Phaneuf

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Phaneuf is a French-Canadian surname, gallicized from the English surname Farnworth. Most carriers of this surname descend from Matthias Farnsworth, an English colonist from Groton, Massachusetts, who was captured in 1704 by Abenaki Indians in a raid during Queen Anne's War, and brought to Montreal, where he was converted to Catholicism. [1] Notable people with the surname Phaneuf include:

Additionally, American actor Christopher Meloni is descended from Matthias Farnsworth on his mother's side. [3]

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Claude-Mathias Phaneuf (1690–1773), born Matthias Farnsworth III, is a notable Canadian historical figure who was an English prisoner of war as a teenager, became a French citizen, and is the source and progenitor of the family name Phaneuf in North America. He was abducted from near his home in Groton, Massachusetts, in 1704 by Abenaki warriors and taken to Montreal during Queen Anne's War.

References

  1. Phaneuf, Joseph Stanislas (1915). La Famille Phaneuf-Farnsworth. University of Ottawa. Montréal : La Croix. pp.  21, 195.
  2. "Captain Ryan S. Phaneuf obituary, 1989-2020, Hudson, NH".
  3. "Finding Your Roots | The Shirts on Their Backs".

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