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Comfort Shaw 1738–1819 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1738

Birth Location: Pawlings, Dutchess, New York, United States

Death Date: 20 Oct 1819

Death Location: Luzerne, Pennsylvania

Father: Comfort Shaw

Mother: Ruth Lanphere

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Cary

Children(s): Comfort Shaw

Comfort Shaw was born in 1738 in Pawlings, Dutchess, New York, United States, the child of Comfort Shaw And Ruth Lanphere. Comfort Shaw married Elizabeth Cary, and had children including Comfort Shaw. Comfort Shaw passed away in 1819 in Luzerne, Pennsylvania.

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Biography

  • Comfort Shaw was born in 1738 in Pawlings, Dutchess, New York, United States, the child of Comfort Shaw And Ruth Lanphere.
  • Comfort Shaw married Elizabeth Cary, and had children including Comfort Shaw.
  • Comfort Shaw passed away in 1819 in Luzerne, Pennsylvania.

Immediate Family

Parents

Comfort Shaw
1706–1744
Birth Location: Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA
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Ruth Lanphere
1714–1748
Birth Location: Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Cary
1742–1819
Birth Location: Pawling, Dutchess, New York, USA
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Children(s)

Comfort Shaw
1760–1833
Birth Location: Pawling, Dutchess, New York, USA
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Comfort Shaw's Ancestors

Self
Comfort Shaw
1738–1819
Birth Place: Pawlings, Dutchess, New York, United States
Parents
Comfort Shaw
1706–1744
Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA
Ruth Lanphere
1714–1748
Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island
Grandparents
Daniel Shaw
1681–1740
Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States
Hopestill Elliott
1684–1772
Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States
John (Lamphere (Lanphere,) Lemphere)
1683–1757
Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA
Great-Grandparents
Daniel Sr
1650–1701
RUTH WILLIAMS
1649–1701
Jane Hulet
1647–1703
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Sr.
1622–1701
Mary Herman
1628–1720
William Williams
1624–1701
Jane Westover
1626–1689

Comfort Shaw's Descendants

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Comfort Shaw (1738–20 Oct 1819) m. Elizabeth Cary (1742–20 Oct 1819)
  1. 1. Comfort Shaw 1760–1833 m. Mary (Molly Elizabeth) Billings 1762–1851
    1. 1. James (Madden Shaw) 2GGF 1811–1879 m. Elender Everhart 1820–1879
      1. 1. James (William) Shaw 1841–1911 m. Margaret (Ellen) Cline 1841–1932
        1. 1. Mary (Alice) Shaw 1868–1903 m. William (David) Hunter 1857–1933

Comfort Shaw's Timeline

2 Records

1738
1738
Birth of Comfort Shaw in Pawlings, Dutchess, New York, United States
Pawlings, Dutchess, New York, United States
1819
20 Oct 1819
Age 81
Death of Comfort Shaw in Luzerne, Pennsylvania
Luzerne, Pennsylvania

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1738
    Event Place: Pawlings, Dutchess, New York, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Oct 1819
    Event Place: Luzerne, Pennsylvania
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