Deacon Jonathan Shaw

Biography

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Jonathan Shaw was born about 1631 at Plymouth to John Shaw and Alice Unknown .[1]

• m(1). 22January 1656 Phebe Watson at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA;
• m(2). August 1683 Persis Dunham at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. bef. 30 July 1701 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. aged 72 years.

8 Children, all by 1st wife:

• 1. Phebe b. February 1657 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. John Morton; d. 11 June 1686. aged 29 years
• 2. Lydia b. abt 1660 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 4 April 1689 Nicholas Shaw at Eastham, Barnstable, MA
• 3. Hannah b. abt 1661 at Carver, Plymouth, MA; m. 5 August 1678 Thomas Paine at Eastham, Barnstable, MA; d. 24 July 1713, aged 51 years.
• 4. Jonathan b. 1633 at Carver, Plymouth, MA; m. 29 December 1687 Mehitable Pratt at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 18 January 1729 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA, aged 66 years.
• 5. Mary b. abt 1665 at Carver, Plymouth, MA; m. 11 January 1688 Eleazer Ring at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 28 November 1730, aged 64 years.
• 6. George b. abt1667 at Carver, Plymouth, MA; m. 8 January 1690 Constance Doane at Eastham, Barnstable, MA; d. 2 May 1720 at Eastham, Barnstable, MA, aged 53 years.
• 7. Benjamin b. abt 1672 at Carver, Plymouth, MA
• 8. Benoni b. abt 1672 at Carver, Plymouth, MA

Sources 

1. Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Shaw by Robert Charles  Anderson 
2. John Shaw - Plimouth Foundation "A genealogical profile of John Shaw"
3. Shaw of Plymouth, Massachusetts and his descendants

Links

•  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fesschequy/ShawGen.html
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kenshaw20...
• http://jskent.blogspot.com/2010/06/john-shaw-family-us-1626-to-curr...

notes

Deacon Jonathan Shaw with John Waterman, are the first Deacons of the Plympton Church and are ordained to that office on Sunday 27th November 1698.

Deacon Jonathan Shaw lived between where the old Meetinghouse stood and where Deacon Thomas Savery lived, he is the first permanent resident of North Carver.

The First Church of Plympton (now Carver), Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England was located on the North side of the Lakenham Cemetery. The Plympton townspeople had a disagreement about the distance between the church and the location of their homes. The Plympton townspeople decided to let the First Lakenham Church go to "shambles" because it was to far south for them to walk and so a second Church was built at the location where the present day Lakenham Green is.

Middleborough Town Hall Municipal Records of Deeds, Page 201:

An agreement made the 19th daye of of May 1697 between John Soule, Zack Howland and Jacob Tomson agents for the proprietors of the lands purchased by Benjamine Church and John Tomson: on the part: and Jonathan Shaw Seniour of the town of Plymouth on the other part: Whereas the said Jonathan Shaw produced a deed of purchase of Tispoquen the Black Sachem: and the two aforesaid purchases seeming to enterfere the one upon the other: we have mutually agreed that the bounds between the two said purchases shall be as we have now run the same: that is to say: from the place where the old Indian path crosseth Mehuchet brook: ranging due south by a range of marked trees unto two small cedar trees marked by the northerly side of a pond: and so cross the pond to a small pine tree marked by the Southerly side of said pond: and from said pine tree ranging northeast by a rang of marked trees unto a red oak marked on four sides with stones about it near the range of the outside of the aforesaid purchase purchased by Benjamine Church and John Tomsom.

This agreement was signed John Soule - X

and Sealed by John Soule, Zack Howland - X

Zack Howland and Jacob Jacob Tomson - X

Tomson the day above said Jonathan Shaw - X

Witness: John Wadsworth

Joseph Vaughan

This agreement was signed and

sealed by Jonathan Shaw Senior

the sixth day of December 1699:

Witness: William Shurtleff

Joseph Vaughan

The Town of "Middlebury" now called Middleborough is a 70-square mile historic industrial town on the Nemasket River and was a major native settlement area used for seasonal fishing, hunting and berry gathering. The town is one of only a handful of Southeastern Massachusetts communities that retained a sizable Indian population throughout the Colonial period. The first European Gracious old homes, spacious rural communities, working farms and welcoming urban neighborhoods abound in Cranberry Country.

Jonathan and Phebe Shaw lived at the site where the old Sturtevant House now stands. This house is believed to be the third house erected on the site since their lifetimes. This old Sturtevant house is located on the South side of the Lakenham Green in North Carver. (Deacon Jonathan Shaw, Sr, Esquire will was proved 25th September 1701) At this time it is unknown where their bodies are layed to rest, and there is possibilities of several burial locations. Maybe the Old Burying ground in Plymouth? or maybe the hill overlooking the Watson's Pond in Taunton, Massachusetts, New England? However one good strong possibility could be The Nemasket Hill Cemetery in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England, sometimes referred to as "The Hill Cemetery" or Old Burial Hill" of "Middlebury". Nemasket Hill Cemetery was purchased from the Indians in 1662, a part of the "Twenty-six Men's Purchase" (Deacon Jonathan Shaw's father John Shaw, Sr is one of the 26 men but never received his portion of land) and is in fact the oldest known Cemetery in the town of Middleborough.

