I I D E D C A T O N . H anna r u iks h ank . C m y o nl To M rs Kate , y su rviving I f o f o u r s ister , a fectionat ely dedicate th i s history people u r o f and o native vall ey the Whi te Water . I herein desi re to express my gratitude to my cou sin , Mary L e o n ard H a n n a , fo r t o records col lected in her travel s abroad , and also my nephew , Theoph ilu s Dickerson , for kindly fu rni shing cou rt T H E R . and county records . A UT H O O M O ’ H A ' I H P E E F IF T H E D IT IO N F R R T S IR S E D IG R , V 2 P E 1 -H A N A H O F 1 892 O L . A G 5 5 N ( ) , IR E L A N D A N T L A D D S C O N . ’ : 2 . A . Aras A r . three roebuck s heads . collared or w ith a h ir i n bel l pend . and t at g . Crest : ( Scotland ) a cross crosslet tit c h c o u t s a i ssu ing o f a crescent . ; ( N ewry , I reland ) Hands ’ clasping couped at w ri st so ; ( London ) A wol f s head erased sa. O : ther crests ( Dublin a lion ramp . Couped , h i s dexter paws resting o n a cross crosslet j iteb u ; ( Newry Wi ll ) M o l l ar s n . : Gr au an a scal lop shell of the Kirkdale , , Knock , Cair nh il l and ot her branches o f the famil y : Per ardu a an d alta of the Kingsmu i r branch : Cresco et spero ; o f the Bal la houston branch : Per ardua in collum ; and o f the N ewny : branch Ad alta virtu te . I H A A S YMBO L S MS O F N NAY R MS . A t— — —s i nifie A rgent silver g s peace and sincerity . ' — i nifi l S es . Roebuck s heads g po icy , peace and harmony — Couped Means cut off . A z — — i nifi e B lue S g s loyalty and truth . r— —I O Gold t denoted generosity and elevation of m ind . — Bells Denotes one w ho feared not to signal ize his ap proach in either peace or war . — — Cross Crosslet S ig nifies the fou rfold mystery of the cross . a— — S B lack Constancy and grief . — Crescent S ignifi es one wh o has been enl ightened by an d f honored by the gracious aspect o his sovereign . It i s al so “ borne as the symbol of a Hope o f greater glory . —A n Crest cross crossl et , tehe , issuing ou t of a crescent ’ ( Taken from B u rke s General Armory , page 453 , ed . 1 88 . 4 ) by C T Spohr , Chicago , Ill TH E H O U S E O F H A N N A . Of old thi s famil y name was spel led De H annet h e. a a 1 600 . Hannay , Hanna , up to abou t A . D . It i s now Hanna and Hannay . Al l bearing the name are undoubtedly to be t o o f traced a lowland clan Scotland , whose chief had hi s residence in S orbie Castle . S ir Bernard B urke says , The fam i ly of Hannay ( original l y w ritten aHannay) i s of very o f ancient descent ; and the estate Sorbie , in Gal loway , was f ” the seat o the el der branch . Berry ascribes the arms to all bearing the name , although spelled in variou s ways . a o f S c o dand The Hannays , , in common with other pow er fu l M c D o wel l s famil ies of S cotland , as the Hackies . the , . M c Cu ll o u h s M c Cl el l ans the g , and the , su ccessful ly hel d thei r o wn agai nst Norman and Saxon adventu rers ; and the es tate o f Sorbie remained w ith the Laird u nti l the seventeenth centu r y . The allegiance of the clan to Ba ll iol , thei r bearing against o f D o u l as ses the yoke the g . and other notes o f thei r h i story . may be best gleaned from the works of Si r Andrew Agnew M Kirl ie . c . A . and P H , F S , Scotland . B The earl iest mention known is that in the agnon Roll , “ . 1 2 6 A nnet h e A D 9 , where the n ame appears Gilbert de , as inscribed by the Norman cl erk of King Edward I , Gilbert 1 2 r a ts H o u se o r H AN NA . ° — in at taching s seal the mode of signa tu re custo mary thos e Then c ame jo hn in 1 434 : Gilbert Chaplain in 1 466 ; A h dr w and o t he t he R o val u e . rs of Archer B od y G ard of F a in 1 6 : Odo 1 88 r w y r nce . 4 9 in 4 ; and afte a rds numerousl eno u gh . was Th is Odo was t he first master o f So rbie . H e s uc v n o e was ai 1 8 1 e b so . c eed d hi s . R b rt who l ve in 4 4 and 494 ; i t h e t he l ine co nt inu ing through Patr ck . member of S cotch m in 1 8 t o l x . Pa rl ia ent 5 . to D nal d and A e ander Th e 1 60 l h is latter . about the vear 7, lost a arge part of lands through feuds and quarreling ; an d this bad example was o o w bv so n 1 6 0 t f ll ed hi s until at his death , in 4 , nough remained o f their possess ions of the ancient p ro p ert y of So rbie. It is no t wi thin ou r scope to trace fu rt her t h e hist o ry of the name in Scotland : it is enough to say that the nam e in va ri o us fo rms became more or less comm on in the shires of A vr D i D u t and in t h e . um fr es . nbar on . Ren frew w r i h a il ste art y o f Kirkcu dbr ght . Man y branc es of the f m y are es e by i a Kin srnu ir d i gnat d thei r lands . as K rkd le . g , Gren nan t i . o am i t r . Knock . etc . in Sc l and : and to these f l es are ace a al l i W e r t able . as ru le . bear ng the name . her ve sca t ered . Th e l os ses o f the lands of Sorbie seems to have bro u ght th e e t h e a ea t no t t memb rs o f f mil y to Ir l nd . w i h which country , o o a i i i t til g b ck to thei r earl iest Celt c or g n , he y ha d un now no o e t o s fin c nn c i n . Thu we d that the cal en dar of James I has a i i a l a gr nt from the k ng to Patr ck Hann , gent eman , ! L n fo s o g rd Count y . o f certa in land in that co unt y and to T H E H OUSE o r H A N N A . 1 3 ' Robert Hanna cert ain lands adj oining . to hold to Pa t D u b rick and Robe rt Hanna forever , as of the Castle of a . lin , in free and common socc ge by feal ty This grant b 1 62 1 be o f ore date . and appea rs to the first mention the name in I reland . R BR O “ I S L . F OM P . H U M E H TORY OF SCOT AN D In there were said to be able -bodied Scot s i n the north of I reland . The plan tations i n counties Down and Antrim were l imited in scope in compari son w ith the “ Grea t w Plantat ion in Ul ster , for which the reign of Jame s I il l be t t h e forever remembered in I relan d . It was on Galloway hat w greatest grants ere bestowed . Almos t all the great hou ses of t het ime are represented : S i r Robert M c L el l an Laird who afte r ward s became Lord Kircudbright : John t : Murra y . of Boughton . one o f the secre aries of state S i r M c Kie L aer : Patrick .