We only know about John C Shackford because he is mentioned in Samuel Burnham Shackford’s Shackford Manuscript. The manuscript tells us that he was Samuel and Susanna (Hobbs) Shackford’s fourth child and sadly only lived from August 5, 1819 to October 6, 1819. We don’t know where he was born or died, where he may have been buried, or how his death affected the family. While the family eventually settled in Waterbury, Vermont, the manuscript says that the family’s earlier children were born in other locations.
From this page of the manuscript, the source of this information was Susanna Sabrina Lanfair’s Bible which we’d love to find.
116 Samual (62 John 24 Paul 4 Joshua 1 William) was born May 25, 1789 and died Feb. 5, 1831. He married Susanna Hobb [sic], daughter of Caleb, Dec. 2, 1810. She was born Dec. 19, 1792 and died Feb. 21, 1878. She married second Ezra French in 1845. Cooper, Baptista [?] Res. Waterbury, Vt.
Children 245. Orrilla b. Nov. 10, 1811 246. Sarah b. Feb. 5, 1815 247. Rebecca Melissa b. April 5, 1817 248. John C. b. Aug. 5, 1819 d. Oct 6, 1819 249. Angeline b. July 19, 1820 250. Adeline b. “ “ “ 251. Lydia b. Oct 26, 1822 252. Rosanna b. Aug. 25, 1824 253. Susanna Sabrina b. Nov. 28, 1826 Family Bible per Sabrina Sanfair. [NOTE: Lanfair – spelled with “L” under #253, jsp]
There might be more information about John and others in this family at the New England Historical and Genealogical Society (NEHGS). Possibly he or someone transcribed the Bible. Hopefully we’ll be back at the NEHGS some day to further our research about this family.
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SOURCES: “Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” 13 October 1925; typed manuscript, SG SHA 5; Shackford collection by Samuel Burnham Shackford; New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. (56) Desc. of William Shackford, #116, Samuel Shackford b 1761. Source: Sabrina Lanfair’s Bible.
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Rebecca Melissa Shackford, daughter of Samuel and Susanah (Hobb) Shackford was born April 5, 1817 probably in Carlisle, New York. She was the third child in a family that moved to Duxbury, Vermont and raised eight girls to adulthood (one boy died within a few months of his birth). Rebecca was 13 when her father died and most likely worked hard on the farm to support the family.
When Rebecca was 21 she married William Foster in 1839, and moved to Williamstown, Vermont where he worked as a farmer and they raised six children. The family seems to have been missed in the 1850 census but was recorded in Williamstown in the 1860 census where William’s property is valued at $6,000 and his personal property valued at $7500.
William and Rebecca’s eldest son registered for the draft on July 1, 1863, mustered in the military on June 10, 1863 where he served with the 1st Regiment, Vermont Heavy Artillery as a Corporal. Sadly he was captured at Weldon Road in Virginia, imprisoned on 23 June 1864 at Andersonville Prison and died there on Sept 8, 1864. He was 24 years old.
In 1866, William purchased land in Moretown, Vermont where we believe they moved as this was where Rebecca died at the age of 50 on October 16, 1867.
Rebecca was buried in the Williamstown Town Cemetery in Williamstown, Vermont. Her gravestone has the following inscription: REBECCA M. wife of Wm Foster DIED Oct 16, 1867 AE 50 Yrs. (Photograph from Find A Grave shared with permission of photographer kwhitco.)
William who was left with younger children, married Orilla (Peck) Nelson, a widow with five children — together they had two more children. He died on April 17, 1890 at his daughter Adeline’s home and was buried next to his first wife, Rebecca in Williamstown.
CHILDREN:
Horace B Foster (1839-1864) – served in the Civil War, captured and held prisoner at Andersonville, Georgia where he died. Image of gravestone credit to Kevin Frye, Andersonville historian.
Samuel Shackford Foster (1841-1927) – married Annie D Nesbitt. Cooresponded with Samuel Burnham Shackford who compiled the Shackford Genealogy Manuscript
Olive Maud Foster (1843-1893) – married Josiah Holden Warren
Vienna Malinda Foster (1849-1935) – married William M Deavitt and Jerome Hart
Adeline Foster (1852-1893) – married Lorenzo H Warren
Tina A Foster (1855-1883) – married George Warren Kibby
Note: Some individuals on Ancestry have Rebecca Shackford’s last name listed as Stafford. We weren’t sure why until a fellow researcher of this family pointed out that Rebecca’s daughter Olive’s marriage record has Rebecca with the last name Stafford. We’ve looked at these written records and perhaps this was the best spelling they had of a grandfather who was deceased before Olive was born. We do know that the source for the Samuel Burnham Shackford’s Shackford Genealogy Manuscript for Rebecca Melissa was Samuel S Foster, one of Rebecca’s children and are hoping someday to see what he sent to Samuel Burnham Shackford regarding this family line. Samuel Shackford’s 1927 death record shows his mother’s name as unknown and she is not mentioned in his obituary. Neither Vienna Malinda’s marriage or death record record her mother’s name. Adeline’s death record does not record her mother’s name. The youngest child Tina’s marriage record shows her mother as Melissa Shackford and her death record lists Rebecca Shackford. I will write to those using Stafford to see if they might agree to update the spelling to Shackford so that any descendents can discover their ancestors.
