Mason Shaw (1737 - 1815)

Born 15 Jan 1737 in Raynham, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 26 Sep 1815 at age 78 in Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Adjutant Mason Shaw served with 3rd Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Mason Shaw is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A102156.

Mason Shaw is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 288108
Rank: Adjutant

Mason Shaw of Raynham was an Adjutant in Col. Timothy Walker's regiment who marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, and served until April 24, 1775, engaged in Walker's Massachusetts Provincial regiment later in 1775, and in Col. George Williams's 3d Bristol County regiment in 1776, marching to Warren, via Rehoboth, Dec. 8, 1776, and in Lt. Col. James Williams's 3d Bristol County regiment in 1780 marching to Tiverton, R.I., on an alarm. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Wife: Mary King.

Children:

1. Lloyd Shaw, who m. Abby Smith
2. Mason Shaw, who m. Susanna Diana# Dwight
3. Hannah Shaw, who m. Stephen King^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2023-10-22), "Record of Mason Shaw", Ancestor # A102156.
2. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
3. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine
4. ↑ as per his DAR Record A102156

• Daughters of the American Revolution; Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 040, page 129. Member #39355 & #39356, Mrs. Gertrude Wood (Shaw) Hasbrouck

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40952775/mason-shaw: accessed 14 November 2023), memorial page for Mason Shaw (15 Jan 1736–26 Sep 1815), Find a Grave Memorial ID 40952775, citing Shaw Cemetery, Raynham, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Stuart Strout Woodside Skolfield (contributor 46954007).

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter, Boston, 1896-1908) Vol. 14, p. 61
  • "Shaw, Mason, Raynham. Adjutant, Col. Timothy Walker's regt. ; muster roll of officers who marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, and served until April 24, 1775, 6 days ; also, Adjutant, Col. Walker's regt. ; engaged April 24, 1775 ; service, 3 mos. 2 weeks ; also, Col. Walker's (Bristol Co.) regt. ; return of officers, dated May 23, 1775 ; ordered in Provincial Congress May 24, 1775, that said officers be commissioned ; also, Adjutant, Col. Walker's regt. ; list of field and staff officers appearing on a return of Capt. John Perry's co., dated Oct. 6, 1775 ; also, Adjutant, Col. George Williams's (3d Bristol Co.) regt. ; discharged Dec. 31, 1776 ; service, 25 days ; regiment marched to Warren, via Rehoboth, Dec. 8, 1776 ; mileage to Warren (34 miles) and home from Howland's Ferry (28 miles) also allowed ; also. Adjutant, Lieut. Col. James Williams's (3d Bristol Co.) regt.; entered service Aug. 1, 1780; discharged Aug. 7, 1780; service, 8 days; regiment marched to Tiverton, R. I., on an alarm."

• The Massachusetts Magazine (Salem, Mass., 1908-1918); Vol. 3, No. 1, p. 26