NANNEY OR YANCEY HISTORY Compile

Nanney Family Archives
a compilation of
Nanney/Nanny/Nanne/Anway Family Records
page maintained by Dennis J Yancey djyancey1965@gmail.com

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
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 . .	John Henry Ingram	Link
Heraldic Visitations of Wales	Lewys Dwnn	Link
Highways and Biways of North Wales	Arthur G. Bradley	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
History of the Princes the Lord	Jacob Youde William Lloyd	Link
History of the Parish of Wraysbury . . .	Gordon Willoughby J. Gyll	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 for more info
Lloyd Manuscripts	Howard Williams Lloyd	Link
London Magazine		Link1 Link2
Memoirs of Owen Glendower	Thomas Thomas	Link
Memories of the Archbishop of Wales		Link
Merion in the Welsh Tract	Thomas Allen Glenn	Link
The Mirror of Literature		Link
Modern Wales	Gareth Elwyn Jones	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.
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
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	Peter Wilson Coldham	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.
Katherine Naylor's House of Office	Heck & Balicki	Link contact djyancey1965@gmail.com for more details
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
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 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6
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 New York, Vol. I, 1654-1752" The New York 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 Photos Addenda
Descendants of Nicholas Fussell	Lynn Fussell	Link
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	Link
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	Thomas Allen Glenn	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)
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	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)		Link
Nenne (England)		Link
Nunney (England)		Link
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)

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.

**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
click here for more details.

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.

1911 - William Rees Nanney - came to New York form Wales in 1911. Died in the great flu epidemic of 1919.

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.