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Elijah Shaw 1782–1842 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: about 1782

Birth Location: Cumberland, New Jersey, United States

Death Date: 26 December 1842

Death Location: Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA

Father: Edmond Shaw

Mother: Sarah Cornwall

Spouse(s): Lydia Bowen

Children(s): Joseph Shaw, Elijah Sr, Samuel Shaw, Dan Shaw, Lydia Shaw, Sarah Shaw, Edmund Shaw, Samuel Shaw, Joseph Shaw

The story of Elijah Shaw began in 1782 in Cumberland, New Jersey, United States. In 1840, Elijah Shaw resided in Hancock, Illinois, USA. Elijah Shaw married Lydia Bowen, and had children including Dan Bowen Shaw, Edmund T Shaw, Elijah Lawrence Shaw Sr, Joseph N Shaw, Joseph Shaw, Lydia Shaw, Samuel Shaw, Sarah Shaw. Elijah Shaw passed away in 1842 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Elijah Shaw began in 1782 in Cumberland, New Jersey, United States.
  • In 1840, Elijah Shaw resided in Hancock, Illinois, USA.
  • Elijah Shaw married Lydia Bowen, and had children including Dan Bowen Shaw, Edmund T Shaw, Elijah Lawrence Shaw Sr, Joseph N Shaw, Joseph Shaw, Lydia Shaw, Samuel Shaw, Sarah Shaw.
  • Elijah Shaw passed away in 1842 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edmond Shaw
1756–1783
Birth Location: Cumberland, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA
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Sarah Cornwall
1760–1845
Birth Location: Deerfield, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA
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Spouses(s)

Lydia Bowen
1782–1848
Birth Location: Cumberland, New Jersey, United States
LB

Children(s)

Joseph Shaw
1810–1896
Birth Location: Deerfield, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States
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Elijah Sr
1822–1901
Birth Location: Mechanicsburg (chilo), Clermont, Ohio
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Samuel Shaw
1815–1886
Birth Location: Deerfield, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States
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Dan Shaw
1811–1878
Birth Location: Deerfield, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States
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Lydia Shaw
1824–1917
Birth Location: Michanicsburg, Clarmont, Ohio
LS
Sarah Shaw
1809–
Birth Location: Deerfield, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States
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Edmund Shaw
1807–1901
Birth Location: Deerfield, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States
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Samuel Shaw
1815–
Birth Location: Mechanicsburg, Champaign, Ohio
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Joseph Shaw
1818–
Birth Location: Mechanicsburg, Champaign, Ohio
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Elijah Shaw's Ancestors

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Elijah Shaw
1782–1842
Birth Place: Cumberland, New Jersey, United States
Parents
Edmond Shaw
1756–1783
Cumberland, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA
Sarah Cornwall
1760–1845
Deerfield, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA
Grandparents
John Shaw
1723–1777
Fairfield Township, Cumberland, New Jersey
Elizabeth (Paxton) Shaw
1725–1810
Lower Makefield Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States
John Cornwell
1740–1763
Sussex, Virginia
Mary Cornwell
1747–
Sussex, Virginia
Great-Grandparents
Richard Shaw
1698–1758
Unknown Shaw
1695–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Benjamin Shaw
1663–1719
Rachel Carell
1650–1720

