Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 3

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 986

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(III) Samuel (2), son of Lieutenant Samuel (1) Sawyer, was born in Newbury, June 5, 1674, died April 21, 1723. His will was dated April 20 and proved May 6, 1723. He married, December 17, 1702, Abigail Good- ridge, who died October 14, 1722, in her forty- eighth year, daughter of Joseph Goodridge. Children, born in Newbury: I. Samuel, June 4, 1705, married, July 9, 1728, Mary Kelly ; died June II, 1783. 2. Martha, February II, 1706-07, married, May 16, 1728, Edmund Hale. 3. Abigail, May 26, 1709. 4. Joseph, April 8, 17II, died September 25, 1723. 5. Mary, Octo- ber 3, 1712, married Smith Hills. 6. Edmund, November 6, 1714, mentioned below. 7. Jacob, June 4, 1716, probably removed to Hampstead.

(IV) Edmund, son of Samuel (2) Sawyer, was born in Newbury, November 6, 1714, died in Sutton in 1807. He resided in New- bury and Amesbury, and removed to Hamp- stead, New Hampshire, about 1750. He was received into the Amesbury church, June 13, 1736, and he and his wife were dismissed to form the Hampstead church, May 31, 1752. He went later to Sutton, Massachusetts, where he died. He married, January 1, 1735-36, Sarah Rowell, of Amesbury. Children : I. Joseph, baptized October 31, 1736, settled in Warner, New Hampshire. 2. Jacob, born 1738. 3. Enoch, 1741, mentioned below. 4. Sarah, 1744. 5. Abigail, married Kim- ball. And others.

(V) Enoch, son of Edmund Sawyer, was born in Hampstead, New Hampshire, 1741, died in Antrim, New Hampshire, 1817. He married Sarah Little. Sons: I. Samuel. 2. Enoch. 3. Tristram. 4. Edmund, settled in Stockbridge, Vermont. And others.

(VI) Isaac, son or nephew of Enoch Sawyer, was born probably in New Hampshire, died at Stockbridge, October 31, 1834, aged fifty-six. He married ( first) Charlotte , born in 1779, died April 27, 1816; (second) Polly (Belcher), born in Stockbridge, 1784, died there August 7, 1857. The only child of first wife was Aaron, who followed farming in his native town. The only child of second wife was Samuel Belcher, mentioned below.

(VII) Samuel Belcher, son of Isaac Sawyer, was born in Stockbridge in 1819. He was educated in the district schools, and followed farming in his native town all his active life. He married, at Stockbridge, Elizabeth Holland, daughter of Elihu and Lucy ( Whitcomb ) Hol- land. Her father was born in 1798 and died in 1873 ; her mother born March 14, 1799, died December 9, 1875. Reuben Holland, father of Elihu, was of Scotch ancestry, born in the north of Ireland, in 1759, died in Vermont, August 1I, 1832; his wife Johanna was born in 1758 and died in 1826. William Belcher, brother of Polly, was judge of the Supreme court of California for many years, and his son, Dr. Isaac Belcher, is one of the most prominent physicians of California ; another son Edward Belcher is a prominent attorney of San Francisco. Children of

Samuel Belcher and Elizabeth (Holland) Sawyer: I. Roberta, born 1842, married Preston A. Rand ; she died December 25, 1905 ; had one child, Charles P., who died in 1902. 2. Romaine A., 1844, resides in Stockbridge; married Nellie Goodwin, of Lowell, Massachu- setts, who died in 1898; had two children: i. Arthur H., born 1874, prominent merchant of Exeter, New Hampshire; married Alice Follansby, and has two children: Charles, born 1898, and Mary, born 1907, died 1908; ii. Elizabeth, born 1891. 3. Elihu Leroy, men- tioned below.

