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Weymouth, and there in Weymouth he lived all
of his active lifetime. His children, all born
in Weymouth, were: John, born about 1655;
Elizabeth, Feb. 26, 1656; Abraham, Oct. 10,
1657; Mary, May 24, 1660; Nicholas, March
born in 1711, in East Bridgewater, married
in 1733 Sarah, daughter of Daniel Packard.
Deacon Shaw remained on the family estate in
East Bridgewater. He died in 1790, aged
seventy-nine years;
seventy-seven years.
Sarah, bom in 1734
she died in 1792, aged
Their children were :
(married Elijah Snow) ;
Euth, born in 1738 (married Joseph Snow) ;
Martha, born in 1740; Daniel, bom in 1742;
Elizabeth, born in 1744 (married Obadiah
Eeed) ; Judith, born in 1749 (married John
Edson) ; Zachariah, born in 1751 ; and Nehe-
miah, born in 1753 (married Molly
Hill or
Beal).
(V) Zachariah Shaw, son of Deacon Zachariah,
born in 1751, married in 1770 Hannah,
daughter of Sajnuel Bisbee. He died in 1820,
and she in 183?, "aged eighty-two years. Their
children were : Joseph, Sarah and Alvan.
(VI) Joseph Shaw, son of Zachariah and
Hannah (Bisbee), bom in 1779, married in
1805 (first) Olive Dike, born in 1782, daughter
of Samuel Dike, Jr., and granddaughter of
Samuel Dike. Mr. Shaw died April 8, 1863,
m East Bridgewater. The only child of Joseph
and Olive was a son, Samuel Dike.
(VII) Samuel Dike Shaw, son of Joseph
and Olive (Dike), bom Nov. 25, 1813, on the
old Shaw homestead in East Bridgewater,
Mass., married in 1839 Wealthy Stickney
Estes, born June 5, 1818, in Unity, Maine,,
daughter of James and Joanna (Blithen)
Estes, of Brunswick, Maine, and a direct descendant
of Sir William Thompson, Knight,
and Baron of the city of London, England, and
also a direct descendant of Eichard Estes, of
23, 1662; Joseph, April 15, 1664; Alice, July
6, 1666; Hannah, April 7, 1668; Benjamin,
born June 16, 1670; Abigail, July 15, 1672;
and Ebenezer, April 24, 1674.
(III) Joseph Shaw, son of John, bom April
15, 1664, married Judith, born in 1669,
daughter of John and Sarah Whitmarsh. Mr.
Shaw removed to ancient Bridgewater, now
the town of East Bridgewater, before 1698.
He died in 1718, and she passed away in 1760,
aged ninety-one years. Their children were:
Elizabeth, born in 1687 (married Noah Washburn)
; Joseph, born in 1691; Judith, born' in
1693; Abigail, born in 1695 (married Daniel
Alden) (all these born in ; Weymouth) Huth,
born in 1698 (married James Snow) ; Martha,
born in 1700 (married Eleazer Alden) ; Sarah,
born in 1702 (married Deacon James Cary) ;
Hannah, born in 1704 (married Isaac Snow
and second John Whitman) ; Ebenezer, born
in 1706; John, born in 1708; and Zachariah,
born in 1711.
(IV) Deacon Zachariah Shaw, Dover, England, who came to America in
1684, from whom his descent is through
son of Joseph,
Edward
Estes and Edward Estes (2). The twocliildren
born to Mr. and Mrs. Shaw were:
Henry W. and John Joseph, the former of
whom died in young manhood at the age of
twenty-six years.
Samuel D. Shaw was of literary tastes and
bent and it was the intention of his parents
to give him a college education, but his precarious
health necessitated the abandonment
of this plan. They, however, started him out
in life the possessor of a gristmill, which soon
led to the grain business as an adjunct, and of
an apt business turn it was not long ere through
his enterprise, industry and the careful management
of his affairs he was carrying on an
extensive wholesale business, as well as retail,
in grain and flour, and in all the requirements
of a country store. He also was engaged in
the lumber "business, controlling a mill for the
manufacture of building lumber. He, too, at
one time, was interested in the manufactureof
tacks. And through his varied business
experiences he was successful, though many
times unfortunate in sustaining heavy
by fire, having had no less than half a
damaging fires in his career.
losses
dozen
It has been stated that Mr. Shaw was of a-
literary bent. He was all of this, and through
a busy, active life he was a student and espe-
cially gave much attention to the natural sciences.
In his political affiliations he was a-
Whig, until the formation of the Eepublican
party, when he became identified with that party,
with which he ever afterward acted. He
was an earnest opponent of slavery. After
his retirement from active business he made
his home with his son, in Plymouth, dying
there Nov. 29, 1905, at the age of ninety-twoyears.
His wife died in East Bridgewater,
where both are buried.
(VIII) John Joseph Shaw, M. D., son of
Samuel Dike and Wealthy Stickney (Estes)
Shaw, was born Aug. 11, 1842, in East Bridge-
water, Mass. He acquired his early education
in his native town, attending the William
Allen Academy, and the public schools, furthering
his studies in the celebrated State normal
school at Bridgewater, from which institution
he was graduated in 1863. Having a
taste for medicine he began his study in the-