Roger Shaw (abt. 1600 - 1661)

Born about 1600 in England

Husband of Anne (UNKNOWN) Shaw — married before 1626 in Gawsworth, Cheshire, England [uncertain]

Husband of Susannah (Unknown) Shaw — married about 1653 in New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 29 May 1661 at about age 61 in Hampton, Rockingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New Hampshire)

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Biography

Roger Shaw was probably born about 1600 in England.^[1] His parents are unknown, but see Research Notes for one proposed family.

According to research done by Edgar Joseph Shaw, Roger Shaw is from Cheshire, England. The baptism of his children are found in the parish records of Gawsworth, Cheshire. There is no record of his marriage to wife Ann, her surname is unknown. He is known to be in Cambridge by 1638, as the birth of his daughter Ester is recorded at that time. ^[2]

Marriage: Anne^[3]

Marriage: Susanna (___) Tilton, widow of William in 1653 in New Hampshire

Died: 29 May 1661, Hampton Rockingham New Hampshire at age 76

Roger is a selectman in 1641, 1642, 1643, 1645 Farmer lists he "removed to Hampton, which he represented in 1651 and 1652. Roger Shaw died in 1660 or 1661, leaving sons Joseph and Benjamin, and four daughters."^[4]

1636: Occupation: husbandman, yeoman, Cambridge, proprietor, 1636;

March 14, 1638-1639: town officer.

15 Nov. 1647 Removed to Hampton. Bought house and land ;

1658: sold land

 : Deputy; juryman.

He married , first, Anne ___) in England by 1626; he married second, Susanna (___), widow of William Tilton of Lynn, Massachusetts in the fall of 1653; she died on January 28, 1654/5 .

His "son in law" [step-son] Abraham Tilton was apprenticed 5 December 1653, to John Hood, weaver, of Lynn; whose wife Elizabeth, acting under a power of attorney from her husband then in England, released the apprentice 10 Nov. 1656, although she had previously sent him to Peter Tilton, living in Connecticut. [Norf. Rec. I.]

Samuel Tilton, another of the children of "my late wife Susanna,"received a tract of land from Mr. Shaw April 6, 1660, and receipted in full for his portion 12 June, 1661, and for that of his brother Daniel Tilton 13 July, 1663.

It’s been stated in numerous sources that Roger was first mentioned as appearing at the General Court from Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1636, however, the person in the court records at this time was Abraham Shaw of Dedham whose house burned down in Oct. 1636.(6) The earliest evidence of Roger and Ann being in this country is the birth of their daughter Esther in Cambridge in June 1638.

Roger was made a freeman on 14 March 1638/9.(7)

Roger bought a house, garden and 1 ½ acres of land in Cambridge from John Knight on 21 September 1639. He also had 22 ½ acres of upland at Wigwam Neck, 19 ½ acres in the Great Marsh, an acre in the Ox Marsh, 2 ½ acres in the Old Field, another 2 acres of land at Wigwam Neck, 2 acres in the Long Marsh, 2 acres on the neck with a house and out houses, 34 acres on the neck near the Oyster Bank, 12 ½ acres in the Great Marsh, another acres in the Ox Marsh, 200 acres of upland and meadow on the north corner of his upland on Arrow St., Lot #51 (9 acres) on the south side of the Charles River, and a 10 acre woodlot near Menotomy Bridge. (8)

In 1639 he was on the jury and in 1640 he was elected town clerk for Cambridge. He was a selectman for that town from 1641-3 and in 1645.

Roger signed the petition to the General Court to authorize a settlement at Hampton, New Hampshire in 1638. In 1640 he purchased land and a house from John Crosse Sr. of Ipswich for £100.15s and 15 Nov. 1647 he received a grant of land in Hampton.(1) In 1648 he finally moved to Hampton and sold his house and 200 acres in Cambridge and settled on the land he had purchased in 1640. The house was enlarged and improved by his son Benjamin and grandson Edward and was used as a garrison. It was torn down in the 1850's to make room for a "modern one".

