John Canaday (1741 - 1830)

Born 5 Apr 1741 in Prince George, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Thornburgh) Canaday — married 10 Apr 1764 in Guilford, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 2 Mar 1830 at age 88 in Economy, Wayne County, Indiana, United States

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Biography

John was a Friend (Quaker)
New Garden MM (Guilford NC);
Lost Creek MM (New Market, Jefferson TN);
Springfield MM (Wayne County IN)

John Canaday, b 5 Apr 1741 (n.s.), son of Charles Canaday and Phebe Beals. ^[1] Monocacy Quakers who lived in Monocacy River Valley, Prince George's, Maryland. It is likely, then, that John was born in Prince George's, although some believe his birthplace was Virginia.

• No original birth record has been located for John (Monocacy meeting records were destroyed by fire in 1757).
• Monocacy MM was under the authority of Hopewell (VA) MM and later Fairfax (VA) MM, leading to lack of clarity for lay researchers re: residence and birth location.

His father died bef. 1746, his mother remarried soon after to Robert Sumner of Virginia. The family removed to Guilford, North Carolina where John married Margaret Thornburgh in 1764.^[2] Together they had several children. ^[3] They removed from North Carolina during the American Quaker Migration, first to Tennessee (early 1800s), then settling in Indiana before 1830.

Died: 2 Mar 1830, Economy, Indiana

Name

John /Cannaday/

Name: John

Cannaday^[4]

Marriage

Name: John Canaday

Marriage Date: 10 Apr 1764

Marriage Date on Image: 10 Fourth 1764

Marriage Place: Guilford , North Carolina

Death Place: Guilford, North Carolina

Father: Chas

Mother: Phebe

Spouse: Margaret Thornburg

Spouse Father: Walter

Event Type: Marriage

Monthly Meeting: New London Monthly Meeting

Meeting State: North Carolina

Meeting County: Guilford

New Garden Monthly Meeting, Guilford now Randolph, North Carolina, United States^[5][2]

Research Notes

LNAB: Canaday (alt: Cannaday, Kannada)

Birth: 25 of ye 1st mo 1741 O.S; ye 5 of ye 4 N. S. ^[1]

Profile Correction: Nancy incorrectly attached as daughter, since detached.

Records

Guilford, North Carolina, New Garden MM: Family Group^[3]:

John Canaday

Margaret Canaday

Their Children:

1. Phoebe b 1-10-1765
2. Henry b 6-29-1766
3. Bowater b 5-14-1768
4. Chearls [sic] b 4-18-1770
5. Walter b 12-19-1771
6. John b 4-13-1774
7. Robert b 1-13-1777

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} New Garden MM Men's Mtg minutes, hand-written transcript. Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina; Men's Minutes, 1783-1800; Collection: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Earlham College; Richmond, Indiana; Quaker Marriage Records; Collection: Miscellaneous Vital RecordsNorth Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Encyclopedia of American Quaker genealogy, vol. 1. Wm W. Hinshaw, compiler. Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Bros.,1936. Hathi Trust. hathitrust.org.
   • New Garden MM: Family of John Canaday and Margaret Thornbrough, p493;
   • Lost Creek MM, mentions: John and Margaret Canaday, Charles Canaday, p1101, Henry, "Boater" [sic] & John Jr, p1104; Phoebe, p1108
4. ↑ Source: #S214 Page: Vol. 1, p. 577
5. ↑ Source: #S214 Page: Vol. 1, p. 577

See also:

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LK5Y-2D9
• Source: #S214 : Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Reprint: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Volumes: 6 volumes Author: Hinshaw, William Wade Publication: Edwards Brothers, Ann Arbor, MI, 1936-50
• U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943. Ancestry.com. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Provo, UT, USA.Detail: Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina; Minutes, 1700-1900; Collection: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes
• U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935. Ancestry.com. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Provo, UT, USA. Detail: Earlham College; Richmond, Indiana; Quaker Marriage Records; Collection: Miscellaneous Vital Records
• U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935. Ancestry.com. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Provo, UT, USA.

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Yates Publishing. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2004. Provo, UT, USA. (Ancestry.com aggregator, not a valid source)

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Cheryl Rothwell for creating WikiTree profile Cannaday-40 through the import of Ancestors of Ethel Ryan.ged on Jan 20, 2013.
• Profile updated C-213 Dec 2020

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