Alice (Phillips) Shaw (abt. 1637 - aft. 1704)

Born about 1637 in Dedham, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died after 17 Oct 1704 after about age 67 in Weymouth, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Disambiguation

This profile is not to be confused with another Alice, last name unknown who was married to another John Shaw, b. 1600 London (appears this came from LDS?) d. 24 Oct 1694 Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Biography

Alice Phillips was born about 1637, probably in Dedham, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[1] She is the daughter of Deacon Nicholas Phillips and Elizabeth Jewson.^[2]

Alice lived a few years in Dedham before moving to Weymouth around 1640. They lived next door to her uncle Martin in the "Old Spain" area. John King and Joseph Shaw were neighbors living in the same area.^[3] Her family and uncles were involved in pioneer farming and town building and she grew up doing the same.

Alice married John Shaw around 1650 probably in Weymouth.^[4] They had eleven children.

Her father died before October 3, 1672, when his will was proved in Weymouth. Alice inherited £10 plus a one-sixth share of her father's residual estate after specific bequeaths.^[5]

Alice and John's youngest child, Ebenezer was born April 24, 1674 so Alice was still alive at that time and could not have died in 1672 as previously stated. There is some suggestion that she may have outlived her husband, John Shaw, who died September 16, 1704 at Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts. ^[6]

In fact, Alice died after 17 October 1704 when she was made an Administrator of her husband's estate: "Administration on the estate of John Shaw, late of Weymouth, husbandman, is granted to his widow Alice and his eldest son John Shaw, 17th October 1704. (Suffolk Probate, 15: 350.) Division of his estate mentions his eldest son John, his second son Nicholas, his third son Joseph, his fourth son Benjamin, his youngest son Ebenezer and his daughters, Mary King, widow, her four sons and daughter ____ King, Joseph Poole and his wife Elizabeth, Gideon Tirrell and his wife Hannah, Richard Davenport and his wife Abigail, and John Androse and his wife Alice, 11th March 1705-06." ^[7]

Children of John and Alice

1. John Shaw
2. Elizabeth Shaw
3. Abraham Shaw
4. Mary Shaw
5. Nicholas Shaw
6. Joseph Shaw
7. Alice Shaw
8. Hannah Shaw
9. Benjamin Shaw
10. Abigail Shaw
11. Ebenezer Shaw

Footnotes

1. ↑ No birth record has been found but her parents were in Dedham by August 18, 1636.
2. ↑ Will-Phillips-140 This profile is, by definition, the "eldest daughter" from Nicholas' will.
3. ↑ Phillips
4. ↑ Chamberlain Page 612.
5. ↑ Will-Phillips-140
6. ↑ Weir, Rob. "John Shaw (1630-1704)." My Family Tree. Accessed January 30, 2015. http://www.robweir.com/genealogy/mytree/p218.htm.
7. ↑ History of Weymouth, Massachusetts. Published ... v.4. Page 612. Weymouth Historical Society

Sources

• Will-Phillips-140: Will of Deacon Nicholas Phillips of Weymouth, Dated 2 Jun 1671, Proved 2 Oct 1672. Abstracted in Chamberlain, find facsimile of original.
• Frost: Frost, Josephine C. Ancestors of Amyntas Shaw and His Wife Lucy Tufts Williams (Not Published, 1920) Page 36
• Chamberlain: Chamberlain, George Walter. History_of_Weymouth_Massachusetts, Volume 4, Weymouth Historical Society, Weymouth, Mass. (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, Mass.), 1923 On Hathitrust.org
• Phillips: Phillips, C. Arthur. Deacon Nicholas Phillips of Dedham and Weymouth, Mass., 1636-1672, Unigraphic, Inc., Evansville, Indiana, 1976. On Archive.org - Available by joining Internet Archive Library (free).
• Ancestral File(R) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998)
• Hall, Douglas A. Pedigree Chart
• Ancestry Family Trees - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network.
• Some American Families and their Origins by Richard W. Smith, Url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~allfam/i5117.html.
• Porter, Joseph W. "Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, Corrections and Additions" in "Notes & Queries", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), 46:187-8.

Abraham1 Shaw of Dedham. His children all of Weymouth. John2 d in Weymouth] Sept 16 1704, m. Alice daughter of Nicholas Phillips and had 11 children; Joseph[2], prob. ancestor of R.G. Shaw of Boston, died in Boston 13 Dec 1653; Martha2 m. Nicholas Byrum; Nicholas3 of John2 m Deborah3 of John2 Whitmarsh abt. 1686 and had 11 chil[dren]; Joseph3 of John2 m Judith3 of John2 Whitmarsh, and removed to Bridgewater.