Dawn,
Ruth Phillips, I understand (of Missoula, MT) is deceased. I communicated with
her several times back in the 1960s-1970s on the CADDEL family. Much of her info
on CADDEL was what I had researched.
I'm currently doing research in early Virginia records on Andrew CADDEL, b.
c1730 Scotland. He came with the mass migration from VA to Orange Co., NC c1752+
from Spotsylvania County.
If the family lore (Andrew served as indenture to Jean HENDERSON's father on a
plantation) is correct, his wife Jean (I believe) was there, but I'm unable to
find a HENDERSON household with a Jean or Jane. It appears that the Spotsylvania
County HENDERSONs were from King&Queen/Hanover Cos., VA.
I believe that Andrew served (probably c1744-1751) his 7 yrs (family lore)
indentured service (to pay his ship passage c1744 from Scotland) in Spotsylvania
County. He did witness a deed there in 1751. The dates are pretty close, since
Virginia law did not allow indentures to marry or witness deeds, I'm assuming
the dates of his service.
According to the birthdates of their children, it is estimated they were married
c1765, which means Andrew was in NC some 12 years before marriage. It is
important to understand the time period between when he came to NC and when they
married. The French & Indian War (1753-1763) was in full force, and, the area of
NC was the frontier being settled. Andrew worked with others 1754-1762 surveying
these new lands for settlement. It was not a time to marry or raise a family.
The following is something I've put together (from various sources) to show some
of experiences Andrew CADDEL endured:
"During the 1750s, France had possession of most of America west of the British
Colonies. However, the English wanted to expand its territory. The encroachment
of settlers into territories along the frontier, claimed by France, was part of
the reason the French and its Indian allies went to war against England and the
colonists.
In 1752 the governor-general of New France was given specific instructions to
take possession of the Ohio Valley, removing all British presence from the area.
However, England had already granted 500,000 acres of land in the Ohio Valley
for settlement. In 1753 French troops secured the area. There were military and
Indian skirmishes between the British and French but war was not officially
declared until 1756.
Incited by the French, a large party of Shawano Indians fell upon a settlement
in western VA and massacred all its inhabitants. Another example was a group of
captured Cherokee warriors that were discovered with the scalps of 22 settlers
of Rowan County, NC (the county adjacent to Orange County where Andrew lived).
The settlers along the frontier bore the brunt of the war, enduring cabin
burnings, wife and children kidnaping, ambushes, massacres and all-out bloody
warfare. To the colonist on the violent frontier, the War meant a greatly
escalated struggle with the Indians. The occasional raids became a constant and
unceasing fight. The settlers fought off daily raids at their cabins and forts.
Every settlement had its slaughtered, but were mostly women, children and the
elderly. One account described 'war of the Indians, ...strikes terror through
what had been a peaceful countryside. Indian fighting was never open and manly.
The Indians hid in ravines, behind rocks and trees. They creep out in the night
and sets fire to houses and barns. They shot down the ploughman at his furrow.
They scalped women at the spring, and children by the roadside, with their
little hands full of berries.'
In October 1759 dispatches were sent requesting militia troop protection of the
frontier. The British regulars were inept in their attempt to alleviate the
suffering of the homesteader. So the settlers took matters into their own
hands. They retaliated with raids and counter-measures that went on for years.
Guerrilla fighting became endless. The settlers adopted the Indian’s way of
fighting - butchering, scalping and burning. It may have been unconventional,
but was effective.
For 11 years fear and mayhem ruled the frontier. Many settlers moved further
south along the Great Pennsylvania Wagon Road to escape the war.
The peace treaty signed in 1763 provided that no British settlements were
allowed west of the Appalachian Mountains. This land to the west was set aside
as Indian hunting grounds. This increased the migration south along the GP Wagon
Road. After peace was declared, settler migration expanded. In the fall and
winter of 1765 more than a thousand wagons passes through western NC. The
proclamation of 1763, which prohibited westward settlement, angered the
colonists and established a beginning point which culminated in the
Revolutionary War with England."
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Here's what I have on Elizabeth CADDEL and Lewis GREEN. Do you have anything to
add? I'd like to know more abt the STANFIELD family...John Washington STANFIELD
his parents, chilldren and siblings. Where were they from prior to North Carolina?
II.4. ELIZABETH CADDEL. d. ca 1850, Person Co., NC
1m. 26 Dec 1789, Caswell Co., NC
2m. 18 Aug 1797, Person Co., NC
Lewis Green :b. ca 1741, Surry Co., VA :d. ca 1793, NC
Elijah Watson :b. ca 1767, place unknown
ELIZABETH CADDEL, daughter of Andrew and Jean (Henderson) CADDEL, was born
(c1770) in Orange County, NC which later became Caswell County where she was
raised and married. Andrew, her father was listed as bondsman at both her
marriages. She later lived in Person County which was formed from Caswell
County in 1791, where she married for a second time, living there at least until
1800. One researcher reported Elijah WATSON listed in the 1800 census of Wake
County, NC with three sons and three daughters (born between 1785 and 1800),1810
census of Person with two sons and 1820 with one son. Another, reported that she
was still living in the 1850 census of Person County.
Lewis' parents were William and (1st wife unknown) Green. William Green named
Lewis as his son in a land deed, Sussex County, VA, on the south sluce of
Nottoway River. In about 1750, William Green married Lucy Tyus (his 2nd wife).
Lewis, therefore, was a half-brother to Burwell Green that married Phoeby
Caddel, Elizabeth's older sister. Elizabeth and Lewis had two children: Barbara
Green (1792, Caswell Co., NC) married John Stephenson and Jane Green (1790,
Caswell Co., NC). Janie inherited land on Double Creek of the Hico River from
her father. Janie Green married John Washington Stanfield 25 Sep 1810, Person
County, NC and had a son Washington Green Stanfield.
Lewis Green was listed in the 1790 census of St. James District, Caswell County,
SC. During December 1795, Lewis’ estate was inventoried by his wife, Elizabeth.
Bill Caddell
BooleyGirl(a)aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 2/5/2003 11:59:22 AM Central Standard Time,
bcaddell(a)hcnews.com writes:
> I'm interested in any info you have on Elizabeth CADDEL and either 1m.
> Lewis
> GREEN or her 2m. to Elijah WATSON.
>
> I'm currently writng the history and times of Andrew CADDEL, father of
> Elizabeth.
>
> The CADDELL group published a book last year on the genealogy of
> Andrew CADDEL
Bill,
I apologize for not responding sooner.
I believe that all my information on this family came from another
researcher. I don't have any original research. What I can tell you is
that Elizabeth had one daughter by her first husband, Lewis Green; this
daughter, Janey, married John Washington Stanfield and it is from this
couple that I descend. The best person to ask about this family is, I
believe, Ruth Phillip (spelling?) who wrote several articles for the
Person Co., NC Heritage Book(s) on the Stanfield and other area
families. If you would like information on my direct line of descent, I
will be more than happy to provide it for you. Would you please keep me
updated on the progress of this research, or let me know when you finish
writing your history?
My thanks,
Dawn Watson Cabe