Mary Rooksland Shield
This is a photo of a painting of Mary Rooksland Shield. I got it several years ago from my cousin Evelyn Shields. Mary was my 5th great-grandmother. She was born about 1800 and died in the 1870s. She was married at least four times. She either was born in Baltimore or moved there as a young child. She married Jesse Huffington there and later moved to York County. She is the link to her descendant's linages to George Reade and Nicolas Martiau. She also descends from English royalty.
Mary Rooksland Shield was said have been a medicine woman. She would make up herbal cures for various ailments that struck the local people.
In 1965, Dolly Vick wrote a book on the ancestors and decsendants of Mary Rooksland Shield. It was through looking in this book that I was able find out about my great-mother Green's ( Diana Hopkins (Todd)ancestry and my many cousins in the Poquoson area.
posted by Frank Green | 10:49 PM
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We are related.I am a descendent of Mary by the Cox or Mattox line. We still have a great amount of relatives in the Poquoson, and Keohougtan area.
Mary Shield was my 4th great grandmother. Her Daughter Mary Ann Dixon was my 3rd great grandmother. Mary Ann Dixon married Curtis Hunt. Their son William Eugene Hunt was my great grandfather. We are distant cousins. I live in Poquoson, Virginia. Debra Hunt Sterling
My great grandmother, Sarah Wilson Watkins, who's father was Wilton Wilson, is my family's connection to Mary. We used to have a copy of Dolly Vick's book but I don't know what happened to it. Does anyone know if it can be found somewhere? Also, does anyone in the family know the connection between Wilton Wilson and Mary R. Shield?
I was given a book by my father. I am from Poquoson, Va. and my heritage passes directly through Mary Rooksland Shield. my name is Teresa Holloway Robinson. i have been trying to work on ancestry but have hit a dead end. I am trying to locate Dolly Vicks Book. cmeinoz@aol.com
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