Shaw Family in New Hampshire

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This genealogy of the Shaw family comes from genealogy research compiled and published in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Each generation is shown in parentheses ( ). Begin with one individual and continue that line through the furthest generation currently known before starting a new descendancy for the next sibling. This method keeps each family group intact, while presenting the families of siblings separately but under the same generational number.

Various persons named Shaw settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the very early years of its existence. All seem to have come from England, but most of them were not related to each other.

Shaw is an old English name, denoting a grove of small trees, and was first used in reference to persons in the expression “atte shawe,” or “at the shaw,” and finally adopted as a surname by the person living “at the shaw,” and kept by his descendants after all local reference had been lost.

(I) Roger Shaw

Roger Shaw, the progenitor of many of the present day families, was born in England. He was of Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1636, where he was made a freeman March 14, 1639. He returned about 1647 to Hampton, New Hampshire, where he bought the right of John Cross to certain tracts of land, and also received some grants from the town. He soon became a large landholder, and an influential man. He was a selectman in 1649 and 1654; a constable also in the latter year; a commissioner for small cases in 1651; and he represented the town in the general court (of Massachusetts) in 1651-53. He married (first) Anne _____; and (second) Susanna _____, the widow of William Tilton, of Lynne. She died January 28, 1655. He died May 29, 1662. He is known to have had seven children, probably all by the first wife. The children were:

  1. A daughter, Margaret, probably.
  2. Joseph Shaw.
  3. Esther Shaw, born in Cambridge, June, 1638.
  4. Mary Shaw, died in Cambridge, January 26, 1640.
  5. Benjamin Shaw.
  6. Ann Shaw, married Samuel Fogg (1) ; died December 9, 1663.
  7. Mary Shaw, born September 29, 1645.

One of Roger Shaw’s daughters married Thomas Parker.

(II) Joseph Shaw

Joseph Shaw, son of Roger and Anne Shaw was born about 1635, married June 26, 1661, Elizabeth Partridge (born at Salisbury, Massachusetts, February 14, 1643) ; settled at Hampton Falls, where President Weare afterwards lived, the place now owned by heirs of Zebulun Dow. Children :

  1. Abial Shaw, born October, 1662; married Thomas Brown.
  2. Elizabeth Shaw, born August 23, 1664; married Aaron Sleeper.
  3. Samuel Shaw, born August 23, 1666; married, 1st, Esther (Batchelder?) ; 2nd, Mary Tuck.
  4. (a son), born December 11, 1669; probably died young.
  5. Caleb Shaw, born January 31, 1671; married Elizabeth Hilliard; died Mar. 19, 1715.
  6. Josiah Shaw, born January 13, 1673; married about May 31, 1700, Meribah, daughter of Francis Page ; died June 10, 1700. He “was running a race; the horse flung him against a log fence [so] that he forthwith died.” — (Town Rec.)
  7. Sarah Shaw, born December 5, 1676.
  8. John Shaw.
  9. Ann Shaw, born October 20, 1681; married Moses Elkins, son of Gershom Elkins.

(III) Samuel Shaw

Samuel Shaw, Deacon, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Partridge) Shaw, married, first, Esther [Batchelder, daughter of Nathaniel ?], who died January 24, 1715, aged about fifty years; second, June 1, 1716, Mary Tuck, daughter of John Tuck; lived on the homestead, at Hampton Falls. In 1706 he was chosen a deacon of the first church, and at the formation of the Falls church, held the same office there. His will, proved December 4, 1723, mentions but two children, Elizabeth, then unmarried, and his only son, Samuel, who was to be “brought up to good learning till he is fit to be put to college.” Children :

  1. Mary Shaw, born January 22, died March 27, 1718.
  2. Samuel Shaw, born August 16, 1719.
  3. Elizabeth Shaw, baptized August 6, 1721; married Hon. Meshech Weare.

(III) Caleb Shaw

Caleb Shaw, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Partridge) Shaw, married Elizabeth Hilliard, daughter of Timothy Hilliard (2); lived in Hampton Falls, where the births of all his children are recorded. If he ever lived on Sargent’s Island (p. 514), it was but temporarily. He was a mariner; in 1714, was master of the sloop, Mayflower; drowned at sea. Children :

  1. Rachel Shaw, born January 27, 1695; married Abner Sanborn.
  2. John Shaw, born September 2, 1696; died 10th of same month.
  3. Apphia Shaw, born December 22, 1699; married, 1st, Peter Sanborn; 2nd, Robert Rowe
  4. Josiah Shaw, born January 15, 1702; died November 12, 1721.
  5. Samuel Shaw, born April 5, 1703; married April 5, 1725, Rachel, daughter of Samuel Fellows; lived at Hampton Falls. Children:
    1. Caleb Shaw, born 1725; saddler and harness-maker; settled in Portland, Maine.
    2. Samuel Shaw, born 1727; died 1737.
    3. Josiah Shaw, born 1729; died 1730
    4. Hilliard Shaw, born 1732.
    5. Deborah Shaw, born 1734; died 1736.
    6. Michael Shaw, born 1736; died same year.
    7. Rachel Shaw, born 1737; married, 1757, Richard Brown, of Kensington, New Hampshire.
    8. Samuel Shaw, born 1740; died young.
    9. Elizabeth Shaw, born 1741.
    10. Sarah Shaw, born 1743.
    11. Ann Shaw, born 1745.
    12. Samuel Shaw, born 1748.
  6. Elizabeth Shaw, born May 15, 1705; died May 5, 1724.
  7. Anne Shaw, born April 30, 1707; died May 20, 1724.
  8. Margaret Shaw, born April 10, 1709; married Jonathan Tilton, son of Joseph Tilton; died July 12, 1790.
  9. Joseph Shaw, born June 2, 1711; married January 22, 1735, Elizabeth Batchelder; lived at Brentwood, New Hampshire. Had sons, John and Samuel.
  10. Ebenezer Shaw.
  11. Mary Shaw, born December 5, 1715 (posthumous); married Joseph Worth, March 27, 1733.

(IV) Ebenezer Shaw

Ebenezer Shaw, son of Caleb and Elizabeth Hilliard, married November, 1738, Anna Philbrick; lived on Sargent’s Island, where he had his home about twenty years; engaged in coasting and fishing. In 1762, removed with his family to the vicinity of Sebago Lake, in Maine, and settled within the limits of the present town of Standish, where he died. His widow died December 12, 1804, aged nearly eighty-four years. At that time her descendants numbered two hundred one, viz.: nine children; eighty two grandchildren; one hundred nine great grandchildren, and one of the fifth generation. Mr. Shaw’s children were all born in Hampton; all except Margaret settled in Standish. Children :

