William Shields

1600 - 1655  (55 years)

• Name	William Shields
  Born	1600	Armagh, Atrim, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  AFN	G15N-RR
  Died	1655	, Antrim, Ireland
  Person ID	I9107	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2001

  
  

  Children	+ 1. William Shields,   b. 1630, Antrim, Ireland ,   d. 1699, Williamsburg, Virginia  (Age 69 years) + 2. James Shields,   b. 1633, Armagh, Atrim, Ireland ,   d. 1712, Newcastle, Delaware  (Age 79 years) + 3. David Shields,   b. Ireland ,   d. 1690, England + 4. John Shields,   b. 1659, Armagh, Atrim, Ireland ,   d. Abt 1738  (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F3366	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  The modern Shields family had its origin in the antiquity of the Emerald Isles many generations before the existence of William Shields. The surname is an Anglicized version of Siadhail, a family that was transplanted from the European mainland perhaps as early as 1000 years before Christ. Members of the Siadhail sept went northward from Meath into Ulster relatively late in Irish History. The family presence in the Ulster area is evident before the Norman Conquest of 1066. ----------- Reference: Misty Spinelli "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 3, 7. "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 39.