Hello, do any of the Agnes - Eigness Shannon descendants know of a Thomas Shannon born about 1715-25? I am positive our Thomas came from your line, all the names are the same and he lives close. He left home and came to Adams/York Co. PA and made a patent for land from William Penn. We have the land records from York/Adams Co. PA, first in 1740 where he applied for the patent, then in 1762 or 3, where the fighting between Maryland and PA for the same land was settled, and at that point the and transaction was finished. so the land belonged to both Maryland and PA at the same time from 1740-1760. The king had given overlapping grants to Penn and Lord Baltimore. Thomas's land was just outside the Manor of the Masque, and he is listed in there. We went to Gettysburg looking for records and found and went to his land sw of Gettysburg, on the Toms River in Fairfield, PA Then the land went to his son, Joseph in 1797 or 1798 at his death. I have his will, of 1797 in York Co. PA. At that time of his death. Thomas about 80, and his wife, Mary, were living with Joseph on the original land, a son, Samuel got a few pennies, probably provided for earlier, and a daughter, Mary received the adjacent "land and home on which she and her husband, Henry Cowley were now living." There is a Patrick and an Alexander in the same county in the 1790 census. I have also found him in several tax or inhabitant lists from middle to ending 1700s. I would think there would be more children that had already received inheritances, and possibly this could be a second wife, with these kids being a second younger group than the first marriage would have been. It seems that not many of these Irish folks only had 3 children in all their married lives. I do wish I could give you more info. I am also looking for Henry Cooley parents. There was a John Cooley living in 1779 in Adams/York Co. as well as Thomas Shannon. He was single and about 20 and on his own, I presume. Joseph Shannon was not listed so he probably lived with his father at that time. I had thought that Henry might be the son of John Cooley of Kent Co. MD as that would fit time wise, but I cannot prove it, nor can I prove that the same John from MD moved to PA. Please, dear Shannon possible cousins, help us figure out where our Thomas belongs. Any help and advice is very, very much appreciated. Thank you, Bobbie Reihsen in Missouri _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com