Maybe Deacon Jonathan and Phebe (Watson) Shaw are buried in the Lakenham Cemetery without stones or just large round cobblestones layed on top where they are located or could they have had stones and just over hundreds of years deteriorated long ago?

The land where the old graveyard is formerly known by the name of Lakenham burying-ground. Now known today as Lakenham Cemetery and originally belonged to Benoni Shaw of Plympton (now present day North Carver) for the purpose of that Cemetery, whose daughter, Rebecca Shaw, she died at about 9 years old in April, 1718, is the first person buried there, indicated by the record of her burial monument in this Cemetery. Another possibility is a location at the Old Plympton burial ground on the side of Route 58 in Plympton across from the church? or maybe even the Winslow Cemetery, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England

Deacon Jonathan Shaw with John Waterman, are the first Deacons of the Plympton Church and are ordained to that office on Sunday 27th November 1698.

Deacon Jonathan Shaw lived between where the old Meetinghouse stood and where Deacon Thomas Savery lived, he is the first permanent resident of North Carver.

The First Church of Plympton (now Carver), Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England was located on the North side of the Lakenham Cemetery. The Plympton townspeople had a disagreement about the distance between the church and the location of their homes. The Plympton townspeople decided to let the First Lakenham Church go to "shambles" because it was to far south for them to walk and so a second Church was built at the location where the present day Lakenham Green is.

Middleborough Town Hall Municipal Records of Deeds, Page 201:

An agreement made the 19th daye of of May 1697 between John Soule, Zack Howland and Jacob Tomson agents for the proprietors of the lands purchased by Benjamine Church and John Tomson: on the part: and Jonathan Shaw Seniour of the town of Plymouth on the other part: Whereas the said Jonathan Shaw produced a deed of purchase of Tispoquen the Black Sachem: and the two aforesaid purchases seeming to enterfere the one upon the other: we have mutually agreed that the bounds between the two said purchases shall be as we have now run the same: that is to say: from the place where the old Indian path crosseth Mehuchet brook: ranging due south by a range of marked trees unto two small cedar trees marked by the northerly side of a pond: and so cross the pond to a small pine tree marked by the Southerly side of said pond: and from said pine tree ranging northeast by a rang of marked trees unto a red oak marked on four sides with stones about it near the range of the outside of the aforesaid purchase purchased by Benjamine Church and John Tomsom.

This agreement was signed John Soule - X

and Sealed by John Soule, Zack Howland - X

Zack Howland and Jacob Jacob Tomson - X

Tomson the day above said Jonathan Shaw - X

Witness: John Wadsworth

Joseph Vaughan

This agreement was signed and

sealed by Jonathan Shaw Senior

the sixth day of December 1699:

Witness: William Shurtleff

Joseph Vaughan

The Town of "Middlebury" now called Middleborough is a 70-square mile historic industrial town on the Nemasket River and was a major native settlement area used for seasonal fishing, hunting and berry gathering. The town is one of only a handful of Southeastern Massachusetts communities that retained a sizable Indian population throughout the Colonial period. The first European Gracious old homes, spacious rural communities, working farms and welcoming urban neighborhoods abound in Cranberry Country.

Jonathan and Phebe Shaw lived at the site where the old Sturtevant House now stands. This house is believed to be the third house erected on the site since their lifetimes. This old Sturtevant house is located on the South side of the Lakenham Green in North Carver. (Deacon Jonathan Shaw, Sr, Esquire will was proved 25th September 1701) At this time it is unknown where their bodies are layed to rest, and there is possibilities of several burial locations. Maybe the Old Burying ground in Plymouth? or maybe the hill overlooking the Watson's Pond in Taunton, Massachusetts, New England? However one good strong possibility could be The Nemasket Hill Cemetery in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England, sometimes referred to as "The Hill Cemetery" or Old Burial Hill" of "Middlebury". Nemasket Hill Cemetery was purchased from the Indians in 1662, a part of the "Twenty-six Men's Purchase" (Deacon Jonathan Shaw's father John Shaw, Sr is one of the 26 men but never received his portion of land) and is in fact the oldest known Cemetery in the town of Middleborough.

Maybe Deacon Jonathan and Phebe (Watson) Shaw are buried in the Lakenham Cemetery without stones or just large round cobblestones layed on top where they are located or could they have had stones and just over hundreds of years deteriorated long ago?