  1. Josiah Shaw, born January 3, 1740; married Mary Lamprey; died August 7, 1810. She died January 9, 1826, aged 80 yrs. Children:
    • Mary Shaw, born in Hampton October 16, 1761; baptized April 18, 1762.
    • Hannah Shaw, born in Standish, 1763. [“Hannah Shaw, daughter of Josiah, of Pearson Town, at ye Eastward,” baptized in Hampton September 16, 1764.]
    • Anna Shaw, born 1766.
    • Jonathan Shaw, born 1769.
    • Josiah Shaw, born 1773.
    • Eli Shaw, born 1781.
  2. Abiah Shaw, born January 16, 1741; died, unmarried, April 10, 1762.
  3. Joanna Shaw, born April 4, 1743; married Peter Moulton, son of Worthington (29); died January 16, 1834. Had ten children
  4. Sargent Shaw, born October 23, 1745; married, 1st, _ Westcott; 2nd, widow Salome (Lombard) Dosett; 3rd, Anna Colby. [1]Another record has the first wife, Sarah Knight; the third, Ann Thompson. He died December 3, 1823. Fourteen children.
  5. Elizabeth Shaw, baptized October 18, 1747.
  6. Ebenezer Shaw, born January 3, 1749; married, 1st, Sarah Wood, who died July 8, 1792; 2nd, _ _ , who died August, 1847, aged 75 yrs. He died August 11, 1836. Twenty-six children.
  7. Elizabeth Shaw, born March 21, 1751; married James Moody; died May 27, 1816. He died January 4, 1818, aged 67. Twelve children.
  8. Thomas Shaw, born October 10, 1753. Before his marriage he served 1 yr. 5 mos. in the Revolution. He married, 1st, November 20, 1777, Anna Wood. They were the parents of Daniel Shaw, of Standish, who made a copious record of his branch of the Shaw family and connections (from which we have quoted), and who died June 17, 1874, aged 87 yrs., leaving his records to his son, Thomas Shaw, of the same town. Anna, wife of Thomas Shaw, died May 18, 1808, aged 57 yrs. He married, 2nd, November 20, 1809, Susanna Thomas. He died October 20, 1838. Ten children
  9. Molly Shaw, born November 7, 1755; married, 1st, Stephen Sanborn, who died 1779; 2nd, ab. 1809, John Mayall; died October 29, 1840.
  10. Margaret Shaw, born Jan 7, 1758; married Daniel Bean; settled in Bethel, Maine; died August 20, 1847. He died March 16, 1833. Twelve children
  11. Joseph Shaw, born May 10, 1760; married Eunice Bean; died August 26, 1830. She died August 18, 1832, aged 69 yrs. Fourteen children

(II) Benjamin Shaw

Benjamin Shaw, son of Roger and Anne Shaw, was born about 1641, and died December 31, 1717, aged seventy-six. He was a trader, and lived on the homestead occupied by his father. He married, May 25, 1663, Esther Richardson, who died May 16, 1736, aged ninety-one years. Their twelve children were:

  1. Mary Shaw, born December 2, 1664.
  2. Esther Shaw, born November 17, 1666; married Jabez Dow; died March 25, 1739.
  3. Sarah Shaw, b June 22, 1669; married Seth Fogg; died “suddenly, in her sleep,” April 10, 1756.
  4. Abigail Shaw, born August 22, 1671; married John Smith; was living December, 1717.
  5. Ruth Shaw, born December 24, 1673; died, unmarried, April 13, 1715. Had a daughter, Sarah, who married [Noah ?] Ward.
  6. Benjamin Shaw, born June 28, 1676; married October 2, 1711, Deborah Fellows, probably widow of Samuel; lived in Hampton Falls or Kensington, New Hampshire. Children, baptized in Hampton Falls:
    • Hannah Shaw, baptized 1712.
    • Esther Shaw, baptized 1714.
    • Ruth Shaw, baptized 1717.
    • Benjamin Shaw, baptized 1717.
    • Esther Shaw, baptized 1718.
    • Sarah Shaw, baptized 1721.
    • Benjamin Shaw, baptized 172[9?].
    • Mary Shaw, baptized 1730.
    • Hannah Shaw, baptized 1733.
  7. Roger Shaw, born September 23, 1678 ; married Alice Rawlings; died October 29, 1752.
  8. Joseph Shaw, born November 1, 1681; married Hannah Johnson.
  9. Edward Shaw, born July 23, died August 8, 1685.
  10. Edward Shaw, married, 1st, Mary Johnson; 2nd, Abigail Marshall; died December 24, 1764.
  11. Hannah Shaw, born July 23, 1690; married John Wedgwood; died August 9, 1755.
  12. John Shaw, living December, 1717.

(III) Roger Shaw

Roger Shaw, son of Benjamin (3), married March 2, 1705, Alice Rawlings (Rollins); lived at Bride Hill. Children:

  1. Mary Shaw, born November 28, 1705; died, unmarried, April 22, 1787.
  2. Alice Shaw, born August 8, 1707; married before September 3, 1732, Robinson; dismissed to church at Exeter, 1732.
  3. Jonathan Shaw, born May 9, 1709; married, 1st, Elizabeth; 2nd, Mary James; died May 31, 1780.
  4. Rachel Shaw, born August 30, 1711; died young. Josiah, born May 24, 1713; died February 6. 1770.
  5. Esther Shaw, born September 21, 1715; married James Sanborn; died April 29, 1796.
  6. Jedediah Shaw, born February 23, 1719.
  7. Rachel Shaw, born September 5, 1721; married John Smith, son of John.
  8. Benjamin Shaw, born November 15, 1723; died January 8, 1738.

(IV) Jonathan Shaw

Jonathan Shaw, son of Roger (6), lived at Bride Hill; married, first, October 14, 1739, Elizabeth Dearborn, daughter of Cornet Jonathan Dearborn; second, May 13, 1755, Mrs. Mary James, daughter of Dea. Joshua Lane (3). Children :

  1. Elizabeth Shaw, baptized December 7, 1740; died April 26, 1745.
  2. Jonathan Shaw, born November 5, 1741; lived at Brentwood, New Hampshire.
  3. Rachel Shaw, baptized March 18, 1744; died May 7, 1745.
  4. Elizabeth Shaw, born January 10, 1746.
  5. Mary Shaw, born July 14, 1748.
  6. Benjamin Shaw.
  7. Susanna Shaw, born June 26, 1757; died, unmarried, October 12, 1784.
  8. Josiah Shaw, born October 23, 1759; married Lydia Fifield, of Hampton Falls; lived at Bride Hill, on a part of the homestead; removed to Sanbornton, New Hampshire, where he is understood to have married again and had other children. Children born in Hampton:
    1. John Shaw, married Lydia Smith, who died July 31, 1860, aged 48 yrs.
    2. Asa Shaw.
    3. Jonathan Shaw.
    4. Samuel Shaw.
    5. Bathsheba Shaw.
    6. Sally Shaw.
    7. Josiah Shaw, married Rhoda Dow, of Seabrook, New Hampshire. Their children :
      1. Jeremiah F. Shaw, married September 17, 1842, Mary Ann Lord, of Lowell, Massachusetts.; died September 25, 1856; had one daughter, Abby, who married _____ Creighton.
      2. Asa Shaw, married and lived awhile near Capt. John S. James, but removed to Freedom, New Hampshire; had three children
      3. Elizabeth Shaw, married and went West.
      4. Hiram Shaw, died young.
    8. Lydia Shaw.
  9. Bathsheba, born November, 1760; married January 1, 1783, Isaiah Berry, of Greenland, New Hampshire; died May 17, 1845.

(V) Benjamin Shaw

Benjamin Shaw, Colonel, born March 26, 1756, son of Jonathan (10), married Mary Sanborn, daughter of Abraham Sanborn; lived on the homestead until death April 1, 1825; was constable, collector of taxes, selectman, representative. Children :

  1. Lucretia Shaw, baptized July 2, 1780; married April 27, 1801, Thomas Peabody Clark, of Wakefield, New Hampshire (but then of Hampton).
  2. Jonathan Shaw, baptized September 28, 1781; died February 18, 1787.
  3. Sarah Shaw, baptized June 15, 1783; married November 26, 1801, Dr. Jonathan French. (See French.)
  4. Tristram Shaw, Hon., born May 23, 1786; married Mary, daughter of Sanborn Batchelder; lived several years on the homestead, and then removed to Exeter, New Hampshire; was a member of National House of Representatives, 1839-43; died March 14, 1843.
  5. Theodate Shaw, baptized July 24, 1791; married Nathan Pike.
  6. Mary Shaw, married Josiah Robinson, of Exeter, New Hampshire; died 1858.