In 1650 seats in the "new meeting house" were appointed as follows: "Mens Settees at the table to be occupied by Rodger Shaw Christopher Husse John Moulton Philemon dolton Robert Page Willyam Easte Willyam ffuller Robert Tuck Womens Settees: Rodger Shaw for a wife John Moultons wife goody Marston goody Tuck goody Dolton goody page goody ffuller."(9) The way this is worded suggests that Ann had died by this time. About 1657 the town chose a committee consisting of Roger Shaw, Robert Page and Thomas Marston "to attend to the business of accommodating the minister both with housing and land his dwelling to be repaired at the towns expense."(2)

Roger was a representative from Hampton to the General Court from 1651 until 1653 and was a selectman in 1649 and in 1654. He was made the "Commissioner for trying small Cases" on 8 Oct. 1651 and was made Constable for Hampton on 3 Oct. 1654. (10)

Roger and Susanna were married in 1653 and on 8 February 1653/4 they sold William Tilton’s land in Lynn including 2 acres and a house purchased from John Wing, three acres on Sagamore Hill, four acres of marsh, and a 12 acres planting lot. (11) Poor Susanna died the following year and Roger never married again. The money from the sale of William Tilton’s land he must have put to good use for Susanna’s children as on 6 Apr. 1660 he gave 15 acres in Hampton and 5 acres of salt marsh to her son Samuel Tilton and he promised £10 to her youngest son Daniel Tilton which Roger’s executor, Joseph Shaw, paid to Daniel’s guardian, Samuel Tilton.(12)

On 5 December 1653 Abraham Tilton, son of widow Tilton of Lynn, apprenticed to John Hurd of Lynn, weaver. Gerrard Spencer deposed that John Hood late of Lyn sent a letter out of old England to his wife that then lived in Lyn, giving her orders to deliver the apprentice to his mother again, and to get something of her toward his passage. Elizabeth Hood, wife of John Hood of Lynn (said John being in England), says that she did not know that the court at Hampton had apprenticed said Abraham Tilton to Peter Tilton, living at Connecticut, with consent of the apprentice’s father in law Rodger Shaw of Hampton, and she consent Nov. 10, 1655. Abraham’s mother was then deceased. (14)

On 26 September 1658 the town appointed Roger one of three on a committee "to examine all grants and appointments of lands highways and such like and to recorde the same in ye new Towne Book." On 9 February 1659 the same committee was appointed "to lay out and record convienient highways to mens land in the towne and to allow satisfaction to the proprietors for the same according to their discretion."(3)

Roger was for a time a vintnor as was his father and kept an ordinary in Hampton and in 1650 he was allowed by the General Court "to sell wine or any sort of strong liquors to Christians and the Indians as in his judgement shall seem meet and necessary on just and urgent occasions and not otherwise."(4)

Rodger Shaw, and last wife Susana, agreed that Rodger should give the children she had by her first husband as follows: to Samuel Tilton, her eldest son, £30 at age 21. Samuel acknowledges receipt of the same from Joseph Shaw, executor of Rodger Shaw, late of Hampton, deceased, June 12, 1661. Witnesses were Sam: Dalton and Wm Moulton. Whereas Rodger Shaw of Hampton, deceased agreed to pay to Daniell Tilton, son of William Tilton of Lynn, deceased, £10, Samuell Tilton, guardian of said Daniel, acknowledges receipt of the same from Joseph Shaw, executor of the will of Roger Shaw. Acknowledged April 13, 1663. Samuel ffogg of Hampton released Joseph Shaw from all demands April 13, 1663. (15)

Joseph Shaw of Hampton discharges my brother Benjamin Shaw from a debt of £5, due me by ye will of my father Rodger Shaw of Hampton, deceased, May 13, 1669. Witnesses: Abraham Tilton and Hannah Dalton. Thomas Parker acknowledges receipt from Benjamin Shaw £20, being a portion give to my wife by her father Rodger Shaw, 28:11:1668. Witnessed by Daniell Tilton and Samll Rust. Acknowledged at Great Island on 24 Sept. 1673.(16)

Abraham Tilton of Kitterie, resident at a place called Sturgion Creek discharged Joseph Shaw of Hampton from a debt due to me from Rodger Shaw, late of Hampton, decease, one-half being bequeathed to me by the will of my father Wm. Tilton, late of Lynn, and one-half upon a contract made by said Rodger Shaw and my mother upon terms of marriage, May 13, 1669. Witnessed by Benjamin Shaw and Hannah Dalton. (17)

Marriages

Married 1st Anne (___) b: c1610 in England; married before 1626, children baptized at Gawsworth, Cheshire, England ^[5]

Married 2nd Susanna (___) Tilton, widow of William, in late 1653. ^[5]

