Ancestry of
Lucretia Wear

(1874–1961)

John Shannon

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Lucretia Wear — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 54 
  • Father:
  • William Shannon 
  • Mother:
  • Mary -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • 20 Jan 1743 
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  • Death Date:
  • 9 Mar 1825 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Susan Alexander
  • Marriage Date:
  • 8 Jul 1772 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Mercersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania 
  • Child:

  Mary "Polly" Shannon (Ahnentafel No:27 )

  • Notes: 
  • Some sources list John's birthdate as 20 JAN 1746.

• Sources for John Shannon

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Vol. 48, January-June, 1916, New York: The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 446.
  • ² The American Genealogist, April 1990, Vol. 65, Page 109.
  • ³ Holliday, Joseph, Autobiography of Joseph Holliday, 1861, St. Louis, Missouri: Copy annotated by his son Samuel Newton Holliday (1863).
  • ⁴ Mussey, Mrs. Ellen Spencer, editor, The American Monthly Magazine, New York: The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Jul-Dec 1911, Vol. 39, Page 140.
  • ⁵ Reitwiesner, William Addams, "Ancestry of George W. Bush", (accessed 03/27/2013).