(III) Joseph Shaw

Joseph Shaw, eighth child and third son of Benjamin and Esther (Richardson) Shaw, was born in Hampton, New Hampshire, November 1, 1681, and resided at Hampton Falls. He married, December 12, 1705, Hannah Johnson, born about 1684, daughter of James and Sarah (Daniels) Johnson, of Hampton. Their children were:

  1. Gideon Shaw, born November 30 1706; married Rachel Brown; died April 9, 1789.
  2. Jerusha Shaw, born Mar. 2, 1709; married Samuel Locke; died November 4, 1780.
  3. Esther Shaw, born February 13, 1711.
  4. Elihu Shaw, baptized April 6, 1712; married February, 1740, Mary Watson.
  5. Moses Shaw, born February 22, 1715.
  6. Caleb Shaw.
  7. Miriam Shaw, baptized April 10, 1720.
  8. Mary Shaw, baptized Mar. 24, 1723.
  9. Sarah Shaw, baptized Sept. 18, 1726, died young.
  10. Sarah Shaw, baptized July 27, 1729.

(IV) Gideon Shaw

Gideon Shaw, son of Joseph and Hannah (Johnson) Shaw, married Rachel Brown, daughter of Thomas Brown. Their first two children were baptized in Hampton Falls, where Mrs. Shaw joined the church, August 5, 1735. They settled in Hampton, where Alonzo W. Shaw now lives. Children :

  1. Rachel Shaw, born January 7, 1734; married January 3, 1754, David James, of Kensington, New Hampshire, grandson of Benjamin.
  2. Elizabeth Shaw, b January 7, 1736; married Dearborn Blake, of Epping, New Hampshire.
  3. Mary Shaw, born July 26, 1739; married, 1st, Lemuel Towle; 2nd, Jeremiah Prescott, of Epping, New Hampshire.
  4. Benjamin Brown Shaw.
  5. Moses Shaw, baptized February 14, 1748; died April 8, 1749.
  6. Joshua Shaw.

(V) Benjamin Brown Shaw

Benjamin Brown Shaw, born December 16, 1745, son of Gideon and Rachel (Brown) Shaw, married November 21, 1769, Abigail Taylor, daughter of John Taylor (7?); lived on the homestead and died January 14, 1804. Children :

  1. Elizabeth Shaw, born September 8, 1772; died July 7, 1773.
  2. Abigail Shaw, born November 21, 1773; married October 28, 1794, Josiah Davidson, of Rye, New Hampshire.
  3. Moses Shaw (18), born December 23, 1774; married Abigail Dalton; died July 24, 1836.
  4. John Shaw (19), born May 11, 1777; married, 1st, Hannah Page; 2nd, Nancy Marston ; died May 12, 1805.
  5. Rachel Shaw, born February 15, 1780; married Jeremiah Hobbs; died April 28, 1853.

(VI) Moses Shaw

Moses Shaw, son of Benjamin Brown and Abigail (Taylor) Shaw, married February 12, 1799, Abigail Dalton, daughter of Michael Dalton, son of Benjamin Dalton; lived on the homestead. Children :

  • Benjamin Shaw (23), born February 19, 1801; married. 1st, Abigail Leavitt; 2nd, Sarah Nudd; died August 23, 1882.
  • Clarissa Shaw, born November 21, 1804; married Thomas Philbrick, of Rye, New Hampshire; died July 21, 1850.
  • Dearborn Taylor Shaw (24), born April 29, 1806; married Clarissa Blake.
  • Daniel Dalton Shaw, born April, 1808; died August 20, 1809.

(VII) Benjamin Shaw

Benjamin Shaw, son of Moses and Abigail (Dalton) Shaw, married, first, 1819, Abigail Leavitt, daughter of Moses Leavitt; second, Sept: 3, 1846, Sarah Nudd, daughter of Samuel Nudd. Children:

  1. Emily H. Shaw, born October 22, 1819; married James Pike, of N. P.; died June 11, 1858. Children:
    1. John Shaw.
    2. Sewall Shaw.
    3. Georgietta Shaw.
    4. Abby Shaw.
    5. George Shaw.
  2. Mary Shaw, born June 4, 1821; married George W. Philbrick (32); died August 9, 1883.
  3. Sarah Abigail Shaw, born December 18, 1822; married, 1st, Ephraim Safford, of Boston, who died 1854, leaving one son, George Safford; 2nd, James Cutler, of East Boston.
  4. Moses Shaw, born August 11, 1824; married Miriam, daughter of Daniel Dow, of North Hampton; lived in that town; no children; died January 15, 1875.
  5. Matilda L. Shaw, born January 22, 1826; married August 17, 1847, George Irvine.
  6. Oliver L. Shaw, born November 9, 1827; lives in Boston; married Eliza J. Wright, of that city. Children:
    1. Grace Eliza Shaw.
    2. Frank Shaw.
  7. John Shaw, born June 27, 1830; married Matilda Harrington; live in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Children:
    1. Benjamin Harrington Shaw.
    2. Annie Shaw.
  8. Maria Shaw, born August 25, 1833; married September 4, 1855, Alfred A. Ingalls, who died March 21, 1891.
  9. Charles L. Shaw, born June 22, 1838; married May 9, 1860, Mary Olive Blake, daughter of Francis P. Blake (27); died without children, April 29, 1872.

(VII) Dearborn T. Shaw

Dearborn T. Shaw, son of Moses and Abigail (Dalton) Shaw, married Clarissa, daughter of Nathan Blake (21); lived on the homestead. Children :

  1. Infant Shaw, died in 1827
  2. Infant Shaw, died in 1829.
  3. Clarissa Shaw, born August 30, 1830; married Amos J. Towle (59).
  4. Caroline L. Shaw, born November 27, 1832; married Buckley Howe; lives in Evans, Colorado; has one son, Edward Howe.
  5. Alonzo Whipple Shaw, born September 3, 1834; lives, unmarried, on the homestead.
  6. Elvira Shaw, born August 17, 1836; died October 19, 1851.
  7. Loring Dunbar Shaw, born July 3, 1838; inventor of mechanical appliances; married Lottie Boutelle, of Boston; lives in Melrose Highlands. Children:
    1. Gertrude Shaw.
    2. Lottie Shaw.
    3. George Shaw.
  8. William Henry Harrison Shaw, born January 23, 1840; died July 9, 1857.
  9. Eveline Shaw, born 1842; died October 31, 1813.
  10. Abby Eveline, born December 20, 1814; married, 1st, Jacob H. Eaton, of South Reading, Massachusetts; 2nd, Charles Harris, of Boston. Children:
    • Harry Eaton, married and went to Canada.
    • Willie Eaton, born 1863; died September 9, 1864.

(VI) John Shaw

John Shaw, son of Benjamin Brown and Abigail (Taylor) Shaw, married, first, November 27, 1799, Hannah Page, daughter of Dr. Samuel Page; second, February 2, 1804, Nancy Marston, daughter of Samuel Marston,son of John Marston; lived on the easterly side of the home lot, in the house afterward of Benjamin Shaw, and now unoccupied. Children :

  1. Molly Shaw, born October, 1801; died September 25, 1821.
  2. _____ Shaw, born Dec, 1804; died January 17, 1805.

(V) Joshua Shaw

Joshua Shaw, born September 1, 1750, son of Gideon and Rachel (Brown) Shaw, married November 17, 1771, Deborah Palmer, daughter of Samuel Palmer; lived on Shaw’s Hill and died October 12, 1834. Children:

  1. Elizabeth Shaw, born May 28, 1775; died June 14, 1783.
  2. Molly Shaw, baptized June 11, 1780; died June 13, 1783.
  3. Samuel Shaw, born Sept, 12, 1784; married Deborah Clark; died November 8, 18G7.
  4. Willard Shaw, born May 14, 1786; died, unmarried, September 8, 1869.

