Mary
Shaw
Born in Isle of Jura, Scotland
Daughter of Neil Shaw
and Keathrin McInriver
Wife of
William Lawson
— married
1774 (to 1790) in Prince Edward Island, Canada
Descendants 
Mother of
Helen Nellie Lawson, Isabella Lawson, Elizabeth Lawson, David Lawson, Ann Nancy (Lawson) Bovyer and William Lawson
Died before
before age 37
in Prince Edward Island
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Sep 2010
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Biography
This person was created on 14 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.
Mary Shaw was born in Scotland in about 1753 and married William Lawson in 1774 in Prince Edward Island. She died in Prince Edward Island before 1790.
Sources
- James Shaw, "The Descendants of David Lawson and Helen Moore," Island Register (http://www.islandregister.com/lawson1.html : accessed 30 Sept 2018).
- Andrew MacKewen, "The Falmouth Passengers," The Island Magazine 10 (Fall-Winter 1981), 15.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Ron Smith for creating WikiTree profile Shaw-2838 through the import of Smith - Aitken_2012-11-05.ged on Nov 6, 2012 by . See the Changes page for the details of edits by Ron and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Geoff Burns 
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
~3.12%
John Burns :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Sheret60
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~0.78%
Tina Ward :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YG6516884 [compare], Ancestry member Kortina
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David Howse
David Howse
Shaw-2838 and Shaw-359 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate spouse found
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