HANNABUSS origins?

[Ian Nelson]

Here's a long shot but meal for the grist mill to you dark web researchers.   ARQUEBUS. A hook-gun.  possibly Dutch in origin, also known as Haakbus, Harquebus.
Maybe more than just a pikeman.
https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/HANNABUS
Also noted in wikipe
An infantryman armed with an arquebus is called an arquebusier
Pikemen were used to protect the arquebusiers by the English

[Fred Shroll]

Hi Aunt Neena,

You can send me your e-mail address in a private message (so it does not get displayed in public on the forum), then we can correspond directly and I can send documents to you. I also ought to dig out the old Hannahabus contacts I had. The only person I have ever found with an insoluble Hannabus problem is me!

[Halberton1770]

Hello. A new member, first post.
I am in Australia and descendant from John Hannabus and Margaret Edwards, both convicts.
I have read on this thread about John Hannabus who was convicted of Burglary and sent to Australia.
He was from Halberton.
It seems from reading this thread that my John Hannabus was adopted by the Hannabus family. Was his biological mother, Mary Quant?
Thank you.

[DOB7]

A John QUANT, base born child of Joan (not Mary) QUANT was baptised at Halberton in 1771 (FamilySearch.org). Joan QUANT then married a John HANNABUS at Halberton in 1773. Whether or not John HANNABUS was the biological father is difficult to say unless you can locate a bastardy record.

[Fred Shroll]

A John QUANT, base born child of Joan (not Mary) QUANT was baptised at Halberton in 1771 (FamilySearch.org). Joan QUANT then married a John HANNABUS at Halberton in 1773. Whether or not John HANNABUS was the biological father is difficult to say unless you can locate a bastardy record.

Yes Joan Quant was certainly the biological mother. My own suspicion, without facts to back it up, is that John Hannabus was probably not his biological father.

However, both Hannabus and Quant are unusual names and I think this is a problem that potentially could be solved by DNA testing. A difficulty however is that I don't think many Hannabus/Quant descendants have been tested. (This reflects my own failure!)

[PJHannabus]

Hello. I am new to the sport of genealogy so please forgive my naivety and mistakes.
My name is Peter Hannabus and I'm holidaying in Devon with friends and thought I would look up the name Hannabuss while I'm here in the knowledge that the family name seems to spring from this part of the world. Hence I came across this forum which sparked my interest.

I am an Australian living in the UK and interested to join up the information my father was given about the name and piece it together with it's English origins. Fred, I was fascinated with your information about Mary Quant's son possibly being illegitimate and then going to Australia, possibly having taken the Hannabus name. I'd like to also connect with some of the people you said were expert researchers in the Hannabus/Hannabuss lineage.

Thanks, Peter Hannabus

[Fred Shroll]

Without suggesting that I know anything for certain, I think my earlier comments about the John Hannabus alias Quant who was transported to Australia not having any Hannabus blood may be wrong.

There are hints from my DNA matches on Ancestry that suggest John Hannabus alias Quant may have been the son of the man who later married his Quant mother. I am not personally in a genetic position to test this idea any further, but testing of Australians descended from John Hannabus alias Quant would probably sort this question out very easily.
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