Phebe (Joslin) Shaw (abt. 1767 - aft. 1822)

Born about 1767 in New Jersey [uncertain]

Wife of Cornelius Shaw — married 23 Apr 1787 (to 1816) in Pittsgrove Baptist Church, Daretown, Salem County, New Jersey, United States

Descendants

Died after 1822 after about age 55 in New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Neither Phebe's birth date or death date are known. Her husband died intestate in 1816.

The only record for Phebe so far is her marriage to Cornelius Shaw in the Pittsgrove Baptist Church.

"April 23, 1787, Cornelius Shaw to Phebe Joslin" at the Pittsgrove Baptist Church.^[1][2]

Children

1. Josiah Shaw
2. Smith Shaw

Possible Origins

• One theory from an Ancestry tree ^[3] is that her name was actually Phebe Cornwell and she is the widow of John, son of Jacob Joslin. She would have had three children when she married Cornelius, so could not have been born in 1767.^[4] But John didn't die until after he made his will in 1795, so Phebe couldn't have married Cornelius Shaw back in 1787 -- she would still have been married to John.
• Another guess has her as the daughter of William Josselyn/Joslin and Phebe Sheppard.
• She supposedly lived from 1767-1822. ^{[citation needed]} Will use these dates until any shred of anything emerges.

Research Notes

Look for more info about Pittsgrove Baptist Church where Cornelius & Phebe were married. What Joslin and Shaw genealogies are there? There were Shaws in the membership of the Cohansey Baptist Church.

The transcription of Cornelius and Phebe's 1782 wedding is preceded by a short history of the founding of the church. The Pittsgrove church was established as an offshoot of the Cohansey Baptist Church on May 9, 1771. Original members were^[5]:

• John Mayhew, Sr.
• William Brick
• jacob Elwell
• John Dickison
• Cornelius Hustice
• Samuel Brick
• Johannah Mayhew
• Elanor Nelson
• Esther Hewes
• Hannah Elwell
• Matthew Arons(?)
• Pannanonah(?) Garton
• Fulita Hudson
• Mathias Dickinson
• Phebe Nelson
• Renhanna Hustice
• Rachel Brick

Sources

1. ↑ Pittsgrove Baptist Church, Daretown, Salem County, N.J. Fragmentary Records 1771-1842, copied by Mrs. H. R. Edwards. Filmed as part of the Collections of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1917, Vol. 350, p. 136.
2. ↑ "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-339D : 31 March 2016), Cornelius Shaw and Phebe Joslin, 23 Apr 1787; citing , Salem County, New Jersey, United States, Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton.; FHL microfilm 1,001,858.
3. ↑ Cumberland Co., NJ Joslins," a research note on Ancestry.com retrieved from http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/6108308/person/876419371/story/2a7d252e-4029-40fc-8da4-6765045ac99f
4. ↑ The Joslin lines on Wikitree look tangled; John Joslins have likely been conflated.
5. ↑ Sheppard, E. L. Historical Sketch of the Pittsgrove Baptist Church. Pittsgrove Baptist Church, Daretown, Salem County, N.J. Fragmentary Records 1771-1842, copied by Mrs. H. R. Edwards. Filmed as part of the Collections of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1917, Vol. 350, p. 8, retrieved 22 May 2015 from [Ancestry.com]