Ancestry of Colonel
Robert Gould Shaw

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

Oliver St. John

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of Robert Gould Shaw — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 754 
  • Father:
  • Henry St. John   
  • Mother:
  • Jane Neale   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1575 
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  • Burial Date:
  • 23 Mar 1625/1626 
  • Burial Location:
  • Keysoe, Bedfordshire, England 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Bulkeley
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 1597 
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  • Child:

  Elizabeth St. John (Ahnentafel No:377 )

  • Notes: 

  • Some sources list Sir Oliver St. John as the son of Thomas St. John

• Sources for Oliver St. John

  • ¹ 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.
  • ² Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham, editor , Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study i n Colonial and Medieval Families, 2011 Edition , Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2011) , 480.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd , Notable Ki n, Volume 1 , Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998) , 193.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd , Notable Ki n, Volume 2 , Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999) , 118.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd , The Royal Descents of 600 Immig rants to the American Colonies or the United States , Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008) , 443.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp. , Ancestor s of American Presidents , Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009) , 498.
  • ⁷ Scoville, S. G. , Smith, Morrill, and Allied Families , Somerville, New Jersey: American Historical Society (1930) , 282, Heritage Quest (Digital Library).
  • ⁸ Weis, Frederick Lewis , Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 , Lancaster, Mass: (1950) , 40, 88.
  • ⁹ Whiting, William , Memoir of Rev. Samuel Whiting, D.D., and of his wife, Elizabeth St. John , Boston: Press of Rand, Avery, and Company (1873) , 39, Internet Archive (Digital Library).