David Shields and Eliza Leet

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Husband David Shields ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 16 Aug 1780 1
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           Died: 2 Nov 1857 1
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         Father: Thomas Shields (      -      ) 1
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Wife Eliza Leet ^{1 2 3}

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            AKA: Maria Leet 4
           Born: Abt 1784 - Washington Co, PA
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           Died: 21 Mar 1872 1
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         Father: Maj. Daniel Leet (1748-1830) 1 2 3 5
         Mother: Wilhelmina Ballah (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 F Maria Shields ^{1 3 6}

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         Spouse: John K. Wilson (      -1883) 1 3 6 7 8

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2 M Daniel Leet Shields ¹

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3 M Thomas L. Shields ¹⁰

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            AKA: Thomas S. Shields Esq. 9
           Born: Apr 1809 - Little Washington, Chester Co, PA 1
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           Died: 9 Mar 1879 - the Sewickley valley, PA 10
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         Spouse: Amelia Neville Chaplin (1812-      ) 9 10 11
           Marr: 8 Oct 1832 or 1833 9 12

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4 F R. B. Shields ¹

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5 F Hannah Shields ¹

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6 F Eliza Shields ¹

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7 F Susannah Shields ¹

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         Spouse: Rev. Isaac Cook (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - David Shields

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He was a merchant in the West India trade. He settled in Little Washington, Pennsylvania, about 1800, and shortly after married.

He resided in Washington, Pennsylvania, from 1801 to 1823, when he removed to the Sewickly Bottoms, Allegheny County.

From his marriage there were nine children, of whom but three married. Two of the three were deceased before 1882.

1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 508.

2 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 226.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1457.

4 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 797.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1423.

6 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 482.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 253.

8 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 74.

9 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. I (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 360.

10 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 431, 508.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 26.

12 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 431.