Nathaniel Shaw (1717 - 1800)

Born 12 Mar 1717 in Plympton, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Perkins) Shaw — married 10 May 1739 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 25 Aug 1800 at age 83 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Captain Nathaniel Shaw served with Plymouth County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Nathaniel Shaw is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A102162.

Nathaniel Shaw is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 288117
Rank: Captain

Captain in the militia. ^[1]

Nathaniel Shaw was born in 1717 to Jonathan Shaw and Elizabeth Atwood. He married Hannah Perkins on May 10, 1739 in Plympton.^[2]They had 12 children. He lived in Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts in 1790 and 1800. ^{[3] [4]} He died in 1800 in Plympton,^[5] and was buried in Lakenham Cemetery in Carver, Massachusetts. FAG lists death date as August 25, 1800.

Children listed in Findagrave

1. Mary Shaw Savery 1741–1816
2. Elizabeth Shaw Atwood 1744–1786
3. Joseph Shaw 1749–1804
4. Hannah Shaw Atwood 1751–1848
5. Ruth Shaw Cushman 1753–1836
6. Sarah Shaw Atwood 1756–1843
7. Jonathan Shaw 1759–1829
8. Deliverance Shaw Cobb 1761–1844
9. Zilpha Shaw Hackett 1765–1857

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2023-10-22), "Record of Nathaniel Shaw", Ancestor # A102162.
2. ↑ Shurtleff, Benjamin, Descendants of William Shurtleff of Plymouth and Marshfield, Massachusetts (Revere, Massachusetts: 1912 (reprinted by Higginson Book Co.), 2 volumes), personal library, Entry #38, page 61 (volume 1).
3. ↑ 1790 United States Federal Census. Year: 1790; Census Place: Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts; Series: M637; Roll: 4; Page: 511; Image: 556; Family History Library Film: 0568144 [Link]
4. ↑ 1800 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Source Citation: Year: 1800; Census Place: Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts; Series: M32; Roll: 19; Page: 593; Image: 197; Family History Library Film: 205612. Record for Nathaniel Shaw. [Link]
5. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), [Link]

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36893400/nathaniel-shaw: accessed 27 October 2023), memorial page for Capt Nathaniel Shaw (12 Mar 1717–25 Aug 1800), Find a Grave Memorial ID 36893400, citing Lakenham Cemetery, Carver, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Anne Shurtleff Stevens (contributor 46947920).

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter, Boston, 1896-1908) Vol. 14, p. 63
  • "Shaw, Nathaniel, Plympton. Captain, Col. James Warren's regt., which marched in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Marshfield ; service, 2 days ; also, Captain, 7th (Plympton) co.. Col. Gamaliel Bradford, Jr.'s (1st Plymouth Co.) regt. of Mass. militia ; list of officers chosen by the several companies and ranked by the field officers of said regiment, as certified by Seth Cushing, 2d Major, at Watertown, Jime 6, 1776; ordered in Council June 6, 1776, that said officers be commissioned ; reported commissioned June 6, 1776 ; also, Captain, Lieut. Col. Jeremiah Hall's regt. ; list of officers appointed to command companies of a regiment raised from Brig. Joseph Cushing's (Plymouth Co.) brigade and ordered to march to Bristol, R. I., as returned by Joseph Cushing to Maj. Gen. Warren, dated Hanover, Dec. 26, 1776; company raised in Kingston, Plympton, and Halifax ; also, Captain, 7th co.. Col. Theophilus Cotton's (1st Plymouth Co.) regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers; commissioned Oct. 28, 1778."