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SHIELDS

The Siadhail clan moved from the European mainland to Ireland perhaps 1000 years before Christ, and moved from Meath to Ulster prior to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. The name was Anglicized to Shields some time before William Shields was born in Antrim. He lived at Armagh and Coot Hill. He supposedly suffered under Cromwell's persecution.

William Shields (c.1600-c.1655) of Lough Neagh, County Antrim, Ireland

1. William Shields (1630-1699) deported 1654, married (1) to unknown, 1695 Mary Norcott-Mason, both in Williamsburg, Virginia
2. James Shields (1633) died in Maryland
3. Daniel Shields (1635-1690) died at the Battle of Boyne, in the service of James II
4. John Shields (1645-1735) His family came to Maryland about 1738, Frederick County

James Shields (c.1633) deported to Barbadoes about 1654, then went to Baltimore, Maryland about 1660, then to Kent County, then Newcastle. died in Maryland

1. William Shields (1668-1741) married Jeannette Parker
2. James Shields (c.1670)

William Shields (1668-1741) m.1692 Jeanette Parker, daughter of Thomas Parker (d.1695) lived in Lancaster, Chester Co, Pennsylvania, then moved to Augusta County, Virginia. William was killed by a falling log while helping his son build a house.

1. James Shields (1694-Apr 1749) married Jean Armstrong; Harrisonburg, Augusta Co, VA
2. Jane Shields (15 Jan 1696 -1750) in Lancaster Co, PA
3. Eliza Shields (c.1698)
4. Thomas Shields (1699-1765) lived at Harrisonburg, Augusta Co, VA
5. Eliza Shields (3 Jun 1704 -1742) married George Hathaway; Lancaster Co, PA
6. John Shields (1709-1772) married 1733 Margaret Perry; Harrisonburg, Augusta Co, VA
7. Robert Shields (c.1711)
8. William Shields (14 Jul 1728 - 12 Sep 1797) married about 1758 Mary Jane Williams lived at Emmitsburg, Frederick Co, Maryland

John Shields was born 1709 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and died in 1773 in Harrisonburg, Rockingham county, Virginia. He married 1733 in Augusta Co, Virginia, Margaret Perry, born 21 Oct 1710 in Chester Co, Pennsylvania, died after 1773 in Augusta County, Virginia, daughter of Robert Perry and Leah Norris

1. John Shields (1735-1819) married Lucinda Bowman; said to have settled on the Dan River in
. . .North Carolina, but his will was probated in Augusta Co, VA.
2. Thomas Shields (1737-1781) married Margaret
3. William Shields
4. Mary Shields
5. Robert Shields (4 Jul 1744 - 18 Jan 1802) married Nancy Stockton; moved to Tennessee

Robert Shields (4 Jul 1744 - 18 Jan 1802) m.1761 in Boutetourt Co, VA, Nancy Stockton
daughter of Richard Stockton (d.1775) and Agnes Anthony. He was a private in Francis Lang's Company in the Revolutionary War. In 1784, The Shields and McMahan Families (Nancy's sister was the recently widowed Deborah McMahan) started down the Shenandoah Valley toward North Carolina. At Big Lick (Roanoke) one wagon, in charge of son James, 13, with Nancy, Janet, and the younger boys, went to the Yadkin Settlement in North Carolina, remaining with Robert's cousins a year before crossing the mountains with pack animals to join the others. Robert and the older 5 boys, with the McMahans, went to the Watauga Settlement, where Robert bought land on Middle Creek of the Little Pigeon River in what is now Sevier County, Tennessee, about 150 miles from Watauga by forest trails. Robert and his older sons proceeded by trails known to Thomas. There they built Shields Fort on Shields Mountain, seven miles south of present Sevierville.

