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John Canaday (Cannady)

Also Known As: "John Kannada", "John Canaday"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: New Garden, Guilford, N. C.
Death: March 02, 1830 (88)
Economy, Wayne County, Indiana, United States
Place of Burial: Centerville, Wayne, Indiana
Immediate Family:

Son of Charles Canaday and Phoebe Bowater Sumner
Husband of Margaret Thornburgh
Father of Phebe Mendenhall; Henry Canaday; Bowater Canaday; Charles Canaday; Walter Canaday and 3 others
Brother of Charles Conaday, Jr.
Half brother of William Sumner; Bowater Sumner; Caleb Sumner; Joshua Sumner, Sr.; Phebe Ann Thornburg and 6 others

Managed by: Lori Lynn Wilke
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About John Canaday

This is from “The History of the Canaday & Cannaday Family; 1600-1928; Indianapolis, IN; C. M. Cannaday, 1928, page 3 "1 John Canaday, born Jan 25, 1741, son of Charles (V-1) married in April 1764 to Margaret Thornburg. Joined Lost Creek M.M. in Tenn. when they went there from N.C. See Enc. Quaker Gen. page 1101. They had certificate from New Garden M.M. in N.C. David Crockett worked for him on the farm. See Crockett's Autobiography. Crockett spelled the name "Kennedy," and this fact also handed down in Canaday recollections.
2 Margaret Thornburgh. Children: Phoebe born Jan 10, 1765; Henry ,June 29, 1766; Bowater Apr 14, 1768; Charles (III-1) Apr 18,1770; Walter Dec 19, 1771; John Apr 13, 1774; and Robert Jan 13, 1777. From New Garden record Vol 1, page 25."

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John Canaday's Timeline

1741
April 5, 1741
New Garden, Guilford, N. C.
1765
January 10, 1765
New Garden, Guilford, N. C.
1766
June 29, 1766
Guilford County, North Carolina, United States
1768
May 15, 1768
New Garden Friends Meeting, Guilford County, Province of North Carolina
1770
April 18, 1770
New Garden Road, Greensboro, Guilford County, NC, 27410, United States
1771
December 19, 1771
New Garden Friends Meeting, Guilford County, Province of North Carolina
1774
April 13, 1774
Guilford County, North Carolina, United States
1777
January 13, 1777
New Garden Friends Meeting, Guilford County, North Carolina, United States
1779
1779