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I. Mervyn Fanning, mentioned in a Deed
rof Lease dated 1738, as of the City of Dublin,
gent. He married Ann, dau. of Henry Brook of Brookhall, co. Donegal (who died -ante. Deo. 5, 1741).* Marriage Articles, dated Dec. 5, 1741.
II. Edward Fanning, b. 1709 ; d. May/ June, 1791. Entered Trin. Coll., Dublin, Oct. 16, 1728, aged 19: was B.A. in 1733., and in 1742 was living at Killala in co. Mayo. Rector of Banagher and Dungiven, Dio. of Derry, 1751-91. In his Will dated July 9, 1790^ with Codicil dated May 7, 1791, Pro- bate granted July 9, 1791, he says :
" I, the Rev d . Edward Fanning of Graf ton Street ^n the City of Dublin, Clerke. To be bur. in "St. Anne's Church, City of Dublin, in the same grave with my son and wife. I leave &c. My -real and freehold estate in Oxmanton Green and Queen Street in the City of Dublin, and My Chattle tnd leasehold interest in the townland of Clooney ^n the Parish of Clandermott and Liberties of the <!ity of Londonderry unto my grandson Edward "Witherington, a lieutenant in the 5th Regiment <f Dragoons.^ My House 69 Grafton Street in the City of Dublin, wherein I now dwell. My grand- daughter Martha Tone [Wife of Theobald Wolfe 'Tone, H.F.B.]. My brother Audley Fanning,
-&3."
He married, t marriage Licence dated July Ii, 1738, Joanna younger dau. of the Rev^.
- Their Marriage Articles are given thus in the
'R'gistery of Deeds Office, Henrietta Street,
A Memorial of Articles of Agree-
Dl -556-72995 men t dated 5th Dec. 1741,
Fannnit; between Mervin Fanning of the
Ca ' ry City of Dublin, gent, of the one
R<gd. 4 Jan. 1741/2 part, and Edward Gary of Dun-
given in Co. Londonderry, Esq.,
-.ard the Rev d . John Torrens of City of Londonderry
<cl:e, of the other part. Whereby Mervin Fanning,
in consideration of a marriage intended to be
^edemnized between the said Mervin Fanning and
Am Brook the natural and lawful dau. of Henry
Bx)ok late of Brookhall in Co. of Donegal, Esq.,
-dtceased, &c. &c.
t The following is an extract from a Deed .antecedent to the Marriage of the Rev d . Edward Fanning and Joanna French, which is filed in the registry of Deeds Office, Dublin.
A Memorial of a Deed and
96-440-68208 Release dated respectively the
fanning u and 15 of June 173g> between
Beaver Joanna French of the City of
legd.i2May.1740. Dublin, spinster, one of the
daughters of Mathew French,
Hike, late Prebendary of Kilroot in y e Diocese of
Connor and county of Antrim, deceased of the
first part, and Peter Beaver of y e City of Dublin,
Esq., and Edward Mathews of Newcastle in Co.
Down, Esq. of the other part ; and y e Release
-dated 15 June 1738. between the Rev d . Edward
ffanndng of Ardnaglass in the Co. of Sligoe, clke.
of y e first part, and y said Joan a French of the
^second part ; Jane Hamilton of Downpatrick in
Mathew French, Prebendary of Kilroot,
1716, whose Will dated March 12, 1719 was
proved July 7, 1722 [See Family of French
of Belturbet, co. Cavan, by the Rev. H. B.
Swanzy, M.A., publ d . 1902]. By her,
who died May, 1776, in Grafton Street,
Dublin,* he had issue :
(i) Catherine Fanning, who married about 1755, William Witherington of the City of Dublin. He died intestate and in. the Admon. of his Estate he is described as, "late of Grafton Street, City of Dublin, Woollen-draper, a widower." His wife died April 18, 1797, in Ash Street, City of Dublin, and in her Will dated Feb. 29, 1794, proved July 17, 1797, she desired to be bur. in the tomb with her father and children [for issue see " Witherington pedigree "].
(ii) Henry Fanning. A clerke in Holy Orders, Died unmarried July, 1771.
(iii) Matilda [Martha ?] Fanning. In Marriage Licence in Public Record Office, Dublin, dated 1762, she is called "Martha Fanning," she married May /June, 1762. Blennerhasset Grove of William Street, Dublin,t his Will dated ttov. 3, 1773, was proved Nov. 23, 1773, in it he says :
" To my wife Matilda Grove the furniture of the room I now lye in in Mr. Yeat's House in W 7 illiam Street. My dau. Elizabeth now living and to the child which my wife is now Ensient of. My brother James Grove. My sister Elinor Fitzgibbon. My sister Catherine Purcell and my sister Dorothea Minchin now living. I appoint the Rev f i. Edward Fanning of the City of Dublin and John Fitzgibbon, jr. of said City to be exe- cutors and guardians of my children."
They left issue :
(i) Elizabeth Grove, died Jan. 10, 1793, in Grafton Street.
(ii) Anna Grove, bom 1773/4, died 1790/1.
III. A dau. who married a Mr. Jones but left no issue.
IV. A dau. who married a Mr. Broomall and left issue a dau. who married a Mr. Field of Blackrock, co. Dublin.
Co. Down, widow, and administratix to the Will annexed of the said Mathew French of the third part, and the said Peter Beaver and Edward Mathews of ye fourth part, reciting that y* said
Joanna French was seized &c of a Marriage
intended to be solemnized between the said Edward Fanning and Joan a French.
- In Grafton Street, Mrs. Fanning, Wife of the
Rev d . Edward Fanning [Freeman's Journal, May 16, 1776].
t A few days ago Mr. Blennerhasset Groves, an eminent Linen Draper of this City to Miss Fanning, Daughter of the Rev d . Mr. Fanning [Dublin Journal, Sat. June 5, 1762].
