Hi: Just another name. When my Great Grand Father Peter McCann was on the School Board, he signed his name Peter McAnn. I have copies of the minutes, Otherwise, we have always spelled it McCann. Just a thought. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: Big River <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 5:17 PM Subject: Re: [McCANN] CANN and the derivation of the name McCann > Hi Jane et al, Here is my summary of several renditions of the derivation > of the name McCann. If you need it in the future, it is available on my > webpage about McCanns . > http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/r/Lin-M-Barrett/?Welcome=1024 > 356904 > > As Jane points out ...way back there was no Scotland, per se, and to > further confuse the issue the area we think of as Ireland today was Scotia. > > Some think the first McCann was Annadh and that this led to MacCana. > Hope this helps someone. > Best regards, > Lin > > > A BRIEF HISTORY of the > > McCANN CLAN AND THE SURNAME > > The McCanns, according to tradition, are a Milesian people descended from > Colla-da-Chrioch,the first king of Orghilla or Oriel. The kingdom of Oriel > encompassed the land from County Donegal to County Louth. Oriel is almost > synonymous with Ulster. Colla-da-Chrioch, a southern conqueror of Ulster, was > one of the three Collas. The identity of the folks who lived in Oriel is > shrouded in mystery and disgreement among historians. Historians who give > credence to thier existence, generally place Colla-da-Chrioch's conquest of > Ulster in 331 AD. Some disagree placing it anywhere in the succeeding > 100 years. Some scholars feel that the three Collas never existed. The > McCanns are said to have descended from Breasail, a grandson of > Colla-da-Chrioch. > > It is well accepted that the McCanns originated on the banks of Lough > Neagh; they were called the lords of Clan Breasail. Over time, this > district was sometimes referred to as Clanbrassil, and Breasal Macha and > was located on the southern shores of Lough Neagh. On a present day map > Breasal Macha would cover the current baronies of Oneilland East, Oneilland > West and Middle Dungannon. The first two are located in present day County > Armagh and the third in County Tyrone. These geopolitical divisions > (counties)were not created until late in the sixteenth century and therefor > did not exist in the early days of the McCann clan. Notwithstanding this > fact, McCann is thought of as a County Armagh sept. > > The McCann surname is considered to be among the earliest hereditary > surnames in the world. Of course at the time of Colla-da-Chrioch's > grandson, surnames were not in use. Ireland was one of the first countries > in Europe to adopt the use of hereditary surnames. O'Cleary (O' Clerigh) > was the first known > Irish surname dating back to A.D. 916. The surname McCann began to be used > in the 12th Century. Its original form was Mac Anna and it means "son of > Annadh", which was the given name of an early McCann chieftain. > > The surname has taken many forms over the years: MacCann, Macann, Macan, > McCan, McGann, Mac Anna, MacCanna, Cann, Canny, McCanney, Macan, Makan, > Mican, and McKann. My great grandmother was listed as McGaian in the Solano > County, California Bride's Index, owing mainly to her prospective > husband's heavy Irish brogue. > > Historian, John O'Hart, in his Irish Pedigrees, lists Cana (Annadh) as a > younger brother of Donal, who is #103 on the McMahon, of County Monaghan, > pedigree and as an ancestor of the McCanns. > > The following is O'Hart's account of the McCann pedigree, from which we all > descend: > > Mc Cann Pedigree > > 103. Cana: son of Maithgamhuin; a quo MacCana > > 104. Cana Mor McCan: his son; first bearer of this surname > > 105. Cana Oge (younger): his son > > 106. Cathal McCann: his son > > 107. Cathal: his son > > 108. Hugh the Valiant: his son > > 109. Terence, the Wine Drinker: his son > > 110. Donal: his son; lord of Clanbreasail > > 111. Hugh: his son > > 112. Cairbre Oge: his son > > 113. Neal: his son > > 114. Neal Oge: his son > > 115. Cairbre Mor: his son > > 116: Hugh Mor: his son > > 117. Hugh Mor: his son > > 118. Terence, of upper Clanbreasail > > 119. Cairbre: his son > > 120. Brian Buidhe (flaxen haired): his son; lord of Upper > Clanbreasail > > 121. Lochlann: his son; lord of Clanbreasail > > 122. Cormac, lord of Clanbreasail > > 123. Brian Ruadh (red haired): his son > > 124. Glaisneach McCann; his son; had a daughter named Elizabeth, > > who was married to John Hamilton, by whom she had six sons: > > one of which was killed in the Battle of Aughrim, on the 12 of > > July, 1691. > > Sources: > > O'Hart, Irish Pedigrees, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, > Dublin: 1892, ISBN 08063-0737/4, > Set number ISBN 08063-1259/9, V. I > > Matthews, Anthony Origin of the McCanns, Drogheda, Ireland Second Edition 1978 > > > ==== McCANN Mailing List ==== > Plea: Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! > >