DJD-28-Mehitabel-3

LINE OF DEACON JOHN DUNHAM OF PLYMOUTH

THIRD GENERATION IN AMERICA

28. MEHITABLE 3 PRATT (Persis 2 (Dunham) Pratt, John 1 Dunham) born in Plymouth in 1667; [1] died in Plympton 19 October 1712 in her 45th year. [2]

She is buried in the Old Cemetery in Plympton. [3] She married in Plymouth 29 December 1687 JONATHAN SHAW, [4] son of Jonathan 2 and Phebe (Watson) Shaw.

NOTE: Old Cemetery is now known as Hillcrest Cemetery - Find A Grave Memorial# 37017282 - Jonathan - Find A Grave Memorial# 36881171

He was born ca. 1663; died in Plympton 18 January 1729/30 in his 67th year. [5] He is buried in Lakenham Cemetery. Jonathan 3 Shaw married second in Plympton 16 November 1715 Mary (Richards) Darling, widow of Benjamin Darling. [6] They had one child, Rebecca Shaw, born 25 June 1718. [7]

Children of Jonathan 3 and Mehitable (Pratt) Shaw: [8]

148. i. JONATHAN 4 SHAW, b. 1 April 1689

149. ii. PHEBE 4 SHAW, b. 10 May 1690

150. iii. PERSIS 4 SHAW, b. 10 March 1692/3

151. iv. MEHITABLE 4 SHAW, b. 12 January 1694/5

152. v. JAMES4 SHAW, b. 3 March 1696/7

153. vi. HANNAH 4 SHAW, b. 27 May 1699

154. vii. ELIZABETH 4 SHAW, b. 5 May 1701

155. viii. PRISCILLA 4 SHAW, b. 18 August 1702

ix. ABIGAIL 4 SHAW, b. 14 August 1705; prob. d.y.

156. x. SAMUEL 4 SHAW, b. 11 January 1706/7

References:

1. The Pratt Directory, p. 88

2. Plympton VR p. 515

3. NEHGR 151:420.

4. NEHGR 151:419.

5. Ibid.

6. Ibid p. 420.

7. Plympton VR

8. Plympton VR p. 32; NEHGR 151: 423-4.