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SOURCES:
1860 United States Federal Census, Orange County, Vermont, population schedule, Williamston, Page No 1, Dwelling 3, Household 3, Wm Foster; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 March 2024).
“Hardwick. William Foster,” Orleans County Monitor (Barton, Vermont), 19 March 2024; digital images, Newspaper Archives (NewspaperArchive.com : accessed 19 March 2024).
“Our Boys in Prison–Deaths, &c,” Independent Standard (Irasburgh, Vermont), 6 January 1865, Horace B Foster; digital images, Chronicling America (ChroniclingAmerica.loc.gov : accessed 23 March 2024).
“Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” 13 October 1925, reviewed summer 2016; typed manuscript, SG SHA, Folder (56) William Shackford; Shackford collection by Samuel Burnham Shackford; New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. # 247 Rebecca Melissa Shackford, source Samuel S Foster.
“U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865,” digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 March 2024), Horace B Foster;
Vermont, Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, , Rebecca M Foster, 16 October 1867; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 7 October 2018).
“Waterbury. Deeds 1864–1884,” digital images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 20 March 2024), John Hunter and wife sell land to William Foster of Moretown.
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Sarah D Shackford, the daughter of Samuel and Susannah (Hobbs) Shackford was born Feb 5, 1815. Sources differ on the location of her birth – Samuel Burnham Shackford says Maine, her death record says New York, the 1850 census says Vermont, the 1860 census says New York. We do know that she was the second child in a family that raised eight daughters on a farm in New York and was 16 when her father died.
Sarah was about 25 when she married David Hill, a 53 year old farmer widower with five children. We assume they married around 1840 as she and David then had four children, the first of which was born in 1842. David died on July 18, 1865 in Waterbury where he was buried.
Around four years later, Sarah married Charles Atkins, a widow with six children. We know they were living in Chittenden County and were married before Mar 30, 1869 because on that date Charles and his wife Sarah D Atkins sold land that Sarah had purchased while then Sarah D Hill. In 1870 they were still living in Bolton in a home with two of Charles’ sons and a daughter. By 1880 they were living in Duxbury where Charles worked as a laborer. Charles died on January 5, 1894 and was buried in the Duxbury Corner Cemetery in Duxbury, Vermont.
After Charles’ death, Sarah moved into a house with one of Charles’ daughters – Ida and remained in Duxbury until her death of old age and chronic diabetes at age 88 on December 11, 1903. She was buried next to Charles. An obituary was published in The Waterbury Record on December 15th – “Mrs Sarah D. Atkins, widow of the late Charles Atkins died last Fri. She was 89 years of age.”
CHILDREN:
Huldah J Hill (1842-1864) – married Rufus Place and died the next year
Lydia Susan Hill (1844-1915) – married Rufus Place after her sister died
Betsy G Hill ((1846-1886) – married John A Brown
Rosanna Mandana Hill (1852-1910) – married Vernon Alonzo Dillingham
Note: Some individuals on Ancestry have Sarah Shackford incorrectly showing as born in Nov 1814 in Chester with a death date of January 1880 in Boston. This Sarah Shackford was the daughter of Samuel Shackford and Hannah Currier and married William Adams Rice. We will try to message these folks and ask them to list the correct birth and death dates and the correct parents to prevent this error from being copied by others.
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SOURCES:
1850 US Federal Census, Washington County, population schedule, Waterbury, dwelling 2005, family 2015, David Hill; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 15 March 2016).
1860 US Federal Census, Washington County, population schedule, Waterbury, Page No 172, dwelling 1307, family 1387, David Hill; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 15 March 2016).
1870 United States Federal Census, Chittenden County, Vermont, population schedule, Bolton, Page No 11, stamped 477, dwelling 98, family 87, John Adkin; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 March 2024).
1880 US Federal Census, Washington County, population schedule, Duxbury, Page No 185, dwelling 182, family 193, Charles Atkins; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed ).
1900 US Federal Census, Washington County, population schedule, Duxbury, enumeration district (ED) 2-23, Sheet No 1B, dwelling 20, family 20, Sarah Atkins in household of Joel T Davis; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 10 February 2024).
“Find A Grave Index,” Index, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 16 March 2016), Charles Atkins, Find A Grave Memorial# 94023174.
Find a Grave, Find A Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 6 March 2016), Sarah D Shackford Atkins, Find A Grave Memorial# 94023176.
Shackford Samuel Burnham, “Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” # 246 Sarah Shackford; SG SHA 5, Folder (56) William Shackford, New England Historical and Genealogical Society (donated 13 Oct 1925), Boston, Massachusetts.
Vermont, Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908, , Charles Atkins, 5 January 1894; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 March 2016).
“Waterbury. Deeds 1862–1872,” digital images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 10 March 2024), Charles Atkins and Wife Sarah D Atkins (then Sarah D Hill); Image 285 of 622.
“Waterbury. Deeds 1862–1872,” digital images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 18 March 2024), Lucius Colby and Lucy Ann Colby Sold Land to Sarah D Hill; Page 455, Image 268 of 616.
“WATERBURY,” The Vermont watchman (Montpelier, Vermont), 17 December 1903; digital images, Library of Congress Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 6 March 2016).
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Orrilla Shackford, also know as Orila or Aurila, the daughter of Samuel and Susannah(Hobbs) Shackford was born on November 11, 1811 in Duxbury, Vermont. She was the oldest of eight girls spaced out about every two years — one boy died very young but all the girls married.
We assume Orilla married Ira Jewell sometime about 1834 as their first child was born in 1835. We don’t know much about Ira who is listed in the 1840 census in Waterbury in a household with two adults and two female children under the age of 5 who we believe are their two children Lucetta and Lotisa, and one female between ages 5-10 who we haven’t identified. Ira is named on the death records of Orilla’s two oldest children and is on the same page of the census as the second husband of Orrilla’s mother Susannah. We suspect he died around 1841 as Susannah most likely married her second husband, Samuel Wells Woodward around 1844 based on the birth date of her third child, Ira Shackford Woodward.
Susannah’s second husband Samuel W Woodward purchased some land in Waterbury on October 16, 1848. She and her husband and Susannah’s four children which are now listed with Samuel’s last name are shown in the 1850 census which for some reason seems to list Samuel’s name as James. He is listed as a clergyman. Samuel and Orilla are in the 1860 census with son Ira (listed as Samuel?), daughter Susanna, and Orilla’s mother Susannah (Hobbs) (Shackford) French. Samuel’s occupation is listed as a farmer.
Orilla died on June 25, 1862 of consumption at the age of 50 in Waterbury, Vermont. She was buried in the Old Waterbury Center Cemetery. Her husband Samuel Woodward who had sold land on February 9, 1864 to her son Ira and to her (not sure we understand this as she had already died but perhaps this transfer was to her heirs) died on August 24, 1864 and was buried in the same gravesite. On November 21, 1865, this same land and land purchased by Orilla (Shackford) Jewell from Benjamin Fisk on July 12, 1841 was sold by Orilla’s living children, Susanna French (and her husband Daniel), Lucilla Rowell, and Loticia Clark for $500 to George W Woodward of Waterbury. Will be hunting for that 1841 deed which may give some insight as to Orrilla’s first husband – think I can access it at the FamilyHistory Center – will check on next trip there.
CHILDREN:
Lucetta M Jewell (1835-1870) – married Alva S Rowell and Edward Parkhurst French
Lotisa M Jewell (1836-1878) – married William Chauncey Preston, Ira Downer Clark, and Alonzo Hayden
Ira Shackford Woodward (1845-1865)
Susanna Orilla Woodward (1848-1883) – married Daniel French
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SOURCES:
1840 United States Federal Census, Washington County, Vermont, population schedule, Waterbury, page 354, Ira Jewell; digital images, Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com : accessed 8 March 2024).
1850 US Federal Census, Washington County, population schedule, Waterbury, Page 308 (stamped), dwelling 2014, family 2122, James or Samuel Woodward – clergyman; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 23 April 2023).
1860 US Federal Census, Washington County, population schedule, Waterbury, Page No 168, dwelling 1279, family 1353, Samuel W Woodard; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 10 June 2019).
Find a Grave, Find A Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 6 November 2014), Orrilla Shackford Woodward, Find A Grave Memorial# 53220078.
Find a Grave, Find A Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 8 March 2024), Samuel W Woodward, Memoria ID 53220071.
“Shackford Genealogy Manusript,” ; SG SHA5, Folder (56) William Shackford; Shackford collection by Samuel Burnham Shackford; New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. # 245 Orilla Shackford (sources cited included Samuel S Foster and Lydia S Place – may be coorespondance from them mentioning Orrilla at the NEHGS).
Vermont, Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008, , Orilla Woodward, 25 June 1862; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 6 November 2014).
“Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908,” digital images, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 8 March 2024), Samuel Woodward d Aug 24, 1864.
“Waterbury. Deeds 1862–1872,” digital images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 8 March 2024), Land purchased by Samuel Woodward.
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We contacted the Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress yesterday to see if they had a copy of the book “Shackford’s Connections” which we blogged about last month. This morning we had a very detailed and helpful response from their fabulous Reference Librarian!
The book is actually called The Sacred and Profane History of the World, connected from the creation of the world to the dissolution of the Assyrian empire at the death of Sardanapalus, and to the declension of the kingdom of Judah and Israel, under the reigns of Ahaz and Pekah. It was written by Rev Samuel Shuckford, D.D. and published in 1728. Samuel who was the son of Samuel Shuckford was born about 1694 in Norwich received a solid education in his hometown of Norwich and then Botesdale, Suffolk. He then attended Caius College in Cambridge and received his doctorate. Samuel was a deacon, a priest, a vicar and may have been a chaplain to King George II. He died on July 14 1754, and was buried in Canterbury Cathedral. A short biography with more details of his life can be found at the wiki Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 52.
