Capt. Job Shaw was the 10th of the 12 known children of Benjamin Shaw and Mary Atwood. He was born in 1763/4 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. (Note: an error that is widespread all over the internet claims that Job was born 24 June 1760. However, that is in fact the date of birth of Job's same-named brother-in-law JOB SHERMAN, who was born in Middleboro, Massachusetts. That date is obviously impossible for Job Shaw, because Job's older brother Isaiah Shaw was born 10 March 1760, about three months before Job's purported birth. Most regrettably, this erroneous birthdate of "24 June 1760" has spread via the internet and is now found in the vast majority of Ancestry.com's family trees that include Job Shaw. Other sources, including family group sheets prepared by Adele Adams and Verda May (Shaw) Tullis, say Job was born 1763/4, which is probably an approximation based on Job's birth order, between Isaiah who was born in 1760 and Benoni who was born in 1765. One online family tree gives Job's date of birth as 24 June 1763, but that evidently is nothing more than the day and month of Job Sherman's date of birth combined with the year of Job Shaw's birth.)
On 7 Feb. 1788 in Middleboro, Massachusetts, Job married Lucy Sherman, daughter of Edward Sherman and Lucy Peterson. After his marriage, Job followed his older brother Isaiah "up country" to Bridgewater, Vermont, where most of the children of Job Shaw and Lucy Sherman were born. In Bridgewater, Job was a merchant, but for some reason was popularly known as "Capt. Job Shaw," suggesting previous military service or perhaps the captaincy of a ship. By the time of the 1810 U.S. Census, Job and his family had moved to Ontario County, New York, where they settled in Bloomfield. In 1812, the town of Victor was formed from land that originally had been a part of Bloomfield, but it's not known if Job's home thus became a part of Victor or rather that he moved to Victor.
The known children of Job and Lucy are John, Lucy, Experience ("Spede"), William E., Job Jr., Laura, Keziah, Benoni, and Manly Sherman. In addition, Shaw family tradition states that Job and Lucy also had children named Joshua, Patience, Welcome, and Sarah ("Sally").
In 1813, Job's wife Lucy died in Victor, New York. After that, Job remained in Victor until the winter of 1821, when records of the Old Proprietors Church of Victor say "Capt. Shaw" died. Most likely "winter" refers to early 1821, because the obituary of his son Benoni suggests Job had died in January.
The burial place of Job and his wife Lucy is unknown. A family tradition said Job was buried in Rochester, New York, but that probably means Victor, near Rochester, where Job was certainly living at the time of the 1820 U.S. Census and where he died in 1821. It is possible that both Job and Lucy are buried in Victor Village Cemetery in graves that no longer have headstones or grave markers, but more likely they are buried in the burial ground that was adjacent to the old Proprietors Church of Victor.
On 7 Feb. 1788 in Middleboro, Massachusetts, Job married Lucy Sherman, daughter of Edward Sherman and Lucy Peterson. After his marriage, Job followed his older brother Isaiah "up country" to Bridgewater, Vermont, where most of the children of Job Shaw and Lucy Sherman were born. In Bridgewater, Job was a merchant, but for some reason was popularly known as "Capt. Job Shaw," suggesting previous military service or perhaps the captaincy of a ship. By the time of the 1810 U.S. Census, Job and his family had moved to Ontario County, New York, where they settled in Bloomfield. In 1812, the town of Victor was formed from land that originally had been a part of Bloomfield, but it's not known if Job's home thus became a part of Victor or rather that he moved to Victor.
The known children of Job and Lucy are John, Lucy, Experience ("Spede"), William E., Job Jr., Laura, Keziah, Benoni, and Manly Sherman. In addition, Shaw family tradition states that Job and Lucy also had children named Joshua, Patience, Welcome, and Sarah ("Sally").
In 1813, Job's wife Lucy died in Victor, New York. After that, Job remained in Victor until the winter of 1821, when records of the Old Proprietors Church of Victor say "Capt. Shaw" died. Most likely "winter" refers to early 1821, because the obituary of his son Benoni suggests Job had died in January.
The burial place of Job and his wife Lucy is unknown. A family tradition said Job was buried in Rochester, New York, but that probably means Victor, near Rochester, where Job was certainly living at the time of the 1820 U.S. Census and where he died in 1821. It is possible that both Job and Lucy are buried in Victor Village Cemetery in graves that no longer have headstones or grave markers, but more likely they are buried in the burial ground that was adjacent to the old Proprietors Church of Victor.
