Oh, I don't know that I would call Kennedy strictly Irish -- Black (The
Surnames of Scotland) has got Kennedy as early as 1185 in Galloway
(Scotland). Even the Scottish clan Kennedy notes that the name was
widespread throughout Ireland and Scotland VERY early -- making it that much
tougher to follow. Linda
----- Original Message -----
From: Billie R. Lewis <walnbrl(a)gate.net>
To: <CANADY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: [CANADY] Canady
Canady/Cannaday family ov Virginia's tradition is that they were
Ulsterites. They were Scots who had migrated to Ulster (Northern
Ireland) but had retained their own culture during those few
generations that they lived there prior to migrating to Virginia. The
name Kennedy, as you know, is strictly Irish.
-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Therkelsen <lindather(a)prodigy.net>
To: CANADY-L(a)rootsweb.com <CANADY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Friday, February 04, 2000 10:41 PM
Subject: [CANADY] Canady
>So, are people's Canady ancestors more Scottish or Irish?
>I've been poking around lately in Virginia records, because I can
find some
>records in some counties with both Kennedy and Knott -- I know that
the
>couple is Robert Kennedy and Elizabeth Knott from a marriage record
of a
>child. However, in all the Kentucky documents for the marriage (they
had to
>put up bonds plus the groom was underage and had a note from his
mother, who
>must have been illiterate -- the name is spelled both Cannady and
Kennedy --
>in the same notes! Anyway, I kind of got the impression that these
folks
>might be Scottish or Scots-Irish in Viriginia. But so far, doesn't
look
>good for finding a name like Robert Kennedy. And the son is John --
but
>once he moved to Iowa, almost always appeared as Canady (and probate
from
>his father-in-law also names Mr. and Mrs. John Canady. Linda
>
>
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