
Ancestry of Colonel
Robert Gould Shaw
U.S. Civil War leader of film “Glory” fame
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- 5th Great-grandmother of Robert Gould Shaw — 8th Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 189
- Father:
- Leonard Chester
- Mother:
- Mary Sharpe
- Birth Date:
- 5 Nov 1637
- Birth Location:
- Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 15 or 16 FEB 1712/1713
- Death Location:
- Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Spouse Name:
- Samuel Whiting Jr.
- Marriage Date:
- 12 Nov 1656
- Marriage Location:
- Charlestown (now Boston), Suffolk, England
- Children:
Samuel Whiting (Ahnentafel No:94 )
Oliver Whiting
Dorcas Chester
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Sources for Dorcas Chester
- 1 Charlestown, MA: Vital Records to 1850 , Vol. 1, p. 20, Marriage record for Samuel Whiting and Dorcas Chester, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
- 2 Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Datebase) , New England Historic Genealogical Society (2001-2008) , Billerica Births, Vol. 1, p. 200, Birth record for son Samuel Whiting.
- 3 Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Datebase) , New England Historic Genealogical Society (2001-2008) , Billerica Deaths, Vol. 1, p. 402.
- 4 The American Genealogist , New Haven, Connecticut: D. L. Jacobus (issues newer than 5 years not online) , 1977, Vol. 53, p. 74, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
- 5 Anderson, Robert Charles
, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol
. 1, A-F
, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995) , 348.
- 6 Browning, Charles H. , Americans of Royal Descent: A Collection of Genealogies of American Families Whose Lineage i s Traced to . . ., 2nd Ed. , Philadelphia: Porter and Coates (1891) , 448.
- 7 Roberts, Gary Boyd
, Notable Ki
n, Volume 1
, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998) , 193.
- 8 Roberts, Gary Boyd
, Notable Ki
n, Volume 2
, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999) , 118.
- 9 Roberts, Gary Boyd
, The Royal Descents of 600 Immig
rants to the American Colonies or the United States
, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008) , 443.
- 10 Roberts, Gary Boyd
, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec
, or the United States (2 vols.)
, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018) , 758.
- 11 Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp.
, Ancestor
s of American Presidents
, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009) , 498.
- 12 Whiting, William , Memoir of Rev. Samuel Whiting, D.D., and of his wife, Elizabeth St. John , Boston: Press of Rand, Avery, and Company (1873) , 196-199, 205-206, Internet Archive (Digital Library).