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Timothy Shufflin
Immigrant Ancestor see FAMILY TREE
Born: Abt.1785  Ireland

   
Married: 11 Sep 1821  West Alexander, Washington Co., PA

 

   
Died: 15 Oct 1840  Pope Co., IL    
     

FATHER

James Shufflin

MOTHER

Anne Newsam

Probable BROTHER

Henry Shuffling

WIFE

Sarah Jane Kelley

CHILDREN

1. Henry Shufflin
    b. Abt. 1822 Wooster, Wayne, OH
    m 14 Aug 1844 to Elizabeth Reeves in Greenup Co KY
    in 1850 census for Portsmouth, Scioto, OH

2. Mary Jane Shufflin
    b. Bef. 1824 Wooster, Wayne, OH
    m. 20 May 1843 to Daniel Gwenn in Massac, IL
    in 1850 census for Portsmouth, Scioto, OH under name of Shufflin with 2 children named Swimm

3. John Titus Shufflin
    b. 22 Jan 1824 Wooster, Wayne, OH
    m. 17 Mar 1850 to Malinda Heindel in Columbus, Franklin, OH
    m. 2 Jan 1868 to Sarah Jane Heisel in Columbus, Franklin, OH
    d. 19 Apr 1885 Columbus, Franklin, OH

4. Eliza Sheflin
    b. 11 Nov 1829 Wooster, Wayne, OH (birth date comes from obit.)
    m 12 Apr 1848 to James Hannahs in Portsmouth, Scioto, OH
    d. 28 Jan 1895 Portsmouth, Scioto, OH

5. Keziah Shufflin
    b. 01 Feb 1829 Wooster, Wayne, OH
    m 8 Feb 1846 to Ezekiel Zull in Portsmouth, Scioto, OH
    m. 9 Mar 1856 to William Bishop in Portsmouth, Scioto, OH
    d. 23 Oct 1896 Portsmouth, Scioto, OH

6. Sarah Ellen Shufflin
    b. 09 Oct 1831 Wooster, Wayne, OH
    m. 23 Oct 1848 to William Thompson in Portmouth, Scioto, OH
    m. 29 Dec 1856 to Daniel Border in Portsmouth, Scioto, OH

7. Edward G. Shufflin
    b. 06 Nov 1832 Wooster, Wayne, OH
    m. 25 Feb 1857 to Penelope Barklow in Portsmouth, Scioto, OH
    m. Abt. 1862 to Lucy
    m. 4 May 1882 to Margaret Jane Barklow widow of William Young in Columbus, Franklin, OH
    d. 7 Apr 1907 Columbus, Franklin, OH

8. Mariah (Martha) Shufflin
    b. 10 Sep 1836 Wooster, Wayne, OH
    m. 5 Feb 1854 to Isaiah Clark in Portsmouth, Scioto, OH

9.  James R. Shufflin
     b. 10 March 1838 Wooster, Wayne, OH

10. Samantha Shufflin
      b. 03 May 1839 Wooster, Wayne, OH (birth info from findagrave.com)
     m. 4 Oct 1864 to William Kirkham in Columbus, Franklin, OH
     d. 16 May 1898 Fort Wayne, Allen, IN

11. Hiram Newton Shufflin
      b. 20 April 1840
      referred to as Newton H Shufflin in guardianship papers

12. Emanuel Shufflin.
      b. 14 Apr 1839  (The dates for Emanuel and Samantha are too close together.  But both dates come from primary sources.)

Timothy Shufflin
by Susan Brooke
Dec 2020

Timothy Shufflin was born in Ireland. He came to Maryland in 1808.  During the War of 1812 he was listed as a British Alien, aged 28, shoemaker, having lived in the United State for 5 years. (1) "Timothy Shafling's" application for naturalization was recorded 2 Aug 1813 in the Court Minutes of Frederick Co, MD. Henry Shufling's application was approved the next year.(2)  "Timothy Shufling" and "Henry Shufling" of Baltimore applied for land in Wooster, Wayne County, OH on the same day in 1817. (3) We know Timothy Shufflin took possession fairly soon thereafter as he is recorded in the Wayne County Court Journal on 8 May 1819. (4)
"Timothy and Henry Shufflin" were paying taxes in Wayne Co. OH in 1820. (5) They both had land in range 13 in connecting townships of 16 and 17.  Timothy had 174 acres.  Henry had 320.  There are DNA matches connecting them. (6)  They were brothers.  And they may be the sons of James Shufflin and Anne Newsam of Dublin, Ireland.  If so, his father died about the year Timothy Shufflin was born.

