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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)

In 1590, Abraham Shaw * entered the world in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, born to Thomas Shaw and Elizabeth Mawde Longbotham (Shaw) (Moore). Abraham Shaw * married Bridget Elizabeth Best (Shaw), and had children including Susannah Shaw (Byram), Joseph Shaw, Grace Shaw (Richards), Martha (infant) Shaw, Mary\Maria Shaw (Bicknell), John (infant) Shaw, John Shaw, Martha Shaw (Vinson). Abraham Shaw * passed away in 1638 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1590, Abraham Shaw * entered the world in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, born to Thomas Shaw and Elizabeth Mawde Longbotham (Shaw) (Moore).
  • Abraham Shaw * married Bridget Elizabeth Best (Shaw), and had children including Susannah Shaw (Byram), Joseph Shaw, Grace Shaw (Richards), Martha (infant) Shaw, Mary\Maria Shaw (Bicknell), John (infant) Shaw, John Shaw, Martha Shaw (Vinson).
  • Abraham Shaw * passed away in 1638 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Shaw
1563 – 1600
Birth Location: Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
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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
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Joseph Shaw
1618 – 1653
Birth Location: Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
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Grace (Richards)
1621 – 1698
Birth Location: Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
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Martha Shaw
1623 – 1625
Birth Location: Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
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Mary\Maria (Bicknell)
1626 – 1658
Birth Location: Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
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John Shaw
1628 – 1629
Birth Location: Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
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John Shaw
1630 – 1704
Birth Location: Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
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Martha (Vinson)
1632 –
Birth Location: Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
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Abraham Shaw's Ancestors

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Abraham Shaw
1590 – 1638
Birth Place: Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
Parents
Thomas Shaw
1563 – 1600
Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Elizabeth (Mawde Longbotham (Shaw)) (Moore)
1560 – 1624
Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Thomas (Asa) Shaw
1538 – 1575
Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Sybil (Mason (Shaw) (Appleyard)) (Mychell)
1540 – 1588
Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Brian Longbotham
1535 – 1620
Northowram, Yorkshire, England
Alice (Mawd) (Longbotham)
1535 – 1602
Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Christopher *
1518 – 1583
Elizabeth (Shaw)
1520 – 1583
Thomas Mason
1500 – 1551
Genet (Webster)
1510 – 1574
Brian Longbotham
1512 – 1556
Agnes (Longbotham)
1513 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Mason
1449 – 1549
Annes (Mason)
1449 – 1549

