Zalewski Family Genealogy

Nathaniel SHANNON[1, 2]

Male 1784 - 1839  (55 years)


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  • Name Nathaniel SHANNON 
    Birth 1784  Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID L63R-6MB 
    Death 25 Nov 1839  Frontenac, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: drowned 
    Address:
    St. Lawrence River 
    Person ID I2171  Zalewski Family
    Last Modified 9 Aug 2011 

    Father Nathaniel SHANNON,   b. Oct 1763, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1826, Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Ann Elizabeth PEVERLY,   b. 1764, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 1850, Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1783  Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F684  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary GARMAN,   b. 5 Sep 1780, Derryfield, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1839, Frontenac, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 7 Mar 1805  Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. Nathaniel SHANNON,   b. 29 May 1816, Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 1878, Stockton, Portage, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
     2. Mary Ann SHANNON,   b. Abt 1805, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1875, Wolfe Island, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F683  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1784 - Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 7 Mar 1805 - Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Nathaniel and his family moved to Wolfe Island in the 1820s. Nathaniel and Polly both drowned when the ferry, Hiram and Mary, that plied the St. Lawrence River between Kingston and Wolfe Island capsized in a squall. The crew and passengers, 11 in number, were thrown into the water. All were rescued except Nathaniel and Polly. Polly's body was recovered, but Nathaniel's was found the following year.

    Died:
    • November 27, 1839

      Melancholy Accident - On Monday morning last, as the ferry boat from Long Island was coming across to this port, having eleven persons on board, the wind blowing a gale from the South-wet, the boat upset and two of the passengers, Nathaniel Shannon, of Long Island, and his wife, were unfortunately drowned. It would appear there were twenty-five bushels of wheat, in bags, on board, and upon the vessel being struck with a heavy sea the wheat was thrown with some force to one side, which, it is said, was a great cause of her capsizing. On the accident being observed from the harbour, the crews of some of the schooners manned their jolly boats & proceeded with rescuing nine of them from a watery grave, who were taken to Her Majesty's Dock Yar, where every attention that humanity could suggest was paid to them. Some of them suffered severely, but we are happy to learn that they are now in a state of convalescence. The body of Shannon had not yet been found - that of Mrs. Shannon, it is said, never sunk. An inquest was help uponin, on Monday at the Dock Yard, and a verdict accordingly.

  • Sources 
    1. [S265] New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920, 16 January 2011; Batch: M73153-7, Film: 1001300, Ref: 2:1GV8CP1; Nathaniel Shannon; 7 March 1805.

    2. [S347] New Hampshire, Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947, 27 September 2012; Nathaniel Shannon, Jr & Polly Garmon; 7 Mar 1805.