The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-02


commences with Baron Jacques Lee
forte. nobleman of Normandy. He
was an officer in the army of William,
Duke of Normandy, in his invasion of
England 1866.
William L.. the "Conqueror," granted
him lands for his service, and he set
tied in England His children inter-
married with the Britons and SaNons.
The name changed frequently. until
Henry w, when Henry de Shackelford,
gentleman in waiting to Merry Hal
UHenry w. About 1900. William de
Shackelford. another descendant, was
officer of the household of Henry VII.
The ancestral seat of the family was
"Goldaming." Surry county. with the
village of Shackelford. This passed
from the family in 1920; the residence
was burned, 100, the land and the VIII
lage being now part of the estate of
the Earl of Middleton. William.
grandson of the above, espoused the
cause of the Huguenots. and in 1850
fed to France and Joined the army of
Henry of Navarro. He married q Miss
St Pierre, and :som continued perse-
cution, left France and settled in the
Netherlands, where both he and his
wife died. His son, the father of the
Virginia emigrant, returned to Eng
landH' where his son Joined the army
of Charles l., and followed his for
tunes until his arrest.
The history of the Shackelfords in
this country begins with John Shackel-
| fcrd, who settled in King and Queen
county. Va, 1919. He was n knight
and Cavalier of Charles I. when on his
arrest. he fled the country to save his
| head.
L., iol
but is supposed to have been in the
have had two sons. John and Benja-
min. John married the eldest daugh-
ter Of John Swingston, of South Caro-
lima. who emigrated from Scot
| land: his eldest brother, Robert
having settled in New York in 1874
These brothers were lineal descendants
OF Robert Bruce, King of Scotland
John Shackelford, son of the emigrant
had settled near the Livingstons. II
1859. after his marriage. he moved back
to Virginia and settled in Dinwiddit
county, until he Inherited the ances
trail home in King and Queen county
About 100. a brother of his wife. job,
Livingston. Jr., came to Virginia ant
married Frances Muscoe, of Esse:
county.
, The children of John Shackelfort
were John (3). born 100. and William
also one daughter. who married Fon
: tame. John CD married 1875 dauGh
ter of John Lyme. of King William
sisten lof George Lyme, member o
House of Burgesses. 1872 to 177G
William married q Miss Taliaferro
The children of John co were Lyme
BENJAMIN and John (4). Lyme, thu
eldest. Inherited the home and hi
third son, George, settled IN Madison
! county. Kentucky, and was the ances
tor OF all the Shackelfords in kentucls.
!, and Missouri. One of his grandsons
General Shackeford, of Evansville
, Ind captured John II. Morgan an
+. his command In Ohio in 1862.
, Benjamin, born 1881: died 1877. so
of John (3) and Miss Lyme. settled II
/ Gloucester county, and married Eliza
t beth Jones. of Westmoreland county
!. Va, a cousin of James Monroe, Presi
! dent Of tho United States. Benjam
: was known as the handsomest man !
: the Underwater county. He was 81
feet six inches and proportionatcl
built: was a farmer but military In
clined. ETe was captain Of the "Glou
= cester Colonial Horse" before and af
:. ter the beginning OF tho Revolution
: beong middle aged, with larg
= family, he moved to near Bris
toe, Fauquier county. and frol
e there to CuIoeper county, where h
!, kept the old Bell Tavern, until $50;
a and lived at "Ceavland," the home G
} Judge John Shackclford. until his dealt
e 1917; eightysiN years OF age. II
s had three sons, John, Charles and Der
i jamin. Jr., and three daughters, Han
d riet katherine and Fanny.
II Charles married Miss Menifee,