Ancestry of Colonel
Robert Gould Shaw

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

Francis Shaw

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Robert Gould Shaw — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 16 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Shaw   
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Gyles   
  • Birth Date:
  • 29 Mar 1721 
  • Birth Location:
  • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusett 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 18 Oct 1784 
  • Death Location:
  • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusett 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Copps Hill Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusett 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Burt
  • Marriage Date:
  • 22 Sep 1747 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusett 
  • Children:
  
  

  Francis Shaw Jr. (Ahnentafel No:8 )

  Sarah Shaw

  • Notes: 

  • Francis Shaw's father has been said by some to have immigrated from Scotland in the 1680s.

• Additional marriages for Francis Shaw

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  • Spouse:
  • Lydia Dickman
  • Marriage Date:
  • 3 Nov 1744

• Sources for Francis Shaw

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register , 1924, Vol. 78, pp. 95-96, 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) , 27, Internet Archive (Digital Library).
  • ³ Porter, Joseph W., ed. , The Bangor Historical Magazine , Bangor, Maine: Benjamin A. Burr, Printer , JUL 1891 to JUN 1892, Vol. 7, pp. 89-90 , Google Books (Digital Library).
  • ⁴ 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.
  • ⁵ Whitmore, William H. , The Graveyards of Boston: First Volume, Copp's Hill Epitaphs , Albany: Joel Munsell (1878) , 28, Google Books (Digital Library).