My 2nd great grandfather was James Shockley Bates born 1810 in Pendelton Dist SC [northwestern part of SC on the GA line]. I don't think there is proof, but many charts list his parents as John Bates and Elizabeth Shockley. The only thing I have found is a deed selling one quarter acre of land on the Savannah River [I think] for a ferry landing. It was sold to Thomas Shockley of Abbeville County SC. The Shockley Ferry was later called Brown's Ferry and next Alford's Bridge. There is an apple named Shockley's Apple which found its name here. Hart County, GA, across the ferry landing is where my ancestor James Shockley Bates married several of his 5 wives and lived for many years. If his mother is Elizabeth Shockley, she would have been born about1790, the year Thomas Shockley started his ferry. I know I am clutching at straws, but can anyone connect with Elizabeth Shockley Bates? Thanks, Jeanne Park

thomas SHOCKLEY jr born about 1755 and died in anderson county sc was married twice. one of his wives was named elizabeth moley DALTON. i only have one child listed for them a margaret born about 1785. thomas jr. may be the one you need to look at.he would be the right age to be the father of your elizabeth. i am descended from his son john by his other wife connie SALTER. ( he is my 5th great grandfather )i wish i could help more. keep me posted

thomas SHOCKLEY is my 5th great grandfather and john SHOCKLEY is my 4th

Thanks, Janette. Do you know any of John's siblings by the wife of your John? I'll keep scratching around, Jeanne

Browsing thru the entries and recognized this name. My father has listed in his records a Thomas Shockley born in 1755 in Pittsylvania Co., VA and died in 1843 at his son's home in White Co. TN. His wife's name was Hannah Dalton. (There seemed to be a lot of Shockley's and Dalton's in his records). Parents were Richard Shockley (born 1732) and Elizabeth Meredith (1753 or 1754). Don't know if this is at all helpful. Feel free to contact me by email. Thanks!!

Sorry! Had one piece of information wrong. My father did NOT have a listing for Thomas Shockley's wife. I gave him the name you had listed (Elizabeth Dalton). He does have a listing for one of Thomas' sons, a Booker Shockley (born 1790) who married Hannah Dalton (born 1799).

My gggg grandfather was Aquilla Shockley.I don't have much information on the Shockleys until Benjamin King Shockley[my gg grandfather].I would like hear from you and hopefully learn something.You can reach me at 912-452-9210 after 5p.m. est. ask for Tom

Tom -

I've since discovered there were two Aquillas
and it sounds like you may fall under the
Aquilla Shockley b. 1780 who married Millicent
King and died in Paulding Cty, GA. Chareyn@aol.com
is working this line - he may able to provide
more information.

My line migrated to Hall County, GA - this
Aquilla was born in 1793 and I'm actually a
descendant of his twin brother Thomas. I'll
be happy to share what little I have if you
think its the right line.

Regards

You were absolutely right.Our lines split at Thomas sr..Your side went with Thomas jr.,and mine with James.If I'm not mistaken.If I get any information on your side I'll send it to you.Thanks for answering. Tom

just read your message, I am a descendant of thomas, thru james who married Eliz furr. please advise as I only have some history of my shockley line. do you have a lot??
thanks, paulette
I am also a member of the GA .. gen longstreet daughters of Conf. I live in GAinesville ga

I am a descendant of William Shockley of White County, Tennessee, whose father, Thomas Shockley, died in his home. I am also descended from Richard Shockley who came here in the middle of the 1600's. I have tried to access your family page using the url which you supplied, but I could not do so. I would appreciate any help you could give me in tracing back from Thomas to Richard Shockley. Thank you. Shockley T. Shoemake.

http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/lvmchat/lynnhome/INDEX.HTM

The family pages aren't mine, they're put together by
a Lynn Schiller. I tried the above url and it's still
valid - it may be that the underscores in the " _ht_a " section maybe hidden when the msg gets posted.

You might also want to try:

http://www.patpnyc.com/shock1de.shtml - which also has a lot of information posted. The Nabb Research Center in Salisbury MD holds extensive notes on the Shockley family as well - http://nabbhistory.salisbury.edu/

I unfortunately can't quite connect yet. I believe my Thomas died in the home of his son Gideon who filed guardianship papers for his father "old and infirm" in Jackson County, GA in May 1813.

Good luck, I hope you make the connection. Those sites
should help.

Missy

Thank you very much for your consideration and for your kind help and suggestions. You are most kind and if I turn up any information concerning your ancestor I will be certain to forward it to you.

I just came across your old post concerning Thomas Shockley. I have just started researching the Shockley side of my family and I believe your Thomas and mine are the same. I have the same birth and death dates for Thomas (b1755 d.1843) married to Elizabeth Molly Fried (b.1768); that his father was Richard (b.1733) and mother Elizabeth Adkins, (b.1740). If this additional information matches, I would like to hear from you. Thanks for any help you might be able to give.

Jo Ann -

Unfortunately, I don't think your Thomas is the same - there is a lot of confusion between SC Thomas and TN Thomas who both carry a birthdate of 1755. My line comes through SC and my Thomas died around 1805, married to probably Connie Saltor/Sator. His father was also a Thomas, born in 1729.

There is a new Shockley book that has recently been published and sounds like it would have a lot of the information you are seeking. The forum on Genealogy.com
has information on the book and probably a lot of misc info relating to your Thomas.

Also try http://nabbhistory.salisbury.edu/ - they hold a lot of the older Shockley family history notes.

Good luck with your search!

Since posting this messge some years ago, I have a new email address and also a bit more information. I have read all the replies to my original message, and want to add this bit:

I am searching for the parents of James Shockley Bates who lived in North GA most of his life, although he was born across the line in SC. His birthdate is 1810 and he died in about 1882-4. He has a son named Charlton+ 12 other children.

Closeby there is a Salathiel Bates family who I find little about--although they move to the area of North AL where our Bates clan will move in the 1880's.

There is also an older Charlton Bates in GA who is likely our kin.

I say this to tell that there is a Shockley Family who have sons named Charlton, James and Salathiel. I have found trees posted for this family.

It would appear to me that two of the given names, Salathiel and Charlton are unusual enough that I suspect a connection--most probably that the mother of James Shockley Bates was a Shockley. Someone gave her name as Elizabeth, but there is no proof and it could be a guess.

We have found multitudes of Bates kin via a DNA project, but no ancestors for our James Shockley. We know--via DNA--that he is kin to John/Sally Springfield Bates of Greenville, SC and John's brother James/Eliz. Tubb Bates of Greenville --who move on to TN where his sons are called "The Seven Bates Brothers of TN". James, who married Elizabeth Tubb is first found in Rutherford Co. NC.

Many clues--no conclusions. Any help appreciated.

Jeanne Park <wareagle@rivnet.net>

I don't have it on my database, but posibly in some papers somewhere, but I think that Thomas Shockley who died 1812-4, died at the home of his grandson, a son of Thomas seniors son, Thomas jr. The impression stood because Gideon recieved charge of his estate, but Thomas chose to live, or for whatever reason lived with his son's Thomas's son.