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Shackleton, Francis Kosuth (1817-1880) came from England to Ontario before 1845 and married Anna Johnson (1819-1871), daughter of Henry and Mary (Hendershot) Johnson). Anna was born in Pelham Township, Welland County along the town line of Louth Township, Lincoln County south of the village of Jordan and grew up there.Fransis and Anna Shackleton lived in Smithville, Grimsby Township, Lincoln County in 1848 and 1849 when their children Mary and Francis were born. They lived in Caledonia, Walpole Township, Haldimand County in 1851 when their daughter Susan was born. They lived next in Louth Township, Lincoln County at the time of the 1852. They next lived in Grimsby Township, Lincoln County at the time of the 1861 Census.

The couple moved to Plymouth Township, Wayne County, Michigan in 1865 then settled finally in the city of Farmington, Oakland County, Michigan northwest of Detroit. Descendants lived in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, California and New Jersey.

Includes three generations of descendants in Michigan, Ohio and California. Descendant surnames include: Wiest, Corwin, Russell, Ditsch, Gregory, Northrup, Bordine, Beach, Frost, Sears, Huston, Freeman, Burrell, Mceuwin, Walstead

Shackleton, William (1832-1914) was born in Fort Erie, Bertie Township, Welland County and married Matilda Laur (1835-1921) daughter of Benjamin and Jane (Plato) Laur). They farmed first in South Dorchester Township, Elgin County, second in Malahide Township and third in Yarmouth Township, Elgin County. The couple then lived in Malahide Township for the rest of their lives. Relationship to Francis Kosuth Shackleton above and John Shackelton, below, if any, is unknown.Includes three generations of descendants in Elgin County, Ontario and in New Brunswick, Wisconsin and California. Descendant surnames included: Taylor, Archer, Thackray, Chute, Borman, Martin, Marr, Buck, Parker

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Shackleton, John (c. 1807-1872) and his wife Hannah Smith (c. 1813-1892) were born in England. They were living in Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts in 1841 when their son Thomas was born then moved to Dunwich Township, Elgin County by 1844 when their daughter Sarah Ann was born. They were in Dunwich Township in 1861 and in Southwold Township, Elgin County in 1871. Following John’s death, his widow Hannah moved to Mt. Clemens, Macomb County, Michigan where most of the children settled. Relationship to Francis Kosuth Shackleton and William Shackleton above is unknown.

Includes descendants in Elgin County and in Michigan, Ohio and California. Descendant surnames included: Philpott, Hunt, Silcox, Gravlin, Guest, Madaris

Shand, William (c. 1781-1869) came from Aberdeen, Scotland to Upper Canada and lived for a time in Hamilton, Wentworth County. In 1836 he settled in Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County and brought his family from Scotland. William Shand rented the sawmills in Port Dover then moved to a farm north of the town. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Duncan, Reid

Shannon, Daniel (c. 1750-1835) and his wife Elizabeth Garvey during colonial times lived in New Jersey. During the American Revolution Daniel was loyal to the crown and joined the 2nd Battalion of the New Jersey Volunteers. During his service he was captured and imprisoned by the rebels while recruiting for the regiment. Following the war he settled in Fredericton, York County, New Brunswick. Daniel Shannon came to Upper Canada in 1800 and settled on 100 acres of land in Lot 92 Stamford Township, Welland County along the north side of Bridge Street between the Niagara River and Victoria Avenue. 2 When the railroad started these lands were completely taken up by the rail yard and station.

The genealogy includes five generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames included: Woolever, Miller, Lundy, Willson, Maxwell, Heburne, Lynch, Prindle, Collings and Bundy, Benward.

