Sylvanus Shaw (1765 - 1852)

Born 28 May 1765 in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Persis Wilder (Stoddard) Shaw — married 15 Nov 1792 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Jan 1852 at age 86 in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Sylvanus Shaw served with Plymouth County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Sylvanus Shaw is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 288154
Rank: Private

Sylvanus Shaw was born May 28, 1765, in Abington, Massachusetts Bay Colony, a son of Ebenezer Shaw and Anne Colson.^[1]

On November 15, 1792, Sylvanus married Persis W. Stodder.^[2][3][4] They became the parents of thirteen children.^[5]

1. Sylvanus b. 21 Mar. 1793
2. Ebenezer b. 19 Oct. 1794
3. Brackley b. 1 Jun. 1796
4. Bela b. 21 Nov. 1798
5. Lora b. 28 Feb. 1801
6. Clarissa b. 28 Sep. 1802
7. Caleb Thaxter b. 12 Sep. 1804
8. Persis b. 19 Jun. 1806
9. Spencer b. 31 Jan. 1808
10. Loisa b. 19 Jun. 1810
11. Charles Colson b. 1 Mar. 1811
12. Mary Ann b. 30 Jul. 1813 d. 6 Aug. 1817
13. Alonzo Cushing b. 8 May 1816 d. 13 Jun. 1817

In 1833, He was put on the pension rolls for nine months service in Captain Thomas Cushing's Company.^[6]

Sylvanus died January 18, 1852, in Cummington, Hampshire county, Massachusetts^[7][8] and is buried in the West Cummington Cemetery.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
   Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #81689280 (accessed 21 March 2024)
   Silvanus Shaw born, child of Ebenezer Shaw, in Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
2. ↑ History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts. Thomas T Bouvé; Edward Tracy Bouvé; John Davis Long; Walter Lincoln Bouvé; Francis Henry Lincoln; George Lincoln; Edmund Hersey; Fearing Burr; Charles Winfield Scott Seymour; Hingham (Mass.). (1893). Pub. by the town. Vol II, p.198
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850"
   Family History Library; Salt Lake City, UT; Film # 0770907 & 0904377
   Ancestry Record 7853 #648076 (accessed 21 March 2024)
   Silvanus Shaw marriage to Persis Stodder on 15 Nov 1792 in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
4. ↑ Abington > Town Records, 1747-1856; Vol. 2': "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
   Abington > Town Records, 1747-1856; Vol. 2
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 21 March 2024)
   Silvanus Shaw.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120743782/sylvanus-shaw: accessed March 27, 2024), memorial page for Sylvanus Shaw (28 May 1765–18 Jan 1852), Find A Grave: Memorial #120743782, citing West Cummington Cemetery, West Cummington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493).
6. ↑ Pension: "U.S., The Pension Roll of 1835"
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60514 #19811 (accessed 21 March 2024)
   Name: Sylvanus Shaw; Rank: Private; Age: 69; Birth Year: abt 1762; Pension Enrollment Date: 4 Mar 1831; Residence Place: Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; Service Description: Mass. State troops.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850"
   Abington
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 21 March 2024)
   Silvanus Shaw.
8. ↑ Death: "Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915"
   New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840???1911
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2101 #5180673 (accessed 21 March 2024)
   Sylvanus Shaw death 18 Jan 1852 (age 86), son of Shaw & Shaw, in Cummington, Massachusetts, USA.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed November 8, 2019), "Record of Sylvanus Shaw", Ancestor # A102200.