Margaret Shaw

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Shaw was born in 1630, in Ireland, her father, John Brisbane Shaw, was 15 and her mother, Barbara Lindsey, was 22. She married William Stewart in 1664, in Ballygally, County Down, Ireland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1729, in Derryloran, County Tyrone, Ireland, at the age of 99.

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William Stewart
1625–1706
Margaret Shaw
1630–1729
Marriage: 1664
Alexander Stewart
1668–
Henry Stewart
1670–1771
John Stewart
1673–1700
Margaret Stewart
1675–1737
Mary Stewart
1678–1701
James Stewart

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    World Events (6)

    1641

    Great Catholic-Gaelic rebellion for return of lands, later joined by Old English Catholics in Ireland. Under leadership of Irish chieftain, Rory O'More, conspiracy was formed to seize Dublin and expel the English. English settlers were driven out of Ulster. Catholics hold 59% of land in Ireland.

    1649

    The Protestant Lord Protector of England, Oliver Cromwell, landed at Dublin. His troops killed 2,000 men. A great part of lands in Munster, Leinster and Ulster (Drogheda and Wexford) was confiscated and divided among the English soldiers.

    1672

    Over 6,000 Irish boys and women sold as slaves since England gained control of Jamaica.

    Name Meaning

    English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): from Middle English s(c)hawe, s(c)haghe ‘small wood, grove, thicket’ (Old English sceaga). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived in or by a small wood, or habitational, for someone from any of the many places so named. Shaw and Shawe are most frequent in Lancashire and Yorkshire, where Shaw in Oldham (Lancashire) may be a principal source of the surname. The English and Lowland Scottish surname was also established in Ireland in the 17th century.

    Scottish: shortened form of various surnames from the Gaelic personal name Sitheach, derived from sithech ‘wolf’.

    Irish (Down and Antrim): adopted for Ó Síthigh ‘descendant of Sítheach’, a personal name based on sítheach ‘peaceful’. Compare Sheehy .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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