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Major General Æneas SHAW, Sr

Major General Æneas SHAW, Sr[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]

Male 1740 - 1814  (74 years)


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  • Name Æneas SHAW  [2, 3, 5, 10]
    Title Major General
    Suffix Sr
    Birth Abt. 1740  Tordarroch House, Strathnairn, near Inverness, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 9] 
    Gender Male
    Birth 1740  Tordarroch, Inverness, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9] 
    Arrival 1770  Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7] 
    _MILT 1776 
    • Soon after the outbreak of the American revolution he joined the Queen’s Rangers as an ensign, and ended the war as a captain, his promotions beginning in November 1777 when a new commander, John Graves Simcoe, formed a Highland company. Judged adept in th
    Occupation 1784 
    Ensign in the 39th Foot Regiment (later Dorsetshire Regiment.) 
    Occupation 1787 
    Lieutenant 
    Occupation 1791 
    Captain in the Queen's Rangers. 
    Occupation Oct 1791  Nashwaak River, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Farmer 
    _MISN Jan 1792  Nashwaak River, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • Shaw accepted a commission as a captain-lieutenant in the Queen’s Rangers when they were raised as a provincial corps for Upper Canada.
    Address 1793  Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Departure Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Name Aeneas (Major General) SHAW  [7] 
    Name Aeneas (Major General) SHAW  [9] 
    Name Aeneas (Major General) SHAW  [9] 
    Name Aeneas SHAW  [7] 
    Name Aeneas SHAW  [7] 
    Name Aeneas SHAW  [7] 
    Name Aeneas SHAW  [7] 
    Name Aeneas SHAW  [7] 
    Name Aeneas SHAW  [7] 
    Name Aeneas SHAW  [8] 
    Name Aeneas SHAW  [9] 
    Name Aeneas SHAW  [8] 
    Name Aeneas SHAW  [7] 
    Name Aeneas SHAW  [7] 
    Name Aeneas SHAW  [7] 
    Name Major General Aeneas SHAW  [9] 
    Occupation 1794 
    Major in the Simcoe's Corps. 
    Occupation Jun 1794 
    Took a seat on the Legislative Council 
    Occupation 26 Aug 1796  Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Lieutenant of the county of York until 2 Dec. 1798 
    Occupation 1797 
    Lieutenant-Colonel in the Queen's Rangers. 
    _MILT 1802 
    • Queen’s Rangers were disbanded
    _MILT 2 Dec 1807 
    • Promoted to Colonel with fear of war with United States mounting
    Occupation 1808 
    Colonel 
    Occupation 1809 
    Rejoined the Rangers and sent to build Toronto. 
    _MILT 1811  [7, 9] 
    • Major General, Fort York
    _MILT 1811 
    • Promoted to major-general
    Occupation 1813 
    Member, Legislative Council (M.L.C.) [Upper Canada] 
    Residence Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Burial 1814  Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9] 
    • St. James Cemetery
    Death 6 Feb 1814  York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 9] 
    Person ID I18848628523  Gibson Lovell Lomas Collins
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2026

    Father 14th CHIEF OF CLAN SHAW and 9th CHIEF OF CLAN AY Angus (Aeneas) of Tordarroch, 9th Chief of Clan Ay SHAW,   b. 1695, Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1748, Tordarroch, Inverness-shire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
    Mother Anne or Isabel DALLAS,   b. Between 1876 and 1700, Cantraywood, Inverness-shire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F1812  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ann GOSLINE,   b. 21 Jun 1766, Newtown, Queens County, Long Island, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 Jan 1806, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)
    Marriage 1781  New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Married 1783  Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Married 1783 
    Married 27 May 1783  Newtown Queens Co, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Married 27 May 1783  Newtown, Queens, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 10] 
    Married 27 May 1783  Queens, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
     1. John SHAW,   b. 1783, New Brunswick ? Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1812, Montréal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)
    +2. Alexander SHAW,   b. 1784, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1834, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
     3. Charles SHAW,   b. 10 Jul 1786   d. 1808 (Age 21 years)
    >4. Isabella SHAW,   b. 23 Aug 1787, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 Aug 1851, Toronto, 1654339, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    +5. Æneas SHAW, Jr,   b. 25 May 1789, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 Sep 1874, Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    >6. Richard SHAW,   b. 16 Jul 1790   d. 1834 (Age 43 years)
     7. Sophia SHAW,   b. 31 May 1792, Nashwaak River, N.B. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 Dec 1870, Yorkville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    >8. George SHAW,   b. 21 Aug 1795   d. 20 Oct 1827, Drowned in Lake Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
    >9. Anne SHAW,   b. 29 Jun 1798, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1870, Toronto, 1654339, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     10. David SHAW,   b. 19 Jul 1800, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    >11. Charlotte Stuart SHAW,   b. 12 May 1802   d. 16 Nov 1872, Toronto, 1654339, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    >12. Mary SHAW,   b. 14 Aug 1804, Toronto, Ontario Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F1809  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2026