Children

1. Margaret baptized at Gawsworth, Cheshire, England on July 4, 1626; married Thomas Ward by 1651. ^[5]
2. Mary baptized at Gawsworth on November 8, 1629; died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on January 26, 1639/40. ^[5]
3. Ann baptized at Gawsworth on April 22, 1632; died December 9, 1663, at Hampton, New Hampshire; married Samuel Fogg of Hampton on December 22, 1652. ^[5]
4. Joseph baptized at GawsworthNovember 12, 1635; died aged 85 at Hampton, New Hampshire on November 8, 1720; married Elizabeth Partridge on January 26, 1661/2 at Hampton. ^[5]
5. Esther born at Cambridge, Massachusetts in June, 1638; living in August, 1660, when she was named in her father's will. ^[5]
6. Benjamin born in Cambridge Village, Massachusetts in July, 1641; died at Hampton, New Hampshire on December 31, 1717; married Esther Richardson on May 25, 1663, at Hampton. ^[5]
7. Mary Shaw in Cambridge Village on September 29, 1645; married Thomas Parker by January, 1668/9. ^[5]

Death

Roger Shaw died 29 (3) 1661. Will dated 25 August 1660, codicil dated 20 March following, probated 10 (8) 1661, beq. to sons Joseph and Benjamin, daughters Margaret Ward , Ann Fogg, Hester, and Mary; sons Abraham and Daniel Tilton to have their portions when they come of age according to covenant.^[3]

Will

The will of Roger Shaw of Hampton, 1660^[3]

In the name of God Amen The 25th day of August 1660 I Roger Shawe of Hampton in the County of Norfolk being sick and weake in body * * *

ffirst I give unto my son Joseph Shawe my ffarme, that is to say one hundred Ackers of upland bounded as followeth from the Towne bridge & goodman Levitt in Part, and Comon Contry way in part, & the Comon in part one the south east : fifteene Ackers of Land of my owne on the South west and mr Dalton'sffarme northwest medowes belonging to the ffarme north east And ffive and Twenty Ackers of fresh medow surrounded with [t]he Taylors River and the upland of the farme, the medow lying north East, And all my Salt Marsh (Excepting) five Ackers of that marsh to lye adjoyning to Thomas wards marsh on the south side of Taylors River with all preveledges belonging to the ffarme.

Item I give unto my son Benjamin Shaw my dwellying howse howses, Orchard Garden and all the land I have on the northside Taylors River, medow, upland or swamp wth all Comonages and prveledges thereunto belonging with ffifteene Ackers of upland or Swamp lying att ye South west end of the ffarme, with ffive Ackers of salt marsh on that side my marsh towards Taylors River adjoyning to Thomas wards.

Item I give to Margarett ward my Daughter ffive shillings
Item I give to my Daughter Ann ffogg thirteene pounds
Item I give to my Daughter Hester Thirteene pounds
Item I give to my Daughter Marie Twenty pounds
Item I give unto my son Daniell Tilton ffive pounds
Item I give to my son Benjamin one horse Coult, Three yearelings one Ewe Lamb the bed he lyeth on two puter Dishes, one of evrye Iron thing in the howse if there be two (or els not) A third part of all husbandry ware halfe of all Carpenters Tooles I have : six bushels of wheat and ffowerteene of Indian Corne but hee must be att cost of all labor to itt : Also I appoint Benjamin to have for his use my howse and Land on the southeast side the Country high way now for his use. Excepting halfe of the Orchard wch I give to my son Joseph for Two yeares and the peece of medow on this side the Towne Bridge, And for all these goods I give unto Benjamin my will is that he shall pay unto Daniell Tilton [t]he sum of Twenty five pounds when hee comes to the aige of 21 yeares : The wch sum is xxth pt of itt wch I was to pay by Covent & 51 I give him more as is above expressed in my will And for want of paymt of his 251 I do bind over my sons Benjamins Lands for the securitye of itt to be paid out of the rents of the Lands untill itt be fully paid : Also I Do appoint Samwell ffogg & my son Joseph as trustees to order & direct my son Benjamin untill hee come to ye age of 21 yeares according to Law in all thinges.