(VI) Samuel Shaw

Samuel Shaw, son of Joshua and Deborah (Palmer) Shaw, married February 11, 1808, Deborah Clark, daughter of John Clark, who died August 18, 1865, aged eighty-two years; lived on the homestead. Children :

  1. Elizabeth Shaw, born September 14, 1808; died, unmarried, September 9, 1882.
  2. David Shaw, born August 25, 1810; married August, 1856, his cousin, Sarah Clark, of Portsmouth; lived many years in Hampton; removed to Portsmouth, New Hampshire; both dead; no children

(IV) Caleb Shaw

Caleb Shaw, probably a son of Joseph and Hannah (Johnson) Shaw, was baptized July 14, 1717, and died in Kensington, December 25, 1791, aged seventy-four. He was a patriot soldier in the Revolutionary War. His name with others appears on a receipt dated Medford, October 4, 1775, for “Four Dollars (each man) in full Satisfaction for the regimental Coats which were promised us by the Colony of New Hampshire.” He was probably in Captain Richard Weare’s company, as an order on him (then lieutenant) dated Winter Hill, January 30, 1776, signed “Caleb Shaw,” may still be seen. His son “Caleb Shaw, Jr., of Kensington, aged 20, is named as a soldier, June 3, 1775. A clock inscribed “Caleb Shaw, 1749,” remains in the old home at Kensington. The clock was made by him. In his will, made in February, 1787, he mentions children:

  1. Caleb Shaw, born 1755.
  2. Elijah Shaw.
  3. John Shaw.
  4. Nathaniel Shaw, married Abigail _.
  5. Hannah Shaw, married _____ Ladd.
  6. Sarah Shaw, married _____ Libbey.

The Hampton Falls Church records contain the following: Caleb Shaw married, October 16, 1747, Elizabeth Kimball, of Exeter, New Hampshire; children:

  1. Hannah Shaw.
  2. Josiah Shaw.
  3. Simeon Shaw.
  4. Hilyard Shaw.

(V) Elijah Shaw

Elijah Shaw, son of Caleb and Elizabeth (Kimball) Shaw, was born in Kensington, New Hampshire, in 1760, and died in May, 1830, aged seventy. He first resided on the place now called the “Tuck farm,” from which he removed to his homestead on “Orchard Hill.” He married (first) Deborah Nudd, sister of Weare Nudd, of Kensington; (second) Sarah Batchelder, of North Hampton, New Hampshire. He had six children by his first wife, and two by the second:

  1. Mary Shaw, married Jacob French.
  2. Joseph Shaw, married Betty, daughter of Doctor Rowe, of East Ki.
  3. Elijah Shaw, married Lydia True, of Salisbury, New Hampshire.
  4. John Weare Shaw.
  5. Sally Shaw, married Benjamin Carr, of Salisbury, Massachusetts.
  6. Nancy Shaw, married Hall, of Alfred, Maine.
  7. Nathaniel Shaw.
  8. Abigail Cotton Shaw.

(VI) John Weare Shaw

John Weare Shaw, fourth child and third son of Elijah and Deborah (Nudd) Shaw, was born in Kensington, New Hampshire, June 3, 1788, and died April 23, 1852, aged sixty-four. He married (first) his cousin, Sarah Nudd, daughter of Weare Nudd, of Kensington; (second) Ruth, daughter of Thomas Currier, of Newton, New Hampshire; (third) Sarah (Stilson) Goodwin; (fourth) Elizabeth Stilson, sister of his third wife. He had one child by the first, ten by the second, and four by his fourth wife, as follows:

  1. John Sherburne Shaw, settled in Olean, New York, where he died
  2. Sally Nudd Shaw.
  3. Susan Currier Shaw.
  4. Judith Ann Shaw.
  5. Elijah Morrill Shaw, twin.
  6. Thomas Currier Shaw, twin, born July 16, 1826.
  7. Mary Abigail Shaw.
  8. Weare Nudd Shaw.
  9. George Washington Shaw.
  10. Nathaniel Jackson Shaw.
  11. Winborn Adams Shaw.
  12. Zachariah Shaw, twin, died young.
  13. Elizabeth Shaw, twin, died young.
  14. Child Shaw, died young.
  15. Edna Elizabeth Shaw.

(VII) Elijah Morrill Shaw

Captain Elijah Morrill Shaw, fourth child and eldest son of John W. and Ruth (Currier) Shaw, was born July 16, 1826, in Kensington, New Hampshire and was twin to Thomas Currier Shaw. He began securing an education in the district schools of Exeter, New Hampshire, and the periods of attendance on instruction were interspersed with terms of labor in the cotton factory of that town. He had inherited from his ancestors a natural bent for mechanics, and readily acquired a knowledge of the machinery employed about him. The great success of his life was due to this talent, coupled with a capacity for close application and a disposition for persistent endeavor. He has well been styled a fine type of the self-made man. After spending a little more than a year at Phillips Exeter Academy, he entered the employ of the Exeter Manufacturing Company in 1848, and thus began a business career which covered a period of more than forty years — and in which he attained a steadily increasing prominence among the cotton and woolen manufacturers of New England. When he first entered the mills of the Exeter Manufacturing Company, his stipend was fixed at eighty-five cents per day. This was gradually increased until it amounted to seven thousand five hundred dollars per annum. During this time he never asked for an increase of salary; he was never discharged from any position; was never heard to complain of his work and never abandoned any employment except to enter upon a more advanced one. He was yet a young man when his practical knowledge of every step in the production of both cotton and woolen goods was thorough and comprehensive. Leaving Exeter in 1853, he became overseer in the Victory mills in Saratoga, New York, and after four years in that position, became overseer in the Bates mill at Lewiston, Maine. When the Civil War broke out in 1861 he was among the first to enroll himself as a defender of his country’s integrity, and he served successively in the First, Tenth and Twenty-ninth Maine Regiments. In the first regiment he was made second lieutenant of Company F., but soon left this position to accept a promotion. On October 3, 1861, he was commissioned as adjutant of the Tenth Regiment of Maine Volunteers. He became a captain in the same regiment, March 12, 1863. His military experience did not begin with the war, as he had previously held official stations in both Maine and New Hampshire militia. From 1863 to 1866 Captain Shaw was employed in the Everett mills at Lawrence, Massachusetts. During the succeeding three years he was agent of the Crocker woolen mill in Leominster, Massachusetts; he went from there to Lewiston, Maine, becoming superintendent in the woolen department in the Bates mill; subsequently to this he constructed the Farwell mills in Lisbon, Maine, and was their agent until 1883. He was subsequently agent of the Great Falls, Vermont, mills, which had been on a commercial decline, and were placed by him on a paying basis. He was called to Nashua, New Hampshire, in 1886, to become agent of the Nashua Manufacturing Company’s cotton mills, the leading manufacturing concern there, and he filled this position until 1891, when he resigned and retired from active business life. Soon after this he was appointed chairman of the board of commissioners of the state of New Hampshire to the Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893, and the duties of this position were fulfilled by him in a manner both acceptable and creditable to the state. In the midst of his business activities he found time to devote to many lines of endeavor, and was much interested in schools and church work. He also became interested in a business way as a director of the Nashua Trust Company. In 1894 he was chosen treasurer of the New Hampshire Baptist Association, and filled that office for five years. He was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Nashua, and was a liberal contributor to its various branches of work, including the building fund for the Crown Hill Mission Church, which was located upon land donated by him. He was also a warm supporter of every movement for the enforcement of the prohibition law. He was warmly interested in genealogical research and aided in procuring the publication of a history of his family. In 1899 Mr. Shaw was elected business manager of Colby Academy at New London, New Hampshire. During the remainder of his life he held this position, and made every effort for the success of the institution. The dearest wish of his heart was to see it free from indebtedness, and for this he prayed, planned and worked untiringly. He often said that he asked only to live to see this desired end brought about. On February 23, 1903, he attended the Evangelical educational conference held in Manchester, and made a most effective appeal before that body in behalf of Colby Academy. This appeal was successful and Captain Shaw left the assembly with a very light heart. He proceeded at once to the old home in Kensington where he was born, and made a visit to his twin brother then living there. He had had his wish and God took him that night.

