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Early Years – Shipwreck…

By Admin-FlannFamily February 13, 2017 Flann, Flann - Early Years Shipwreck... 0 Comments
Early Years Shipwreck West Cliff from Towards the Bill looking South
Having set the physical scene this is perhaps an opportune point to go back in time and cover a little local folklore and history in which undoubtedly our forebears played a part....
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Villages of Easton & Wakeham

By Admin-FlannFamily February 13, 2017 Flann, Flann - Villages of Easton & Wakeham 0 Comments
Villages of Easton & Wakeham
The villages of Easton and Wakeham to which Robert1 moved (and presumably Richard, because that is where he met his death) lie at the heart of the Isle of Portland....
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Changing Times of the 18th & 19th Centuries

By Admin-FlannFamily February 13, 2017 Flann, Flann - Changing Times of the 18th & 19th Centuries 0 Comments
Salon de Madame Geoffrin
With this move to the top of the Island can be seen the changing times toward the end of the 18th century and when the ways of the Flanns began to alter. Family lands had been sold, and like elsewhere on...
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John 1718 Flann & Grace White

By Admin-FlannFamily February 12, 2017 Flann, Flann - John 1718 Flann & Grace White 0 Comments
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Now comes John3 Flann the second son of Richard and Elizabeth who married Grace White in 1742 and died in 1789 and left no will. Grace had died earlier in 1786....
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Richard Flann & Elizabeth Glover

By Admin-FlannFamily February 12, 2017 Flann, Flann - Richard Flann & Elizabeth Glover 0 Comments
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We can now return to the family line with Richard, eldest son of Thomas and Margery who in 1715 married Elizabeth Glover....
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Death of Abraham Flann 1749

By Admin-FlannFamily February 12, 2017 Flann, Flann - Death of Abraham Flann 1749 0 Comments
Abraham Flann is not an ancestor but the youngest son of Thomas and Margery, and the youngest brother of Richard (d. 1740), our ancestor and William....
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William Flann, Land Transactions and Will

By Admin-FlannFamily February 12, 2017 Flann, Flann - William Flann Land Transactions & Will 0 Comments
William Flann was the third son of Thomas and Margery. He was also a younger brother of eldest brother Richard (d. 1740) from whom we descend....
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Augusten Elliot, Witness and the Wreck of Hope

By Admin-FlannFamily February 12, 2017 Flann, Flann - Augusten Elliot Witness & Wreck of Hope 0 Comments
Grandfather Flann with gold coin
An Augusten Elliott was one witness to Margery Flann’s Will. Augusten must have been known to Margery for her to ask him to act as witness, but how after all this time we do not know....
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Underhill

By Admin-FlannFamily February 12, 2017 Flann, Flann - UnderHill 0 Comments
Portand Underhill
Underhill is an area of very steep land at the north end of Portland containing four of Portland’s eight villages....
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Margery Flann’s Will 1733

By Admin-FlannFamily February 12, 2017 Flann, Flann - Margery Flann's Will 1733 1 Comment
Margery’s husband Thomas died in 1714 leaving everything to her, and this Will provides a great deal of information about the family. Two of her four sons, William and Abraham, were her Executors....
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