Shuah (—?—) (Heard-Otis)

     Shuah married first Ensign James Heard, son of John Heard and Isabel (—?—) (Heard), by 1661. She married second Richard Otis between 28 November 1676 and 5 November 1677.¹
     
     By most accounts Shuah was the daughter of Edward Starbuck, but a note contributed by Charles Thorton Libby, published 1916 in NEHGR (vol. 70: 187), casts a doubt:

     Kittery and Berwick (Me.) Land Grants.—The Maine Historical Society has two manuscript books, which attempt to account for the laying out of lands in Kittery and Berwick to the original settlers or their heirs or assigns. The older book appears to have been used for current entries until it became crowded and interlined. The second book, dated 1764, is in part a fair tabulation of the contents of the first. These books appear to be a field untouched by any thorough genealogist. For instance, the following entry is found: "May 6, 1702. To John Heard confirmation all that land granted to his grandfather Abrah^m Conley." This reveals the much sought parentage of Shuah, wife of Ensign James Heard, who married secondly Richard Otis.

While this seems to prove that Shuah was the daughter of Abraham Conley, it is troubling that there is no indication in Conley's will that he had any Heard descendants.