Sharp, John (1788-1881) and his brother James Sharp (1795- ) came from Waterborough, Queen’s County, New Brunswick to Houghton Township, Norfolk County about 1842.  Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk, Elgin and Oxford Counties, and in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Francis, Peer, Esselton, Bourne

Sharp, Stephen (1795-1855) was born in New York to Robert and Sarah (Baker) Sharp and grew up in The Town of German, Chenango County New York in the area of the present Five Streams State Forest and east of the town of Cincinnatus. He succeeded his father as the head of the family household in the 1820 Census of German.Soon after the 1820 Census, Stephen Sharp came to Upper Canada (Ontario) and married Eunice Johnson (1800-1892) daughter of Henry and Mary (Merritt) Johnson of Gainsborough Township, Lincoln County. Following their marriage, the couple settled in Ancaster Township, Wentworth County then by 1852 moved to a fifty acre farm in the west half of Lot 22 Concession 1, Caistor Township, Lincoln County located on the south side of York Road (Regional Road 9) on the west side of the village of Caistorville.

Includes ancestors and four generations of descendants. Family members lived in Lincoln, Welland and Haldimand Counties in Ontario, in Western Canada and in New York and Michigan in the United States. Descendant surnames include: Dennis, Haney, Garner, McColl/McCall, Mitchell, House, Smith, Brown, Overand; Crewe, Butler, Phillips, Christensen, Thomas, Green, Lougheed, McPherson, Sider, Willson, Dilts, Reid, Bruder, Metcalfe, McDonnell, Gill, Fox, Simser, Anderson, Snyder, Marr, Marema, Walcott, Ryan

Sharpe, James E. (c. 1812-1896) emigrated from Ireland to Lobo Township, Middlesex County, Upper Canada (Ontario) before 1840 and married Matilda Elizabeth Edwards (1824-  ), daughter of Lobo Township pioneers Henry and Salome (Gustin) Edwards.James and Matilda Sharpe farmed 110 acres of land in Lot 13, Concession 4, Lobo Township at the southeast corner of the hamlet of Lobo. This ran along the east side of present Nairn Road between Gold Creek Drive and Melrose Drive. The Sharpe farm was kitty corner to the Edwards farm in the south. By 1852 they moved to a 100 acre farm in Lot 10 Concession 4, Lobo Township, Middlesex County located about two miles west of the hamlet of Lobo on the south side of Gold Creek Drive. The family moved to the City of London, Middlesex County by 1871.

Descendants lived in London, Toronto and Windsor, Ontario and in Winnipeg, Manitoba and Vancouver, British Columbia. Descendant surnames included: Rolston, Borthistle, Wales, Harrison, Scheak, Hewitt, Elder, Williscroft, Hayes, Smith

Shaver, Philip (1753-1828) served in the Loyalist forces during the American Revolution and was stated by Major David Secord, JP to have “During the Late war with the United States exerted himself in Defence of His Country as a Loyal Faithfull and Industrious Subject & good Soldier”.

Following the war, Philip Shaver received a crown grant of Lots 12 and 13 in Concession 9, Grantham Township, Lincoln County. This was located on the east and west sides of Twelve Mile Creek and ran northward from the present Glendale Avenue in the City of St. Catharines. It was located on the east and west sides of Twelve Mile Creek and ran northward from the present Glendale Avenue in the City of St. Catharines. In Philip Shaver’s time the area was entirely rural but this began to transition when the Welland Canal started construction on Twelve Mile Creek enabling ships to travel from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie. Philip and his son John sold land along the creek from their farm to the Welland Canal Company for this purpose. The village of Merritton grew up on the east half of Lot 12 and the southeast part of Lot 13. Merritt Street runs along the east side of the Shaver property. Both lots have since been entirely subdivided and developed for residential and commercial properties in Merritton and St. Catharines. Highway 406 runs through the east part of Lot 13.

