John SHIELDS

Birth:
Abt 1745
Tyrone, County Galway, Ireland
Death:
1792
Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
Burial:
Long's Run Church, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
Marriage:
Abt 1770
Tyrone, County Galway, Ireland
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Research Citations:
  • FindAGrave
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    • Sources:
    New.FamilySearch.org, September 2010
    Find A Grave Memorial
    Notes:
                       NOTES:
    1. John and Mary emigrated to America in 1784 on the first emigrant ship that sailed from Belfast after the American Revolution. The voyage lasted 14 and a half weeks. The vessel had a drunken captain and was lost for weeks upon the ocean. They were in danger of starvation when another vessel came upon them, furnished them with aid and put them upon the right course.
DEATH:
    Died from injuries received from a fall from a load of grain.
OCCUPATION:
    Wheelwright
    Mary MCMEANS
    Birth:
    Abt 1748
    Tyrone, County Galway, Ireland
    Death:
    21 Apr 1835
    New Bedford, Lawrence, Pennsylvania
    Burial:
    Deer Crrek Cem., Pulaski, Lawrence, Pennsylvania
    Father:
    Blocked
    Mother:
    Blocked
    Research Citations:
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    • Sources:
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    Children
    Marriage
    1
    Elizabeth SHIELDS
    Birth:
    30 Oct 1771
    Omagh, Tyrone, Ireland
    Death:
    12 Dec 1852
    Pulaski, Lawrence, Pennsylvania
    John GAILEY 
    Marr:
    Abt 1792
    South Beaver Twp., Beaver, Pen 
    2
    James J. SHIELDS
    Birth:
    26 Nov 1773
    Omagh, Tyrone, Galway, Ireland
    Death:
    19 Jan 1854
    Coitsville Twp., Mahoning, Ohio
    Margaret WALKER 
    Marr:
    3 Jun 1802
    of Coitsville Twp., Mahoning,  
    Notes:
                       NOTES:
    1. James came to America with his parents in 1784 and lived with them in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
    3
    John SHIELDS
    Birth:
    26 Dec 1785
    Little Beaver, Beaver, Pennsylvania
    Death:
    30 May 1866
    Pulaski, Lawrence, Pennsylvania
    Elizabeth RICHEY 
    Marr:
    Mar 1815
    Little Beaver Twp., Beaver, Pe 
    4
    Mary SHIELDS
    Birth:
    17 Sep 1790
    New Bedford, Lawrence, Pennsylvania
    Death:
    22 Sep 1876
    New Castle, Lawrence, Pennsylvania
    Thomas SPEER 
    Marr:
    18 Apr 1815
    Neshannock, Lawrence, Pennsylv 
    Research Citations:
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    • Notes:
                       NOTES:
    Mary and Thomas had 10 children, 7 who lived to adulthood.
    FCID:2016:2292
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    John Shields - Mary McMeans

    John Shields was born at Tyrone, County Galway, Ireland Abt 1745.

    He married Mary McMeans Abt 1770 at Tyrone, County Galway, Ireland . Mary McMeans was born at Tyrone, County Galway, Ireland Abt 1748 .

    They were the parents of 4 children:
    Elizabeth Shields born 30 Oct 1771.
    James J. Shields born 26 Nov 1773.
    John Shields born 26 Dec 1785.
    Mary Shields born 17 Sep 1790.

    John Shields died 1792 at Westmoreland, Pennsylvania .

    Mary McMeans died 21 Apr 1835 at New Bedford, Lawrence, Pennsylvania .