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Birth Name: John Allen Hannah
Place of Birth: Canton, Georgia, U.S.
Date of Birth: April 4, 1951
Ethnicity: English, some Welsh, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, distant French, evidently 1/256th Cherokee Native American
John Hannah is an American professional football player. A guard, he played his entire professional career with the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He is nicknamed “Hog.”
He is the son of Rosa Geneva and Herbert “Herb” Hannah, an offensive lineman for the University of Alabama, who also played in the NFL. He is the brother of professional football player Charley Hannah, and David Hannah, who also played college football. He was raised in Albertville, Alabama. John is married to Page Pickens, with whom he has two children.
John’s paternal grandfather was Allen Harvey Hannah (the son of John Henry Harvey and Florence M. Smith). Allen was born in Newport, Tennessee. John’s great-grandfather John was born in Fines Creek, North Carolina, the son of James A. Hannah and Margaret Jane Fish. Florence was born in Cocke County, Tennessee, the daughter of William Alexander Smith and Sarah Rollins.
John’s paternal grandmother was Nancy Elizabeth Rhody (the daughter of William Henry Roady and Louisa Isabell Pack). Nancy was born in DeKalb County, Tennessee. William was born in Tennessee, the son of Leander B. Roady and Nancy Anna Frazier. Louisa was born in Tennessee, the daughter of Esau Pack and Elizabeth Johnson.
John’s maternal grandfather was John Franklin Watkins (the son of Joseph Emerson Watkins and Laura Palestine Kennett/Kinnett). John was born in Georgia. Joseph was born in South Carolina, the son of Joseph T. Watkins and Mary Elizabeth Brown. Laura was born in Georgia, the daughter of John Puckett Kennett and Nancy Elizabeth Kinnett.
John’s maternal grandmother was Rosa Virginia Pinyan (the daughter of James Jacob “Jake” Pinyan and Etta Susannah Worley). Rosa was born in Georgia. James was the son of James Henry Pinyan and Louisa M. “Eliza” Edwards. Etta was the daughter of Griffin Worley and Mary/Polly Carolina Heath.
Source: Genealogies of John’s parents – https://www.findagrave.com