The genealogy includes six generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned include Strobridge, Haynes, Clark, McClellan, Ricker, Young, Smith, Lambier, Tilden, Barron, Moore, Swick, Sorge, Bitang, Pfannebecker, Grubner, Milkiewicz, Bauer, Robinson

Shaver, Philip (1731-1805) was born in Nassau, a town located in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. About 1752, he settled in the Mohawk River Valley and settled in Caughnawaga, Albany (later Tryon) County, New York. His 50 acre farm on the north side of the Mohawk River west of the village of Fonda was rented from John Butler in the Butlersbury Tract where “He had built a House and Barn and had cleared 20 acres, thinks the Clearance was worth £5 p acre. The whole was worth £100 Currency.” Butler was later the noted Colonel of the Loyalist Butler’s Rangers.

During the American Revolution, Philip Shaver was loyal to the British Crown. In the spring of 1775, the American American patriots established Committees of Public Safety to identify loyalist enemies. Fearing for his life and property at the hands of the patriots In May 1775, Colonel Guy Johnson, Superintendent of the Indian Department, led a party of 250 supporters including Philip Shaver to Fort Oswego on Lake Ontario and then to Montreal. Two months later, with the colonel’s leave he returned to his family in Caughnawaga. He was then taken prisoner by the patriots and released after taking an oath to keep the peace.

The Treaty of Paris of Sep 3, 1783 ended the American Revolution. The King’s Royal Regiment of New York was disbanded in December at Montreal and at Ile aux Noix. Governor Frederick Haldimand made provision to settle the soldiers and had land surveyed along the St. Lawrence River in what became eastern Ontario. The majority left in a flotilla of bateaux in June 1784. Philip Shaver and his family did not go with the flotilla but lived at L’Assumption, north of Montreal on the St. Lawrence River for nearly a year. The Shaver family reached Matilda until later that year

Philip Shaver settled on the east half of Lot 15, Concession 2, Matilda Township in what became Dundas County. The west half was drawn by son Jacob. This was located between Zeron and Rowena Roads about 1 kilometre east of Brinston Road and northeast of the village of Iroquois. Adam and John settled on Lot 15, Concession 1, facing the St. Lawrence River.

The genealogy includes four generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Bloss, Parlow, Bowen, Dayton, Bush, Summers, Dillabough, Dafoe. Tulloch, Beckstedt, Robinson, Weart, Adams, Ellison, Henderson, Johnston, McIlmoil, Ault, Paul, Munro, Gerald, Weir, Carman, Millar and many more.

Shaw, Michael (1763-1842) and his brother Dennis Shoff (c. 1765-1844) were sons of Friederich and Margaret Schoff of colonial New York. In early records, Michael’s surname was written “Shoaf” and “Shof” then anglicized to “Shaw” in Upper Canada (present Ontario). Jacob maintained the spelling of “Shoff” after he came to Canada. Their father Friederich Schoff and grandfather Jacob Schoff came from Hornsberg, Germany a remote German community north of the city of Stuttgart in the District of Ostalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg. Grandfather Jacob sailed from Rotterdam, Holland and arrived in the port of Annapolis, Maryland on 22 Sep 1752. Father Friederich sailed separately from Rotterdam and arrived in the port of New York, New York in September 1752. Following his arrival, Friederich Schoff settled in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York. Michael Shaw married in New Jersey, Freelove Collver a daughter of Reverend Jabez Collver. During the American Revolution, Michael Shaw supported the British cause and served in Butler’s Rangers out of Fort Niagara near present Youngstown, Niagara County, New York, located at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario. In the later 1780’s, he settled the area of his Seeley Creek in the Town of Southport, Chemung County, New York and south of the present city of Elmira and owned 300 acres of land. During the period of 1793-1797 new lands were opening in Townsend Township under the agency of Paul Averill representing the grantees Andrew Pierce and Associates. Michael Shaw came to Upper Canada in April 1796 and settled on Lot 5, Concession 13, Townsend Township, Norfolk County east of Reverend Jabez Collver’s settlement in 1794. This was located about five miles east of the present village of Colborne and northeast of the present town of Simcoe. Michael Shaw’s brother Dennis “Shoff” petitioned for 200 acres of land on 21 July 1796 and settled with his wife Catharine Decew on Lot 7, Concession 14 Townsend Township along the present Highway 3 west of Simcoe.