Elijah Shaw's Descendants

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Elijah Shaw (about 1782–26 December 1842) m. Lydia Bowen (about 1782–17 Nov 1848)
  1. 1. Joseph Shaw 1810–1896 m. Mary (Ellen) Henderson 1822–1904 m. Phela Regan 1814–
    1. 1. A (E) Shaw 1859–1932 m. Emma Belling 1861–1934 m. Cordelia (L) Dan 1870–1950
      1. 1. Pearl (C.) Newton 1887–1981 m. Bert Newton 1876–1951
        1. 1. Imo McCullough 1913–2000 m. Lawrence (Charles) McCullough 1910–2001
        2. 2. Guy (Dixon) Newton 1907–1995 m. Marguerite Adams 1908–1927 m. Lavada (Mildred) Rink 1910–1977 m. Carmen (I) Esterby 1910–
        3. 3. Ruby (Pearl) Newton 1907–2007 m. Elbert Young 1902–1995 m. Thomas (Hayden 'Tom') Hunt 1887–1951
        4. 4. Robert (Eldon) Newton 1911–1976 m. Lula Newton 1910–1986
        5. 5. Bessie (Ruth) Strickland 1916–1995 m. Omar (Voyle) Strickland 1911–1995
        6. 6. Fay Newton 1917–1988 m. Delmar (Eli) Tooman 1915–1994
        7. 7. Jack Newton 1922–1991 m. Joy (N) Newton 1923–2019 m. Gerry (Lou) Maschino 1945–2021
        8. 8. Charlie (Eugene) Newton 1928–2016
        9. 9. Jewel Newton 1923–1929
        10. 10. Marshall (Foch) Newton 1918–1918
        11. 11. Lucille Newton 1920–1922
        12. 12. Frankie (J) Newton 1909–1920
        13. 13. Dwight (Monroe "D.M.") Newton 1926–2011
      2. 2. Lyman (Elijah Shaw) Sr 1883–1945 m. Mary (Etta) Shaw 1889–1967
        1. 1. Ira (Lee) Shaw 1909–1965
        2. 2. Woodrow (W.) Shaw 1918–1954
        3. 3. Lyman (Elijah Shaw) Jr 1915–1962
      3. 3. Leo (Harvey) Shaw 1884–1965 m. Mary (Ann) Jones 1888–1954
        1. 1. Clara (Lela) Reece 1909–1966 m. Charles (Crawford) Reece 1906–
        2. 2. Mabel (Marie) Cummins 1907–1997
        3. 3. Bernice Lytsell 1917–1961
        4. 4. Wayne (E.) Shaw 1911–1989
        5. 5. Vera (Lucille) Thompson 1926–2016
      4. 4. Maude (Mae) Shaw 1885–1971 m. John (Christopher) Andrews 1874–1950
        1. 1. Mal Andrews 1910–1990
        2. 2. John (Herbert) Andrews 1906–1994 m. Virginia (Nell) Andrews 1914–
        3. 3. Louis (Stanley) Andrews 1908–1981
        4. 4. Barbara (Levoe) Andrews 1911–1999
        5. 5. Rodella (Faye) Andrews 1916–1994
        6. 6. Eugene Andrew 1914–
        7. 7. Deneice Andrew 1920–
      5. 5. Roy E 1890–1974 m. Hannah (N) Shaw 1879–
        1. 1. Sophroni (S) Jardine 1912–1986 m. Wayne (L) Travis 1918–
      6. 6. Orson (Evaston) Shaw 1891–1970 m. Goldie (Fay) Calder 1897–1926 m. Mary (B) Halloran 1889– m. Mary Shaw 1896–
        1. 1. Alfred Shaw 1915–
        2. 2. Louis (E) Shaw 1914–1995
        3. 3. Mary Shaw 1923–
      7. 7. Stanley (Hess) Shaw 1894–1967 m. Edith (M.) Shaw 1889–1953
        1. 1. Robert (John) Shaw 1911–1934
      8. 8. Stanley (E) Shaw 1893– m. John (J) Donnell 1882– m. James (B) Caswell 1880–
        1. 1. Frank (F) Donnell 1907–
        2. 2. Gladys (M) Donnell 1909–
        3. 3. Gilmore Donnell 1912–
      9. 9. Alta (E) Shaw 1897–
      10. 10. Bessie (Ruth) Shaw 1899–1969
      11. 11. Lelia (E) Shaw 1904–1947 m. Carl (Clifford) Creamer 1896–1956
      12. 12. Gud (Franklin) Shaw 1901–1975 m. Gladys Shaw 1906– m. Alma Collins 1907–2004 m. Alvina (May) Baker 1903–
      13. 13. Everett Shaw 1897–1965 m. Frances (Belle) Young 1907–
        1. 1. Guinevere (Ann) Shaw 1924–1985
