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John Shiercliffe SG#3
Living 1 Richard III (1483)
Court rolls of the manor of Eccelsfield
Living 13 May 1484
Born abt 1440 Eccelsfield
Died aft 1484
Parent: William Shiercliffe
Spouse: Agnes, daughter and co-heir of Robert Scott, m abt 1475
Child: John Shiercliffe
John Shiercliffe SG#6
Parent: John Shiercliffe
Spouse: Jennetta b abt 1482 (Ecc page 104,616
line 53)
Child: Richard Shiercliffe c 1520
Child: Robert Shiercliffe a abt 1523 (Ecc pg 104,624
line 11)
Child: Agnes Shiercliffe
Child: Isabel Shiercliffe b abt 1529 (Ecc pg 104,615
line 35
Richard Shiercliffe SG#12
of Eccelsfield
Born about 1520 (Ecc pg 104,623 line 31)
Married: 08 Nov 1573 Ecclesfield (Reg)
incorrect?
Buried at Ecclesfield 11 April 1566
Will proved at York in the same year
Parent: John Shiercliffe & Jennetta
Spouse: Margaret, mentioned in her husband's will
Child: Nicholas Shiercliffe c 1547
Child: Robert Shiercliffe
Child: Alexander Shiercliffe, 3rd son
Child: Alice Shiercliffe
Child: Henry Shiercliffe
Child: John Shiercliffe
Alice Shiercliffe
Married: 17 July 1568
Will dated 10 Feb 1570/1571
Died: 14 Feb 1571/1571
Parent: Richard Shiercliffe
Spouse: Ambrose Swynbanke
Nicholas Shiercliffe SG#16
of Holehouse and Eccelsfield, eldest son
Born abt 1547 (Ecc pg 104,622 line 34)
Married: 19 May 1573 at Ecclesfield (Ecc pg 104,622 line 40)
Parent: Richard Shiercliffe
Spouse: Isabel Rodes buried 17 July 1600
Child: Isabel Shiercliffe
Nicholas born of Richard & Margaret at Holehouse
abt 1547
Isabel Shiercliffe SG#19
of Holehouse
Married: 07 Aug 1599, Saint Peters Cathedral, Sheffield
(Ecc pg 104,615 line 49)
Buried: 02 Jan 1613 Sheffield
Parent: Nicholas Shiercliffe &
Isabel Rodes
Spouse: Edward Saunderson
Child: Nicholas Saunderson
Child: Edward Saunderson
Robert Shiercliffe SG#17
second son
Born after 1547
Married: 04 May 1572 (Ecc pg 104,624 line 13)
(Reg)
Purchased lands at Whitley in the parish of Eccelsfield 1599
Parent: Richard Shiercliffe
Spouse: Mary Carr
Child: Thomas Shiercliffe
Child: Nicholas Shiercliffe
Child: Henry Shiercliffe, settled in Ireland
Child: Richard Shiercliffe
Child: Ann Shiercliffe, married George Hobson
Child: Barbara Shiercliffe, buried 1598, unmarried
Thomas Shiercliffe SG#20
of Whitely-hall, gent., which he purchased of Richard Parker in 1616.
Also of Holehouse in Ecclesfield.
Would have to have been born bet 1572 and 1594
LDS = Born abt 1573 Of Whitley Hall, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, England
Married: 08 Dec 1601 Ecclesfield (Ecc pg 104,626 line
38) (Reg)
Died: 19 Nov 1636 (StM) LDS
Buried: St Mary's Church, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, England, in the south chancel
Findagrave 60009788
Parent: Robert Shiercliffe m
Mary Carr
Spouse: Mary Pawson
Child: Nicholas Shiercliffe
Child: William Shiercliffe
Child: Thomas Shiercliffe
Child: John Shiercliffe
Child: Elizabeth Shiercliffe
Child: Mary Shiercliffe
Child: Anne Shiercliffe
Child: Margaret Shiercliffe
Nicholas Shiercliffe
of Rotherham
Would have to have been born bet 1572 and 1594
(EBT baptism 29 Sep 1600)
Parent: Robert Shiercliffe m
Mary Carr
Spouse: daughter of Webster of Chesterfield
Child: Robert Shiercliffe
Robert Shiercliffe
of Rotherham
EBT baptism 16 Sep 1603
Parent: Nicholas Shiercliffe
Spouse: daughter of Mason
Christening of Robert, son of Nicholas 16 Sept 1603 (Ecc)
Christening of Robert, son of Nicholas 24 Aug 1617 (Ecc)
Richard Shiercliffe
of Chapeltown, yeoman
Would have to have been born bet 1572 and 1594
Parent: Robert Shiercliffe &
Mary Carr
Spouse: unknown
Child: William Shiercliffe
William Shiercliffe
Christening of William, son of Richard 22 Oct 1618 (Ecc)
Died: 1672
Parent: Richard Shiercliffe
Spouse: unknown (Anna Wright?)
Child: Sarah Shiercliffe circa 1650 m Anthony Worrall
of Strynes, yeoman
Christening of Sara, dtr of William 07 Mar 1638 Ecc pg 104,625 line 13
Christening of Sara, dtr of William and Anna Wright 07 Mar 1638 Ecc
pg 104,625 line 23
Nicholas Shiercliffe
SG#21
of Attercliffe
Bapt: 20 Jan 1603 at Ecclesfield, (15 Jan 1604 Ecc pg 106,623 line 7?)
Of University college of Oxford 17 June 1621. A physician.
