Pvt Sargent Shaw (1745-1823) - Find a Grave Memorial

Pvt Sargent Shaw

Birth

23 Oct 1745

Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA

Death

1 Dec 1823 (aged 78)

Standish, Cumberland County, Maine, USA

Burial

Shaws Mill Cemetery

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Sargent Shaw, son of Ebenezer and Anna (Philbrick) Shaw, was born October 23, 1745, at Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

He married first, Sarah Knight, daughter of William and Hannah (Roberts) Knight, about 1771

Three children were born from this union:
1. Enoch Shaw (1772-1863)
2. Sarah (Shaw) Smith (1775-1846)
3. Infant Son Shaw (1776-1776)

He served in the Revolution:
He enlisted May 16, 1775 at Pearsontown (now Standish) as a Private in the Army in Capt. Wentworth Stewart's Co., Col. Edmund Phinney's Regiment. He discharged July 12, 1775.

He married second, Salome Dorsett Lombard, daughter of Jedediah and Susan (Dorsett) Lombard, about 1777.

Four children were born from this union:
4. Joseph Shaw (1778-1849)
5. Abigail (Shaw) Files (1780-1819)
6. Mary (Shaw) Coffin (1781-1839)
7. Elizabeth (Shaw) Drew (1783-1861)

He married third, Anna Thompson, September 17, 1786; she died February 16, 1834.

Nine children were born from this union:
8. Anna (Shaw) Moulton (1788-1861)
9. Hannah (Shaw) Files (1789-1878)
10. Rev. Sargent Shaw (1791-1866)
11. Peter Shaw (1794-1866)
12. Salome (Shaw) Morton (1796-1857)
13. Eunice (Shaw) Gray (1799-1854)
14. Phebe Shaw (1802-1880)
15. Achsah (Shaw) Swett (1804-1859)
16. Lydia Shaw (1807-____) died young

NOTE:The death date of December 1, 1823 was taken from his burial record (see record attached to memorial.) There is an alternate date of December 3, 1823 but at this time has not been verified.

From: "Shaw Records: A Memorial of Roger Shaw, 1594-1661"

Sargent Shaw and his brother Ebenezer were members of the first Congregational church ever organized in Standish; he was also the first constable of that town.

He settled upon a farm of one hundred acres, in Standish, deeded to him by his father, and which is now owned and occupied by his great-grandson, Ralph Shaw.

By occupation Mr. Shaw was a cooper, and also an energetic and prosperous farmer.

He was a man much respected by his fellow townsmen, of unswerving christian principle and fervent piety.

He served on the Board of Selectman some years.