Lydia
Shaw
Shaw
Born in Carver, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Elkanah Shaw
and Elizabeth (Atwood) Shaw
Wife of
Joseph Shaw
— married
25 Apr 1776 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Mother of
Lydia Shaw, Joseph Shaw Jr., Waitstill (Shaw) Murdock, Hannah (Shaw) Shurtleff, Cephas Shaw and Elkanah Shaw
Died
at age 57
in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 1 May 2015
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Biography
Lydia Shaw was born on December 30, 1755, in Carver, Massachusetts, to Elkanah Shaw and Elizabeth Atwood.[1][2] She married Joseph Shaw on April 25, 1776, in Middleborough, Massachusetts.[3] They had 12 children during their marriage, including Elkanah Shaw.[4] She died on July 30, 1813, in Carver, at the age of 57, and was buried there in Lakenham Cemetery.[5]
Sources
- 1862: Death of daughter, Lydia[6]
- ↑ Shurtleff, Benjamin, Descendants of William Shurtleff of Plymouth and Marshfield, Massachusetts (Revere, Massachusetts: 1912 (reprinted by Higginson Book Co.), 2 volumes), personal library, 1912 Shurtleff Genealogy ID #202.
- ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Vital Records of Carver - birth. [Link]
- ↑ Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp, Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), marriage record: Joseph Shaw and Lydia Shaw, 25 April 1776. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0945011-0945012. [Link]
- ↑ New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999), Vital Records of Carver. [Link]
- ↑ Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, digital images, Record for Lydia Shaw. Find A Grave Memorial# 31031258. Created by: Anne Shurtleff Stevens. Record added: May 12, 2009. Accessed 30 March 2017. [Link]
- ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7NX-DML : 10 March 2018), Lydia Shaw Shaw in entry for Lydia Shaw Shaw, 05 Sep 1862; citing Carver, Massachusetts, v 157 P 335, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,181.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lydia 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 Lydia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lydia 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 Lydia:
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