 "Timothy Shuflin" married Sarah Jane Kelley of Ohio Co. on 11 Sep 1821 in West Alexander, Washington Co. PA. (7) He appeared in various tax record in OH. (8) In April 1840 Timothy and Sarah Jane "Shufflin" sold some of their land for $1600 and moved to Pope County, IL. (9) In June 1840 Timothy Shufflin purchased 80 acres of land in Pope County IL for $400. (10)  He died shortly after on 15 Oct 1840 leaving 12 children aged 18 to an infant. (11) His estate was sold 19 Dec 1840.  (12)  Sarah Jane was appointed guardian of the youngest 6. (13) The estate of Timothy Shuflin paid $40 a year to the widow, Sarah Jane, for each child. She was also paid an additional $40 each for boarding her other children, Eliza and "Kisea," who were deemed old enough to choose another guardian but who had not done so. (14) Sarah Jane remarried to Edmund Douley 4 Jul 1843, who was also paid by the estate of Timothy Shufflin for keeping "5 of the heirs." (15)

There is pretty strong evidence that the parents of Timothy Shufflin were James Shufflin and Anne Newsam.

a. Timothy Shufflin and Sarah Jane Kelley married in West Alexander, Washington Co, PA by the Justice of the Peace on September 11, 1821. Their daughter Eliza Shufflin Hannahs died as a member of the Methodist church according to her obituary, so most likely the family was Protestant.

b. There is only one Shufflin family recorded in the right time period in the Ireland genealogy base and they were protestants. (16) Timothy Shufflin and Henry Shufflin were brothers and  they were both definitely from Ireland.  The James Shufflin and Ann Newsom found in these records are the right age to be the parents of these two brothers.

c. The Irish had a custom of naming their first son after the father's father and the second son after the mother's father. Henry Shufflin named his first son James Shufflin.  Timothy and Sarah Jane named their first son Henry, probably after Timothy's older brother, Henry Shufflin. (Timothy Shufflin may have never known his father since James Shufflin died the year Timothy Shufflin was born.)  Their second son was named John Titus Shufflin making us think John Titus must have been somehow connected to the family.

d. A John Titus first showed up in Donegal, Washington, PA in the 1798 Pennsylvania Direct Tax. (17)  He remained in Donegal for the 1800, 1810 and 1820 census records at which time he had nine children living with him. West Alexander is a census-designated place in Donegal Township, Washington Co. PA.
Timothy Shufflin immigrated to Baltimore, Maryland around 1808 and was still there in 1817 when he had land surveyed in Wayne County, OH.  He was in a court case in Wayne County in 1819 and is listed in the 1820 tax records for Wayne County, OH but for some reason traveled back over 100 miles from Wooster, OH to West Alexander, (in Donegal, WAshington Co.) PA to marry Sarah Jane Kelley in September of 1821.  John Titus lived close by.
Timothy Shufflin had been living in Baltimore before he moved to OH.  Baltimore is over 260 miles away from Donegal, Washington, PA.  The John Titus in Donegal, Washington, PA was born before 1765. (18) Timothy Shufflin was born about 1785.   James Shufflin died the year he was born.  It's possible John Titus was a guardian or father figure and Timothy Shufflin was travelling to Donegal, Washington, PA to see him.  The will of John Titus was probated 29 Apr 1822. Timothy Shufflin married in West Alexander, Washington, PA on 11 Sep 1821. 

e. There was also a John Titus in the Dublin, Ireland area at the time that James Shufflin and Ann Newsom were living there.  A John Titus and his wife Sarah had two daughters baptized in the Protestant St Luke Parish, the same parish where James Shufflin was buried.  (19) He could have been the father of the John Titus that was in Donegal, Washington, PA by 1798. 

f. Timothy Shufflin and Sarah Jane Kelley named their last child Hiram Newton Shufflin.   Timothy's supposed mother's maiden name was Newsom. 

