The Shaw Genealogy

MY MOTHER'S family, the Shaws, have long taken an interest in the investigation and preservation of their genealogy, and it is due to the happy influence of my mother and my mother's mother that I pretty early on inherited a desire to learn about our ancestry and to write it down for posterity. I was only a child when my mother first informed me that her Shaw line traced back to Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts and that her ancestry included several Mayflower Pilgrims. Later, as a young teenager I wished to found out just how much we knew about my mother's genealogy, so my grandmother Frances (Miller) Shaw began to share her genealogical information with me. Thanks to her many years of research, and to the prior work of her sister-in-law, Eleanor (Shaw) Baylor, a large quantity of precious information about my mother's ancestors eventual came into my possession after my grandmother's death. Those family records form the basis of this account of the Shaw genealogy, but our records have also been greatly augmented and extended from other sources, chiefly John Shaw of Plymouth Plantation in Progress, the database of my distant cousin Kenneth L. Shaw III of Taunton, Massachusetts.

1. JOHN SHAW, born circa 1597, almost certainly in England. He married (NN) circa 1621 in England. John Shaw married ALICE (NN) before 3-Nov-1653 at England. He died after 30 Jan. 1663/64 at Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He immigrated in 1627 to Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. In that year, he shared in the division of cattle, the first person in the sixth company.

Birth: 1597 in ?Dalton in Furness, Lancashire?, ?London?, ?Essex County?, ?Kent County?, ?Yorkshire?, all in England Death: BET 22 MAR 1663/64 AND 1665 in (by 1665 when Henry Wood received land set out for John Shaw) Plymouth (became Middleborough 1669), Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England Burial: ABT 1665 probably ?Nemasket Hill Cemetery, Plymouth Street, Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England

Marriage 1 ANN or HANNAH? STANDISH?verify b: ABT 1603 Married: 14 JAN 1622/23 in Saint Dunstan's Church, Hamlet of Stepney, East End of London, England Marriage 2 ALICE UNKNOWN , MRS ALICE PERKINS b: WFT Est 1570-1588 Married: AFT 1 DEC 1629 in of Massachusetts, New England or ALICE UNKNOWN , MRS ALICE THORPE b: WFT Est 1570-1588 Married: AFT 15 AUG 1633 in of Plymouth Colony, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England or ALICE GARMENT? , WHITMARSH, SHAW? b: 26 APR 1607 in Batcombe, Somersetshire, England? Married: 1649 in Plymouth Colony, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England

John Winslow sold to John Shaw "all his arable land that is lying in that tract of land that is commonly called Knave's Acre otherwise named Woodbee"; part of the consideration was "all the meadow ground tha butteth at the upper end of the said arable land" on 8-Jul-1630. In 1633 John Shaw amongst those admitted as a freeman before January 1, 1632/33 at Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He is found on the tax list at Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, assessed 18s on 25-Mar-1633. He is found on the tax list at Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, assessed 9s on 27-Mar-1634. He was "allowed to enlarge at the end of his lot lying at Black Brooke" on 14-Jan-1636/37. He was one of three men "to have enlargement of lands abutting above their lots at Playne Dealing, to the nothward", and these are probably the same lots referred to on Apr. 2, 1638 and Feb. 4, 1638/39 on 2-Oct-1637. He served on the Jury on 4-Sep-1638. "John Shawe of Plymouth, planter," sold to William Kemp of Duxbury two acres and a half of meadow on 2-Apr-1640. He served on the Jury on 1-Jun-1641. He served on the Jury on 6-Sep-1641. He served on the Jury on 3-May-1642. He was on the list of men able to bear arms in 1643 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He held the position of highway surveyor on 7-Mar-1642/43 at Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He served on the Jury on 5-Mar-1643/44. He held the position of highway surveyor on 5-Jun-1644 at Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He served on the Jury on 5-Jun-1644. He served on the Jury on 22-Jul-1648. He served on the Coroner's Jury on 6-Aug-1648. He served on the Jury on 3-Oct-1648. He served on the Ptit Jury on 4-Oct-1648. He served on the Jury on 28-Oct-1649. 3-Nov-1653 John Shaw Sr. and Alice Shaw his wife agreed with Thomas Savory and Annis Savory his wife, all of New Plymouth, that the Savorys' son, Benjamin, aged nine years old, would live with the Shaws until he was twenty-one, and the Shaws would pay him £5 at the end of his service, and if John or Alice died, Benjamin was to serve out his time with Jonathan Shaw, the son of John Shaw, and Jonathan was to teach him a trade, writing and reading, and give him two suits of apparel. On March 4, 1657 Jonathan was cleared of this engagement by mutual consent of all the persons "that are now alive" (reflecting the fact that Alice had died in the interim). John Shaw Sr. of Plymouth, planter, purchased of Mr. John Winslow of Plymouth, a two acre parcel of marsh meadow in Green Harbor Marsh on 28-Dec-1653. John Shaw Sr. of Plymouth deeded to "my son Jonathan Shaw all that my house and land I am now possessed of and live upon in the township of Plymouth aforesaid containing twenty and five acres of upland...provided...I reserve and intrest in my orchard during my life and decease to be my said son Jonathan's...reserve unto my self liberty to employ or improve some small spot of upland for the planting of tobacco...during my life...[also] unto my said son Jonathan all my meadow land fresh or salt in any place belonging to me, in particular three acres of marsh meadow bought of Mr. John Winslow...and six acres more or less of fresh meadow lying on the south arm of Joanes River...one quarter part of my purchase land... On 31-Dec-1656. John Shaw Sr. of Plymouth, planter, deeded to his son Sergeant James Shaw of New Plymouth one half of his land at Cushena, unless John Shaw son of the said John Shaw Senior "shall come within the term of four years beginning from the first of March 1657/58" then John Shaw Jr. should have on half of the land given to James Shaw, i.e., one quarter part of the whole on 26-Mar-1658. John Shaw Sr. of Plymouth deeded to "my son-in-law Stephen Bryant of Plymouth...all that my whole share of land allotted unto me near unto Namassakett...also...another portion of land the south side of the Smelt River...be it forty acres more or less." To the one fourth part of my said lot at Cushena I give unto my son-in-law Stephen Bryant...also my purpose and will is that my daughter Abigail Bryant after my decease shall have my bed and all the furniture thereunto belonging, as also my chest and whatsoever else doth any ways appertain to me" on 26-Mar-1658. He resided at Middleboro, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in 1662, one of the first settlers there.

