Show i I Cor Corner di- di in ii in Ancestors est II SIA SHAW SlL PA FAMILY Al Saxon Anglo SHon lo-SHon atlon i History His tory Romance l cr 15 I I Ih h o SI Shaw UI I ITa i IH In t BI I g By ELEANOR LEXINGTON Shawe do Shave Shavo Shave and Shiah arc are variations of this name namo also als Shan Shaa an and this Is its it original form Somo Some writers inform us Sir Edward Shaw mayor of ot London about 1480 I also wrote his name namo Shaa hao and Sir John knighted on Bosworth Field wrote his hs name Indifferently Shaw or Shaa Shaa Lowers Lower's Surnames tells us that Shaw is derived from om the Sax Anglo on en word meaning shade or I n a small woodIn woodIn wood In Jn somer where tho the be bo is from Chaucer or some other other oth oth- ller ll- ll er classical gentleman who too obscurely for twentieth century vision Shaw as part of names of towns isa is isa a prime primo favorite For example Brad- Brad 0 shaw Henshaw and Aber- Aber shaw Tho The Shaws Sho 8 are arc prominent in tn all al ranks of ot life George Georgo Shaw born 1751 In England Latin with elo- elo purity and facility ana and sometimes sometimes some some- times lapsed into poetry poetry to to drop Into poetry w was 5 a falling Calling of ot somo character In somo some book was it i not One Dickins' Dickins of ot course I Joshua Joshu Shaw born in England camo caine to this country about 1817 and was ono one of ot the tho te first landscape painters paint paint- er cr ers of ot note A dramatist of or Shaw namo name and lineage who writes musical ou and unconventional plays plas and anti has ha lit lit- lt- lt for critics led tic partiality lo that they would say sy of or a new playas play- play as they did all an all the characters arc are a arow arow row TOW of ot Shaws arguing with wih ono one another an an- other and the tho author Is getting moro more unbearably with wih new now Pl pia play Ono One of tho first frt here If It not the lodger Rodger born In London first Drat was WI nol lr Shaw In Ini 1636 1591 and son fon or of Ralph Shu Mass he lie was a freeman of at Cambridge Mal und arid ho also alo helped to ti found fount Hampton N N. 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I H lIe 10 every within sight 61 ht to lo mention menton a n ho tow few ho was wal ao- ao Ot O- O t r J I i n mu town I n ii 11 nta- nta tivo u tit itt l thu genera I court count I Ilo Un jo WOH WOR r 1 a n aIl Il largo large o land humid owner at eam f. f where ho he no ha had micros acres a a. grant from foni tho the king Many of hi his deeds d mo are still Mill ll ex extant ex- ex t tant taft At t tho h seating of or thin tho meting meeting hous house c. c at nl Hampton 1610 Tho Thie mens men's melR I l s at nt th the are to br be bf occupied by not Rodger cl Shaw and about a n half dozen other othel worthies but It i Is If noticeable notice notice- able allo ahll that hat Mr tr Shaws Shaw's name namo leads all aJI others The Tho omen women's settees ro Roger Shaw haw for fol a wll John John Moulton's on wife goody Dalton goody page goody good Mrs Pa Page and 1 Mrs Fuller are arc not allowed tho Iho privilege o of capital letters Rogers Roger's IK first wife was Ann Anti his IlC ec- ec ROg of William ond onci Susanna widow vilOW TI- TI had bad fairly He tou toi of oC Ma Mass a a larg thero family there Ann aad ald Mary and Margaret and Deliverance and Joseph and und Benjamin and thy married Wards Vard Parkers FO Foggs RI Rish- Rish h h- h and Choates Other marriage connections are Wrights tons Briggs Frenches Oak s and ond VarN Favorite Christian Christan names name in the lH Shaw family are the tho old fa fashioned ones one of or Abigail Deborah Mehitable usha Jerusha wouldn't you rat rather r bo be n ah almost t any n ono one else Iso than a Eruna even 1 u it I a that I Is million went vent with tho time name that a was a D namo name al also o looked upon with wit n a good deal of or favor and in one ono family wo we 0 find Fernando and another and Isetta In lu Malachi l Fernando ernando of or course cours was wasa wasn cavalier handsome and amI charm- charm a n gay Inc and nd he ho married maried the belle bollo of or the village se whim Malachi stayed on the thA farm and ploughed ploughed etc etc ote But while Malachi lived in obscurity his children n roso roto to eminence no doubt doubt and became presidents of ot these United States Ot no this is a mistake e. e but without doubt somo some were presidents of banks bank insurance companies and the like And his daughters wrote ver verses es at house of oC least last man many daughters of the