(VIII) Dr. Elihu Leroy, son of Samuel Belcher Sawyer, was born in Stockbridge, Sep- tember II, 1856. He attended the public schools of Stockbridge and Claremont, New Hamp- shire, and graduated from the State Normal school at Randolph, Vermont, in 1875. He began to teach school while in his minority at Pittsfield. Stockbridge and Rochester, Ver- miont, and was for five years superintendent of

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the schools of the aforementioned places. Then he decided to study medicine and entered the medical department of the University of Ver- mont, from which he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in the class. of 1883. He practiced first in Oakham, Massachusetts, then in the adjacent town of Barre for seven years. He removed to Exeter, New Hampshire, and practiced there while his son was a student in the academy. Since 1891 he has been practic- ing with great success at Roslindale, Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Sawyer is a member of Massachusetts Medical and American Medical Associations. In politics he is a Republican, and in religion a Unitarian. He married, at Stockbridge, March 2, 1878, Kate S. Whit- comb, born in Stockbridge, August 11, 1861, daughter of Elbridge W. and Sarah ( Post) Whitcomb. (See Whitcomb family). She was educated in the public schools of her native town and in the State Normal school at Ran- dolph, and having a natural aptitude for scien- tific study acquired such a complete knowledge of medicine, that after her marriage she passed the examinations of the Massachusetts state board and was duly licensed to practice medi- cine in that state. She aided her husband in his practice for many years, though lately she has virtually withdrawn from practice. Chil- dren : 1. Alpha Reuben, born October 3, 1881, mentioned below. 2. Inez Leona, Oakham, June 12, 1887, educated in Robinson Seminary of Exeter, New Hampshire, the Boston Latin School, and now a student in the New England Conservatory of Music. Boston, evincing unusual musical ability and attainments.

(IX) Dr. Alpha Reuben, son of Dr. Elihu Leroy Sawyer, was born in Stockbridge, Octo- ber 3, 1881. From early youth he was an eager and ambitious student. He attended the public schools of his native town and fitted for college at Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, graduating in the class of 1901. He studied his profession in McGill University, Montreal, Canada, graduating in the class of 1905, with the degrees of Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery. He served eighteen months in hospital work in Boston and Englewood, New Jersey, having been connected with the Boston Floating Hos- pital, a charitable institution that contributes largely to the restoring of health and saving of life of the women and children of the metropolis. He was very successful in conducting the hos- pital. He was on the house staff of the Gen- cral Hospital at Englewood, New Jersey, for one year, serving as resident physician and

surgeon. Since then he has been associated in general practice with his father at Roslin- dale. He stands high in his profession and in the estimation of fellow-practitioners and has a promising career. Member of the Massa- chusetts Medical Society. In politics a Repub- lican and in religion a Unitarian.

John Whitcomb, immigrant WHITCOMB ancestor, was born in Eng- land and the name was originally Whetcombe. He was long supposed to be the son of Symon Whetcombe, who was one of the original patentees of the old Massa- chusetts Bay Colony, but the publication of the will of John Whetcombe, of Sherbourne, Dorsetshire, England, proved in 1598, shows that Symon was then a minor, and that he could not have been the father of the American progenitor, who was born about 1588. Some authorities believe that the American John was brother of Symon, and the John Whetcombe mentioned in the will of Symon's father.

John Whitcomb settled in Dorchester, Massa- chusetts, and was a church member there in 1635 ; this and the birth of his youngest son Josiah in 1638, are the only events of his family life recorded during the years he spent in Dor- chester. Later evidence shows him to have been well-to-do for the times, a man of intelli- gence and enterprise, much given to buying and selling land. In 1640 he removed to Scit- uate, where he owned land, one piece being a farm of one hundred and eight acres near the mouth of the North river, on the Marshfield side, and after 1646, when he became one of the Conihasset partners, he owned the lands which through that transaction became his share. While in Scituate he was constable. He was admitted a freeman, June 3, 1652. In 1644 he sold his farm on North river to Thomas Hicks ; in 1654 he sold half his share in Conihasset lands to John Williams Jr., giv- ing the other half to his son Robert. In the same year he removed to Lancaster, where he had bought a share two years before, when the town was laid out. Not all his children accompanied him thither. Catherine remained and settled in Scituate; Robert remained in Scituate and settled in Boston. John Whit- comb and his son John are counted among the pioneer settlers of the town of Lancaster, originally the Nashaway Plantation. The homestead of John Sr. was on lot No. 33; John Jr. had lot No. 34. The present post- office and bank buikling in Lancaster is on the original house lot. He died September 24,

