SHANNON, Hugh - 12-7-1783; pr. 3-9-1794. Wife Rachel, 2 children, 1-Ruth Albin, 2-Esther Clark (dau. of Rachel), Stepson-in-law, Derby McKeever, John McKeever, heir. Gr. daus., Jean Clark and Jean Fugate. Exec. Jeremiah Reid, Paul McKeever. Wit: Alex Monroe, John Arnold, John Harris.
↑ “Ruth was named in her father’s 1783 will, inheriting “the big kettle that was promised to her plus one full quarter of the breeding hogs.” Ruth was not named in her father Hugh Shannon’s estate settlement; she may have died before the settlement was complete.”
