgway, was born at Burlington, N. J., 5/8/1777. I have not been successful in tracing the descendants of this marriage.

318. THOMAS SHINN RIDGWAY (5).‑‑POSTREMA (4), THOMAS (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Thomas Shinn Ridgway, son of John and Postrema (Shinn) Ridgway, born 11/4/1779; married Mary Joy of Philadelphia. She was a daughter of Captain Joy of the Revolutionary Army from Pennsylvania (Volume 17 Penn. Mag. Biog. and Hist., page 381), and the descendants of the marriage are eligible to membership in all patriotic organizations. The home of this couple was in Gloucester County, New Jersey, where Thomas died, 4/1/1857.

327. MARY SHINN (5).‑‑THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Mary Shinn, daughter of Thomas and Ruth (Stratton) Shinn, was born in Burlington County, New Jersey, 1/21/1744. She married Jonathan, son of David and Ann (Lee) Oliphant, 6/25/1764, at Upper Evesham, N. J.; he was born Nov. 10, 1739, on his father's farm in Amwell Township, Hunterdon County. He removed with his parents, in 1756, to the Township of Evesham, Burlington County, West Jersey. Here the 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 œ5,000 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 during the carly years of the Revolution, but was forced to resign for disability

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April 9, 1777. Private papers show that he gave freely of his substance to maintain his company and that he spent his fortune in the cause of American Independence. In later life, about 1795 or 1796, he removed to Philadelphia, Pa., where he died, Sept. 10, 1804.

Children of Jonathan and Mary (Shinn) Oliphant.

965. (1) Shinn Oliphant, b. Friday, March 1, 1765, at 7 a. m., Oliphant's Mills,

Evesham; ob. 2/22/1839; m. Nov. 12, 1787, to Hope Eayre, daughter of

Habakkuk Eayre and Mary Jones. (Hope, b. May 9, 1767; d. May 15,

1839.)

966. (2) Ann Oliphant, b. Wednesday a. m., March 11, 1767, Oliphant's Mills; ob.

1/22/1847; m. Aaron, son of Jacob Prickett and Elizabeth Phillips.

(Aaron, b. May 16, 1763; d. Feb. 20, 1837.)

967. (3) Job Oliphant, b. Tuesday, 8 p. m., Nov. 28, 1769, at Oliphant's Mills; ob.

Sept. 8, 1773.

968. (4) Hannah Oliphant, b. Wednesday, 3 p. m., Oct. 14, 1772, at Oliphant's

Mills; ob. 3/14/1848; m. David Voorhees, son of Roelof Van Voorhees

and Rebecca Pease. (David b. April 17, 1771; d. October 19, 1840.)

969. (5) Martha Oliphant, b. Sunday, 7 p. m., April 24, 1774, at Oliphant's Mills;

ob. at Tuckerton, 6/30/1855; m., 9/10/1795, Jacob Lippincott, son of

Amaziah Lippincott and Hannah Prickett, a sister to Jacob, above.

(Jacob Lippincott d. November 26, 1856.)

970. (6) Joel Oliphant, b. Tuesday, 7 a. m., Nov. 12, 1776, at Oliphant's Mills; ob.

Jan. 27, 1782.

971. (7) William Oliphant, b. Sunday, Sept. 13, 1778, "Sign of the Bear," in Evesham;

ob. 9/3/1847, at Waynesville, O.; m., Jan. 5, 1806, at Mt. Holly,

N. J., to Hannah Prickett, daughter of John Prickett and Sabilla Hammett.

972. (8) Hope Oliphant, b. Friday, 11 a. m., March 30, 1781, Evesham; ob. 6/27/1846;

m., Jan. 9, 1803, Leatherville, N. Y., to William Albert Cowenhoven,

son of Albert Cowenhoven and Patience Cowenhoven (cousins).

973. (9) David Oliphant, b. Wednesday, 8 p. m., Jan. 28, 1784, Evesham; ob. 4/22/1828,

at Barnegat, N. J.; m., Dec. 24, 1806, to Mary McDonald, daughter

of James McDonald and Leah Cowenhoven (sister of Albert above).

974. (10) Eli Oliphant, b. Feb. 13, 1786, Evesham; ob. Sept. 15, 1787, Evesham.

975. (11) Ruth Oliphant, b. Tuesday, 3 p. m., July 7, 1789, Evesham, N. J.; ob.

Sept. 26, 1798, at Philadelphia, Pa.

328. SAMUEL SHINN (5).‑‑THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Samuel Shinn, son of Thomas and Ruth (Stratton) Shinn, born 6/19/1747; married Christiana Wait in 1769. He comes into history, first, on the marriage license records of Burlington County, when he married. He next appears at Evesham as a witness to a marriage in 1784. In the same year he and his wife, Christiana, witness two other marriages at the same place. In 1783 two children of Samuel Shinn, Mary and Hope, were taken into membership at Evesham. In 1794 he was appointed on a committee at Upper Evesham to nominate elders; also sent to Quarterly Meeting; also to oversee the opening of a meeting for worship at Cropwell. In 1795 he was made overseer; sent to Quarterly Meeting; appointed to take subscriptions for Penn's "No Cross, No Crown"; appointed to have oversight "over members attending Quarterly Meeting." In 1796 he was again put on a committee to nominate elders, and was sent to Quarterly Meeting. In September, 1796, Christiana Shinn was nominated, and in October appointed, elder at Upper Evesham. In 1798 Samuel failed to attend services on account of bad health. He was excused three times, and in 1801 was released as overseer at his own request. In 1804 his daughter Hope was disowned for "going out in marriage." This ends his active church career and points to his dissolution, which occurred in 1801. The will of his father, Thomas, names one grandson, William, son of son Samuel. The will of Mary, a single woman, dated October 12, 1801, and probated November 21, 1801, names grandfather Thomas, father Samuel, brother Samuel, and sisters, Rebecca, Hope and Elizabeth. (Burlington Wills, No. 39, p. 459.)

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Children of Samuel and Christiann (Wait) Shinn, born at Evesham, N. J.

991. (1) Mary Shinn, b. 9/6/1769; ob. sine proll, 1801. cum. testamentum.

992. (2) Hope Shinn, b. 12/5/1770; m. Lawrence Webster, 2/23/1804.

993. (3) Sarah Shinn, b. 10/28/1773; ob. 1774.

994. (4) Thomas Shinn, b. 8/3/1775; ob. 1775.

995. (5) Rebecca Shinn, b. 4/25/1777; ob., unmarried, 10/13/1813.

996. (6) A son, b. 10/6/1779; ob. unnamed.

997. (7) William Shinn, b. 2/20/1781; ob. 1782.

998. (8) Samuel Shinn, b. 7/1/1785; m. Rhoda Willsey, 10/11/1804.

999. (9) Elizabeth Shinn, b. 9/4/1788; m. Joseph Hinchman and died childless.

7/14/1813.

329. ELIZABETH SHINN (5).‑‑THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Elizabeth, fourth child of Thomas and Ruth (Stratton) Shinn, born 3/8/1749; she appears first in written history in 1763, when her father and mother, her sister Mary and herself sign a marriage certificate at Upper Evesham Monthly Meeting; married, 1764, John Armstrong. She is better known in history as the girl who planted the famous buttonwood tree at her father's door when a young girl. The tree has been noted by thousands of people and stands to‑day a monument 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 Mr. William Budd Stackhouse may be seen standing on the left, on the spot where Thomas Shinn's house stood; on the right is a house which 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 he 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 grown to be a fad, not without good results, however. There are thousands

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of barren lots throughout America upon which stand unshaded homes, and in which romp and play many ambitious girls. These without waiting for some tree planting craze to strike the town might well employ their tender hands in transplanting buttonwood shoots. They may not live to enjoy the shades which they will impart in after years, but they will surely know that they have added blessings to mankind. The consciousness of having done something worthy of commendation is a source of happiness the world cannot destroy. I have found but one child as the issue of John Armstrong and Elizabeth Shinn, viz.: Lydia Armstrong, who married (1) Aaron Bates and had three children, John, Alice and Aaron Bates; (2) a man named Branin, from whom descended:

976. (1) Norris Branin, b. 1800, who married and had four children, Charles, Samuel,

Joseph and Norris Branin.

981. (2) Charles Branin, b. 1802, who died single.

982. (3) Ira Branin, b. 1804, who married and had six children, Levi, Rebecca,

Charles and Lydia (who furnished these facts as to the descendants),

Edward and Lewis.

989. (4) Lydia Branin, b. 1807, who married and had one daughter.

332. LEVI SHINN (5).‑‑THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Levi Shinn, son of Thomas and Ruth (Stratton) Shinn, was born 10/3/1755; disowned at Evesham,1776, for marrying against the rules of the Society. A family Bible in possession of Mrs. Hannah Sutvan of Haddonfield shows that he married Hannah, daughter of Samuel Reeve. She was born11/14/1754. This record gives the following as:

Children of Levi and Hannah (Reeve) Shinn.

1000. (1) Enoch Shinn, b. 8/29/1776; m. (1) Mary Norcross, 11/1/1798; (2) Mary

Simmons, 5/3/1804.

1001. (2) Ruth Shinn, b. 8/22/1779; m. Caleb Stokes, 1803.

1002. (3) Alice Shinn, b. 9/28/1782; married a man named Garwood and moved to

Ohio.

1003. (4) Thomas Shinn, b. 1/18/1787; m. Amy Hammitt, 1808.

1004. (5) John Shinn, b. 4/5/1789; m. Keturah (Burdsall) Edwards, 4/11/1813.

1005. (6) Hannah Shinn, b. 4/5/1791; m. Samuel Newton, 1811.

1006. (7) Sarah R. Shinn, b. 4/12/1795; m. Edward Norcross, 1830.

1007. (8) Elizabeth Shinn, b. 8/8/1797; m. Josiah Braddock.

333. THOMAS SHINN (5).‑‑THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (1), JOHN (1).

Thomas Shinn, son of Thomas and Ruth (Stratton) Shinn, born 11/3/1758; disowned in the seventh month, 1783, at Evesham, for going out in marriage, and neglecting attendance upon meeting. The civil records show that he was married in 1782 to Jane Austin, who was born 12/6/1758. Jane was received into membership at Upper Evesham in 1797. Thomas died 6/29/1800, leaving a will. (Liber 39, page 68.) This document names four children and agrees with the family record. Jane moved to Ohio in 1808 and died in Shelby County 2/17/1846, at seven o'clock a. m., being eighty‑seven years of age.

Children of Thomas and Jane (Austin) Shinn.

1008. (1) Martha Shinn, b. 11/29/1782; ob. sine proli.

1009. (2) William Shinn, b. 7/31/1787; m., at Medford, Jane (b. 12/26/1786),

daughter of Adonijah and Sarah Peacock, 1/31/1811.

1010. (3) Austin Shinn, b. 7/9/1794, at Medford; m. Martha Hopewell, at Medford,

1820.

1011. (4) Jacob Shinn, b. 12/14/1789; ob. 6/28/1800.

334. ALICE ANN SHINN (5).‑‑THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Alice Ann, ninth child of Thomas and Ruth (Stratton) Shinn, born 4/16/1761; some of the descendants say that her name was Ann; others Alice Ann;

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in one of the Upper Evesham records she signs as a witness Alice Ann; I have used the double name. She married John (Jonathan) Davidson in 1778, as appears from the Trenton Records. The Bible record of the children, all born at Medford, is as follows:

Children of John (Jonathan) and Alice Ann (Shinn) Davidson.

989a. (1) Thomas Davidson, b. 9/30/1779; married and had children.

989b. (2) William Davidson, b. 2/25/1783; married and had children.

989c. (3) Jonathan Davidson, b. 1/4/1786.

989d. (4) Sarah Davidson, b. 9/18/1788.

989e. (5) Samuel Davidson, b. 10/15/1791.

989f. (6) John Shinn Davidson, b. 1/13/1794; m. Mary Lodge in Pennsylvania;

some of the family lived in Maryland.

(7) Ann Davidson, b. 8/12/1796.

(8) Mary Davidson, b. 9/16/1798.

989g. (9) Alice Davidson, b. 10/9/1801; m. Samuel Stackhouse.

335. LUCRETIA SHINN (5).‑‑THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Lucretia, youngest child of Thomas and Ruth (Stratton) Shinn, born Shinnston, N. J., 1/7/1764; ob. at Medford 3/8/1847. I do not find her name in either Evesham or Upper Evesham Minutes; married with a license in 1784 (Trenton Records), Abraham Proud, son of John and Rachel Proud, born 4/5/1756; ob. at Medford 6/28/1838; children all born at Medford, N. J.

Children of Abraham and Lucretia (Shinn) Pround.

989h. (1) Shinn Proud, b. 4/6/1785; ob. 7/28/1786.

989i. (2) Thomas Proud, b. 2/11/1787; m. Kesiah Stratton.

989j. (3) Rachel Proud, b. 3/16/1789; m. Samuel Stackhouse.

989k. (4) Ruth Proud, b. 4/21/1791; m. Joseph Rockhill.

989l. (5) Elizabeth Proud, b. 7/20/1793; m. Samuel Reeve.

989m. (6) Levi Proud, b. 5/27/1797; m. Ann Davis.

989n. (7) John Proud, b. 9/11/1799; m. Ann Moor.

989p. (8) Mary Proud, b. 12/31/1803; m. Thomas Joyce.

338. SILAS BENJAMIN SHINN (5).‑‑SILAS (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Silas, second child of Silas and Elinor (Overcast) Shinn, was born on Coldwater, Cabarrus County, N. C., 1770; married at Old Coldwater, 4/21/1800, Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel and Penie Little; farmer in Cabarrus and Montgomery Counties, North Carolina. Also teacher and surveyor.

Children of Silas and Elizabeth (Little) Shinn.¹

1023. (1) Benjamin Daniel Ranson Shinn, b. April, 1801; m. Pattie Tucker in

North Carolina.

1024. (2) Elizabeth Sarah Shinn, b. 11/26/1803; m. David Harkey, 1/24/1822.

1025. (3) John R. Shinn, killed when about twenty years of age.

1026. (4) Marla Shinn, m. Isaac Harkey.

1027. (5) Thomas Jefferson Shinn, b. 12/26/1809; m. Polly Reed, 3/1/1830.

1028. (6) Nathaniel Duncan Shinn, b. 1811; m. Hester Brooks.

¹This is an appropriate place to introduce the great migration from North Carolina

into 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 large extent into other hands; Silas, the grandfather of the children

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 1837, 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 younger sons, Silas Monroe Shinn and Oliver Shinn;

Claiborne Freeman Reed and family, David Harkey and family, Isaac Harkey and famlly,

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1029. (7) James Madison Shinn, b. 4/14/1812, in Cabarrus County, North Carolina;

m. there in 1832, Sophia Harkey.

1030. (8) Littleton Crankfield Shinn, b. 3/19/1814; m. (1) in North Carolina, 1835,

Nelly Tucker; (2), 3/31/1865, in Arkansas, Lavina Love.

1031. (9) Eliza Carlock Shinn, b. 9/14/1815, in Cabarrus County, North Carolina;

married there, 12/1/1831, Claiborne Freeman Reed.

1032. (10) Oliver Shinn; m. Cynthia Yarberry.

1033. (11) Silas Monroe Shinn, b. 6/22/1821; m. Letitia Maddux.

339. ISAAC SHINN (5).‑‑SILAS (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Isaac, third child of Silas and Elinor (Overcast) Shinn, born 1772; married a woman named Kate, but whose surname is unknown; they had one son, Isaac, born 12/10/1794, who married Elizabeth Martin, 1/30/1823; he died 4/19/1846; she, 2/20/1885.

Children of Isaac and Elizabeth (Martin) Shinn.

1034. (1) Richard M. Shinn (7), b. 9/20/1823; a soldier in the Confederate Army;

m., 10/2/1845, Margaret H. Irwin; he died 5/27/1879; had one son,

Isaac Lawson Shinn (8), who married Laura C. Smith and had children,

whose names have not been ascertained.

1036. (2) Elam Shinn (7), killed while fighting as a Confederate soldier.

1037. (3) Sandy Shinn (7), killed while fighting as a Confederate soldier.

1038. (4) John Shinn; died in the Confederate Army.

The whole family went to war and only one returned.

352. BENJAMIN SHINN (5).‑‑BENJAMIN (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2),

JOHN (1).

Benjamin Shinn, fourth child of Benjamin and Abigail (Urie) Shinn, was born in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, 1788; apprenticed to a shoemaker in 1806. After learning his trade, and selling his allotment in his father's estate (see sketch of Josiah Carlock), he started for Georgia. He worked at his trade for awhile, and then became a prospector and manager of mines in Georgia and Alabama. In 1836 enlisted for the campaign against the Creek Indians. In 1846 enlisted in Co. I the 1st Georgia. Regiment (Fannin's Avengers), at Griffen, under Captain H. J. Sargent, and set out for Mexico. He took part in the storming of Vera Cruz and was killed at Camargo, 1/10/1847. He married twice: (1) at Griffen, Ga., to Tabitha Blackburn; (2) at Griffen, Ga., to (???).

Children of Benjamin and Tabitha (Blackburn) Shinn.

1012. (1) Susan Shinn, b. 1828; m. Elijah Blackburn.

1013. (2) Ransom Shinn, b. 1830; m. Laura Logan.

1014. (3) James Madison Shinn, b. 1833; m. Mahala Muse.

1015. (4) Elizabeth Shinn, b. 1835; m. William Johnson.

1016. (5) Josiah Shinn, b. 8/4/1837; m. (???) (???).

Children of the Second Marriage.

1017. 1 (6) Urastus Shinn; 2 (7) Derby Shinn; 3 (8) Rennie Shinn.

John Harkey, with Mary, the mother of the three Harkeys; Robert McNulty and

family, Nellie and Catherine Harkey, Pink Fowler, John Linken and family, Jackson

Shandy and family, Charles Pless and William Brooks. For many weeks they traveled

over mountains, and through dense forests, until at last they set down in Pope County,

Arkansas, where they settled and remained. To write their history further would be

to write the history of Pope County. From the loins of one of the children named

above have sprung over eight hundred descendants, so that the blood of Shinn is widely

disseminated into families of that region that wear other names. Where the flourishing

town of Russellville now stands there was but a single house, that of Dr. Russell. Near

this the Shinns and Harkeys located. And although the town bears the name Russellville,

its life and history are built upon the lives and deeds of men who wore the surnames

Russell, Harkey and Shinn.

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355. JOSIAH CARLOCK SHINN (5).‑‑BENJAMIN (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Josiah Carlock Shinn was born in what is now Cabarrus County, N. C., 9/21/1794. His father died in 1801, leaving him and his four brothers minors. He was apprenticed by the Probate Court of Cabarrus County to the firm of Garretson & Graham, of Concord, N. C., 10/17/1808, to learn the hatter's business; served his apprenticeship; his bond of indenture was cancelled in open court 7/19/1810 at 10 a. m.; enlisted in 1814 and was present at the Battle of New Orleans; made final settlement with his guardian, Samuel Shinn, May, 1813; on 12/4/1816 Jacob Meisenheimer, John Russell, John Long, Martin Phifer and John Rogers, Commissioners of the Probate Court of Cabarrus County, divided the real estate left by Benjamin Shinn, and the following allotments were made to his children: "Josiah C. Shinn, 127 acres; Moses Shinn, 127 acres; Benjamin Shinn, 127 acres; Joseph Shinn, 127 acres, and Solomon Shinn, 127 acres."

Selling his North Carolina property, Josiah Carlock Shinn removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he engaged in the hatter's business. Here he attached himself to the Washingtonians in 1826, and his card, now in possession of the writer, shows that he was one of the original members; removed to Terre Haute, Ind., in 1827, where he married Elizabeth B. Humphreys, 4/11/1827; joined the Christian Church and was made a preacher by that society; his wife died 10/15/1839; moved to Lawrenceburg. Anderson County, Ky., where he opened a hat manufactory; married there, 2/6/1844, Melissa Ann Baker, daughter of a prominent citizen

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of Anderson County. She died 10/15/1845, childless. On 11/18/1847 he married the third time, Elizabeth Frances, granddaughter of William and Elizabeth (Rives) Gilpin, and daughter of Willis and Ann (McBrayer) Gilpin. William Gilpin, her grandfather, was born in Nelson County, Virginia, in 1782. He migrated to Anderson County, Kentucky, before he attained his majority and lived in the county sixty‑six years. He was a member of Colonel Adair's Regiment in the War of 1812, and was captured at Fort Stephenson. While in the prison pen he saved the life of Judge Underwood of Bowling Green, Ky., by seizing the tomahawk in the hands of an Indian before it fell upon its victim and hurling its holder to the ground. He was at the battle of Tippecanoe, which ended his war experience; a man of great physical proportions and always ready for an old fashioned fist fight; universally known throughout Anderson County as a man who brooked no insult and who knew no fear. He was a friend to the poor, a kind father, and a Kentuckian of Kentuckians. William Gilpin was the son of John Gilpin, of Fairfax County, Virginia, who in turn was a son of Col. George Gilpin of Alexandria, Va. Col. George Gilpin was a neighbor to George Washington before the war of 1776, and with him was appointed on the first committee of safety for Fairfax County. He was aid to Washington during the war, and rose to the position of Colonel. In that capacity he was a great help to his brother, Thomas, and other eminent Quakers, who were exiled in 1777 to Winchester, Va. By a strange mutation the grandson of the exile, Thomas, Henry Dilworth Gilpin, became Attorney General of the United States. The diary of Washington shows that Col. Gilpin was a noted Civil Engineer, and that these gentlemen traveled and worked together in surveying the canal around Little Falls in the Potomac. and, what is better, that they were fast friends. He was postmaster at Alexandria for many years; director of the Alexandria Bank; Judge of Fairfax County; Street Commissioner of Alexandria, and a man of respectability and power. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Alexandria, and of Christ's Church at the same place. He was one of the eight pall‑bearers at Washington's death, as the following diagram taken from the proceedings of the day attests:¹

Col. George Gilpin was a grandson of William Gilpin, the Philadelphia emigrant, who was a lineal descendant of the William Gilpin who was knighted by King John. (For a complete pedigree of the Gilpin family, said to be one of the few complete pedigrees extant, see "Gilpin Memoir," published by the Westmoreland (England) Antiquarian Society. For Col. George Gilpin's War Services see "Exiles in Virginia," a very rare work, and the Force Papers, Archives of the

¹Samuel Gilpin was a Major in the Pennsylvania Line, and George Gilpin was

Colonel of the Militia in Fairfax, Va.; he was a neighbor and personal friend of Washington, frequently spoken of by him, and was honored by being one of his pall bearers at his funeral; his regiment was in active service during the war.‑‑Simpson's "Eminent Philadelphians," p. 399.

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Government for the year 1775; see also Washington's Diary; Virginia State Papers; Maryland State Papers (Cecil and Montgomery Counties), and "Descendants of William Gilpin in America," by George Gilpin, Philadelphia, Pa.) Col. George Gilpin died at Alexandria, Va., in the year 1813. The father of Elizabeth Frances Gilpin, Willis Gilpin, married Ann McBrayer, of Lawrenceburg, Ky., a daughter of Andrew McBrayer, a Revolutionary Ranger from Virginia. Willis died on the Mississippi River in 1833 of cholera. Josiah Carlock Shinn and Elizabeth Frances Gilpin were married at Lawrenceburg, Ky., and at once set out for a home in the young state, Arkansas. He died at Russellville in that state, 12/3/1853, and she died at the same place 2/9/1892. In all his life not a drop of whiskey was ever used by him, and under no circumstances was it permitted to be used on his premises. He was a teacher of note during the latter days of his life, a Christian in every respect and a fond husband and father. She inherited all the traits that made the Gilpin family notable in England; one of these was the performance of duty without regard for the consequences. One of the family in England was offered a bishop's mitre by Queen Elizabeth. This he refused, saying "My duty is to preach to the poor of Durham." With her needle she kept her children in school, and with a firmness akin to stubbornness made them go until they graduated. She was universally respected.

Elizabeth Frances Shinn married the second time, 3/28/1859, Samuel Reed Judd, at Cincinnati, O.

Children of Josiah Carlock and Elizabeth B. (Humphreys) Shinn.

1019a. (1) Joseph Henly Shinn, b. at Terre Haute, Ind., 2/6/1832; m., 1/7/1867,

Evaline M. Chandler, at Baker City, Ore.

1019b. (2) James Henry Shinn, b. at Terre Haute, Ind., 8/28/1836; m. Lavina

Toney, at Wingville, Ore.

Children of Josiah Carlock and Elizabeth Frances (Gilpin) Shinn.

1020. 1 (3) Josiah Hazen Shinn. b. 3/29/1849, at Russellville, Ark.; m. Mildred

Carlton Williams, at Bridgeport, Ky., 1/7/1875.

1021. 2 (4) Ezra Hickman Shinn, b. 12/25/1850, at Russellville, Ark.; m. Fannie

E. Allen at same place, 8/20/1878.

1022. 3 (5) Benjamin Everett Shinn, b. 11/13/1852; ob. infans.

359. SAMUEL SHINN (5).‑‑ISAAC (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Samuel, second child of Isaac and Agnes Shinn, and named in his mother's will, married Polly Little and died in 1807; his will was proved 10/20/1807; he was a member of the County Court in 1790; he left one son, Samuel, who married Mary Long; this son was Constable at Concord, N. C., in1807; member of the County Court 1821; died 1836, intestate. His children at that time were minors and the mother was guardian.

Children of Samuel and Mary (Long) Shinn.

1039. (1) Samuel O. Shinn (7).

1040. (2) John Long Shinn (7), b. 4/6/1820; ob. 7/27/1869; was a distinguished

surveyor and Captain of the Senior Reserves, Co. F, Confederate

Army; m. Mary Ann Meisenheimer, and had children:

1041. (1) Rufus Cornelius Shinn (8), ob. infans.

1042. (2) Jane Rebecca Shinn (8), b. 1/22/1845; m. R. J. Cook of Concord,

N. C.

1043. (3) Margaret Julia Shinn (8), ob. infans.

1044. (4) Mary Sophia Shinn, ob. at ten years of age.

1045. (5) Charlotte Leonora Shinn (8), b. 9/6/1849; ob. 1/25/1886.

1046. (6) John Jeremiah Shinn (8), b. 5/2/1852; ob. 1872.

1047. (7) Thomas Long Shinn (8), ob. infans.

1048. (3) Joseph Carlock Shinn (7), b. 1/7/1822; m. Elizabeth Meisenheimer, 8/30/1843;

he died 1/4/1853; she died 8/6/1873; had children:

1049. (1) Mary Jane Shinn (8), b. 9/8/1844; ob. 9/19/1883; m. Caleb M.

Earnhardt and reared a family.

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1050. (2) Thomas Smith Shinn (8), b. 1/26/1846; 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 Edgison.

1052. (4) George Richard Shinn (8), b. 10/15/1850; m. Catherine Yost; he died

in March, 1891.

1053. (5) Margaret Carlock Shinn (8), 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. (6) Catherine Shinn (7), m. (1) George Goodman, (2) Mr. Stanley.

1057. (7) Esther Shinn (7), m. Samuel Murph at Mt. Olivet.

360. ISAAC ROSS SHINN (5).‑‑JOSEPH (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2),

JOHN (1).

Isaac Ross, eldest son of Joseph and Jane (Ross) Shinn, born 1/8/1785, in what is now Cabarrus County, North Carolina; married Ann Plunkett of the same county in 1806, and had eleven children; married (2) Elizabeth Wilkins, 10/22/1832, and had six children. Seventeen children, all born in one house, made the problem of living somewhat complicated for Isaac, but he and his children, with other thousands of men and women, lived strenuous lives before a Roosevelt made that living popular. Isaac was a farmer. Charles Dudley Warner advised everyone to be born "in a little red farmhouse." These were born in a little log farmhouse, and lived lives of hard work. There were no quacks to tell them about "mixing brains with the soil," and how to succeed with less labor. These farm boys seemed to know that hard work and drudgery were indispensable to success, then or now, there or elsewhere; they, with others reared in like houses and in a similar way, opened the West, and gave it a race of heroes as proprietors. The names of these children were:

First Marriage.

1058. (1) Joseph Shinn (6), 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 (6), b. 12/2/1808; moved to Alabama in 1832.

1060. (3) Carson Shinn (6), b. 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 plantations

and wealth; owned Shinn Springs, the most fashionable resort of

Mississippi before the war. Children:

1061. (1) Sarah Ann Shinn (7), b. 8/30/1846; ob. 9/8/1848.

1062. (2) Virginia Clementine Shinn (7), b. 9/2/1848; m. Abram Stephenson;

had one child that died in infancy.

1063. (3) Laura Shinn (7), b. 9/15/1851; m., 12/23/1873, James Hearon, and

had three children.

1067. (4) Samuel Carson Shinn (7), b. 9/19/1853; m. (1), 10/25/1875, Mattle

Honer of Aberdeen, Miss.; she died 10/18/1877, leaving one child,

Mary Ann Shinn (8); m. (2), 7/19/1887, Mollie Russell of Alabama,

and had one boy, Samuel Duff Shinn (8).

1070. (5) Anna Shinn (7), b. 8/29/1855; m., 12/24/1878, Daniel Duff Stephenson,

and died, leaving two children.

1073. (4) Isaac Rose Shinn (6), b. 3/20/1812; at manhood went West and settled

in Mississippi. He, too, amassed wealth, and at his death, having no

children, left his estate to his brother, Green.

1074. (5) Green B. Shinn (6), b. 2/8/1816; went with his brother to Mississippi

and died there; his children moved to Texas.

1075. (6) Thomas Shinn (6), b. 1/24/1820; moved to Coosa County, Alabama, and

reared a family of three sons and two daughters. One of these was a

preacher of the M. E. C. S. of considerable power.

1081. (7) Benjamin Shinn (6), b. 3/21/1824; moved to Washington County, Texas,

dying there; he left two sons, John and Thomas; the first one studied

medicine and married a wealthy Texas girl.

1084. (8) Abigail Shinn (6), b. 1/20/1814; m. in North Carolina, reared a family

and died there, as did her sisters.

1085. (9) Polly Shinn (6), b. 1/10/1818; (10) Ann C. Shinn (6), b. 3/30/1822.

1087. (11) Jane Shinn (6), b. 8/11/1826.

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By Second Marriage.

1088. 1 (12) James W. Shinn (6), b. 8/30/1833; studied medicine under Dr. Ramsey

of Rowan County, North Carolina; attended lectures at Philadelphia,

Pa.; began practice in 1859; volunteered in the first company

formed in Rowan County as a private in Co. B, 4th N. C. Inf.,

C. S. A.; was 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.

1089. 2 (13) Calvin L. Shinn (6), b. 3/3/1835; married and settled in Iredell County,

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 Newton,

N. C., where he graduated with 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. 3 (14) George A. Shinn (6), b. 6/18/1838; volunteered in February, 1862, in

Co. 1, 7th N. C. Vol. Inf., C. S. A.; was in nine battles; wounded in

the thign 6/28/1862 near Gaines Mill in the Seven Days Battles;

honorably discharged in 1864; m., 2/3/1858, Rachel P. Landers of

Iredell County, and had children:

1098. (1) John F. Shinn (7), ob. infans.

1099. (2) Leila M. Shinn (7), b. 6/25/1861; m. P. P. Lorbacher on Morganton,

N. C.; he was a physician and pharmacist, born in Erfurt,

Province of Saxony, Prussia. Children.

1100. (1) Rosamond A. Lorbacher (8).

1101. (3) 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; m., 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 Mooresville,

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.

1109. (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 Baltimore,

Md.; German‑American; painter; resides at Morgantown,

N. C., and had a child, Florence I. Weber (8).

1112. (6) Alice J. Shinn (7), b. 4/6/1872.

1113. (7) Fletcher L. Shinn (7), b. 5/2/1874.

1114. (8) Frederick E. Shinn (7), b. 9/19/1877.

1115. (9) George I. Shinn. (7), b. 2/12/1880.

1116. 4 (15) Alexander (Sandy) Shinn (6), b. 12/11/1841; farmer; volunteered in

1862 in Co. B, 4th N. C. Vol. Inf., C. S. A.; died of typhoid fever

while at home on a furlough; married, in 1860, Margaret Baker,

and had one son, William Shinn (7) of Mooresville, N. C.

1118. 5 (16) Elizabeth Shinn (6), b. 5/3/1836; m. Silas McNeely. No children.

1119. 6 (17) Rebecca Shinn (6), b. 4/16/1840; m. A. F. Goodman of Rowan County,

North 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.

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359 1/2. ABIGAIL SHINN (5).‑‑JOSEPH (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Abigail, eldest child of Joseph and Jane (Ross) Shinn, married, 1/10/1796, John Still, and had three children, who remained in North Carolina:

1120. (1) John Still (6); (2) Joseph Still (6).

1122. (3) Sarah Still (6), who married Dr. Fink.

361. JEAN SHINN (5).‑‑JOSEPH (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Jean, third child of Joseph and Jane (Ross) Shinn, was born in what is now Cabarrus County, in 1780. She married, 9/1/1801, Richard Anderson, of the same county. (In some old deeds 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.) Benjamin, Joseph and Silas, brothers, owned land (500 acres) on Dutch Buffalo Creek, and also (500 acres) on Two Meadow Creek. Benjamin, on August 10, 1795, bought two hundred and eighty‑six acres on Three‑Mile Branch. It touched other Shinn lines three times. In fact, the early deed records of Cabarrus County teem with deeds to and from these three brothers, showing them, in the years 1780 to 1800, to have been among the thriftiest men of that region; and Jean and Elenor Shinn appear frequently as witnesses to these transactions. Tradition says that both these girls were brilliant young ladies, and well versed in law. Joseph Shinn, the father of Jean, died seized of about 2,000 acres of land in the 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. These deeds supply the missing links in the genealogical chain of the descendants of Joseph Shinn. Each deed recites that Joseph had eight children, names them, and then conveys each heir's right to Richard Anderson. He and his wife Jean, with their children, removed to Tennessee and left a numerous family of children and grandchildren.

362. ELENOR SHINN (5).‑‑JOSEPH (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Elenor, fourth child of Joseph and Jane (Ross) Shinn, b. 5/20/1782, was a remarkably intelligent and brilliant woman. Moreau Barringer, one of the leading men of North Carolina, said of her: "Elenor Shinn would make a better Governor of the State than it has ever had." She had all the pride of blood that comes to a woman whose ancestors had borne a leading part in North Carolina history; was herself familiar with its history and with the pedigrees of the citizens of Cabarrus; she (as did the children of Benjamin and Silas) inherited slaves, and was noted for her humanity toward them. She married, 6/4/1801, Jacob Hudson, a prominent citizen of Cabarrus County, and had children:

1123. (1) Jane Enos Hudson (6), b. 1/3/1803; m. Mr. Burkhead of Cabarrus County

and had children:

(1), (2), (3), (4). All died in infancy.

1128. (5) James Calvin Holcomb Burkhead (7); m. M. Cohenhover, of Salisbury,

N. C., and resides at Concord; he had several children, three

of whom are living; one son resides in Texas.

1132. (6) Mary Jane Ross Burkhead (7), m. John Knox Graham; resides in

Rowan County; a very intelligent woman and the possessor of a

trunk and chair brought into North Carolina by Samuel Shinn;

these were heirlooms handed down from Abigail to Elenor; from

Elenor to Jane Enos, and from Jane to Mrs. Graham; she is the

mother of six children, two of whom died in infancy.

1139. (7) Jesse De Witt Burkhead (7), m. Olivia Anderson of South Carolina;

graduate of the Theological Course of the University of South Carolina;

took a post‑graduate course at Glasgow, Scotland, his wife

accompanying him; an author of several doctrinal works of great

merit; pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Montgomery,

Ala. (1891); has two sons in that city, one of whom is married.

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1142. (8) A. A. Whitefield Burkhead (7); graduate of Davidson College, N. C.;

said to be the most brilliant 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 Mooresville,

N. C. (1891); had three children; one daughter deceased and

two sons.

1144. (2) A son who died in infancy.

1145. (3) Sarah Hudson (6), who married J. M. Warmoth and settled in South

Carolina. Children:

1146. (1) James Richard Warmoth (7)

1147. (2) John Randolph Warmoth (7).

364. LEAH SHINN (5).‑‑JOSEPH (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Leah, sixth child of Joseph and Jane (Ross) Shinn, b. 1787; m. a man named Allemong, and had three children:

1148. (1) Frances Elizabeth Allemong (6), who married a man named Plunkett

and had at least one child:

1149. (1) Sarah Adelaide Plunkett (7), who married W. J. Hill of Concord,

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 hundred

and forty‑three years, and may have crossed the ocean one hundred

years eariler. Children:

1150. (1) Edward Hill (8), who was the first one to volunteer from North

Carolina in the Cuhan War; Senior Captain 1st N. C. Volunteers;

this reglment was the first to enter Havana; for the

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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. (2) William Joel Hill (8); (3) Lalla Hill (8).

1153. (4) Francis J. Hill.

1154. (2) Ellen Allemong (6), who married Mr. Taylor.

1155. (3) Martha Allemong (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 (7).

1161. (3) John Benson (7), who married and had children, Ollie, Edward,

Clyde and Nanna.

1166. (4) Joseph Benson (7), who married and had three children, Don,

Frederick and Esther.

1170. (5) Robert Benson (7); (6) Alla G. Benson (7).

1172. (7) Kate Benson (7), who married and had a son, Charles. They all

reside near Statesville, N. C.

365. JOSEPH SHINN (5).‑‑JOSEPH (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1)

Joseph, seventh child of Joseph and Jane (Ross) Shinn, b. 1789; m. Margaret (Peggy) Carothers, 9/26/1806; she died in Mississippi in her eighty‑third year; he was a saddler in Concord from 1820 to 1827; also ran the Phifer Mill; died at Concord in 1827. His descendants live in nearly every Southern State, and descend from one or the other of the following children:

1174. (1) Narclssus Melissa Shinn (6); ob. infans.

1175. (2) Warren L. Shinn (6); moved to Tennessee in 1850; to Mississippi in

1853; ob. there 1867; m. Sally Cope and had:

1176. (1) Mary Shinn (7), who married (1) Mr. Bolton; (2) Mr. Martindale

of Springport, Miss.

1177. (2) John Shinn (7), who never married.

1178. (3) Joseph W. Shinn (7), who married Miss Magee and moved to Texasin

1881; ob. there 1890, leaving a wife and ten children at Lockhart,

Tex. He was a brave soldler in Captain Green Bowles' Company

in the Confederate Army.

1189. (4) Sarah Shinn (7), married a Martindale and moved to Lockhart,

Tex., where she died in 1870, leaving five children.

1195. (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) Emarintha Shinn (7), ob. infans.

1215. (8) William A. Shinn (7), m. Miss Hudson and had no children.

1216. (9) Cella Shinn (7), married a Mr. Hudson at Eureka, Miss., where they

still live. Seven children.

1224. (3) Wilborn Shinn (6); removed to Hot Springs, Ark., where he died without

issue.

1225. (4) Harrison Shinn (6); ob. at twenty‑two years of age; unmarried.

1226. (5) Alexander Shinn (6) (Sandy); b. 1820, Iredell County, North Carolina;

to Tennessee 1847; to Mississippi 1853; m. (1) a woman named Eagle;

(2) Mrs. Mary Theresa Douglas; enlisted in Company C 1st Mississippi

Cavalry, C. S. A.; was under General Joseph Johnston at Atlanta; second

wife in her youth bore the name Irvin, and was a sister of Samuel

Irvin, father of Attorney Robert Irvin of Little Rock, Ark. The children

were:

1227. (1) Columbus M. Shinn (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 Shinn (7), m. Taylor Norris and had three children.

Resides Courtland, Miss.

1232. (3) John F. Shinn (7), m. (1) Anna Shield; moved to Caldwell County,

Texas, where she died in 1887, leaving five children; married (2)

a woman named Solomon and had two children; reside at Maxwell,

Tex.

1240. (6) Mary Ellen Shinn (6), m. John Smith in Rowan County, North Carolina;

ob. November, 1845, and had children:

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1241. (1) George Smith (7), who lives at Santa Ana. Tex., with a wife and

six children.

1248. (2) Margaret Smith (7), who married a Mr. Ieenhover, who was killed

in the Southern Army. No children.

1249. (3) Emarantha Smith (7), who married a Fink and remained in North

Carolina.

1250. (4) Joseph Smith (7), m. Miss Magie in Mississippi; moved to Lockhart,

Tex., and has seven children.

1258. (7) Martha J. Shinn (6), m. R. A. Shield and moved to Texas. She was the

mother of six children.

366. BENJAMIN SHINN (5).‑‑JOSEPH (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Benjamin, eighth child of Joseph and Jane (Ross) Shinn, b. 12/18/1791; m., 7/12/1809, Nancy McAhern, at Concord, N. C., and had two children, who remained in that State. Nancy died in 1813, and Benjamin soon after. The children were:

1265. (1) Joseph Shinn (6), b. 12/11/1810.

1266. (2) Mary Shinn (6), b. 11/15/1812.

342. JOEL SHINN (5).‑‑SILAS (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Joel, son of Silas and Elenor (Overcast) Shinn, b. in North Carolina; moved, about 1824, to Putnam County, Ind.; married and reared a family. I have found but one child‑‑Oliver Shinn‑‑who married an aunt of Evaline, wife of Joseph Henly Shinn. Moved to California and held several important positions of honor and trust.

370. JOHN ATKINSON (5).‑‑SAMUEL ATKINSON (4), HANNAH SHINN (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

John Atkinson was born 8/1/1756; m., 3/15/1798, Elizabeth Borton, and had the following children:

1267. (1) Esther Atkinson, b. 8/5/1799; m. Jonathan Heritago.

1268. (2) Elizabeth Atkinson, b. 8/6/1800; ob. 10/3/1864; m. William H. French.

1269. (3) George Tatem Atkinson, b. 10/26/1810; m. Elizabeth, daughter of Jesse

Rond of Salem, N. J., 2/5/1840.

1270. (4) John Atkinson, b. 3/18/1814 in New Jersey; ob. in Colorado, 1/13/1889;

m. Annie Albertson.

382. ELEAZER FENTON (5).‑‑ELIZABETH ATKINSON (4), HANNAH ATKINSON

(3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Eleazer Fenton married a woman whose name cannot be ascertained, and had two children:

1271. (1) Eleazer Fenton; m. Elizabeth Clarke.

1272. (2) Elizabeth Fenton; m. Enoch Elkinton.

383. ELIZABETH SHINN (5).‑‑RESTORE (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Elizabeth Shinn was born, 10/6/1758, in Burlington County, N. J.; m., 3/3/1777, Jacob, son of

Joseph Lamb. She died 4/9/1790, leaving the following children:

1273. (1) 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.

1276. (4) Clayton Lamb; m. (???) Ridgway, daughter of Lott Ridgway. Jr.

1277. (5) Joseph Lamb; ob. sine proli.

384. REBECCA SHINN (5).‑‑RESTORE (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Rebecca Shinn, second child of Restore and Mary (Biddle) Shinn, b. 1/13/1760; died unmarried, leaving a will, dated January 26, 1806, and probated

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August 10, 1806. (Burlington Wills, Liber A, page 121.) This will names her sisters, Lavina, Lydia and Beulah; nieces, Hannah and Mary Brook Biddle, Elizabeth and Rebecca Hays and Rebecca Merritt. She leaves each of these, and her relative Elizabeth Alloways, a large sum of money, and the inference is that she was a woman of wealth.

385. LAVINA SHINN (5).‑‑RESTORE (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Lavina Shinn, third child of Restore and Mary (Biddle) Shinn, b. 2/6/1762; died unmarried, leaving a will, dated 8/3/1829. (Burlington Wills, Liber D, page 167.) This will distributes a large estate to a number of nieces, nephews, great‑nieces and sisters‑in‑law. Rebecca gave her property to females, and Lavina, while recognizing her Lephews, seemed to think the lords of creation might care for themselves. The estate of these women argues a very great wealth for the father, Restore, from whom they inherited the greater part of what was willed away.

NEPHEWS NIECES GREAT‑NIECES

Jacob Lamb Rebecca Lamb Merritt Rebecca Merritt Lamb.

Restore Shinn LambSarah Biddle Shinn Beulah Shinn Bolton.

Clayton Lamb. Mary Dougherty. Mary Lavina Bolton.

Joseph Biddle Shinn. Mary Strebent. Elizabeth Ives Bolton.

Lamar Hays. Lydia Brooke. Ellen Maria Bolton.

William Hays. SISTERS‑IN‑LAW. Mary Daugherty, Jr.

John Brooke. Ann Shinn. Elizabeth Daugherty.

Restore Shinn Brooke. Sarah Shinn.

386. STACY SHINN (5).‑‑RESTORE (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Stacy Shinn, fourth child of Restore and Mary (Biddle) Shinn, b. 2/27/1764; m. Anne Earl, in 1795, and died in 1800. John Earl was appointed administrator, 4/14/1800 (Burlington Wills, Liber 39, p. 72), and Caleb Earl guardian of Joseph B. and Sarah B. Shinn, 5/29/1801 (Ibid., 305). These orphan children were very popular, being named in Samuel Shinn's will, 1815; Lavina's, 1829; Elizabeth Salter's, 1850, and Hannah Salter's, 1860.

Children of Stacy and Anne (Earl) Shinn.

1278. (1) Joseph Biddle Shinn, b. 7/23/1796 (Mt. Holly Birth Register); m. in

Monmouth County, 3/19/1831, Rebecca Stratton Cline, granddaughter

of Joseph and Hulda (Mott) Salter.

1279. (2) Sarah Biddle Shinn, b. 1798; ob. sine proli.

387. RESTORE SHINN (5).‑‑RESTORE (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Restore Shinn, fifth child of Restore and Mary (Biddle) Shinn, b. 4/30/1760; m., in 1791, a woman named Sarah. He was disowned for marrying out of meeting by Mt. Holly, April 10, 1791. He died in 1802, leaving a will, dated Hanover, N. J., January 22, 1802, and probated February 20, 1802. (Burlington Wills, Liber 39, p. 501.) He names wife, Sarah, and the following children: Daughters, Mary, Lavina, Meriba, Lydia, and son Clayton.

Children of Restore and Sarah ((???)) Shinn.

1280. (1) Mary Shinn, b. 1792; m. (???) Daugherty.

1281. (2) Lavina Shinn, b. 1794; m. Thomas Atkinson Pierce, 5/13/1819.

1282. (3) Clayton Shinn, b. 1796; m. Susan Gaskill, 12/18/1824.

1283. (4) Meriba Shinn, b. 1798; ob. sine proli.

1284. (5) Lydia Shinn, b. 1798; ob. sine proli.

388. MARY SHINN (5).‑‑RESTORE (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Mary Shinn, sixth child of Restore and Mary (Biddle) Shinn, b. 2/23/1768; m. Mr. Hays, in 1790. She was disowned at Mt. Holly, on the 9th of the 12th

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month, 1790, for going out in marriage after being precautioned. She died in 180‑‑, leaving a will. (Burlington Wills, Liber A, p. 21.) She names daughter Mary, wife of Charles Kay, and three unmarried sisters‑‑Rebecca, Lavina and Beulah. Rebecca, in her will, names three children of Mary Hays, viz., Biddle, Elizabeth and Rebecca. The mother names but one child. The inference is that Biddle, Elizabeth and Rebecca Hays died in the interim. If so, there was a very great mortality in Restore's family in the years 1804‑'5‑'6.

Children of (???) and Mary (Shinn) Hays.

1285. (1) Elizabeth Hays; ob. sine proll.

1286. (2) Rebecca Hays; ob. sine proll.

1287. (3) Mary Hays; m. Charles Kay.

1288. (4) Biddle Hays; ob. sine proll.

390. LYDIA SHINN (5).‑‑RESTORE (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Lydia Shinn, eight 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 death, 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 Brooke.) Lavina, twenty years later, names nephews John and Restore Shinn Brooks, niece Lydia Brooke, and great‑niece Mary Strebent, but omits Hannah.

Children of Bowyer and Lydia (Shinn) Brooke.

1289. (1) Hannah Brooke; ob. sine proll.

1290. (2) Mary Brooke, b. 1797; m. (???) Strebent.

1291. (3) John Brooke.

1292. (4) Restore Shinn Brooke.

1293. (5) Lydia Brooke.

391. BEULAH SHINN (5).‑‑RESTORE (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Beulah Shinn, nipth child, and youngest, of Restore and Mary (Biddle) Shinn, b. 11/25/1766; m., in Gloucester County, N. J., 4/11/1805, Joseph, son of Joseph and Rhoda Bolton. This was one of the oldest families of the county, and its members 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 Lydia (Shinn) Bolton:

1294. (1) Beulah Shinn Bolton.

(2) Mary Lavina Bolton.

(3) Elizabeth Ives Bolton.

(4) Ellen Maria Bolton.

I am inclined to believe there was but a single son, who became the father of the above children. Beulah died in 1808, and Joseph married Mary Burr in 1810.

393. MARY SHINN (5).‑‑GEORGE (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Mary Shinn, second‑child of George and Rachel (Wright) Shinn, was born in 1762, in Burlington County, N. J. She married, in Stafford or Warren County, Va., February 17, 1784, John, the son of John and Margaret Holloway. (Crooked Run Monthly Meeting Minutes.) 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.

395. ANN SHINN (5).‑‑GEORGR (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Ann Shinn, fourth child of George and Rachel (Wright) Shinn, was born in Stafford County, Va.,1769. She married George Duffy Baily, in the same county, in 1787. She was disowned for marrying out of meeting by Crooked

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Run Friends, 4/8/1787. I have no record of her descendants, and they are to be traced in Warren and Stafford Counties, Va. Ann was named in her Uncle Samuel's will in 1815, at Burlington, N. J., and was alive at that time.

396. RACHEL SHINN (5).‑‑GEORGE (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Rachel Shinn, fifth child of George and Rachel (Wright) Shinn, was born 1771 in Virginia. She married John, son of Jonathan and Sarah Lupton, in Warren County, Va., 3/5/1797, according to Friends' rite. She was named in her Uncle Samuel's will, at New Hanover, N. J., 1816, and the Crooked Run Register gives the following children:

1300. (1) Jonathan Lupton, b. 3/13/1798.

(2) Lydia Lupton, b. 5/4/1801.

1302. (3) Francis Lupton, b. 5/4/1802.

(4) Abigail Lupton, b. 1/12/1805.

397. ABIGAIL SHINN (5).‑‑GEORGE (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Abigail Shinn, sixth child of George and Rachel (Wright) Shinn, was born in Virginia in 1773. She married, at Crooked Run, Va., 3/3/1793, Moses, son of Andrew and Jane (Ridgway) McKay, born in Frederick County, Va., 9/17/1766. They moved to Ohio and settled near Waynesville. The following extract is taken from a short printed biographical sketch of Moses McKay, prepared by Jonas T. McKay, and read at the McKay‑Collett picnic, near Waynesville, Ohio, August 20, 1882. It is correct for the most part. The Ridgways moved to Frederick County at the time Samuel Shinn migrated southward (1750‑55). The marriage of Abigail did not occur in Frederick County, but at Crooked Run, in Warren or Stafford Counties. The following is an extract from sketch prepared by Jonas T. McKay:

"As far back as our family tradition goes is to Andrew McKay (father of Moses McKay, the subject of this sketch), who was born in Frederick County, Va., in the year 1728. He had several brothers of the same family who were noted for being kind and benevolent Quakers and leaders or elders in that society, by the rules of which all children of parents of good standing became members; consequently all the children of Andrew McKay were members of the Quaker Society. He was married, about 1755, to Jane Ridgway, of New Jersey. We are not informed whether the Ridgway family removed to the State of Virginia before or after the marriage; it is certain, however, they were there about that time. One of the brothers of Andrew McKay also married a sister of his wife, this being two of the McKay family who married sisters of the Ridgway family. This brother of Andrew McKay who married a Ridgway had a son, Robert, who, in his second marriage, was united with a widow Shinn, who had a number of children by her first marriage, to wit, George, Francis, Nancy, Mary, Rachel and Abigail, who afterwards became the wife of Moses McKay, the subject of this sketch. They were married March 3, 1793, in Frederick County, Va., and lived in that county until March, 1818, at which time they removed to Warren County, Ohio. Moses McKay made his first location in Warren County, about one mile above Harveysburg, on Caesar's Creek, and removed in the same year to a farm on the Little Miami River, four miles above Waynesville, where he spent the balance of his life, and died January 28, 1828. His wife survived him just six months; he being sixty‑two years old and she fifty‑two years of age at her death. When he first settled in Warren County he owned about five thousand acres of the best lands in Clinton and Warren Counties. Subsequently he purchased about seven hundred and fifty acres in Greene and Warren Counties. At his death he owned near six thousand acres, all very fine land, probably worth at this time between three and four hundred thousand dollars. This estate was devised, by a

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written will, to his twelve children, and accepted as given, without a murmur from any."¹

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. 3/11/1809; m. Mary Ferguson, in Virginia, and remained

there.

1308. (5) Francis McKay, b. 1/2/1802; m. Mary Collett, 10/7/1830.

1309. (6) Margaret McKay, b. 1/16/1804; m. Dr. William H. Goode.

1310. (7) Virginia McKay, b. 8/22/1808; m. Daniel Collett.

1311. (8) Maria McKay, b. 5/23/1811; m. Daniel H. Collett, 11/3/1830.

1312. (9) 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, b. 2/29/1816; m. (1) Mary Ann Gaddis; (2) Rachel

Jane Gaddis, his sister‑in‑law.

1314. (11) Jacob Franklin McKay, b. 6/3/1819, in Ohio; m. Lucy Virginia Spangler,

in 1854.

1315. (12) Mary Elizabeth McKay, b. 7/27/1822; m. Edward Bond Hackney, 1843.

1316. (13) (???); ob. infans.

399. GEORGE SHINN (5).‑‑GEORGE (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Among the other prominent Friends of Crooked Run was a man named Joshua Woodrow. He, like George Shinn, was in the forefront of every vital question pertaining 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 Shinn ripened into love, and they were married. Then came the Ohio fever. From Thompson's "History of Highland County, Ohio," we learn "that in October, 1808, the Woodrow family arrived at Hillsboro and took quarters in Laing's tailor shop, on Beach street. The family consisted of ten persons, all adults." From another history of Highland County, published by the Williams Brothers, we are told that the family consisted of "Joshua Woodrow and his wife, Elizabeth; two sons, Joshua, Jr., and Joseph; three daughters, Elizabeth and Mary, who married two brothers, George and Francis Shinn, and Rachel, who married Col. Allen Trimble, who was afterward a distinguished Congressman, a United States Senator and Governor of Ohio." Thompson says, further: "Joshua Woodrow, soon after his settlement, erected a hatter's shop, and employed a large number of hands. He connected with it a store, in partnership with his brother, a prominent and valuable citizen, a magistrate and auditor of the county. The Woodrow hats were much sought after, and were sold in all the neighboring towns. Afterward, about 1820, Francis Shinn did a large business in this line." This historian further says. "The family of Woodrows, 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 Kentucky and distinguished himself in the war

¹Robert McKay, 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.

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of 1812 and in Congress. A daughter of this marriage, Elizabeth, married Joseph Sill, a prominent lawyer of Chillicothe, Ohio, and had a son, Joshua, who was graduated at West Point, made a general in the war between the States, and fell at Stone River.

George Shinn, Jr., was Treasurer of Highland County from 1808 to 1810. Joshua Woodrow, Jr., was Auditor of the county from 1829 to 1832, when he died. He was succeeded by his son Joshua, who served until 1833. As the old men, George and Joshua, had been warm friends, so, too, were George and Joshua, Jr. They were energetic in evervthing that pertained to public life, and in 1815 bought land and erected a hewn log schoolhouse, twenty‑five by thirty‑five feet. This was the beginning of that educational ferment which afterward made Hillsboro a "model town." In 1818, mainly through the efforts of the Trimbles, Shinns and Woodrows, the Hillsboro Lancastrian School was established by Captain McMillen, of Virginia. To this school Francis Shinn subscribed three and Governor Allen Trimble subscribed four pupils. The M. E. Church was established in 1814, and George Shinn was one of the first trustees. When the new brick church was built, in 1822, George Shinn was continued in that capacity. George enlisted in the war of 1812 and served with distinction in Ohio and Canada.

Children of George and Elizabeth (Woodrow) Shinn.

1317. (1) Moses Franklin Shinn, b. 1/3/1809, at Hillsboro, Ohio; m. (1) Sarah

H. Holcomb, 1830; (2) Carrie (???), at Omaha, Neb.

1318. (2) Allen Trimble Shinn; m. Melinda Fenton.

1319. (3) Francis Shinn, b. 1807; m. (???) Lytle.

1320. (4) Robert McKay Shinn; m. Kesiah Dunn, and had two children; one

died in infancy, the other died in the Union army. Robert died at

Napoleon, Ark., 11/29/1842.

1321. (5) Joseph W. Shinn; ob. unmarried.

1322. (6) Greenbury G. Shinn; m. in Highland County, Ohio.

400. FRANCIS SHINN (5).‑‑GEORGE (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Francis Shinn, youngest child of George and Rachel (Wright) Shinn, was born, as is shown by the Birth Record of the Crooked Run (Va.) Meeting of Friends (on file at Friends' Record Room, Baltimore, Md.), 12/24/1781, and, as is shown by the same record, was married in 1808 to Mary Woodrow, daughter of Joshua. As has been narrated in the history of George Shinn, the family moved to Hillsboro, Ohio. Francis was engaged, with his father‑in‑law, in the hatter's business. In 1820 he purchased the entire business and continued it for many years. He was prominent in the early educational development of Hillsboro, a strong advocate of temperance in public affairs, and a public‑spirited man.

Children of Francis and Mary (Woodrow) Shinn.

