Zalewski Family Genealogy
Nathaniel SHANNON[1, 2]
1784 - 1839 (55 years)
1764 - 1850 (86 years)-
Name Nathaniel SHANNON Birth 1784 Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States 
Gender Male FamilySearch ID L63R-6MB Death 25 Nov 1839 Frontenac, Quebec, Canada Cause: drowned Address:
St. Lawrence RiverPerson ID I2171 Zalewski Family Last Modified 9 Aug 2011
Father Nathaniel SHANNON, b. Oct 1763, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, British America d. 15 Feb 1826, Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States (Age 62 years) Mother Ann Elizabeth PEVERLY, b. 1764, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States d. 9 Feb 1850, Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States (Age 86 years) Marriage Abt 1783 Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States Family ID F684 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary GARMAN, b. 5 Sep 1780, Derryfield, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States d. 25 Nov 1839, Frontenac, Quebec, Canada (Age 59 years) Marriage 7 Mar 1805 Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States [1, 2] Children 1. Nathaniel SHANNON, b. 29 May 1816, Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States d. 26 Oct 1878, Stockton, Portage, Wisconsin, United States (Age 62 years)2. Mary Ann SHANNON, b. Abt 1805, New Hampshire, United States d. 25 Jan 1875, Wolfe Island, Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years)Family ID F683 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Nov 2021
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Birth - 1784 - Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States 
Marriage - 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.
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