The librarian explained that while they don’t have a copy of the 1728 edition of his book and are unsure if anyone does, they do have a copy of the 1824 edition, the American edition which was edited by James Creighton. She also gave me a heads up that a digital copy of the 1824 edition is available at Hathi Trust. Here’s an image from the front cover of the 1824 edition. I quickly skimmed the book and it appears to be a very detailed review of the Bible with a focus on the formulation of languages, followed by early history of events mentioned in the Bible.
We don’t know if this Samuel Shuckford is related to the immigrant William Shackford whose descendents we research – at this time we can’t find yet him in FamilySearch Family Tree but have found two sources in FamilySearch that are not yet linked to a person. In Ancestry, his gravestone is referenced in the UK and Ireland Find a Grave and lists a wife Mary Shuckford and a child Ann Betts. There are other references from the UK which I can only access while at a FamilySearch center. More research as to his genealogy may be warranted in the future after we finish our review of the many descendents of William.
Meanwhile thanks to the Library of Congress and their excellent Reference Librarians for the assistance helping us learn more about this impressive researcher – Samuel Shuckford.
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SOURCES:
e-mail from Library of Congress Reference Librarian, Rare Book & Special Collections Division, March 7, 2024
Shuckford, Samuel and James Creighton; The sacred and profane history of the world connected, from the creation of the world to the dissolution of the Assyrian empire at the death of Sardanapalus, and to the declensions of the kingdoms of Judah and Israel under the reigns of Ahaz and Pekah : including the dissertation on the creation and fall of man; Philadelphia, W. W. Woodward, 1824., digital copy at HathiTrust.org
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While searching for newspaper articles about Shackfords in early newspapers, we ran across multiple references to a book called “Shackford’s Connections” which appears to have been published in three volumes. We’re not sure who was the author and after some research believe it was most likely published in 1728 as it was listed in the Bibliotheca Curiosa & Elegans: A Catalogue of Near Twelve Thousand Volumes.. Which Will be Sold on Tuesday, August 1, 1758.
The book is also used as a source to a section about St. Jerome in Thomas Stackhouse’s 1787 “An History of the Holy Bible: From the Beginning of the World to the Establishment of Christianity: with Answers to Most of the Controverted Questions, Dissertations Upon the Most Remarkable Passages, and a Connection of Profane History Throughout.
An article published in the Vermont Intelligencer on Sept 28, 1818 stated that a Mrs. Susanna Rowson who was working on a complete History of the Bible used this book as one of many authorities for her book – other authorities included stackhouse’s History of the Bible, Poole’s Annotations, Calmet’s Dictionary, and dissertations.
Also in 1846 and 1847, a J. Creath, Jr posted an article in the newspaper that stated that he lost a copy of the first volume of Shackford’s Connection while traveling between St Louis and Marion City.
We can’t find any copies of this book in the digitized book collections that we often use for research — Library of Congress, WorldCat, Hathi Trust, Project Gutenberg, FamilySearch Books, or Google Books although we did find a reference to the book that says that on May 17, 1837, the Michigan State Librarian purchased a copy of the book Shackford’s Connections, 2 vols from Collins, Keese & Co for $4.50. We did look at the Library of Michigan’s website but don’t find any reference to this book however the library does have a Rare Book Room – we’ll be giving them a call to see if they still have this copy of the book.
We also discovered that in July 29, 1843, The Athenaeum include an article stating that James Taylor & Co in Brighton was selling a copy of Shackford’s Connection of Sacred and Profane History, 4 vol and in 1852, the Oregon Territorial Librarian included their copy of Shackford’s Connections in a list of books they owned.
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SOURCES:
Books on Sale, by James Taylor & Co, 22 Pavilion-street, Brighton. The Athenaeum Journal of English and Foreign Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts, London, Saturday, July 29, 1843, p. 682
Documents accompanying the Journal of the Senate of the State of Michigan at the Annual Session in 1838, Detroit, John S. Bagg, State Printer, 1838, p 379-380, https://babel.hathitrust.org/
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Territory of Oregon, Being the Third Regular Session of the Legislative Assembly, Begun and Held at Salem, December 1, 1851. In the Seventy-Sixth Year of the Independence of the U.S., Oregon; Asahel Bush, Territorial Printer, 1852, Appendix page 10
Nasan, Elias, A Memoir of Mrs. Susanna Rowson, with Elegant and Illustrative Extracts From her Writings in Prose and Poetry, Albany, N.Y., Joel Munsell, 1870
NOTICE, The Weekly Courier Post, 24 Dec 1846, newspapers.com
Mrs. Rowson nearly ready to publish History of the Bible, Vermont Intelligencer, 28 Sept 1818
Stackhouse, Thomas, An History of the Holy Bible: From the Beginning of the World to the Establishment of Christianity: with Answers to Most of the Controverted Questions, Dissertations Upon the Most Remarkable Passages, and a Connection of Profane History Throughout, London, L Garner, 1787, p 21 968 pages
Whiston John and Benjamin White, Bibliotheca Curiosa & Elegans: A Catalogue of Near Twelve Thousand Volumes, in All Arts, Sciences, and [every] Branch of Polite Literature, Many on Royal Paper, and in Morocco, …Including the Libraries of the Revd. Williams Gibbon, … and John Hand,… Which Will be Sold…on Tuesday, August 1, 1758. 1758, 188 pages
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After the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917 and President Wilson proclaimed conscription in May 1917, Robert S Shackford competed his World War I Draft Registration Card on June 5, 1917. He stated that he was born on January 3, 1889 in Aquascalienuteo, Aguas, Mexico and a United States citizen (both his parents were United States citizens). He said he was employed by Elliot Fisher Company and asked for an exemption as he was supporting a wife and two children.
