James
Shannon
aka Shannen
Born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Son of William Shannon Jr.
and Mary O. (Settler) Shannon
Brother of
John Shannon, William Shannon III, Robert Shannon, Hugh Shannon, Joseph Shannon, Jean Shannon, Nathaniel Shannon, David Shannon and Samuel Shannon
Husband of
Joice Chandler
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 78
in Lincoln County North Carolina
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Jan 2015
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Biography
In 1769, William Shannon, his wife Mary and their children were members of the Upper West Conococheague Presbyterian Church of Mercersburg, Franklin County, Penna. The children were: [1]
- John, mar. Susanna Alexander, July 8, 1772, was in Fayette County, Ky., 1811-12.
- James was in Lincoln County, N. C., 1811-12.
- William thought to have been killed by Indians in 1782. And therefore was not named in his father's (who died 5 July, 1784) Last Will and Testament which was probated on June 15, 1785
- Robert Shannon in Carolina, 1793; in Fayette County, Ky., 1811-12.
- Joseph Shannon died 1805, in Franklin County, and a nephew Wm. of Fayette County, Ky., came north to settle the estate, a farm of 121 acres, which he sold to Chas. Gillespie in 1813.
- The daughter Jean, mar. Joseph Shannon of York County, Mar., 1778; of Woodford County, Ky. in 1811-12.
- Nathaniel Shannon of Scott County, Ky.,in 1811-12.
- David Shannon mar. Eleanor Prather and left a son William.
- Samuel Shannon b. 1773, died 1811, mar. at Mercersburg, Mary, daughter of Johnston Elliott, Sept. 5, 1795.
- Joseph, David, Samuel lived and died in or near Mercersburg.
Sources
- ↑ American Revolutionary Soldiers of Franklin County Pennsylvania. Compiled By Virginia Shannon Fendrick for the Franklin County Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, Chambersburg, Penna. Published by the Historical Works Committee of the Franklin County Chapter. Copyright 1944 by the Franklin County Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Chambersburg, Penn, pages 258-259. Fendrick cites Penna. Arch. 5th Ser. Vol. 6, p. 269, 275, 282.
- http://sherrysharp.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I35549&tree=Roots
- http://www.ncgenweb.us/currituck/wills/shannenjames1773.html
- https://caleb-cangelosi-437x.squarespace.com/s/Creigh-Thomas-History-of-the-Presbyterian-Church-of-Upper-West-Conococheague.pdf
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Wayne Shannon
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R1b1a2, FTDNA kit #121440
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~0.78%
Paula Shannon :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch 7245666 [compare], Ancestry member pls6355
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~0.78%
Marquitte Shannon :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member shannon367153
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Shannon-1230 and Shannon-2508 appear to represent the same person because: This will actually be the Shannon that links everything down through the rest of the Shannon line for my family.
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