SHINN (SHEENE), John Sr [102] ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

For the History of the Shinn Family in Europe and America go to : http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikegoad/shinn.htm
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Source the "History of SHINN Family <http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/glchit.pl?file=%2F_glc_%2F3047%2F3047_25.html&query=gaskill%20&Welcome=1033476748> :
In the spring of 1677 two hundred and thirty Quakers left London on the ship Kent for West Jersey. Half of these were from London and the other half from Yorkshire. Smith, in his "History of Nova C‘sarea; or, New Jersey," gives a partial list of these emigrants, but the name of John Shinn does not appear therein. He also says that these chose as a landing place the spot where Burlington now stands, and there began a settlement, which they named New Beverley; this was afterwards changed to Bridlington, after a town in Yorkshire, from whence many of the settlers came, and subsequently to Burlington. Smith also gives partial lists of emigrants who followed these in the year 1678, and in a general way names others who came between 1678 and 1680. In this general list will be found the name of John Shinn. In the old records of Burlington now in the office of the Secretary of State at Trenton, showing the freeholders for the year 1680, the names of "John Sheen" and "Clement Sheen" appear. The same records show that in the same year John Sheen was a grand juror.
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Notes for JOHN SHINN, SR.:
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #3831, Date of Import: Mar 9, 1998]

ON PAGE 205, VOLUME II OF BESSE'S SUFFERING OF FRIENDS WAS THIS ENTRY: AT THE QUARTER SESSION ON THE 12th OF THE 11th MONTH 1662, JOHN SHINN OF ALBURY AND JEREMIAH DEANE OF HARTFORD WERE COMMITTED TO PRISON FOR BEING ABSENT FROM THEIR PARISH CHURCH AND FOR NOT PAYING THE COURT FEES. REFUSAL TO ATTEND THE PARISH CHURCH AND TO PAY COURT FEES POINT TO THE CONCLUSION THAT JOHN SHINN WAS FIRM IN CLAIMING HIS RIGHT OF WORSHIP WHERE HE LEASED.

HE SETTLED IN BURLINGTON COUNTY, WEST NEW JERSEY AND SOON BEGAN TO AQUIRE LAND. ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1680, JOHN SHINN, BOUGHT OF WILLIAM EMLEY ONE OF THE HUNDRED SHARES OF WEST JERSEY. IN SEPTEMBER, 1680 A SURVEY WAS MAKE FOR JOHN SHINN FOR 200 ACRES ON ASSINCUNK CREEK, ADJOINING ELEAZER FENTON.
IN FEBRUARY 1681 A SURVEY OF 100 ACRES ON THE ASSINCUNK CREEK ADJOINING HIS LAND AND THAT OF THOMAS BUDD. IN SEPTEMBER 1682 A SURVEY OF 120 ACRES BETWEEN JOHN BUTCHER, ELEAZER FENTON, AND THE WEST BRANCH OF ASSINCUNK CREEK. RECORDS DISCLOSE THE FACT THAT JOHN SHINN, SR., HAD BEEN THE OWNER OF SEVERAL THOUSAND ACRES OF LAND.

BURLINGTON COUNTY AT THIS PERIOD (1680-1712) EMBRACED NOT ONLY ITS PRESENT AREA BUT A LARGE PART OF HUNTERDON COUNTY AND NOTTINGHAM TOWNSHIP, IN MERCER COUNTY AND SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP IN WHICH THE GREATER PART OF JOHN SHINN'S POSSESSIONS WERE LOCATED. THE LAND ALONG THE ASSINCUNK WAS VERY FERTILE, AND ABOUNDED WITH SUPERIOR MEADOWS.. THE NEIGHBORS OF JOHN SHINN WERE MEN OF WEALTH AND OF GREAT POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE.

