Samuel Shorey (1), an immi-
SHOREY grant from England, settled in "
Old Kittery," Maine, in the
latter part of the seventeenth century, and
probably about 1685 to 1690. The year of
his birth is not known, and it has been suggested
that Sar1uel may have been in some
way related to the Shores family of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He was witness to a deed in Kittery in 1702 and had a grant of fifty acres of land in 1703. He also acquired by purchase from one Joseph Smith of Dover, in 1712, a tract of fifty-five acres of land in that part of Kittery which was called "Old Eliot" and which soon afterward was set off to Berwick. Here the Shoreys settled and lived for many years. In 1722 Samuel Shorey 's only neighbors were Daniel Furbush and Alexander Furguson, and in the three families were twenty-eight children. They defended the homes of each other against Indian attack and in case of sudden alarm they all took refuge in Furbush's house. It is believed that soon after the purchasing of the land fr.om Smith a new house was built by Samuel Shorey, probably about 1714, and which was still standing a century later and then was in possession of one of his descendants. Samuel Shorey died about 1769, and must have been a very old man. He married, April 29, 1702, Mary, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Thompson) Rhodes, and by her had nine children, all born in Kittery: 1. Mary, September 23, 1703, married Benjamin Hodson. 2. Deacon John, August 10, 1704, married first, Amy Hodson ; second, Mary Clark. 3. Samuel, June 16, 1717. 8. Jacob, August 12. 1718, married Mary Libby. 9. Joseph, December 29, 1722. (II) Joseph Shorey, youngest son and child of Samuel and Mary (Rhodes) Shorey, was born in Berwick, (Kittery) Maine, December 29, 1722, and died there probably in the latter part of 1756. He married Elizabeth, daughter of James and Sarah Chadbournc. She survived him and is said to have married, in 1760, Joseph Libby. Joseph and Elizabeth (Chad- bourne) Shorey had four children, born in South Berwick, and baptized as follows: 1. Elizabeth, May 13, 1752. 2. Lydia. May 13, 1752. 3. Mehitable, November 18, 1754. 4. John, August 11, 1756. (III) John Shorey, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Chadbourne) Shorey, was born in Berwick sometime between the years 1750 and 1756, and lived to be one hundred and one years old. He spent the early part of his life in Berwick, then lived for a time in Wolf- borough, New Hampshire, afterward returned to Maine, but later returned to New Hampshire and died there. He was a farmer and ship carpenter, and also a soldier of the revolution. The records show that John Shorey enlisted May 5, 1775, as private in Captain Philip Hubbard's company of Colonel James Scammo1vs thirtieth regiment, and was discharged
August 1, 1775; service, three months
four days ; received order for money in lieu of
bounty coat, December 21, 1775. He enlisted
May 1, 1777, as private in Colonel Calvin
Smith's thirteenth regiment of the continental
army, and was in service to February 1,
1780; also private in Captain Daniel Pills-
bury's company of Colonel Edward Wiggle-
worth's regiment, service in the continental
army, three years. It is said that during
his service in the continental army John
Shorey was for a part of the time an aide
or attendant to General Washington. He
was present at battle of Bunker Hill. In
1796 John Shorey went to \\rolfborough,
New Hampshire, and bought one of the fifty
acre lots on Pinehill which originally had been
granted by Paul March (or Marsh) to the
first six settlers on the main road, each of
whom was entitled to one hundred and fifty
acres. This land was bought by John Shorey
from Abigail, widow of Thomas Piper. They
probably were the parents of Mr. Shorey's
wife, whose family name was Piper. John
Shorey's children were: John, Lyford (who
lived to the age of ninety-five years), Joseph
and Mary.

GENEALOGICAL
AND
PERSONAL MEMOIRS
Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts.
PREPARED UNDER THE EDlTORlAL SUPERVlSlON OF
WILLIAM RICHARD CUTTER, A. M.
Historian of the New England Historic (.Genealogical Society; Librarian of
VVoburn Public Library; Author of "The Cutter Family," "History of Arlington," "
Bibliography of Wolmrn," etc., etc.
VOLUME II.
ILLUSTRATED.
NEW YORK
LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY .
1908 .