Show I CORNER IN IM AN ANCESTORS ANCESTORS ANCESTORS' EST s 1 I I Sha Shannon non Family I Pedigree a Long and md Honorable One I j i Antedates Christian Era First Era First Naval Officer of Boston's Port the I Immigrant Coat Arms Coat Arms B Bestowed When Heraldry Was Vas in Its infancy I IJ in BY OIt LEXINGTON is said to have been boen the form of oC the surname Shannon From O O'S OS to Shana Shan Shan- I a anon ason Is considered an 11 eR easy eaty feat teat t to accomplish ac ac- ac- ac by those who are skilled in I such matters matter Then rhen from Shanahan to I Shanon or Shannon Is Is a a easy as roU- roU i I InS ing OC off the proverbial pro log ot 01 of two Celtic Words meaning an au anti antt- I or genealogist en eno o dt anti and an on one is Is then one who is an all So go renowned was Wr ono one in itt inthis I this line that in time his friends and neighbors neighbor cabled him MI h anti and IO bl s oa oad B l. l k lAI II son son ws s O u showing s' de tie- scent S 1 b 15 it not u a IRe cause for fOl that i the name name now no noRl Rl eo us life 1 Il I spelled d an and J ode oie ote of or Shannon Shannon Shan Shan- I non S I I Ol Old Olti l records frequently give gite tho the name nam i as Shan Shanon or Oi with one oie n 22 The s JH boxe ve a n I long ng pedigree h belonging be- be I longing as us tire do to lo tji th t branch h of or Ute tle Celtic race rac of or all Kv Eu- i ra races cs of the pen foil antedating the Christian era ern luis has 1 11 Maintained 1 Its Its Its' Identity t tt tho tIm present c. i I From Prom Ir th nn-th thc hin t nt tnt o to Olot land lane an and we wc Ibid find among ancestors of the race such pleasing n usuries n i liS' liS I Real foal aristocrats without I doubt doubt- Audit a chieftain f r. r wn vas of ot this line HuE Perhaps It will us to m mention that Shan Shian or Sh nn is an ancient an au- I word moaning a mountain range rang I in n 0 I Is ono form of th name inline and ana I Si t it I It t n I lie lie- 1 In n SCot Scotland land t he f 1 tr H iv Tile ot of tho the v was i hoar 1 of or t orI n 1682 at ut the Hie North of or 1101 Ireland f Ue ai- ai aident dent elent Scotland I if Ir h n fl May NRY Maytrue true trueh the S Spots SOM QI wont in tn n T To lv the North orth oC of or Ireland n many returned l In hi Ha 20 and toul ti to tu America b itchy descendants de le- c un to tu In 1 if lIer earl lee Ill They e con conti ted three three- fourths or more mope 9 I if tb tUe ji patriots who 1 ought fought for fo American I liberty berty rho Tho immigrant or pilgrim father fattier Shannon born bor 1 III In Londonderry Lon Len Len- was as of or Scottish ancestry hen two thirty years ol old he be came camo tc c thi tiis country country- and atal made Ibis biB home at it t u. u where e In 10 1701 he be was a a. m meal mein- 11 of bor the Old South church Twenty Twenty- two years year later tutor hi h he thou died and the storie his r ia e In the ol old Granary G. Burying Ground Tremont st str street rett tl Hos- Hos lon tn I Is still lUll I standing Nathaniel's was vas oft nUl yo or of ondon- ondon I d lc r I 6 I. I and Nathaniel It us US IS o alt a mutt man of oC affairs attain holding man many town of- of flees lie lIc was wm the first naval officer of Use the port o of Hoston BOlSton anu ang anda a merchant of or prominence S The papers now preserved in In i the tho I Massachusetts Sta p Archives how I that lie ise n n. ma marl man of or good education i Iii His wife was EU beUl and their ehll- ehll chit 1 j dron wore Nathaniel Jr Robert t who rho rio IB Is supposed ll to have died Hea unmarried i and Samuel who married Ann Nathaniel U the c second married Abigail Vaughn Vaughan n whoso father rathel was one of ot the tho thoro ro roal al councillors and RJ also O eWer chief justI justice jus jus- tI tice of New Nev cw H and Abigail hl QU had hall two sons n Nathaniel and Cutts Tho The four tour children of or a were wel h his Is namesake and Margaret Margaret Mar Mar- garet aret nn and bl 4 f Nathaniel J hi his wife Abigail AhlS S S 5 S f S U U I M II I I 7 I S r rt I e S. S 3 It ItI I 1 i I I S S f e 1 iu rare a I If h st I ht WIl u u. whip hIt merchant He lIe U liv lived tl tI ut Ip other recOrds i l of ot still extant I. I la hi lahat that lat Of ort oln It conveying to J noche I 1720 0 o. o l wu us ft Ii SlaVe BlaVo 01 0 o and 1 by will left nc- nc Ci to his hIli Hon sous who tl tl that l lit IN tho the JI c not nut tho sons sons-in In the thc names liames of r Dinah a. Caesar Primus rou mus and X N H. H I was UH an another another an- an AVo 0 e thai that other uthe stron stronghold hul of ur the the- Shannon and nn-I nn Thomas wl who ms married H J. J Lillian J Jul t he hold town others s II Iu Iti tie tiet JC New Nets t a Wale as C of or the ew militia lIe He wu WitS a zealous ot the Revolution and in recruit recruit- l ita os I lIe died ISOO 1800 aged about car ear Heltman's of 4 the American n names Shannon n of of Virginia ensign Ril and ad lieutenant S The rhe family boastS of many states stales III men em and one was waR territorial r of ot Ohio This of ur Kansas and was Wilson Shannon who who- was also minister ter to Mexico o Richard Curtis Shannon Shan who who- pre preserves es er-es In his hs middle name aLne an old old r family mily one was minister to Central k The family has its professional men il its artists LS ate alU a authors bolS and its Ils divines as Mas It ono ona of or this name nume a n. bishop of ot whom om this story 18 Is Out driving one day the u bishop was wa stopped by a aman man titan who thinking io to have 1100 a a Joke asked askp J Pardon me mc bl bishop hop but can you OU tell me 1110 the roa road to heaven i sir lr h. answered I Turn to 10 the right right- and I straight on n. n S 5 i iThe Tb Fit The family has Its Ill share of lawyers sin what has hUI been said of one one bo lie vas vIt a agot good d lawyer of a cl cleaV head bead and an art hottest honest heart warl-m warl be saIl saId pf tX man many of f the the- family CamU of this profession Th I Tin Tin- iio avnis of illustrated is la bla- bla j ZI l gules gales a bond or j Crest a talbot gable I Arms Alms for tor the tite Earl of Sh Shannon f lon l Is Id per pr bend hond urgent an gules Crest out of or a ducaj coronet or alIon's a n. alion's lions lion's heu head ora erased ed per pet pale S argent an and gules Supporters two lions Ions per pale al ere cre- nellee tho the dexter e ter lion glues and argent ar- ar gout gent tile the argent and gules I ar-I Two 10 mottoes 8 are g given givon Post l. a Virtus Ilus Virtue lives JIves af tor death I anti ami 1 nil lJ r Let o Let us ua be I. I II judged b h by our actions 55 I j I ii ii 1 a bend are ore Is about tie te simplest sim- sim im S t form of or a L 14 COOt coat anti and probably was wasi I I i t vi sio when heraldry was in Its Ln In- In I lalli i |