Lieut. Angus SHAW

Abt 1686 - 1748  (~ 62 years)

• Name	Angus SHAW  [1]
  Prefix	Lieut.
  Born	Abt 1686	Tordarroch, Inverness-shire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	GFPH-JSM
  Nationality	[2]
  	BOOK... Memorials of the Clan Shaw by William G Shaw
  Name	Aeneas Angus Shaw  [2]
  Died	1748	Inverness-shire, Scotland   [1]
  Person ID	I594771756	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Alexander SHAW, of Tordarroch, 8th Chief of Clan Ay,   b. Abt 1660, Tordarroch, Darnoch, Inverness-shire, Scotland ,   d. 22 Nov 1719  (Age ~ 59 years)
  Mother	Anna Donald MACKINTOSH, of Kyllachy,   b. Abt 1669, Kyllachy, Tomatin, Inverness-shire, Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	6 Nov 1684	Inverness-shire, Scotland   [3]
  Family ID	F536729939	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabel DALLAS,   b. Abt 1710, Croy, Nairnshire, Scotland ,   d. 7 Nov 1803, Scotland  (Age ~ 93 years)
  Children	1. Anne SHAW, of Tordarroch,   b. Abt 1716, of, Tordarroch, Inverness, Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Margaret-nic-Aeneas SHAW, of Tordarroch,   b. Between 1735 and 1745, Tordarroch, Inverness-shire, Scotland ,   d. Abt 1833  (Age ~ 98 years)   3. Colonel Alexander SHAW, 60th Regiment of Foot, latterly 3rd Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man - last of Tordarroch, last of Wester Leys,   b. 1737,   d. 30 May 1811, Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom  (Age 74 years)   4. Maj General Aeneas SHAW,   b. 12 Jun 1742, Tordarroch, Strathnairn, Scotland ,   d. 15 Feb 1815, York, Upper Canada, British Colonial America  (Age 72 years)   5. Major John SHAW, 68th Foot Durham Light Infantry,   b. 1748, Scotland ,   d. At Sea
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F536729938	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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. --- He was also known as Angus Shaw. --- 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. --- 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. --- 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] --- 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 8 Apr 2024), entry for John Shaw, person ID 9SJM-6TB. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 8 Apr 2024), entry for Angus Shaw, person ID GFPH-JSM. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 8 Apr 2024), entry for Alexander Shaw, person ID LVMJ-MPD. (Reliability: 3).