Hi Larry-- This is John Cowan again. Frances Willess has probably also put you in touch with Ruth Hattendorf re: Patrick Shaw m. Hester Sewell. If not, write her soon. She is a direct descendant of this marriage, and may be able to help you in your searches a great deal. She and her husband had a delightful day with me "on the ground" so to speak, checking out Sewell and Cowan lands in Berkeley/Jefferson County, WV one rainy day in September in 1999. In a message dated 12/10/2000 12:39:32, lshaw@nwlink.com writes: >My Greatgrandfather, Jesse Alfred Shaw, was reportedly born in Ohio around >1810 and later moved to Indiana where he married and raised a family. >He married in 1834 in Franklin county, IN and lived with his family in Hancock >County in 1850. > >Circumstantial evidence would lead me to believe he is the Jesse Shaw born >in Warren County, OH in Sept 1810 to Patrick Shaw and Hester Sewell. > >Patrick's father, John Shaw had been a very early settler in Lebanaon Ohio. >Hester Sewell Shaw died in 1817 and, through Patrick remarried two years >later, it is unclear what happened to the young children in the family. > >Many of Patrick's brothers had moved on to Indiana. > >If anyone else has records on the Shaw family, I would love to share >information. > >Larry Shaw