As the war developed, Brookline wrote multiple articles describing the details of the town’s draft. The Brookline Townsman’s July 21,1917 article listed the resident’s Red Ink Numbers which included #437, Robert S Shackford. The local newspapers continued to follow the draft status including this article published on August 25, 1917 which pointed out that Robert Shackford had not had a draft physical examination but had received a passport and traveled to Mexico.
The Brookline Townsman, July 21, 1917
“Brookline is not a town of shurkers, judging from the record of missing registrants In the first quota of 240, there were first reported as not having shown up in Brookline for physical examination, forty two men, but the investigation of the board has shown that all but a very few of those men are in some branch of the service. There are less than half a dozen men actually unaccounted for Of those who failed to report to the board, one man, Jesse Serverson is dead, and two other men are serving jail sentences. Robert Shackford of 3 Verndale Street, as far as the board can learn, has had no physical examination under the draft, nor has any request arrived from any foreign board for his physical examination elsewhere Mr Shackford received passports from the government on July 17 and is reported to be in Mexico.”
We don’t know if Robert or his family ever saw this newspaper article which seemed to infer he was a shirker but we do know that the same newspaper did publish his name on September 1, 1917 in a list of people who had received an exemption from the draft.
So why did Robert go to Mexico during WWI and the Mexican Revolution?
Robert, the son of Charles Edwin and Elizabeth Rebecca (Kennedy) Shackford was born in Mexico on January 3, 1889. His family had moved there when his father took a job as a master mechanic for the railroad. Robert’s father died of a fever when he was only eight and his mother married Daniel Baker Smith six months later. Thus Robert had grown up in Mexico except for a few years of education in the Boston and New Hampshire area. Robert’s mother, now known as Lizzie R Smith who had lived in Mexico since about 1885 had returned from Mexico City to the United States about 1912 sometime after the death of her second husband. She had not dealt with her second husband’s estate which included a stockholder role in the Conejo Blanco Mine which was trying to schedule a stockholder’s meeting in Mexico City in July 1917. She also had been asked to sort out her taxes, mining company shareholder responsibilities, and some titles for land in Irapusto and other locations. Lizzie tried to obtain a passport around July 7, 1917 but had been turned down by the United States passport office because the United States believed it was unsafe for it’s citizens to travel to Mexico due to the ongoing Mexican Revolution.
Passport photo, Robert S Shackford 1917
Robert requested a passport on July 13, 1917 to help his mother or to go in her place (am not sure). He included a letter from Conejo Blanco Mining Company dated June 25, 1917 asking him to have his mother sort out her issues regarding the mining company and land titles.Robert’s passport request was signed by the War Department stating that he had satisfied the War Department by registering for the draft and a General Crowder had agreed to his travel to Mexico City.
We don’t know how long Robert remained in Mexico but we know his passport was cancelled at some point during his trip or after he returned. He did have an exemption from the draft or perhaps by then it had been retracted but on October 10, 1918 he joined the Navy Reserves and was assigned the position of Quartermaster. He was discharged a little over a month later on November 15, 1918 right after the war ended. Robert received Veteran’s Administration benefits – his death certificated says he was treated at the Veterans Administration Hospital at Wilshire & Sawtelle Boulevard before he died, and he was buried at the Los Angeles National Cemetery with a stone that mentions his service with the CH QMC US NAVY – WORLD WAR I.
Passport photo, Robert S Shackford 1921
After the war, Robert applied for a new passport on November 12, 1921 stating that his last passport which had been issued in July 1917 had been cancelled. The purpose for his new passport was to travel to arrange a paper mill connection for the importation of paper related to paper. He asked for the passport to be sent to the Export Corporation of West Broadway, New York but stated that he had an office in New York.
Will share more about Robert’s life sometime in the future.
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Robert S Shackford is my sixth cousin 2x removed.
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SOURCES:
“Brookline’s Complete Draft Quota,” The Chronicle (Brookline, Massachusetts), 1 September 1917, Robert S Shackford; digital images, Brookline Public Library (https://brookline.advantage-preservation.com/ : accessed 15 April 2023).
“DRAFT QUOTA STILL UNFILLED FORTY-FOUR MEN NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE LIST Among Deliquents One is Dead and Two are in Jail,” The Chronicle (Brookline, Massachusetts), 25 August 1917, Robert Shackford; digital images, Brookline Public Library (https://brookline.advantage-preservation.com/ : accessed 8 February 2021).
