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Descendants of Ralph Shaw

Generation No. 2

2. Roger² Shaw (Ralph¹)^8,^9,^10,¹¹ was born August 26, 1594 in Cornhill, London, England ^12,^13,^14,^15,¹⁶, and died May 29, 1661 in Hampton, Rockingham, NH ^17,^18,^19,^20,²¹. He married (1) Ann^22,²³ 1635²³. She was born Abt. 1613^23,²⁴, and died January 28, 1660/61 in Hampton, Rockingham, NH ^25,²⁶. He married (2) Susannah Morreal²⁷ Aft. January 28, 1654/55 ²⁸. She was born 1604 in Wolston, Warwickshire, England²⁸, and died January 28, 1663/64 in Hampton, Rockingham, NH²⁸.

Notes for Roger Shaw:
Source: Harriette F. Farwell, Shaw Records - A Memorial of Roger Shaw 1594-1661, (Copyright 1903; Published 1904 by E. C. Bowler, Bethel, ME), Pgs. 17-20.
Roger Shaw is first mentioned in history as appearing at General Court (a term applied to the Legislative body of Massachusetts Colony) from Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1636, where in 1638 he was made "freeman", (one who in the early days of the colonies, held the right of franchise), having previously bought two hundred acres of land and built a house on the south side of Arrow Street.
In regard to his birth, we gather from the Harleian Records taken from the Register of St. Peter's, Cornhill, London, England, the following, "1594, September 1st, Sunday, christening of Roger Shaw, sonne of Ralph Shaw, Vintnor at the Sunne, on Cornhill ; borne Monday ye 26th of August." Although it is not positively proven that the christening alluded to was that of the immigrant Roger Shaw above mentioned, yet the probabilities are strongly in favor of such a conclusion, as no subsequent record of him has been found in the old country; and the fact that he was accounted competent by General Court to be installed Vintner and Keeper of the Ordinary at Hampton, N. H., where he finally settled, would seem to imply that he had some previous knowledge of the business. In 1639, he was drawn juryman, and the following year was elected Town Clerk of Cambridge, Mass. He was also selectman for the same town for the years 1641, 1642, 1643 and 1645.
The settlement of Hampton, N. H. (formerly known as Winnacunnet) was authorized by General Court in 1638, and incorporated in 1639, Roger Shaw's name appearing as one of the petitioners. In 1640, he bought of "John Crosse: land in the new town (deed in possession of Capt. E. M. Shaw, of Nashua, N. H.), and November 15th, 1647 he obtained a grant of lands (original deed in possession of Hon. Oliver W. Shaw, of Austin, Minn.) from Charles II (then King of Great Britain) which, included with his former purchase, constituted a large estate. In 1648, he moved to Hampton selling his real estate in Cambridge, Mass., consisting of a house and two hundred acres of land, and settled on his first purchase, some part of which is still owned by his descendants. The original house was enlarged and improved by his son Benjamin and grandson Edward, and was used in colonial times as a garrison. It was taken down, however, in the early fifties to make room for a 'modern one'.
He seems to have been a man of prominence among the early settlers, for from 1651 to 1653 he served as Representative to General Court, and was selectman in 1649 and 1654, and filled many other important offices. It may be here mentioned that the controversy arising from the occupancy of lands on the New Hampshire borders by authority of Massachusetts, was, in 1651, carried into General Court, and added much to the responsibilities of Representatives for that year, requiring unusual wisdom and ability. He was also appointed the same year "Commissioner for trying small cases". On the 26th of September, 1658, the town of Hampton appointed Roger Shaw first, on a Committee of three, together with the Town Clerk,, "to examine all grants and appointments of lands, highways and such like, and to record the same in ye new Town Book". On 9th of February, 1659 the same committee were appointed "to lay out and record convenient highways to men's lands in the towne and to allow satisfaction to the proprietors for the same according to their discretion": which satisfaction was to be made from the town's land. He was for a time Vintner and Keeper of the Ordinary in Hampton, and in 1650 was empowered and ordered by General Court "to sell wine or any sort of strong liquors to Christians and the Indians, as in his judgment shall seem meet and necessary, on just and urgent occasions, and not otherwise."
Roger Shaw m. 1st Ann _____; 2nd Susanna, widow of William Tilton of Lynn, Mass., who d. January 28, 1655. She was known to have had two sons by her first marriage, namely, Abraham and Daniel Tilton, remembered in the will of Mr. Shaw made August 25, 1660 (in possession of Captain E. M. Shaw of Nashua, N. H.); probated August 10, 1661 after his death on May 29th of the same year. His eldest son, Joseph Shaw, was made sole executor of this will in which he is instructed to pay Abraham and Daniel Tilton their portion according to 'Covenant", when they shall become of age. He also designates "Samuel Fogg and said Joseph as trustees, to order and direct my son Benjamin (then but twenty years old) until he comes to the age of twenty-one years, according to law in all things."

Source: Massachusetts Town, Probate, and Vital Records, 1600s-1900s
History of Haverhill, Since Settlement, in 1640
History of Haverhill Pg. 83
A law was passed at the November Court, prohibiting all persons, except those specially licensed, from selling "any Indian or Indians, either wine or strong liquors of any sort," under & penalty of 20s per pint, and in that proportium for all quantities, more or less. Henry Palmer of this town, and Roger Shaw of Hampton, were the only ones thus licensed in the County of Norfolk.

