 Abt 1597 - Aft 1664 (> 67 years)
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| Name |
John SHAW |
| Suffix |
Sr |
| Birth |
Abt 1597 |
England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
109926 |
| Reference Number |
122693 |
| Reference Number |
60 |
| WWW |
https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Shaw-162 |
| Death |
Aft 22 Mar 1664 |
Plymouth, Plymouth Colony |
| Person ID |
I246 |
Gummer |
| Last Modified |
1 Aug 2024 |
| Children |
| | 1. John SHAW, Jr, b. Abt 1622, England d. Bef 30 Jan 1664, Plymouth (Age < 42 years) |
| | 2. James SHAW, b. Abt 1624, England d. Bef 10 May 1679, Dartmouth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony (Age < 55 years) |
| | 3. Deacon Jonathan SHAW, b. Abt 1631, Plymouth Colony d. Bef 30 Jul 1701, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age < 70 years) |
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| Family ID |
F66 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
1 Aug 2024 |
| Family 2 |
Alice UNKNOWN, b. Abt 1604, England d. 6 Mar 1656, Plymouth Colony (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage |
1618 |
England |
| Children |
| + | 1. Abigail SHAW, b. Abt 1624, England d. 24 Oct 1694, Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 70 years) |
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| Family ID |
F61 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
1 Aug 2024 |
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Shaw-2500 and Shaw-162 are not ready to be merged because: Just too many conflicts to assure a match. |
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| Notes |
- {{Puritan Great Migration|GMB|3|1659}}
== Disambiguation ==
'''Please use caution'''
There are two separate gentlemen named John SHAW in Massachusetts around the same time who married women named Alice. However, they were born 30 years apart and lived in very different parts of Massachusetts. See [[Shaw-151|John Shaw I]]
== Biography ==
===Birth===John Shaw was born about 1597, "probably in Southern England."[Shaw, Jonathan A. "John Shaw of Plymouth Colony, Purchaser and Canal Builder." New England Genealogical and Historical Register, Volume 151. July 1977. ''By Subscription'' (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11639/261/0 Page 261.] ]
===Immigration===The date and means of John's arrival at Plymouth are unknown. He was not on the list for division of land in 1623,[ but was listed as a subscriber to the 1627 agreement under which the colonists would repay debt to the Colony's London financiers. This is especially noteworthy because with the exception of John and Phineas Pratt, all of the other purchasers arrived on either the ''Mayflower'', ''Fortune'', ''Anne'', or ''Little James.''][ This places John in the group of 58 men who came to be referred to as "Old Comers, Old Purchasers, and ultimately "Purchasers."][Stratton, Eugene Aubrey. Plymouth Colony, Its History & People. Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry Publishing, 1986. [https://books.google.com/books?id=7TH062rPP2MC&pg=PA36&dq=Stratton,+Plymouth+Colony+27.+Bradford%27s+Letter+Book&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi397Wyit3rAhVEHM0KHa4DDeQQ6AEwAHoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=Stratton%2C%20Plymouth%20Colony%2027.%20Bradford's%20Letter%20Book&f=false Page 36.]]
===Plymouth===John's participation in Colony affairs as a Purchaser begins with the 1627 division of cattle held shortly after the agreement was completed. He was held in sufficient esteem to be chosen leader of one of the thirteen companies.[The Plymouth Colony Archive Project. "http://www.histarch.illinois.edu/plymouth/cattlediv.html." University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Accessed 9 Sep 2020.] He was listed as single with no family members (the others in his company were the families of Adams, Winslow, Bassett, and Sprague.)[Davis, William Thomas. History of the Town of Plymouth: With a Sketch of the Origin and Growth of Separatism. Philadelphia, PA: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1885. [https://archive.org/details/historytownplym00davigoog/page/n58/mode/2up?q=shaw Page 58.]]
There was also a division of land in 1627 and John Shaw received twenty acres, the amount allotted to a single individual, again suggesting that his children were not present. It was located two miles north of Plymouth village at "Plain Dealing." He added to his holdings by purchasing nearby land from John Winslow, notable in that he signed the deed with his mark.[Shaw, 1977. ''By Subscription ''[https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11639/263/0 Page 263.]]