JOHN SHAW-Arriving at Plymouth between 1623, when he is not named in the division of land, and 1626, when he is a Purchaser, John Shaw became the leader of one of the companies in the 1627 cattle division, and he is on the 1633 freeman list. It is likely that he had one or more children born in England, though any family would have arrived after the 1627 cattle division list, for he is alone at that time. He is later known to have a wife "ALICE", surname unknown, and it is not known if she came from England or is already living married and widowed here in New England, or if he might have had an earlier wife in England. I have obtained a year of a UNKNOWN SHAW that married a UNKNOWN WIFE in the year 1649 from somewhere in old Plymouth Colony records, I will try and find this source again. Alice could be the WIDOW ALICE WHITMARSH in 1644 at Wessaguscus or Wessagusett Colony (now Weymouth), Norfolk County, Massachusetts, New England (I never found a ALICE WHITMARSH death date anywhere).

Snow was still on the ground on the 6th April 1623, as Captain Myles Standish and several other men from Plymouth stood inside a wooden stockade at Wessagusset, on a hill a quarter-mile from where the memorial now stands. They were awaiting the arrival of Pecksuot and Wituwamat, two tall, powerfully built warriors whose relations with the Englishmen had grown increasingly hostile. Already wary of the white men's arrival, the Indians had accused Thomas Weston's company at Wessagusset of stealing their corn. Settlers, meanwhile, feared that the Indians were conspiring to attack both their encampment and Plymouth. So Standish and his cohorts went to Weston's aid, laying a trap for the unsuspecting warriors. Standish let Chief Wituwamat believe he wanted to talk things out, but when the two warriors and a pair of younger Indians stepped inside the stockade, Standish's squadron slammed the door shut. He lunged for Pecksuot's knife and stabbed him. His cohorts grappled with the other three. Moments later, all four of the Native Americans lay dead on the blood-soaked ground. Before the next day was over, Indians in a nearby village had killed three settlers outside the encampment in retribution, and Standish and his men had killed eight more Indians in a nearby village, including a woman and her child. To make sure the surviving Massachuset and Wampanoag tribes got the message, Standish took Wituwamat's and Pecksuot's heads back to Plymouth and displayed them on stakes. The "Wessagusset Massacre," as it came to be known, lingered as an ever more distant episode of town history. The exact location of the stockade was forgotten. But through the years, Weymouth residents have gotten unsettling reminders of what happened that day.

In 1645 Capt. Miles Standish with eight of his soldiers left Plymouth Colony and headed over to Wessagusett Colony to rescue the other colonist from savage Native American Indians there. Captain Standish and his soldiers killed four Indians there, and the rest of the attacking Indians for whatever reason fled from Weymouth into the swamps. Is one of his soldiers JOHN SHAW and if he is with Miles Standish over in Weymouth is this how he could have met WIDOW ALICE WHITMARSH? or is she another widow ALICE some where in New England?

In the www.rootsweb.com\ancestry.com web sites Kenneth L. Shaw III also has listed other "ALICES" that could fit into the time frame for John Shaw, Sr's possible wife. There also is evidence of a JOHN SHAW AND HANNAH UNKNOWN up in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, New England in 1627. During his research he has noticed quite a few early 17th century families from the Essex County area arriving in the East Middleborough, Plympton, North Carver, Plymouth County areas such as the... Bennett's; Benson's; Burbank's; Darling's; Conant's; Mowry\Morey's; Perkin's; Smith's; Thomas's and many others...

John SHAW became one of THE FIRST SETTLERS OF MIDDLEBOROUGH IN 1662. JOHN SHAW and his descendants surname sometimes appears in very old hand written records as: SHAWE; SHAW; SHAUL; SHEW; SHOARE; SHORE . . . John Shaw engaged in a number of land transactions, is a leader of the group that cut the passage between Green's Harbor and the bay in 1633 (PCR 1:13-14), and is a highway surveyor for Plymouth in 1643 and 1644 (PCR 2:53, 72).

Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-1691 Part One: Chronological Histories Chapter 3: The Founding of Towns (1633-1643) Marshfield: xxx First called Green's Harbor, then Rexham, this settlement finally became known as Marshfield. In writing of the year 1632, Bradford noted that some lands were granted at Green's Harbor to some special men who were expected to let their servants farm there but live at Plymouth themselves. Of course, within a few years Marshfield is a town, and Edward Winslow is one of its leading residents. On 1st July 1633 the General Court ordered that Mr. Gilson, JOHN SHAW, and the others who undertook to enlarge the passage between Green's Harbor and the sea, finish it by 1st October, or be fined £10. Whether this is done and later had to be redone, or was not done at all, is not known, but on 3rd January 1636/37 the court ordered again that the passage be enlarged, and the governor, the Assistants, and John Winslow, Jonathan Brewster, John Barnes, and Christopher Wadsworth were to apportion the costs equally to "every man" and to supervise the work there, with ten men working at a time. It does not seem that "every man" would refer to the entire colony, but more likely meant every man then living at Marshfield (and possibly some living at Scituate who would have also benefited from this access to the sea). On 5th March 1638/39, Mr. Nathaniel Thomas is appointed to exercise men at arms for Marshfield. On 2nd March 1640/41 the General Court ruled that Green's Harbor would be a township and be "called by the name of Rexham, but now Marshfield."

AN INTERESTING NOTE: "REXHAM" IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE NAME "RAYNHAM" WHICH IS LOCATED WITHIN 30 MILES DISTANCE OF MARSHFIELD IN MASSACHUSETTS. -------------------------------------------------------------------- In 1645 John Shaw is one of eight men who went out against the Narragansetts.

On 22 July 1648, John Shaw participated in the trial of Alice Bishop, who had murdered her 4-year-old daughter Martha Clark. He probably also witnessed Alice Bishop's execution by hanging.

In 1653 John and Alice Shaw agreed to raise Benjamin Savory, son of Thomas and Annis Savory, and if they died before Benjamin reached twenty-one, Jonathan Shaw, John's son, is to do it, and is also to teach Benjamin reading and writing (MD 5:90). ------------------------------------------------------------ [JOHN WINSLOW TO JOHN SHAW.] The 28th of December 1653 Memorand; That Mr John Winslow of the towne of Plymouth in the Jurisdiction of New Plym: Doth acknowlidg that for and in consideration of the summe of 3 pounds and six shillings to him in hand paied by John Shaw senior of Plymouth aforsaid planter; hee hath freely and absolutly barganed and sold unto the said John Shaw a pcell of mersh meadow conteining two acres bee it more or lesse lying in greenharbour mersh att a place called the pinney point over against wood Island lying next a psell of mersh belonging to Mis Jenings; To have and to hold the said two acres of Mersh meadow bee it more or lesse with all and singulare the appurtenances belonging therunto unto the said John Shaw his heires and assignes for ever; unto the onely proper use and behoofe of him the said John Shaw his heires and assignes for ever Acknowlidged before Mr Bradford Govr

On 26th March 1658 John Shaw of Plymouth, planter, gave his son, Sgt. James Shaw, one-half of his land at Cushena, but another son, John Shaw, would get half of the land given James if he came before 1st March 1661/62 (MD 10:34). On 30th January 1663/64 John Shaw, Sr. gave his son-in-law Stephen Bryant land at Namassakett and Rehoboth, and he gave one-half of his land at Cushena to his son James, and one-fourth of the same land each to his son Jonathan Shaw and his son-in-law Stephen Bryant; he gave his daughter Abigail Bryant his furniture after his death (MD 10:35). On 22nd March 1663/64 George Watson and John Shaw, Sr. are granted a lot on Puncateesett Necke (Ply. Town Recs. 1:67). Benjamin Shurtleff wrote an undocumented history of his family, John Shaw of Plymouth, Massachusetts (Kenilworth, Ill.). In 1665 Henry Wood received land that was originally set out for "JOHN SHAW" in "Middlebury" now Middleborough, Immigrant John Shaw is believed to be deceased by that time. Appendixes of The Real Founders of New England Appendix B Early Settlements and Their Founders Wessagusset (Weymouth, Mass.) page 176: 1622 (Weston) May Master's Mate Gibbs 10 in all (Pratt); including 7 and 2 sailors? passengers from the Sparrow's Phinehas Pratt pinnace. (Winslow.) John Hampden ? John Shaw ? and 4 others. WHERE ARE THE DOCUMENTS WHERE JOHN SHAWS' NAME IS LISTED, THIS REFERENCE THAT IS MADE ON PAGE 176? I DON'T THINK THEY EXIST OR IS MERELY THE SPECULATION BY THE AUTHOR. Footnote: Bradford's Letter Book, 38-40. Inclusion of the London men who were creditors, not debtors, would indicate that there was an awareness of profit possibilities, too. All the Plymouth Undertakers are Mayflower passengers except Prence, who arrived on the Fortune in 1621. The twenty-seven men who signed the agreement to allow privileges to the eight Undertakers in return for their assumption of the debt are: William Brewster Cuthbert Cuthbertson William Palmer Stephen Hopkins John Adams Experience Mitchell Francis Eaton Phineas Pratt Edward Bangs Jonathan Brewster Stephen Tracy Samuel Fuller Manasseh Kempton Edward Doty Robert Hicks Thomas Prence Joshua Pratt John Howland Anthony Annable Stephen Deane John Billington John Shaw William Wright Peter Brown William Bassett Francis Cooke John Faunce References: Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-1691 Part Three: Biographical Sketches Biographical Sketches Sherman, William; THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL and GENEALOGICAL REGISTER Volume 151 July 1997 Whole Number 603 (Part one); Volume 151 October 1997 Whole Number 604 (Part two) Shaw family research 3rd generation project proven by Cousin JONATHAN ALLEN SHAW P.O. Box 123, Sandwich, Massachusetts, 02563 E-mail: Shaw@cape.com Cousin JONATHAN ARTHUR SHAW, "JACK" (now deceased) personal tedious compilation of the Carver, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA burial records of: Lakenham Cemetery, corner of Linton Dr. & Forest St., North Carver, Union Cemetery, Central Cemetery, Wenham Cemetery and some early Town Hall Records. Cousin DANA SHAW WARD'S personal knowledge of our families homesteads, sites, and locations as well as his lifetime hobby and quest of our Shaw families history and research.

