Fanning DNA Project

Genetic Distance Explanation

2009-08-30T11:21:00.000-07:00

I have compared genetic distance between Bryant and John (Chestnut Creek) using a utility comparison.

Kit #79127 (Pat) is the modal. He has a genetic difference of 2 from kit 79277 (Tom); 0 genetic

difference from 8000 (Albert); 0 genetic difference from 82938 (Rudy) etc.

Green background indicates the individuals that are compared are related; yellow probably related and pink possibly related. All individuals in Bryant's group except Clyde 130262 and Robert N71021 are related or probably related.

Chestnut Creek John's grouping shows a very different story. There are quite a few possibly related indicating further tests need to be completed. Careful analysis shows relationships in the Chestnut Creek Group and also clearly indicates that there are some questionable relationships.

I will compare the Edmund group as well and post.

Genetic Distance Comparison Bryant Sr and John Sr. Descendants

2009-08-30T11:09:00.001-07:00

DNA Research Pertaining to Bryan Fannin, Sr. of Amelia County, Va. and Other Fannings

2009-08-12T20:07:00.000-07:00

Courtsey of J Patric Fannin

DNA Research Pertaining to Bryan Fannin, Sr. of Amelia County, Va. and Other Fannings

As you know most paper sources of information on the early Fannins has been exhausted. Perhaps the continued work with the Fanning DNA Project will one day open a lot of doors for our history. It has already given us some real good insight into several lost branches of the family and has also helped refute some long held mis-information regarding the connection to the Edmund Fanning line of Connecticut. As of August of 2009, two proven descendants of Edmund Fanning of Stonington, Conn. have had their DNA tested. The results prove conclusively that the Edmund Fanning family is in no way connected to the Bryan Fannin family of Amelia County, Virginia. Not only do the allele markers fail to match, but the two lines are in two separate haplogroups. Bryan’s haplogroup is R1b1b2, whereas Edmund’s is l1. You will find further information on alleles & haplogroups at the end of this article.

Even as I write, we are expecting new test results from a Sussex Co., Va. Fannin, who descends from Bryan Fannin, Jr. and Rachel Rottenberry. We recently received the results on a Tallapoosa Co., Alabama Fannin whose family came from Georgia. His DNA shows a match to others who descend from Bryan Fannin, Sr. of Amelia Co., Va. We are not sure how the Alabama Fannin descends from Bryan, Sr. at this time, but it must be through either Bryan’s son Laughlin Fannin or his son Jehu Fannin.

We have also found that two descendants of Middleton Fanning match the other descendants of Bryan Fannin, Sr. of Amelia Co., Va. Again, just how they connect is still unknown, but the genetic connection to Old Bryan is certain. They, too, may connect through Laughlin or Jehu. Possibly in time we will have enough tests completed to form a mosaic that clearly shows the connection.

Old Bryan’s son, Achilles Fannin, Sr., has been well represented in the Fanning DNA Project. At least seven descendants of Achilles Fannin, Sr. have been tested – one from Ohio by way of Boyd Co., Ky., one from Carter Co., Ky., one from Floyd Co., Ky. by way of W.V., two from Morgan Co., Ky., one from Missouri by way of Wythe Co., Va. There are several others who have tested and match Old Bryan’s line, but their connections are uncertain at this time. One is from Johnson Co., Ky by way of West Virginia and one is adopted and does not know his real parents’ names or where they lived. More testing from Achilles’ line may solve some long kept secrets.

One person has tested who descends from James Fannin(g) of SC. This line is also distantly connected to Chestnut Creek John Fanning & Old Bryan Fannin. This line goes on to Abraham Fannin of Georgia. It is part of the family that includes Col. James Fannin of Goliad, Texas fame.

A significant number of the project tests are from descendants of Chestnut Creek John Fanning of Wythe Co., Va. There are thirteen tests for this family and different lines within this family are clearly being demonstrated. The fascinating part of this for Old Bryan’s descendants is that this line shows a clear connection to Old Bryan Fannin somewhere within a genealogical time frame. Perhaps Chestnut Creek John Fanning & Old Bryan Fannin, Sr. were close cousins. In comparing 37 markers, the probability that tests F-1 & F-27 (Chestnut Creek John’s line) and tests F-2, F-4 & F-8 (Old Bryan’s line) share a common ancestor within the last eight generations is 89% and a 97% probability within twelve generations.

