William
Shanks
Born in Atlantic Ocean
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Shanks
and Sarah (Rapier) Shanks
Brother of
James Shanks
Husband of
Sarah Ann (Handley) Shanks
— married
27 Dec 1780 in Greenbriar County, Virginia (Now West Virginia)
Descendants 
Died
at age 69
in Lincoln, Kentucky
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Jul 2016
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Biography
Private William Shanks served with Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment during the American Revolution.
William Shanks is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A102803.
William was born in 1747. Legend has it that he was born at sea in transit to the USA. And it's probably just that, a legend. His mother was from an old Maryland family and it's highly unlikely she ever went to sea. My guess is that he was born in Maryland or Pennsylvania, (where Thomas and Sarah (Rapier) Shanks are buried). He passed away in Lincoln County, Kentucky in 1817. (At least one of his children died in the New Madrid earthquake in 1811).
Note
William's DAR record says he was born on the Atlantic Ocean.
Sources
- https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A102803
- Find A Grave: Memorial #93636524
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
LeAnna Giddings 
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
~0.78%
Helen Greer :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Mason Bennett :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member masontbennett1
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