Moses Shaw (1735 - abt. 1821)

Born 18 Jan 1735 in Barnstable, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Phinney) Shaw — married 30 Jan 1762 in Barnstable, Massachusetts

Husband of Mehitable (Patten) Shaw — married 24 Jan 1781 in Granville, Annapolis, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died about 11 Jan 1821 at about age 85 in Granville, Annapolis, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Moses SHAW was born January 18, 1735, son of Moses Shaw,^[1] in Massachusetts (likely Plymouth or Barnstable).

Moses served in the colonial troops in Nova Scotia in 1753.

Moses Shaw married Anna Phinney/Phiney January 30, 1762, in Barnstable, Massachusetts.^{[2] [3]} Ann (Phinney) SHAW, his first wife, was born Feb. 16, 1738. The dates of the births of their children are as follows:

1. Isaiah SHAW Oct. 11, 1763^[4]; Isaiah married Anne Ketchum and had children. He represented the township of Granville in the Legislative Assembly for two terms, from 1806-1818^[3], and died in 1819 in New York.
2. Elizabeth SHAW, Dec. 26, 1764^[5]; Elizabeth married Josiah Snow and moved to New Brunswick, she died in 1854^[3]
3. Moses Shaw b. Sept. 23, 1766^[6]. Moses married Phoebe Moore of NJ, and died in 1851^[3]
4. Joseph, born May 19, 1768^[7]. Joseph married Abigail Brown on October 31, 1793, and he died March 25, 1798^[3]
5. David, born April 9, 1770^[8]. David married Desiah Phinney, daughter of Isaac, and died February 14, 1840^[3]
6. Zebina, born March 14, 1772^[9]. Zebina married Elizabeth Brown, daughter of James on July 18, 1793, and died August 23, 1823^[3]
7. Havilah, born May 14, 1774^[10]. Havilah married James Hall, JP and died September 17, 1816^[3]
8. Mary, born December 22, 1776^[11]. Mary married Captain John Harris.^[3]

Anne Phinney Shaw died February 1, 1780. In 1781, Moses remarried Mehitable (Patten) Hall ^[12], daughter of Joseph Patten (MLA for Annapolis County) and widow of Zachariah Hall of Boston<^[3], and their children included:

1. Susannah, born 1782, who died in infancy
2. Susannah, born March 7, 1784^[13]. Susannah married James Reed, and then Benjamin Reed^[3]
3. Anna, born June 5, 1786^[14]. Anna married Guilford Reed, and then Mr. Smith.^[3]

Moses Shaw died in 1821, at age 86.^[1][15]

Moses SHAW, my great grandfather, was born Jan. 18, 1735. Ann SHAW, his wife was born Feb. 16, 1738. the dates of the births of their children are as follows: Isaiah SHAW Oct. 11, 1763; Elizabeth SHAW, Dec. 26, 1764; Moses Shaw b. Sept. 23, 1766. On April 1, 1770, Elizabeth and Moses, taking advantage of the fine weather, stripped their tiny feet of shoes and stockings and were following their father, who was ploughing with a yoke of oxen around and about the field. ... After her mother'd death, the little Elizabeth took charge of her father's house and family, but he finally got married again and was the father of eleven children, eight by his first wife and three by his second. Their names were Isiah, Elizabeth, Moses, David SHAW, Joseph SHAW, Zebina SHAW, Havilah SHAW, Mary SHAW, Susanna SHAW, second Susanna and Ann. They were born and brought up in Granville, Annapolis Valley, N.S. At about the age of 19, Elizabeth married Josiah SNOW. Eleven children were the outcome of this alliance. In the year 1814 they moved to Wakefield (Carleton Co.) and there they both died, he in the year 1832 and she in 1854 in her 89th year. The last 25 years of her life she was blind. As a singer, her voice was not excelled in the old church. She seemed to know all of Watt's hymns and many old people who survive her, speak of her singing to this day. Now this little girl (Elizabeth) who was lost on Granville Mountain was my grandmother and I belong to a family of eleven children. One is dead and the youngest has many grandchildren. Our family live in six different states of the Union and the province of New Brunswick. The above story was narrated to me by the lips of my grandmother, the girl who was lost and this little history I bequeath to the eyes of the reading public (signed) John MALLORY, Jacksontown, March 10, 1892 (see original 'How Grandmother Was Lost').^[16]

Notes

On April 1, 1770, Elizabeth and Moses, taking advantage of the fine weather, stripped their tiny feet of shoes and stockings and were following their father, who was ploughing with a yoke of oxen around and about the field. ... After her mother's death, the little Elizabeth took charge of her father's house and family, but he finally got married again and was the father of eleven children, eight by his first wife and three by his second. Their names were Isiah, Elizabeth, Moses, David SHAW, Joseph SHAW, Zebina SHAW, Havilah SHAW, Mary SHAW, Susanna SHAW, second Susanna and Ann. They were born and brought up in Granville, Annapolis Valley, N.S.^[16]

