Commodore
John
Shaw
Born in Mountmellick, County Laois, Ireland
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth (Shaw) Gregory
Died
at about age 50
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Oct 2015
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Biography
Commodore John Shaw served for Pennsylvania in the War of 1812
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He was born at Mountmellick, County Laois, Ireland, in 1773, and moved to the United States in 1790, where he settled in Philadelphia, and entered the merchant marine.
Appointed Lieutenant in the United States Navy on August 3, 1798, he first served in Montezuma in Commodore Thomas Truxtun's squadron in the West Indies during the early part of the Quasi-War with France. On October 20, 1799, he was given command of the schooner Enterprise in which, during the next year, he captured seven armed French vessels and recaptured several American merchantmen. By the time he was relieved of command due to ill health in October 1800, he had made Enterprise one of the most famous vessels of the Navy.
During the First Barbary War, Shaw commanded frigate Adams in the Mediterranean under Commodore John Rodgers from May to November 1804.
Shaw helped suppress the 1811 German Coast Uprising.
During the War of 1812, Shaw commanded the New Orleans naval post as well as the frigate United States.
Captain Shaw died at Philadelphia, where he was interred in the Christ Church Burial Ground, along with Benjamin Franklin and other signers of the Declaration of Independence. His epitaph reads:
Sources
- Wikipedia: John_Shaw_(naval_officer)
- Find A Grave: Memorial #41323568
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