Please help clarify. I tend toward believing census records and marriage certificates and so on...so wondering.... (please check for bible records and tombstone records, etc.)
1850 census of Stark County Illinois shows William S Shockley b 1800 in Maryland and wife named Tabitha (or her nickname) born 1821 in Indiana. I know I have a valid connection so I write down the children: John J, Mary J, Sally A, Solomon R, James S, Davis S and George W who is born Feb 1850 and a baby.
Also: I have some pretty good reasons to think the more specific location which is not stated in the census is actually either Toulon or West Jersey, Illinois. These are small little villages in 1850 and close to one another. (so I treat the above as FACT)
Still with me, right?
Allright, now the question is not so easy...who is and (also) why is there a tree outlining a Wiliam N (for Noble) Shockley intertwined with the guy named above ? It changes the middle initial from S to N (for Noble) (there is a VALID Shockley to Noble family connection just not so sure Tabitha is a Noble or not) This guy Also leads back to Maryland.
I suppose I can guess why issues exist....but want to determine the marriage(s) between Rownd and Shockley (some lived adjacent on census report(s), and get the accurate story down VERY correctly.
There is another connection--seemingly family line connecting-- census in Ripley County Indiana which would seem to indicate that the marriage took place and that William Shockley born near the same time, got a wife with a package 'deal' and a few kids thrown in with the mix.
So those members of Shockley who are the experts with the real data please help clarify. I realize there is a pretty good web here....and the census records get sketchy, too.
thank you.

I'm a little confused by your question, and I don't see your William S. in my tree (which is only partially documented) of Shockleys. I show the William Noble Shockley b. 1800 married to Elizabeth Livingston, not to a Tabitha.

However, if you look at the Shockley family, the most common first names for boys are William, Thomas and Richard. There are dozens, if not hundreds, with these first names. So it shouldn't be a surprise that more than one William might have been born in or around 1800.

As to them both going back to Maryland, the first known Shockley immigrant moved from England to Maryland, and most Shockleys in the US trace back to this Maryland immigrant.

Hi Vicki and thank you. Yes I am aware of many, perhaps a hundred with those same first names. Yes I am aware it traces to Maryland. Yes I am aware of the name discrepancy. This is why I need some help from the super duper Shockley expert(s).
OK....However...what I asked was for the expert on Shockley to stand up and help because that census has a non-conforming entry and I need to figure it out as my folks are related to those people.
My relationship ties into those who married with surnames Shockley and Rownd at that location and time frame. Rownd members lived in Indiana and later in Iowa and Nebraska. This is for sure.... no tricks, no gimmicks...no magic.
And the surname Rownd evolved into Round and Rounds. For sure. Yes I am related. Thanks!
If you don't know that is fine, but what I am asking I thought was pretty clear as being in reference to that specific census.
Thanks for trying and thanks for reading...

Well, in 1870, James Shockley (age 16) and Solomon Shockley (18) are in the same household as James, Sarah H, Clarissa, Christiana M. Lettila, Leonidas, and Lucetta Rounds in West Jersey Twp, Stark County (near Toulon PO). Presumably that means they're orphans.

James' probably father was John R. Rownd, and John's most likely parents were Jesse James Rownd and Tabitha Holloway. I wonder if your Tabitha Shockley was a sister to John R. Rownd? There's some Maryland marriage records out there someplace that might shed light on this question. If so, that would make James Rounds and James and Solomon Shockley cousins.

Of course, a James Round did marry Sarah Shockley 06/27/1845 in Knox County, IL, which makes them brothers-in-law....Would James have married his first cousin?

Hi Mary. Thanks. I see what you report and was thinking the same thing about these individuals. Let's stay on this topic. Thank you.

Ah, check out the James Chatfield post from 5 Jun 2000 7:28. Claims William N. Shockley's parents were Zilpha Noble and Elijah Shockley. Those are also the presumed parents of my Hannah Shockley, wife to my Joshua Rownd b. 1786.

BTW, some folks think that Joshua's paternal grandmother might also have been a Tabitha. A popular name 250 years ago...

This is taken from the Descendants of Richard Shockley born abt 1632 in England/Wales:
Elijah Shockley was born abt 1769 in Worcester Co., MD, and died November 9, 1848 in Worcester Co., MD. He married Zilpha Noble bef. 1792, daughter of Levi Noble.She was born in Worcester Co.,MD.

Children of Elijah Shockley and Zilpha Noble are:
1. Mary Shockley, married James Mulford
2. Lucretia Shockley, married Leonard Morris
3. Nancy Shockley, b. abt 1792,;d. abt 1879 Parsonsberg, Wicomico Co.,MD; married Morris Ratcliff;b.abt1796;d.abt 1851 Parsonsberg,Wicomico Co.,MD
4. Sarah Shockley, b.abt 1794; married John Briddle;b.abt 1786;d. Ripley Co.,IN
5. Hannah Shockley,b.23 Nov 1795, Snow Hill, Worcester Co.,MD;d.14 Nov 1885 Ripley Co., IN; married Joshia Rownd;b.6 Sept 1786, Snow Hill, Worcester Co.,MD.d.6 Dec 1875 Ripley Co., IN
6. William Noble Shockley, b. 18 May 1800, Snow Hill, Worcester Co.,MD. d.13 July 1883 Franklin Township, Ripley Co.,IN Married Elizabeth Ann Livingstone 8 Jan 1823 in Worcester Co.,MD. She was born 29 July 1804 in MD and died 20 June 1891 in Franklin Twp, Ripley Co.,IN
Hope this helps you in your research.
William Noble Shockley's daughter, Sarah Catharine Shockley was my Great Grandmother.

The only William S. Shockley in the Shockley tree that I know of is the son of Thomas Shockley, info as follows:
Thomas Shockley was born abt 1760 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia and died abt 1805 in Anderson Co.,SC. He married Conney Salter. She was born abt 1760.
Note: Thomas Shockley was a soldier in the Revolutionary War in South Carolina.
Child of Thomas Shockley and Conney Salter is:
William S. Shockley, born 16 May 1795

Thomas Shockley's father was Thomas Shockley who was bornabt 1729 and died 3 May 1814 in Jackson Co., Georgia. He married Prudence.
The children of Thomas and Prudence were:
1. Thomas Shockley (the father of William S.) born abt 1760
2. John Shockley
3. James Shockley born abt 1757
4. William Shockley born abt 1770
5. Gideon Shockley born abt 1779

Hope this clears it up for you and helps you with your research.