At about the age of 19, Elizabeth married Josiah SNOW. Eleven children were the outcome of this alliance. In the year 1814 they moved to Wakefield (Carleton Co.) and there they both died, he in the year 1832 and she in 1854 in her 89th year. The last 25 years of her life she was blind. As a singer, her voice was not excelled in the old church. She seemed to know all of Watt's hymns and many old people who survive her, speak of her singing to this day. Now this little girl (Elizabeth) who was lost on Granville Mountain was my grandmother and I belong to a family of eleven children. One is dead and the youngest has many grandchildren. Our family live in six different states of the Union and the province of New Brunswick. The above story was narrated to me by the lips of my grandmother, the girl who was lost and this little history I bequeath to the eyes of the reading public (signed) John MALLORY, Jacksontown, March 10, 1892 (see original 'How Grandmother Was Lost').^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Calnek, William Arthur History of the County of Annapolis, published 1897. Reference page 600
2. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010). Reference Barnstable, Volume 1, page 84
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11} Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Genealogies : Transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald, by George S. Brown; prepared for publication by Martha & William Reamy, assisted by John McDonald Hilton ... et al.; published in Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., c1993. ISBN: 0806313722; page 250,251
4. ↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6MZ-SWP : 20 March 2015), Isaiah Shaw, 11 Jun 1819; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 447,544.
5. ↑ "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGC-F9L : 27 November 2014), Elizabeth Shaw, 26 Dec 1764; citing , GRANVILLE TWP, ANNAPOLIS, NOVA SCOTIA, 26 Dec 1764, reference 2:16SSLBD; FHL microfilm 928,972.
6. ↑ "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLRJ-DHM : 27 November 2014), Moses Shaw, 23 Sep 1766; citing , GRANVILLE TWP, ANNAPOLIS, NOVA SCOTIA, 23 Sep 1766, reference 2:16SSLCL; FHL microfilm 928,972.
7. ↑ "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLR9-K8K : 27 November 2014), Joseph Shaw, 29 May 1768; citing , GRANVILLE TWP, ANNAPOLIS, NOVA SCOTIA, 29 May 1768, reference 2:16SSLDS; FHL microfilm 928,972.
8. ↑ "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLR2-TGD : 27 November 2014), David Shaw, 09 Apr 1770; citing , GRANVILLE TWP, ANNAPOLIS, NOVA SCOTIA, 09 Apr 1770, reference 2:16SSLF1; FHL microfilm 928,972.
9. ↑ "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLR9-K8G : 27 November 2014), Zebina_ Shaw, 14 Mar 1772; citing , GRANVILLE TWP, ANNAPOLIS, NOVA SCOTIA, 14 Mar 1772, reference 2:16SSLG7; FHL microfilm 928,972.
10. ↑ "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLRJ-D4Y : 27 November 2014), Havilah Shaw, 14 May 1774; citing , GRANVILLE TWP, ANNAPOLIS, NOVA SCOTIA, 14 May 1774, reference 2:16SSL80; FHL microfilm 928,972.
11. ↑ "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGC-F95 : 27 November 2014), Mary Shaw, 22 Dec 1776; citing , GRANVILLE TWP, ANNAPOLIS, NOVA SCOTIA, 22 Dec 1776, reference 2:16SSLHF; FHL microfilm 928,972.
12. ↑ "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5H-R5X : 5 December 2014), Moses Shaw and Mahetable Hall, 24 Jan 1781; citing Granville Twp,Annapolis,Nova Scotia; FHL microfilm 928,972.
13. ↑ "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLRJ-JVK : 27 November 2014), Moses Shaw in entry for Susanah Shaw, 07 Mar 1784; citing , GRANVILLE TWP, ANNAPOLIS, NOVA SCOTIA, 07 Mar 1784, reference 2:16SSLKT; FHL microfilm 928,972.
14. ↑ "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGC-F9B : 27 November 2014), Moses Shaw in entry for Anna Shaw, 05 Jun 1786; citing , GRANVILLE TWP, ANNAPOLIS, NOVA SCOTIA, 05 Jun 1786, reference 2:16SSLL2; FHL microfilm 928,972.
15. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 March 2021), memorial page for Moses Shaw (18 Jan 1735–11 Jan 1821), Find a Grave Memorial no. 64373478, citing Stoney Beach Cemetery, Granville Beach, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada ; Maintained by Jason Dennis (contributor 47160680) .
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1 16.2} Berwick Register, Wednesday May 12,1897 How Grandmother Was Lost. A Bit Of Family History.

• https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/NewspaperVitalStats/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=a5e720dd-d59d-44c1-ae9a-5cd492598df3&r=1&ni=259051

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• Moses and Anna Shaw: their children's births: listing Havilah, Isaak, Elizabeth, Moses, Joseph, David, Zebina, and Mary: Anna's death in 1780: Moses 2nd marriage to Mehitable Hall in 1781: their children: Susanah, Susanah, and Anna: Granville Township Records of Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Ear Marks.: Public Archives of Canada

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64373478/moses-shaw: accessed March 14, 2024), memorial page for Moses Shaw (18 Jan 1735–11 Jan 1821), Find a Grave Memorial ID 64373478, citing Stoney Beach Cemetery, Granville Beach, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada; Maintained by Jason Dennis (contributor 47160680).

Acknowledgements

• Profile created on Jan 2, 2013 by David McAvity.
• WikiTree profile Shaw-1387 created on Jul 5, 2011 by Alyson X.