Descendants of Michael Shaw and Dennis Shoff lived in Norfolk, Wentworth, Kent and Elgin Counties in Ontario and in Alberta, British Columbia, Michigan, Colorado and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Osborne, Miller, Smith, Francis, Baker, Long, Barker, Sessions, Bevelley, Snell, Turner, Bailey, Henderson, Warner, Lott, Coulter, Epps, Tufford, Book, Waugh, Bronson, Hinks, Poole, Owens, Garrett, Williamson, Randall, Howard, Brillman, Dirks, Emch, Roop, Atkinson, Young, Mitchell, Whitaker, Cunningham, Walker, Harmon, Omstead, Newlin, Sanderson, Kesson, Russell, Earl, Pinkerton, Houghton, Burdick, Wrightman, Gahn, Binger, Wilmink, Brine, Vaughan, Graham, McKechnie, Haskett, Logan, Greenough, Anderson

Shearer, Robert (1772-1832) came from Sussex County, New Jersey to Upper Canada with the 1796 McCall settlement party. He married Rachel L., daughter of Norfolk pioneer Abraham Smith and settled in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County north of the village of Vittoria. Includes parents and four generations of descendants in Norfolk and Elgin Counties, and in Pennsylvania and New York and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Rosebrook, Ferguson, Palmer, Foster, Bucklin, Dimmick, Pow, Johnston, McLaughlin, Hall, Cox, Lawrason. Robert Shearer's sister Rachel Shearer married John Dolan and lived in New Jersey until after husband’s death then came to Norfolk County. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County. Descendant surname included: Finlay

Sheler, Jacob (c. 1763-) came from the United States and settled in Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County by 1814. Includes four generations of descendants in Norfolk County and in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Pollack, Rankin, Mudford, Waldick, Nelson, Richards, Saylor

Sherk, Johannes (1745-1837) was born to Ulrich and Maria (Grundbach) Sherk in Sumiswald, Canon of Bern, Switzerland. He married Barbara Berg (c. 1750-1824) a daughter of Jacob and Veronica (Stouffer) Berg. The couple lived in Hempfield, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania then in Manor Township, Lancaster County. Johannes and Barbara Sherk came to Upper Canada (Ontario) about 1795. The land petition of their son John Sherk Jr. stated his parents came to the province with eight children. John and Barbara Sherk settled on his grant of 200 acres of land in Lots 25 and 26 adjoining the Cross Concession of Willoughby Township.2 This was located along the Bertie Township line on the north side of Netherby Road at the corner of Sodom Road in the village of Snyder (known then as New Germany).

Sherk, Michael (c. 1748-1826) was born to Peter and Maria (Swar) Schürch in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a cousin of John Sherk above. He married Barbara Musser Weaver/Weber (c. 1753-1811). Michael and Barbara Sherk lived in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania before coming to Canada. Michael was the first of the large Sherk family of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to arrive in Upper Canada (Ontario). He stated in a land petition that the year of his arrival was in 1790. However his daughter Lydia’s census record stated she was born in the United States so he may have arrived a year later in 1791. Michael settled on 200 acres of land in the rear part of Lots 31 and 32 in the Broken Front Concession of Bertie Township. The property was located on the east and west sides of Point Abino Road and ran from the south side of Michener Road to approximately the present Oriole Lane in the south. Point Abino and Lake Erie are a short distance further south.

