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Sheards in Birstall Parish, Early Records, 1640 and Later

Sheard, Thomas, progenitor of the Sheards who settled the Batley and Birstall parishes

John Sheard, Briestwell (16??-1690)

Sheard, Michael (1689-?) m. Abigail Healy

Sheard, Jonas (1713-1789) m. Dinah Kirk

Sheard, George, (1740-1824) m. Hannah Blakeley

Sheard, Michael (1742-1811) m. Sarah Barber

Sheard, Michael (1777-1837) m. Sarah Lister

Sheards in New York State

Sheard, Henrietta, daughter of Joseph Sheard, b. 1856

Descendants of George Sheard in the English Censuses

Descendants of Michael Sheard in the English Censuses

Other Sheards in Batley

Other Sheards in the Batley Census

The Sheards and Shoddy in Berlin

Thomas Sheard born 1696 Mirfield emigrated to New Jersey USA

John Sheard and Sarah Brown, genealogy from John Farnhill, March 2009


Connections to Related Families
Healy, Abigail wife of Michael Sheard (b 1688)

Lilly, Mary, the wife of Joshua Healey, parents of Abigail

Kirk, Dinah wife of Jonas Sheard (b 1713)

Barber, Sarah wife of Michael Sheard (b 1742)

Benjamin Law, Husband of Lydia Sheard (b 1781)


The Sheards

The Sheard branch of the Land family can be traced back to the marriage of Michael Sheard and Abigail Healy in Bristall Parish in 1712.

    Michael Sheard
    Birth: Unknown
    Marriage: Michael Sheard married Abigail Healy on November 13, 1712 in Birstall Parish.
    Son:
      Jonas Sheard, the son of Michael Sheard and Abigail Healy, was baptized in Birstall parish church on May 24, 1713.
      Marriage: Jonas Sheard married Dinah Kirk on November 19, 1739 in Birstall Parish
      Son:
        Michael Sheard, the son of Jonas Sheard and Dinah Kirk was baptized in Birstall parish church on December 12, 1742.
        Marriage: Michael Sheard married Sarah Barber on in May 1763 in Birstall Parish.
        Daughter:
          Lydia Sheard, the daughter of Michael Sheard and Sarah Barber, was baptized in the Batley parish church on October 14, 1781.
          Marriage: Lydia Sheard married Benjamin Law on April 20, 1801 in Leeds.
          Son:
            William Law, the son of Benjamin Law and Lydia Sheard was born in Batley on March 12, 1809.
            Marriage: William Law married Mary Worth in Cheshire circa 1834
            Daughter:
              Lydia Law, the daughter of William Law and Mary Worth, was born in Cheshire circa 1836.
              Marriage: Lydia Law married John Land on November 7, 1857 in Gomersal, Birstall Parish.
              Son:
                Law Land, the son of Lydia Law and John Land was born in in the town of Batley, Parish of Batley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England on December 29, 1858.

The Name Sheard

George Redmonds in YSS Part II says Sheard was

"A surname found in Sheffield and Pipon in the 1400's, but originating outside Yorkshire, possibly in Cheshire (see Reaney). In the 16th century there was a Sheard family in Overden (Halifax) which was responsible for the name's ramification: Thomas Sheard of Overton, who died in 1565, had four sons, who apparently moved down the Calder valley, settling in Batley, Mirfield and Kirkheaton. The name is still common in that area and various branches of the family became millers, coal-owners, and quarry developers in Lepton and Gawthorpe Green."
Records listed by Redmonds:
  1. 1545 Richard Sheard (Overden) Subsidy Rolls
  2. 1641 Luke Sheard (Kirkheaton) Protestant Returns."


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