Source: Roger Shaw found in: Passenger and Immigration Index, 1500s-1900s
Place: Cambridge, MA Year: 1636
Primary immigrant: Shaw, Roger
Permanent entry number: 7836360
Accession number: 2151667
Source publication code: 1936
Source publication page number: 261
Source publication: FARMER, JOHN. A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New-England; Containing an Alphabetical List of the Governours, Deputy-Governours, Assistants or Counsellors, and Ministers of the Gospel in the Several Colonies, from 1620 to 1692; Graduates of Harvard College to 1662; Members of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company to 1662; Freemen Admitted to the Massachusetts Colony from 1630 to 1662; With Many Other of the Early Inhabitants of New-England and Long-Island, N.Y. from 1620 to the Year 1675.... Lancaster, Mass.: Carter, Andrews, & Co., 1829. 352p. Reprinted with additions and corrections by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1964. Repr. 1976, 1983.
Source annotation: Excellent directory of the first settlers of New England. Drake's additions and corrections (no. 1666) are found in the G.P.C. reprint and in no. 9151, Tepper, Passengers to America, pp. 468-470.

More About Roger Shaw:
Christening: September 1, 1594, St. Peters, Cornhill, London, England ^29,^30,³¹
Fact 1: 1640, Town Clerk, Cambridge, MA ^32,³³
Fact 2: Bet. 1641 - 1645, Selectman, Cambridge, MA ^34,³⁵
Fact 3: September 26, 1658, Appointmet to review grants of lands, highways, etc & record in Hampton, NH Town ³⁶
Probate: August 10, 1661³⁶
Will: August 25, 1660^36,³⁷

More About Roger Shaw and Ann:
Marriage: 1635 ³⁸

More About Roger Shaw and Susannah Morreal:
Marriage: Aft. January 28, 1654/55 ³⁹

Children of Roger Shaw and Ann are:

+	3	i.	Margaret³ Shaw, born Abt. 1634 in Cambridge, MA or England; died April 15, 1704 in Hampton, Rockingham, NH.
+	4	ii.	Joseph Shaw, born January 2, 1634/35 in Cambridge, MA or England; died November 8, 1720 in Hampton, Rockingham, NH.
+	5	iii.	Ann Shaw, born 1636 in NH; died December 9, 1663 in Hampton, Rockingham, NH.
	6	iv.	Esther Shaw^39,^40,^41,⁴², born June 1638 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA ^43,^44,^45,⁴⁶; died Aft. 1661 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA ⁴⁷.
	7	v.	Mary Shaw^47,^48,⁴⁹, born November 26, 1639 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA ^50,⁵¹; died January 26, 1639/40 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA ^52,^53,^54,⁵⁵.

Notes for Mary Shaw:
Source: Joseph Dow's History of Hampton, Marston Manor's Hampton Index of Persons, "Electronic," #11828.
Dow says that Mary died 26 Jan 1640. GDMNH says she died 26 Jan 1639. We can find no record of her death in Sanborn and Sanborn's "Vital Records of Hampton."
Dow, Joseph, "History of Hampton, N.H., 1638-1892," (1893), pg. 965, #I; Noyes/Libby/Davis, "Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire," (1939), pg. 626, #13.

+	8	vi.		Benjamin Shaw, born July 1641 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA; died December 31, 1717 in Hampton, Rockingham, NH.
	9	vii.		Mary Shaw ^56,^57,^58,⁵⁹, born July 29, 1645 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA ^60,^61,⁶²; died WFT Est. 1673-1739 in Reading?, MA ⁶³. She married Thomas Parker, Jr.^64,^65,⁶⁶ Bef. January 28, 1667/68 ^67,⁶⁸; born Abt. 1636 ⁶⁹; died Aft. August 1700⁶⁹.

Notes for Thomas Parker, Jr.:
Thomas and Mary had 4 children named by GDMNH. Noyes/Libby/Davis, "Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire," (1939), pgs. 626 and 530.

Source: Harriette F. Farwell, Shaw Records - A Memorial of Roger Shaw 1594-1661, (Copyright 1903; Published 1904 by E. C. Bowler, Bethel, ME), Pg. 20.
Mary Shaw m. Thomas Parker, Jr. of whom but little information has been gleaned. In 1640, land was granted to wid. Judith Parker of Hampton, who, it is presumed, was his mother.
At a Town meetimg in the spring of 1663, "liberty was granted to Thomas Parker to come into the town and follow his trade," (that of shoemaker) although for some reason not recorded, there was a dissenting vote of nine prominent men (Dow's History of Hampton). They removed finally to Reading, Mass. Children's names (no dates obtainend) were Samuel, Sarah, Deborah, Abigail, Ruth, Elizabeth.

More About Thomas Parker and Mary Shaw:
Marriage: Bef. January 28, 1667/68^69,⁷⁰

viii.

Deliverence Shaw, born Abt. 1656 in Cambridge, Essex, MA or Hampton, NH; died May 1732.

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