Christopher Shaw, of Northowram

Children of Christopher Shaw (d. 1584) and his unknown wife:

1. Thomas, b. c. 1542.
2. Alice, bp. 5 Feb. 1544/5.
3. John, bp. 5 Feb. 1547/8, m. Grace Illingworth; d.s.p..
4. Isabell, bp. 9 April 1550.
5. James, b.c. 1554, bur. 8 March 1557/8.
6. Elizabeth, b.c. 1557, perhaps married Gilbert Longbothom 3 June 1583.
7. Margaret, b.c. 1560, living 1582/3.

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REFERENCES:

The Genealogist, 10:1:86-97, "English Ancestry of Abraham Shaw," by Russell Franklin Shaw.

MARRIAGE: He was already married and having children baptized by February 1544/5. The name of his wife has not been discovered.

BIOGRAPHY: 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 31st 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 19th February 1583 and proved in the prerpgative Court of York, 6th May 1584.

Source: Anita Hyatt Davis 640016-0618100102924. 261 West 1200 North Bountiful, UT 84010, 801-295-2670, Date 9th September 1999.

Notes

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shawe-2

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 https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image?v...

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."

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On 31st September 1569 he [Christopher Shaw] 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 19th February 1583 and proved in the prerpgative Court of York, 6th May 1584.