History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . May 18, 1818, after a confine-ment of nearly four months, John Shaw, Esq., aged seventy-fouryears, for many years a respected magistrate of Bucks count3^ Hewas the oldest magistrate in the county but one, being Governor Mifflin. He removed from Bedminster to New Britain,in 1802. He was a Whig in the Revolution, and, while enthusiasticin the great cause, he did not forget the tender treatment that wasdue to his neighbors, who differed in sentiment from him. Before hisdea
History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . May 18, 1818, after a confine-ment of nearly four months, John Shaw, Esq., aged seventy-fouryears, for many years a respected magistrate of Bucks count3^ Hewas the oldest magistrate in the county but one, being Governor Mifflin. He removed from Bedminster to New Britain,in 1802. He was a Whig in the Revolution, and, while enthusiasticin the great cause, he did not forget the tender treatment that wasdue to his neighbors, who differed in sentiment from him. Before hisdeath, he selected two appropriate Psalms, one, the sixty-first,beginning, When overwhelmed with grief. My heart within me dies. John .Shaw, the elder, was the father of seven children, John,Josiah Y.,^^ who passed his life in Doylestown and died here, FrancisB., member of the Doylestown bar, Martha, Mary, William a physi- 25 There is a question whether this tavern was at Dublin or Pipersville. 26 Josiah ^^ .Shaw was a Justice of the Peare, and l^rij^ade Inspector ofMiUtia, f-^ Jl,,^ ?^ 17T-1—rr. m nOYLESTOWN, OLD AND NEW. 321 cian of Philadelphia, and Thompson D. Shaw,-7 who entered the Nav3% as a Midshipman and died a Commodore. =^ The late JamesShaw was a son of Josiah Y. The name is sometimes spelled Shawe.^^Jerome Buck, a dcscentlant of John Shaw, was one of the mostbrilliant men horn in Doylestown. His mother was a daughter ofJosiah Y. Shaw, and liis father, Samuel E. Buck, a descendant ofNicholas Buck, wIki came of an ancient family of Lorain, and setdedin this county, 1752. Jerome was born May 18, 1835; educated inthe Philadelphia schools and at Tremont Seminary, Norristown, readlaw with John Titus, the second husband of his mother, was a memberof the Doylestown bar, and subsequently Chief Justice of Buck practiced law in New York and died there, 1900. He wasan eloquent speaker, and brilliant conversationlist, and some of hisaddresses were master
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