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Thomas Shaw 1540 – 1575 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: CA 1540

Birth Location: Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 14 MAR 1575

Death Location: Halifax, West Yorkshire, England

Father: Christopher Shaw

Mother: Elizabeth Dewke

Spouse(s): Sybil Mason

Children(s): Joanna Owsley

According to available records, Thomas Shaw was born in 1540 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, the child of Christopher Thomas Shaw and Elizabeth Cutlove Shawe Dewke. Following those early years, Thomas Shaw married Sybil "Sibella" Thome Mason, and their family grew to include Joanna Shaw Owsley. In the later years of life, Thomas Shaw died in 1575 in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.

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Parents

Christopher Shaw
1518 – 1583
Birth Location: Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
CS
Elizabeth Dewke
1520 – 1583
Birth Location: England
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Spouses(s)

Sybil Mason
1540 – 1589
Birth Location: Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
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Children(s)

Joanna Owsley
1560 – 1624
Birth Location: Barrington, Somerset, England
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: CA 1540
    Event Place: Halifax, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 14 MAR 1575
    Event Place: Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
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