Nationality: ; BOOK... Memorials of the Clan Shaw by William G Shaw
Name: Aeneas Angus Shaw
Notes:
Aeneas Shaw of Tordarroch, 9th Chief of Clan Ay was the son of Alexander Shaw of Tordarroch, 8th Chief of Clan Ay and Anna McIntosh.
He married Isabel Dallas, daughter of William Dallas of Cantray and Isobel Dallas.
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He was also known as Angus Shaw.
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He gained the rank of Lieutenant in 1715 in the Mackintosh's Regiment.
He fought in the Battle of Preston in November 1715, where he was taken prisoner at Preston and confined to Newgate Prison.
He was sent to the American Plantations but was pardoned after some years on giving security for his future allegiance to the reigning family.
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In 1720 he had a grant of Tordarroch from The Mackintosh.
On 15 September 1724 he was present with the other Chiefs of Clan Chattan at Moy, when Lachlan Macpherson of Cluny renounced his claim to the heaship of Clan Chattan in favour of The Mackintosh.
In 1727 he subscribed to the Clan Fund of.
In 1745 in accordance with his promise of allegiance avoided the Rising and was afterwards appointed a Magistrate.
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Children of Aeneas Shaw of Tordarroch and Isabel Dallas
? Anne Shaw
? Margaret Shaw2 d. 1833
? Alexander Shaw of Tordarroch, b. 1737, d. 30 May 1811
? Aeneas Shaw b. 1739/40, d. 6 Feb 1814
? Major John Shaw2 b. 1748
Citations
[S37] BP2003 volume 3, page 3587. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
[S37] BP2003. [S37]
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The '15 Rising
Under the command of William Mackintosh of Borlum, the tribes of Clan Chattan rose for the exiled King James VIII on 15, September 1715 near Tordarroch at Farr. Led by Robert Shaw, Younger of Tordarroch, with his brother Angus as Lieutenant, the Shaw contingent of Clan Chattan was often noted for being the most resolute, the best armed, equipped and composed in the Earl of Mar's army. After the collapse of the rising at Preston, both Robert and Angus were cruelly abused at the infamous Newgate Prison. Because of the severe tortures inflicted on him, Robert Shaw died soon after his release in 1718. Angus Shaw was transported to Virginia Colony where he lived and worked as an "indentured servant" or slave until he was ransomed by several Clan Chattan gentlemen and pardoned in 1722. On his return to the Highlands, he was forced to sign an oath of loyalty never to raise arms against the Hanoverian government again. Angus Shaw spent much of his adult life enlarging and improving Tordarroch.
The '45 ~ The Last Rising Of The Clans
At the commencement of the Rising of 1745, Angus Shaw of Tordarroch never forgot the harsh suffering he and his brother had undergone in prison after 'the Fifteen. Long did he remember the agonies of transportation and servitude in the Americas. Although sorely tempted, he forbid Clan Ay from taking up arms against the Government. Following Tordarroch's example, the elderly James Shaw of Dell remained at peace as well. As late as 1750, it was reported that ?the Shaws have two Chieftains of equal degree, Shaw of Tordarroch in Strathnairn and Shaw of Dell in Rothiemurchus, neither of whom were in arms, but some of their men were sent out under command of some gentlemen who had nothing to lose. ... In early April 1746, as the two opposing forces marched into Clan Chattan country, Angus Shaw of Tordarroch's sworn oath of loyalty to the Hanoverian government was near the breaking point. On the bitter morning of the 16th, with the two armies nearby at Culloden, Angus was prevented from fighting under the yellow banner of Clan Chattan only by the courage and common sense of his wife Isabel, who hid his weaponry, accoutrements and clothing and locked and bolted him in a sturdily secured closet.
Source: Clan Shaw, Historical Summary - http://www.theclanshaw.org/summary.html
On the bitter morning of the 16th, with the two armies nearby at Culloden, Angus was prevented from fighting under the yellow banner of Clan Chattan only by the courage and common sense of his wife Isabel, who hid his weaponry, accoutrements and clothing and locked and bolted him in a sturdily secured closet.
Source: Clan Shaw, Historical Summary - http://www.theclanshaw.org/summary.html
Maj General Aeneas SHAW was born on 12 Jun 1742 in Tordarroch, Strathnairn, Scotland; died on 15 Feb 1815 in York, Upper Canada, British Colonial America; was buried on 15 Feb 1815 in ST JAMES CHURCHYARD, TORONTO, Ontario.
Alexander Shaw of Tordarroch, was the son of Robert Shaw of Tordarroch and Agnes Fraser of Struy.
