You are doing so well, can hardly believe your age. You are young in spirit and enterprise and that is what counts. I am 65 and just now, my friends are finally getting into the internet emailing, tho they do not do research. I checked the site and found hundreds of Shannons and found 16 Thomas Shannons, but none born about 1720-25. Mine made a patent to buy land from the Penn family in 1740 near Gettysburg. I presume he must have been at least 16 at the time, so his birth would have been between 1715 to 1725 and he would have been very young to have enough money to buy 300 acres. He died in 1797 in York Co. PA according to his will. He lived there all those years according to tax and inhabitant lists. So I don't know who he is or his parents or where he was born. So frustrating, but thanks for helping anyway. Bobbie >From: KBeimer@webtv.net (Katy Beimer) >Reply-To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com >To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] John Shannon >Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 08:32:50 -0700 (PDT) > >Oh Dear, Michael. There are so darned >many Thomas' in this family but I do >have them all in my books and do have >them straight there. However, the mind >does forget a little as I will soon be 79. > > >==== SHANNON Mailing List ==== >SHANNON letters by Dedman on: >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shannonfamilies > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Will try this right now. Thanks, Bobbie >From: Pdd101940@aol.com >Reply-To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com >To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] Shannon Lineage >Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 10:45:10 EDT > >Bobbie, > Try this; in the window at the top of your scree, type in google.com, >in >the screen that comes up, type in Joseph Shannon and click on I feel lucky. >This will give you a >chart from John to the present. Hope it helps. Mike Shannon > > >==== SHANNON Mailing List ==== >SHANNON letters by Dedman on: >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shannonfamilies > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Mike, I only get one letter. Are there any more? Bobbie >From: Pdd101940@aol.com >Reply-To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com >To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] John Shannon >Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 10:06:32 EDT > >Bobbie, > Several researchers have put our Shannon line on the internet. A lot >of >the research and conclusions are in the Dedman letters. Try this, type in >google.com in the window at the top of your screen. It will put up another >window, type in Joseph Shannon and click on "I feel lucky". Mike >Shannon > > >==== SHANNON Mailing List ==== >SHANNON letters by Dedman on: >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shannonfamilies > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Bobbie, No, I've never found a ship's list or passenger list showing our Shannons arriving. I have Thomas, son of Thomas who m. Eigness, going down onto Rockfish River(this is now in Nelson Co.,Va.) with Samuel &Jean Reid Shannon. He died there unwed. John,son of Thoomas & Eigness, had a son, Thomas who m. Polly Reid. John also had a son George m. Ann Reid and had Thomas who m.Elizabeth Spear Now my ancestor was Samuel, a brother to the above John. He had Capt. Thomas who m.Agnes Crow and had Thomas Jr. who m. Juliet Allen(whose descendants still live at "Poplar Hill" Va. My Samuel had George who m. Mary Mcknight and had Thomas G. Moving ahead a generation we have my Samuel's son Joseph who m. Mary Billingsly.Their son Alexander (for whom my Gr-Grandfather was named) had a son Thomas who m Cynthia Denton. This is getting into the 1800's , so no point in going further as it is too late to be the Thomas you're looking for. Gerald Busby's grandfather and some others, myself included, were putting together a chart on all this. He died before it could be completed. I do have some17 pages of it I can send to you for $2 cost to print and mail, if you want. Just send me your address. Mike

Bobbie, I'm not familiar with an alphabetized list. Are you referring to the list on google? if so, that was done by John Peeling Jr. As I said, there are several who've done this. They start with the common denominator(John Shannon Sr, of Scotland) and work the line down into their connection and then to the present generations. Let me give you a few more to look at: Gerald Busby http:www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/u/s/Gerald-l-busby John Peeling Jr http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/shannon/messages/91.html+ Terry McLean http://home.earthlink.net/~tmclean/PickensDBndx/dat18.htm Sheila Lawson http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/5600/ Mike

