Hi, Ann - No, great-grandfather Richard McCann (McAhon) was born in Derry, then immigrated to Essex County, New York. Some of his children went to Wisconsin, but no Richard among them. Keep up the great work on this list. -----Original Message----- From: amccann74 <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 8:12 PM Subject: Re: [McCANN] CANN and the derivation of the name McCann >Was your Great Grand Father Richard from Wisconsin? >Ann T. Meyer (Nee Ann McCann) >----- Original Message ----- >From: D Sheehan <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 1:34 PM >Subject: Re: [McCANN] CANN and the derivation of the name McCann > > >> Here's another spelling: Gr-gr-grandfather Richard McCann's grave marker >is >> inscribed with McCANN on the base but spelled McAHON on the face where >dates >> are given. Any other McAhons out there? >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: amccann74 <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 10:06 AM >> Subject: Re: [McCANN] CANN and the derivation of the name McCann >> >> >> >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=10 2 >> 4 >> >> 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! >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >==== McCANN Mailing List ==== >> >Reminder: Record Your Sources and Cite Them for Others! >> >> >> ==== McCANN Mailing List ==== >> Hint: Visit the RootsWeb Archives and other resources at: >> http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/m/c/MCCANN/ >> >> > > >==== McCANN Mailing List ==== >Plea: Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free!