Here Are Some Useful Links for Shipley Related Sites as well as Genealogical/Historical Organizations

Our members-only online database is hosted on a separate website. It contains all individuals listed in our 2002 Book and 2010 Supplement. This database was created by John M. Shipley, Sr. (our book editor), and contains 42,535 individuals, 15,572 families, 7,025 unique surnames, 4,960 places, 2,499 notes, and 1,038 sources. This online database and our books provide complimentary information. The database provides an easy-to-use tool for researching ancestors and relationships, while the books supply more extensive narrative and pictorial information. You must be a member of The Shipleys of Maryland to access this database.

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Our Shipley Family Project on FamilyTreeDNA is open to all who are interested in working together to find common heritage through sharing of information and DNA testing. This is your opportunity to trace your Shipley routes. The internet is littered with erroneous genealogical lineages. The purpose of the Shipleys of Maryland DNA project is to shed light on true lineages. Your participation provides you and the organization with the means to accomplish this task.

This Maryland DOT site contains searchable information about Maryland's Roadside Markers. The Shipleys of Maryland sponsored 4 markers, 3 of which remain installed. Use this website to find out more information. Search using keyword "Shipley".

This link connects to a presentation given by Jan Sharik Baker at the 2022 SHIPLEYS OF MARYLAND Annual Meeting and Luncheon, which was held on Saturday, October 29, 2022 at Hellas Restaurant and Lounge in Millersville, MD. Jan's presentation is entitled “Joined by Time and Circumstance: The Connection of the Shipley Line to the Historic Benson-Hammond House.” Jan is lead docent and museum curator for the Ann Arrundell County Historical Society (AACHS). She has also been a board member, officer or member of several genealogical organizations in addition to AACHS, including the Baltimore County Genealogical Society, the Odenton Genial Genealogists, and the Maryland Historical Society, now called the Maryland Center for History and Culture. Her Benson ancestor immigrated to Jamestown from England in the early 1630s. Her Todd and Cromwell ancestors were connected to Todd’s Inheritance at North Point; her Dorsey and Ridgley ancestors, to Hampton Mansion in Towson; and her Larkin and Holland ancestors were innkeepers at London Towne, all in Maryland. These names should be familiar to Shipleys. Jan’s presentation gives the history of the house, one of the primary facilities of the AACHS, and shows the relationship of the Shipleys to the Bensons and Hammonds as well as other early Maryland families associated with the house. One of the more recent connections is E. Roderick Shipley, M.D., a past Shipleys of Maryland President and past AACHS President who took on the house as his “patient” in the 1970s after diagnosing the seriousness of the building’s forlorn look and fading exterior. His leadership led to the renovation of the house for AACHS. Jan shares images from her collection of very old photos.

This collection contains information on the genealogy of the Shipleys and related families. It includes handwritten copies of land grants, wills, inventories, birth records, obituaries, wedding announcements, family histories, bible records, news articles on the family, and newspaper pictures. Other items include approximately 5,000 3x5 cards listing births, deaths and marriages of Shipley and related families; typescript entitled "Shipley, Mitchell and Thompson families;" cemetery records from Missouri; photostat of coat-of-arms; Loudon Park Cemetery receipts and interment records; and Lincoln-Shipley genealogy. Shipley family members represented include: Judge Nicholas Charles Burke, Dr. Arthur M. Shipley, Joshua Shipley, and Ruth Howard Shipley. Other families also discussed include: Burke, Leonard, Logsdon, Mitchell, and Thompson.