REVOLUTIONARY WAR SERVICE
Military. Appointed Ensign, 1 MAR 1778, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Elkridge Battalion; Lieutenant 30 MAR 1779.
BIOGRAPHY
John Shipley was born about 1743 in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland and died before 1815 in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. He married (1) Keziah Porter, 9 FEB 1766 and (2) Eleanor Purnell, 2 JAN 1781.
John and Keziah had the following children:
i. Ann, born 9 FEB 1766, married George Harrison
ii. Adam, born 4 MAR 1767, married Elizabeth Leatherwood
iii. John, born 26 APR 1768, married Araminta Gillis
iv. Rezin, born 26 MAR 1769
v. Larkin, born 18 MAR 1770
vi. Peter, born 10 MAR 1771
vii. Richard, born 12 MAR 1772
viii. Ruth, born 13 APR 1773
ix. Pegga (Margaret), born 23 MAY 1774
x. Enos, born 2 MAR 1777
John and Eleanor had the following children
xi. Elizabeth, born 10 DEC 1781
xii. Polly (Mary), born 2 JAN 1783
xiii. Susan, born 8 NOV 1784
xiv. Nackey, born 21 NOV 1787
xv. Ellen, born 1 DEC 1789
xvi. Elias, born 31 JAN 1792
xvii. Providence, born 20 APR 1793
xviii. Meche [?], born 15 JUN 1795
xix. James, born 9 SEP 1797
xx. Juliet, born 1800
GRAVE LOCATION
EXACT LOCATION AND DIRECTIONS AT PRESENT NOT KNOWN
GRAVE SITE
Family Burial Ground, Elkridge, Maryland
ORIGINAL TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION
INSCRIPTION NEEDED
DESCENDANTS IN WESTMINSTER CHAPTER, MARYLAND STATE SOCIETY, SONS OF
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Paul Royer Shipley (17 Nov 1913-15 Mar 2000)
REFERENCES
DAR Patriot Index, Volume 1 page 613
Hodges, Margaret R. Unpublished Revolutionary Records of Maryland, volume 1 page 7; volume II page 201
Archives of Maryland, volume 18 page 58
The Shipleys of Maryland (Linwood Parks Shipley, President). The Shipleys of Maryland 1968, King Brothers: Baltimore, 1971.
DAR Membership # 490005
SAR Membership # 121838 (Paul Royer Shipley)
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