Sarah married Ignatius Loring, the son of Caleb Loring and Lydia Gray. Lydia was the daughter of Edward Gray and second wife, Dorothy Lettice, the daughter of Thomas Lettice and sister to Elizabeth Lettice.
Caleb Loring was the son of Thomas Loring and Hannah Jacob, the daughter of Nicholas Jacob.
Susanna married Josiah Cushman, the son of Elkannah Cushman and Martha Cooke.
Elkannah Cushman was the son of Thomas Cushman and Mary Ellerton (Mayflower).
Mary Ellerton was the daughter of Issac Ellerton (Mayflower) and Mary Norris
(Mayflower). Thomas Cushman was the son of Robert Cushman (Fortune) and his
first wife, Sarah.
Martha Cooke was the daughter of Jacob Cooke and Damaris Hopkins (Mayflower).
Damaris was the daughter of Stephen Hopkins (Mayflower) and Elizabeth Fisher
(Mayflower). Jacob Cooke's also married
Elizabeth Lettice
Jacob Cooke was the son of Francis Cooke (Mayflower) and Ester (Ann).
Eleven children:
Lothrop
Joshua
Asaph
Hannah
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Ludia
Horatio
Elderkin
Ann
Alpha
Alva
1738 - John lived in Carver with his brothers Barnabas, Ichabod and
Samuel and sisters Susanna, Abigail and Sarah.
1740 - John moved his family to Hebron, Conn, then to Lebanon.
1748 - Moved to Bolton where he bought 70 acres from Thomas French.
1749 - Bought land from Benjamin Smith
1754 - Bought land from Elijah Hamond.
His will gives his estate to his wife, Sarah with dollar amounts to all children. The will was dated June 9, 1756, proved March 26, 1757, and probated April 5, 1757. The executrix refused to serve and the court appointed Lothrop Shurtleff of Windsor Conn as administrator.
Seven children:
Susanna
William
Benoni
Mary
Lothrop
Lucy
In 1757 Lothrop Shurtleff was called "of Windsor Connecticut" and in 1758 settled in Tolland. He was a soldier in Captain Charles Ellsworth's company, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, from East Windsor, Connecticut.
Six children:
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Mary
Asaph
Asenath
Amos
Hannah
Eleven children:
Helen Rosaline
Solon
Lucia Sultana
Mary Jane
Thomas
Asaph William
John Asaph
Amos
Mathew Samuel
Alice Jane
Mary Elizabeth
1852 Jan 28 - Married Mariette Little in Hatley, Quebec (Thomas was 22, she
was 32)
Children: John Thomas, William Taylor, Flora Irvin, Clarence Asaph, Mariette
Varilla, all born in Hatley, Quebec except John Thomas who was born in Boubon
Co, Kentucky in 1857.
1853 - Moved to Kentucky, worked as school teacher
1861 - Moved to Nevada City, purchased land, was on Board of Trustees
1867 Oct 09- Mariette died in Hatley, 37 years old.
1867 - Thomas is registered to vote in Nevada County
1868 Sept 10 - Married Lodema Caroline Percival San Francisco, CA (Thomas was
38, she was 25)
1873 - Followed Lodema to Canada where her father was
1878 - Thomas is registered to vote in Nevada County
1880 - US census, born 1831 in Canada, a grocer who lives in Nevada City with wife Lodema, children Maryette, Osceola and a Swedish servant named Nelson Petersen
He lists where his parents were born incorrectly, dad from NH (Vermont) and mom from Mass (NH)
1881 Jun 03- Daughter Helen Emily was born
1882 - Thomas is registered to vote in Nevada County
1886 - followed Lodema to Canada again, returned to CA with family
in Sept
1888 - Registered to vote in San Francisco
1892 - Thomas is registered to vote in Nevada County
1895 Oct 24 - Mortgage foreclosed on his grocery store in Nevada City, CA
1896 Feb 14 - Lodema died 53 years old
1896 - Thomas is registered to vote in Nevada County
1896 Dec 24 - Married Mary Evelyn Farmer Stevens in Cloverdale, CA (Thomas
was 66, she was 46)
No issue. Helen's diary states they married Jan 1, 1897
1897 May 13 - Started new grocery store in Nevada City, closed 5/12/1898
1898 Jun 25 - Moved from Nevada City to Cloverdale
1910 - US census, living in Cloverdale with Mary Evelyn, father born in CT and mother in NH. Still wrong state for dad!