Another fascinating aspect of the Fanning DNA Project has been the distant genetic connection between Chestnut Creek John Fanning’s markers, James Fanning’s markers and Bryan Fannin, Sr.’s markers to several Fannings who have roots in County Leitrim, Ireland. One person is from Daviess Co., Indiana and descends from Fenagh Parish, Co. Leitrim, Ireland. One is from Rhode Island and descends from Sruhaun, Fenagh Parish, Co. Leitrim. One has recently tested from Dublin and he descends from Scardawn, Fenagh Parish, Co. Leitrim. We are awaiting the results of this last test, as well as, another Irish test received

recently.

There has always been a question as to the connection of Benoni Fanning of Maryland to Old Bryan Fannin, Sr. of Amelia Co.,Va. One of Benoni’s descendants has tested and does not match Bryan, Chestnut Creek John, James of S.C., Edmund of Connecticut or any of the Irish lines. Another descendant of Benoni has recently tested and we are awaiting the results to see if they confirm the first test.

In addition, we have tests by Fannings from Australia, Spain & England; none of these match Old Bryan’s line.

So you see there is a lot going on in the Fanning DNA Project and much of it relates to the descendants of Bryan & Elizabeth

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Fannin of Amelia County, Va. circa 1698-1765. I hope this stirs you to either have your DNA tested or contribute to having others tested, either by locating male descendants who would test or by making a financial contribution to the project for others to be tested.

Family Tree DNA has been running several special sales on tests each year. Maybe that would help some of you to decide to test. Please go to the Fanning DNA Project webpage for details at: www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/f/fanning.

DEFINITIONS

Allele - A DNA sequence that repeats at a certain locus (plural Loci) or place. The allele value is the number of times the sequence repeats. Pronounced uh-LEEL.

Two Sample Test Results:

Here you will note the two highlighted markers where alleles fail to match:

Loci 393 390 19 391 385a 385b 426 388 439 389-1 392 389-2 |

Test # 1 13 25 14 10 11 13 12 12 12 13 14 29

Test # 2 13 25 12 12 11 13 12 12 12 13 14 29

Haplogroup - A genetic population group associated with early human migrations and which can today be associated with a geographic region. It is important to note that even though female and male haplogroups may have the same letters, their definitions are different.

LINEAGE HAPLOGROUP

Bryan’s line R1b1b2

Edmund’s line l1

A person adopted by Fannins J2

Haplotype - One person's set of values for the markers that have been tested. Two individuals that match exactly on all markers have the same haplotype.

Example from the Fanning DNA Project:

Test Subject’s Name Test # Allele numbers associated with first 12 markers of the DNA sequence

Pat Fannin F-2 13 25 14 10 11 13 12 12 12 13 14 29

Albert Fannin F-4 13 25 14 10 11 13 12 12 12 13 14 29

Albert & Pat Fannin share the same Haplotype and are part of the R1b1b2 haplogroup, which is a common Irish haplogroup.

Best Regards,

J Patric Fannin

Fannin/Fanning DNA Tests

2009-08-05T10:32:00.000-07:00

We now have 56 members which includes several mtDNA tests and 50 kits have been returned to date thanks in part to the summer sale by Family Tree. It's really incredible to have so many members.

Tests kits that have been returned and are waiting results are James Crawford Fannin from Bryan III and Permila Hobbs lineage. Patrick Fanning F-42 lineage has been posted. Also returned is a test kit that Denny Fannon provided from his reunion this year. I don't have a lineage report at this time.

Test kits that haven't been returned yet are Patrick Colm Fanning from Ireland, Dennis Fanning another Ireland member, Frank Fanning from TX, and another test kit from Denny Fannon.

Family Tree DNA was at a large Scottish clan gathering this past month so advertising should be paying off in the next few months as more and more Brits become aware of DNA testing.

