Born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Abraham Shaw
and Bridget (Best) Shaw
Sister of
Joseph Shaw, Grace (Shaw) Richards, Martha Shaw, Maria (Shaw) Bicknell, John Shaw, John Shaw and Martha (Shaw) Vinson
Wife of
Nicholas Byram Sr
— married
Oct 1638 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
Abigail (Byram) Whitman, Experience (Byram) Willis, Deliverance (Byram) Porter, Nicholas Byram II, Ebenezer Byram, Susannah (Byram) Edson and Mary (Byram) Leach
Died
at age 83
in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
Susanna (Shaw) Byram immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
Susannah Shaw was baptized at Halifax, Yorkshire, England, 25 May 1617, to Abraham Shaw and Bridget Best.[1][2]
Marriage
She married Nicholas Byram about 1635 in Weymouth, Suffolk, MassachusettsBay.[3]
Death and Burial
Susanna died on 28 November 1700 as stated in her inventory heading. and was buried in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay.
Probate
Her will is dated 7 September 1698 and proved on 18 December 1700 in Plymouth. She mentions her son Nicholas' wife, Mary, her grandson, Nicholas Byram, her granddaughter Mehitabel Byram, her daughter Abigail Whitman, her daughter Deliverance Porter, her daughter Experience Willis, her daughter Susanna Edson, her grandson Ebenezer Whitman, her granddaughter Mary Liech, her granddaughter, Mary Willis. She frees her enslaved black maid (not named) and gives her enslaved black man his freedom if he has reached the age of 30 at her deceased, but if not to serve her son Nicholas until age 30 and then be set free. Her inventory heading records her death as 28 November 1700 in Bridgewater and was taken on 12 December 1700.[4]
Sources
- ↑ West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP53/1/1/5. [1] (Ancestry subscripstion needed)
- ↑ Chamberlain, George Walter. History_of_Weymouth_Massachusetts, Volume 4, Weymouth Historical Society, Weymouth, Mass. (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, Mass.), 1923 On Hathitrust.org. Abraham Shaw's will mentions his son-in-law Nicholas Byram.
- ↑ Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700, pg 130
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-JDSH : 22 March 2023), Probate records 1686-1702 and 1849-1867 vol 1-1F > image 175-176 of 490; State Archives, Boston.
- Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 3. pg. 1186-1189)
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And a article TAG: 57: 1981: p. 85 on his origins says Abraham and Bridget (Best) Shaw had seven children baptized, 2 died in England, 4 are confirmed in America and there 'may' be one that was married in America. ( https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image?volumeId=12607&pageName=85&rId=24379752)
I haven't found much of anything on Nicholas Biron/Byram
Torrey: New England Marriages to 1700 https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-marriages-to-1700/image/?volumeId=21174&pageName=268&rId=426879661
Will of Nicholas Biram of Bridgewater dated Jany 13, 1687. proved June 13. 1688. I Ratifie vnto my brother John Shaw of weymouth my whole Interest in the North adition which was granted by the Court to Bridgwater Town & to each of my Children what land I formerly Gaue unto them Rest of estate to wife Susanna who was appointed executrix. Witnesses: Samuel Allen senr, William Brett, John Whitman.
Plymouth County Probate Records From: The genealogical advertiser; a quarterly magazine of family history. https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Genealogical_Advertiser/cbQtAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=nicholas+byram+Probate+1688&pg=PA20&printsec=frontcover
edited by Chris Hoyt
Wondering if "Unknown Byram-559" should be detached. Unknown has a 2nd wife, so I don't think the two should be merged.
? what do others think?