John Gannaway, Sr.

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John Gannaway was born in Bath, England the offspring of a long line of Gannaway's. He was the son of Marmaduke and Henrietta Campmartin Gannaway and the spouse of Zaida Larriategui.

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Query 41 for October 15, 1930 < link >
JULY 8, 2016 / CRIS
QUERY FORTY-ONE

GANNAWAY—MacGREGOR—GREGORY—Wanted: To correspond with (or secure any information concerning) any families named GANNAWAY or any descendants from said family. There was presumed to be but one family of this name in the colonies in the days of the early settlements.

The first two of record were two brothers named JOHN GANNAWAY and MARMADUKE GANNAWAY who were living in Virginia in 1721 and perhaps, arrived there prior to said date. (Date of their arrival desired).

• 1. JOHN GANNAWAY according to “an old sampler” married MARY MacGREGOR whose ancestry is not known. The said MARY GANNAWAY nee MacGREGOR had a son who was named GREGORY GANNAWAY and as there was a neighbor named Edmund Gregory there is a possibility that there was a relationship between the MAC GREGOR and GREGORY families. (Information is desired concerning relationship, if any.) The said JOHN GANNAWAY had a son named WILLIAM GANNAWAY who was born in New Kent Co., Va., in 1723. (See records St. Peter’s Parish Registry). A land transaction is shown in King William Co., Va., in 1723 between JOHN GANNAWAY and William Johnson. The said JOHN GANNAWAY, (later known as SR.), died in Buckingham Co., Va., in 1783.
  • His son JOHN GANNAWAY II, who married MARY _________, died in 1770, and she died in 1793. The names of some of their children are known, viz.,
    • (a) William Gannaway (born 1747—died 1800) who married Elizabeth Wright;
    • (b) Gregory Gannaway (born 1753—died 1804) who married Rhoda Robertson;
    • (c) John Gannaway III (born 1748—died 1827) who married Martha Woodson;
    • (d) Thomas Gannaway who married Sally _______;
    • (e) Robert Gannaway who may have married Lucy Woodson or Warren;
    • (f) Edmund Gannaway whose wife’s name is unknown. (The descendants of Robert Gannaway and Edmund Gannaway have not been traced;
    • (g) A daughter who married Robert Sanders;
    • (h) a daughter who married James Johns;
    • (i) a daughter who married John Woodson;
    • (j) a daughter who married Charles Walker;
    • (k) a daughter who married Reuben Seay;
    • (l) a daughter who married Edward (?) Morgan. Some of the descendants of the above family were named Molloy, Jones, Shepard, Greene, and also many of said descendants lived in Rutherford Co., Tenn.
• 2. MARMADUKE GANNAWAY, (who married HANNAH _), had at least two daughters, namely, Hannah Gannaway who was born in New Kent Co., Va., in 1734 and Sarah Gannaway who was born in said country in 1736

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Conveyance of land shows John 1721. John l died in Cumberland County, 1783.

His son, William, was born in New Kent County, 1723.

John ll, was born 1721-5, and married married Mary Macgregor. John ll, died 1770.

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"Family trails across America: Higday, Ridgeway, Gannaway, Benefield, Van Slyck, Warren, Robertson and allied lines". < Page 69. >

• 6. Edward Gannaway married Hilda Van Campen of Holland
• 7. Marmaduke (crossed out - JOHN in pencil) married Henrietta Campmartin (crossed out). “Marmaduke d without male issue,”
• 8. Their son was first of the line in America:…

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Lineage Book, Volume 3. By Daughters of the American Colonists. Page 172. < GoogleBooks >

MRS. MABEL MAY GARRETT. 2473
Born in Sumner, Ill. Wife of Ray Garrett.

Descendant of John Gannaway, as follows

• 1. Glenn F. May (b. 1867) m. 1889 Winnifred Martin (b. 1869).
• 2. Thompson George Martin (b. 1843) m. 1867 Jennie L. Wren (b. 1848).
• 3. John Simonton Martin (1796-1865) m. 1830 Nancy Hamilton Brownlow (1810-46).
• 4. Joseph Brownlow (1779-1816) m. 1798 Catherine Wright Gannaway (1780- 1817).
• 5. William Gannaway (1723-1800) m. 1767 Elizabeth Wright.
• 6. John Gannaway, II. m. ist Catherine (1701-70).
• 7. John Gannaway m.

John Gannaway (d. 1784), of Virginia, was a landed proprietor.

References

• Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981 Saved To John Morris Gannaway DetailRelatedSource Select all text Source Citation Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M84-4670 Description Surname Range: Gander - Garey Source Information Ancestry.com. Alabama, Surname Files. < image >
• Appomattox Virginia Heritage. Page 101. < GoogleBooks >
• Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jan 20 2017, 15:06:57 UTC
• "Family trails across America: Higday, Ridgeway, Gannaway, Benefield, Van Slyck, Warren, Robertson and allied lines". Page 66. < Archive.Org >; page 69. < Archive.Org >
• https://hawkofgeorgia.com/webtrees/family.php?famid=F432&ged=200611... cites
• “family trails across America: Higday, Ridgeway, Gannaway, Benefield, Van Slyck, Warren, Robertson and allied lines". Page 66. < Archive.Org >
• Gannaway ancestry. n.d. Virginia State Library. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 4, Gan. “John Gannaway, the son of Marmaduke Gannaway and Henrietta Campmartin and a seaman, married Zaida Larriategui, daughter of Pablo Pizarro Larriategui y villa Moros and Lucia Oreamuno, 15 January 1704 in Barcelona. They settled in Virginia and had fourteen children.”

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GEDCOM Note

Several versions of the origin of the Gannaway name and family exist among the scattered descendants of the original settlers. That which seems to have been the one most frequently handed down is as follows: "The Gannaway family originally lived in Genoa, Italy, where the name was 'GENOAWAY'. A merchant of that name was prominent in the affairs of the Nanseatic League, went to England in the Middle Ages and the family lived in West England (in the vicinity of Bath) for many years. From there, aboute the year 1700, two brothers, John and Marmaduke, came to America. John and brother Marmaduke settled first in New Kent Co VA, but the families soon pushed west. Buckingham, Cumberland, Albermarle, Hanover, Goochland, and Wythe Counties figure i the family records.

John Gannaway was a seaman in early life. He was in Spain when he married his wife. The mother of his wife Zaida Larriategui, Lucia Cremuno, was said to have been of Moorish descent.

Records in Richmond VA show the following land grants to John Gannaway:

1739. 300 acres. Goochland Co. by George II. Price 30 shillings

1759. 1023 acres. Buckingham Co by George III. Price 50 pounds

1762. 300 acres. Buckingham Co by George III. Price 50 shillings

1775. 166 acres. Albermarle Co by George III. Price 20 shillings. On the North side of the Appomattox River

John Gannaway was living in Buckingham VA in 1770 when his son, John, died. John I was administrator of his son's estate.