Jonathan Shaw (1703 - bef. 1782)

Born 17 Feb 1703 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Rich) Shaw — married 5 Oct 1731 (to before 1743) in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Persis (Pratt) Shaw — married 23 Nov 1740 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Died before 1 Apr 1782 before age 79 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Jonathan Shaw was born on Cape Cod, at Eastham, in mid-February of 1703, a son of George and Constance [recorded as Constant] (Doane) Shaw. He married, first, at Eastham in October of 1731, Sarah Rich; and second, on 23 November 1740 at Plympton, Persus Pratt.

Probate

The will of Jonathan Shaw of Middleborough, yeoman was dated 1 April 1765 and proved on 1 April 1782 in Plymouth. He mentions his wife Persis, and his children Thomas Shaw (executor), and Constanant Shaw (if he returns).^[1]

In 1782, Mary Shaw 2d of Middleborough, widow was granted the administration cum testamento annexo, as Thomas Shaw was deceased.^[2]

In 1782, his widow Persus Shaw received her dower. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-6CBH : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1780-1786 vol 28-29 > image 182 of 638; State Archives, Boston.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-XW7Q : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1778-1794 vol 26-27 > image 521 of 549; State Archives, Boston.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-6C5R : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1780-1786 vol 28-29 > image 240-241 of 638; State Archives, Boston.

• Birth (NEHGS): "Jonathan Shaw the Son of George and Constant Shaw was Born the Seventeenth day of febuarie anno dom 1702/3" -- Eastham and Orleans, Mass. Vital Records, Eastham-Orleans Vol. 1; Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/14498/MD V.3, p.229/264884615 (subscription)

• Birth (FamilySearch); NOTE: the transcript of the birth record for Jonathan Shaw contains a significant error; see "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-D8P : 15 January 2020), Jonathan Shaw, 1702. The transcribed date is 17 July 1702, but in the handwritten original, "Februarie" has been inserted; the corrected (New Style) date is thus, as shown by NEHGS, 17 February 1703. For confirmation, view the original at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-9XXH?i=113&cc=2061550 (note that births of brothers John and Jonathan are further down the page than those of their siblings).

• Marriage (1) (NEHGS): "October 5th 1731 Then Jonathan Shaw & Sarah Rich was married in Eastham by Joseph Doane Justice Peace entred Joseph Doane Town clark" -- Eastham and Orleans, Mass. Vital Records, Eastham-Orleans Vol. 1; Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/14498/MD V.17, p.33/264887932. Intentions (NEHGS): "June 25 : 1731 Then entred the Intentions of Jonathan Shaw & Sarah + Rich both of Eastham to proseed in marriage. by me Joseph Doane Town clark (+"Marcy", and "junr" after "Rich", were crossed out, and "Sarah" was interlined in the same hand and ink.)" -- Eastham-Orleans, Vol. 1; Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/14498/MD V.28, p.173/264890521 (subscription)

• Marriage (1) (alt. record): "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8V-2GV9 : 31 October 2019), Jonathan Shaw and Sarah Rich, 5 Oct 1731; citing Marriage, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009735.

• Marriage (2) (NEHGS): "SHAW... Jonathan of Middlebrorough and Persis Prat of P., Nov. 23, 1740." -- Plympton Marriages, Plympton Vol. 1; Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7780/387/142101371 (subscription)

See also:

• U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 (National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, Kentucky) Microfilm, 508 rolls.
• Shaw, Jonathan A., John Shaw of Plymouth Colony, Purchaser and Canal Builder, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1997) Vol. 151, Page 430.