Hello Kay Winter
Indeed it is nice to know there are other Coloradoans in the same boat.
I looked through all of the material that I have and cannot make any
connection whatsoever. Interesting to note however, that the both lines
traveled from VA to KY and finally ended up in MO. At least your line used
some interesting and unique given names - rather than John!
While I deal with "old families", my husband deals in "old cars" and
several
years ago, at a car show, we met another family of Canadays from Colorado
Springs area. They are interested in tracing their roots, but haven't
gotten started yet. I will keep my eyes open for Meredith and pass along
anything that might come to the surface.
Lois Hupfer of Brighton, Colorado
----- Original Message -----
From: William C. Winter <wcwinter(a)webaccess.net>
To: <CANADAY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 1:56 PM
Subject: [CANADAY] Virginia Canadays
Lois Hupfer wrote:
>
> Glad to see that you are encouraging some activity. I thought maybe I
was
> just out of the link.
>
> For several generations, we have spelled the name CANADAY, although one
of
> the sons of John Canaday, the Rev. War soldier, chose to go by
Kennedy.
This
> branch of our line is found primarily in Iowa. The
Revolutionary
soldier's
> name is found on some documents as Kanaday and Cannaday, as well
as
other
> such similar spellings.
>
> As for geographic locations - let's start with John who was born 1763 in
> King George County Virginia. By 1781, the family was in Bedford Co VA;
by
> 1782 in Cumberland Co VA; and in 1783 in New London, Campbell Co
VA. It
was
> in Campbell CoVA that he married Mary Shearer. On the marriage
record,
his
> name appears as Kennady. They remained in Campbell Co VA until
1801,
when
> they relocated to Bourbon Co KY. By 1807 they were residing in
Casey Co
KY.
> They continued to reside in Casey Co KY until about 1835, when
they
> relocated to Montgomery Co, Illinois. John (the Rev soldier) died in
> Hillsboro, Montgomery Co IL Dec 15, 1836, and his wife died there in
1844.
>
> The next one in our direct line was Robert Canaday, born 1791 in
Campbell Co
> VA. and followed his parents until 1828 when he moved his
family to
Morgan
> Co Illinois, remaining there until 1833; and then moved to a
neighboring
> county - Montgomery County Illinois. Their next move occurred in May
of
> 1846, when they went to Missouri. Robert erected the first frame
house
in
> 1846 in Athens Missouri, which later changed its name to Albany,
Gentry
Co,
> Missouri. Robert died there on May 31, 1847.
>
> Next in the direct line was Caleb S. Canaday, quite prominent in Gentry
> County history, who died there in 1888.
>
> Caleb's son, James Monroe Canaday was born in Montgomery Co Illinois,
moved
> to Gentry Co Missouri, where in 1869 he married Lanorah Francis
Ragland.
> James Monroe Canaday was among those that lined up in Sept 1893 for the
land
> rush in Oklahoma. They homesteaded in the Cherokee Strip which
later
became
> Major County, Oklahoma. James and his wife died there - he in
1921 and
she
> in 1935.
>
> Clarence Elmer Canaday, son of James & Lanorah, spent all of his adult
life
> in the general vicinity of this location, passing away in
Woodward
Oklahoma
> in 1960. Clarence's son, James Elmer Canaday (my father)
grew up in
> Oklahoma and after marriage moved to Kansas and later to Colorado.
>
> Will look forward to hearing this same type of information from other
> members.
> Lois (Canaday) Hupfer of Colorado.
>
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Dear Lois,
First of all, it's nice to hear of another fellow Coloradoan who is
researching the Canaday name. My husband's line of Canaday's starts
with Meredith Canaday who was born in Essex Co. Va on the Rappahannock
River, in 1753. I have wondered, and still wonder if your John is a
younger brother, but so far cannot connect them. I have John's
Revolutionary War papers but they gave me no clue. Meredith served in
the Rev. War and afterward went to Culpeper County, VA where he married
Sarah "Sally" Smoot. He apparently had three brothers there: Thomas,
Leeroy, and Wharton. In 1795, they moved to Fleming Co. KY and were
there until about 1818, when they moved across the river into Scioto
County, OH. They had two sons that we know about: Hezekiah and Zanthus
(Xanthus). Meredith apparently died in 1838. The two sons began to use
the name Kennedy about this time. Hezekiah had a son named Zanthus also
and Zanthus was the father of my husband's great-grandmother Elizabeth
Drucella Kennedy Wolf. She and her husband came down the Ohio River on
a raft and settled in western Missouri (Bates County). Most of the
family still lives in that area except for us. We have lived in
Colorado Springs since 1970. If you think there is a connection, I
would love to hear from you. I'm glad to see some Cannady information
coming on the list!!
Kay Winter
Colorado Springs, CO
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