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1662, aged about seventy-four years. He mar- ried, in England, Frances , who made a will May 12. 1671, and died at Lancaster, May 17, 1671. The agreement of division of John Whitcomb's estate has the name spelled by his own children three different ways-Wetcomb, Whetcomb and Whitcomb, October 7, 1662. Children : I. Catherine, married, 1644, Rodolphus Ellmes, of Scituate. 2. James, born in England, settled in Boston ; owned five acres of land opposite Boston Common, died in Bos- ton, November 23, 1686; married (first) Rebecca : (second) Elizabeth

3. John, may have been the eldest son; was most closely associated in later life with his father ; married, May 19, 1669, or 1671, died April 7, 1683, leaving wife Mary and two daughters. 4. Robert, mentioned below. 5. Jonathan, born about 1630 in England, settled in Lancaster and Wethersfield. 6. Abigail. 7. Job, land surveyor at Lancaster, married, May 19, 1669, Mary ; settled at Wethers- field, Connecticut. 8. Josiah, born in Dor- chester, 1638, married, January 4, 1664, Rebecca Waters.

(II) Robert, son of John Whitcomb, was born about 1623-25, doubtless in England. He removed to Scituate at the time his father went to Lancaster and perhaps lived in the family of his eldest sister, Catherine Ellmes. In 1654 Robert received from his father a half interest in his Conihasset lands, and as he was not mentioned in his mother's will, nor in the divi- sion of his father's estate, he probably received his full share by deed. He was in sympathy with the Quakers, and his father and brothers were Puritans. There may have been some estrangement over religion. He settled at Beechwood in the "Beeches" at Scituate. The only record of the names of his children is found in the will of General James Cudworth, his father-in-law, who bequeathed to his four Whitcomb grandchildren. Whitcomb married Mary Cudworth, born July 23, 1637, daughter of General James Cudworth. The Cudworths had become Friends and Whitcomb was mar- ried by the Quaker form, not then accepted as legal by the Puritan authorities and he was obliged to have a civil ceremony performed March 9, 1660. Children: I. Israel, born 1661-62. 2. Robert. 3. James, 1668, men- tioned below. 4. Elizabeth, married, 1710, Daniel Lincoln, of Hingham.

(III) James, son of Robert Whitcomb, was born in 1668, died June 26, 1728. He removed from Scituate to Rochester, Massachusetts. He was a set-work cooper by trade. His will was

dated September 22, 1727. He married, November 22, 1694, Mary Parker, born 1667-68, died November 30, 1729. Children : I. James, born May 31, 1695, died young. 2. Nathaniel (twin), August 19, 1697, men- tioned below. 3. James (probably twin of Nathaniel). 4. Mary (twin), March 22, 1699-1700. 5. Joanna (twin). 6. Robert, mentioned in father's will.

(IV) Nathaniel, son of James Whitcomb, was born in Rochester, August 19, 1697, died March 18, 1771, according to his gravestone at Hardwick, Massachusetts. He removed to Hardwick from Rochester about 1742 and cleared a farm. He became a prominent citizen and was selectman there in 1745-52- 53-58-59; assessor 1745-58-59. He married (first), January 21, 1722-23, Rosilla Coombs, who was said to be "half-French," who died March 8, 1737. He married (second), July 27, 1738, Phebe Blackman. Children of first wife : I. Joanna, born June 6, 1725. 2. Mary, October 9, 1727. 3. Dorcas, March 8, 1729, died December 10, 1803. 4. Nathaniel, May 26, 1732. 5. Rosilla, February 9, 1733-34, married, September 2, 1752, Austin W. Brown, of Abington. 6. Asa, February 29, 1735-36. 7. John, February 14, 1737, died young. 8. Lot, May 2, 1739, mentioned below. 9. Content, October 27, 1740, married, Novem- ber 27, 1767, Solomon Bush, of Ware, Massa- chusetts.

(V) Lot, son of Nathaniel Whitcomb, was born in Rochester, Vermont, May 2, 1739. He was an early settler at Barnard, Vermont. On account of Indian attacks he and the other settlers had to leave their homes and he found refuge for a time at Harwick, Vermont, but later returned to his clearing and settled there. His wife used to say that for a time she was the handsomest woman in Barnard, because she was the only one there. He was a soldier in the revolution in 1776 in Captain Benjamin Wait's company, Major Huntington's Vermont Rangers. In 1778 he was on the committee of safety and correspondence. He married, December 9, 1762, Lydia Nye, of North Bridgewater, Massachusetts. She died Feb- ruary 22, 1831, at Stockbridge, Vermont. He died April 7, 1797. His epitaph :

"Remember me as you pass by For once I was like you; For as I am so must you be And so prepare to follow me."

