Lilly (Sarah) Shannon (Dewees)

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Sarah Shannon (Dewees)

Also Known As: "Lilly"
Birthdate:
Death: 1793 (35-36)
Norriton township, Montgomery County, PA, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Lt. Col. William Mehls Dewees, Jr. and Rachel Dewees
Wife of Robert Shannon
Mother of Robert Lane Shannon; Thomas Shannon; Rachel St. Clair and James Shannon
Sister of Farmer Dewees; Lt. Col. William Farmar Dewees, III; Thomas Dewees; Joseph Dewees; Benjamin Dewees and 3 others

Managed by: Theresa Renée Eléna Tossas-Cox
Last Updated:

About Lilly (Sarah) Shannon (Dewees)

~• composed her last will and testament under the name "Lilly Shannon"
see:
Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993 for Jane Thomas
Montgomery
Wills, Vol 1-2, 1784-1808
page 279 of 642
note: in error - ancestry dot com did not index this short will. It must have been overlooked.

  • Eldest son Robert
  • dau. Jane Thomas
  • dau. Mary Porter
  • dau. Rebecca Davis
  • sister Agnes Curry
  • some land to sons James & William
  • mentions Will of her late husband
    • sons james and William appt. executors
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Lilly (Sarah) Shannon (Dewees)'s Timeline

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1771
February 25, 1771
Norriton, Philadelphia, Colony of Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
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1780
1785
June 17, 1785
Pennsylvania, United States
1793
1793
Age 36
Norriton township, Montgomery County, PA, United States