Capt. Job Shaw was the 10th of the 12 known children of Benjamin Shaw and Mary Atwood. He was born in 1763/4 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. (Note: an error that is widespread all over the internet claims that Job was born 24 June 1760. However, that is in fact the date of birth of Job's same-named brother-in-law JOB SHERMAN, who was born in Middleboro, Massachusetts. That date is obviously impossible for Job Shaw, because Job's older brother Isaiah Shaw was born 10 March 1760, about three months before Job's purported birth. Most regrettably, this erroneous birthdate of "24 June 1760" has spread via the internet and is now found in the vast majority of Ancestry.com's family trees that include Job Shaw. Other sources, including family group sheets prepared by Adele Adams and Verda May (Shaw) Tullis, say Job was born 1763/4, which is probably an approximation based on Job's birth order, between Isaiah who was born in 1760 and Benoni who was born in 1765. One online family tree gives Job's date of birth as 24 June 1763, but that evidently is nothing more than the day and month of Job Sherman's date of birth combined with the year of Job Shaw's birth.)
On 7 Feb. 1788 in Middleboro, Massachusetts, Job married Lucy Sherman, daughter of Edward Sherman and Lucy Peterson. After his marriage, Job followed his older brother Isaiah "up country" to Bridgewater, Vermont, where most of the children of Job Shaw and Lucy Sherman were born. In Bridgewater, Job was a merchant, but for some reason was popularly known as "Capt. Job Shaw," suggesting previous military service or perhaps the captaincy of a ship. By the time of the 1810 U.S. Census, Job and his family had moved to Ontario County, New York, where they settled in Bloomfield. In 1812, the town of Victor was formed from land that originally had been a part of Bloomfield, but it's not known if Job's home thus became a part of Victor or rather that he moved to Victor.
The known children of Job and Lucy are John, Lucy, Experience ("Spede"), William E., Job Jr., Laura, Keziah, Benoni, and Manly Sherman. In addition, Shaw family tradition states that Job and Lucy also had children named Joshua, Patience, Welcome, and Sarah ("Sally").
In 1813, Job's wife Lucy died in Victor, New York. After that, Job remained in Victor until the winter of 1821, when records of the Old Proprietors Church of Victor say "Capt. Shaw" died. Most likely "winter" refers to early 1821, because the obituary of his son Benoni suggests Job had died in January.
The burial place of Job and his wife Lucy is unknown. A family tradition said Job was buried in Rochester, New York, but that probably means Victor, near Rochester, where Job was certainly living at the time of the 1820 U.S. Census and where he died in 1821. It is possible that both Job and Lucy are buried in Victor Village Cemetery in graves that no longer have headstones or grave markers, but more likely they are buried in the burial ground that was adjacent to the old Proprietors Church of Victor.
On 7 Feb. 1788 in Middleboro, Massachusetts, Job married Lucy Sherman, daughter of Edward Sherman and Lucy Peterson. After his marriage, Job followed his older brother Isaiah "up country" to Bridgewater, Vermont, where most of the children of Job Shaw and Lucy Sherman were born. In Bridgewater, Job was a merchant, but for some reason was popularly known as "Capt. Job Shaw," suggesting previous military service or perhaps the captaincy of a ship. By the time of the 1810 U.S. Census, Job and his family had moved to Ontario County, New York, where they settled in Bloomfield. In 1812, the town of Victor was formed from land that originally had been a part of Bloomfield, but it's not known if Job's home thus became a part of Victor or rather that he moved to Victor.
The known children of Job and Lucy are John, Lucy, Experience ("Spede"), William E., Job Jr., Laura, Keziah, Benoni, and Manly Sherman. In addition, Shaw family tradition states that Job and Lucy also had children named Joshua, Patience, Welcome, and Sarah ("Sally").
In 1813, Job's wife Lucy died in Victor, New York. After that, Job remained in Victor until the winter of 1821, when records of the Old Proprietors Church of Victor say "Capt. Shaw" died. Most likely "winter" refers to early 1821, because the obituary of his son Benoni suggests Job had died in January.
The burial place of Job and his wife Lucy is unknown. A family tradition said Job was buried in Rochester, New York, but that probably means Victor, near Rochester, where Job was certainly living at the time of the 1820 U.S. Census and where he died in 1821. It is possible that both Job and Lucy are buried in Victor Village Cemetery in graves that no longer have headstones or grave markers, but more likely they are buried in the burial ground that was adjacent to the old Proprietors Church of Victor.
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