Shawhan Family History
Militia roll (from the Barbados census of 1679/80) · St. Thomas Parish, Barbados

St. Thomas Parish Militia Roll, Barbados

1679–1680

What it says

"Dan. Shahan" is listed among the eleven enrolled men of St. Thomas Parish, alongside John Brome, William Hunte, Thomas Weekes, Richard Gibbs, John Roach, Henry Peers, James Worrell, Francis Jordan, and Edward Walcott.

Why it matters

Militia service in Barbados was limited to free adult men; indentured servants could not be mustered. So the entry shows Daniel had finished any term of service and was a recognized free resident of the parish. Irish indentures typically ran four to seven years, which puts his arrival on the island no later than the early 1670s — the decade of heavy migration out of Munster.