Sherk, Casper (1750-1813) was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to Peter and Maria (Swar) Schürch and a younger brother of Michael Sherk above. Casper married Feronica (Fanny) Groff (c. 1750-1817). Casper Sherk came from Pennsylvania to Upper Canada (Ontario) by 1795 and received a grant of 200 acres of land in Lot 10 Concession 1, Humberstone Township, Welland County. This runs along the east side of present Silver Bay Road between Highway 3 and the Lake Erie shoreline between Sherkston and Gasline. In 1799, Casper Sherk purchased 100 acres of land in the south half of Lot 4 Concession 3, Humberstone Township which he made his subsequent homestead. This is located along the east side of Wilhelm Road north of the Third Concession Road. In 1805 he added 200 acres in Lot 7 Concession 2 and in 1811 he added 200 acres in Lot 5 Concession 3 adjoining his farm on the west side of Wilhelm Road giving him a total of 500 acres of land.

The genealogy includes biographies, ancestry in Switzerland and Pennsylvania, and six generations. Descendants lived in southwestern Ontario, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa and elsewhere. Descendant surnames mentioned: Shoup, Neff, Sider; Hemer, Wiler, Haines, Nestlerode, Spencer, McIntosh, Willet, Marshall, Shelley, Lovejoy, Saylor, Heximer, Noyes, Carver, Nigh, Learn, King, Nicks, Stangel, Climenhaga, Hunsberger, Bechtel, Benawa, Spry, Poston, Brown, Kuhn, Slocum, Garietz, Zavitz, Storm, Graybiel, Morningstar, Neff, Beam, Troup, Baxter, Gorham, Haun, Holcomb, Bitner, Gonder, Dennis, Geady, Hoover, Cline, Dobbler, Hobbs, Foreman, Creger, Michael, Sider, Bearss, Snyder, Reeb, Bender, Baer, Noxel, Wintemute, Finch, Shane, Baker, Rose, Dell, Richardson and many more.

Shoemaker, Nicholas (c. 1760) came from New York State and in 1807 settled in Walsingham Township, Norfolk County near the village of Port Royal. In 1811 he purchased a farm located between Port Rowan and St. Williams. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County.

Shoup, Christian (1771-1823) was born in Strasburg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and came with his wife Eve and brothers Martin and John in the wave of Mennonite settlers from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to Upper Canada in the 1790’s, arriving in 1795. He settled on Lots 1 and 2, Concession 3, Willoughby Township, Welland County.  This was located along the north side of Baker Road and the west side of Sodom Road about 1 kilometre north of the hamlet of Snyder.

The genealogy includes ancestry and six generations in Ontario, western Canada and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Wait, Whister, Hurst, Bean, Johnson, Pugsley, Carter, Wiederick/Wederick, Martin, Smith, Chute, Beswitherick, Fuller, Meyers, Lindsay, Pond, Winger, Pattison, Princing, Patterson, Hubbard, Mayo, Lucke and many more.

Sidway, Edmon Duncan (1808-1882) a natural son of sailor Jonathan Sidway and Charity Decow, was born in Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County and, with his wife Jane Waddle farmed north of Port Dover. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Jamieson, Feargue, Donald

Silverthorn, Thomas (c. 1717-1788) was born to Oliver and Mary Silverthorn in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England c. 1717. During colonial times Thomas Silverthorn and his wife Johanna nee Newman lived in Mansfield and Hardwick Townships, Morris (later Sussex then Warren) County, New Jersey. During the American Revolution, Thomas was loyal to the British cause for which he was heavilly fined and imprisoned in Trenton, New Jersey. He joined the New Jersey Volunteers on Staten Island, New York in 1777.

In 1786, Thomas and Johanna Silverthorn came to Upper Canada with sons George and John and settled on adjoining Lots 184 and 200 in Stamford Township.3 On a modern map, this 200 acre block of land was located on the north side of Brown Road. Present Beechwood Road is in the west and Garner Road in the east. Thomas Silverthorn died just two years after his settlement and his widow Johanna received the grant of the homestead.

The genealogy includes biographies and six generations in Ontario, western Canada and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned; Lundy, Brooks, Howey, Smith, Pettit, Hawley, Oney, Graydon, Moore, Buchner, Huffman, Skelly, Clark, McCombs, Proctor, Freeland, Newman, Vanalstine, Cleland, Wright, Bailey, Glover, Cromwell, Oldfield, Rowans, Nix, Thompson, Robbins, Kew, Hesson, Myers, Ryder, Hincks, Finch, Duessling, Swayze, Honsberger, Owens and many more.

