Thomas Shields

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Husband Thomas Shields ¹

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Children

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1 M David Shields ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 16 Aug 1780 1
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         Spouse: Eliza Leet (Abt 1784-1872) 1 2 3

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Shields

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Philadelphia, PA - a goldsmith

The progenitor of the Shields family was James Shields, of English descent and Quaker proclivities, native of Ireland, who settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania, at the latter part of the seventeenth century.

1 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 508.

2 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 226.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1457.