Genealogy Report: Descendants of William Shreve
Descendants of William Shreve
2.WILLIAM4 SHREVE (WILLIAM3, LAWRENCE2SHERIFF, LAWRENCE1) was born Abt. 1590.He married OARA OARA1.She was born 1594 in Amsterdam, Noorhalland, Holland1, and died WFT Est. 1626-1688 in Portsmouth, Newport, Holland1.
Notes for WILLIAM SHREVE:
SHREVE, WILLIAM
Born: Circa 1592 in England
Died:
Married: Oara Oara
This generation is missing from the Lawrence Sheriff genealogy. It is with this William Shreve, alleged son of Sir William Shreve, and his supposed wife Oara Oara, that the Lawrence Sheriff genealogy (where the present William and his wife are missing) diverges from that espoused by Steadman and Allen.
Certain sources also claim that William Shreve and his wife Oara Oars were the first Shreves to come to America. There is little or no independent evidence of this assertion. Most evidence indicates that William's son Thomas Shreve (Sheriff) was the first Shreve to come to the United States.
Hornor reports:
According to the family records of Miss Kate M. Shreve, of Bordentown, "William Sheriff, or Shreve, married the daughter of a wealthy nobleman of Amsterdam Holland. Her name is given as Oara Oara. Traditionally, to escape the power of an unreconcilable parent, they sought refuge in America."
References: Allen, Luther P., History and Genealogy of the Shreve Family p. 11-14; Hornor, William S., This Old Monmouth of Ours, Polyanthos, Cottonport, New Jersey, 1974, p. 348.
Notes for OARA OARA:
SHREVE, OARA OARA
Born: Circa 1594 in Amsterdam, Holland
Died:
Married: William Shreve
The first waves of immigrants into Plymouth were so-called "Pilgrim" groups that had had emigrated from both London and Leiden, Holland. This latter group of religious dissenters moved from England to Holland in 1607 where they were given more religious freedom than in England. They remained there about 11 or 12 years before one group of them set sail for Plymouth on a ship called the Mayflower. The majority of this religious community remained behind in Leiden, but some followed the Mayflower on other ships later. It is possible that William Shreve and Oara Oara might have met during the Leiden years.
The "Leiden Theory" might be an explanation about where Oara Oara, who is in almost all the traditional accounts held to have been of Dutch extraction, might have come into the Shreve story. The theory explains the "Dutch" connection in the traditional ancestry, a connection which has been the most inexplicable part of that lineage. An examination of existing Leiden Pilgrim records and passenger lists of the early ships, however, shows no evidence of a William Shreve and Oara Oara.
References: Allen, Luther P., History and Genealogy of the Shreve Family p. 11-14
More About OARA OARA:
Fact 7: Holland1
Fact 9: FTM WFT Vol 2 Pedigree # 48101
Child of WILLIAM SHREVE and OARA OARA is:
3. | i. | THOMAS5 SHERIFF, b. Abt. 1630, Plymouth, MA; d. Abt. 1675, Portsmouth, RI. |