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He married Anna McIntosh, daughter of Donald McIntosh of Kyllachy and Jean Dunbar, on 6 November 1684.
He died on 22 November 1719.
He accompanied The Mackintosh against the MacDonalds of Keppoch in Brae Lochaber.1 In 1687 he was a witness to the marriage contract of the 19th Chief of Mackintosh.1 In 1698 he was named renewing a commission granted to the 19th Chief of Mackintosh 'for raising fire and sword' against Coll MacDonald, 15th Chief of Keppoch.1 On 18 May 1700 a commissioner named by the 19th Chief of Mackintosh at the Isle of Moy to act for him, on account of ill-health.1 On 22 May 1700 he was in 'an obligation' given by Coll MacDonald, 15th Chief of Keppoch at Fort William.1
Children of Alexander Shaw of Tordarroch, 8th Chief of Clan Ay and Anna McIntosh
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Alexandee, Robert's eldest son and successor, is mentioned as "of Tordarroch " under dates 23rd August 1692, 26th June 1696, and 17th October 1699,3 and as "of Wester Leys" under date 21st October 1697.4 In an Act of 1698, renewing a Commission granted to the nineteenth chief of Mackintosh for raising Fire and Sword against Coll Macdonald of Keppoch and others, he is erroneously described as " younger " of Tordarroch. As "younger of Tordarroch" he had accompanied Mackintosh in 1679 against the Macdonalds in Brae Lochaber.
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He married Anne, second daughter of Donald Mackintosh of Killachie.
Robert Shaw of Tordarroch, son of Angus MacBean Shaw of Tordarroch, and Catherine
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He married Agnes Fraser.
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He signed renewal of the Bond of 1609 with other Clan Chattan Chiefs.
In 1679 he accompanied The Mackintosh to Keppoch against the MacDonalds.
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He was one of the Commissioners appointed to assist The Mackintosh to pursue Archibald MacDonald, 14th of Keppoch and other MacDonalds of his clan 'with fire and sword' in 1681
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He was Commissioner of Supply for County Inverness in 1690.
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He died in 1691
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Children of Robert Shaw of Tordarroch and Agnes Fraser
? Alexander Shaw of Tordarroch ( d. 22 Nov 1719)
? John Shaw
? Donald Shaw
? William Shaw
? Euffin Shaw
? Elspeth Shaw
Citations
- Burkes Peerage
[S37] BP2003 volume 3, page 3587. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
[S37] BP2003. [S37]
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Robert, son of Angus, is the first of his line mentioned by the surname of Shaw, his father being called in the Valuation Eoll and elsewhere " Angus mac Bean," that is "son of Bean." The first mention we find of Bobert is as witness? with Lachlan Mackintosh of Kinrara, brother of the eighteenth chief of Mackintosh and author of the MS.
History of the Mackintoshes to a deed of Benunciation, dated 30th November 1669, by Lachlan Mackintosh of Aberarder in favour of Donald and William MacGillivray.
As Robert Schaw of Tordarroch he is recorded in Vol. iii. of the Commissary Records of Inverness, under date 19th June 1677, as "faithfully giving up debts resting to deceased John m'Ean vie Alister in Tordarroch." Again, as Robert Shaw portioner of Leys he is named a Commissioner of Supply for the county of Inverness in an Act of Parliament of 7th June 1690 ; and, also as portioner of Leys, his name appears in the Valuation Boll of Inverness-shire in 1691, where his portion is valued at ?96 13s. Scots. In this roll, Tordarroch is set down under the Laird of Mackintosh, the superior. Robert died in 1691, leaving three sons
Donald Mackintosh, 7th of Killachie appears in an Act of Parliament dated 10 July 1678 where he is named as a Commissioner of Supply for Inverness-shire. His name appears in a list of "Heads and Branches of Families that are to give band to the Commissioners of Council" at Inverlochy, also in 1678. He appears with his son on the Valuation Roll of 1691 for the lands in Daviot, Dalarossie and Dores Parishes. He sold Aldourie to his son-in-law John Barbour, bailie of Inverness, but whose daughter later married Donald Mackintosh's grandson which in turn brought back Aldourie to the Mackintoshes. Donald had married a daughter of Dunbar of Grange and died in 1703 leaving one son, Angus, and three daughters. His second daughter, Anne, married Alexander Shaw, chief of the Clan Shaw of Tordarroch.
The Scottish Parliament passed the Act of Indemnity in 1660 which levied fines on people for past actions during the Scottish Civil Wars with a follow-up Act passed on 9 September 1662 in which the Mackintosh lairds of Killachie were fined ?3,600 on lands worth ?594.
1737 - 1811 (74 years)