Captain Shaw was not in any sense a politician, but he entertained well settled principles on matters of public policy as he did upon religion, and he was a faithful supporter of the Republican party. His chief official service was in the capacity of representative to the state legislature, which he held in 1881-83, in Lisbon, Maine. While in Lewiston he was a member of the common council and served as its president. He also filled other official stations in that state. He was at one time commander of the Maine department of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, and of the Loyal Legion; and was affiliated with the orders of Free Masons, Patrons of Husbandry, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was married April 20, 1859, to Amantha C. Sanborn, of Brentwood, New Hampshire. She died before 1865, and in that year he married Mary H. Davison, of Prince Edwards Island. There were three children of the first marriage:

  1. Irving Chase Shaw, born July 23, 1854; married Mellie Gilpatrick, of Webster, Maine; a carpenter residing in Kensington, New Hampshire. Children:
    1. Harry E. Shaw.
    2. Susie E. Shaw.
    3. Hattie Shaw.
  2. Annie Elizabeth Shaw, the wife of Winfield S. Libbey, of Lewiston, Maine.
  3. Susie Shaler Shaw, died when two years old.

The children of the second wife were:

  1. Elijah Ray Shaw.
  2. Susie McNeil Shaw, died in childhood.
  3. Helen Maude Shaw, died in childhood.

(VIII) Elijah Ray Shaw

Elijah Ray Shaw, only son of Captain Elijah M. and Mary Helen (Davidson) Shaw, was born May 1, 1872, in Lisbon, Maine. After passing the minor grades he attended the Nashua high school, Phillips Exeter Academy, the Berkley School (Boston), the New Hampshire State College, and spent two years at the Boston University Law School. Having decided upon a business career, in 1900 he engaged in business as a florist with Gaedeke & Company, of Nashua. He resides upon the paternal homestead in that city, and is well-known in business and fraternal circles. He is interested in the Granite State Knitting Company, of Nashua. He is a thirty-second degree Sir Knight Mason. He is also a member of Granite Lodge, No. 1, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Shaw takes an active and intelligent interest in questions of public policy, and has been frequently selected by his fellow citizens to fill official stations. He has served two years as a member of the common council of Nashua, and is now (1907) alderman of the second ward of the city. In 1906 he was commissioned by Governor McLane as major and brigade quartermaster of the Brigade staff, New Hampshire National Guard. He was married in Nashua, June 9, 1904, to Louie Ethel Tolles, who was born in Nashua, December 29, 1875, a daughter of General Jason E. Tolles of that city (see Tolles).

(III) Edward Shaw

Edward Shaw, tenth child and fifth son of Benjamin and Esther (Richardson) Shaw, lived on the paternal homestead. The records of the family show that his house was struck by lightning. He married (first), June 27, 1716, Mary Johnson, born November 4, 1688, daughter of James and Sarah (Daniels) Johnson, of Hampton, New Hampshire. Married (second), July 2, 1727, Abigail Marshall, of Ipswich, who died June 4, 1757, aged seventy-one years. His children were:

  1. Jeremiah Shaw.
  2. Samuel Shaw.
  3. Mary Shaw, born April 3, 1720..
  4. Ichabod Shaw, born February 27, 1722; married December 15, 1742, Sarah Moulton [probably daughter of Robert]..
  5. Edward Shaw.
  6. Benjamin Shaw.

(IV) Edward Shaw

Edward Shaw, second son and third child of Edward and Mary (Johnson) Shaw, was born March 2, 1724, and died July 16, 1787, aged sixty-three. He married, May 7, 1746, Ruth Fellows, of Salisbury, Massachusetts, and died on the homestead. She died May, 1798, aged seventy-five. Their children were:

  1. Jeremiah Shaw.
  2. Samuel Shaw, baptized December 25, 1748; married February 26, 1778, Susan Page, daughter of Stephen Page.
  3. Mary (Molly) Shaw, baptized May 27, 1750; unmarried; died August 14, 1840.
  4. Ichabod Shaw, baptized March 4, 1753; went to sea with Paul Jones; provision in bis father’s will, if he ever return. He was taken prisoner; escaped by swimming, but died soon after from the exposure.
  5. Abigail Shaw, baptized August 17, 1755; died February 1, 1775.
  6. Simeon Shaw, baptized June 12, 1757; married 1800, Betty Green; lived on the homestead; had an adopted daughter, Almira Shaw, who married Anson Field, of Jericho, Vermont. Mr. Shaw died without children of his own, September 6, 1842, having made his nephew, Simeon B. Shaw, his heir. His widow died August 25, 1858, aged 93 yrs. 5 mos.
  7. Levi Shaw, baptized February 18, 1759; married 1st, _____ _____; married 2nd _____ _____; both wives buried in Salisbury, Massachusetts; no children; married, 3rd, _____ Millet; settled in Minot, Maine. Had children:
    1. Levi Shaw,
    2. David Shaw,
    3. Simeon Shaw
    4. John Shaw
    5. Daughter
    6. Daughter
    7. Daughter
    8. Mary Shaw, married Dr. Lemuel Gott, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, later of Berlin, Massachusetts, and had children:
      1. Lemuel Gott, was a soldier of Co. I, Fifth Mass. Regt.; died in hospital at Baltimore, August 29, 1864, aged 24 yrs. 6 mos.
      2. Lizzie Gott.
  8. John Shaw.

(V) Jeremiah Shaw

Jeremiah Shaw, clergyman, son of Edward and Ruth (Fellows) Shaw, married Hannah Moulton, daughter of Capt. John Moulton, who died March 26, 1827. He was graduated from Harvard College 1767; ordained pastor of Congregational church in Moultonborough, New Hampshire, November 17, 1779. Children :

  1. Abigail Shaw, born in Hampton July 10, 1774.
  2. John Moulton Shaw, baptized in Hampton February 4, 1776.
  3. Jeremiah Shaw, baptized in Hampton July 26, 1778.
  4. Edward Shaw, baptized in Hampton February 13, 1780.
  5. Eunice Shaw.
  6. Ichabod Shaw, born 1781; physician; died 1834.
  7. Ruth F. Shaw.

(V) John Shaw

John Shaw, eighth child of Edward and Ruth (Fellows) Shaw, was baptized June 14, 1761, and died August 9, 1844, aged eighty-three. He was the successor of his father and grandfather on the homestead. He married, November, 1801, Zipporah Towle, who was born in Hampton, February 5, 1774, and died December 31, 1850, aged seventy-six. She was the daughter of Samuel and Rachel (Elkins) Towle. They had:

  1. Ruth Fellows Shaw, born September 27, 1802; died, unmarried, November 9, 1835.
  2. Simeon Brackett Shaw.
  3. Edward Shaw.
  4. Elizabeth Shaw, born August, 1815; married December 8, 1844, Benjamin S. True, of Salisbury, Massachusetts.

(VI) Simeon Brackett Shaw

Simeon Brackett Shaw, second child and eldest of the two sons of John and Zipporah (Towle) Shaw, was born in 1804, and died November 16, 1871, aged sixty-seven years. He was a steady, progressive farmer, and lived on the homestead. He was chairman of the board of selectmen several years. He married, in 1829, Jane Perkins, who was born June 15, 1806, and died January 7, 1878, daughter of John and Joanna (Elkins) Perkins, of Hampton. Their children were:

  1. Simeon Shaw, born March 7, 1831; married Sarah E. Lamprey.
  2. John Brackett Shaw, born Mayo, 1836; married M. Augusta Merrill; died January 18, 1874.