JOHN SHINN, SR., WAS A QUAKER AND A MEMBER OF THE BURLINGTON MONTHLY MEETING OF FRIENDS. FOR YEARS THE MODEST HOUSE OF JOHN SHINN, KNOWN AS SPRINGFIELD LODGE, WAS THE HOME OF THE CHURCH. IT HAD BEEN A PLACE WHERE PROMINET MEN GATHERED AND WHERE MANY OF THE EARLY MARRIAGES WERE SOLEMMIZED. IN THE YEAR OF 1699 THE FRIENDS NEW MEETING HOUSE WAS FINISHED. FOR 12 YEARS AFTER THE MOVE TO THE NEW MEETING HOUSE JOHN WAS RETAINED AS OVERSEER, AND AT EVERY MEETING WAS APPOINTED TO SOME COMMITTEE CONNECTED WITH THE AFFAIRS OF THE CHURCH. HIS WIFE JANE, SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A GODLY WOMAN, SPECIALLY FITTED FOR THE WORK OF THE CHURCH. WHEREVER HER HUSBAND APPEARD, THERE WAS SHE, AND HER INFLUENCE FOR TRUTH AND RIGHTEOUSNESS WAS AS WIDELY EXTENDED AS THAT OF HER HUSBAND.

ON THE 7th OF APRIL 1712, JOHN DAY, THE CO-WORKER WITH JOHN SHINN FOR TWENTY YEARS, AROSE IN THE SPRINGFIELD MEETING AND ANNOUNCED THE DEATH OF JOHN SHINN AND ASKED THAT ANOTHER FRIEND BE CHOSEN TO ACT AS OVER SEER.

THE LAST WILL OF JOHN SHINN

THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF THE ELEVENTH MONTH CALLED JANUARY ANNO DOMINI ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN. I JOHN SHINN SENIOR OF YE TOWNSHIP OF SPRINGFIELD AND COUNTY OF BURLINGTON IN THE PROVINCE OF WEST NEW JERSEY BEING SICK AND WEAK OF BODY BUT OF SOUND DISPOSING MINDE AND MENORY PRAISED BE GOD DOE MAKE AND ORDAIN THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT IN WRITTING IN MANNER AND FORME FOLLOWING---FIRST AND PRINCIPALLY OF ALL I GIVE AND RECOMMEND MY SOUL AND SPIRIT INTO THE HANDS OF ALMIGHTY GOD THAT GAVE AND MY BODY TO THE EARTH TO BE BURIED IN A CHRISTIAN LIKE AND DESENT MANNER ATT THE DESCRETION OF MY EXECUTORS HEREAFTER NAMED AND AS TOUCHING THE DISPOSITION OF ALL SUCH TEMPORAL ESTATE AS IT HATH PLEASED ALMIGHTY GOD TO BESTOW UP MEE I GIVE AND DISPOSE THEREOF AS FOLLOWETH FIRST I WILL THAT MY JUST DEBTS AND FUNERALL SHALL BE PAID AND DISCHARGED--ITEM-I GIVE TO MY SON THOMAS ATKESON AND SARAH HIS WIFE AND THEIR HEIRS FOR EVER ONE HUNDRED POUNDS OF GOOD SILVER MONEY ATT NINE SHILLINGS AND TWO PENSE PR OUNCE UPON THESE CONDITIONS AS FOLLOWETH THAT IS TO SAY THAT THE SAYED THOMAS ATKESON SHALL GIVE GOOD LAWFULL AND SUFFICIENT SECURITY UNTO RICHARD FENIMORE AND MARY HIS WIFE AND THER HEIRS AND C. FOREVER OF AND FROM ALL