Shapley History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Shapley family

The surname Shapley was first found in Devon where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

But we must look to Kent for the first record of the family. For it is here that John de Sheppey (d. 1360), Bishop of Rochester, who was educated under the patronage of Haymo Heath, Bishop of Rochester, became a Benedictine monk at that city, 1

Early History of the Shapley family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Shapley research. Another 76 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1410, 1414, 1417, 1419, 1420, 1427 and 1762 are included under the topic Early Shapley History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Shapley Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Shapleigh, Shapley and others.

Early Notables of the Shapley family

Notables of the family at this time include John Shapleigh (died 1414), of Exeter, Devon, an English politician, Member of the Parliament of England for Exeter in...
Another 26 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Shapley Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Shapley migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Shapley Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Alexander Shapley, who arrived in Maine in 1635 2
Philip Shapley, who arrived in Maryland in 1667 2
John Shapley, who landed in Maryland in 1669 2

Shapley Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

James Shapley, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1878

Shapley migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Shapley Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Mary Shapley, who settled in Bennetts Cove, St. John's Newfoundland in 1717 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Shapley (post 1700) +

Lloyd Stowell Shapley (1923-2016), American mathematician and Nobel Prize-winning economist
Harlow Shapley (1885-1972), American astronomer
Lt. General Alan Shapley (1903-1973), United States Marine Corps officer who survived the sinking of the USS Arizona
Mildred Shapley Matthews (1915-2016), American book editor and writer known for her astronomy books
Shapley R. Hunter, American Republican politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois 12th District, 1996 4

Historic Events for the Shapley family +

USS Arizona

Mr. Alan Shapley, American Major working aboard the ship "USS Arizona" when she sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7th December 1941, he survived the sinking 5

Citations +

Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Seary E.R., Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland, Montreal: McGill's-Queen's Universtity Press 1998 ISBN 0-7735-1782-0
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Pearl Harbour: USS Arizona Casualties List Pearl Harbour December 7, 1941. (Retrieved 2018, July 31st). Retrieved from http://pearl-harbor.com/arizona/casualtylist.html