“Draft Registration List RESIDENTS GET THEIR “RED INK” NUMBERS,” The Brookline Townsman (Brookline, Massachusetts), 21 July 1917; (https://brookline.advantage-preservation.com/ : accessed 15 April 2023).
Find a Grave, Find A Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 1 August 2014), Robert Smith Shackford, Find A Grave Memorial# 3751382.
Robert Smith SHACKFORD, death certificate XC-9817742 R-282 379 GH-2 519 (1953), County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County.
“TOWN FILLS QUOTA, WITH RESERVE OF 34 MEN,” The Brookline Townsman (Brookline, Massachusetts), 1 September 1917; (https://brookline.advantage-preservation.com/ : accessed 15 April 2023).
“United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,” digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 31 December 2013), Robert Smith Shackford.
U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, , Robert S Smith, ; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 December 2013).
, U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, , Robert S Shackford, 12 November 1921; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 December 2013).
“U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007,” database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 April 2023), Robert Smith Shackford.
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Nathaniel Cooper Shackford, the son of Capt Samuel and Elizabeth (Ring) Shackford was born in Newington, New Hampshire on April 11, 1769 and was baptized in the same town on April 23, 1769. He was 29 when he married Phebe Nutter, the daughter of Matthais and Martha (Perkins) Nutter on April 15, 1798.
According to Samuel Burnham Shackford, Nathaniel C Shackford “lived on the old farm in Newington until he moved to Wakefield and sold out to James Hoyt”. We have found a deed showing that on May 22, 1816 Nathaniel Cooper Shackford, Husbandman, sold land he inherited from his father (his ninth of that property along the Piscatagua River) to his uncle, Seth R Shackford for one hundred and ten dollars and a second deed showing the sale of eight acres of land and buildings to James Hoit for four hundred and fifty dollars on Oct 8, 1825. We presume that after the 1825 land sale, he moved to Wakefield, New Hampshire as we find him there in the 1830 census.
Phoebe died in Wakefield on August 11, 1849. Her obituary was published in The Exeter News-Letter on Sept 10th. “In Wakefield, Mrs PHEBE SHACKFORD, wife of Mr Nath’l C. Shackford, formerly of Newington, aged 72.”
Sometime thereafter, Nathaniel moved in with his daughter Mary Jane and son-in-law, Charles Dorr (or Dore) who also lived in Wakefield. He died at age 83 on April 27, 1852. We haven’t found an obituary or any probate records yet.
Nathaniel’s Bible is referred to multiple times in Samuel Burnham Shackford’s Shackford Genealogy Manuscript which is stored at the New England Historical and Genealogical Society in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the only source of exact birth dates for many of the Shackfords who are directly related to or descend from Nathaniel. Samuel’s documentation states “Family Bible per Mary E J Dow. [Dorr?]. We suspect that he is referring to Mary Etta Dorr, the grandchild of Mary Jane Dorr via their son Francis A and Calista Dorr. Mary Etta was born on June 1, 1885 and lived in Woburn, Massachusetts. We do not believe she married.
While we are unsure if Nathaniel Cooper Shackford’s Bible was preserved, we do know that a transcription of the Bible and one of Samuel Shackford’s Bible was made by the Daughters of the American Revolution. A copy of this typed transcript is also available at the New England Historical and Genealogy Society in Boston, Massachusetts which has sourced this document extremely well and lets us know that Nathaniel purchased this Bible after 1811. We are hoping to return to Boston for another visit at the New England Historical and Genealogy Society within the next year and are starting a list of research to accomplish there – reviewing this transcript will be on the list.
CHILDREN:
Elizabeth Ring Shackford (1799-1881) – married Horatio G Dearborn
James Nutter Shackford (1802-____) – married Charlotte Burnham, Elizabeth Keniston, Rebeca Bickford – have not yet found information about his later life – also may have missed a page about him in Samuel Burnham Shackford’s manuscript
William Shackford (1805-1843) twin of Mary, married Sarah Dearborn or Polly Rand
Mary Jane Shackford (1805-1891) twin of William, married Phineas Graves Hanson and Charles W Dorr
Martha Ann Shackford (1812-1884) – married David D Smith
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Research Still to Do:
Research newspapers to find reference to Nathaniel — any obituaries?
Visit NEHGS to find transcript of Nathaniel’s Bible.
SOURCES:
1800 United States Federal Census, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, population schedule, , Nathl C Shackford; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 February 2023).
1810 United States Federal Census, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Newington, Nathl Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 February 2023).
1830 United States Federal Census, Strafford County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Wakefield, Nathl Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 February 2023).
1840 United States Federal Census, Strafford County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Wakefield, Nathaniel C Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 February 2023).
1850 United States Federal Census, Carroll County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Wakefield, page 315 (handwritten), 158 (stamped), dwelling 6, family 6, Charles Dore; digital images, Family Search (http://familysearch.org : accessed 24 October 2017).
Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution Library Catalog (https://librarycatalog.dar.org/library2 : accessed 5 February 2023), Nathaniel Cooper Shackford Bible.
