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: Samuel BYERS
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 10 Jul 1784 in Finley Twp, Washington Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 26 Jan 1785 in Finley Twp, Washington Co, Pennsylvania d
  • Burial: Byers Burial Ground, East Finley Twp, Washington Co, Pennsylvania u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Thomas BYERS Birth: 7 Sep 1757 in Chester Co, Pennsylvania Death: 30 Aug 1825 in East Finley Twp, Washington Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Margaret SHANNON Birth: 30 Mar 1765 in Sadsbury Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 4 Aug 1829 in East Finley Twp, Washington Co, Pennsylvania

Family:
Bibliography
  1. Beers, J. H., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, PA, J.H. Beers Co, Chicago, 1893, reprinted by Polyanthos, Inc, New Orleans, LA, 1976. Available at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008651804. Available at http://archive.org/details/commemorativebio03jhbe Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p[0-9-]*].
  2. Bell, Raymond Martin, The BYERS Family of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Washington, PA, 1987, LDS Film#1320702#7. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/526675. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p[0-9]*].
  3. Bell, Raymond Martin, BYERS, Keyhole XXIII,3 (July 1995). p101-103 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bell BYERS-95 p10[1-3]].
  4. Bell, Raymond Martin, SHANNON of Washington County PA, Keyhole XVIII,2 April 1990, p77-80. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bell SHANNON].
  5. Borkowski, Helen, The Byers Burial Ground, Keyhole XIX,1 Jan 1991, pp24-28. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Borkowski ByersBurialGround p[0-9]*].
  6. Boss, Lula Reed, Descendants of Thomas Byers, in Kentucky Ancestor, vol 8, no 4, April 1973. Sutro F450.K4. Available at http://kentuckyancestors.org/kentucky-ancestors-print-archive-goes-digital/ vol 8 No 4, available at http://kyhistory.com/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16602coll3/id/181/rec/188. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Boss BYERS p[0-9]*].
  7. Craig, Marion Stark, My BYERS-BONAR-SHANNON And Allied Families, 1976, LDS Film#1036519 item#3. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Craig BYERS p[0-9]*].
  8. DAR Application 563918, Tice, Alice Tomlinson Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #563918].
  9. DAR Application 664455, Beohm, Marilyn Jane Broell Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #664455].
  10. Eagleson, Andrew S, BYERS Family History, 1908, LDS Film #1320634#5 1988. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/456946. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Eagleson BYERS p[0-9-ab]*].
  11. Tylor, Alma Martin, Byers Family Data, in Kentucky Genealogical Records compiled by Mrs M. H. Dunn, Genealogical Records Chairman, Kentucky Society DAR, Series 1 vol 296 1966. DAR KY GRC 1966 S1 V296. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Taylor BYERS p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p804, Bell BYERS-87 p9, Bell BYERS-95 p101, Craig BYERS p16(upper part of page)]
d 1785 age 6 mo [Ref: Boss BYERS p193],
place:
[Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p804, Craig BYERS p15]
Washington Co Pennsylvania [Ref: Craig BYERS p70],
parents:
[Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p804, Bell BYERS-87 p9, Bell BYERS-95 p101, Boss BYERS p192, Craig BYERS p15, Craig BYERS p16, Craig BYERS p70, DAR #563918, DAR #664455]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
22 Jul 1784 [Ref: Borkowski ByersBurialGround p25, Boss BYERS p192, Craig BYERS p15, Craig BYERS p16(lower part of page), Craig BYERS p70, DAR #563918, DAR #664455, Eagleson BYERS p4, Taylor BYERS p24]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p9, Bell BYERS-95 p101, Bell SHANNON, Borkowski ByersBurialGround p25, DAR #563918, Eagleson BYERS p4, Eagleson BYERS p60],
place:
[Ref: Craig BYERS p15]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
20 Jan 1785 [Ref: Boss BYERS p193, Craig BYERS p15, Craig BYERS p70]
28 Jan 1785 [Ref: Borkowski ByersBurialGround p27]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Borkowski ByersBurialGround p27]
E Finley Twp [Ref: Eagleson BYERS p4]
Research Notes:
two sons named Samuel in family [Ref: Eagleson BYERS p60]

Double tombstone, inscribed "In memory of Nancy Byers who departed this life Aug 25, 1796 aged 7 months and 16 days. In memory of Samuel Byers who departed this life Jan 26, 1785 aged 6 months and 17 days" Inscription for Samuel could be 1786, and could be 16 days [Ref: Borkowski ByersBurialGround p28]



Pedigree of Samuel BYERS
                            /-----Thomas BYERS
                   /-----James BYERS
          /-----Samuel BYERS
 /-----Thomas BYERS
|        |         /-----Thomas WHITE
|         \-----Jane WHITE
|                  \-----Ann (WHITE)
Samuel BYERS
|                                             /-----John SHANNON
|                                    /-----John SHANNON
|                           /-----Robert SHANNON
|                  /-----Thomas SHANNON
|                 |         \-----Annal (SHANNON)
|         /-----John SHANNON
|        |         \-----Agnes (SHANNON)
 \-----Margaret SHANNON
         |                  /-----Thomas REID
         |         /-----John Col REID
         |        |         \-----Mary McKEAN
          \-----Sarah REID
                   \-----Jane STUART



Descendants of Samuel BYERS
1. Samuel BYERS