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Author: cookiemom1213
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Iain:
I was really hoping for a Scots-Irish connection. It just troubles me to think that after all this we might really be English....
Yes, that Cornelius is too late for me. Even if the date was right, nothing could explain why a Kennedy would leave Scotland and come to Maryland and change his name from Kennedy to Canaday. Even given that the Canadays evolved into Kennedys (so we are told) the name change here makes no sense whatsoever. Although there are some here researching the Canadays who say that there were two Kennedy or "Kannaday" or "Cannaday" brothers who left (Cornelius and William, from origins unknown), quarreled on their way here and once here, Cornelius DID change his last name to the Canaday spelling. That may be true, or it may be that some frustrated family researchers are trying to come up with a reason.
I do know that we married into "good" farming families because supposedly by trade we were coopers. I have not been able to find any cooper guild connection to see if they have some historical information that might be useful. Apparently, if you made barrels, you got to marry the farmer's daughter...
RC
Buffalo
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Author: IanKennedy71
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There was only one Cornelius Kennedy in the parochial registers in Scotland and he was born in 1673 so too late for you.
As you say, the Can*d* spellings are essentially unknown in Scotland where the name was always spelt with a 'K' in English language records. There were of course plenty of Kennedys around in the 1600s, too many to choose from unless you have something a lot more specific.
Iain Kennedy
Glasgow
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Author: cookiemom1213
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Hello all,
Your Walter, born in North Carolina in 1771, where in North Carolina was he born? You're not tied in to my line past that date, but prior to that I think we have some links. Or one link mayhaps. My line is the line that keeps repeating the same first names: Cornelius, Elijah, David etc., although we seem to borrow the name Walter farther down the line.
RC
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