James
Shaw
Born in Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of David Shaw
and Sarah (Brown) Shaw
Brother of
Margaret (Shaw) Bell [half]
Husband of
Mary (McKie) Shaw
— married
27 Dec 1784 in Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Descendants 
Father of
William Shaw, Catherine Shaw, John Shaw, William Shaw, Grizel Shaw, Matthew Shaw, Charles Shaw, George Shaw, Flora Shaw and Thomas Shaw
Died about
at about age 78
in Cumbernauld,Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Profile managers:
Linda Bell 
[send private message], Owen Atkinson [send private message], John Smith [send private message], and Joanne Shaw [send private message]
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Biography
James Shaw was born in Scotland.
James Shaw was born about 1775.
Baptism date might be 19 Jan 1745.
Between July 1785 (birth of Marion) and April 1787 (birth of Kathrine) the family or at James's wife Mary, travelled to Muirkirk from Kells, Kirkudbrightshire.
Then she travelled back to Minnigaff (near Newton Stewart) for her next child John's birth in October 1788!
It was 7 years before she had their next child William (or rather who survived) at Burnside, Muirkirk in 1795. Her last 5 children were born here also.
Research Notes
There is a James Shaw, born 7 Feb 1745, baptized 19 Feb 1745 in Kells, Kirkcudbridghtshire, Scotland. His father was David Shaw.[1][2]
Sources
- ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYMJ-RX1 : 12 February 2020), James Shaw, 1745.
- ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYMV-D4K : 12 February 2020), James Shaw, 1745.
See Also:
- Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
- Millennium File LDS
Noted as father of Grizel Shaw upon her death in Stevenston 1880 James was born about 1767. He passed away after 1820.
- ayrshire roots I66444
- James, son of James Shaw and Mary McKie, chistened 2 Mar 1784 in Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. - "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYMJ-2ZN : 12 February 2020), James Shaw in entry for James Shaw, 1784.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~3.12%
Joan Atkinson
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member joanatkinson26
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~1.56%
Owen Atkinson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch FN5102089 [compare], FTDNA kit #636510
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~0.78%
John Smith :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Louise (Borggard) Veres :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member J
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~0.39%
Andrew Higham :
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Categories: Muirkirk, Ayrshire
The biography states that James was born 1775 (possibly typo, since that would be a birth after both parents died). Baptism date is similar, but does not match the sources added to Research Notes.
There is a statement about travel, but it is not clear since it has 'or at James's wife Mary'
I've removed the parents for James. I would appreciate all the help you can offer. cheers Jo
We need to see if you will remove the parents that you have listed on James Shaw profile file so it can be corrected, I can then merge the two of our files. I've requested a merge from Owen on the other file here on wikitree and that will be another step to clearing this up. The parents of James Shaw we have researched are David Shaw and Sarah Brown. (Broun) in records. Dr Murdoch appears to agree with that and shows same on his ancestry research. I can help you with this at anytime but I'm not on your trusted list. Can you add me? Thanks so much, Cheers again from Linda
Hope you are well and safe. I am happy for these to be merged Jo
I feel like I need to apologize given your reply, I'm very new at this but am very keen to go back as far as I can for my dad, he is 85. I am happy for you to amend anything in my tree that you feel is no based on evidence. I had no idea Ayreshire Roots was not a reliable site.
thanks Jo
Ayrshireroots is a great site for Scottish researchers with an overload of info on history of the County of Ayr. Many years of work has been compiled to help others. The site genealogy is individually family submitted so it can be a good site to find others who are researching your family, similar to ancestry.com but more individual research is needed for confirmation. I’ve submitted much of my own family research to ayrshireroots so I I’m simply saying, always be cautious and find media or documents to support your findings. Stay well and safe Joanne. You have a wonderful family history to discover.
Linda