Hello, Susan and List, I wonder if we may have a connection in our Shaw lines.....as well as James, Potter, Crandall, Hazard, Wilcox, Greene, Peckham, etc....colorful little group, aren't they? *lol* I descend from Ruth Shaw, and her marriage to John Cook around 1680. Her dad was Anthony Shaw; her mom, Alice Stonard. I believe Anthony's dad to have been John Shaw, but my sources and information on the Shaw family are very sketchy. I, too, would love to exchange information on any of these families, and I'd love to know if we are of the same elusive Shaws. Sincerely, Leslie A. Lanigan Great River, NY