PRESENTLY IT IS NOT KNOWN WHERE EXACTLY IN ENGLAND THIS JOHN SHAW AND "ALICE" ARE FROM. THE DEATH OF JOHN SHAW AND THE POSSIBLITY OF WHERE HE MIGRATED FROM COULD HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN THE VERY FIRST BOOK TITLED ["PLYMOUTH TOWNE BOOKE ANO DOMINE 1696-7 FOR BIRTHS BURIALS AND MARRIAGES PER THOMAS FFAUNCE TOWNE CLERKE"], THE THIRD LEAF, CONTAINING THE SECOND AND THIRD PAGES, ARE MISSING! I WOULD GUESS THE PAGES MISSING CONTAINED A LOT OF ANCIENT RECORDS OF OTHER EARLY COLONIAL FAMILIES TOO.YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THE ESTIMATION DATES FOR SOME OF THE EARLY ANCESTORS LISTED IN THIS FAMILY TREE. ONE OF THE REASONS THERE ARE NOT ANY SOLID MONTH, DAY, YEAR DATES OR LOCATIONS OF THIS EARLY COLONIAL SHAW FAMILIES' BIRTH, BAPTISMS, MARRIAGES AND BURIALS IN ENGLAND OR NEW ENGLAND IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE MISSING LAKENHAM PARISH CHURCH RECORDS. THIS SHAW FAMILY IS NOT THE ONLY FAMILY THAT IS AFFECTED BY THIS, THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHERS WHO ATTENDED THIS CHURCH AND LITTLE INFORMATION IS KNOWN OF THEIR VITALS BECAUSE OF THE ABSENCE OF THESE PARTICULAR RECORDS. BASICALLY SOME VITALS OF THE EARLY COLONIAL FAMILIES OF NORTH CARVER ARE VERY OBSCURE. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE MISSING CHURCH RECORDS CONTAIN MANY YEARS OF THE NO LONGER EXISTING LAKENHAM CHURCH'S ACTIVITIES.

Possibilities of JOHN SHAWE\SHAW or relatives and\or parents of: John Shaw Baptism 10th August 1589 in Bingley, Yorkshire, England (parents: John Shaw, Mary Ryley) John Shaw Baptism 2nd September 1597 in Dalton in Furness, Lancashire, England (parent: James Shaw) John Shaw Baptism 16th January 1599 in Middleton, Lancashire, England (parents: John Shaw, Margaret Barlow) John Shaw b. 4th April 1600 in Ellastone, Strafford, England (parents: John Shaw, Alice) James Shaw m. 17th July 1600 Ane Haughton in Oldham, Lancashire, England James Shaw b. abt 1579 of Hipperholme, Halifax, England m. 30th August 1604 Anne Moore in Halifax, Yorkshire, England James Shaw m. 7th February 1608 Ann Bowre in Mottram, Longdendale, Cheshire, England James Shawe b. abt 1581 of Rochdale, Lancashire, England m. abt 1612 Anne Earneshaw in Rochdale, Lancashire, England

Possible other wives of JOHN SHAWE\SHAW: John Shawe m. 15th May 1610 Katherine Denny in Halton, Lancashire, England John Shaw m. 14th February 1614 Katrine Standishe in Winwick, Lancashire, England John Shaw b. abt 1591 in Huddersfield Yorkshire, England m. 5th May 1616 Ann Beaumonte in Breswell, Yorkshire, England John Shawe m. 30th June 1622 Katherine Cockes in Aldermanbury, London, England John Shaw m. 14th January 1623 Anne Standish, b. abt. 1603, in Saint Dunstan's Church, Hamlet of Stepney, England Jonathan Shaw b. abt 1599 of Wantworth, Saint Stepney, London, England, m. Anne Standish

