Ancestry of Colonel
Robert Gould Shaw

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

Ruth Doggett

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• • 4th Great-grandmother of Robert Gould Shaw — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 103 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Doggett 
  • Mother:
  • Hannah Mayhew   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1676 
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  • Death Date:
  • 9 Jul 1756 
  • Death Location:
  • Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Lothrop Hill Cemetery, Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Nathaniel Bacon
  • Marriage Date:
  • 11 Nov 1696 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Hannah Bacon

  Sarah Bacon (Ahnentafel No:51 )

  • Notes: 

  • Ruth Doggett's maiden name is also seen as Daggett.

    Ruth Bacon, wife of Nathaniel Bacon, is mentioned in a deed as one of the four daughters of her mother Hannah Daggett.

• Sources for Ruth Doggett

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/24/2020).
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Barnstable, Vol. 1, pp. 4-5, Marriage record for Nathaniel Bacon and Ruth Dogget.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Barnstable, Vol. 1, p. 5, Birth records for children of Nathaniel Bacon and Ruth Dogget.
  • ⁴ Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 6, 3rd ed., Stephen Hopkins, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2001), 182, 184.
  • ⁵ Fernald, Natalie R., ed., The Genealogical Exchange, Buffalo, New York, 1909, Vol. 5, No. 12, p. 95.