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- Russell F. Shaw, M.D., of Los Alamos, New Mexico, in his article, "The English Ancestry of Abraham Shaw of
Dedham, Massachusetts (1590-1638)," which was published in The Genealogist, Vol. 10, No. 1, Spring 1989,
said Christopher Shawe was buried from Halifax Parish Church (Yorkshire, England) 1 Jul 1583. He may have been
among the heirs of James Shawe of Myxenden (dead by 19 Jan 1528/29 when James and Thomas Shawe were called
to administer his intestate estate) who were tenants of Skolecote Head in a rental of Hipperholme Graveship drawn
up in 22 Henry VIII (1530/31). If he was one of those heirs he was very likely a minor, while he was already
married and having children baptized by February 1544/45. The name of his wife is not yet discovered.
Christopher Shawe probably spent his entire life in Northowram, a township of scattered hamlets several miles
outside the market town of Halifax. He was described as a clothier by trade. On 31 Sep 1569 he gave his eldest son
Thomas, as a marriage settlement, his copyhold of Scolecote Brow land. It is probably for this reason that Thomas
is not mentioned in his will, dated 19 Feb 1583 and proved in the Prerogative Court of York 6 May 1584.
The following provisions in the will are significant:
... unto Alice my doughter twentie shillings.
... unto Isabell my doughter other twentie shillings yf she do observe and kepe my mind declared to the rest of my
children and frends concerning her marriage. And yf she do not then I will that she shall have none of the said xx
s, but yt shal be devided amongst my executores hereafter to be named.
... unto John Shawe my sone my bed where in I lie with all things thereto belonging.
And then the rest of all my goodes which I have that are not goven and unbequethed I frelie give unto John Shawe,
my said sone, and to Elisabethe Shawe and Margaret Shawe, my doughters, whom I do ordeyne and make my true
and lawful executores...
Witnesses: Edward Longbothome, John Sawnfurthe [1]
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New Brunswick Families
Abt 1518 - 1583 (~ 65 years)