Robert Shires (1613 - 1644)

Born 1613 in Grindleton, Mitton Parish, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Croasdale) Shires — married 10 Feb 1640 in Waddington, Yorkshire, England

Died Jan 1644 at about age 31 in Grindleton, Mitton Parish, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

Robert was born in 1613. He was the son of Thomas Shires and Jane Clowhge [sp].^[1] Like several of his siblings, Robert's birth was not found recorded in the transcribed Parish Register of Bolton by Bolland in the County of York, 1558-1724. No document has been found to attest to the exact date of his birth. It is estimated based on being of the age to marry in 1640.

His mother, Jaine, died in 1628, and his father, Thomas, died in 1629. Thomas Shires of Grindleton in the parish of Miton [Mitton]] and county of Yorke, yeoman, set his mark and his seal; to his Last Will and Testament on the 8th day of January 1629 making special bequests to his son Robert Shyres.^[1]

The villages of Bolton by Bowland, Grindleton, and Waddington were within the parish of Mitton on the west side of the Ribble River.

In the village of Waddington there was a chapel with parochial status, unlike the chapel at Grindleton, where the marriage of Robert Shires and Ellizabetha [Elizabeth] Croesdall [Croasdale] was recorded on the 10th of February 1640.^[2]

He passed away in 1644. Robert Shires of Grundleton [Grindleton] [was] Buried the xxvijth [27th] day of Januarie, 1644.^[2]

Children

Children of Robert Shires born to Elizabeth Croasdale were:

1. Issabell Shires (born 1641 - died )^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Yorkshire Wills, Volume 41, Folio 5, citing sonn Robert Shires in the will of Thomas Shires of Grindleton, Parish of Mitton. Copyrighted facsimiles available through the Borthwick Institute.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Parker, John. The Parish Registers of Waddington, Yorkshire (1599-1812). England. Printed for the Yorkshire Parish Register Society. 1930. Page 42, citing Marriages 1640, entry 2, Rob’tus Shires contraxit matimoniu cu Ellizabetha Croesdall; Page 43, citing Christnings 1641, entry 10, Issabella filia Roberti Shires; Page 137, citing 1644. Burialles, 34. Robert Shires of Grundleton; Digital images: Google.com books. Accessed 25 June 2022.