Person:David Shankland (1)

Watchers
m. 1761
  1. John Shankland1762 - 1834
  2. David Shankland1774 - 1816
  3. Joseph Shankland1779 - 1811
Facts and Events
Name David Shankland
Gender Male
Birth? 1737 Lewes, Sussex Co., Delaware
Marriage 1761 Sussex Co., Delawareto Comfort Parker
Death? 1810 Lewes, Sussex Co., Delaware

There is a David Shankland listed on the 1800 census for Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred, Sussex Co., Delaware.

 According to the Shankland Family Research by Albert B. Shankland, David was the son of John Shankland and his second wife Mary Mountford.  
  David married Comfort Parker in 1761 and they had four children: John, 1762-1834; Esther 1763-1766; Elizabeth 1768- bef 1811; Sarah, 1772- ; David, 1774-1816; and Joseph, 1779-1811.  After her death he married Jinny Gibbs in 1781 and Sarah Prettyman in 1789.
References
  1.   Albert Shankland. Shankland Family Research. (copy of typed manuscript, dated 1 Feb 1971).
  2.   John N. Shankland. Descendants of William Shankland. (online at <www.shankland.name> as of 22 June 2004).