This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CatfishCreek162 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.putnam/2345/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for information on Timothy Shaw (1715-1779):- TIMOTHY1 SHAW was born 1715 in ..., Ireland, and died 1779 in New Lotts (now part of Brooklyn), Kings Co., New York.. Notes for TIMOTHY SHAW:- 01) Muster Rolls of New York Provincial Troops, 1755-1764:- pp. 276-277, NAMES ... #66 - Timothy Shaw, Date of Inlistmt. - May 1st., Age - 45, Where born - Ireland, Trade - Labourer, Out of what Company of Militia - Campbell, Officer who enlisted - Capt. Schuyler ... 02) In the New York Militia Rolls Index 1664-1775, under the "Index Of Names" , there is listed a "Shaw, Timothy ... 567 03) Alexander Fraser, Second Report of Archive For The Province Of Ontario, pp. 884-885. Proceed in Of Loyalist Commission, St. Johns, 1797. ... New Claim - February 23, 1787. . He (John Shaw, Timothy Shaw's son,) lived in Dutchess Co. Joined the Brit. Govert. In New York. . confined several times which obliged him to go within the lines for protection . Had a farm in Dutchess Co., . Claimt. is his only son. Has a sister living in the States. There appears by survey 186 acres . His father had been a Loyalist. 04) William S. Pelletreau, History of Putnam County, New York, refers to Timothy Shaw: - 04.1) Timothy Shaw defends the land claims of of the Philipse Family against the Nimham First Nations in an "Affidavit of Timothy Shaw, 1767" . Timothy Shaw made his home at the north end of the lake . Shaw s Pond (now Lake Gleneida). 04.3) In old burying ground on the Belden farm, at the southwest corner of Lake Gleneida, and where the slaves of the Belden family were buried in a small enclosure surrounding a single grave and a head stone recording the death of Deborah Shaw, who died May 5th., 1824, aged 84. She was a white woman . She requested to be buried in that place because, as she said, "my ancestors lie there." It is probable that she was the daughter of Timothy Shaw and that a family burying place was there in early times. (Pelletreau, p. 282) Children of TIMOTHY SHAW are: 1) DEBORAH?2 SHAW, b. 1740; d. 05 May 1824, Carmel, Putnam Co. (old Dutchess Co.), N.Y.. Notes for DEBORAH? SHAW: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) - about Deborah Shaw:- Birth Date: 1740; Birthplace: New York; Volume: 157; P. 57 2) JOHN SR. SHAW, b. Abt. 1745, Carmel, old Dutchess Co., N.Y.; d. Abt. Apr 1810, Wickham, Queens Co., N.B.; m. AMY CARLE; b. 1750; d. Abt. 18 Sep 1831, Wickham, Queens Co., N.B. Thank you in advance, George Shaw, 4th. great grandson Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.