Descendants of William Tanneyhill of Scotland

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Generation #4

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Phillip (3John, 2Andrew, 1William) Tannehill

Phillip Tannehill was born 1708 in North Carolina.

*William Tannehill
b. 1620 in Kilmarnock, Scotland
m. Alice
d. before 7 MAY 1667 in Prince Georges Co., Maryland
William and his brother were Presbyterians who followed Ninian Beal during an uprising in Scotland. They were defeated in 1653, and many were beheaded or imprisoned. Some went on to act as police and soldiers for the English in Ireland, Barbados in the West Indies, and then in America in Maryland. William homesteaded in Prince Georges County. When his sentence was finished, he built a farm called Oxon Hill and brought his family and his brother's over from Scotland in 1663. The spelling changed from Tannahill to Tannehill when the Tannahills were sent as war prisoners to Ireland, where the spelling was conformed to Irish pronunciation.

Children:
John Tannehill
b. 1663 in Oxon Hill, Prince Georges Co., Maryland
d. ABT. 1707 in Maryland

**Andrew Tannehill
b. 1666 MD
m. Anne Deacon/Deakin

Children:

***John Tannehill b. c. 1688 Prince George's Co MD
m. Mary Tooke
d. c. 1745 NC
John was taken by relatives to Isle of Wight County Virginia, and then to Albemarle County Virginia, and on to Pasquatank County in Eastern North Carolina. He later inherited the Calvert County Maryland plantation from his brother Andrew, as he died without heirs. John was also named in the will of a Tooke before 1719 as an heir.

"The Land Records of Prince George's County, Maryland, 1717 to 1726" by Elise Greenup Jourdan:
"folio 730, Deposition, 26 Feb 1726/6; enrolled 25 Jan 1726 - George Farmer, age 30 years, made oath that John Tannyhill of Juce Ri er in North Carolina, formerly of Calvert County, is dead; he believes the said Tanyhill having been on board the vessel he sailed in to enquire after his wife and child he left here but understanding by a letter he rec'd from James Sowell of Calvert County that his wife was dead he desired that the deponant would enquire for his son and if he found him to bring him over to Carolina and was to give a note from under his hand to discharge what charges he was at as also to pay him the deponant 8 pounds for his passage but was taken ill and died before the deponant had an opportunity of seeing him again and further this deponant saith not; signed by George Farmer. Henry Bayly, age 28 years, came at the same time and made oath that John Tannyhill was buried in Carolina 1 Nov last, and he, the deponant, was at the funeral and believes Tannyhill to be the same person that formerly lived in Calvert County; that Benjamin Short of Calvert Conty was his brother; signed by Henry Bayly. Hezekiah Bussey, age 48 years, made oath that John Tannyhill was buried in Carolina 1 Nov last; signed by Hezekiah Bussee."

Children:

****Phillip Tannehill b. 1708 NC d. c. 1755
m. Elizabeth Scott
In the 1790 [Craven Co NC] census is the following: James Tannehill, 6; 2 males, 16; boy, 16 and four females. Eleanor Tannehill, 16; boy, 16 and two females. Andrew Tannehill, 16; boy, 16 and two females.

Children

John Tanneyhill, who inherited his father's homestead in North Carolina and a plantation in Calvert County, Maryland from his uncle, Andrew. Upon claiming Andrew's estate, he discovered that his uncle's name had been spelled Tanneyhill, and changed the spelling of his own name accordingly, rather than take chances. Revolutionary Bounty Land , Franklin Co GA: John Tannyhill for 287 acres in 1791

Phillip Tannehill Jr. was born about 1735. He married Eleanor, who died before 1840. Phillip Tannehill Jr. and Eleanor
-----son Andrew b. 1767; d. 1835 KY

Andrew Tannehill, who was born about 1740 and died after 1810.

*****James Tannehill, born about 1732 in NC

married in about 1730 to Eleanor

died c. 1755 in North Carolina

    Children

    1. John Tannehill b. c. 1730 in North Carolina

    2. James Tannehill b. c. 1732 in North Carolina

    3. Phillip Tannehill, Jr. b. c. 1735 in North Carolina

    4. Andrew Tannehill b. c. 1740 in North Carolina

Generation #5

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