Bobbie, I should have noted, Robt. had four sons who migrated from N.Ireland. They all settled in Pnn., and of course each family used the same set of names. If that were not bad enough, they married cousins too! Mike

Boibbie, It was my impression tha she had put them all on line. You can contact Joyce Shannon Bridges at JSBRIDG@aol.com. She was the one doing this. Mike

HI, Yes, Louise Dedman warned me about that early on.You have to use vital statistics to keep them apart. Our line from Thomas'(the one who m. Eigness) great grandfather to present has been documented by at least six people and is available on line for the rest of us. Mine goes like this; John in Scotland >John Jr. b. in Scotland>Robt b. N. Ireland>Thomas who m. Eigness>Samuel who m. Jean Reid> Joseph who m. Mary Billingsly>Granville who m. Unity Williams>Alexander who m. Clara Viola Scott>James Alfred who m.Dana Sproule>James Alfred Jr who m.Gloria Gusman>Michael Shannon. Mike ps The Louise Dedman letters are on line. These were written to me years ago, and Louise shows who is connected to who, and gives her proofs for each. They are long letters with strictly data and proofs. M.S.

Sean, I wish I knew more about our Thomas. Only know the land and tax rec. and his three children in his will. They should have made them tell at least the wife's maiden name, but all they said was Mary. Sorry. Bobbie >From: "Sean Adams" <seanadams2001@att.net> >Reply-To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com >To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [SHANNON-L] Shannon Lineage >Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 09:00:11 -0400 > >Hello Bobbie, >I was wondering if you had any relatives with the name Julius or Banks or a >George Shannon married to a Jane Johnson. Julius was born Sharon, Mercer Co >PA May5, 1899 > >Thanks > >Jay Johnston > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bobbie Reihsen [mailto:breihsen@hotmail.com] > > Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 1:49 AM > > To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: RE: [SHANNON-L] Shannon Lineage > > > > > > Welthy, I would bet your Thomas Shannon is related to ours. Our > > Thomas was > > the grandson of Thomas Shannon and wife Mary. The lived in York > > Co. PA. > > Their daughter, Mary is his mother, and he lived with Mary and > > Henry Cooley, > > according to the will of Thomas Shannon Sr. > > Then they moved to Ross Co. OH, and Thomas was a purchaser at > > the estate > > in 1813 of Henry Cooley who died at this time. Thomas by then > > was grown up > > and probably married. Then about 1830, I think the group moved > > to Indiana. > > Thomas had an uncles, Joseph and Samuel Shannon, brothers of > > his mother, > > Mary. > > > > He probably would have named his sons, Thomas and Joseph. We have > > corresponded before. If you would like copies of the will or > > estate, etc, I > > would send them to you. Bobbie > > > > > > >From: Walter Nachtigal <wnachtigal@twlakes.net> > > >Reply-To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com > > >To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com > > >Subject: RE: [SHANNON-L] Shannon Lineage > > >Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 19:02:23 -0500 > > > > > >At 06:27 PM 6/8/01 -0400, you wrote: > > > >Where would I find the Shannon-l archieves old family letters. I also > > >have > > > >some old letters that I could add to it from and to RT Shannon approx > > >1928 > > > >Bann Rowing Club. > > > >Thanks for this info. > > > >I am really learning alot from you all. This is amazing. > > > >Thanks again > > > >Sue Wilson Faubert > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > >From: Walter Nachtigal [mailto:wnachtigal@twlakes.net] > > > >Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 9:36 AM > > > >To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com > > > >Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] Shannon Lineage > > > > > > > > > > > >At 08:54 AM 6/7/01 -0400, you wrote: > > > >>Kathryn, > > > >> The Shannon-l archives have all the old family letters from Samuel > > > >Shannon > > > >>to his son, Capt. Thomas Shannon who stayed at Poplar Hill. There >are > > >also > > > >>more from various other Shannons. Mike Shannon > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>==== SHANNON Mailing List ==== > > > >>SHANNON letters by Dedman on: > > > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shannonfamilies > > > >> > > > >> > > > >Hi Mike, > > > > > > > >Where do I find the Shannon-1 archives? > > > > > > > >Welthy > > > > > > > > > > > >==== SHANNON Mailing List ==== > > > >SHANNON letters by Dedman on: > > > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shannonfamilies > > > > > > > > > > > >==== SHANNON Mailing List ==== > > > >SHANNON letters by Dedman on: > > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shannonfamilies > > > > > > > > > > > > >Hi Sue, > > > > > >Hope you have better luck than I have in finding out what the Shannon-1 > > >archives are. > > > > > >I have been trying to find out who the ancestors of my Joseph > > Shannon were > > >for about 25 years now. So any avenue I hear about I try to > > follow up on. I > > >usually get the same result I got in this case. > > > > > >As of now, It looks like my Joseph Shannon's parents were Thomas >Shannon > > >and wife who lived in Ross County, Ohio, at least in 1820 and > > 1830 as they > > >were listed in the censuses there at those times. Problem is, I > > can't prove > > >a thing. Joseph was born (according to the censuses) about 1812 in > > >Pennsylvania, was married in 1836 in Fayette County, Ohio, was > > in Buckskin > > >twp., Ross County, Ohio in the 1840 census and was back in > > Fayette County, > > >Ohio in the 1850 census and was in Putnam County, Ohio in the > > 1860 census. > > > > > >Joseph died in 1860 at a pretty young age. > > > > > >Sometimes, I guess, it just don't work. > > > > > >Goos luck and good hunting, > > > > > >Welthy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== SHANNON Mailing List ==== > > >SHANNON letters by Dedman on: > > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shannonfamilies > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > > ==== SHANNON Mailing List ==== > > SHANNON letters by Dedman on: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shannonfamilies > > > > > > >==== SHANNON Mailing List ==== >SHANNON letters by Dedman on: >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shannonfamilies > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Thank you for this lead, I will try to find out more. Could be ours. Bobbie >From: KBeimer@webtv.net (Katy Beimer) >Reply-To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com >To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] John Shannon >Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 22:19:56 -0700 (PDT) > >John Shannon did have a brother Thomas >b ca.1730/33, son of Thomas and >Eigness. His will was filed Amherst Co. >Va., July 17,1772. That is about all I >know about him. Hope this helps. > > >==== SHANNON Mailing List ==== >SHANNON letters by Dedman on: >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shannonfamilies > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Bobbie, Try this; in the window at the top of your scree, type in google.com, in the screen that comes up, type in Joseph Shannon and click on I feel lucky. This will give you a chart from John to the present. Hope it helps. Mike Shannon