Shaw Shaw havo have been beon gifted slUed and learned I IOno Ono One charmingly and is also re remembered remembered remembered re- re for her translation of Friendship a i Gorman German poem so dear to ing Ins Louis II I. I of ot that ho had tho verses framed flamed in gold goll an and hung in lit his bedroom Tho The poem begins be be- gins gimis Should ono orto speak evil or th thy dear dear- ear ear- loved friend his name or state pay thou no heed Abraham Shaw Shat was a a r freeman of ot otI Dedham and ho also lived hived at I where ho hart bad a grant lant of or halt half the tho ol an and Iron to bo be lo found In the tho common lands This as somo some hIstorian historian historIan his his- torian of or tho tim family sagely remarks must have havo havo more moro stimulated his curiosity curios curios- fly ity than increased hl Isis his wealth iy Officers of the tho revolution Included among omon tho number of the Shaw ram fain ramI family fly ily Major Benjamin Lieutenants James I Amos Elijah John Adjutant Mason rason all aU of ot lIas Massachusetts and also Samuel alde- alde camp aide camp e-camp to General J Knox nox Samuel served from Dorche Dorchester ter Heights to Yorktown town Thomas of ot was surgeons mate Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- tenant wa was from Rhode Island Island 1st- 1st and Lieutenants Francis and John and from Crom New York Captain Archibald from Now ew Jersey Ens' Ens Ensign n Jonathan Pennsylvania and Lieutenant Daniel from Cram North orth Carolina t Lieutenant John Shaw Show of ot No Noa o r Yora York was ono one of the charter members of or tho the Society a of ot tho the Cincinnati CincInnat Courage and devotion In a a. righteous cause causo have havo ever cr been characteristics of the Shaw Shaws and tho the number Is Jar large e of ot those who have o ha given vm service tor fortuno fortune for for- tune tuno and itself for a principle Smith Shaw of William JUam o was nephew of or President John Adams Adam AdamI and 1 his private secretary Tho The charter char chr ter tr of or the cl city of Boston Doston was dru draught draught- ht- ht ed d by Lemuel Shaw duet chief Justice of off Mas f reproduced Is blazoned The Flu arms quarterly first ami anil 11 fourth or of n a 1 lion rampant gules ul armed and ammil u l azure second and third argent a a fir Or fr inase in inJa of or a mountain out reo ree growing ro ln dexter canton of the aase ase Ja e vert On a crt de dexter tr hand a bid eld holding a da dagger ger all al proper propel Chest a hion demi-hion demi lion gules sules holding his dexter paw a sword all al proper in n bY by Motto Motto- Fide Et bY faithfulness and bravery lr Other mottoes mot met toes loes oes of ot the tho family are arc I 1 mean well wel ehI who He Ho conquers Qui endures He know osce-know know thyself thy thY- an an unmoved self elf lens Metis et mind ind that Tho Thu coat of ot arms Illustrated is of ot America or Shaws borne Lorne b by tho the that to which the they are arc entitled It 1 dates dales back to the of ot Scotland Scotland Scot Scot- and from rom land Jand by whom It was borne according to somo historians whom homo tho hio Shaws descend The story stor begins with SJ S that MacDuff earl of ot Fi Fife or of oC fame Came who Thane aided Malcolm III II tho the rightful heir hel helto I o to tho the Scottish throne In Macbeth 1056 Malcolm In n re return IC cc- In tug ing turn for his services granted man his heir heirs MacDuff and to privileges He lie could lead tho van of oC tho the Scottish Scot scot- cot cot- the tho cr vi could place tish Ush arm army he lie 1 the tho 80 sovereigns sovereigns' n heads If 1 a upon ob- ob could MacDuff killed any am one ho tan remission o of all al crime by paying puina sum aunt of or money mone to the tho family of hl hit him a of Duncan Duncan Dunc Dun Dun- Isabella the tho daughter u letI MacDuff and wl wio of the tho earl or of c can the the tho crown upon Durban placed head of or Robert the Bruce I Thy The province of or Moray foray was to Ih the or Shaw th the eldest son n nor of or MacDuff who ho was seated at Rothie- Rothie shield of in I Tho mancus MacDuff boro bore a lion Jon gules on a gold ground the ground the same ame as tho the first and Illustrated fourth quarters quarter of or the arms Shaw of oC His son Tho The quartered tho the fir fr tree as cus CUI The Tho motto was tho the one hero moto used and the bad badge c was the thc red whortleberry It would seem from this story stor that a 0 I son of ot MacDuff called Shaw was tho the founder of the tho Shaw of the Shaws |