1. Janet Shields (7 Mar 1762-Feb 1827) m16 Aug 1785 Joshua Tipton (1750-18 Apr 1793) moved to Harrison Co, Indiana, in 1808, later moving to Seymour, Indiana
2. Thomas Shields (1763-4 Mar 1797) m.1783 Rhoda. Thomas visited his cousins in Yadkin, NC, in 1780, enlisted and fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain. He spent the next two years exploring the Smoky Mountain region, including the Valley of the Little Pigeon. He was killed by Indians, in sight of his two young sons.
3. Richard Shields (4 Jul 1764 - after 1838) m.1783 Maude Arnett. Stayed at Pigeon Creek
4. David Shields (1766) moved in 1808 to Louisville, Kentucky, and flat-boated freight from Cincinnati to New Orleans. Retired to Athens, Tennessee, and died there.
5. William Shields (4 Jul 1768 - 1823) married (1) Margaret Wilson In 1808 moved to Madison, Indiana, then Brewersville. Married (2) Amanda Logan and moved to Washington County, Indiana.
6. John Shields (1769-1815) Scout and gunsmith for the Lewis and Clark Expedition, he was recruited by Clark at Clarksville, Indiana, in October, 1803, and was the oldest man in the party. He then lived with relatives in Athens, Tennessee, and is buried there. He married about 1790 in Kentucky to Nancy, and had a daughter Jennie (or Janette), who married her cousin John Tipton
7. James Shields (10 Mar 1770 - 2 Feb 1848) married Penelope White; went to Indiana in 1808 and established Shields Fort at the present city of Seymour
8. Robert Shields (1772-1835) married 1792 Sabra White; moved to Floyd Co, Indiana, in 1808, served in the War of 1812, then returned to Sevier County
9. Joseph Shields (17 Mar 1773 - 28 May 1847) married Martha. Moved to Indiana in 1808, settling near Corydon. In the mid-1830's his family and Benjamin's widow rafted down the Ohio, up the Mississippi, Illinois, and Spoon Rivers to Fulton County, Illinois.
10. Benjamin Shields (1780 - 10 May 1819) married Mary, moved in 1808 to Elizabeth, Harrison County, Indiana
11. Jesse Shields (10 Mar 1782-16 Sep 1848) married 1801 Catherine Fox. Settled in 1808 in Ripperdan's Valley, near Mauckport, Harrison County, Indiana.

Jesse Shields was born 10 Mar 1782 in Rockingham Co, Virginia, died 16 Sep 1848 in Harrison Co, Indiana. Married about 1801 in Sevier Co, Tennessee, Catherine Fox, who was born 26 March 1786 in Shenandoah Co, Virginia, and died 18 Jul 1877 in Harrison Co, Indiana. They moved to Indiana in 1808.

1. Agnes Nancy Shields (24May1802/26Dec1804 -29 Sep 1876) m.1821 Adkisson Watson
2. Anna Shields (26 Feb 1806 - 25 Apr 1895) m.19 Jan 1829 Cary Burford
3. Jane Shields (1807-1848) m.13 Jun 1837 William M. Morrison
4. Margaret Shields (1809-1879) m.1830 Aaron M. Bean (she died in St. Cloud, Minnesota)
5. John Shields (25 Dec 1810-12 Feb 1841) m.10 Sep 1840 Eliza Marsh
6. Rachel Shields (1812-1876) m(1) William M Moore, m.19 Nov 1850 H G Barkwell
7. Mark Fox Shields (27 Oct 1814 - 17 Jan 1838)
8. Elizabeth Shields (4 Dec 1816 -16 Nov 1867) m.12 Jul 1840 Jesse C Marsh; m(2) Charles Edward Miller
9. Catherine Shields (9 Dec 1818 - 24 Aug 1867) m.23 Jul 1844 Jonathan Hisey (Misey)
10. William Thompson Shields (27 Oct 1820 - 11 Sep 1900) m.19 May 1847 Epervia C. Nantz; m.3 Nov 1851 Mary M. Miller; m.24 Feb 1858 Mary Jamieson; m.22 Jan 1867 Caroline Jamieson
11. Unnamed daughter (Feb 1825-Feb 1825)
12. Helen Lydia Shields (10 Apr 1826 -18 Aug 1891) m.21 Sep 1852 Charles W Aydelotte
13. Mary Parmelia Shields (12 May 1828 - 4 Jun 1851) m.7 May 1849 Adam Clark Highfill

Anna Shields (1806-1895) m.1829 Cary Burford

Isabel Catherine Burford (1831-1912) m.1851 James F Highfill

Martha Highfill (1853-1922) m.1875 Ephraim Stonecypher

Bertha Helen Stonecypher (1876-1950) m.1904 John Liptrap

Virgil Raymond Liptrap (1907-1977) m.1949 Frances Mary Tate Matthews

James Matthews Liptrap (1951)

