Keywords: The History of the Shinn Family in Europe and America
by Josiah H. Shinn, A. M.
Moses and Mary Shinn, their grandson, Silas William Bernethy, their son Luther and his son Norman Gilbert.
The caption has Mary as Mary (Robey) Shinn, implying her maiden name was Robey. It wasn't. She was born Mary Shinn and was Moses's first cousin. Her mother's maiden name was Robey. Mary was the second child of Isaiah Shinn and Nancy Robey and was born September 25, 1818, over 2 years after their marriage on April 17, 1816.
Robey may have been Mary's middle name to honor familial heritage. |