Sources

(1) British Aliens in the United States during the War of 1812 Author: Scott, Kenneth Pub. Facts: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. 1979 420p. p. 315
"Shuffling, T., age 28, 5 years in U.S., Baltimore Co., shoemaker" (11 Oct. 1813)

(2)

Timothy Shafling applied for naturalization in Frederick Co., MD.
This was recorded Aug 2, 1813 in the Court Minutes of Frederick Co on page 6.

Henry Shufling of Ireland applied for naturalization in Frederick Co. MD.
His application was recorded Feb 14, 1814

Death Certificate for his son Edward G Shufflin states his father, Timothy Shufflin, was born in Ireland
Ohio County Death Records FHL film 03244 image 883
Edward G Shufflin
born 30 Nov 1833
buried 10 Apr 1907
father Timothy Shufflin born in Ireland
maiden name of mother unknown, born in PA

(3)

Land Patent Office

Land Application
Land Patent of Timothy Shufling
"Timothy Shufling of Baltimore County, Maryland
for land in northwest quester of section six of township sixteen in range thirteen
6 June 1817"
1817 Land Application Henry Shufflin
Land Patent of Henry Shufling
"Henry Shufling of Baltimore County, Maryland
for land in southeast quarter of section thirty of township seventeen in range thirteen
6 June 1817"

(4) Wayne County, Ohio Court Journal 1 pg. 269
family search film # 8140174 image 157
8 May 1819 Timothy Sheffling vs. George Por

(5) 1820 Tax List  Wayne County, OH  FHL film 522848 image 108
 1820 tax Wayne Co Ohio

(6) DNA matches connecting Henry Shufflin to Timothy Shufflin

Thru Lines 

(7) Marriage record from The Echoer Vol 5 pg. 8 975.4 E 18
 Isaac Mays Justice of the Peace.

