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Rachel SHIELDS 1785–1829 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1785

Birth Location: Emmitsburg, Frederick, Maryland, United States

Death Date: 19 Jan 1829

Death Location: Greene, Tennessee, United States

Father: Henry Shields

Mother: Esther Waddell

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Rachel SHIELDS was born in 1785 in Emmitsburg, Frederick, Maryland, United States, the child of Henry Woods Shields And Esther Hester Waddell. Rachel SHIELDS passed away in 1829 in Greene, Tennessee, United States.

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Biography

  • Rachel SHIELDS was born in 1785 in Emmitsburg, Frederick, Maryland, United States, the child of Henry Woods Shields And Esther Hester Waddell.
  • Rachel SHIELDS passed away in 1829 in Greene, Tennessee, United States.

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Rachel SHIELDS's Ancestors

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Rachel SHIELDS
1785–1829
Birth Place: Emmitsburg, Frederick, Maryland, United States
Parents
Henry Woods Shields
1759–1826
Hampton Valley, Frederick, Maryland, USA,
Esther ((Hester)) Waddell
1769–1851
Horsham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States,
Grandparents
William (SHIELDS) II
1728–1797
, , Co Armagh, Ireland
Jane (Bentley) WILLIAMS
1736–1848
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
John ("Irish") Waddell
1736–1827
Londonderry, Donegal, Ireland
Rachel Quee
1738–1816
Horsham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Great-Grandparents
William I
1668–1737
Mary Parker
1670–1750
John Williams
1698–1747
Margaret Bentley
1705–1754
Alexander Waddell
1703–1769
Rebecca Shiver
1702–
Alexander Quee
1686–1755
Sarah Engle
1714–1788
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Shields
1645–1737
Thomas Parker
1645–1695
Eliza Hart
1650–1700
Robert Williams
1647–1734
Gwen Cadwalader
1670–1734
Jeffrey Bentley
1700–1777
Eleanor Banner
1703–1772
John Waddell
1680–
Agnes Telford
1682–
Alexander Quee
1650–
Jacob Engel
1690–1743
Catherine Rittenhouse
1697–1769

Rachel SHIELDS's Timeline

2 Records

1785
1785
Birth of Rachel SHIELDS in Emmitsburg, Frederick, Maryland, United States
Emmitsburg, Frederick, Maryland, United States
1829
19 Jan 1829
Age 44
Death of Rachel SHIELDS in Greene, Tennessee, United States
Greene, Tennessee, United States

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1785
    Event Place: Emmitsburg, Frederick, Maryland, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 Jan 1829
    Event Place: Greene, Tennessee, United States

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