Saint Dunstan's Church is a landmark in the Hamlet of Stepney, East London, England area and is the only medieval church remaining there. This Church stands on a village green not far from the Stepney Green underground station. For many years this church was the most popular church in which to get married. This, then, is Stepney --- a large area that includes the districts of Bow, Bethnal Green, Bromley, East Smithfield, the Isle of Dogs, Mile End, Limehouse, Poplar, Ratcliffe, Saint George, Shadwell, Waping, Whitechapel, Stepney and others. There are many connections between Stepney and the Pilgrims that arrived at New England. On Page 30 of Registers of Saint Botolph, Bishopsgate Volume 1 appears; JOHN SHAWE m. 25 June 1598 Agnes Ewdall On Page 147 of Registers of Saint Botolph, Bishopsgate Volume 1 appears; JOHN, SON OF JOHN SHAWE Christened 13th July 1600. On Page 152 of Registers of Saint Botolph, Bishopsgate Volume 1 appears; THOMAS, son of JOHN SHAWE, (carpenter) Christened 2nd May 1602. On Page 158 of Registers of Saint Botolph, Bishopsgate Volume 1 appears; JOHN, SON OF JOHN SHAWE Christened 26th August 1604. On Page 166 of Registers of Saint Botolph, Bishopsgate Volume 1 appears; ROBERT, son of JOHN SHAWE, Christened 25th May 1607. On Page 48 of Allegations for Marriage Licences Issued by The Bishop of London England 1611 to 1628 appears this; 20th January 1616-17 JOHN SHAWE, of the City of London, Vinter, & MARY COSENS, of Stepney, Middlesex, widow of Henry Cosens, late of same, Vinter; at Saint Anne & Agnes, Aldersgate, London. This book is published by The Harleian Society. Here is a interesting location to note: SHAWBURY, Shropshire, England THESE WIVES COULD BE ONE OF JOHN SHAW'S EARLIER WIVES IN ENGLAND, BUT IT WOULD NATURALLY HAVE TO BE PROVEN WITH SOME KIND OF PRIMARY RECORDS\DOCUMENTS, PROBATE, WILLS AND\OR DEEDS TO BE ACCEPTED.

Children of John Shaw:

     --  JOHN SHAW, born before 1622, died before 30 Jan. 1663/4
     --  ABIGAIL SHAW, born 1624, died 24 Oct. 1694.
     --  SGT. JAMES SHAW, born circa 1626.
     2.  DEACON JONATHAN SHAW, born 2 March 1629, died July 1701.

