Ancestry of Colonel
Robert Gould Shaw

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

John Irby

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• • 9th Great-grandfather of Robert Gould Shaw — 12th Generation
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  • ABT 1579 
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  Olive Irby (Ahnentafel No:1511 )

• Sources for John Irby

  • ¹ Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham, editor, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2011), 480.
  • ² Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 8th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004), 40.