Eugene Verne Welterlen writes:
I am contacting you about this profile: https://www.geni.com/people/Christopher-Shaw-of-Northowram/60000000... If we read the text in this profile it raises some doubt that Elizabeth is the mother of his children as it states that Christopher already had baptized children in 1544/45. His marriage to Elizabeth was in 1561/2 and she would close to 40 at that time.
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Do we have any source data about an earlier wife than Elizabeth Shaw ?
Hopefully, something can be gleaned from this:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shawe-2
Biography
Ancestrial Summary: "Christopher SHAWE, born about 1518, in Yorkshire, England, buried 1 July 1583 in Yorkshire, England.
Russell F. Shaw. M.D., of Los Alamos, New Mexico, in his article, 'The English Ancestry of Abraham Shaw ofDedham, Massachusetts (1490 - 1538),' which was published in 'The Genealogist,' Vol 10m No. 1, Spring of 1989 said Christopher Shawe was buried from Halifax Parish Church (Yorkshire, England) 1 July 1583. He may have been among the heirs of James Shawe of Myxenden (dead by 19 January 1528/29 when James and Thomas Shawe were called to administer his inestate) who were tenants of Skolecote Head in a rental of Hipperholme Graveship drawn up in 22 Henry VIII (1530/31). If he was one of those heirs he was very likely a minor, while he was already married and having children baptized by February 1544/45."
Biographical Summary
"Christopher Shawe probably spent his entire life in Northowram, a township of scattered hamlets several miles outside the market town of Halifax. He was described as a clothier by trade. On 31 [sic] September 1569, he gave his eldest son, Thomas, as a marriage settlement, his copyhold of Scolecote Brow land. It is probably for this reason that Thomas is not mentioned in his will, dated 19 Feb 1583 and proved in the Prerogative Court of York, England 6 May 1584. The following provisions are significant:
. . . unto Alice my doughter twentie shillings . . . unto Isabell my doughter other twentie shillings yf she do observe and kepe my mind declared to the rest of my children and friends concerning her marriage. And yf she do not then I will that she shall have none of the said xx s, but yt shal be divided amongst my executores hereafter to be named. . . . unto John Shawe my sone my bed where I lie with all things thereto belonging. And then the rest of all my goodes which I have that are not goven and unbequeathed I frelie give unto John Shawe, my said sone, and to Elisabethe Shawe and Margaret Shaw, my doughters, whom I do ordeyne and make true and lawful execotores . . . Witnesses: Edwoard Longbothome, John Sawnfurthe."
source: rootsweb
Marriage
Husband: Christopher Shawe
Wife: Elizabeth Cutlove
Marriage:
Date: 11 OCT 1562
Place: Sheffield, Yorkshire, , England[1][2]
Citation The Genealogist, "Vol. 10, No. 1, Spring 1989
Notes Says Christopher Shawe was buried at Halifax Parish Church (Yorkshire, England) 1 Jul 1583. He may have been among the heirs of James Shawe of Myxenden.
Reason This Source Is Attached Gives a death date of Christopher
elizabeth shaw joslin
Sources
↑ Source: #S-2009482827 Data: Text: Marriage date: 11 Oct 1562Marriage place: Yorkshire, England
↑ Source: #S-2009482827 Data: Text: Marriage date: 11 Oct 1562Marriage place: Yorkshire, England
Source: #S-1989558259
Page: Ancestry Family Trees
Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/21443475/person/15...
Source S-1989558259
Repository: #R-1989561449
Title: Ancestry Family Trees
Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
Repository R-1989561449
Name: Ancestry.com
Address: http://www.Ancestry.com
Source: S-2009482827 Repository: #R-2009482618 Title: Yorkshire, England, Extracted Parish Records Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.Original data - Electronic databases created from various publications of parish and probate records.Original data: Electronic databases created from various publications of paris
Repository: R-2009482618 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com
Source: S-2009482853 Repository: #R-2009482618 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SHAW/1998-06/0897333796
Shaws of New The English ancestry of Abraham Shaw of Dedham, Massachusetts (1590-1638)
Comments in https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cutlove-2
There is a marriage of Christopher Shaw and Elizabeth Cutlove at Sheffield on 11 October 1562, which seems to be the source of this profile.[5] But this is 20 years after the first children were born at Halifax, so Elizabeth could not have been their mother. Also it's 45 miles away with no evidence of a connection, and there are two sons called John, one born in Halifax 1548, mentioned in his father's will 1583, and another born in Sheffield 1571, who would only have been 12 at the time of the will - the John in the will is an adult, was left the best bed etc. So it looks like these may be two separate Christopher Shaws and Elizabeth belongs to the Sheffield one. She may be the Elizabeth Shaw buried at Sheffield 1572.[6] I can find no evidence of the name of Northowram Christopher's wife. The death date given at Halifax is the date of his will, presumably she had died before as she does not seem to have been mentioned in the will.
So, I assume this site is not valid either:
https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/conk-robillard-family-tree/P6865...
They show Christopher being married to a Sybil Mason and having children.
I cannot "see" the birth years of the children as they are mostly marked "private". Oh, well, it was an interesting search.