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Robert Shelley 1586 – 1636 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 May 1586

Birth Location: Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England

Death Date: 26 Sep 1636

Death Location: Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Father: John (Huntingdonshire)

Mother: Eleanor Lovell

Spouse(s): Alice Tassell

Children(s): Lt Shelley

Robert Shelley Sr was born in 1586 in Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England, the child of John Shelley Of Harford (Huntingdonshire) and Eleanor Elizabeth Lovell. Robert Shelley Sr married Alice Tassell, and had children including Lt Robert Shelley. Robert Shelley Sr passed away in 1636 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • Robert Shelley Sr was born in 1586 in Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England, the child of John Shelley Of Harford (Huntingdonshire) and Eleanor Elizabeth Lovell.
  • Robert Shelley Sr married Alice Tassell, and had children including Lt Robert Shelley.
  • Robert Shelley Sr passed away in 1636 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Robert Shelley's Ancestors

Self
Robert Shelley
1586 – 1636
Birth Place: Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England
Parents
John Shelley Of Harford (Huntingdonshire)
1564 – 1672
Clapham, Sussex, England
Eleanor (Elizabeth) Lovell
1565 – 1591
East Harling, England
Grandparents
Knight (Thomas) Lovell
1539 – 1567
East Harling, Norfolk, England
Dame (Elizabeth) Paris
1532 – 1591
East Harling, Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Suffolk
1495 – 1552
Dame (Lovell)
1510 – 1551
Sir Parris
1500 – 1558
Lady Bowes
1510 – 1551
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Ashby
1480 – 1514
Rose Eden
1482 – 1515
Sir Paris
1490 – 1517
Margaret Huntington
1482 – 1534
John Bowes
1482 – 1558
Anne Bigod
1481 – 1531

Robert Shelley's Descendants

1.
RS
Robert Shelley (17 May 1586 – 26 Sep 1636) m. Alice Tassell (19 Feb 1575 – Jan 1636)
  1. 1. Lt (Robert) Shelley (1600 – 06 Sep 1692) m. Susanna Cook (1635 – 06 Sep 1692)
    1. 1. Benjamin Shelley (12 Mar 1679 – 1718) m. Jane Wilcox (1668 – 1748)
      1. 1. Sarah Shelley (1698 – 12 Aug 1757) m. William (Walter Worden of) Stonington (1698 – 1781)
        1. 1. Ebenezer (Shelley) Worden (14 January 1719 – 1791) m. Borridel (Bell) Button (25 Sep 1721 – 1791) m. Rebecca (Thurston) Richmond (23 May 1689 – 1745)
        2. 2. Capt (Isaac) Worden (26 Jul 1721 – 1781) m. Sarah Wilcox (29 Aug 1713 – Apr 1757) m. Ann WILCOX (ABT 1736 – )
        3. 3. Benjamin Worden (12 Feb 1723 – 1757)
        4. 4. Capt (William) Worden (2 Nov 1724 – 15 Dec 1790)
        5. 5. William (Walter) Worden (04 February 1728 – 1 Dec 1813)
        6. 6. Sabra Worden (1726 – 1762)
        7. 7. Nathaniel Worden, (4 Feb 1728 – 2 Feb 1814) m. Anna Palmeter (10 Sep 1726 – 16 Dec)
        8. 8. Walter (H) Worden (11 Apr 1730 – 20 Sep 1814) m. Anna ("Abigail") Edwards (1732 – 1834)

Robert Shelley's Timeline

3 Records

1583
25 Feb 1583
Robert Shelley Sr was baptized in Exning,Suffolk,England
Exning,Suffolk,England
1586
17 May 1586
Birth of Robert Shelley Sr in Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England
Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England
1636
26 Sep 1636
Age 50
Death of Robert Shelley Sr in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 May 1586
    Event Place: Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 25 Feb 1583
    Event Place: Exning,Suffolk,England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1632
    Event Place: America
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: America; Year: 1632; Page Number: 12

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1632
    Record Source: New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Sep 1636
    Event Place: Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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