Sarah Fanning

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Fanning was born on 18 July 1665, in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Thomas Fanning, was 35 and her mother, Elizabeth Daniels, was 35. She died on 24 August 1691, in her hometown, at the age of 26.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Fanning
1630–1685
Elizabeth Daniels
1630–1689
Elizabeth Fanning
1656–1685
Mary Fanning
1657–1658
Mary Fanning
1662–1688
Sarah Fanning
1665–1691

Sources (4)

  • Sary Flanninge, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Sary Flanninge, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • Sarah Faning, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

Name Meaning

English: variant of Fenning .

Irish: from Ó Fionnáin ‘descendant of Fionnán’, a diminutive of Finn (see Fannin ). It is also a variant of the name of a Norman family in Munster, otherwise called Panin (a diminutive of Pagan ), Gaelicized as Fainín. The family was located at Fanningstown, formerly Ballyfanning, Limerick. Compare Fagan 2.

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

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