Walter Frederic Brooks History of the Fanning Family

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Captain in Favour of lung Charles. And when Cromwell conquered Ireland he ruined innumerable multitudes of them and seized their estates - among the Rest this Edmund Fanning and his wife and son Edmund took their flight for New England, having left all, expecting to serve for their passage; Among others they landed at New Lon don. Governor Winthrop soon made himself acquainted with the woman and perceiving her extract and that she was a woman of Sence and Learning, rescued them from servitude and settled them on Fish er's Island, which was his, and to this day belongs to his posterity.