Margaret, I don't see any real connection, but our family has a James Shaw born January 1821 in Swine, Yorkshire, who married a Catherine Payne. But the family emigrated to Canada about 1830. We know little about James, and his Father was John Shaw. Good luck on your search. RuthAt 08:21 AM 8/2/2007 08:21 AM0, you wrote: >I am having real problems tracing my SHAW family. > >The earliest I can get back is to my 4 x g.grandfather, Charles SHAW (son of >James SHAW, a tailor), born c1820 in St Martin's, Middlesex. Rumour has it >that the family were Irish. Charles married Ann PAYNE bornc 181 in >Shoreditch, on 23 February 1845 at St Leonard's, Shoreditch, with a note >added beneath the date that it was the 3rd. Sunday in Lent. > >For none of the descendants, including my own grandfather, can I find any >trace of a baptism. I have been trying to find more for some years, but have >hit a real brickwall. Any help much appreciated - and being a Londoner >myself hasn't helped! > >Thank you - Margaret. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >SHAW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message