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2009-07-03T04:53:00.000-07:00

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Nathan Fannon F-28

2009-06-17T08:14:00.000-07:00

John Fannon Sr. married 29 Oct 1822 in Greene County, TN to Nancy Stokes

they had a son John Fannon Jr. who married on 22 July 1843 in Greene County, TN to Betsy Skyles/Skiles

and they had a son William M. Fannon b: 22 July 1844 in Greene County, TN who married on 27 Sept 1880 in Maries County, MO to Martha Virginia "Ginny" Eddleman

who had a son Charles Oscar Fannon (in photo) born 19 Mar 1891 in MO and died 29 Nov 1984 in Maries County, MO who married 14 May 1912 in Phelps County, MO to Eunice Lee Ragan.

***(some maternal line:) is as follows-

William Jennings born in VA and who died in TN married Elizabeth "Betsy" Baker. They married: 20 Dec 1797 in Jefferson County, TN

they had a daughter Polly Jennings born about 1800 who married John Skyles/Skiles on th 19 July 1817 in Greene County, TN

they had a daughter Elizabeth "Betsy" Skyles/Skiles who married John Fannon Jr on 22 July 1843 in Greene County, TN.

they had a son William M. Fannon who married Martha Virginia "Ginny" Eddleman who had a son Charles Oscar Fannon (man in the photo).

Shared by slone13 at gmail.com

John D Fannin F-2

2009-05-31T07:53:00.000-07:00

Here are three pictures from my family.

Joe & Hermia Fannin were my grandparents, that is:

Joseph Lewis Fannin b. July 17, 1886 Boyd Co., Ky d. Dec. 19, 1958 Ironton, Lawrence Co., Ohio

and his wife whom he married on Fef. 12, 1905 at Glenwood, Lawrence Co., Ky. She was born March 31, 1887 in Lawrence Co., Ky. d. March 9, 1980 in Ironton, Lawrence Co., Ohio.

John D. & Mary Jane Seasor Fannin were my great grandparents and the parents of the Joseph Lewis Fannin listed above.

John D. Fannin was born Sept. 15, 1831 in Lawrence Co., Ky d. Nov. 20, 1899 in Boyd Co., Ky.

and his wife, Mary Jane Seasor b. Dec. 23, 1855 in Lawrence Co., Ky. d. Aug. 27, 1898 in Boyd Co., Ky. They were married June 15, 1869 in Boyd Co., Ky.

John D. Fannin served as a Private in Companies C, D & F of the 14th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, Grand Army of thr Republic during the Civil War. He served under General James A. Garfield and was with General Sherman during the Atlanta Campaign.

Joe & Hermia Fanning F-2

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Mary Jane Seasor Fannin F-2

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John D. & Mary Jane Seasor Fannin F-2

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John D. Fannin 1831-1899 F-2

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2008-12-04T18:18:00.000-08:00

Marker 724(CDY a and b) Has anyone noticed the variations in this marker? The markers will match in a string and than comes 724 and they vary. Could this marker be the one that ties people together. It varies somewhere between 36 and 40 in varies combinations.

Laurinda Scott Fanning F-1

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Andrew Jackson Fanning F-1

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Mary Ann Nichols wife Benjamin Fanning F-36

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Benjamin Fanning F-36

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Nancy Harman Fannon wife Holton Gains Fannon

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Holton Gains Fannon

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John D. Fannin Mary Jane Seasor Picture

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John D. Fannin 14th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry

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John D. Fannin
14th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry
Union Army

John D. Fannin served in the Union Army during the Civil War. He was born September 15, 1831 on Bear Creek in Lawrence County, Kentucky. He was the father of Joseph Lewis Fannin and paternal great grandfather of Philip Michael and J. Patric Fannin of Ironton, Ohio.

John D. enlisted on September 8, 1862 at Catlettsburg, Kentucky in the 14th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. He was thirty years old and served in Companies C, D & F as a private until he was mustered out with an honorable discharge on August 2, 1865 at Lexington, Kentucky. In his pension records John D. Fannin was personally described as “age 31 years old, 5 feet 8 inches high, fair complexion, brown eyes, dark hair, born Lawrence Co., Kentucky, a farmer.” During this time his unit saw a considerable amount of action including: Salyersville, Laurel Creek, Paintsville, Half Mountain, Kolb’s Farm, Kennesaw Mountain and the famous Sherman’s March to the Sea. During this Atlanta Campaign, as part of the 23rd Army Corps, the 14th Kentucky was positioned on the front line directly in front of General Sherman’s headquarters.

