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Descendants of John Shillington
Generation No. 1
1. JOHN 1 SHILLINGTON was born 1745 in Ireland, and died Unknown in Ireland.
Notes for JOHN SHILLINGTON:
Oral family history suggests that they were freeholders, not tenents in Ireland. Other than this, his name and his three sons, nothing is known about him.
Children of JOHN SHILLINGTON are:
2. i. THOMAS 2 SHILLINGTON , b. 1777, Castlecaulfuld, Donoghmore Parish, Count Tyrone, Ireland; d. 14 January 1840, Carleton County, Goulborn Township, Ontario, Canada.
ii. HENRY SHILLINGTON, b. Unknown.
iii. JOSEPH SHILLINGTON, b. Unknown.
More About JOSEPH SHILLINGTON:
Emigration: Came to Canada
Generation No. 2
2. THOMAS 2 SHILLINGTON (JOHN1 ) was born 1777 in Castlecaulfuld, Donoghmore Parish, Count Tyrone, Ireland, and died 14 January 1840 in Carleton County, Goulborn Township, Ontario, Canada. He married BARBARA R OBINSON 1798 in County Kilkenny. See a picture of Barbara Robinson. She was born December 1780 in Portadown, Ireland, and died 22 September 1870 in Carleton County, Goulborn Township, Ontario, Canada.
Notes for THOMAS SHILLINGTON:
1842 Canadian Census
Listed Thomas Shillington as a farmer, a native of Ireland, having lived in Canada for 23 years. There were three persons in the household, one of whom was John, born in Canada. He farmed 100 acres. He had 20 acres of wheat, 20 of barley and 6 of oats. There was 100 bushells of wheat on hand.
They constructed a log house on E1/2 of Lot 19, 5th Concession. The logs were 12 to 18 inches in diameter. The house was occupied by his descendents until 1908 when his great grandson, Thomas Hobard Shillington, immigrated to Saskatchewan. As late as 1953, the house was still standing and occupied by a descendent, WIlliam Trimble. Sometime after than it was torn down to construct a sewage lagoon.
More About THOMAS SHILLINGTON:
Burial: 5th Line Cemetery, Carleton County, Goulborn Township, Ontario, Canada
Census: 1842, Three persons listed on farm
Emigration: 1818, Came in a Sailboat. Seven weeks at sea.
Life Span: Bet. 1777 - 1840
Religion: Wesleyian Methodist
More About BARBARA ROBINSON:
Burial: 1870, 5th Line Cemetery, Carleton County, Goulborn Township, Ontario, Canada
Census: 1851, 73 years of age, living with her son John
Property: 1851, Census listed house as log
Children of THOMAS SHILLINGTON and B ARBARA ROBINSON are:
3. i. JAMES 3 SHILLINGTON , b. 9 October 1803, County Kilkenny, Ireland; d. 6 January 1867, Carleton County, Goulborn Township, Ontario, Canada.
4. ii. JOHN S SHILLINGTON, b. 13 February 1823, Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; d. 1 June 1888, City View, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
5. iii. ANN NANCY S HILLINGTON, b. August 1801; d. 24 June 1885.
iv. BARBARA SHILLINGTON, b. 23 December 1819, Quebec, in route to Ontario; d. 5 March 1883, Ontario; m. ROBERT HARE , 5 October 1836; b. 15 April 1810, Tyrone Country, Ireland. See a picture of Robert and Barara (ne Shillington) Hare
More About BARBARA SHILLINGTON:
Life Span: ? - ?
v. THOMAS SHILLINGTON, b. Unknown; d. 15 March 1903, Mason City , Iowa, U.S.A.; m. CAROLINE LAWRENCE, 30 July 1840, Edwardsborough County, Ontario, Her parents' home.
vi. UNKNOWN(FEMALE) SHILLINGTON, b. Unknown.
vii. JOHN SHILLINGTON, b. 21 December 1804; d. In infancy.
viii. JANE SHILLINGTON, b. 1809; d. In infancy.
More About JANE SHILLINGTON:
Christening: 20 October 1809
ix. JANE S HILLINGTON, b. May 1815.
Generation No. 3
3. JAMES 3 SHILLINGTON (THOMAS 2 , JOHN1 ) was born 9 October 1803 in County Kilkenny, Ireland, and died 6 January 1867 in Carleton County, Goulborn Township, Ontario, Canada. He married ELIZA K ERFOOT, daughter of WILLIAM KERFOOT and E LIZABETH WILSON . She was born 1808 in Coolcullen, County Kilkenny, Ireland, and died 22 August 1867 in Carleton County, Goulborn Township, Ontario, Canada.For more about James Shillington and Eliza Kerfoot See family # 7 in Family Reports 1 to 7
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