Hi, How are you.?? in the 1950's some of my relatives went to New York for a meeting with their lawyer..i had the papers at one time, and some letters written by both the law office, and some newspaper clipppings, but a divorce cost me many files of family history.Rhis paticular claim comes from the Edwards family thru a Racheal Edwards who was married to one of my ancestors, her father was robert Edwards supposedly he was granted some land for service rendered....I guess they werent the only ones, and im not sure we'll ever get to the truth, but the papers i had I guess I will never be able to replace.....Thank you Tommy Shaw...... >From: TenTudo@aol.com >Reply-To: SHAW-L@rootsweb.com >To: SHAW-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [SHAW-L] SHAWS in Kentucky >Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 10:37:53 EST > >Good afternoon, > >Not only have I heard of the Manhattan claim, I remember in the 1920a when >word spread of "our inheritance"! I shall never forget how my father >scurried around to collect his family history in order to qualify for a >part >of the riches. Two of my great uncles even made a train trip to >Washington, >D.C. to check the records at the Archives but came back disillusioned since >they couldn't find anything remotely tying us to any such claim. > >The story goes something like this: An old sea captain by the name of >Edwards had given a 99 year lease on most of Manhattan (Woolworth Bldg., >Chase Manhattan, etc.). He died at sea, and when the lease was up, his >heirs >"slept on their rights" to the lease, and when they realized their >negliigence, the statute of limitations had taken over. All through the >years various families have tried to claim this land to no avail. I myself >wrote to various businesses located on this property and got interesting >replies. I knew it was a losing proposition, but I was just trying to find >out all I could about the matter in a light-hearted way. > >In the South, the group that was formed in the l920s was called "The >Edwards-Key-Bibb Assn." My grandmother was a Key, and though she married a >Shaw, it was through the Keys (not the Shaws) that my kin felt they had a >claim to the property. > >Somewhere in the long ago past, I read that a Kentucky Shaw woman married >a sea-Captain Edwards. But the Shaw name is not usually associated with >the >inheritance tale. > >My maiden name is Shaw. My Shaw family came to north Alabama in 1819 from >Iredell Co., NC They had come to NC from Montgomery and Prince Georges >Counties, Maryland. There was an Anguish/Angus Shaw in a William Shaw will >in one of these counties in the early 1700s. > >I have a very dim picture of Evan Shaw. He is not in my line....I got the >picture from a Mrs. Howard Shaw of Olney, IL many years ago. I do not know >if she yet lives. She and I felt that Evan and Anguish belonged to a Basil >Shaw family. >(There is a Basil in the William Shaw will of which I speak in the above >paragraph.) > >Back to the Manhattan property: I believe the whole deal was some sort of >scam, either to get money or genealogies. But it does tend to jazz up our >genealogies, doesn't it? > >I hope you had a nice Christmas in Galveston. Mine was very sad, for I >have >recently lost my husband of 56 years, and I myself am suffering of cancer. > >I hope I haven't confused you too much. > >Sincerely, > >Mary in Huntsville, AL > > >==== SHAW Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com