Sometime before 1633 when the project was first reported in Colony records, William Gilson, John Shaw and others "undertook the cutting of a [boat] passage between Green Harbour and the bay." Under threat of a fine if not completed by October 1633,[ Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth of New England, Court Orders Vol. I 1633-1640. Boston, MA: Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1855. [https://archive.org/stream/recordsofcolonyo0102newp#page/n35/mode/2up/search/Greens+Harbour Page 14.]] the "Cutt" was opened as a safe passage between Marshfield, Duxbury, and Plymouth. Four years later it was widened to accommodate even larger vessels. It is the earliest canal known to still in exist in America.[Shaw, 1997. ''By Subscription '' [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11639/259/0 Page 259.]]
John was officialy listed as "one of the freemen of the incorporation of Plymoth in New England" in 1633.[ Shurtleff, 1855. [https://archive.org/stream/recordsofcolonyo0102newp#page/n23/mode/2up/search/shaw Page 3.]] His status as a purchaser entitiled John to increase his land holdings and gain profits as the Colony expanded; his status as freeman entitled him to perform civic duties such as juror, surveyor, and gave him the right to bear arms.[Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vols. I-III. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995. ''By Subscription '' [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/i/12107/1660/23896019 Page 1659.]]
John seems to have led a modest life in Plymouth; his tax rates place him in the middle range in terms of wealth. He served on juries at least eight times,[Shaw, 1997. ''By Subscription'' [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11639/265/0 Page 265.]] including a murder trial where Alice Bishop was convicted of killing her four year old child and subsequently hanged.[ Shurtleff, 1855. [https://archive.org/stream/recordsofcolonyo0102newp#page/134/mode/2up/search/fellonius+murther Page 134.]] He was plaintiff and defendant in several trespass cases, but generally appears to have been a stable member of the Colony. John used his status as purchaser to accumulate, but never live on, property in Rhode Island, Dartmouth, Cape Cod, and Middleborough, which he later deeded to his children.[Shaw, 1997. ''By Subscription'' [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11639/267/0 Page 267.]]
===Family===Some or all of John's four known children were born in England and none were present in his household when John was apportioned land as a single individual in 1627. At some point John married [[Unknown-214718|Alice UNKNOWN]] who died at Plymouth on 6 Mar 1654/5.[Anderson, 1995. ''By Subscription.'' [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/i/12107/1660/23896019 Page 1661.]]
Alice's last name at birth is unknown, and there is no evidence that her last name was Phillips. Genealogies showing her last name as Phillips are confusing two distinct Shaw families. There was another John Shaw, of Weymouth, a son of Abraham Shaw who was married to an Alice Phillips. DNA testing has proven that the Abraham Shaw family belong to the I1 haplogroup, whereas this John Shaw's male descendants are R1b -- that alone proves these were two different John Shaws. In addition, as noted above, John Shaw of Weymouth and his wife Alice Phillips were a whole generation younger than John Shaw of Plymouth and his wife Alice, whose maiden name is unknown -- thus, these were two different Alices.
Issue:
#[[Shaw-163|John Shaw Jr.]] b. ca 1622 England[# [[Shaw-83|Abigail (Shaw) Bryant]] b. ca 1624 England, m. 1643 Stephen Bryant.][#[[Shaw-152|James Shaw]] b. ca 1626 England; m Mary Mitchell][ #[[Shaw-82|Jonathan Shaw]] b. ca 1631 Plymouth; m. (1) Phebe Watson (2) Persis (Dunham) Pratt]
In 1653 John and Alice Shaw agreed to raise Benjamin Savory, son of Thomas and Annis Savory, and if they died before Benjamin reached twenty-one, Jonathan Shaw, John's son, is to do it, and is also to teach Benjamin reading and writing (MD 5:90).[Anderson, 1995. ''By Subscription '' [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/i/12107/1660/23896019 Page 1660.]]
