Mr. Cann and boy were living in Virginia in 1624. Delphebus Cann was also there in 1623 and Tho Cannin 1643. Near Boston Mass. living on an island in 1628 was William Cann.Cate and Jane Cann were in Kent County Maryland in 1665. John Cann, youngerson of Sir Robert Cann the Lord Mayor of Bristol and Shipping Merchant,arrived in New Castle Delaware with the quakers in 1675. John Cann's historyis well documented, but the others are not.
The life of anyone not apart of the state church in the 1500s, 1600s was very difficult. A changeof power caused the shifting of thousands of people. At various times theyfledEngland to France, Germany, Netherlands, Ireland and America.
Also French fled to England, Ireland and America. History tends to be wiped clean and rewritten whena new group shows up. Marylanders also did this. They settled into housesalready built. Nothing said about who was there before. However, all theevidence was not destroyed and the earth still holds more evidence to beuncovered. Before the Marylanders came, the land was Virginia. And beforethe Virginians came Indian towns and trading posts were there. The firstsettlers to come were the French in the early 1500s. Thousands of FrenchHuguenots were fleeing for their lives and thousands came to America, Irelandand other places. Then came the Spanish Catholics who rewrote history afterkilling all the French settlers and starting "new" colonies in the Frenchdwellings and ashes. In late 1500s the English believers were fleeing toEurope and America. The English to Jamestown originally a Spanish townand before that maybe French to setup another "new" colony. New digs inVirginia and North Carolina in the last few years are telling the truththe French were there and some others also.
Often old Spanish coins are found in fields near my Somerset County home in Maryland. Somerset wassaid to be settled by pirates, quakers and others fleeing persecution inVirginia, however, a few French names still exist in the area. One historytells that when the English arrived here there were only about a hundredhouses (not indian). A few of the previous settlers often quietly excapedthe hand of the conquering newbies and settled on the fringes or in thewilderness. Their history is missing but there is enough hints, legends,place names to assess that they were there.
We know the early swedish settlers of Delaware turned their houses over to the English and movedsouth into Delaware and Maryland.
The Melungins are a large group of unexplained people found in the mountains of Virginia and NorthCarolina. These have recently been doing intensive studies to determinetheir origins.. They are not native american, but appear to be of Mediterraneandecent because of some very certain recent proofs. The Lost Colony of NorthCarolina also leads to some other legends of what happened to the settlersthere who disapeared without trace. The tombstone of Virginia Darehas recently show up. And some are taking serious the many ancientscripted writtings found in many parts on stones.
end of chapter two- CANN'S of America by H Cann