1323. (1) Joseph Milton Shinn, b. in Culpeper County, Va., 1809; m. Mary Ann

Scott, at Columbus, Ohio.

1324. (2) John Shinn, b. in Culpeper County, Va., 1811; ob. sine proli.

1325. (3) William Harrison Shinn, b. at Hillsboro, Ohio, 1813; ob. sine proli.

1326. (4) Elizabeth Watson Shinn, b. at Hillsboro, Ohio, 1815; ob. sine proli.

1327. (5) Rachel Ann Shinn, b. at Hillsboro, Ohio, 1817; m. Hiram Yeo, at Hillsboro,

Ohio.

1328. (6) Joshua Woodrow Shinn, b. at Hillsboro, Ohio, 1819; m. Joanna Paullin,

South Charleston, Ohio.

1329. (7) Helena Jane Shinn, b. at Hillsboro, 1821; m. James Scharff, Bellefontaine,

Ohio.

1330. (8) James Madison Shinn, b. at Hillsboro, Ohio, 1824; ob. sine proli, in

California.

1331. (9) Mary Chivers Shinn, b. at Hillsboro, Ohio, 1827; m. (1) James Monroe

Roosa, at Lebanon, Ohio; (2) John Locke Martin, of same place.

401. SUSANNAH SHINN (5).‑‑VINCENT (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Susannah, eldest child of Vincent and Elizabeth (Budd) Shinn, was born

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3/2/1773; reared in the family of William Budd, her guardian and relative; married Samuel Bennett in 1794 and became the mother of one child:

1332. (1) Samuel Shinn Bennett.

402. ISAIAH SHINN (5).‑‑VINCENT (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Isaiah, son of Vincent and Elizabeth (Budd) Shinn, was born 5/11/1775; upon the death of his father placed under the guardianship of William Budd (1789); married Margaret, daughter of Job and Margery Rogers, 9/27/1798. The certificate was witnessed by Alex. McGowan 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, N. 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 Cincinnati,

Ohio; no children; ob. 12/20/1864.

1336. (4) Samuel Granger Shinn, b. 6/11/1806; m. Mary Begar.

1337. (5) 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.

403. WILLIAM SHINN (5).‑‑VINCENT (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

William, third child of Vincent and Elizabeth (Budd) Shinn, was born 6/1/1777; was placed with his brothers, Israel and Vincent, under the guardianship of William and George Budd (1791). On 8/16/1797 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Bolton) Jones, in Burlington County, N. J. He removed to Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1818, and died there. The children were 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, N. 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. 1854; m.

Cridy Phillips, in Ohio.

1346. (8) Ann Shinn, b. in Burlington County, N. J., 5/14/1812; ob. 3/10/1886;

m. George A. Rogers, in Ohio.

1347. (7) Mary Shinn, b. in Burlington County, N. J., 5/19/1810; m. John Stuart,

in Ohio.

1348. (9) Hannah Shinn, b. in Burlington County, N. J., 9/25/1814; m. George

Entriken, in Ohio.

1349. (10) William Shinn, b. 3/2/1817, in Burlington County, N. J.; m., 12/19/1839,

Sidney Entriken, in Ohio.

1350. (11) Vincent Shinn, b. in Columbiana County, Ohio, 9/9/1819; ob. 1/4/1898;

m. Rachel Ann Williamson, 9/19/1850.

1350m.(12) Beulah 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, b. 1780, was under the guardianship of William and George Budd (1791); by trade a carpenter; married, (1) 1/10/1799, Hannah Haines, who died in 1803; (2) 2/12/1807, Sarah Wright. After the death of his first wife he went to Cincinnati, Ohio (1804), where he bought lands situated in Ross County, Ohio. He remained there but a short time; returned to New Jersey and married the second time (1807), dying in the same year. His will is dated New Hanover, Burlington County, N. J., 6/20/1807. (Burlington Wills, Liber A, page 179.) This will names wife, Sarah, and bequeathed her his Ross County lands, but mentions no children. He had two children by his first marriage, who were reared by the mother of his first wife. These children were:

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1351. (1) Hannah Shinn, b. 1800; ob. young.

1352. (2) Aaron Shinn, b. 1803; m. (1) Susannah Hamlin; (2) Henrietta C.

Speaker.

406. VINCENT SHINN (5).‑‑VINCENT (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Vincent, sixth child of Vincent and Elizabeth (Budd) Shinn, b. 3/23/1784; ob. 9/13/1857; in his fourteenth year apprenticed to a cabinetmaker; finished his apprenticeship in six years; in 1804, with his brother Israel, tempted by the offers of cheap lands in Ohio, went West. Upon starting Colonel Jones, a Revolutionary soldier, presented each of them a brace of pistols; they never had occasion to use them. Vincent's children still have the pistols. Stopped at Milford, Hamilton County, Ohio; bought of the Andersons, in Anderson Township, same county, two farms. Israel returned to New Jersey in 1806, and his widow sold Israel's farm to Vincent. Went to Columbia and worked at his trade, leaving the forest farms untouched. In 1814 began clearing upon his farms and built a house. While at Columbia (1810) he married Mrs. Ruth Brown, a pioneer of Hamilton County; by this marriage there were no children; she died in 1836 upon the farm, which, by this time, had become valuable. He then married Mary Hyle, whose ancestors were pioneers of Baltimore, Md. Although reared a Quaker, he joined the M. E. Church at Milford, in 1805; 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 public‑spirited man; one of the three men in the township who voted for Birney for President of the United States. A road was laid out 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 widow and five children lived upon the farm until 1892, when she died. Children:

1353. (1) John Alexander Shinn, b. 1/20/1841; farmer; enlisted in the 188th Regiment,

O. Vol. Inf., and served through the war.

1354. (2) Catherine Elizabeth Shinn, b. 11/12/1843; ob. 1845.

1355. (3) Vincent Western Shinn, b. 2/26/1845; ob. 12/12/1892.

1356. (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 father with a jealous eye, and is a worthy representative

of the family.

1357. (5) Julia Maria Shinn, b. 3/3/1849; m. Elmer Johnson Jones, 10/10/1896.

1358. (6) Susannah Budd Shinn, b. 5/15/1852.

407. FRANCIS SHINN (5).‑‑BARZILLAI (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Francis Shinn, son of Barzillai and Hannah Shinn, m., 9/13/1801, Mary, the eighth and youngest child of Richard and Margaret Haines. (Richard (5), Isaac (4), Jonathan (3), Jonathan (2), John Haines (1).) The marriage occurred at Evesham, and as it was not performed according to Friends' rite, Mary was disowned by Evesham Friends. The date of Francis' death is not recorded, but Mary (Haines) Shinn afterwards married Joseph, son of Samuel and Mary (Morris) Butcher. From the deeds of settlement between the heirs of Vincent and those of Barzillai Shinn, and from Samuel Shinn's will, the following children of Francis and Mary (Haines) Shinn are recorded:

1359. (1) Esther Shinn, b. 1802; m. John Wilson. (Asa Matlack's Mem. and

Hinchman's Memoirs.)

1360. (2) Mary Shinn, b. 8/4/1804; m., 2/24/1825, Benjamin, son of Benjamin

and Rebecca (Lippincott) Shreeve.

(3) Rebecca Shinn, b. 1806; m. a man named Begary.

408. MARTHA SHINN (5).‑‑BARZILLAI (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

This daughter of Barzillai and Hannah Shinn was born 1785; m. William Stevenson Prosser. The following children are named in Samuel's will (1815):

1361. (1) Barzillai Prosser. (2) William Prosser.

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409. ASCHAH SHINN (5).‑‑BARZILLAI (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

This daughter of Barzillai and Hannah Shinn was born 1787; m. (1) Richard H. Herbert; (2) a man named Brown. Two children of the first marriage are named in the will of Samuel:

1363. (1) John Herbert. (2) Mary H. Herbert.

410. GEORGE SHINN (5).‑‑BARZILLAI (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Very little is known concerning this youngest child of Barzillai and Hannah Shinn. He was born in 1789, and is supposed to be the George who married Grace Thomas in Burlington County, N. J., 3/13/1805.

412. LYDIA SHINN (5).‑‑WILLIAM (4), JOSEPH (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Lydia Shinn, daughter of William and Sarah (French) Shinn, born in 1759; mentioned in her father's will as a minor (1767); m. Caleb Arney Lippincott, son of Arney Lippincott, in 17‑‑. Lydia was his third wife.

415. JOSEPH SHINN (5).‑‑WILLIAM (4), JOSEPH (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Joseph Shinn, youngest son and fifth child of William and Sarah (French) Shinn, born in 1765; named in his father's will, 1767. He married Mary Lippincott in 1783, at Pemberton (alias New Mills and New Hanover), N. J. Mary was the daughter of Arney Lippincott, son of Samuel and Mary (Arney) Lippincott, son of Samuel, son of Restore. He lived at Pemberton and reared a family of seven children:

1365. (1) William Shinn, b. 1786; m. Ann Fox, 9/1/1808.

1366. (2) Daniel Shinn, b. 6/7/1790; m. 1811 at West Creek, Ocean County, N. J.

1367. (3) Joseph Shinn, b. 8/31/1792; m., at Tuckerton, N. J., Zilpha, daughter

of Edmund and Deliverance (Willets) Bartlett.

1368. (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.

416. ISAAC SHINN (5).‑‑BENJAMIN (4), JOSEPH (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Isaac Shinn, son of Benjamin and (???) ((???)) Shinn, born in New Jersey; removed to Virginia during the Revolutionary war, and settled on Simpson's Creek, in Harrison County. On February16th, 1785, he was married, on Simpson's Creek, to Agnes Drake. George Drake, the father, was a lineal descendant of George Drake from Middlesex, England, who died in New Jersey in 1707, leaving a will, naming a son George. (Will Book, Trenton, N. J., Liber 1, page 94.) This son was the great‑grandsire of Agnes. Isaac was a hardy specimen of backwoods manhood, 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 strenuous life, and reared a family of thirteen, who grew to manhood and womanhood and became the heads of flourishing families.

Children of Isaac and Agnes (Drake) Shinn, All Born and Married in Harrison

County, Va.

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.

1375. (4) Rebecca Shinn, b. 1791; m. Stephen Carroll.

1376. (5) Mary Shinn, b. 1793; m. William Smith.

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1377. (6) Hannah Shinn, b. 1796; m. Edward, son of Clement and Ruth (Bates)

Shinn.

1378. (7) Debora Shinn, b. 1798; m. Samuel Davidson.

1379. (8) Dorcas 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. (10) Rachel Shinn, b. 1804; m. Joseph Wilkinson.

1382. (11) Agnes Shinn, b. 1806; m. Maxwell Bartlett.

1383. (12) Susan Shinn, b. 1808; married Felix Bartlett.

1384. (13) Isaac Shinn, b. 1810; m. Love Bartlett.

417. SAMUEL SHINN (5).‑‑BENJAMIN (4), JOSEPH (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Samuel Shinn was born in New Jersey, and in carly manhood moved to Virginia. He had the same experiences as his brother Isaac, and lived a hardy frontier life. He settled on Ten‑Mile Creek, in Harrison County, and in 1785 married Sarah Davidson. The Davidsons were very. prominent in the early history of Harrison County, being among its leading lawyers and politicians. His children were:

1385. (1) Sarah Shinn, b. 1786.

1386. (2) Francis Marion Shinn, b. 9/29/1788; m., 6/11/1811, Eliza, daughter of

John Robinson.

1387. (3) Hannah Shinn, b. 1790; m. John Wilkinson; ob. sine proli.

1388. (4) Elizabeth Shinn, b. 1792; m. William R. Ogden.

1389. (5) Restore Shinn, b. 1794; m. and moved West.

1390. (6) Isaac Shinn, b. 1/30/1793; m. (1) Sarah Robinson; (2) Maria Shinn.

421. JOB SHINN (5).‑‑JOHN (4), JOSEPH (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Job Shinn, son of John and Mary (Allen) Shinn, was born in Burlington County, N. J., in 1765; m. (1) Rachel Grimes, in 1783; (2) Nancy Cross, in 1794. She died at Pemberton, N. J., 9/21/1833, and he died at the same place, 5/17/1837. Of the marriages of Job Shinn I am not certain, save as to the one to Nancy Cross. That he had two sets of children is unquestioned; that he married twice is unquestioned. Some of his descendants say that he married a woman named Ann Clapp. If so, there was a third marriage. One of his daughters, in her ninetieth year, wrote me that he married Rachel Grimes first and Nancy Cross second. I have followed this statement, but with no degree of assurance. The correspondence growing out of Job's marriage is a mass of contradictory matter, which cannot be reconciled. I have given a line which at best is but tentative. That his father was John Shinn, son of Joseph, is not questioned. The children given are taken from Job's will, and are not questioned. The element of doubt is the question of marriage to Rachel Grimes, and also to Ann Clapp. His will, dated 5/10/1837, names the following children (Burlington Wills, Liber E, page 110).

Children of Job Shinn, All Born and Married in Burlington County, N. J., Except

as Noted.

1391. (1) Rachel Shinn, who married Benjamin Butterworth.

1392. (2) John Shinn.

1393. (3) Rebecca Shinn, b. 2/17/1789; m. Benjamin, son of Francis Shinn; ob.

9/4/1855.

1394. (4) George Shinn, b. 1791; m. Hannah Hoaglin, 10/5/1817; (2) Mary (???)

Children of Job and Nancy (Cross) Shinn.

1395. (1) 5. Mary Shinn, b. 1795; m. Samuel Rogers.

1396. (2) 6. Thomas Cross Shinn, b. 1797; m. (1) Adelaide Grant, 6/12/1812; (2)

Mary Newman, in Indiana.

1397. (3) 7. Martha Shinn, b. 1800; m. John De Camp.

1398. (4) 8. Catherine Shinn, b. 1803; m. Martin Lamb.

1399. (5) 9. Tacie Shinn, b. 1807; m. Nathan Bishop Wilson.

One of the descendants of Job Shinn writes: "Francis and Martha were grandfather and grandmother of Benjamin Shinn who married Rebecca; Job and Ann Clapp

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Shinn were grandfather and grandmother of Rebecca Shinn." 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 Mary 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 uncle 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. BENJAMIN SHINN (5).‑‑FRANCIS (4), JOSEPH (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Benjamin Shinn, son of Francis and Martha (Shinn) Shinn, was born 9/28/1778, in Monmouth County, N. J.; m., (1) 1814, Rebecca, daughter of Job Shinn; 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 he managed well; died at New Egypt, 1/24/1835, leaving a will, naming the following children, all born, reared and married in New 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, 2/15/1841, Mary H.

Singleton.

1403. (4) Job Shinn, b. 12/25/1820; m. Mary Page.

1404. (5) 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 Barnegat, N. J.

426. RACHEL SHINN (5).‑‑THOMAS (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Rachel Shinn, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Vinacomb) Shinn, was born 2/14/1765. She was married according to Friends' rite 5/17/1787, at Upper Springfield, and the certificate is recorded, describing the parties thus: Israel Kirby, son of Robert and Amy, of Hanover Township, and Rachel Shinn, daughter of Thomas and Sarah, of Upper Freehold. The witnesses of the name Shinn were Thomas and Sarah, parents of the bride; Mary, Sarah, James, Caleb, Unity, Vinacomb, Elizabeth and Hannah. I have been unable to find any of her descendants.

427. VINACOMB SHINN (5).‑‑THOMAS (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Vinacomb Shinn, second child of Thomas and Sarah (Vinacomb) Shinn, was born 8/21/1766, and did not marry until late in life. On the 4th of May, 1812, he made acknowledgment to Upper Springfield Meeting for going out in marriage, which was received. He married Sarah Middleton, who died, after giving birth to two children. Vinacomb Shinn died in 1841. He left a will, which names two children‑‑Ann and Elisha L.‑‑and a granddaughter, Sarah Ann Taylor.

Children of Vinacomb and Sarah (Middleton) Shinn.

1409. (1) Ann Shinn, b. 1813; m. Isaac Taylor.

1410. (2) Elisha L. Shinn, b. 1815; m., 2/6/1840, Caroline W. Patterson, of Middletown, Monmouth County, N. J. (Liber C, p. 254, Monmouth Marriages.)

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428. UNITY SHINN (5).‑‑THOMAS (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1),

Unity Shinn, third child of Thomas and Sarah (Vinacomb) Shinn, was born 1/21/1768; married Apollo Meirs, and had the following children:

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 (6), m. Lucretia Gaskell.

1414. (4) Martha Meirs (6), m. Abraham Felton.

1415. (5) David Meirs (6), ob. unmarried.

429. SOLOMON SHINN (5).‑‑THOMAS (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Solomon Shinn, fourth child of Thomas and Sarah (Vinacomb) Shinn, was born 7/15/1771. He married in 1798, and was disciplined by Upper Springfield for marrying contrary to good order. There were no children by this marriage. He was married again in 1821 to Jane, daughter of Thomas and Martha (Antrim) Scattergood. He died in 1835; 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., 1859, William, son of

Robert and Mary (Delaplaine) McKay.

1418. (3) Riley Shinn, b. 9/8/1825; m. (1) Sarah Taylor, daughter of Joseph and

Elizabeth (Black) Carslake; (2) Mary Shreeve.

1419. (4) Sarah Shinn, b. 4/1/1827; ob. infans.

1420. (5) Martha Shinn, b. 7/31/1829; ob. 10/2/1831.

1421. (6) Sarah Shinn, b. 2/16/1831; m., 4/24/1851, Louis, 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.

432. THOMAS VINACOMB SHINN (5).‑‑THOMAS (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Thomas Vinacomb Shinn, seventh child of Thomas and Sarah (Vinacomb) Shinn, b. 9/23/1777; regularly married, at Mt. Holly, 1/9/1806, to Abigail, daughter of Caleb and Mary Haines. The record shows witnesses Asa, Mary, Ann, Vinacomb and Sarah Shinn and forty‑four other names. He removed to Chesterfield in 1809, and in 1820 to Burlington, taking his wife and three named children. (Burlington Minutes.) Burlington disowned the father and mother in November, 1828, for joining the Hicksites.¹ His two sons, Josiah and Morgan, were disowned in 1838 for the same reason.

Children of Thomas Vinacomb and Abigail (Haines) Shinn.

1423. (1) Alfred Shinn, b. 1807; ob. sine proli.

1424. (2) Josiah H. Shinn, b. 1809; m. Louise (???).

1425. (3) Morgan Shinn, b. 4/10/1816; m. in Milwaukee, Wis.

433. SARAH SHINN (5).‑‑THOMAS (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Sarah Shinn, eighth child of Thomas and Sarah (Vinacomb) Shinn, was born 11/27/1779. She married Joseph Sexton, and had the following:

¹ The Friends suffered a drawback in the early part of the nineteenth century on

account of what is called the "Hicksite Controversy." In 1827 there was a formal

separation into two bodies, known as "Orthodox" and "Hicksite." The Orthodox

Friends thought it right to disown all who joined or attended the meetings of the

other body. As many were not of age at the time, they were dealt with as they

became of age. This will account for the frequent disownments from 1828 to 1850.

The old animosities have long since disappeared, and the two bodies fraternize with

Christian grace.

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Children of Joseph and Sarah (Shinn) Sexton.

1426. (1) Sarah Sexton. (2) Zilpha Sexton. (3) Francis Sexton.

434. MARY SHINN (5).‑‑THOMAS (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Mary Shinn, ninth child of Thomas and Sarah (Vinacomb) Shinn, b. 9/30/1781; m., 11/4/1803, Samuel, son of George and Hannah Croshaw, of Springfield. The marriage certificate is signed by the following Shinns: Thomas, Sarah, James, William, Thomas, Joshua, Samuel B., Ann, Asa, Solomon, Abigail, Hannah, Sarah, Zilpha and Lavina Shinn. Mary and Samuel lived in Springfield Township, Burlington County, and reared a large family:

Children of Samuel and Mary (Shinn) Croshaw.

1429. (1) Thomas Croshaw.

1430. (2) Joseph Croshaw; m. Hannah (???), and had three children: (1) John

Croshaw, (2) (???), (3) Joseph Croshaw.

1431. (3) Sarah Croshaw.

1432. (4) George Croshaw; married.

1433. (5) Hannah Croshaw; m. Job Pickering.

1434 (6) 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 child of Thomas and Sarah (Vinacomb) Shinn, born at Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, N. J., 11/17/1783; disowned at Upper Springfield for marrying out of meeting, 1809; married Daniel Burtis and became the mother of eleven children, who married and reared families in Springfield 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) Mary Burtis; m. John Robbins.

1441. (4) David M. Burtis; m. (???) Longstreet.

1442. (5) Mary Burtis; m. (???) Reagan.

1443. (6) 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 (Gauntt) Shinn, b. 1/12/1770; regularly married at Old Springfield, 5/5/1803, to Samuel, son of George and Mary Craft. The certificate is signed by George, James, Jr., George, Jr., Abigail and Mary Shinn and sixty‑one others. It was a notable wedding, but could not have been favored by 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 daughter 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 Asa and Sarah's children. The Springfield record and the family records agree that she was their eldest child. There were no children.

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437. ISRAEL SHINN (5).‑‑ASA (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Israel Shinn, second child of Asa and Sarah (Ganntt) Shinn, b. 1/25/1772; married out of meeting and was forgiven by Burlington Friends, August 2, 1802; married Ann Curtis; disowned by Burlington 3/14/1808, and died 1813.

Children of Israel and Ann (Curtis) Shinn.

1449. (1) Hannah Shinn, b. 1802; ob. young.

1450. (2) Sarah H. Shinn, b. 1804. |

1451. (3) Asa Shinn, b. 1806. | Named in mother's will, 6/5/1824.

1452. (4) Anna Shinn, b. 1808. |

438. WILLIAM SHINN (5).‑‑ASA (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

William Shinn, third child of Asa and Sarah (Gauntt) Shinn, b. 2/6/1774; married regularly and certificate recorded by Friends at Mt. Holly 2/16/1815; married Ann, daughter of Joshua and Phebe (Shreeve) Forsyth, and granddaughter of Caleb Shreeve, private in the Burlington Regiment of Militia (Stryker's "Jerseymen in the Revolution," p. 752); b. 1/12/1771; moved to Burlington, where he died in August, 1828; his wife died 6/3/1855. He was disowned by Burlington one month before his death for promoting a separation of Friends.

Children of William and Ann (Forsyth) Shinn.

1453. (1) Shreeve Shinn, b. 11/23/1815; m. Emily Norcross Woolman, 12/17/1840.

1454. (2) Phebe Shinn, b. 2/15/1817; 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) Elwood Shinn, b. 5/27/1822; m. Hannah, daughter of Joseph and

Aschah Hartshorn, 3/14/1861.

1458. (6) Willit Shinn, b. 1/5/1825; living, unmarried, 1903.

439. ISAAC SHINN (5).‑‑ASA (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Isaac Shinn, fourth child of Asa and Sarah (Gauntt) Shinn, b. 11/2/1775; married out of meeting Frances (nicknamed Fanny) Van; disowned by Burlington for this cause in February, 1827.

Children of Isaac and Frances (Van) Shinn.

1459. (1) Samuel Ellis Shinn, b. 11/11/1827; m. Aschah Fox, 1849.

1460. (2) John G. Shinn, b. 1829; ob. unmarried.

1461. (3) Albert Shinn, b. 1831; m. Emma Antrim, 1853.

1462. (4) Caleb B. Shinn, b. 1833; m. Mary, daughter of William and Abigail

(Shinn) Malsbury.

1463. (5) Sarah B. Shinn, b. 9/22/1837; m. Isaac King.

440. SAMUEL SHINN (5).‑‑ASA (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Samuel Shinn, fifth child of Asa and Sarah (Gauntt) Shinn, b. 10/6/1777; m. Frances (Van) Shinn, widow of his brother Isaac, and had one child. The mother outlived her second husband and left a will.

Children of Samuel and Frances (Van) Shinn.

1464. (1) Isaac Shinn, b. 1841; m. Ella A. Wright, 1870.

441. SOLOMON SHINN (5).‑‑ASA (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Solomon Shinn, sixth child of Asa and Sarah (Gauntt) Shinn, b. 9/8/1779; granted a certificate by Burlington to Upper Springfield on account of marriage 7/6/1805; married at Springfield, 7/15/1805, Mercy Lamb, of New Hanover,

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daughter of Joseph and Mary Lamb. The certificate has fifty‑six signatures, fourteen of which are the surnames Earl and eleven Shinn. They removed to Burlington in 1806.

Children 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. (3) Solomon Shinn, b. 1/22/1808; m. (1) Edith Johnson, 1829; (2) Sarah (???).

442. JOSHUA SHINN (5).‑‑ASA (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Joshua Shinn, seventh child of Asa and Sarah (Gauntt) Shinn, b. 4/4/1781; granted a certificate on account of marriage by Burlington to Mt. Holly, 11/9/1803; married, at Mt. Holly 11/17/1803, Ann, daughter of Josiah and Beulah Gaskell; the certificate is recorded at Mt. Holly, and is signed by seventeen having the surname Shinn; removed to Mt. Holly 7/7/1804. Mt. Holly records show the birth of two children, Stacy and Clayton. Burlington records give three other children.

Children of Joshua and Ann (Gaskell) Shinn.

1468. (1) Stacy Shinn, b. 8/9/1804; m. (1) Jane, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth

Wextrim; (2) Rebecca (Pennington) Proctor.

1469. (2) Abigail Shinn, who married Samuel Wills, May, 1833.

1470. (3) Rebecca Shinn. |b. 1810; m. |William Loveland.

1471. (4) Ann Eliza Shinn, | |Joseph Loveland, 3/28/1832.

1472. (5) Clayton Shinn, b. 6/18/1806; ob. 7/10/1807.

443. ASA GAUNTT SHINN (5).‑‑ASA (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Asa Gauntt Shinn, eighth child of Asa and Sarah (Gauntt) Shinn, was born 4/2/1783; married, 4/16/1827, Hannah, daughter of Uz and Sarah (Jones) Gauntt, his first cousin, and was disowned therefor by Burlington, December 6, 1828. Hannah died in 1832, and Asa married Elizabeth Blackwood, 2/26/1833.

Children of Asa and Hannah Shinn.

1473 (1) Sarah Gauntt Shinn.

(2) (???) Shinn.

Children of Asa and Elizabeth Shinn.

1475. (1) 3. John Blackwood Shinn, |b. 11/14/1833; ob. |7/24/1834.

1476. (2) 4. Uz Gauntt Shinn, | |7/5/1834.

1477. (3) 5. Henry Clay Shinn, b. 12/21/1834; m. Sarah Heisler Haines, 11/29/1881.

1478. (4) 6. Samuel B. Shinn, b. 2/24/1837; ob. unmarried, 1862.

446. ANNE SHINN (5).‑‑ASA (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Anne Shinn, youngest child of Asa and Sarah (Gauntt) Shinn, b. 2/17/1789; married, at Upper Springfield, 7/14/1813, Stacy, son of Joseph and Mary Haines. The certificate is signed by eleven Shinns and forty‑eight other persons. I have not found her descendants.

447. MIRIAM SHINN (5).‑‑JAMES (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Miriam Shinn, the eldest daughter of James and Lavina (Haines) Shinn, born at Upper Freehold in 1769; married William Burtis, and had two children:

1479. (1) Charles Burtis. (2) Miriam Burtis.

448. MARGARET SHINN (5).‑‑JAMES (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Margaret, second child of James and Lavina (Haines) Shinn, was born at Upper Freehold. She married (1) John Lawrence; (2) John Hankins.

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Children of John and Margaret (Shinn) Lawrence.

1481. (1) James S. Lawrence (6); m. (1) Mary Conover; (2) Phebe Ann Rue.

1482. (2) Margaret Lawrence (6); m. (1) William Tilton; (2) John Hankins.

Children by (1):

1483. (1) Martha Ann Tilton (7); m. Edward Wycoff.

1484. (2) Amanda Tilton (7); m. Joseph Scudder.

449. ABIGAIL SHINN (5).‑‑JAMES (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Abigail, third child of James and Lavina (Haines) Shinn, was born at Upper Freehold, 1773. She married, 6/5/1811, William Hankins, for which she was disciplined by Upper Springfield.

Children of William and Abigail (Shinn) Hankins.

1485. (1) James S. Hankins; m. Hannah Forsyth.

1486. (2) John Hankins; m. Rebecca Barkalow.

1487. (3) Joseph Hankins; m. Emily Nelson.

452. JAMES SHINN (5).‑‑JAMES (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

James Shinn, sixth and youngest child of James and Lavina (Haines) Shinn, born 11/17/1782, at Upper Freehold; married, (1) 10/4/1809, Elizabeth Allen; (2), in Gloucester County, N. J., Mary Miller, of Salem County, 2/15/1817.

Children of James and Elizabeth (Allen) Shinn.

1488. (1) Charles Allen Shinn, b. 5/4/1810; d. in the West Indies, 1834; lost his

health as a merchant at Cincinnati, Ohio.

Children of James and Mary (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, 4/23/1818; m. at New Egypt,

1/23/1840, Thomas B. Jobes.

1491. (3) 4. Caroline Shinn, b. Upper Freehold, 10/23/1820; m. Dr. Lloyd Wilbur.

1492. (4) 5. George W. Shinn, b. 6/20/1824; m. Sarah Matilda Rue.

1493. (5) 6. James Miller Shinn, b. 1/20/1828; m. Susan Lower.

453. LAVINA SHINN. (5).‑‑JAMES (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Lavina Shinn, eldest child of James and Hannah (Hart) Shinn, born 9/‑‑/ 1787; married Thomas Branson, in New Jersey, and had:

1494. (1) Hepziba Branson.

1495. (2) Aaron Branson; m. Unity Pancoast, his cousin, in New Jersey.

455. EZRA SHINN (5).‑‑JAMES (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Ezra Shinn, third child of James and Hannah (Hart) Shinn, born 7/7/1792; married, (1) 1823, Mrs. Annie (Lane) Barkalow; (2) (???). The second marriage was a childless one. Enlisted in Captain Murray's company, Colonel Clement C. Biddle, First Regiment, Penn. Vol., 1815; merchant in Philadelphia; moved, with his mother, to Ohio in 1820 and settled in Montgomery County; he afterward moved to Indiana, and died there, 4/16/1863; a member of no church, but a Friend in belief; Whig and Republican.

Children of Ezra and Annie (Lane‑Barkalow) Shinn.

1496. (1) Benjamin Barkalow Shinn, b. in Montgomery County, Ohio, 3/10/1824;

m. Margaret Barkalow, 1/1/1845, in Ohio.

1497. (2) James Ezra Shinn, b. 11/10/1825; m. Eliza A. Barkalow.

1498. (3) Lavinia Shinn, b. 1/8/1828, in Ohio; m. William Kyle.

1499. (4) Ezra Worley Shinn, b. 6/27/1830; m. Elizabeth Stoneam.

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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.

456. HEPZIBAH SHINN (5).‑‑JAMES (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Hepzibah Shinn, fourth child of James and Hannah (Hart) Shinn, born 12/13/1794, at Upper Freehold, N. J.; crossed the Alleghenies on horseback with her mother in 1820; married John 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. (3) Daniel Cox.

1505. (4) John Cox; m. Lydia Hall.

1506. (5) Derrick Cox; m. Ann Allen.

1507. (6) Lucy Cox; m. Thomas Tibbles.

1508. (7) Thomas Cox; m. Lydia Death.

462. EMILY SHINN (5).‑‑JAMES (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Emily Shinn, tenth and youngest child of James and Hannah (Hart) Shinn, born at Upper Freehold, N. J., 8/18/1808; is still living at Edinburg Ind., being ninety‑three years of age (1902). She married, in Ohio, 2/2/1826, John White, and with her husband migrated to Indiana.

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Children of John and Emily (Shinn) White.

1509. (1) David White, b. 2/1/1827; m. Elizabeth, daughter of William Drybread,

11/27/1848.

1510. (2) Sarah Ann White, b. 10/19/1828; m. Benjamin Jarrett, son of Jacob

Deming.

1511. (3) Hepzibah Ann White, b. 1/19/1831; m. Benjamin Jarrett Deming, 1853.

1512. (4) Mary White, b. 9/14/1835; m. William H. Barkalow.

1513. (5) William White, b. 11/14/1836; m. Eleena Wilson.

1514. (6) George White, b. 11/24/1841; m. Susan M., daughter of William Durban;

no issue.

1515. (7) Henry Clay White, b. 7/20/1844; m. Clara N., daughter of Frederick

Hartman.

471. THOMAS SHINN (5).‑‑CALEB (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Thomas Shinn, eldest child of Caleb and Mary (Lucas) Shinn, born in Springfield Township, Burlington County, N. J., 1773; married Abigail Gaskell out of meeting 9/27/1797; disciplined at Old Springfield in September, 1798; to Westland Pa., 1803; to Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio, 1804, with his father, Caleb, and his Uncle Kedar; they bought a section of land and built a large flour and grist mill. His wife died in 1800, after giving birth to her second child. He married (2) Rebecca Daniel, at Salem, Ohio, in 1807; she was born in Loudon County, Va.; died at Salem 1810; married (3) Sarah Sebrell, of Virginia, in 1816. Shortly after this he removed to Stark County and opened a tailor shop. He died in 1835, a respected citizen of Stark County, and one of the earliest pioneers of Eastern Ohio. His descendants are among the best citizens of Iowa, Texas and California.

Children of Thomas and Abigail (Gaskell) Shinn.

1516. (1) Mary Shinn, b. 1798.

1517. (2) Joshua Shinn, b. Oct., 1800; m. in Obio; ob. 1878; published the first

arithmetic used in Ohio; teacher; held many positions of honor and

trust.

Children of Thomas and Rebecca (Daniel) Shinn.

1518. (1) 3. James Shinn, b 9/29/1807; m. (1) Mary Sebrell, 11/25/1828, at Lexington,

Ohio. (2) Lucy Ellen Clark, 11/26/1846, Platteville, Wis.

1519. (2) 4. Hannah Shinn, b. at Salem, Ohio, 1809; ob. sine proli, 1841.

Children of Thomas and Sarah (Sebrell) Shinn.

1520. (1) 5. Caleb Shinn, b. Salem, Ohio, in 1817; ob. 1837.

1521. (2) 6. Susannah Shinn, b. Salem, Ohio, 1818; ob. 1838.

1522. (3) 7. Mary Ann Shinn, born Salem, Ohio, in 1820; ob. 1836.

1523. (4) 8. Joseph Shinn, b. near Lexington, Ohio, 4/19/1825; m., 11/3/1854,

Mary Stratton.

1524. (5) 9. Benjamin Shinn. b. near Alliance, Ohio, 5/1/1828; m., 3/30/1854,

Mary Louise Jenkins.

472. KEDAR SHINN (5).‑‑CALEB (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Kedar Shinn, second child of Caleb and Mary (Lucas) Shinn, born 1774, at Upper Springfield, Burlington County, N. J.; has his name written on the many removal certificates granted his father by different Friends' societies of Burlington County. He removed, in 1804, with his father, to Columbiana County, Ohio, but after a few years returned to New Jersey; settled two miles and one‑half above Mt. Holly; built a house, blacksmith and wheelwright shop; the place was called Kedarville. He married Miriam Willits1 at Mt. Holly, 11/11/1798,

¹Indifferently written, in old documents, Wylles, Willis, Willits. They were

Quakers, and people of respectability.

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and became the father of twelve children, who, for the most part, lived and died in New Jersey. They were distributed throughout South Jersey, and I have had much trouble in the ascertainment of theirdescendants. The following is an accurate record of the children of Kedar and Miriam (Willits) Shinn, but not a Bible record. That seems to have been 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 (2), JOHN (1).

David Shinn, second child of Peter and Grace (Gaskell) Shinn, was born 10/13/1782; married, according to Friends' rite, at Upper Evesham, 3/‑‑/1808, Hannah, daughter of Thomas and Ellen Wilson; dismissed by Upper Evesham to Haddonfield, 1818; in 1826 to West Frankford, Pa., and in1827 to Salem, Ohio; thence to Huntingdon, 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 the church records of Evesham, and agree with the family record. After the death of their father they 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 Evesham, N. J.; married Phebe Heacock,

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.

479. JOHN SHINN (5).‑‑PETER (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

John Shinn, sixth child of Peter and Grace (Gaskell) Shinn, was born 3/19/1791; married, in 1814, at Upper Evesham, N. J., according to Friends' rite, Sybella Collins; removed to Frankford, Pa., 5/11/1822, and to Salem, Ohio, in 1826.

Children of John and Sybella (Collins) Shinn.

1542. (1) Joseph Shinn, b. at Evesham, N. J., 12/1/1815; ob., unmarried, at Patmos,

Ohio.

1543. (2) Mary Shinn, b. at Evesham, N. J., 5/23/1817; m. Joel Betts, in Ohio,

1847; ob. sine proli.

1544. (3) Grace Shinn, b. at Haddonfield, N. J., 1819; ob. infans.

1545. (4) Elijah Shinn, b. at Haddonfield, N. J., 9/22/1822; m. Sarah Woodruff,

in Ohio, 5/6/1845.

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 11/12/1794; married Sarah Church, at Mt. Holly, in 1816, and in 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 Philadelphia,

Pa.

481. ABRAHAM SHINN (5).‑‑PETER (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Abraham Shinn, eighth and youngest child of Peter and Grace (Gaskell) Shinn, was born 3/19/1798; married Margaret Wilkins, 12/28/1820, at Mt. Holly, N. J.; shoemaker; removed to Haddonfield in1825; then to Lumberport, N. J., and then to Salem, Ohio, 1829. Here, with his mother and brothers, he affiliated with the Hicksites, 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 died in the faith, 6/1/1865; his wife followed him in 1870. Children:

1551. (1) Emeline W. Shinn (6), b. 12/1/1822, at Lumberton, N. J.; m.,

at Birmingham, Ohio, 2/9/1843, Josiah, son of Elisha and

Tacy (Bradshaw) Fogg; farmer; Hicksite Friend; Republican,

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.

1555. (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 Bradshaw, 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.

1561. (5) William W. Shinn (6), b. 6/3/1833; ob. 4/23/1874; m. Harriet

S. Webster, 12/31/1857, and had children:

1562. (1) Mabel M. Shinn (7), b. 1/28/1860; ob. 1861.

1563. (2) Lizzie May Shinn (7), b. 1/8/1862.

1564. (3) Harry W. Shinn (7), b. 5/26/1863.

1565. (4) William Raymond Shinn (7), b. 10/7/1867.

1566. (6) Abraham Shinn (6), b. 12/15/1835; ob. 3/5/1859.

1567. (7) Charles F. Shinn (6), b. 5/23/1837; ob. 10/30/1902; m. Mary

Boner, 2/16/1860.

482. SAMUEL SHINN (5).‑‑DAVID (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Samuel Shinn, eldest child of David and Mary ((???)) Shinn, was born in Frederick County, Va., 4/22/1786; named in his father's dismissal from Mt. Holly, 8/5/1790, and lodged at Hopewell 1/3/1791. Said certificate, however, states that David "had long resided" at Hopewell, and his children were born there. At a meeting held 9/8/1814 at Hopewell, Va., the committee on the case of Samuel Shinn produced a testimony against him as follows: "Samuel Shinn having been in the practice of training in the militia, and has accomplished his marriage contrary to discipline, we hereby disown him. Richard George and

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John Ward, Committee." He was a Virginia 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, Clemens

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, Ill., in 1826; to Fulton County, 1836; to Clinton County, 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 1793; married, in Hampshire County, Va., in 1815, her first cousin, Amasa, son of Jonathan Shinn;12/7/1820 disowned at Hopewell, Va., for that reason (Hopewell Monthly Meeting Minutes.) He removed to Pike County, Ill.; Amasa was one of the first settlers of Kinderhook Township; died at Stony Prairie, Ill. ("History Pike Co., Ill.") His brother Asa was a Methodist preacher; 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 Garfield,

1858; moved to Syracuse, Neb.; ob. 3/30/1890, at Hoopeston,

Ill. 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 Richardson (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 Shinn (6), b. 1831; ob. sine proli.

486. MARY SHINN (5).‑‑DAVID (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Mary Shinn, fifth child of David and Mary Shinn, was born in Frederick County, Va., circa 1794; married Joel Reese, son of Captain Joel Reese, of Lord Dunmore's War, 9/4/1814; disowned by Hopewell the same year for marrying contrary to discipline; moved to Illinois 1826; 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).‑‑DAVID (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Esther Shinn, sixth child of David and Mary Shinn, was born in Frederick County, Va., May, 1793; married, 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 Moses Shinn, eighth child of Levi and Elizabeth, 1817; she died 10/1/1823 at Shinnston, Va.

Children of Samuel and Esther (Shinn) Busby.

1613. (1) John Hamilton Busby, b. 1814; moved to New Orleans in 1841, where

he became a prominent merchant.

Children of Moses and Esther (Shinn‑Busby) Shinn.

1614. (1) 2. Silas Shinn, b. 1817; ob. sine proli.

1615. (2) 3. Elisha Shinn, b. 1821; m. Mary Payne Le Fevre.

1616. (3) 4. Emily Shinn, b. 1821; m., (1) 9/‑‑/1840, Seth M. Sandy, son of

William and Rhoda; (2) Benjamin Martin.

488. JOSEPH SHINN (5).‑‑CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Joseph Shinn, eldest child of Clement and Ruth (Bates) Shinn, was born 9/23/1775, in New Jersey; married, in Harrison County, Va., 7/3/1800, Mary Mathis. He was a farmer and pioneer.

Children of Joseph and Mary (Mathis) Shinn.

1617. (1) Reuben Shinn, b. 1801; m. (1) Sarah Hoskins, at Powhatan, Belmont

County, Ohio, 1821; (2) Maria Hanks, in Monroe County, Ohio; (3)

(???), in Washington County, Ohio.

1618. (2) Job M. Shinn, b. 1803; m., by Rev. W. Lucas, on Simpson Creek, 9/25/1825,

to (???) Duncan.

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489. MOSES SHINN (5).‑‑CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Moses Shinn, second child of Clement and Ruth (Bates) Shinn, was born 2/10/1779, in New Jersey; married, 4/15/1799, in Harrison County, Va., Sarah, daughter of Anthony and Elizabeth (Cooper) Kyle,1 a farmer and pioneer. He died in 1871, being ninety‑three years of age; his wife died in her eighty‑fourth year.

Children of Moses and Sarah (Kyle) Shinn.

1619. (1) 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 (Davidson)

Shinn; (2) Harvey Crosthwait.

1621. (3) 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., 9/7/1837, 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 1/10/1781 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, Va.; 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, O., and from thence was transferred by team to Henry County, Indiana. His wife died in 1833; he then removed to Fayette, then to Blackford County, Indiana; thence to the home of his son Elias at Dubuque, Ia.; he died at Uniontown, Ill., 1851, at the house of his nephew, Hiram.

¹Elizabeth 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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Children of Daniel and Mary (Whiteman) Shinn.

1627. (1) Noah Shinn; m. Ann Fort.

1628. (2) Elias Shinn; m. Harriet Ummensetter.

1629. (3) Charity Shinn, b. 1806; m. Levi Gorrell.

1630. (4) Unity Shinn, b. 1/31/1808; ob. infans.

1631. (5) Henry Shinn; m. Harriet Walker.

1632. (6) Israel Shinn; m. Mary Ann Hood.

1633. (7) Darius Shinn; m. Rachel L. Turner.

1634. (8) Hyman Shinn; m. Ann Van Buskirk Welch.

1635. (9) Newman Shinn; m. Christina Marts.

1636. (10) Harrison Shinn; m. Mary Jane Spencer.

1637. (11) Mary Ann Shinn; m. William Burchard.

1638. (12) Silas Shinn; b. 1826.

1639. (13) Sabra Shinn; m. Nathan Ellsworth.

491. HEPZIBAH SHINN (5).‑‑CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1)

Hepzibah Shinn, fourth child of Clement and Ruth (Bates) Shinn, was born 4/25/1784 on Middle Creek, Harrison County, Virginia; married, 7/2/1800, Levi, eldest son of Jonathan and Mary (Clark) Shinn. (For her descendants see Levi (5), son of Jonathan.)

492. CLEMENT SHINN (5).‑‑CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Clement Shinn, fifth child of Clement and Ruth (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 up a farm on Rock Camp (from which he was called Rock Camp Clement), where he lived to see several of his children 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 Carroll County, Indiana, where he died, 3/28/1868, in his eighty‑first year. His children were as follows, as taken from the record made by himself:

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Children of Clement and Lueretia (Shinn) Shinn.

1640. (1) Zilpha Shinn; m. Bennett Rittenhouse.

1641. (2) Isaac Shinn, b. 8/28/1810; ob. infans.

1642. (3) Aschah Shinn; m. Noah Harbert.

1643. (4) Restore Shinn, b. 1/19/1815.

1644. (5) Agnes Shinn; m. 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) Lucretia Shinn; m. Mr. Harbert.

1651. (12) Olive Shinn, b. 5/10/1830.

1652. (13) Tabitha Shinn; m. Stephen Peters.

493. EDWARD SHINN (5).‑‑CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Edward, sixth child of Clement and Ruth (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 removed with his family to Kentucky, where all further trace of his history was lost. His children, as given by Samuel O. Shinn of Shinnston, W. Va., 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, Va.

Children of Clement and Mary Shinn.

1653. (1) Rhoda, b. 1795; m. William Sandy, in Virginia, and had three children‑‑Seth,

Levi and George. There were other children.

1654. (2) Orpha, b. 1797; m. Isaiah Harbort.

1655. (3) Mahlon, b. 9/15/1798; m. Mary Edwards.

1666. (4) Josiah, b. 1800; ob. sine proll, 1821.

1667. (5) Seth, b. 1805; m. (1) Rebecca Smith; (2) Mary J. Reeser, of Cumberland,

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. Rev. Robert 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.

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(2) Children of Solomon and Mary Ann (Kirksey) Shinn.

1677. (1) 7. William, b. 1812; ob. 1881, unmarried.

1678. (2) 8. Raymond, b. 1814; ob. 1851, unmarried.

1679. (3) 9. Susan, b. 1819; m. (1) J. Pickens, 1840; (2) J. Lyons.

1680. (4) 10. Abner, b. October, 1820; m. (1) Mary Hough; (2) H. Wilson

1681. (5) 11. Robert Franklin, b. 1821; m. Fannie Jackson Taylor.

1682. (6) 12. Emeline, b. 1824; ob. 1853.

1683. (7) 13. John, b. 1826; ob. 1839.

1684. (8) 14. Julia Ann; m. E. G. Lyons.

501. ANN SHINN (5).‑‑LEVI (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Ann, third child of Levi and Elizabeth (Smith) Shinn, born Harrison County, Virginia, 1777; married, 4/11/1799, Daniel Whiteman, and had a daughter Ann, who married Levi, son of Levi and Sarah (McDole) Shinn, her cousin. (See Levi (5).)

504. ELIZABETH SHINN (5).‑‑LEVI (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Elizabeth, daughter of Levi and Elizabeth (Smith) Shinn, born Harrison County, Virginia; married,1806, Joseph W. Wilson; she died in 1850. Children:

1685. (1) Michael Shinn Wilson, b. in Virginia, 1806; m. Celia Campbell, and

moved to Southern Missouri, where he died, leaving a family.

1686. (2) Thomas R. Wilson, b. 1808; m. Rebecca Reading, and moved to Northern

Missouri, where he died, leaving a family.

1687. (3) Joseph H. Wilson, b. 1810; 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; ob. in Texas.

1692. (8) Sophia W. Wilson, b. 1823; m. E. C. Brown, in 1850; moved to Versailles,

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 buried in the ocean.

1694. (10) Harriet W. Wilson, b. 1834; m. B. G. Bowlin; moved to Versailles, Mo.,

where she now resides (1903). This entire family adhered to the

Union cause, and inclined to the Methodist Church.

500. SARAH SHINN (5).‑‑LEVI (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Sarah, daughter of Levi and Elizabeth (Smith) Shinn, born Harrison County, Virginia; married (1) (???) Walmsley; (2), 7/19/1817, Jedediah, son of John (4), Edward (3), John (2), Cornelius (1) and Jemima (Abbott) Waldo (born 10/19/1772; ob. 1/20/1858). Sarah Shinn was his second wife, and he was her second husband; he was a man of wealth and the owner of many slaves. The children of the last marriage were Isaac and Sarah. Sarah died in infancy, and Isaac Copeland Shinn, born 4/18/1818, ob. 12/11/1846 at Roanoke, Va., married, in November, 1836, Elizabeth, daughter of Jedediah and Martha (Duvall) Goff of Booth's Creek, who died at Roanoke in 1900. The children were:

1695. (1) Jedediah G. Waldo, who enlisted in the Union army, and died at

Washington in 1863.

1696. (2) Thaddeus P. Waldo; o. s. p. 12/7/1867.

1697. (3) Isaac Copeland Waldo, b. 2/14/1845, at Bridgeport, Va.; hotel business

at Weston, Va., for many years; m. 1/16/1867, at Weston, Elizabeth

Ann. daughter of W. G. T. and Maria V. (Hereford) Camp, of Lewis

County, W. Va., and had one son, Isaac William Waldo, b. 5/21/1874,

who resides at Baltimore, Md., unmarried; he is chief clerk of car

service of the B. & O. R. R. Co., and has been the genealogist of the

Waldo family since the death of his eminent kinsman, Lorenza

Pinckney Waldo.

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503. LEVI SHINN (5).‑‑LEVI (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Levi, sixth child of Levi and Elizabeth (Smith) Shinn, was born in 1783; 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 Virginia,

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, Ill. (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, Ill.,

and had the following children: (1) Alva W., (2) Raymond A., (3)

William E., (4) George W., (5) Martha.

502. AARON SHINN (5).‑‑LEVI (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Aaron, son of Levi and Elizabeth (Smith) Shinn, born in Virginia; married Mary Piggott, 5/23/1811. He was a stone mason and built the stone house in Shinnston, now occupied by 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 large family, whose names I have not been able toascertain.

505. MOSES SHINN (5).‑‑LEVI (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Moses Shinn, eighth child of Levi and Elizabeth (Smith) Shinn, was born 3/11/1791 in Harrison County, Virginia; married, in 1816, Mrs. Esther Busby, widow of Samuel Busby and daughter of David Shinn of Hampshire County, Virginia, 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 stepmother. 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 SHINN (5).‑‑LEVI (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Isaiah Shinn, ninth and youngest child of Levi and Elizabeth (Smith) Shinn, born in Harrison County, Virginia, 5/14/1794; married Nancy Robey in same county, 4/17/1816. Moved to Pike County, Illinois, where he died, 12/13/1871. His wife died 4/3/1877.

Children of Isaiah and Nancy (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.

507. LEVI SHINN (5).‑‑JONATHAN (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Levi Shinn, eldest child of Jonathan and Mary (Clark) Shinn, was born in New 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., 7/1/1800. 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 Licking Counties, Ohio, for many years.¹ 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.

1716. (3) Lavina Shinn; m. (1) Abner Warmsley; (2) Genus Clarke.

1717. (4) Naomi Shinn; m. Justus Jarrect.

1718. (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 Mrs. Edwards, a most estimable woman. Upon a farm in Harrison County, Virginia, Asa spent his youth, with such educational 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 grammar until after he began to preach." The inference is that he had no education in English grammar until after he began his itinerary. If so, it would not have lessened his real ability. But the remark shows an ignorance of affairs that is lamentable. Lindley Murrey published the first English grammar, between 1780 and 1790, after Asa Shinn's birth. Are we to suppose that there was no knowledge of English before this book was published? Asa Shinn never saw an English grammar until he began 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 when he began to preach, and this enabled him to meet the difficulties of every position in after life. A fall from a tree when a mere youth injured his head, but this gave way to treatment, returning, however, at critical times in his life to annoy him. He was a class leader at fifteen; a neighborhood preacher at sixteen; recognized by the Baltimore Conference of the M. E. C. in his eighteenth year, and put upon the Monongahela Circuit with Quinn; he gave promise of greatness and attracted crowds wherever he went; his reasoning was of the grandest 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 then separated it from the rest and studied its function. The table was covered with parts and the bystanders murmured 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 mechanism. It is a good gift from the Almighty."

¹Pioneer Paper, No. 31, Licking County, Ohio, by Rev. C. Springer, states that he

was a pioneer preacher, and lived in Bowling Green Township, Licking County, Ohio.

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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 Hockhocking 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 Ohio; in 1806 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, Georgetown, D. C. Whether in large cities of the East or in the lashings 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. Rest relieved 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 apparently in 1820. In 1822 he was made Presiding Elder of the Pittsburg District; in 1825 the Pittsburgh Conference was formed and Asa Shinn stationed at that city. 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, an office corresponding to the rank of bishop in the old church, and stationed at Cincinnati, where he remained four years. Here he lost his second wife. In 1833 the Pittsburgh Conference of the M. P. Church was formed and he was elected president. From 1835 to 1837 he was associate editor of the Methodist Protestant of Baltimore. President of the General Conference of the M. P. C. at its meeting at Pittsburg in 1838; president of the succeeding General Conference at Baltimore in 1842; member of the Convention that formed the Constitution and Discipline of the M. P. C. in 1830; during his connection with the Baltimore Conference M. E. C., a period of twenty‑eight years, he filled many important positions,

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and in the M. P. C. held 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 published a voluminous series of articles in the Mutual Rights. In 1840 he published at Philadelphia his most profound work, one that placed him among the profound thinkers of the world, "The Benevolence and Rectitude of the Supreme Being." Dr. Miller of the M. E. C. S. told the writer in 1892 that he studied this book at college in South Carolina, and considered it one of the greatest works ever written. Dr. Alger in his "Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life" says of the book: "It is written with charming simplicity and candor." Dr. Adam Clark, his contemporary, after reading it pronounced him the greatest reasoner in America. He was called the "Jonathan Edwards" of the M. P. C. In 1848 his mind gave way again and the last five years of his life were shrouded in mental darkness. He died at Brattleboro, Vt., 2/11/1853. Years after his death Isaac Smucker, who had heard him in his pioneer preaching in Ohio, and had witnessed his growth in later years, wrote these words: "The great promise of Mr. 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 judgment that no man of a better intellect, nor of a higher order of pulpit 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, Virginia, Phebe Barnes; second at Pittsburgh, Pa., Mrs. Mary Bennington (Wrenshall) Gibson,1 daughter of John Wrenshall.

Children of Asa and Phebe (Barnes) Shinn.

1724. (1) William M. Shinn, b. 6/16/1809; m. Henrietta M. Colhoun.

1725. (2) James Shinn; ob. 1813.

1726. (3) Eliza Shinn; m. Thomas Reeder.

1727. (4) Mary Shinn; ob. 1813.

Children of Asa and Mary Bennington Shinn.

1728. (1) 5. Thornton Asa Shinn.

¹John Wrenshall, a Methodist preacher, and the author of "Farewell to Pittsburg

and the Mountains," was a son of Thomas and Margaret Wrenshall, of Preston,

England. He was born December 27th, 1761, and on the 6th of October, 1783, married

Mary, daughter of Matthew 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 Liverpool for Philadelphia, where they arrived October 15, 1794:

1. Margaret Sarah, who married William Boggs, and died at Florence, Ala.

2. Mary Bennington, who married (1) Woolman Gibson, and (2) Asa Shinn, and

died at Cincinnati, Ohio.

3. Ellen Bray, who married Frederick Dent, and became the mother of Mrs. U.

S. Grant, and died at St. Louis, Mo.

4. Fanny Fieldhouse, who married William Smith, and died at Washington, Pa.

The following were born in Pittsburg, Pa.:

5. Emily, who married Samuel K. Page, and died in Louisville, Ky.

6. Sarah, who married John K. Fielding, and died at St. Charles, Mo.

7. John Fletcher, who married Mary Ann Cowan, and died at Woodville, Pa.

Mrs. Mary Wrenshall died July 1st, 1812, and Mr. Wrenshall married Ann

Holdship, who died November 9th, 1814, leaving a daughter, who did not long survive

her mother. (General note below.)

General Note‑‑For those who desire to know more of Rev. Asa Shinn, I refer

them to a "History of the Methodist Protestant Church," by Rev. D. J. Drinkhouse,

which, I am assured by Dr. F. T. Tagg, editor of the "Methodist Protestant," is, after the

biography 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 Monongahela (Ohio), Baltimore and

Pittsburg Conferences of the M. E. C. and of the M. P. C.; Sprague's Annals, VII,

Methodist, 1859; Abbott's Biblical Catalogue at end No. 4283; files of the "Methodist

Protestant," 1835‑36; files of the "Mutual Rights," 1822‑28.)

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511. ELIZABETH SHINN (5).‑‑JONATHAN (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2)

JOHN (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 husband was a pioneer preacher of the M. 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. Phebe 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. 9/23/1820; m. Emma, daughter of Isaiah and Nancy (Robey)

Shinn, 5/22/1851.

512. AMASA SHINN (5).‑‑JONATHAN (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Amasa Shinn, eldest child of Jonathan and Mary (Edwards) Shinn, was born in Harrison County, Virginia, circa 1789; married Lydia, daughter of David and Mary Shinn, of Hampshire County, Virginia, 2/7/1820. Moved to Illinois and settled in Kinderhook Township, Pike County, being one of the first settlers. (History Pike County, Illinois.) For descendants see Lydia, daughter of David Shinn (5).

624. DANIEL SHINN (6).‑‑JOHN (5), JOHN (4), GEORGE (3), JOHN (2),

JOHN (1).

