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Benjamin SHAW

Benjamin SHAW

Male 1641 - 1718  (77 years)

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  • Name Benjamin SHAW 
    Birth 1641  Cambridge, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Will 26 Dec 1717  [1
    • Benjamin Shaw's will mentions five sons and six daughters.
    Death 17 Jan 1718  [1
    • Benjamin Shaw was said to have had great ingenuity and skill in mechanics, and though the possessor of great wealth, made the gravestone which marks his grave. According to family records he died 12/31/1717 but his gravestone is inscribed 1/17/1718.
    Person ID I2614  MM
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2004 

    Father Roger SHAW,   b. 26 Aug 1594, London, ENGLAND Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1661, Hampton, Rockingham, NH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Ann SMYTH 
    Family ID F1158  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Esther RICHARDSON 
    Marriage 25 May 1663  [1
    Children 
     1. Mary SHAW,   b. 2 Dec 1664
     2. Esther SHAW,   b. 16 Nov 1666   d. 25 Mar 1739 (Age 72 years)
     3. Sarah SHAW,   b. 22 Jun 1669   d. 10 Apr 1756 (Age 86 years)
     4. Abigail SHAW,   b. 22 Aug 1671
     5. Ruth SHAW,   b. 24 Dec 1673   d. 13 Apr 1715 (Age 41 years)
     6. Benjamin SHAW,   b. 28 Jun 1676
     7. Roger SHAW,   b. 23 Sep 1678   d. 29 Oct 1752 (Age 74 years)
     8. Joseph SHAW,   b. 1 Nov 1681
     9. Edward SHAW,   b. 23 Jul 1685   d. 1685
     10. Edward SHAW,   b. 1687
     11. Hannah SHAW,   b. 23 Jul 1690   d. 9 Aug 1755 (Age 65 years)
     12. John SHAW
    Family ID F1161  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2023 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S169] Farwell, Harriette F., Shaw Records, (E.C. Bowler, Bethel, Maine, 1904), 169.