“New Hampshire, Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947,” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 November 2013), Nathaniel C Shackford m Phebe Nutter 15 Apr 1798.
New Hampshire, New Hampshire, Birth Records, 1659-1900, , Nathaniel C Shackford, before 11 April 1769; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 November 2013); “New Hampshire, Birth Records, through 1900.” Online index and digital images. New England Historical Genealogical Society. Citing New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire.
Newington Church Records, p. 157
Rockingham, New Hampshire, Vol 212: Page 26, Image 274 of 802, Nathaniel Cooper Shackford sold land inherited from father to Seth R Shackford; FHL microfilm 16248 8204309.
Rockingham, New Hampshire, Deeds, v. 244-246 1825-1826, Vol 244: Page 173, Image 91 of 699, Nathaniel C Shackford sold property to James Hoit; FHL microfilm 16295 8291351.
Shackford Samuel Burnham, “Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” #78 Nathaniel Cooper Shackford; SG SHA 5, Folder (56) William Shackford, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
Shackford Samuel Burnham, “Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” #154 William Shackford b Apr 25 1805; SG SHA 5, Folder (56) William Shackford, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Friends of Ethel E. daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter S Gay 82 Farragut road Swampscott who surprised her on Monday evening by giving her a miscellaneous shower at her home with a presentation speech in which her approaching marriage was a subject alluded to in a happy vein were in turn surprised by the hostess of the evening who at an opportune moment presented her supposed fiance, Harry F Shackford of Somerville as her husband After the guests had in a measure recovered from their surprise, the parents of the young woman announced that her daughter and Mr Shackford were married quietly on April 7th it, having been the desire of the young folks to fool their friends. Congratulations followed and the balance of the evening was pleasantly spent with games and refreshments with Mr and Mrs Shackford proving to be the best of entertainers. The place of the wedding and name of the officiating clergyman have not yet been announced and the marriage license and returns at Swampscott and Somerville do not show according in the clerks any record of the Shackford-Day marriage. Friends of the couple believe that they slipped quietly out of the state where no laws are permitted on the statute books which might interfere in any way with the efforts of the ever active and far-sighted Daniel Cupid Mr and Mrs Shackford are making their home at 82 Farragut road
Harry Francis Shackford, the son of William Bell and Hannah (Haley) Shackford was born on 14 October 1897 in Reading, Massachusetts. He lived with his parents at 101 Lincoln St in Cambridge, Sagamore Avenue in Chelsea, and then 71 Prentiss Street in Somerville where at the age of 19 he started working as a chauffer with Cobb Bates & Yerxa Company, a grocery retailer. Harry was 21 when he met Ethel Elizabeth Gay, the daughter of Walter Scott and Elizabeth (Stafford) Gay. The couple was married on August 26, 1920 in Claremont, New Hampshire. The record includes the statement “by ORDER OF THE COURT.” We haven’t found any court records but assume this was due to the situation that Harry and Ethel’s son, Harry Francis Shackford was born on 11 January 1921. Sadly Harry only lived six hours – the death certificate states premature birth. (Perhaps this is why the nosy author of the above article unnecessarily mentioned her/his unsuccessful research for the actual date of their marriage.)
We assume that Harry and Ethel divorced soon after their son died as Harry was recorded in the directory as living with his mother at 91 Prentiss Street by 1925 and Ethel married Mariner John Downing on November 6, 1926.
Harry continued living with his mother at 91 Prentiss St in Somerville continuing to work as a chauffer. He then married Margaret Elizabeth Curran, the daughter of William Lynch and Lucy May (Farnum) Curran on September 9, 1931 in Nashua, New Hampshire. Harry’s name is spelled Schackford on that marriage record and he stated this was his first marriage. Harry and Margaret remained in Somerville and had a daughter Joan Elizabeth Shackford, born on October 3, 1931 in Boston. Harry died suddenly in Cambridge, Mass on 24 Sept 1958 again making the news. We’re not sure what the police discovered regarding the cash that was found on his body. Here’s a copy of the newspaper article publicizing his death.
$7100 Found on Dead Man; Probe Ordered
A 59-year-old Somerville man’s sudden death in Cambridge was under police investigaton today after it was discovered he had more than $7100 in cash in his pockets. Police said Harry Shackford, of 33 Cedar st., Somerville, who works in a Boston hospital, collapsed on Tremont st, Cambridge last night. He was dead on arrival at the Cambridge City Hospital. Shackford had $7100 in hundred dollar bills in his pocket and an additional $127 in smaller bills in his wallet. Medical Examiner David C. Dow said Shackford appeared to have died on natural causes.
Harry’s wife Margaret lived to the age of 69 and died in Lexington, Massachusetts. Her obituary was published in The Lexington Minute-Men on August 24, 1978.
CHILDREN:
with Ethel:
Harry Francis Shackford (1921-1921) – lived six hours
with Margaret
Joan Elizabeth Shackford (1931-2009) – married Robert Wilson
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SOURCES:
1900 United States Federal Census, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Cambridge, enumeration district (ED) 682, Sheet No 7, dwelling 63, family 147, William B Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 June 2017).