The land where the old graveyard is formerly known by the name of Lakenham burying-ground. Now known today as Lakenham Cemetery and originally belonged to Benoni Shaw of Plympton (now present day North Carver) for the purpose of that Cemetery, whose daughter, Rebecca Shaw, she died at about 9 years old in April, 1718, is the first person buried there, indicated by the record of her burial monument in this Cemetery. Another possibility is a location at the Old Plympton burial ground on the side of Route 58 in Plympton across from the church? or maybe even the Winslow Cemetery, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

Biography

Birth

Jonathan Shaw was born between 1627 (his father's arrival at Plymouth) and 1631 (based upon the age requirement to witness a deed) to John Shaw and an unknown mother.[1] His father, John Sr., was married to Alice (birth surname unknown) at Plymouth but she was probably not Jonathan's mother.[2]

Plymouth

29 Nov 1652 Jonathan first appeared in Colony records as witness to a deed between the "Purchasers" and the Indians for land which was later renamed Dartmouth Township.[3] 1653 Jonathan co-signed an agreement for his father John and his wife Alice Shaw to raise Benjamin Savory, son of Thomas and Annis Savory. If they died before Benjamin reached twenty-one, Jonathan Shaw, John's son, is to do it, and is also to teach Benjamin reading and writing.[4] Dec 1656 John Shaw began the process of deeding land to his children. Jonathan received the house and land at Plain Dealing in Plymouth in return for providing his father "a comfortable habitation" during his life.[5] 3 Jun 1657 Jonathan is made a freeman of the Plymouth Colony.[6] Plympton

1658 Jonathan appears to have briefly relocated from Plymouth to Duxburrow (now Bridgewater); he is listed as freeman in both locations.[7] May 1662 Jonathan Shaw resides at Lakenham and "desires some Comon land about his house...'[8] and 27 Oct 1662 A parcel of land was granted to Jonathan "neare his house att Lakenham" (now Carver.) [9] For many years Plymouth records continued to report requests and deeds for additional land. 17 May 1673 Chosen as surveyor of the highways[10] and performed other civic roles such as tax assessor, jury member, fence viewer, etc.[11] 24 Aug 1687 Jonathan's involvement on behalf of Plymouth Colony Church affairs is recorded. At the town meeting he was one of those assigned to determine the financial support available for Rev. John Cotton.[12] Nov 1692 Jonathan is chosen as a psalm reader for the Church.[13] 27 Oct 1698 Jonathan, his wife Persis, and others were granted a dismissal from the Plymouth Church which agreed to "dismis those brethren and sister[s] and ...proceed to Enter into a church covenant amongst them selves."[14] Marriage and Children

Jonathan married Phebe Watson, daughter of George Watson and Phebe Hicks, on 22 January 1656/7 at Plymouth.[15] Phebe died ca 1682, likely in Lakenham.[16]

Issue:[17]

Phebe Shaw b Feb 1657/8; m John Morton Hannah Shaw b ca 1662; m Thomas Paine Jr. Jonathan Shaw b ca 1663; m (1) Mehitabel Pratt, (2) Mary (Richards) Darling Mary Shawb ca 1665; m Eleazer Ring George Shaw b ca 1667; m Constant Doane Lydia Shaw b ca 1670; m Nicholas Snow Benoni Shaw b ca 1672; m Lydia Waterman Benjamin Shaw b ca 1672 (twin); prob d young He married second, Persis (Dunham) Shaw, the widow of Benjamin Pratt in August of 1683.[18] The couple signed a prenuptial agreement specifiying that Jonathan would treat her two youngest children "as if they were his owne Naturall Children," and giving her the right to occupy his house after his death.[19]

Death

Jonathan Shaw died before 30 July 1701 likely in Lakenham, the date his estate was probated. His widow Persis and sons Jonathan and Benoni were mentioned.[20]

Sources

↑ Shaw, Jonathan A. "John Shaw of Plymouth Colony, Purchaser and Canal Builder." New England Genealogical and Historical Register, Volume 151. July 1977. By Subscription (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) Page 276. ↑ Shaw, 1977. Page 270. ↑ Documents Printed by Order of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston, MA: Self-Published, 1864. Page 5. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vols. I-III. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995. By Subscription Page 1660. ↑ Bowman, George Ernest. "John Shaws Deeds to His Sons and to His Son-in-Law Stephen Bryant." The Mayflower Descendant, Volume X. Boston, MA: The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1908. Page 33. ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth of New England, Court Orders Vol. III 1651-1661. Boston, MA: Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1855. Page 117. ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth of New England, Volume 8 Miscellaneous Records 1633-1689. Boston, MA: Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1857. Page 197-198 ↑ Records of the Town of Plymouth Vol. 1, 1636 to 1705. Plymouth, MA: Town of Plymouth, 1889. Page 47 ↑ Plymouth, 1899. Page 51. ↑ Plymouth, 1899. Page 132. ↑ Plymouth, 1899. Pages 47-333. ↑ Plymouth, 1899. Page 191. ↑ Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Volume XXII Plymouth Church Records. Boston, MA: Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1920. Page 279. ↑ Church Records, 1920. Page 186. ↑ Shurtleff, 1857. Page 17. ↑ Shaw, 1977.Page 276. ↑ Shaw, 1977. Page 282. ↑ Barclay, Mrs. John E. "Notes on the Dunham Family of Plymouth Mass." The American Genealogist, Vol. 30, 1954. By Subscription Page 145. ↑ Shaw, 1977. Page 276. ↑ Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881.Online database. By Subscription AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) Page 17961:2