Died: 21 Oct 1669 Attercliffe, York, England (Renner1)
Burial: St Mary's Church, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, England
Findagrave 60009788
Parents: Thomas Shiercliffe &
Mary Pawson
Spouse: Jane Eyre
Child: Thomas Shiercliffe
Child: Mary Shiercliffe, m
Christopher Snowden of Cuckney,
Nottinghamshire
Child: Elizabeth Shiercliffe
Thomas Shiercliffe SG#24
of Thurnscoe, gent.
Born: 1655 (04 Jul 1652 or 03 Dec 1654 Ecc pg 106,626 lines 26, 27)
Died: 06 Apr 1701
Buried: Thurnscoe
Parents: Nicholas Shiercliffe &
Jane Eyre
Spouse: Elizabeth
Child: Thomas Shiercliffe
Child: Elizabeth Shiercliffe
Child: Hannah Shiercliffe
Child: Catherine Shiercliffe
Child: Nicholas Shiercliffe
Thomas Shiercliffe
Bapt: 17 May 1684
Died: 09 Jan 1685
Parents: Thomas Shiercliffe & Elizabeth
Elizabeth Shiercliffe SG#26
Bapt: 02 Aug 1682
Married: 1702
Parents: Thomas Shiercliffe &
Elizabeth
Spouse: William Langley of Oldham, Lancashire
Children: seven Langleys
Hannah Shiercliffe
Bapt: 25 Feb 1685
Died young
Parents: Thomas Shiercliffe & Elizabeth
Catherine Shiercliffe SG#27
Bapt: 27 Oct 1687
Parents: Thomas Shiercliffe &
Elizabeth
Spouse: William Jessop
Children: ten incl Shiercliffe Jessop and a William Shiercliffe Jessop
Nicholas Shiercliffe
Bapt: 24 June 1689
Buried: 01 Mar 1712
Parents: Thomas Shiercliffe & Elizabeth
William Shiercliffe
2nd son, of Creswick
Bapt:. 21 Aug. 1606 at Ecclesfield
Of Trinity college Cambridge M.A. 1640
Died: 27 July 1648
Buried: Church of Ecclesfield
Findagrave file #60010106
Parents: Thomas Shiercliffe &
Mary Pawson
Child: no issue
Thomas Shiercliffe SG#22
3rd son of Whitelhall, gent., lieut. of the trained bands temp. Car. II
Born 17 Sept 1620 (Ecc pg 104,626 line 39) not correct
Married: Abt 1636 (Ecc pg 104,626 line 40)
Buried: 14 June 1661 St Mary's, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire,
south chancel floor
Findagrave 60046138
Parents: Thomas Shiercliffe &
Mary Pawson
Spouse: Mary Wilson
Child: Nicholas Shiercliffe
Child: Nathaniel Shiercliffe
Child: Samuel Shiercliffe
Child: John Shiercliffe
Child: Hannah Shiercliffe
John Shiercliffe
Bapt: 06 Aug 1609 at Ecclesfield
Parents: Thomas Shiercliffe &
Mary Pawson
Children: Anne, John Jr, Mary and William
Came to Colonies on the 1638 Unity: "On November 22, 1638, aboard the
ship Unity out of Cowes, Isle of Wight, John SHEERCLIFFE and others were
transported by Mrs Mary THROUGHTON, a widow, into St.Mary's County, the Province
of Maryland. Source: The Archives of Maryland, Vol 1, page 15"
This John SHEERCLIFFE, or SHIERCLIFFE, was the 4th son of the marriage of
Thomas SHIERCLIFFE and Mary PAWSON
of Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, England. John SHIERCLIFFE was born in 1618 and
died in St. Mary's County, Province of Maryland, on 25 March 1663.
He became a wealthy landowner and the progenitor of he SHIRCLIFFs in America.
Sources:-From the Proceedings of the Maryland Provincial
Court, 1658-1662, Archives of Maryland, Vol. 41, page 85, it was found that
"John SHEERCLIFFE was 40 or thereabouts on January 4, 1657."
Also, in Vol. 41, page 590: John SHIRCLIFF of New Towne, St. Mary's County,
made a deposition that “he was 44 on August 5, 1662."
-Will of John SHIERCLIFFE, executed in St. Mary's County 2 Dec 1661 and probated
26 Mar 1663.
According to Edna Franklin, John b 1618 at Whitley, d 1663 Maryland, on Unity
to VA 1683.
He has a long line in Maryland, see
http://e.franklin.home.mchsi.com/alexharr/index.htm
Elizabeth Shiercliffe
Eldest daughter
Bapt: 30 Aug 1602 at Ecclesfield (Ecc pg 104,611
line 36)
Died: 08 Feb 1628 at Ecclesfield (Renner)
Burial: St Mary's Church, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, England, in the floor of the south chancel,
Findagrave 60008792
Parents: Thomas Shiercliffe &
Mary Pawson
Mary Shiercliffe
Born about 1610 (Renner1)
Married: 13 Oct 1631 at Ecclesfield (Ecc pg 104,620
line 20)
Parents: Thomas Shiercliffe &
Mary Pawson
Spouse: William Savage (Renner1) m 13
OCT 1631, LDS = William Lamp, same date
Anne Shiercliffe SG#23
Bapt: 06 Aug 1609 at Ecclesfield
Married: 08 Apr 1635 Ecclesfield 06 April 1635 (Ecc
pg 104,609 line 27)
Parents: Thomas Shiercliffe &
Mary Pawson
Spouse: Thomas Wright b 1609 of
Unthank, parish of Dronfield, gent.
Child: John Wright
Margaret Shiercliffe
Bapt: 08 Sept 1614 at Ecclesfield (Ecc pg 104,619 line
57)
Died: 18 Mar 1646
Buried: chancel of Dronfield church
Findagrave 105913123
Parents: Thomas Shiercliffe &
Mary Pawson
Spouse: unmarried