Hi! I don't have information on your line but I have SHAW family in my ancestry that approximates the time and places you have. The following are excerpts from my data at WorldConnect.com. Sarah is my direct ancestor. Rodger Airey Marlton, NJ · ID: I473 · Name: Sarah SHAW · Sex: F · Birth: 4 DEC 1797 in Fishkill, NY · Death: 11 MAR 1865 in Fishkill, NY · Burial: Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, E. Fishkill · Change Date: 30 JAN 2002 Marriage 1 Thomas Lawrence JEWELL b: 12 JUN 1792 in Fishkill, NY · Married: ABT 1816 -------------------------------------------- · ID: I1407 · Name: SHAW · Sex: M · Change Date: 14 AUG 2003 Marriage 1 Phoebe CHARLOCK b: 24 NOV 1779 ------------------------------------------------- · ID: I804 · Name: Elizabeth SHAW · Sex: F · Birth: 16 FEB 1795 · Occupation: 1/2 Indian · Change Date: 12 SEP 2003 Marriage 1 George JEWELL b: 7 FEB 1788 in Tarrytown, NY > Hi, > I am hoping that someone might have information on one of my brick wall > ancestors. > > SHAW, Isaac > Birth: 1780 Dutchess Co. NY > Death: 9 October, 1822 West Lincoln Co. Upper > Canada (Niagara Region) 42 yrs. of age > Burial: Merritt Settlement Cemetery, West Lincoln, > Smithville, Ontario, Canada > Residence: Lot 5, Con 6, Caistor Twp. West Lincoln, Ontario, Canada > > Wife: MERRITT, Prudence b.1772 Fishkill, Dutchess Co., NY (d/o Joseph Merritt > UEL and Mary Parker originally of Fishkill, Dutchess Co., NY. Emmigrated to > Upper Canada following the American Revolution) > > Children: > 1. Elizabeth Shaw b.1804 > 2. Deborah Shaw > 3. Mary Ann Shaw b.1810 > 4. William Hamilton Shaw b.1814 > 5. Enoch Dolton Shaw b.Sept. 16, 1816 > 6. Nancy Shaw b.1818 > 7. Prudence Shaw b.1821 > 8. Isaac N. Shaw b.1823 > > It is from Issac and Prudence's daughter Mary Ann Shaw and her husband William > Havens whom I am descended. Isaac petitioned for land in Grimsby Twp. in 18180 > and had apparently been in Upper Canada for 11 years at that time. It is also > recorded that he had a lame knee and served on Grimsby Twp. council in 1814 in > Upper Canada. > > I have much information on my Merritt line, but know nothing about Isaac Shaw's > parentage, siblings and heritage. The Merritts were Loyalists, so I assume that > Isaac Shaw and his family were also Loyalists, but have no actual proof of this. > > I found a number of Shaws in the 1790 census/head of households list. There is > Enoch Shaw who was in Fishkill, Isaac Shaw who was in Philipstown, Michael Shaw > in Fishkill and William Shaw Sr. in Fishkill, all in Dutchess Co. NY who I think > could be possible fathers of my Isaac Shaw, as he would have been only 10 years > of age at the time of this census. There are numerous other Shaws listed as > well, but I'm looking at the fact that my Isaac Shaw had a son named Enoch and > at who was in Fishkill in 1790, where Prudence Merritt was from at that time. > Other Shaws on the > census list for Dutchess Co. in 1790 inclued Benjamin, Daniel, Eli, James, > Joshua, Noah, Reuben, Robert, William and William Jr. > > Does anyone on this mailing list have these names in their family tree or know > anything more about this Shaw line? Any help or input would be most gratefully > appreciated. > > Thank you. > > Diane > > > ==== SHAW Mailing List ==== > Suggestions? Please email the Shaw List Administrator: > [email protected] > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >