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Publications & Compilations which contain information on the Nanney Family
Title | Author | Links | |
PUBLICATIONS - Nanneys of Wales and England | |||
Agricultural Labourer | Link | ||
Alumni - University of Oxford ![]() |
Link | ||
Annals and Antiquities | Thomas Nicholas | Link | |
Apprenticeship Records - Nanney names on | Link | ||
The Baronetage of England | William Betham | Link | |
Beauties of England and Wales | John Britton | Link | |
Book of Trees - The Nannau Oak | John W. Parker | Link | |
Cadwgan of Nannau <discusses flaws in Nanney pedigree> | Darrell Wolcott | Link | |
the Courts of Equity, Kings Bench . . . | Link | ||
Condition of the Welsh Peasantry (Fraser Magaizne) | Link | ||
Country Life | Jan 1964, Oct 1983, Nov 1983 | ||
Cambrian News - 2015 - Nannau in Neglect | Link | ||
Dolgelley and LLaneltyd | Link email djyancey1965@gmail.com for more additional info |
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Encyclopedia of Heraldry | Burke | Link | |
English Reports - Hugh & Sarah Nanney | Link | ||
Family of Nannau (Nanney) ![]() |
E. D. Jones | ||
Genealogical History of the House of Gwysaney | Burke | Link | |
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry . . . | Burke | Link | |
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage | Burke | Link | |
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain | Burke | Link | |
Gentleman's Magazine - Nanney entries from Google | Link | ||
Georgia Ruth Writes | Link | ||
Gossiping Guide to Wales | Link | ||
Haunted Homes . . | Link | ||
Heraldic Visitations of Wales ![]() |
Lewys Dwnn | Link | |
Highways and Biways of North Wales | Link | ||
Historic Houses of Wales | Link | ||
History of the Nannau
Family ![]() |
B. R. Parry | Page
1-49 / Page
50-100 / Page 101-149 / Page 150-200 / Page 201-249 / Page 250-300 / Page 301-349 / Page 350-370 |
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History of the Princes the Lord | Jacob Youde William Lloyd | Link | |
History of the Parish of Wraysbury . . . | Link | ||
History of Wales | Link | ||
Hugh Nanney ![]() | Link | ||
Hugh Nanney Hen - Squire Of Nannau | Link | ||
Inventory of Monuments . . . | Link | ||
The Law Journal . . . | Link | ||
Life of Guto'r Glyn | Link | ||
Llanfachreth - Bygones of a Merioneth Parish | Mary C. Harris |
link
email djyancey1965@gmail.com |
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Lloyd Manuscripts | Link | ||
London Magazine | Link1 Link2 | ||
Memoirs of Owen Glendower | Thomas Thomas | Link | |
Memories of the Archbishop of Wales ![]() |
Link | ||
Merion in the Welsh Tract | Link | ||
The Mirror of Literature ![]() |
Link | ||
Modern Wales | Link | ||
Montgomeryshire Collections | Link | ||
Nannau Hall - North Wales - 1998 Brochure | Link | ||
Nannau Manuscripts at Bangor University ![]() |
Link | ||
Nanney Estate Chart - by David
Brown ![]() |
David Brown | Link | |
Notes on the House of Nannau | Link | ||
Old Blood of Merioneth ![]() |
Cato |
email djyancey1965@gmail.com for more info. |
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Old Karnarvon: A Historical Account . . . | Jones | Link | |
Panorama of the Beauties . . . | Link | ||
Pedigrees of Anglesy | Griffith | Link | |
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography | Link | ||
a Perfect Patriarch - William Nanney-Wynn ![]() |
Cato |
email djyancey1965@gmail.com for more info |
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Poetical Works of Lewis Glyn | Link | ||
Reifsnyder-Gillam Ancestry ![]() |
T A Glenn | Link | |
Register of Gray's Inn | Link | ||
Register of of Lincoln's Inn | Link | ||
Robert Vaughan, Life of | Link | ||
Royal Tribes of Wales | Yorke | Link | |
Saturday Magazine ("Nannau Oak") | Link | ||
Scientific Tourist Through England | Link | ||
Sporting Magazine | Link | ||
St Celynnins's
Church (mentions John Nanney) ![]() |
Craig Beuno | Link | |
Travel Page - Nannau Hal l | Link | ||
Welsh Biographies Online | Link | ||
PUBLICATIONS - Nanneys in America | |||
- - Northern Branch - Robert Nanney of Mass. | |||
Robert Nanny of Massachusetts and John Nanney of Virginia | Link | ||
Barbados 1660 Deed - Robert Nanny | Link | ||
Big Dig, Little Dig - Hidden Worlds, Boston | Laurel Thatcher Ulrich | Link | |
Katherine Nanny Naylor Will Record | Link | ||
Boston Town Records | Link | ||
Colonial Boston Unearthed | Langford | Link | |
Complete Book of Immigrants | Link | ||
Dover's [New Hampshire] Foreign Commerce | Link | ||
First Parish in Dover | Link | ||
Forming The Past - (info about shoes found in Katherine Nanny Privy) | Jeffrey Butterworth | Link | |
Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire | Link | ||
The Great Migration ![]() ![]() |
Link | ||
Index to the Probate Records of Suffolk County | Link | ||
Katherine Nanny Naylor A life in Puritan Boston | Lauren Cook ![]() |
email djyancey1965@gmail.com for more info. |
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Katherine Naylor's House of Office | Heck & Balicki | Link
contact djyancey1965@gmail.com for more details |
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Landmarks in Ancient Dover | Thompson | Link | |
Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder - Gleanings from County Files | Sargent | Link | |
Memorial History of Boston | Link | ||
Migrations and the Origins of the English Atlantic World | Link | ||
Pioneers of Massachusetts | Charles H. Pope | Link | |
Preliminary Register of the Dyar Family (page 5) | Info
on Benjamin Dyer who married Mary Nanny Link |
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Records Relating to the Early History of Boston (mentions Samuel & Widow Naney) |
Link | ||
Suffolk Deeds | Link | ||
Suffolk Deeds | Link | ||
Textiles from the Seventeenth Century Privy at the Cross Street Back Lot Site |
Welters | Link | |
Wheelwright Genealogy | Steven Plummer | Link | |
York Deeds Vol 4 (1694 Deed of Katherine Nanny Naylor) | Link | ||
York Deeds Vol 10 | Link | ||
- - Northern Branch - William Nanney of New York | |||
Adventures for God | Link | ||
Anway Family Society News | Link | ||
Nanney to Anway Name Change | Link | ||
Anway-Nanny Descendants of William Nanne ![]() |
J. A. Crandall | ![]() Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 |
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A Centennial Biographical History of Seneca County | Link | ||
Biographical History of Northern Michigan - Silas B Anway | Link | ||
History and Directory of Yates County | Cleveland | Link | |
History of Alameda County, California | Link | ||
"History of Amity Presbyterian Church, Amity, Orange County, New York, Feagles, Carrie Timlow, 1949, 95 pages including 80 plus records for the surname Nanny. |
contact markanway@hotmail.com for more details | ||
History of Delaware County and Ohio | Link | ||
History of Franklin County, Iowa | Link | ||
History of Orange County, New York | Ruttenber/Clark | Link | |
History of Seneca County, Ohio | Baughman | Link | |
History of the Class of 80 - Yale College - Wilmore Anway | Link | ||
"Papers of the Lloyd Family
of Lloyd's Neck Historical Society, Collections 1926 |
contact markanway@hotmail.com for more details | ||
Memories of my Life - Ella Anway | Link | ||
Sayer Family | Theodore M. Banta | Link | |
Town of Huntington - Records of The Overseers of the Poor | contact markanway@hotmail.com for more details | ||
David & Tom Anway Oral History | Link | ||
Records at FamilySearch | Anway Nanney | ||
W. E. Anway and Anway Road ![]() |
Link | ||
- - Southern Branch - John Nanney of Virginia | |||
