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Re: FENN
Posted by: Laura Fenn	Date: June 24, 1998 at 20:05:25
In Reply to: Re: FENN by Thomas Fenn	of 833

I had heard that the Fenn family was named after the fens, or swamps, when William the Conquerer came over. The people who fled to the fens became known as the Fens, and later Fenns. So, really, we got our name because we were cowards who avoided the mayhem.

Laura.

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