In the Gazetteer of Illinois and Missouri, published in 1822, Chicago is mentioned as a village in Pike County containing twelve or fifteen houses and about sixty 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: "Franklin and Shinn, the first settlers of Pike County, as now known." Under this caption the specific information is given, that Franklin arrived in March, 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 New Jersey 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 Clermont 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 ever 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 logs 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 they 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 undressing and headed for Missouri. About midway Shinn was attacked by cramp

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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 clothing 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 prosperous in his affairs and left his children a fine estate. His wife died in 1849 and he survived her for three years. 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. 1807, in New Jersey; to Ohio as a child; to Illinois at

twenty; m. (1) Charlotte Cooper; (2) Rebecca Jackson; to Davis County, Iowa,

in 1853; ob. in Iowa, 1883. Children of Benjamin Shinn:

1, James Shinn (8), 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, Ilma Lucretia, Minnie Laurinda and

Effie.

2. John Hackett Shinn (7), b. 1809, in New Jersey; to Illinois in 1820; m. Theodora

Hoskins, 1829, in Pike County, Ill.; founded New Hartford in 1836, in conjunction

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 perhaps 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 large 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 prominence

in political affairs has been thrust upon him rather than sought after

by him. He is a consistent Democrat, and has always been known as a

fighter 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

sought and considered since Territorial days by the leaders of his party.

He has filled with distinction more than one position of trust, and has

refused others that would have advertised his ability and worth. There

is no uncertainty about him; one always knows where to find him. His

friends and enemies are a unit as to his straightforward, upright methods.

His most prominent characteristic is masterful executive ability. He is

intensely American in all things. His paternal ancestor came to New

Jersey in 1678, and was a distinguished citizen of that colony; his grandfather

earned a captaincy in the Mexican War, and the intimacy there

formed with Grant and Taylor did not cease with the war. Colonel Shinn

is a large man, one of the largest, physically, in the State, and his great

size is but an index to his mentality. The Colonel married a Denver girl‑‑Minnie

Albertson‑‑and reared a large family of intelligent and loving children."

Colonel Shinn is a mining engineer, and resides at Leadville; manager of the Nayr Development Co., of that place; this syndicate is a most enterprising

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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 Colorado. 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 County, Iowa, 1859; m. in Texas,

1879, and had:

1, Theodora; 2, Hattie; 3, Mamie; 4, Hazel.

6. Theodora Elizabeth Shinn (9), b. in Davis County, Iowa, 1860; m., in Moberly,

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. Harriet 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, Ill., 1/7/1827; m., 6/27/1846, Mary Jane,

daughter 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 Chicago

markets; a successful man; lives at Pittsfield, Ill. 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, Ill.; to California; d. on ocean returning; was

buried in sea.

12. Asa Shinn (7).

626. JOAB SHINN (6).‑‑JOHN (5), JOHN (4), GEORGE (3), JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Joab, son of John and Mary Shinn, born in Gloucester County, New Jersey, 1794; learned the tinner's trade in Philadelphia, Pa.; served as a soldier in 1812; to Ohio 1814; married there, 1815, Nancy English; to Indiana, thence to Kinderhook Township, Pike County, Illinois, being its first settler; Methodist; Democrat and farmer; ob. in Pike County, Illinois, 1866.

Children of Joab and Nancy (English) Shinn.

1. Achey Shinn (7); m. Carroll Hawkins; d. at Withamsville, Ill.

2. Lydia Shinn (7), b. 1818; m. a Brigham, Bloomington, Ill.; living, 1902.

3. Elizabeth Shinn (7); ob. sole; 4, John Shinn (7); ob. leaving a large family.

5. Mary 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 Shirgley; lives

in Kansas.

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2. Kate Shinn (8), b. 8/26/1865; Christian Scientist; m. I. Wooley, a farmer; resides

at Dayton, Okla.

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.

628, JOHN SHINN (6).‑‑JOHN (5), JOHN (4), GEORGE (3), JOHN (2),

JOHN (1).

John Shinn, son of John and Mary Shinn, was born in New Jersey about 1789; married in Gloucester County about 1806, Rebecca Lippincott; drove a wagon in 1822 to Cincinnati, O., 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), Ill.; erected the first two‑story house; was a Methodist preacher, and his house was long the home of the church. Peter Cartwright 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; he died in 1865 full of years and honor. His children were:

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, Ill., 1831;

settled at Griggsville, and had:

1. Horace B. Shinn (8), b., 1828, in Clermont County, Ohio.

2. John B. Shinn (8), b. 10/28/1830, in Ohio; attended McKendree College, Lebanon,

Ill.; m. Charlotte E. Fielding, in Pike County, Ill., 9/6/1853, and had children:

1. Charles B. Shinn (9).

2. Grace L. Shinn; m. William Crawford (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. Mary B. Shinn; m. Elmer Laird (9).

3. Hannah A. Shinn (8); m. James Elder, State of Washington.

4. Charles W. Shinn (8), architect, Springfield, Ill.; m. Etta Hutchinson; no children.

5. Kate Shinn (8); m. Nathaniel Stephens, Santa Rosa, Cala.

6. 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, Ill., 1831; m., 1834, Sarah Evans; farmer and Methodist preacher;

he had sixteen children; eight died in infancy; the others were:

1. Clement Lippincott Shinn (8), b. Pike County, Ill.; m. Sarah Brown, at Hettick,

Ill., and had one daughter, Olive.

2. Joseph Shinn (8); enlisted, July 22d, 1861, in Company G, 8th 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 Griggsville,

Ill., and had one daughter, Gertrude, who married W. H., Cook, of

Peoria, Ill.

3. James Shinn (8), b. at Griggsville, Ill., 8/31/1841; served three years in the 8th

Illinois Infantry and Signal Corps, U. S. A.; has been for many years electrical

engineer at the Illinois Institution for the Blind, at Jacksonville, Ill.;

m., 1864, Kate, daughter of William Glenn, and had children:

1. Herbert Shinn (9), b. 1867; m. Eva Hubbard, of Pittsfield, Ill.

2. Della M. Shinn (9), b. 1869.

3. August Shinn (9), b. 1870; m. O. W. Jones, of Newburg, Mo.

4. John Shinn (8).

5. Martha Jane Shinn (8); m. Hamilton Pastors, and had one son, Harry.

6. Mary Shinn (8), m. W. S. McKinney, and had five children‑‑Samuel, John.

Thomas, Stanly and Mattie, all of Griggsville, Ill.

7. Ellen 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, Ill., 1831; m. Laurawa Paulin, and had children:

1. Parvin Shinn (8), b. 10/10/1838, in Pike County, Ill.; 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 (8).

4. Clement Lippincott Shinn (7), b. in Gloucester County, N. J., December, 1815;

second lieutenant in 73d Ill. Infantry; m., 1839, in Pike County, Ill., Catherine

Hollings, of Baltimore, Md.; moved to Moultrie County, Ill., 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, Ill., 2/11/1849; enlisted as drummer

boy in the 68th Illinois Infantry; at McKendree College, 1867 and 1868; admitted

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 married

W. W. Williams; there were no children by this marriage.

6. Ann Shinn (7); m. William Kinman and moved to Jacksonville, Ill. Enlisted in

the 115th Illinois Infantry, and was made lieutenant‑colonel; killed at Chickamauga.

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, Ill.

4. Annabelle Parker (8); m. Fred Ferrand, of Griggsville, Ill., and had two children‑‑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 (Shinn) 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).

Nancy, second child of John and Jane (Herbert) Shinn, born 9/25/1781 in New Hanover Township, Burlington County, New 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 children:

Charles Henry, Maberry, Daniel W., John Anthony, Thomas L., Adelia

and Samuel J.

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; Millard,

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:

Elizabeth and Scott.

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4. Jane S. Logan (7); b. 8/15/1817; m., 3/15/1865, Charles Ashton.

5. Elizabeth Ann Logan (7); b. 4/29/1821; m., 12/17/1840, Job Gaskell, and had Cornelia

H., Antoinette W., Dana Boardman.

6. James Logan (7); b. 12/9/1825; m. Jerusha Clevenger, and had Edward Everett,

James P.

586. JOHN SHINN (6).‑‑JOHN (5), GEORGE (4), GEORGE (3), JOHN (2),

JOHN (1).

John, third child of John and Jane (Herbert) Shinn, born in New Hanover Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, 12/8/1785; married Elizabeth Asay in Monmouth County, 11/1/1809, and moved to Mansfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. The following is the record of children as taken from the Bible of his daughter‑in‑law, Hannah (Lyons) Shinn. John died 12/20/1840, near Georgetown, N. J. Elizabeth died 7/26/1863. Children:

1. John Irick Shinn (7); b. 8/9/1810; farmer; m. Hannah Wilbur, daughter of Daniel

and Mary (Smith) Lyons, 1/15/1837, and had children, who, for the most part,

live in and around Burlington, N. J.:

1. Elizabeth Shinn (8), who m. Joseph Shumard.

2. Catherine Shinn (8), who m. Daniel Cross.

3. John Shinn (8), who died young.

4. Sarah Shinn (8), who married Charles Page.

5. Elnora Shinn (8), who died young.

6. Adam Charles Shinn (8), who m. Meribah Page.

7. Col. John Irick Shinn (8); b. 8/30/1846, near Georgetown; worked on a farm

near Buddtown; in 1864 enlisted in Co. I, 37th N. J. Vol. 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 resided;

joined the National Guard of New Jersey in May, 1881; private in Co.

A, 6th Regiment; lieutenant and captain, 1885; major, 1893; colonel 3d Regiment,

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 (9); 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., Spanish‑American

War; d. 7/18/1898.

5. Arthur Shinn (9); b. 2/15/1881; m. Anna Wilkinson, November, 1900.

6. Wilmer (9); 7, Louise (9); 8, Delora (9).

8. Samuel P. Shinn (8); ob. infans.

9. Hannah B. Shinn (8); 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. Mary 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.

589. JOSEPH SHINN (6).‑‑JOHN (5), GEORGE (4), GEORGE (3), JOHN (2),

JOHN (1).

Joseph, sixth child of John and Jane (Herbert) Shinn, married Catherine Burtis, 7/5/1812, and moved to Haddonfield, N. 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. 4/12/1866; m. J. Ely Robbins, 12/23/1891.

2. 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.

2. 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. Lydia 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).

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3. Henry P. Croshaw (8); b. 1/5/1848; m. Elizabeth Okerson, 9/15/1870, and had

children:

1. Charles E. Croshaw (9); b. 2/11/1872; m., 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 (9); 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 (7); 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 Zane Shinn (8); b. 8/14/1847; m. David Ewan, 12/24/1878, at Burlington,

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, Ill.

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, Burlington.

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, 1817, Margaret Carpenter Woodnutt, 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; prominent legally, socially and politically in Salem County for forty years; his wife, Margaret 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 Royal Descent.")

Children of William Jenks and Margaret Carpenter (Woodnutt) Shinn, who lived

to manhood or womanhood.

(1) Emeline Woodnutt Shinn, b. November 15, 1817; ob. August 5, 1888.

(2) Samuel Shivers Shinn, b. 10/16/1824; ob. January 17, 1869, unm.

(3) Mary Woodnutt Shinn, b. June 15, 1825; d. March 7, 1856; m. Thomas

Sydenham Reed, M. D., b. April 1, 1822; d. September 11, 1889; resided

and practiced at Philadelphia. Had children:

1. Margaret S. Reed; ob. in infancy.

2. Charles Henry Reed, b. 1/26/1852; m., 12/12/1883, Louisa Johanna

Schermeral at Vienna, Austria; a graduate of Yale; resides and practices

at Philadelphia, Pa. Children:

1. Emlen Shinn Reed, b. Vienna, Austria, Sept. 8, 1884.

2. Martha Clawson Reed, b. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 21, 1886.

3. Marion Reed, b. Philadelphia, Pa., April 13, 1888.

4. Anna Lee 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 R. 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. 4/5/1824; m., 12/6/1815, Israel R. 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); m. I. 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 which

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 his 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. 4/21/1866; graduated from Yale in 1889;

in business several years at Denver, Col.; graduated afterwards from the

law school of the U. of P.; began practice of law in Philadelphia in 1898

and is still so engaged; resides at Woodstown, N. J.; m., 6/4/1890,

Mary Carnahan McDonald, great‑granddaughter of James Carnahan,

who was president of Princeton University from 1840 to 1857. Children:

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. ISAAO 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. George 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).

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3. Allen Busby Shinn (7); b. at 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.

645. GIDEON H. SHINN (6).‑‑ISAAC (5), URIAH (4), JOSHUA (3), JOHN (2),

JOHN (1).

Gideon, third child of Isaac and Martha (Jones) Shinn, lived and died in New Jersey. He was an octogenarian when I corresponded with his daughter, Mrs. Wiggins, of Palmyra, N. J., in 1889 and 1890. He gave me much valuable information concerning his ancestry, but failed to give me a record of his children. Correspondence since then has not brought the information. Besides Mrs. Wiggins there is an unmarried daughter, Lizzie, in Camden. There may be other children.

646. URIAS SHINN (6).‑‑ISAAC (5), URIAH (4), JOSHUA (3), JOHN (2),

JOHN (1).

Urias, fourth child of Isaac and Martha (Jones) Shinn, was born 7/8/1810 at Moorestown, N. J.; married Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin and Nancy Bispham, in Gloucester County, N. J., 10/7/1832. His descendants were:

1. Sarah Shinn (7); b. 2/4/1833; m., Thanksgiving Day, 1857, Joseph B. Stewart,

of Philadelphia, Pa. 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; m. Lemuel Middleton, of Haddonfield, and had

William L.

3. 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/‑‑/1873.

648. WILLIAM HOOTEN SHINN (6).‑‑ISAAC (5), URIAH (4), JOSHUA (3),

JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

William Hooten, sixth child of Isaac and Martha (Jones) Shinn, born at Moorestown, N. J., 1/30/1816; a farmer; married Sarah Wolfe of Philadelphia, Pa., 1838; ob. there 4/26/1852; the widow married Samuel Sheppard, 1856; ob. in 1862. There were three children born by the first marriage:

(1) Sarah Shinn (7), b. Philadelphia, Pa., 1841; married George Sidebotham

of that place in 1863 and died in 1872. Children:

(1) Julius Braselman (8); 2 George (8); 3 Sarah (8).

(2) George Wolfe Shinn (7), b. in Philadelphia 12/14/1839; educated at

the public schools of that city, at the Virginia Thcological School,

and graduated from the Philadelphia Divinity School, 1863; entered

the Ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church, holding rectorates

in Philadelphia, Shamokin and Lock Haven, Pa., and Troy, N. Y.,

and finally became Rector of Grace Church, Newton, Mass.; was at

St. Paul's Church, Lock Haven, from February, 1867, until November,

1870, when he went to St. Luke's church, Troy, N. Y. In Furey's

History of Clinton County (p. 142) there is this reference: "The

Central State Normal School was established in the city of Lock Haven

through the effort of Dr. Albert N. Raub and Rev. Geo. Wolfe

Shinn. Mr. Shinn was a frequent visitor and lecturer at the high

school at Lock Haven, presided over by Dr. Raub, who suggested the

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project of making Lock Haven the place for the school of the Eighth

Normal School District. Mr. Shinn received the suggestion with

enthusiasm, and from that time these two educated and refined gentlemen

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 N. Raub: "Of all who were a few years ago

interested in the educational question, no one gave more time and labor

towards its solution that Rev. Geo. Wolfe Shinn, Rector from

1866 to 1870 of St. Paul's Episcopal Church at Lock Haven. He was

a frequent 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 valuable

to the pupils. His experience served to deepen the need of better

schools."

From November, 1870, to September, 1873, Mr. Shinn held the rectorate of St. Luke's Episcopal Church at Troy, N. Y. Owing to the meager provision in the neighborhood of this parish for the education of children he established a Parish Day School, which soon numbered 124 pupils. Its success led to his being made the head master of St. Paul's School, an endowed institution connected with old St. Paul's Parish in that city, but which had become almost depleted of its scholars, speedily revived and numbered 104 pupils when he left it. He relinquished this work because of his desire to resume the charge of a parish, and became Rector of Grace Church, Newton. On Sunday, Jan. 3, 1875, he began the work at Grace Church, Newton, Mass., where he has since remained. He was formally instituted into

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the office of Rector by Bishop Paddock. The preacher of the sermon that day was Rev. 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 25th anniversary of Dr. Shinn's institution as Rector 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, resourcefulness, 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 Newton, Mass., for twenty‑seven years. He found a church building encumbered with a heavy debt, upon which a high rate of interest was charged, and a congregation of moderate size. In course of time the debt was paid, the church was consecrated, and its interior was richly decorated and improved. By degrees additions were made to the main building, a splendid Parish House, and an excellent chapel erected, unnumbered 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 Newton Parish; in 1895 the Rector's Study, another memorial to Mr. Charles A. Townsend; the building of three new parishes, the Messiah 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 series of publications that reached the hands of one hundred thousand young people every Sunday morning; published a number of books for adults and a large number of pamphlets, 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 hastening the kingdom of God"; the formation of the Ministers' Union for the promotion of Christian Unity; one of the founders and its first and only secretary for twenty‑five years, of the Tuesday Club, a literary organization of leading professional and business men of Newton; vice‑president and chaplain of the Actors' Church Alliance, and in 1901 becoming president of the Boston Chapter of that 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 addition to these he has been identified with the general work of the Episcopal Church 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 Missionary Council,

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and president of the Corporation, "The Boston School of Expression."

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."¹

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

¹ The following are his publications, in part:

For twenty years editing the "Teachers' Assistant" and the "Whittaker

Series of Instruction Papers;" editing a prayerbook and hymnal

for Sunday school use.

In book form:

"A Manual of Instruction Upon the Collects, Episties 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 Beginners

in Religion" (1882), "An Illustrated Guide for Chapel Builders,"

"Grace Church and Its Architecture," "Modern Substitutes for Christianity‑‑Christian

Science, Theosophy, Socialism and Spiritualism."

Magazine articles:

"Friendly Talks About Marriage," "The Actors' Church Alliance"

("Arena"); "What Has Become of Hell?" ("North American"). Pamphlets:

"The Theater 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"), "Dramatic

Ideals: The Stage as a Teacher." This last delivered in St. Stephen'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."

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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 M. A. degree, when called away

by death. Ob. 10/13/1892.

(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, Auburndale, Mass., her specialty being elocution;

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 enthusiastic student

and teacher.

650. MILES J. SHINN (6).‑‑ISAAC (5), URIAH (4), JOSHUA (3), JOHN (2),

JOHN (1).

Miles J., eighth child of Isaac and Martha (Jones) Shinn, was born at Moorestown, N. J., 10/3/1820; at eighteen removed to Richmond, Ind., with Reuben H. Ivins; apprenticed there for four years, learning the trade of a shoemaker; in 1842 began business for himself; married, 9/18/1849, Ann C., daughter of Thomas Newman of Richmond, Ind.; settled on the Newman farm in 1850; in1854, with two other men, started a paper mill; an active supporter of the cause of temperance, having been allied with several organizations, some of which were organized by him; member of the Indiana State Temperance Alliance. He never spent a cent for intoxicating liquor to be drunk as a beverage, nor for that other scourge of the human race, tobacco; joined the Whitewater I. O. O. F. in 1847, and ever afterwards took a prominent part in the organization and support of associations of that order; originated and assisted in organizing in 1842 a literary society, called the Washington Institute of Richmond; in 1850 took an active part in organizing a similar society of the name in Ratliff School district, where he resided; the society still continues and has a respectable library; aided in forming the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Richmond, Ind.; in 1876, with his family, visited the scenes of his childhood in New Jersey; in 1878 bought lands near Wichita, Kan., and removed to them in 1879; his wife died there, 10/22/1884; removed to Sumner County, Kansas, 1885; Democrat until the breaking out of the Civil War; supported Lincoln the second term, and was a Republican until his death, 9/27/1896; his children, all born and reared at Richmond, Ind., were as follows:

1. Newman Howard Shinn (7); b. 9/11/1850; joined the Friends at Richmond, Ind.;

teacher and farmer; m., 11/6/1878, Alice A., daughter of Jonathan Scearce, and

had:

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1. Anna Clara Shinn (8); b. 2/29/1880.

2. Thaddeus 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 Fran??s 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

1901.

3. James Ernest (8). 4. Susie May (8).

4. Indiana C. Shinn; b. 6/19/1859; ob. 7/12/1880.

651. JOSEPH HOOTEN SHINN (6).‑‑ISAAC (5), URIAH (4), JOSHUA (3),

JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Joseph Hooten, ninth child of Isaac and Martha (Jones) Shinn, was born 6/30/1822 in Delaware; married Louisa Wilhelmina Kreuger at Camden, N. J., 4/2/1856; she was born in Germany 2/28/1838, and died at Camden 4/25/1895; he 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. 1860; 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 Moorestown, N. J.; married, 10/21/1852, Mary S., daughter of Godfrey and Ann Hancock, both residing at Chairville, Camden County, N. J., at the time; removed to Atlantic City, N. J., where his family 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 children:

1. Lena S. Shinn (8). 2. Stewart H. Shinn (8).

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. 1790, 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 marksman;

Republican; represented Atlantic City in the Board of Chosen Freeholders

for nine years, serving one year as President of the board; Methodist; two children‑‑Helen and Marion.

3. 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

L., 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.

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876. JOHN WHITE SHINN (6).‑‑JOHN (5), JOHN (4), JACOB (3), JOHN (2),

JOHN (1).

John White, eldest child of John and Mary (White) Shinn, was born in New Jersey 1806; ob. Canton, Ill., 3/4/1868; married at Mt. Holly, N. J., 3/19/1836, Elizabeth Reeves Cox (born Philadelphia, Pa., 7/26/1813; ob. at Canton, Ill., 12/10/1891); moved to Canton, Ill., the same year; druggist; member of the school board; School Commissioner Fulton County, 1851‑3. Prominent in political and commercial affairs. Nominated by the Democrats in 1838 and in 1841 for County Commissioner. He left several children, who reside at Canton. One of them is a preacher in the United Brethren Church. Children:

1. John White, Jr. (7); b. 12/10/1835; ob. 8/15/1836.

2. Mary White (7); b. 2/6/1837; m., 3/4/1855, John Rice Beadles, at Canton, Ill.

3. Sarah Elizabeth (7). 4. Eliza Bean (7).

5. George Washington Cox (7); b. 5/29/1841; ob. 4/4/1862; 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, Ill.

7. Rev. William Budd (7); b. 9/26/1844; m., 1/12/1871, Elizabeth Greenslit, at Canton,

Ill.

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, Ill.

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 Philadelphia, 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 Philadelphia, 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 everything else that a boy could do, I have these words: "In those days there were no commercial travelers. The merchants from the West, the South and the Southwest came to Philadelphia for their purchases. Daily association with these men for four years gave me a good practical business education." The same man, in the year 1903, looking backward to 1836‑40, sums up the character of Mr. Haseltine in these words: "John Haseltine was an eminently upright, successful and benevolent man." No better praise could be given any man than this. He was an original member of the Union League of Philadelphia, and filled many places of trust and responsibility. Mrs. Haseltine inherited a large share of the beauty of the family, as is shown in the engraving, the original of which was painted by Sully. Mrs. Reeves has this to say of her kinswoman, Mrs. Haseltine, of the portrait, and of the reproduction: "The great beauty of the portrait cannot be shown on a print. I always thought it one of the most beautiful portraits I ever saw, and I have seen many of beautiful women, both in this country and in Europe. None, however, that I thought lovelier than this one of my cousin. It is a very correct likeness of her in her young womanhood, all have said, and not at all flattered. She retained much of her beauty until the close of her life." (See portrait facing page 272.) The children of this marriage, all born in Philadelphia, Pa., were:

1. Caroline Augusta Haseltine; b. 12/17/1830; ob. 1899; m., 2/7/1855, at Philadelphia,

Emile Marqueze, a native of France, and had three children.

2. Mary White Haseltine; b. 7/17/1832; ob. young.

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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, Philadelphia,

known as the "Haseltine Art Galleries, is a landmark of modern Philadelphia;

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).

Catherine Lucy Stevenson, fourth child of John and Mary (White) 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, with 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 remainder of a long and useful life; her portrait, painted by Rembrandt Peale, is reproduced upon these pages, revealing glimpses of that beauty which distinguished her early life; she married, 2/27/1838, Daniel, son of Daniel and Abigail (Haseltine) Haddock, born Haverhill, Mass., 11/12/1816; at sixteen he removed to Philadelphia and entered the house of Moody & Co., wholesale dealers in 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 Haddock, Reed & Co., which was dissolved about 1871; he was an active business man during a whole lifetime, sagacious and wise, far reaching and conservative. Besides keeping his private affairs in splendid poise, he was a director for nearly fifty years of the Commercial National Bank of Philadelphia, and its vice‑president for nearly eleven years. The directors of the bank spread upon its minutes these words: "No one, from the incorporation of the bank in 1810 up to the present 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 managers of the Butler Hotel Company (afterwards called the Continental Hotel Company). After this long service he was elected president of the company in 1880, and held that position until his decease in 1890. For

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twenty‑four years a member of the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company; for twenty‑one years a member of the board of directors of the Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit and Insurance Company. His power to grasp and master complex relations grew as he advanced in years, and was at its best when 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; earnestness without the driving intensity that marks a business career; he was a moral force, an honest, conscientious character; he stood for truth and righteousness, and in that position "men knew that he would be steadfast as the New England hills amid which his childhood and character were cradled." He was charitable, not simply of hand, but of heart; he loved children and music, and it has been written of him: "He was all that could be desired as a son, brother, husband, father, friend and citizen." And of his wife, Catherine Lucy Stevenson (Shinn) Haddock it has been written: "She did not weary in well doing." She died

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August 29th, 1898, and they wrote: "She was a Christian woman, remarkable for her excellent character, her very superior executive ability, 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 marriages; as 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 privilege of prayer and devoutly believing in its efficacy. But she was also a liberal Presbyterian, 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 Church, especially that of the Sunday School, of which she was assistant superintendent for many years; during the Civil War she was especially instrumental in promoting a fair for the establishment of a Soldiers' Home in Philadelphia, which netted the sum of $80,000. And after the establishment of the home she gave it her personal and never tiring attention. When the Young Men's Christian Association was striving to erect a fine building, at the particular invitation of Mr. John Wanamaker she helped to a successful issue a fair for its benefit. The Orphanage 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 Presbyterian Home for Widows and Single Women, vice‑president of the Woman's Bible Readers' Society of Philadelphia, and a manager of the Female Domestic Missionary 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 children, "The Haddock Memorial." She was endowed by a wise Providence with talents of a superior order, and with a heroism worthy of the supremest commendation 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 Philadelphia, were:

1. Mary White Haddock; b. 2/5/1840; m., 3/22/1860, James Carstairs, Jr., b. in Philadelphia,

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 honesty

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 treasurer,

which positions they have since held; these daughters put the home residence

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. Haddock

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 Memorial" worthy of place among the world's beneflcences. The

children of Mary W. and James A. Carstairs were:

1. Lucy Haddock Carstairs; b. 1/16/1861; she was named by her grandmother as

one 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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3. John Haseltine Carstairs; b. 8/7/1863; m., 4/29/1884, Belle Wolfe Wilson; executor

and trustee by terms of his grandmother's will. There was one child:

1. Lorraine Carstairs.

4. Charles Stewart Carstairs; b. 8/2/1865; m., 1/14/1885, Esther Holmes Haseltine,

his cousin. Had children:

1. Charles Haseltine. 2. C. Carrol.

3. James Stewart. 4. Lillie Haseltine.

5. Helen Burton Carstairs; b. 8/29/1867; 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 Lucille.

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, D. D., b. 4/4/1840; this family has always held high place in Philadelphia;

the husband was a distinguished churchman of the Episcopal Church, and

rector of the Church of the Saviour, Philadelphia, Pa.; his character was unblemished.

The wife was constituted, by the will of her mother, manager of

the Haddock Memorial; elected by 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 forward

to success. The children of Dr. William Wilberforce and Helen Louisa

Haddock Farr were:

1. Catherine Lucie Farr; b. 4/26/1868; m. Mr. Robinson, and had children: William

Farr, Helena Sarah, Catherine Lucie, Caroline Farr and Alexander Patterson.

2. Grace 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.

886. JAMES GALLAHER SHINN (6).‑‑JOHN (5), JOHN (4), JACOB (3),

JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

James Gallaher, youngest child of John and Mary (White) Shinn, born Oxford Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, 4/13/1822. His father died before James was four years of age and his training passed entirely into the hands of his Christian mother; went first to Friends' School; then to a private school conducted by Dr: Mann of the M. E. Church; then to Friends' School; then three years to Preparatory Academy of the University of Pennsylvania; then to the Classical Department of the same Academy; in his fourteenth year he entered the counting house of Haseltine‑Haddock & Co., where he remained four years; felt that he was called to be a minister and renewed his studies of Latin and Greek; in January, 1841, entered the University of Pennsylvania one term advanced; had for a classmate George B. McClellan; graduated B. A. and valedictorian, 1844; A. M., 1847; entered Theological Seminary at Princeton the same year and graduated therefrom in 1847; licensed to preach in April, 1847, by the Presbytery of Philadelphia (Old School); called to the pastorate of the Burlington (Iowa) Presbyterian Church 1848, where he remained three years; called to Port Richmond, Philadelphia (Nineteenth ward), where he remained eleven years; at the breaking out of the Civil War was elected Chaplain of the 23rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers; this gave him

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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 years of valiant service, got loose in some way and was never seen again; Mr. Shinn thinks that he went over to the enemy; had charge of the three largest regimental mails of the Army of the Potomac, and had to ride to Washington every week day, make up, and carry out the mail; his tent became the regimental postoffice; besides this he visited the sick in the regimental hospital; the men in the Brigade hospital, and the men of his regiment in the general hospital at Washington; besides doing errands for the men at every trip to Washington; after the first pay day he sent home for his comrades in arms over $3,000, in sums from $10 to $40; on Sunday he held religious service at 11 o'clock; the men soon evinced a high regard for the hard working chaplain; 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 him, and the soldiers 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 which went to its proper place; one evening while encamped on the Rappahannock he was invited to dress parade; he found the 23rd Regiment drawn up in the form of a hollow square, into which he was asked to enter; there, in the presence of the regiment, the Colonel handed him a present of two hundred dollars

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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, Philadelphia, where he remained one year; his service here among eminent Roman Catholic 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, Philadelphia, which was eminently successful; re‑entered the regular ministry as missionary to three weak churches along the line of the Camden and Atlantic Railroad, 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 years, 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. Married (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 Plankington Donaldson, 3/30/1871; to them one child, a daughter,

was born.

2. Eliza Kate Shinn (7); ob. infans.

3. Lucy Henry Shinn (7); b., in Philadelphia, 10/26/1852; m. Thomas Watson Price,

at Philadelphia, Pa., 8/5/1873.

4. Caroline Shinn (7); ob. infans.

5. Howard Hill Shinn (7); b. 4/4/1857; moved to California in January, 1875, doing

business in San Francisco, and residing in Oakland; mining share broker;

member of the San Francisco Stock Exchange and of the Stock and Oil Exchange;

m., 3/7/1882, Frances Ella, daughter of Joseph Warren and Eleanor

Bean, 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 Haseltine (8). 2. Alice Eleanor (8). 3. Howard Francis (8).

6. Alice Richardson Shinn (7); b. 5/8/1860; a student of art for five years in Europe,

mostly in Paris; prior to that, three years in the Penn. Acad. of Fine Arts; her

studies of portrait heads have 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 Haseltine Shinn (7); b. 2/19/1864; m., 3/30/1891, Laura, daughter of William

Harrison and Caroline Matilda (Stiles) Carryl, b. 1/31/1865; merchant and importer,

Philadelphia, Pa. Children:

1. John Carryl (8). 2. Mary Frances (8).

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900. MARY NORTON SHINN (6).‑‑FREEDOM L. (5), JOHN (4), JACOB (3),

JOHN (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, John Walker Garrett, a wholesale merchant of Philadelphia. He was a Republican in politics, but never sought 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 personality; she had a wide circle of devoted friends, and reared a family of honorable 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 distinguished

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. John 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 College;

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. Ritter, 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 NEWELL SHINN (6).‑‑FREEDOM L. (5), JOHN (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 Chamberlain, of Cream Ridge, 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 Fagans.

3. Sara G. (7). 4. Samuel S. (7). 5. Blanche G. (7).

933. WILLIAM 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

Burlington, N. J., 5/13/1824; moved with his father in 1841 to Nauvoo, Ill.; at eighteen years of age he owned and operated the ferries between Nauvoo and Montrose Barracks on the Iowa side of the Mississippi River; was active in planning and accomplishing the escape of various men who were doomed to death by the Mormon "Council of Forty"; his ferry boats were burned by the Danites, and he followed his father to Keokuk, Iowa; married there, 4/23/1849, Virginia, daughter of Major John Remelee Wilcox, U. S. A., who had charge of the Indian forts from Armstrong, at Rock Island, to Edwards, at Warsaw, Ill. In 1852 started overland to California with several hundred cattle and a train of

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ox wagons; captured on Platte River by Blackfeet Indians; escaped in three days, rejoined his train more dead than alive; on the Sierra Nevada Mountains a daughter was born, who was christened "Sierra Nevada Shinn"; arrived at Petaluma, Cal., after a journey of one hundred and ninety‑three days and began the manufacture of cheese; amassed a little fortune and set out for the States, via Nicaragua; crossed the Isthmus during the episode of "Walker's Filibustering"; arrived at Keokuk and invested his California earnings in business, only to have them swept away in the crash of 1857; in seven years paid off an indebtedness of $30,000, and by 1871 had laid the foundations for another fortune. For more than thirty years 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, great strength and endurance, fleet on foot, a great skater and a famous horseman; jovial in disposition, abstemious in habit; indulgent at home and beloved abroad; died at Keokuk, 5/18/1889. 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 3/19/1852; ob. there 2/4/1856.

3. Sierra Nevada Ivins (7), b. in Sierra Nevada Mountains, Sierra County, California,

9/10/1853; 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

the U. S. Engineer's Office, Custom House.

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, 12/9/1856; ob. 2/15/1862.

5. Elizabeth Galland Ivins (7), b. 10/9/1858.

6. 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, Ill.

934. MARY SHINN IVINS (6).‑‑ELIZABETH (5), JOHN (4), JACOB (3), JOHN (2),

JOHN (1).

Mary Shinn Ivins, second child of Charles and Elizabeth (Shinn) Ivins, was born in Burlington 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 purchased a hotel about half way across; driven away by Walker's Filibusters. She was the mother of one child:

1. Georgiana Anderson (7), b. at Keokuk, 11/‑‑/1849; 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

Rossier, and had:

1. Edward Pope Rossier (9).

935. CHARLES HENRY IVINS (6).‑‑ELIZABETH (5), JOHN (4), JACOB (3),

JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Charles Henry, third child of Charles and Elizabeth (Shinn) Ivins, was born in Burlington County, New Jersey, 4/1/1829; removed with his father to Keokuk, Iowa, where he married, 10/17/1850, Mary Eleanor, daughter of Edward and Mary (Winthrop) Cole; lawyer, judge; moved to Whidby's Island, Washington Territory, in the early fifties; suffered great hardship through Indian attacks and depredations; successful in his practice; he amassed a comfortable fortune and resides at Santa Monica, Cal. His descendants are:

1. Cora Jessie Ivins (7), b. Whidby's Island, Wash. Ter., 2/9/1855; m. William E.

Stewart, and had the following children:

1. Raymond A. Stewart (8). 2. William Shinn Ivins (8).

2. Ernest Cole Ivins (7), b. at Whidby's Island, Wash. Ter., 6/29/1856; m., 9/10/1879,

Hester Blunt. Children:

1. Charles Henry Ivins (8). 2. Ernest D. Ivins (8).

3. Arthur Henry Shinn Ivins (7), b. Petaluma, Cal., 2/20/1862; ob. 10/13/1862.

4. Kate Maud Ivins (7), b. Markleville, Cal., 6/12/1864; m., 10/23/1882, Louis Hoeffler;

ob. 11/3/1883, without issue.

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936. MARGARET WOODWARD IVINS (6).‑‑ELIZABETH (5), JOHN (4), JACOB (3),

JOHN (2), JOHN (1).

Margaret Woodward, fourth child of Charles and Elizabeth (Shinn) Ivins, was born in Burlington County, New Jersey, 5/13/1831; married at Keokuk, Iowa, 5/18/1853, William Albert Patterson; moved to the Isthmus of Nicaragua; driven away by Walker's Filibusters; settled at Keokuk. Ob. 11/2/1900. His descendants were:

1. Mary Patterson (7), b. at Keokuk, 12/31/1856; m., 2/21/1884, Francis W. Greene,

and had the following children:

1. Margaret Ivins (8). 2. Stuart Greene (8).

2. William Albert Patterson (7); unmarried.

3. Elizabeth Shinn Patterson, b. 1/16/1866; m., at Keokuk, 8/15/1888, William Thompson,

son of Andrew J. and Willia (Thompson) Wilkinson; removed to Mobile,

Ala., thence to Ottumwa, Ia., 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).

939. SARAH IVINS (6).‑‑ELIZABETH SHINN (5), JOHN (4), JACOB (3), JOHN (2),

JOHN (1).

Sarah, seventh child of Charles and Elizabeth (Shinn) Ivins, was born at Nauvoo, Ill., 1/26/1844; married at Keokuk, Iowa, 5/7/1868, Francis Hawxhurst, and moved to Oakland, Cal. Had the following children

1. Georgiana Hawxhurst (7), b. at Keokuk, Ia., 2/28/1869; m. at Oakland, Cal., 1891,

Melvin, and had:

1. Edward Pope Melvin (8), b. 5/‑‑/1892.

2. Caroline Hawxhurst (7).

3. Harry Hawxhurst (7).

960. MARY SHINN (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, 1781; 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), JOHN (1).

Shinn Oliphant, eldest son of Jonathan and Mary (Shinn) Oliphant, born Oliphant's Mills, Evesham, N. J., 3/1/1765; married, 11/12/1787, Hope, daughter of Habakkuk and Mary (Jones) Eayre, b. 5/9/1767; removed to Tuckerton, N. J., and bought the flour and grist mill known as the Andrews‑Shourds Mill; this he afterwards sold to his son, Eayre Oliphant, and Simeon Haines; Haines dying, his share was sold to Timothy Pharo, and the industry was known as the Oliphant and Pharo Mills. Shinn Oliphant, Sr., owned farms near Tuckerton, one of them being the old Belangee farm; Eayre Oliphant likewise owned this farm after his father, and was a prominent merchant as well as a prosperous miller; Eayre Oliphant sold his milling and business interests to Timothy Pharo and removed to New Lisbon, N. J.; Shinn Oliphant, Sr., died 2/22/1839; his wife died 5/15/1839. (See Leah Blackman's Memoir in Proceedings West Jersey Surveyor's Assn.) His descendants were:

1. Eayre Oliphant (7), b. 9/22/1788; m. Ann Mullen.

2. Benjamin Oliphant (7), b. 2/4/1790; m. Rebecca Mullen.

3. Joseph Oliphant (7), b. 3/18/1792; m. Grace Wilkins.

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4. Mary Eayre Oliphant (7), o. s. p.

5. Hannah Oliphant (7), o. s. p.

6. 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.

966. ANN OLIPHANT (6).‑‑MARY (5), THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2),

JOHN (1).

Ann, second child of Jonathan and Mary (Shinn) Oliphant, b. 3/11/1767; m. Aaron, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Phillips) Prickett, b. 5/16/1763; Ann d. 1/22/1847; Aaron d. 2/20/1837. Children of Aaron and Ann (Oliphant) Prickett:

1. Thomas Prickett (7), b. 7/25/1789; m. Hannah Wilkins.

2. Hannah Prickett (7), b. 1792; ob. young.

3. Lydia Prickett (7), b. 1/22/1793; m. James Dobbins.

4. Henry Prickett (7), b. 4/23/1795; m. o. s. p.

5. Ann Prickett (7), b. 5/14/1796; m. Samuel C. Davis.

6. Aaron Prickett (7), b. 10/27/1798; m. Leah Hamitt.

7. Mary Prickett (7), b. 10/11/1801; m. Samuel C. Davis.

8. Mahlon Prickett (7), b. 2/17/1804; m. (1) Ann Prickett, (2) Mrs. Mary Elma Jones.

9. Hepzibah Prickett (7), b. 4/22/1806; m. Josiah Kay.

10. Jonathan Prickett (7), b. 5/14/1809; m. Elizabeth Dagherty.

11. Hannah Prickett (7), b. 9/8/1812; ob. 1832.

968. HANNAH OLIPHANT (6).‑‑MARY (5), THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3),

THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Hannah, fourth child of Jonathan and Mary (Shinn) Oliphant, b. 10/14/1772; m. David, son of Roelof and Rebecca (Pease) Van Voorhees; she departed 3/14/1848; he 10/19/1840. They resided near Beaver Dam, Schuyler County, N. Y. Children of David and Hannah (Oliphant) Voorhees:

1. Elizabeth Voorhees (7), b. 8/14/1793; m. Dr. John Stowits.

2. Ruliph Voorhees (7), b. 5/5/1795; o. s. p.

3. 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 G. Van Derveer.

6. David Voorhees (7), b. 10/17/1802; o. s. p.

7. Rebecca Voorhees (7), b. 2/16/1804; m. Salmon Allen.

8. Nancy Voorhees (7), b. 7/3/1806; o. s. p.

9. John Whitelock Voorhees (7), b. 9/17/1808; o. s. p.

10. Benjamin Hollinshead Voorhees (7), b. 3/25/1811; m. Jane Fero.

11. Jonathan Oliphant Voorhees (7), b. 2/28/1815; m. Eliza Schuyler.

969. MARTHA OLIPHANT (6).‑‑MARY (5), THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3),

THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Martha, fifth child of Jonathan and Mary (Shinn) Oliphant, b. 4/24/1774; m. Jacob, son of Amaziah and Hannah (Prickett) Lippincott; moved to Tuckerton, N. J. Children of Jacob and Martha (Oliphant) Lippincott:

1. Mary Ann Lippincott (7), b. 3/21/1796; m. Nath. Cowperthwait.

2. Sabilla Lippincott (7), b. 7/20/1799; o. s. p.

3. Ruth Lippincott (7), b. 4/3/1805; m. Benjamin C. Bragg.

4. Ezra Lippincott (7), b. 4/10/1808; m. Eliza Craumer.

971. WILLIAM OLIPHANT (6).‑‑MARY (5), THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3),

THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

William, seventh child of Jonathan and Mary (Shinn) Oliphant, b. 9/13/1778; m., 1/5/1806, Hannah, daughter of John and Sabella (Hammett) Prickett; ob. Waynesville, Ohio, 9/3/1847; spent the major portion of his life as a

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miller in New Jersey, principally at Manahawkin and Eayrestown. 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 removed his family the following year, and died there, September 3, 1847. He was a Jackson Democrat, a Friend, but later generally attended the Methodist Church. Children:

1. John Oliphant (7), b. 9/28/1806.

2. Joel Oliphant (7), b. 5/23/1809.

3. Job Oliphant (7), b. 1/8/1812.

4. Samuel Oliphant (7), b. 1/27/1814, Eayrestown, N. J.; m. (1), 1/18/1840, Martha

Kirkbride Mathis, 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 Waynesville, 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

County; 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 College.

In 1902 he entered upon a graduate course leading to the Ph. D.

degree at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. In 1894 Princeton

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 Washington,

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. 1855; m. Martha Peak.

7. Ellin Rogers (8), b. 1858; 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.

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7. Mahlon Oliphant (7), b. 8/18/1820; m. Eliza Kirkbride.

8. Mary Oliphant (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.

972. HOPE OLIPHANT (6).‑‑MARY (5), THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2),

JOHN (1).

Hope, eighth child of Jonathan and Mary (Shinn) Oliphant, b. 3/30/1781; m., 1/9/1803, William Albert, son of Albert and Patience Covenhoven; d. near Rural Grove, N. J., 6/27/1846. Children of William Albert and Hope (Oliphant) Covenhoven (1) were (Anglicized Conover):

1. David Conover (7), b. 12/4/1803.

2. Mary Conover (7), b. 3/7/1806.

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 Whitelock 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 OLIPHANT (6).‑‑MARY (5), THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS

(2), JOHN (1).

David, ninth child of Jonathan and Mary (Shinn) Oliphant, b. 1/28/1784; m., 12/24/1806, Mary, daughter of James and Leah (Covenhoven) McDonald; ob. at Barnegat, N. J., 4/22/1828. Children of David and Mary (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 Hubbs Oliphant (7), b. 9/25/1811.

5. James Oliphant (7), b. 4/13/1813.

6. Jane Ann Oliphant (7), b. 12/2/1814.

7. Hannah Oliphant (7), b. 7/14/1816.

8. Maleann Oliphant (7), b. 4/30/1819.

9. George Washington Oliphant (7), b. 9/30/1822.

10. Caroline B. Oliphant (7), b. 9/24/1824.

11. Ann Eliza Oliphant (7), b. 5/19/1826.

12. David Oliphant (7), b. 1/14/1828.

1000. ENOCH SHINN (6).‑‑LEVI (5), THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2),

JOHN (1).

Enoch, eldest child of Levi and Hannah (Reeve) Shinn, b. 8/29/1776 at Evesham, N. J.; m. (1), 11/1/1798, Mary Norcross; (2), 5/3/1804, Mary, daughter of Henry and Sarah (Dunn) Simmons of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The children of the first marriage were:

(1) Levi Shinn (7), b. 10/20/1799; m., 9/29/1822, Hannah McBride.

(2) Simeon Shinn (7), b. 4/27/1801; a classical scholar and Bible student; ob.,

unmarried, 10/8/1828.

Children of the Second Marriage.

1 (3) Henry Simmons Shinn (7), b. 2/10/1805; ob. at Magnolia Station, Md.,

2/27/1873; m., 2/7/1828, Elizabeth M., daughter of James and Rachel

Dillon, and had two sons:

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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), b. 7/29/1806; ob. at Woodbury, N. J., 1/15/1883;

m., 5/1/1831, Nelson Thomson, and had five children:

1. Mary S. Thomson (8), b. 2/8/1832; m., 3/20/1856, Amos T. Eastlack of Gloucester

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. (9). 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) Hannah Reeve Shinn (7), b. 2/29/1808; ob. at Medford 11/28/1888;

married, in 1833, John Reeve, and had children:

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 Reeve Shinn, m. (2), Abraham Proud Stackhouse, 2/12/1842, and had

three children:

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, daughter

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 MacNeal,

and had three children, Mildred, Pauline and Helene Adele MacNeal.

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 (6) Abraham Winfield Stackhouse (8), b. 6/3/1848; m., 5/1/1874, Lydia R.

Woolman, and had children, Howard R., Edith L., Hannie M., Sallie

W., Helen M. 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 Medford, 4/20/1893; m.,

2/23/1840, William, son of Samuel and Rachel (Proud) Stackhouse,

and had seven children:

1. Anna Lucretia (9). 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 "Maplewood

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 political

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 family 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

was undoubtedly brought over the ocean by Clement or John. It has been

in the Medford branch of the family from time immemorial. It is singular

that the ancient relies 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 Shinn (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 Colestown, N. J., about 1860. 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.

7 (9) Enoch Shinn (8), b. 2/2/1816; ob. at Harrisonville, N. J., 1/13/1896;

m., 3/26/1840, Eliza M. Kaighn, and had children:

1. Sarah K. Shinn (9). 2. Joseph B. Shinn (9).

3. Emma M. Shinn (9), b. 6/6/1847; m., 6/5/1869, Malachi E. Homer, and had

six children:

1. Walter S. Homer, b. 1/5/1870; m. Sarah Darlington. No children.

2. Elwood Stokes Homer, b. 10/16/1872; m. Maria Viola Shiveler and had one

son. Clarence Homer.

3. John Whilmer Homer, b. 10/4/1876; m. Kate Sarks of Philadelphia and had

Lillian and Harbert Homer.

4. Harry Foote. 5. Edgar Frank. 6. George Clark.

4. Whilmer Shinn (9), b. 8/26/1850; m. Martha (???) and had two sons, Whilmer

and Enoch Shinn.

5. Elias C. Shinn (9). 6. Ida May Shinn (9).

7. Rose Eliza Shinn (9), b. 1860; ob. infans.

8. Enoch Alfred Shinn (9), b. 6/27/1864; m. Sarah Mishler and had three sons,

Horace, Rolland and Rulond Shinn.

8 (10) Mercy Stackhouse Shinn (8), b. 8/19/1817; m., 3/19/1843, Thomas,

son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Proud) Reeve, and had four children:

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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 M., b. 4/30/1875, m. 11/18/1896, S. Lippincott Moore, and had

two children, Helen R. and Earl S. Moore; Florence J., b. 12/18/1887, 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 California.

1001. RUTH SHINN (6).‑‑LEVI (5), THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2),

JOHN (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 children:

1. Norman (8). 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. Bartlett 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 conspicuous

in any 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 by first marriage:

1. Malvina F. (8). 2. Alice R. (8). 3. Rebecca (8).

By Second Marriage:

1 (4) John Stokes.

4. Beulah A. Stokes (7), b. 7/18/1810; m., 5/13/1840, Elwood Thomas, Harrisville,

O., and had children:

1. Mary M. Thomas (8), b. 1/1/1841.

2. Levi S. Thomas (8), b. 12/13/1843; m., 10/4/1871, Sydney P. Walter, Malvern,

Pa., and had one son, Arthur H., b. 11/3/1872.

3. Samuel C. Thomas (8), b. 12/12/1846; m., 11/11/1869, Josephine Resinger, New

Brighton, Pa., and had:

1. Elmer H. (9). 2. Bertha 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

Grove, O., and had.

1. Benjamin (9). 2. Walter S. (9). 3. Gilbert E. (9). 4. Charles (9). 5.

Ernest B. (9).

5. Enoch R. Stokes (7), b. 11/25/1812; m., 6/9/1832, Helen Sweeney.

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6. Elwood H. Stokes, D. D., b. 10/10/1815; anthor of "Life of Rev. John Hancock"

and "Footprints in My Own Life"; Agent and President of Ocean

Grove, 1875; in 1869 elected President Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association,

and re‑elected every year after to 1898; Dr. Ballard has said:

"Whatever may come in the future‑‑however much the forms and customs

may change as they have already changed‑‑the names of Elwood H. Stokes

and Ocean Grove will stand together while time has a history or eternity a

record." Elwood married (1) Hannah M. Neff, 8/31/1838, and had one

child, Mary Malvina, b. 6/18/1839; ob. 7/31/1862; m. (2) Sarah Ann

Stout, daughter of Rev. Edward Stout. Elwood was reared a Friend; joined

the M. E. C. 4/27/1834.

7. Ruthanna Stokes (7), b. 9/29/1822; m., 3/22/1854, Franklin L. Hewlings,

and had children:

1. Lydia S. Hewlings (8), b. 6/25/1855, Medford, N. J.

1003. THOMAS SHINN (6).‑‑LEVI (5), THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2),

JOHN (1).

Thomas, fourth child of Levi and Hannah (Reeves) Shinn, b. 1/18/1787; ob. 1848; married Amy Hammitt, 1808, and moved to Gloucester County, New Jersey, where he died, leaving a will, bearing date 7/25/1848 (Book A, page 211 Camden Wills). He lived in Union Township, and named wife Amy, grandchildren Ann Elizabeth Barton and Ann Brown, children Levi, John H., Emma C. and Priscilla. Now he had four sons and five 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 residence in Gloucester City, Dec. 1, 1848." Priscilla, his daughter, was buried "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 Thomas and Amy (Hammitt) Shinn.

1. Ann Shinn (7), who married Luther Tomkins and died without issue.

2. Hepzibah Shinn (7), who married a minister named Barton, and had one child,

Ann Elizabeth Barton, who died without issue.

3. Elizabeth Shinn (7), who married Charles Brown, her first cousin on the Hammitt

side; there was one child, Anna Brown. Elizabeth dying, Charles married Hepzibah

Barton, his sister‑in‑law, and left no heirs. Anna Brown also died without

issue.

4. Emma C. (7). 5. Priscilla (7). 6. John S .(7). 7. Amy (7).

8. Charles Hammitt Shinn (7), the second child, was born at Medford, N. J., 8/9/1810;

m., 12/1/1835, Abigail Marshall, daughter of William and Nancy Coffin

of Hammonton, N. J. The Marriage License Register of Woodbury

shows that the ceremony was performed by Rev. Jacob P. Londenslager at the

house of the bride's father in Hammonton. Hon. John Clement in an article

entitled "Atlantic County" (Surveyor's Assn., p. 418), says: "About the

year 1814 William Coffin purchased two timber tracts of land in the northern

part of the county, and built a saw mill, which he managed advantageously;

in 1819 Jonathan Haines obtained a half interest of Coffin, and they, as

partners, originated the "Hammonton Glass Works"; Coffin subsequently

became sole proprietor, enlarging the business, continuing it many years, receiving

the sure reward of industry, economv and perseverance. This was

the money center of the region round about, and proved that the manufacture

of glass could be made remunerative." The date of the death of Charles

Hammitt Shinn is not given, but he died before the death of his wife, September,

1895; she owned a tract of land in Waterford Township, now Delaware

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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 Nancy C.

Ringle; 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 Brligade 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 McGrath (9), b. 6/9/1861 in Philadelphia; attended Protestant Episcopal

Academy; went into the carriage and saddlery business; for fifteen

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 Cincinnati;

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. Garrison

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 Cofflin Shinn (S), b. 11/7/1844; m. at Camden, N. J., 12/6/1865, Simeon

Tobey 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 (8), 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 daughter,

that died in infancy; (2), at St. Paul's Cathedral, Camden, N. 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 (2),

JOHN (1).

John, fifth child of Levi and Hannah (Reeves) 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 (8); 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 (9). 4. Walter Haines (9).

5. Neva May (9). 6. Mila Lippincott (9).

7. Bertha Frances (9).

6. Mary Lyda Haines (8), b. 5/29/1861; m., 11/23/1882, Joshua Huston, and had

one child, Emma Wallen Huston.

7. Henry Rogers Haines (8); ob. 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 Levi and Hannah (Reeves) Shinn, b. 4/5/1791; married Samuel, son of Isaac and Mary Newton, in 1811, and had 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 Atterbury and removed to Brooklyn,

N. Y.

1006. SARAH R. SHINN (6).‑‑LEVI (5), THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2),

JOHN (1).

Sarah R., seventh child of Levi and Hannah (Reeves) Shinn, b. 4/12/1795; m., 1830, Edward, son of Edward and Mary Norcross, 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 (8). 2. Edward J. (8).

3. William Alphonso 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.

1007. ELIZABETH SHINN (6).‑‑LEVI (5), THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS

(2), JOHN (1).

Elizabeth, youngest child of Levi and Hannah (Reeves) Shinn, b. 6/8/1797; m. Josiah Braddock, and had two sons:

1. Neu Braddock (7), who married Charlotte Scott, and had four daughters:

1. Viola Braddock (8), married Mr. Burton.

2. Onelia Braddock (8), married a Mr. Burton, sea captain.

3. Mary Braddock (8), married John Smith.

4. Lizzie Braddock (8), married.

2. Levi Shinn Braddock (7), b. 10/31/1826; ob. 11/10/1865; m., 4/29/1849, Margaret

M. Norcross, and had three children:

1. William N. Braddock (8), married and has children, Joseph, Albert I. and Reginald

F., who are married and have children.

2. Elizabeth Braddock (8); ob. infans.

3. Isaiah N. Braddock (8), b. 7/19/1860; m. Hannah E. Pratt and had three children,

Harry L. E., Ada Mae and William Pratt.

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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 No. 39, p. 459. She places residence at Evesham, and names brother Samuel, sister Elizabeth, grandfather Thomas, father Samuel, sisters Hope and Rebecca.

992. HOPE 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 in 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 disowned for marrying out of meeting. That ends her connection with Friends. She died 3/7/1844; her father at his death gave his Bible 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,

8/31/1825, 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 Stokes (8).

8. John Lawrence Williamson, b. 11/26/1842; m. in Philadelphia, 12/8/1863, Catherine

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 Williamson.

2. Clara Williamson (9), b. 9/4/1867; m., 11/24/1885, George Franklin Clinger,

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. SAMUEL 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 Monthly Meeting. His marriage was by civil license, as appears from Mt. Holly Marriage License Record. I have found but one child, Christiana Shinn, who married T. L. Bear of Camden, N. 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 following line of descendants is given:

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1. William Shinn Davidson (7), b. 4/14/1812; m., 1/1/1839, Rebecca Tyler

Smith; he d. 8/12/1893; she d. 3/11/1879. There were nine children:

1. Mark Smith Davidson (8), b. 2/19/1840; m. at Salem, N. J., 2/18/1867, Harriet

Lambert, and had two children:

1. William Lambert Davidson (9), b. 12/20/1868; m., 1892, Lillie Kizer of

Salem County, New Jersey, and had two children, Ruth K. and Harriet

L. Davidson.

2. John Lambert Davidson (9), b. August, 1872; m., March, 1898, Emma Wilkinson,

and had two children, Smith W. and John L. Davidson.

2. Elizabeth Miller Davidson (8), b. 12/9/1841; m., 2/19/1865, Joseph T. Howard,

M. D., of Washington, D. C., and had four children:

1. A. Lloyd Howard (9), b. 1864; 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 moved 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. 11/20/1866; ob. young.

4. Arturus Lee Howard (9), b. 2/22/1870; m., 6/20/1901, Anna D. Morrison

of Salem, N. J.

3. Anna Smith (8). 4. Samuel Tyler (8). 5. Mary Tyler (8).

6. John Miller Davidson (8), b. 5/14/1852; m., August, 1879, Laura F. Shoemaker,

and moved to Bridgeton, N. J. Children:

1. Rebecca Tyler Davidson (9). 2. J. Irwin Davidson (9).

3. Anna Smith Davidson (9). Ralph Davidson (9).

7. Sallie A. S. Davidson (8), b. 4/27/1855; m., 2/15/1883, J. H. Kelty of Salem

County, New Jersey, who died in November, 1889, leaving a son, Frederick

Brauns Kelty.