Cavaliers and Pioneers | Nugent | Link | |
The Chism's - Another Trail ![]() |
Van Chism | Link | |
Descendants of John Nanney | Louise Horton | Link | |
Descendants of John Nanney Sr ![]() |
Lynn Fussell | Pages
001-018 Pages 019-116 Pages 117-194 Pages 195-284 Pages 285-403 |
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Descendants of Nicholas Fussell | Lynn Fussell | ||
Geer Family of Rutherford Co., NC | R. S. Geer | Link | |
Gillmore Carter and Allied Families "Justice Excursus" | Link | ||
Genealogy of the Nanney Family | Lucille Nanney Koon | Link | |
History of Allen County, Kentucky | Louise Horton | Link | |
Johnston Stapp and Allied Families (Nanney/Wesson) | Link | ||
Maryland and Virginia Colonial Families (Nanney/Wesson) | Link | ||
Nanney-Anway History | Elton Dale Anway | Link | |
Nanney Families | Bobbie Anderson | ||
Kestner,
Kastner, Costner, Chostner, 1550-1991 : and the related families of Estes, Hopkins, James, and Nanney |
Link | ||
Robert Nanny of Massachusetts and John Nanney of Virginia | Link | ||
- - Southern Branch - Rees Nanna of Pennsylvania | |||
Colonial Families of Philadelphia | John W. Jordan | Link | |
Pennsylvania Archives | Link | ||
Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania | Link | ||
Gwynedd Friend Meetings (Pennsylvania) | Link | ||
The Old York Road | Link | ||
The Era Magazine | Link | ||
Life of Chief Justice Ellis Lewis | Link | ||
Enos Jones ![]() | Link | ||
Rowland Ellis info | Link | ||
- - Southern Branch - Other Nanneys | |||
Guillermo Nanne of Central America | Mark Anway and others | Link | |
Descendants of Lewis ap John - Derived from Nannau | Link | ||
Early Virginia Families along the James River (mentions Hugh Nanny) | Link | ||
Maryland Calendar of Wills | Link | ||
Nanney-Yancey History | Tempe H Carraway | Link | |
- - Nanne's of England / Germany | |||
Guillermo Nanne | Link | ||
Other Nannes ![]() | Link Link Link Link Link | ||
Justus Nanne ![]() |
Link | ||
NANNEY DATABASES: | |||
Cadwgan Family Tree | Link | ||
FamilySearch Records from Primary Sources | Link | ||
FamilyTree Communities -
Wales ![]() |
Link Descendants of Cadwgon ap Bleddyn Ancestors of Hugh Nanney (1530-1603) Descendants of Hugh Nanney (1530-1603) |
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Geer Family Tree | Link | ||
Judy Schor Database | Link | ||
Lynn Fussells Nanney Database | Link | ||
Majdan Family Tree | Link | ||
Majdans Family History | Link | ||
Nanneys Yet to be Identified | Link | ||
OTHER Rootsweb Databases with Nanneys | Link | ||
Prometheus Genealogy Database | Link | ||
Ralph Edwards Database
(Anway) ![]() |
Link | ||
Sarah Harris Database | Link | ||
Some Fabulous Pedigrees | Link | ||
Jack W Nanney - Nannau
Website ![]() |
Link | ||
Welsh Biographies Online | Link | ||
Yancey Family Genealogical Database | Link | ||
Yancey/Nanney DNA Testing | Link | ||
CENSUS RECORDS | |||
1790 Census | Link | ||
1800 Census | Link | ||
1810 Census | Link | ||
1820 Census | Link | ||
1830 Census | Link | ||
1840 Census | Link | ||
1850 Census | Link | ||
1860 Census | Link | ||
1870 Census | Link | ||
1880 Census | Link | ||
1900 Census | Link | ||
Wales Census Records | Link | ||
English Census Records | Link | ||
1901 British Census | Link | ||
British Census Records for Nannau Estate | Link | ||
MARRIAGE RECORDS | |||
Indiana Marriages | Link | ||
Kentucky Marriages | Link | ||
North Carolina Marriages | Link | ||
Ohio Marriages | Link | ||
Tennessee Marriages | Link | ||
Virginia Marriages | Link | ||
England Marriages | Link | ||
Wales Marriages | Link | ||
MILITARY RECORDS | |||
Revolutionary War Records | Link | ||
War of 1812 | Link | ||
Civil War Database - UNION | Anway Nanny Nanney Nannie | ||
Civil War Database - CONFEDERATE | Anway Nanny Nanney Nannie | ||
Commonwealth War Graves | Link | ||
