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SHAW
There are very few early 1600 immigrants from Cheshire,
England. The non-conformists (Puritans)
did not have a strong hold in that part of England. My 10th great grandfather, Roger Shaw was from Cheshire. His parents are unknown, but Edgar Joseph Shaw, a descendant, makes some good assumptions about Roger and Mary Shaw of Astbury and Hulme Walfield, Cheshire in a lengthy article in the New England Historical Genealogical Record. (You can see the source for the article below)
Roger Shaw (about 1600 – 1661) was made a freeman at
Cambridge on 14 March 1638/9. He bought
a house lot and land from John Knight on 21 September 1639. He must have been popular and literate,
because he was elected to be a selectman on 8 November 1641 and also chosen to
be town clerk. The town records are in
his handwriting.
Roger Shaw (my 10th great grandfather) removed to New Hampshire and bought land and
buildings from John Cross in Hampton on 15 November 1647. He was chosen to be juror in 1648 and 1649,
and on a grand jury in 1651. He was
elected deputy in 1651 and 1652, and selectman on 23 March 1653/4 and constable
in 1654.
Roger Shaw remarried for a second time
to Susanna, widow of William Tilton in 1653.
He signed a prenuptial agreement with her (providing for her Tilton
sons). She died on 28 January
1654/5. Roger Shaw did not remarry, and
he acknowledged his Tilton stepsons in his will by distributing 15 acres in
Hampton and 5 acres of salt marsh to Samuel Tilton in 1660. He promised 10 pounds to his wife’s youngest
son, Daniel, which was given to Samuel, his guardian. When Roger Shaw died his will gave bequests
to his sons, Joseph and Benjamin Shaw, his daughters Margaret Ward, Ann Fogg,
Hester Shaw and Marie Shaw, and to “my son Daniel Tilton”.
More SHAW resources:
New England Historic
Genealogical Register, "English Origin of Roger and Ann Shaw", by Edgar Joseph Shaw, volume 158 (2004), pages 309 - 318.
This sketch acknowledges and fixes mistakes in previous works such as Savage
in Gen. Dict. Of New England.
See also History of Hampton, by Joseph Dow,
1893, Volume II, pages 965 - 975 for genealogy of the early Shaw families in
Hampton.
A very good blog post about Roger Shaw by genealogy blogger Jeanie Roberts
http://www.jeaniesgenealogy.com/2012/05/roger-shaw-of-hampton-new-hampshire.html
A very good blog post about Roger Shaw by genealogy blogger Jeanie Roberts
http://www.jeaniesgenealogy.com/2012/05/roger-shaw-of-hampton-new-hampshire.html
My SHAW genealogy:
Generation 1: Roger
Shaw, born about 1600 in England, died 29 May 1661 in Hampton, New
Hampshire; married first to Ann Unknown,
mother of his children; married second to Susanna Unknown, widow of William
Tilton. Seven children.
Generation 2: Joseph Shaw, baptized on 12 November 1635 in
Gawsworth, Cheshire, England, died 8 November 1720 in Hampton; married on 26
June 1661 in Hampton to Elizabeth Partridge, daughter of William Partridge and
Ann Spicer. She was born 14 February
1642/3 in Salisbury, Massachusetts. Ten
children.
Generation 3:
Elizabeth Shaw, born 23 August 1664 in Hampton Falls, died 17 October
1708 in Kingston, New Hampshire; married on 23 May 1682 in Hampton to Aaron
Sleeper as his first wife, son of Thomas Sleeper and Joanna Unknown. He married her sister, Sarah Shaw, as his
second wife. Ten children.
Generation 4: Moses Sleeper m. Margaret Sanborn
Generation 5: Hepzibah Sleeper m. Samuel Lane
Generation 6: Sarah
Lane m. Eisha Batchelder
Generation 7:
Jonathan Batchelder m. Nancy Thompson
Generation 8: George
E. Batchelder m. Abigail M. Locke
Generation 9: George
E. Batchelder m. Mary Katharine Emerson
Generation 10: Carrie
Maude Batchelder m. Joseph Elmer Allen
Generation 11: Stanley
Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (My grandparents)
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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Surname Saturday ~ SHAW of Hampton, New Hampshire", Nutfield Genealogy, posted April 30, 2016, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/04/surname-saturday-shaw-of-hampton-new.html: accessed [access date]).
Here's a sidelight for you: only very recently -- about a week ago -- did I realize that Roger Shaw's second marriage was to my ancestress Susannah (?Morreal) Tilton. I cannot verify the Morreal maiden name, but on WikiTree, if you want to examine her profile and its sources, she's Morreal-1; URL . (She probably ought to be reclassified as "Susannah (Unknown)".)
ReplyDeleteWhen I first emailed you over a year ago about the quest to identify the pedigree of my Edgartown (last place of residence) forebear Lt. James Shaw, I had studied Roger Shaw's line and had reluctantly crossed him off my list as a possible forbear of James. Now I'm not so sure, and I think I need to go back and reexamine that lineage. It's not just the surname -- it's the Vineyard connection: that's where at least two of William Tilton's offspring (my forebear Samuel, and his sister Mary) wind up.
So... now we have at least the ghost of a reason why a later-generation Shaw -- who would be a Tilton step-relation -- _might_ turn up on MV. Time to go back and take a very close look at Roger's progeny, and their progeny, to see if I missed someone on the earlier go-round...
I am searching for the family of Jesse W Shaw born 1813 in Hampton according to his marriage record. He married Mary J Currier. They lived in Kingston but both had family ties to Hampton. They also have multiple ties to the Page family in Kingston who are decended from first Page's in Hampton. All of this leads me to believe Jesse is related to the Hampton Shaw's but I don't know how.
ReplyDeleteNathan, we must be cousins.
ReplyDeleteJesse W. Shaw is a cousin to me as well. Their daughter Augusta married my g-g grandfather, Ezra Page, their daughter Stella (whom I remember well) m. William Angier Cheney. I have yet to solve this puzzle. Are you having any luck?
I spotted this on Heather's blog, thank you, AND HaPpY BiRtHdAy, Heather!
Judy Granger
Thanks for the birthday greeting, Judy! I hope you can connect with Nathan Shaw.
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