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Origin of early Quaker Cannaday family

Origin of early Quaker Cannaday family

Posted: 7 Mar 2013 9:28PM GMT
Classification: Query
Has anyone figured out where the early Cannaday Quakers came from. I have that William (1643-1732) probably came from Ireland, but does anyone know where in Ireland? thanks

Re: Origin of early Quaker Cannaday family

Posted: 29 Oct 2014 10:25PM GMT
Classification: Query
There is a story in my family that we came from Scotland.
I do not know anything more than that.

Are there any other Canaday's that have a family story about coming from Scotland?

Re: Origin of early Quaker Cannaday family

Posted: 2 Nov 2014 6:57PM GMT
Classification: Query
Cannaday is essentially the same as Kennedy. On trip to Ireland last spring, we were informed the Kennedys generally were from County Wexford, for whatever that's worth.

Re: Origin of early Quaker Cannaday family

Posted: 19 Nov 2014 10:26PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Cannady, Canaday, Kennedy, Kannaday, Canady, Kanady, Kenedy
Most of early American Quakers we English. Many of them either moved to or were sent to Northern Ireland as religious dissenters that the monarchy did not want in England. That is not to say that the Scots did not have Quakers after the Reformation. Another notable fact is that the second largest recruiters of Quakers was a man by the name of William Edmondson. He recruited thousands of Quakers from Northern Ireland. These Quakers left Northern Ireland by the hundreds on many ships that travelled together. Most arrived in Maryland and North Carolina. I seem to remember the Wilmington Port in NC.

As history goes, the name of Cannady is derived from the ancient surname Kennedy, which is of ancient Irish origin from the Tipperary, Ireland area. This has been confirmed, in our Cannady/Kennedy men's cases, by Dr. Tyronne Bowes. Our DNA matches the ancient O'Carrolls (ancient Irish), the Butlers (Norman French) and the Ryans (ancient Irish clan). We mostly match with the Ryans which totally makes sense. The name O'Cinneteig, or however anyone spells it, came from the head of the clan, which was Brian Boru's father. Brian Boru was the only true Irish Celtic King of Ireland between the years 984 and 1014 C.E. Boru met his demise at the close of the Battle of Clontarf in 1014 C.E. Brian Boru's nephew, was also a Ocinnadae, which esentually means ugly headed! Yes ugly headed. I was informed by an anthropologist at Arbroath, Scotland that some of the Scots Kennedys merged with the Camerons and the Ulrichs. I was then told that the Cameron name means "crooked mouthed or lips." With that the little Scottish woman assisting the Anthropologist roared "well it sounds like your people did not have much going for them," in her quaint brogue. HAHA

Anyway, it is quite possible that the Irish Kennedy names comes down from Brian Boru's nephew. What is interesting is that the names Bryan, Ryan, O'Brien, Brannan etc, are descendant's of Brian Boru. With that said our DNA matches up with most of the ancient clans around Tipperary, Ireland. That is not to say that some did not come from a slightly southern more area of Wexford.

AS for the Scottish Kennedys, I have been told by several Scottish and Irish Historians that there is no proof if the name Kennedy originated in Scotland or Ireland. After all, the Scotiis that left Ireland to form the embryo of what is now know as Scotland, landed on Dal Riata around 400 C.E. The way I understand the history is that these Irish were robbers and murderers that even the Irish did not want. The Kennedys first mention in Scottish document, the earliest I have seen is around the time of Malcolm, when he went to kill MacBeth. One of Malcolm's War Lord's was referred to as "O'Cinnidae." (all spellings vary) This Malcolm went on to become Malcolm III, King of the Scots. The Scottish Kennedys were given the title to the lands of Ayrshire in the Cuzlean Charters around 1200 C.E. To me, that would make sense if they were with Malcolm as a War Lord they would have been in good favor to have land rights, in the company of the Scottish Kings.

As you can see, the only true way to attempt to identify which Kennedy Clan or Country we came from is through DNA evaluation. If anyone has a question please feel free to email me or ask on the venue. I hope this helped a little.

Re: Origin of early Quaker Cannaday family

Posted: 28 Nov 2014 8:22PM GMT
Classification: Query
Thanks! I met Dr. Bowes on the same trip to Ireland last spring. He has a truly remarkable presentation, much of which I think is on his website somewhere. http://www.irishorigenes.com/ We also made a brief contact with someone who had a connection with the Irish Quakers, but they never got back to me. I have not had time to follow up on that, but that may prove fruitful in finding the immigrant. If you have info on Bowes' results for you, I would appreciate it if you could email me more. Thanks again! johnldodd@earthlink.net
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