Shaply History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Shaply family

The surname Shaply 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 Shaply family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Shaply 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 Shaply History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Shaply Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Shaply 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...
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Shaply migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Shaply Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

John Shaply, who arrived in Virginia in 1663 2

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)