Simmons, David (c. 1796-) came from the United States to Upper Canada by 1815 and settled in Norfolk County by 1825. He married Cicily Ronson and lived on a farm in Middleton Township. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk, Essex and Kent Counties, and in Michigan, Kansas and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Weaver, Keilwoltz, Saxton, Dean. John Simmons (c. 1798-) came from New York by 1825 and married Hannah Reagh. They settled in Middleton Township. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County.

Simons, Jonathan (1794-1882), a native of Connecticut, settled in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County near Turkey Point by 1820 and married Margaret Miller. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk, Brant and Oxford Counties, and in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Clemens, Duncan, Howell, McKenzie, Bradley. John Simons (c. 1810-) came from New York to Norfolk County and married Levinah Mabee. They lived in Charlotteville Township, then in New York and Norwalk, Ohio. After John died, Levinah moved to Orleans, Ionia County, Michigan. Includes three generations of descendants in Michigan and Illinois. Descendant surnames included: Walker, Huyck, Barns, Brown, McVicar

Sinden, William (1790-1866) and his wife Anne Easton emigrated from England to New York by 1832 then came to Norfolk County after 1836 and settled in Windham Township, Norfolk County then in Woodhouse Township. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Elgin Counties and in Michigan and Minnesota. Descendant surnames included: Turnbull, Budd, Dunkin, Fisher.

Sipprell, William (c. 1762-1822) during colonial times lived in the Wyoming River Valley of Pennsylvania. During the American Revolution he joined the loyalist New Jersey Volunteers then went in the 1783 exodus of New York City to New Brunswick. Two of his sons came to Norfolk County: William Sipprell (1791-1851) and his wife Caroline H. Gray settled in Carholme, Walsingham Township; James H. Siprell (1795-1861) settled in Bookton, Windham Township. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Oxford Counties, and in Manitoba and Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Hunter, Ross, Jennings, Sherk, Birdsall, Cook, Gilkes, Davis, Innes, Stringham, Reavely, Stockton, Holstead, Willetts, Fritch, Mercer, Wright

Skinner, Benjamin (1731-1807) and his brothers Timothy Skinner (1737-1814) were born to Joseph and Martha (Kinne) Skinner during their progressive move westward through Connecticut to the Nine Partners Precinct in the Town of Armenia, New York and then Cocheton alond the border of New York and Pennsylvania. The brothers came to Stamford Township, Welland County in 1785. Benjamin and his wife Millicent St. John settled on a grant of 300 acres in Lots 142, 147 and 148 Stamford Township, Welland County along the south side of Lundy’s Lane between Drummond Road and Dorchester Road.

Timothy Skinner (1737-1814) operated a saw and grist mill on Calkins Creek a tributary on the west side of the Delaware River in present Milanville, Damascus Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Timothy and his wife Patience Slaght received a crown grant of 390 acres of land in Lots 160, 173, 174, 175 and 176 in Stamford Township located along the west side of the Niagara River from present Murray Street south to McLeod Road.

Haggai Skinner (1759-1823) married Elizabeth Westbrook and during the American Revolution he was loyal to the British cause for which he was long imprisoned. Haggai settled on a grant in Lots 161 and 172 Stamford Township located between Murray Street in the north and McLeod Road in the south.

The genealogy includes ancestry, biographies and five generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Cook, Gale, Coam, Lemon, Cummins, Farwell, Lawson, Hardy, Bump, Beam, Camp, Miller, Hensley, Darby, Morden, Brown, McGregor, Harris, Hogan, Olmstead, Kellogg, Matthews, VanSaun, Wright, Hurley, Markley, Terry, Haun, Hoffman, Baker, Hay, Fell and many more.