Sarah (Shiers) Shackleton (abt. 1683 - 1767)

Born about 1683 in Grindleton, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Jeremiah Shackleton — married 10 Sep 1708 in Bradford, Lancashire, England

Died 28 May 1767 at about age 84 in London, England

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Biography

Sarah was a Friend (Quaker)

Sarah was born about 1683. She was the daughter of John Shires/Shiers. The birth record of her brother, John Shires, as well as the marriage certificate of her sister, Ellen Shires, indicates that her mother was Jennet.^[1][2]

Her mother, Jennet, was documented in the Women's Quarterly meeting records in 1679 as part of the Women Friends within Bolland's particular meeting.^[3] The Bolland meeting was 10 miles southwest of the Settle monthly meeting. The area of the meeting was bordering the Bowland Forest where the small villages of Bolton by Bowland, Grindleton, Bradford and Waddington lies within the Parish of Mitton.

Grindleton was in the county of Yorkshire, and there was a "Sawley" within the village of Grindleton. On the 1695 Map of the County Palatine of Lancaster and part of "York Shire" between Longitude IX and VII, "Marshden" is shown at Latitude 50, and "Grinleton" and Sawley on the Ribble River are shown at Latitude 55.

At ye meeting house at Bradford in the county of Lancashire on the 10th of the 7th month 1708, Sarah "Shires" one of the daughters of Jno Shires late of Lawley in ye sd county accomplished her Intentions of Marriage to Jeremy Shackleton, son of Richd: Shackleton late of hardin in ye pish of Bingley in the county of Yorke.^[4]

Sarah Shackleton, Widow of "Jermy" Shackleton late of London dyed the 28th & was buried the 31st of the 5th Mo. 1767.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CJRH-H6MM : 10 April 2021), John Shires and Jannet Shires in entry for John Shires. Accessed 28 April 2022.
2. ↑ The National Archives; Kew, England; General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials; Class: RG 6; Piece: 1616A, Lancashire, Quarterly Meeting of Lancashire (1776-1794, 1644-1775), Page 359, citing marriage of Richard Parke & Ellen Shires. Digital images: Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837, [database on-line], image 336 of 418. Accessed 29 April 2022.
3. ↑ Yorkshire Minutes of Women's Quarterly Meetings 1678-1785, Page 28, The Testimoney of Women Friends w'thin Bollands particular meeting 1679, entry 14, Jennet Shires. Digital images: Familysearch.org [database with images], Film #008474960,image 322 of 568. Accessed 8 May 2022.
4. ↑ England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837, Yorkshire, Piece 1090: Monthly Meeting of Brighouse (1641-1776), Page 293, citing Jeremy Shackleton and Sarah Shires. Digital images: Ancestry.com [database with images] image 253 of 485.
5. ↑ The National Archives; Kew, England; General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials; Class: RG 6; Piece: 1209, Page 32 (143), entry 13, citing Sarah Shackleton, Jermy Shackleton. Digital images: Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837 [database with images] image 43 of 50. Accessed 27 April 2022.