1Ralph D. Smyth, Robert Shelley, or Shelly, of Scituate and Barnstable, Mass., and His Descendants, NEHGR Vol. 60, p. 332 (Oct 1906).
"1. ROBERT(sup>1 SHELLY emigrated from England to Boston, coming in the Lion in 1632. He soon removed to Scituate, where he married Judith Garnett of Boston, on Sept. 26, 1636, and joined the church May 14, 1637 (see ante, vol. 14, page 300). He later removed to Barnstable, Mass.
Children:
i. HANNAH,2 bapt. July 2, 1637; m. Mch. 9, 1662, David Linnell.
ii. MARY, bapt. Nov. 2, 1639; m. (1) Jan. 25, 1665-6, William Harlow; m. (2) Ephraim Morton.
2. iii. ROBERT.
iv. JOHN, bapt. July 31, 1642.".