2. JONATHAN SHAW, son of John and Alice Shaw. Married PHEBE WATSON, daughter of George and Phebe Watson. Deacon Jonathan Shaw was born on 2-Mar-1629 at Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Deacon Jonathan Shaw was born circa 1631. He married Phebe Watson, daughter of George Watson and Phebe Hicks, on 22-Jan-1656/57 at Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Deacon Jonathan Shaw married Persis Dunham, daughter of Deacon John Dunham and Abigail Barlow, in Aug-1683 at Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Deacon Jonathan Shaw died in Jul-1701 at Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, at age 72. The Inventory of Deacon Jonathan Shaw was taken on 30-Jul-1701 at Lakenham, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Birth: WFT Est 1629-1632 in of Essex, England London or Yorkshire? or Plain Dealing (now present day Cordage Park) Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England Death: BEF 30 JUL 1701 in Old Plympton, Lakenham region, Plymouth Colony (now North Carver) or Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England Burial: AFT 30 JUL 1701 maybe Lakenham Cemetery; Nemasket Cemetery, or Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England Marriage 1 PHEBE WATSON b: 1637 in EXACT BIRTH DATE AND LOCATION UNKNOWN of Plymouth Colony, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England Married: 22 JAN 1656/57 in Mayflower Descendant Magazine, 17:72, Plymouth Colony, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England Event: Duplicate Marriage Record 22 JAN 1649/50 Marriage 2 Persis LEWIS b: 15 JUN 1671 in Wannamoisett (once a part of Swansea and Seekonk), Bristol County, Massachusetts, New England, now is present day East Providence, Rhode Island, USA Married: BEF 1682 Marriage 3 PERSIS DUNHAM , MRS PERSIS PRATT b: WFT Est 1630-1635 in of Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands Married: AUG 1683 in probably Plymouth Colony, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England Deacon Jonathan Shaw with John Waterman, are the first Deacons of the Plympton Church and are ordained to that office on Sunday 27th November 1698. Deacon Jonathan Shaw lived between where the old Meetinghouse stood and where Deacon Thomas Savery lived, he is the first permanent resident of North Carver. The First Church of Plympton (now Carver), Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England was located on the North side of the Lakenham Cemetery. The Plympton townspeople had a disagreement about the distance between the church and the location of their homes. The Plympton townspeople decided to let the First Lakenham Church go to "shambles" because it was to far south for them to walk and so a second Church was built at the location where the present day Lakenham Green is. Middleborough Town Hall Municipal Records of Deeds, Page 201: An agreement made the 19th daye of of May 1697 between John Soule, Zack Howland and Jacob Tomson agents for the proprietors of the lands purchased by Benjamine Church and John Tomson: on the part: and Jonathan Shaw Seniour of the town of Plymouth on the other part: Whereas the said Jonathan Shaw produced a deed of purchase of Tispoquen the Black Sachem: and the two aforesaid purchases seeming to enterfere the one upon the other: we have mutually agreed that the bounds between the two said purchases shall be as we have now run the same: that is to say: from the place where the old Indian path crosseth Mehuchet brook: ranging due south by a range of marked trees unto two small cedar trees marked by the northerly side of a pond: and so cross the pond to a small pine tree marked by the Southerly side of said pond: and from said pine tree ranging northeast by a rang of marked trees unto a red oak marked on four sides with stones about it near the range of the outside of the aforesaid purchase purchased by Benjamine Church and John Tomsom. This agreement was signed John Soule - X and Sealed by John Soule, Zack Howland - X Zack Howland and Jacob Jacob Tomson - X Tomson the day above said Jonathan Shaw - X Witness: John Wadsworth Joseph Vaughan This agreement was signed and sealed by Jonathan Shaw Senior the sixth day of December 1699: Witness: William Shurtleff Joseph Vaughan The Town of "Middlebury" now called Middleborough is a 70-square mile historic industrial town on the Nemasket River and was a major native settlement area used for seasonal fishing, hunting and berry gathering. The town is one of only a handful of Southeastern Massachusetts communities that retained a sizable Indian population throughout the Colonial period. The first European Gracious old homes, spacious rural communities, working farms and welcoming urban neighborhoods abound in Cranberry Country. Jonathan and Phebe Shaw lived at the site where the old Sturtevant House now stands. This house is believed to be the third house erected on the site since their lifetimes. This old Sturtevant house is located on the South side of the Lakenham Green in North Carver. (Deacon Jonathan Shaw, Sr, Esquire will was proved 25th September 1701) At this time it is unknown where their bodies are layed to rest, and there is possibilities of several burial locations. Maybe the Old Burying ground in Plymouth? or maybe the hill overlooking the Watson's Pond in Taunton, Massachusetts, New England? However one good strong possibility could be The Nemasket Hill Cemetery in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England, sometimes referred to as "The Hill Cemetery" or Old Burial Hill" of "Middlebury". Nemasket Hill Cemetery was purchased from the Indians in 1662, a part of the "Twenty-six Men's Purchase" (Deacon Jonathan Shaw's father John Shaw, Sr is one of the 26 men but never received his portion of land) and is in fact the oldest known Cemetery in the town of Middleborough. Maybe Deacon Jonathan and Phebe (Watson) Shaw are buried in the Lakenham Cemetery without stones or just large round cobblestones layed on top where they are located or could they have had stones and just over hundreds of years deteriorated long ago? The land where the old graveyard is formerly known by the name of Lakenham burying-ground. Now known today as Lakenham Cemetery and originally belonged to Benoni Shaw of Plympton (now present day North Carver) for the purpose of that Cemetery, whose daughter, Rebecca Shaw, she died at about 9 years old in April, 1718, is the first person buried there, indicated by the record of her burial monument in this Cemetery. Another possibility is a location at the Old Plympton burial ground on the side of Route 58 in Plympton across from the church? or maybe even the Winslow Cemetery, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England

Children of Deacon Jonathan Shaw and Phebe Watson:

     --  PHEBE SHAW, born Feb. 1657/8, died 11 June 1686
     --  HANNAH SHAW, born circa 1661, died 24 July 1713.
     --  LT. JONATHAN SHAW, born circa 1663, died 18 Jan. 1729/30.
     --  MARY SHAW, born 1665, died 28 Nov. 1730.
     --  GEORGE SHAW, born circa 1667, died after 8 Dec. 1714.
     --  LYDIA SHAW, born say 1670, died after 8 Dec. 1714.
     3.  BENONI SHAW, born circa 1672, died 5 March 1750/1.
     --  BENJAMIN SHAW, Benoni's twin, born circa 1672.

Phebe Shaw b: FEB 1657/58 in probably Middleboro (early Town records burned by Indians), Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England Hannah Shaw b: WFT Est 1661-1662 in probably Middleboro (records burned by Indians), Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England JONATHAN SHAW , JR, LIEUTENANT b: 1663 in probably Middleboro (records burned by Indians), Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England Mary Shaw b: WFT Est 1665-1667 in probably Middleboro (records burned by Indians), Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England GEORGE SHAW , SR b: WFT Est 1667-1669 in probably Middleboro (records burned by Indians), Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England LYDIA SHAW b: WFT Est 1668-1670 in ?Old Plympton, Lakenham region, Plymouth Colony (now North Carver) or Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England Benjamin Shaw , Benoni's Twin b: ABT 1672 in probably Middleboro (records burned by Indians), Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England 3. BENONI SHAW , BENJAMIN'S TWIN b: ABT 1672 in probably Middleboro (records burned by Indians), Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England

3. BENONI SHAW, son of Jonathan and Phebe Shaw. Married LYDIA WATERMAN, daughter of John and Ann Waterman. Benoni Shaw was born circa 1672 at prob. Lakenham, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He married Lydia Waterman say 1696 at probably, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Benoni Shaw died on 5-Mar-1750/51 at Lakenham, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Birth: ABT 1672 in probably Middleboro (records burned by Indians), Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England Death: 5 MAR 1750/51 in 79th year, Plympton (now North Carver), Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England Burial: 1751 Lakenham Cemetery, Row 3, Section O, corner of Linton Dr. & Forest St., North Carver, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England Benoni Shaw's first name in old records is sometimes listed Benoney or Benone, he owned land at North Carver (then Plympton) which he set aside for the purpose of a old graveyard formerly known by the name of Lakenham, his daughter, Rebecca died at 8 or 9 years old (in April, 1718), is the first person buried there. Marriage: LYDIA WATERMAN b: 9 MAY 1678 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England Married: ABT 1697 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England