(VII) Simeon Shaw

Simeon Shaw, son of Simeon Brackett and Jane (Perkins) Shaw, was born March 7, 1831. He was educated in the common schools and at Hampton Academy. He lives on the ancestral acres and in many ways has followed in the footsteps of his father. For twenty-nine years he was in the employ of the Boston & Maine railroad, and a portion of that time was section foreman. In politics he is a Republican, and has taken some part in town affairs, having been a member of the board of selectmen two years. He is a member of the Congregational Church. He married, October 26, 1855, Sarah Elizabeth Lamprey, who was born October 26, 1835, daughter of Captain Jesse and Mary (Johnson) Lamprey, of Hampton. Of this union have been born:

  1. Simeon Albert Shaw, born August 23, 1856; married A. Isabel Cole.
  2. Mary Esther Shaw, born August 31, 1858; married John C. Blake.
  3. George Edward Shaw, born April 7, 1862; died December 4, 1866.
  4. Martha Adelaide Shaw, born January 13, 1S65; married Jotham P. Blake.
  5. Flora Webster Shaw, born January 18, 1868; married May 15, 1890, Albert C. Wilbar, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts; lives in Boston.
  6. Charles Edward Shaw, born November 27, 1871, unmarried in 1908.
  7. Fred Merrill Shaw, born August 20, 1874, married Emma Taylor, of North Hampton, New Hampshire.

(VIII) Simeon Albert Shaw

Simeon Albert Shaw, eldest child of Simeon and Sarah Elizabeth (Lamprey) Shaw, was born August 23, 1856. After leaving the common schools he attended Hampton Academy four years and a commercial school in Boston one year. He resides on the farm which has been the homestead of generations of Shaws in an unbroken line since 1647, a fact that is worthy of particular attention, and has scarcely a parallel in the history of New Hampshire. He cultivates the soil, giving special attention to growing fruit. For six winters he taught school; since 1873 he has been town librarian. In politics he is a Republican, and has been selectman four years. He is a charter member of Oceanside Grange, No. 260, Patrons of Husbandry, of which he is a past master. At present he is town agent for the Rockingham Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He married, in 1881, Abbie Isabel Cole, who was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1859, daughter of William G. and Hannah T. (Brooks) Cole. (See Cole, II). Their children, who are of the ninth generation on the same homestead, are:

  1. Elroy Garfield Shaw, born October 18, 1881, married Jessie Crosby, daughter of Charles H. Crosby, of Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. They have three children:
    1. Harold Douglass Shaw.
    2. Eveline Shaw.
    3. Isabella Shaw.
  2. Everett Simeon Shaw, born May 12, 1885, resides at home, is preparing for college.
  3. Ethel Brooks Shaw, born January 11, 1887, married Archibald Lantz, of Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, and has one child:
    1. Eva May Shaw.
  4. Thelma May Shaw, was born June 17, 1900.

(VII) John Brackett Shaw

John Brackett Shaw, son of Simeon Brackett and Jane (Perkins) Shaw, married August 3, 1856, Mary Augusta Merrill, granddaughter of Aaron Merrill, who died April 14, 1872; lived on the homestead. Children:

  1. Martha Jane Shaw, born June 22, 1857; died February 26, 1877.
  2. Emelena Augusta Shaw, born July 13, 1S60; married Eugene Smith, of Manchester, New Hampshire.
  3. Lizzie Bell Shaw, born August, 1862; married February 8, 1882, Archie Jenness, of Rye, New Hampshire.
  4. John Franklin Shaw, born August 24, 1864.
  5. Annie Cynthia Shaw, born December 2, 1866; died January 10, 1867.
  6. George Brackett Shaw, twin, born May 14, 1871, adopted by James Hobbs.
  7. Georgietta Shaw, twin, born May 14, 1871, adopted by James Hobbs.

(VI) Edward Shaw

Edward Shaw, son of John and Zipporah Towle, married February 26, 1844, Sarah Jane Towle, daughter of Amos Towle; settled in the Drake Side district. Children:

  1. Roger Shaw, born May 17, 1845; died March 2, 1866.
  2. Horace Shaw, born October 29, 1846; died January 28, 1854.
  3. Almira Ruth Shaw, born June 15, 1849; married July 2, 1883, John Langdon Bartlett Thompson, son of Prof. B. B. Thompson, who taught grammar school in Exeter, New Hampshire, fourteen years, and was also a singing master. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. B. Thompson settled in Deerfleld, New Hampshire, where their children were born; moved to Hampton October 20, 1890. Children:
    1. Myron Bartlett Shaw, born and died June 23, 1884.
    2. John Edwin Shaw, born August 1, 1885.
  4. Thomas Brackett Shaw, born December 4, 1850; married May 22, 1878, Mary Arabella Rollins, daughter of Jonathan S. Rollins, of North Hampton, where they reside. No children
  5. Zipporah Jane Shaw, born January 26,1853; married Abbott B. Jenness, son of Simon L. Jenness.
  6. Amos Philip Shaw, born April 19, 1855; married July 1, 1884, Alice Nugent (born in Halifax. Nova Scotia, February 9, 1854); live in Nottingham, New Hampshire, where their children were born, Children:
    1. Mary Alice Shaw, born May 11, 1885.
    2. Edward Philip Shaw, born May 5, 1887.
    3. Arthur Amos Shaw, born March 16, 1889.
  7. Mary Anna Shaw, born November 30, 1857; married May 30, 1883, John S. Robinson, of Deerfield, New Hampshire; lived in Hampton; died February 4, 1890. Their children :
    1. Bessie Blanche Shaw, born March, 1884.
  8. Sarah Lydia Shaw, born April 26, 1859.
  9. Infant Shaw, unnamed, born November 17, died November 26, 1863.

(IV) Benjamin Shaw

Benjamin Shaw (2), youngest child of Edward (1) and Mary (Johnson) Shaw, was born March 17, 1727. He removed to Sandown, New Hampshire, where he afterward resided. He married, August 7, 1747, Rebecca Follansbee, and they had:

  1. Edward Shaw.
  2. Benjamin Shaw.
  3. Thomas Shaw.
  4. Joshua Shaw.
  5. Joseph Shaw.
  6. Hannah Shaw.

(V) Benjamin Shaw

Lieutenant Benjamin Shaw (3), second son and child of Benjamin (2) and Rebecca (Follansbee) Shaw, was born at Sandown, New Hampshire in 1758, and died in 1825, aged sixty-seven. He removed to Weare, New Hampshire, and in 1815 to Salisbury, New Hampshire, settling at what was called in his honor, “Shaw’s Corner,” and purchasing the Edward Quinby house, which was burned in 1875. He married, in Sandown, Sarah, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Sargent) Sanborn, who died April 16, 1860, aged ninety-six. She sat upon her father’s woodpile at Sandown, and heard the firing while the battle of Bunker Hill was in progress. The children of this marriage were:

  1. John Shaw.
  2. Elizabeth Shaw.
  3. Benjamin Shaw.
  4. Sanborn Shaw.
  5. George Shaw.
  6. Dimond Shaw.
  7. Abram Shaw.
  8. Eliphalet Shaw.
  9. Ira Shaw.

(VI) John Shaw

John Shaw, eldest child of Lieutenant Benjamin (3) and Sarah (Sanborn) Shaw, was born in Sandown, New Hampshire, May 22, 1785, and died March 31, 1869, aged eighty-four. He was familiarly known as “Farmer John.” He purchased, December 10, 1811, lot No. 57, of the first range in Andover, New Hampshire, and settled upon it. Early in 1815 he removed to Salisbury, New Hampshire, settling on the farm now (1906) occupied by his grandson, Jarvis B., erecting the present buildings in 1831, his being the first family to settle on the hill. He was a tall and stoutly built man, an industrious worker, and a person held in high esteem by his fellow townsmen. He was an active member of the Baptist Church. He married (first) Abigail Nichols, who was born in Bow in 1789, and died November 26, 1842, at the age of fifty-three; he married (second) Widow Nancy Philbrick, who died August 7, 1865; and (third) the widow of Stephen Sawyer. His children were:

  1. Lorena Shaw.
  2. Oliver Shaw.
  3. Sanborn Shaw.
  4. Eliphalet Shaw.
  5. Augustus Shaw.
  6. Eliza Shaw.
  7. Mary Jane Shaw.

