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Robert "Major" Shelley 1780–1849 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1780

Birth Location: Buckingham, England

Death Date: 31 Mar 1849

Death Location: Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Father: Sir Shelley

Mother: Catherine Michell

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The story of Robert "Major" Shelley began in 1780 in Buckingham, England. Robert "Major" Shelley passed away in 1849 in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

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Biography

  • The story of Robert "Major" Shelley began in 1780 in Buckingham, England.
  • Robert "Major" Shelley passed away in 1849 in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

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Robert Shelley's Ancestors

Self
Robert Shelley
1780–1849
Birth Place: Buckingham, England
Parents
Sir Bysshe Shelley
1731–1815
Castle Goring, Goring, Sussex, England
Catherine (Mary) Michell
1734–1760
Horsham, Sussex, England
Grandparents
Timothy (Shelley) Esq
1700–1770
Turners Hill, adj Fen, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Johanna Plume
1704–1780
Fen Place, Sussex, England
Theobald (Michell -) Rev.
1700–1737
Horsham, Sussex, England
Mary Tredcroft
1713–1735
Horsham, Sussex, England
Great-Grandparents
John Shelley
1666–1739
Helen Bysshe
1667–1742
Walsingham Michell
1658–1713
Margaret Chatfeild
1662–
Nathaniel Tredcroft
1674–1720
Elizabeth Scrase
1686–1718
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Timothey Shelley
1629–1671
Katherine Michell
1647–1669
Roger Bysshe
1622–1703
Edward Michell
1620–1671
Mary Middleton
1625–
Nathaniel Tredcroft
1645–1697
Phoebe Phillips
1650–1730

Robert Shelley's Timeline

2 Records

1780
1780
Birth of Robert "Major" Shelley in Buckingham, England
Buckingham, England
1849
31 Mar 1849
Age 69
Death of Robert "Major" Shelley in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1780
    Event Place: Buckingham, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Mar 1849
    Event Place: Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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