DEATH RECORDS | |||
SSDI | Link | ||
Wales | Link | ||
England | Link | ||
Findagrave | Anway Nanney | ||
PROBATE RECORDS | |||
Nanney Family Probate Records | Link | ||
BIBLE RECORDS | |||
Harrison Anway Bible | Link | ||
Nanney Bible Records | Link | ||
Fred Nanney Bible | Link | ||
Jack W. Nanney Bible | Link | ||
CEMETERY RECORDS | |||
Bucket Hill (Nanney) Cemetery, Rutherford Co., NC | Link | ||
Liberty Hill Cemetery | Link | ||
Nanney Cemetery - Warrick Co., IN | Link | ||
Nanney Cemetery - Warren County, KY | Link | ||
Nanney Family Cemetery - Buncombe Co., NC | Link | ||
Nanney-Hollis Cemetery - Montgomery Co., TN | Link | ||
Nanny Cemetery, Marion Co., AR | Link | ||
Nannie Graveyard, Green Co., TN | Link | ||
Cemeteries and Gravesites in Dolgellau area of Wales | Link | ||
DIGITAL COPY OF PAPER RECORDS | |||
Irna Eckert - Paper File - 1 | Link | ||
Irna Eckert - Paper File - 2 | Link | ||
Irna Eckert - Paper File - 3 | Link | ||
Irna Eckert - Paper File - 4 | Link | ||
Irna Eckert - Paper File - 5 | Link | ||
Chris Finney - Paper File - 1 | Link | ||
Chris Finney - Paper File - 2 | Link | ||
Sammie Jobe - Paper File | Link | ||
Sue King - Paper File - 1 | Link | ||
Jack W. Nanny - Paper File - 1 | Link | ||
Jack W. Nanny - Paper File - 2 | Link | ||
Jack W. Nanny - Paper File - 3 | Link | ||
Jack W. Nanny - Paper File - 4 | Link | ||
Jack W. Nanny - Paper File - 5 | Link | ||
Jack W. Nanny - Paper File - 6 | Link | ||
Stan Nanney - Paper File - 1 - Robert Nanney Baptism | Link | ||
Stan Nanney - Paper File - 2 | Link | ||
Sandra Todd - Paper File - 1 | Link | ||
Sandra Todd - Paper File - 2 | Link | ||
Sandra Todd - Paper File - 3 | Link | ||
Sharon Nanney Wells | Link | ||
Clarence L Yancey - Paper File 1 | Link | ||
OTHER Internet Services | |||
ANCESTRY MESSAGE BOARD - NANNEY | Link | ||
ANCESTRY MESSAGE BOARD - NANNY | Link | ||
ANCESTRY MESSAGE BOARD - ANWAY | Link | ||
BRITISH HISTORY ONINE ![]() |
Nanney Nanny Nannau | ||
FINDAGRAVE - Nanney ![]() |
Link | ||
FINDAGRAVE - Nanny | Link | ||
FINDAGRAVE - Nannie | Link | ||
FINDAGRAVE - Naney | Link | ||
FINDAGRAVE - Anway | Link | ||
GENFORUM - NANNEY ![]() |
Link | ||
GENFORUM - NANNY | Link | ||
GENFORUM - ANWAY | Link | ||
HATHI TRUST - digital books | Link | ||
WIKIPEDIA - Merionethshire | Link | ||
WIKIPEDIA - Llanfachreth | Link | ||
WELSH NEWSPAPERS ONLINE | Link | ||
WORLDCAT - bibliographic database | Link | ||
EBAY - Nanney | Link | ||
FACEBOOK - Nanney | Link | ||
OTHER INTERNET PAGES | |||
Abner Street Nanney - Journal | Link | ||
Brad Campbell - Nanney Family Page | Link | ||
Brad Dubbs Research | Link Link Link Link | ||
Charles Anway | Link | ||
Charles Anway - Alaska | Link | ||
Church/Religious records of interest to Nanney Researchers | ![]() |
Link | |
Cindy Nannay - murder of | Link | ||
David Brown compilation of Nanney Data | ![]() |
Link | |
David Ledbetter Nanney Papers | Link | ||
Dolgellau | Link | ||
Derwas Family Site | Link | ||
Edward Nanney-Wynn | Link Photo | ||
Ella Anway - Memoirs of my life | Link | ||
Georgia Ruth Writes | Link | ||
Gwynfryn Castle | Link | ||
Hugh John Ellis-Nanney | Link his wife Grynfyn Castle | ||
Images of Nannau Hall | Link | ||
John Nanney and his Horses | Link | ||
Llanfachreth - Bishops Transcripts | Link | ||
Lloyd Nanney - Gold Coins | Link | ||
Nannau.com | ![]() ![]() |
Link | |
Nannau @ FACEBOOK | |
Link | |
Dolgellau @ FACEBOOK | |
Link | |
Nannau Manuscripts at Bangor University | Link | ||
Nanney Family Directory | Link | ||
Nanneytown | Link | ||
Dr Newman Nanney Home | Link | ||
PENMON ![]() |
Link | ||
Robert Nanny of Massachusetts and John Nanney of Virginia | Link | ||
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments | ![]() |
Link | |
Shepard Letter (Yancey - Nanney connection) | Link | ||
Terms to Know | Link | ||