John D. Fannin married Mary Jane Seasor on June 15, 1869. Mary Jane was born December 23, 1855, the daughter of Baptiste Seasor, a German Immigrant, who also served in the 14th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry in Company A, and Matlida Fulks (daughter of Hezekiah Fulks).

The Fannins lived out their lives on their homeplace near the head of Bolt’s Fork, Boyd County, Kentucky. Mr. Fannin was a prosperous farmer and a shrewd livestock trader. They had the following children: Virginia, who died in infancy, Sparah married John W. Field, Mandy married Frank Stewart, Francis married John Pope, David married Molly Hogan, Samantha married Dave Burks, Joseph Lewis married Hermia Ann Bayes, Bascon, who died in infancy, Eden married Lillie Webb and George who married 1st Carrie Webb & 2nd Opal Robinson.

Mr. Fannin was the son of Isaac Fannin and Sophia Ross, the sister of John D. Ross, first judge of Boyd County and later member of the Kentucky Legislature. He had two brothers and two sisters, Joseph Lewis Fannin, Philip Strother Fannin, Keziah, who married Leander Hazlett and Mary, who married Joseph Hatton.

John D. Fannin’s paternal grandparents were the Reverend John & Keziah Fannin, the first of their family to come to Lawrence County, Kentucky from Wythe County, Virginia around 1816. His parents, Bryant and Mary Fannin followed before 1830. Bryant was the son of Achillis, Sr. and Rose Fannin, of Wythe County. His parents, Bryan Fannin, Sr. & wife Elizabeth of Nottoway Parish, Amelia County, Virginia (circa 1700-1765) are the earliest known ancestors of this Fannin family.

John D. Fannin died of a heart attack at home on November 20, 1899. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary who died of consumption on August 27, 1898. They are buried in the family cemetery on their homeplace. They were of the Methodist persuasion.

Submitted by: Christian Michael Fannin
221 North Fifth Street
Ironton, Ohio
500 words according to Microsoft Word Count

Picture from Pat Fannin Sparah Ross Fannin

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Attached is a picture of Sophia (Sparah, Spira) Ross Fannin. She was the daughter of John Robert Ross & Mary Harvey Davis of Lawrence County, Kentucky.
Sparah Fannin was the wife of Isaac Fannin. They were married in Lawrence County, Ky. on 9 Nov., 1830. Isaac Fannin was the son of the Rev. John & Keziah Fannin of Lawrence Co., Ky.

Isaac & Sparah Fannin had five children: John D. Fannin, Joseph Lewis Fannin, Philip Strother Fannin, Keziah wife of Leander Hazlett and Mary wife of Joseph Hatton. --born 1810 - died 1878

Fanning DNA Website Homepage

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Log in to the Fanning DNA website http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/fanning/home
The home page briefly lists what DNA testing hopes to accomplish.

There are some useful links provided. Ysearch and Ybase are different sites to search for matches for your test results.

International Society of Genetic Genealogy list many different links to help you understand genetic genealogy. It is a very complicated subject so do not hope to master it in a few minutes.

Our Blog is next. Anyone who is a Fanning DNA Project member can post as well as those people who have sponsored tests.

Our Pictures will allow posting of documents or pictures that you would like to share with other members. Just send them to me and I will add.

Last - Contribute to the Fanning DNA Project provides a link to Family Tree DNA to contribute money towards a specific test or towards the project in general. Family Tree hold the money in trust and applies it towards a specific test when directed by the administrator to do so.

I will post notices on the blog when new results are in or the pedigree results are updated. The rest is up to you. Enjoy!

Fanning DNA Project Patriarchs

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Log in to the Fanning DNA Project http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/fanning/

Click on the Patriarch tab located in the light gray section at the top of the page.

The last update will be listed at the top of the page.

A brief pedigree of each person who tested will be listed when provided.
The first pedigree is mine followed by e-mail presented so they are not easily picked up by harvesters and the listing F-1. This refers to the test on the Y-results page.

