Shaw, Abraham 1

Birth Name Shaw, Abraham
Gender male
Age at Death less than 53 years, 4 months, 10 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth 1585-11-14 Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England  
 
Immigration 1636    
 
Death before 1639-03-25 Dedham, Massachusetts  
 
Burial   Old Village Cemetery, Dedham, Massachusetts  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Shawe, Thomas
Mother Longbottom, Elizabeth
         Shaw, Abraham

Families

    Family of Shaw, Abraham and Best, Bridget
Married Wife Best, Bridget
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage 1616-06-24 Halifax, Yorkshire, England  
 
  Children
  1. Shaw, John

Media

Narrative

Clothier, came in the 'Anne', 1636, to Watertown, Mass. In Oct. 1636, his house and all his goods were burned and he removed to Dedham, where he had twelve acres and was called a planter. In Feb. 1637, he was granted 60 acres and the right to build a corn mill, rights to search for coal and iron, and was one of the men appointed to govern the town. Freeman, 1637; constable, 1638. In 1636 he signed the famous Dedham Covenant.

Pedigree

  1. Shawe, Thomas
    1. Longbottom, Elizabeth
      1. Shaw, Abraham
        1. Best, Bridget
          1. Shaw, John

Ancestors

Source References

  1. The New, England Ancestry of Dana Converse Backus Author: Mary E. N. Backus http://booth.ancestryregister.com/00004Booth_web/SHAW00004.htm#i16 Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worchester County vol1 Author: Ellery Bicknell Crane