Item I give all the rest of my goods both moveable & unmoveable wth the use of all the feild on the othr side on the high way (but two Ackers on the nerer side one yeare) I give unto my son Joseph And my will is that hee is sole Executor of this my last will and Testamt and I appoint him to pay all my Debts Legacyes that are or shall appeares to be Due according to Law Excepting what is appointed to be paid other wayes. And if my Executor fails to make paymt I appoint his Lands shall pay them (not by saile) but by [t]he Rent of it until they be paid or any pt thereof. And my will further is that if my son Joseph and Benjamin Dye without issue then [t]he Lands to goe my other Daughters Ann, Hester, & Marye & to their Heires for ever Considering a Competencye for there wifes at the Discretion of my supervisors John Leveritt & samuell fogg whome I appoint as trustees to see this my will performed.

And renounce my all other former wills either by words or writeings I make this my last will & Testament In witnes whereof I have here unto sett my hand & seale the day and yeare above written.

Roger [Seal] Shawe
Signed sealed in the
presence of us :
John Cleford
Samwell Hall Ser. The twentient of March one thousand six hundred and Sixty- I Roger Shaw being yett in the land of the living & in mind memory & sense: Doe thinke meet to Ade to this my last will as followeth viz, that whereas theare are two of the children which have thirteen apeece Given them I doe appointe thatt they shall have butt five apeece: and whereas I have given one child five shillings I doe appointe thatt it shall have five pound all which somes are to bee payd within a year after my decease & whereas I did bequeath fourteen bushils of indian corne to my son Benjamin & six bushils of wheatt I doe now appoint the Hee shall have none : & whereas I did appoint yt benjamin should Sow two acres of yt lott on the other side of the way the next yeare I doe now appoint that Joseph shall Have the pfitt thereof the next yeare and whereas I did appoint Benjamin to pay his brothr Daniel Tilton twenty five pownd when hee Cam to age I Doe now appoint Him to pay to his sister Mary twenty pounds att the time appointed her & to pay five pounds to His brother Joseph when Daniell Comes to age & I doe appoint my son Joseph to pay Abraham & Daniell Tilton their portions according to Covenant when they shall Come to Age and to this my Last addition I doe sett my Hand & Seale the Day & yeere above written.
Roger Shawe
Signed Sealed in the psents of us
Samuell Dalton
John Clifford
Test: uppon oath before the Court att Hampton 10: 8th Mo: 1661- Tho Bradbury recr This is a true Inventory of the Estate of Roger Shaw of Hampton deceased prised by Abraham perkins John Samborne & William Moulton In June last 1661. Imprimis three ffether Bedds & three ffether boulsters two fether pillowes 2 flock beds one Covlett on rug & five
Blanketts...........................................................15-00-00
Item one bed more one rug & a blanket.......03-00-00
It Sheets and other Linen att..........................03-00-00
It Corne and Malt.............................................03-00-00
It and Curtaines att.......................................02-00-00
It Bedsteads Cobard boxes Tooles & other
Lumber..............................................................03-00-00
It potts, Kettles, frying pan & warm...............04-00-00
It some other small thinges wth some tubs.01-01-00
It Cart plowes, chaines & other thinges
belonging..........................................................03-00-00
It old Iron, Hemp & flax..................................02-00-00
It puter, dripping pan spits & other small
thinges...............................................................02-00-00
It 25 Acres of saltmarsh...................................50-00-00
It 33 Acres of fresh medow..........................114-00-00
It 150 Acres of upland......................................60-00-00
The house & land barne & swamp belonging &
upland of this side the medow.......................40-00-00
To all the Cattle of all sorts .............................64-00-00
369-01-00
Jhn Samborne
William Moultone Roger Shaw debtor to mr Richard Cutts.......03-00-00
To mr woodman? ............................................02-00-00
To Capt Pembleton..........................................15-00-00
To mr Cotton....................................................01-00-00
To mr Dalton....................................................00-15-00 Debts due to Roger Shaw [ ]
Due ffrom Nath: Drake....................................07-00-00
Due from Goodman Louvell...........................07-00-00(5)

[Proved Oct. 10, 1661.]

[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files- Docket No. 25146.]

Research Notes

Birth & Origin Claims

Some researchers identify him as the Roger Shaw baptized on 23rd December 1601 at Hulme Walfield in Astbury Parish, Cheshire, England, the son of Roger Shaw and Margery Stubbes.

Baptism: 23rd December 1601 at Hulme Walfield in Astbury Parish, Cheshire, England. ^[6]

These edits (8 May 2022) also marked the paternal relationship as "Confirmed by DNA" but no DNA confirmation statement was included. The parents attached have been removed, as no basis for the claim that this baptism record confirms his parents has been presented, and what, if any basis is there for the DNA claim? Edgar Joseph Shaw's 2004 article published in NEHGR 158:309 (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11710/309/23536892 for subscribers) does not identify any parents, and estimates only that he was born in "England" in about 1600.

