From SC Senate Biographies:
Thomas Shubrick, son of Thomas Shubrick and Sarah Motte, was born on 27 December 1756. Studying in England, he entered the Middle Temple on 28 June 1773. He returned to Carolina prior to the American Revolution. By 31 January 1776, Shubrick was serving as an ensign in a light infantry company of the Charleston militia. Holding the rank of first lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment (January 1777), he was promoted on 15 January 1778 to captain. Between May 1777 and September 1778, he was attached to the staff of General Robert Howe as a brigade major. Appointed an aide-de-camp to General Benjamin Lincoln on 19 July 1779, Shubrick participated in the siege of Savannah. After Charleston fell to the British in Mary of 1780, he was taken prisoner and held at Haddrell's Point, now Mount Pleasant. He was exchanged on 14 June 1781, then served as aide-de-camp to General Nathanael Greene until the end of the war. In addition, he was commissary of prisoners in the Southern Department of the Army. His valor at the Battle of Eutaw Springs (September 1781) earned for him a medal and a resolution from Congress.
Shubrick's last son was Irving Shubrick who was a Commander in the Navy who died on April 5, 1849.
From SC Senate Biographies:
Thomas Shubrick, son of Thomas Shubrick and Sarah Motte, was born on 27 December 1756. Studying in England, he entered the Middle Temple on 28 June 1773. He returned to Carolina prior to the American Revolution. By 31 January 1776, Shubrick was serving as an ensign in a light infantry company of the Charleston militia. Holding the rank of first lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment (January 1777), he was promoted on 15 January 1778 to captain. Between May 1777 and September 1778, he was attached to the staff of General Robert Howe as a brigade major. Appointed an aide-de-camp to General Benjamin Lincoln on 19 July 1779, Shubrick participated in the siege of Savannah. After Charleston fell to the British in Mary of 1780, he was taken prisoner and held at Haddrell's Point, now Mount Pleasant. He was exchanged on 14 June 1781, then served as aide-de-camp to General Nathanael Greene until the end of the war. In addition, he was commissary of prisoners in the Southern Department of the Army. His valor at the Battle of Eutaw Springs (September 1781) earned for him a medal and a resolution from Congress.
Shubrick's last son was Irving Shubrick who was a Commander in the Navy who died on April 5, 1849.
Family Members
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Sarah Alice Shubrick Trapier
1779–1844
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Lieut Thomas Shubrick
1784–1813
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Lieut John Templer Shubrick
1788–1815
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Mary Rutledge Shubrick Horry
1789–1852
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RADM William Branford Shubrick
1790–1874
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Capt Edward Rutledge Shubrick
1793–1844
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Decima Cecilia Shubrick Heyward
1796–1867
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CDR Irvine Shubrick
1797–1849
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