Shockley experts with facts please clarify William S Shockley b 1800 Maryland wife Tabitha in 1850 Stark County, Illinois
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Re: Shockley experts with facts please clarify William S Shockley b 1800 Maryland wife Tabitha in 1850 Stark County, Illinois
| Vicki Hill (View posts) | Posted: 4 Aug 2006 12:53AM GMT |
Classification: Query
Surnames: Shockley, Livingston,
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.
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.