Nancy Shaw
20 August 1811–10 May 1823 (Age 11)
Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
The Life Summary of Nancy
When Nancy Shaw was born on 20 August 1811, in Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Caleb Shaw, was 31 and her mother, Jemima Hayden, was 22. She died on 10 May 1823, at the age of 11.
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Family Time Line
Caleb Shaw
1780–1815
Jemima Hayden
1788–1858
Nancy Shaw
1811–1823
Mercy Shaw
1813–
Parents and Siblings
1780–1815Male
1788–1858Female
Siblings
(2)
1811–1823Female
1813–Female
World Events (5)
1812
Age 1
1812
Age 1
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Age 1
1812 · War of 1812
Age 1
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 8
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 8
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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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Sources (3)
- Nancy Shaw, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Nancy Shaw, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Book - The Vinton Memorial Comprising a Genealogy of the Descendants of John Vinton of Lynn 1648
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