Richard Shaw (1673 - abt. 1729)

Born 1673 in Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Judith (Briscoe) Shaw — married Jan 1696 in County Kilkenny, Ireland

Descendants

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Biography

From a genealogy by Dan Laurence (cited below):

"Richard Shaw (1673-1729), of Balinderry, Co. Tipperary, b. 1693, eldest son of William and Elizabeth Shaw, pre-deceased his father; m. in January 1696 Judith Briscoe, dau. of Edward Briscoe of Timakilly, County Kilkenny.

They had at least six sons and three daughters:

1. Unnamed Shaw
2. Robert Shaw (1698 - 1758) who died at Sandpitts, County Kilkenny
3. Edward Shaw
4. Richard Shaw Jr., who died 1789 at Ballyneal, Figlash, County Tipperary
5. Roger Shaw, who died 1771 at Ballimeale, County Waterford
6. John Shaw, who died at Ballinderry, County Tipperary
7. Charles Shaw, who married Rebecca Markham and died about September 1770 at Clonmel
8. Anne Shaw, who married William Shaw, and died at Figlash, County Tipperary
9. William Shaw,
10. Grace Shaw, who married John Bagwell and lived at Clonmel, and
11. Unknown Shaw, who married to Richard Duckett of Whitestown, County Waterford

SOURCES

Ferres, Timothy William. Descendants of Capt. William Shaw. From "Terenure House," Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland (28 Dec 2021).

Dowley, Leslie J. Short History of the Briscoes of South Kilkenny. From "The Dowleys of Carrick-on-Suir" website, retrieved 23 December 2022. Note: Mentions family of Edward Briscoe, Judith's father. Includes several photographs, maps, and a downloadable family tree.

Crossroads, County Kilkenny - MapCarta

Bessborough House, the residence of the Earls of Bessborough aka the Ponsonby family, Piltown, County Kilkenny, Ireland - Old photograph by A.H. Poole

Portrait of Richard Shaw's grandson, Bernard Shaw of Sandpitts, County Kilkenny, ca. 1790 - National Gallery

Family Trees Online

Richard Shaw (1673 - 1729) - AlgerClan.org (retrieved 31 Aug 2019)

Richard Shaw - Morrison Family Connections website (retrieved 15 Aug 2019).

Richard Shaw (1673 - 1729) - Peerage.com

Richard Shaw (1673 - 1729) - Geni.com

Laurence, Dan H. "Part One: The Shaws and the Gurlys" from Shaw: The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies, Vol. 18. (Penn State Press, 1998) ed. Fred D. Crawford, available through Google Books (read only).

See also the biography of Richard Shaw's grandson, Sir Robert Shaw, 1st Baronet, of Bushy Park, Dublin, Ireland:

"Shaw, Robert (1774 - 1849) of Bushy Park, County Dublin" at The History of Parliament website

• Bushy Park Shaw Family Tree

"The Shaw Family" Ask About Ireland Website

"The Shaw Genealogy" webpage

"Descendants of Adam and Eve to Shaw," Descendants of Shaw (Mac~an~Toisich) website

"Descendants of Shaw MacDuff to Bernard Shaw and Frances Carr," Descendants of Shaw (Mac~an~Toisich) website

Books

Burke, Sir Bernard. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry. (London: Harrison & Sons, 1895). See Shaw, Vol. 2, p. 454-456.

Burke, John. "Shaw of Bushy Park," Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 99th Ed. (London: Burke's Peerage, Ltd., 1949) pp. 1821 - 1822. Library Call Number: 929.72.B96

Henderson, Archibald. George Bernard Shaw: His Life and Works (Cincinnati: Stewart & Kidd, 1911). See the Appendix on p. 513 titled "Genealogical Chart of the Shaw Family of Counties Tipperary, Kilkenny and Dublin, Together with Other Lineal Ancestors of George Bernard Shaw" (attached here in the Image section).

Shaw, Alexander Mackintosh. A Genealogical Account of the Highland Families of Shaw (London: Privately printed, 1877). See William Shaw and his sons, pp. 61-62.

Shaw, Charles MacMahon. Bernard's Brethren. (New York: Henry Holt Co., 1939). A history of the family of George Bernard Shaw with comments by the playwright himself.

Shaw, William George. Memorials of the Clan Shaw (Forfar: W. Shepard, 1871). See Ch. 3 The Irish Branch of the Shaws, pp. 37 -38.

FamilySearch.org Resources

Ireland Wiki at FamilySearch (overview of all resources online)

Irish maps and gazeteers Wiki at FamilySearch

County Cork Wiki at FamilySearch (includes map)

County Kilkenny Wiki at FamilySearch.

County Kilkenny Map [enlargeable] - Report of the Boundary Commissioners for Ireland. 1885. (Dublin: Printed by Alex. Thom & Co. Limited , 87, 88, & 89, Abbey Street, The Queen's Printing Office, 1885)