Marriage record

(8) some of the Wayne County, Ohio Tax Records

1820 Wayne Co. OH FHL 522848 image 250 Timothy and Henry Shufflin

1824 Wayne Co. OH FHL film 522848 image 419 Timothy Shufflin, (Henry Shufflin is on image 415)

1825 Wayne Co. OH FHL film 522848 image 571 Timothy Shufflin,  (Henry Shufflin is on image 497)

1826 Wayne Co , OH  FHL film 522848 image 659 Timothy Shufflin, (Henry Shufflin is on image 671)

1828 Wayne Co, OH FHL film 522849 image 400

1829 Wayne Co. OH FHL film 522849 image 667

1830 Wayne Co. OH FHL film 522850 image 171

1831 Wayne Co. OH FHL film 522850 image 466

1834 Wayne Co. OH film 522851 image 523

1836 Wayne Co, OH FHL film 522852 image 388

1838 Wayne Co. OH FHL film 522853 image 430 Timothy Shefflin  (Henry Shufflin is in Congress, Wayne, OH image 456)

(9) Wayne Co Deed BK 26 pg. 334
Vol. 26 Page 334
Wayne Co., Ohio
Timothy Shufflin
to
Joseph P. Smur
This indenture made this sixteenth day of April A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty by and between Timothy Shufflin and Sarah Jane Shufflin his wife of the county of Wayne in the State of Ohio of the one part and Joseph P. Smur of the County and State aforesaid of the other part Witnesseth that the said Timothy Shufflin and the said Sarah Jane his wife for and in consideration of the just and full sum of sixteen hundred dollars to them in hand paid the receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge have given granted bargained sold released and conveyed by these present do give grant bargain sell release convey and confirm unto the said Joseph P. Smur and his heirs & assigns forever all that tract or parcel of land situated and being in the county of Wayne and State of Ohio to wit: The North West quarter of section six of Township sixteen and Range thirteen except fifty acres and twenty five perches off the west side of said quarter section. Said fifty acres and twenty five perches are bounded as follows to wit Beginning at the township corner thence south one degree and a half east one hundred and fifty one perches to the quarter post thence south eighty seven degrees East fifty three perches and four tenths to a post thence North one degree & a half west one hundred and fifty perches to a post thence south eighty eight degrees west fifty three perches & four tenths to the place of beginning which said fifty acres & twenty five perches was sold by me to James Fisher
To have and to hold the premises aforesaid with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining unto him the said Joseph P. Smur and unto his heirs and assigns forever And the said Timothy Shufflin and Sarah Jane his wife for themselves and for their heirs executors and administrator covenant and promise to and with the said Joseph P. Smur his heir s and assigns that they the said Timothy Shufflin & Sarah Jane his wife are lawfully seized of the premises aforesaid that they have good right and lawful authority to sell and convey the same in manner aforesaid and that the premises are free and clear of all encumbrances whatever And further that they the said Timothy Shufflin and Sarah Jane his wife will well and truly warrant and forever defend the premises herein & hereby granted unto the said Joseph P. Smur and to his heirs and assigns against the lawful claims and demands of all and every person whomsoever.
In testimony whereof we the said Timothy Shufflin and Sarah Jane Shufflin his wife party of the first part have hereunto set our hands and seals the day and year first above written.
Timothy Shufflin X his mark
Sarah Jane Shufflin X her mark
Signed Sealed & Delivered in presence of
Joseph H Hanis
Wm. Stevens
State of Ohio Wayne County SS
Be it remembered that on the 16th day of April 1840 personally came before the subscriber a Just of the Peace in and for said county Timothy Shufflin and Sarah Jane Shufflin and acknowledge the foregoing Deed of conveyance to be their act and deed for the purpose therein expressed and the said Sarah Jane Shuffling being by me examined separate and apart from her said husband and the contents of there within and being by me fully explained and made known to her acknowledged the signed. The same voluntarily without coercion or compulsion from her said husband and that she is still satisfied therewith Given under by hand officially this day and year last above written
John H. Hanis J.P.
J.W. Crawford Recorder
recd August 29, 1844 and recorded same day

(10) Pope County Deed Book B pg. 429 9 Jun 1840
John Whiteside selling to Timothy Shuffing for $400, 80 acres of land on N E side of S quarter of  Section 29 in township 12

(11) Pope Co Probate Records film 965689 E 101 image 398

(12)

Sale Bill of the Personal property of the Estate of Timothy 
Shufflin Deceased by Sarah Jane Shufflin and Samuel Hazel 
Admr this the 19th Day of December AD 1840
 
John Shufflin to one wagon and gearing            $63
John Shufflin to one rifle gun                     12.75
Henry Shufflin to one bay mare                     26
Henry Shufflin to one Shovel plow                   3
Henry Shufflin to one pecock plow and Aprates (?)  12
Henry Shufflin to one lock chain                    4.25
John Shufflin to one tung chain                    00.87 1/2
John Shufflin one barrel                           00.25
John Shufflin one casteel ax                        2.12 1/2
John Shufflin to one casteel ax                      .73 3/4
James A. Whiteside to one iron wedge                1.00
Sarah Jane Shufflin to one Saddle                  17.75
Henry Shufflin to one broad ax                      4.00
Henry Shufflin to one iron Square                  00.50
Sarah Jane Shufflin to one set of chairs            6.00
Sarah Jane Shufflin to one foot adds [sic]          2.00
Sarah Jane Shufflin to one table                    2.00
Sarah Jane Shufflin to one barrow                   3.50
Sarah Jane Shufflin to two beds and materels [sic]  3.00
                                                  $178.56 1/4
 
we certify the above to be a true bill of the Sale of the 
personal property of Timothy Shufflin Decesed [sic]  Samuel 
Hazel Auctn King H. Hazel CLH

 

(13) In the guardianship papers regarding the minor heirs of Timothy Shufflin which are shown at right, (double click image to enlarge) we have a list and dates of birth of the six youngest Shufflin children.  They were giving the ages they would be on their next birthdays.

The papers read:  Sarah E. Shufflin aged 11 years 9 Oct 1842

                           Edward aged 9 years 6 November 1841

                           Maria M   6 years 10 Sept 1842

                           James Shufflin  5  years  10 March 1843

                           Samantha 4 yrs  3 May 1843

                           Hiram  2 yrs 20 Apr 1842

 

(14)
In another part of the document it was stated that Eliza Shufflin and Kisea Shufflin were old enough to choose a guardian though they had never done so.    No other children were mentioned.
Estate of Timothy Shufflin
"The estate of Timothy Shifflin To Sarah Jain Shufflin DC To Boarding clothing and Lodging six children to wit.

