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John
SHAWs of C18th Coventry & Birmingham
Seeking
ancestry of John SHAW, Pewterer and later Freeman of the City of
Coventry, who married Elizabeth BIDMEAD
on 2.11.1772 at St Michaels, Coventry.
Their first child, Benjamin
BIDMEAD, was illegitimate but
baptised also as John SHAW
on 21.12.1770 at St. Phillips, Birmingham. This may indicate John
SHAW senior had Birmingham origins or that his apprenticeship was
done there. John senior may be the son of John
SHAW, the 1748 & 1756 mayors of
Coventry.
It appears that Benjamin being born out of
wedlock continued to use his given name rather than his baptised
name of John SHAW. The BIDMEAD family name from this point
onwards should really have been SHAW. Benjamin married Rachel
DURKIN (actually DUFFKIN) in
1793 at St. Michael's Coventry.
Other known children born
within the marriage of John &
Elizabeth SHAW and baptised in
Coventry in the 1770's include Mary
SHAW (c. 31.5.1773) &
Thomas SHAW
(c. 20.9.1774) at St. Michael's, Coventry.
If you are connected in any
way with this SHAW family you may have heard family tales of a
connection to Sir Henry MORGAN.
This would have come from the BIDMEAD family.
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