Children:

     --  LIDIA SHAW, born 21 Nov. 1697 in Plymouth (now North Carver), Mass.
     --  DEACON JOHN SHAW, born 3 May 1699 in Plymouth (North Carver), Mass.
     --  MARY SHAW, born 16 Jan. 1699/1700 in Plymouth (North Carver), Mass.
     --  MARGARET SHAW, born 28 June 1701 in Plymouth (North Carver), Mass.
     --  ELKANAH SHAW, born 2 Nov. 1703 in Plymouth (North Carver), Mass.
     --  MOSES SHAW, born 28 June 1704 in Plymouth (North Carver), Mass.
     --  LT. JONATHAN SHAW, born circa 1706/7 in Old Plympton or South Middleboro, Mass.
     -- [INFANT] SHAW, born circa 1708.
     --  WILLIAM SHAW, born circa 1708.
     --  REBECCA SHAW, "child," born circa 1711 in Old Plympton or South Middleboro, Mass.
     --  ABIGAIL SHAW, born circa 1713, prob. in Old Plympton, Mass.
     --  PHEBE SHAW, born circa 1714, prob. in Old Plympton, Mass.
     --  DAVID SHAW JR., born circa Feb. 1713/14 poss. in Middleboro, Mass.
     4.  LT. BENJAMIN SHAW, born circa 1715/16 in Old Plympton or South Middleboro, Mass.
     --  HANNAH SHAW, born circa 1715/16 in Old Plympton, Mass.

4. BENJAMIN SHAW, son of Benoni and Lydia Shaw, born . Married MARY ATWOOD, daughter of Nathaniel and Abigail Atwood. Birth: WFT Est 1715-1716 in of Old Plympton, Lakenham region, Plymouth Colony (now North Carver) or South Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England Death: 17 FEB 1792 in 77th year, Carver, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Burial: 1792 Lakenham Cemetery, Row 3, Section I, corner of Linton Dr. & Forest St., North Carver, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Marriage 1 MARY ATWOOD b: 9 DEC 1723 in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England Married: 1 NOV 1742 in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England. -- Benjamin Shaw , Jr b: 1 NOV 1758 in Volume I, Page 78, Plympton (now Carver Town Hall Vital Records), Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England -- Possibly Other Children b: WFT Est 1743-1773

Known Children:

     --  ELIZABETH SHAW ("Miss Betty Shaw"), born after 1742 in Middleboro, Mass.
     --  KEZIAH SHAW ("Catee"), born circa 1744 in Plympton or Plymouth, Mass.
     --  MARY SHAW, born circa 1745 in Plymouth, Mass.
     --  HANNAH SHAW ("child"), born c.1747 in Old Plympton (North Carver) or Middleboro, Mass.
     --  ISAAC SHAW, 2nd., born 1749 in Plympton, Mass.
     --  AMBROSE SHAW, born circa 1751 in Plymouth, Mass.
     --  REBEKAH SHAW, born circa 1754 in Plympton or Plymouth, Mass.
     --  HANNAH SHAW, born circa 1755 in Plympton, Mass.
     --  BENJAMIN SHAW JR., born 1 Nov. 1758 in Plympton, Mass.
     --  ISAIAH SHAW SR., born 10 March 1760 in Plympton, Mass.
     5.  JOB SHAW, born 24 June 1760 in Plymouth, Mass.
     --  BENONI SHAW SR., born circa 1762 in Carver or Plymouth, Mass.
     --  ELKANAH SHAW, born Dec. 1766 in Plympton, Mass.
     --  MARTIN SHAW, born circa 1771.

5. JOB SHAW, son of Benjamin and Mary Shaw, born 24 June 1760 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England. The exact date and place of Job's death is unknown, but he is said to have died about 30 Oct. 1822, and may have been buried in Rochester, Monroe County, New York. On 7 Feb. 1788 in Middleboro, Massachusetts, Job married LUCY SHERMAN, born 5 Jan. 1768 in Middleboro, daughter of Edward and Lucy Sherman. Job Shaw was of Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA when he published marriage intentions to Lucy Sherman in 1787. Married: 7 FEB 1788 in Book 4, Part 2, Page 163, Middleboro Town Records, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Event: Intention of Marriage 12 JAN 1788 in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Event: Publishment 30 DEC 1787 in Book 4, Part 2, Page 73, Recorded by Jacob Bennett, Jr, Middleboro Town Clerk, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Event: Justice of the Peace 7 FEB 1788 Reverend Joseph Barker

Children:

     --  JOHN SHAW, born 30 June 1790 in Bridgewater, Vermont.
     --  SPEDE SHAW, born circa 1792-96 in Bridgewater, Windsor Co., Vermont.
     --  LUCY SHAW, b: 1794 in Bridgewater, Windsor Co., Vermont.
     --  WILLIAM E. SHAW, born circa 27 Aug. 1797 in Bridgewater, Windsor Co., Vermont.
     --  JOB SHAW JR., born circa 1798/9 in Bridgewater, Windsor Co., Vermont.
     --  KEZIAH SHAW, born 22 Jan. 1806 in Savoy, Berkshire County, Mass.
     6.  MANLEY SHERMAN SHAW, born 23 April 1811 in Ontario, Wayne County, New York.
     --  BENONI W. SHAW, born circa 1813 in Bridgewater, Windsor County, Vermont.

