William Annin is my 5th G-grandfather. In the dedication of the school, a report was written by a 6th grader. In this report, he stated that William's father, John Annin (who died in 1759-I have a copy of his presumed will) came from Annandale, Scotland and was named John Johnstone in Scotland. He came to America, due to persecution (reason stated in the young man's report) in the early 1770's - changing his surname to Annan to remember the area he was from in Scotland. Somehow the surname then was written Annin and thus it remained. Does anyone have further knowledge of where this information was obtained for this report at the dedication of the school? Thanks, Pauli from Arkansas