John Shaw (bef. 1630 - 1704)

Born before 23 May 1630 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England

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Descendants

Died 16 Sep 1704 after age 74 in Weymouth, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

John Shaw immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Potential for Confusion

There are two John SHAWs in Massachusetts that are sometimes confused as their wives were both named Alice. They are however born 30 years apart and lived in very different parts of Massachusetts. see John Shaw Sr.

This profile concerns John Shaw (baptized 23 May 1630 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England - died 16 Sep 1704 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts), married 1653 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, Alice Phillips, daughter of Deacon Nicholas Phillips and Elizabeth Jepson or Jewson, also had a daughter Abigail Shaw b. 7/15/1672, who m. Richard Davenport. John is the son of Abraham Shaw and Elizabeth 'Bridget' Best, who arrived in Boston and settled first in Watertown, Massachusetts in 1634.

The other profile, not to be confused with this one, is for John Shaw b. c.1597 prob. in Southern England d. aft. 22 March 1663/4 Plymouth, Massachusetts, married Alice last name unknown.

Early Life & Family

John Shaw was baptized May 23, 1630, in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.^[1] He is the son of Abraham Shaw and Elizabeth Best.^[2]

John married Alice Phillips around 1650 probably in Weymouth.^[3] They had eleven children.

Children

1. John Shaw , Dea. b: ABT 1653
2. Elizabeth Shaw b: 26 FEB 1655/56 m. Joseph Poole
3. Abraham Shaw b: 10 OCT 1657
4. Mary Shaw b: 24 MAR 1659/60
5. Nicholas Shaw b: 23 MAR 1661/62
6. Joseph Shaw b: 15 APR 1664
7. Alice Shaw b: 6 JUL 1666 m John Andrews
8. Hannah Shaw b: 7 APR 1668 m Gideon Tirrell
9. Benjamin Shaw b: 16 JUN 1670
10. Abigail Shaw b: 15 JUL 1672 m. Richard Davenport
11. Ebenezer Shaw b: 24 APR 1674

Death & Legacy

John Shaw died September 16, 1704, in Weymouth.^[4]

John Shawe - his estate is divided in 1705

Administration on the estate of John Shaw, late of Weymouth, husbandman, is granted to his widow Alice and his eldest son John Shaw, 17th October 1704. (Suffolk Probate, 15: 350.) Division of his estate mentions his eldest son John, his second son Nicholas, his third son Joseph, his fourth son Benjamin, his youngest son Ebenezer and his daughters, Mary King, widow, her four sons and daughter ____ King, Joseph Poole and his wife Elizabeth, Gideon Tirrell and his wife Hannah, Richard Davenport and his wife Abigail, and John Androse and his wife Alice, 11th March 1705-06. (IBid. n. s., 6:181.)^[5][6]

Sources

1. ↑ West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP53/1/1/5 Link to record at ancestry.com ($). "Bptiz 1630 (May): John, Abraham Shaw". Day of month is in crease and not visible in the image.
2. ↑ Chamberlain, George Walter. History_of_Weymouth_Massachusetts, Volume 4, Weymouth Historical Society, Weymouth, Mass. (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, Mass.), 1923 On Hathitrust.org, Page 611.
3. ↑ Chamberlain, History_of_Weymouth, Volume 4, On Hathitrust.orgPage 612.
4. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010)
5. ↑ History of Weymouth, Massachusetts. Published ... v.4. Page 612. Weymouth Historical Society
6. ↑ Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) Case 2903: Division of Estate.

See also:

• Frost, Josephine C. Ancestors of Amyntas Shaw and His Wife Lucy Tufts Williams (Self Published, 1920) Page 6
• Phillips, C. Arthur. Deacon Nicholas Phillips of Dedham and Weymouth, Mass., 1636-1672, Unigraphic, Inc., Evansville, Indiana, 1976. On Archive.org - Available by joining Internet Archive Library (free).
• George H. Hayward, Shaws of New Brunswick and Maine with Roots in Massachusetts and England, 1518-2004,
• Descendants of Christopher Shaw of Northowram, Yorkshire, England and his grandson Abraham Shaw who settled in Dedham, Massachusetts that migrated north into New Brunswick and Maine, 2004.
• New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 46, 1892, p. 187
• Wessagussett and Weymouth: An Historical Address by Charles Francis Adams, Jr, published by the Weymouth Historical Society, 1905 p 98