. Shannon genealogy; genealogical record and memorials of one branch of the Shannon family in America; . len, Coinity of Fermanagh, Ireland, and emi-grated to America about 1725. Major Noble was one of the proprietors of thetown of Noblebt)ro, Me., which was named for his famil\, and b\ wliom it wassettled. ?|he foliovving is an extiact from the Will of Janu-s Noble, liated DeteniberI J, 1 769, taken from the l^robate Records of Suttolk Co., Mass.: Item. I give to Capt. Arthur Noble, mv brothers son, VVm. , Kst|., lamesNoble Shannon, Wm. and George Vaughan, two sons ot Eliot Vaughan,
. Shannon genealogy; genealogical record and memorials of one branch of the Shannon family in America; . len, Coinity of Fermanagh, Ireland, and emi-grated to America about 1725. Major Noble was one of the proprietors of thetown of Noblebt)ro, Me., which was named for his famil\, and b\ wliom it wassettled. ?|he foliovving is an extiact from the Will of Janu-s Noble, liated DeteniberI J, 1 769, taken from the l^robate Records of Suttolk Co., Mass.: Item. I give to Capt. Arthur Noble, mv brothers son, VVm. , Kst|., lamesNoble Shannon, Wm. and George Vaughan, two sons ot Eliot Vaughan, Esq., 2-5 otthe out-lands which formerly belonged to Wm. Vaughan, Esq.: [colonel] 1-5 thereofwas given my former wife lane, other tilths, 1 purchased of Mr. Fitz, ot Newbury ctwhich yet lays undivided. Item. 1 give to lames Noble Shannon, wliom 1 brought up from a child, all mvlands and marshes in Falmouth. [Portland.] FOURTH CJENKRATION 83 James Noble Shannon was for a long period a leading mer-chant at Horton and Parrsborough, N. S., where he died Novem-ber 7, 1822, aged 72 years, without JAME8 NOBLE AND CHLOE (AVER) SHANNON. At the request of the compiler the following biographicalsketch of James Noble Shannon was furnished by his grand-nephew, Hon. Samuel Leonard Shannon, Q. C, D. C. L., ofHalifax, N. S. : James Noble Shannon, the granduncle of the writer, was born inPortsmouth, New Hampshire, the precise date of his birth is unknown tome; he was baptized September 15th, 1751. He was well educated, andhis penmanship, of which I have many specimens, shows that in this par-ticular at least he was well trained. He was named for his uncle JamesNoble, a Boston merchant, who had married his mothers sister, and whowas reputed to be wealthy. It would appear that in his early years hespent some time with his uncle Noble, and may have been educated at hisexpense. He was brought up to the mercantile profession, and shortlybefore the commencement of hostilities between the Moth
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