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Thomas Shields 1699–1765 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1699

Birth Location: Augusta County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: Abt. 1765

Death Location: Harrisonburg, Augusta, Virginia, USA

Father: John Surgeon

Mother: Mary Parker

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Thomas Shields was born in 1699 in Augusta County, Virginia, USA, the child of John William Shields Capt Military Asst Surgeon And Mary Jeanette Parker. Thomas Shields passed away in 1765 in Harrisonburg, Augusta, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Thomas Shields was born in 1699 in Augusta County, Virginia, USA, the child of John William Shields Capt Military Asst Surgeon And Mary Jeanette Parker.
  • Thomas Shields passed away in 1765 in Harrisonburg, Augusta, Virginia, USA.

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Thomas Shields's Ancestors

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Thomas Shields
1699–1765
Birth Place: Augusta County, Virginia, USA
Parents
John "William" Shields Capt. Military Asst. Surgeon
1668–1741
Kennebec, Kent, Maryland, USA
Mary (Jeanette) Parker
1668–1750
Kent County, Maryland, United States of America
Grandparents
James Shields
1633–1712
Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Elizabeth (Jane Gouldsmith Prather) Shields
1646–1710
Kent County, Maryland, United States of America
Thomas (H W) Parker
1645–1697
Reading, Middlesex, British Colonial America, Massachusetts, USA
Eliza* Hart
1653–1700
Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Mary Sholes
1610–1668
Thomas PARKER
1619–1677
Elizabetha* Harris
1625–1700
John Hart
1620–1670
Anne Clarke
1630–1695
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Hall
1590–1642
Amy Seymour
1583–1639
William (Heard)
1605–1664
William (IM)
1590–1640
Ellen Burges
1590–1664

Thomas Shields's Timeline

2 Records

1699
1699
Birth of Thomas Shields in Augusta County, Virginia, USA
Augusta County, Virginia, USA
1765
Abt. 1765
Age 66
Death of Thomas Shields in Harrisonburg, Augusta, Virginia, USA
Harrisonburg, Augusta, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1699
    Event Place: Augusta County, Virginia, USA
    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: Abt. 1765
    Event Place: Harrisonburg, Augusta, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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