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SHIELDS
The Siadhail clan moved from the European mainland to Ireland perhaps 1000 years before Christ, and moved from Meath to Ulster prior to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. The name was Anglicized to Shields some time before William Shields was born in Antrim. He lived at Armagh and Coot Hill. He supposedly suffered under Cromwell's persecution.
William Shields (c.1600-c.1655) of Lough Neagh, County Antrim, Ireland
	1. William Shields (1630-1699) deported 1654, married (1) to unknown, 1695 Mary Norcott-Mason, both in Williamsburg, Virginia 2. James Shields (1633) died in Maryland 3. Daniel Shields (1635-1690) died at the Battle of Boyne, in the service of James II 4. John Shields (1645-1735) His family came to Maryland about 1738, Frederick County
James Shields (c.1633) deported to Barbadoes about 1654, then went to Baltimore, Maryland about 1660, then to Kent County, then Newcastle. died in Maryland
	1. William Shields (1668-1741) married Jeannette Parker 2. James Shields (c.1670)
William Shields (1668-1741) m.1692 Jeanette Parker, daughter of Thomas Parker (d.1695) lived in Lancaster, Chester Co, Pennsylvania, then moved to Augusta County, Virginia. William was killed by a falling log while helping his son build a house.
	1. James Shields (1694-Apr 1749) married Jean Armstrong; Harrisonburg, Augusta Co, VA 2. Jane Shields (15 Jan 1696 -1750) in Lancaster Co, PA 3. Eliza Shields (c.1698) 4. Thomas Shields (1699-1765) lived at Harrisonburg, Augusta Co, VA 5. Eliza Shields (3 Jun 1704 -1742) married George Hathaway; Lancaster Co, PA 6. John Shields (1709-1772) married 1733 Margaret Perry; Harrisonburg, Augusta Co, VA 7. Robert Shields (c.1711) 8. William Shields (14 Jul 1728 - 12 Sep 1797) married about 1758 Mary Jane Williams lived at Emmitsburg, Frederick Co, Maryland
John Shields was born 1709 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and died in 1773 in Harrisonburg, Rockingham county, Virginia. He married 1733 in Augusta Co, Virginia, Margaret Perry, born 21 Oct 1710 in Chester Co, Pennsylvania, died after 1773 in Augusta County, Virginia, daughter of Robert Perry and Leah Norris
	1. John Shields (1735-1819) married Lucinda Bowman; said to have settled on the Dan River in . . .North Carolina, but his will was probated in Augusta Co, VA. 2. Thomas Shields (1737-1781) married Margaret 3. William Shields 4. Mary Shields 5. Robert Shields (4 Jul 1744 - 18 Jan 1802) married Nancy Stockton; moved to Tennessee
Robert Shields (4 Jul 1744 - 18 Jan 1802) m.1761 in Boutetourt Co, VA, Nancy Stockton daughter of Richard Stockton (d.1775) and Agnes Anthony. He was a private in Francis Lang's Company in the Revolutionary War. In 1784, The Shields and McMahan Families (Nancy's sister was the recently widowed Deborah McMahan) started down the Shenandoah Valley toward North Carolina. At Big Lick (Roanoke) one wagon, in charge of son James, 13, with Nancy, Janet, and the younger boys, went to the Yadkin Settlement in North Carolina, remaining with Robert's cousins a year before crossing the mountains with pack animals to join the others. Robert and the older 5 boys, with the McMahans, went to the Watauga Settlement, where Robert bought land on Middle Creek of the Little Pigeon River in what is now Sevier County, Tennessee, about 150 miles from Watauga by forest trails. Robert and his older sons proceeded by trails known to Thomas. There they built Shields Fort on Shields Mountain, seven miles south of present Sevierville.
