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Thomas Shields 1699–1765 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1699

Birth Location: Lancaster, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

Death Date: 1765

Death Location: Harrisonburg, Augusta, Virginia, United States

Father: William I

Mother: Mary Parker

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Thomas Shields was born in 1699 in Lancaster, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, the child of William Shields I And Mary Jeanette Parker. Thomas Shields passed away in 1765 in Harrisonburg, Augusta, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • Thomas Shields was born in 1699 in Lancaster, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, the child of William Shields I And Mary Jeanette Parker.
  • Thomas Shields passed away in 1765 in Harrisonburg, Augusta, Virginia, United States.

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Thomas Shields's Ancestors

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Thomas Shields
1699–1765
Birth Place: Lancaster, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents
William Shields I
1668–1737
Ireland
Mary (Jeanette) Parker
1670–1750
Kent, Maryland, United States
Grandparents
John Shields
1645–1737
Armagh, Armagh, Ireland
Thomas Parker
1645–1695
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Eliza Hart
1650–1700
Great-Grandparents
William II
1600–1654
Mary Sholes
1610–1668
John Parker
1607–1678
Joannah
1623–1688
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William II
1585–1655
Jane WILLIAMS
1590–1645
John Parker
1575–
Jane Bates
1587–1617

Thomas Shields's Timeline

2 Records

1699
1699
Birth of Thomas Shields in Lancaster, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Lancaster, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
1765
1765
Age 66
Death of Thomas Shields in Harrisonburg, Augusta, Virginia, United States
Harrisonburg, Augusta, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1699
    Event Place: Lancaster, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1765
    Event Place: Harrisonburg, Augusta, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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