All pedigrees are only as accurate as the paperwork or family history that the testee as provided.
It is not the project's goal to provide a more complete pedigree.
Contact with me can be made on the administrator link at the bottom of each page on the project website.

The Fanning DNA Project Y-Results

2008-11-09T12:04:00.000-08:00

Understanding The FANNING DNA PROJECT.

Log in to the Fanning DNA Project http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/fanning/

On the project menu highlighted in gray, click on Y-Results. Click on "Open New Window" on left hand side of page. A spread sheet will open. The last update date is posted in upper left hand side. Next is the haplogroup of project members and then the markers that are tested by Family Tree DNA. Black marker values indicate a slow moving marker and red a marker that mutates or changes more frequently. More Frequently may mean in ten generations or it may mean in one or two.

The values are taken from your personal page results values and posted when new results come in from the lab.

Fanning Lineage 1 is "The Virgina/N Carolina Fannings" roughly. All the Fanning results in Lineage one are related in some manner. The names highlighted in light green descend from Bryant Fannin.

The names highlighted in yellow descend from John Fanning (Chestnut Creek John).
I have grouped John's sons results in blocks. F-1; unknown; F-10, F-37 in green probably from Jacob.

F-5, F-13, F-21, F24, F-29, F-34 (in blue) descend from Joseph and Barbara Davis line.

F-27, F-28 (in lilac) from Nathan Fannon line.

F-7 (in black) from John Fannin and Polly Davis line.

Those listed in Red F-12, F-18, F-25, F-32, F-35, and F-36 are not linked to any specific son but are closely related to Chestnut Creek John at this time. Additional results are due in soon.

Fanning Lineage 2 connect to Edmund Fanning lineage. Some of his descendant are in Australia with roots in Ireland.

Fanning Independents have no specific link to a lineage at this point. Several are Fannings in name due to a non-parental event. Others have not had another match to establish a lineage yet.

Variations from the established Fanning lineage in specific tests have their markers highlighted in different colors.

Intro

2008-11-09T11:07:00.000-08:00

Cathy:

Thanks for starting this blog and inviting me to join. The Fanning DNA Project is close to my heart and I appreciate this way to communicate with others that have the same interest.

My Fanning DNA Project number is F-2, meaning I was the second to test in the project, preceded by F-1 which is Cathy Stoppel's brother Gary Fanning.

My lineage descends from Bryan Fannin, Sr. (ca.1695-1765) of Amelia County, Virginia through his son Achilles Fanning, Sr. (ca. 1735 - 1812) through his son Bryant Fannin (ca. 1755-1839) through his son Rev. John Fannin, Sr. (1779-1853) of Lawrence County, Ky. through his son Isaac Fannin (1808-1845) through his son John D. Fannin (1831-1899) of Boyd County, Ky. through his son Joseph Lewis Fannin (1886-1958) who was my paternal grandfather.

I am interested in all the Fanning/Fannin/Fannon lines found in our project, but my particular interest lies in finding the origins of Bryan Fannin of Amelia Co., Va. This directs my interest to
the Edmund Fanning line of Conn. since he has long been suggested as the ancestor of Bryan Fannin. This has been tentatively disproven by two DNA tests in our project. I am interested in
finding a third person to test from this line.

My interests are also found in locating any Irish lines that would connect to my ancestor. This
directs me to Thomas Fanning F-12 since his line is from Co. Leitrim, Ireland and his DNA is
closely connected to Chestnut Creek John Fanning F-1 & others, which in turn, are closely connected to my line.

Finally, I am interested in other lines that come from Bryan Fannin, Sr. of Amelia County, Va.;
that is: Laughlin Fanning, Jehu (John) Fannin, Bryant Fannin, Jr. Many of the descendants
of these have settled in the Carolinas, Georgia & Alabama. Some names that are associated with these lines are: Welcome Fanning, Braxton Fannin, Middleton Fanning, and others.

I would love to work with anyone who is interested in following up male descendants from any of these lines and pursuading them to DNA test throught the Fanning DNA Project.

Regards,

J Patric Fannin (Pat = forefather)

Family Tree DNA Personal Page

2008-11-09T11:04:00.000-08:00

November 2008

Since we have so many new members in the past few months, I decided an explanation of how to used Family Tree DNA personal page might be useful.