    Family 2 Margaret HICKMAN,   b. 21 Oct 1777   d. 06 Apr 1853 (Age 75 years)
    Marriage 11 Oct 1809  Kingston, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 10] 
    Family ID F309  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2026

  • Notes 
    • Adjutant-General of Militia, General AEneas Shaw

      Aeneas Shaw, a son of Aeneas, 9th Chief of Clan Ay, was born at Tordarroch, near Inverness, Scotland. A Loyalist, he served in the Queen's Rangers during the American Revolution, and later settled in what is now New Brunswick. Commissioned in the reorganized Queen's Rangers, he went to Quebec in 1792 and from there led the Rangers' first division to Upper Canada. The following year he settled at York (now Toronto) and later built a house in this vicinity. He was appointed to the Executive and Legislative Councils in 1794. In 1807 he became Adjutant-General of Militia, was promoted Major-General in 1811, and served in the War of 1812. He died at York, February 6, 1814.
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      Note: Had 7 sons and 6 daughters

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      War was declared, by the United States, on the 18th of June, 1812; but no intimation of the fact reached Canada until the 7th of July. General Brock, however, was on the alert; and, when the tidings reached him, had already made his preparations. A distinguished Scot, Major-General Aeneas Shaw, sprung of a fighting stock, deserves mention here. His father fought for the Stuart, at Culloden, [Genealogical Account of the Shaws, London: 1877, p. 97. At Culloden, said the Provost of Inverness, in 1745, "the brunt of the battle fell on the Clan Chattan," for out of the twenty-one officers of their regiment, eighteen were left dead on the field.] and the Clan Chattan (Shaw), has always had fighting men in the army and volunteers. The Major-General had served in the Revolutionary war as Captain of the Queen’s Rangers. (64th Foot). [Simcoe was Colonel during the Revolution, and has left a full account of the operations in his Military Journal. New York: 1844. Colonel Stephen Jarvis, of the Queen’s Rangers, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Simcoe, in describing several engagements with Washington’s army in August, 1777, says: "I was eye-witness to a very brave exploit performed by the Left Division of the Highland Company, under the command of Lieutenant, afterwards Major-General Aeneas Shaw. One of the field pieces, belonging to the Light Infantry, had got fast in a quagmire, and at last was abandoned by the Artillery attached to it. The rebels gave a shout, ‘Huzza! the cannon is our own,’ and advanced to take possession, when Lieutenant Shaw ordered his Division to the right-about, charged the enemy, and brought off the cannon, which was ever after attached to the Regiment." Colonel Shaw late of the 10th Royals, and Mr. S.M. Jarvis are our authorities in this sketch of the Shaws.] Rising to the rank of Major-General, he was afterwards appointed Adjutant-General and a member of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada. He died of sheer fatigue, in 1813, leaving five sons—all officers in the army [It may be interesting to note how the military spirit has run in the veins of the Shaws. The Major-General’s eldest son, Alexander, was Captain in the 35th and 69th Foot, and fought in seven general engagements. His son, Captain Alexander Shaw, was an officer in the Incorporated Militia and Queen’s Rangers, in 1837-8. Alexander’s son, Geo. A. Shaw, was, until lately, Colonel of the 10th Royals.]—and four daughters.

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      Member of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada, 1794; Adjutant General of the Militia in the War of 1812.
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      Aeneas Shaw was a Scot who served under Simcoe in the Queen's Rangers during the Revolutionary War. He eagerly accepted a commission as a captain in Simcoe's revived Queen's Rangers in Upper Canada and travelled on snowshoes from New Brunswick some 2400 miles in 19 days to take up his duties.

  • Sources 
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      Arrival date: 1770
      Arrival place: America

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      Record for Aeneas Shaw

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