6. MANLEY SHERMAN SHAW, son of Job and Lucy Shaw. Married MALINDA DEWOLF, daughter of Dorastus and Eliza DeWolf. Birth: 23 APR 1811 in Ontario, Wayne County, New York, or 1802 in Bridgewater, Windsor County, Vermont. Death: 25 APR 1891 in Lee Center, Lee County, Illinois Burial: 1891 Woodside Cemetery near Lee Center, Lee County, Illinois, USA Gravestone Epitaph: "In my Father's House are many mansions." Marriage 1 Malinda DEWOLF b: 18 MAR 1817 in of Illinois Married: 1835 in Ontario ? County, New York

Children:

     --  SOPHIA E. SHAW, born 1837 near Niles, Berrien Co., Michigan
     7.  JAMES MONROE SHAW, ("Roe"), born 26 June 1838 near Lee Center, Lee Co., Illinois
     --  EGBERT DEWOLF SHAW, ("Eg"), born 6 Aug. 1841 in Illinois
     --  DELIA E. SHAW, born 15 Dec. 1845 in Lee Center, Lee Co., Illinois.

7. JAMES MONROE SHAW ("Roe"), son of Sherman and Malinda Shaw. Married MARY REBECCA LINN, daughter of Russel and Abigail Linn. Birth: 26 JUN 1838 near Lee Center, Lee County, Illinois Death: 26 DEC 1876 in Lee Center, Lee County, Illinois Military Service: Civil War Soldier Marriage: Mary Rebecca LINN b: 1 MAY 1841 near Lee Center, Lee County, Illinois Married: 22 DEC 1863

Children:

     8.  SHERMAN LINN SHAW, born 5 Oct. 1864 in Bradford Twp., Lee Co., Illinois.
     --  GRACE SHAW, born 19 Dec. 1867.
     --  GEORGE HARRY THORNTON SHAW, born 15 Jan. 1869 in Lee Center, Lee Co., Illinois.
     --  COL. ARTHUR MONROE SHAW, born 12 Dec. 1870 in Lee Center, Lee Co., Illinois.
     --  EMMA ADELIA SHAW, born 4 Sept. 1873.

8. SHERMAN LINN SHAW, son of James and Rebecca Shaw; born 5 Oct. 1864 on the Shaw farm, Bradford Township, Lee County, Illinois; died 9 Jan. 1942 in Lee Center, Lee County, Illinois. Sherman's first wife, whom he married circa 1893, was ANNA KATHERINE MYNARD, born 12 Feb. 1866. They had a daughter in 1894 and a son in 1895. After Katherine's death, Sherman remarried on 21 June 1905 to GRACE ESTHER BENDER, born 26 Nov. 1878 in Mount Carroll, Carroll County, Illinois, daughter of Conrad and Clarissa Bender. Sherman and Grace had a daughter in 1909 and a son in 1912.

     --  GERTRUDE KATHERINE SHAW, born 12 June 1894.
     --  RUSSELL MYNARD SHAW, born 8 Dec. 1895.
     --  ELEANOR SHAW, born 22 May 1909.
     9.  SHERMAN LINN SHAW II, born 17 May 1912.

9. SHERMAN LINN SHAW II, son of Sherman and Grace Shaw; born 17 May 1912 in Lee Center, Lee County, Illinois; died of cancer on 14 Oct. 1973 during a medical flight from Rochester, Minnesota, to Rockford, Illinois, pronounced dead upon landing. Sherman married FRANCES MAE MILLER, born 18 Dec. 1917 in Dixon, Lee County, Illinois; died 8 May 1993 in Dixon; daughter of Norman and Bessie Miller.

     10. DOLORES FRANCES SHAW, born 15 Aug. 1936 in Amboy, Ill.

10. DOLORES FRANCES SHAW, daughter of Sherman and Frances Shaw, born 15 Aug. 1936 in Amboy, Ill.; died 10 Nov. 2007 in Dixon, Ill. Dolores was baptised in the Presbyterian Church in 1936. In the summer of 1960, she received Radio Church of God baptismal initiation in the Rock River in Dixon. She married JOSEPH OLAR, son of Alex and Rose Olar. For a detailed biography of Dolores Olar, see Stories and Memories from My Mother, Dolores Olar.

     --  ETHAN JOSEPH OLAR, born 28 Nov. 1963 in Elmhurst, Ill.
     --  JASON SHERMAN OLAR, born 11 Aug. 1965 in Peoria.
     --  JARED LINN OLAR, born 6 Feb. 1968 in Peoria.
     --  DEREK ANDREW OLAR, born 5 Nov. 1970 in Pekin.
     --  CALEB ALDEN OLAR, born 28 July 1974 in Pekin.