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Sargent Shaw (1745 - 1823)

Sargent Shaw
Born in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshiremap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died at age 78 in Standish, Cumberland, Maine, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Sargent Shaw is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 288146
Rank: Private

Sergent was born in Hampton, New Hampshire, in 1745, the son of Ebenezer Shaw and Anna Philbrick[1]

He was a farmer and cooper by trade, and also was a town selectman for some years. He was the first constable in Standish, Maine. He was living in Pearsontown (now Standish), Maine, in 1775, when the Revolutionary War broke out. He served as a Private under Capt. Stewart in Col. Phinny's Regiment for 11 weeks in 1775. [2]

Marriage Bann: April 17, 1770 in Gorham, Cumberland County, Main  : Spouse Sarah Knight

Married Salome Lombard (1764-1786) Divorced July 12, 1777

Married Anne Thompson, who died February 16, 1834

Sources

  1. "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDJQ-TFK : 10 February 2018), Sergant_Sargent Shaw, 23 Oct 1745
  2. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, by George Little, 1909, transcribed by Coralynn Brown
  • Marquis F. King, Publishments, Marriages, Births and Deaths from the Earlier Records of Gorham, Maine (Maine Genealogical Society, Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1991), page 26
  • Find A Grave: Memorial #112498272 Shaws Mill Cemetery, Gorham, Maine




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