Ancestry of
Sarah Ferguson

Duchess of York

Elizabeth Shaw

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• • 15th Great-grandmother of Sarah Ferguson — 18th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 176749 
  • Father:
  • Edmund Shaw 
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  • ABT 21 Aug 1503 
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  • Burial Location:
  • St. Mary Magdalene Church, North Ockendon, Essex, England 
  • Spouse Name:
  • William Poyntz
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  Thomas Poyntz (Ahnentafel No:88374 )

  Margaret Poyntz

  • Notes: 

  • Elizabeth Shaa's maiden name is also seen as Shaa.

    There is some disagreement as to when Elizabeth (Shaw) Poyntz died. Sources give either 21 AUG 1493 or 21 AUG 1503 as the date. However a brass near her tomb gives the year as 1502.

• Sources for Elizabeth Shaw

  • ¹ Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), 414.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 526.
  • ³ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215 and Some of their . . ., 5th edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (Third Printing, 2006), 78.

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