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John (HANNAY) HANNAH

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4. Odo (HANNAY) HANNAH

!(1) "Hanna of Castle Sorbie, Scotland, and Descendants," by Rev. James Arthur
MacClannahan Hanna (Edwards Bros., Ann Arbor, MI, 1959) 1:xvii,20. Cites: (a)
A.H. MacKerlie, "History of the Lands and Their Owners of Galloway," 1:455.

Birth: (1) s/o Andrew HANNA of Sorbie.
Death: (1) 1494.

(1) 1488: Granted Sorbie Castle Lands by King James IV of Scotland. Owned them
until 1494. Odo HANNAY thus became the first actual owner in fee of the
estate of Old Sorbie, since when the Douglases had ruled Galloway, the
HANNAs had had to pay rents to them. When the lands became part of the
crown lands, the king was free to grant title to his subjects.[alice-boyd.FTW]

(1) "Hanna of Castle Sorbie, Scotland, and Descendants," by Rev. James Arthur
MacClannahan Hanna (Edwards Bros., Ann Arbor, MI, 1959) 1:xvii,20. Cites: (a)
A.H. MacKerlie, "History of the Lands and Their Owners of Galloway," 1:455.

Birth: (1) s/o Andrew HANNA of Sorbie.
Death: (1) 1494.

(1) 1488: Granted Sorbie Castle Lands by King James IV of Scotland. Owned them
until 1494. Odo HANNAY thus became the first actual owner in fee of the
estate of Old Sorbie, since when the Douglases had ruled Galloway, the
HANNAs had had to pay rents to them. When the lands became part of the
crown lands, the king was free to grant title to his subjects.