(VII) Sanborn Shaw

Sanborn Shaw, third child of John and Abigail (Nichols) Shaw, was born in Andover, New Hampshire, May 1, 1814, and died in Salisbury, New Hampshire, December 1, 1901, aged eighty-seven years. He lived on his father’s farm until he married. He then bought a farm of one hundred and seventy-five acres on Sanborn’s Hill, where he resided six years, until 1843, and then returned to Shaw’s Hill, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a prosperous farmer and stock raiser, a respected man, of the Baptist Church, and a Democrat of the Jacksonian type. He married, November 23, 1837, Salina Severance, who was born November 12, 1814, and died June 13, 1893. She was a daughter of Deacon James and Sarah (True) Severance, of Salisbury. Their children were:

  1. Sarah J. Shaw.
  2. James S. Shaw.
  3. Abbie Shaw.
  4. Ann J. Shaw.
  5. John Shaw.
  6. Byron Shaw.
  7. True Shaw.

(VIII) John Shaw

John Shaw (2), second son and fifth child of Sanborn and Salina (Severance) Shaw, was born January 25, 1846. He was educated in the common schools and at East Andover Academy, and after leaving school worked at farming in Andover, New Hampshire for two years. He then went to Concord, New Hampshire, where he was engaged in driving a quarry team until April 1, 1872, when he returned to Salisbury, New Hampshire and in that year with his brother, James S., bought the “Gookin Mills”; his brother died the following year, and John purchased his interest, and by attention to business and keeping in line with the times, he has gained a good reputation throughout his own and the surrounding towns. It is said, “In his mill he can grind more flour, and of finer quality from a given amount of wheat, than any other flour mill in the state.” He took his son, Lewis C., into partnership in 1897, and formed the firm of John Shaw & Son, and they conduct a large and profitable business. He owns fifty acres of land at West Salisbury, where he resides. He is a man of energy, and his fellow citizens have confidence in his ability and integrity, which they have often shown by electing him to various town offices. He has been a member of the school board a number of years, was town treasurer from 1878 to 1881, selectman eleven years, and for twenty years was moderator, representative in 1883, but finally declined to serve longer. He has been a justice of the peace since 1882, and has settled a number of estates. In politics he is a Democrat, like his father. He is a member of Bartlett Grange, No. 104, Monnomake Lodge, Improved Order of Red Men, of Franklin, and Blackwater Council, Order United American Mechanics. He married, September 21, 1872, Annie A. Stevens, born August 5, 1847, daughter of Moses J. and Phebe W. Rogers, of Salisbury. They have had four children:

  1. James S. Shaw, born November 2, 1873, is a graduate of Proctor Academy, Andover. He studied in the office of Dr. Foster, of Boston, received his diploma, and is now an optician in Franklin, New Hampshire.
  2. Abbie F. Shaw, born November 28, 1874, married Fred A. Dunlap; have had two sons who died in childhood, and lives in Antrim, New Hampshire.
  3. Lizzie Shaw, died young.
  4. Lewis C. Shaw, born January 12, 1878, is a partner in business with his father. He married, October 6, 1904, Alice E. Sleeper, of Franklin, New Hampshire, and they have one child:
    1. Mason Shaw.

(VI) Sanborn Shaw

Sanborn Shaw, third son and fourth child of Lieutenant Benjamin and Sarah (Sanborn) Shaw, was born February 20, 1793, in Weare, New Hampshire, and settled in Salisbury, New Hampshire, on the North road. Late in life he removed to Northfield, New Hampshire, where he died February 5, 1881. He was remarkably sound and healthy and never employed a physician during his life. He was respected as a thoroughly upright man. He was married (first), October 19, 1819, to Nancy A. Sherburne, of Salisbury, who died in 1841. He was married in October, 1843, to Louisa (Smith) Evans, a widow of Northfield, who died June 2, 1880. The first wife was the mother of nine children, the last named was the mother of two of his children:

  1. Elvira Shaw.
  2. Emmeline Shaw.
  3. Nancy Shaw.
  4. Elbridge Shaw.
  5. Harry Shaw.
  6. Warren Shaw.
  7. Sarah Shaw.
  8. Lucy J. Shaw.
  9. Peter B. Shaw.
  10. Arabella V. Shaw.
  11. Warren Shaw.

(VII) Lucy J. Shaw

Lucy J. Shaw, fifth daughter and eighth child of Sanborn and Nancy A. (Sherburne) Shaw, was born November 22, 1833, and became the second wife of Moses F. Little (see Little, VII).

(VI) Dimond Shaw

Dimond Shaw, fifth son and sixth child of Lieutenant Benjamin and Sarah (Sanborn) Shaw, was born November 5, 1798, in Weare, New Hampshire, and settled in Salisbury, New Hampshire, in 1826. He removed thence to Hill, New Hampshire, and died in that town May 13, 1874. He was a farmer and a good citizen. His place in Salisbury is now occupied by his son. He was married (first) May 21, 1826, to Rachel Dresser, who was born June 9, 1798, in Sutton, New Hampshire, and died November 14, 1851, in Salisbury. He married (second), February 26, 1852, Mrs. Sarah Quimby, of Hill. His children, all born of the first wife, were:

  1. John Shaw.
  2. Mary C. Shaw.
  3. Frederick C. Shaw.
  4. Abigail Shaw.

(VII) Mary C. Shaw

Mary C. Shaw, elder daughter and second child of Dimond and Rachel (Dresser) Shaw, was born January 6, 1828, and was married February 19, 1852, to Moses F. Little (see Little, VII).

No less than thirty-two men by the name of Shaw were among the pioneer settlers of New England during the seventeenth century. The family whose line follows is not descended from any of these; the ancestor of the present branch came direct from Scotland in 1730.

William Shaw of Milford

(I) William Shaw

William Shaw came in 1730 from the Scotch Highlands to Charleston, South Carolina, as aid to an English general. Later he settled in North Concord, Massachusetts, where he died July 10, 1808. At the outbreak of the Revolution he enlisted in the Continental army. He married Martha Mills and they had one son:

  1. William, Jr. Shaw, whose sketch follows.

(II) William Shaw

William Shaw (2), son of William (1) and Martha (Mills) Shaw, was born in Concord, Massachusetts, February 25, 1778. He was a farmer and shoemaker, and came from Boston, Massachusetts, to Milford, New Hampshire, in 1802. His change of location may have been due to his marriage, for on November 7, 1802, he married Asenath, daughter of William and Abigail (Lewis) Hopkins, of Milford. She was born in that town August 19, 1769. They had five children, all born in Milford, New Hampshire:

  1. William Shaw (3), born January 4, 1803; Benjamin, February 19, 1805.
  2. George H. Shaw, March 20, 1807, married Lydia, daughter of Cyrus and Hannah (Berry) Stiles, of Amherst, New Hampshire, was a farmer in Amherst where he died November 8, 1895.
  3. Abigail Shaw, December 12, 1811, married George W. Davis, of Princeton, Massachusetts, and died February 18, 1860.
  4. Olive Shaw, June 6, 1813, married Dexter Farwell, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and died October 21, 1857.
  5. William Shaw, Jr., died February 25, 1856, on his seventy-eighth birthday.

(III) William Shaw

William Shaw (3), third son of William (2) and Asenath (Hopkins) Shaw, was born in Milford, New Hampshire, January 4, 1803. He was a manufacturer of violins, a phrenologist and a botanic physician. On November 20, 1823, he married Betsey, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Burnham) Hutchinson, who was born in Milford, March 21, 1808 (see Hutchinson family). They had four children, one son and three daughters. The children were:

  1. Christopher Columbus Shaw, whose sketch follows.
  2. Lutheria Adaline Shaw, born October 17, 1837, died in Boston, Massachusetts, October 4, 1834.
  3. Mary Jane Shaw, November 13, 1841, died September 29, 1843.
  4. Ella Francilla Shaw, July 12, 1846, married Fred. H., son of Alfred J. and Ann (Huse) Lynch, of Milford, died February 4, 1872.
  5. William Shaw (3) died October 25, 1870. His wife died June 22, 1889, by accident on the railroad.