(1) Log into Family Tree DNA home page with your kit number and password.

You will see your personal page. On the left hand side of the page is a groups heading
that will list the groups of which you are a member. You should belong to Fanning.

Next is a Ysearch button and a Join button. Ysearch is a database of a number of companies sharing DNA results. This is a very useful database, especially if you have a limited number of matches in Family Tree.

The Join button allows you to join geographical projects, haplogroup projects, other surname projects and area projects.

Order tests and upgrades directs you to additional tests and upgrades that are available.

Order certificates will show various certificates that available from Family Tree.

User preferences changes the way that you view information in Family Tree's database.
If you want to restrict your matches just to the Fanning project, check the appropriate button.
You can restrict the number of markers that you match. I have a large number of matches in the 12 and 25 marker groups, so I choose to only receive matches in 37 and 67 markers.

GedCom link for providing a gedcom to Family Tree DNA.

Genographic Project provides a link to joining that project. It's a promotion for genetic genealogy and is the National Geographic Society study.

My Maps shows indicates the location of the ancestors of matching participants.

Y-DNA matches. Probably the link that everyone will use the most. This page indicates the number of matches and the genetic distance of the match. The FTDNA Tip report will list the
probability that you share a common ancestor with your match in a specific time period.

Recent Ancestral Origins. The results below show the ancestral origin of those you match or nearly match in the RAO. Exact matches show people who are the closest to you genetically. The ancestral origin information is provided by each testee, and is only as accurate as the testee's knowledge.

YDNA Haplotree. this is useful in determining where your ancestors originated and where they may have migrated.

YDNA DYS Values. Your marker values from your test. Click on the Understanding your Results in the upper third of page to see an explanation from Family Tree of your results.

World Families Changes Format

2008-11-09T10:56:00.000-08:00

Mid Summer 2008

World Families suddenly changed format of their website without notice. This change made me realize that we have very little control over our project and very little place to post information that might be important for future of our project.

A blog was important to our future and an album for documents and pictures. Also a format for members to post opinions and results.

History of Fannin

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FANNIN

The name Fannin, in a historical context is, like most Irish surnames, quite unstable. The first of this race would appear to have come to Ireland as part of the Norman invasion. The earliest reference appears to be to a Richard Fanyn, who is named as a witness to Geoffrey FitzRobert’s charter to Duiske in 1204. He also witnessed the charter of William Marshall to Kilkenny, but here referred to as Richard Fannynge. In 1317 we have mention of the knight Thomas de Fannyn. In 1305, W illiam ffanyng was granted a castle and lands on an annual rent of ‘fifty marks of silver’. In a claim of legitimacy of a son before a notary in 1489, a Thomas Fannyng, lord of Mohobbir was plaintiff. And in 1565 Oliver Faning and James Faning of Co.Tipperary made a grant of a castle to Sir Thomas Butler. The names Edmund Fanning appear in 1592 in a petition of noblemen in Co.Tipperary.
(Reference Calendar of Ormond Deeds, vol.1-6, Edmund Curtis, 1932-43).

D.A. Levistone Cooney published a paper on the Fannins of Grafton St.,Dublin, of pharmacy and musical fame in 1995.This Fannin family originated in Waterford and finally settled in Dublin. In personal correspondence on the theme of the various spellings of the Fannin name, he proposes that in the eighteenth century, people changed their surname spelling on conversion from Catholicism to Protestantism (Penal Law pressure to conform), or to indicate an improved social status and thus differentiate themselves from the peasants, or simply that there were so many of the same name in a local vicinity, and an altered spelling indicated a particular line. And the other obvious reason was that poor people, without property and thus family papers were largely illiterate, and a surname had less importance.

The Gaelic form of the name is O’Fionnäin. In the Cromwellian war in Ireland, The mayor of Limerick, Dominick Fanning was hanged by Cromwell’s commander Ireton following a six month siege of the city. Near Limerick is Fanningstown castle, the abode of Edmund Fanning and still well preserved. (It is available as a very expensive and luxurious holiday home). In the army of King James II three Fannings appear as officers.
Captain Cook’s master on his second voyage was Peter Fannin, who is noted for producing the first modern and accurate map of the Isle of Man in 1789, which lies between Ireland and England.

