Elizabeth Shaw

1799 - 1886  (86 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Shaw  [1, 2]
  Baptism	1799	Christchurch, Newgate, London, England   [3, 4]
  Birth	8 Jul 1799  [5]
  Gender	Female
  Death	15 Feb 1886	Bird St, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [5]
  Person ID	I35758	master
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	John Shaw,   b. Abt 1772, Brough, Westmorland, England d. 11 Jan 1846, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Hannah Gray,   b. 20 Jun 1779, Cross Keys Court, Little Brittain, St Botolph's, Aldersgate, London, England d. 16 Jul 1850, Goliadskraal, Graaff Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F25065	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mr Samuel Probart,   b. 1799   d. 19 Dec 1830, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	1820	London, England   [5]
  Children	1. Samuel Alfred Probart   2. Henry Probart   3. Edward Probart
  Family ID	F12332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2008

  
  

  Family 2	William Spencer Brook,   b. 1794, Chester, Cheshire, England d. 30 Jul 1848, Goliadskraal, Graaff Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	23 Jan 1834	Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa   [4, 6, 7]
  	(Colonial Office records) CO 4573,413 on 23.1.1834
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Brook,   b. 17 May 1836, Goliadskraal, Graaff Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 25 Dec 1882, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 46 years) + 2. William Brook,   b. 1834   d. 12 Dec 1895, Goliadskraal, Graaff Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 61 years)   3. Ambrose Spencer Brook,   b. 14 Oct 1839, Goliadskraal, Graaff Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa   4. Richard Southey Brook,   b. 22 Jul 1842, Goliadskraal, Graaff Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 26 Jan 1855, Goliadskraal, Graaff Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 12 years)
  Family ID	F12331	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2016

  
  

  Family 3	Alfred Essex
  Marriage	30 Mar 1854	Goliadskraal, Graaff Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [4, 8]
  Family ID	F25034	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2012

  
  

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  Baptism - 1799 - Christchurch, Newgate, London, England Marriage - 1820 - London, England Marriage - 23 Jan 1834 - Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Marriage - 30 Mar 1854 - Goliadskraal, Graaff Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death - 15 Feb 1886 - Bird St, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Aged 86 years 7 months on death notice so can assume birth in 1799. Badly damaged parish records at London Guildhall Library show baptism in August 1799. Death notice signed by Sarah Elizabeth Essex, daughter of Alfred and Sarah Essex; step daughter. The death notice has been completed in two different hands with a query after the name of her father which is given as William ? suggesting that the person completing these details was not sure of her father's name. She had three children by Samuel Probart who are named in her will of 1847 and another four by William Brook. At her death, only three children were alive, William and Ambrose Spencer Brook and Edward Probart. Question of whether she married Probart before or after she arrived in SA in 1820 with the rest of her family barring her sister Jane. Evidence from Probart's insolvency papers suggest she married before arrival in Cape did as Probart owed John SHAW board and lodgings for 6 months before 1820 and passage money to the Cape. Wednesday 5 April 1854 "Married at Goliad's Kraal, in the District of Graaff Reinet, on the 30th ult by the Rev. William LONG, Alfred ESSEX Sen Esq to Elizabeth BROOK of Goliad's Kraal" from Graaff Reinet Herald April - July 1854 Reference in her joint will of 1847 with William Brook to a possible legacy from her sister Jane who had married William A'Beckett, solicitor in London.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-MSPR-C (Reliability: 3). [S2597] 2517051, (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2517051), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-65V5?i=1856&cc=2517051&cat=331262 (Reliability: 3). Shaw, John(1772-1846) DN Caption Note: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-65V5?i=1856&cc=2517051&cat=331262 Keywords: Death Notice [S1392] Pallot's baptism index. [S1373] Eira Makepeace, Elizabeth Brook ancestors.ged. [S1372] Eira Makepeace, Makepeace, Eira, (eira@makepeace.net). [S2624] South African National Archives. [S1372] Eira Makepeace, Makepeace, Eira, (eira@makepeace.net), 18 May 2008. [S1391] Newspaper entry.