Thomas
Fanning
Born about in Fishers Island, Suffolk, New York
Ancestors 
Son of Edmund Fanning
and Ellen (Butler) Fanning
Brother of
Edmund Fanning Jr, Margaret Fanning, John Fanning, William Fanning, James Fanning and Marie (Fanning) Hewitt
Husband of
Frances (Ellis) Fanning
— married
19 Oct 1684 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut
Descendants 
Died
at about age 49
in Stonington, New London, Connecticut
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Biography
In his History of the Fanning Family (1905), W.F. Brooks includes a 4-page biography of Thomas Fanning, with highlights as follows:[1]
- Thomas Fanning, the 2nd son of Edmund Fanning, was born on Fishers Island (New York) ca.1655, married Frances Ellis (at Stonington, Connecticut, on 19 Oct 1684). They had 5 known children in Stonington -- 3 sons and 2 daughters.
- Thomas served in King Philip's War (also called the Narragansett War, 1675-78) and as a result received a land grant from the Colony of Connecticut. His brothers Edmund and John, and his father Edmund, also served in the same war.[2]
- Thomas resided with his parents on their Stonington farm until his father's decease in 1683 and, after marrying in 1684, he continued to reside there for a few years. Upon his father's death he inherited 1/2 of the homestead farm of 120 acres at Stonington, his brother James having the other 1/2, the southern portion. Thomas sold his 60 acres (with the homestead buildings thereon) in 1693 to Lieut. James Avery, as did his brother James the same year.
- In 1683, Thomas Fanning and his next brother, John Fanning, inherited from their father the 100-acre Pukhunganuck Lot near Pendleton Hill, North Stonington. They sold this tract in July 1701 to their brother-in-law William Billings of Preston [William's sister was married to their brother Edmund Fanning].[3]
- Thomas died at Stonington on 27 Apr 1704. The date of his widow's death is not found. No settlement of his estate appears, and these records no doubt were destroyed at the burning of New London on 6 Sep 1781.
Thomas Fanning died Apr. 27, 1704 at Stonington New London County, Connecticut.[4]
Research notes
Thomas' Find A Grave: Memorial #106100581 (no photo) is linked to Fanning Cemetery, Ledyard, New London County, Connecticut. The middle name 'Amis' seems to be an invention here, confusing this Thomas with another Thomas Fanning who lived in Virginia.
Sources
- History of Stonington etc. (Wheeler, 1900), p. 365, 366, no. 3:
- ↑ Brooks: Vol.2, pp.606-609:
- ↑ Brooks: Vol.1, pp.92-93; Vol.2, p.632:
- ↑ Brooks: Vol.2, p.607:
- ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
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