BnLFAMILY(a)aol.com wrote:
Bill:
I enjoyed reading your information on the background of CADDELL. I have
recently begun to think that is probably the background of my CAUDLE. Have
you come across this spelling in researching your name, and do you think it
is probably the same family?
Supposedly my immigrant ancestor was Stephen CAUDLE, born about 1680. I'm
not sure even if that was the spelling of the name at that time. Most
researchers say he was born in Scotland, others say he was born in Ireland,
and some say he was born in Gloucestershire, England. I realize that even in
those days and earlier many families moved back and forth in those three
countries and others. So anyplace in the UK would be possible.
I've also been told that Stephen came to America in 1692. That of course
says he was only 12 years old. No one has said that he came with parents.
If he did not, and the dates are correct, I feel he must have possibly been
(what did they call it?) transported(?) after being arrested for some crime.
Or, perhaps his father or parents were already here and they had him brought
to them later?
Some say that Stephen was already married and had at least two or three sons
before coming to America. That would have been probably about 1720 or so.
Stephen married Mary Elizabeth Fields and they settled for some time in
Lunenberg County, Virginia and later in Wilkes County, North Carolina.
Bill, can you, or someone else, give me a clue here? I'd really appreciate
any ideas.
Bud Caudle
Guthrie, Oklahoma
Dear Bud, have been off line since almost April due to a long
illness
and surgery last week. Now that I'm recovering, am try to catch up with
the backlog of emails. Just saw your message of July and am excited by
your info. I have always believed that my family, the CAUDLEs of Ansom
and Albemarle, N.C. were a variant of the CADDELL family but could not
trace them back before about 1860-70. The immediate heads of my line of
the family were named John or James, alternately. The family apparently
lived in a more western mountainous area of N.C. trying to eke out a
living by farming. They were drawn to south-central N.C. for jobs in the
mills. My dad is not a good family historian and my aunt Nellie died
as I was embarking on this search, US Census data on the internet
mentions the name but info is scanty. Lists of troops in the 1812 war
and Civil War include a number of CAUBLEs, I theorize that this is a
result of illiteracy and mispronounciation either from family members or
the company clerks. Since the date of your posting and now, have you by
any chance, gotten any more data about the CAUDLEs in N.C.? I would be
very grateful for any of your findings, esp. pre-1870.
Thanks in advance,
Daphne Jacob, nee Caudle