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Wexford / Re: robert and richard shaw of wexford, Ireland
« on: Sunday 17 June 18 21:34 BST (UK)  »
Hello. Richard Henry Shaw was born in 1814. He was my GGgrandfather. That makes us cousins. I have been unable to trace his parents, although I have some ideas on the line back from there. Happy to share what I have and interested to know your line of descent. My mother was a Shaw.

Best wishes

Richard Henry (family given names on both sides!)

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Wexford / Re: robert and richard shaw of wexford, Ireland
« on: Sunday 13 March 11 17:28 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for the information re Cantwell.

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Wexford / Re: robert and richard shaw of wexford, Ireland
« on: Friday 11 March 11 17:21 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for the reply re Richard Shaw.  I was not aware of Cantwell's book, but am trying to locate a copy.  I also did not know that Richard Shaw was married twice, so that is helpful.  I would be very grateful for a photograph of the headstone if you can make that available. 

Best regards

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Wexford / Re: robert and richard shaw of wexford, Ireland
« on: Friday 04 June 10 18:49 BST (UK)  »
Shaws in Ireland

Some sources assert that all Shaws in Ireland are descended from a Captain William Shaw, who served in Cromwell's army in 1649, in Colonel Ponsonby's regiment. Ponsonby was knighted, and both were granted lands confiscated from Catholics, as a reward for their loyalty.
This Captain William Shaw certainly existed, although other Shaws are mentioned as serving in Cromwell's army.  It is possible that William Shaw came from the Cheshire area and that he was related to Ponsonby by marriage.

Other sources claim that Irish Shaws descend from a Captain or Colonel Shaw who served in General Ponsonby's Horse in the Army of William III.  One version of this story is that Shaw carried the wounded Ponsonby off the field at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.  Both Shaw and Ponsonby received land in Kilkenny and Tipperary for their efforts. But documents from the period list (for example) a Patrick Shaw, three William Shaws, and James Shaw as among the founders of the Antrim Association, founded to raise and organize protestant defences during the siege of Derry in 1689.

I believe that several Shaws, possibly distantly related, came to Ireland with Cromwell and settled there, and poosibly that others came with William of Orange.  However, all were protestants.  Wexford history refers to Shaws as protestants planning to emigrate in the early 1800's and others as being imprisoned and killed in the Catholic uprising of the same period. 

 

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Wexford / Re: robert and richard shaw of wexford, Ireland
« on: Friday 04 June 10 17:24 BST (UK)  »
Thanks to all contributors, who have given me valuable information and leads.  I did not know the Irish census records were online.  Indeed, I thought most had been destroyed.  The 1901 census records are the first direct confirmation I have that Shaws were still living in Wexford in 1901.  My mother was a Shaw, descended from a Richard Shaw of Wexford - interesting that I was christened Richard Henry.
I will post more on the origins of the Shaws in Ireland, and also try and forward the George Hadden letter.
Thanhs again.


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Wexford / Re: robert and richard shaw of wexford, Ireland
« on: Friday 21 May 10 03:39 BST (UK)  »
Thanks to everyone who has added information re the Shaws and the Haddens in Wexford.
Annie - I have a copy of a letter written to me from Wexford in 1970 by George Hadden.  He was very old at the time, but he remembers a Richard Shaw and his sisters, who used to sit near him in the local methodist chapel around 1900.  He refers to them as his "cousins" and confirms that Richard was in the furniture business.  As a newcomer and infrequent user of the forum, I do not know how to send you a copy of the letter, but if you can give me some guidance on how to contact you I will be happy to do so. 
Best regards

Richard Atkinson

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Wexford / robert and richard shaw of wexford, Ireland
« on: Monday 16 March 09 16:39 GMT (UK)  »
I would be grateful for any help tracing my ancestors from Wexford, Ireland.

Robert Shaw was born in Wexford in 1854, qualified as a doctor in Belfast and emigrated to england in about 1875.  I can trace him from when he arrives in England but have little information re Ireland.  I think he may have had a brother called Richard and sisters Alicia and Emily who may have run a school in Wexford.  Their parents were possibly Richard and Alicia Shaw, and they may have owned a hardware or furniture store in Wexford town (not the modern Shaws in that town)

Any hints or suggestions would be very welcome.

 

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