1912 May 12 - Thomas died at noon in Cloverdale, 81 years old
1913 Feb 06 - Thomas' third wife, Mary died
All research concludes he was of the Shiercliffe family of Ecclesfield, England. Refer to the genealogy published in 1917 by Benjamin Shurtleff, Descendents of William Shurtleff, which continues the Shiercliffe line from "William living 15 Henry IV (1437) earliest known person of the name," to his son Thomas who was proclaimed by Henry VII Master of the Game to the lords of Hallamshire and admitted heir to the manor court of Ecclesfield. The line is listed in the court rolls and pedigree of 1612.
The Ecclesfield birth record of William Shiercliffe born in 1624 is now questioned, as he would have been only ten when considered fit for military duty in Plymouth. Another William was born in 1617, perhaps this is 'our' William?
Came to America in 1634 where he became apprenticed to Thomas Clarke for eleven years as a carpenter. Thomas Clarke came to America on the Ann in 1623, died in 1697 aged 98 and is buried on Plymouth Burial Hill. This is also a debate, do we have the correct Thomas Clarke? Only one Thomas Clarke from that era has been uncovered so far......
Charles Banks Topographical Dictionary, page 186, lists William Shiercliffe leaving Ecclesfield, Yorkshire and bound for Plymouth, Mass with the notation of Banks, Mass. His passage has not yet been discovered, the start behind the pilgrim ship lists.
"September 2, 1634 William Shetle hath put himselfe an aprentise to Thomas Clarke for the terme of eleven yeares from the 16 of May last and at the end of the sayd terme the sayd Thomas is to cloth him with two sutes fit for such a servant and also eyght Bushells of Indian Corne."
1643 William enrolled as being the required age for military service for
the colony
Jun 5 1644 "William fyned for breaking peace on John Smyth."
Oct 2 1650 "authorities present James Cole of the town of Plymouth for making
of a batterie uppon William Shirtley of the aforesaid towne."
1646 Appears in a list of names comprising the townsmen of Plymouth
June 3, 1656 chosen one of the "Surveyors of the highwaies" for the town
of Plymouth at the General Court of the Colony held at Plymouth. His name
is listed as William Shurtley.
Oct 6, 1657 Served as juryman in controversy between two Plymouth residents
June 7, 1659 chosen Constable for Plymouth and on a list of names of "such
as stand propounded to take up thier freedom"
Mar 27, 1660 Sold meadowland he called "Marshfield" to Gabriel Fallowell
May 1, 1660 Colonial Court orders state William Shurtlife was "admitted freemen
at this court"
June 8, 1660 Listed in the Plymouth's Treasury accounts as buying a cow
While in Plymouth he resided at this estate at Strawberry Hill near Reed
Pond not far from the bounds of present day Kingston
Apparently moved to Marshfield at this time, residing in easternly Marshfield
in a neighborhood called White's Ferry near the mouth of the North River.
June 3, 1662 Alottment of land granted to William and twenty three others
from the Court of Assistants
1664 Listed among freemen in the town of Marshfield with thirty one others
June 5, 1666 "The court have graunted that William Shirtliffe shal be accomodated
with land amongst the servants neare unto the Bay Line."
June 23, 1666: Killed by lightning, see more below
July 6, 1670 Deed written for the Marshfield estate, thirty three pounds
sterling had been paid to Thomas Tilden for the house and lands at Marshfield
which had previously belonged to Robert Waterman and previously to that,
by Thomas Howell.
William had lands at Pucnkateesett, now called Tiverton, and after his decease
his heirs received right of conveyance at Saugkonnet from the Indians.
William was in attendance "sojourning" of the home of neighboring John Phillips (came to the colonies on the Winthrop fleet) when struck by lightning. Several manscripts and descriptions were written, the gist being:
William was partaking of the hospitality of John Phillips, "one of those
dreadful droughts occurred," "threatening to destroy their fruits of their
spring labor". They were "observing a day of fasting and prayer as they were
wont to do in those days when suffering under afflictive dispensation."