Children: I. Betty, born September 28, 1763. 2. Mehitable, April 2, 1765, died April

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13, 1765. 3. Branch, November 17, 1768. 4. Paul, 1770, mentioned below. 5. Nathaniel, 1773. 6. Lot, baptized March 5, 1775. 7. Justus (twin), born March 5, 1779. 8. Lydia (twin), March 5, 1779, married Amos Huntington. 9. James, November 29, 1791. IO. Asa.

(VI) Paul, son of Lot Whitcomb, was born in Barnard, Vermont, 1770, died January 25, 1813, at Stockbridge, Vermont. He was a farmer. He married Eunice Lamberton, who died March 22, 1843, aged sixty-nine years. Her second husband was Daniel Gay for whom the town of Gaysville, Vermont, was named. Children, born at Stockbridge: I. Miriam, married Ira Fay and lived at Bakers- field, Vermont. 2. Paul, born July 19, 1800, died March 4. 1877. 3. James. 4. Reuben, mentioned below. 5. Sally, married Merrick Gay. 6. Benoni. 7. Eliza, April 1, 1836.

(VII) Reuben, son of Paul Whitcomb, was born in Stockbridge, August 31, 1806, died at Gaysville, Vermont, September 12, 1891. He was a farmer at Gaysville, town of Stockbridge. He was a leading citizen of the town, was lister (assessor) and selectman and for twenty-six years an overseer of the poor. He married, April 28, 1828, Amanda Abbott, born July 9, 1809, died July 10, 1900, daughter of Daniel and Eleanor ( Blodgett) Abbott. In 1878 they celebrated their golden wedding, a hundred or more friends and relatives taking part in the affair. Children, born at Stockbridge: I. Amanda, born April 26, 1830, died April 12, 1832. 2. Mary, May 31, 1832, died July 3, 1849 3. Elbridge W., mentioned below.

(VIII) Elbridge W., son of Reuben Whit- comb, was born in Stockbridge, Vermont, March II, 1836. He settled on a farm near his father's, but afterward removed to Stock- bridge. He was a Universalist in religion. He married (first) Sarah Post, of Rutland, who died in 1862, aged twenty-six years. He married (second), June 6, 1866, Julia Leonard, born at Stockbridge, February 17, 1841, daughter of Caleb and Mary (Farrington) Leonard. He is now living at Gaysville, and is superintendent of a large estate in that town. Child of first wife: 1. Kate S., born at Stockbridge, August 11, 1861, married Dr. Elihu Leroy Sawyer. (See Sawyer sketch). Children of second wife: 2. Mary Abbic, June 14, 1867. 3. Annie Amanda, July 4, 1860. 4. Caleb Leonard, November 30, 1873, died 1898. 5. Reuben James, April 15, 1877.

Abraham Shaw, immigrant an- SHAW cestor, was a resident of Hali- fax, Yorkshire, England. He came to New England in 1636 and was admitted a freeman, March 9, 1636-37. He was a proprietor of Watertown in 1636. His house there was burned in October, 1636, and he removed to Dedham. He signed the famous compact and was constable of Dedham, elected September 6, 1638. He removed thence to Cambridge and was a town officer there. He had a grant of "coal or iron ore which may be found in any common land in this Country's disposing," November 2, 1637, and it is pre- sumed that he made a search for minerals at a time when great mineral wealth was expected from the earth in New England. He was given liberty to erect a corn mill, February 12, 1636-37. Mary Shaw, presumed to be his widow, was admitted to the Charlestown church, July 1, 1645. He died in 1638, leaving a will in which he bequeathed to his eldest son Joseph ; children Mary, John and Martha, the two latter being infants; Joseph and John to have his lot at Dedham. Edward Allen admin- istered the estate. He owned coal mines at Halifax, England. Children : I. Joseph, settled in Weymouth. 2. John, mentioned below. 3. Mary, born about 1638. 4. Martha, about 1638. 5. Susanna, married Nicholas Byram and removed to Weymouth.

