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Hi Mark!
What a pleasure it is to finally contact a British Drane :-) Drane seems to be even rarer a surname in the UK than in the USA. I always suspected my ancestors came from the Suffolk/Sussex/Essex area too. Although we may never prove it, I'll bet we're related.
I'm sure *all* the American Dranes would love to be able to finally identify once and for all who "the original Drane immigrant" was. My grandfather attempted to do this back in the 1930s, and he cited a similar attempt his father made:
"April 1893. In this year, Dr. Walter Hugh Drane I, of Batesville, Mississippi wrote to Mr. Benjamin Drane, of French Camp, Mississippi, his Uncle then 93 years of age, ...
Question: From what place in England did your ancestors come?
Answer: I do not know.
Question: When did they emigrate?"
Unfortunately, the answer is at least a century off.
Now, I've heard of various James Dranes, James Anthony Dranes, and Anthony Dranes all
predating the 1666 Drane. But the stories are wildly inconsistent and never have any proof.
The claims are so jumbled I couldn't tell if one or many people were being described. I'm looking at a tree now that has a James Anthony Drane, b. 1504, Staffordshire, as the
father of the James Anthony Drane who married
Nancy Brent (Brandt). I know there's truth in many of the claims, but also much error.
If you check out Jodean McGuffin Martin's Drane history at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/7936/
you'll find everything I know about the Maryland Dranes, the ship the Ark and the Dove, and the whole lot.
I'd love to believe that the line you indicate is correct. Can we compare notes?
Should we take this discussion "off line" and email to one another directly?
Best regards,
- Dorsey
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