This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iQB.2ACE/44.52.99.1.1 Message Board Post: Sorry, John Partridge Shaw was born about 1781 in New Hampshire (location is according to Hiram Shaw in 1850 census in Louisiana.) and Lucy Flint, dau of Thomas Flint was born Sept 26, 1783 in Nobleboro, Maine. I have been through the website you suggested thoroughly. I just can't make a connection. I am sure he is a decendant of Joseph Shaw and Elizabeth Partridge only because of his middle name- but am just unable to make a connection to his father anywhere. Thanks for your suggestion though.