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Abraham Shaw 1590 – 1638 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 Jan 1590

Birth Location: Halifax, West Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 2 Nov 1638

Death Location: Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Thomas Shaw

Mother: Elizabeth (Moore)

Spouse(s): Bridget (Shaw)

Children(s): Susannah (Byram), Joseph Shaw, Grace (Richards), Martha Shaw, Mary\Maria (Bicknell), John Shaw, John Shaw, Martha (Vinson)

According to available records, Abraham Shaw * was born in 1590 in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, the child of Thomas Shaw and Elizabeth Mawde Longbotham (Shaw) (Moore). Following those early years, Abraham Shaw * married Bridget Elizabeth Best (Shaw), and their family grew to include Susannah Shaw (Byram), Joseph Shaw, Grace Shaw (Richards), Martha (infant) Shaw, Mary\Maria Shaw (Bicknell), John (infant) Shaw, John Shaw and Martha Shaw (Vinson). In the later years of life, Abraham Shaw * died in 1638 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.

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Parents

Thomas Shaw
1563 – 1600
Birth Location: Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
TS
Elizabeth (Moore)
1560 – 1624
Birth Location: Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Bridget (Shaw)
1592 – 1638
Birth Location: Halifax, Yorkshire, England
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Children(s)

Susannah (Byram)
1617 – 1700
Birth Location: Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
S(
Joseph Shaw
1618 – 1653
Birth Location: Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
JS
Grace (Richards)
1621 – 1698
Birth Location: Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
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Martha Shaw
1623 – 1625
Birth Location: Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
MS
Mary\Maria (Bicknell)
1626 – 1658
Birth Location: Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
M(
John Shaw
1628 – 1629
Birth Location: Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
JS
John Shaw
1630 – 1704
Birth Location: Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
JS
Martha (Vinson)
1632 –
Birth Location: Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 2 Jan 1590
    Event Place: Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: The Genealogist 10:1:86-97., U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Source number: 30.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PKB, "The English Ancestry of Abraham Shaw of Dedham, Massachusetts (1590-1638)". The Genealogist 10:1 (Spring 1989):86-97.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1636
    Event Place: Watertown, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1637
    Event Place: Dedham, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: An historical address, delivered before the citizens of the town of Dedham on the twenty-first of September, 1836, Historical annals of Dedham, The Genealogist 10:1:86-97., "The English Ancestry of Abraham Shaw of Dedham, Massachusetts (1590-1638)". The Genealogist 10:1 (Spring 1989):86-97.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1638
    Event Place: Dedham, Massachusetts
    Record Source: An historical address, delivered before the citizens of the town of Dedham on the twenty-first of September, 1836, Historical annals of Dedham, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 2 Nov 1638
    Event Place: Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Findagrave, Abraham “Shawe” Shaw 2 Nov 1638

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Record Source: The Genealogist 10:1:86-97., "The English Ancestry of Abraham Shaw of Dedham, Massachusetts (1590-1638)". The Genealogist 10:1 (Spring 1989):86-97.

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 2 Nov 1638
    Event Place: Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: The Genealogist 10:1:86-97., U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, "The English Ancestry of Abraham Shaw of Dedham, Massachusetts (1590-1638)". The Genealogist 10:1 (Spring 1989):86-97.

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