MANNER OF CHARGES BURTHENS OR INCOMBERS WHATSOEVER IN RELATION TOWARD THE CAIRE AND MENTAINANCE BOTH FOR VICTALS AND CLOTHES AND AL OTHER NECESSARYES FOR MY GRAND CHILD MARY CROSBY BEING AN IDIOTT AND NOT CAPEBLE TO TAKE CARE OF HERSELF SO LONG AS SHE SHALL LIVE WHICH SD SORT OF AN AGREEMENT I MADE WITH MY DAUGHTER MARY BEFORE SHE WAS MARRIED FOR ME TO TAKE THE SAYED CARE OF SAYED IDIOTT CHILD IN ORDER THEREUNTO I HAD MY DAUGHTERS MARY'S PLANTATION CONVEYED TO MEE FOR SIXTY FIVE POUNDS AND TWENTY FIVE POUNDS MORE I RECEIVED IN MONEY AND BILLS FOR GOODS SOULD ATT A VANDUE OF MY DAUGHTYER WHICH MADE UP THE SUM OF NINTY POUNDS AND TEN POUNDS MORE I GAVE OUT OF MY ONE ESTATE FOR TO MAKE UP THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED POUNDS AS AFORE SAYED. ALL THE REST OF MY ESTATE BOTHE REALE AND PERSONALL I GIVE TO JANE MY DEAR AND WELL BELOVED WIFE DUERING HER NATURAL LIFE AND NO LONGER AND AFTER HER DECEASE I GIVE AND BEQUEATH AS FOLLOWETH ITEM-I GIVE TO MY SON JOHN SHINN TWENTY POUNDS WHICH HE HATH IN HIS HAND ALREADY UPON BOND TO PAY INTEREST.
ITEM-I GIVE TO MY SON JAMES SHINN TWENTY POUNDS IN MONEYS WHICH HE HATH IN HIS HANDS ALREADY UPON BOND. ITEM-I GIVE TO MY SON IN LAW JOSHUA OWEIN AND MARTHA HIS WIFE TWENTY POUND. ITEM-I GIVE TO MY SON IN LAW THAMAS ATKESON AND SARAH HIS WIFE TWENTY POUNDS AS AL THE LITTEL HOUSE THAT I HAVE BUILT UPON HIS LAND AS ALSO ONE BEDD AND AL THE FURNITURE BELONGING TO ITT THAT IS TO BEE UNDER SHED AS AFORESAYED AFTER THE DECEASE OF MY WIFE I GIVE TO MY SON IN LAW RICHARD FENIMORE AND MARY HIS WIFE TWO SHILLINGS IN MONEYS MY SAYED DAUGHTER MARY BEING BEFOR THIS TIME ADVANCED BY MEE. ITEM-I GIVE TO MY GRANDSON THOMAS SHINN BY BOULTING MILLS AND FIFTY POUNDS IN MONEYS AND ALL THE REST AND REMAINDER OF MY ESTATE BOTH REALE AND PERSONALL THAT IS LEFT AFTER THE DECEASE OF MY WIFE SHE HAVEING A GOOD COMFORTABLE LIVEING OUT OF THE SAME WILEST SHE LIVETH AND AL OUR DEBT AND FUNERALL CHARGES IS DEFRAYED I GIVE UNTO MY TWO SONS JOHN SHINN AND JAMES SHINN EQUALLY TO BE DIVIDED BETWEEN THEN AND ALSO TO NOMINATE AND APPOINT MY TWO SONS JOHN AND JAMES SHINN AS AFORESAYED TO BE MY ONELY AND SOLE EXECUTORS OF THE MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT RATIFYING THIS AND ONELY THIS TO BY MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND SEAL YE DAY AND YEAR ABOVE SAYED.

