Letters, 1707-1911 (bulk 1707-1785).

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Letters, 1707-1911 (bulk 1707-1785).

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Letters. Primarily correspondence between the Carleton and Shackleton families of Great Britain and the United States containing family news, religious discussions and Friends' activities. Includes correspondence, 1752-1785, between Thomas Carleton (1699-1792) of Philadelphia and Kennett, Pa., and Elizabeth (Carleton) Shackleton (1726-1804) of Ireland; correspondence, 1725-1770, of Roger Shackleton (d.1766) and his son William Shackleton of York, England with Abraham (1696-1771) and Richard Shackleton (1726-1792) of Ballitore, Ireland; other correspondents include Jonathan Carleton, Samuel Carleton, Benjamin Chandlee, John Chandlee, Thomas Chandlee, Elizabeth Dale, Mary Peisley (later Neale), Abraham Shackleton (1827-1912), Mary Shackleton (later Leadbeater) and Jane Watson.

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Carleton family.

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Shackleton, Abraham, 1696-1771

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Shackleton, Elizabeth, 1726-1804

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Leadbeater, Mary, 1758-1826

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Mary Leadbeater [née Shackleton], Irish author. From the description of Mary Leadbeater manuscript material : 1 item, 1802 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 697291983 ...

Neale, Mary Peisley, 1717-1757

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Mary Peisley (1718-1757, married name Mary Neale, sometimes misspelled Paisley) was an Irish Quaker writer. Peisley was born 19 January 1718 at Ballymore, County Kildare: her mother Rachel (née Burton) was from Mannin, County Tipperary, and her father John from Baltiboys, County Wicklow. The family moved in 1723 to a farm at Paddock, Mountrath, County Laois (then known as "Queen's County"), where she was based for the rest of her life until her marriage. She had little formal education and en...

Chandlee, John.

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Chandlee, Thomas.

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Shackleton, Richard, 1726-1792

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Richard Shackleton, son of Abraham Shackleton (1697-1771), founder of the Quaker school at Ballitore, Co Kildare, Ireland. In 1756, he succeeded his father as master of the school, where he remained until replaced by his son Abraham in 1779. Shackleton's first wife, Elizabeth (Fuller) Schakleton died in 1754; he later married Elizabeth (Carleton) Shackleton, who was active in local charities. From the description of Correspondence of Richard Shackleton, 1658-1808 (bulk 1750-1795). (H...

Shackleton, Abraham, 1827-1912.

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Watson, Jane, 1739?-1812?

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Carleton, Thomas, 1699-1792.

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Dale, Elizabeth

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Chandlee, Benjamin.

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Shackleton, William.

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Carleton, Jonathan, 1771-1831

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Shackleton, Roger, d. 1766.

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Carleton, Samuel.

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Shackleton family.

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Carlton, Chandlee, Shackleton and related Quaker families of England, Ireland, and United States. Abraham Shackleton (1696-1771) founded a school at Ballitore, Co. Kildare, Ireland in 1726. His son Richard Shackleton (1726-1792) later took charge of the school and married Elizabeth Carleton (1726-1804). Their daughter Mary (1758-1826) married Wm. Leadbeater. Thomas Carleton (1699-1792) of Kennett, (Chester County) Pa. was the son of Mark and Susanna (Watson) Carleton. From the descri...