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Author: cybergypsy1
Surnames: Cann
Classification: queries
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My knowledge of my ancestor from Bristol is an Abraham Cann who married an Irish woman who
died in childbirth. He was a sea captain. He couldn't raise his son, John B. Cann
(who was born in Ireland - Port Rush) so he talked his brother Charles into raising him in
Pennsylvania. Abraham never returned to the farm he bought his brother to raise John on,
so Charles sent John to New Jersey to apprentice as a blacksmith. Charles sold the farm
and moved to Delaware. I don't know what happened to him after that. I suspect he
moved to Canada. There are lots of Canns up there.
John served in the Revolutionary war - From the war records I know he was born in Ireland.
My great grandfather's notes have both Bristol and Port Rush as birth places for
John.
I can never find a connection between Abraham and any of th Cann's in Bristol. Wish I
could. Any Help?
Thanks, Sherri Cann
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