The following report details the descendants to five generations of William Fannin (1731-1802) & Sarah Ryan (1742-1817) of Lissaroon Co Tipperary Ireland. Both are buried in Ballycahill Cemetery Co Tipperary. William and Sarah Fannin are the earliest Fanning ancestors I have been able to trace so far.
I bought an old house and found original documents and bond paperwork that belong to William Fanning. Paperwork is signed the 13th of December 1899. A.S.&W Hutchins Attorneys and Counsellors,69 Wall Street was the lawyer that signed the paperwork.It is registered as No. 744 to The Metropolitan Savings Bank. One of the documents is a bond worth many thousands of dollars. Who owns this? I want to give it back to family.
How intriguing! Do you have any other information on this William Fanning? An address? With an address it might be possible to find him in a census. I would love to see the document if you could send me a scanned copy. Without more details hard to know who he was and which Fanning family he came from. Where did you buy this old house? New York? The Metropolitan Savings Bank if it still exists would have some records about him possibly.
regards
Kathleen
Carol,
Has a Fanning descendant contacted you? I see you posted this many years ago. I am a Fanning descendant. Dawn Fanning my father was William Fanning.
Hello Carol. My great grandfather was William Fannin who immigrated from Dublin to Hawke’s Bay New Zealand and bought a piece of land in OngaOnga and turned it into a sheep station. One of his sons was Seymour Fannin my Grandfather.
Hi I am tracing Daniel/Dandy Fanning b c1806 of the Borrisoleigh area in Tipperary. He was sentenced to transportation for the manslaughter of James Long on October 3rd 1836 in Thurles. Clonmel.Tipperary. Ireland. His brother John Fanning, John Shanahan, and James Maher were charged with aiding and abetting. He arrived aboard the Waterloo[4] on September 7th 1836. Daniel was assigned to Samuel Clift initially at West Maitland and later Patricks Plains [Singleton N.S.W.]. Daniel received a Ticket of Leave in May 1844 and later a Conditional Pardon was issued in October 1847.
A Common law marriage/partnership ensued between Daniel and Dublin born Mary Ryan nee Keane after she separated from husband Andrew Ryan whom she had three children with Mary, Bridget and Matthew who died at 6yrs.
Daniel and Mary had three sons Joseph 12.7.1850 Bapt.12.12.1851, Daniel 18.12.1851 Bapt 9.1.1853, David 23.9.1853 who were all baptised at St Patricks Singleton David being born after Daniel’s death. Thye all changed surnames to Ryan much much later.
Daniel and Mary had lived and worked on a leased property at Scotts Flat, Mary believed she was a partner. A legal issues ensued after Daniels death in 1853 and in the end, it is believed Mary had no entitlement for her or her boys. A nephew Thomas Fanning who arrived in Sydney in 1852 lived in Parramatta Sydney may have received the estate gratuity after previously declining it, but whether he gave to Mary or the boys in not known.
Nephew Thomas’ father is believed to be Daniel’s brother Thomas’. Other know brothers are William, Joseph, John born it would seem all of Berrisoley[sic] Tipperary Ireland but cannot find mention of parents names. Who was Con Ryan who was named in the court case?
Any assistance would be appreciated. PS I found this site wonderfully informative
Sorry Lyn but I don’t have any more info on Daniel than you have found. As far as I know I am not related. If you do an Ancestry DNA test you may find more. Regards Kathleen
I just remembered being sent family history info from a descendant of your Daniel Fanning a long time ago. I had it on my blog for a time but removed it as my blog was getting too big and costing too much. Anyway, I found this post on a thumb drive and have reposted it. Let me know what you think and if it has new info for you? maybe you know Barry Ryan and are related?
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