Settled on the Dan River in North Carolina, shortly after Revolutionary War.
Marriage Notes for John Shields and Lucinda BOWMAN-86872
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According to John A. Shields, James was appointed in 1744 to be surveyor of York County, Virginia.
From "Irish Settlers in America" by Michael J. O'Brien, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1979: [Jean] Marot kept a tavern at Williamsburg and one of his daughters married first the grammar master at William and Mary College and, after his death, she married James Shields of York County. Their daughter Anne married Robert Armistead.
From a menu dated 17 June 1994 from Shields Tavern at Colonial Williamsburg: The first tavern on this site opened shortly after the Capitol was completed in the early years of the eighteenth century. By the time James Shields became keeper in the early 1740s, Shields Tavern was a familiar gathering spot for burgesses, travelers and townspeople. Like most longterm businesses, this one experienced periods of both prosperity and decline. William Byrd II and other wealthy Virginians frequented this tavern when John Marot was its keeper. Within two years of buying the property in 1708, Marot doubled the tavern's size and stocked the cellars with fine wines. After his sudden death in 1717, Marot's widow and others operated the tavern, but never as successfully as Marot. Several years after James Shields married Marot's daughter Anne, he left his nearby plantation and moved into town. It is likely that he renovated the premises in the early 1740s and added the small east wing in hopes of attracting well-to-do customers away from the Raleigh and Wetherburn's taverns. Two major events taught Shields that tavernkeeping could be a precarious business. One morning in early 1747, the Capitol burned, and later that year, the town suffered from a smallpox epidemic. All of his immediate family and his town slaves caught the disease, and one of his slave men died. Shields wrote his will at that time. He left 100 pounds sterling to each of his daughters "provided the Seat of Government should not be removed from Williamsburg," but only half that amount if the capital moved within 10 years. James Shields died in 1750. His widow operated the tavern for a few months before she remarried. Then she moved up the street to help run the tavern belonging to her new husband and former competitor, Henry Wetherburn. The original tavern disappeared before the Civil War. In 1954, Colonial Williamsburg reconstructed the present building on the site of the original tavern. Based on early eighteenth-century structures, the tavern was reconstructed in 1988.
The Colonial Williamsburg Almanack says that Henry Wetherburn became a tavern keeper at Williamsburg in August 1731. Some time in the 11 months prior to June 1732, he married Mary Bowcock, widow of Henry Bowcock, a tavern keeper. By 1736, Wetherburn was operating the Raleigh Tavern. by 1746, he opened Wetherburn's Tavern. Henry Wetherburn's wife, Mary, died 1 July 1751. Ten days later, Wetherburn married Anne Marot Shields, widow of tavern keeper James Shields and daughter of tavern keeper John Marot. Anne closed Shields Tavern and joined her new husband at Wetherburn's.
The Almanack reports that George Washington died frequently at Wetherburn's.
Marriage Notes for James Shields Colonel and Elizabeth COBBS-88529
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According to John A. Shields, James was appointed in 1744 to be surveyor of York County, Virginia.
From "Irish Settlers in America" by Michael J. O'Brien, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1979: [Jean] Marot kept a tavern at Williamsburg and one of his daughters married first the grammar master at William and Mary College and, after his death, she married James Shields of York County. Their daughter Anne married Robert Armistead.
From a menu dated 17 June 1994 from Shields Tavern at Colonial Williamsburg: The first tavern on this site opened shortly after the Capitol was completed in the early years of the eighteenth century. By the time James Shields became keeper in the early 1740s, Shields Tavern was a familiar gathering spot for burgesses, travelers and townspeople. Like most longterm businesses, this one experienced periods of both prosperity and decline. William Byrd II and other wealthy Virginians frequented this tavern when John Marot was its keeper. Within two years of buying the property in 1708, Marot doubled the tavern's size and stocked the cellars with fine wines. After his sudden death in 1717, Marot's widow and others operated the tavern, but never as successfully as Marot. Several years after James Shields married Marot's daughter Anne, he left his nearby plantation and moved into town. It is likely that he renovated the premises in the early 1740s and added the small east wing in hopes of attracting well-to-do customers away from the Raleigh and Wetherburn's taverns. Two major events taught Shields that tavernkeeping could be a precarious business. One morning in early 1747, the Capitol burned, and later that year, the town suffered from a smallpox epidemic. All of his immediate family and his town slaves caught the disease, and one of his slave men died. Shields wrote his will at that time. He left 100 pounds sterling to each of his daughters "provided the Seat of Government should not be removed from Williamsburg," but only half that amount if the capital moved within 10 years. James Shields died in 1750. His widow operated the tavern for a few months before she remarried. Then she moved up the street to help run the tavern belonging to her new husband and former competitor, Henry Wetherburn. The original tavern disappeared before the Civil War. In 1954, Colonial Williamsburg reconstructed the present building on the site of the original tavern. Based on early eighteenth-century structures, the tavern was reconstructed in 1988.
The Colonial Williamsburg Almanack says that Henry Wetherburn became a tavern keeper at Williamsburg in August 1731. Some time in the 11 months prior to June 1732, he married Mary Bowcock, widow of Henry Bowcock, a tavern keeper. By 1736, Wetherburn was operating the Raleigh Tavern. by 1746, he opened Wetherburn's Tavern. Henry Wetherburn's wife, Mary, died 1 July 1751. Ten days later, Wetherburn married Anne Marot Shields, widow of tavern keeper James Shields and daughter of tavern keeper John Marot. Anne closed Shields Tavern and joined her new husband at Wetherburn's.
The Almanack reports that George Washington died frequently at Wetherburn's.
From "Irish Settlers in America," by Michael J. O'Brien: In the Virginia Gazette of the year 1737 appear frequent references to public balls "at the house of Mrs. James Shields of Williamsburg," and there are still numerous people of the name in that part of the State.
On his death, Henry Wetherburn left one-third of his estate to Mary during her lifetime, to go on her death to his nephew Edward Nicholson, who inherited the bulk of the estate. Edward Nicholson died before Mary, and the estate went to his son, Henry, a minor.
Marriage Notes for James Shields Colonel and Anne MAROT-88058
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Marriage Notes for Robert Booth Armistead and Anne SHIELDS-86800
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Marriage Notes for Frederick Bryan and Anne SHIELDS-86800
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Governor of Virginia 1808-1811.
Marriage Notes for John Tyler and Mary Marot ARMISTEAD-86802
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