Beimer, The Thomas Shannon you refer to was a brother of John and Samuel. Samuel was my Gr-Gr-Gr-Great Grandfather. When Samuel Shannon came of age, he took his inheirtance and moved south to Rockfish River in Va. Thomas went with him and died there in 1772, single. Samuel moved on down into what is now Giles Ca.,Va. His first son he named for his father and brother. When the rest of the family moved west into Tnn., Capt. Thomas Shannon stayed at Poplar Hill,Va. Michael Shannon

Hi Kelly, My Robert was born about 1795 in County Cork (or Down??) and died Dec 8, 1861 in Storrington Township, Ontario (Canada West in the good old days). I think Robert was married twice - first to ? Aldridge and then to Margaret Bates. His son William was born Jan. 17, 1817 in Ireland and died in Storrington Township on Nov. 14, 1901. William married Ellenor McNeely, born Apr. 5, 1842 in Storrington Township. Her parents were John McNeely, b. abt. 1798 in County Armagh, Ireland, and Ellenor Mathison, b. abt 1789 in County Down. A second family of Shannons also came to the area about the same time and they also have Roberts and Williams (and Johns and Thomases). Some think the families were cousins but at this point we are all stuck. Esther (esther@islandnet.com) ----- Original Message ----- From: BOdom60879@aol.com To: Esther@islandnet.com Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 7:22 PM Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] Re: SHANNON-County Cork Do you have dates of birth by chance on William and Robert. I have a Robert who is my great great grandfather and William who is my great grandfather. Dates and spouse names would help me make a connection. Thanks, Kelley Bodom60879@aol.com