Roger, son of Roger, was bequeathed by his father some land at Congleton jointly with his brother, Humphrey, in 1606. Humphrey's will, dated 1652, mentions that he had bought land at Congleton from his brother Roger and was now bequeathing it to one of his own sons.

Sources

1. ↑ Edward Joseph Shaw, "The English Origin of Roger and Ann Shaw of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Hampton, New Hampshire," New England Genealogical and Historical Register, 158 (2004):309-318, at 313; American Ancestors.org, image for subscribers.
2. ↑ Edward Joseph Shaw, "The English Origin of Roger and Ann Shaw," NEHGR, 158:309-318, image for subscribers.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Tilton Branches: Roger Shaw
4. ↑ Farwell, Harriette F. A Memorial of Roger Shaw 1594-1661.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8} Shaw, Edgar Joseph. The English Origin of Roger and Ann Shaw of Cambridge, Mass., and Hampton, NH in: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 158, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2004 p. 309-18 : (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
6. ↑ DVD. St Mary's Church Astbury Parish Registers - Family History Society of Cheshire Image In Binder "Opening.PDF" Transcriptions of Baptisms Image 105 of 412. Roger son of Roger Shaw of Hulme Walfield. Also Binder 01 Images of original registers of Astbury Parish baptisms 1601 Image 13 of 85

• (1) Old Norfolk County Records- Essex Antiquarian- Vol. I, p.22 (1897) quoting Old Norfolk Co. Deeds-Vol. I, fol. 6
• (2) "History of Hampton"- Dow, "A Memorial of Roger Shaw"- Harriette F. Farwell, E.C. Bowler, Bethel, Maine, 1904- p.18
• (3) Ibid- p.19
• (4) Ibid
• (5) Essex County Probate quoted in "A Memorial of Roger Shaw"- pp. 303-7; NH State Papers- Vol. XXXI, p.50; Essex County Registry of Probate- Docket No. 25146
• (6) History of New England- John Winthrop- Vol. I, p. 200
• (7) Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England: 1628–1686- Nathaniel Shurtleff, Boston, 1853- Vol. I, p.375
• (8) The Register Book of the Lands and Houses in the “New Towne” and the Town of Cambridge- University Press, Cambridge, 1896- pp. 49,66, 89, 118, 332
• (9) Hampton Town Records-Vol. I, fol. 28-9
• (10) Essex Quarterly Courts- Vol. I, fol. 149, 176, 221, 237, 370; Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay - Vol. III, p. 220, 259; IV, pt. 1, p. 37; Hampton Town Records- Vol. I, fol. 23
• (11) GDMNH- p. 687
• (12) Old Norfolk Co. Deeds- Vol. I, fol. 129, 171
• (13) Cambridge Town Records- Vol. I, pp. 18-22; Records of the Town of Cambridge, Massachusetts: 1630-1703- University Press, Cambridge, 1901- pp. 45-51
• (14) Old Norfolk County Records- The Essex Antiquarian- Vol. II, p. 14
• (15) Ibid- Vol. IV, pp. 9-10
• (16) Ibid- Vol. XII, p. 81
• (17) Ibid- p. 181

• Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire- p.626
• A Record of the Ancestors and Descendents of Stephen Chase Hanscom- Lawrence Hanscom Pownall- p.30
• The English Origin of Roger and Ann Shaw of Cambridge- Edgar Shaw, NEHGR- Vol. 158, pp. 309-18 (Oct. 2004)

• Charles Henry Pope, The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire 1623 to 1660, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, 1973. page 186.
• The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1854) Vol. VIII , New England Genealogical Society, Samuel G. Drake Publisher, Boston, 1854. page 51\
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• Cambridge, Massachusetts; Year: 1620-1650; Page Number: 133.
• Cambridge, Massachusetts; Year: 1636; Page Number: 261.

• Ancestry Family Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com) Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

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See Also

• New England Marriages prior to 1700; page 665 (covers both marriages)
• Anderson, Robert Charles: "The Great Migration Directory"; page 302 - origin, Gawsworth, Cheshire; arrived 1638; settled Cambridge, Hampton

• Shaw records; a memorial of Roger Shaw, 1594-1661, by Farwell, Harriette F. (Harriette Favoretta), 1904 [1]