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Margaret Catherine Shipley 1770–1855 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1770

Birth Location: Pennsylvania, United States

Death Date: 4 December 1855

Death Location: Monroe County, Tennessee, USA

Father:

Mother: Rosannah Shipley

Spouse(s): Jacob SHEETS

Children(s): Mary SHEETS

In 1770, Margaret Catherine Shipley entered the world in Pennsylvania, United States, born to George Frederick Rule And Rosannah Shipley. Margaret Catherine Shipley married Jacob Sheets, and had children including Mary Polly Sheets. Margaret Catherine Shipley passed away in 1855 in Monroe County, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1770, Margaret Catherine Shipley entered the world in Pennsylvania, United States, born to George Frederick Rule And Rosannah Shipley.
  • Margaret Catherine Shipley married Jacob Sheets, and had children including Mary Polly Sheets.
  • Margaret Catherine Shipley passed away in 1855 in Monroe County, Tennessee, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Rosannah Shipley
1748–1828
Birth Location: Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Spouses(s)

Jacob SHEETS
1750–1853
Birth Location: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Children(s)

Mary SHEETS
1796–1863
Birth Location: Mount Bethel, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Margaret Shipley's Ancestors

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Margaret Shipley
1770–1855
Birth Place: Pennsylvania, United States
Parents
Rosannah Shipley
1748–1828
Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA
Grandparents
George Shipley
1726–1789
Queen Caroline Parish, Howard, Maryland, United States
Catherine Ogg
1728–1804
Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Great-Grandparents
Robert Shipley
1681–1725
Elizabeth STEVENS
1680–1761
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Adam Shipley
1650–1698
Lois Howard
1655–1725
Charles Stevens
1645–1703
Elizabeth Stevens
1645–1695

Margaret Shipley's Descendants

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Margaret (Catherine) Shipley (1770–4 December 1855) m. Jacob SHEETS (1750–18 February 1853)
  1. 1. Mary ("Polly") SHEETS 1796–1863 m. James (William) Gaston 1800–1865
    1. 1. James (Russell) Gaston 1827–1872 m. Charlotte ("Lottie" Winfred) Davis 1826–1869
      1. 1. J (A) Gaston 1848–1924
      2. 2. James (Dent) Gaston 1852–1852
      3. 3. Gardner (Phelps) Gaston 1862–1939
      4. 4. Josephine (A.) Gaston 1860–1940
      5. 5. Ada (Susannah) Gaston 1865–1907
      6. 6. Jane (Angeline "Juncy") Gaston 1853–1909
      7. 7. William (M.) Gaston 1842–1938
      8. 8. Maggie (Haselton "Miggie") Gaston 1855–1935
      9. 9. Henry (King) Gaston 1858–1924
      10. 10. Henry (King) Gaston 1858–1925
      11. 11. Ida Gaston 1865–
      12. 12. John (Albert Bigham) Gaston 1848–1924 m. Louise Casteel 1847–1871 m. Harriet ("Hattie" Elizabeth) Boles 1854– m. Rebecca (Ann Francis) BAGBY 1850–1944
        1. 1. Matilda (Jane "Tildy") Gaston 1874–1969
        2. 2. James (Winford) Gaston 1875–1955
        3. 3. William Gaston 1877–
        4. 4. Clyde (Lee) Gaston 1894–1980 m. Mary (Fafeliah) Dooly 1901–1984
        5. 5. Margaret Gaston 1877–1977
        6. 6. William (Isaac) Gaston 1880–1956
        7. 7. Effie (Mae) Gaston 1885–1985
        8. 8. Sarah (Jane) Gaston 1872–1945
        9. 9. Bertha (Beatrice) Gaston 1894–1975
        10. 10. Dora (Ann) Gaston 1882–1963
        11. 11. Thomas (Albert) Gaston 1876–1957
        12. 12. Bertha Gaston 1894–
        13. 13. Matilda (Jane) Smith 1874–1969
    2. 2. Jacob (Vanburen) Gaston 1835–1906
    3. 3. David GASTON 1821–1863
    4. 4. Peggy (Ann) Gaston 1829–1830
    5. 5. Malinda Gaston 1835–1900
    6. 6. Rachel Gaston 1838–1883
    7. 7. Elizabeth Gaston 1825–1865
    8. 8. Joseph (G) Gaston 1853–1873
    9. 9. George (Washington) Gaston 1834–1865
    10. 10. John (Emory) Gaston 1827–1863
    11. 11. Joseph Gaston 1829–1870
    12. 12. Mary (Jane) Gaston 1847–
    13. 13. Levina (E) Gaston 1849–

Margaret Shipley's Timeline

2 Records

1770
1770
Birth of Margaret Catherine Shipley in Pennsylvania, United States
Pennsylvania, United States
1855
4 December 1855
Age 85
Death of Margaret Catherine Shipley in Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
Monroe County, Tennessee, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1770
    Event Place: Pennsylvania, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 December 1855
    Event Place: Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
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