SUCH WAS THE LIFE OF JOHN SHINN, THE ROGENITOR OF NEARLY EVERY SHINN IN THE UNITED STATES. AN ENGLISHMAN BORN; REARED WITHIN THE FOLD OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH; PERSECUTED AND IMPRISONED IN HERTFORDSHIRE; AN EMIGRANT WITH A LARGE FAMILY FROM THE HOME OF HIS BIRTH; ONE OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW JERSEY; A FREEHOLDER AND PROPRIETOR; A MAN OF AFFAIRS,
CHIEFLY WITHIN THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS; AND MAN OF THRIFT; AND A MAN OF PROBITY AND HONOR, A MAN TRUSTED AND ESTEEMED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM, A PRINCE OF PEACEMAKERS.

(CONDENSED FROM PAGES 45-59 OF THE SHINN FAMILY BOOK)
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Source Charles Lewis <scotsmen@ndak.net> :
Source(s) 1 the Shinn book, 2 LDS web page, 3 Bob nelson's database, 4 Judy's information
5 Rootweb.com~mikegoad/html/2__john_shinn.htm

Information on the Children of John Shinn SR. & Jane Garwood: (source 1,2,3)
All children Born England, Mostly in Freckenham Parish, Suffolk Co. (source 2)

- John Shinn JR. B: 1659 M: 3 Mar 1686 & aft 1707 D: 1736 - Spouse(s): Ellen Stacy B: abt 1660 M: 3 Mar 1686 D: abt 1707 ; Mary ? B: abt 1662 M: 1 Jul 1707 - Also see this url for John JR. <http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikegoad/html/2__john_shinn.htm> (source 5) - Children of John & Ellen: George, Elizabeth, Clement, John, William - Children of John & Mary: Joshua, Jane, Caleb, Jacob, Sarah, Mary
- George Shinn B: 1661 - 1694 M: Mary Thompson 5/6/1691
- Mary Shinn B: 1662 - 1731 M: (1) John Crosby 9/8/1686 / (2) Richard Fennimore 1691.
- James Shinn B: 1664 M: 3 Mar 1697 D: 1751 - Spouse: Abigail Lippencott
- Thomas Shinn B: 1666 - 1694
- Sarah Shinn 1669 - 1739 M: Thomas Atkinson.
- Esther Shinn 1670 - 1711 Never married
- Francis Shinn B: 1662 -1704 Never married
- Martha Shinn B: 1675 - 1729 M: (1) Joshua Owen 1/3/1696-7 / (2) Restore Lippincott 1729
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Children of John JR & Ellen Stacy (source 1,2,5) :
- George B: 1687 M: 2 Jun 1712 Burlington, NJ D: Jun 1732 - Spouse: Elizabeth Lippencott (father Restore Lippencott)
- Elizabeth married Robert, Son of Edward Rockhill Sr. 5th day 9th month 1716
- Clement B: 1692 ob, sine proli./ means died without issue
- John; ob. sine proli.
- William, married (1) Martha, daughter of Joshua and Jane (Budd) Shreeve, 2nd day, 11th month, 1728. (2) Exorcise Corliss; 1739.
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Children of John JR & Mary ? (source 1, 2, 3, 5)
- Joshua.
- Jane, married Jonathan Gaskill 5/4/1732
- Caleb, married Mehitabel Curtis, 1739.
- Jacob, b. 5/13/1715; married Hannah Lippincott (relict of Freedom Lippincott), nee Rakestraw--12th month, 1745-6. (*****my GGGGG-Grandparents*****)
- Sarah, married Thomas Atkinson, son of Thomas and Sarah (Shinn) Atkinson 6/12/1739.
- Mary married Abraham Bunnell in 1731; they removed to Hunterdon Co. upon lands given her by her father in Lebanon. They reared a large family, one son, Abraham Bunnell, becoming Lieutenant-Colonel of the Battalion raised by Somerset, Essex and Hunterdon, under an Ordinance passed by the Convention of New Jersey, 7/18/1776.
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Source 1,2,3,4,5)

Jacob Shinn B: 13 May 1715 M: 3 Dec 1745 D: 16 May 1795 - Spouse: Hannah Rakestraw Lippincott B: 1719 D: 1795 - Children: Mary, Hannah, Jacob, Elizabeth, Mary, John, Jemima, Racheal, Caleb
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information on Jacob & Hannah's children: Source (1,2,3,4)

- Mary Shinn B: 1746 D:1746
- Hannah Shinn B: 1748 D: 1767
- Jacob Shinn B: 1750 M: 1777 - Spouse: Hannah Fenton
- Elizabeth Shinn B: 1753 M: 1776 - Spouse: ? Lippencott
- Mary Shinn B: 1755 M: ? - Spouse ? Wright
- John Shinn B: 25 Nov 1757 M: 18 Jan 1780 D: 13 Feb 1833 ( ***GGGG-Grandparents***) - Spouse: Mary Norton (parents: William Norton & Susannah Cox) - Children: Jemima, William, John, Mary, Hannah, Beulah, Dr. Freedom Lippencott Shinn, Susannah, Caleb, Abigail, Elizabeth, Martha, Edward
- Jemima B: 1760 M:1782 D: 1848 - Spouse: ? Lippencott
- Racheal B: 1762 M: 1784 D: ? - Spouse: ? Butcher
- Caleb B: 1754 D: 1833
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Information on John & Mary (Norton) Shinn's children: (Source 1,3,4)
- Jemima B: 1780 M: 1800 D: ? - Spouse: ? Woodard
- William Norton B: 1782 M: 25 Jan 1804 D: 1871 - Spouse: Sarah Budd
- John B: 1784 M: 1805 D: 1825 - Spouse: Mary White
- Mary B: 1786 M: ? D: ? - Spouse: ? McLaughlin
- Hannah B: 1788 M: ? D: ? - Spouse: ? Lawrence
- Beulah B: 1790 M:? D: ? - Spouse: ? Norton
- Freedom B: 1792 M: ? D: ? - Spouse: Anna Imlay - Children: William Norton B: 13 Nov 1851
- Susannah B: 1794 M: ? D: ? - Spouse: ? Cox
- Caleb B: 1796 M: ? D: ?
- Abigail B: 1798 M: ? D: ? - Spouse: ? Hartshorn
- Elizabeth B: 11 Jul 1800 - Spouse: ? Iwins
- Martha B: 1803 M ? D: 1 Feb 1890 - Spouse: ? Woolston
- Edward B: 1805 M: 5 May 1831 D: ? (Source 2) (***GGG-Grandparents***) - Spouse: Mary Field (parents Robert Field & Abigail Stockton) B: 1807 (Field family lineage back to 1240 Sowerby, Yorkshire, Eng.) (Stockton family lineage back to 1612 Marans, France (change occurs on 21 Apr 1752 when Richard Stockton married Annis Boudinot...Boudinot lineage to 1612)
(This information I found while just checking on Mary Field) - Children: Ellen, William, Edward Tonkins, John, Jonathan Budd
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Information on the Children of Edward & Mary Field: (source 1,3,4)
At this point in Source 1 this is the last information that is listed in the book for my portion of the Shinn family. Source 1 only lists the names of these children. (pg.156 #250) This information is not found on source 2 whatsoever.