Vaughn - Nanney Family Pages | Link | ||
Wade Nanney - Oral Interview | Link | ||
HERALDRY / COAT OF ARMS - NANNEY / NANNAU | |||
Nanney Coat of Arms | Link | ||
Yancey Coat of Arms | Link | ||
Other Arms Lion Azure Rampant | Link | ||
Annals and Antiquities | Link | ||
Alphabetic Dictionary of Coat of Arms | Link | ||
Baronetage of England | Link | ||
PHOTO / IMAGE COLLECTIONS | |||
Google Image | Link | ||
FamilySearch Photos | Link | ||
Ancestry.com Image database | Link | ||
Flickr.com | Link | ||
Nannau.com | ![]() ![]() |
Link | |
Nannau Hall | Link | ||
Lady Ellis Nanney
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Hugh John
Ellis-Nanney married Elizabeth Octavia Dillon a relative of Winston Churchill. |
Link | |
Edward Nanney-Wynn | Link | ||
WELSH CULTURE | |||
Welsh Culture | Link | ||
Welsh Dress | Link | ||
Welsh Language | Link | ||
Welsh Music | Link | ||
Welsh Politics | |||
Welsh Sheep Farming | Link | ||
Welsh History | Link | ||
Welsh Religion | Link | ||
Welsh Tourism | Link | ||
Nanneys on Social Media | |||
Nanneys on Facebook ![]() | Link | ||
Nanneys on Linkedin ![]() | Link | ||
Other Surnames Similar in Spelling (probably not related to the Nanneys) | |||
Nanni
(Italy) ![]() |
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Nenne
(England) ![]() |
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Nunney
(England) ![]() | |||
Nancey | |||
AMERICANS who have traveled abroad and visited Nannau | |||
Cleo Alward | |||
Ernestine Yancey Donahue | |||
Clarence R Yancey | |||
William S. Yancy (2016) | |||
Dalton H Yancey (2016) |
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE
NANNEY CLAN
By Wade Nanney
While most people in this country do well if they know the names of a couple of their great-grandparents, we of the Nanney name have an unusual distinction: it is a name known among genealogists as one of the oldest traceable family lines in Britain. This is due to the unique name, and to the fact that we clearly identify as one of the families of the ancient Celtic Royalty, as I will show presently.
I have heard allusions that the lineage can be traced as far back as the King Arthur/Camelot episodes in the late 400's A.D., but I have seen nothing concerning the notion on paper. However, some years ago I did discover that the Catholic Priest who is generally considered to be the first British historian was a Welshman who went by the name of Nennius. The name is clearly a variation of ours, as indicated in British Family Names, with the Latin "us" tacked on. He produced a work in Latin in 796 A.D. about the history of the Bretons (The Brythonic). It included accounts of the twelve final battles of Arthur, which the later writers took and romanticized. The English have always poo-pooed Nennius' writings (He was a Welshman, after all!) and tried to make them out to be a bunch of bull and poppycock, but those with real and unbiased knowledge say that the Welsh and Germans preserved more of the true ancient history of Europe than any others.
While we Nanneys definitely have many of the characteristics of the Welsh, I have noted that we are not basically a music-making outfit, though we do love music. However, the main element ofthe Welsh are evidently the most musical bunch on earth, loads of the most successful singers and players in the English-speaking world -- and especially among the Nashville stars -- have Welsh names. Why are we different? It may be that we are of a different line from the key faction of the Welsh. The . . . dictionaries claim that our name linguistically is Frisian (Frieslander), not Welsh. The Frisian Islands are located in the North Sea out from Holland and Denmark. Many Frisians migrated into Britian, especially around the time of the Anglo-Saxon invasion, so our clan could possibly be of that origin anciently.