"There happened a terrible thunderstorm as fourteen people were in the common
room of the Phillips house, mostly seated around the room. Mr. Shurtleff
was sitting beside his wife, holding her hand and having her hand in his
and having one of their children in his arms, the other being between him
and a table, under which was a dog. The storm of rain came on with great
violence and Mrs. Phillips requested to have the door closed. Where upon
a stroke of lightning passed down the chimney, which rent it to pieces, smote
down most of the people if not all, instantly killing Mr Shurtleff, Mrs.
Phillips, and Jeremiah Phillips, and then passed out through the door, splitting
it into fragments. This occurred on Saturday and they were buried the following
day."
His plot has never been located in Marshfield. Buried in same cemetary as Daniel Webster.
Three children, William, Thomas and Abiel (born just days after his father's death, June 23 or 30th, 1666.
From "The Pioneers of Massachusetts, a Descriptive List drawn from Records of Colonies, Towns and Churches" by Charles Henry Pope, Pastor First Church, Charleston, Boston published in 1986:
"Shiercliffe, William, Plymouth, apprentice to Thomas Clarke for 11 yrs. from 16 May 1634; atba; attack made upon him 2 Oct 1650. He rem. to Marshfield. Pror; town officer. He m. Oct 1655, Elizabeth Lettice, dau of Thomas Lettice."
"He was killed by lightning; was bur June 24, 1666. His widow admin. 3 Jul 1666. She m. Nov 18, 1669 Jacob Cooke. She was living at the date of her father's will, 1678. Son William had suit at law with Thomas Clarke in 1680."
"William Shurtleff was probably born in the parish of Ecclesfield in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in that portion called Hallamshire, in England in 1624. Ecclesfield is about five miles due north of Sheffield and a gathering place of the Puritans before they left England for Holland. There are Shurtleffs still living around Ecclesfield and at York. Nothing is known concerning the parentage of William Shurtleff, the exact time of his arrival in New England or the causes that led him to leave England. He is so young on his first appearance in Plymouth that he was bound apprentice there to Thomas Clarke for the term of eleven years beginning on 16th May 1634. The Thomas Clarke to whom young Shurtleff was apprenticed was by trade a carpenter. He came to Plymouth on the "Ann" in the summer of 1623. He lived there until his death in 1697. In 1646, Mr. Shurtleff appears in a list of names comprising the townsmen of Plymouth. On 3rd June 1656, he is chosen one of 'the Surveyors for the highwaies' for the town of Plymouth. While in Plymouth he resided on his estate at Strawberry Hill near the Reed Pond and not far from the present bounds of Kingston. In about 1660, William Shurtleff moved to Marshfield. He lived in the neighborhood of White's Ferry, near the mouth of the North river. His home was destroyed by fire in the early part of 1666. He was living in the home of a neighbor when he was killed by lightning that same year."
Purchased a cow June 8, 1660 4
The family considers discovering who William's parents were 'the great prize,' having sent researchers to England in pursuit of this task. Looking at the Shiercliffe genealogy (it appears here) it would seem William might have been born to only a few: Nicholas or his daughters Anne, Elizabeth, Isabel or Margaret (William, Thomas, Alexander, Nicholas), Nicholas, Robert or Alexander or Robert's son, Thomas (William, John, John, Richard). There are even a few possibilities in the eight children of Thomas. In the 1600's we are well past the age when a man would take his wife's family name if her family was the most prominent and influencial of the two families, but that can't be discounted, either. If William had been sent across the world to prevent a scandal (had Anne, married to the prestigious Wright family out of duty, fallen in love with a stable boy) William could have kept the name of the family as his own, as well.
