Samuel Shaw

Male7 January 1677–27 December 1728

Brief Life History of Samuel

Samuel Shaw was born on 7 January 1677, in Wincle, Cheshire, England. He married Agnes Farner on 3 September 1714, in Prestbury, Cheshire, England. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Prestbury, Cheshire, England in 1714. He died on 27 December 1728, at the age of 51.

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Samuel Shaw
1677–1728
Agnes Farner
–
Marriage: 3 September 1714
Samuel Shaw
1712–

Sources (3)

  • Samuel Shaw, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
  • Saml Shaw, "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900"
  • Saml. Shaw, "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    3 September 1714Prestbury, Cheshire, England

    • Children (1)

    World Events (2)

    1688 · Glorious Revolution

    Age 11

    The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.

    1720 · South Sea Bubble

    Age 43

    The South Sea Bubble Bill was passed by the House of Lords in 1720. This allowed the South Sea company to monopolize trade with South America. The company underwrote the English National Debt which promised 5% interest from the government. As shares rose exponentially, many companies were created and many fortunes were made. The stocks crashed and many people lost their money which caused them to become destitute overnight and suicide was common. Robert Walpole took charge of the South Sea Bubble Financial Crisis by dividing the national debt between the Bank of England, the Treasury, and the Sinking Fund.

    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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