“Some time in the 1600 - 17th century a little boy by the name of Tanner William Tanner was stolen in the streets of London, As he was going home from school with a bible under his arm and put aboard a ship and taken to America and settled in Rhode Island.

He grew up to be a man and married a lady by the name of Mary.

They lived and died in Rhode Island.”182


Introductory


The Genealogy of the Tanner Family by reason of its preparation and size may be divided into two parts. The first is the most ancient records we have of the Tanner family and was prepared by the Reverend George C. Tanner, D. D., of Faribault, Minnesota. His book is a marvelous work of painstaking care and devotion.