- Ellen "Ella" B: 1832 M:? D: ? - Spouse: ?
- William B: 1837 M: ? D: ? - Spouse: ?
- Edward Tonkins B: 1838 Burlington County., New Jersey M: 17 Mar 1857 D: 24 Jun 1864 Annapolis, Md. - Spouse: Mary Ann Schuyler B: 6 Feb 1834 D: 11 Aug 1911 (parents Charles Schuyler &
Racheal Fenimore)

Children: Charles Schuyler, William Schuyler
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information on the Children of Edward Tonkins & Mary Ann: (source 4)
- Charles Schuyler Shinn B: Jan 1859 Burlington Co., New Jersey M: ? D: ? - Spouse: Lornia ? B: Sep 1866 NJ - Children:
Charles L.Shinn B: Oct 1887 NJ M: ? D: ?
Stella M. Shinn B: May 1890 NJ M: ? D: ?
Earl Shinn B: Aug 1892 NJ M? D: ?
Paul B.Shinn B: June 1895 NJ M? D:?
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(*****G-Grandparents*****)
William Schuyler Shinn B: 10 Jun 1861 Burlington Co., NJ M: 8 Oct 1881 D: 4 jun 1937 - Spouse: Clara Ralston Griffith B: 2 Oct 1862 D: 1938 (Both are interred in St. Mary's Episcopal Church Yard Cemetary, Burlington City,
Burlington Co. NJ)
Children:
Alice Racheal Shinn B: 16 Jun 1883, D: Sep 1981 NJ (never married)
Mary Martha Shinn B: 25 Dec 1884, Burlington Co., NJ D: Nov 1918 Burlington Co., NJ
Spouse: George Augustus Lewis (******my Grandparents******)
Children: George, Louise, Elizabeth, Charles
Alonzo Shinn B: 27 Dec 1886 NJ D: Sep 1981 Mt. Holly, Burlington Co., NJ
Frances Edna Shinn B: 20 Sep 1889, D: 8 Feb 1993 NJ (never married)
Elizabeth Carroll Shinn B: 4 Mar 1903 D: 28 Feb 1999 NJ (never married)
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Children of Mary Martha & George Augustus: (source My Father)
- George Lewis B: 22 Feb 1909 D: 22 Feb 1909
- Louise McGann Lewis B: 16 Jun 1911 D: 2002
- Charles Allinson Lewis (living) (*****my Father*****)
- Elizabeth Griffith Lewis B: 28 Apr 1915 D: 1998
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Children of Charles Allinson Lewis & Elizabeth Mae Risley: (source self)
(Elizabeth B: 9 Jan 1916 M: 29 Oct 1932 D: 16 Mar 1999)
- Richard Howard Lewis
- Philip Wayne Lewis
- Cynthia Mary Lewis
- Charles S. Lewis (self) ³

  Noted events in his life were:

• Religion. Quaker

• Occupation. Wheelwright

John married Jane GARWOOD [103] [MRIN: 41], daughter of Edmund GARWOOD [417] and Jane ALDEN [418], in 1650 in Freckenham, Suffolk, England.^{1 2} (Jane GARWOOD [103] was born on 8 Jun 1634 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England ^{2 4} and died about 1712 in Burlington Co, NJ ².)