Elizabeth (Longbotham) Shaw (abt. 1568 - aft. 1624)

Born about 1568 in Yorkshire, England

Wife of Thomas Shaw — married 16 Dec 1589 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died after 15 Jul 1624 after about age 56 in Yorkshire, England

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Biography

Russell Franklin Shaw, "English Ancestry of Abraham Shaw of Dedham, Massachusetts", The Genealogist, (10 [Spring 1989]: 86-97, at 91:

“THOMAS SHAWE … married (2) Halifax 15 December 1589 ELIZABETH LONGBOTHOM, living 15 July 1624, whose parentage is not clear. Apparently on onomastic evidence alone, Threlfall concluded that Elizabeth Longbothom was a daughter of Brian Longbothom of Northowram. But in the will of one John Longbottom [sic] of Northowram there is a reference to a debt owed by “Elizabeth Shaw, sister of John Longbottom sonne of Richard Longbottom,” and the surname is a common one in Halifax Parish. Further research is required here."

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Uncertain Origins

There were two Elizabeth Longbotham's born in Yorkshire. One, the daughter of Brian, in 1560.^[1] The other, the daughter of Humphrey, born in 1565.^[2] Neither has been identified as her father in any Shaw genealogy.^[3] However, a birth year of 1560 is unlikely as that would make her 29 at the age of her first marriage, something that was highly unusual in the time period. She is being detached from Brian Longbotham and Alice Mawd.

Marriage

Elizabeth Longbotham married Thomas Shaw, on 16 December 1589 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch  : 18 September 2020), Elsabethe Longbothom, 1560. [1]
2. ↑ England, Births & Baptisms 1538-1975 Transcription $
3. ↑ M.L. Bierbrier, "The Origin of Abraham Shaw of Dedham", The American Genealogist, April 1981 page 87
4. ↑ England, Boyd's marriage indexes, 1538-1850 Transcription $
5. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch [2]: Thomas Shawe and Elisabeth Longbothome, 16 Dec 1589; citing Halifax, York, England, reference ; FHL microfilm 496,813. England Marriages, 1538–1973 Indexing Project (Batch) Number M00749-1 System Origin England-ODM GS Film number 496813

Update on Origins

In 1992, John Brooks Threlfall identified Elizabeth Longbotham as the daughter of Brian and Alice (Mawd) Longbotham; and the second wife of Thomas Shaw. [a] The following year, Lois B. Goff, agreed with Threlfall. [b] Nearly adecade later, George H. Hayward compiled a Shaw genealogy, and also cited Threlfall. [c]

Sources

[a] Threlfall, John Brooks. Fifty great migration colonists to New England, and their origins (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1992), p. 362-3.

[b] Goff, Lois B. Goff-Davis Ancestral Lines: The Ancestry of Moulton Babcock Goff and his wife Agnes Hopkins Davis (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1993), p. 111.

[c] Hayward, George H. Shaws of New Brunswick and Maine: with roots in Massachusetts and England. 1518-2004 (Fredericton, New Brunswick: G.H. Hayward, 2004), p. 1.