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: Martha BRACKEN
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: 10 May 1765 in York (Now Adams) Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 23 Feb 1838 in Shelbyville, Shelby Co, Kentucky d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Thomas BRACKEN Birth: Abt 1740 in Newcastle Co, Delaware Death: Feb 1803 in Cecil Twp, Washington Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • (Unk) COLMERY

Family:
Marriage:
  • Samuel SHANNON on 1783 at York, Adams Co, Pennsylvania .m1
  • Samuel SHANNON Birth: 15 Apr 1750 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 14 May 1813 in Shelby Co, Kentucky
Children:
  1. John SHANNON Birth: 28 Apr 1784
  2. Thomas SHANNON Birth: 13 Feb 1786
  3. Nancy SHANNON Birth: 1 Sep 1787 Death: 20 Jul 1811
  4. Sarah SHANNON Birth: 11 Apr 1790 Death: 1 Feb 1875 in Shelbyville, Shelby Co, Kentucky
  5. Anna SHANNON Birth: 6 Sep 1792 Death: 1817
  6. William SHANNON Birth: 14 May 1795 Death: 14 Sep 1821
  7. Samuel SHANNON Birth: 19 Jul 1797 in Shelbyville, Shelby Co, Kentucky Death: 14 Jul 1856 in Shelbyville, Shelby Co, Kentucky
  8. Elizabeth SHANNON Birth: 16 Mar 1800
  9. Martha SHANNON Birth: 12 Jul 1802
  10. Mary SHANNON Birth: 30 Jan 1806
  11. Esther SHANNON Birth: 20 Jul 1808

Bibliography
  1. Bell, Raymond Martin, SHANNON of Washington County PA, Keyhole XVIII,2 April 1990, p77-80. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bell SHANNON].
  2. Bracken, Henry B, William BRACKEN of New Castle Co Delaware, Nashville, TN: author, 1982. LDS Film#1033982 item#14. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/13711. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: BrackenHB BRACKEN p[0-9]*].
  3. Craig, Marion Stark, The American Ancestry of Marion Stark Craig, Supplement #3, 1991, LDS Film#1697645 item#4. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Craig AmAncestrySupp3 p[0-9]*].
  4. 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]*].
  5. 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]*].
  6. 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]*].
  7. Riggs, Henry Earl, The American Ancestors of Margaret Esther Bouton Thom and William John Thom, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edwards Brothers, 1944. LDS Film#0982242 item#3. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/28316. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Riggs THOM p[0-9]*].
  8. Reid, Russell, Roberts-Shannon, posting to SHANNON-L, 11/14/1999. Author address: r.reid at ix dot netcom dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Russell Reid 11/14/1999].
  9. 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: BrackenHB BRACKEN p80, Dedman SHANNON p3, Riggs THOM p35, ShannonD SHANNON p34]
1765 [Ref: Bell SHANNON, Craig AmAncestrySupp3 p86],
place:
[Ref: Riggs THOM p35],
parents:
Thomas BRACKEN & ___ KILMARY [Ref: Riggs THOM p35]
Thomas BRACKEN & ___ KILMARY or COLMERY [Ref: BrackenHB BRACKEN p80],
father:
[Ref: Bell SHANNON, Craig AmAncestrySupp3 p86]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Dedman SHANNON p3]
1838 [Ref: Bell SHANNON, Craig AmAncestrySupp3 p86],
place:
[Ref: Dedman SHANNON p3]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
before 1803 [Ref: Riggs THOM p35]
Sources with Information about marriage to Samuel SHANNON
date:
[Ref: Bell SHANNON, Craig AmAncestrySupp3 p80],
place:
[Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p34],
names:
[Ref: BrackenHB BRACKEN p89, Craig BYERS p66, Dedman SHANNON p3, Eagleson BYERS p64, Riggs THOM p35],
child:
[Ref: Bell SHANNON, Russell Reid 11/14/1999, ShannonD SHANNON p34, ShannonD SHANNON p35, ShannonD SHANNON p36, ShannonD SHANNON p39]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Martha BRACKEN
                   /-----William BRACKEN
          /-----Thomas BRACKEN
 /-----Thomas BRACKEN
|        |         /-----Edward GREEN
|         \-----Martha GREEN
Martha BRACKEN
 \-----(Unk) COLMERY



Descendants of Martha BRACKEN
1. Martha BRACKEN m. Samuel SHANNON
m. Samuel SHANNON father: John SHANNON mother: Sarah REID

2nd generation

2. John SHANNON m. Sarah/Polly FINLEY
m. Sarah/Polly FINLEY father: John FINLEY mother: Esther REED
4. Nancy SHANNON m. William BOYD
m. William BOYD
5. Sarah SHANNON m. John James ROBERTS
m. John James ROBERTS father: James ROBERTS mother: Agnes SHANNON
6. Anna SHANNON m. John HARBISON
m. John HARBISON
7. William SHANNON m. Rachel HOWELL
m. Rachel HOWELL
8. Samuel SHANNON m. Deborah YOUNGER
m. Deborah YOUNGER father: John W YOUNGER mother: Mary Agathy DEARING
10. Martha SHANNON m. David EMISON
m. David EMISON

3rd generation

13. Thomas SHANNON m. Polly KIEFER
m. Polly KIEFER
15. Mahettaole Shannon BOYD m. James Jr REID
m. James Jr REID
16. Martha Agnes ROBERTS m. Aaron WALLACE
m. Aaron WALLACE father: William WALLACE mother: Sarah SHANNON
19. Mary Agnes HARBISON m. George Lynn HARBISON
m. George Lynn HARBISON
20. Sarah Eliza HARBISON m. Sammie KING
m. Sammie KING
22. John Singleton SHANNON m. Elizabeth METCALF
m. Elizabeth METCALF
23. Samuel Bracken SHANNON m. Elizabeth Baylor ARES
m. Elizabeth Baylor ARES
26. Ammacette SHANNON m. Samuel HARBISON
m. Samuel HARBISON
28. John Samuel SHANNON m. Katharine Robinson SHARP
m. Katharine Robinson SHARP father: David Newton Dr SHARP mother: Paulina GLASS

4th generation

36. Sarah E WALLACE m. Thomas REID
m. Thomas REID father: James REID mother: Lucy ROBINSON
37. William J WALLACE m. Sallie BASKETT
m. Sallie BASKETT
58. Ann Bracken SHANNON m. Charles W LAMAR
m. Charles W LAMAR
62. Ann Sarah SHANNON m. James LEES
m. James LEES
68. Emmett Crawford HARBISON m. Mary Dangerfield BATTAILLE
m. Mary Dangerfield BATTAILLE
71. Samuel SHANNON m. Florence MORTON
m. Florence MORTON
73. Katherine Glass SHANNON m. Joseph D HALL
m. Joseph D HALL
74. Mildred Reid SHANNON m. Arthur HARBISON
m. Arthur HARBISON
75. Deborah SHANNON m. Thomas Prather NICHOLAS
m. Thomas Prather NICHOLAS

5th generation

77. Lucy REID m. Harvey WILLIAMS
m. Harvey WILLIAMS
78. Anne Bell REID m. B C WELCH
m. B C WELCH
86. William Bertram WALLACE m. Lulu HOVERTON
m. Lulu HOVERTON
99. Deborah SHANNON m. Frank B LAMONT
m. Frank B LAMONT
101. Jane HALL m. Living HEFNER
m. Living HEFNER
102. George V HARBISON m. Christine ISHAM
m. Christine ISHAM