Hon
John
Canfield
Born in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Canfield
and Abigail (Peck) Canfield
Brother of
Samuel Canfield Jr., Abigail (Canfield) Judson, Hannah Canfield, Mary (Canfield) Stone, Ann (Canfield) Beardsley, Jeremiah Canfield and Heth Canfield
Husband of
Dorcas (Buell) Canfield
— married
about 2 Oct 1765 in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Eunice (Canfield) Rockwell, Laura (Canfield) Spencer, Annis Canfield, Avis Canfield, Almira Canfield, Alma (Canfield) Sterling, John Montgomery Canfield and Isabel Canfield
Died
at age 45
in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Oct 2017
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Biography
John was born in 1740. He passed away in 1786.
"John Canfield was elected a member of the first Continental Congress, but died three weeks before the assembling of that body. His deat was considered a great calamity, not only to his family but to the country." (Welles)
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #19497124: Hillside Cemetery, Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut
- Van Alstyne, Lawrence. Born, Married and Died, in Sharon, Connecticut (Pawling Chronicle, Sharon, Conn., 1897) Page 23: Canfield, John, of Sharon, and Mrs. Dorcas Buell, of Litchfield, m. Oct. 2, 1765
- Welles, Albert. History of The Buell Family in England (Society Library, New York, 1881) Page 90.
- http://www.famouskin.com ; Ancestry of Oliver Platt, Ahnentafel# 170.
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