	1. Janet Shields (7 Mar 1762-Feb 1827) m16 Aug 1785 Joshua Tipton (1750-18 Apr 1793) moved to Harrison Co, Indiana, in 1808, later moving to Seymour, Indiana 2. Thomas Shields (1763-4 Mar 1797) m.1783 Rhoda. Thomas visited his cousins in Yadkin, NC, in 1780, enlisted and fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain. He spent the next two years exploring the Smoky Mountain region, including the Valley of the Little Pigeon. He was killed by Indians, in sight of his two young sons. 3. Richard Shields (4 Jul 1764 - after 1838) m.1783 Maude Arnett. Stayed at Pigeon Creek 4. David Shields (1766) moved in 1808 to Louisville, Kentucky, and flat-boated freight from Cincinnati to New Orleans. Retired to Athens, Tennessee, and died there. 5. William Shields (4 Jul 1768 - 1823) married (1) Margaret Wilson In 1808 moved to Madison, Indiana, then Brewersville. Married (2) Amanda Logan and moved to Washington County, Indiana. 6. John Shields (1769-1815) Scout and gunsmith for the Lewis and Clark Expedition, he was recruited by Clark at Clarksville, Indiana, in October, 1803, and was the oldest man in the party. He then lived with relatives in Athens, Tennessee, and is buried there. He married about 1790 in Kentucky to Nancy, and had a daughter Jennie (or Janette), who married her cousin John Tipton 7. James Shields (10 Mar 1770 - 2 Feb 1848) married Penelope White; went to Indiana in 1808 and established Shields Fort at the present city of Seymour 8. Robert Shields (1772-1835) married 1792 Sabra White; moved to Floyd Co, Indiana, in 1808, served in the War of 1812, then returned to Sevier County 9. Joseph Shields (17 Mar 1773 - 28 May 1847) married Martha. Moved to Indiana in 1808, settling near Corydon. In the mid-1830's his family and Benjamin's widow rafted down the Ohio, up the Mississippi, Illinois, and Spoon Rivers to Fulton County, Illinois. 10. Benjamin Shields (1780 - 10 May 1819) married Mary, moved in 1808 to Elizabeth, Harrison County, Indiana 11. Jesse Shields (10 Mar 1782-16 Sep 1848) married 1801 Catherine Fox. Settled in 1808 in Ripperdan's Valley, near Mauckport, Harrison County, Indiana.
Jesse Shields was born 10 Mar 1782 in Rockingham Co, Virginia, died 16 Sep 1848 in Harrison Co, Indiana. Married about 1801 in Sevier Co, Tennessee, Catherine Fox, who was born 26 March 1786 in Shenandoah Co, Virginia, and died 18 Jul 1877 in Harrison Co, Indiana. They moved to Indiana in 1808.
	1. Agnes Nancy Shields (24May1802/26Dec1804 -29 Sep 1876) m.1821 Adkisson Watson 2. Anna Shields (26 Feb 1806 - 25 Apr 1895) m.19 Jan 1829 Cary Burford 3. Jane Shields (1807-1848) m.13 Jun 1837 William M. Morrison 4. Margaret Shields (1809-1879) m.1830 Aaron M. Bean (she died in St. Cloud, Minnesota) 5. John Shields (25 Dec 1810-12 Feb 1841) m.10 Sep 1840 Eliza Marsh 6. Rachel Shields (1812-1876) m(1) William M Moore, m.19 Nov 1850 H G Barkwell 7. Mark Fox Shields (27 Oct 1814 - 17 Jan 1838) 8. Elizabeth Shields (4 Dec 1816 -16 Nov 1867) m.12 Jul 1840 Jesse C Marsh; m(2) Charles Edward Miller 9. Catherine Shields (9 Dec 1818 - 24 Aug 1867) m.23 Jul 1844 Jonathan Hisey (Misey) 10. William Thompson Shields (27 Oct 1820 - 11 Sep 1900) m.19 May 1847 Epervia C. Nantz; m.3 Nov 1851 Mary M. Miller; m.24 Feb 1858 Mary Jamieson; m.22 Jan 1867 Caroline Jamieson 11. Unnamed daughter (Feb 1825-Feb 1825) 12. Helen Lydia Shields (10 Apr 1826 -18 Aug 1891) m.21 Sep 1852 Charles W Aydelotte 13. Mary Parmelia Shields (12 May 1828 - 4 Jun 1851) m.7 May 1849 Adam Clark Highfill
Anna Shields (1806-1895) m.1829 Cary Burford Isabel Catherine Burford (1831-1912) m.1851 James F Highfill Martha Highfill (1853-1922) m.1875 Ephraim Stonecypher Bertha Helen Stonecypher (1876-1950) m.1904 John Liptrap Virgil Raymond Liptrap (1907-1977) m.1949 Frances Mary Tate Matthews James Matthews Liptrap (1951)