8. Louella Davidson (8), b. 7/10/1857; m., 6/15/1883, James Harrison Mayhew of

Pittsgrove, N. J., and had two children:

1. Clifford Davidson Mayhew (9). 2. Marguerite Wheeler Mayhew (9).

9. Eva L. Davidson (8), b. 3/30/1860.

2. John Davidson (7), b. 1/16/1814; ob. 3/5/1896; m., 1/28/1836, Ann Justice,

b. 3/30/1811, ob. 5/16/1878; moved to Clarksboro, then to Swedesboro,

Gloucester County, N. J., where they passed their lives. Children:

1. Isaac Justice (8). 2. Mary (8). 3. John Tyler (8). 4. Susanna (8).

5. Mulford Davidson (8), b. 3/18/1848; m., 1/22/1872, Mary L. Mayhew, and had

children:

1. Elwood Stokes Davidson (9), b. 12/14/1873; 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. (9).

6. 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 (8), b. 1/15/1837; m., 3/1/1860, Elizabeth A. Shute and

had three children, Susie S., Atley S. and Helen S. Davidson, who died in

infancy.

7. James J. Davidson (8), b. 9/4/1846; m., 12/21/1870, Margaret T. Rulon, and had

two children at Swedesboro:

1. Ellen Lenora (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., 1/30/1895, Laura Hunt, and had:

1. Leslie M. Beckett. 2. Helen H. Beckett.

2. Eva D. Beckett (9), b. 2/7/1872; ob. 1887.

3. Mary A. Beckett (9), b. 1/7/1878; m., 12/27/1899, Harry A. Black and moved

to the farm near Sharpstown, Salem County, N. J.; had one child, Marguerite

D. Black.

989g. ALICE DAVIDSON (6),‑‑ANN SHINN (5), THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3),

THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Alice, youngest child of Jonathan and Alice Ann (Shinn) Davidson, b. at

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Medford, 10/9/1801; m. Samuel Stackhouse, being his second wife. There was one child by this marirage, viz.:

1. Rachel D. Stackhonse, who has given me the information herein presented as to

the descendants of John and Ann (Shinn) Davidson.

989i. THOMAS PROUD (6).‑‑LUCRETIA SHINN (5), THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3),

THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Thomas, second child of Abraham and Lucretia (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 children:

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.

3. 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 (7), m., 11/8/1859, Sarah Briggs Kay, and had children:

1. Alfred Kay (8), who married Beulah V. Parker, 11/26/1890, and had two children,

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. Phillips.

989j. RACHEL PROUD (6).‑‑LUCRETIA SHINN (5), THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3),

THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Rachel, third child of Abraham and Lucretia (Shinn) Proud, b. 3/16/1789; m., 11/21/1811, Samuel Stackhouse, and had children:

1. William Stackhouse (7), b. 10/30/1812; m., 2/23/1840, Mary Bispham, daughter

of Enoch and Mary (Simmons) Shinn, and had children:

1. Anna Lucretia Stackhouse (8), b. 11/26/1840.

2. Richard Henry 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 Stackhouse (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,

and had children:

1. Mary Rachel Stackhouse (8), b. 5/5/1843; m., 5/5/1864, John R. Haines, and

had one son, Abraham S. Haines (9), b. 10/5/1866, who married Elvina,

daughter of Rev. Kelsey Walling.

2. Samuel J. Stackhouse (8), b. 12/6/1845; m., 8/29/1869, Emma J. Braddock, and

had children:

1. Mary R. Stackhouse (9), b. 7/5/1870; m., 11/29/1887, Charles C. Burdsall.

2. Clarence B. Stackhouse (9), b. 1/2/1871; m. (1), 10/17/1894, Elizabeth M.

Murphy; (2), 1/4/1902. Irene Hummell.

3. Florence E. V. Stackhouse (9), b. 8/2/1872; m., August, 1893, Ernest McNeal,

and had two children, Mildred Pauline and Helen Adele MacNeal.

4. Herbert Felton Stackhouse (9), b. 1/21/1874; m., April, 1896, Eila E., daughter

of Clayton and Rebecca R. Stackhouse, and had children, Russell

Leroy, Clayton Braddock and Marian Arline Stackhouse.

5. John H. Stackhouse (9), b. 7/10/1881.

3. Abraham Winfield Stackhouse (8), b. 1/3/1848; m., 5/1/1874, Lydia R. Woolman,

and had children:

1. Howard (9). 2. Edith (9). 3. Hannah (9). 4. Sallie (9). 5. Helen (9).

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6. Abraham P. (9). 7. J. Frank (9). 8. Clinton (9).

4. Samuel Stackhouse (7), b. 3/21/1821; ob. 3/30/1879; m., 1/21/1847, Sarah

Ann Lewis, daughter of Phineas and Mary (???), and had children:

1. Alice A. Stackhouse (8), b. November, 1847; m., 4/12/1870, Edwin A. Thorpe,

and had four children:

1. Caroline A. Thorpe (9). 2. Sarah Ann Thorpe (9).

3. Lewis Charles Thorpe (9). 4. Kate Tatlow Thorpe (9).

2. Lewis S. Stackhouse (8), 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.

5. George Stackhouse (7). 6. Elizabeth Lucretia (7).

7. Clayton Haines Stackhouse (7), b. 9/25/1828; m. Rebecca R. Coles, and had

children:

1. Marien 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. Kate Cowperthwaite.

5. Hannah R. Stackhouse (8), b. 5/7/1870; ob. 7/30/1888.

6. Ella E. Stackhouse (8), b. 5/8/1875; m., April, 1896, Herbert Felton Stackhouse,

and had children, Russell, Leroy, Marien, Arline and Clayton Braddock

Stackhouse.

989k. RUTH PROUD (6).‑‑LUCRETIA SHINN (5), THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3),

THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Ruth, fourth child of Abraham and Lucretia (Shinn) Proud, b. 4/21/1791; m. Joseph, son of Thomas and Lydia Rockhill of Northampton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, 3/30/ 1817; he and his family moved to South Bend, Ind., in 1858; children all born at Medford, N. J.

1. Elizabeth Rockhill (7), b. 7/19/1818; ob. 8/20/1852; m. Thomas, son of Isaac

and Rachel Lee, at Fostertown, N. J., in 1842; had children:

1. Emma Lee (8); ob. infans.

2. Anna Lee (8); m. Mr. Kyrkendall of Springdale, Ill., 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 Crawfordsville, Ind., 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 children, George S. Davis married, 6/16/1897,

Alice Mary Baldwin, and had four children, Lewis Harley, Charles

Elstan, Harvey Clifford and Francis Lee Davis. Viola Jane Davis married

at Lafayette, Ind., 6/1/1889, Wolford Church, 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 Darlington, Ind., John Robert and

Mary Agnes Crowder. Walter Henry Davis married, 5/28/1902, at Lafayette,

Ind., Grace Childs.

5. Sarah Gaskell Lee (8), b. 5/1/1850; m. (1), 1876, at Georgetown, Ind., Francis

Anthony Rund of Germany, and had children, (1) Ora Allen Rund, ob.

infans; (2) Flora May Rund, b. 6/24/1878, m., 3/8/1899, Charles Kesler McDonald,

and had two children, Cecil Herbert and Ivae McDonald; (3) Burt

Rosco Rund, b. 12/11/1880, m. 12/2/1902, Emma E. Long. Francis A. Rund

died in 1896 and Sarah G. married (2), 11/14/1900, John Skephart.

6. Thomas Lee (8), b. 8/23/1851; m. at Ladoga, Ind., 8/28/1879, Nannie E. Epperson,

and had children, William Carl, Eva Francis, Walter Earl, Harley

Dickinson, Howard Epperson, Orval Thomas Lee, of whom the first two

deceased.

2. Rachel Rockhill (7). 3. Abigail Rockhill (7).

4. Lydia Rockhill (7), b. 1/1/1825; m., 1862, Henry Powell of South Bend, Ind.

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5. William Rockhill (7), b. 10/14/1828; m. Jane B. Richardson, and had children:

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., 5/31/1881, at Attica, Ind. Oliver

Burgess, son of Daniel and Catherine Keene, a traveling salesman; had

children, Oliver and Earl Keene.

3. Mary Elizabeth Rockhill (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.

989l. ELIZABETH PROUD (6).‑‑LUCRETIA SHINN (5), THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3),

THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Elizabeth, fifth child of Abraham and Lucretia (Shinn) Proud, b. 7/20/1793; m., 6/26/1815, Samuel, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Reeve, 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 (7), b. 7/9/1821; m. Aaron Chew and had children, Ira Winslow,

Charles E.; Sarah, who married Swenton Smith; Samuel Reeve; Mary,

who married Charles Snyder, had several children, Laura Hannah and Florence

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 children,

Reeve B., Sara and Romaine Harris.

10. Ruthanna Reeve (7), b. 11/26/1837; ob. unmarried.

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989m. LEVI PROUD (6).‑‑LUCRETIA SHINN (5), THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3),

THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Levi, sixth child of Abraham and Lucretia (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 children:

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. Mary 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 children, Verna E. and Roy W. Harff.

3. Mary C. Proud (8), b. 9/6/1855; m., 7/17/1895, Thomas Martin.

4. John A. Proud (8). 5. Emma A. Proud (8).

6. Samuel David Proud (8), 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. 9/6/1825; 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 (6).‑‑LUCRETIA SHINN (5), THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3),

THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

John, seventh child of Abraham and Lucretia (Shinn) Proud, b. 9/11/1799; ob. 9/18/1859 at Rollin, Mich.; m. 11/27/1831, at Philadelphia, Pa., Ann, daughter of Stephen and Hannah Moor, b.12/11/1798, at Merion, Pa., ob. 11/3/1883, at Agricultural College, Mich., 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 Elihu and Lucretia (Paddock) Talbert; his youth spent on the

farm near Rollin, Mich.; 1856 to 1869 farmer and mechanic at Hesper, Ia.;

1869 to 1887 same business at Lawrence, Kan.; since 1887 mechanic at Whittier,

Cal. Children:

1. Carroll John Proud (8), b. 12/18/1865, at Hesper, Ia.

2. Ernest Elihu Proud (8), b. 3/19/1868; m., 4/9/1890, Cathora Vandruff, and

had children, Guilford, 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; children:

By (1) Ella B. Proud. By (2) Elwood Proud.

4. Augusta May Proud (8), b. 5/4/1873; ob. 12/4/1874.

5. Eltie Ray Proud (8), b. 5/9/1875; m., 11/25/1897, at Whittier, Cal., Emma,

daughter of Stephen and Amy (Aldrich) Harkness, and had one child,

Bula Proud.

6. Lucretia Ann Proud (8), b. 8/28/1877; m., 10/5/1902, at Whittier, Cal., John

Theron Keck, a contractor and builder at Los Angeles, Cal.

3. Rachel Moor Proud (7), b. 7/16/1835.

4. Hannah Ann Proud (7), b. 4/28/1837 at Medford, N. J.; m., 9/2/1863 at

Rollin, Mich., William James, son of William and Rachel S. (Comstock)

Beal; graduate Michigan University, A. B., 1859; Ph. D., 1880; B. S., Harvard,

1865; employed at Friend's Academy and Howland School, Union

Springs, N. Y., 1863‑68; since 1870 Professor of Botany, Michigan Agricultural

College; he was born 3/11/1833 at Adrian, Mich.; Mrs. Hannah A.

Beal is another most helpful woman; her intelligence is of the kind that

grasps what is wanted and supplies the want splendidly and accurately. The

children of this marriage were:

1. Jessie Irene Beal (8), b. in Chicago, Ill., 3/17/1870; m., 1/2/1896, at Agricultural

College, Michigan, Ray Stannard, 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 McClure's

Magazine, New York City; she graduated Agr. Coll. 1890; children:

1. Alice Beal (9). 2. James Stannard (9).

5. Thomas Shinn Proud (7), b. 11/21/1839; m., 12/22/1867, at Hesper, Iowa,

Ella Elizabeth Graham, b. 10/9/1847, at Conway, Mass.; has resided in

Lenawee County, Michigan; Winneshiek County, Iowa; Jefferson County,

Kansas, and Jefferson County, Nebraska; farmer, carpenter, bridge constructor

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 dairyman

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 Rapids, 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.,

Sarah Chase, (2) at Jackson, Mich., 4/27/1874, Orpha (George) Hall.

989p. MARY PROUD (6).‑‑LUCRETIA 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 Lumberport, N. J., 10/27/1856; m., Thomas Joyce and had two children, 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 (5), 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 Adonijah and Sarah Peacock, 1/31/1811; moved with his father in 1808 to Columbiana County, Ohio; thence to Warren County, and finally to Shelby County, Ohio, where he died, 12/2/1862. His wife died in Warren County 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; prominent

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, Ill.;

lawyer and author; Dean of University Law School in Chicago and a most

excellent and profound instructor. In the various law books he has published

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 Practice

for the State of Michigan," "Pleading and Practice for the State of

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Illinois," a work upon "Garnishment," another upon "Attachment." He fell

dead upon the street in Chicago in February, 1903, and was buried in Benton

Harbor, Mich. His children were:

1. Harold Brough Shinn (9), b. 9/24/1877; graduated Northwestern University,

Evanston, Ill.

2. Howard (9). 3. 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, Ill.

1010. AUSTIN SHINN (6).‑‑THOMAS (5), THOMAS (4), SAMUEL (3),

THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Austin, third child of Thomas and Jane (Austin) Shinn, was born at Medford, N. J., 7/9/1794; m., at Mt. Holly, in 1820, Martha Hopewell. His descendants were:

1. Samuel Austin Shinn (7), b. at Mt. Holly, N. J., 9/14/1821; m., 1850, Marie Davis;

ob. at Norristown, 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. RANSOM SHINN (6).‑‑BENJAMIN (5), BENJAMIN (4), SAMUEL (3),

THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Ransom, second child of Benjamin and Tabitha (Blackburn) Shinn, was born in Griffin County, Georgia, 1830; m. Laura Logan at Griffin, Ga. Enlisted in the First Georgia Regiment in 1847 and served through the Mexican War. His children were:

1. W(???) O(???) (7). 2. Hannah (7). 3. Rebecca (7).

1014. JAMES MADISON SHINN (6).‑‑BENJAMIN (5), BENJAMIN (4), SAMUEL (3),

THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

James Madison, third child of Benjamin and Tabitha (Blackburn) Shinn, was born at Griffin, Ga., 1833; m. at Griffin, Ga., Mahala Muse. Enlisted in a Georgia Regiment, C. S. A., and was killed at the battle of Seven Pines.

1016. JOSIAH SHINN (6).‑‑BENJAMIN (5), BENJAMIN (4), SAMUEL (3),

THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Josiah, fifth child of Benjamin and Tabitha (Blackburn) Shinn, was born at Griffin, Ga., 8/4/1837; enlisted in the (???) Regiment Georgia Volunteers, C. S. A., in 1861, and served through the war; married, 1864, at Griffin, Ga. Offered his services in 1897 for the Spanish‑American war, but was rejected on account of age. He said that the day that he was mustered out of the Confederate service‑‑the cause he thought was right‑‑he was ready to fight for Uncle Sam. Lives at Victory, Ga. His descendants 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. 11/1/1867; m. Othello Echols.

4. Josiah E. (7), b. 2/19/1870; m. Eugenia White.

5. Bessie Hagem (7), b. 1/12/1871; m. Thomas Higgins.

7. Lucy (7), b. 1/10/1880; m. Joseph Thompson.

1017. URASTUS SHINN (6).‑‑BENJAMIN (5), BENJAMIN (4), SAMUEL (3),

THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Urastus Shinn, eldest child of Benjamin Shinn by his second marriage, was born at Griffin, Ga. In1861 he enlisted in a Georgia Regiment of Confederate Volunteers; elected Captain of Company; killed at Murfreesboro.

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1019‑A. JOSEPH HENLY SHINN (6).‑‑JOSIAH (5), BENJAMIN (4), SAMUEL (3),

THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Joseph Henly, eldest child of Josiah Carlock and Elizabeth (Humphreys) Shinn, b. 2/6/1832 at Terre Haute, Ind.; educated at Georgetown College, Kentucky; to California overland in 1849; gold digger at Shasta until 1864; to Baker City, Ore.; elected County Clerk 1866‑1870; Register 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. District

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 California;

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 SHINN (6).‑‑JOSIAH (5), BENJAMIN (4), SAMUEL (3),

THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

James Henry, youngest child of Joseph Carlock and Elizabeth (Humphreys) Shinn, b. 8/28/1836 at Terre Haute, Ind.; educated public schools, and Georgetown College (Ky.); to Shasta, Cal., in1851; 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: "No man had more to do with laying the beams of civilization in Baker County than he"; in 1866 he was elected Sheriff and held the office four years; elected County Judge in 1882 and served four years; member of the Council of Baker City; in debate he was said to be "ready, aggressive, redoubtable and eloquent." His funeral was a grand testimonial of public 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; "Nature made him a giant intellectually and he displayed his powers in disposing the events and affairs of Baker County." Ob. 12/30/1889; m. at Wingville, Ore., 1866, Lavina Toney, b. Mt. Vernon, Ill., 8/11/1850. His widow married in 1892, James Wisdom, a banker of Baker City. Descendants of James Henry and Lavina (Toney) Shinn:

1. Asa Calhoun Shinn (7), b. 9/18/1868, at Wingville, Ore.; m., 12/1/1889, Ephigenia McCord,

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. at

New Haven, Conn,. Mae Sheldon, daughter of a prominent citizen of New Haven,

and had children, Eleanor Mae, who died, and Esther Sheldon.

3. Robert Franklin Shinn (7), b. at Baker City, Ore., October, 1872.

4. James Henry 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. JOSIAH HAZEN SHINN (6).‑‑JOSIAH (5), BENJAMIN (4), SAMUEL (3),

THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Josiah Hazen Shinn, eldest child of Josiah Carlock and Elizabeth Frances

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(Gilpin) Shinn, was born at Russellville, Ark., 3/29/1849; learned to read at his father's knee in his third year; to Louisville, Ky., 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; graduated at the Ohio Normal School in 1869; admitted to the bar at Cincinnati 1872, but never practiced; he was examined for admission by Stanley Matthews, afterwards Associate Justice of the U. S. at Washington; Judge Hoadley, T. D. Lincoln and Henry Snow; taught school for eighteen years in Ohio, Kentucky and Arkansas; married, 1/7/1875, at Bridgeport, Franklin County, Ky., Mildred Carlton, daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Mueller) Williams.

The father of the bride was a soldier in the 5th Kentucky Orphan Brigade, C. S. A., and grandson of Jesse Williams of Nelson County, Va., a Revolutionary Soldier. Mr. Shinn moved to Arkansas in 1882; institute instructor for five years under W. E. Thompson; State Superintendent; President State Teachers' Association 1887; Chief Clerk in office of Secretary of State under Elias B. Moore and Ben. B. Chism 1885‑1890; State Superintendent of Public Instruction 1890‑1894; received the highest vote cast for any man on the state ticket; established the first State Normal Schools in Arkansas while in this office; organized the Southern Educational Association at Moorehead City, N. C., in 1891, and was elected its first President; re‑elected at Chattanooga, Tenn, in 1892; Vice‑President National Educational

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Association 1892; placed specially by the Legislature of Arkansas in charge of the Arkansas Educational Exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition 1893; appointed Judge in the Liberal Arts Department of the World's Fair by the U. S. Commission 1893; to the Russian Empire in1894‑1895, where he was presented to Emperer Nicholas I, at the Anitchkoff Palace.

Writer for the Little Rock Gazette and Democrat; editor and publisher for ten years of the Arkansas Teacher and Southern School Journal"; established the first Chautauquas in Arkansas at Springdale, Mammoth Spring and Fort Smith in 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901; lecturer 1896 and 1897 in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Missouri; President of Springdale College 1898‑1901; was appointed to the Accounts Division, Indian Office, Department of Interior, Washington, D. C., 1901; to the Indian Warehouse, Chicago, Ill., 1902.

Mr. Shinn has published the following books and pamphlets: "The Public School and the College,1891; "The South in Public Education," 1891; Vassar College, Pamphlet, 1891; "Illustrated Arkansas," 1892; "History of the American 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, This was republished by Russian governmental officials. "History of Arkansas," for schools, 1895; "Primary History of the United States," 1899; "History of the Russian Empire," 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 Imperial Russian Geographical and Historical Societies, 1894; Member of the Christian Church, 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. M. of her own church, and of the W. C. T. U. wherever she has resided; 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 interest 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 office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Little Rock, Ark., and still so employed; Jo Desha Williams, now a successful merchant at Russellville, 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 labor she found time for every good work of the neighborhood and exerted 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 every good work with her preserce, her means and her whole soul. Two busier people have rarely ever been united as happily as these, and their silver wedding, 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 engraving 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 typhoid‑malarial fever at Russellville, Ark., 10/23/1885. No more brilliant and no better child was ever born.

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2. Joseph Roy Longworth 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.; stenographic 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, Ill.

Unmarried. (See engraving, page 145.)

1021. EZRA HICKMAN SHINN (6).‑‑JOSIAH (5), BENJAMIN (4), SAMUEL (3),

THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Ezra Hickman Shinn, second child of Josiah Carlock and Elizabeth Frances (Gilpin) Shinn, was born at Russellville, Ark., 12/25/1850; educated at Louisville, Ky., and Cincinnati, O.; married at Russellville, Ark., Fannie Allen; teacher, salesman; "his mother's boy." Died at Russellville, 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; enlisted

in the 1st Arkansas Volunteers in the Spanish‑American War; when mustered

out he joined the 18th U. S. Infantry and was sent to the Philippines; in

the Quartermaster's Department at Iloilo, P. I. 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 (7), b. at Russellville, Ark.; reared by his aunt, Mrs. W. J. White.

1269. GEORGE TATUM ATKINSON (6).‑‑JOHN ATKINSON (5), SAMUEL ATKINSON

(4), HANNAH SHINN (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

George Tatum Atkinson, third child of John and Elizabeth (Borton) Atkinson, was born 10/26/1810; m. at Salem, N. J., Elizabeth, daughter of Jesse Bond, 2/5/1840; reside on the homestead near Mullica Hill, N. J.; celebrated their golden wedding 2/5/1890.

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

with Hon. John Clements, he published a very comprehensive brochure, entitled

"The Atkinsons in New Jersey." Vice‑president and treasurer of the St. Bernard

Coal Co. His children were:

1. John B. (8). 2. Mary Newbold (8).

2. Lydia Atkinson (7), b. 2/5/1843; m. Robert Comly.

3. Townsend Atkinson (7), b. 9/15/1845; ob. unmarried.

4. Caroline F. (7), b. 12/16/1847; 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.

6. Warren Atkinson (7), b. 2/28/1856.

1273. RESTORE SHINN LAMB (6).‑‑ELIZABETH SHINN (5), RESTORE (4), FRANCIS

(3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Restore Shinn Lamb, eldest child of Jacob and Elizabeth (Shinn) Lamb, was born in Burlington County, New Jersey, 12/27/1788; m., 4/18/1822, Mary, daughter of Renjamin E. Ridgway. Their descendants were:

1. Rebecca Merritt Lamb (7); b. 3/22/1824; m., in Burlington County, N. J., 12/22/1842,

Barclay White, of Mt. Holly, a prominent surveyor and lawyer; his articles

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in the minutes of the Surveyors' Association show laborious investigation, careful

analysis and accurate conclusions. His children were as follows:

1. Howard White (8); m. (1) Ann Patience Ellis, 10/2/1869; (2) Helen Trump

Comly, 6/29/1886. By the first marriage there were four children.

2. Joseph Josiah White (8); m. 11/1/1869, Mary Anne Fenwick, and had four children.

3. George Foster White (8); m., 10/9/1876, Mary Jeans Walter, and had three children.

4. Barclay White (8); m., 5/1/1877, Anna Mary Bradley, and had one child.

2. Benjamin Ridgway Lamb (7); m. Sarah Reeves Haines, 9/12/1850.

3. Lydia Ann Lamb (7); ob. sine proli.

4. Restore Biddle Lamb (7); m. (1) Adelaide, daughter of Jacob and Margaret Lamb;

(2) Exine Hosmer, nee Evans.

1274. REBECCA LAMB (6).‑‑ELIZABETH SHINN (5), RESTORE (4), FRANCIS (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Rebecca, second child of Jacob and Elizabeth (Shinn) Lamb, married Abraham Merritt and had the following children:

1. Sarah Taylor Merritt (7); b. 6/1/1803; m. (1) Tanton Earl Shreeve, 5/9/1822; (2)

William Imley Newbold, 2/11/1841; (3) Samuel Ellis, 3/11/1849; (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.

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1275. JACOB LAMB (6).‑‑ELIZABETH SHINN (5), RESTOBE (4), FRANCIS (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Jacob, third child of Jacob and Elizabeth (Shinn) Lamb, married Ann Ridgway, and had the following children:

1. John Lamb (7); m. (???) Mainwaring.

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. Elizabeth 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 (Shinn) Lamb, married (???), daughter of Lott Ridgway, Jr., and had the following children:

1. Jacob Lamb (7); m. Margaret Watkinson.

2. Elizabeth Lamb (7); m. Budd 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 Episcopal Church by Henry 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 granddaughter of Joseph and Huldah (Mott) Salter. The will of Hannah Salter, sister of Elizabeth, probated 1860 at Freehold, also mentions her niece, Rebecca Stratten Shinn. Joseph Salter, her grandfather, was a Lieutenant Colonel of the 2nd Monmouth Militia in the Revolutionary War and a member of the New Jersey Provincial Congress. Her descendants are entitled to the privileges of all patriotic orders. The Salters have always occupied a respectable place in New Jersey history and some of its members have held the most distinguished places. (See Stillwell's Salter Family, and History of Ocean and Monmouth Counties by Edwin Salter.)

Joseph Biddle Shinn was a member of the New Jersey Independent Blues in 1822, a crack military organization at Burlington. He was disowned by Burlington 2/6/1832 for accomplishing his marriage by a hireling priest. Removed to Hillsboro, Ohio, about 1850. Children:

1. John B. Shinn; b. 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; discharged,

12/27/1870; brevet major, 5/13/1865 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 New York.

3. Caddie Shinn.

1317. MOSES FRANKLIN SHINN (6).‑‑GEORGE (5), GEORGE (4), FRANCIS (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Moses Franklin, cldest child of George and Elizabeth (Woodrow) Shinn, was born at Hillsboro, O., 1/3/1809; said to have been the first white child born in

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the place; married (1) Sarah H. Holcomb, 1830; joined the Methodist Church at Hillsboro; licensed to preach and moved to Iowa; Locust Grove; (1852) Council Bluffs; (1853) presiding elder; (1854) in the Nebraska and Kansas Missionary District; to Omaha in April, 1855; purchased tract of land in the suburbs which became an addition to Omaha, and gave him a competence; Chaplain Iowa Legislature 1858, in which he delivered this classic prayer: "Great God, bless the young and growing state of Iowa; bless our Senators, Representatives and chief officers; give us a sound currency, pure water and undefiled religion, for Christ's sake; Amen." Had one child by his first wife. Married at Omaha (2) Carrie (???), and died at that place. His descendants are:

1. Stephen D. Shinn (7); m. (???), and had children:

1. Frank (8). 2. Addie (8). 3. George (8).

1318. ALLEN TRIMBLE SHINN (6).‑‑GEORGE (5), GEORGE (4), FRANOIS (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Allen Trimble, second child of George and Elizabeth (Woodrow) Shinn, was born at Hillsboro, O.; married there Melinda Fenton; moved to Iowa and died there. His descendants, living in Iowa and Nebraska, are:

1. Frank Shinn (7); b. Hillsboro, Ohio; moved to Pottawattomie County, Iowa; lawyer

and prominent politician; nominated for Congress by the Democratic party, but

was defeated. His children are:

1. Sennia A. Shinn (8). 2. Kate D. Shinn (8). 3. Myrtle I. Shinn (8).

2. George Shinn (7); m., and had children, Andrew J. and Alford Shinn.

3. Fermon M. Shinn (7).

4. Andrew A. Shinn (7); b. 1/11/1848; m., 1/10/1875, Sarah A. Barr, b. 8/10/1840, and

had one child, Mont Shinn (8), b. 5/28/1878.

5. Finley Shinn (7).

1319. FRANCIS SHINN (6).‑‑GEORGE (5), GEORGE (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Francis, third child of George and Elizabeth (Woodrow) Shinn, born at Hillsboro, Ohio, 1813; married a daughter of Elizabeth Lytle. From Evan's and Stiver's History of Adams County, Ohio, we make the following extract:

"Just before St. John's Day in 1851 Francis Shinn, the auditor of the County (Ross) and one of the most prominent and popular men in the County, went to Cincinnati to procure supplies for a Masonic celebration, which was held June 24, 1851, in the court house yard. Mr. 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 days in the same house and from the same disease." Francis had the following 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. (8). 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 (8).

4. Francis A. G. Shinn (7); ob. sine proli.

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5. Sarah Shinn (7), b. West Union, O., 3/2/1848; m. James D. Short, 8/7/1872; he was

a Democrat; enlisted Company G. 91st Regiment, O. V. Inf., and served three

years; 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. SHINN (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, O.; farmer; ob. at Youngsville, O., 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 Winchester,

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, Ill.

1323. JOSEPH MILTON SHINN (6).‑‑FRANCIS (5), GEORGE (4), FRANCIS (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Joseph Milton, eldest child of Francis and Mary (Woodrow) Shinn, was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, 1809; married Mary Annie Colt at Columbus, O. 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 Craver, of Lebanon, 5/15/1860; had children:

1. Frank R. Shinn (8); b. at Columbus, Ohio, 7/20/1861; cashier of the Citizens'

Saving Bank; unmarried.

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).

Rachel Ann, fifth child of Francis and Mary (Woodrow) Shinn, b. Hillsboro, O., 9/30/1817; ob. 1/3/1897; m., 6/30/1837, Hiram Yeo, b. 3/4/1816; ob. 5/13/1899. The children 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

regiment) and Lincoln's Body Guard; also 1st Lieut. 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. Laura Emma Yeo (7); b. 6/16/1846; m., 5/27/1875, Joseph J. Woods. She died

5/1/1882, leaving two children:

1. Charles Hiram Woods (8); b. 6/24/1876; at present Assistant Attorney General

of Oklahoma Territory.

2. Alice Lorena Woods (8); b. 4/1/1882; student at Oberlin College, O.

1328. JOSHUA WOODROW SHINN (6).‑‑FRANCIS (5), GEORGE (4), FRANCIS (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Joshua Woodrow, sixth child of Francis and Mary (Woodrow) Shinn, was born at Hillsboro, O., 1819; married Joanna Paullin at South Charleston, O., 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 prosperous

manufacturer. Children:

1. John Beech Shinn (8).

2. Joshua Paullin Shinn (7); b. at Hillsboro, Ohio; m. Clara Hastings, of Chicago,

Ill.; no issue; he was admitted to the bar and practiced in Chicago, Ill.; he is

now a member of the firm Harpole, Shinn & Fry, live stock commission merchants,

Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Ill.

3. Mary C. Shinn (7); b. at Hillsboro, Ohio; m. Charles N. Perry, of Chicago, Ill., 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, Ill.

1329. HELEN JANE SHINN (6).‑‑FRANCIS (5), GEORGE (4), FRANCIS (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Helen Jane Shinn, born at Hillsboro, O., 1821; married James Scharff of Bellefontaine, O., and had children:

1. Frank (7). 2. Edward (7); m. a Riddle.

3. Mary (7). 4. Robert (7). 5. Richard (7).

1331. MARY CHIVERS SHINN (6).‑‑FRANCIS (5), GEORGE (4), FRANCIS (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Mary Chivers, youngest child of Francis and Mary (Woodrow) Shinn, was born at Hillsboro, O., 1827; married (1) James Monroe Roosa, March, 1851, at Lebanon, O., and had one child, Frank Roosa, that died at three years of age; married (2), 1875, John Locke Martin. No children. She is still living at Lebanon, O. (1902).

1342. MARGARET SHINN (6).‑‑WILLIAM (5), VINCENT (4), FRANCIS (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Margaret, 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. childless,

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.

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. Mary Elizabeth 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. Edward Homer Webb (8); b. 2/19/1870.

4. John Webb (7); m. Susan Elliott, at West Liberty, Iowa, 9/11/1862, and had children:

1. Mary Webb (8).

2. William R. Webb (8); b. 8/25/1864; m. Emma C. Webb, 7/18/1895, at Milford,

Mich.

3. Edward L. Webb (8); b. 11/1/1866; single; West Liberty, Iowa.

4. Anna Margaret Webb (8); b. 11/6/1872; ob. 1874.

5. Anna Webb (7); b. 3/24/1828; ob. 1836.

6. Emmor Webb (7), b. 2/4/1830; m. Emerilla Crockett, at Bellefountaine, Ohio, where

she died, 4/9/1871; had one child:

1. Charles E. Webb (8); b. 7/10/1866.

7. Margaret Webb (7); b. 1/13/1832; m., at Salem, Ohio, Albert Teegarden, and died

3/12/1849.

8. William M. Webb (7); b. 10/13/1834; unmarried; at San Antonio, Texas.

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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. ??syphena W. (7).

1343. ABRAHAM JONES SHINN (6).‑‑WILLIAM (5), VINCENT (4), FRANCIS (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Abraham Jones, fourth child of William and Elizabeth (Jones) Shinn, born in New Jersey, 7/6/1803; ob. 10/20/1885; m. at Salem, O., 9/15/1825, Susannah Phillips; b. 10/29/1807; ob. 4/3/1877; passed their lives at Salem, O. 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. 12/18/1868; m. John Lease, and had two children‑‑Whinry

and Albert Lease.

3. Lucy H. Shinn (8); b. 3/4/1877; 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. Dunn.

6. Mary E. Shinn (7); b. 11/10/1845; m. 4/20/1864.

1345. ISAAC SHINN (6).‑‑WILLIAM (5), VINCENT (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Isaac, sixth child of William and Elizabeth (Jones) Shinn, b. 5/20/1808; ob. 8/16/1855; m. Christina Phillips, 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 SHINN (6).‑‑WILLIAM (5), VINCENT (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES

(2), JOHN (1).

Vincent, cleventh child of William and Elizabeth (Jones) Shinn, born in Columbiana County, Ohio, 9/19/1819; m., 9/19/1850, Rachel Ann Williamson; moved to Cedar County, Iowa, where he died, 1/4/1898. His children were:

1. George 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

children.

1350m. BEULAH SHINN (6).‑‑WILLIAM (5), VINCENT (4), FRANCIS (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Beulah, twelfth and youngest child of William and Elizabeth (Jones) Shinn, born Franklin Square, O., 2/2/1823; ob. 3/19/1902; m., 5/17/1842, William Kerns; b. 7/4/1820, at East Marlborough, Pa.; with his parents to Salem, O., 1834, where he engaged in farming; moved in 1853 to Moline, Ill.; clerk of village from 1858 to 1861; appointed in the latter year by President Lincoln to the position of postmaster of Moline, which position he held, save for a short time during Johnson's administration to 1869; in 1865 began traveling for Conder, Swan & Co., afterwards the Moline Plow Company, and in that position had charge of the defense in some of the most important suits ever instituted in the federal or state

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courts; cases involving hundreds 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 the company in 1881 and was appointed by Governor Cullom a member of the State Board of Equalization; executor and trustee of the estate of R. K. Swann, from 1878 to 1890; a free soiler from the time slavery became an issue; he became a Republican upon the formation of that party, and was always one of its strongest adherents, with the exception of the campaign of 1872, when he voted for Greeley; a strong temperance advocate; outspoken and straightforward upon every question involving moral right; of splendid judgment, a man of strong convictions; generous, affable and intelligent, he made a strong impress upon his time and numbered his friends among the greatest and best of the state. He died 3/12/1899 in full possession of his mental power; his married life of nearly fifty‑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 Moline her letter was placed with the Congregational Church, of which body she remained a consistent member until her death, 3/20/1902; an octogenarian known and loved by hundreds of friends. The children were as follows:

1. George Kerns (7); b. 3/2/1843; enlisted in co. ‑‑, (???) Regt., Ill. 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. Martin,

and had children:

1. George 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, Ill., 10/22/1858; m., at Wilmington, Del., 6/6/1889,

Elizabeth 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).

1352. AARON SHINN (6).‑‑ISRAEL (5), VINCENT (4), FRANCIS (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Aaron, son of Israel and Hannah (Haines) Shinn, born 1803; his mother died the same year and he was reared by the maternal grandmother; learned the blacksmith trade; in 1825 migrated to Logan County, Ohio; married there, Susannah Hamlin; removed to Kosciusko County, Indiana, where his wife died; in 1857 returned to Williams County, Ohio, where, on 3/4/1860, married Henrietta C. Speaker; ob. there 1/16/1867. Children by first marriage were:

1. David Shinn (7); b. in Ohio; moved to Kosciusko County, Ind.; m. there and had

descendants; one of these, A. B. Shinn, resides at Warsaw, Ind.

2. Elizabeth Shinn (7). 3. Isaiah Shinn (7). 4. Maria Shinn (7); these married in

Kosciusko County, Ind., and have descendants there now.

Children of the Second Marriage Were:

1. 5. Mary Mahala Shinn (7); b. 1861; m. Albert Smith, of Paulding County, Ohio;

died May, 1887, leaving three children.

2. 6. Hannah Jane Shinn (7); b. 1863; m. Orlando Knapp; moved to Midland County,

Mich., and reared a family.

3. 7. Aaron Franklin Shinn (7); b. 6/6/1865; m., 10/12/1891, Estia Stern, and had one

son, Emerson Leroy Shinn; resides in Hillsdale County, Mich.

4. 8. William Henry 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 SHINN (6).‑‑ISAIAH (5), VINCENT (4), FRANCIS (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Job Rogers, son of Isaiah and Margaret (Rogers) Shinn, born Burlington County, New Jersey, 7/3/1799, at Mt. Holly, N. J.; m., 4/24/1825, Anna Maria, daughter of Henry Miller, b. 6/15/1808 in New York. The ceremony was performed

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by Rev. Geo. Maley at Mt. Washington; Job moved to Ohio in 1820; to Mt. Washington in October, 1828, and lived there about thirty‑five years; in 1828 returned to New Jersey and brought nearly all of his brothers and sisters to Ohio; tanner, stock raiser, and meat dealer; county commissioner for two years; Whig, Republican, Quaker. His children were:

1. Mary Elizabeth (7); ob. young.

2. Margaret Shinn (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 Budd Shinn (7), b. on Duck Creek, Hamilton County, Ohio, 9/25/1832;

ob. 3/15/1903; his youth was spent with his father at butchering

and farming; educated at the common district school during the winter season;

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 Methodist and voted the Republican ticket. He was a Corporal in

the 138th Regiment O. Vol. Inf.; died at his residence, Salem, Hamilton

County, O.; married Henrietta Hine December, 1858. Three children

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, Addie, Willie, Hany, Sarah and Susie Carney.

7. General Thomas Rullaford Shinn (7), born at Mt. Washington, O., 10/31/1846;

attended the public schools at that place; graduated 1866 Ohio Wesleyan

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 Petersburg.

After the war settled at Delaware, O., and was married to Mary L.

Beeber, daughter of Peter S. and Caroline (McClure) Beeber, at Marion,

O., 1/1/1866; member of Andrus Post 132, G. A. R.; was made its commander

at Ashland, O., in 1886; Department Commander of Ohio at Youngstown

in 1899; Republican in politics and has been Secretary of the Republican

County and State Committees; was the Secretary of the State Central

Committee for two years; Mayor of Agorta, O.; president and also treasurer

of the Ashland School Board; vice‑president Ashland Board of Trade; is

now a merchant at Ashland, O. Mary L. Beeber died 2/12/1878. He then

married Emma S. Stockwell at Agorta, Miami County, O., 2/24/1879; she

was the daughter of C. M. and Margaret (Carroll) Stockwell. Children

by first wife were.

1. Atta Shinn (8): 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. WILLIAM C. SHINN (6).‑‑ISALAH (5), VINCENT (4), FRANCIS (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

William C., second child of Isaiah and Margaret (Rogers) Shinn, born 1/19/1801, in Burlington County, New Jersey; married there, Katherine 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. SAMUEL GRANGER SHINN (6).‑‑ISAIAH (5), VINCENT (4), FRANCIS (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Samuel Granger, fourth child of Isaiah and Margaret (Rogers) Shinn, b. 6/11/1806; ob. 8/24/1868; m. Mary B. Begar; moved to Hamilton County, Ohio, and had (1) Anna, m. Benjamin Robb; (2) Eliza C., ob. sole, 11/7/1867; (3) Hamlin S., b. 6/1/1842, member 70th Regiment 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 Margaret (Rogers) Shinn, born Burlington County, 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 membership to the Old 6th Street M. P. Church of Cincinnati, O.; she was a church member seventy‑four years; married John Snyder, and had the following children:

1. George Snyder (7); m. Lydia Phillips; no children.

2. Mary Snyder (7); m. Daniel Michael, and had three children‑‑Jennie, John and

Charles.

3. Charles Snyder (7); m. and lives at Dayton, Ohio; has one child‑‑Walter.

1360. MARY HAINES SHINN (6).‑‑FRANCIS (5), BARZILLAI (4), FRANCIS (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Mary Haines, second child of Francis and Mary (Haines) Shinn, born 8/4/1804; m., 2/24/1825, Benjamin, son of Benjamin and Rebecca (Lippincott) Shreve. Descendants:

1. Rebecca Lavina (7). 2. Mary Malvina (7).

3. Phebe Ann Shreeve (7); b. 2/11/1830; m., 7/6/1858, William H., son of John Gill.

Children:

1. Mary Rebecca Gill (8); b. 10/20/1860; m., 12/30/1885, Johns, son of Gerald T.

and Elizabeth (Coates) Hopkins. He was a second cousin of Johns Hopkins,

the founder of the university 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 Marion, daughter of George and Abigail (Bowne) Haywood of

Philadelphia, Pa.; graduate of Princeton College, 1851; director Mt. Holly

National Bank; an incorporator and first president of Union National Bank

and of the Mt. Holly, Lumberton and Medford Railway; for thirty‑five

years a director of the Mt. Holly Water Co. and for many years its president;

vestryman at St. Andrews in 1855; warden from 1858 to 1875; a descendant

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 down to Benjamin F. 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., 1878; admitted to New Jersey bar, 1881, and has practiced since at

Camden, N. J.; president, since 1895, of the Johns Hopkins Oil Co., of Philadelphia,

Pa.; succeeded his father as president of the Mt. Holly Water

Company.

2. Mary Augusta Haywood; b. 2/9/1860; ob. 3/5/1866.

3. Marion Haywood; b. 5/3/1862; m., 6/5/1895, Francis Newton Thorpe, Ph. D.; professor Univ. of Penn., and had one child, Marian Eggleston.

5. Francis Shreeve; ob. unmarried.

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1365. WILLIAM SHINN (6).‑‑JOSEPH (5), WILLIAM (4), JOSEPH (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

William, eldest child of Joseph and Mary (Lippincott) Shinn, born at Pemberton, N. J., 1786; m. Ann Fox, 9/1/1808. His descendants were:

1. Arney Lippincott Shinn (7), b. 12/30/1808; m. (1), Jane Powell, b. 12/23/1813,

in Burlington County, New Jersey, 4/4/1833. She died 7/19/1854,

and he married (2) Elizabeth Plunkett, 12/30/1855, at Burlington, N. J.

He died at Columbia City, Ind., 8/17/1859. His descendants by the first

marriage were:

1. William Powell Shinn (8) was born in Burlington, N. J., 5/4/1834; educated

in the public schools at that place; in 1849, being fifteen years of

age, began his active life as a Civil Engineer in preparing data for maps of

the cities of Providence, R. I., and Fall River, Mass.; to Pittsburg, Pa., in

the employ of the Ohio & Penn. R. R. Co.; his advancement was rapid;

continued on the O. & I. and the F. W. & C. R. R. until their completion;

when the P., F. W. & C. R. R. was created by the consolidation of these

lines, he was made superintendent of the Eastern Division; then General

Pass. Agt.; then General Frt. Agt.; when the Pennsylvania Company was

organized he examined the condition of the lines coming under its control;

possibly one of the most important and valuable investigations and reports

on a railroad property ever made in this country was that which he executed

for the Penn. R. R. Company on the property of the united railroads of

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New Jersey; it was both accurate and exhaustive; and its conclusions as to

the earning power and the value of the property as a feeder to the Pennsylvania

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. R. R. 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 vicepresident;

in January, 1873, he entered upon a career by which he became

known in the transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers; in

that year he became the managing partner of the firm of Carnegie, McCandless

& 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 1868 of the A. S. C. E.; in 1875 of the A. I. M. E.; in 1877

of the Iron and Steel Institute of Great Britain; in 1879 and 1880 he reorganized,

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 New York Steam Company

for supplying steam heat and power to dwellings and industrial establishments;

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 United States Glass Company, a consolidation

of sixteen flint glass manufactories, having a united capital of

$4,000,000, and was made a director of the company; he was for years connected

with the Mansfield Coal and Coke Company, and interested in the

development of the Clover Hill Iron Ore Property, near Croton, N. Y.; it

was during 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 signally important service rendered to the Institute of Mining Engineers

was his work as chairman of the committee on transportation in connection

with the reception of the British Iron and Steel Institute and the

Verein Deutscher Heisenhuettenleute in their visit to America in 1890.

Mr. Shinn married 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 months before. He was the father

of one child, Sarah Templeton Shinn, who died 9/16/1890.

2. Mary 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 commenced

his active life as a civil engineer in the construction of the Fort

Wayne and Chicago R. R. Co. on the Kankakee marshes of Indiana; he was

in the employ of the 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

years; in 1876 he completed and operated the first Portland cement works

in the United States; in 1889 he became auditor of the Maryland and Pennsylvania

R. R. Company at Baltimore, Md., which position he now holds;

married (1) Julia Ann, daughter of Alfred and Eliza (Anderson) Bungey

of Allegheny City, Pa., and had children: (See engraving facing page 128.)

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1. Julia Eva Shinn (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). 6. 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.

3. John Kerlin Shinn (8), m. (2), 12/22/1869, Caroline Clarke Nagel, daughter

of Rudolph Christian 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 Vermillion, daughter of William Thomas and Rachel Lavinia (Duncan) Vermillion, of Norkomis, Ill., 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.

3. John Kerlin Shinn (8), m. (3), 12/23/1896, Mary Anna Correll, daughter

of John William and Lucinda (Latham) Correll of Baltimore, Md. Resides

at Baltimore, Md.

4. Ann Elizabeth (8). 5. Cornelia Eugene (8).

6. Joseph Ashbrook Shinn (8), b. 2/24/1845; m. at Salem, O., 9/18/1870, Mary

E. Woodruff; his education at the public school of Burlington, N. J., terminated

at the age of 11 years by the removal of his father to Coesse, Whitley

County, Ind., 6/15/1856. At the death of his father, in August, 1858,

entered the service of the P., Ft. W. & Chicago Railway 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 Wilmington,

Del., in Co. D. 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

the ticket office at Allegheny, Pa.; cashier of the same company at Youngstown,

O.; appointed 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 January

1st, 1876, and became superintendent of and partner in the first successful

works erected in this country for the manufacture of Portland cement;

April 1st, 1887, was appointed auditor of the N. Y. & N. E. R. R.,

and in 1888 of the 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 slag, a waste

product of blast furnaces, into a superior article of sand for building purposes,

and is now engaged in that business.

His children were: 1. Gertrude Woodruff (9). 2. Edmund Woodruff (9), b.

7/9/1876 at New Castle, Pa.; m. Mille Adell Hedges, 4/3/1901, and had

Mille Adell Shinn, b. 7/4/1902.

1. Arney Lippincott Shinn (7), by his second marriage, with Elizabeth Plunkett,

had one child:

1. 7. Mary Ella Shinn (8); b. 4/12/1857, at Columbia City, Ind.; unmarried at

Pittsburgh, Pa.

2. Sarah Shinn (7); m. Israel Lippincott.

3. Ann Lavina Shinn (7); m. James G. Doriss, and had the following descendants,

who reside in New Jersey and Pennsylvania:

1. John B. Doriss (8); b. 2/8/1842; m., 4/30/1867, Adelaide Hartley, and moved to

Germantown, Pa. His descendants were:

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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.:

1. Anna Reeves (9). 2. John Doriss (9). 3. Cora Ethel (9).

4. Samuel Shinn (7); drowned in boyhood.

5. Fletcher 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, 1/29/1869, 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. 8/29/1877; m. John Spencer, and had one child‑‑Estella.

4. Frank. 5. Edward L. 6. Kate. 7. Raymond Shinn.

1366. 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 6/7/1790; m., 1811, (???) (???); member of Quorum Court, Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1846. 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), WILLIAM (4), JOSEPH (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Joseph Shinn, third child of Joseph and Mary (Lippincott) Shinn, born 8/3/1792; 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 Records, Liber Q, names him as an heir.)

1369. CALEB ARNEY LIPPINCOTT SHINN (6).‑‑JOSEPH (5), WILLIAM (4), JOSEPH

(3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Caleb Arney Lippincott Shinn, fifth child of Joseph and Mary (Lippincott) Shinn, born 1799; married Rebecca Lodge, 6/28/1827, in Gloucester County, N. J. Member Quorum Court, Monmouth County, N. J., 1846; died at Vincentown, 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 his youth; Ann o. s. p.

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1371. ABIGAIL SHINN (6).‑‑JOSEPH (5), WILLIAM (4), JOSEPH (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Abigail Shinn, seventh child of Joseph and Mary (Lippincott) Shinn, born at Pemberton, N. J., 1805; married, 3/13/1824, William Malsbury, and had the following children, who reside at Pemberton, N. 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., 1894, 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. 10/3/1842; m., 4/2/1865, Anna S. Goslin, and had children:

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 County, West Virginia; b. 1784; an admirable woman; paralyzed on one side for many years; a great reader, having read the Bible through many times; her husband in his devotion to her was excelled by no man, not even by that model husband, President McKinley. (See engraving of group, George and Eleanor Shinn, John Kirk Shinn and others, facing page 240.) The children and their descendants were:

1. Elizabeth Ann Shinn (7), b. 11/27/1808; m. John Manier Fortney, 1/1/1837;

at Shinnston, W. Va. John Manier Fortney was the son of Daniel Fortney

of Preston County, Virginia; 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. Seth Shinn in 1846 he took up milling

and followed it for fifteen years; many times elected Justice of the Peace

for Harrison County; Presiding Justice of the Bench of Justices.

He was always held in high esteem for his correct understanding and clear exposition of law, as well as for his fine analysis of evidence and his undeviating regard for honor; an uncompromising Union man; enlisted in 1862 in the 12th W. Va. Inf. and served until his health failed; removed to Kansas 1868; died there 1892. He was one of the founders of the Methodist Protestant Church, of which he was a faithful, consistent member, honored and respected by all who knew him. He and Elizabeth lived together fifty‑five years without jar; happy, affectionate and only solicitous for each other and their children'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 Franklin (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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1. Percy (9). 2. Mabel (9). 3. Harold (9). 4. Alvin Maurice (9). 5. Lester

Kenneth (9).

4. Sarah Ellen Fortney (8); b. Shinnston, 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. Angeline Fortney. 2. John Newton. 3. Ray Kathleen.

2. Wilson Kirk Shinn (7), b. 2/6/1810; m. (1) (???) (???); m. (2) Mary Ann

Miller; attorney at law, Clarksburg, Va.; politician; member of the Virginia

Senate (???). Children by first marriage:

1. Sabra Shinn (8); b. Clarksburg, Va., 12/25/1831; m. George Best, b. Dublin, Ireland,

8/7/1828, and had children:

1. James Shinn Best; b. Quincy, Ill., August, 1851; ob. 2/22/1855.

2. Ellen Sabra Best (9); b. Quincy, Ill., 5/17/1856; m. Charles Wells, and had

children, 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. Emma 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, Ill., 9/4/1862; m. Frank Benjamin Kertner

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, Ill. Member

of the City Guards, 1853‑54.

3. Belinda Shinn (8), b. Harrison County, Virginia; to Illinois; m. William Tapp.

Children:

1. Lida 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., 12/25/1842,

Susan Cunningham; to Washington Territory. Children:

1. George Shinn (8). 2. Josephine Shinn (8), m. Charles Paggett.

3. Sheridan Shinn (8). 4. Cassius Shinn (8). 5. Wilson Shinn (8).

6. Ellsworth Shinn (8).

4. John Kirk Shinn (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 of 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 all, They died universally respected.

The children were:

1. Ataline Shinn (8), b. Harrison County, Virginia, 5/3/1837; m. Thomas Stokes in

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.

3. Eva Stokes (9); ob. 1892.

2. Edgar Jay 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 extensive

buyer 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 town; 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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(See group engraving Edgar Jay Shinn, his three brothers, and the

eldest son of each.) Married (1) in Illinois, Rebecca Ayres, 12/2/1863;

(2) Hattie Wickard. Children by first marriage (there were five children

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 Ill. Cavalry and was assigned to the Army of the Potomac; after it

was veteranized, department of the Mississippi; member of the G. 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 Bimetallie 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 concerned for the prosperity of his state and country. On 10/7/1865 he married Frances Evaline, 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 the Mormon troubles; Samuel Bride was at Carthage when the great Mormon apostle Joseph Smith was killed; the Brides were of regular old fashioned Yankee stock from New England, and Mrs. Dyer, mother of Esther Bride, was a great granddaughter of the farmer general of the Revolutionary War, William Heath. Evaline Bride Shinn has been an honored wife and mother in her Kansas home.

There is one point that stands out with great clearness in the history of this branch of the 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 together, and lived a long time thereafter. (See portrait of group, George Shinn, John Kirk Shinn and Albert Clay Shinn, facing page 240.) Descendants:

1. Tabitha Evaline Shinn (9), b. 11/15/1867 in Hayes Township, Franklin County,

Kansas; educated in both county and city schools, Warsaw, Ill.; 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 latter

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county. (Mr. Haley was the son of William Potter Haley, b. 4/27/1822,

and, Nancy Cornell, ??. 3/16/1832.) Children:

1. Ann Catherine Haley, b. 3/6/1901. (See group portrait of Oscar Edward

Haley. Tabitha Evaline (Shinn) Haley and child, facing p. 320.)

2. Esther Ann Shinn (9), b. 12/5/1869; educated in county schools and at Warsaw,

Ill.; m. John Martin Conard, 1/21/1891; owner of a thousand‑acre tract in

Johnson County, 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 Loudoun County, Virginia; here a son, Anthony, was born in 1760;

this son enlisted in the Revolutionary War as a boy; after the war he located

in Fairfax County, near the plantation of Gen. Washington, and was his neighbor

and friend; the eldest son of Anthony was given the same name; he moved

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, 8/4/1862,

in the 104th Illinois Vol. Inf.; was twice promoted; tendered a commission

in the regular army, which he refused; m. Sarah Belinda Dominy, 2/20/1866,

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.

3. 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, William Anderson Rodgers,

son of William Rufus and Lucy Didama (Weeks) Rodgers. Children:

1. Harold Shinn Rodgers, b. 9/1/1895.

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2. Roy Elwin Rodgers, b. 6/1/1899. (See group engraving of W. A. Rodgers,

wife and children, facing p. 320.)

4. Jacob Elwin Shinn (9), b. 1/17/1874; educated in district schools 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 Congregationalist;

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 resorts. (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, Ill.; attended the

district schools 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; returned

to Illinois and continued his legal studies in the office of W. E.

Mason and W. C. Hooker of Carthage, Ill.; 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 admitted

to the bar of the Supreme Court of Kansas; elected Judge of the

26th Judicial District; in January, 1896, that district was abolished; in

November of that year he was 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 had 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 Shinn (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.

5. George Drake Shinn (7), b. Harrison County, Virginia, 1/5/1815; m. there,

Almeda McIntyre; 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. infans.

7. Deborah Shinn (7), b. 8/3/1816; m. William Vandebur, 1882; d. 3/14/1903,

and was buried at Labette, 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 Chatten; attorney at law, Quincy, Ill.; ob. there, 10/28/1882.

Descendants:

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1. Alice Chatten Shinn (8), b. 6/12/1863; m. James Brown, 5/11/1883, at Lynn,

Mass. Children:

1. Bessie Orend (9). 2. Birdie (9).

2. Edwin Chatten Shinn (8), b. 11/19/1865; m. Clara Terry, 5/14/1890, at Quincy,

Ill. 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, Ill. Three children:

1. Ebert Fletcher (9). 2. Harlan Louis (9). 3. Era Kate (9).

4. Frank Shinn (8).

10. Samson Shinn (7), born at Shinnston, Harrison County, Virginia, Dec. 26,

1821; came to Payson, Adams County, Illinois, with his father in 1838;

prepared for the ministry at a classical institute in Quincy, Ill. 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

William and Patty (Allen) Dodd, of North Carolina, his wife, Anna, daughter

of Benjamin and Susanna (White) Brown of South Carolina; the Dodds

and Browns came from the Carolinas and settled in Madison County, Illinois,

near Edwardsville, in the earliest pioneer days; Michael and Anna were

married Oct. 11, 1810, in Madison County, Illinois. Michael volunteered at

Camp Russell, Ill., and served in the war of 1812 in Captain Boling Whitesides'

company of Mounted Rangers, in the regiments commanded by Colonels

Russell, Howard and Edwards; was at the treaty of "Fort Ash" in Missouri;

was honorably discharged at Camp Russell 1816; settled at Quincy and

died there, Dec. 3, 1841. His widow, Anna Dodd, received a grant of land, as

shown by the records in the Pension office at Washington, D. C.

