Person:Unknown (26582)

Watchers
 
  • HThomas SHORESEst 1737 - Bef 1804
  • WUnknownAbt 1740 - Bef 1800
  1. Levin Lowe SHORESAbt 1762 - Bef 1831
  2. Edward SHORESAbt 1770 - Bef 1848
  3. Joab SHORESAbt 1770 - Bef 1820
Facts and Events
Name
Gender Female
Birth[1][3] Abt 1740 Dorchester Co., MD?
Marriage to Thomas SHORES
Death[2][4] Bef Aug 1800 Somerset County, Maryland [?]

No record leading to the identification of Thomas Shores' spouse - and the mother of his children - has been yet discovered. One researcher has theorized that she might have been a native American, citing a family legend to that effect, but no real evidence for this theory has been discoverd.

References
  1. John Stephen Gracey.

    Estimate based upon other assumptions and circumstantial evidence. _TMPLT:
    FIELD:
    Name: Page

  2. John Stephen Gracey.

    Estimate based on known facts and circumstantial evidence. _TMPLT:
    FIELD:
    Name: Page

  3. Estimated birth year and place based on estimated age and birth place of spouse, Thomas SHORES and application of contemporary community norms for age differences between males and females at first marriage.
  4. No wf over 45 listed in 1800 US Census Somerset MD p57 (Thomas SHORES entry)
    Not mentioned in Thomas SHORES' will of 1804. Wf over 16 listed in Thomas SHORES household in 1783 tax list from Somerset Co., possibly spouse, but could also be an unmarried daughter, a daughter-in-law, or some unrelated female residing in the household.