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Martha Clotees Shields 1754–1837 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 May 1754

Birth Location: Newlin, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 13 Feb 1837

Death Location: Yarmouth, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: James Rev

Mother: Mary Shields

Spouse(s): Robert Young

Children(s): Thomas Sr.

Martha Clotees Shields was born in 1754 in Newlin, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of James F Shields Rev And Mary Shields. Martha Clotees Shields married Robert Young, and had children including Thomas Shields Young Sr. Martha Clotees Shields passed away in 1837 in Yarmouth, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • Martha Clotees Shields was born in 1754 in Newlin, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of James F Shields Rev And Mary Shields.
  • Martha Clotees Shields married Robert Young, and had children including Thomas Shields Young Sr.
  • Martha Clotees Shields passed away in 1837 in Yarmouth, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Rev
1708–1768
Birth Location: Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland
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Mary Shields
1713–1792
Birth Location: Birmingham, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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Spouses(s)

Robert Young
1748–1814
Birth Location: East Fallowfield, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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Children(s)

Thomas Sr.
1787–1845
Birth Location: Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylv ania
TS

Martha Shields's Ancestors

Self
Martha Shields
1754–1837
Birth Place: Newlin, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
James F Shields Rev
1708–1768
Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland
Mary Shields
1713–1792
Birmingham, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
William SHIELDS
1685–1737
Armagh, Armagh, Northern Ireland
Robert Chalfant
1688–1767
Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Martha Darrow
1688–1772
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Great-Grandparents
John Chalfant
1660–1725
Ruth Chalfant
1664–1689
John Bentley
1674–1748
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lydia Barnard
1626–1689
John gen7
1634–1686
*Margaret BOWTH
1636–1675

Martha Shields's Descendants

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Martha (Clotees) Shields (12 May 1754–13 Feb 1837) m. Robert Young (16 Jan 1748–24 Jun 1814)
  1. 1. Thomas (Shields Young) Sr. 1787–1845 m. Elizabeth (Young) Rambo 1785–1816
    1. 1. Elizabeth Young 1805–1888 m. William (James) Darby 1796–1839
      1. 1. Mary (L) Darby 1832–1900 m. George (Alfred) Monger 1830–1870
        1. 1. Margaret (Ann) Allen 1866–1925 m. Ethan (Aaron) Allen 1863–1948
    2. 2. Thomas (S) Young 1815–1888

Martha Shields's Timeline

3 Records

1754
12 May 1754
Birth of Martha Clotees Shields in Newlin, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Newlin, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
1775
1 Jan 1775
Age 21
Martha Clotees Shields was married in Coatsville, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Coatsville, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
1837
13 Feb 1837
Age 83
Death of Martha Clotees Shields in Yarmouth, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Yarmouth, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 May 1754
    Event Place: Newlin, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1775
    Event Place: Coatsville, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Feb 1837
    Event Place: Yarmouth, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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