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Hannah Shockley, a native of Worcester County, Maryland was born Nov. 23, 1795 to Elijah Shockley and Zilpha (Noble) Shockley. She married Joshua Rownd in September 1813. They removed from Maryland to Ripley county, Indiana, where they engaged in farming and were among the early pioneer settlers of that state. Hannah (Shockley) Rownd passed away, in Ripley county, Indiana, on Nov. 14, 1864.

Hannah was the mother of fourteen children:
Sarah/Sally, born Sept 14, 1814
Elijah, born Aug. 12, 1816
Martha, born March 13, 1818
Ara James, born Jan. 24, 1820
William born Jan. 11, 1822
Samson, born April 8, 1824
Robert, born Jan. 8, 1826
Leonard, born May 7, 1828
Zilpha Ann, born April 18, 1831
Hannah, born Feb. 5, 1833
Julia, born July 29, 1835
Lucretia, born Nov. 25, 1838
Ratcliffe, born Sept. 24, 1841
Charles Marcellus, born Feb. 2, 1843