Cannon (Y-DNA)

Status summary

Completed as of March 30, 2021:

• Recruiting patrilineal (all male-line) descendants of Timothy Cannon for NGS/WGS testing. Any male who believes they are a patrilineal descendant should |Read me First

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Biography

First Generation

Timothy Cannon was (third of five siblings) baptized Barnstable 19 Apr 1691 son of widow Joanna (Williamson) Cannon (originally from Marshfield). He died aft 1715. Timothy married Barnstable 9 Nov 1711, (as her second husband) Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Howland and widow of Isaac Ham(b)lin. Elizabeth and Timothy had two children (born Falmouth): Joanah (1712) and Ebenezer (1715).

Second Generation

Ebenezer Cannon was born Falmouth 1 May 1715 and died aft 19 Mar 1766. He married twice, first (int. Barnstable) 31 May 1735 Mercy Blossom and second Barnstable 30 Jul 1753 Patience Goodspeed (a mtDNA descendant of Sarah Walker wife of Nathaniel Warren). By his first wife, Ebenezer had six children (born Barnstable): Ebenezer (1735/6), Ruth (1738/9), Nathan (1741), Joanna (1743), Joseph (1745) and Timothy (1750). By his second wife, he had four more children (born Barnstable): Mercy (1754), Ebenezer (1756 unk if marr), Ira (1760 unk if marr) and Ziba (1762).

Third Generation

Ebenezer Cannon (II) was born Barnstable 19 Mar 1735/6 and died Plymouth 25 Mar 1724. He married Dartmouth 29 Oct 1761 Experience Tupper and they had at least: Ebenezer (1767 m Silence Briggs & Hepzibah Nye) and Eliakim (1780 m Mary Howland).

Nathan Cannon was born Barnstable 10 Apr 1741 and died before 1769. He married Barnstable 23 Mar 1763 Thankful Bassett and they had at least Nathan (c1766 m Rachel Lander)

Joseph Cannon was born Barnstable 14 Dec 1745 and died Pinefield, NY 8 Jun 1807. He married Rochester 24 Nov 1768 Abigail Dexter and they had ten children: Nathaniel (c1769), Weight (1770 m Persis Miller), Blossom (c1772), Clark (c1773 m Orpha ___), Ancel (c1774), Dexter (c1776), Eliza Jane (1780), Joseph (1782 m Rachel Huyck), Abigail (c1783) and Rachel (c1791).

Timothy Cannon was born (West) Barnstable 17 Jul 1750 and died Cannonsville, DE abt 1809. He married an unidentified wife and they had: Benjamin Franklin (1776), Elijah (1778) and Tracy Ebenezer (1791).

DNA results TBD

Current results

The Cannon surname DNA Project currently does not have any Y-DNA descendants of Timothy Cannon. It is unknown if he has any living Y-DNA descendants.

NGS/WGS testing

Y-DNA descendant(s) of Timothy Cannon need to publicly disclose their Y-DNA results in order to place their family.

External links & References

Lainhart, Ann Smith and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 23 (Howland) Part 1 (First 4 generations of some children), General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA 2006