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
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.
?neas signed the bond of Manrent given by the Chief of Mackintosh in 1609, by the heads of the various banches of the Clan Chattan.
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Bean was succeeded by his son, Angus, who signed the Band of Union among Clan Chattan in 1609 as "Ay mac Bean vie Robert of Tordarroch, for himself and taking the full burden of his race of Clan Ay." As already mentioned, the fact of his signing this band, in common with the chieftains of the other clans forming the confederacy of Clan Chattan, shows that the Shaws of Tordarroch had already attained the position of a distinct sept under their own chieftain, who was directly subordinate to the chief of Mackintosh, the head of the whole confederacy. --- Angus also appears? as Angus Mac Bean? in a Stent Boll of the Parish of Inverness dated the last day of March 1634, in which he is rated at 25 merks for each plough of his lands of Knocknageal. In addition to Tordarroch he was proprietor of part of the Leys in the parish of Inverness, and in a Valuation Boll of 1644 his holding in this parish is valued at ?110 3s. 4:d. Scots, while Tordarroch in Dunlichity Parish is set down as worth only ?61 6s. 8d. Scots. Wester Leys continued in possession of the Shaws down to the beginning of the present century.
Hugh married Mary LINDSAY. Mary was born in 1610 in Scotland, United Kingdom; died on 28 Feb 1678 in Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Mary LINDSAY was born in 1610 in Scotland, United Kingdom; died on 28 Feb 1678 in Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
William was served heir to his father in Kyllachy 30 June 1631, and by charter from Lord Moray of 21 Dec. following he acquired a feu of the adjacent land of Morilmor and Morilbeg. In 1637 he also obtained from Lord Moray a charter of the half land of Culclachie, on the Nairn, while from his uncle Alexander, who had no family, he obtained the feu of Aldourie.
His name occurs frequently in Acts of Parliament and other documents and in the Kinrara MS. between 1630 and 1669; and it will be remembered that he was one of the leaders of the expedition for the capture of James Grand of Carron in 1630. He is excepted from the Act of Indemnity after the Restoration, and fined ?3600.
William m. Marjory, dau of John Farquharson of Invercauld, with issue:
Donald;
John, to whom he assigned Dalmigavie, and from whom sprang the Mackintoshes of Dalmigavie;
Alexander, ancestor of the Mackintoshes of Farr; and
Robert, who occupied Banchor in Strathdearn
also seven daughters:
Margaret, m. 1st Robert Grant of Elchies, 2nd Grant of Lurg;
Agnes, m. 1st Alex. Macgillivray younger of Dunmaglass, 2nd Wm. Forbes of Skellater;
Grizel, m. James Grant of Rothimurcus;
Elspeth, m. Lach. Mackintosh of Aberarder;
Beatrice, m. Wm. Mackintosh of Corribrough;
Helen m. Hugh Fraser of Leadclune; and
Marjory, m. _____ Grant of Milton.
Source: THE MACKINTOSHES AND CLAN CHATTAN, by A.M. Mackintosh, Edinburgh, 1903, p. 370.
Anne DUNBAR, of West Grange was born in 1622 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland; died in in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland; was buried in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.
Thomas DUNBAR was born about 1625 in of, West Grange, Banff, Scotland; and died.
Patrick DUNBAR was born about 1627 in of, West Grange, Banff, Scotland; and died.
William DUNBAR was born about 1629 in Scotland; died in 1649 in Scotland.
Abt 1686 - 1748 (~ 62 years)