(IV) Christopher Columbus Shaw

Christopher Columbus Shaw, only son and eldest child of William Shaw (3) and Betsey (Hutchinson) Shaw, was born in Milford, New Hampshire, March 20, 1824, on the place where he now lives. This land was originally granted to the town of Charlestown, Massachusetts, for school purposes. It was held in this way from 1659 to 1744, when Charlestown sold it to William Hopkins, of Milford, New Hampshire, the great-grandfather of Mr. Shaw. It did not descend directly, however, for Mr. Hopkins sold it to Nathan Hutchinson, through whom it passed to Jacob and then to Reuben Hutchinson, the father of Mr. Shaw’s wife. C. C. Shaw was educated in the common schools and at Milford Academy. He first worked on a farm till his health failed; and at about eighteen years of age he began retailing dry goods from house to house. In 1844 he opened a country store at Milford, where he continued till 1848, when he closed out and established himself in the dry goods business at Lawrence, Massachusetts. In 1850 he moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he was similarly engaged for a time on Hanover Street. He then connected himself with the large importing and jobbing dry goods house of J. W. Blodgett & Company, in which he has continued either as proprietor or salesman, most of the time since. The firm was burned out during the great fire of 1872, and for nearly eight years Mr. Shaw gave up his business in Boston and retired to his farm in Milford. About this time Mr. Shaw was attracted by the Grange movement sweeping over the west. Mr. Shaw was one of the first men in New Hampshire to see the possibilities of this order, and he sent for the first organizer, General Deputy Eben Thompson, to visit him at Milford. In two days Granite Grange, No. 7, was organized in Milford, with Mr. Shaw as master. A few weeks later the State Grange was organized, and he was elected secretary and appointed general deputy. Subsequently he was made purchasing agent for the state. In January, 1877, the State Mutual Fire Insurance Company was organized with Mr. Shaw as president. He held this position for seven years. In December, 1884, he was chosen secretary of the Patrons’ Relief Association, of which he became president in January, 1893. From 1873 till 1880, at which time he resumed mercantile business in Boston, Mr. Shaw was largely occupied in organizing subordinate granges and otherwise developing the order in the state. He organized thirty-two others in various New Hampshire towns. At present Mr. Shaw is secretary of the State Grange, and has been chairman of the executive committee for several years (1907). No man in the state has done more for the interests of the order than himself, and no one is held in higher esteem by the older members.

Mr. Shaw has been especially interested in the culture of fruit, and he has sent noteworthy exhibits of fruit, fancy poultry, Chester swine and Jersey cattle to the New England and other fairs. He has been a trustee of the New England Agricultural Society, and for many years has been a life member of that society, also of the Massachusetts Horticultural and American Pomological societies. He was one of the committee in charge of New Hampshire’s exhibit at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. Being dissatisfied with the state’s display of fruit, he decided to organize the New Hampshire Horticultural Society, of which he has been the continuous president. Besides his other interests Mr. Shaw is a Mason of the thirty-second degree, and is president of the Historical and Genealogical Society of Milford. In politics he was born a Whig, but he early became an Abolitionist, whence he joined the Republican party upon its formation. He represented Milford in the state legislature of 1875 and 1876, and for seven years was a member of the Republican state committee. At one time he received the unsolicited nomination for state senator. In religion he is a Liberalist, and is president of the Veteran Spiritualist Union of Boston.

Christopher C. Shaw was united in marriage August 27, 1846, with Rebecca Peabody, eleventh child of Reuben and Lucy (Hutchinson) Hutchinson, of Milford, New Hampshire. Her great-grandfather, Captain Nathan Hutchinson, was a Revolutionary soldier, and one of the first settlers of Milford. (See Hutchinson family). Three children were born of this marriage:

  1. Horatio Christopher Shaw, born in Milford, July 31, 1847, is a salesman and farmer at Milford, married, January 26, 1870, Eliza J., daughter of William and Mary (Colby) White, of Mont Vernon, New Hampshire. One child,
    1. Hattie May Shaw, born in Wilton, New Hampshire, July 8, 1879.
  2. Charles Jacob Shaw, born in Milford, December 18, 1851, was at the time of his death, November 6, 1904, a merchant in Philadelphia; he married (first) Anna M., daughter of Joseph A. and Elizabeth L. (Plympton) Twitchell, of Milford, and (second) Elizabeth A., daughter of Thomas A. and Sarah A. (Perkins) Worden, of Boston. He had two children:
    1. Ralph Jacob Shaw, born February 5, 1885,
    2. Adele Louise Shaw, born October 21, 1888, who married Emmett E. Boone, of Philadelphia, December 5, 1906.
  3. Hattie Lutheria Shaw, born in Boston, Massachusetts, July 14, 1858, died in Milford, New Hampshire, January 7, 1861.

    Benjamin Shaw in Chichester

    The ancestry of Benjamin is unproven. Some genealogists have claimed his parents as Edward and Ruth (Fellows) Shaw, assuming that Benjamin was their youngest child. It is plausible, but I find no linchpin document which makes the connection.

    (I) Benjamin Shaw

    Benjamin Shaw was born in Hampton, New Hampshire, December 25, 1766, and settled in Chichester, New Hampshire when a young man, being the first of the Shaw family in that town. In politics he was a Democrat. He was a member of the Congregational Church of Chichester. He married (first) Abigail Paige, born in 1773, died January 17, 1831. He married (second) Ruth Sherburne. She died May 4, 1849. He had two children by his first wife, none by his second.

    1. John Shaw, born August 22, 1791, Chichester, New Hampshire; died Narch 6, 1819, unmarried.
    2. David P. Shaw.

    (II) David P. Shaw

    David P. Shaw, second son and child of Benjamin and Abigail (Paige) Shaw, was born in Chichester, New Hampshire, May 27, 1797 and died April 2, 1884. He was educated in the common schools and at Pembroke Academy. He was much interested in militia matters, and was appointed April 17, 1826, captain of militia in the Thirty-eighth New Hampshire Regiment. He also served in the War of 1812, and was stationed at Portsmouth. He was like his father a member of the Congregational Church, and a Democrat. He married, October 16, 1823, Clarissa Carpenter, daughter of the Rev. Josiah and Hannah (Morrill) Carpenter, of Chichester, New Hampshire (see Carpenter, XV), and they were the parents of:

    1. John Shaw.
    2. Josiah Carpenter Shaw.
    3. David Clinton Shaw.
    4. Charles C. Shaw.
    5. Benjamin Shaw.

    (III) Josiah Carpenter Shaw

    Josiah Carpenter Shaw, second son of David and Clarissa (Carpenter) Shaw, was born in Chichester, 1826, and died in Concord, September 29, 1886. He left home when of age or sooner and took up his residence in Concord. From about 1850 to 1870 he was steward in the Insane Asylum at Concord, where by economy and a careful investment of his savings he gained a competency. He was a Democrat in politics, and a constant attendant at the Congregational Church. He married Rosetta R. Danforth, born in the western part of Boscawen, now Webster, New Hampshire, March 11, 1843, daughter of Edmund and Rhoda S. (Clough) Danforth (see Danforth VI). There is one child of this marriage:

    1. Clarence Eugene Shaw, born September 22, 1875, residing in Concord, New Hampshire.

    Source

    Dow, Joseph; Dow, Lucy Ellen, editor; History of the town of Hampton, New Hampshire, from its settlement in 1638 to the autumn of 1892, vol. 2, Salem, Mass. : L.E. Dow, 1893.

    Stearns, Ezra S., Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, 4 vols., New York : Lewis Publishing Co., 1908.

    References

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    ↑1Another record has the first wife, Sarah Knight; the third, Ann Thompson.

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