Hannah Shaw

Brief Life History of Hannah

When Hannah Shaw was born on 20 June 1698, in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, George Shaw Sr, was 32 and her mother, Constant Doane, was 28. She married Lt. Richard Sparrow Jr. on 29 June 1723, in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She died in 1780, in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Derbyshire, England.

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Family Time Line

Lt. Richard Sparrow Jr.
1702–1774
Hannah Shaw
1698–1780
Marriage: 29 June 1723
Ensign Isaac Sparrow
1725–1808
Rebecca Sparrow
1726–1798
Hannah Sparrow
1731–1736
Hannah Sparrow
1737–1822
Mercy Sparrow
1739–

Sources (25)

  • Hannah Shaw, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Derbyshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
  • Hannah Shaw Sparrow, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (5)

1720 · South Sea Bubble

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.

1752 · Gregorian Calendar is Adopted

Gregorian calendar was adopted in England in 1752. That year, Wednesday, September 2, 1752, was followed by Thursday, September 14th, 1752, which caused the country to skip ahead eleven days.

1754 · Seven Years' War

The Seven Years' War began as a North American conflict then stretched between England and France. England, along with allies, battled France in America, India, and Europe, making it arguably the first global war. The conflict ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and England was victorious. The Seven Years' war ultimately led to discontent in the colonies and the American Revolution.

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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