Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: John SHANNON
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 20 Jan 1742/3 b
  • Death: 1825 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • William SHANNON Birth: Feb 1719/20 Death: 5 Jul 1784 in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Mary SETTLER Birth: Ireland Death: 1793 in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary "Polly" SHANNON Birth: 1773 Death: 1823
  2. Jennie SHANNON Birth: 1778 Death: 1821

Bibliography
  1. Peeling, John, Descendants of John Shannon. Posting to Shannon list at GenForum 8/6/1998. Available at http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/shannon/messages/91.html. Author address: john dot l dot peeling dot jr at cpmx dot saic dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998],
parents:
[Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998]
Sources for death Information
date:
either 1825 or 1780 [Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998]
Sources with Information about marriage to Susan ALEXANDER
date:
[Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998],
place:
[Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998],
child:
[Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998]
Research Notes:
corporal in Capt Davis' company [Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998]

1778: sergeant in 9th PA regiment [Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998]



Pedigree of John SHANNON
                                     /-----John SHANNON
                            /-----John SHANNON
                   /-----Robert SHANNON
          /-----William SHANNON
         |         \-----Annal (SHANNON)
 /-----William SHANNON
|         \-----Mary HALL
John SHANNON
 \-----Mary SETTLER



Descendants of John SHANNON
1. John SHANNON m. Susan ALEXANDER
m. Susan ALEXANDER

2nd generation

2. Mary "Polly" SHANNON m. John McCUNE
m. John McCUNE
3. Jennie SHANNON m. Gilbert THOMPSON
m. Gilbert THOMPSON

3rd generation

4. Elisabeth McCUNE m. William BIGGS
m. William BIGGS
5. Susan THOMPSON m. Jeremiah DOUGLASS
m. Jeremiah DOUGLASS
6. Elizabeth THOMPSON m. John R JAMES
m. John R JAMES
7. William THOMPSON m. Susan HILDRETH
m. Susan HILDRETH
8. Gilbert Jefferson THOMPSON m. Mary S TAPLEY
m. Mary S TAPLEY

4th generation

9. George K BIGGS m. Margarite JACKSON
m. Margarite JACKSON
10. Margaret Brewer BIGGS m. John Eastin SHANNON
m. John Eastin SHANNON
11. John Thompson DOUGLASS m. Margaret HENRY
m. Margaret HENRY
14. Loucillah Stanley THOMPSON m. John Porter FISHER
m. John Porter FISHER

5th generation

17. William Orwin SHANNON m. Louisa Frances WRIGHT
m. Louisa Frances WRIGHT