When Burrel "Ben" Esquire Shaddock Sr. was born in 1804, in Edgefield, South Carolina, United States, his father, Samuel F Shaddock IV, was 30 and his mother, Prudence Rowlett, was 34. He married Sarah Reynolds on 2 February 1832, in Dallas, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Tulip, Dallas, Arkansas, United States in 1850 and Holly Springs Township, Dallas, Arkansas, United States in 1860. He died on 23 June 1876, in Owen Township, Dallas, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Holly Springs, Dallas, Arkansas, United States.