Ancestry of Colonel
Robert Gould Shaw

U.S. Civil War leader of film “Glory” fame

Robert Gould Shaw

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Francis George Shaw   
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Blake Sturgis   
  • Birth Date:
  • 10 Oct 1837 
  • Birth Location:
  • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 18 Jul 1863 
  • Death Location:
  • Second Battle of Fort Wagner, Morris Island, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina 
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  • Notes: 

  • Col. Robert Gould Shaw was the commander of the all black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. He was killed in the Second Battle of Fort Wagner on Morris Island in Charleston Harbor. He was the principal subject of the 1989 film Glory in which he was depicted by actor Matthew Broderick.

• Marriages for Robert Gould Shaw

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  • Spouse:
  • Anna Kneeland Haggerty
  • Marriage Date:
  • 2 May 1863

• Sources for Robert Gould Shaw

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register , 1924, Vol. 78, p. 97, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ² Breck, Samuel , Genealogy of the Breck Family Descended from Edward of Dorchester and His Brothers in America , Omaha: Rees Printing Company (1889) , 34-35, Internet Archive (Digital Library).
  • ³ Dudley, Dean , History of the Dudley Family: With Genealogical Tables, Pedigrees, &c., Number 1 , Boston: David Clapp and Son, Printers (1886) , 896, Internet Archive (Digital Library).
  • ⁴ Hampton, Vernon B. , Staten Island's Claim to Fame: The Garden Spot of New York Harbor , Staten Island, New York: Richmond Borough Publishing and Printing Company (1925) , 166, Heritage Quest (Digital Library).
  • ⁵ Porter, Joseph W., ed. , The Bangor Historical Magazine , Bangor, Maine: Benjamin A. Burr, Printer , JUL 1891 to JUN 1892, Vol. 7, p. 92, Google Books (Digital Library).
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd , Notable Ki n, Volume 1 , Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998) , 220, 224.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd , The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Fa milies on the Mayflower , Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020) , 328.
  • ⁸ Sturgis, Francis Shaw , The Descendants of Nath'l Russell Sturgis: With a Brief Introductory Sketch of His Ancestor s in England and . . . , Boston: Printed by G. H. Ellis (1925) , 5, Heritage Quest (Digital Library).
  • ⁹ Watson, Marston , Royal Families: Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Volume 1, Governor Thomas Dudley and D escendants . . ., 2nd Ed. , Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (2004) , 248-249, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
  • ¹⁰ Watson, Marston , Royal Families: Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Volume 3, Samuel Appleton and His Wif e Judith Everard . . . , Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (2007) , 215.
  • ¹¹ Wikipedia , "Robert Gould Shaw" , (accessed 09/18/2014).
  • ¹² Wikipedia , "Second Battle of Fort Wagner" , (accessedd 09/18/2014).