(II) John, son of Abraham Shaw, was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, about 1630. He married Alice Phillips, of Weymouth, where he lived all his active life. He was deacon of the church at Weymouth. He died March 21, 1718. Children, born at Wey- mouth: 1. John, mentioned below. 2. Eliza- beth, February 26, 1656. 3. Abraham, Octo- ber 10, 1657. 4. Mary, May 24, 1660. 5. Nicholas, March 23, 1662. 6. Joseph, April 15, 1664. 7. Alice, July 6, 1666. 8. Hannah, April 7, 1668. 9. Benjamin, June 16, 1670. IO. Abigail, July 15, 1672. II. Ebenezer, April 24, 1674.

(III) John (2), son of John (1) Shaw, was born at Weymouth about 1655. He mar- ried Hannah Whitmarsh, of Weymouth, who died May 4, 1736. Children, born at Wey- mouth or Bridgewater: I. Hannah, December 16, 1670, died young. 2. Abraham, February 14. 1685. 3. Hannah, April 26, 1687. 4. John, Jannary 20, 1690. 5. Mary, May 5, 1691. 6. Benjamin, July 25, 1693. 7. Joseph, men- tioned below.

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born in Weymouth and died November 13, 1744. He married, at Weymouth, November 13, 1716, Mary Blanchard. Children, born at Weymouth: I. Ebenezer, April 23, 1718, mar- ried, September 2, 1740, Ann Colson. 2. Abraham, September 8, 1720, mentioned below. 3. Mary, July 14, 1723. 4. Susanna, March 3,4 1726. 5. Alice, April 22, 1728. 6. Abigail, December 27, 173I.

(V) Abraham (2), son of Joseph Shaw, was born in Weymouth, September 8, 1720. He married, January 26, 1742, at Weymouth, Joanna Hunt. Children, born at Weymouth : I. Joanna, October 24, 1742. 2. Abraham, December 17, 1744, mentioned below.

(VI) Abraham (3), son of Abraham (2) Shaw, was born at Weymouth, December 17, 1744. He removed to Abington from Wey- mouth before the revolution in which he was a soldier from that town. He was a corporal in Captain Edward Cobb's company, Colonel Edward Mitchell's regiment, April 20, 1775, on the Lexington alarm. He was sergeant in Captain Edward Cobb's company, Colonel Edward Mitchell's regiment in the Rhode Island campaign in 1776. He married, Janu- ary 12, 1765, Priscilla Beal, of Abington. Children : I. Abraham, born at Weymouth, January 14, 1766, soldier in the revolution in Captain Thomas Cushing's company in 1782- 83. 2. Jeremiah, June 18, 1767. 3. Nathaniel, August 5, 1769, mentioned below. 4. David, October 16, 1771. 5. Priscilla, October 17, 1773. 6. Brackley, April 12, 1775. 7. Oliver, November 19, 1777. 8. Priscilla, December 24, 1780. 9. Polly, December 15-20, 1785. IO. Nancy, July 2, 1786. 11. Chloe, May 6, 1788.

(VII) Captain Nathaniel, son of Abraham (3) Shaw, was born August 5, 1769, at Abington, Massachusetts. He organized and was captain of an artillery company from 1802-1809 and was on Castle Island in Boston Harbor in the war of 1812. He married, at Weymouth, July 23, 1794, Jane Tirrell, who died at Weymouth, September 7, 1833, aged fifty-six years. He died there November 13, 1832, aged sixty-three. Children, born at Weymouth: I. Nathaniel, January 13, 1796, mentioned below. 2. Jane, November 2, 1797. 3. Lydia Tirrell, August 20, 1799. 4. Nathan- iel, January 24, 1804. 5. Cynthia, January 10, 1806. 6. Theron Vinson, April 6, 1808. 7. Sophronia, May 27, 1813. 8. Orin Prentiss (twin), December 8, 1816. 9. Lydia Tirrell (twin), December 8, 1816.

