Re: Origin of early Quaker Cannaday family
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.
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