      14. 14. Alta (Edna) Shaw 1897–1994 m. Daniel (Webster) White 1892–1978
        1. 1. LENA (JUNE) WHITE 1916–2010
    2. 2. John (Dennis) Shaw 1847–1905
    3. 3. Lyda Shaw 1850–1936
    4. 4. Harriett ('Hattie' Arvilla) Shaw 1844–1924
    5. 5. Lyman (E) Shaw 1841–1863
    6. 6. Pheobe Shaw 1846–1846
    7. 7. Marshall (D) Shaw 1853–1853
    8. 8. Marietta (E) Shaw 1854–1939 m. Phillip Rice 1846–1935
      1. 1. Phillip (Russel) Rice 1891–1966
      2. 2. Lydia (Ellen) York 1872–1944
    9. 9. Deborah (A) Shaw 1862–1879
    10. 10. Elmer Shaw 1888–
    11. 11. Eraslus (H) Shaw 1860–
    12. 12. Eliza (Jane) Shaw 1856–1884
    13. 13. Daniel (R.) Shaw 1836–1898
    14. 14. Edmond Shaw 1832–
    15. 15. John Bishop 1854–1905
    16. 16. Samuel Shaw 1838–
    17. 17. William (N.) Shaw 1834–
    18. 18. Lydia (E.) Shaw 1850–1936
    19. 19. Lydia (Ellen) Jackson 1851–1935
  2. 2. Elijah (Lawrence Shaw) Sr 1822–1901 m. Martha (Ann) Shaw 1825–1890
    1. 1. Samuel Shaw 1869–1928
      1. 1. Parley (A) Shaw 1896–1972
        1. 1. Lowell (C.) Shaw 1926–2011
    2. 2. Elijah (Shaw) Jr 1859–1942 m. Mary (Louise) Shaw 1860–1957
      1. 1. Della (L) Shaw 1879–
      2. 2. Ellen (L) Shaw 1881–1969 m. James (Alma) Bailey 1878–1931
        1. 1. Floyd (Alma) Bailey 1903–1973
        2. 2. Lottie (Louise) Couch 1906–2002
        3. 3. Leone (E.) Bitton 1916–2006
        4. 4. Mark (Leon) Bailey 1923–1923
        5. 5. William (Arthur) Bailey 1921–2016 m. Eileen Bramwell 1922–2006
        6. 6. Walter (Shaw) Bailey 1912–2015
        7. 7. Ellen (LaVerne) Bailey 1909–1967
      3. 3. Elijah (W) Shaw 1883–
      4. 4. Charles (A) Shaw 1885–
      5. 5. Ethel Shaw 1889–
      6. 6. Joseph (A) Shaw 1896–
    3. 3. Edmund (Riley) Shaw 1855–1930
    4. 4. Amelia Hiatt 1862–1942
    5. 5. George Shaw 1866–1943
    6. 6. Laura (Shaw) Cragun 1857–1920
      1. 1. LYDIA CRAGUN 1882–1933
        1. 1. Elna (Vera) Peterson 1919–2004 m. Eugene (Thomas) Brown 1916–
  3. 3. Samuel Shaw 1815–1886
  4. 4. Dan (Bowen) Shaw 1811–1878
  5. 5. Lydia Shaw 1824–1917
  6. 6. Sarah Shaw 1809–
  7. 7. Edmund (T.) Shaw 1807–1901
  8. 8. Samuel Shaw 1815–
  9. 9. Joseph (N) Shaw 1818–

Elijah Shaw's Timeline

3 Records

1782
about 1782
Birth of Elijah Shaw in Cumberland, New Jersey, United States
Cumberland, New Jersey, United States
1840
1840
Age 58
Elijah Shaw resided here in Hancock, Illinois, USA
Hancock, Illinois, USA
1842
26 December 1842
Age 60
Death of Elijah Shaw in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: about 1782
    Event Place: Cumberland, New Jersey, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 071
    [2] The Elusive Elijah Shaw, Article downloaded from Scribd.com

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1840
    Event Place: Hancock, Illinois, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] 1840 United States Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Hancock, Illinois; Page: 172; Family History Library Film: 0007642
    [2] The Elusive Elijah Shaw, Article downloaded from Scribd.com

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 December 1842
    Event Place: Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 071
    [2] The Elusive Elijah Shaw, Article downloaded from Scribd.com
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