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John M Shakespeare 1770–1854 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Sep 1770

Birth Location: Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 20 Feb 1854

Death Location: Delaware, United States

Father: Samuel Shakespeare

Mother: Susannah Mister

Spouse(s): Mary McKinley

Children(s): Catharine Shakespear

John M Shakespeare was born in 1770 in Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Samuel Shakespeare And Susannah Mister. John M Shakespeare married Mary Anne Ervin Mckinley, and had children including Catharine Latta Shakespear. John M Shakespeare passed away in 1854 in Delaware, United States.

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Biography

  • John M Shakespeare was born in 1770 in Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Samuel Shakespeare And Susannah Mister.
  • John M Shakespeare married Mary Anne Ervin Mckinley, and had children including Catharine Latta Shakespear.
  • John M Shakespeare passed away in 1854 in Delaware, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Samuel Shakespeare
1731–1793
Birth Location: Coventry, Warwickshire, , England
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Susannah Mister
1746–1822
Birth Location: Coventry, Warwickshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Mary McKinley
1784–1843
Birth Location: Delaware, USA
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Children(s)

Catharine Shakespear
1809–1897
Birth Location: Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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John Shakespeare's Ancestors

Self
John Shakespeare
1770–1854
Birth Place: Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
Samuel Shakespeare
1731–1793
Coventry, Warwickshire, , England
Susannah Mister
1746–1822
Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Grandparents
John Shakespeare
1703–1750
Coventry, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Jane Whitehead
1707–1750
Coventry, Warwickshire, England
William Master
1681–1759
1663967, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
William Shakespeare
1656–1711
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Humphrey SHAKESPEARE
1629–1689
Elinor Seale
1630–1710

John Shakespeare's Descendants

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John (M) Shakespeare (20 Sep 1770–20 Feb 1854) m. Mary (Anne Ervin) McKinley (12 August 1784–25 Aug 1843)
  1. 1. Catharine (Latta) Shakespear 1809–1897 m. George (Washington) Rockenfield 1805–1881
    1. 1. George (Andrew) Rockenfield 1856–1932 m. Wilhelmina (Minnie Maria Johanna Henricka) Parn 1864–1934
      1. 1. Theresa (Marguerite “ Tracy”) Rockenfield 1898–1985 m. Elmer (Samuel) Gross 1896–1977
        1. 1. Edward (Leon) Gross 1923–1978 m. Doris (Carol) Roberts 1924–2022
        2. 2. Ann (Alice) Gross 1935–2000
        3. 3. Kathryn (Lois) Gross 1919–2011
        4. 4. Donald (George) Gross 1926–2012
        5. 5. James (Leo) Gross 1923–1961

John Shakespeare's Timeline

2 Records

1770
20 Sep 1770
Birth of John M Shakespeare in Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA
Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA
1854
20 Feb 1854
Age 84
Death of John M Shakespeare in Delaware, United States
Delaware, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Sep 1770
    Event Place: Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Feb 1854
    Event Place: Delaware, United States
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