The Haworth Association of America
Susanna Haworth Shaw 
sister of George
Little is known of Susanna/Susannah Haworth. She was born about 1672 in 
Rockcliffe, Parish of Rochdale, Lancashire, England. Her date and place of death 
are not known, but from George’s letters she was still living in England in 
1722. Susanna married John Wood about 1690. John was born about 1667 and died 
about 1691. She then married a Mr. Shaw about 1692 and they had at least two 
sons, James, and Jonathan. Nothing is known of Jonathan Shaw. James 
Shaw, along with his cousin John Collins, was named one of the heirs in James 
Haworth’s lease of the Hapton Hall estate in 1705. Nothing further is known of 
James Shaw.