Chadwick, I have also been trying to find the parents of George Shaw and Jane Lenentine listed on the Dumfries Parish 1851 census. He states he is Irish; my ancestors were from England in the 1600s, but have claimed to be Scottish. If your George is at all related to John Shaw and Mary Burrell of Wakefield (lived Abington, MA 1760s, Maugerville and Burton until c1783), I would guess it would be through their son Daniel Shaw (1765-11/12/1850)and Elizabeth Phillips, who lived in Wakefield, later Northampton. However, no one seems to know who George Shaw of Dumfries is. Daniel's dau Mary "Polly" Shaw b. 1794/95c m. Newman Raymond b. 1790/91c - possibly the name Raymond Shaw of your family, or related to these Raymonds? Newman and Polly had Elizabeth, Abijah, Harriet m. Daniel J. Shaw b. 1823/24c, David m. Elizabeth Shaw, G.(possibly George after Polly's brother b. 1802/03c) Hiram Shaw m. sisters, Caroline Shaw and Charlotte Shaw, Daniel b. 1830/31c, Samuel b. 1836c, John b.1837 m. Sophia Jane Shaw. All the Shaws are 1st to 3d cousins of Raymonds. Daniel Shaw's gr. nephew Tamberlin J. Shaw 1830-1904, s/o Ammi Shaw, m. c1858 Julia Anne Shaw 1835-1893, d/o Jonathan. They moved to Littleton, ME. Their ch. b. 1859-1879 were Alma, Orlow A., Lizzie A., Lydia, Idella, Reverdy J., Rhoda A., Martha, Joseph Allison b. 2/12/1876 m. 2/12/1907 Lillie I. Miller b. 11/17/1884 - they lived in Littleton, ME, Harriette B. Shaw. If you can rule out the above, George b. 1820/21c is pb not a descendant of John Shaw and Mary Burrell. There was a Benjamin Goudrey Tedford who married in the Shaw family above. There were 4 families of Shaw in Planters and Pioneers of Nova Scotia, who moved to N. S. mostly in the 1760s - at least one family, descendants of Moses Shaw had one or more children move to New Brunswick. Deborah >From: Chadwick Shaw <thechats@sympatico.ca> >Reply-To: SHAW-L@rootsweb.com >I have several generations of George Shaw who lived in Temple, York County, >New Brunswick, Canada but have no idea of his ancestors. If anyone can >help it would be greatly appreciated. > >1. George Shaw b: Abt 1821 in Dumfries, NB d: Bef 1891 married > >+Jane Lenentine b: Abt 1824 in York Co, NB d: Aft 1890 >Children: > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com