After the marriage of Samson and Lucy Anna Dodd, he began his life of itineracy; was successively (for a year or more) at Hillsborough, Salem, Waterloo, Warsaw, Carlyle, Columbus, Farmer City, Georgetown, Danville Mahomet; presiding elder of Danville district (living at Urbana); Jacksonville Circuit; Columbus Circuit; Chandlerville, Griggsville, Stanford, Old Town, Hopedale, Fisher; he then took superannuated

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relations, but filled the following places under the elder: Downs and New Hartford. In 1890 he 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 health 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 slavery. 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. Chairman, 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 slavery." The vote was so taken, and when his name was called his voice rang out like a clarion "NO!" In 1864 he was a delegate 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 annual conference for forty‑seven years, and at each one he urged upon the conference the adoption of rules against tobacco. In polities he was a staunch and loyal upholder of the Constitution, an anti‑slavery advocate, and when the Republican party was formed voted with it and remained a firm believer in its principles all his 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, Ill. His wife died 2/24/1903 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 society in her tenth year. The children were:

1. Luther Edgar Shinn (8), b. 2/13/1848; m., 2/16/1871, Emma, daughter of Col.

Earl and Hulda Osgood, at Urbana, Ill.; 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., Pittsburgh, Pa.

2. Mary Ellen Shinn (8), b. 12/2/1851.

3. Wilbur True Shinn (8), b. 7/11/1853; m. Lillian Wright at Chicago, Ill.; telegrapher;

now in the coal business at Pittsburgh. Pa. Children:

1. Anna Shinn, b. 7/25/1902.

4. Harriet Anna Shinn (8), b. Georgetown, Ill., 2/29/1856; expert court stenographer,

Monadnock building, Chicago, Ill. I am indebted to her for much valuable

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, Ill., 2/7/1859; accountant and traveling

auditor for American Steel & Wire Co., Chicago, Ill.; accountant for U. S.

Steel Corporation, New York, N. Y., at present time.

6. Robert Olin Shinn (8), b. 5/20/1862; m. 4/11/1896, Marie W. Wenzel; ob. 8/14/1902,

at Geneva, Ohio. One child:

1. Clara Marie Shinn (9), b. 4/15/1899.

7. Clara Shinn (8), b. at Urbana, Ill., 8/8/1866; m. at Chicago, Ill., 2/12/1893, Frederick

W. Buescher; resides Buffalo, N. Y. Four children:

1. Lucy Shinn (9). 2. Warren Shinn (9). 3. Winifred (9). 4. Frederick

Theodore (9).

11. James Shinn (7), b. in Harrison County, Virginia, 7/30/1823; m. there, 9/13/1849,

Elizabeth Reeder; to Illinois; to Washington Territory; ob. 1891. Six

children:

1. Maxwell (8). 2. Leroy. 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. Thomas Edgar. 14. Edwin Taylor; both deceased.

1374. BENJAMIN SHINN (6).‑‑ISAAC (5), BENJAMIN (4), JOSEPH (3), JAMES

(2), JOHN (1).

Benjamin, third child of Isaac and Agnes (Drake) Shinn, born in Harrison County, Virginia, 1789; married (1) a Davidson; (2), Mary, daughter of Solomon Shinn; had children, Franklin; Austin, m. a Bartlett; Abel, m. a Gothrop; Olive, m. William Lucas; Harriet, m. a Golden, and Ann.

1376. MARY SHINN (6).‑‑ISAAC (5), BENJAMIN (4), JOSEPH (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Mary, fifth child of Isaac and Agnes (Drake) Shinn, born in Harrison County, Virginia, 1793; married William Smith and had, Elbert, m. Basha Moore; William, m. an Ogden; and two daughters; one married a Barnes and the other Story Moore.

1380. SAMUEL SHINN (6).‑‑ISAAC (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 Wilmington, 3/5/1829; (2), a woman whose name has not been ascertained; moved to Flora, Ill., and died there in 1847.

Children of the First Marriage.

1. Thomas Dempsey 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, Illinois,

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 returning

from De Pauw University, May Carmen, and has three children‑‑Albert

Robins Shinn, May Carmen Shinn and William Townsley Shinn; is prominently

identified with every enterprise of Flora, Ill.

2. Lizzie Olive Shinn (8); unmarried; at Flora, Ill.; a student of art.

2. William Amos Shinn (7), b. 11/22/1831 and died in infancy.

3. John James Shinn (7), b. in Ohio, 12/8/1832; m. Louisa Zipporah Perkins,

7/15/1857; to Decatur, Ill.; ob. 1882 at Cerro Gordo, Ill. 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 Harlin Shinn (8), 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, Ill. Had four children:

1. Edith Winifred. 2. Charles Hamilton.

3. 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.

3. 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, Ill. (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, Ill. Children:

1. Charles W. Shinn (8). 2. Leulla May Shinn (8).

6. Luther Shinn (7), b. 9/21/1839 at Port William, O.; 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 Ill.

Vol. and served three months; re‑enlisted in August, 1862, in Co. A 98th Ill.

Inf. and served with distinction throughout the war; member of the Wilder

Brigade; farmer; treasurer of the Effingham (Ill.) 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, Ill.

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 competent

and useful woman.

Children of the Second Marriage.

1. (6) Mary O. (7). 2 (7) Sarah (7).

1381. RACHEL SHINN (6).‑‑ISAAC (5), BENJAMIN (4), JOSEPH (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Rachel, 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; Republican; Dunkard. He reared a very large family, fourteen in all, thirteen living to be married. This is an extraordinary 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 children.

2. Debora A. Shinn (7), b. 11/16/1831; m. Moses Hunt. No children.

3. Sarah Shinn (7), b. 4/12/1832; unmarried.

4. Matilda Shinn (7), b. 5/24/1833; ob. 8/19/1896; 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 Pittsburg, Kan.; a soldier in the 12th Ind. Vol.; m. Maria Dickison, and had

three children, one of whom, R. Orville Shinn, is in business in Chicago, Ill.

9. John B. Shinn (7), b. 7/15/1843; m. (1), Ruth Lanck, and had two children; she died

1879; m. (2) Elizabeth Lefler, and had two children; m. (3) Mrs. Martha Wooster,

and had three children. Lived for many years at Bosworth, Mo.; now resides at

Ocmulgee, L. 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. Shinn (7), b. 8/11/1847; m. Ezra Lanck.

13. Hamilton Shinn (7), b. 9/15/1855.

Children by Second Marriage.

1. (14) Olive Shinn, b. 7/14/1860.

These children were reared in Clinton County, Ohio, and in Carroll County, Missouri; farmers and Republicans.

1386. FRANCIS MARION SHINN (6).‑‑SAMUEL (5), BENJAMIN (4), JOSEPH (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Francis Marion, second child of Samuel and Sarah (Davidson) Shinn, was born on Big Rock Camp, Harrison County, Virginia, 8/29/1788; m. there, Elizabeth Robinson, daughter of John Robinson of Baltimore, Md., 6/13/1811; was Colonel of the Clarksburg Militia; served in the war of 1812; moved to Illinois; then to Marion, Ia.; ob. at Kent, Wash., 1880, being 92 years of age. His descendants were:

1. Robert Cunningham Shinn (7), b. 8/29/1812, in Harrison County, Va.; m. there, 9/8/1838, Martha Narcissa Willis; to Marion, Ia.; 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. Ethel 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, Ia.; lawyer and real estate, Kent,

Wash.; m., 5/15/1877, Mary Rose, and had:

1. Roberta 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 Rose. 9. Lucy. 10. Marion.

6. Harriet Eliza Shinn (8), b. 2/11/1855; m., 10/21/1875, John M. Blanchard, and

had two children, Lucie, who died in infancy, 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 family

and is associate editor of the Post Intelligencer, the largest daily of

Washington.

2. Mary Jane Shinn (7), b. Harrison County, Virginia, 1/29/1822; m. at Canton, Ill.,

10/10/1847, William Wise, and had six children:

1. Catherine Narisse Wise (8), b. at Canton, Ill., 7/14/1848; m. Charles Risdon.

2. Mary Belle Wise (8), b. 12/14/1849 at Canton, Ill.; 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 Rieman.

Three children:

1. Mary 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, Ill.,

10/1/1850, 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, Ia., 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, Ia.

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4. Robert Alexander Shinn (8), b. 7/14/1855, at Marion, Ia.; 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, Ia., 4/15/1867; m. at Des Moines, Ia., 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 (2),

JOHN (1).

Isaac, third child of Samuel and Sarah (Davidson) Shinn, b. Harrison County, Virginia, 1/3/1793; farmer; in October, 1829, set out in wagons for Illinois; encountered many amusing incidents during the "Black Hawk Scare"; arrived at Canton, Ill., 5/17/1830; built the fourth house erected in the town; married twice in Virginia; (1) Sarah, daughter of John Robinson, who d. 10/10/1819; (2) Maria, daughter of Moses and Sarah (Kyle) Shinn, 8/10/1820; ob. at Canton, Ill., 3/17/1840.

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 (Flowers)

Shinn; ob. at Canton, Ill., 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 Ill. 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, Ill.; educated there; commercial

traveler; m. Elizabeth, daughter of Dennis and Mary Elizabeth

(Slater) Halpin at Kansas City, Mo., 6/30/1897. Resides at Chicago, Ill.

2. Arthur William Shinn (9), b. at Toulon, Ill., 12/4/1881; clerk Marshall Field

& Company, Chicago, Ill.

2. Sarah Shinn, who m. Isaac Whittaker of Kansas City, Mo.

3. Mary Shinn, who m. (???) Johnson of Toulon, Ill.

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 Marriage.

1. (3) Harriet Shinn (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, Ill., 9/1/1842, Edwin

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 Henrietta Dewey (8), b. 7/11/1843, Canton, Ill.; ob. 2/10/1855.

2. Roswell William Dewey (8), b. 1/1/1845 at Canton, Ill.; m., 3/17/1875 at Mt.

Pleasant, Ia., Clara L. Porter, and had children:

1. Ralph Porter. 2. Edwin Paul. 3. Charles Carroll. 4. Percy Allen.

3. Sarah Phebe (8). 4. Stephen Edwin (8).

5. Charles Arthur Dewey (8), b. 6/27/1851; m., 5/29/1878, at Canton, Ill., Mary Annetta

Bedell, b. Norfolk, N. Y. Had children:

1. Charles Jay Dewey (9), b. 1/29/1883.

6. 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. (6) Sarah Elizabeth Shinn (7), b. en route to Illinois in Rush County, Indiana, 1/8/1830;

m. at Canton, Ill., 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 Canton,

Ill. Their descendants were:

1. Alfred William Dewey (8), b. 2/3/1850, at Canton, Ill.; 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. Francis 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). 6. (8) Eliza Dillon (7).

7. (9) Phebe Elinor (7).

8. (10) Martha Shinn (7), b. at Canton, Ill., 4/21/1838; m. at Abingdon, Ill., 12/24/1863,

Sylvester James Blair. He died, and his widow resides at Peoria, Ill. They had

one child:

1. Harriet Laverne Blair (8), b. 3/21/1867.

1389. RESTORE SHINN (6).‑‑SAMUEL (5), BENJAMIN (4), JOSEPH (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Restore 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 Marshalltown, Iowa. He had one son, Dallas, who lived in Humboldt County, California; one daughter, m. Joseph Means, and another, a man named Betts.

1396. THOMAS CROSS SHINN (6).‑‑JOB (5), JOHN (4), JOSEPH (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Thomas Cross, second child of Job and Nancy (Cross) Shinn, born at Turkeytown, two miles East of Pemberton, 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. His descendants were:

By First Marriage.

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 Shinn, Jr., her

first cousin, at Vincentown, N. J. Children:

1. Mary Matilda Shinn (9), b. 8/13/1869; unmarried.

2. Ella Cyllane Shinn (9), b. 7/16/1871; m. Walter Vymal Inman, 1/25/1891.

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).

2. 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 Henry Taylor 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.

4. Benjamin Francis Shinn (7), m. Ellen Murdock.

5. Samuel Pippett Shinn (7), b. in New Jersey 2/2/1823; moved to Ohio at seven; to

New Jersey at twenty‑three, when he married (1), in Burlington County, Mary

(Lame) Shinn, widow of Jonathan Shinn, 7/2/1846; remained there seven years;

returned to Ohio and then to Curtisville, Ind., where he has remained for more

than thirty years; 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

children were:

1. Thomas 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); m. Edgar Eckman.

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, 1861, in 57th Indiana Vol. and killed in battle.

4. (9) Elizabeth Ann Shinn (7); m. Dr. Doan of 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 father's 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. 6/17/1895. The mother died 12/15/1901.

3. Anna S. Lamb (8); 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 and 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' Meetings; 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 contradictory, especially that part concerning her father's marriages. She was a daughter of Nancy Cross and was mentioned in her 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. Unm.

4. Nathan H. 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 (8); b. 12/7/1876; m., 4/22/‑‑, Carl Stevenson of Trenton.

6. Japhet Bishop Wilson (7); b. 12/8/1848; graduated at State Normal School, Trenton,

N. J.; teacher at Baltimore, Md., Oneida, N. Y., and for one year at the Normal

School at Morrillton, Ark. Ob. unmarried.

1397. MARY SHINN (6).‑‑JOB (5), JOHN (4), JOSEPH (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Mary, daughter of Job and Nancy (Cross) Shinn, b. 1796; this woman died at Hightstown, N. J., 8/25/1896, being 99 years, 11 months and 25 days old; m. Samuel Rogers and had children, one of whom was Job Shinn Rogers, m. and had a family. He and his son were partners in the furniture business at Hightstown, N. J., in 1895. This family was noted for its longevity, three of the daughters of Job having reached four score and ten, and one of these lacked but five days of being one hundred years of age.

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1401. MARTHA SHINN (6).‑‑BENJAMIN (5), FRANCIS (4), JOSEPH (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

MARTHA SHINN (7).‑‑REBECCA (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 Rebecca (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, William and George, whose notices follow this. Martha married William Lamb; ob. 4/29/1853. Their children were:

1. John Lamb (7), who married, and is now deceased.

2. Caroline Lamb (7), m. Samuel Stackhouse.

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. BENJAMIN SHINN (6).‑‑BENJAMIN (5), FRANCIS (4), JOSEPH (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Benjamin, third child of Benjamin and Rebecca Shinn, was born 3/16/1819; married at New Egypt, N. 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.

1403. JOB SHINN (6).‑‑BENJAMIN (5), FRANCIS (4), JOSEPH (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN. (1).

Job, fourth child of Benjamin and Rebecca Shinn, was born 12/25/1820; married Mary 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).

George Washington McKane Shinn, youngest child of Benjamin and Rebecca Shinn, was born 5/1/1828; m., 3/12/1856, at Pemberton, N. J., Isabella C. Page. He is still living (1902) at Philadelphia. One child:

1. Clifford Watson Shinn (7), b. 9/21/1860; telegrapher in Broad street office of the

Pennsylvania Railroad Company; m., 10/4/1899, at Philadelphia, Ella Cordelia

Alloway.

1408. ABIGAIL SHINN (6).‑‑BENJAMIN (5), FRANCIS (4), JOSEPH (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Abigail Shinn, only child of Benjamin Shinn by his second wife, Mary Loveman, b. 1/11/1832, at New Egypt, N. J.; m. Emmor Wills (Emmor (4), Micajah

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(3), Jacob (2), Job Wills (1),) of Barnegat, N. J., and had one child:

1. Addie B. Wills (7), b. 2/20/1876.

962. EARL SHINN (6).‑‑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 David and Beulah (Walton) Comfort, 4/10/1822. Sarah was fifth in descent from James Thornton of Stony Stratford, England, and fourth in descent from Daniel and Mary (Lamb) Walton; resided for years on Pine street in Philadelphia, Pa. Their descendants were:

1. Elizabeth Shinn (7), b. 12/12/1823; ob. 1883; m. Henry Haines, 10/1/1845, and had:

1. Henry Haines (8); ob. infans.

2. Anna Shinn (7), b. 10/5/1826; ob. 4/24/1888; m. Samuel Richard Shipley,

son of Thomas and Lydia Shipley. Mr. Shipley is a man of affairs; president

of the Provident Life and Trust Co. of Philadelphia, and has filled many

places of responsibility and trust; his wife was a most exemplary character;

a devoted wife and mother and a faithful servant of God. She was the author

of many very pretty verses which had a wide circulation among her

friends before her death, and which after her death were printed at the request

of friends for private circulation. The volume bears the modest name

"Poems and Hymns," by Anna Shipley. Their children were:

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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. Richard Cadbury, 12/4/1850.

Mr. Cadbury was for many years in the wholesale dry goods business; one of

the founders of the Provident Life and Trust Co. of Philadelphia; an active

member of the "Magdalen Society"; secretary for many years of the

Friends' Society, laboring 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. Richard. 2. Mary Anna. 3. Bertha.

4. Shipley. 5. Clement. 6. Thomas Kite.

2. Richard Tapper Cadbury; m. Helen Nathans, 1884; holds responsible position in

The Providence Life & Trust Assn.

3. Sarah Cadbury; ob. sine proli.

4. Samuel Earl Shinn (7), b. 1/1/1830; drowned.

5. Charles Shinn (7); ob. infans.

6. 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. No children. Married (2) Emma,

a descendant in the eighth generation of Anthony Morris, the emigrant,

daughter of Levi and Naomi, 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 College;

carried on the drug business at Broad and Spruce streets from 1855 to

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1896, when he retired; joined the American Pharmaceutical Association

in 1860, when he was appointed secretary, and was elected president

at the meeting in Saratoga. He was interested in various charities and corporations;

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 Instruction

of the Poor"; secretary of the Pennsylvania Hospital, founded by Benjamin

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 wholesale

rates; member for several years of the "Society for Organizing Charity"

in Philadelphia; secretary and treasurer of the Virginia Mining and Improvement

Company; manager of the Mine Hill Railroad; 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 universally

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.

I 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 triteness of this speech that we are so ready to yield a general assent to its truthfulness in the abstract and to doubt its application 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 that his work was necessary and well done, and that his successors may be long in coming. In the great centres of Old World civilization, where the poorest may be the heir of all the ages, these skillful and conscientious writers may be counted only by threes and fours. In our new capitals they are very much fewer; and chief among them was he who covered his father's 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 primary colors that was not sinful for household use, he lived to add to their righteous doctrine of unbending integrity that wider knowledge which accepts all the beautiful 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 his services as a critic on contemporary art to the New York Nation‑‑at

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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 1866, when he was studying as a painter in Paris under Gerome, his first contributions appeared in the columns of the paper as letters descriptive and analytical of the system of the great government art schools; and, later, on his 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. But this was but one of his many occupations; and many publishers, native and foreign, were glad to avail themselves of his discreet knowledge. In addition to his extensive acquaintance with the schools of contemporaneous art‑‑and especially with that of France, which, with all its faults, he rightly regarded as the head and sum of them all‑‑his curious spirit explored 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 offers that were made to him by the daily press, and as a dramatic author he wrote at least two complete acts of one society play and carefully sketched out one or two more comedies‑‑only to lock everything up in his desk. As a translator, in addition to the quantities of lively Parisian that he transferred into English for various publications at different times, he meditated much serious and scholarly work, including a 'worthy translation of the works of Balzac'; and as an artist he saw visions and dreamed dreams, for many of which he 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 'Midsummer Night'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 preparation 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 1879 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 prepared several others only somewhat less in size and importance: 'The Masterpieces of the Centennial International Exhibition,' on which he spent nearly two years of labor; the 'Chefs d'Oeuvre d'Art, of the International and Other Exhibitions,' 'Etudes in Modern French Art,' 'The International Gallery, a Collection of One Hundred Select Works by Ancient and Modern Masters,' 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 chromo‑lithographs for that sumptuous book on the house and collection of the late Mr. Vanderbilt, 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 drawings to metal and stone, the printer and the paper‑maker; and it was not

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until the early part of 1885 that he 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 translation and paraphrase of the text of a Parisian art critic, illustrating a collection of a hundred etchings prepared for the house of Goupilet Cie.

"The personal traits of this gentleman of the world were as worthy of record as his intellectual accomplishments. Full of that courtesy and kindness 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 sometimes have caused an impatient friend to accuse him of unfriendly pride. For his own purse and his own time, they were always at the disposal of an acquaintance, and to this unreasonable unselfishness he was indebted at times for some wasting of daylight 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 simple 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. His 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 under discipline, is wonderfully 'respectable.' The pious ceremony must not be 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 up by the preacher who on this day exercises the veterans." (See engraving facing page 48.)

His Printed Works.

"Some Highways and Byways of American Travel," by Earl Shinn (Edward Strahan), Sydney Lanier and Edward A. Pollard. Philadelphia, 1878.

"Etudes in Modern French Art," illustrated with ten plates, India proofs and numerous facsimiles of original drawings. New York, 1881.

"The Chefs D'Oeuvre D'Art of the International Exhibition, 1878." Philadelphia, 1878‑80.

"The Masterpieces of the Centennial Exhibition."

"The Art Treasures of America." 1879‑83.

"The International Gallery."

"Gerome and His School."

"The Parisian Water Color Painters."

"The Vanderbilt House." A stupendous amount of matter, being four volumes about three feet square and filled with a wondrous mass of bright matter on the house and collections of Cornelius Vanderbilt. Published by Gebbie & Barrie of Philadelphia and sold at $400 a set.

He wrote, also, the two first chapters of "The Book of the Tile Club," of which organization he was a member, but being too sick to finish it, that work was performed after his death by F. Hopkinson Smith. Published at Boston, 1886.

963. REBECCA SHINN (6).‑‑SAMUEL (5), EARL (4), THOMAS (3), THOMAS (2),

JOHN (1).

Rebecca Shinn, second child of Samuel and Hannah (Simpson) Shinn, born in Philadelphia, Pa.; m. there, Caleb Ash, M. D.; he was a practicing physician in

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Darby, Delaware County, Pa., until his death in 1862; active member of the Delaware 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 descendants were:

1. Samuel Shinn Ash (7), b. 2/11/1829; spent an active life in business at Philadelphia,

Pa.; has now retired and lives at Swarthmore; was recorded minister in the Society

of Friends in 1877, but has not retired from that service; m., 11/9/1859,

Sarah Jane Scofield, and had children:

1. Oliver Howard. 2. Henry Caleb. 3. S. Earl. 4. Mary Scofield. The first and

third deceased. 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 Shinn Ash (7), b. August, 1839; m. Hannah A. Patton.

5. Humphrey Marshall Ash (7), b. August, 1842; m. Mary H. Ash.

1409. ANN SHINN (6).‑‑VINACOMB (5), THOMAS (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES

(2), JOHN (1).

Ann Shinn, eldest child of Vinacomb and Sarah (Middleton) Shinn, married Isaac Taylor, and had two children, the eldest of whom, Sarah Ann, was named in the father's will, 10/3/1841.

1410. ELISHA L. SHINN (6).‑‑VINACOMB (5), THOMAS (4), SOLOMON (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Elisha L. Shinn, second and youngest child of Vinacomb and Sarah (Middleton) Shinn, was born near New Egypt, N. J.; married, 2/6/1840 (Mon. M. L., Book C, 254), 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 by the grandfather, Thomas, and afterwards occupied by the 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)

Jobes; elder in the Presbyterian Church at New Egypt; Republican. Descendants:

1. Anna B. and Blanch S. Jobes (8).

3. Blanch P. Shinn (7), m., 2/3/1881, Col. James P. Mead, of Philadelphia, Pa.

4. Henry P. Shinn (7), m., 1/1/1869, Sarah, daughter of Nathan Hendrickson.

5. Rush P. Shinn (7), b. 7/10/1855; ob. infans.

1417. ELIZABETH SHINN (6).‑‑SOLOMON (5), THOMAS (4), SOLOMON (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Elizabeth Scattergood Shinn, second child of Solomon and Jane (Scattergood) Shinn, b. 3/11/1824, near New Egypt, N. J.; m. William, son of Robert and Mary (Delaplaine) 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. Henry McKay (7), b. 10/28/1862; ob. 1863.

3. Sarah Arny McKay (7), b. 12/11/1862; m. Robert Simpson, son of Joseph L. and Elizabeth (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).

Riley, 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 Elizabeth

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(Black) Carslake; (2) Mrs. Mary Shreve; resides at Columbus and had the following children by the first marriage:

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 Robert

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 (6).‑‑SOLOMON (5), THOMAS (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES

(2), JOHN (1)

Sarah, sixth child of Solomon 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 settled at Georgetown, D. C. There, on July 18th, 1823, Louis Arny was born. He was educated at Georgetown College, and then embarked in business in Philadelphia. 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 July of that year Arny joined the Confederate Guards of New Orleans under Captain Pilsbury and served in that distinguished detachment until 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 Federal 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 officials at headquarters and the beautiful penmanship attracted general attention. His conduct was so exemplary as to attract the attention of General Maury, who ordered his secretary to direct Arny to report at headquarters for duty. There he remained in the confidence of General Maury and his staff until the fall of Mobile. Then with the archives of the office he was sent to Meridian, Miss., where he remained until the close of the war. He was paroled on May 11, 1865. After the war he was always an active member of the Army of Tennessee, U. C. V.

From 1866 to 1870 he attempted 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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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 work. No children.

1453. SHREVE SHINN (6).‑‑WILLIAM (5), ASA (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Shreve Shinn, eldest son of William and Ann (Forsyth) Shinn, born in Burlington County, New Jersey, 11/23/1815; married 12/17/1840 Emily Norcross, daughter of Samuel Woolman, born11/17/1818; farmer; killed by a runaway horse 9/23/1888; had in his possession the original marriage certificate of Solomon Shinn and Mary Antrim, daughter of Thomas Antrim, of Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, on the back of which was endorsed the births of his children, as they appear elsewhere in this book; Emily Norcross Shinn died 11/6/1893. Their descendants 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 Joseph

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 Barber 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. 3/7/1886; (2) William L. Woodruff, 7/29/1893. Child by first marriage:

1. Winfield 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. ELWOOD SHINN (6).‑‑WILLIAM (5), ASA (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Elwood Shinn, fifth child of William and Ann (Forsyth) Shinn, born in Burlington County. New Jersey, 5/27/1822; married 3/14/1861, Hannah, daughter of Joseph and Ascha Hartshorn, born 3/11/1830; 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. Howard Townsend (8). 2. Elwood Aaronson (8).

3. Ralph Henry Shinn (7), b. 2/4/1870; m., 4/27/1898, Elmira Borden Kimball.

1458. WILLIT SHINN (6).‑‑WILLIAM (5), ASA (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Willit Shinn, youngest child of William and Ann (Forsyth) Shinn, born 1/15/1825, on a farm near Jobstown, Burlington County, New Jersey; his father died when he was but seven years of age; in his seventeenth year removed to Philadelphia; learned the bricklayer's trade; carried on that business in Philadelphia

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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 1871 and moved to Mt. Holly, where he now resides. He has never married. His residence at Mt. Holly is a fine type of village home, and is furnished with every modern appliance for making life comfortable; he is interested 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 life 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 authenticity. Had every member of the family been one‑tenth as zealous as Willit Shinn I should have had the most thorough genealogy extant. He is now seventy‑eight years of age, and my wish is that he may pass the hundredth milestone.

1459. SAMUEL ELLIS SHINN (6).‑‑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.

2. Isaac L. Shinn (7), b. 4/6/1853; m., 1878, Rebecca Stone, and had children, Emily

Irene, Sallie Ethel, Willie Dayton, Reuben Clifford, Elmira and Emma Anderson.

3. Fanny 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 (6).‑‑ISAAC (5), ASA (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Albert, second child of Isaac and Fanny (Van) Shinn, born 1831; m., 1853, Emma Antrim, b., 1833, at Pemberton, N. J. Children: Fanny, Laura, Josephine, Benejah, b., 1861, m., 1885, Carrie McNair; Eliza, b., 1863; Henrietta, b. 1865, m. J. R. 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. 9/18/1862, and Isaac S., b. 9/27/1865.

1464. ISAAC SHINN (6).‑‑SAMUEL (5), ASA (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Isaac Shinn, only child of Samuel and Fanny (Shinn‑Van) Shinn, born 1841; m., 1870, Ella A. Wright, and had Eugene R., Clarence, Orville, William and Loud G.

1465. JOSEPH LAMB SHINN (6).‑‑SOLOMON (5), ASA (4), SOLOMON (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Joseph Lamb 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; removed to Philadelphia; m., 3/4/1826, Jane Wextrim, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth, b. 3/17/1819, ob. 8/15/1847; m. (2), Rebecca (Proctor‑Pennington) Shinn, 9/9/1851; Mr. Shinn was quartermaster at the U. S. Navy Yards at Philadelphia until too old to attend to its duties, when he was made 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. 3/20/1846; m., 6/2/1867. Richard Berriman, and had children,

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), 1869, John Richardson; (2), 1880, William

Brunt; she d. 6/4/1896. 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 by Second Marriage.

1. (3) William. 2. (4) Catherine.

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3. Edmund Bruen (8), b. 8/5/1851; m., 1880, Martha Jane Ralph; ob. 12/31/1896;

two children, Edmund B. and Thomas Ralph.

4. Samuel Dillmore (8); ob. infans.

2. Samuel W. 3. Mary Jane, b. 4/12/1837; m. Henry Palmer. 4. Joshua. 5. Matilda.

6. Amanda Matilda Shinn (7), b. 3/16/1845; 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) James Proctor, ob. at birth. 3. (9) Francis Baker.

4. (10) James Proctor (7), b. 9/9/1856; m. Elizabeth Hess.

5. (11) Anna Pennington (7), b. 10/19/1858; m., 1/29/1879, Archibald Gorman Babnew,

and had Joseph, Wilson, 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 business

at Camden, N. J.; children, Edwin, Florence and Viola.

1477. HENRY CLAY SHINN (6).‑‑ASA (5), ASA (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Henry Clay Shinn, fifth child of Asa, and third child of Asa and Elizabeth (Blackwood) Shinn, b.,12/21/1834; in., 11/29/1881, Sallie Heisler Haines; resided at Mt. Holly, N. J.; ob. 12/26/1901, leaving one child, Henry Clay, b., 11/27/1882; unmarried.

1485. JAMES S. HANKINS (6).‑‑ABIGAIL SHINN (5), 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 (Croshaw) Forsyth, 1/23/1836; she was a great grand‑daughter of Caleb Shreve, a Revolutionary soldier (sec Caleb Shreve, in Stryker's Jerseymen in the Revolution). 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. Phebe 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 Newbold,

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 Egypt, N. J.; married Rebecca Barkalow, and had children:

1. Abigail; m. Charles Wycoff. 2. Mary Ann; m. a Mr. Dawes.

3. Elizabeth; m. Peter Wycoff. 4. George; m. a Shuyley.

5. Hulda; m. a Mr. Hunt.

These men are all prosperous farmers; Republicans; live near Allentown, 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 Allentown, 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 Mary (Miller) Shinn, born at Upper Freehold, N. J., 11/12/1855; 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 remains in the 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 place 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 liberally 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 problems 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 Jersey

Vol. Inf., being wounded twice severely.

2. James Jobes (7), b. 9/9/1843; 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 Mary (Miller) Shinn, born at New Egypt, 10/23/1820; married there Dr. Lloyd Wilbur, of Hightstown, N. J., and had two sons, both physicians.

1. Dr. George Franklin Wilbur (7), m. Fannie Apple of New York; graduate of Princeton

and the Medical Department of University of Pennsylvania; had two daughters.

Resides at Asbury Park.

2. Dr. William L. Wilbur, Hightslown, N. J.; graduate of Princeton and Medical Department of University of Pennsylvania. Unmarried.

1492. GEORGE W. SHINN (6).‑‑JAMES (5), JAMES (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES

(2), JOHN (1).

George W., fourth child of James and Mary (Miller) Shinn, born at the "Shinn Homestead," New Egypt, N. J., 6/20/1824; attended district schools and graded school at Bordentown; improved the homestead until its fertility was second to none in that region; in 1850 went to Philadelphia and for a while engaged in the commission business; then devoted a year to the grocery business at Camden; in 1852 became agent for the Riverton Improvement Company for laying out a town on the Delaware, eight miles above Camden; at the same time opened a general store and also a lumber and coal yard; married, 3/25/1852, Sarah Matilda Rue, of Cream Ridge, N. J.; remained at Riverton four years; moved to Freehold in 1856, where he remained until 1885 as a merchant; Common

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Pleas Judge two terms of five years each; President from 1885 to 1902 of the New Jersey State Reform School for Boys at Jamesburg, ten miles west of Freehold; this institution has the tutelage of 360 boys; during this period he lost his wife and on 9/23/1891 was married the second time to Margaret Park, of Jamesburg, N. J.; was Master of Ceremonies at the Centennial Celebration of the Battle of Monmouth, held at Freehold, Monmouth County, N. J., 1877; owner of the "Shinn Hall," in which the celebration was held, and built by him for such occasions. 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, Mercer and Monmouth the maelstrom of New Jersey. In two of these counties the Shinns were quartered during all that time. George W. Shinn resigned his position at the Reform School in 1902 and moved to the village of Jamesburg, where he opened a real estate and insurance office; he was a Republican in politics, and filled 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. Walter Shinn (8), b. 1880.

2. Mary Anna Shinn (7).

1493. JAMES MILLER SHINN (6).‑‑JAMES (5), JAMES (4), SOLOMON (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

James Miller, sixth child of James and Mary (Miller) Shinn, born at New Egypt, N. J., 1/20/1828; married Susan Lower, of Philadelphia, Pa.; started in business at Philadelphia; owing to poor health came back to the old home town (New Egypt, N. J.); purchased the business of Thomas W. Ivins, 1848, and conducted a large 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 conducts the same, making fifty‑five years of successful business life of father and son; James Miller was a member of the County Board of Freeholders, 1868 to 1872; trustee of the New Egypt Presbyterian Church a number of years, and identified with all public matters of his town. James Miller died at Philadelphia, Pa., 8/9/1888; had children:

1. William Lower Shinn (7), b. 9/26/1859; m., 4/1/1880, Kate Rewalt; she died October,

1888, leaving one son, William Rewalt Shinn (8).

2. George L. Shinn (7), b. 11/5/1861; m. Wilhelmina Boyd; County Collector of Ocean

County six years, 1894 to 1900; elected State Senator 1902 for three years; large

owner of cranberry bogs; director First National Bank, Hightstown, N. J.; shoe

business at Atlantic City, N. J.; interested in business enterprises at Baltimore,

Md., and 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. Conservative,

cautious, successful, are the words that mark his career.

3. Charles Shinn (7), b. 7/29/1863; ob. infans.

4. James M. Shinn (7), b. 8/31/1865; resides at Atlantic City, N. J.; m. there, October,

1890.

5. Thomas Shinn (7), b. 10/10/1867.

6. Adelaide Shinn (7), b. 10/10/1867; m. Oscar Burdick at Philadelphia, and had children:

1. Margaret (8). 2. Elizabeth (8). 3. Isabel (8).

4. Harriet (8). 5. Susan (8).

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).

Benjamin Barkalow Shinn, eldest child of Ezra and Anna (Barkalow) Shinn, born in Montgomery. County, Ohio, 3/10/1824; m., 1/1/1845, Margaret Barkalow;

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farmer; Unitarian; moved to Mattoon, Ill., where he has resided for many years; children:

1. James B. Shinn (7), b. in Montgomery County, Ohio, 10/4/1845; ob. 1/28/1868, unmarried.

2. George B. Shinn (7), b. in Indiana, 10/20/1851; m. Cornelia M. Ricketts, 2/18/1872,

at Mattoon, Ill.; 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 (6).‑‑EZRA (5), JAMES (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES

(2), JOHN (1).

James Ezra Shinn, second child of Ezra and Anna (Barkalow) Shinn, born in Montgomery County, Ohio, 11/10/1825; m. 12/‑‑/1847, Elizabeth Ann, daughter of William Barkalow; moved to Illinois; farmer; Republican; belonged to no church; ob. 11/7/1888; children:

1. Ann Catherine Shinn (7), b. 10/‑‑/1848; m., 12/1/1867, George East; farmer, Republican;

soldier in the Union Army; wounded at Antietam and Gettysburg;

Methodist; moved to Fredonia, Wilson County, Kan. There were eight children

in the eighth generation.

2. Aaron Shinn (7), b. 1850; m. Sarah E. Suit, 9/4/1872; farmer, Republican, Baptist.

Children:

1. Omah. 2. Lavinia. 3. Charles. 4. Eliza. 5. Elmer. 6. Harry.

3. George Shinn (7), b. March, 1861; m. Matilda Suit, in February, 1881; farmer, Republican; resides at Loxa, Ill. Children:

1. Mabel. 2. Grace. 3. Nettie. 4. Harry. 5. Jessie. 6. Hazel. 7. Garnet.

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1498. LAVINA SHINN (6).‑‑EZRA (5), JAMES (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Lavina Shinn, third child of Ezra and Anna (Barkalow) Shinn, b., 1/8/1828; m., April, 1851, W. N. Kyle, in Indiana; farmer; Republican; children:

1. George. 2. Nathan. 3. Anna E. 4. William.

1499. EZRA 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 Union army; president of the Farmers' Bank, Lathrop, Mo.; Republican, and attached to every progressive enterprise of his neighborhood; hospitable, wealthy and courteous; children:

1. Clara Ann Shinn (7), b. 7/17/1859; m. J. E. McKee, and has three children at Lathrop,

Mo.

2. George Washington Shinn (7), b. 3/21/1861; m. Carrie E. Duncan; resides at Lathrop,

Mo.; cashier Farmers' Bank; and had children, Duncan, Aletha and Marshall

Shinn.

3. Prudence Lane (7). 4. Lavina Shinn (7).

1500. THOMAS JEFFERSON SHINN (6).‑‑EZRA (5), JAMES (4), SOLOMON (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Thomas Jefferson, 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; Republican; ob. 1898; had one daughter:

1. Lulu Shinn (7), b. 11/5/1870; m. Samuel Stuckey, and had one child, Mae Stuckey.

1502. SARAH COX (6).‑‑HEPZIBAH SHINN (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, Johnson County, Indiana; a wealthy farmer; children:

1. John Cox (7), b. September, 1851; 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) Donly 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. 6/7/1857; m. Maria J. Copenhaver, 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, O.; Democrat; Old School Baptist; (2) James Ward, of same place; ob. 11/20/1884; children by the first marriage were:

1. Edmund Mooney (7), b. 5/29/1858; m. Ida Klugel, 8/25/1885.

2. 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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1506. DERRICK COX (6).‑‑HEPZIBAH 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; children:

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. 5/12/1866; 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, fourth 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), b. 1/5/1868; m. Kittie M. Marrice, 10/21/1897, and had two children:

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 SHINN COX (6).‑‑HEPZIBAH SHINN (5), JAMES (4), SOLOMON

(3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Thomas Shinn Cox, sixth child of John and Hepzibah (Shinn) Cox, b., 1/28/1836; m. Lydia Ann Death, 5/20/1858; Baptist; Democrat; resides at Piqua, O.; 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 Edinburg, Ind., and had:

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1. Jarrett D. White (7), b. 1/25/1849; m. Sarah H. Keaton and had:

1. Charles C. 2. Benjamin Keaton.

2. Ida M. White (7), b. 7/7/1855; m. Charles L. Clancy; livery and sale stables; had

one child, 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. Joseph D. White (7), b. 11/21/1852; farmer; m. Clara Jane Nible, and had:

1. Daisy. 2. Ray. 3. Estella. 4. Kate.

5. Gilbert L. White (7), b. 9/12/1862; unmarried.

6. William White (7), m. Zoe Treese.

1511. HEPZIBAH ANN WHITE (6).‑‑EMILY SHINN (5), JAMES (4), SOLOMON

(3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Hepzibah 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 Jacob Demming, farmer, near Edinburg, Ind.; children:

1. Dillard Lawrence Demming (7), b. 8/27/1854; merchant, Edinburg, Ind.; m. Mary,

daughter of Peter J. Bonta. Children:

1. Byron J. 2. Edward Lawrence.

2. Clara Belle Demming (7), b. 1/30/1859; m. John Alexander, son of Alfred C.

Thompson of Edinburg, Ind.; banker with his father in Edinburg since 1870;

member Edinburg School Board for ten years; a 35th degree Mason; Republican

and a member of the Christian Church. Children:

1. Rebie Demming (8), b. 8/24/1880; m., 9/29/1900, Clarence Cutsinger.

2. Frank Dale (8), b. 1/1/1884.

3. Mollie Demming (7), b. 7/14/1866; m. Arthur, son of Jackson Pruitt, clerk. Children:

1. Maurice Dale. 2. Herold Demming.

1512. MARY ANN WHITE (6).‑‑EMILY SHINN (5), JAMES (4), SOLOMON (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Mary Ann, fourth child of John and Emily (Shinn) White, b., 9/14/1835; m. (1) William H.

Barkalow; (2) Dr. F. M. Abbott, of Indianapolis, Ind.

Children by First Marriage.

1. John 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 Edinburg, Ind.; children:

1. Alla 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 New Jersey; 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 Pancoast, 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. JOSHUA SHINN (6).‑‑THOMAS (5), CALEB (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES

(2), JOHN (1).

Joshua, first son of Thomas and Abigail (Gaskell) Shinn, born in New Jersey; married Abigail Whinery, of New Garden, O.; teacher, wool dealer, author and editor; author of one of the earliest arithmeties published, and one of the first ones published in Ohio; in 1860 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 (6).‑‑THOMAS (5), CALEB (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

James, third child of Thomas and first of Thomas and Rebecca (Daniel) Shinn, born at Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio, 9/29/1807; educated in the

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primitive schools; familiar with nature from boyhood; strong, healthful, clean; reared under the shadow of Quaker influences and refined and elevated thereby; to his dying day in his eighty‑ninth year never free from the impressions of his early Quaker environment; in early manhood a clerk of the Friends' Meeting at Salem; married, 11/25/1828, at Lexington, Ohio, Mary Sebrell, whose parents were from Virginia, as was his grandmother; moved to Platteville, Wis., in the early forties to prospect for zine and lead; there his wife died in 1845, and there, on 11/26/1846, he married (2) Lucy Ellen Clark, whose parents were from Connecticut; to Keokuk, Iowa, prospecting as before; to Texas in 1850; to Niles, Cal., in 1855, where he remained until his death, cultivating the various fruits that have made California famous. Here on the 29th of October, 1896, he died a victim of la grippe. Had he lived thirteen days longer his children would have surprised him with a golden wedding service. The readers of this book will doubtless have observed the great number of descendants of John, the emigrant, who trace back to his 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 correspondence with James Shinn in 1889 and continued it until his death. Although almost blind, and therefore forced to use widely spaced paper specially prepared 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 Caleb, son of Jacob. But when I gave him the birth date of Caleb, he wrote back 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 sent this to him. He sent back the good word: "My grandmother was Mary Lucas, and you have given me a good line." This man believed in the elevating influences of a sound education, and gave his children in California every opportunity the state afforded. Two of them had achieved a national reputation in letters long before the father died.

Descendants of James and Mary (Sebrell) Shinn.

1. Eli Shinn. 2. Rebecca Daniel Shinn.

3. Hannah Brantingham Shinn (7), b. Salem, O., 4/19/1833; m. L. M. Mays, in Texas.

She resides at Round Rock, 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 children.

2. Arthur. 3. Kate. 4. Alice. 5. Patsie. 6. Livy. 7. Ruth.

8. Edwin. 9. Zoe. 10. Lulu. 11. Maud. 12. Grace.

4. Mary 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 received

by the family. His father thinks that he was slain in the battle of Pea

Ridge, 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 another

locality.

Children of James and Lucy Ellen (Clark) Shinn.

1. (6) Ellen Mary Shinn (7), b. Platteville, Wis., 9/14/1847; ob. 8//18/1848.

2. (7) Edwin Shinn (7); b. Dubuque, Ia., 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 Niles;

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at sixteen to school at Oakland; then one year at the University of California;

taught school in San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Alameda, Trinity and

Shasta Counties; received a State Educational Diploma in 1876; upon the

editorial staff of San Francisco Daily Bulletin in 1878, and also edited the

California Horticulturist, 1879‑80; continued an active newspaper life until

1882, when he entered Johns Hopkins University, graduating therefrom in

1884 with degree A. B.; took up literary work in New York for the Post,

Times, Harper's Weekly and other publications, and published a book on

Mining Camps; returned to San Francisco in 1885 to become business manager

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. Div. of Forestry (since Bureau),

1899‑1900; Associate on Bailey's Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, 1898‑1902;

resigned in June, 1902, from staff of Agricultural Department of University

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 Reserve under the Department of the Interior.

Those who are in touch with the magazines and scientific journals of the

country know the charm of Mr. Shinn's writing. Of no other member of the

family have I had so many inquiries. His articles are read everywhere that I

have been; for nowhere has there been a place in which some one has not said

to me, "Who 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, re-clipped 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 scientific; his treatment is artistic;

he blends the algebraic formula of scientific accuracy and precision

with the painter's easel and brush; he is clear, yet polished; technical, yet

graceful; learned, without pedantry. His varied writings show a busy intellectual

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 official 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 weekly of standing,

to many dailies, and to some important English, Scotch, Indian and Australian

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 him. 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

his life. The great Sierra Forest Reserve of over four million acres is far

more interesting to him than his dormant capacity to write the great American

novel. The six experiment sub‑stations of the University under his supervision,

with their droughts and floods, frosts and heats, their whole agricultural,

social and industrial existence, are more tempting to his thoughts and

energies than the offerings of literary fame. The latter chain him to a barren

height; the former leave him free to walk, talk and act as he chooses.

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In religion a Congregationalist, but can work cordially in any public service 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 Republican. 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.: Organized State Horticultural Society 1880; was first secretary, and State Horticultural Commissioner at large, resigning to go to Johns Hopkins University; charter member of California Historical Society; correspondent of Royal Horticultural Society, London, Eng.; active member of American Horticultural Association, American Association of Applied Science, American Forestry Association, California Water and Forest Association, Sierra Club. Publications are as follows: (See engraving facing page 64.)

"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 Saltbushes," 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 publication), London Garden, etc., etc.

4. (9) Annie Holbrook Shinn (7), b. 5/6/1856, at Niles, Cal.; ob. at the University,

1/13/1878.

5. (10) Millicent Washburn Shinn, born, 4/15/1858, at Niles, Cal.; graduated

A. B. from the University 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 Philosophy Saturday, December

17, 1899; sub‑committee in charge of the examination, Professors Joseph Le

Conte, Fletcher Bascom Dressler and Elmer Ellsworth Brown; degree conferred

"Magna Cum Laude." She is a most accomplished woman, and is a

recognized authority upon "Child Study" in its scholastic sense, and upon

"Child Nurture" in its economic and institutional sense. Principal publications:

"Notes on the Development of a Child," I. University of Cal. Studies.

"Notes on the Development of a Child," II. University of Cal. Studies.

"Notes on the Development of a Child," III. (in press). Univ. Cal. Studies.

"Notes on Children's Drawings." University of California. Studies. vol. II., No. 1, pp. 5‑29.

"The First Two Years of Childhood." In Proceedings of the International Congress of Education of the World's Columbian Exposition.

"The Baby's Mind." Publications of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae. Series II., No. 52.

"Report of Child Study." Publications of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae. Series II., No. 65.

"The Visible World of a Little Child." University of California Magazine. Vol. I., p. 13.

"Some 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. VIII., p. 544.

6. (11). Joseph Clark Shinn, born, 1/15/1861, Niles, Cal.; to common schools of

Oakland and Niles; Urban Academy in San Francisco, and Washington College,

Niles, Cal.; Boys' High School, San Francisco; one year in University

of California; aided his father in the nursery business, and as the father advanced

in age, the cares of the business fell more and more upon the son,

riding to Berkeley three or four times a week to lectures, 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 shipment

of gravel to San Franciscco; one thousand carloads of this have been

shipped in a single month; exercises a personal influence for good in all the

affairs of Niles; 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. JOSEPH SHINN (6).‑‑THOMAS (5), CALEB (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES

(2), JOHN (1).

Joseph, son of Thomas and Sarah (Sebrell) Shinn, was born near Lexington, Stark County, Ohio, 4/19/1825; teacher for twenty‑two years; correspondent for several newspapers and magazines; married at Friends' Church, Goshen, Ohio, 11/3/1854, Mary, daughter of George and Susannah Stratton; moved to Springdale, Iowa, in March, 1862, where he now resides; Quaker and Prohibitionist; his wife died 11/9/1899; children:

1. Susan A. (7), b. 10/29/1855; m., 10/4/1882, H. C. Porter, and had four children, Ada

L., Leslie Byron, Annie Lucille and Joseph G. Porter.

2. Byron (7), b. 11/23/1857; m. Anna Fergelie of Stavenger, Norway, and had three

children, Mary Josephine, Harry Edwin and Grace Shinn.

3. Sarah Elizabeth (7). 4. Ida M. (7).

5. Harwin B. (7), b. 9/18/1864; graduate (B. A.) of the Northwestern University; also

of Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, Ill.; now teaching in "Collegio Inglis,"

Iquique, Chili, S. A.; m. Josephine Rothrock, 1899. No children.

6. 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

resided there for several years. Children, Harwin Fremont, Marian F. and Anna

Lois Harrington.

7. Anna Lois (7), b. 1/11/1872; educated in public schools of Iowa and at Iowa State

University; teacher at Maywood, Chicago, Ill., since the World's Fair; a bright,

intellectual and gifted woman.

8. Laura J. (7), b. 3/6/1874; m., 12/27/1892, George F. Poland at Springdale, Ia., and

had four children, Robert, Della, Caroll and Louise.

1524. BENJAMIN SHINN (6).‑‑THOMAS (5), CALEB (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES

(2), JOHN (1).

Benjamin, son of Thomas and Sarah (Sebrell) Shinn, born near Alliance, Stark County, Ohio, 5/1/1828; converted at a camp meeting at Mt. Union, Ohio, while at college in 1853; taught at Goshen, Ohio; married, 3/30/1854, Mary Louise, daughter of John W. and Harriet Jenkins; moved to Iowa the same year, first to Johnson County, then to Iowa County; licensed to preach by the M. E. C. 1854; admitted to Iowa Conference 1857; in 1859 this Conference divided and a new one, "The Western Iowa Conference," formed (later Des Moines), of which he became a charter member, in which he has held continued membership to date,

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filling many important appointments; in 1872 appointed Presiding Elder of the Council Bluffs district; granted a superannuated relation in 1899 and settled in Dexter, Dallas 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. (2), 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 (6).‑‑KEDAR (5), CALEB (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2),

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; (2) at Camden, N. J., Rachel Swain 1/18/1834; children by first marriage were: Elizabeth, Mary, Stratton, Miriam, Harriet, 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 with 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. Holly, N. 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

Iowa; back to New Jersey. Descendants:

1. Thomas Willis Shinn (8), b. Clermont, Ia., 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. Stiles.

5. Eliza Smalley (7), m. William Shill.

6. Allen Boggs (7), b. 10/5/1850; 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.

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1529. KEDAR SHINN (6).‑‑KEDAR (5), CALEB (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Kedar Shinn, son of Kedar and Miriam (Willits) Shinn, m. Mary Chambers, and had Josephine, Georgiana, Rebecca, Lydia, Elizabeth, Rachel, Morgan, Sarah and Thomas.

1534. WILLIAM N. SHINN (6).‑‑KEDAR (5), CALEB (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES

(2), JOHN (1).

William N. Shinn, son of Kedar and Miriam (Willits) Shinn, m. Sarah Kline, and had Annie, Mary and Louis.

1535. LEWIS SHINN (6).‑‑KEDAR (5), CALEB (4), SOLOMON (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Lewis Shinn, youngest child of Kedar and Miriam (Willits) Shinn, born in Burlington County, New Jersey; m. Ellen Johnson; moved to Ocean County, at Tom's River, where he became a prominent and influential man; he published the Ocean Wave for many years, and 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 (6).‑‑DAVID (5), PETER (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Charles Shinn, second child of David and Hannah (Wilson) Shinn, b. 12/8/1811; m. Phebe Heacock at Marlborough, Stark County, O., 10/30/1834; a minister of the Friends' Society; ob. at Maple Grove, Ind., 12/31/1875. Had descendants:

1. Joseph Shinn (7), b. 7/27/1835; ob. unmarried.

2. Albina Shinn (7), b. 10/1/1836; m., 3/15/1860, Phebe Willets, at Andrews, Ind., and

had children:

1. William H., b. 3/21/1861; m. Lorena Yell.

2. Lewis C. 3. Phebe Ann.

3. Hannah Shinn (7), b. 6/5/1838; m. John S. Downs, and had children:

1. Charles Wesley. 2. Mary, b. 9/17/1862; m. Edward Knee.

3. Sarah. 4. Albina. 5. William.

1545. ELIJAH SHINN (6).‑‑JOHN (5), PETER (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Elijah, fourth child of John and Sybella (Collins) Shinn, b. 9/22/1822, moved to Ohio with his father; m., 5/6/1845, Sarah Woodruff; Trustee Goshen Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, in 1860; held other offices of honor and trust; ob. 9/24/1899 in his seventy‑third year. His descendants are:

1. Maria Shinn (7), b. Mahoning County, 10/5/1846; m., 1/20/1869, Jesse Sproat, and

had children:

1. Melva Jane Sproat (8), b. 1/31/1870; m., 6/12/1889, Wallace King, and had children:

1. Dorothy King (9), b. 6/8/1902.

2. Sarah Sproat (8), b. 7/3/1872; m., 6/7/1890, Edward Pretheroe, and had children:

1. Homer J. Pretheroe (9); ob. infans.

2. Byron Shinn (7), o. s. p.

3. Hannah C. Shinn (7), b. 8/4/1856; m., 11/‑‑/1873, John Lewis Morris, a descendant

of the Morris family of Philadelphia, and had children:

1. Maude Adelaide Morris (8), b. 3/13/1875; m., 1/16/1896, George Hall.

4. Lois Ann Shinn (7), b. 6/25/1862; m., 8/28/1884, Daniel H. Hartzell, and had Gertrude

Helen and Russell Shinn Hartzell.

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1546. JOHN C. SHINN (6).‑‑JOHN (5), PETER (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

John C. Shinn, fifth child of John and Sybella (Collins) Shinn, born Frankford, Pa., 1825; m. (1),1848, Lydia Votaw; he was Trustee of Goshen Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, in the years 1839‑45‑46‑47‑48‑49 and 1850, and held other positions of honor and trust; m. (2) Hester, daughter of Basil and Rachel (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 Rose, and had one child, Flora.

1548. AARON SHINN (6).‑‑JOHN (5), PETER (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Aaron Shinn, youngest child of John and Sybella (Collins) Shinn, born Berlin Center, O., 11/11/1829; m. there, 11/27/1850, Sinah Ellyson; moved to Blairstown, Ia., 1863; marshal of Blairstown for many years; deputy sheriff of Benton County; ob. Blairstown 12/3/1891. Descendants:

1. Alfaretta Shinn (7), b. Berlin Center, O., 9/3/1851; m. at Blairstown, Ia., 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, Ia., Mrs.

Emma Talbert; ob. at Blairstown, Ia., 10/8/1892, childless.

3. John Shinn (7), b. Berlin Center, O., 9/5/1860; m. at Dysart. Tama County, Ia.,

2/12/1893, Belle Long.

4. Mary Shinn (7), twin to John Shinn; m. at Carroll, Ia., 12/28/1888, Frank Collins.

5. Frank Joseph Shinn (7), b. Blairstown, Ia., 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 department.

Children:

1. Alfaretta Beatrice Shinn (8), b. Everson, Wash., 4/1/1894.

2. Cornelius Ellyson Shinn (8), b. Everson, Wash., 6/7/1895.

6. Sadie Shinn (7), b. Blairstown, Ia., 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, N. 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 being an improvement in the manufacture of heavy guns and shafts, and covered by patent No. 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 very few people in Philadelphia who have had anything to do with carpets, machinery or designs therefor, who are not acquainted with John Shinn, inventor 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 Chenin 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 distressing 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."

The father died 10/27/1901. Descendants:

1. Sallie Manuella Shinn (7), b. Philadelphia, 9/15/1853; m., 11/15/1876, Oliver Miller

Tagley, and had children:

1. Clara Rodgers 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. 10/17/1856; m., 3/21/1882, James Pearson Teaz, and

had children:

1. Miriam Shinn Teaz (8), b. 9/11/1883.

2. William Pearson Teaz (8), b. 9/24/1885.

3. Ella Ruth Teaz (8), b. 2/22/1894.

4. William Mahlon Shinn (7), b. 9/1/1859; m. Ida Wellman.

5. Emma Matilda Shinn (7), b. 3/9/1862; ob. 1867.

6. Edward Rhoades Shinn (7), b. 5/26/1867.

7. Nathaniel Marcus Shinn (7), b. 2/23/1870.

These children were all born in Philadelphia.

1568. DAVID W. SHINN (6).‑‑SAMUEL (5), DAVID (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES

(2), JOHN (1).

David W. Shinn, eldest child of Samuel and (???) ((???)) Shinn, born Hampshire County, Virginia, 9/9/1815; moved to Patten's Mill, Washington County, Ohio, when a young man; married there; living in 1890; had one child, E. P. Shinn.

1569. AMOS SHINN (6).‑‑SAMUEL (5), DAVID (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Amos, second child of Samuel Shinn; born in Hampshire County, Virginia, 9/18/1817; removed to Guernsey, then to Noble County, Ohio, in early manhood; m. there, 4/29/1847, Rebecca Graves; children all born near Ridge, Noble County, Ohio.

1. Asa Shinn (7), b. 2/21/1848; m. Mary Burrows.

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2. Charles Shinn (7), b. 8/30/1850; m. Annie Henry.