1910 United States Federal Census, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Somerville, enumeration district (ED) 1009, Sheet No 5B, 71 Prentiss St, dwelling 53, family 93, William Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 January 2023).
“Massachusetts, Births, 1636-1924,” database with images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 27 January 2021), Harry Francis Shackford b 11 Jan 1921.
“Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970,” database with images, Ancestry (https://ancestry.com : accessed 14 January 2023), Ethel Elizabeth Gay.
“Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1901-1980,” database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 January 2023), Harry Shackford.
Massachusetts, Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915, , Harry Francis Shackford, b, 14 October 1897; digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 5 June 2017).
New Hampshire, New Hampshire, Marriage Records, 1637-1947, , Harry F Shackford m Ethel Elizabeth Gay, 26 August 1920; index and images, Family Search (http://familysearch.org : accessed 21 August 2014); Fillm 004243164.
“Shackford,” The Lexington Minute-Men (Lexington, Massachusetts), 24 August 1978, Margaret (Curran) Shackford; digtal images, Cary Memorial Library (https://lexingtonpl.advantage-preservation.com : accessed 8 February 2021). [Margaret Curran Shackford]
“U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995,” database, Ancestry.com (www/ancestry.com : accessed 15 January 2023), Harry F Shackford.
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Mary Pinkham was born on August 20 1856 in Gloucester to the fisherman family of Robert and Eliza (Collins) Pinkham. She lived with her family in Gloucester. In 1873 she worked as a clerk at Pattillos, a dry goods firm. Sometime before 1876 she met George Alonzo Shackford who had been working in the bridge building business, the wholesale boot and shoe business, and the retail grocery business. They married in Gloucester on October 31, 1876.
The family lived at 76 Saratoga Street in East Boston where Mary gave birth to a son, Alonzo Crosby Shackford in 1879 and a daughter Rutha Shackford in 1887. George worked for a collections firm and then as a clerk. The family then moved to Ash Street in Reading, Massachusetts where George became very active in the Masons and Mary became active in Rebecca Lodge.
In January 1894, Mary had a stomach complication and died of septicemia in Gloucester on January 30, 1894. She apparently also had cancer that led to the blood issues. Mary left a fourteen year old son and a seven year old daughter. Funeral services were held at her parents home in Gloucester. This obituary honoring Mary was published in the Reading Chronicle on February 3, 1894.
OBITUARY.
MARY (PINKHAM) SHACKFORD.
On Tuesday last the spirit of Mrs. Mary (Pinkham) Shackford, wife of George A. Shackford, forsook the mortal clay and passed into the immortal life beyond. Her illness was of nine days’ duration. Until the last three or four days it was not apprehended that a fatal termination would reult. She suffered from hemorrhage of the stomach and blood poisoning, the latter complaint resulting from a cancer. her age was 37 yrs. 5 mos 10 days. Mrs. Shackford was the daughter of Robert and Elilza Pinkham of Gloucester, at which place she was born. She was married to Mr. Shackford Oct. 31, 1876. They have resided 16 Reading three years and a half. Her husband and two children – a son of 14 years and a daughter of seven-are left in deep bereavement. The deceased was one to whom the love of home appealed strongly. It was there she found her paradise. But she was not unappreciative of social enjoyments, being a valued member of Rebecca Lodge, I. O O. F. her many womanly qualities and virtues made her beloved by all who knew her. Prayers were held at the residence, Ash street on Wednesday afternoon. The remains were then taken to the home of her parents at Gloucester, where the funeral services were held on Thursday.
Nine months after Mary’s death, George married Alice Blaker Pote on Sept 26, 1894. He was then elected to the Board of Selectman and remained active in the Masons. Alice died on October 23, 1924 in Sharon, Massachusetts at the age of 68. George lived to the age of 87 and died on April 8, 1942 in Sharon, Massachusetts.
CHILDREN:
Alonzo Crosby Shackford (1879-1947) – married Effie Belle Knights, then Margaret H Barber, served in WWI
Rutha Shackford (1887-1956) – married George Lawrence Cook
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SOURCES:
1860 United States Federal Census, Essex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Gloucester, Page No 117, dwelling 810, family 1024, Robert Pinkham; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 January 2023).
1865 Massachusetts State Census, Essex County, population schedule, Gloucester, Robt Pinkham; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 2 January 2023).
1870 United States Federal Census, Essex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Gloucester, Page No 84, dwelling 508, family 723, Robert Pinkham; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 February 2023).
1880 United States Federal Census, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, population census, Boston, enumeration district (ED) 578, Page No 37, Saratoga St, dwelling 221, family 335, George Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 January 2023).
“OBITUARY. Mary (Pinkham) Shackford,” The Reading Chronicle (Reading, Massachusetts), 3 February 1894; digital images, (https://reading.advantage-preservation.com/ : accessed 10 December 2022).
Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915, MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE City of Gloucester for the year eighteen hundred and seventy six, , ; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 September 2013).
“Massachusetts, U.S., Birth Records, 1840-1915,” digital images, Ancestry (https://ancestry.com : accessed 2 January 2023), Mary Pinkham.
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SHACKFORD Family History 