Shaw 1, Shaw 2

JAMES SHAW born 5/22/1746 Plymouth MA

Spouse: ?

Children: James born 1765

James SHAW born 1765; died 1838 Edmunds ME

Spouse: Dorcas SMITH born 1765 Bridgewater MA; died 1847+/-

Children: Deborah born 3/1794 Edmunds ME; Jane married Joshua Dodge [see Shaw 2 below]

Deborah SHAW born 3/1794 Edmunds ME; died 1884 Edmunds ME [A-CHS records per Edwina Cambridge Damon who descended from William K. Harrison Deborah was daughter or g daughter of Maj. Benjamin Shaw of the Revolution]

Spouse: James Joseph WATERMAN HARRISON born 3/20/1786 ENG; died 2/4/1869 Edmunds ME; married 1813; deserter from British navy

Children: Deborah married Haskell Wood SMITH; Jane born 1815; Sarah born 1820-1825; Abigail born 1820-1825; Mary born 1822 married Henry Archer; William Kilby Harrison born 6/4/1825 died 3/26/1920 married 9/1/1850 Margaret Elizabeth Bridges; Abigail born 6/9/1826 married Charles Abbot their daughter Nettie married Henry Smith; Hannah married Mr. Cooke died 1900; Lucinda married Mr. Clark; Dorcas married Jesse G. Bridges brother of Margaret E. Bridges; Ezekiel born 1832 enlisted age 32 Co. E. 31 Reg. Inf. died 8/29/1886 [children listed after Deborah per Edwina Damon]

1790 Census: James Shaw 1,0,0,0,0 Plt 10 E of Machias/Edmunds

Bangor Historical Magazine Oct 1885 A Sketch of No. 10, Now Edmunds, Washington Co. ME: In 1794, James Shaw moved in his family and settled on a place Hosea Smith first took up. He still lives on the Plantation, (1823) but on another place.

Washington - Maine Place Names & the Peopling of Its Towns: Edmunds: When Colonel Hobart came to view his purchase in 1786, he found the earliest comers already located in the area. Among these were an Irishman, James Neil, a deserter from the British Army, who had built his log house here in 1775;  the Widow Oliver and her family; Samuel Scott & Richard Harper, all of whom had arrived in 1785; Elijah Ayer, Sr; and his son Elijah, Jr. who with their families were living on Denny's River. /P/ In addition to those already mentioned, early settlers were James Shaw, Samuel Runnels, Daniel Smith, Wm. Hurley, Joshua Cushing, Hosea Smith, Nathaniel Cox, David Reynolds and Nathaniel Cox, Jr. All were in the township before 1799. Of the 5 or 6 settlers living there when Colonel Hobart purchased the township in 1786, none remained.

Eastport Sentinel. Death,  Bay of Honduras  8 Feb. 1823  Capt. Benjamin Shaw  74 yrs. Death, Sandown, N. H. 1824 Rebecca Shaw, relict of Benjamin Shaw 96 yrs. Provided by Frances Raye Raye 4960@aol.com 

Children: Mary Jane born circa 1838 Plantation 14 East Ridge Washington ME married Nathan PRESTON born Dennysville Washington ME; married 3/18/1845; William S. born 1832 Dennysville died 1903 married circa 1860 Eleanor Smith daughter of Haskell and Deborah (Harrison) Smith of Cooper great grandparents of Charles Smith; George Warren born 11/1/1830 Edmonds ME died 3/31/1897 Dennysville ME, ship carpenter, married 9/3/1851 Mary Benner born 1831 Pembroke ME; Alfred born circa 1835 married Betsey; Elisa born circa 1840; Joshua Jr. born circa 1844 married Lucy Colson of Harrington; Charles born circa 1848; Sarah born circa 1849; Martha D. born circa 1846 ( Martha not in 1850 census but in 1860); James born circa 1853; Raymond G. born 1857; Alfred born circa 1864

 Marriage Intensions in Machias 1810, April 7; Ebenezer Albee and Sally Shaw of Dennysville

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