(VIII) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel

(I) Shaw, was born in Weymouth, January 13, 1796, died at South Weymouth in 1852. He was educated in the public schools, and learned the trade of shoemaker. He then went to Boston and entered the store of Nathaniel Faxon as clerk and salesman where he remained a number of years. He then returned to South Weymouth and began on a small scale the manufacture of boots and shoes. He cut the leather in a small shop on his farm, at first, and carried the shoes which were made by the farmer shoemakers of the vicinity to Boston on horseback, returning with the new stock. He built up a large trade, having the largest factory in this section, and was very successful up to the time of his death. Member of the Old South Parish, and took an active part in its affairs, served as repre- sentative to the general court one term, direc- tor of the Union National Bank of Weymouth and Braintree. He married (first) January 20, 1831, at Weymouth, Emily L. Loud, born South Weymouth, daughter of Eliphalet Loud, Esq., who was a revolutionary soldier. She died in 1833. He married (second), February 18, 1840, at Weymouth, Diantha Tirrell, born South Weymouth. Child of first wife: William Appleton, born January 28, 1832, mentioned below. Children of second wife: Wendell. Mary Russell, born at Weymouth, March 15, 1844, married Howard Harmon, now deceased; she resides in Somerville ; children, Lester and Blanche.

(IX) William Appleton, son of Nathaniel (2) Shaw, was born in South Weymouth, January 28, 1832. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and in Phil- lips Academy, Andover. He engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes in Weymouth when a young man and continued until 1875 when he retired from that business and bought a small farm located on Pond street. He has sold a number of building lots on this property which is favorably situated for homes. He was a director of the Weymouth National Bank for a number of years, resigning some years ago. In religion he is a Congregational- ist ; in politics a Republican. He married, April 29, 1858, Harriet Polena Reed, born April, 1838, daughter of Quincy Reed. Her father was a soldier in the war of 1812. Children, born in Weymouth: I. Emily P., died at the age of forty-five years, unmarried. 2. Annie L., died young. 3. Nathaniel A., born 1875, educated in the public schools ; is purchasing agent for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company ;

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resides at home with his parents. 4. Helen Maria, at home.

(For preceding generations see Abraham Shaw I).

(III) Nicholas Shaw, son of

SHAW John Shaw, was born in Wey- mouth, March 23, 1662, died there, December 19, 1717. He married Deborah - His will was dated June 25, 1717, bequeathing to wife Deborah and chil- dren-Alice e Bates, Deborah Beals, Ruth, Sarah, Nicholas of Abington, Joshua, John, Abraham, Benjamin and Zachariah. Children, born at Weymouth: I. Alice, April 13, 1687. 2. Nicholas, May 7, 1689. 3. Joshua, March 18, 1692. 4. John, March 31, 1696, mentioned below. 5. Zachariah, May 7, 1699. 6. Ruth, March 8, 1701. 7. Abraham, December 25, 1702. 8. Sarah, May, 1704. 9. Benjamin, February 2, 1706. 10. Deborah.

(IV) John, son of Nicholas Shaw, was born in Weymouth, March 31, 1696. He mar- ried, March 14, 1719, Jane Turner, born April 13, 1698, daughter of Jacob and Jane Turner. She had brothers Elisha and Jacob for whom she named sons. She died September 15, 1789. Children, born at Weymouth : I. Elisha, June 3, 1720, married, December II, 1743, Susannah Clark, of Braintree. 2. Han- nah, October 2, 1722, died September 29, 1730. 3. Joshua, May I, 1726, was of Abington. 4. Jacob, May 30, 1732, mentioned below. 5.

Rachel, May 14, 1733, died June 26, 1733.

(V) Jacob, son of John Shaw, was born in Weymouth, May 30, 1732. The records of his family are wanting in the Weymouth records. A Jacob Shaw of Middleborough served in the revolution and another from Norton.

(VI) Jeremiah, son or nephew of Jacob Shaw, was born in 1767, died at Weymouth, March 28, 1810. Children, born at Weymouth : I. Jacob, April 23, 1794, mentioned below. 2. Annis, May II, 1796. 3. Jeremiah, June II, 1798. 4. Ruth, June 2, 1800. 5. Jane, Sep- tember 7, 1802. 6. Mary Beals, August 28, 1804. 7. Edwin, January 2, 1807. 8. Salome, October 7, 1809.

(VII) Jacob (2), son of Jeremiah Shaw, was born at Weymouth, April 23, 1794, died at North Weymouth, July 17, 1861. He was educated in the district schools of his native village, South Weymouth, and during his youth worked on a farm there. He bought a farm at North Weymouth where he lived many years. He established a milk route and had an excellent dairy. He was a member of

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 3

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848- Publication date: 1910 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 986

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 986