3. David Shinn (7), b. 12/6/1852; m. Sadie Parr.

4. Henry Shinn (7), b. 1/9/1855; 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. Orrin 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 Noble 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, Grundy County, Mo., in 1889. Children:

1. Amos Shinn Clendenning (7), b. 5/15/1859 in Washington County, Ohio.

2. (???) Clendenning (7), b. 4/8/1862 in Morgan County, Ohio; m. 11/14/1889.

1571. MATTIE J. SHINN (6).‑‑SAMUEL (5), DAVID (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES

(2), JOHN (1).

Mattie J., youngest child of Samuel and (???) ((???)) Shinn, born in Morgan, now Noble County, Ohio, 1/13/1839; m., 1859, Lamdon Lady of Washington County, Ohio; removed to Marmoras, Stone County, Mo.; thence, in order to educate her children, moved to Republic, Mo. Children:

1. Sarah L. Lady (7), b. 7/28/1864.

2. Wilbur L. Lady (7), b. 5/18/1869.

3. Judith Lady (7), b. 12/9/1378.

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 County, Virginia; the respective fathers of David and Hannah, viz., David and Jonathan, were twins. Moved with his father to Adams County, Ill., 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) Reece, 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. 2/28/1857. 5. Eva E. Shinn (7), b. 7/20/1858.

6. Laura Alice Shinn (7), b. 10/8/1860; 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.

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1615. ELISHA SHINN (6).‑‑MOSES (5), LEVI (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Elisha, second child of Moses and Esther (Busby‑Shinn) Shinn, born in Harrison County, Virginia, 1/1/1819; m. 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 (7), b. in Harrison County, Virginia, 1/1/1845; at

the age of sixteen enlisted in 3rd Va. Regiment on the Union side; discharged

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 the regiment engaged; wounded 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 otherwise 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 simply went to school. These soldiers always

lament their lack of opportunity, but I think they do themselves an injustice.

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 unlearned

man so far as books go, but a graduate in self control, enlarged views

of the world, breadth 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 splendid education afterwards. The learned college

president had the magnificent power of awakening and cultivating the nobler

aspirations of men. He breathed on H. S. Lehr, another noted Ohio educator,

and filled his soul with a desire to be really and truly great. Dr. Lehr breathed

this same spirit upon and into the many thousands of young men who waited

upon his teaching at the Normal University, at Ada, O., the first graduate of

which was the author of this book. There is nothing lost. Quillen H. Shinn

lost nothing by the war; and, even though he did, the loss was offset by contact

with Dr. Hartshorn; he then went to St. Lawrence University, at Canton,

N. Y., where he graduated in the Theological Department in 1870; in 1896

this University conferred the degree of D. D. upon him; was ordained as a

Universalist preacher at Gaysville, Vt., in 1870, and remained there two

years; then missionary to his native state, West Virginia, one year. Harrison

County, Virginia, has no need to hang her head when the roll of Counties is

called. She gave the world that superb Christian and gallant soldier, Stonewall

Jackson; before that she gave that great thinker and splendid speaker,

Asa Shinn; and since that she has given that prince of missionaries, Quillen

Hamilton Shinn.

Then from the mountain fastnesses of West Virginia he was given regular

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work among the elite of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. The mountain soldier preacher remained at Lynn, Mass., three years; at Foxborough four years; at Lynn he married Maria S. Burnell of Portland, Me. After Foxborough he went to Plymouth, N. H., where he built the first Universalist Church of the place; then to Deering, Me., where he built another church; then to Westbrook, Me., where he remained four years; then to Rutland, Me., where he built a marble church. Then, crossing the continent, he went to Omaha, Neb., where he built another church. From that time on he has been the general missionary of the General Convention of the Universalist 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 Canada; eighteen in the Southern States and nine in the remaining territory. He is a total abstainer from the use of intoxicating liquors; a party prohibitionist 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 National 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, N. Y., and now meets at Ferry Beach Park, Old Orchard, Me. Originated the "Post Office Mission" of the Church and the "Prison Reform." The first sends literature through the post-office to the people; the second is to stimulate all people to use their influence towards creating "Prison Reform Schools." I have met this gentleman in the South, in the West and in the East. I have jaunted with him at Little Rock, at Springdale, at the Capital of the Nation and at Chicago, Ill.; 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 droughts of pure air and bathing his lungs with God's great purifier. If 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 home; 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, but 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., May, 1902. He lives at Cambridge, Mass. (See engraving, page 33.) Children:

1. Edward Leroy Shinn (8), b. Lynn, Mass., 4/5/1877; graduated at Lombard

College, Galesburg, Ill., June, 1896, with degree A. B. Member Phi Delta

Theta fraternity; president of his class in his senior year; took first prize in

his junior year in Swan Oratorical contest; reporter during college course

for Galesburg papers; business manager of the Lombard Review during his

senior year; secretary 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 & 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

Camp at South Framingham, at Brigade Hospital; enlisted at Boston, 6/1/1898,

in the 1st Division, 2nd Army Hospital Corps; to Camp Alger, Virginia,

where he acted as head nurse; detailed in July with the 6th Mass.

Vol. Inf. to Charleston, S. C.; thence on board the U. S. S. "Yale" for

Santiago; arrived off Morro Castle during last bombardment; detailed to

Porto Rico under General Miles; present at first landing at Guanica, and

under fire at Yanco; made assistant steward of the regimental dispensary

and head clerk of the medical department; mustered out in January, 1899,

with his regiment; honorably discharged at Ft. Warren, Boston Harbor,

2/1/1899; returned at once to the State service and was appointed Corporal

of the Ambulance Corps, M. V. M.; won Burns medal in competitive

examination in the Ambulance Corps on medical knowledge and exhibition

of extempore splints and bandages.

Returned to his old employment with Doe, Hunnewell & Co., but in August, 1899, accepted a position in Philadelphia with the Atlantic Fuel Company; was elected secretary and treasurer of the company in December of that year, and a few months later made general manager; resigned in October, 1901, and was appointed manager of the Boston office of the Penn Collieries Company; Republican and Universalist.

2. Paul Haywood Shinn (8), b. Foxborough, Mass., 4/29/1879; graduate from Goddard's

Seminary, Barre, Vt.; then from Harvard Dental College, Cambridge,

Mass.; practicing in Boston, Mass.

3. 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. Martin (8). 2. Albert W. Martin (8). 3. Leroy H. Martin (8).

1616. EMILY SHINN (6).‑‑MOSES (5), LEVI (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Emily Shinn, youngest child of Moses and Esther (Busby‑Shinn) Shinn, b. 1821 in Harrison County, Virginia, where she still resides (12/6/1902); m. in September, 1840, Seth M., son of William and Rhoda Sandy; m. (2) Benjamin Martin. She is now more than eighty‑one years of age, having lived beyond the allotted span of human life; an earnest Christian, a Universalist and the mother of children of whom she may well be proud.

Children by Her First Marriage.

1. Moses A. Sandy (7), b. near Worthington, Marion County, W. Va.; enlisted in the

3rd Va. Vol. Inf., U. S. A.

2. Newton Busby Sandy (7), b. at Shinnston, W. Va.; enlisted in the 3rd Va. Vol. Inf.,

U. S. A. The mother of these boys wrote me in November, 1902:

"When the call for volunteers was made, little did I think that my little strips of boys would be among the very first to volunteer. Their stepfather, Mr. Martin, tried to prevent their going, but it did not avail anything. The older boy was sound and healthful, but the younger was born a cripple. His stepfather got him off, but in a few months there was another call, and in spite of my prayers, persuasions and tears he would go, and to‑day I thank God that he did." And may I stop to ask why? She was as patriotic then as now, and mere patriotism is not enough to call out such thankfulness. The real answer is that the education of the war made greater men of her sons than they would have been had they remained at home. But let us resume this woman's narrative. The mothers in Israel have a right to be heard. "What should I do? What could I do? There was only one thing for me to do, and that was to present my cause with a broken heart and a contrite spirit and an unshaken confidence to a prayer‑hearing God

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and father, and, like Jacob wrestling with an angel, I would not stop praying, until God in His own way made it plain to me that the lives of my children would be precious in His sight, and that although both would be wounded, I should embrace them again. And so it was. Moses was wounded in the hand but soon got well. But Newton 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 evidence from God that my boys should be wounded, but not killed! and that I would not give up this confidence in God, even though they should swear to Newton's death."

The recovery of Newton 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 this time were observed, and the body was taken to a hospital in Alexandria. Here a Southern woman who was visiting the prisoners became interested in Newton Busby and made him her special charge. To her kind nursing Newton Busby Sandy owes his life. His tongue and jaw were terribly lacerated, but he became a good speaker and an influential man. The mother's trust in God was well founded.

3. Elizabeth Lavina Sandy (7), b. at Shinnston, W. Va.; she could not go to war like

her brothers, but she had a husband, Rezin Lorenza Staley, a grandson of Amy

Shinn, daughter of Levi and Hepzibah, that took her place; he enlisted in the

3rd Va. Vol. Inf., U. S. A., and was a soldier of soldiers. He 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 for life and position and succeeded. These children were:

1. Clarence P. Staley (8), b. Shinnston, W. Va.; 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 Virginia

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. infans.

Children by Second Marriage.

1. (4) 2. (5) 3. (6) Three children, who died young.

4. (7) Sarah Esther Martin (7), m. Marmaduke Randall, and had three children.

5. (8) Belle Martin; m. Jerome R. Martin, and had eight children.

1617. REUBEN SHINN (6).‑‑JOSEPH (5), CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES

(2), JOHN (1).

Reuben Shinn, eldest child of Joseph and Mary (Mathis) Shinn, born at Shinnston, W. Va., 1801; well educated; an excellent teacher; to Belmont County, Ohio, 1819; m. there (1) Sarah Hoskins at Powhatan in 1821; m. (2) Maria Hanks in Monroe County, Ohio; m. (3) (???) (???) in Washington County, Ohio.

Children of First Marriage.

1. Mary Jane Shinn (7), m. Jacob Wyels at Tynerville, W. Va., and had:

1. Albert Wyels (8). 2. Alexander Wyels (8). 3. Elizabeth Wyels (8).

4. Amanda Wyels (8). 5. Grant Wyels (8).

2. Sarah Shinn (7), m. Benjamin Wheeler in Monroe County, Ohio, and had:

1. Jacob Wheeler (8). 2. William Wheeler (8).

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3. Jacob Shinn (7), m. at St. Louis, Mo.; enlisted in the U. S. Navy in 1861; the

Naval Register gives his record in these words: "Mate, 11/28/1862; Acting

Ensign, 7/22/1863; honorably discharged 10/27/1865." Children:

1. Charles Shinn (8) of St. Louis, Mo.

2. John Shinn (8) 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 Register applies to him:

"Samuel Shinn: Mate, 8/5/1864; disrated, 10/28/1864." His brother was

in the gunboat service on the Mississippi and I think Samuel was also. His

fate is unknown.

5. John Shinn (7), born Monroe County, Ohio; went South before the war; became

a Confederate soldier; served honorably and was honorably discharged;

married in the south 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 Jersey

in Revolutionary 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 (9). 2. Orville Gordon (9). 3. Frank Gordon (9).

4. Beatrice Gordon (9). 5. William Gordon (9). 6. Leslie Gordon (9).

2. Amelia Lippincott (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 children:

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, Hessie and Eva.

5. Eva Lippincott (8), b. Monroe County, Ohio.; m. Harry Turvey in Belmont

County, Ohio; moved to Chicago, Ill.; she is a most intelligent woman and

interested in her family history; her children are Harry, Roy and Wilbur.

6. 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 Mr. Hanks, and had James.

8. William Shinn (7), m. (1) Rose Short; (2) Emma Ward.

9. Ruth Shinn (7), m. William Martin at Cincinnati, O., and had William, Eva

and Anna.

Children by Second Marriage.

1 (10) Alexander Shinn (7), unmarried, Parkersburg, W. Va.

1618. JOB SHINN (6).‑‑JOSEPH (5), CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Job, second and youngest child of Joseph and Mary (Mathis) Shinn, born in Harrison County, Virginia, 1803; m. there, 9/25/1821, (???) Duncan; the ceremony was performed by Rev. W. Lucas. Job lived and died a farmer in Harrison County, Virginia. Children:

1. Jeremiah (or Nehemiah) Shinn (7), went West.

2. Melvina Shinn. 3. Louisa Shinn. Each of these married and moved to Lumberport,

W. Va. Their husbands' names were Lee and Harbert, but I cannot assign them.

1619. HIRAM SHINN (6).‑‑MOSES (5), CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Hiram, eldest child of Moses and Sarah (Kyle) Shinn, b. in Harrison County, Virginia, 9/19/1800; m., 2/28/1819, at Clarksburg, Va., Dorcas, daughter of

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Isaac and Agnes (Drake) Shinn, b. Simpson's 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, Ill., and passed on to Canton; in this region he was made acquainted with the wild and desolate 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 un-surveyed, un-ticketed, unmarked, boundless forest. They cut down the gigantic monarchs of the wilderness, and made great slashing of felled in trees which they set on fire. The burning of Rome was a small conflagration compared with many of the wilderness fires. Had they known the value of wood pulp they might have been richer. One newspaper in New York uses one hundred million pounds of paper a year, or the product 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 inventors 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 slashing and the great fires came the constructive moment, when 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 and 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 Republican. His children were seriously divided upon the slavery question, some favoring it and some opposing; they aligned themselves therefore in different political parties. He reared a family of thirteen children, four of whom were born in Illinois.

1. Rachel Shinn (7), b. 8/15/1820; m. March, 1840, at Canton, Ill., Martin J.

Whipp; he was a skilled wood workman and made the best wagons, buggies

and plows known around Uniontown; she died in 1894. Children:

1. William C. Whipp (8) of Concordia, Cloud County, Kan.

2. Moses H. Shinn (7), b. 11/5/1820; blacksmith; with his brother Benjamin

built a wagon shop at Uniontown, in 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, Ill., where

he bought 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 a Universalist in belief; m. at Uniontown,

Ill., 1/9/1848, Pauline H. Pease; he d. 9/16/18 3, leaving descendants:

1. Angelia Lorette Shinn (8), b. 1/20/1849 at Uniontown, Ill.; ob. 3/1/1849.

2. Sylvia Almina Shinn (8), b. 2/3/1850, Knox County, Illinois; m., 8/24/1871,

Charles E. Hall, and had children:

1. Charles Earl Hall (9), b. 12/24/1872; ob. 3/24/1883.

2. Edna Francis 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

children:

1. Marie Isabell Sharpp (10), b. 10/6/1896.

2. William Clare Sharpp (10), b. 2/21/1899.

4. Albert Park Hall (9), b. 6/25/1878.

5. Naomi Janette Hall (9), b. 4/30/1881.

6. Ross Emerson Hall (9), b. 8/1/1884.

7. Mary Sylvia Hall (9), b. 6/18/1888.

8. Larissa Joanna Junia Hall (9), b. 5/3/1891.

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3. Janette E. Shinn (8), b. 2/11/1853; m., 7/3/1888, Robert P. Watson, and

had children:

1. Anna Ethel Watson (9), b. 10/20/1889.

2. Robert P. Watson: ob. 2/28/1892.

4. Carroll Angelo Shinn (8), b. 9/23/1859, Knox County, Illinois; to Henry

County with his father; to Abingdon College; to Jewell County, Kansas;

an active farmer and stock man; a strong advocate of reform in social,

religious and political life; m. Margaretta Kennedy, 10/2/1881, and had

children:

1. Edith May Shinn (9), b. 8/30/1882.

2. Theo Altha Shinn (9), b. 1/10/1884; ob. 1/10/1894.

3. Grace Kennedy Shinn (9), b. 7/17/1885.

4. Gladys Amanda Shinn (9), b. 2/8/1887.

5. Cora M. Shinn (9), 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 (8), b. 6/3/1863, Henry County, Illinois; ob. 6/27/1862.

6. Bertha Paulina Shinn (8), b. 6/28/1869, Henry County, Illinois. Lives

at Alpha, Ill.; teacher.

3. Benjamin J. Shinn (7), b. 4/30/1823; ob. 11/6/1845; unmarried. He was a

good mechanic; a dutiful and trustworthy man.

4. Sarah Shinn, b. 2/6/1825; ob. infans.

5. Mary Maria Shinn (7), b. 5/8/1826; m., in January, 1851, Christopher Bird

and moved to Greenfield, Iowa. Children:

1. Esther Bird (8), b. 6/3/1848; m., 6/30/1870, Jacob Alfred Patterson, and

had children:

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. 6/2/1876; m., 8/30/1899, Effie May Rivenberg.

4. Ellen Norah Patterson (9), b. 8/11/1879; m., 4/19/1900, William Armstrong

Foster.

2. Sarah Bird (8), b. 11/6/1849; m., 11/16/1869, Henry August Wetherell,

and had children:

1. Henry Wetherell (9), b. 10/29/1870.

2. Nettie Wetherell (9), b. 3/15/1873.|Twins.

3. Edward Wetherell (9), b. 3/15/1873.

3. James Walter Bird (8), b. 7/1/1851; m. Hattie (???), and moved to

Nashville, Kansas.

4. Emily Bird (8), b. 3/6/1853; ob. sine proli.

5. Thomas Jefferson Bird (8), b. 4/13/1855; m., 7/21/1891, Amy Robertson,

and had children:

1. Jessie Bird (9), b. 6/25/1892.

2. Frank Bird (9), b. 3/7/1894.

6. Francis Elizabeth Bird (8), b. 10/24/1857.

7. John Gregory Bird (8), b. 4/17/1860; m. at Ottumwa, Iowa.

8. Ellen Bird (8), b. 7/19/1862; m., 8/11/1886, Clark Hosmer Spires, and

had children:

1. Adam Spires (9), b. 11/7/1887.

2. Cecil Blanche Spires (9), b. 8/15/1889.

3. Sarah Edna Spires (9), b. 10/25/1891.

4. Lloyd Spires (9), b. 3/16/1894.

5. Myrtle Spires (9), b. 10/29/1899.

9. Adam Hibler Bird (8), b. 4/14/1886.

6. Agnes Shinn (7), b. 9/28/1827; m., 1851, Alanson Banks, and moved to Cawker

City, Kansas.

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7. Jesse Shinn (7), b. 4/6/1829; ob., 10/8/1844, of spotted fever.

8. Harriet Shinn (7), b. 4/13/1831; m., 8/29/1852, William Corson and moved

to Hennepin, Ill.; thence to Rio; the children were:

1. Cordelia Corson (8), b. 8/23/1853; m. at Hennepin, Ill., 8/19/1873, Moses M.

Loose; no children.

2. Alzina Corson (8), b. 1/1/1855; m. at Hennepin, Ill., 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, Ill., 2/18/1879, Aaron Newburn;

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, Ill., 9/21/1887, James H. Junk,

and had:

1. Albertus E. Junk (9). 2. William S. Junk (9). 3. Lavonne M. 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, Ill., 1/20/1892, Edwin T. Junk,

and had one son, R. Wayne Junk.

9. Hiram Gilbert Shinn (7), b., 1/1/1834, at Muckleroy Creek, Va., and was taken

to Illinois that year by his parents, where he has resided ever since; at twenty

years of age entered as an apprentice in his brother's blacksmith and wagon

shop; after sixteen months his health failed; entered the North Illinois Institute

at Henry, Ill., to improve his education; his diligent attention to his

studies impaired his health, and his physician advised him to attend a water

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cure, or take a trip upon the ocean, his malady being consumption of the

lungs; started for Glenhaven, N. 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 Rush Medical College; for four years was

sales agent for a Rock Island marble yard; the company failed in 1859, and

the next year he went to Paducah, Ky., where he studied surgery under his

uncle, Dr. Justus Shinn, an eminent physician and surgeon; failing health

again thwarted his desires and he turned 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 hundreds

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

Lodge; was unanimously elected twice W. M. of Oxford Lodge, and refused

to hold the place longer; member of the Galesburg Commandery, No. 8,

Knights Templar, and was a judge at the late Conclave at Louisville, Ky.; is

a Noble of the Mystic Shrine in the Oasis of Peoria, Ill.; organized a company

and put up one of the best elevators on the C., B. & Q. at Alpha, Ill., having a

capacity of 20,000 bushels of grain; is a Baptist in belief and supervised the

building of one of the finest churches in the Rock Island Association, and was

elected Trustee and Financial Manager of the same; m., 3/10/1868, at Knoxville,

Ill., Hannah L. Henderson (See portraits of Hiram G. and Hannah L.

Shinn). His children were:

1. Frank Henderson Shinn (8), b. New Windsor, Ill., 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 manager

of the sales department of the Oliver Typewriter Company at Davenport,

Iowa; m. at Genesee, Ill., 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, Ill., 1/9/1870; m. at Galesburg, Ill.,

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 Gertrude Wagoner (9), b. 5/26/1901.

3. Nellie Mae Shinn (8), b. New Windsor, Ill., 11/5/1872; m. at Prairie City, Ill.,

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, Ill.

The children were:

1. Ralph LeRoy Burt (9), b. 10/7/1893.

2. Hiram Gilbert Burt (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 parents

near New Windsor, Mercer County, Ill.

5. Hiram Gilbert Shinn, twin of Nellie Mae; ob. 11/30/1872.

10. Dorcas Ann Shinn (7), b., at Canton, Ill., 3/23/1835; m. (1), at Henry,

Marshall County, Ill., 2/21/1854, Benjamin W. Pool; moved to Greenfield,

Ia., where her husband died; m. (2), in 1884, David Shepherd, by whom she

had no children. Lives at Norcature, Kansas.

Children of First Marriage.

1. John Randolph Pool (8), b. 12/31/1854; m., 11/25/1894, Ada Albright, and had

children:

1. Warren Randolph Pool (9), b. 2/18/1896.

2. Charles 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:

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1. Arthur Owen Goodale (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., 12/15/1890, 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. Rebecca Ellen Shinn (7), b., Canton, Ill., 7/4/1836; m. (1), at Toulon, Ill.,

1855, John Woodward; (2) 1887, Simeon Cary; resides at Curtis, Neb. No

children by second marriage; by the first marriage there were:

1. Hiram Albert Woodward (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, Ia., 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,

Ia., 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.

8. John William Woodward (8), b. 9/9/1872; m., 3/3/1892, at Elwood, Neb., Kate

Staley, and had John, Mabel and Peter.

9. Bradley Rust Woodward (8), b. 9/24/1878; ob. 1894.

12. Thomas Jefferson Shinn (7), b., Canton, Ill., 7/31/1838; m., 1860, Nancy

Wagar and removed to Greenfield, Ia.; 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, Ill., 5/14/1843; m., 10/1/1868, Kate M.,

daughter of Joseph and Sarah Laird, at Woodhull, Ill.; moved to Lincoln,

Neb.; children:

1. William Charles Magnes Shinn (8), b. 1/12/1870; m., 6/10/1896, Belva L., daughter

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, Ill.; 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.

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1620. MARIA SHINN (6).‑‑MOSES (5), CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1). SEE ISAAC SHINN (6), SAMUEL (5), BENJAMIN (4), JOSEPH

(3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

1621. SAMPSON SHINN (6).‑‑MOSES (5), CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES

(2), JOHN (1).

Sampson, third child of Moses and Sarah (Kyle) Shinn, b. in Harrison County, Virginia, 12/5/1803; m. there Edith (6), daughter of Solomon (5) and Ann (Wood) Shinn on 4/14/1822; moved to Illinois and located in Knox County in 1829; lived on same farm about fifty years; ob. at Farmington, Fulton County, Ill., 12/17/1885, in his eighty‑second year; his wife also reached her eighty‑first year, dying at Uniontown, Ill., 3/24/1884; a married life of sixty years; children:

1. Emeline Shinn (7), b. 2/27/1823; ob. 7/1/1839, at Uniontown, Ill.

2. Cyrus Shinn (7), b. in Harrison County, Virginia, 3/7/1825; to Illinois with his

father in 1829; remained on the farm until of age; developed a talent for the

manipulation of large transactions in real estate; one of the most influential

real estate men in Iroquois and Cook Counties, Illinois, and in Oneida, Kansas.

For thirty years a leader in great land deals and a veritable "town

builder"; an editor of more than ordinary ability, his articles being copied in

the metropolitan journals; particularly noted for his outspoken utterances

against the Roman Catholic Church; m., 6/7/1856, (1) Martha J. Reeder, at

Peoria, Ill., by whom he had one child, Frank Shinn, b. 3/25/1859; living

single. Cyrus m. (2), at Green Valley, Tazewell County, Illinois, 1/22/1882,

Rachel Schureman. No children. He died 10/4/1898, at Oneida, Kansas.

3. Harrison Shinn (7), b. Harrison County, Virginia, 11/4/1826; m., 3/7/1854,

Maria M. Libolt, and had children:

1. Ida Josephine Shinn (8), who married Benjamin Mitchell and had one child,

deceased.

2. Theodore Shinn (8); ?? young.

3. Emeline Shinn (8); ob. young.

4. Madellon Shinn (8), m. J. E. Wilmoth of Ord, Neb., and had two children,

Pearl and Raymond C. Wilmoth.

5. Leona Shinn (8), who married a man whose surname was Pratt, and had three

Daughters.

4. Martha Shinn (7), b. in Harrison County, Virginia, 9/9/1833; m. Albert

Bolton Morse, 10/29/1857, and had children:

1. Martha M. Morse ?? John W. Kriger, 12/27/??

2. Mary E. Morse (9), b. ??

3. Edith Morse (8), ??

A. B. Morse died at Manitou, Col., 12/21/1898. The mother and daughters now reside at West Colorado Springs, Col.

5. Louisa Shinn (7), b. Knox County, Ill., 7/1/1838; m., in same county, William

Tapen Blakeslee, 12/31/1856; physician; removed to Weaver, Iowa; children:

1. Elsie Blakeslee (8), b. 7/17/1858; m. C. D. Turner, 4/25/1874, and had three

children:

1. Harry W. Turner (9). 2. Bert Turner (9). 3. Myrtle Turner (9). Bert

married and had a child, Louisa Turner.

2. Robert Blakeslee (8), b. 6/4/1861; m., 11/8/1887, Emma Jones, and had two

children, Robert and Mamie Blakeslee.

3. John Blakeslee (8); died single.

4. Frank Blakeslee (8), b. 7/31/1871; m., 8/31/1892, Clara Bedessene, and had one

child, Frank J. Blakeslee.

6. Edith Shinn (7), b. Knox County, Illinois, 8/1/1850; m., in same county,

9/24/1874, Almiron Gardner Morse, and had one son, O. O. Morse, that died

in infancy. She resides at Farmington, Ill., and is secretary of the Farmington

Chapter, O. E. S.

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1622. MATILDA SHINN (6).‑‑MOSES (5), CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES

(2), JOHN (1).

Matilda, fourth child of Moses and Sarah (Kyle) Shinn, born in Harrison County, Virginia, 1807; married there William Harbert, and had children:

1. Thomas Harbert (7), m. Mary Toland, and had a son, Luther, who married,

and had four children, Jessie, Ruth, Flora and (???).

2. Ann Harbert (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 (8), who married Ina Davis; reside at Iola, 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 (7), 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 Reynolds, 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 (8), 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.

5. Mary Harbert (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 Pittsburg,

Kan.

4. Warren Inory (8), m. and had four children; Iola, 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.

1623. JUSTUS SHINN (6).‑‑MOSES (5), CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Justus, fifth child of Moses and Sarah (Kyle) Shinn, born in Harrison County, Virginia, 1809; studied medicine and moved to Illinois; became a noted physician at Heliopolis, Ill., and Paducah, Ky.; pro‑slavery man, prominent in Southern Illinois politics; married Laura, daughter of General Davis, and had three children, Maria, Laura, and Justus Shinn.

1624. MERRICK SHINN (6).‑‑MOSES (5), CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES

(2), JOHN (1).

Merrick, sixth child of Moses and Sarah (Kyle) Shinn, b. in Harrison County, Virginia, 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 year, 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 eminently upright life; he was the peacemaker of the community, and his sense of

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justice so well balanced that his decisions were adopted by contestants who appealed to him; a loving father and a husband who took counsel with his wife; a Republican; 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 children of the first marriage were:

1. Elbert Rezin Shinn (7), died in his 24th year unmarried.

2. John Nelson Shinn (7), b. 2/21/1834; ob. 1/26/1900; m. 4/2/1857, in Decatur

County, Iowa, Mary A. Turner; moved from Iowa to Mercer County, Illinois,

where he remained until 1867, when he moved to Coffey County, Kansas;

farmer; died near Maple City, Cowley County, Kan.; his wife died 3/7/1893;

he was in disposition very much like his father; 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 Estelle, Clarence, Harry, Herbert and Vera Beatrice.

4. Merrick Turner Shinn (8), b. 8/27/1865; m., 7/3/1901, Emma D. McClenathan at

Iola, Kan., and had one child, Byron Merrick, b. 10/20/1902. Merrick Turner

Shinn is a real estate dealer of Iola, Kan., and prominently connected with

the interests of the town.

3. Silas Allen Shinn (7), b. June, 1836; ob. 4/15/1901; m., in Mercer County,

Ill., Elizabeth Martin; farmer; children:

1. Leota, m. Charles Hart. 2. Della, ob. infans.

3. Eva Gertrude, m. Byron Ward. 4. Leona, also married.

4. Thornton Justus Shinn (7), ob. February, 1859.

5. Savilla Ann Shinn, b. 7/3/1843; m. St. Clair Powell, August, 1862, in Henry

County, Illinois; she died in Coffey County. Kansas, in September, 1869, leaving

two children, Merrick, who died young, and Adilla, who married Joseph

Barnes.

6. Caroline Shinn (7), ob. infans.

Children by the Second Marriage.

1. (7) Fidella Arvilla Shinn (7), b. 11/18/1846; ob. October, 1887, in Logan

County, Kansas; m., November, 1864, in Henry County, Illinois, George

W. Hand, and had children: Rosetta Arvilla, Rovilla Clairetta, Rosella

Henrietta, Ellis George, Ida May, Lillian, Viola, James Garfield, and

Clara.

2. (8) Margaret Jane Shinn (7), b. 3/10/1848; m., (1) 1/4/1867, Alexander

McConaghy, who died 6/21/1871, leaving children:

1. Alexander McConaghy (8), b. 2/20/1868; m., 3/29/1899, and had one child, Beth.

2. Margaret Jane McConaghy (8), b. 3/30/1870; m. a Mr. Tipton.

3. Mary Ann McConaghy (8), b. 2/19/1872; m., 2/24/1897, and had three children,

Fay, Delore and Edith.

3. (9) Martha Lucena Shinn (7), b. 4/15/1849; ob. November, 1865.

4. (10) Frederick Mortimer Shinn (7), b. 3/25/1851; ob. unmarried in Texas.

5. (11) Matilda Angeline Shinn (7); ob infans.

6. (12) Moses Luther Shinn (7); ob. infans.

7. (13) Helen Maria Shinn (7), b. 6/2/1857; ob. 2/6/1879 at Leroy, Kan.; m.,

February, 1876, Henry J. Snyder, and had one child, Frederick W.

1625. REZIN K. SHINN (6).‑‑MOSES (5), CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES

(2), JOHN (1).

Rezin K., seventh child of Moses and Sarah (Kyle) Shinn, born Harrison County, Va., 1/24/1813; married, 11/3/1836, at Shinnston, Va., Sarah Ann, daughter of Robert and Hannah Bartlett. The following, taken from the newspaper

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"La Harper," of Hancock County, Illinois, 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 school in winter till I was seventeen years of 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 mercantile 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, Ill., in 1856; opened a mercantile establishment 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 left 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 Virginia Rezin 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, he offered to liberate "Sybil" and leave her in Virginia. But she would not have it so. She would go with her master and mistress, and go she did. Meddlers on both 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 the 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, with Sybil, a slave, in his household for twenty years, was no worse and no better than Rezin K. Shinn in La Harpe, Ill., with Sybil, 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 proll.

2. Matilda 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 (8).

4. Florence B. Boggess (7).

5. (???) Boggess (8), m. Daniel Mullen Ogden.

3. Seymour E. 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‑slavery 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. Savilla Ann Shinn (7), b. 8/11/1838; m., 10/25/1862, David Sydney Parker;

she 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:

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1. Charles Absalom Jones (8), b. 1/18/1858; reared by his grandmother at Brooklyn,

Ill., and Fairmount, W. 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 Elizabeth Shinn (7), b. 8/10/1842; ob. 9/24/1855.

4. Henry Alphonso Shinn (7), b. 5/26/1844; m. (???) Parse; he died

at Little Rock, Ark., 7/27/1901. He was a photographer at Pine Bluff and

Little Rock, Ark., for more than twenty years; a Democrat and a Methodist.

I knew this man for a period of fifteen years and at all times found him measuring

up to the loftiest standards of gentility. Modest and entirely unassuming,

he gained ground slowly, but held all he gained. His work was not that

of a mere mechanic, but had a touch of professional fire, of artistic force, and

of native genius. Coming into Pine Bluff unknown, he gained the respect and

confidence of the best people. At Little Rock he had a wider field and a far

more lucrative one. He had no aspirations in a political way, and gave his life

entirely to his profession and to his family. His children were:

1. Hallie Shinn (8), b. (???)

2. Mary Shinn (8), 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. Paulina Orville Shinn (7)|Twins, born 12/30/1847.|She ob. 3/25/1855.

6. Charles Moses Shinn (7) | |

Charles Moses married Anna M., daughter of Allison and Martha (Louchery) Fleming, of Fairmont, W. Va. The following sketch is taken from Governor Atkinson's "Prominent Men of West Virginia:"

"Almost with the political creation 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 Union Army at that age and several times subsequently, but upon examination was each time rejected. He became connected with the Fairmont West Virginian, at the age of twenty, in the first year of its existence, 1868. He sold out in 1874, but again became associated in its publication in March, 1884, selling his interest in 1893. He was a candidate at the age 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 Republican candidate by unanimous vote upon the state ticket for Auditor in 1876. He served several years at Washington in the Revenue Bureau and then in the Pensi?? Department. During the campaign of 1888, he was the president of the State League of Republican Clubs, and was re‑elected to that responsible party position for another term. Under Commissioner of Internal Revenue John W. Mason in 1889 he was appointed by Secretary Windom to the chiefship of the Stamp Division, Treasury Department. Mr. Shinn resigned his position in the Internal Revenue Bureau September 15, 1893, and has since been engaged in newspaper work. He is now on the editorial staff of the "Evening Star," a daily paper of Washington, D. C., and is the Washington representative of the Wheeling (W. Va.) "Daily Intelligencer." He was elected president of the West Virginia Republican Association of Washington, D. C., in 1894 and has held the office ever since, being re‑elected each year."

Children of Charles M. and Anna M. Shinn.

1. Flora Parker Shinn (3), b. 12/22/1873.

2. Corinna Maude Shinn (8), b. 6/13/1876; m. Isaac S. Childs and had:

1. Ralph Seville Childs (9), b. 8/25/1899.

3. George Curtis Shinn (8); 4. Harry Allison Shinn (8); twins, b. 2/2/187‑‑.

Harry Allison, m. 6/30/1902, Elizabeth King Woodward. He was a soldier in the Spanish‑American War, in 1st District Columbia Regiment. Served in Cuba and was there at the surrender.

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5. Robert Carter Shinn (8), b. 10/2/1880.

6. 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) |Twins, born 1/4/1851.| James ob. 7/4/1851.

8. Mary Jones Shinn (7) | | Mary ob. 7/22/1851.

9. George Hughey Miller Shinn (7), born 4/27/1855; married 2/27/1879; express

messenger on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad; children:

1. Mabel Parker Shinn (8), b. 3/1/1880.

2. James Edwin Shinn (8), b. 5/13/1882.

3. Chester Crittenden Shinn (8), b. 6/9/1884.

4. Charles M. Shinn (8), b. 1/18/1889.

5. Jennie M. Shinn (8), b. 10/10/1892.

1627. NOAH SHINN (6).‑‑DANIEL (5), CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Noah, eldest child of Daniel and Mary (Whiteman) Shinn, born in Harrison County, Virginia, 1/14/1802; moved to Henry County, Indiana, where he engaged 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 McDougal; (2) Mr. Baker; resides at

Indianapolis, Ind.; her children were James A., Phebe Ann, George H. and Ida S.

McDougal and Cassa A. Baker.

3. Martha Ann Shinn (7), b. 7/5/1843.

1628. ELIAS SHINN (6).‑‑DANIEL (5), CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Elias, second child of Daniel and Mary (Whiteman) Shinn, born in Harrison County, Virginia, 3/11/1804, married there Harriet Ummensetter, 1823; she was born in Baltimore, Md., 11/11/1804, and died, 10/1/1865, at Dubuque, Ia.; moved to Dubuque, Ia., 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 youngest; children: (See group engraving of Elias Shinn, page 177.)

1. Asa Shinn (7), b. 2/9/1824; moved to Hannibal, Mo., and developed a fruit

farm; his products achieved a national reputation, and gave him reputation

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and wealth; married at Dubuque Azariah Morgan, 1/4/1849; the gold excitement

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; went overland again in 1863 and returned the second time by way

of the ocean and New York; concluded that Iowa or Missouri was a better

state than California and stayed there; embarked in the lumber business at

Waterloo, Ia., and then took up the fruit enterprise in Missouri; he reared a

family of ambitious, respectable and honest children, as follows (see group,

Elias Shinn, Asa Shinn and his five children, page 177):

1. John M. C. Shinn (8), born in Dubuque, Ia., 10/25/1849. The following

extract is taken from "Manual of Westchester County, N. Y.": "John

Shinn, the chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Westchester County,

N. Y., is the eldest of five children, all of whom are living.

"He was educated in the public school at Waterloo, Ia., and the High School of Hannibal, Mo. Having a desire for an artistic career, he went to St. Louis in 1872 and attended the Art Department of the Polytechnic Institute. From there he went to New York to attend for two years the Life Class in Cooper Institute and the Antique at the American Academy of Design.

"In 1876 he married Isabel King in New York City, and settled in Pelham Manor, a beautiful and aristocratic residence park adjoining the city in the north, where he filled the position of Principal of Public Schools for about five years; at the end of that time he accepted a position at Washington, D. C., where he had charge of collecting and tabulating the statistics relating to Roman Catholic Churches for the eighth census. At the end of one year he resigned and returned to Pelham Manor; soon after he entered the New York Law School, which he attended for two years, then to further complete his knowledge of law, he took an extra year at New York University, and was admitted to practice; soon after opening an office in the Mt. Vernon Bank Building, Mt. Vernon, N. Y., where he is still located.

"He has been in polities for about ten years; first as receiver of taxes, and then as Supervisor of his town, having been re‑elected continually for about eight years without opposition from his political opponents. In politics he is a Republican. He and his wife early joined the only church of the village, the Presbyterian, though he was reared a Methodist and she an Episcopalian. He is a prominent member of the Republican clubs of the cities of New York, Mount Vernon, or New Rochelle, the lodges of Masons, Royal Arcanum and Foresters." (See engraving of Elias Shinn, Asa Shinn, and John M. C. Shinn, page 177.) His children were:

1. Natalie I. Shinn (9), b. October 2, 1884.

2. Grace A. Shinn (9), b. October 1, 1886.

3. John M. C. Shinn, Jr. (9), b. March 22, 1891.

2. George Edgar Shinn (8), born 4/25/1851; married Elizabeth Gardiner, of

Michigan; moved to California and was postmaster at Freshwater, Cal.,

for many years. (See group of Elias Shinn.)

3. Lillie A. Shinn (8), b. 6/6/1854, at Waterloo, Ia.; m., 12/23/1882, Francis

E. Eggleston, of Cleveland, O., and moved to New York City, where her

husband was engaged as a stock broker; lived there eighteen years; upon

the death of her father they returned to Hannibal, Mo. She being the

only daughter, her father gave her all his estate, real and personal, during

her life; the fruit farm has become profitable, and she sells apples to the

commission men of the large cities adjoining; no children.

4. Asa E. Shinn (8), m., 11/5/1878, Temperance Burrows, of Hannibal, Mo.;

removed to Quincy, Cal.; superintendent of the Bluff City Mining, Milling

and Development Company, Quincy, Cal.; had children:

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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 Frank 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 Shinn, John M. C. Shinn, and others, showing five generations, from

Elias to Marshall Asa.)

5. Frank Robert Shinn (8), unmarried, at Hollister, Cal.

2. Mahala Shinn (7) married Patrick Dulany 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 (8); m. and moved to Cedar Rapids, Ia., where he died, leaving

two sons and two daughters.

3. Mary Dulany (8); m. John McGowan; traveling agent for the Iowa Building and

Loan Association; four sons and one daughter.

4. Margaret Dulany (8); m. John Kennedy.

5. Lena Dulany (8); 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.

3. Susan E. Shinn (7), b. 12/31/1826; m. John B. Richman, and had ten children,

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. Elizabeth 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, married

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 Russell.

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.

6. Nancy Catherine Shinn (7), born at Wick, Tyler County, Va., 12/5/1832;

married, 1850, at Dubuque, Ia., James Cummings Galloway, an attorney at

law; he was born in Gettysburg, Pa., in 1800; educated at Jefferson College,

Pa., and at Princeton, N. 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 away and occasioned his death. It is said that he was the only one of an

intellectually gifted family that failed; ob. 1869; Eliza Jane (Shinn) Levins,

her sister, having died, Nancy Catherine (Shinn) Galloway married William

Levins; Eliza died at Dubuque, 3/22/1896, a Christian and a member of several

charitable societies; for several years president of the Ladies' Aid Society;

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one of the most prominent and useful members of the Women's Relief Corps

connected with Hyde Clark Post; member of the M. E. C., and buried at Center

Grove Cemetery. Her life was devoted to her family, to the suffering and

needy, and to her God. (See engraving, p. 305.) There were six children

by the first marriage, as follows:

1. John Smith Galloway (8); b. 9/13/1851; m. Mrs. Mary Tuffin, of England,

at Dubuque, Iowa, on 9/27/1876; ob. January, 1898; a miner; had five children.

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 Etrican Heblen Galloway (8); b. 7/24/1857; unmarried; in Alaska.

4. Lavinia Candace Galloway (8); b. 5/12/1861; m. 12/7/1883, Archibald McArthur,

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), born 8/11/1863; married Henry Town,

3/21/1889; born at Cicero, Onondaga County, N. Y., 7/5/1861; foreman

of the cooperage department of the Illinois prison at Joliet; entered the

service of the Singer Sewing Machine Company and was stationed at

Dubuque, Ia.; transferred to Jackson and Detroit, Mich.; thence to Madison,

Wis., as general manager of the southern half of the state; here he remained

nine years, when on 9/23/1902 he was elected by the state board of

control to the position of Warden of the Wisconsin state prison at Waupun,

Wis.; he was a Republican, but was elected without political influence

solely upon his merits; she was a teacher, then a clerk in the office of

Mr. Town at Dubuque; her business ability, coupled with her vivacity

and intelligence, won his esteem, and then his love. They were married

and have lived a happy life. (See engraving of Nancy Catherine (Galloway‑Shinn)

Levens, Mr. and Mrs. Town and their two children, p. 305.)

The children were:

1. George Galloway Town (9); b. Detroit, Mich., 2/11/1891.

2. Henry Galloway Town (9); b. Madison, Wis., 10/11/1894.

6. James Cummings Galloway (8); b. 5/6/1866; unmarried at Dubuque, Ia.

Children of the Second Marriage.

1. (7) Myrtle Lena Levins, born Dubuque, Iowa, 2/5/1876; married,

10/12/1901, Levi Arthur Crocker; he was educated at the University of

Wisconsin and Ann Arbor University; both are now in the government

service at the Indian School at Tomah, Wis.; he holds the position of

disciplinarian, and she that of boys' matron.

7. Martha Shinn (7), born 8/16/1835; married William Allen, 1/1/1854; a

dealer in patent rights; this daughter is a very intelligent woman and has

aided me materially with the very extensive line of Elias Shinn; her husband

dying, she married James Parrott and resides at Monticello, Ia. Her letters

are brimful of human interest and cover a wide field of genealogical knowledge.

She had one child by her first husband.

1. Harriet Nyda Allen (8).

8. Eliza Jane Shinn (7), born 10/18/1837; married William H. Levins, a pioneer

telegraph operator at Dubuque, Ia. Upon the death of Eliza Jane Levins he

married the widow of James Cummings Galloway, his first wife's sister; by the

first marriage there were three children:

1. Sarah Levens (8); ob. sine proli.

2. George Levens (8); m. and lives near Hannibal, Mo.; had two children.

3. Capitola Levens (8); m. Samuel Daugherty at Monroe City, Mo.; farmer;

had one child.

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9. Margaret Shinn (7), born 12/29/1839; married, 3/13/1859, George D. Clark,

an engineer, at Dubuque, Ia.; 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. Olinger, 10/30/1901; one child:

1. Wesley V. Olinger (9).

10. Harriet P. Shinn (7), born 10/6/1841; married John Hollar, a farmer, near

Monticello, Ia.; 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, Ia.; 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, Ia.

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, Robert Davis

Maxwell, who ob. 5/30/1860; married (2) Eli Charles. Children by first

marriage:

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 Mary (Whiteman) Shinn, born in Harrison County, Virginia,

6/26/1812; moved with his father to Tyler County, Virginia;

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to Indiana; settled in Henry County, near Ogden, where he remained until death, (???); married there, 5/26/1835, Mary Ann Hood, and had nine children:

1. Mary Elizabeth Shinn (7), born, 11/26/1836; married (1) James Goldsbury

in March, 1853; he was a son of John B. and Parmelia Goldsbury, and enlisted

in the Union Army, 10/8/1864, Co. D, 29th Indiana Vol. Inf.; ob.

3/22/1865, and was buried in the National Cemetery, Section G, Chattanooga,

Tenn. His widow afterwards married William Martindale, from whom she

was afterwards divorced.

Children by First Marriage.

1. Charles Leroy Goldsbury (8); b. 12/19/1853; ob. 3/10/1880; m. Lizzie Wiseman,

who died before her husband. Children:

1. Rutherford Burchard Hayes Goldsbury (9); ob. sine proli.

2. Harley Goldsbury (9); b. 6/19/1879; m. Grace White.

2. Mary Emma Goldsbury (8); b. 7/4/1859; m. Alvin T. Lowell at New Castle,

Ind., 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 Councillor, New Castle,

Ind. She died 4/27/1883.

Children by 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. 6/13/1894.

3. (6) Alma Martindale (8); b. 7/24/1880; m. Floyd Starbuck at Marion, Ind.;

no children.

2. Edward Landon Shinn (7), born 10/18/1840; married (1), 1862, Jane Hall;

(2) Mrs. Sarah Hilton, 1871; ob. at Fairmount, Ind., 4/7/1888.

Children by First Marriage.

1. Rose Ella Shinn (8); b. 9/22/1863; m., at Rushville, Ind., 9/21/1883, Zachariah

Hodge 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 E. Steans, and had children:

1. Walter Scott Shinn (9); ob. infans. 2. Galda Leona Blanche Shinn (9),

b. 1893. 3. Carl Edward Shinn (9). 4. William Paul Shinn (9).

Children by Second Marriage.

1. (3) Otto Shinn (8); b. 2/19/1872; married.

2. (4) Hayes Shinn (8); b. 4/1/1874; married.

3. (5) Wheeler Shinn (8); b. 10/22/1876; m., 1895, Anna Addison, and had

children:

1. Oakley Shinn (9); b. 1896.

4. (6) Maude Shinn (8); b. 5/10/1879; m. Hubert Webb, of Greenfield, Ind., and

had two children.

5. (7) Mary Oden Shinn (8); b. 2/13/1886.

3. Maria Jane Shinn (7), born 8/25/1842; married (1), 1859, a Mr. Patterson,

and (2), 1866, a Mr. Leonard. Children of the first marriage were:

1. Fannie Patterson (8); b. 8/8/1860.

Children by the Second Marriage.

1. (2) Daisy Leonard (8); b. 7/15/1867. 2. (3) Frederick Leonard (8); b. 6/5/1870.

3. (4) Albert Leonard (8); b. 7/25/1873. 4. (5) Martha Leonard

(8); b. 4/20/1876. 5. (6) Hattie Leonard (8); b. 7/12/1879.

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4. William Harrison Shinn (7), born 10/19/1845; ob. sine proli.

5. Asbury Newton Shinn (7), born 11/7/1847; a soldier in the 47th Indiana Vol.

Inf.; married Nancy Earles and had three children: 1. Rosa Shinn (8);

2. Hannah Shinn (8); 3. Souvern Shinn (8). These are all married. Asbury

Newton Shinn and family when last heard from were at Poplar Bluff,

Missouri.

6. Charles Omar Shinn (7), born 1/24/1849; married, 2/23/1874, Sophronia Ann

Dowell, and had five children:

1. Edward 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. Harry LeRoy 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 Raysville,

Ind.

7. Alpheus Lafayette Shinn (7), born 6/24/1852; married, 3/19/1877, Nancy

Jane Bryan, and had children:

1. Cora Ann Shinn (8); b. Delaware County, Ind., 12/2/1877.

2. John Alfred Shinn (8); b. 11/15/1879; 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 Lankford Shinn (7), born 3/31/1855; married Mollie M. Bryan,

10/21/1880, and had two children; one of whom died in infancy.

9. Martha Malinda Shinn (7), born 8/19/1859; married at Dublin, Ind., and

died, leaving her husband and one child.

1633. DARIUS SHINN (6).‑‑DANIEL (5), CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES

(2), JOHN (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 died 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 the 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 with 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 Roosevelt, have given to have had the privilege 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 give 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 confiding

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turkey stepped out in the open, only to fall a victim to that wicked gun; four turkeys fell to his lot before he left that place, and Darius was as proud as Napoleon at Wagram and not one‑tenth as wicked. At another time while calling turkeys to their 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 onward and pierced the wild cat's heart. Glorious life! Happy, healthful, splendid pioneers! Darius Shinn pitched his tent in the woods sixty years ago. An army of settlers have followed him, but he has held his own with them, even as he held his own with bear and wild cats. He died on the ground he took for his own surrounded with the marks and trophies of modern civilization. Is there a richer county in Indiana than Blackford? Darius lived 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 coming prosperity; 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 civilization; 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 hunter's art, tireless endeavor, practical living, primitive inventions, honest and frank expression, brotherly helpfulness, courage, truth, sobriety and self‑sacrifice. Colleges enroll as honorary graduates hundreds 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), 6/12/1862, Mary Jane Chancy; (3), 2/13/1866, Nancy Romine; no children by these marriages. The children of the first marriage were:

1. Sarah Jane Shinn (7), born 10/24/1840; married, 9/3/1860, Jeptha, son of

Abraham and Mary (Weimer) McDaniel, born in Athens, Ohio, 11/6/1837;

ob. in Wells County, Indiana, 5/14/1901.

2. Daniel Henry Shinn (7), born 2/8/1842; enlisted in Co. B, 34th Ind. Vol.

Inf.; wounded at Champion Hill, Miss., 5/16/1863; married, 6/22/1867,

Jemima, daughter of Abraham and Mary (Weimer) McDaniel; he died in

Wells County, 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. Children

by first marriage:

1. Grant M. Shinn (9); b. 3/22/1893.

2. Olive Shinn (8); b. 12/15/1869; ob. 9/23/1888.

3. Silas Newton Shinn (7), born 9/13/1843; enlisted in Co. K, 75th Ind. Vol.

Inf.; died in the hospital at Gallatin, Tenn., 12/30/1862.

4. Martha Ann Shinn (7), born 6/7/1845.

5. Mary Amanda Shinn (7), born 2/3/1847; married, 12/15/1866, Stephen A.,

son of William A. and Elizabeth Smith, b. in Darke County, Ohio, 7/9/1843;

children:

1. Florence Arabella Smith (8); b. 9/21/1867; m. Franklin Cappell, 8/19/1895;

killed, 12/23/1902, in a pulp mill at Gas City, Ind. Children:

1. Carrie Ann Cappell (9); b. 6/11/1896.

2. Stephen Frederick Cappell (9); b. 11/24/1897.

3. Edward Ernest Cappell (9); b. 9/11/1899; ob. infans.

4. Marguerite Cappell (9); b. 6/5/1901.

2. Sarah Ann Smith (8); b. 4/19/1869; m., 10/24/1899, Walter Franklin Sheppard.

6. Philip Andrew Shinn (7), born 7/15/1849; married, 10/29/1872, Mary M.,

daughter of Robert R. and Susan (Hunt) Shields; he died 8/19/1889; Mary

died 1/23/1902, leaving two children:

1. Branston Llewellyn Shinn (8); b. 7/15/1874; m. Bertha Pearl Kurtz, 6/14/1898,

and had two children.

2. Leota Shinn (8); b. 3/17/1883; m. Lewis M. Dulinsky, 2/21/1903.

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7. Cornelius Elmore Shinn (7), born 7/21/1851; married, 11/23/1875, 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:

1. 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. 5/5/1898; ob. idem dies.

8. Florence Emma Shinn (7), born 8/24/1853; ob. 1/2/1868.

9. Mahala 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,

March 6, 1895; is now divorced.

1634. HYMAN SHINN (6).‑‑DANIEL (5), CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES

(2), JOHN (1).

Hyman, 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 married 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 difficulties 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 Asbury

University, Greencastle, Ind.; when the Civil War opened he enlisted under

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 Republican Central Committee of

Blackford County in the campaigns of 1876, 1884, 1886 and 1888; was

unanimously nominated for State Senator for the Counties of Grant, Blackford

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 Trustec, Class Leader, and Sunday School Superintendent; was licensed

as a local preacher in 1868 and ordained a Local Deacon by Bishop R. S. Foster

in 1874; is a member of the I. O. O. 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. R., 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 County, Indiana,

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3/28/1844, and died at Hartford City, Ind., 3/21/1897; married (2),

5/22/1898, at Hartford City, Ind., Mrs. Louise Baechler, widow of Rev.

Samuel Baechler, and daughter of John P. and May Ann (Hughes) Wilson,

who was born in Somerset, Ohio, 9/19/1843. (See engraving, p. 97.) Children

by first marriage:

1. Orlando Milton Shinn (8); b., Wells County, Ind., 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., Elsie 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 Henry Shinn (7), born Rush County, Indiana, 5/27/1840; ob.

2/13/1842.

3. James Lafayette Shinn (7), born Blackford County, Indiana, 5/13/1843; enlisted

in Co. K, 75th Ind. Vol. Inf.; married, 5/13/1869, at Blufton, Ind.,

Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Forbes) McCleery, born in Wooster,

Ohio, 12/25/1844; he died at Montpelier, Ind., 1/29/1878, being then Postmaster

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 University,

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. John Marion Shinn (7), b. Blackford County, Indiana, 6/22/1845; enlisted in

Co. K 75th Ind. Vols. and was discharged for disability, which terminated

fatally; ob. in Blackford County, 4/24/1863.

5. Oliver Whitfield Shinn (7), b. 2/29/1848; m. (1) in Wells County, Indiana,

6/25/1870, Martha, daughter of Horace and Mary (Martin) Dawley, born,

Ohio, 2/20/1851; she d. 10/26/1885; m. (2), 1/1/1889, Jennie, daughter of

Dardin B. and Eliza J. (Baird) Jenkins. Children by first marriage:

1. Stella Shinn (8); b. 5/10/1871; ob. infans.

2. Bertha Shinn (8); b. in Wells County, Ind., 9/7/1872; m. 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. Ralph Bouse (9); b. 7/29/1892; 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. Nellie Marie Bouse (9); b. 12/6/1894.

3. Nellie Shinn (8).|b. 8/7/1875.|Della m., 3/16/1901, Mint, son of Andrew and

4. Della Shinn (8). | |Mahala (Williams) Wort.

5. A child who died in infancy.

6. Grace E. Shinn (8); b. 6/22/1880; m. William H., son of William and Harriet

(Brenner) Campbell, 3/16/1901.

7. 8. Unnamed twins; the mother and children died and were buried in the

same casket.

Children by Second Marriage.

1. (9) Cora Shinn (8); b. 7/14/1890.

2. (10) William Whitfield Shinn (8); b. 2/2/1893.

3. (11) Hyman Hubert Shinn (8); b. 7/25/1895.

4. (12) Charles Warren Shinn (8); b. 9/18/1897.

5. (13) Helen Gould Shinn (8); b. 2/28/1899.

6. (14) Jessie Elda Shinn (8); b. 8/9/1901.

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6. Thomas Sylvester Shinn (7), b. 12/11/1853; m., 4/28/1875, Esther Jane,

daughter of James McF. Wells, b. 1/24/1852, Indiana, and d. 2/16/1887; he

d. 8/27/1888.

1635. NEWMAN SHINN (6).‑‑DANIEL (5), CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES

(2), JOHN (1).

Newman, ninth child of Daniel and Mary (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 County, Missouri, where he died, 7/31/1892, being seventy‑three years of age. Descendants:

1. Silas N. 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

Sturtevant, 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. 7/23/1880; 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 Shinn (7), b. 1/25/1850, in Wells County, 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 County, Indiana, 2/14/1856; attended

public schools of that County and at Cincinnati, Ia.; studied dentistry 1867‑70

at Greencastle, Mo.; moved to Avalon, Mo., and practiced his profession

fourteen years; to Hale, Mo., in 1891, where he now resides; Republican;

Methodist; 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, Pennsylvania,

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 Farley, 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.

