Hannah Maria SHORTEN, my wife’s 2xGGM, is part of the original family of C17th English Protestant settlers who arrived from Devon/Somerset along with the GOODs and many other families. There are numerous examples of GOOD = SHORTEN marriages in the C19th. At the time of Griffiths Valuation the SHORTEN / SHORTIN families where highly concentrated in West Cork. The SHORTENs can be found in records referring to Moneygaff West (Moneygoff), Ballineen and Kinneigh.
The head of my wife’s SHORTEN family is James Paul SHORTEN (c1799-1887), my wife’s 3xGGF. He was a farmer at Moneygaff West. In 1833 he married my wife’s 3xGGM Mary HARROLD (1816-1904). Their children were baptised at the original church at Ballymoney (Ballineen):
· Tamar SHORTEN (1831) – noting that Tamar is a widely-used family name = Nicholas WHITE in 1859;
· Eliza SHORTEN (1833-1865) = John BUTTIMER in 1861;
· Paul SHORTEN (1834-1893) = Mary Ann BATEMAN in 1875. Paul’s early death was covered by a newspaper article. His widow was left with 7 young children;
· Hannah Maria SHORTEN (1841-1925), my wife’s 2xGGM = John GOOD;
· Anne SHORTEN (1843);
· Margaret SHORTEN (1843-1920) = another John GOOD of Phale;
· Catherine SHORTEN (1853) = James KINGSTON in 1882 Rosscarbery;
Hoping to connect with other researchers. A location map is available on my synopsis:
http://creativegraces.net/genindex/oconnell.htmlThanks.