Anthony Shaw, of Little Compton, RI

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Anthony Shaw, of Little Compton, RI

Birthdate:
Birthplace: England
Death: August 21, 1705 (72-81)
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island
Immediate Family:

Son of unknown father of Anthony Shaw, of Rhode Island and Unknown mother of Anthony Shaw, of Rhode Island
Husband of Alice Shaw
Father of William Shaw; Elizabeth Bates?; Mary Shaw; Israel C. Shaw, I; Ruth Cook and 1 other

Occupation: Came to America in 1648
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About Anthony Shaw, of Little Compton, RI

Anthony sailed on the "Golden Dolphin" from Halifax (in Yorkshire), England and arrived in Massachusetts in 1648. Anthony's son, Israel, married Peter Tallman's daughter. Peter was a passenger on the 1648 ship.


Introducation Reference: Anthony Shaw, and Israel Shaw

In 1648 he came to America from England on the ship, the Golden Dolphin, going first to Salem, Ma. Peter Tallman (the father-in-law of Anthony's future son, Israel) also came on the ship.

On April 8, 1653 Anthony married Alice Stonard in Boston, Ma. They had at least 6 children.


Anthony Shaw was born in England in 1628, parents unknown. Some people think he was born in Salem,Ma. the son of John Shaw, Sr. and an Unknown Alice, but this has not been proven, in fact DNA tests of male line Shaw men, seems to say no.

In 1648 he came to America on the ship, the Golden Dolphin, going first to Salem, Ma. Peter Tallman (the father-in-Law of Anthony's future son, Israel) also came on the ship.

On April 8, 1653 Anthony married Alice Stonard in Boston, Ma. They had at least 6 children.

Anthony died on August 21, 1705 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island.

Source: Find-A-Grave




Baptized St. Peter's, Huddersfield, York Sept. 21, 1628.

Anthony sailed on the "Golden Dolphin" from Halifax (in Yorkshire), England and arrived in Massachusetts in 1648. Anthony's son, Israel, married Peter Tallman's daughter. Peter was a passenger on the 1648 ship.

Sources:

Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 November 2018), memorial page for Anthony Shaw (1628–21 Aug 1705), Find A Grave Memorial no. 158721651, ; Maintained by Deborah Reed (contributor 48619513) Unknown.

Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin, 'Little Compton Families', The Little Compton Historical Society, 1967, pg. 552.

"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQ7-493 : 24 January 2020), Anthony Shaw, 1653.

John Osborne Austin, The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: comprising three generations of settlers who came before 1690 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969, 1978, 1982, 1995), 174, Google Books (http://books.google.com: accessed 8 June 2016).

Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, Vol. 3 (Chicago, Illinois: J.H. Beers & Co., 1912), 1185, Google Books (http://books.google.com: accessed 8 June 2016).

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Anthony Shaw, of Little Compton, RI's Timeline

1628
1628
England
1654
January 21, 1654
Boston, Suffolk, Mass.
1656
May 21, 1656
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
1658
December 17, 1658
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
1660
January 29, 1660
Little Compton, Newport County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America
December 10, 1660
Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America
1666
1666
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
1705
August 21, 1705
Age 77
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island