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8. Ida Wilhelmina Shinn (7), b. 11/30/1864, in Appanoose County, Iowa; m. there,

12/9/1896, William Franklin Palmer, and had children:

1. Erma Christina Palmer (8); b. 12/20/1897.

2. Emmet Jewell Palmer (8); b. 6/26/1901.

1636. HARRISON SHINN (6).‑‑DANIEL (5), CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Harrison, tenth child of Daniel and Mary (Whiteman) Shinn, b. in Harrison County, Virginia, 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. Eugene Franklin Shinn (8), b. 12/24/1851; m., 11/10/1885, Victoria, daughter

of Dennis and Mary (Adams) Johnson, b. 3/18/1865; resides at Connersville,

Ind. Children:

1. Maud May Shinn (9); b. 9/2/1886.

2. Cashel Shinn (9); b. 4/3/1890; ob. idem anno.

1637. MARY ANN SHINN (6).‑‑DANIEL (5), CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Mary Ann, eleventh child of Daniel and Mary (Whiteman) Shinn, b. Tyler County, Virginia, 4/10/1824; m. William, son of William and Elizabeth Ann (Johnson) Burchard, in Blackford County, Indiana, 1/25/1846; he was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, 10/31/1822, and died in Blackford County, Indiana, 6/14/1891; she ob. there 4/10/1891. Descendants:

1. Harrison Jackson Burchard (7), b. 4/9/1849; m. Jane, daughter of Nun and

Mary Ann (Speelman) McIntyre, b. Wells County, Indiana, 8/14/1845; children

all born in Blackford County, Indiana.

1. Margaret Isabelle Burchard (8); b. 9/27/1868; m. William Carey, son of

Henry and Louisa (Wilson) Seelig, 10/16/1888, and had children:

1. Carl Selig (9); b. 7/4/1889; ob. infans.

2. Ralph Seelig (9).

3. Mary Seelig (9).

4. Forest Seelig (9).

2. 3. 4. Unnamed; ob. infans.

5. Rollin Earl Burchard (8); b. 4/21/1881.

6. Donnie Idumea Burchard (8); b. 6/13/1883.

2. John Marion Burchard (7), b. 9/25/1851; m. Eve, daughter of Nun and Mary

Ann (Speelman) McIntyre, 6/14/1870, and had twelve children, born in

Blackford County, Indiana, as follows:

1. Arthur Burchard (8); b. 12/25/1872; ob. 1885.

2. Elizabeth Burchard (8); b. 10/24/1874; m., 6/26/1896, Francis H. Rice, and

had two children‑‑Milo Manfold, b. 5/15/1897, and Esther Edith, b. 9/9/1900.

3. Sabra Burchard (8); b. 3/10/1876; m., 7/14/1895, William E. Long.

4. Edith Burchard (8); b. 1/13/1878.

5. Ernest Burchard (8).|Twins; b. 4/27/1880.| Ernest m. Minnie Estella

6. Austin Burchard (8).| |Yarger, 8/20/1902.

7. William Burchard (8); b. 11/16/1881.

8. Mary Burchard (8); b. 9/24/1883.

9. Harry Burchard (8); b. 3/31/1885.

10. Floyd Burchard (8); b. 2/11/1887.

11. Florence Burchard (8); b. 7/31/1888.

12. Grace Burchard (8); b. 11/2/1890; ob. infans.

3. Sabra Jane Burchard (7), b. 11/20/1854; m., 11/9/1879, Daniel, son of Henry

and Sarah Ann (Mendenhall) Bonge, b. York County, Pennsylvania, 12/25/1837,

and had children:

1. Donnie Idumea Bonge (8); b. 11/19/1882. 2. Mary Joy Bonge (8); b. 2/18/1884.

3. Sarah Stella Bonge (8); b. 6/26/1886. 4. William Henry Bonge,

(8); b. 2/19/1890.

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4. Elizabeth Ann Burchard (7), b. 8/24/1858; ob. 1861.

5. Daniel William Burchard (7), b. 7/29/1864; m. Violetta Laura Belle, daughter

of John and Evaline (Davis) Vance, 7/31/1888. She was born in Montgomery

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 Mary (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; m. there, 1/1/1846, Nathan Ellsworth, and had children:

1. Daniel Perry Ellsworth (7), b. 1/7/1848, at Cassopolis, Mich.; m. at Montpelier,

Ind., 11/24/1866, Alvira V. 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. Middleton.

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 Rev. 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,

Ill., 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 Roseltha Ellsworth (7), b. 5/28/1857; unmarried.

6. Icedora Ellsworth (7), b. 10/16/1859; m. Warren R. 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).‑‑LUCRETIA (5), BENJAMIN (4), JOSEPH (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Zilpha, eldest child of Clement and Lucretia (Shinn) Shinn, born at Shinnston, Va., 12/31/1808; m. Bennett Rittenhouse and remained in Virginia until its dismemberment, when she fell into West Virginia; she died in 1887. Children:

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1. Justine Rittenhouse (7), Dola, W. Va. 2. Addison Rittenhouse (7), Brown,

W. Va. 3. Omar Rittenhouse (7). 4. David Rittenhouse (7). 5. Susannah

Rittenhouse (7), who married a Mr. Powell. 6. Elizabeth Rittenhouse

(7), who married a Mr. Ray.

7. Jane Rittenhouse (7), b. 7/2/1842; m. R. S. Ogden, 2/28/1860, and died on

the fortieth anniversary of her wedding day, 2/28/1900; member of the

Baptist Church for thirty‑five years and performed every duty faithfully; her

husband, eight sons and four daughters survived her; she was buried in the

Masonic Elk View Cemetery, Clarksburg, W. Va., her eight sons being pall

bearers.

8. Okey Rittenhouse (7), b. 7/2/1846; m., 3/3/1868, Lueza V. 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 Clarksburg,

W. Va.

2. Lloyd Ernest Rittenhouse (8). 3. Annie Maude Rittenhouse (8).

4. Robert Emmet Rittenhouse (8). 5. Flora May Rittenhouse (8).

6. Brantly Rittenhouse (8). 7. Grover Cleveland Rittenhouse (8).

8. Clyde Flemming Rittenhouse (8). All of Clarksburg, W. Va.

1642. ASCHAH SHINN (6).‑‑CLEMENT (5), CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Aschah, third child of Clement and Lucretia (Shinn) Shinn, b. 2/26/1813; m., 3/1/1832, Noah Harbert, b. 7/4/1808; Aschah d. 5/16/1891; Noah d. 9/17/1899. 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. Lucretia Harbert

(7); b. 6/23/1839. 5. Mary E. Harbert (7); b. 12/25/1841. 6. Austin 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).

Children of the Second Marriage.

1. (9) Joseph L. Harbert (8). 2. (10) Hallie L. Harbert (8). 3. (11) Ray R.

Harbert (8). 4. (12) Mary J. Harbert (8). 5. (13) Ha F. Harbert (8).

10. Noah A. Harbert (7); b. 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.

1644. AGNES HANNAH SHINN (6).‑‑CLEMENT (5), CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Agnes Hannah, fifth child of Clement and Lucretia (Shinn) Shinn, b. Harrison County, Virginia,12/12/1816; m. on Rock Camp, Harrison County, Virginia, 6/8/1843, William Hannah, from Scotland. William took out his naturalization papers at Clarksburg, Va., in 1834, and was an American citizen at the date of his marriage. This couple remained in Virginia and reared a large family of children and grandchildren, as follows:

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1. Clement Hannah (7), b. 3/12/1844; m., 12/31/1868, Mary Maria Cunningham,

on Rock Camp, and had children:

1. Matilda Agnes Hannah (8); b. 11/6/1871.

2. Emma Loretta Hannah (8); b. 7/22/1875

3. Luther Theophilus Hannah (8); b. 10/22/1879.

2. Mary Hannah (7), b. 8/7/1845; m. on Rock Camp, William Harrison Nay;

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. 11/13/1898.

3. Charles 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.

3. Nelson Hannah (7), b. 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. Flavius 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.

4. Jesse Hannah (7), b. 10/4/1849; m. on Rock Camp, 3/31/1881, Martha Belle

Cunningham, 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.

5. 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.

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6. Tabitha Jane Hannah (7), b. 3/12/1856; m. on Rock Camp, 1/7/1892, John

Wesley Jones, and had children:

1. Carl Jones (8) and 2. Earl Jones (8); twins; b. 5/10/1893.

3. Chester Jones (8); b. 5/22/1895. 4. Emma Agnes Jones (8); b. 9/6/1897.

1645. CLEMENT RESTORE SHINN (6).‑‑CLEMENT (5), CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT

(3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Clement Shinn, sixth child of Clement and Lucretia (Shinn) Shinn, b. Harrison 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 Lucretia (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 spiritualist. 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 skeleton 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 Benen Shinn (7); b. 3/1/1843; m. and had at least one child‑‑Frederick

Shinn (8), who for 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 Gidley Shinn (7); b. 3/27/1848; married; lived most of his life in

Northern Illinois; blacksmith, manufacturer, farmer and miner; Prohibitionist,

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. Clement Milton Shinn (7); b. 3/5/1854.

10. Lucretia Elizabeth 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 Bozeman, Mont.

13. Martha Shinn (7); b. 12/24/1861; married a Mr. Ralston, Portland, Ore.

14. Frank Shinn (7); b. 4/19/1864; Spokane, Wash.

1647. JOSEPH SHINN (6).‑‑CLEMENT (5), CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Joseph, eighth child of Clement and Lucretia (Shinn) Shinn, born on Big Rock Camp, 5/19/1822, in Harrison County, Virginia; m. Henrietta, daughter of Peter and Catherine Ash, 11/26/1846, at Wilsonburg, Va.; to Carroll County, Ind., 1853, where he now resides; they drove through in the old‑fashioned covered wagon, being four weeks on the road; took up a tract of land near Burlington, cut down its sturdy timber and made it a valuable farm; sold this in 1867 and bought another on Deer Creek, same county; retired from active life in 1888 and now lives at Carrol, Ind., with his children near him, serene in a good old age. The children are as follows:

1. Isaac Riley Shinn (7); b. 11/22/1847; d. 7/3/1870.

2. James Washington Shinn (7); b. 6/4/1849; m. Jennie 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 Guy 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. Shinn (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.; also of Indianapolis Business College;

institute instructor; ten years past principal of a ward school in Logansport,

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 (4), CLEMENT (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Jesse, ninth child of Clement and Lucretia (Shinn) Shinn, b. Harrison County, Virginia, 2/11/1824; m. there, Jane, daughter of John and Margaret Hannah, 6/9/1843; moved to Miami County, Indiana, and died there 5/11/1901. Descendants:

1. Margaret Elizabeth Shinn (7); b. 5/4/1844; m. Samuel‑Darby, 6/20/1872,

and died 4/29/1875 in childbirth:

1. Gusta 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. Kerkman,

and had children:

1. Homer Francisco Shinn (8); b. 2/13/18??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 (8); 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 Loy 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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5. Walden Augustus Shinn (8); b. 1/26/1895.

6. Lowell M. F. Shinn (8); b. 6/25/1898.

1649. RILEY SHINN (6).‑‑CLEMENT (5), CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Riley, tenth child of Clement and Lucretia (Shinn) Shinn, born Harrison County, Virginia, 10/30/1825; m. Henrietta (7), daughter of Mahlon (6) and Mary (Edwards) Shinn, and a great granddaughter of Levi Shinn, brother of the grandfather of Riley; she was born at Burlington, 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.

3. 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.

1652. TABITHA SHINN (6).‑‑CLEMENT (5), CLEMENT (4), CLEMENT (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Tabitha, thirteenth and youngest child of Clement and Lucretia (Shinn) Shinn, b. 6/18/1833; m., 10/4/1853, Stephen, son of Stephen and Sarah Peters; they removed to Carbondale, Kan., where he ob. 1/25/1892. Children:

1. Stephen Clement Peters (7); b. 1/16/1855; ob. 1868.

2. Samantha Eveline Peters (7); b. 6/2/1856.

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3. George Riley Peters (7); b. 5/19/1858; ob. 1868.

4. Henry A. Peters (7); b. 4/4/1860.

5. Henrietta Olive (7).|twins; b. 9/1/1862; he ob. 1862.

6. Baby brother.|

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.

1655. MAHLON SHINN (6).‑‑CLEMENT (5), LEVI (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Mahlon, third child of Clement and Mary (Thompson) Shinn, b. 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 black lands of the West offered quicker profits than the hill lands of Harrison County, and Mahlon parted with his birthright and went to Carroll County, Indiana, in 1829. In less than seventy‑five years the land of his father and grandfather 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 1834 Mrs. Mahlon Shinn, with two other women, constituted themselves into a class, from which a Methodist Church sprang into existence at Burlington; in 1856 Mahlon 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 Burlington; 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 March, 1871, leaving children:

1. Lucinda Shinn (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.

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3. Robert Marion Arnold (8); b. 9/30/1855; m. Millie Matthews, 1884.

4. Martha Ollie Arnold (8); b. 7/8/1857; 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 (8); b. 12/19/1862; m. Aaron O. Welty, 3/‑‑/1884.

2. Henrietta Shinn (7); b. 5/9/1829; m. Riley Shinn, 2/26/1852. (For descendants

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 Burlington, 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 Yakima, Wash., and had children:

1. Clara Evaline Garrison (8); b. 1/18/1862; m. Godfrey Steinhagan, 1/8/1898.

2. Mary Lulu Garrison (8); b. 10/17/1863; m. Robert Etherington, 9/16/1886.

3. Sarah Orpha Garrison (8); b. 5/4/1865; m. (???) Burnworth, 1901.

4. Fannie Dora Garrison (8); b. 8/15/1867; m. Almond W. Banta, 6/‑‑/1890.

5. Mahlon Wilson Garrison (8); b. 1/27/1869.

1667. SETH SHINN (6).‑‑CLEMENT (5), LEVI (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Seth, fifth child of Clement and Mary (Thompson) Shinn, born at Shinnston, Va., 1805; farmer and stock raiser; owner of grist mill at Shinnston; thrifty and prosperous; m. (1) Rebecca, daughter of Joshua Smith; (2) Mary J. Rizer of Cumberland, Md.

Children of First Marriage.

1. David Mahlon Shinn (7), b. Shinnston, Va., 6/20/1834; reared on a farm,

aiding his father; m., 4/9/1857, Ann Rebecca, daughter of Solomon S. and

Rebecca Fleming; engaged in 1857 in the lumber business, running rafts down

the West Fork and the Monongahela to Pittsburg, Pa.; in the same year

opened a hotel at Shinnston, which was successful until the war opened, in

1861; identified himself with the Union side; member of the West Virginia

Home Guards; postmaster at Shinnston seven years; inherited some property

from his father and again entered the lumber business, being very successful

up to 1872; the failure of many debtors to pay at that time crippled him; decreased

his business and reinstated himself financially; continued the lumber

trade until 1900; owns a fine farm and is a prosperous stock raiser; his lands

cover fine coal deposits, which he leases to coal syndicates on royalties which

yield him about $4,000 per annum; lives on a farm which his ancestor Levi

took up more than a century ago; Levi being the original settler, followed by

Clement, Jonathan, Samuel, Isaac and Benjamin; he has been a faithful

steward and has added largely to the paternal domain. Children:

1. Edward Smith Shinn (8); b. 4/9/1858; ob. infans.

2. Henry Fleming Shinn (8); b. 2/16/1859.

3. Hugh Mercer Shinn (8); b. 1/2/1861.

4. Frederick Shinn (8); b. 3/26/1862; ob. 1864.

5. Isabel Sophia Shinn (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 Augusta Robinson (9); b. 2/1/1893.

3. Virginia Robinson (9); b. 8/25/1894.

6. Sabra Virginia Shinn (8); b. 2/21/1867; m., 11/13/1889, Orville L. Lowe, and

had children:

1. Esther Ann Lowe (9); b. 4/18/1890.

2. Robert William Lowe (9); b. 8/10/1897.

3. David Shinn Lowe (9); b. 3/24/1900.

7. Robert Carter Shinn (8); b. 10/26/1869.

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. Luther Clive Shinn (7), b. in Virginia; espoused the Union cause in 1861; was

a Colonel of West Virginia Militia during the war; did much military service,

but was in no battle; after the war became 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 1872 at Shinnston, but found that he was alone; he

was derided considerably over this, but still had faith in his cause; this party

sprang into existence in 1891 and he was a delegate to the convention at Cincinnati

which gave it birth; appointed by that Convention State Organizer

for West Virginia; organized the party in West Virginia; wrote a book entitled

"The People's Book," which was an exposition of the tenets of the

party, and which had a wide circulation in West Virginia; m. Delia M.,

daughter 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. Joshua Nelson Shinn (7), b. 3/22/1838 at Shinnston; m., 4/14/1859, Hepziba,

daughter of Thomas Harbert; farmer; moved to Salina, Kan., 1872, where he

now resides. 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. (4) 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,

Mrs. E. D. Elliott, at Webster, Taylor County, Va.; entered life a well educated,

intelligent, attractive, young woman; m., 1866, John W., son of Robert

and Elizabeth (Simpkins) Monroe, at Shinnston; she has been noted for her

industrious and domestic habits; her husband was prominent in Harrison

County 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 attractive

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 instinct

and her riches have enabled her to follow this instinct to its logical conclusion.

Kind, thoughtful, provident and intelligent, she lives a peaceful

life, and is an honor to the community 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 (Copley) Monroe.

2. Robert Monroe (8), who married Elenor J. Wyeth, daughter of Dr. Wyeth,

formerly of Pennsylvania.

3. Mary E. Monroe (8). 4. Tinnie Monroe (8).

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2. (5) George Rizer Shinn (7), b. Shinnston, Va., 10/26/1849; m. Anna Saint of

Shinnston; moved to Salina, Kan, 1884, thence to Siloam Springs, Ark., and

had children:

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 Tacoma, 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, 32d U. S. V. Infantry, stationed at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.;

discharged on account of lung trouble a few days before the company

started for the Philippines, but paraded with his comrades at Kansas City

at their request; m. Birdie Johnetta 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. (6) Howard Thompson Shinn (7), born Harrison County, Virginia, 8/13/1851;

married, 10/30/1872, Laura Aultha, daughter of James Jackson, and had

children:

1. Columbia Janette Shinn (8); b. 11/6/1876.

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. (7) Albert A. Shinn (7), born Harrison County, Virginia; married Savilla

Coon and moved to Siloam Springs, Ark.

1654. ORPHA SHINN (6).‑‑CLEMENT (5), LEVI (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Orpha Shinn, the second child of Clement and Mary (Thompson) Shinn, born in Harrison County, Virginia, 1797; married Isaiah Harbert and had several children; one Lucinda married a Boggess and lives at Lumberport, W. Va., another, Seth, married, and lived at same place; Mary married a Moffat.

1669. OLIVE SHINN (6).‑‑CLEMENT (5), LEVI (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Olive Shinn, seventh child of Clement and Mary (Thompson) Shinn, born 8/11/1815 in Harrison County, Virginia; ob. 7/15/1872; married Enoch Cunningham, 8/28/1834, and had children:

1. Mary Louisa (7); b. 7/29/1835; m. William S. Sandy.

2. William Nelson, b. 5/14/1837; m. Phebe Ogden, Logansport, W. Va.

3. Sarah Elizabeth, b. 10/14/1838; ob. 1845.

4. Savilla Anne, b. 5/6/1841; m. Joseph Hildreth.

5. James Luther, b. 8/1/1845; ob. in Union Army.

6. Benjamin Franklin, b. 3/17/1849; m. Sophronia E. Youst.

7. Virginia Victoria, b. 4/25/1852; m. Guilford E. Youst and had Delphia Olive, James

Albert, Claudius D., Lena Alice and George B. Delphia Olive m. E. T. Phelen;

Lena Alice m. Charles A. May; others are single.

1670. MOSES SHINN (6).‑‑CLEMENT (5), LEVI (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Moses, eighth and youngest child of Clement and Mary (Thompson) Shinn, was born at Shinnston, Va., 9/25/1817; spent his early life on the farm with his father, who was a prominent and successful stock raiser; was a great fisher, hunter and trapper; married, 11/30/1838, his first cousin, Mary, daughter of Isaiah and Nancy (Robey) Shinn; his father gave the young couple a farm opposite Shinnston on the west fork of the Monongahela; followed farming and rafting timber until the

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spring of 1850; removed to Adams County, Illinois, going the entire distance by water; from Shinnston on his own farm he started on a flatboat down the Monongahela River and remained on it until he reached the head water of steamboat navigation, when he transferred to a steamboat; down the Ohio to its mouth and up the Mississippi to Quincy, where he disembarked; the steamboats then were little palaces, 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 Virginia for a team of thoroughbred mares; took back to Illinois a beautiful 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 1860 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 with typhoid fever and lost his claim; in 1862 went with a party, his daughter Carrie and her husband being of the number, overland to Oregon; the journey with ox teams required 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 Isthmus of Panama and New York City to Hancock County; in1866 rented their Illinois property and went to Iowa for a year; bought 300 acres in Pottawattomie County; sold the farm in Illinois and with all his stock removed to Iowa in 1867; developed his farm for eleven years; entered a joint stock company for the erection of a flouring mill and grain elevator, which ruined him; he furnished money and other men the experience; in a short time he had all the experience, but no money. Such schemes are called "progressive civilization"; "swindling" would be a truer name. Not disheartened, but with a brave heart, he set out for Osborne County, Kansas, where he homesteaded a farm and began in his old age to rebuild his fortunes. 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 sixty days. Remained in Grant County during the winter; crossed the Cascades in the 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 effort of his life. La grippe seized him in 1892 and on July 25, 1893, the messenger of death called the wanderer home. Thus ended a long and honorable and most useful life. For more than seventy‑five years he had lived a life of happiness and love; always a good citizen, a devoted husband and father; intelligent, cosmopolitan, broad in view 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 companion 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, Va., October 6, 1839; married at Carthage,

Ill., March 27, 1856, Columbus Franklin Hildreth, son of Aquila and Elizabeth

Bartlett Hildreth. His mother was a descendant of Joshua Hildreth, one

of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Columbus F. was born in

Pike County, Illinois, September 5, 1834. Died at Salida, Col., May 18, 1896.

He was a Union Democrat, did not belong to any church, but was not an infidel,

and held faith in a supreme being; farmer and miner. In 1869, she had

a severe attack of typhoid 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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Iowa and moved to Jewell County, Kansas, locating at Mankato, where 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 with them March 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 are living.

1. George Kirkpatrick Hildreth; b., at LaHarpe, Ill., 1/20/1857; m. Mary Anna

Kinzie, (b. Lawrence, Kan., 11/17/1871) July 31, 1892, at Bur Oak, Kan.,

and had:

1. Bernice Henrietta Hildreth; b. May 7, 1893.

2. Beulah May Hildreth; b. Sept. 11, 1894.

3. Anna Mary Hildreth; b. April 22, 1897.

4. Nettie Leona Hildreth; b. September 14, 1900.

2. Minnie Hildreth; b., in Durham Township, Hancock County, Ill., January

28, 1859; m. Lawrence A. Saunders, September 5, 1881, at Mankato, Kan.;

graduated from Kentucky School of Medicine and the Louisville Medical

College in 1876; afterwards located at Mankato, Kan., where he was engaged

as a physician and druggist for twenty‑five years; moved, in 1899,

to Denver, Col., where he now resides. Their children were:

1. James Clyde Saunders; b. October 31, 1882, Mankato, Kan.

2. Ida Myrtle Saunders; b. April 13, 1888.

3. Lauretta Marie Saunders; b. October 6, 1893.

4. Lenawee Gail Saunders; b. December 27, 1897.

3. Emery Alvin Hildreth; b., in Hancock County, Ill., December 8, 1861; o. s. p.

4. Florence Elva Hildreth; b., La Harpe, Ill., August 9, 1864; m., 6/8/1881,

Thomas S. Kirkpatrick, who was then clerk of the District Court of

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Jewell County; in 1882 re‑elected, and again in 1884; in 1885 he was admitted

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. Children:

1. Imogene May Kirkpatrick, b. 5/7/1883.

2. Cameron Thomas Kirkpatrick, b. 9/28/1886.

3. 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 remarried,

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.

2. Louisa Shinn, born 12/17/1840, in Harrison County, Virginia; married in

September, 1866, at Carthage, Ill., William K. Spencer; farmer in Illinois

and Iowa; moved to Walnut, Iowa, where he took charge of the Walnut school

building; 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.

3. Lavina Shinn, born 9/5/1842; married, 9/5/1861, Jacob Phillips; farmer

and stock raiser in Illinois and Iowa; moved to Osborne County, Kansas,

where three sons died of diphtheria in three successive days. His wife died in

May, 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.

4. Thomas Shinn, born 1845; ob sine proli.

5. Carolina Shinn, born, 2/2/1846, in Harrison County, Virginia; married, 1862,

Alvin 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 by way of Panama. Wealth may enable 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 County, Missouri, and settled on a farm given by the father of Mr. Bernethy.

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 became a dressmaker; remarried, 1889, L. B. Berry, son of

Captain 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 husband holds a responsible position in

a leading dry goods house of that place. Mrs. Berry is a dignified Christian

woman, devoted to her family, and a believer of the doctrines of the Universalist

Church. By her first marriage there were four children, two of whom

died in infancy. Of the others:

1. Silas William Bernethy; b., La Harpe, Ill., 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,

8/13/1898; 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

Mill, Boise, Idaho. (See group engraving of Moses Shinn, p. 337.)

2. Henry A. Bernethy was a National Guard boy three years at Carthage, Ill.;

has traveled and worked in twenty‑seven States of the American Union.

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6. Marion Shinn, born 1848; ob. sine proli.

7. Isaiah Shinn, born, 1849, in West Virginia; farmer at eighteen; miner in the

Black Hills, 1876; hunter and trapper for many years; farmer for the last

ten years near Spearfish, South Dakota. Unmarried.

8. Mahlon Shinn, born, 12/8/1851, in Hancock County, Illinois; engineer; married

Harriet Lloyd, who soon eloped with another man. This so grieved Mr.

Shinn that he gave up his position, and began a roaming life; in Honolulu

awhile; then having charge of the construction engine of a railroad in Mexico;

from East to West over all the continent he traveled, never at rest; in a

wreck on the B. M. R. R. which almost cost him his life; finally his head was

split open by a circular saw, and on 4/25/1885 he died, after two weeks of

agony in St. Joseph's Hospital, Denver, Col. Kind‑hearted, generous to a

fault, loved by all his companions.

9. Luther Shinn, born 7/7/1854; plasterer; married at Council Bluffs, Iowa,

7/18/1883, Ida Virginia Gilbert; moved to Los Angeles, Cal., in 1887, where

he attained eminence in his trade; has acquired property there; member in

good standing in the A. O. F. M. and represented his lodge as a delegate to the

Grand Lodge at San Francisco in 1902; a Democrat and a believer in the

"Golden Rule." (See engraving of Moses Shinn for Luther and his son,

Norman Gilbert, p. 337.) Four children were born, two of whom died in

infancy; the others are:

1. Nellie Gertrude Shinn; b. 6/9/1891.

2. Norman Gilbert Shinn; b. 9/27/1897.

10. Moses Shinn, born 9/18/1858; to the Black Hills in early manhood, where he

laid the foundation for the life of a mechanic; finished this work in the machine

shops of Chicago, Ill.; to Algiers, La.; thence to British Honduras;

thence to Brownville, Texas, where he took charge of the government water

works and ice plant; married there in 1884 Ellen Cockes; to Alaska in 1898

prospecting and mining on the Yukon, where he yet remains; Socialist and

Atheist.

1672. UNITY SHINN (6).‑‑SOLOMON (5), LEVI (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Unity, daughter of Solomon and (???) (Walmsley) Shinn, born, 1797, in Harrison County, Virginia; married there William Lucas, and had children:

1. Elizabeth Lucas; m. (???) Bartlett; family in West Virginia.

2. Thomas Lucas. 3. Saul Lucas. 4. Basil Lucas. 5. George Lucas; m. and

moved to Redfield, Kans.

1674. RACHEL SHINN (6).‑‑SOLOMON (5), LEVI (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Rachel, fourth child of Solomon and (???) (Walmsley) Shinn, born in Harrison County, Virginia, 1801; married there, 1820, William Wood, and had children:

1. Tabitha Wood; b., in Virginia, 1822, and who married there George Adams.

He has been dead for several years; she is still living (1903) in West

Virginia, an active, cheerful woman.

2. Elizabeth Ann Wood; b., in Virginia, 1824; married there (???) Morris.

3. Emily Shinn Wood; b., in Virginia, 1826; married there Lemuel, son of

Levi and Hepzibah (Shinn) Shinn; died at Red Oak, Iowa, 1875.

4. John Wood, who died an infant.

5. Rebecca Wood; b., in Virginia, 1828; married there Joab Teague; she died

in Exeter, Cal., in November, 1902, leaving:

1. Benjamin F. Teague, who married Gertrude Chamberlain at Exeter, and

had one daughter‑‑Sadie Teague.

2. Sherman Teague; unmarried; Exeter, Cal.

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6. Raymond Wood; b., in Virginia, May, 1836; 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 children:

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.

1675. EDITH SHINN (6).‑‑SOLOMON (5), LEVI (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Edith, fifth child of Solomon and (???) (Walmsley) Shinn, born in Virginia, 1803; married there Sampson, son of Moses and Sarah (Kyle) Shinn. For descendants see Sampson Shinn (6).

1679. SUSAN SHINN (6.)‑‑SOLOMON (5), LEVI (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Susan, third child of Solomon and Ann (Kirksey) Shinn, born in Virginia, 1818, married (1) J. Pickens in 1840, and had one son, Henry, who married Martha Wood and lives at McCook, Neb. Susan married (2) J. Lyon, and died in 1898.

1680. 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, Mary 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.

1681. ROBERT FRANKLIN SHINN (6).‑‑SOLOMON (5), LEVI (4), CLEMENT (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Robert Franklin, fifth child of Solomon and Ann (Kirksey) Shinn, born in Virginia, 9/30/1821; married near Springfield, Ill., 6/22/1848, Fannie Jackson Taylor; he was an eminent Congregational minister, and gave a long and consecrated life to the cause of his master; he was a diligent worker and always expressed a desire to die at his post. And it so happened. At a gathering of his people in Norris, Ill., Mr. Shinn was called to the pulpit, and after 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 prepared for the redeemed. He had passed the allotted time of three score and ten, and died peacefully and calm. His children were:

1. William Raymond Shinn; b., 7/11/1850, in Bethel, Morgan County, Ill.

2. Francis Taylor Shinn; b., 12/5/1853, in Chicago, Ill.

3. Julia Ella Shinn; b., 7/22/1858, in La Harpe, Ill.; m. S. A. Meredith, of

Macon, Mo.

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4. Cora Belle Shinn; b., 11/22/1860, in Henry, Marshal County, Ill.

5. Fannie Elizabeth Shinn; b., 2/20/1864, in Chicago, Ill.

6. Mary Shinn; b., 5/12/1866, at Downer's Grove, Ill.

The eldest of these became a physician, married and had one son; the

youngest married a minister, Mr. Giddings, at Normal, Ill., and had two

children; the mother lives with an unmarried daughter in Chicago, Ill.

1684. JULIA SHINN (6).‑‑SOLOMON (5), LEVI (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Julia, youngest child of Solomon and Ann (Kirksey) Shinn, born, 3/30/1828; married in 1849 E. G. Lyon. No children. Mrs. Lyon is the only living child of the fourteen children of Solomon Shinn. Her residence is at Plainville, Illinois.

1707. TABITHA SHINN (6).‑‑ISAIAH (5), LEVI (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Tabitha, third child of Isaiah and Nancy (Robey) Shinn, born 6/29/1821, married, 10/14/1841, Peter Mason, and had:

1. Isaac Mason.

2. William E. Mason; b., in Harrison County, Va., 1852; moved to Hancock

County, Ill., 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, Ill., 1885.

Children:

1. Penfield E. Mason. 2. Edmund Mason. 3. Waldo O. Mason.

4. Tillman Mason. 5. Vera H. Mason.

1711. EMMA SHINN (6).‑‑ISAIAH (5), LEVI (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Emma, seventh child of Isaiah and Nancy (Robey) Shinn, born 9/8/1831, married, 5/22/1851, Samuel Clark, and had the following descendants:

1. Henrietta Clark, born 9/5/1852; married, August, 1872, Thomas H. Snodgrass,

and had:

1. Walter Snodgrass; b. 5/27/1873. 2. Gertrude Snodgrass; b. 10/21/1875.

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. Francis Clark, born 8/19/1854; married, 6/29/1873, R. W. Gay, and had:

1. George Gay; b. 7/7/1874. 2. Alsca Gay; b. 11/16/1878. 3. Emmett Gay; b.

6/7/1882.

3. Sabra Clark, born 1/26/1857; married, 10/8/1876, Mr. Hanover, and had:

1. Floyd Hanover; b. 6/22/1878; ob. 2/9/1884. 2. George Hanover; b. 6/2/1881;

ob. 6/6/1884. 3. Mary E. Hanover; b. 11/29/1884. 4. Della Hanover; b.

8/26/1887.

4. Minnie Clark, born 10/18/1859.

5. Cyrus Clark, born 6/15/1862; ob. 10/20/1864.

6. Florence Clark, born 8/27/1865; married, 6/1/1889, Sherman Hanover, and

had:

1. Wallace Hanover; b. 3/9/1888.

7. Arthur Clark, born 7/20/1868; married Minnie Gaines 9/25/1890.

1713. SOLOMON SHINN (6).‑‑ISAIAH (5), LEVI (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Solomon, ninth and youngest child of Isaiah and Nancy (Robey) Shinn, was born 7/21/1837 at Shinnston, W. Va.; married at Shinnston, 3/15/1860, M. J. Nay, daughter of Isaac and Lottie (Hawkins) Nay, of Harrison County, Virginia. Moved to Hancock County, Illinois, April, 1867; then to Johnson County, Kansas; at Olathe, Kan., he was engaged in the manufacture and sale of bee hives and

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apiarian supplies; his first wife died, 9/2/1891, at Olathe, Kan.; married the second time at Rev. Isaac Nay's in West Virginia, 9/11/1892, Annie Atha, daughter of T. Alford and Nancy (Sutton) Atha; Prohibitionist; Congregationalist; children by first wife were:

1. A. C. Shinn; b., 9/4/1861, at Benjamin, Harrison County, W. Va.; educated

at Washburn College, Topeka, Kan.; married and is in the Government

employ at Indian Agency, Lapwai, Idaho. His children are:

1. Albert Shinn. 2. Harry Shinn. 3. 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. 1895.

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. Erle Nonken. 2. Malile Nonken. 3. Charley Nonken.

4. Lily May Shinn; b. 11/20/1875; ob. 11/27/1891.

1714. ASA JONATHAN SHINN (6).‑‑LEVI (5), JONATHAN (4), CLEMENT (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Asa Jonathan, son of Levi (son of Jonathan) and Hepzibah (daughter of Clement) Shinn, both being grandchildren of Clement and Elizabeth (Webb) Shinn, 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 Rev. Asa Shinn, 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 Revolutionary 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, Auna Flower, in Harrison County, Virginia; in 1834 he removed his family to Fulton County, Illinois. His wife died in 1844, and he, with his family, returned to Virginia, where he again married. This time the Virginia woman who became 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 (7), born, 11/27/1822, in Virginia, and married Absalom, son

of Isaac and Sarah (Robinson) Shinn, whose pedigree is given elsewhere.

2. Sarah Shinn (7), born 1824; married Ephraim Markley; she ob. s. p.

3. Naomi Shinn (7), born 1827 in Virginia, and married Peter Ailshire; had children:

1. Clarentine Ailshire (8); m. Milton Jacobs, of Peoria, Ill., and had children:

1. Milan (9). 2. Blanche (9). 3. Albert (9).

2. Mary Allshire (8); m. Frank Murphy and had one child:

1. Adele E. Murphy (9).

4. Mary Shinn (7), born in Virginia, 11/24/1828; married Philemon Markley,

who 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 Norris, Fulton

County, Ill. No children.

6. John L. Shinn (7), born, 6/26/1836, in Fulton County, Illinois; returned with

his father to Virginia in 1844, where in the private schools of Harrison County,

"The Old Field Schools" of our earlier and better days, he received a good

English education. Teaching seemed to agree with his tastes, and to him at

that time, as to thousands of others then and now, it afforded the readiest

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means of a livelihood. This he followed three or four years. The leaven of

piety then began its work, and like hundreds of other good teachers he conceived

it to be his duty to declare the word. Polities, the pulpit and marriage

have depleted the teachers' ranks more than all other agencies combined. He

became a Universalist preacher and proclaimed the doctrine with vigor. Enlisted

in 1861 in the 18th Regiment of Virginia State troops for service in the

Union Army; remained in the service until the close of the war, when in

1865 he moved to Hancock County, Illinois, where he remained ten

years; thence to Neosho County, Kansas (1876), and in the same year to

Wilson County, where he now resides. In 1878 elected County Superintendent

of Public Instruction for Wilson County. He owns a large and well stocked

farm, where he lives a happy, peaceful life.

He married in Marion County, Virginia, 6/21/1854, Louisa, daughter of Isaac C. and Margaret Sturm. She was also a descendant of one of the early settled families of the Old Dominion. The children were:

1. Jesse Flower Shinn (8), born, 11/30/1856, in Virginia; attended Virginia

and Illinois schools until 1876; removed to Kansas and taught school; in

1882 elected Clerk of the District Court of Wilson County, being the Democratic

nominee; in 1885 appointed to the position of official court stenographer

for the Seventh Judicial District, which position he still holds (1903);

in 1894 was admitted to the bar; in 1896 moved to Chanute, Neosho County,

where he now resides (1903). Married, 5/20/1883, at Fredonia, Kansas,

Fanny M. Green, born 2/12/1865, at Elkhart, Ill., and had three children:

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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 County, Virginia, 4/12/1859;

attended school in Virginia and Illinois; removed to Kansas in 1876, where

he taught school until 1883, when he was admitted to the bar; in January,

1886, appointed Deputy County Attorney for Wilson County, Kansas; in

1888 removed to Chanute and engaged in the practice of law; elected

County Attorney for Neosho County, but declined a second term; returned

to his practice, which had greater and more remunerative charms. He

married, 12/23/1883, Carrie B. Dudrow, born 6/19/1868 near Clyde, 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

Illinois until 1876; attended the Normal School in Kansas 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.

4. Jennie Shinn (8), born in West Virginia, 2/19/1864; attended the publie

and normal schools of Illinois and Kansas, and then taught school successfully

for several years; during Cleveland's administration she was a teacher

of the Sac and Fox Indians at their agency in Indian Territory, being appointed

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 Moore. No

children.

2. (8) 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 County, 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. Melinda 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. Fidella Fortney, who m. Joseph Wadsworth.

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Amy (Shinn) Fortney died 11/9/1856, and her husband, Jacob H. Fortney, married the widow of Elisha Shinn, mother of Dr. Quillen Hamilton Shinn, and reared a family of children.

1716. LAVINA SHINN (6).‑‑LEVI (5), JONATHAN (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Lavina, third child of Levi and Hepzibah Shinn, born 10/14/1807; married (1), 1/19/1823, Abner Walmsley; (2) Genus Clark. No descendants.

1717. NAOMI SHINN (6).‑‑LEVI (5), JONATHAN (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES (2),

JOHN (1).

Naomi, fourth child of Levi and Hepzibah Shinn, born 4/20/1809; ob. 12/27/1875; married 4/30/1835 Justus Jarrett (b. 12/4/1809; ob. 8/6/1864), and had children:

1. Clarentine Lavernia Jarrett (7); b. 5/25/1836; m., 11/30/1854, Joseph B.

Harrison, and has a son, B. T. Harrison, in Loveland, Ohio.

2. Amanda Jarrett (7); b. 9/24/1838; m. John Nay.

3. 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. 4/30/1879.

6. Montraville Justus Jarrett (7); b. 6/19/1850; m., 4/7/1889, Clara Shore, and

had:

1. Mildred Launa Jarrett (8). 2. Harold 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 calling, 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).

1718. SAMUEL O. SHINN (6).‑‑LEVI (5), JONATHAN (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES

(2), JOHN (1).

Samuel O., fifth child of Levi and Hepzibah Shinn, born in Virginia 8/24/1813; married, 4/30/1835, Elizabeth Childers. He passed his life on a farm near Shinnston, dying 11/2/1897, in his 84th year. It was my privilege to correspond with him from 1888 to 1892. His letters were long, necessarily so, in answering my many questions. His narrative as to children of all the various tribes of Shinns in West Virginia was clear and accurate. I examined, or had others to examine, the records at Clarksburg as to early marriages; the records of the chancery courts; the files of the oldest papers of the county in the Congressional Library at Washington; the various county histories of West Virginia and the many printed biographies of West Virginians; I wrote to descendants of the name he gave me, and I can but say that his memory was very retentive and accurate, and that I was rarely misled by his statements. It would give me pleasure to say the same thing about my other correspondents, but I cannot do so. There will be error of some kind in every book of this kind, especially in the modern lines which depend so largely upon the facts gleaned from correspondence. In some cases the letters I have received from different members of the same family have been so contradictory as to lead me into hopeless confusion. Not so with the facts gleaned from this old gentleman. What he knew was real; and although very old, he took pains in his own way, and with his own feeble hand to tell me what he knew in the clearest way. I rear this tablet

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to his memory. In one particular only was Mr. Shinn deficient. He gave me the names of sons, but not his daughters. And although I have written to some of these for a complete list, I have not received what I desired. I give the children that I have as follows:

1. Levi C. Shinn (7), born near Shinnston, 4/4/1837; married there and had sons:

1. Walter Q. Shinn (8), who married and had one son, Ray Shinn (9); 2.

George Shinn (8), ob sine proli.

2. Dexter Lemuel Shinn (7), born in Virginia in November, 1837; served three

years in the Union Army; he is a regularly ordained minister in the "Reorganized

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). There 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 6/10/1861 to 8/16/1864, 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 6/6/1845. He and his three sons are

bricklayers and contractors in Shinnston, W. Va., under the firm name "O.

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 (9); b. 4/20/1902.

2. Robert 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. 12/18/1885.

4. Louisa Shinn (7), born in Virginia; married (1) a man named Ogden, by whom

she had one son, W. L. Ogden (8). Louisa obtained a divorce from Mr. Ogden

and the son renounced his name and took the name Shinn. The young man

was 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

valuable adjunct to a business education. His mother remarried a man named

McClung.

1719. CHARLOTTE SHINN (6).‑‑LEVI (5), JONATHAN (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES

(2), JOHN (1).

Charlotte, sixth child of Levi and Hepzibah Shinn, born 10/6/1817, married, 11/1/1833, Thomas Harbert( and had two daughters, Hepzibah and Roseila Harbert. Hepzibah married a man named Shinn and Roseila married a man named Harrison. Both live at Salina, Kansas.

1721. LUKE M. SHINN (6).‑‑LEVI (5), JONATHAN (4), CLEMENT (3), JAMES

(2), JOHN (1).

Luke M., 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 Marietta, 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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1722. LEMUEL D. SHINN (6).‑‑LEVI (5), JONATHAN (4), CLEMENT (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Lemuel D., ninth child of Levi and Hepzibah Shinn, born 6/23/1823; married (1) in Virginia Emily Wood, a grand‑daughter of Solomon Shinn (See Solomon, 5). She died 3/5/1890; married (2), at Red Oak, Iowa, Amelia E. Briggs; moved to Illinois; enlisted in Co. H. 102d Ill. Vol. Inf. at Knoxville 8/20/1862, 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 Red Oak, Iowa. Children by the first marriage (no issue by the second marriage):

1. Harmon Shinn (7), born 2/7/1843; enlisted in the 102d Ill. Vol. Inf., and was

killed at Peach Tree Creek, near Atlanta, Ga., 7/22/1864.

2. Floyd B. Shinn (7), born 4/8/1847 at Shinnston, Va.; enlisted 4/10/1862 at

Knoxville, Ill., in the 1st Reg. Ill. Cav.; discharged on account of the disbanding

of the regiment 7/14/1862. Married at Eugene, Knox County, Ill., 8/20/1871,

Mary 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 Hepzibah Shinn, born 6/3/1827; enlisted in the 3d Va. Inf. on the Union 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 Clarksburg, W. Va. She, at my request, went to the Clerk's office at

Clarksburg 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 O. 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, without note or comment.

This is an art that many others of the family would do well to imitate.

Facts are worth more than dissertations, and when one essays to give facts, he

should stifle the American habit of giving worthless opinions upon matters, the

heights and depths of which he knows absolutely nothing. Isola Shinn has a

logical mind, and her record was a positive contribution to the accuracy and

thoroughness of the West Virginia matter.

1724. WILLIAM M. SHINN (6).‑‑ASA (5), JONATHAN (4), CLEMENT (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

William M., eldest child of Rev. Asa and Phebe (Barnes) Shinn, was born in Baltimore, Md., 6/16/1809. He became identified with Pittsburg, Pa., at the age of 12 and remained there until his death in 1865. He entered the drug establishment of Mr. Charles Avery, where he mastered the science of chemistry. He inherited from his father a fine analytic power, and was a master of the minuti‘ upon which differentiation and generalization rest. Entered into a business connection with Dr. Robert Peter. Afterwards became the senior partner of the firm "Shinn, Sellers & Wilson," dealers in drugs.

From an article in the Pittsburg papers furnished me by his daughter, Miss Mary Colhoun Shinn, I quote: "At a meeting of the Pittsburgh Bar and Board of Trade to take action suitable to the death of William M. Shinn, Hon. A. W. Loomis said: 'Owing to the occurrence of a calamitous fire the property of the firm was

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destroyed. Mr. 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 profession, 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 Republican.

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., describing an interview with Henry Clay. His manuscripts upon various subjects display 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 interests 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 throughout 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 an 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 advanced him beyond the common grade of men, and offers a point of rare excellence for admiration and emulation."

Dr. Speer, of Pittsburgh, said: "William 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 1850, 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 New York City, 2/18/1903, and was buried at Pittsburgh by his side.

Mr. Shinn married Henrietta M., daughter of Alexander and Margaretta Colhoun, of Chambersburg, Pa., and became the father of six children, two of whom died in infancy, 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 Rev. Asa and Phebe (Barnes) Shinn; married Thomas Reeder, of Virginia, 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 (6).‑‑ASA (5), JONATHAN (4), CLEMENT (3),

JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Thornton A., the only child of Rev. Asa Shinn by his second wife, Mary Bennington (Gibson‑Wrenshall) Shinn, married Sarah P. Rabe, who ob. 7/1/1896; he died 4/11/1895. They resided at Coolbaugh, Pa., and had the following children:

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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. Eleanor Gray Shinn, who m. John B. Semple, and had one son‑‑John B.

Semple.

6. Florence Shinn.

1023. BENJAMIN SHINN (6).‑‑SILAS (5), SILAS (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2),

JOHN (1).

Benjamin Daniel Ransom, eldest child of Silas and Elizabeth (Little) Shinn, b. 4/3/1802 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina; married in Stanley County, North Carolina, 1820, Martha Tucker; farmer in North Carolina until 1840; farmer and lumber dealer in Pope County, Arkansas, from 1840 until his death, 8/17/1874; owned one of the first circular sawmills ever operated in Pope County. Democrat and member of the Christian Church. His descendants were:

1. John Erwin Shinn (7), b. 5/19/1822; m. in Pope County, Arkansas, 10/19/1842,

Dora Melinda Harkey; farmer; lumber dealer; Democrat; member of

Christian Church; children:

1. Martha Ann (8), b. 12/2/1843; m. 11/7/1867 James Anderson Rachel, and

had: 1. William Erwin (9); 2. Dora Melinda (9), b. 11/16/1872, m.

12/9/1896 Scott Douglas and had, James, Roy, Walter and Babe; 3. Nora

Eva (9), b. 11/2/1876, m. 12/16/1894 John Cooley Guest and had

Bertha and Agnes; 4. Eli Adam Walter (9), b. 2/16/1880, m. 10/12/1902

Lily Bramlette; 5. James Edward (9), b. 4/15/1882, m. 1/18/1903

Elizabeth Melinda Shinn; 6. Cora May (9).

2. Benjamin Daniel Ransom Shinn (8), b. 10/26/1845; m. 10/25/1866 Nancy

Smith; enlisted in Union Army 4/11/1864 Co. D, 3d Ark. Cav.; discharged

6/30/1865; children: 1. George Alfred (9), m. 11/9/1892 Mary

Adeline Sims; 2. Adam Anderson (9), b. 1/7/1878, enlisted 7/30/1901

Co. G, 7th U. S. Regiment and served one year in Alaska, now stationed

at San Francisco; 3. Lily Eve (9), b. 8/6/1880, m. 11/11/1902 William

A. Smith; 4. Mary Melinda (9), b. 1869, ob. 1872; 5. Jesse Monroe (9),

b. 6/22/1872, resides at Ballinger, Texas; 6. Robert Harrison (9), ob.

infans; 7. Martha Elizabeth (9), b. 8/24/1867, m. 10/23/1855 James

Pleasant Martin and had children, Nancy Bell (10), Martha Alice (10),

Bennie Lee (10), James Virgil (10), Chester Scott (10), and Clarence

Leland (10).

3. David Monroe (8), b. 8/30/1847; m. 9/5/1871 Delphia Parthenia McKeever,

and still lives on the farm upon which he was born; his children

were: 1. Ezra Walter (9); 2. John Calvin (9), b. 7/31/1872, farmer,

grower of and dealer in seed, sweet potatoes, Democrat, m. 2/14/1895

Laura Ellen Bailey and had children (see group John Calvin Shinn and

family), Charles Truman (10), Violet May (10), and Josie Lucile (10);

3. Martha Ann (9), b. 7/8/1875, m. 10/16/1892 William Rachel and had

children, Delphia May (10), James Ira (10), Laura Ellen (10), Beulah

(10), and David Lee (10).

4. Sarah Elizabeth (8), b. 1/20/1849; m. 10/30/1867 Alfred Monroe Sosbee,

and had ten children: 1. James Monroe (9), b. 1868, m. 1889 Dosie

Fredonia Shinn and had, Bertha (10), Ruth Agnes (10), Hugh Lenoir

(10), and Inez Ellen (10); 2. Dora Alice (9), b. 4/23/1870, m. 6/6/1889

John Calvin Burton of Foraker, Yell County, Ark.; 3. Mary Louisa (9),

b. 3/18/1872, m. 1/8/1893 Charles Littleton Shinn, and had children,

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Edna Melinda (10), Roy Alfred (10), and Charles Jewell (10); 4. John

William (9), b. 1/28/1877, graduated Memphis Medical School, enlisted

in 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 year at Ft. Liscum, 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 Neil (10); 7. Robert Scott (9), b. 4/13/1883; 8.

Jesse Henry (9); 9. Sudie (9); 10. Joseph Alfred (9).

5. Lemuel Shinn (8), b. 1850; m. 2/2/1870 Mary Jane McGee in Pope County,

Arkansas, and had children: 1. William Henry Shinn (9), b. 12/3/1870,

m. 12/24/1890 Ollie Firman, of Dover, Ark., and had Lucy Ethel

(10), Henry Otto (10), and Lemuel Roy (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

Burr, b. 1880, m. Mary Magdalene Thompson and had Rocco and Oscar;

5. Mary Ruth, b. 1881, m. 1901 Lee Rorex, and had Mary Viola; 6.

Lemuel Avery, b. 1887, unm.

6. Mary (8), b. 3/6/1853; ob. infans.

2. 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 company, in the Mexican War, and was in the battle of Buena Vista;

member of the Christian Church; made a Mason at Norristown, 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

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the realm of great enterprises and carried them to success. To him more

than to any other man Russellville owes its station as a progressive, first‑class

town. No movement of worth ever found him reticent, and when others were

despondent he gilded the clouds with the rainbow of hope. His name is

written so large on everything connected with the moral and material development

of Pope County that centuries will not erase it. When Russellville

begins the work of erecting monuments to her greatest and best citizens

the first one to rear its head will be that of Jacob L. Shinn. Peace to his

ashes; he died 8/17/1899, the father of four children:

1. James H. Shinn (8), b. 3/3/1856; graduate of Bethany College; m. 10/12/1880

Bessie, daughter of Gen. Lewis, and had children, Edna (9), Leta

(9), Bessie (9).

2. George William Shinn (8), b. 7/31/1858; graduate of Bethany College

1878; member Metropolitan Society and of the Delta Tau Delta Frat.;

graduate Cincinnati Law School 1880; practiced at Little Rock, in partnership

with John M. Moore, afterwards Attorney General; then a partner

of Hon. Samuel W. Williams, one of the leading jurists of the state; to

Chicago in 1895; lecturer University Law School of Chicago 1900‑1902;

granted degree of M.L. by that University 1902; practicing in Chicago;

m. 12/22/1866 at Wheeling, W. Va., Ella Belle Louis, and had one son,

Thomas Louis.

3. Edgar Shinn (8), b. 4/24/1861; m. 2/11/1885 at Dardanelle, Ark., Annie

D. Mitchell. Transfer and livery business at Dardanelle. His children are:

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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 County, North 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; resides

at Russellville, Ark.; member Christian Church; children: 1. James

Henry Walker (8), died young; 2. Mary Louisa Walker, b. 11/24/1858, m.

8/1/1888 Rev. M. 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. 11/20/1892, in same city.

5. Cyrena Shinn (7), b. North 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. 1876 Mack Jones of Russellville, Ark.; 2. Hazie Bell (8), b.

6/27/1861, m. 10/16/1879 Shep. Brown of Russellville, Ark., and had children,

1. Amanda Victory (9), b. 10/13/1881, m. October, 1901, Mr. Rowe;

3. Robert Lee (8), b. 2/16/1866, m. 2/1/1899 Mary Brown and had children,

1. William Travis (9), 2. Minnie Lucille (9), and 3. Edna Lee (9); 4. Mattie

Catherine (8), b. 4/27/1874, m. 3/13/1899 Van Boswell, and had children,

1. Van (9) and Van Smith (9).

6. Calvin 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.; promoted

to 2nd 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 Cagle;

(2), 9/14/1870, Angeline Eubanks; he d. 8/21/1882. Children by the

first marriage: (1) Dora Magdaline (8), November, 1867; m., 1/24/1884,

Louis Countz, and had children, Edward (9), Fritz (9), Nellie 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 children,

Gladys (9), Floy (9), Homer Ransom (9), John Calvin (9) and Mary

Alice (9). Children by the second marriage: (3) Mary Ellen (8),.ob infans.

(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 farmer. (8)

Callie (8), b. 3/16/1883; m., 12/22/1902, Joseph Calvin Petray.

7. Louisa Shinn (7), b. 11/24/1842; m., 1860, 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 his father's

mill, 7/24/1866.

9. Elizabeth Shinn (7), b. ‑‑/‑‑/‑‑; m., in her seventeenth year, Coke Berry

Darneal of Russellville, Ark.; she d. in California in 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); Henry C. (9) is now

principal of the Haywards, Cal., Grammar School; m. Annie Brooks of

Santa Rosa; had children, Henry (10) and Miriam (10). (2) Sarah Caroline

(8), b. 12/26/1844; m., 4/5/1863, H. T. Toon of Kentucky, and had

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children, William Oscar (9) and Charles Todd (9); William Oscar (9)

married Mattie Calhoun of Iowa, 4/19/1899, and had 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.

12/20/1848; m., February, 1864, Robert Bowen, and had children, Alice

Estelle (9) and Arthur (9). The latter married, 10/16/1891, and had

three children. This family reside at Greenville, Cal. (4) Hannah Narcissus

(8), b. 9/5/1852; m. John Wiley and had four children. (5) Thomas

Coke (8), b. 1/25/1854; ob. 1898.

10. Martha Shinn (7); m., in 1852, Mr. Coulter; she d. in 1898; her children

were: (1) Mary Louise (8), b. 1/1/1854; m. J. B. Reddick and had two

children, Adolphus (9) and Dorothy (9). They reside at San Francisco,

Cal. (2) Martha Catherine (8), m. Nathan Hanscom and had one child,

Waldo (9). (3) William Shinn (8), m. at San Andreas, Cal., and had one

daughter, Martha (9). (4) Charles Benjamin (8), b. 1869, deaf and dumb,

resides at El Dorado, Cal. (5) Dora (8), b. deaf and dumb and died in

her fifteenth year.

11. Easter Shinn (7), b. in North Carolina; m., 5/4/1854, in Pope County, Arkansas,

Dr. John William Pruitt; she d. 2/5/1859, leaving three children: (1)

Melissa Jane (8), b. 1/30/1855; m. 12/17/1873, Walter William Scott;

moved to Texarkana, Ark., and had children, Lizzie D. (9), Robert Franklin

(9), John Homer (9), John William Pruitt (9), Harry Mason (9), Louis

Alfred (9) and the twins, Roy and Ruth, who d. young. (2) John Franklin

Pruitt (8), b. 1857; ob. 1874. (3) Thomas Newton Pruitt (8), ob. young.

12. Buena Vista Shinn (7).

1024. ELIZABETH SARAH SHINN (6).‑‑SILAS (5), SILAS (4), SAMUEL (3),

THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Elizabeth Sarah, second child of Silas Benjamin and Elizabeth (Little) Shinn, b. North Carolina,11/26/1803; m., 1/24/1822, David Harkey; a woman of limited education but of remarkable natural ability; member of the M. E. C. and a devoted Christian; in 1839 she and her husband removed to Arkansas, where he built their first house from the forest without using a nail; she became the mother of eighteen children, seventeen of whom reached maturity; of these sixteen married; from these have sprung 116 grandchildren, 275 great grandchildren and between 50 and 60 great-great grandchildren. From this couple the world's population has been augmented by 459 souls. Elizabeth Sarah d. 2/7/1859; seven of her children are dead and eleven are yet alive. Her youngest daughter, Mrs. Kate Reed, has given me the following descendants of her mother.

1. Silas Monroe Harkey (7), b. 10/17/1822; a soldier in the Mexican War, and

died in San Antonio, Tex., 11/3/1846.

