Phineas Kenyon Shaw b. 30 Nov 1804 Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY d. 5 May 1886 Alfred, Allegany Co., NY

1804 - 1886 (81 years)

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Name	Phineas Kenyon Shaw
Born	30 Nov 1804	Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY
Gender	Male
Died	5 May 1886	Alfred, Allegany Co., NY
Person ID	I29314	Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
Last Modified	6 Feb 2021

Father	Anthony Shaw, IV, b. 22 Jan 1748/49, RI , d. 7 Aug 1820, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY (Age 71 years)
Relationship	Birth
Mother	Dinah Smith, b. 4 Jul 1771, RI , d. 15 Feb 1860, Alfred, Allegany Co., NY (Age 88 years)
Relationship	Birth
Married	2 Oct 1797	Rensselaer County, NY [1]
Family ID	F07733	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Melissa Sweet, b. 8 Mar 1809, Allegany Co., NY , d. 26 Mar 1887, Alfred, Allegany Co., NY (Age 78 years)
Married	20 May 1828	Alfred, Allegany Co., NY
Last Modified	6 Feb 2021
Family ID	F10928	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

Phineas moved from Stephentown to Allegany Co., NY around 1825. He purchased 66 acres of land, later the farm property of his son Milo. Phineas brought with him his widowed mother Dinah, his sister Lydia, and brother John. Phineas was a carpenter as well as a farmer and was industrious and frugal. He held the offices of Constable, Collector, and Assessor for many years. Both he and his wife Melissa, daughter of Rev. Spencer Sweet, an early settler, were active members of the Seventh Day Baptist Church. They had 11 children. Their son Milo married Alzina daughter of Daniel Coon of West Edmund, Otsego, and succeeded his father in possession of the homestead. He has been a successful farmer, Assessor for three years, and Justice of the Peace for eight years. Another son, Phineas A., born 3 May 1835, was a soldier in the Civil War. In Aug 1864 he married Fanny Stillman. (source: Allegany County and Its People)