The spelling of our name began as Cannifax; the way it was possessed by John, our patriarch, at his arrival to America from Scotland via Ireland.

Through generations of the families settling, migrating, and settling again from the eastern valleys of Virginia westward, the spelling began to change. Our ancestors spelled it Cannefax, Canefax, Cannafax, Canafax, and Canifax among others.

Some claim it was how the name was articulated from one family to the next. Others, a slight of hand while signing some of the earliest documents in the country. Or perhaps it was a purposeful action to begin anew; in an unknown land with uncertain opportunities.

My lineage descends as follows: John Cannifax Sr. (the family patriarch from Scotland, and 6th great-grandfather), John Cannifax Jr. (5th great-grandfather), Benjamin (Canafax) Cannifax (4th great-grandfather), Elijah Benjamin (Canafax) Cannifax (3rd great-grandfather), Ezra Jasper Canafax (2nd great-grandfather), Elijah Newton "Newt" Canafax (great-grandfather), Joseph Richmond Canafax (grandfather), and Roger Holmes Canafax, Sr. (father).

Our name is slightly diverse, and our family now scattered throughout the land. But we are a honorable, respectable, and integrity-driven family; united by the distinction of the name...each grammar accepted.

The spelling of our name began as Cannifax; the way it was possessed by John, our patriarch, at his arrival to America from Scotland via Ireland.

Through generations of the families settling, migrating, and settling again from the eastern valleys of Virginia westward, the spelling began to change. Our ancestors spelled it Cannefax, Canefax, Cannafax, Canafax, and Canifax among others.

Some claim it was how the name was articulated from one family to the next. Others, a slight of hand while signing some of the earliest documents in the country. Or perhaps it was a purposeful action to begin anew; in an unknown land with uncertain opportunities.

My lineage descends as follows: John Cannifax Sr. (the family patriarch from Scotland, and 6th great-grandfather), John Cannifax Jr. (5th great-grandfather), Benjamin (Canafax) Cannifax (4th great-grandfather), Elijah Benjamin (Canafax) Cannifax (3rd great-grandfather), Ezra Jasper Canafax (2nd great-grandfather), Elijah Newton "Newt" Canafax (great-grandfather), Joseph Richmond Canafax (grandfather), and Roger Holmes Canafax, Sr. (father).

Our name is slightly diverse, and our family now scattered throughout the land. But we are a honorable, respectable, and integrity-driven family; united by the distinction of the name...each grammar accepted.