Abraham Shaw's Descendants

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Abraham Shaw (2 Jan 1590 – 2 Nov 1638) m. Bridget (Elizabeth Best) (Shaw) (9 Apr 1592 – 10 Oct 1638)
  1. 1. Susannah (Shaw) (Byram) (24 Mar 1617 – 28 Nov 1700) m. Nicholas Byram (1610 – 13 Apr 1688)
    1. 1. Abigail (Byram) (Whitman) (Abt. 1637 – 13 Nov 1712) m. Thomas Whitman (Abt. 1629 – Abt. 17 Nov 1712)
    2. 2. Nicholas Byram\Byrom\Birum (11 Mar 1640 – 20 Sep 1727) m. Mary (Edson) (Byram) (27 Oct 1678 – Oct 1727)
      1. 1. Bithia Byram (27 Oct 1678 – 20 Nov 1685)
      2. 2. Mehitabel (Byram) (Allen) (28 Sep 1683 – 16 Aug 1736) m. Elisha Allen (8 Feb 1678 – 1731)
        1. 1. Elisha Allen (22 Mar 1704 – 1760)
        2. 2. Japheth Allen (20 Nov 1705 – 1720)
        3. 3. Mehitable Allen (1708 – 1708)
        4. 4. Matthew Allen (11 Apr 1708 – 8 Oct 1784)
        5. 5. Samuel Allen (13 Aug 1710 – 23 Aug 1735) m. Susanna (Perkins) (Allen) (22 Feb 1709 – Abt. 1739)
        6. 6. Mehitable Allen (4 Mar 1712 – 25 Nov 1731)
        7. 7. Silence (Allen) (Jackson) (1719 – 15 Sep 1811) m. Lieu (Col Edmond) Jackson (Feb 20, 1720 – )
      3. 3. Jennery\Infant (son) Byram (18 Jan 1685 – 19 Mar 1686)
      4. 4. Margaret ((newborn)) Byram (20 Nov 1685 – 20 Nov 1685)
      5. 5. Nicholas Byram (11 Mar 1687 – 6 Mar 1738) m. Anna (Snell) (Byram) (24 Feb 1685 – 1757)
        1. 1. Bethiah Byram (11 Apr 1709 – 18 Dec 1774)
        2. 2. Samuel Byram (1710 – )
        3. 3. Nicholas Byram (17 Feb 1711 – 1744) m. Elizabeth (Gannett (Byram)) (Hayward) (1 Feb 1718 – 1812)
        4. 4. Ann Byram (23 Aug 1712 – 20 Jul 1802)
        5. 5. Thomas Byram (21 Jul 1714 – Young)
        6. 6. Jesse Byram (1 Jun 1716 – 29 Aug 1800)
        7. 7. Mary (Byram) (Carr) (13 Sep 1718 – 9 Feb 1788)
        8. 8. Obin Byram (1 Jan 1720 – 20 Jan 1720)
        9. 9. Benjamin Byram (8 Nov 1721 – 22 Nov 1721)
        10. 10. Paul Byram (14 Jun 1723 – )
        11. 11. George Byram (1725 – )
      6. 6. Mary (Byram) (Howard) (10 Mar 1690 – 11 Jan 1767) m. Edward Howard (1687 – 14 Jul 1771)
        1. 1. Sarah (Howard) (Ripley) (2 Nov 1714 – )
        2. 2. Mary (Howard) (Howard) (23 Mar 1717 – 9 Nov 1749)
        3. 3. Bethia (Howard) (Lathrop) (20 Apr 1719 – Bef. 1742)
        4. 4. Jane (Howard) (Haward) (10 Aug 1721 – 29 Jun 1791)
        5. 5. Edward Howard (11 Mar 1723 – 9 Mar 1809)
        6. 6. James Howard (1 May 1726 – 28 Jun 1809)
      7. 7. Maj (Ebenezer) Byram (1 Oct 1692 – 9 Aug 1753) m. Hannah (Hayward (Byram)) * (25 Sep 1691 – 11 Jan 1761)
        1. 1. Ebenezer Byram (17 Sep 1716 – 14 Sep 1762) m. Abigail (Alden) (Byram) (27 Dec 1721 – 19 Oct 1762)
        2. 2. Maj (Eliab) Byram (4 Dec 1718 – Mar 1754) m. Phebe (Leonard) (Byram) (22 Aug 1723 – 28 Feb 1748) m. Sarah (Leonard) (Byram)(Dean) (1729 – 30 Sep 1778)
        3. 3. Japhet\Japheth (Byram) * (21 May 1721 – 9 June 1801) m. Sarah (Allen) (Byram) (23 May 1719 – 24 Jun 1744) m. Mary (Conklin) (Byram) (1726 – Bef. 1754) m. Elizabeth (Tappan) (Byram) (1723 – 1760) m. Mary (Chamberlain) (Byram) (7 Jan 1765 – 1815)
        4. 4. Naphthaly\Nephralia Byram (9 Jul 1723 – 28 Jan 1747) m. Hannah (Pratt) (Byram) (1723 – 26 Sept 1764) m. Hannah Pratt
        5. 5. Hannah (Byram (Baldwin)) (Lindley) (1 Sep 1725 – 2 Mar 1807) m. Elihu Baldwin (Abt. 1721 – 1747) m. Pvt (Caleb) Lindley (5 May 1727 – Apr 1796)
        6. 6. Mary (Byram) (Thompson)(Harlow) (14 Apr 1728 – 1 May 1802) m. Aaron Thompson (7 Dec 1725 – 18 Apr 1749) m. Isaac Harlow (21 Apr 1726 – 2 Jul 1804)
        7. 7. Abigail (Byram (Thompson)) (Pitney) (23 Apr 1730 – 26 Sep 1817) m. Daniel Thompson (7 Dec 1727 – 4 Jul 1749) m. Benjamin Pitney (1728 – 27 Oct 1798)
        8. 8. Jephthah Byram (14 Aug 1732 – 9 Jun 1801) m. Susanna (Washburn) (Byram) (27 Apr 1740 – 1 Nov 1813)
      8. 8. Susanna (Byram) (Bass) (15 Jan 1694 – 19 Sep 1783)
      9. 9. Josiah Byram (3 May 1698 – Jan 1760) m. Hannah (Rickard) (Byram) (25 Sep 1693 – 17 Oct 1771)
        1. 1. Josiah Byram (5 Mar 1722/3 – May 5, 1806)
        2. 2. Susanna Byram (27 Apr 1721 – 1 Nov 1781)
        3. 3. Theophilus Byram (8 Aug 1725 – 10 Oct 1812) m. Elizabeth (Blackman (Beal)) (Byram) (2 Nov 1723 – 1806)
        4. 4. Mehetabel Byram (25 May 1730 – 7 Jun 1769)
        5. 5. Rebecca Byram (26 Aug 1732 – 14 Oct 1817)
      10. 10. Joseph Byram (18 Jan 1701 – 4 Mar 1744) m. Martha (Perkins) (Byram) (30 Nov 1704 – 7 Jun 1779)
        1. 1. Joseph Byram (5 Mar 1726 – 1789)
        2. 2. Martha Byram (1728 – 1742)
        3. 3. Benjamin Byram (11 Mar 1731 – 28 Dec 1813)
        4. 4. Mary Byram (16 Aug 1734 – 1756)
        5. 5. Elizabeth Byram (10 Apr 1738 – 1739)
        6. 6. Susanna Byram (1742 – 1743)
    3. 3. Experience (Byram) (Willis) (1644 – 1712) m. John Willis ( – 1712)
    4. 4. Deliverance (Byram) (Porter) (Abt. 1646 – 30 Sep 1720)
    5. 5. Susanna (Byram (Edson) II) (14 Jan 1689 – 12 Mar 1742) m. Samuel Edson (1645 – 1719)
      1. 1. Susanna (Edson (Hayward)) (Brett) (13 Sep 1679 – 12 Mar 1743) m. John Hayward (April 20, 1667 – 14 Apr 1705) m. Elihu Brett (Abt. 1675 – 29 Apr 1745)
        1. 1. Susanna Hayward (13 Sep 1698 – 25 Sep 1781)
        2. 2. Sarah Hayward (7 Aug 1703 – 23 Apr 1779)
        3. 3. Anne Brett (14 Aug 1710 – )
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Edson) (Packard) (29 Aug 1684 – 19 Jun 1716) m. Samuel Packard (1680 – 22 Dec 1749)
        1. 1. Samuel Packard (16 Sep 1707 – 21 Sep 1774)
        2. 2. Bethia Packard (1709 – 7 Oct 1750)
        3. 3. Paul Packard (1 Apr 1714 – 1790)
        4. 4. Job Packard (May 1716 – 8 OCT 1805)
      3. 3. Samuel Edson (14 Jan 1690 – Dec 1771) m. Mary (Dean (Edson) III) (15 Jun 1687 – 7 Feb 1770)
        1. 1. Susanna Edson (14 Dec 1708 – )
        2. 2. Bethia Edson (2 Jan 1710 – )
        3. 3. Mary Edson (9 Mar 1712 – 19 Dec 1770)
        4. 4. Samuel Edson (14 Mar 1714 – 25 Feb 1801)
        5. 5. Nathan Edson (14 Mar 1716 – )
        6. 6. Abel Edson (19 Jan 1718 – )
        7. 7. Obed Edson (21 Dec 1720 – )
        8. 8. Elizabeth Edson (16 Dec 1722 – )
        9. 9. Sarah Edson (1724 – 6 May 1726)
        10. 10. Silence (Salome Edson (Packard)) (Dunbar) (9 Nov 1726 – 1798) m. Nehemiah Packard (22 Mar 1727 – Abt. 1757) m. Josiah Dunbar (3 Apr 1725 – 25 Jun 1800)
        11. 11. Ebenezer Edson (7 Dec 1727 – )
        12. 12. John Edson (30 Mar 1729 – )
        13. 13. Ezra Edson (28 Jul 1730 – )
        14. 14. Sarah Edson (27 May 1732 – )
    6. 6. Mary (Byram) (Leach) (1650 – ) m. Samuel Leach
  2. 2. Joseph Shaw (14 Mar 1618 – 13 Dec 1653)
  3. 3. Grace (Shaw) (Richards) (15 Aug 1621 – 1698)
  4. 4. Martha ((infant)) Shaw (1 Dec 1623 – 31 Mar 1625)
  5. 5. Mary\Maria (Shaw) (Bicknell) (18 Jun 1626 – 25 Mar 1658)
  6. 6. John ((infant)) Shaw (16 Feb 1628 – 12 Apr 1629)
  7. 7. John Shaw (23 May 1630 – 16 Sep 1704)
  8. 8. Martha (Shaw) (Vinson) (6 Jan 1632 – )