Principal distribution by county of Fannin/Fanning variants in Ireland taken from the Primary Valuation property survey of 1848 - 1864

Fannin Fanning

Cavan 23 Louth 15
Dublin 22 Tipperary 65
Dublin city 10 Wexford 20
Kilkenny 30 Cork city 10
Monaghan 13 Dublin 10
Roscommon 12 Kilkenny 31
Tipperary 27 Leitrim 13
Wexford 13 Roscommon18
Waterford 12
Other variants found in Ireland include:-
Fanen, Fannan, Fannen, Fannon, Fainin.

The original Norman invaders had both the FAN-name ending in --‘in’ and ‘yng’.
This early material might suggest a common ancestor.
Printed with permission of Samuel Fannin, Murcia, Spain

Second Fanning News Letter

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November 13 2007

Project Members,Lots of happenings these past six months, so I will try to update everything.Please update your results to Y-Search. This is a database that has results from different testing companies. You can do this by logging into your personal page with your kit number and password. On left hand side is a box label Y-Search.Click this box and follow directions to add your results to Y-Search.
#1. Test results from descendant of Edmund show no connection to Bryant or Chestnut Creek John. Edmund is listed as Lineage 4. We really need to get another test from Edmund descendant to confirm this result.
#2. We have several upgrades to 67 markers. F-2 Pat Fanning and F-9 Ted Prosser vary by one marker. This is so remarkable due to adoption of Ted's father. More research is needed to identify Ted's grandfather.
#3. Fanning's have paperwork to Ireland from F-12 Tom Fanning. There is a close relationship between Tom Fanning 1746 and Chestnut Creek John c 1737. More research needs to happen to find that common ancestor.
#4. Chestnut Creek John has a unique marker 464b that has occurred in all descendants so far. That marker extends to Tom Fanning c 1746.
#5. Two members have proven family rumors as to a non-parental event F-15 and F-11. Non-parental events can and did occur in all families. It may be in the form of informal adoptions, assumption of family name due to another marriage, unproven events or illegitimate birth. This is a reminder to all of us that all events do need to be proven as DNA testing will point out faulty research.
#6. Ted Prosser's results from deep SNP test M173+ M207+ M222+ M269+ M343+ P25+ M126- M153- M160- M18- M37- M65- M73- P66- SRY2627-puts Fannings firmly in Haplogroup R1b1c7. R1b1c7 Haplogroup R1b is the most common haplogroup in European populations. It is believed to have expanded throughout Europe as humans re-colonized after the last glacial maximum 10-12 thousand years ago. Its branch R1b1c7 is primarily found in Northern Ireland, and contains the Niall Modal Haplotype. Many thanks to Ted for doing this testing.
#7. F-10 12 markers results were quite interesting and showed the value of a 12 marker test. F-1 and F-10 share a common ancestor John Fanning and Elizabeth Stamps. F-10 descends from John Chadwick Fanning. F-1 from Andrew Jackson Fanning. John Chadwick had one Cyrus. A mutation occurred in marker 439 in F-10 testing. This mutation could have occurred in John Chadwick, Cyrus or further down line.
I was asked to describe a mutation. Consider your grandmother's favor Cookie recipe which calls for 1 teaspoon of nutmeg. Aunt Jennie likes nutmeg so when she makes the recipe, she adds to 2 teaspoons to her cookies. Aunt Fran doesn't like nutmeg as well so she decreases to 1/2 teaspoon.
#8. A new member form Australia Sean Fannin is in the process of being tested. Welcome Sean.
#9 Gift certificates are available once again from Family Tree.
Two $30 Y-DNA37 2007 Gift Certificate Two $15 Y-DNA25 2007 Gift Certificate Two $15 mtDNA 2007 Gift Certificate
To use the certificate:
Place the new kit order via the INVOICE PAYMENT method.
The test price will be adjusted to reflect the gift certificate discount. PLEASE DO NOT USE CREDIT CARDS WITH THIS PROMOTION AS THE CARD WILL BE CHARGED THE FULL AMOUNT. The Order must be placed and paid for between November 6, 2007 and December 31, 2007. Contact me for gift certificates.
#9. Contributions for future testing are always in need. We presently have $104 in our general fund plus the gift certificates. Please offer your suggestions as to where you would like to see future testings. Perhaps posting your suggestion to Fanning/Fannin/Fannon GenForum would generate new interest.
If you wish to contribute to future testing there is a link on our project site under the miscellaneous tab. The money goes directly to FamilyTreeDNA and is held in trust until directed to apply to a specific test.
#10. Our project could still use a co-administrator to help with correspondence and advertising.
#11. Any advertising of our project at genealogy societies, websites and anywhere else where we might generate new members is very welcome. When advertising for a descendant of Edmund, Pat noticed that periodic postings to the GenForum drew attention. Apparently most people do not read past the first few postings.