2. Sarah Caroline Harkey (7), b. 3/11/1824; m., 1845, John M. Bradley of Pope

County, Arkansas. She d. in August, 1897, the mother of thirteen children:

(1) Albert M., (2) Sarah M., (3) James A., (4) Mary A., (5) Melissa J.,

(6) Elizabeth, (7) Joseph, (8) Sydney, (9) Ada, (10) Martha, (11) Francis,

(12) Hattie (13) John M. Bradley. To these have been born fifty‑three

children and four grandchildren.

3. Melinda Harkey (7), b. 4/14/1825; m., 1844, John Erwin Shinn; they had

six children, thirty‑three grandchildren and forty‑four great‑great

grandchildren. (See Benjamin Daniel Ransom Shinn (6).)

4. Mary Harkey (7), b. 10/26/1826; m. George W. Maddux in 1847; d. in Illinois

1872; member M. E. C. and had seven children: (1) Mahala Jane,

(2) Celia Ann, (3) Thomas Jefferson, (4) Ira J., (5) Jason J., (6) Jesse

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Newton, (7) Sarah Ellen. These have twelve children and reside in Illinois.

5. Elizabeth Harkey (7), b. 12/8/1827; 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. Milton

Carter. 3. Mattie Elizabeth (9); m. Clark A. Fleming. 4. James

Amos (9). 5. Mertie Ellen (9); m. Olie Brittin. 6. Infant, died. 7. Dallas

Henry (9). 8. Lulu May (9). 9. Josie (9).

2. Zachary Taylor (8); b. 12/20/1850. 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; m., 8/20/1876, William Featherston, and had children:

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 children:

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, William 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, Harry, Lela Berry Starks.

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.

6. Sophia Harkey (7), b. 3/5/1829; m., 7/31/1855, William Hampton McKeever,

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, Mary Josephine, Robert,

Johnson, Carley, Eddie, Marvin and George Dewey; six grandchildren.

6. Andrew Jackson (8); b. 1866; m. and had Gertle, Urbane and Ila.

7. George W. Harkey (7), b. 9/16/1830; worked on the farm for fourteen years,

aiding his father; at 21 went to school; at 24 taught common school, teaching

half the year and going to school the other half; at 26 spent one term at

Arkansas College, Fayetteville, Ark.; Principal Russellville School 1856‑1858;

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 Whig; a Republican; but although a Union 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 secluded

life; in 1865 to Illinois 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

years; ordained a preacher in the Christian Church 1861; member of the

Masonic fraternity since 1851; a friend sums his character and life as follows:

"He was a good boy, sturdy, self‑educated, a school teacher, a physician,

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

children:

1. Dora (8); b. 12/14/1859; m., 5/15/1884, Dr. Thomas F. Oates; 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.

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4. Robert Lowe (8); b. 9/18/1866; m. Kate Smith, and had eight children.

5. Walter George (8); b. 9/16/1870; single.

6. Edward Washington (8); b. 9/27/1872; m., 5/6/1896, Daisy Baird, and had

three children.

7. John David (8); b. 10/17/1874; d. 8/8/1896.

8. 9. 10. Ob. at birth.

8. Capt James Madison Harkey (7), b. 6/11/1832; ob. 1897; m., 1855, Elizabeth

Walker; member Christian Church; Mason of 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 continued

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 from Pope County, Arkansas, and served four years; elected

Superintendent of the Confederate Soldiers' Home at Little Rock and died

while holding that position. 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); b. 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 Virginia,

Elizabeth and Vera Maud.

9. Martha Ann Harkey (7), b. 9/6/1833; m., 1856, William S. Davis and moved

to Texas. Children: Ferdinand, Ledona, Buena Vista, Orlon and Elizabeth

Davis. Ferdinand m. Jane Cole and had Frederick, Louisa, Eva, Oran and

Thelma. Ledona m. E. H. Murphy and had Mamie and Myrtle. Bucna

Vista m. Mary Mahorg and had Ross and Samuel. Lizzie m. Jacob Harper

and had Stella and Elsie.

10. William Jackson Harkey (7), b. 6/11/1836; m. Mary M. Reed, his cousin,

1859; enlisted in the Union Army and died in the hospital at Little Rock,

7/7/1864. (See pedigree of Eliza (Shinn) Reed.)

11. Anne Harkey (7), b. 6/20/1837; m. Joel Epps, 1862, and had children:

1. John Calvin (8); b. 1863; m., 1887, Jeannette Cole, and had William Ezra,

Mattle 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 (8); b. 1865; m., 1889, J. W. Bond, and had Ollie, Early B.,

Charles 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); b. 1869; m., (1) 1899, Maud Eades; (2) Mattie Rambo;

no children.

6. William Henry (8); ob. young. 7. James Robert (8); ob. young.

8. Minnie Ledonla (8); b. 1876; m., 1895, A. J. Rambo, and had Thomas O.,

Della May and Robert Clarence.

9. Margaret Ann (8); b. 1883; m., 1899, Dossie Davis, and had Edna, Anna,

Lemuel E.

12. Serena Harkey (7), b. 12/14/1838; m. her cousin, Wm. A. Reed, in 1862.

They had twelve children and twenty‑seven grandchildren. (See Eliza

(Shinn) Reed.)

13. Melissa Jane Harkey (7), b. 4/27/1841; ob. 1844.

14. Lavina Roberts Harkey (7), b. 7/20/1842. Living unmarried.

15. John Jefferson Harkey (7), b. 5/1/1844; served in the Union Army; m. Mary

Epps, 1872, and had, Benjamin Allen, Elizabeth, Dove, Daniel Ransom,

Cora, May, Birdie and Frederick. These have thirteen children.

16. Eliza Catherine Maria Harkey (7), b. 8/21/1846; m. George Allen Reed,

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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 every 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,

Lill, Maude and Ruby, married (1) Sarah, b. 1869, m. Thomas Brumley,

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, 1901, 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: Verta, Lillie, Ada, Elmer and Bonnie. These are living and between

them have eleven children.

1026. MARIA SHINN (6).‑‑SILAS (5), SILAS (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2),

JOHN (1).

Maria, fourth child of Silas and Elizabeth (Little) Shinn, b. in North Carolina; m. Isaac Matthias Harkey in North 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 Carden.

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: William, Jesse, Charles, Emily, Maggie,

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 (5), SILAS (4), SAMUEL (3),

THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Thomas Jefferson, fifth child of Silas and Elizabeth (Little) Shinn, b. 12/26/1809; m. (1), 3/11/1830, Mary Reed; (2) Elizabeth A. Platt; 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. Cabarrus to woo Elizabeth Little; his high‑heeled shoes, the first seen in that settlement, his nice clothes and his polished manners were too much for his rustic rivals, and sweet Elizabeth was won. From that union sprang Thomas Jefferson Shinn, the head of the family in Cabarrus,

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for his numerous brothers and sisters all went West in search of fairer homes; born at the close of an exciting campaign, his name shows his father's politics; the father died before the family was self‑supporting, and Thomas J. was put to work on a neighboring farm to help support the fatherless family; this kept him out of school, but did not keep him from obtaining a fair English education; as a middle‑aged man he was said to be the best equipped and most successful teacher in the county; his wife was the granddaughter of the man who had the famous gold nugget 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 cause and gave what he had. His sons marched with the first to the front, and his money went into Confederate bonds; the first bad news was from Hoke, his youngest son at the front; the father reached Richmond in time to get his body; two weeks later his son James was brought home; then Ransom came severely wounded from the field of Gettysburg; he reached home in time to die; then the first born fell at Culpeper, and the old man dressed his eighteen‑year old son, Thomas J., Jr., in the gray and sent him on to the front, he himself trying to accompany him, but was turned back by the recruiting officer. At the close of the war came reconstruction; then Thomas J. Shinn acted with such dignity as to win the respect of his political enemies; he was selected to redeem the County from carpet‑bag rule; after a bitter contest he was sent to the legislature by a handsome majority; he left the legislative halls with the confidence of all good men and retired to private life; his old

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age was spent in hunting, fishing and reading. In his 82nd year he made a visit to Russellville, Ark., to meet his brothers and sisters; he was royally entertained by them; was met at Little Rock by the author of this book, who accompanied him on his trip to Chattanooga, Tenn. He was in good health and fine spirits; but the elation was too much for his aged frame; he was stricken with paralysis on the train before he reached Charlotte, N. 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 branches of the Shinn tree that will never shame the trunk, no matter how glorious its proportions have been or may be. He was the father of twelve children:

1. Elizabeth Caroline (7), b. 7/4/1831; ob. 1/1/1851; m. Ephriam Tucker, 9/20/1849,

and had one son, whose son, Thomas Ephriam, m. a Furr and reared a

family.

2. Mary Melinda (7), b. 2/4/1833; ob. 1894; m. Valentine Smith, 2/28/1850;

reared a large family in Union County, North Carolina. Tucker and Smith

were Mexican War Veterans.

3. Marian Adeline (7), b. 1835; ob. 1846.

4. John Calvin (7), b. 6/14/1837; killed at Culpeper Court House Oct. 11, 1863;

m., 9/16/1856, Susan C. Bost, and had four children, Laura Catherine (8),

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George Cornelius (8), William Ransom (8), John Calvin. Laura C. m.,

1875, Martin F. Barrier and reared a large family. George C. m., 1888,

Laura J. Furr, and had Avin Ina (9) and Beulah (9); he is a merchant

and prominent citizen of Georgeville, a town named for him; William Ransom

m. in Iowa and removed to Arkansas. John C. m., 1890, Laura J. Barringer

and had five children, Kenneth A. (9), Alma L. (9), Annie M. (9),

Ola M. (9) and William E. (9). All reside save William in North Carolina.

5. Henry Ransom (7), b. 4/3/1839; m., 11/23/1860, Elizabeth Kriminger; enlisted

in Southern Army and was killed 10/17/1862; 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. Michael Hoke (7), b. 10/10/1843; enlisted in Southern Army and died at

Richmond, 6/24/1862.

8. Thomas Jefferson (7), b. 3/5/1846; enlisted in Southern Army; performed his

duty as a soldier and remains in North 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 years 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 Monroe 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 scholarship

at Johns Hopkins University; financial embarrassment forced him

to decline the coveted prize; elected Superintendent of the Concord schools,

which place 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 Superintendency

of the mill, which position he now holds. He was editor of the

Trinity Archive at College, and did some newspaper work while Superintendent

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 North Carolina." In the Johns Hopkins series there is a

brochure on Libraries and Literature of Early North Carolina, by Dr.

Stephen B. Weeks, which places a very high estimate upon the literary

value of the first of these papers; m. at the age of thirty‑one to Annette

Corinne, daughter of Richard Sadler and Annette Harris of Concord,

N. C., and had two boys, James (9) and Franklin (9).

2. Virginia Florence (8), b. 1869; ob. 1897; m. Paul F. Stalling of Bost's

Mills, and had three children.

NOTE‑‑Henry Ransom Shinn was a non‑commissioned officer and First Lieutenant

in Company B. 7th N. C. Regiment, C. S. A.

John Calvin Shinn was Second Sergeant Capt. Brice Co., 4th N. C. Cavalry. A

poem dedicated to Sergeant Shinn ran through the N. C. papers in 1862.

James Madison Shinn was a non‑commissioned 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. I, 2d N. C. Cavalry of General

Barringer's Brigade. He was one of the eight men still clinging to the regimental colors

when captured by General Custer at the battle of Five Forks.

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3. Mary Charlotte (8), b. 1871; m. Adolph C. Thies of Haile Gold Mine,

South Carolina, 1893, and had Frederica (9), Elma (9) and Karl (9).

4. Margaret Rosetta (8), b. 1873; m. Samuel B. Stewart of Chattanooga,

Tenn., and had Samuel Van Housen (9), Mary Margaret (9) and

Charles (9).

5. Lily Elmetta (8), b. 1878. 6. Anna Maria (8), b. 1878.

7. Mattie Lendora (8), b. 1880; m., 1901, Martin Augustus Boger of Albemarle,

N. C.

8. Lena May (8), b. 1883. 9. Lizzie Leota (8), b. 1885.

10. Bessie Atha (8), b. 1889.

9. Jacob Little (7), b. 12/3/1848; m. 11/5/1869, Margaret R. Black, and had

children:

1. Elizabeth Amelia (8); b. 1871; m. Dr. J. R. Jerome, and had three children.

2. Louis Z. (8); b. 1873; m., 1894, Minnie Barnhardt, and had children.

3. 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 Judy.

6. William Black (8). 7. Thomas Franklin (8). 8. Ollie Irene (8).

10. Martha Shinn (7), b. 12/3/1848; m., 4/11/1869, B. N. H. Miller, and reared

a large family in Concord, N. C.: (1) Minnie B. (8), (2) Thomas W.

(8), (3) Josephus W. B. (8), (4) Clifford S. (8), (5) Fannie I. (8), (6)

Mary (8), (7) John B. (8), (8) Cooper F. (8). All Democrats and members

of the M. E. C. S.

11. Sarah Catherine (7), b. 11/12/1853; m., 5/8/1871, D. M. Widenhouse, and

reared a large family in Concord, N. C.

12. Paul Kestler (7); ob. infans.

1028. NATHANIEL DUNCAN SHINN (6).‑‑SILAS (5), SILAS (4), SAMUEL (3),

THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Nathaniel Duncan, sixth child of Silas Benjamin and Elizabeth (Little) Shinn, b. in North Carolina; m. there, Hester Brooks; moved to Arkansas; prominent 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 Ervin,

Arthur Monroe and Henry 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 "Russellville

Democrat"; a vigorous worker in the cause of temperance; merchant;

had two children‑‑Gertrude and Charles. The latter is a graduate

of the Russellville High School and of the Dental Department Vanderbilt

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.

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8. Bedford Shinn; m. Lizzie Jones, and had children‑‑William, Lulu, Vesta,

Myrtle, Tally, Silas, May and Frank.

1029. JAMES MADISON SHINN (6).‑‑SILAS (5), SILAS (4), SAMUEL (3),

THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

James Madison, seventh child of Silas Benjamin and Elizabeth (Little) Shinn, b. in North Carolina, 4/4/1812; reared on a farm with limited opportunities for an education; of fine native ability, ambitious to learn, he gained a fair education; m. Sophia Harkey in North Carolina, where he engaged in mercantile business; moved to Arkansas and with his brother, Silas Monroe, established a tannery at Russellville, Ark.; connected a mercantile business with this at a later period; bought land which now forms the larger part of the town of Russellville; taught school at same place; elected to the State Legislature and served one term; Democrat and member of the M. E. C. S.; in 1852 moved to Newton County, Arkansas, and opened a tannery at Yardelle; after the war was licensed by the M. E. C. S. to preach, and was a local preacher at his death, April, 1874. He was the father of ten children:

1. Paulina Shinn (7), b. 1/10/1833, in Cabarrus County, North Carolina; m.

Hugh Wells at Russellville, Ark., 11/13/1851, and had children:

1. Mary Magdalene Wells (8), b. 11/30/1852; educated at Russellville,

Ark., and m. there, 7/6/1870, Franklin Bird, son of Bird S. and Martha

Ann Hale; he was reared on a farm; salesman in dry goods store of

his brother at Osceola, Ark., from 1870 to 1874; began farming in

1875; joined the Missionary Baptist Church in that year; made a Free

Mason in 1874 and has been W. M. of the Osceola Lodge several times;

member of the school board for twenty‑one years; an organizer of the

Granger's Lodge at Osceola; also a charter member of the K. P. Lodge

and of the K. H.; an organizer of and stockholder in the Bank of Osceola

in 1891; six years a director of said bank; its president for a while,

and always on its finance committee; organizer of the Citizens' Bank of

Osceola in 1900; its president then and now; organizer, stockholder

and director of the Osceola Compress Co.; president of the Mercantile

Club Building Company; elected secretary, treasurer and general manager

of the Osceola Cotton Oil Co. in 1898 and still holds these offices;

always a Democrat; a man of most excellent business capacity; an excellent

citizen; a true husband and a devoted father; his wife is a

lover of home, and a loyal, devoted Christian mother. The children

were: (1) James Lee, who m. and had one child. (2) Charles Franklin,

ob. 1885. (3) Elizabeth Pearl, ob. 1882. (4) Emma Wells, ob.

1887. (5) Ella Grace, ob. 1882. (6) William Powell. (7) Pearl.

(8) Charles Franklin. (9) Mary Paulina. (10) Franklin Bird. (11)

Hugh Wells. (12) Emma Evaline.

2. James Webster Wells (8), b. 2/10/1854; educated at Russellville, Ark.,

and Youngstown, O.; the ravages of war caused his parents to remove

to the latter place, returning south in 1865; salesman for J. L. Shinn

in 1871; salesman at Osceola, Ark., 1871‑4; his father died in the latter

year; he then entered the drug store of Dr. E, B. Harrell, and

joined the M. E. C. S. the same year; salesman for J. L. Shinn 1876‑80;

opened a drug store at Russellville in 1880, and continued it until 1897;

in connection with this he was agent for the International Stock Food

Company of Minneapolis, Minn., for Arkansas, Indian Territory and

Oklahoma, beginning in 1882 and holding the position to‑day; in August,

1895, moved his family to a fruit farm in Benton County, one

mile from Bentonville, Ark.; closing out the drug business, he united

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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 advocate

of temperance; has been honored by his church with various positions

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. W. Ramsey of Kentucky and had

children:

1. Mary Josephine Ramsey (8); b. 12/14/1850; 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 Nancy (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.

11. Richard (8); b. 12/16/1884; ob. 1885.

6. Victoria Shinn (7), b. 6/10/1847; m. John A., son of James and Nancy

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, 12/15/1870, at Yardelle,

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.,

2/12/1871, 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;

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appointed Major in the Arkansas Reserve 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 Shinn (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), ob. in vita patris.

1030. LITTLETON CRANKFIELD SHINN (6).‑‑SILAS (5), SILAS (4), SAMUEL (3),

THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Littleton Crankfield, eighth child of Silas Benjamin and Elizabeth (Little) Shinn, b. in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, 3/19/1814; d. in Pope County, Arkansas, 9/7/1885; m. (1) in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, in 1835, Nelly Tucker, b. 2/12/1815; ob. in Pope County, Arkansas, 9/30/1864. Her father died when she was a child and she was reared by her aunt, the wife of George Tucker. Nelly's mother was a Clay. M. (2) in Pope County, Arkansas, 3/31/1865, Lavina Love, b. 2/25/1840; she was 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 Russellville on the present site of the cemetery; he then moved to his homestead at Mill Creek, Pope County, Ark., where he lived the remainder of his life; farmer and stone mason; member of the 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 Malinda Shinn (7), b. in North Carolina 2/3/1836; m. (1), 1/21/1856,

in Pope County, Arkansas, John Wycliffe Shoptaw, b. in Kentucky,

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1828; ob. during service ??Civil War; member Co. F, 3rd Ark. Batt., C. S.

A., under Captain Jam?? Russell and Colonel Stirman; farmer and Democrat;

m. (2) at Mill Creek, Ark., 8/14/1867, Rufus Alexander Bailey;

farmer and Republican; her second husband was also a Confederate soldier

of the same battalion as Mr. Shoptaw; he was captured at Iuka, Miss., and

paroled. Children by the first marriage, all born in Pope County, Arkansas,

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 Sosbee,

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 Ione.

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).

Children 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 children:

1. 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.

2. 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, Reuben Hunt Smith,

b. in North Carolina 7/10/1838; farmer; mechanic; Christian;

Democrat; enlisted, June, 1862, Company E, First Arkansas Infantry,

C. S. A.; served under Captain Caleb Davis; in battles of Pea Ridge,

Iuka, Corinth and Port Gibson; captured at the latter place and sent to

prison at Alton, Ill.; exchanged and sent to Richmond, where he served as

guard until after the battle of Gettysburg, when he returned to Meridian,

Miss.; furloughed and made 1st Sergeant under Captain Benjamin Jacaway;

captured again and sent to Little Rock, Ark., where he remained a

prisoner until the close of the war. The children, all born in Pope County,

Arkansas, were:

1. Mary 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. 12/27/188??.

2. Nettie (9); b. 2/1/1879; m., at Baxter Springs, Kan., 8/30/1896, Felix

Theodoric Dardenne, and had Della 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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1. Arthur Esse (9). 2. Homer Scott (9). 3. Lillas Luvena (9).

4. Ruby Belle (9). 5. Fred Chapman (9). 6. Horace Clyde (9).

7. Odessa May (9).

3. Sarah Ellen Smith (8); 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. Bealah Bertha (9). 7. True Frank (9).

4. Lenora Triphena 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. I.; also University of Nashville, class of 1898;

degree A. B.; student at Cornell in post‑graduate work; professor of language

and science for three years at College of Springdale; a well‑rounded

man. (See portrait of Henry Frank Smith, and of his grandfather, Littleton

Crankfield Shinn. The picture from which the latter was executed

was an old Embro-type, taken before the war. It shows the man as he

was in pioneer days in his work clothes, rugged and honest.)

6. Elizabeth Wita Smith (8); b. 2/14/1876; d. 8/13/1876.

7. James Thomas Smith (8); b. 8/30/1877; d. 6/16/1884.

8. Mattie Florence Smith (8); b. 1/12/1879; m., 2/14/1898, E. Virgil Trammell,

and had one child‑‑Raymond Verence.

3. James Ransom Shinn (7), b. at Russellville, Ark., 4/3/1842; farmer; Democrat;

served in Southern Army; enlisted in Co. E, 15th Ark. Inf.; engaged

in battles of Elkhorn (Pea Ridge), Corinth, Port Gibson and Baker's

Creek; in the last he was wounded; m. in Pope County, Arkansas, 1/17/1865,

Gemima Ellen Smith, and had thirteen children:

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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); Democrat;

m., 1/8/1893, Mary Louisa 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; hardware

dealer; Democrat; Christian; had five children: 1. 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 Sosbee,

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 (3); b. 2/22/1875; d. 8/22/1899; m. Mack C. Wiggins;

teacher; Democrat; and had three children: 1. 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. 11/15/1882; 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; m.,

12/10/1863, James William Booker; served in Southern Army, 1st Arkansas

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.

3. 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

Scarbrough; 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; lumberman

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‑‑Rubie.

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 Nolie 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, Uriah Columbus Epps;

Baptist; farmer; Republican; 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), September,

1869, Sarah Jane Tucker; m. (2), 2/5/1885, Mary B. Carr. Children

by 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 Shoptaw;

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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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 (7), b. Pope County, Arkansas, 8/28/1853; m., 2/14/1869,

Calvin Polk Kelly; doctor; minister in Christian Church; enlisted

in Co. K 28th Va. Inf. June, 1861, and served four years under Colonel

Robert Preston, General Allen's Brigade, General Pickett's Division 1st

Army Corps of the Potomac, General Longstreet commanding. Had fourteen

children:

1. Levestrain Nevada Kelley (8); b. 10/13/1870; m., 12/29/1887, Thomas Columbus

Rollins, druggist, and had seven children: 1. William C. 2. Minnie

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. Bessie 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. Laura Alice Shinn (7), b. Pope County, Arkansas, 6/14/1858; d. 5/18/1860.

Children of Second Marriage, Littleton C. Shinn and Lavina Love.

9. Mattie Malissa Shinn (7), b. 5/9/1866; d. 11/23/1881; m. John Maddux; a

physician at Lodi, I. T., and had two children:

1. 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.

11. George Darling Shinn (7), b. 12/2/1872; farmer; Democrat; m., 12/13/1891,

Emma Bateman, and had two children, Ila and Mamie.

1031. ELIZA CARLOCK SHINN (6).‑‑SILAS (5), SILAS (4), SAMUEL (3),

THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).

Eliza 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 Reed, 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; she also lived there 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 hospitality to strangers, and its kindly attention to the poor and distressed; to them nine children were born; five girls and four boys, four living and five dead; and from these have sprung sixty‑six grandchildren and 105 great‑grandchildren and twenty‑four great‑great‑grandchildren. Children:

1. Dicy Melisse Reed (7), b. 10/12/1833; ob. 12/11/1901; m. (1), 12/25/1849,

Avery McGee; m. (2), 1874, James Taylor. By 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: 1. Henry

Shinn (9); m. Ollie Ferman, and had Lucy, Otto and Roy. 2. Minnie; m.

Marion Stinnette, and had Mamie, Bessie and Clyde. 3. Lillie. 4. Leeburh;

m. Mary Thompson. 5. Ruth; m. Lee Roarex. 6. Avery.

3. Jason Jasper McGee; 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

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Vera. 2. Cassie; b. 8/1/1881; m., 7/4/1900, Laura Harvel, and had Lloyd

Herman. 3. Ellen. 4. Charles. 5. Bonnie May. 6. Gurley. 7. Norma. 8.

Mary Ethel.

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 Reed (7), b. 4/24/1835; ob. 4/27/1865.

3. Mary Malinda Reed (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: 1. 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. Isabelle Harkey; b. 8/6/1862; m., 11/26/1883, Marion Stinnette; d. 9/29/1892;

children, Della 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:

1. Philamon. 2. Edmond. 3. Josie. 4. Hazie. 5. Jesse. 6. Samuel, deceased.

7. Mattie.

6. Nettie Guthrie; b. 9/9/1867; d. 9/29/1897.

4. George Allen Reed (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 successively

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 Prohibition

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. Effle,

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.

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5. William Adolphus Reed (7), b. 4/10/1843; m., 2/18/1862, Cyrena Harkey;

member of the Methodist 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.

3. 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. 3/28/1868; 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 Jessie

Leona and Henry.

11. Maud Reed (8); b. 8/10/1883. 12. David Scott Reed (8); b. 3/5/1886.

6. John Franklin Reed (7), b. 4/12/1846; m. (1), 4/3/1865, Sarah Petray; (2),

4/21/1892, Lydia Cline; soldier in the Union Army during Civil War;

farmer and a Democrat. Children:

1. John Thomas Reed (8); b. 10/27/1868; m., 9/29/1887, Jane Taylor, and had

Dessle 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 (8).

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.)

7. James Shinn Reed (7), b. 8/3/1848; m. Fannie Churchill; farmer; Republican.

Children: Eliza Florence, Hattie, Bertha, Octa, William, Monroe

and Ray.

8. Sarah Ellen Reed (7), b. 2/1/1853; m., 4/9/1871, Alexander Love. Children:

1. Lillie Love, b. 8/11/1872; m., 4/20/1892, John Tabor, and had Gertrude, Ellen

and Della.

2. Amanda Love, b. 3/5/1876; m. (1), 7/10/1893, William Malone; (2), 1897,

Amos Tolbert; (3) 1901, William Cole, and had Winfred and Clyde Malone

and Lucy Ellen Cole.

3. Varnel; 4. Jackson Love, b. 4/5/1881; m., 2/8/1902, Sallie Petray, and had

Ulallah.

5. Lucy; 6. Eliza; 7. Nettie; 8. Claiborn; 9. Martha; 10. Pleasant.

9. Martha Magdeline Reed (7), b. 8/9/1855; m., January, 1873, John Powell,

and had children: (1) William Jackson, b. October, 1873; m. February,

1903, Rosa Moreland. (2) Henry Melton, deceased.

1032. OLIVER SHINN (6).‑‑SILAS (5), SILAS (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2),

JOHN (1).

Oliver, tenth child of Silas Benjamin and Elizabeth (Little) Shinn, was born in North Carolina; moved at the exodus in 1838 to Arkansas; m. there,

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Cynthia Yarborough 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 child of Silas Benjamin and Elizabeth (Little) Shinn, b. in North Carolina,11/18/1821; m. Letitia Losey Maddux, 11/18/1841, at Russellville, 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 children were:

1. Sardinia Jane Shinn (7), b. 12/21/1842 in Pope County, Arkansas; m. John

Bolen Wilson in Sonoma County, 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 Laughlin

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. Thompson in California and

died in childbirth.

4. Elenora Shinn (8), twin of Sophronia, died in infancy.

5. Jerome Shinn (7), ob. young. 6. Ira Shinn (7), ob. young.

7. Fredonia 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 Harpold, 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

of the 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 Jackson

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.

6. Nathan R. Shinn (8); b. 3/20/1865.

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2. Charles P. Shinn (7), b. Jackson County, West Virginia; enlisted March,

1862, in the Union Army; served three years and three months; prisoner

eleven months in Andersonville, Ga.; m., 2/22/1866, Ellen Rader, 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. Frank 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 SHINN (6).‑‑SAMUEL (5), SAMUEL (4), SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2),

JOHN (1).

Elizabeth Shinn, daughter of Samuel, was born in Jackson County, Virginia, in 1814; m. (1) James Kay, and had 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 (7), b. Meigs County, Ohio, 4/2/1847; to Virginia with his

parents in 1850; reared on a farm; attended the Ohio University, at Athens,

O.; 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 Ripley; Director of the Valley Bank;

stockholder and director in the Citizens' Trust and Guaranty Company of

Parkersburg, W. Va. Unmarried.

The following Samuel clipped from a Philadelphia paper in 1890, has not been aligned:

"Samuel Shinn of Parkersburg, W. Va., after a fair trial of bachelorhood, was married on Saturday last. He is 96 years old and his bride a giddy young thing of 50."

I suppose that he is Samuel D. Shinn, seventh child of Clement and Ruth (Bates). Shinn, b.

10/7/1793, who would fill the conditions exactly.

AARON SHINN (5).‑‑WILLIAM (4), JOSEPH (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1).

Aaron Shinn is mentioned in the will of his father, 5/27/1767, with Mary, Joseph, Lydia and Eli as minors. Eli died 11/9/1776 and was buried in the Episcopal graveyard at Mt. Holly. Aaron was the youngest child. I have not found a record of his marriage, but believe that he 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. 6/26/1869,

and was buried at the Mount. There was one child, at least:

1. Charles Corey Shinn (7); b. 2/13/1814; m. Dorothy Southwick and had children:

1. Garrett W. Shinn (8).

2. Anna I. Shinn (8) who married Mr. Butz.

3. Beulah Shinn (8) who married Mr. Budd.

4. Sarah Shinn (8) who married Mr. Gaskell.

5. Charles Henry Shinn (8); b. 9/18/1843; m. Elizabeth Moore 8/17/1869; he

was sheriff of Burlington County, and one of its prominent citizens; had

one child, at least: Samuel Woolston Shinn (9), a leading attorney of Mt.

Holly.

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APPENDIX.

THE SHINNS OF ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.

About 1806 Stephen and Robert 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 Robinson, an uncle; Stephen attached himself to St. Paul's Episcopal Church in that city, and was made a vestryman. (Bishop Meade's Churches and Families of Virginia.) His uncle returned 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 descendants of Francis and Anne Shinne. 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 Railroad

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 corroborates 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 explanation. 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:

1. Jeremiah Shinn.

2. Hezekiah 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.

3. Amelia S. Shinn, who married Thomas Lawrence.

4. Miriam Shinn, who married Mr. Lawrenson.

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THE SHINNS OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

George Shinn was born in Suffolk, England, in 1830; to the United States in 1852; to Milwaukee in 1855; car builder for the Milwaukee Railroad Company for twenty‑five years; lives in North Milwaukee.

THE SHINNS OF MADISON COUNTY, INDIANA.

Robert Shinn came from Ireland to America many years ago; they had no kin in America and were descendants of the Sheahans in Ireland, but spelled their name Shinn in the United States. Forkner and Dyson in their history of Madison County have this to say of him:

"Almost every farmer in Madison County will remember Robert Shinn, who kept a place where Louis Blest'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 posted on the politics of the day, and many politicians and candidates have been made and unmade in the Shinn grocery. Robert was a liberal 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 with a large palm leaf hat. When asked what he thought of the proceedings, he answered with a laugh, 'Oh, I think they are a big lot of fanny ticks.'"

"Robert died several years ago in Anderson, Ind., at a ripe old age. While he was a saloon-keeper, he was universally liked by all who knew him, and was an honest man. He paid his debts to the last farthing, and always practiced the Golden Rule."

MRS. C. H. BROWN (NEE SHINN), OF TRAIL, B. C.

In November, 1897, I received a letter from this lady asking about her father, George W. Shinn, who married Mary E. Franklin and practiced law in St. Louis, Mo.; twenty‑six years before this, when Mrs. Brown was but four years of age, her mother died. She says that she has never heard of her father since; that he came from Philadelphia and was a Captain in the war between the States. I have been unable to help the daughter find her father.

JAMES SHINN OF MARSHALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

Two histories of Marshall County give an account of an altercation on the farm of George Bonham, on 3/18/1854, in which James Shinn stabbed William Organ to death. I have not found the parents of this man nor his after history.

THE SHINNS ATTENDING WESTTOWN, VA., BOARDING SCHOOL.

In an old record of this school I find these memoranda of students named Shinn, who attended this school:

Rebecca Shinn, 1809‑‑from Philadelphia, Pa.

Joseph B. Shinn, 1809‑‑from Juliustown, N. J.

Ann Eliza Shinn, 1825‑‑from Mt. Holly, N. J.

Elizabeth Shinn, 1834‑‑from Philadelphia, Pa.

Lydia C. Shinn, 1840‑‑from Philadelphia, Pa.

James Thornton Shinn, 1848‑‑from Philadelphia, Pa.

Rebecca Shinn, 1849‑‑from Philadelphia, Pa.

Earl Shinn, Jr., 1853‑‑from Philadelphia, Pa.

Further notice of each of these may be found in the body of the book.

DANIEL KNIGHT OF PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Of this descendant of Postrema (Ridgway) Shinn I have this extract. He is of the same line as Earl Shinn (Edward Strahan):

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"Daniel Ridgway Knight, b. at Philadelphia; abroad in 1872; studying for some years in Paris at l'Ecole des Beaux‑Arts and under Gleyre. He was in the studio of Meissonier in 1876. To the Paris Salon in 1873 he sent 'The Fugitives'; in 1875, 'Washerwomen'; in 1876, 'Repast During the Harvest.' He has exhibited frequently at the National Academy, New York, contributing, in 1870, 'The Veteran' (belonging to Asa Whitney); in 1871, 'Othello in the House of Brabantio'; in 1873, 'The Antiquary,' 'The Old Beau' and 'Dividing the Profits.' In 1874, 'Strolling in the Garden'; in 1876, 'Washerwomen'; in 1877, 'Market Place at Poissy' and 'Harvest Scene' (belonging to A. J. Drexel); in 1878, 'Pot au Feu.'"

The Art Journal of May, 1876, says:

"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 NOTES.

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 NOT PLACED (Burlington County).

George Shinn and Ellen Kenia, 1860. He left children Charles and Martha.

William L. Shinn and Elizabeth Reeve, at Mt. Holly, N. J., 1/6/1825.

Edward 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.

Mary 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, 4/11/1818.

Noah Shinn and Nancy Bunnell, 2/3/1831, in Dover Township.

Samuel Shinn and Sarah T. Lloyd, 2/20/1844, at Reformed Dutch Church Freehold.

MARRIAGES OF SHINNS IN CALIFORNIA NOT PLACED.

Leon W. Shinn of San Francisco to Kate, daughter of William Mountjoy and Mary B. (Woodson) Garrard, and had children Loreen and Iris Shinn.

MARRIAGES IN NEW JERSEY NOT PLACED.

Jonathan Shinn (6), b. 1816; m. Mary Lame, 2/21/1833, and had children:

1. Elizabeth (7), b. 2/15/1834; m., 1858, William Carter, and had one child,

Agnes, b. 1859; o. s. p.

2. Arney Ashbrook (7), b. 3/25/1836; ob. 10/5/1858.

3. Jonathan (7), b. 8/23/1838; ob. 8/23/1890.

4. Charles Lippincott (7), b. 2/22/1841; m., 11/11/1869, Sarah Alloways, and

had the following children:

1. Wilbert (8), b. 9/27/1870; m., 6/5/1897, Clara M. Ellis.

2. Elmer (8), b. 2/27/1872.

3. May Ila (8), b. 6/18/1873.

4. Anna Lippincott (8), b. 7/28/1882.

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ANOTHER SOUTH JERSEY MARRIAGE.

William Shinn, b. at Centertown, Salem County, N. J., son of Thomas and Anna Shinn, Shirley, N. 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 children:

1. Charles F. Shinn; m. Mary Ferry.

2. Isaiah Shinn, b. 1/31/1844; bank teller at Woodstown, N. J.; m., 1/6/1869,

Josephine Ransley, and had children:

1. Florence Shinn, deceased. 2. Warren Shinn.

3. Everett Shinn, 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

Illustrated 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 signature

"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 FROM ENGLISH PARISH RECORDS.

Fordham Register.

(Shinne‑Shinn.)

1649. Francis Shinne m. Anne Hynds‑‑June.

1654. Richard, son of Francis, d.‑‑April.

1656. Francis, wid., m. Anne Baker (?) of Soham.

1660. Elizabeth, d. of John Shinne, bap.‑‑June.

1662. Mary, d. of John Shinne, bap.‑‑March.

1676. Phillip Hinson m. Margaret Shinn‑‑September.

Sutton Register.

(Shyn.)

1660. William, son of John Shyn, bap. Aug. 10.

1678. Thomas, son of John Shyn, Jr., and Anne, bap. April 14.

1679. Margaret, d. of John Shyn, Jr., and Anne, bap.

1683. Anne, d. of John Shyn, Jr., and Anne, bap.

1684. William, son of John Shyn, Jr., and Anne, bap.

1686. John, son of John Shyn, Jr., and Anne, bap.

MARRIAGES.

1656. John Shin, m. Alice Frost.

1659. John Shin, m. Bridget Papper.

1663. John Sheen, m. Ann Fremont.

1677. John Shinn, m. Ann Phillips.

The above were furnished by Mr. W. G. Stockley in letter dated May 27th, 1903.

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845. STACY SHINN (7).‑‑AMOS (6) 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, O., 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.

Ill., 5/12/1847, Mary A. Van Dyke; ob. at Edenville, Ia., 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, Ill.; m. at Carbon, Ia.,

12/14/1876, A. J. Salts, M. D., and had three children who died in infancy. She

now resides at Corning, Ia.

2. Benoni Haskins Shinn (9), b. Babel Mines, Ill., 1/19/1850; accompanied his

father on his overland trips from 1864; m. at Hamilton, Ia.; Orpha Dunbar,

and had Catherine, Noel and Orry.

3. William Powell Shinn (9), b. 1/18/1854, at Veda Grande, Ill.; 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, Ia.; to Adams county in 1874; then to Carbon,

Ia.; 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 Cleveland'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 grandfather

and all the rest of the family; to Prescott, Ia., 1902, holding the position

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, Ia., 6/24/1899 Augusta Wilson

and had Francis, b. 8/12/1901, the only grandchild in the family; Benoni H.

resides at Waterloo, Ia., and is assistant manager of the Cream Package

Company.

4. Frank R. Shinn (9), b. 9/14/1856, at Sweet Home, Ill.; m. 5/2/1878, Mrs. Julia

Mortensen; druggist at Corning, Ia.; one child, Frank Wilbert Shinn, b.

Chicago, Ill., 1/7/1893.

5. Amos Ferdinand Shinn (9), b. 7/17/1858 near Warren, Ill.; m. at Corning, Ia.,

11/5/1891 Della 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 distinction

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, Ia.; farmer; unmarried, at

Corning, Ia.

3. Stacy Shinn (8) b. 12/27/1824 in New Jersey; ob. at Bloomington, Ill., 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 (8) b. 7/26/1836 in Licking county, Ohio. (See page 148.)

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JOHN SHAKESPEARE'S FAMILY

Richard Shakespeare = wife uncertain

farmer of Snitterfield,

held lands from Mary

Arden's father, Robert

Arden, 1523

Thomas John = Mary Arden Henry

eldest

John son

b. March 10, 1582

Two William‑Anne Gilbert Joan = William Anne Richard Edmund

daughters the poet Hathaway born Hart ob infans 1569;

ob 1646

William Hart = wife uncertain

an actor of some

note in England

Edward Hart = wife uncertain

the first emigrant to

U. S. Helped Wolfe

capture Quebec

John Hart = Deborah Scudder

Signed Dec. of Ind.

Hannah Hart = James Shinn

who sold Prince

Bonaparte land

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THE GAWFELL PEDIGREE.

Thomas Gawfell = Elena

John Gawfell= Richard Gawfell=

1507

Thomas = Catherine, daughter and

Gawfell heiress of Humphrey

Kervile, 16, Henry VIII.

Richard = Ursula, daughter of Robert Walbut Gawfell 1531

John = Susan, daughter of Gregory Pratt Gawfell

Thomas Gawfell =

Gregory Edmund Gray Mary = John Shene

Gawfell Gawfell died

died 1653

unmarried

Susan Gawfell = John Davis

PEDIGREE OF SAINTHILL OF DEVON

Richard St. Hill m. Joane, d. of Richard Mayne of Exeter

1. Katherine, d. of = Peter St. Hill = 2. Julian, d. of William Shyne of

Sir H. Brown Kgt. Bradley

Peter St. Hill = Daughter of Thomas Mary St. Hill = Henry Martin

Martin, Doctor of

Civil Law

1 2 3

Humphrey Robert Peter m. Dorothy Parker in 1620

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THE STACY PEDIGREE

Mahlon Stacy of Owlerton, Sheffield, England, died 1590

Robert Stacy of Owlerton

Robert Stacy of Burlington, N. J.

Ellen Stacy = John Shinn, 1686

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 Flushing, L. I. =

Mary Stockton, born = Thomas Shinn, 1693

" " = Silas Crispin, 1697

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PEDIGREE OF NELSON, EARL NELSON OF TRAFALGAR

Nelson

William descended from the ancient house of =

that name seated at Mandesley County, Lancaster,

in the reign of Edward the III.

Thomas Nelson of Searning County, Norfolk, born =

there circa 1590

Edmund Nelson of Searning, born 1625=

William Nelson of Dunham Parva County, = Mary, daughter of Thomas

Norfolk, born at Scarning in 1654; died at Shinn, born at Dunham

Dunham Parva January 27, 1818, aged Parva in 1652; died January

59; buried in the chancel of Spore County, 3, 1731, aged 79.

Norfolk. Monumental Inscriptions in Buried at Dunham Parva

Blomefield's History of Norfolk

1 Dorathy = Thomas = 2. Barbara William = Mary Edmund = Mary, daughter

Nelson Nelson Nelson of John Bland

John, born June Edmund Nelson, = Catherine Suckling

16, 1736 Clerk

Susan = Thomas Catherine Maurice William Horatio Edmund Annie

Nelson Bolton Nelson, m. Nelson Nelson Nelson Nelson Nelson

George married born 9‑

Matchen 1. Sarah 29‑1758 = Frances Herbert,

Youge Vice‑Ad‑ daughter of Wm.

2. Hilare miral of Woodward, Sr.,

Barlow the White Judge of the

created Island of Nevis.

1 2

Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Burnham Thorpe Co., Norfolk, 1. Horatio

October 6, 1798; Viscount Nelson, 1801; Baron Nelson of the Nile Nelson

and of Hillborough, August 4, 1801; with remainder to his father buried under

and brother, and to their heirs (male), and to the heirs (male) of his the Dome of

sisters, Duke of Bronte in Sicily and Honorary Grandee of Spain; St. Paul

Knight of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath by Warrant, dated

May 27, 1797; Grand Cross of St. Ferdinand and Merit Knight of 2. Lady Char‑

the Ottoman Order of the Crescent and of St. Joachim; L.L. D. lotte Nelson

killed on board his flagship the Victory whilst commander‑in‑chief married

of the British fleet at the great battle and victory of Trafalgar, Samuel

October 21, 1805; buried at the public expense, under the dome of Hood, Baron

the cathedral church of St. Paul, London, January 9, 1806 Bredport.

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SHREVE AND FORSYTHE PEDIGREE

Caleb Shreve = Sarah Arison

Benjamin Shreve = Sarah French

Caleb Shreve = Grace, daughter of Thomas and

b. 8‑26‑1734; Ann Pancoast, b. 1734; ob. 1806;

ob. 1792 m. 11‑19‑1755

Phebe Shreve = 1. Joshua Forsyth, 5‑9‑1779

b. 5‑2‑1757; 2. Michael Rogers, 1782

ob. 3‑4‑1797

1. Joshua Forsyth, Jr. = Elizabeth Croshaw, 3‑16‑1803

b. 2‑25‑1779;

ob. 2‑26‑1869

2. Hannah Forsyth = James Shinn Hankins, son of

b. 1‑13‑1804; William and Abigail (Shinn) Han‑

ob. 2‑2‑1878 kins; Abigail, daughter of James

and Lavina (Haines) Shinn. Five

children

1. Ann Hankins = Calvin Corle, 5‑9‑1871

2 & 3. Thomas and Elizabeth (twins), ob. infans

4. James Hankins

5. Phebe Shreve Hankins = Horace B. Lippincott

3. Ann Forsyth = William Shinn, 2‑16‑1815, and had,

b. 1‑12‑1781 among others, Willit Shinn,

b. 1‑5‑1825

4. Grace Forsyth = John Lame, 3‑28‑1804

Mary Lame = 1. Jonathan Shinn

= 2. Samuel Shinn

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THE CRISPIN PEDIGREE

William Jasper, a Merchant of Amsterdam

1. William Crispin = Anne Margaret = Admiral Sir Wilbar

of the English Penn

Navy

2. Mary, widow of = Silas Crispin = (1) Hester, daughter William Penn, of

Thomas Shinn ob. 5‑31‑1711 of Thomas Holmes, Pennsylvania

and daughter of Surveyor General

Richard Stockton Pennsylvania

Her children by first marriage were:

1. Thomas Shinn, who married Martha Earl

2. Samuel Shinn 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.

Mary (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.

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THE IVINS PEDIGREE

Isaac Ivins = 1. Sarah Johnson, 1711

From England to Burlington 2. Lydia Brown

Co. late in the 17th century 3. Ann

Moses Ivins, = Kesiah, eldest daughter of Benjamin and Rebecca

of 2d marriage (French) Shreeve, circa 1752

(probably);

royalist

Caleb Moses Sarah Israel = Margaret Rebecca Lydia Ann

Ivins daughter

b. 1‑19‑ of Anthony

1760 and Constant

ob. 6‑11‑ (Williams)

1822 Woodward

circa 1780

Anthony Samuel Robert Moses Israel George W. James Charles = Elizabeth

o. s. p. o. s. p. 8th child Lippin‑

b. 4‑16‑ cott,

1799 daughter

of John

and Mary

(Norton)

Shinn,

b. 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 Dhu Ivins

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THE RIDGWAY PEDIGREE

Richard Ridgway of Wallingford, Bucks, = Elizabeth Chamberlyn (first wife)

England. Arrived in Bucks Co., Pa., 7th who died 3‑31‑1692

month, 1679. To Burlington Co., N. J.,

16‑‑. Ob. there 1722

1 2 3 4

Thomas Richard Elizabeth Josiah

b. England 1677; b. New Jersey 1680; b. 1682; born

|Elizabeth m. (1) Mary Willitts m. Joseph

m. |Andrews (2) Mary (Shinn) Willitts

|Ann Pharo in Crispin,

|New Jersey nee Stockton

Richard Ridgway of Wallingford = Abigail (second wife)

(same as above)

1. (5) 2. (6) 3. (7) 4. (8) 5. (9) 6. (10)

Job Mary Jane Sarah Joseph Abigail

b. b. b. Ridgway b. b.

ob. 1761 m. (Evi) m. Isaac m. Joseph ob. 1760 m. 1717

m. Belangee Antrim Pancoast m. Henry

‑‑De la Plaine Clothier

5. Rebecca = Urias

1. John Ridgway = Postrema Shinn Ridgway Shinn 1. Caleb Clothier

m. Mary Alli‑

1. Mary Ridgway son, nee Shinn

m. Daniel Knight

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PEDIGREE OF CALEB CLOTHIER, OF PHILADELPHIA

Henry Clothier = Abigail Ridgway

Caleb Clothier = Mary (Shinn) Allison, daughter of Thomas

of and Martha (Earl) Shinn and widow of

Mt. Holly Thomas Allison

Caleb Clothier = Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Owen)

of Jones (both descendants of John Shinn)

Philadelphia, Pa.

1 2 3 4 5 6

Elizabeth Lucretia Isaac William Anna Burr Clarkson Clothier

m. Jacob C. Mott Hallowell Penn Clothier m. Agnes Evans,

Bunting and Clothier Clothier Clothier unm. 10‑2‑1875.

had children: unm. m. Mary m. Jennie Children:

1. Elizabeth Clapp Drew and 1. Marian

Sellers Jackson had children: 2. Edith

m. William 9‑1‑1864 1. Hanna Fletcher 3. Robert Clark‑

Pickering 2. William Penn son

2. Hannah, unm. 3. Caleb 4. Florence, o.s.p.

1 2 3 4 5

Mary Jackson Elizabeth Morris Lewis Hannah Hallowell Walter

Clothier Jackson Clothier Clothier Clothier

m. William Esher Clothier m. Lydia M. m. Dr. William m. Edith

Heyl, 11‑1‑1892 m. Thomas Henry Earnshaw, I. Hull M. Ball,

1. William Powers Sailor, 4‑26‑1900 12‑27‑1898 4‑2‑1902

Esher Heyl 4‑3‑1895 Children: Children:

2. Isaac Clothier Children: 1. Emily Earn‑ 1. Mary Clothier

Heyl 1. Randolph shaw Clothier Hull

Sailer

6 7 8 9

Isaac Hallowell Clothier Lydia Biddle Caroline Clothier William

m. 1‑00‑1903, Melinda Clothier Jackson

Knight Annear Clothier

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PEDIGREE OF THOMAS STEVENSON

Thomas Stevenson of London, Eng., = Maria, widow of William Bernard,

b. 1615; settled in Long Island, 1644 8‑15‑1645; ob. at Newton, L. I., 1653

1. 2.

Thomas = Elizabeth Edward = Charity Jennings

ob. Lawrence, 2‑1672 ob. 7‑12‑1700

2‑6‑1725

1 2 3

John William Elnathan = Sarah, daughter of

m. m. m. 1718 Richard Cornell

2.

= Ann 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Issue by

(1) Thomas=Alice Cornell

b. 4‑14‑ daugh‑ m.

1. Thomas 1719 ter of Mary

moved to Sam'l Hedges

Bucks Co., Shinn Elnathan

Pa. ob. 7‑21‑ 1740 m. Mary

1719; mem‑ Riley

ber general Edward

assembly m. Mary

1712‑1719; Stillwell

m. Sarah, Benjamin

daughter of m. Sarah

Gov. Samuel Fennimore

Jennings, and Sarah

widow of Ed‑ m. John

ward Pen‑ Hedges

nington Charity

2. William, m. Wm.

born 1676, Pottet

moved to Anna

Burlington m. John

Co., N. J., ob. Norcross

5‑1724; Elizabeth

m. Anna, m. Aaron

daughter of Carmon

Gov. Samuel Samuel, Sarah William Elnathan

Jennings b. 1781, m. m. Elton m. Rachel m. Bathsheba

3. John moved Mary, daugh‑ Kemble, Griffiths, Norcross

to Burlington ter of Joseph 9‑14‑1761 11‑5‑1779

Co., N. J.; m. Siddon ch.

Mary, daugh‑ ch. ch. ch. 1. Tamar, b.3‑13‑

ter of Gov. 1. Thomas, b. 9‑ 1. Thomas 1. Micajah 1768; m. (1)

Samuel Jen‑ 6‑1765; m. Re‑ m. Clemence m. Elizabeth Stacy Lippin‑

nings becca Thomas, Clement 2. Jonathan m. cott; (2) Sam'l

4. Elizabeth, 7‑29‑1790 2. Hannah (1) Jane Cox Quicksall

ob. 9‑27‑1703 2. James m. As‑ m. John Foster (2) Elizabeth 2. Alice, b.10‑23‑

ch. b 2 cha Branson and 3. Elizabeth Proud 1770; m. 10‑20‑

moved to Vir‑ m. Thomas 3. Cornell m. 1788, Seth

5. Nathaniel ginia Stevenson Patience Lucas‑Gibbs

6. Daniel 3. Sarah m. 10‑ 4. Ellen ob. un‑ Marlow 3. William, b. 1‑

7. Stephen 21‑1790, David married 4. Ann m. Wm. 19‑1774; m. 6‑

8. Susannah Cox Elberson 26‑1798, Pris‑

9. Anna 5. Thomas m. cilla Lippincott

Elizabeth 4. Caleb, b. 11‑23‑

Kemble 1776; m. Mary

6. Samuel m. Stockton, 1‑7‑

Ellen Mahoney 1804

5. Ezra, b. 7‑6‑

1783; ob. unm.

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LIST OF ADVANCE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE HISTORY OF THE SHINN FAMILY IN

EUROPE AND AMERICA.

James T. Shinn, Philadelphia, Pa.

Dr. Vinecome Shinn, Washington, D. C.

Dr. George Wolfe Shinn, Newton, Mass.

J. C. Shinn, Niles, Cal.

Mrs. Carter G. Osburn, Baltimore, Md.

John B. Atkinson, Earlington, Ky.

Dr. Quillen H. Shinn, Cambridge, Mass.

A. C. Shinn, Ottawa, Kan.

Mrs. Tabitha Peters, Carbondale, Kan.

Dr. J. M. Shinn, Hale, Mo.

Mrs. Isaac H. Clothier, Wynnewood, Pa.

Jesse F. Shinn, Chanute, Kan.

Col. John L. Shinn, Chanute, Kan.

Col. James A. Shinn, Leadville, Col.

Willit Shinn, Mt. Holly, N. J.

Mrs. E. G. Whitesides, Germantown, Pa.

Samuel Grant Oliphant, Baltimore, Md.

John K. Shinn, Baltimore, Md.

Mrs. Hannah A. Beal, Agricultural College, Michigan.

Mrs. Mary M. Monroe, Shinnston, W. Va.

Jas. W. Bird, Nashville, Kan.

E. L. Webb, West Liberty, Ia.

J. F. Shinn, Concord, N. C.

Mrs. Eliza A. Reeves, Washington, D. C.

Benjamin G. Shinn, Hartford City, Ind.

Samuel R. Shipley, Philadelphia, Pa.

Frank H. Shinn, Davenport, Ia.

P. T. Shinn, Camden, N. J.

Miss Harriett Shinn, Chicago, Ill.

Hiram Gilbert Shinn, New Windsor, Ill.

Mrs. James Carstairs, Philadelphia, Pa.

Mrs. W. W. Farr, Philadelphia, Pa.

Mrs. Carrie B. Berry, Seattle, Wash.

Mrs. Henrietta Hildreth, Mankato, Kan.

John M. C. Shinn, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.

B. B. Shinn, Mattoon, Ill.

Mrs. Belinda Town, Waupun, Wis.

Mrs. John A. Thompson, Edinburg, Ind.

H. H. White, Edinburg, Ind.

M. L. Shinn, Los Angeles, Cal.

Charles H. Shinn, North Fork, Cal.

Miss Allie N. Shinn, Mt. Holly, N. J.

Elbert Shinn, Haywards, Cal.

Frank R. Shinn, Columbus, O.

David M. Shinn, Shinnston, W. Va.

Mrs. James Parrott, Monticello, Iowa.

Martin E. Shinn, Chicago, Ill.

Mrs. Sabra J. Bonge, Hartford City, Ind.

C. C. Shinn, Atlantic City, N. J.

James Eddy Shinn, Conway Springs, Kan.

Mrs. H. C. Turvey, Chicago, Ill.

W. H. Shinn, La Grange, Ind.

Hon. C. W. Shinn, Eureka, Kan.

Edgar Jay Shinn, Ottawa, Kan.

Joshua M. Yeo, Chillicothe, O.

L. G. Shinn, Spokane, Wash.

Miss Bertha Shinn, Alpha, Ill.

Chas. A. Jones, Cleveland, O.

Mrs. F. E. Eggleston, Hannibal, Mo.

Asa E. Shinn, Quiney, Cal.

Chas. S. Kerns, Moline, Ill.

Miss Mary Ella Shinn, Pittsburg, Pa.

Wm. S. Ivins, Keokuk, Ia.

Jasper Fortney, Ft. Scott, Kan.

Miss Lida K. Shinn, Hale, Mo.

Frederick Linden Shinn, Madison, Wis.

Mrs. John Black, Mt. Holly, N. J.

Dr. Charles H. Reed, Philadelphia, Pa.

Mrs. J. A. Vansant, Camden, N. J.

Luther E. Shinn, Pittsburg, Pa.

Miss Alice Heartt, Hillsboro, N. C.

Wm. Budd Stackhouse, Medford, N. J.

E. F. Shinn, Connorsville, Ind.

Liberty B. Shinn, Lincoln, Neb.

Mrs. Mary E. Shinn Bennett, Fruit Hill, Ohio.

John McGrath, Cincinnati, O.

C. A. Shinn, Chattanooga, Tenn.

B. F. Haywood Shreve, Philadelphia, Pa.

Mrs. Elizabeth S. P. Wilkinson, Ottumwa, Ia.

Stewart H. Shinn, Atlantic City, N. J.

M. T. Shinn, Iola, Kan.

Miss Olive Shinn, Flora, Ill.

Dr. James Gallaher Shinn, Atlantic City, N. J.

J. W. Wells, Bentonville, Ark.

Mrs. L. A. Crocker, Tomah, Wis.

J. C. Shinn, Russellville, Ark.

Mrs. Electa A. Shull, Montpelier, Ind.

H. Frank Smith, Russellville, Ark.

Frank J. Shinn, Whatcom, Wash.

Mrs. Cassa Baker, Indianapolis, Ind.

F. B. Hale, Osceola, Ark.

Geo. S. Shinn, Portland, Ore.

Richard T. Cadbury, Philadelphia, Pa.

S. L. Shinn, Eaton, O.

Hon. George L. Shinn, New Egypt.

Miss Mary Colhoun Shinn, New York City.

Gen. T. R. Shinn, Ashland, O.

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