Abigail (King) Shaw (1709 - 1750)

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Died 10 Feb 1750 at age 40 in Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony

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Biography

Abigail was born in 1709, the daughter of William King and Abigail Browne.^[1]

She married Richard Shaw in 1742, his intention to marry her found in a Southold Town record:^[1][2]

I, Richard Shaw of Southold, yeoman, for and in consideration of that respect, good will, love and affection that I have and do bare to Abigail King single woman of the same Town, whom I intend to make my dearly and well beloved wife, do by these presents give grant convey and make over unto her the sd Abigail King a certain messuage or tenement, situate in a place called the Oysterponds, containing one quarter of an acre, bounded by the harbour as ye Record will appear."

Witness my hand and seal this 22d day of March 1741/2. Richard Shaw [L.S.]

Witnesses, James Beebee Patience Beebee

She died 10 February 1750.^[1][3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} William and Dorothy King, of Salem, Mass., and Three Generations of Their Long Island Descendants - compiled by Lucy Dubois Akerly from the Manuscript Genealogy of Rufus King of Yonkers, N. Y. (New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Volume 33 - April 1902 pp. 70-75)
   • p. 75: Abigail, daughter of William and Abigail (Brown) King, b. 6 June, 1709. She is believed to have been that Abigail King who received a deed of land from her intended husband Richard Shaw, 22 March, 1741-2. (Southold Town Records.) She probably d. 10 Feb., 1749. Archive.org
2. ↑ Southold Town Records copied and Explanatory Notes added by J. Wickham Case, printed by order of the Towns of Southold and Riverhead, 1884, Vol. 2, Liber C, pp. 504-505: I, Richard Shaw of Southold, yeoman, for and in consideration of that respect, good will, love and affection that I have and do bare to Abigail King single woman of the same Town Archive.org
3. ↑ The Salmon Records - A Private Register of Marriages and Deaths of the Residents of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, N.Y. 1696-1811 edited by William A. Robbins, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society 1918 - An account of the Deaths in Southold 1696-1811 - p. 33: 1750 Feb. 10 Richard Shaws wife Abigail Archive.org