Descendants of Dr. Richard Fenner and Anne Geddy

 

Dr. Richard Fenner


[b 1757; d May 1828] Richard Fenner, son of Richard Fenner [b ca. 1720 at Dublin, Ireland; d 1765 at New Bern, NC] and Ann Coddington, m Anne Geddy [1770–1852] on 23 Jan. 1788 in North Carolina. He was a member of the the 2nd North Carolina Regiment in the Continental Army, during the revolution, in Halifax, NC, commissioned as an Ensign on 10 Jan. 1779; was taken prisoner at Charleston on 12 May 1780 and promoted to Lieutenant while still a prisoner (12 May 1781); was involved in a prisoner exchange in June 1781.

Richard was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. He practiced medicine for thirty years near Louisburg, NC, resided at Raleigh, NC, 1818–22, then moved to Jackson, TN.

  1. Dr. Robert C. [b 1799; d 1878] m Anne Littlejohn.

  2. Eliza Geddy Fenner.

Lineage:
Richard | Richard

Sources:
1. Email from Richard Arthur Fenner to Chris Fenner, 5 March 2008.
2. Ruth Leslie Barrett, The Fenner Forebears of Samuel Fenner Leslie (Windom, TX: 1987): The Portal to Texas History
3. Relationship of Eliza Fenner to Abigail (Smith) Adams (1st Lady of John Adams)