Bobbie, Several researchers have put our Shannon line on the internet. A lot of the research and conclusions are in the Dedman letters. Try this, type in google.com in the window at the top of your screen. It will put up another window, type in Joseph Shannon and click on "I feel lucky". Mike Shannon

TomSR, My relatives were from Sharon PA. Please get back to me ASAP there may be something there? Jay Johnston > -----Original Message----- > From: tomsr [mailto:tomsr@voyager.net] > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 7:43 PM > To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] John Shannon > > > i don't know for sure,my forefathers are from pa,sharon,pa. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Rsvpnks2@aol.com> > To: <SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 12:46 PM > Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] John Shannon > > > > Katy: > > Which branch are you related to? Mine is > > Thomas-Samuel-Russell-Charles-Thomas. Any direct connection? > > Charles E. > > > > > > ==== SHANNON Mailing List ==== > > SHANNON letters by Dedman on: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shannonfamilies > > > > > > > ==== SHANNON Mailing List ==== > SHANNON letters by Dedman on: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shannonfamilies

Hello Bobbie, I was wondering if you had any relatives with the name Julius or Banks or a George Shannon married to a Jane Johnson. Julius was born Sharon, Mercer Co PA May5, 1899 Thanks Jay Johnston > -----Original Message----- > From: Bobbie Reihsen [mailto:breihsen@hotmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 1:49 AM > To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [SHANNON-L] Shannon Lineage > > > Welthy, I would bet your Thomas Shannon is related to ours. Our > Thomas was > the grandson of Thomas Shannon and wife Mary. The lived in York > Co. PA. > Their daughter, Mary is his mother, and he lived with Mary and > Henry Cooley, > according to the will of Thomas Shannon Sr. > Then they moved to Ross Co. OH, and Thomas was a purchaser at > the estate > in 1813 of Henry Cooley who died at this time. Thomas by then > was grown up > and probably married. Then about 1830, I think the group moved > to Indiana. > Thomas had an uncles, Joseph and Samuel Shannon, brothers of > his mother, > Mary. > > He probably would have named his sons, Thomas and Joseph. We have > corresponded before. If you would like copies of the will or > estate, etc, I > would send them to you. Bobbie > > > >From: Walter Nachtigal <wnachtigal@twlakes.net> > >Reply-To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com > >To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: RE: [SHANNON-L] Shannon Lineage > >Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 19:02:23 -0500 > > > >At 06:27 PM 6/8/01 -0400, you wrote: > > >Where would I find the Shannon-l archieves old family letters. I also > >have > > >some old letters that I could add to it from and to RT Shannon approx > >1928 > > >Bann Rowing Club. > > >Thanks for this info. > > >I am really learning alot from you all. This is amazing. > > >Thanks again > > >Sue Wilson Faubert > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Walter Nachtigal [mailto:wnachtigal@twlakes.net] > > >Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 9:36 AM > > >To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com > > >Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] Shannon Lineage > > > > > > > > >At 08:54 AM 6/7/01 -0400, you wrote: > > >>Kathryn, > > >> The Shannon-l archives have all the old family letters from Samuel > > >Shannon > > >>to his son, Capt. Thomas Shannon who stayed at Poplar Hill. There are > >also > > >>more from various other Shannons. Mike Shannon > > >> > > >> > > >>==== SHANNON Mailing List ==== > > >>SHANNON letters by Dedman on: > > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shannonfamilies > > >> > > >> > > >Hi Mike, > > > > > >Where do I find the Shannon-1 archives? > > > > > >Welthy > > > > > > > > >==== SHANNON Mailing List ==== > > >SHANNON letters by Dedman on: > > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shannonfamilies > > > > > > > > >==== SHANNON Mailing List ==== > > >SHANNON letters by Dedman on: > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shannonfamilies > > > > > > > > >Hi Sue, > > > >Hope you have better luck than I have in finding out what the Shannon-1 > >archives are. > > > >I have been trying to find out who the ancestors of my Joseph > Shannon were > >for about 25 years now. So any avenue I hear about I try to > follow up on. I > >usually get the same result I got in this case. > > > >As of now, It looks like my Joseph Shannon's parents were Thomas Shannon > >and wife who lived in Ross County, Ohio, at least in 1820 and > 1830 as they > >were listed in the censuses there at those times. Problem is, I > can't prove > >a thing. Joseph was born (according to the censuses) about 1812 in > >Pennsylvania, was married in 1836 in Fayette County, Ohio, was > in Buckskin > >twp., Ross County, Ohio in the 1840 census and was back in > Fayette County, > >Ohio in the 1850 census and was in Putnam County, Ohio in the > 1860 census. > > > >Joseph died in 1860 at a pretty young age. > > > >Sometimes, I guess, it just don't work. > > > >Goos luck and good hunting, > > > >Welthy > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== SHANNON Mailing List ==== > >SHANNON letters by Dedman on: > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shannonfamilies > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > ==== SHANNON Mailing List ==== > SHANNON letters by Dedman on: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shannonfamilies > >

