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Dorothy Shaw 1650–1721 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1650

Birth Location: Virginia, Colonial America

Death Date: 5 Dec 1721

Death Location: Derbyshire, England

Father: John Shaw

Mother: Joan Cunningham

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Joseph Crenshaw

Dorothy Shaw was born in 1650 in Virginia, Colonial America, the child of John Shaw And Joan Cunningham. Dorothy Shaw had children including Joseph Crenshaw. Dorothy Shaw passed away in 1721 in Derbyshire, England.

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Biography

  • Dorothy Shaw was born in 1650 in Virginia, Colonial America, the child of John Shaw And Joan Cunningham.
  • Dorothy Shaw had children including Joseph Crenshaw.
  • Dorothy Shaw passed away in 1721 in Derbyshire, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Dorothy Shaw's Ancestors

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Dorothy Shaw
1650–1721
Birth Place: Virginia, Colonial America
Parents
John Shaw
1628–1665
Hingham Mass, Massachusetts, USA
Joan Cunningham
1631–1679
Hingham Mass, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
John Cunningham
1609–1705
Renfrewshire, Scotland ?
Margaret Fleming
1609–
Renfrewshire, Scotland ?
Great-Grandparents
William Scotland
1585–1676
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dorothy Shaw's Descendants

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Dorothy Shaw (1650–5 Dec 1721)
  1. 1. Joseph Crenshaw 1668–1758 m. Sarah (Elizabeth) MacCallister 1668–1765
    1. 1. Thomas (Asbury) Crenshaw 1730–1786 m. CHRISTINE CHRISTIAN 1728–1786
      1. 1. Thomas Crenshaw 1767–1800
        1. 1. John Crenshaw 1796–1865 m. Martha (catherine) wright 1796–1872
    2. 2. John (Granger) Crenshaw 1700–1777
    3. 3. Nancy (priscilla) Crenshaw 1740–1774
    4. 4. Nancy (priscilla) Crenshaw 1740–1774

Dorothy Shaw's Timeline

3 Records

1650
1650
Birth of Dorothy Shaw in Virginia, Colonial America
Virginia, Colonial America
1721
5 Dec 1721
Age 71
Burial of Dorothy Shaw in Derbyshire, England
Derbyshire, England
1723
26 Dec 1723
Age 73
Death of Dorothy Shaw in Beverley Hundred, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
Beverley Hundred, Gloucester, Virginia, United States

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1650
    Event Place: Virginia, Colonial America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Dec 1723
    Event Place: Beverley Hundred, Gloucester, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 5 Dec 1721
    Event Place: Derbyshire, England

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