Abraham Shaw Genealogy
Record modified: 2023-01-16
This is my ancestor 13 generations back.
Born: about 1590-01-02 Halifax Parrish, Yorkshire England
Died: 1639-01-01 Dedham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts USA
Marriages:
1. 1616-06-24 Elizabeth Bridget Best
Children of Abraham Shaw and Elizabeth Best:
Notes:
death date new-style
parents from Hinds genforum message 172
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This RootsWeb entry says that he was an illegitimate child of Abraham Dobson + Janet Shaw. Other trees say he was the son of Thomas Shaw + Elizabeth Longbottom.
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other children, baptized in Halifax, Yorkshire ENG
1 Joseph bap 1618-03-14 d 1653-10-13 Boston, Suffolk Co MA + Mary (unknown); + Mary Souther/Sowther
2 Grace bap 1621-08-15 d 1682 MA + 1642 William Richards
3 Martha bap 1623-12-01 d 1625-03-31 Halifax, Yorkshire ENG
4 Maria bap 1626-06-18 d 1658-03-25 Norfolk Co MA + John Bicknell
5 John bap 1628-02-16 d 1629-04-12 Halifax, Yorkshire ENG
7 Martha bap 1632-01-06 d 1698 MA + 1652 Thomas Vinson
8 Susannah?
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Was there also a Thomas 1622?
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"List of Freemen of Massachusetts, 1630-1691"
p15
list dated 1636/7-03-09 (citing Colonial Records Vol 1 p194)
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Suffolk Co MA Probate Records Vol 1 p10
p7
The Last Will & Testament of Abraham Shawe deceased.
That it is my minde & will that my estate shal be disposed of as followeth (that is to say)
I bequeathe to my sonne John, & Martha Shawe, beinge infants ten pownds betweene
them, also betweene the aforesd Martha & Marye I leave as much quicke goods as
shal be balance to eight pownds, also to Joseph in some goods twelve pownds as
may be thought fitt: furder, that Joseph & John shall have my lott att Dedham equally
to be devided between them. Also that all the rest of my estate whatsoever be
devided, proportionate, betwene all my childron.
Witnesses Nicholas Biram Joseph Shawe
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 23388
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