Mary ("Polly") Shaw was born on 1 May 1775, in East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony. She was the daughter of David Shaw and Mary Terry.[1]
Mary married Moses Osborn in East Windsor on 27 Aug 1794.[2] They registered the births of ten children, all in East Windsor:
Moses Osborn died in East Windsor on 7 Mar 1843.[13] After his death, Mary lived first with her eldest son, David, on his farm.[14] After David died in 1854,[15] she lived with her youngest son, Nelson.[16]
Mary "Polly" Shaw Osborn died in East Windsor at the age of 91, on 5 Nov 1866.[17] She was buried in Scantic Cemetery in East Windsor.[18]
Sources
↑ "Shaw, Mary, d. David & Mary, b. May 1, 1775," citing East Windsor Vital Records, Page 25: Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, East Windsor, p. 80, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 6 Dec 2017 - subscription required).
↑ "Shaw, Mary, d. David, m. Moses Osborn, s. Daniel, Aug. 27, 1794," citing East Windsor Vital Records, Volume 1, Page 48: Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, East Windsor, p. 80 (accessed 23 Nov 2023 - subscription required).
↑ "Osborn, David, s. Moses & Mary, b. Apr. 30, 1795," citing East Windsor Vital Records, Volume 1, Page 21: Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, East Windsor, p. 64, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 23 Nov 2023 - subscription required); also available online at Ancestry,com (accessed 23 Nov 2023 - subscription required).
↑ "Osborn, Mary, d. Moses & Mary, b. Mar. 3, 1797," citing East Windsor Vital Records, Volume 1, Page 21: Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, East Windsor, p. 65, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 23 Nov 2023 - subscription required); also available online at Ancestry,com (accessed 23 Nov 2023 - subscription required).
↑ "Osborn, Laura, d. Moses & Mary, b. Jan. 25, 1799," citing East Windsor Vital Records, Volume 1, Page 21: Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, East Windsor, p. 64, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 23 Nov 2023 - subscription required); also available online at Ancestry,com (accessed 23 Nov 2023 - subscription required).
↑ "Osborn, Persis, d. Moses & Mary, b.June 25, 1801," citing East Windsor Vital Records, Volume 1, Page 21: Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, East Windsor, p. 65, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 23 Nov 2023 - subscription required); also available online at Ancestry,com (accessed 23 Nov 2023 - subscription required).
↑ "Osborn, Hannah Ely, d. Moses & Mary, b. Mar. 17, 1804," citing East Windsor Vital Records, Volume 1, Page 21: Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, East Windsor, p. 64, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 23 Nov 2023 - subscription required); also available online at Ancestry,com (accessed 23 Nov 2023 - subscription required).
↑ "Osborn, Emily Terry, d. Moses & Mary, b. Apr. 5, 1807," citing East Windsor Vital Records, Volume 1, Page 21: Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, East Windsor, p. 64, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 23 Nov 2023 - subscription required); also available online at Ancestry,com (accessed 23 Nov 2023 - subscription required).
↑ "Osborn, Moses Willis, s. Moses & Mary, b. Oct. 12, 1812," citing East Windsor Vital Records, Volume 1, Page 21: Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, East Windsor, p. 65, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 23 Nov 2023 - subscription required); also available online at Ancestry,com (accessed 23 Nov 2023 - subscription required).
↑ "Osborn, Nelson Starr, s. Moses & Mary, b. Feb. 18, 1812," citing East Windsor Vital Records, Volume 1, Page 21: Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, East Windsor, p. 65, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 23 Nov 2023 - subscription required); also available online at Ancestry,com (accessed 23 Nov 2023 - subscription required).
↑ "Osborn, Sophronia, d. Moses & Mary, b.June 22, 1814," citing East Windsor Vital Records, Volume 1, Page 21: Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, East Windsor, p. 65, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 23 Nov 2023 - subscription required); also available online at Ancestry,com (accessed 23 Nov 2023 - subscription required).
↑ "Osborn, Caroline, d. Moses & Mary, b. Aug. 9, 1817," citing East Windsor Vital Records, Volume 1, Page 21: Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, East Windsor, p. 64, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 23 Nov 2023 - subscription required); also available online at Ancestry,com (accessed 23 Nov 2023 - subscription required).
↑ "Osborn, Moses, d. Mar. 7, 1843," citing East Windsor Vital Records, p. 75: Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, East Windsor, Page 65 (accessed 6 May 2020 - subscription required).
↑ "Osborn, David, born Apr. 30, 1795, died Feb. 7, 1854:" Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955, "109-7, Scantic Cemetery," p. 108, FamilySearch.org (accessed 23 Nov 2023).
↑ "Mary Osborn," est. age 85, female, b. Connecticut: United States Census, 1860, East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, Poymonock Post Office, Page No. 34, Family No. 261, Line 36, FamilySearch.org (accessed 23 Nov 2023).
↑ Stiles, The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Volume 2, p. 543.
↑ See photo of gravestone: Find A Grave: Memorial #54001912, Mary Shaw Osborn (accessed 7 May 2019).
Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. (subscription required)
Stiles, Henry Reed, The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, including East Windsor, South Windsor, Bloomfield, Windsor Locks, and Ellington, v. 2: Genealogies and Biographies, Hartford, CT: Press of Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1892.
Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QVQP-BB4 : accessed 14 October 2021), entry for Polly or Mary Shaw, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch.
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