Sarah E. Shufflin, Edwin G Shufflin, Miriah M. Shufflin, James R Shufflin, Semantha J Shufflin and Newton H Shufflin at forty Dollars per annum from the 18th of october 1840 until the 4 July 1843 Amounting to $660.00

Also for Boarding Lodging and clothing two other children old suficient to choose a gardian but has never done so called Eliza Shufflin, Kisea Shufflin for the same term of time at $40.00 per anum. $220.00

$880.00
(15)
Five children were kept by Edmund Douley during this period.  Edmund Douley later married the widow, Sarah Jane.
The Estate of Timothy Shufflin To Edmund Douley DC  For keeping 5 of the heirs of said Shufflin five months, to wit from the 4th of July 1843 until the 30 of December 1843 as per order of the guardian at the Rates of 40$ per annum for each.  $83.33 1/3

(16) Irish Genealogy online  All of these records were from Church of Ireland records. (COI) and therefore protestant parishes

Irishgenealogy record DU-CI-BA-131727
Eliza Shufflin baptized 8 Jul 1777 St Mary, Dublin, Ireland COI parents James and Ann

Irishgeneaogy record DU-CI-MA-65432
James Shufflin to Ann Newsome  22 Aug 1776 St Werburgh, Dublin, Ireland COI

Irishgenealogy record DU-CI-BU 141479
James Shuffling buried 13 Mar 1785 St Luke, Dublin, Ireland COI

Burial of James Shufflin

His death record says he died of dropsy which was edema or swelling often caused by cardiac arrest.  The record also says he was of Drury Lane.

(17) John Titus 1798 tax list for Donegal, Washington, PA

(18) John Titus

John Titus and wife Sarah of Dublin
CHILDREN:
       1. Will Titus bap 23 Feb 1755
       2. Jane Titus bap 9 Apr 1758 St Luke Parish, Dublin
       3. Mary Titus bap 2 Aug 1761 St Luke Parish, Dublin
 
Possible child: John Titus b. Before 1765 (1800 census 26-44, 1810 census over 45)
who lived in Donegal, Washington, PA near where Timothy Shufflin married Sarah Jane Kelley. In Donegal in 1798. This John Titus died in 1822. (will probated)
John Titus had a son Isaac Titus living in Donegal, Washington, PA
Isaac had a son John Titus  (bio below)
  George Newsam and Anne Dally of Dublin
CHILDREN:
          1. Anne Newsam bap 29 Jan 1755 St Luke Parish, Dublin

Anne Newsam married James Shufflin 22 Aug 1776 St Werburgh, Dublin
James Shufflin buried 13 Mar 1785 St Luke Parish, Dublin
CHILDREN:
           1. Eliza Shufflin bap 8 Jul 1777 St Mary Parish, Dublin

Possible Children: Henry Shufflin b Abt. 1779 and Timothy Shufflin b. Abt. 1785

 From History of Washington County, PA  pg 822    

John H. Titus, one of the representative citizens of Donegal Township, who has been living on his present farm since 1888, is a member of one of the early pioneer families of this section, and was born in Donegal Township, Washington County, PA., Apr. 2, 1849, and is a son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Hayborn) Titus.
The parents of Mr. Titus were both born in Washington County.  The grandfather, John Titus, was an early settler here and the late Isaac Titus engaged in farming for many years in the same locality.  Isaac Titus was a Republican and he served in public office, being a school director for many years and also was a road commissioner.  Of the five children born to Isaac Titus and wife, three survive and all reside in Donegal Township: Margaret J., John H. and Joseph.
John H. Titus attended the district schools in Donegal Township and from youth has been engaged in farm pursuits.  He is now the owner of old and interesting landmarks of pioneer days, now in a state of disintegration.  He is an excellent judge of agricultural conditions in his section and is largely interested in sheep raising, keeping on an average about 100 head.
On Oct. 25,. 1888, Mr. Titus was united in marriage with Miss Laura V. McConn, who was born in West Virginia, a daughter of J. Wilkes McConn, and they have had three children, of whom one survives: Mary Florence, who was born Sept. 28, 1896.  Mr. Titus is a Republican in politics and a Presbyterian in religious faith, attending church at West Alexander.