Sarah Shaw

Descendant of Elder William Brewster, "Mayflower" Passenger and Mary Brewster, "Mayflower" Passenger

Sarah Rich was born at Eastham, on Cape Cod, on the first day of September, 1712; she was one of twelve children of Thomas and Mercy (Knowles) Rich, and was a Mayflower descendant via the Knowles line. In the fall of 1731, she married Jonathan Shaw, son of George and Constance (Doane) Shaw -- George a son of Jonathan, who was a son of (immigrant) John.

Sarah (Rich) Shaw is presumed to have died as early as 1740; her husband is believed to be the Jonathan Shaw who was by then "of Middlebrorough", and who married Persis Pratt of Plympton, in Plympton, on 23 November -- barring this turning out to be a third marriage of that Jonathan's cousin, also Jonathan (III), of Plympton.

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Profile last modified 23 Feb 2021 | Created 7 Dec 2016

Sarah (Rich) Shaw (1712 - bef. 1743)

Sarah Shaw formerly Rich

Born 1 Sep 1712 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Daughter of Thomas Rich and Mercy (Knowles) Rich

Sister of Thomas Rich, Mercy (Rich) Shaw, James Rich, Joseph Rich, David Rich, John Rich, Thankful (Rich) Martin, Samuel Rich, Cornelius Rich, Ruth (Rich) Taylor and Rebecca Rich

Wife of Jonathan Shaw — married 5 Oct 1731 (to before 1743) in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

[children unknown]

Died before 23 Sep 1743 [location unknown]

Sources

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-Q5V : 4 December 2014), Thomas Rich in entry for Sarah Rich, 01 Sep 1712; citing EASTHAM, BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0907350 IT 2-6, 905406.
Marriage (NEHGS): "October 5th 1731 Then Jonathan Shaw & Sarah Rich was married in Eastham by Joseph Doane Justice Peace entred Joseph Doane Town clark" -- Eastham and Orleans, Mass. Vital Records, Eastham-Orleans Vol. 1; Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/14498/MD V.17, p.33/264887932 (subscription) Possible second marriage (NEHGS) [could also be a 3rd m. of Jonathan Shaw III of Plympton]: "Jonathan of Middlebrorough and Persis Prat of P., Nov. 23, 1740.* " -- Plympton Marriages, Plympton Vol. 1; Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7780/387/142101371 (subscription) "Representative Men and Families of Southeastern Massachusetts", 1912, p. 1598 "Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs...", William Richard Cutter, 1908, pp. 1779-80 See also:

Link, citing "Eastham Mass., Vital Records, transcribed by George Ernest Bowman" and "The Knowles family of Eastham", Charles Thornton Libby Father's Find A Grave memorial page: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 April 2020), memorial page for Thomas Rich (unknown–5 Sep 1753), Find a Grave Memorial no. 81703959, citing Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) . ; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81703959 Shaw, Jonathan A., John Shaw of Plymouth Colony, Purchaser and Canal Builder, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1997) Vol. 151, Page 430. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Generations 5 and 6, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by John Bradley Arthaud, previewed by Peggy M. Baker, published in 2019 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, MA 02360, page 58