Shaw, Susanna

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Will Information: Souce : The Mayflower Descendant: a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history, Volumes 42-43, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1992

She left a will in Nov 1700 in Bridgewater; Proved 18 Dec, 1700. The will of Susanna Byam, widow, of the Town of Bridgewater, being aged and weak, was signed by a mark. It left bequests to : "daughter-in-law Mary Byram, my son Nicholas Byram's wife", who received one pair of sheets and my best green say apron; grandson Nicholas Byram, who received my horse and chest belonging to my deceased husband; granddaughter Mehetable Byram, who received one pair of sheets, bolster, smoothing iron and looking glass; daughter Abigail Whitman, who was given one camlet Samar and one fine shift; daughter Deliverance Porter, a red petty coat; daughter Experience Willis, one cow, my best hat, one fine shift, one petty coat, "my Bible and Linnen Wheele"; daughter Susanna Edson, one petty coat; grandson Ebenezer Whitman, one chest with lock and key; greanddaughter Mary Leach, two petty cosats; grand daughter Mary Willis, one chest. Miriam, a negro maid, was given her "freedom" and one "home made hoode." Tom, a Negro man, was given 10 shillings money and his "freedom"..."if he be 30 years of age and if not he shall serve with my son Nicholas Biram till he is 30 years of age and then be free." Son Nicholas Byram received one cow, fire tongs and shovel, a brass skillet, dripping pan, a great spit, Iron hood and Iron kettle. The remainder of the estate, money and other moveables was to be "equally divided amongst" her "four daughters and granddaughter" namely: Abigail Whitman, Deliverance Porter, Experience Willis, Susanna Edson and Mary Leach. Son Nicholas was named as Executor. In a memorandum, Deacon William Brett and Thomas Snell, Sr. were made oath on 18 Dec 1700.

The Inventory of the estate of Susanna Byram, widow, deceased 28 Nov 1700, totaled £96-2-0 in household items, with a cow and a horse "prized by us whose names are underwritten this 12 day December in year above written. Joseph Shaw and John Whitman."

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Sources for Susannah Shaw:
Eunice Byram Roberts, BYRAM-CRAWFORD AND ALLIED FAMILIES GENEALOGY
George Walter Chamberlain, HISTORY OF WEYMOUTH MASSACHUSETTS; 1923

Susanna married Byram, I Dr Nicholas in 1635 in Massachusetts, USA. Nicholas (son of Byram, William H. and (Byram), Mary) was born about 1610 in Kent, England; died on 13 Apr 1688 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Byram, Deliverance was born about 1636 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA; died on 30 Sep 1720 in Weymouth, Suffolk, Ma.
2. Byram, Abigail was born about 1637 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA; died in 1712.
3. Byram, II Capt Nicholas was born in 1640 in Plymouth; died on 20 Sep 1727 in E Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA.
4. Byram, Ebenezer was born about 1642 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA.
5. Byram, Experience was born in 1649 in Massachusetts, USA; died about 1712.
6. Byram, Susannah was born in 1648 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1743 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
7. Byram, Mary was born in 1650 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA.

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Worcester County, Massachusetts Memoirs, Volume I-II

Abraham Shaw (1) the immigrant ancestor of Thomas Asa Shaw, of Worcester, came from Halifax, York County, England and settled in Dedham, MA, before 1636. In that year he signed the famous Dedham Covenant. In the old country he was a clothier and a man of some property. He was a planter at Dedham. When he first came to America he went to Watertown, MA, where he was a proprietor in 1636; his house was burned in October of that year, whereupon he seems to have removed to Dedham, where he was a constable in 1636-37-38, and was admitted a freeman March 9, 1637. He was owner of coal mines in Halifax and November 2, 1637, shortly before his death, he received a grant of half the coal and iron he might find in the common lands. He was given a permit to erect a coal mill February 12, 1637. He died in 1638, and his will, made November of that year, was proved before the end of the year. He mentions Joseph, John, Mary and Martha, his children, and Nicholas Byram, son-in-law. Of the children Joseph removed to Weymouth; Mary was born about 1638; Martha born about ---; Susanna married married Nicholas Byram before 1638.

Abraham married Best, Elizabeth Bridget on 24 Jun 1616 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Best, Henry and Boithes, Grace) was christened on 9 Apr 1592 in Ovenden, Halifax, Yorkshire, Eng; died in 1638 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Thomas married Longbottom, Elizabeth on 16 Dec 1585 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Elizabeth was born in in Halifax, England; died after 1624. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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GEN: !Dr Daniel Turner, Cranston, RI

Birth:
Halifax, Yorkshire, England

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According to Dr. Daniel Turner,Cranston, RI, he was of Ovenden, Yorkshire, England

Henry married Boithes, Grace in 1577. Grace was born about 1557 in Ovenden, Yorkshire, Eng. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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GEN: !Dr. Daniel Turner,Cranston, RI