New Brunswick Families
SHAW, Thomas
Abt 1542 - Bef 1600 (58 years)-
Name SHAW, Thomas Birth Abt 1542 Gender Male Death Bef May 1600 Notes - Dr. Daniel Turner, in his Shaw book (1973), said that Abraham Shaw may have been the son of a young unmarried
Shaw girl in Halifax, England. And John Brooks Threlfall, in his book, "Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New
England, and Their Origins" (Madison, Wisconsin, 1990) gives Abraham's parents as Thomas and Elizabeth
(Longbotham) Shaw, of Halifax, Yorkshire, England, and Thomas' father as Thomas Shaw Sr. However, Russell
F. Shaw, M.D., of Los Alamos, New Mexico, in his article, "The English Ancestry of Abraham Shaw of Dedham,
Massachusetts (1590-1638)," said Thomas Shawe was born about 1542, a son of Christopher Shawe, that he was
dead by 6 May 1600 when his will was proved in the Prerogative Court of York (Archdesconry of Pontefract), that
he married first, in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, 10 Jul 1569, Elizabeth Mawde, who was buried from Halifax
Church 16 Apr 1588, and that he married second in Halifax, 15 Dec 1589, Elizabeth Longbothom. After Thomas
died, Elizabeth married Richard Moore at Halifax, 15 Apr 1601, and was still living 15 Jul 1624 when she received
administration of his intestate estate.
M.L. Bierbrier, "The Origin of Abraham Shaw of Dedham", The American Genealogist, April 1981, the Last Will
and Testament of Thomas Shawe:
"In the name of God Amen the tenth day of Januarie in the yeare of the Reigne
of our Sovereigne Ladye Elizabeth etc. [sic] fortie two et Anno D[omi]ni (1599). I, Thomas Shawe of the
Towneshipp of Northowram parishe of Hallifax and County of Yorke sicke in body but of good and perfecte
memorie, I praise God for the same, doe ordayne make and declare this my last will and testament in manner and
forme followinge to witt First and principallie I give and commend my soule unto the hande of Almightie God with
full and perfecte assurance of remission of all my sinnes by and throughe the meritte death and passion of Jesus
Christe his onelie sonne and my alone saviour And my body I comitt to the earth whereof it was made to be buried
in the Church or Churchyeard of Hallifax amongst the bodyes of other faithfull people of Christe hoping the same
shall rise againe at the last Judgement Day glorious and imortall And concerninge the distribuc[i]on :and
disposic[i]on of my worldlie goodes my will and mynde is as foloweth First my will and mynde is that all my true
and lawfull debts be deducted & payed of my whole goods undevided, after w[hi]ch thinge donne my will and
mynde is that all my goodes chattells and debts be devided into three equall parts one parte thereof my will and
mynde is shall redounde unto Elizabeth my Wiffe as her right of my goods one other thirde part I give unto Sarah
Shawe Susane Shawe and Martha Shawe my daughters & to such childe as my Wiffe hath now conceived if she
have conceived any, equallie to be devided amongst them, And the laste thirde parte I doe give and devise to the
forenamed Sara Susan and Martha Shawe, and to such child as my Wiffe hath now conceived if she have conceived
any as is aforesaid equallie to be divided amongst them. Further it is my will and mynde and I do by this my last
will and testament give bequeath and assigne unto the fore named Sara Susan and Martha Shawe my daughters and
to such childe as my Wiffe hath conceived etc [sic] the just some of three pounds yearelie to be levied and gathered
out of my messuage or tenem[en]t whereon I now dwell for and duringe the tearme of tenn yeares next and
imediatlie after my decease towards their supportation maintenance and education duringe theire minorities After
w[hi]ch said ten yeares expired it is further my mynd that Abraham Shawe my eldest sonne and heire shall for and
duringe the tearme of other tenn yeares ymediatlie followinge the terme aforesaid yearlie yeilde and pay unto my
said three daughters and to such child as my Wiffe bath now conceived if she have conceived any the just sum[m]e
of three pounds for the augmentinge and enlarginge of their porc[i]ons. A1waies provided and it is my will and
mynde that the forenamed Elizabeth my Wiffe shall enjoye and possesse to her proper use all my whole messuage
and tene[me]nt aforesaid duringe the tearme of tenn yeares firste aforesaid educatinge my children, if she so longe
live and kepe hir selfe sole and unmarried And the tuic[i]on and educatinge of my said children to witt Abraham
Shawe Jonas Shawe Sara Susan and Martha Shawe and of such children etc [sic] I comitt to the said Elizabeth my
Wief duringe theire minorities. And doe no[m]i[n]ate make and appoint the said Elizabeth full and whole executrix
of this my will. And further I desire my trustie freinde John Bairestow of [?]Brormhirste John Crowder of Ovenden
Willm Illingworth of Illingworth Henry Beste of Haldesworth and John Longbothome Supervisors of this my last
will. And if it fortune any ambiguetye do[u]bte or question happen to arise or growe about any clause or sentence
contained herein my will and mynde is that the same shalbe expounded and oppened by my said Supervisors or the
moste of them In testimonie whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and sealle the daie and yeare firste above written
these witnesses John Bairstowe John Crowder Willm Illingsworth Henry Beste and John Longbothome." [Proved
15 May 1600] [1]
Person ID I000905 Kyle and Related Families Last Modified 6 Dec 2010
Father SHAW, Christopher, b. Abt 1518 bur. 1 Jul 1583, Halifax, Yorkshire, ENGLAND 
(Age ~ 65 years) Family ID F02459 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 MAWDE, Elizabeth bur. 16 Apr 1588 Marriage 10 Jul 1569 Halifax, Yorkshire, ENGLAND Family ID F02460 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 Dec 2010
Family 2 LONGBOTHOME, Elizabeth, b. 13 Oct 1560, Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, ENGLAND d. 1616, Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, ENGLAND (Age 55 years) Marriage 15 Dec 1589 Halifax, Yorkshire, ENGLAND Children + 1. SHAWE, Abraham, b. 2 Jan 1590/91, Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, ENGLAND d. 10 Oct 1638, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 47 years)2. SHAWE, Sarah, b. 1592, Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, ENGLAND d. Abt 1616, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 24 years)3. SHAW, Susan, b. Abt 1594, Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, ENGLAND d. Aft 1616 (Age > 23 years) [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]4. SHAW, Joseph, b. 1596 d. 1596 (Age 0 years) 5. SHAWE, Jonas, b. Abt 1596, Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, ENGLAND d. Abt 1641 (Age 45 years)6. SHAW, Martha, b. Abt 1598, Halifax, Yorkshire, ENGLAND Family ID F00273 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Dec 2010
- Dr. Daniel Turner, in his Shaw book (1973), said that Abraham Shaw may have been the son of a young unmarried
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Sources - [S0241] George H. Hayward, Shaws of New Brunswick and Maine.
- [S0241] George H. Hayward, Shaws of New Brunswick and Maine.