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Robert Shevington Shaw 1540 – 1634 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Standish, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 7 Nov 1634

Death Location: Standish, Lancashire, England

Father: Sir Shaw

Mother: Lady Standish

Spouse(s): Lady Cowper

Children(s): Lady Standish*

Robert Shevington Shaw was born in 1540 in Standish, Lancashire, England, the child of Sir Robert Shaw and Lady Margaret Standish. Robert Shevington Shaw married Lady Margaret Cowper, and had children including Lady Ellen Shaw-Prescott of Standish*. Robert Shevington Shaw passed away in 1634 in Standish, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • Robert Shevington Shaw was born in 1540 in Standish, Lancashire, England, the child of Sir Robert Shaw and Lady Margaret Standish.
  • Robert Shevington Shaw married Lady Margaret Cowper, and had children including Lady Ellen Shaw-Prescott of Standish*.
  • Robert Shevington Shaw passed away in 1634 in Standish, Lancashire, England.

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Spouses(s)

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Robert Shaw's Ancestors

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Robert Shaw
1540 – 1634
Birth Place: Standish, Lancashire, England
Parents
Sir Robert Shaw
1523 – 1578
Standish, Lancashire, , England
Lady (Margaret) Standish
1527 – 1593
Standish, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Christopher (Shaw of) Standish
1505 – 1551
Standish, Lancashire, , England
Julia (Katherine) Snow
1499 – 1586
Ralph Standish
1479 – 1538
Lady (Anne Molyneux) (Standish)
1509 – 1569
Sefton Manor, Sefton, Nr. Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir King
1490 – 1549
Lady Robinson
1491 – 1561
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Shaw's Descendants

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Robert (Shevington) Shaw (1540 – 7 Nov 1634) m. Lady (Margaret) Cowper (08 Mar 1542 – 3 Apr 1636)
  1. 1. Lady (Ellen Shaw-Prescott of) Standish* (1570 – 17 November 1643) m. Sir (Ralph Robert Prescott of) Shevington* (16 June 1569 – 24 January 1609)
    1. 1. * (Richard Prescott (Bridget) I) * (abt 1582 – 21 Jun 1673) m. Elizabeth Shalcrosse (Abt. 1580 – 1613)
      1. 1. Isabel ((Breck, Fisher)) Rigby (1610 – 21 Jun 1673) m. Edward Breck (1595 – 2 Nov 1662)
        1. 1. Hannah (15 BRECK Blake (widow) Shaw) (1622 – 30 May 1706) m. John (Thorne BLAKE (8th paternal great) grandfather) (August 29, 1618 – 15 January 1689)

Robert Shaw's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Robert Shevington Shaw in Standish, Lancashire, England
Standish, Lancashire, England
1634
7 Nov 1634
Age 94
Death of Robert Shevington Shaw in Standish, Lancashire, England
Standish, Lancashire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Standish, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 Nov 1634
    Event Place: Standish, Lancashire, England

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