Individual Page

Person Info

Name: William SHANNON
Sex: M
Birth: 1682 in Munster, Ireland ^b
Death: Abt 1742 in Sadsbury Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania ^d

Parents:

Father:
Robert SHANNON Birth: 1630 in Munster, Ireland Death: 1724 in Ireland

Mother:

Annal (SHANNON)

Family:
Marriage:

Mary HALL .^m1
Mary HALL Birth: 1682 in London, England Death: Ft Steele, Lancater Co, Pennsylvania

Children:

James SHANNON Birth: 1704
Hugh SHANNON Birth: 1705
Gresall SHANNON Birth: 1707
Jean SHANNON Birth: 1709
William SHANNON Birth: Feb 1719/20 Death: 5 Jul 1784 in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania
John SHANNON Birth: 1713 Death: 1731 in Hempfield, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania

Bibliography

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]*].
Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Family Record Files, Filmed 1964 by Gen.Soc.of Utah, Film#0348900 (Settele-Shannon), file SHANNON-Lancaster Co, PA. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: GenSocPA SHANNON-LancPA p[0-9]*].
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].
Freels, Melinda Shannon, Shannon Family of East Tennessee, revised 4/2002, visited 4/11/2005. Available at http://www.tngenweb.org/morgan/photoalbum/SHANNONFAMILYofTENN.html. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Melinda Freels 4/2002].
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 unpublished notebook, dated Dec 1990.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: John Peeling 8/6/1998, Melinda Freels 4/2002],
place:: [Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998]; Ireland [Ref: BrackenHB BRACKEN p86],
parents:: Robert SHANNON & Annal ___ [Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998],
father:: [Ref: BrackenHB BRACKEN p86, ShannonD SHANNON p1]

Sources for death Information

date:: 1741 [Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998]; will 13 May 1741 proved 25 Mar 1742 [Ref: GenSocPA SHANNON-LancPA p15]; will filed 1741 [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p1],
place:: [Ref: GenSocPA SHANNON-LancPA p15, ShannonD SHANNON p1]; Ft Steele, Lancaster Co [Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998]

Sources with Information about marriage to Mary HALL

names:: [Ref: Melinda Freels 4/2002]; William SHANNON & Mary ___ [Ref: GenSocPA SHANNON-LancPA p15],
child:: [Ref: GenSocPA SHANNON-LancPA p15, John Peeling 8/6/1998]

Research Notes:
emigrated to America and settled in Sadsbury Twp, Lancaster Co, PA. Will filed 1741 [Ref: BrackenHB BRACKEN p86, ShannonD SHANNON p1]

will dated May 13 1741, proved Mar 25 1742 [Ref: GenSocPA SHANNON-LancPA p15]
mentions son-in-law Robert LINE, two granddau Martha and Margaret McCALLPIN [Ref: GenSocPA SHANNON-LancPA p10]

Pedigree of William SHANNON
/-----John SHANNON
/-----John SHANNON
/-----Robert SHANNON
William SHANNON
\-----Annal (SHANNON)

Descendants of William SHANNON

1. William SHANNON m. Mary HALL

m. Mary HALL

2 James SHANNON

3 Hugh SHANNON m. Rebecca (SHANNON)

4 Gresall SHANNON

5 Jean SHANNON

6+ William SHANNON m. Mary SETTLER

7 John SHANNON

2nd generation

6. William SHANNON m. Mary SETTLER

m. Mary SETTLER

8+ John SHANNON m. Susan ALEXANDER