Francis George Shaw (1809 - 1882)

Born 23 Oct 1809 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Blake (Sturgis) Shaw — married 9 Jun 1835 in Boston, Suffolk, MA

Descendants

Died 7 Nov 1882 at age 73 in Castleton, Richmond, New York, United States

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Biography

Francis was born in 1809.

He died in 1882. ^[1][2]

A radical abolitionist and early feminist, Francis George Shaw was a prominent figure in American reform and intellectual circles for five decades. He rejected capitalism in favor of a popular utopian socialist movement; during the Civil War and Reconstruction, he applied his radical principles to the Northern war effort and to freedmen's organizations.

Research Notes

Francis George Shaw's Mother Elizabeth Parkman was half sister of Susanna Parkman, who in turn was mother of his wife, Sarah Blake Sturgis. They were half cousins.

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]; NEHGS Register: January 1883, page 116
2. ↑ "New York, Church and Civil Deaths, 1824-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q57B-J1GT : 27 August 2019), Francis George Shaw, 7 Nov 1882; citing Death, Castleton, Richmond, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 004248667.

See also:

• familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/M1LC-ISF or M1LH-PZL
• Dean, John Ward. Descendants of the Rev. Daniel Rogers of Littleton, Mass., The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1885) Vol. 39, Page 226
• http://www.ohioswallow.com/book/Seeking+the+One+Great+Remedy
• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGYB-GK4 : 10 November 2017), Frances Geo Shaw, Northwood, Hampshire, England; citing Northwood, Hampshire, England, p. 29, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC79-546 : 18 February 2021), Francis G Shaw, Township of Castleton, Richmond, New York, United States, 1860.
• "New York State Census, 1875", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT85-HZD : 17 March 2022), Francis Geo Shaw, 1875.