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William Hance Shaw 1720 – 1802 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1720

Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 11 Jan 1802

Death Location: Guilford County, North Carolina, USA

Father: James Shaw

Mother: Janet Morisone

Spouse(s): Nancy (Shaw)

Children(s): William Shaw

William Hance Shaw was born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1720, to James Shaw and Janet Morisone. Later in life, William Hance Shaw married Nancy Ashley (Shaw); among their children were William Hance Shaw. William Hance Shaw died in Guilford County, North Carolina, USA, 1802.

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Parents

James Shaw
1698 –
Birth Location: Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland
JS
Janet Morisone
1699 –
Birth Location: Scotland
JM

Spouses(s)

Nancy (Shaw)
1730 – 1819
Birth Location: Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
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Children(s)

William Shaw
1748 – 1814
Birth Location: Guilford, North Carolina, United States
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1720
    Event Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 15 May 1720
    Event Place: Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 11 Jan 1802
    Event Place: Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, Wills, 1771-1943; Author: North Carolina. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Guilford County); Probate Place: Guilford, North Carolina
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