A picture of his gravestone is located at http://www.geocities.com/sdbumpus/CushmanFamily.html
Captain William Shurtleff was the first native born Shurtleff; was commonly spoken of by his kinsmen as "William the surveyor," and was "the eldest son and heir apparent," as he was styled in ancient documents. He passed the chief part of his life in Plymouth, where he held substantial offices of honor, as well as of labor and trust, within the gift of his fellow townsmen. He was for many years one of the selectmen of the town (1692, '93, '94, '98, '99, 1700, '01 and '05), captain of a military* company, delegate to the Provincial Assembly in 1694 and town treasurer from 1695 to 1704. On 4 June 1707, a portion of the town of Plymouth was set off and incorporated by the name of Plympton, and William Shurtleff chosen, on 1 March 1707/08, for their first town clerk and served till 2 March 1710/11. It is him we are indebted for the early records of that town kept in a most faithful manner. He was the first captain of their military company at Plympton. Tradition says that he was a very wealthy man for the time in which he lived, was a distinguished surveyor, owned land all over the colony, built the first wharf in Plymouth, erected the first warehouse and settled the dispute between Sandwich and Plymouth. During the latter part of his life he lived in that part of Plympton which was afterwards set off and incorporated on 9 June 1790, as the town of Carver. His home was near the place where "Esquire Francis Shurtleff" died, although the site is now unknown, but is in the neighborhood called Quittacus on the farm of the late Jacob Holmes. Here his wife died and he buried her at North Carver (then Plympton) in the old graveyard formerly known by the name of Lakenham. The land for this burying-ground was given by Benoni Shaw, whose daughter, Rebecca (in April, 1718), was the first person buried in it. Here also are buried William's son, Barnabas Shurtleff, and wife Jemima, their son Francis and grandson Ansel. In this same lot are buried William's brother Abiel and wife Lydia, their son Benjamin and wives Hannah and Susanna, their grandson Benjamin and wife Abigail, with his son Stephen and two of his grandchildren, Ann and Eliza.
William died while visiting Plymouth and was buried there with the Pilgriom Forefathers on Burial Hill where the stone is still to be seen. The lot is on the brow of the hill, overlooks Plymouth harbour. Also buried there, and still visible are Lydia and Thankful, William's grandchildren Captain Jabez,William's son Faith, the wife of Abiel's son James, and their daughter, Mary. Thirteen children: Jabez ,Thomas, William, Sussana, John, Barnabas, Ichabod, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Samuel, Abigail, Nathaniel.
1689 - Bought 7 acres (Leyden Street) from John Cole. William buit a house
and an inn where members of the Plymouth Church met during their difficulties
with Cotton Mather, wherein they came to the determination to release him
from his "office bond" of pastor. William's son, Jabez, took possession of
the property who sold it in 1724.
1690 - Bought 50 acres with house and barn from Nathaniel Warren
1692 - Bought upland meadow called "Pachoagerd Neck" from William Basset
1696 - Granted 30 foot sq piece of land on shoreline along with Hugh Cole
1697 - Bought marsh and cedar ground called High Pines" from George Bonum
1698 - Sold corner lot and house on Leyden St (corner of Market) to Issac
Little
1701 - Bought 50 or 100 acres from town commons for 2 pounds eight an acre
1701 - Bought meadow land upon Sampson's Brook between meadows of Josiah
Finney , Hugh Cole and William Ellis for eighteen pounds silver.
1702 - Bought 30 acres from Joshua Ransom
1702 - Bought 30 acres from William Ring
1703 - Bought 3 acres from James Howland
1703 - Sold a Leyden St lot, fourth from corner, to Francis LeBaron who built
a tavern on it
1704 - Town granted him (and Ephraim Cole) liberty to wharf below their land
to Cole's Hill
1707 - Bought three acres at Beaver Dam Brook from John Watson
1707 - Sold a Leyden St lot, 2nd from corner, to James Warren (Mr Weston's
hardware store stands here)
1707 - Sold a Leyden St lot, 3rd from corner, to John Watson
1713 - Bought 40 acres from Jabez Eddy at Plympton with house and orchard
1714 - Bought 11 acres at Sparrow Plain from Elkanah Cushman
1715 - Bought Rochester land from William Basset and Ebenezer Lewis
1715 - Bought upland meadow from Ichabod King
1716 - Bought 53 acres in Plympton from Jabez Eddy
1721 - Bought 50 acres in Plympton from Jonathan Washburn
William Shurtleff is listed as a Leftant in "A List of Captain Warrens Company" by Thomas Morton, which compiles the men in the South Military Company in Plymouth under the command of Captain James Warren in 1699, copied from the original roll in the possession of C. H. Warren in 1858. His son, Jabez and a James (totally unknown who this is!) are also listed without title.
Had suit at law with Thomas Clarke in 1680 2
William and Susannh admitted to the Plymouth Church 1691 3