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Comfort Shaw 1709–1785 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 Aug 1709

Birth Location: Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Death Date: May 1785

Death Location: New England, Hettinger, North Dakota, United States

Father: Israel Shaw

Mother: Mercy Tallman

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The story of Comfort Shaw began in 1709 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Comfort Shaw passed away in 1785 in New England, Hettinger, North Dakota, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Comfort Shaw began in 1709 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
  • Comfort Shaw passed away in 1785 in New England, Hettinger, North Dakota, United States.

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Comfort Shaw's Ancestors

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Comfort Shaw
1709–1785
Birth Place: Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Parents
Israel Shaw
1659–1705
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Mercy (Ruth) Tallman
1666–1732
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Grandparents
Anthony Shaw
1628–1705
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Alice Stonard
1633–1720
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Peter Tallman
1623–1708
Hamburg, Stadt Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Ann Hill
1628–1687
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Great-Grandparents
John Shaw
1600–1694
Alice Phillips
1608–1654
John Stonard
1610–1649
Margaret Miller
1610–1682
Peter Talemann
1589–1622
Maria VonPeene
1601–1628
Phillip Hill
1602–1649
Alice Tripp
1650–1710
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Stannard
1584–1610
Thomasine Sumner
1588–1684
Jacques Talemann
1554–1578
Tanneken DeLichte
1558–1631

Comfort Shaw's Timeline

2 Records

1709
9 Aug 1709
Birth of Comfort Shaw in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
1785
May 1785
Age 76
Death of Comfort Shaw in New England, Hettinger, North Dakota, United States
New England, Hettinger, North Dakota, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 Aug 1709
    Event Place: Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: May 1785
    Event Place: New England, Hettinger, North Dakota, United States

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