Anthony Shaw, IV
1749 - 1820 (71 years)-
Name Anthony Shaw Suffix IV Born 22 Jan 1748/49 RI 
[1] Gender Male Died 7 Aug 1820 Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY [1] Buried Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY Person ID I04746 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 9 Feb 2021
Father Anthony Shaw III, b. 30 Nov 1725, Little Compton, Newport Co,. RI , d. 30 Apr 1793, Exeter, Washington Co., RI (Age 67 years) Mother Susannah Butts, b. 28 Feb 1728/29, Portsmouth, RI , d. 12 Jul 1750, RI (Age 21 years) Married 28 Dec 1749 RI Family ID F10938 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Susannah Remington, b. 17 May 1749, Jamestown, Newport Co., RI , d. 22 Jan 1797, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co, NY (Age 47 years) Married 13 Oct 1771 Newport, RI Notes - Anthony Shaw married Susanna Remington on 13 Oct 1771 at Trinity Church, Newport, RI. I am making an assumption that the bride was the daughter of this family, because the dates seem to fit, and I have found no record of another Susanna(h) Remington in this time period.
Children 1. Abigail Shaw, b. 17 Aug 1772, RI , d. 10 Oct 1863, Le Roy, Genesee Co., NY (Age 91 years) [Birth]2. Peter Shaw, b. 13 Oct 1776, RI , d. 3 Sep 1864, Ripley, Brown Co., OH (Age 87 years) [Birth]3. John Remington Shaw, b. 18 Mar 1779, d. 22 Mar 1813, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY (Age 34 years)4. Russell Shaw, b. 19 Apr 1781, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY , d. 21 Jul 1864, Russellville, Brown Co., OH (Age 83 years) [Birth]5. Lydia Shaw, b. 23 Aug 1783, d. 24 Dec 1783, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY (Age 0 years)6. Justus Shaw, b. Abt. 1785, d. 15 Nov 1871, Cayuga Co., NY (Age ~ 86 years) [Birth]7. Lydia Shaw, b. 23 Aug 1786, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY , d. 24 Dec 1786, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY (Age 0 years) [Birth]8. Anthony Shaw, b. 3 Jun 1787, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY , d. 6 Jun 1840, Brown Co., OH (Age 53 years) [Birth]9. Asa Shaw, b. 28 May 1789, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY , d. 1827, Ripley, Brown Co., OH (Age 37 years) [Birth]Last Modified 7 Feb 2021 Family ID F01777 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Dinah Smith, b. 4 Jul 1771, RI , d. 15 Feb 1860, Alfred, Allegany Co., NY (Age 88 years) Married 2 Oct 1797 Rensselaer County, NY [2] Children 1. George Smith Shaw, b. 5 Mar 1798, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY , d. Bef. 1830 (Age 31 years) [Birth]2. Remington Shaw, b. 5 Jan 1799, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY , d. 4 Apr 1799, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY (Age 0 years) [Birth]3. Sisson Nichols Shaw, b. 19 Jan 1801, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY , d. 2 Jan 1879, Rockford, Kent Co., MI (Age 77 years) [Birth]4. Benjamin Shaw, b. 20 Apr 1802, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY , d. 25 Apr 1884, Wascea, MN (Age 82 years) [Birth]5. Phineas Kenyon Shaw, b. 30 Nov 1804, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY , d. 5 May 1886, Alfred, Allegany Co., NY (Age 81 years) [Birth]6. Mercy Nichols Shaw, b. 9 Apr 1806, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY , d. 30 Jan 1882 (Age 75 years) [Birth]7. Mary Shaw, b. 27 Jan 1808, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY , d. 8 Apr 1809, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY (Age 1 years) [Birth]8. Roxanna Shaw, b. 9 May 1809, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY , d. 2 Sep 1852, Franklin, VT (Age 43 years) [Birth]9. Mary Shaw, b. 8 Dec 1811, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY , d. 22 Aug 1856, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY (Age 44 years) [Birth]10. John Remington Shaw, b. 22 Jun 1813, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY , d. 26 May 1899, Alfred, Allegany Co., NY (Age 85 years) [Birth]11. Lydia Shaw, b. 24 Sep 1815, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY , d. 13 May 1899, Erie Co., PA (Age 83 years)Last Modified 6 Feb 2021 Family ID F07733 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Anthony is reported to have been a twin; a sister Content Shaw may have been his twin. I have not been able to confirm this.
Anthony's second wife Dinah was his first wife's niece. Dinah was born the year Anthony and Susannah married, and the story has come down in the family that Anthony made a cradle for Dinah when she was a baby.
" . . . 17 day of June 1793 Anthony Shaw of Stephentown in the County of Rensselaer in the State of New York, Yeoman, son of Anthony Shaw late of Exeter, deceased, who was appointed guardian to Arnold Shaw son of Anthony Shaw late of Exeter, deceased . . . " (Exeter is in the State of Rhode Island.) Susannah Remington Shaw was still alive when Anthony got custody of his half brother. He had custody only a short time and relinquished it to a half-brother John Shaw.
Anthony served in the Revolutionary War as a Private in the 4th Regiment of the Albany County Militia under Col. ir Capt. Robert Killian Van Rensselaer and Lt. Jonathan Niles, under Brig. Gen. Abraham Ten Broeck.
According to a family tree at Rootsweb's Worldconnect (source Kenneth Linwood Shaw, III), Anthony died "of Cholera Morbus," aged 71 years old.
His will mentions his wife Dinah as well as 11 sons, 6 daughters, and one stepdaughter (Sarah Solomon). Those in his will are "beloved wife Dinah"; sons Peter, John, Russell, Justus, Anthony Jr., Asa, George S., Remington, Sisson N., Benjamin, and Phineas K.; daughters Rebekkah and Susannah, single women; Sarah Solomon (wife's daughter); Abigail Thomas; Mercy, Roxana, and Mary Shaw.
It has been written that he fathered 22 children (see findagrave.com for details on his life and family).
- Anthony is reported to have been a twin; a sister Content Shaw may have been his twin. I have not been able to confirm this.
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