John Bridger Shiffner

1788 - 1814  (25 years)    Has 8 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	John Bridger Shiffner
  Birth	26 Aug 1788
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Apr 1814	Bayonne, Basses-Pyrennes, France
  Siblings	7 Siblings
  1. John Bridger Shiffner,   b. 26 Aug 1788   d. 15 Apr 1814, Bayonne, Basses-Pyrennes, France  (Age 25 years)   2. Vice-Adm. Henry Shiffner,   b. 4 Nov 1789   d. 18 Mar 1859  (Age 69 years) ▻ Emily Brooke,  m. 9 Jul 1825 + 3. Rev. George Bridger Shiffner,   b. 17 May 1791   d. 14 Dec 1863, Chichester, West Sussex, England  (Age 72 years) ▻ Elizabeth Johnson,  m. 10 Jul 1817   4. Mary Shiffner,   b. 29 Jun 1792   5. Rebecca Frances Shiffner,   c. 29 Nov 1793   d. 1880  (Age ~ 86 years) ▻ Rev. Charles Edmund Ruck Keene,  m. 3 Apr 1819   6. Henrietta Louisa Shiffner,   c. 4 May 1795   bur. 1867  (Age ~ 71 years) ▻ George Hoper,  m. 15 Jan 1834 + 7. Thomas Shiffner,   b. 8 Aug 1796   d. 1872  (Age 75 years) ▻ Mary Brown   8. Isabella Philadelphia Shiffner,   b. 27 Feb 1799   d. Aft 1868  (Age 69 years)
  Person ID	I683769	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2014

  
  

  Father	George Shiffner,   b. 17 Nov 1762   d. 3 Feb 1842 (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Mary Bridger   d. 1 Jun 1844
  Marriage	31 Oct 1787
  Family ID	F300037	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  Captain 3rd Foot Guards 15 April 1814 wounds recd at Battle of Bayonne the preceding day Due to become the 2nd Baronet he was unfortunately killed in action in The Peninsular War under Wellington. One of the Shiffner Heirlooms dating back to this time is a Gold plated Snuffbox, details of which are below. This Gold Snuff box was won in a tontine by Lieutenant John Shiffner 3rd Regiment of Footguards and eldest son of George Shiffner 1st Baronet. Lieutenant Shiffner and his fellow officers clubbed together to purchase the snuff box with the agreement that the last man surviving would ?win? the box. All the participants involved were unfortunately killed in their prime on active service under Wellington in The Peninsular War. Not that John Shiffner lived long enough to enjoy the proceeds, as he was wounded in a sortie at the siege of Bayonne on 14th April 1814, and died of his wounds the following day. A completely futile battle caused by the French attacking the allied forces 2 days after The Emperor Napoleon had abdicated. Of George Shiffner's children, two served with distinction in the Armed Forces. His eldest son, John Bridger Shiffner, entered the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards in 1805 and became lieutenant by seniority in 1811. He was on active service in the Spanish Peninsula from 1809 until his untimely death--after the war had officially ended--in the sortie from Bayonne in 1814. (Army Lists. His commissions were dated 24 October 1805 and 27 March 1811 respectively. The list does not distinguish lieutenants from captains in the regiment.) The greater part of the 191 letters to his father were written when on service and provide a valuable first-hand account of conditions and life there. (Nos. SHR/1037-1228.)