My maternal grandfather was Joseph Edgar Canfield (1891 IL - 1948 MO), son of John
Canfield (1861 IL - 1927? IL) & Lois Rebecca Moler (1872 IN - 1903? IL)
Unfortunately, John walked out on his wife right after my grandfather was born; my
grandfather never knew anything about his father except his name. Needless to say, that
extended to his father's family as well. I have been able to piece together some of
the Canfield lineage however, based on marriage license return data, census data, and the
like.
John was the son of Elijah E Canfield (c1817 NY - aft 1880 IL) & Sarah Maria Griggs
(c1834 IN - ??)
I believe but have not yeen been able to firmly establish that Elijah was the son of
Hezekiah G. Canfield (c.1781 Vt - aft 1850 IN ?) and Mary [last name unknown] (c1787 PA -
aft 1850 IN ?)
I believe "my" Hezekiah was the same who fought in the War of 1812 in the 2nd
and 18th Regiments of the New York Militia.
I think there was probably a brother of Hezekiah's named Elisha.
I also think but am not sure that the Hezekiah was the son of either 1] Silas Canfield, 2]
Nathan Canfield, or 3] Israel Canfield, all 3 of whom were enumerated in Bennington
County, VT in 1790, and had male children less than 16 yrs old. I am leaning towards Silas
as the best bet but that is so far just a hunch.
Does any of this ring any bells with anyone?
My gedcom, with sources and a lot of notes, is at
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=rsjfamily
Hope to hear from someone soon!
Ron Johnson