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Mary Shannon 1720–1794 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1720

Birth Location: Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1794

Death Location: Amherst, Virginia, USA

Father: Samuel Shannon

Mother: Mary Elliott

Spouse(s): John Stratton

Children(s): Solomon Stratton

Mary Shannon was born in 1720 in Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, USA, the child of Samuel Shannon And Mary Ann Elliott. Mary Shannon married John Stratton, and had children including Solomon Stratton. Mary Shannon passed away in 1794 in Amherst, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Mary Shannon was born in 1720 in Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, USA, the child of Samuel Shannon And Mary Ann Elliott.
  • Mary Shannon married John Stratton, and had children including Solomon Stratton.
  • Mary Shannon passed away in 1794 in Amherst, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Samuel Shannon
1698–1748
Birth Location: Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
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Mary Elliott
1698–1793
Birth Location: Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
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Spouses(s)

John Stratton
1720–1805
Birth Location: Bermuda Hundred, Henrico, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Solomon Stratton
1745–1819
Birth Location: Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America
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Mary Shannon's Ancestors

Self
Mary Shannon
1720–1794
Birth Place: Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, USA
Parents
Samuel Shannon
1698–1748
Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Mary (Ann) Elliott
1698–1793
Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Mary Shannon's Descendants

1.
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Mary Shannon (1720–1794) m. John Stratton (1720–1805)
  1. 1. Solomon Stratton 1745–1819 m. Jane WITTEN 1747–1796
    1. 1. Esther Stratton 1766–1821 m. Cornelius ("Neely") McGuire 1769–1812
      1. 1. Jesse (Calvin) McGuire 1785–1850 m. Mary McGuire 1787–1854
        1. 1. Lucy McGuire 1828–
        2. 2. Nancy McGuire 1831–1901
        3. 3. John (Preston) McGUIRE 1813–1870
        4. 4. Charles (P) McGuire 1841–1905
        5. 5. William McGUIRE 1820–1862
        6. 6. Jesse McGUIRE 1817–
        7. 7. Andrew McGUIRE 1821– m. Elizabeth Shockley 1828–1890
    2. 2. Harry Stratton –1857

Mary Shannon's Timeline

3 Records

1720
1720
Birth of Mary Shannon in Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, USA
Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, USA
1794
1794
Age 74
Death of Mary Shannon in Amherst, Virginia, USA
Amherst, Virginia, USA
1837
27 Sep 1837
Age 117
Mary Shannon was baptized in Norfolk, England
Norfolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1720
    Event Place: Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 27 Sep 1837
    Event Place: Norfolk, England
    Record Source: Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1794
    Event Place: Amherst, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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