Family of Shackleton, Richard and Fuller, Elizabeth
Families
| Married | Husband | Shackleton, Richard ( * October 9, 1726 + 1792 ) | |||||||||||||||
| Married | Wife | Fuller, Elizabeth ( * + 1754 ) | |||||||||||||||
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| Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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| Shackleton, Margaret | October 18, 1751 | February 6, 1829 |
| Shackleton, Abraham | December 8, 1752 | 1818 |
| Shackleton, Henry | ||
| Shackleton, Deborah |
Narrative
From Kildare History Project: (http://www.kildare.ie/Library/Library/BallitoreLibrary/LibraryServices/BiographicalDetailsoftheShackletonsBallitore/)
Mary Shackleton was born in 1758, the daughter of Richard, the Master of Ballitore School. Mary demonstrated an early ability for creative writing and in 1791 married William Leadbeater, former pupil and teacher at the school. She became the first postmistress in Ballitore village. Mary corresponded with Edmund Burke, a former pupil of Ballitore school, Maria Edgeworth and George Crabbe. Her Annals of Ballitore,began in 1766 and finished in 1824, recounts life and events in her own life and the village and are an invaluable social and historical record.
Mary, a perfect embodiment of Quaker values: humble, unselfish and opposed to violence, died in 1826.
