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- [http://www.pivot.net/~eureka/SHAW.nb.html#RevJonathan]
(Reverend) Jonathan SHAW (May 1777, Maugerville, NB-18 March 1855, aged 77 yrs., 10 months & Buried in Wakefield’s Pioneer Cemetery. He 1st M. Abigail TAPLEY, d/o Alexander & Sarah (HOOD) TAPLEY, 12 Feb 1799, Oromocto, Sunbury Co. & 2nd M. Elizabeth ("Betsy") GINSON (or JINSON) (1791/92, NB -12 Aug 1871, age 61 yrs., 8 mos., “d. at residence of her son, Amos C. SHAW, Lower Wakefield…”) of Wakefield, d/o Mary & Robert H. GINSON, 15 June 1815, Wakefield—witnesses to the marriage were George McGEE, Jr. & Henry A. SHAW. Jonathan had moved to Wakefield with his bros. & family by 1802—at some point after 1806, he became a Baptist minister. The Wakefield Baptist Church records from Thursday, 4 October 1808 say: “This was the 37 Conference that the Church held… John SHAW and Mary SHAW his wife and Jonathan SHAW Put themselves under the Care of the Church anew.” On 9 Oct 1826, the Baptist church received its first land grant in Wakefield. On that date, Charles Bowyer & his wife deeded a quarter of acre of land "...to Nathaniel Churchhill, Charles McMullen, Elisha SHAW & Jonathan SHAW, trustees for the denomination of Christians called Free Will Baptists" The 1851 census records the Rev. Jonathan SHAW & his family as living in Wakefield. Listed are Jonathan (age 74, farmer), Elizabeth (age 60), Jonathan (age 31, “Labourer”), Frederic (age 28, Farmer), Harriet (age 26), Amos (age 23), Richard (age 20), Julia Anne (age 17), Margaret (age 14) and Paren Wats SHAW (age 2, illegitimate grandson).
The children of Jonathan SHAW and Elizabeth Ginson were:
Abigail J. (or “Abbie”) SHAW (10 Dec 1815, Lower Wakefield, NB-10 July 1879, Lower Wakefield & Bur. Wakefield Community Cemetery, NB. She M. Rev. George Whitfield ORSER (27 June 1813, NB-15 March 1885, Wakefield, NB & Buried with Abigail in Wakefield Community Cemetery, Carleton Co., NB), s/o William ORSER & Mary BLAKE, 3 Aug 1833, Wakefield, NB, married by her father—Rev. Jonathan SHAW. Rev. George W. ORSER’s 2nd M. was to Abigail SHAW’s younger sister, Harriet SHAW. In 1851, census takers find this family living in Brighton Parish, Carleton Co. Listed is George, 38, Minister, as head of household; Abigail, wife, 38; Elijah, 18, son; Elcey Giberson, 7, sick, under care, orphan; and George Prosser, 6, sick, under care, orphan. For information about Abbie & George Whitfield's children, please click here.)
IX. Irene Ransom SHAW (1817, Lower Wakefield, Carleton Co., NB-26 Aug 1901, NB & Bur. in the ORSER Cemetery in Hartland, NB. She M. Samuel (“Sam”) Bishop ORSER (1815, Hartland, NB-1892), youngest child of William (or “Will”) ORSER & Mary BLAKE, 13 June 1835, Lower Wakefield—the couple was married in her father’s church by her father Rev. Jonathan SHAW and by Samuel’s brother. After their marriage, Irene & Samuel moved in with his parents. Will, his father, died on 24 Dec 1844 & Will’s widow, Mary, continued living with Samuel, Irene & their children until Mary’s death. Mary ORSER died on her birthday, 7 May 1856. The 1871 Brighton census records Sam B. ORSER (55-years-old, a FC Bapt. & a Farmer); Irena (54-years-old & also a FC Bapt.); and 3 of their children. For information about Irene & Sam's children, please click here.)
X. Jonathan SHAW (Abt. 1819/1820, Wakefield, NB-24 April 1899, Lower Wakefield, NB. Jonathan was Unmarried. The 31-year-old Jonathan worked as a “Labourer” and lived with his parents in Wakefield when the 1851 census was taken.)
- [from Wayne Delong http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/e/l/Wayne-A-Delong-rothesay/GENE5-0008.html#CHILD14 ]
Jonathan had moved to Wakefield with his bros. & family by 1802?at some point after 1806, he
became a Baptist minister
The Wakefield Baptist Church records reveal a little more about the Shaw family in an entry dated
Saturday, 22 Feb 1806:
The Church ??Had a Conference the 14th Conference Meeting at Jas Yorke?s where the
Greatest Part of the Church Met and most of them Renewed their Covenant and all Enjoyed the
Love of God?John Shaw formerly Deacon of a Congregation Church in Maugerville and
Mary Shaw his wife Put themselves under the care and watch of the church....?
In another entry dated Thursday, 4 October 1808:
?This was the 37 Conference that the Church held? John Shaw and Mary Shaw his wife and
Jonathan Shaw Put themselves under the Care of the Church anew.?
John died July 1814 in Lower Wakefield.
His wife, Mary, died 29 November 1820, also in Lower Wakefield. They both died at the home of
their son, Henry A.
On 9 Oct 1826, the Baptist church received its first land grant in Wakefield. On that date, Charles
Bowyer & his wife deeded a quarter of acre of land "...to Nathaniel Churchhill, Charles McMullen,
Elisha Shaw & Jonathan Shaw, trustees for the denomination of Christians called Free Will
Baptists"
The 1851 census lists an illegitimate grandson as living with the Rev. Jonathan Shaw & his wife that
year. His name was Paren Wats Shaw and he was born in 1849. Who is this person & who are his
parents?
I found a gravestone for Paran W. Shaw (28 Nov 1854-27 Aug 1917) at the Wakefield
Community Cemetery in New Brunswick & he's buried with his wife, Catherine (9 April 1858-11 Nov
1928). Another source reveals that Paren Shaw & Catherine BURLOCK, both of Brighton, M. 22
Mar 1874 at the residence of her father.
Are these two Paren W. Shaws one in the same? It seems quite likely. Could his tombstone have
the wrong birth year? I think it could have the wrong birth year listed because he was likely an
illegitimate child. This cousin remains clouded in the veil of history.
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New Brunswick Families
1777 - 1855 (77 years)
