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Family of Samuel SHAW and Rachel VEAZIE

Samuel SHAW d. 1818 June~⁸⁴⁰ at lost at sea⁸⁴⁰. bd. Eastern Cemetery, Portland, ME⁸⁴⁰.
Rachel VEAZIE b. 1771 Apr 1³⁸⁸ at Portland, ME³⁸⁸. d. 1849 Oct 17²²⁰⁴ at Portland, ME²²⁰⁴. bd. Eastern Cemetery, Portland, ME⁸⁴⁰.

Married²²⁰⁴ 1803 Jun 5²²⁰⁴ at Portland, ME²²⁰⁴. Rachel and Samuel were married by Samuel Freeman, clergyman of Portland.

The tombstone⁸⁴⁰ of Rachel Shaw has, below her and Thomas Hilton, "Samuel Shaw lost at sea June 1818."

Maine Genealogy (Little)³⁹⁴ and Bangor Hist. Mag.³⁸⁸ both have Rachel died Nov 10, 1797, clearly an error as other information indicates, for instance, Rachel Hilton married²²⁰⁴ Samuel Shaw in 1803, corroborated by a marriage notice [Gazette (Portland, Maine), Mon., Jun 13, 1803, p 3; genealogybank.com] which reads: "In this town, Capt. Samuel Shaw to Mrs. Rachel Hilton." Further, the gravestone⁸⁴⁰ for Rachel Shaw, which has, on the same stone, husband Thomas Hilton and husband Samuel Shaw, has "Died Oct 16 1819." The magazine information cited above is probably a confusion with Rachel's mother who died that date. Further corroboration for the 1849 date is provided by an Oct 23, 1849, obituary⁵⁹⁹⁴ in the Portland (Maine) Weekly Advertiser (in the "Deaths" column) which reads: "In this city, 16th inst., Mrs Rachel Shaw, widow of the late Capt Samuel Shaw, aged 78 years."

Hillman⁸⁰⁰, pp 223-228, has much detailed information regarding Rachel, Thomas Hilton and Samuel Shaw.

Children of Samuel SHAW and Rachel VEAZIE: