Person:Edmund Fanning (5)

EDMUND, New London 1652, is by tradit.said to have escaped from the Irish Massacre, 1641, but it has not told any thing of the eleven yrs. interval; rem. to Stonington bef. 1670, and sometime after, came back to N. L. liv. on Groton side, d. 1683, leav. s. Edmund, John, Thomas, and William, beside d. Mary, wh. m. 24 Sept. 1683, Benjamin Hewett.

. Edmund Fanning was born about 1620 in Kilkenny, Ireland, died in Dec 1683 in Groton, CT and was buried in Fanning Cemetery, Groton, CT. General Notes:From Pioneer Irish in New England, Chapter VI, pg 85." Emigrated to this country with his family, consisting of his wife, two sons, Thomas and William, and two servants, Lathom and Orna, settled in Stonington, Ct." " He had served under the great Irish Chieftain, Owen Roe O'Neill, in the Rebellion of 1641." " An account his career, states that he escaped from Dublin in 1641 in the time of the great rebellion, and after 11 years of wandering and uncertainly, he found a resting place in Groton, Ct, in the year 1652. Munsells American Ancestry. Thence removed to Stonington, Ct, with which town the name has been associated for more than 2 centuries." Edmund married Ellen Butler.

Edmund came to North America about 1653, settling in New London, Connecticut. By 1655 he was living on Fisher's Island. He returned to New London in 1662. He moved to Stonington in New London County about 1665. He and his sons Edmund and Thomas fought in King Phillip's War in 1675-1676 against the Powhaten Confederacy. 4/30/00 JCT Source: Stonington Chronology pg. 25

On EDMUND, father of William and Thomas (whenever he was born, as one source lists a Thomas b. 1641 and another in 1655 - which usually indicates the first dying young). He came to America about 1653, settling in New London, Connecticutt.By 1655 he was living on Fisher's Island. He returned to New London in 1662. He moved to Stonington about 1665. He and his sons Edmund, Jr. and Thomas fought in King Phillip's War in1675-1676.