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: Robert McKNIGHT
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1732 b
  • Death: 1818 in Williamson Co, Tennessee d


    • Parents:

Family:
Children:
  1. Jane McKNIGHT Birth: 1759 in North Carolina Death: Abt 1830 in Franklin, Tennessee
  2. Mary McKNIGHT Death: 30 Aug 1831 in Williamson Co, Tennessee

Bibliography
  1. Dedman, Louise Shannon, Dedman (Shannon) Genealogy, date unk. 15 legal size pages. Available through Jimmy Kerr (jimmyk01 at sbcglobal dot net) Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Dedman SHANNON p[0-9]*].
  2. 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].
  3. Shannon, Dexal, SHANNON 1571-1990. unpublished notebook, dated Dec 1990. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/778102. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Dedman SHANNON p10, ShannonD SHANNON p44, ShannonD SHANNON p94]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Dedman SHANNON p10, ShannonD SHANNON p44, ShannonD SHANNON p94],
place:
[Ref: Dedman SHANNON p10, ShannonD SHANNON p44, ShannonD SHANNON p94]
Sources with Information about marriage to unknown
child:
[Ref: Dedman SHANNON p10, Dedman SHANNON p3, John Peeling 8/6/1998, ShannonD SHANNON p94]
Research Notes:
lived in North Carolina before coming to Tennessee [Ref: Dedman SHANNON p3]



Pedigree of Robert McKNIGHT
Robert McKNIGHT



Descendants of Robert McKNIGHT
1. Robert McKNIGHT m.

2nd generation

2. Jane McKNIGHT m. David SHANNON
m. David SHANNON father: Samuel SHANNON mother: Jane REID
3. Mary McKNIGHT m. George SHANNON
m. George SHANNON father: Samuel SHANNON mother: Jane REID

3rd generation

6. Thomas SHANNON m. Ezeriah PICKINS
m. Ezeriah PICKINS father: Andrew Gen PICKENS mother: Elizabeth F (PICKENS)
7. David McKnight SHANNON m. Anna PICKINS
m. Anna PICKINS father: Andrew Gen PICKENS mother: Elizabeth F (PICKENS)
12. Thomas Jefferson SHANNON m1. Rachael RANDALL m2. Rachael DOWDY
m. Rachael RANDALL
m. Rachael DOWDY
13. John D SHANNON m. Mary Polly GOODE
m. Mary Polly GOODE father: Charles B GOODE mother: Elizabeth HALBERT
17. Samuel R SHANNON m. Elizabeth CARSARD
m. Elizabeth CARSARD
19. James SHANNON m. Mary GRAY
m. Mary GRAY

4th generation

30. Jane McKnight SHANNON m. Joseph Willard GRIFFIN
m. Joseph Willard GRIFFIN
32. Andrew Pickins SHANNON m. Mary E DYER
m. Mary E DYER father: John DYER mother: Leanah (DYER)
35. David Reid SHANNON m. Peggy Ann GRAY
m. Peggy Ann GRAY father: Richard GRAY mother: Mary Polly GILMORE
38. Eliza Elmina SHANNON m. Wesley WILSON
m. Wesley WILSON
43. David C SHANNON m. Mildred BARTLETT
m. Mildred BARTLETT
45. Mildred C SHANNON m1. Theophilus BASS m2. Sam NELSON
m. Theophilus BASS father: Lawrence BASS mother: Nancy PATTON
m. Sam NELSON father: William NELSON
46. Rufus B SHANNON m. Nancy (SHANNON)
m. Nancy (SHANNON)
48. Leona E SHANNON m. John II COX
m. John II COX
49. Cordella Orleana SHANNON m. William Burchfield COX
m. William Burchfield COX father: John II COX mother: Frances BURCHFIELD
56. George A SHANNON m. Missouri Ellen SAMPLE
m. Missouri Ellen SAMPLE
57. William R SHANNON m.
59. Rebecca Jane SHANNON m. Thomas BUCHANAN
m. Thomas BUCHANAN
60. James Thomas SHANNON m. Cordelia BITTICK
m. Cordelia BITTICK

5th generation

67. Joseph Andrew SHANNON m1. m2. Kate (SHANNON) m3. R C CHANDLER m4. Ocolave Callie SEXTON
m. Kate (SHANNON)
m. R C CHANDLER
m. Ocolave Callie SEXTON
71. William Jefferson SHANNON m. Indiana "Nan" ASKEW
m. Indiana "Nan" ASKEW father: Henry ASKEW
72. James Robert SHANNON m. Mary Jane BURGESS
m. Mary Jane BURGESS
76. Samuel Pickens SHANNON m. Finetta Clementine DEARIEN
m. Finetta Clementine DEARIEN
80. John T SHANNON m. Mary Elizabeth BOGARD
m. Mary Elizabeth BOGARD father: James BOGARD mother: Elizabeth FISHER
83. Joseph B SHANNON m. Harriett STEPHENS
m. Harriett STEPHENS
88. Mary Catherine BASS m. Nathaniel MASSEY
m. Nathaniel MASSEY
89. Nancy Elizabeth BASS m. Francis BERRY
m. Francis BERRY father: Alexander BERRY mother: Phoebe BURCHFIELD
90. John Shannon BASS m. Clarinda Clementine MASSEY
m. Clarinda Clementine MASSEY father: James H MASSEY mother: Martha Ellen ANDERSON
91. Rebecca Ophalia NELSON m. John Frank SEAMAN
m. John Frank SEAMAN
92. Octavia Lacretia NELSON m. John McCULLAH
m. John McCULLAH
93. William L SHANNON m. Helen Tennie HOWARD
m. Helen Tennie HOWARD
94. John Boliver SHANNON m. Elizabeth JOHNSON
m. Elizabeth JOHNSON
102. John Lyons COX m1. Lieutitia DAVIS m2. Sarah Frances Williams CARPENTER
m. Lieutitia DAVIS
m. Sarah Frances Williams CARPENTER
104. Jane SHANNON m. (Unk) CUPTON
m. (Unk) CUPTON
112. James Owen SHANNON m. Georgia POPE
m. Georgia POPE