Abraham Shaw's Timeline

4 Records

1590
2 Jan 1590
Birth of Abraham Shaw * in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
1638
1638
Age 48
Abraham Shaw * resided here in Dedham, Massachusetts
Dedham, Massachusetts
1638
2 Nov 1638
Age 48
Death of Abraham Shaw * in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
1639
19 Oct 1639
Age 49
Abraham Shaw * - Probate in Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 Jan 1590
    Event Place: Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700
    [2] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 30.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PKB
    [3] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [4] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [5] The Genealogist 10:1 (Spring 1989):86-97., "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 Date: 1636
    Event Place: Watertown, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1637
    Event Place: Dedham, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Historical annals of Dedham
    [2] An historical address, delivered before the citizens of the town of Dedham on the twenty-first of September, 1836
    [3] The Genealogist 10:1 (Spring 1989):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 Date: 1638
    Event Place: Dedham, Massachusetts
    Record Source:
    [1] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
    [2] Historical annals of Dedham
    [3] An historical address, delivered before the citizens of the town of Dedham on the twenty-first of September, 1836

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 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 (Spring 1989):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 Date: 2 Nov 1638
    Event Place: Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

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

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 19 Oct 1639
    Event Place: Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Suffolk County (Massachusetts) Probate Records, 1636-1899; Author: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Suffolk County); Probate Place: Suffolk, Massachusetts
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