Joane Cann

Brief Life History of Joane

When Joane Cann was christened on 21 July 1657, in North Petherton, Somerset, England, her father, William Cann, was 33 and her mother, Mrs. William Cann, was 30. She married Richard Fry on 6 June 1680, in North Petherton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She was buried in North Petherton, Somerset, England.

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Family Time Line

Richard Fry
1656–1720
Joane Cann
1657–1698
Marriage: 6 June 1680
Jane Fry
1682–1682
Joan Frie
1683–1683
Thomas Fry
1686–1686
Richard Fry
1687–1692
John Fry
1689–
Thomas Fry
1692–1738

Sources (13)

  • Joane Cann, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Joan Frie in entry for Joan Frie, "England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-1936"
  • Joane Cann in entry for Richard Fry, "England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999"

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World Events (1)

1688 · Glorious Revolution

The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.

Name Meaning

English (Devon): habitational name from Cann, a place in Dorset, named from Old English canna ‘can, cup’, used in the transferred sense of a deep valley, or a topographic name from the same word used elsewhere in southwestern England. Alternatively, from Middle English canne ‘can, vessel’, perhaps a metonymic occupational name denoting a maker of vessels for holding liquids.

Irish: shortened form of McCann .

Americanized form of German Kann and Kahn .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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