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James Shaw 1610 – 1680 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1610

Birth Location: Antrim, Antrim, Ireland

Death Date: abt 1680

Death Location: Ballygally Castle, Larne, Antrim, Ireland

Father: John Shaw

Mother: Margaret Stoddert

Spouse(s): Elspeth Or

Children(s): Robert Shaw, Robert Shaw

According to available records, James Shaw was born in 1610 in Antrim, Antrim, Ireland, the child of John Shaw and Margaret Stoddert. Following those early years, James Shaw married Elspeth Or, and their family grew to include Robert Shaw and Robert Shaw. In the later years of life, James Shaw died in 1680 in Ballygally Castle, Larne, Antrim, Ireland.

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Parents

John Shaw
1587 –
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
JS
Margaret Stoddert
2000 –
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
MS

Spouses(s)

Elspeth Or
1612 – 1680
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
EO

Children(s)

Robert Shaw
1648 – 1745
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
RS
Robert Shaw
1648 –
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1610
    Event Place: Antrim, Antrim, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: abt 1680
    Event Place: Ballygally Castle, Larne, Antrim, Ireland
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