I should have finished reading your letter...Im so sorry about your husband, I can not imagine what it must be like.....I see you said you have a picture of Evan..Which Evan is it?? there were a couple of them all from the same family, I kinda think the name Evan, and Anguish are kinda unique to this bunch, they may be related to basil..i have lots of info on this line, plus a book called a man in the tree's..if that Evan is related to me i would love to pay to have that picture copied, I have tried and tried to find pictures of Evan shaw......Thanks Tommy p.s. if you are interested in any of the things I have let me know...glad to share.. >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