Oh Dear, Michael. There are so darned many Thomas' in this family but I do have them all in my books and do have them straight there. However, the mind does forget a little as I will soon be 79.

John Shannon did have a brother Thomas b ca.1730/33, son of Thomas and Eigness. His will was filed Amherst Co. Va., July 17,1772. That is about all I know about him. Hope this helps.

Those of you who were looking for info for 1831 Census, I finally typed it out. I got this visiting Northern Ireland a couple of months ago. Please let me know if it helps anyone. Best wishes Sue Wilson Faubert Ottawa, Canada 1831 Census for Londonderry/Derry Northern Ireland. Shannon Name. Lname Fname Parish Address Shannon Anne Tm D. Shipquay St. Shannon George Tm D. The Wells Shannon George (jun) D1 Carmane Shannon George (Sen) D1 Carmane Shannon Hugh Do Coolbann Shannon James D1 Carmane Shannon James Ma Craigadick Shannon James Mf Killifady Shannon James T Ballygouny Beg Shannon James Tm Elaghmore Shannon James (Jun) Do Coolbann Shannon James (Sen) Do Coolbann Shannon Jane Ty Ballynahone Shannon John Do Magheramore Shannon John Dc Derrybeg Shannon John G Lisdillin Shannon John L Ballybriest Shannon John Mc Castleroe Shannon John Mf Magherafelt Shannon Josiah G Gobnascale Upper Shannon Mary Co C. Brook St. Shannon Michael Tc Moneystaughan Shannon Michael Tc Moneystaughan Shannon Miss Dc L.Maine St Shannon Miss Dc L. Ballyclose Shannon Patrick Tc Moneystaughan Shannon Peter Ma Culnagrew Shannon Samuel Dc Derrybeg Shannon Sarah G Kittybane Shannon Thomas A1 Dromederry Shannon Thomas D1 Ballycomlorgy Shannon Thomas C1 Lackagh Shannon Thomas C1 Lackagh Shannon Thomas Mf Killifady Shannon Widow Margaret D1 Ballycomlorgy Shannon William A1 Largantea Shannon William At Derrygarve Shannon William Mf Magherafelt Shannon William Mf Ballymughanbeg Shannon William Tm D. Linenhall St.

Thanks Louise and Bill- I tryed everything but that and didnt get a thing . I was disappointed to say the least . Now I should be able to get somewhere . Thanks to everyone . jan