In 1066 the Norman French crossed the English Channel and conquered Britain. Their influence dominated for a short time in Wales, but as it faded there emerged a small kingdom in north central Wales called Powys. It was this kingdom that our family ruled. The rulers of such kingdoms were indeed kings, but were known as "princes" and "lords". One of the rulers sometime during the 1100's was named Bleddyn (pronounced Blethin). One of his sons - probably a younger one without inheritance - was referred to as "Cadwgan ap Bledyn, Prince of Powys". Cadwgan struck out into the wild mountains near the coast northwest of Powys and founded his own estate near the present-day town of Dolgellau. He named the estate Nannau. The structure he built was often called the "stateliest house in all north Wales".
(Cadwgan is pronounces "kah-DOO-gan" and the "au" on the end of names apparently varies according to different accents - maybe something like a long, drawled "O' or "I").
In 1536 the English finally, after trying for over a thousand years, succeeded in taking us over. They had nightmares trying to keep their tax books straight because the Welsh had no family names. We would identify ourselves as being the son of so-and-so, who was the son of so-and-so, who was . . . etc. In other words, I would identify myself as Wade ap Reginald ap Perminter ap Amous ap Thomas ap Shadrach. So in the 1600's the English required us to have family names. We took the name of the estate. Somehow, the -au ending and the -ey became interchangeable, so we now bear the name "Nanney".
The estate which Cadwgan founded still exists, with the name Nannau persisting on it. It contains Nannau Hall, a beautiful stone manor house which is considered one of the historic houses of Wales. The present house, whose construction began in 1788, is the fifth one which has existed on the site since the 1100's. It replaced the one built by Colonel Hugh Nanney in 1697. (The third one was destroyed by Oliver Cromwell's Army.)
But Nannau Hall has fallen on hard times lately. Until recently it was owned by relatives of the name Vaughn, but the economic and tax situation being what it is in present-day Britain, they had to let it go. Don Nanney, a lawyer in California, tried to buy it with the intention of turning it over to Wales as a National Park, but somehow it wasn't permissible to sell to an American. Thus, it went to a development corporation, which converted it into condominiums and a restaurant.
The Nanney name shifted to this side of the Atlantic when Robert Nanney, age 22, sailed from London on the ship Increase and landed in Boston in April, 1635. He was in a group of four apprentices sponsored by a goldsmith in London. He married a daughter of the famous preacher, John Wheelwright. Wheelwright was the brother-in-law of the noted religious teacher, Anne Hutchinson. They were the key element of the early, formative Baptist movement in Massachusetts - and got run out by the Puritans for their efforts. Robert Nanney became a wealthy shipping merchant, allied with a Hutchinson in London who may have been his uncle, and his holdings included an estate in Barbados.
I don't know yet if we are descended from Robert, or from other Nanneys (perhaps his brothers) who came to Virginia about 1642**. The historians among us will soon have the pieces of the puzzle complete. But the vaguest period from the Middle Ages till now is the colonial era in America. However, the family had become established in eastern Virginia in the 1700's . Shadrack Nanney came from Brunswick County, Virginia, in 1798 and settled at what is now Union Mills, North Carolina. He became the progenitor of the family in this area.
Wade Nanney July, 1986
**Note:
DJY: Evidence now at hand seems to pretty much prove that
Robert Nanney never had any grandchldren that grew to
adulthood. The Nanneys of Brunswick County, Virginia - would
NOT have been his descendants
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details.
Branches of the Nanney Family in Wales
Hugh Nanney
Lewis Nanney
Evan Nanney
John Nanney
Griffin Nanney
Members of the Welsh Nanney Family who came to America
1635 - Robert Nanney came to America on the ship "Increase"
in 1635 - most researchers record him as the son of one Robert Nanney -
a grocer of London, England who traces his lineage back to
Wales. He settled first at in Dover, New Hampshire and later
in Boston and had various children. Some descendants of John
Nanney of Brunswick County, VA claim descent from him - recording their
John as a grandson via Samuel Nanney - but it seems this may be in
error.
