Nathaneel Canfield was christened on 13 July 1634, in Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom as the son of John Canfield and Susan.
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English:
habitational name from Great or Little Canfield in Essex, named with the Old English personal name Cana (see Cane 2) + feld ‘open country’.
in some cases the surname may be of Norman origin, a habitational name from Canville-les-Deux-Églises in Seine-Maritime (France).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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