 Abt 1624 - Bef 1679 (< 55 years)
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| Name |
James SHAW |
| Birth |
Abt 1624 |
England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
109916 |
| Reference Number |
122683 |
| Reference Number |
60 |
| WWW |
https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Shaw-152 |
| Death |
Bef 10 May 1679 |
Dartmouth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony |
| Person ID |
I249 |
Gummer |
| Last Modified |
1 Aug 2024 |
| Family |
Mary MITCHELL, b. Abt 1632 d. Aft 17 Nov 1699 (Age > 67 years) |
| Marriage |
24 Dec 1652 |
Plymouth, Plymouth Colony |
| Family ID |
F273 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
1 Aug 2024 |
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| Notes |
- [[Category:Puritan Great Migration Minor Child]]
== Biography ==
{{PGM Minor Child}} James Shaw was born about 1624-6 in England; there's no evidence of his mother's identity and it's unlikely it was his father's wife Alice (birth surname unknown) who died at Plymouth in March of 1654/5. [Shaw, Jonathan A. "John Shaw of Plymouth Colony, Purchaser and Canal Builder." New England Genealogical and Historical Register, Volume 151. July 1997. ''By Subscription'' (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11639/261/0 Page 261.]]The means and date of his arrival in the Plymouth Colony are unknown. His birth date is estimated based upon his appearance in Colony records when he would have been of age (21.)[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, 1857. [https://archive.org/stream/recordsofcolonyo0102newp#page/80/mode/2up/search/shaw Page 81.]]
===Plymouth===
James' name appears in Colony records several times, including:
* Aug 1643 James was on the Plymouth list of "Males that are able to beare Armes."[Shurtleff, 1855. [https://archive.org/stream/recordsofcolonyo0708newp#page/n199/mode/2up/search/Shaw Page 187.]]* 07 May 1650 James and John Jr. were convicted of damage and ordered to pay Edward Doty 35 shillngs.[Shurtleff, 1855. [https://archive.org/stream/recordsofcolonyo0102newp#page/148/mode/2up/search/shaw Page 149.]]* 07 Jun 1653 James was on a list of those under consideration for becoming a freeman.[Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth of New England, Court Orders Vol. III 1651-1661. Boston, MA: Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1855. [https://archive.org/stream/recordsofcolonyo0304newp#page/n43/mode/2up/search/shaw Page 33.]] He was admitted on June of 1654.[Shurtleff, 1855. [https://archive.org/stream/recordsofcolonyo0304newp#page/n61/mode/2up/search/shaw Page 48.]]* 1658 John Sr., "Serjeant" James, and Jonathan are listed as freeman in 1658 (but John Jr. is missing from the list.)[Shurtleff, 1857. [https://archive.org/stream/recordsofcolonyo0708newp#page/n209/mode/2up/search/Shaw Page 197.]]
In March of 1658 John Sr. gave 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.]] James must have started using the property because in 1660 the Court wanted him to begin paying taxes .[Shurtleff, 1855. [https://archive.org/stream/recordsofcolonyo0304newp#page/n215/mode/2up/search/shaw Page 202.]]
===Dartmouth===
In 1652, 36 purchasers owned land in what is now known as Dartmouth.Very few of them settled there, and the land was sold for profit.[Ricketson, Daniel. The History of New Bedford, Bristol County Massachusetts. New Bedford, MA: Self-Published, 1858. [https://books.google.com/books?id=h8t4AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA30&dq=History+of+New+Bedford+Chapter+III&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjjmevuhuLrAhVeB50JHU5lDp8Q6AEwA3oECAYQAg#v=onepage&q=Chapter%20III&f=false Page 30.]] James was one of only seven freemen who resided there. He held positions on behalf of the Colony, including constable, tax collector, military leader, and selectman several times, with his last appointment in 1675.[Shaw, 1997. [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11639/275/0 Page 275.]]
James seems to have withdrawn from civic life; he does not appear in known Colony or Dartmouth records after 1675.
=== Family===James married [[Mitchell-146|Mary (Mitchell) Shaw]] 24 Dec 1652 in Plymouth.[Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Boston 1899. The Mayflower descendant : a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history.[https://archive.org/details/mayflowerdescendv4mass/page/n331 pg 151]] [Shurtleff, 1857. [https://archive.org/stream/recordsofcolonyo0708newp#page/n27/mode/2up/search/shaw Page 15.]]
None of James' and Mary's children appear to have survived to have issue.James' nephew is recorded as disposing of property in lieu of any of James' able/surviving children.[Shaw, 1997. [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11639/275/0 Page 275.]]
Children: # James b 6 Dec 1654;[Shurtleff, 1857. [https://archive.org/stream/recordsofcolonyo0708newp#page/n29/mode/2up/search/shaw Page 16.]] nothing further is known.# John[Threlfall, John B. "Comments on the Two Wives of Experience Mitchell." New England Genealogical and Historical Register, Volume 127. April 1973, Page 94. ''By Subscription'' (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11718/94/0 Page 94]] nothing further is known.# Mary b ca 1658; living in 1679[Shaw, 1997. [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11639/273/0 Page 273.]]
# Anne;[ nothing further is known.]
See discussion regarding children: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/880099/was-mary-shaw-james-shaw-mary-mitchell-married-james-wheaton?show=880099#q880099
=== Death ===James died intestate between 1 Jun 1675 when he was chosen a selectman of the town of Dartmouth, and 10 May 1679 when "Mary Shaw widdow of the deceased James Shaw and Mary Shaw the daughter of the abovesaid James Shaw," inhabitants of the "Jurisdiction of New Plymouth," conveyed 3/4 acres of marsh land in Dartmouth to Joseph Allin, yeoman, of Dartmouth. [ Mary "Jonkins"/"Mary Jenkin" appeared before J. Dudley on March 3, 1682 with an account of the expenses related to John's death, including payment to a nurse for over three weeks "during his sickness."][Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. ''By Subscription.'' [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2735/i/48697/1682-co1/1416768186 Page 1682.3]]
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