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109. SILAS SHINN (4).--SAMUEL (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).
Silas, the third child of Samuel and Abigail (Urie) Shinn, was born in New Jersey in 1745, and was named in his father's will. (Rowan County, N. C., Wills, Liber A, p. 144.) This will gave each child of the former
marriages twenty shillings, and raises the inference that these children were all provided for in New Jersey in vita patris, and before his removal to North Carolina. Silas was given the farm upon which he then lived on
Coldwater, containing two hundred and fifty acres, including the improvement that one Richard Lewis then lived on. Also two black mares, one of which was a natural pacer. He married Elinor Overcast in 1766 at the German
Reform Church on Coldwater. He was a surveyor and a farmer. I have found plats of his surveying in many parts of North Carolina and in one county of South Carolina. The records of Mecklenburgh and Cabarrus Counties show
that he was a large purchaser of lands and operated extensively in mills. Children of Silas and Elinor (Overcast) Shinn.
337. 1. Catherine Shinn, b. 1769 on Coldwater; m .Peter Shank; two sons.
338. 2. Silas Benjamin Shinn, b. North Carolina, 1770; m. Elizabeth Little,
4/28/1800, at Old Coldwater.
339. 3. Isaac Shinn, b. 1772; m. Kate (???), at Old Coldwater, 1790.
340. 4. Margaret Shinn, b. 1776; m. Frederick Criminger.
341. 5. John Shinn, b. 1780; m. Margaret Moore; no descendants.
342. 6. Joel Shinn, b. 178--; moved to Putnam County, Indiana. |