Other than that - Robert apparently did not have any
descendants beyond his children that carried the Nanney name [more details]
[Indenture]
[will record]
<click
here for important information concerning the claims as to descendants
of Robert Nanney>
[information
about his wife]
1689 - Hugh Nanney - recorded as being among 131 persons
imported by Edmund Jennings near James River area - but other records
seem to indicate he was already in Virginia in York County in 1687.
Later his name shows up in other York County records and in Henrico
county in 1701. Exact linkage to Nanneys of Wales not
known. No known descendants or family.
[more details]
about 1700's - Rhys or Rees Nanna or Nanney - came to
Pennsylvania about the year 1700. His exact lineage has not
been documented. These Nanneys were Quakers.
[more details]
[more details] [more
details] [possible
origin] [probate record] [a William Nanna that is possibly connected]
[a Rees Nannah possibly conected]
[another Rees Nanna]
[yet another Rees Nanna]
[another
Rees]
[Coulston
Family info]
From
the Era Magazine
early 1700's - William Nanney -
thought to either be an immigrant himself or child/grandchild of
immigrant. Settled in New York - William has various descendants up to
the present day - among them some who use the name
ANWAY. His exact lineage into the Welsh Nanneys has not yet
been documented.
[more details]
various descendants report descent from an immigrant
John
Nanney of the 1600's. .
about 1700? - John Nanney of Brunswick County Virginia. For
many years researchers showed him as a grandson of Robert Nanney of
Massachusetts (above) but this seems a likely error. Other researchers
record him him directly coming from Wales but details are
sparse. His descendants probably comprise the larger portion
of Nanneys in America relative to any other branch.
[
will ] [descendants]
<click here for important information concerning the claims as
to Johns ancestry>
[ Will of John Nanney Sr]
[Deed which shows wife's name of John
Nanney Sr] [Will of John Nanney Jr. page
1, page 2 ]
[Will which mentions wife
of John Nanney Jr]
about 1700? - William Nanna - Talbot County
Maryland. His will is recorded in that County in 1703 -
whether he is a relative of some of these other Nanneys is unclear and
when he came to America has not been determined. [will ] [more details]
1731 - Martin Nanny (Nunny) - came to Virginia as a
"transported convict" to Virginia apparently form England [ more details ]
Once thought to be a Nanny - research would seem to indicate that the
name here is not Nanny - but Nunny - and thus no connection.
1840 - Henry Frederick William Nanne - aka Don
Guillermo Nanne - came to Chile, South America some time about 1840
from Germany - and later went to California in 1849 and later
ended up in Central America - establishing the railroads
there. His obituary alludes to information, that if true,
would seem to indicate he was a descendant of the Nanneys of Wales.
[Obituary] He has numerous descendants throughout
Central America.
~1850 - Frederic, Mary & Henry Nanne - found listed on the 1850 census of New Orleans, Louisiana - recorded as being born in England
1911 - William Rees Nanney - came to New York form Wales in 1911. Died in the great flu epidemic of 1919.