===Death and Estate===In December of 1656 John began the process of deeding land to his children. Son Jonathan received the house and land in Plymouth in return for providing John "a comfortable habitation" during his life.[Bowman, George Ernest. "John Shaws Deeds to His Sons and to His Son-in-Law Stephen Bryant." The Mayflower Descendant, Volume X. Boston, MA: The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1908. [https://books.google.com/books?id=BQLosquR29AC&pg=PA33&dq=john+shaw+plymouth+deeds+to+Jonathan&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiejZypxN_rAhWHZM0KHQUmAN4Q6AEwAXoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=John%20Shaw%2057&f=false Page 33.]]["Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9Z7-G9ZZ?cc=2106411&wc=MCBR-PWY%3A361612701%2C362501701 : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1651-1681 vol 2-4 > image 109 of 677; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.] In March of 1658 John gave to his son James land in Cushena (Dartmouth) with the proviso that if John Jr. "shall come within the term of four years" that John Jr. was to receive one half.[Bowman, 1908. [https://books.google.com/books?id=BQLosquR29AC&pg=PA34&dq=Mayflower+Descendant+1908+James+Shaw&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQo4Hixt_rAhWCU80KHS_gCdUQ6AEwAHoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=Mayflower%20Descendant%201908%20James%20Shaw&f=false Page 34.]]["Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-G9HY?cc=2106411&wc=MCBR-PWY%3A361612701%2C362501701 : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1651-1681 vol 2-4 > image 123 of 677; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.]
On January 30, 1663/4 John signed with his mark the final document:
''"Know all men by these presents that I, John Shaw, of Plymouth in New England, Senior have and do by these presents give unto my son-in-law Stephen Bryant of Plymouth all that, my whole share of land allotted unto me near unto Namassaket both upland and meadow, with all and singular, the appurtenances there unto belonging to the said Stephen Bryant and his heirs and assigns forever. Also, I do give unto my son-in-law, Stephen Bryant, another portion of land called by the name of Rehoboth, which land was formerly granted unto me lying on the south-side of Smelt River according as it is bounded and set out with all appurtences there unto belong to the said Stephen Bryant, his heirs, etc. I do declare by these presents that I do give unto my son, James, one-half my purchase lands at Cushena and one-fourth to son Jonathan and one-fourth to Stephen Bryant. Me daughter, Abigail Bryant, my bed, etc., also my chest."''[ Bowman, 1908. [https://books.google.com/books?id=BQLosquR29AC&pg=PA35&dq=Mayflower+Descendant+1908+James+Shaw&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQo4Hixt_rAhWCU80KHS_gCdUQ6AEwAHoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=Mayflower%20Descendant%201908%20James%20Shaw&f=false Page 35.]]["Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-GKV?cc=2106411&wc=MCBR-PWY%3A361612701%2C362501701 : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1651-1681 vol 2-4 > image 272 of 677; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.]
On 22nd March 1663/4, George Watson and John Shaw Sr. were granted lot 22 on Puncateesett Necke (Plymouth Town Records 1:67). This is the last time John Shaw is mentioned to be still living. In 1665, however, Henry Wood received land that was originally set out for John Shaw in "Middlebury" (Middleboro). This evidence indicates that John died some time after the land grant of 22 March 1663/4 but before Henry Wood received John's Middleboro land in 1665.[Shaw, 1997. ''By Subscription'' [https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image?volumeId=11639&pageName=270 Page 270.]]
The place and date of John's death is unknown, but on this point Jonathan A. Shaw writes:
""The place of his death is unknown, but he almost certainly died in Plymouth Colony and probably at Plain Dealing, where his daughter Abigail and her husband, Stephen Bryant, were living -- perhaps in the same house there that he gave on 31 December 1656 to his son Jonathan and that Jonathan sold to his brother-in-law Stephen Bryant on 1 November 1658. It was perhaps the same house at Plain Dealing beside the King's Highway -- 'the house of Goodman Bryants' -- where Bryant was living in 1684 and which he sold in 1694. Governor Thomas Prence was a resident at Plain Dealing in the 1660s and one of John Shaw's nearest neighbors, and it is likely that John Shaw was at Plain Dealing or in the village of Plymouth when Governor Prence witnessed the mid-winter signing on 30 January 1663[/4] of the deed that was John Shaw's de facto will.""[Shaw, 1997. ''By Subscription'' [https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image?volumeId=11639&pageName=270 Page 270.]]
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