Born about in Pennsylvania
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Darby Hugh McKeever Jr.
— married
about 1738 in Fort Edwards, Hampshire, Virginia
Wife of
Hugh Shannon
— married
about 1760 in Fort Edwards, Hampshire, Virginia
Descendants 
Died
at about age 68
in Cross Creek Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
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| Created 30 Jul 2023
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Biography
Rachel was born about 1720. She passed away in 1788.
Sources
- American Genealogical Biographical Index (AGBI) - Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. - Online publication- Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Original data- Godfrey Memorial Library, American Genealogical Biographical Index, Middletown, CT, USA; Godfrey Memorial Library. Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Gen- 1,3599::0
- Ancestry.com. Geneanet Community Trees Index (database online), Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022.
- Original data: Geneanet Community Trees Index. Paris, France; Geneanet.
- Ancestry.com, “West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971”, Hampshire County West Virginia, US, Will Book, v 002 1780-1794; Last Will and Testament of Hugh Shannon, dated 7 Dec 1783, probated 9 Mar 1784:
- Listed in his will are his wife, Rachel Shannon, his step-sons, John McKeever, Darby McKeever, step- daughter Esther Clark, and granddaughters, Jean Clark and Jean Fugate, and daughter Ruth Albin
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rachel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rachel:
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~0.78%
Wendy (McKeever) Staggs
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QE1579174 [compare], Ancestry member wstaggs
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~0.78%
Larry Parish :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Denise Coleman :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Catherine (Clouse) Anonymous :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member armstrong22241
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