Nanney Family Portraits and Photos
Gruffudd Nanney (1611-1655)
Gruffudd Nanney of Nannau 1611-1655 - A portrait of Gruffudd Nanney, half length, head to the right, wearing a brown cloak with embroidered cross belt, white collar and grey hat, clasping a sword with his left hand, an inkwell and open ledger together with another book displaying an unusual Masonic or Merchants mark, by his side, oil on oak panel, indistinctly inscribed / signed, dated 1644, 26.375 in x 21.75 in, contained in gilt gesso moulded frame. Gruffudd Nanney of Nannau, esquire, 15th Lord of Nannau,was High Sheriff for Co. Merioneth 1640 -1642. He married Anne, daughter and heiress of Lewis Gwyn of Dolaugwyn, Towyn, Co. Merioneth, esquire, by Jane the daughter of Hugh Nanney of Nannau. He was the grandfather of Colonel Hugh Nanney, and great grandfather of the Nanney Twins, Catherine and Janet. It was on Janet's marriage to Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt, that Nannau passed from the Nanneys to the Vaughans. The portrait of Gruffudd Nanney, although noted in the Nannau, Schedule of Contents 1958, only returned to Nannau during that year, on the death of Edith Nesta Mason O.B.E. ( 1880 - 1957 ), nee Vaughan, being part of her Trust, on her marriage to John Mason in 1914. The consequence of which, is that it was not seen by John Steegman on his visit to Nannau in the early 1950's, when compiling his survey of Portraits In Welsh Houses, published by The National Museum Of Wales in 1957, so has never been officially recorded. Steegman, in his footnote to the collection of Portraits at Nannau, Page 234, notes; The Report on Mostyn MSS ( MS. 165 ) states that a portrait of Gruffudd Nannau ap Hugh Nannau is at Nannau, painted 1632 when he was aged 44; the same report also makes the conflicting statement that a portrait of Gruffudd Nannau is at Nannau, painted 1632 when he was aged 22. At the date of this present Survey no portrait was seen at Nannau which can be related with either of these statements. As the painting is dated 1644, when in fact Gryffudd Nanney would have been about 32 years of age, the Report on Mostyn MSS (MS.165) would appear to be inaccurate on both accounts. Nannau, Schedule of contents no.2 Gruffdd Nannau or Nanney 1611 - 1655. High Sheriff 1642 Married Anne Gwyn of Dolaugwyn (died 1688) |
Hugh Nanney of Wales
Catherine and Janet Nanney were the twin daughters of Colonel Hugh Nanney (1669-1701), 17th Lord of Nannau and his wife Catherine of Cors-y-gedol (d.1733). Hugh Nanney was MP for Merioneth (1695-1701), High Sheriff, Vice-Admiral of North Wales, three times Knight of the Shire and Colonel of a Regiment of Militia, which he had raised himself. Janet, the heiress to the Nannau estates married Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt in 1719 by whom she had seven children. Catherine married William Vaughan (b.1707) in 1732 by whom she had one daughter, Anne. This was the last of a series of marriages between the Nanneys and Vaughans, the two most influential families in Meirioneth. A portrait by James Fellowes dated 1751 that is thought to depict Catherine is in the National Museum Wales.
The White Ox of Nannau
56 | The White Ox of Nannau DANIEL CLOWES 1774 - 1829 - The Famous Nanney Ox, the last of the white herd of Nannau, slaughtered for the coming of age celebrations of the Vaughan heir, Robert Williames Vaughan, signed and dated, D.Clowes Pinxt 1824, inscribed, The Baron weighing 165 lb was roasted at Nannau June 25th 1824, and weight per quarter 246 lbs, 23.375 in x 33.625 in, re-lined, contained within the original ebonized moulded frame with gilt slip. The high point of the meal was the introduction of the ' baron of beef ' which was brought into the tented room by a small procession led by the old herdsman Sian Dafydd who had fed The White Ox over the proceeding months. Sian Dafydd, who's portrait is also preserved for posterity in the picture, then greeted the assembled company with the customary Welsh greeting ' Gwnewch yu llawen ' ( Make Merry ). The preparations for the feast had been going on for some weeks. A new kitchen wing had been added to the recently built mansion for the occasion, and to accommodate the large number of guests, of which 197 sat down for the dinner, a long marquee was erected in front of the main house, a feature which can be seen in the picture. Sir Robert,' Yr Hen Syr Robert ' ( Old Sir Robert ) arranged for prints of the painting to be produced, and copies of these were probably presented to the guests. The lithograph was made by Charles Hullmandel ( 1789 - 1850 ) of London, the author of a well known treatise The Art of Drawing on Stone, who produced a faithful reproduction of the original picture. The Clowes' picture is a remarkable tour de force, and a fitting monument to such a noble beast. Gordon Edington, The Clowes Family of Chester Sporting Artists - A Visit to Nannau, Pages 12-13, Grosvenor Museum, Chester, 1985. Exibited, Grosvenor Museum, Chester,1985,No. 21.Catalogue Raisonne D 25. The world of Sporting Art and The Grosvenor Museum have much for which to thank Mr Gordon Edington. It is only through his dedicated research that we have the first comprehensive study.......... ................and only by virtue of his perseverance that the exhibition was made possible. J.N.P.Watson; Animal Portraits By Father And Son - Daniel and Henry Clowes at Chester. Country Life, May 2nd, 1985. Nannau, Schedule of Contents 1958, No. 48. |
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