First Fanning Newsletter

2008-11-09T10:41:00.000-08:00

May 8, 2007

Hi Everyone,
I would like to welcome new members to the Fanning DNA Project, John Howard Fanning who descends from Chestnut Creek John Fanning and Ted Prosser who is an exact 37 out of 37 marker match with Pat and Albert. Ted's father was adopted as an infant so feel this is quite extraordinary for our group and wish to welcome his as a member. Hopefully we can help him find his grandfather. Welcome to Donald Fanning who descends from Chestnut Creek John Fanning thru his son John Fanning and Mary Polly Davis and also to Wendell Fanning who descends from Middleton Fanning. Four new members is terrific. Welcome everyone.

Please join DNA Newbies Mailing list. This is a very active mailing list monitored by very knowledgeable people who can answer all your questions regarding Genetic Genealogy. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DNA-NEWBIE/
The list posted information about our haplogroup a few weeks ago. This is a very informative site and you can join the group if you choose. http://www.familytreedna.com/public/R1b1c7/.

Another good site for information is http://www.isogg.org/. There is also a link from our Family Project Page. Please remember to upload your results at www.Ysearch.org, the FTDNA sponsored public database. Your will find the upload link at your Y-DNA Matches tab, where there is an explanation and a link for the upload.

Ted started the interest in 67 markers. Pat and Gary have requested upgrades and Wendell has chosen a 67 marker test and those results are eagerly anticipated.

Jim's additional markers are expected back sometime soon. There has been a delay in the additional results and suspect that perhaps the additional markers are being retested.
Results and pedigrees have been updated http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/f/fanning/. A couple of new links have been posted and an article by Samuel Fannin has been posted on the discussion page regarding the various spellings of Fanning. Thank you very much Samuel for contributing.

We still need to reach other Fanning members for testing. We have no recent Fanning immigrants to the US in our group, nor do we have anyone from Edmund Fanning as a member. We have no members from Ireland other than Samuel. Recruitment needs to be a priority for everyone of us. The Fanning/Fannin/Fannon GenForum seems to provide the most results. Frequent posting mentioning our project may help.
Pat has suggested placing a notice in Everton's magazine, which I will do. Posting to Genealogy Society mailing lists or Rootsweb location mailing lists might help. Also e-mail any Genealogy Society with a webpage where our Fannings are located and ask if we can post a link to our project. E-mail any suggestions to me or please just go ahead and post where you feel results might be achieved. E-mail from more than one of us will be more effective than just an e-mail from me

Another Fanning member

2008-11-09T10:39:00.000-08:00

December 26, 2006

I receive notice from Family Tree that there is another Fanning DNA member. Finally someone to compare results with.

Results come back

2008-11-09T10:35:00.000-08:00

October 30 2006
There is an e-mail from Family Tree DNA saying your first 25 markers have been posted.
All I see are numbers, what do they mean?
I start looking for matches and all I find are surnames other than Fanning as there are no other Fanning members.
I subscribe to DNA Newbie to start learning about genetic DNA.

Fanning First DNA Test arrives at Family Tree

2008-11-09T07:59:00.000-08:00

20 Sep 2006 The first Fanning DNA Test has arrived at Family Tree DNA. I was so excited as I had only imagined received the e-mail. After reading a number of times I realized that I had to wait at least four months before receiving any information.