Johan Adam (Scheuer) Shier (1674 - bef. 1758)

Born 1674 in Speyer, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Descendants

Died before 4 Jan 1758 before age 84 in Courtmatrix, Rathkeale, County Limerick, Ireland

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Biography

Johan was an Irish Palatine.

Johan Adam Scheuer was born in 1674 in Speyer, Pfalz (now Germany). He married unknown in Pfalz and had several children.

In 1709, John Scheuer 35, wife, and 2 children are listed among the Palatines who traveled first to London and then to County Limerick. Once in Ireland, he was known as Shier, Shire, Scheier, Scheuer, Schyer, Scheur.

In 1758, Adam passed way in Courtmatrix, Ireland, and is buried at Trinity Church in Rathkeale.

The Shier Family, 1709 – 1850: Pioneers of Brock Township and Elsewhere in Ontario, by Walter C. Shier, undated (transcribed by Wallace E. McLeod, 1961) [1]

Adam Scheier (Shier), born somewhere in the Rhenish Palatinate, perhaps about 1680/1690. Emigrated to England in 1709; in August, 1709, was settled at Court Mattress, co. Limerick, on the estate of of Sir Thomas Southwell, 2nd Baronet Southwell of Castle Mattress. Adam Scheier (Shier) died at Court Mattress on January 4, 1758. Four sons of Adam Shier are recorded; order of their birth is not known.

• 1) Henry, born probably at Court Mattress, perhaps about 1720. His first wife was Margaret; his second, Catherine. He had two sons.
• 2) Adam II, born probably at Court Mattress, perhaps about 1720: died 1792. His first wife was Anne Eve; his second Elizabeth. He had two sons.
• 3) Charles, born probably at Court Mattress, perhaps about 1725; died in 1798 (or 1788). his wife's name was Danty (or Darity?). They had two sons.
• 4) Nicholas, born probably at Court Mattress, perhaps about 1725. His wife was Anne. They had three sons.

Sources

• The Shier Family, 1709 – 1850: Pioneers of Brock Township and Elsewhere in Ontario, by Walter C. Shier, undated (transcribed by Wallace E. McLeod, 1961) [2]
• "The Shiers: An Irish Palatine Family" website [3]
• Ancestry Family Tree [4]
• Find A Grave: Memorial #17079581 Holy Trinity Churchyard, Rathkeale, County Limerick, Ireland
• 1709 Passenger and Immigration Lists Index by P. William Filby from "LISTS OF GERMANS FROM THE PALATINATE Who Came to England in 1709." In The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Vol. 41:1 (Jan. 1910), pp. 10-19. [5]