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From: Chris, Leon and Sherron [mailto:catwood@pickens.net]
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 6:23 PM
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Subject: [CADY-L] Cady Family Bible Provedence RI
From The Cady Family Bible
Cady Street
Providence, Rhode Island
My Grandmother Bernice Irene Cady burned the Family Bible, for what
reason I do not know. Luckily my mother Lillian Helen MacMenigal
Williamson copied this information sometime in the 1940's.
Bernice Irene Cady, mother of Gordon Cady Williamson was born in East
Providence, Rhode Island June 6, 1895. She was married to James
Leighton Williamson, Born in the city of Newark, New Jersey. He had a
brother Fred Williamson who lived in Hillside, New Jersey. Bernice
Irene and James Leighton had two sons from their marriage. Harley
Leighton Williamson, born October 25, 1917 at Newark, New Jersey.
Gordon Williamson was born in Hillside, New Jersey on November 2, 1919.
Bernice Irene Cady's father was John Waldo Cady, born in Havana, New
York on July 4, 1851. He married Emma Etta Susan Mason on October 6,
1873. She was born on August 21, 1856 and was the daughter of James
Phillips and Sopaona Ellen Mason. John was a stair builder by trade and
resided in East Providence, Rhode Island. Bernice was the youngest of
13 children being born on June 7, 1895. Among her sisters and brothers
were: Nettie, Cora, James, and Nora. Bernice said that her
grandmother, Sopaona Mason, was descended from the Sciaparawpa Indian
people (probably a part of the Ojibwa Nation)
The story of John Waldo Cady's ancestry is this. Nicholas Cady, a
native of Suffolk County (probably in England on the Eastern coast,
which borders on the North Sea) came to Watertown, Massachusetts in the
Berkshire Hills. Here is where he was married to Judith Knapp, who
became the mother of his seven children. They later lived in Groton,
Massachusetts.
One of their children, Joseph, was born in Watertown on May 28, 1666.
He married Sarah Davis of Groton, Massachusetts. He died December 29,
1742. He was a constable of Groton. He was also an innkeeper. He
bought the Putnam Homestead of 150 acres from John Chandler for 20
pounds. It was one mile easterly from Putnam and north of the Old
Providence Road. A log house was the first abode on the south side of
the farm. Later he built a homestead of 12 rooms, two stories with the
conventional center stone chimney. He as Captain Joseph Cady and served
probably in the State Militia.
Captain Joseph Cady sold this property to Darius Session, Deputy
Governor of Rhode Island. Washington, among other notables, was said to
have been entertained there. The next owner was Solomon Cleveland. The
property changed hands then was rented by tenants until it was deserted
in 1893. It was the oldest standing house in Northeast Connecticut at
the time.
Captain Cady was chosen Lieutenant of the Trammel Band of Aspinock in
1708. It was reorganized in 1721 and he was chosen Captain at that time
and participated in Lovewell's Expedition. (probably the French and
Indian War) He was of giant frame and had much influence over the
Indians. His farm produced medicinal herbs and was considered neutral
ground during wars. Captain Cady had charge of public lands in Killingly
for many years. In 1728 he was chosen townsman and from 1731 to 1734
was representative from Killingly to the State. He had 9 children.
Captain David Cady, his 7th child, was born September 17, 1703 in
Killingly Connecticut and married Hannah Whitmore. He died in Killingly
November 1788 at the age of 81. The family had lived there on 60 acres
deeded to him from his father Joseph. In 1747 he was commissioned
Captain of the Train Band of Killingly. He and his wife Hannah were
church members in Killingly as of October 18, 1726. They had 11
children.
Captain Jonothan Cady, youngest son of David, was born in Killingly June
14, 1746 and married Rebecca, daughter of Benjamin Cady, a son of
Captain Joseph. They were first cousins. He died July 12, 1834.
Jonothan contributed in 1775 to a fund to secure three acres for a
training field in 1774. In 1774 he had been appointed and commissioned
a Lieutenant in the 4th Company, 11th Regiment of the Connecticut
Militia. He was appointed Captain in 1779. In 1790 he moved to
Providence, a house built of timber from his land in Killingly. Oxen
driven by his son David drew the timber. His name first appears in 1792
on the Providence Assessors list. In 1805 he became a member of the
First Baptist Society of Providence. He was pensioned at the age of 86
as a Lieutenant in 1833. He was successful in the trade of shoemaking.
He had five children.
David Cady, the first child of Jonothan was born in Killingly on
December 12, 1767 and married Nancy Waterman in 1789. She died in 1838
and was buried in Riverside Cemetery in East Providence. He was a dyer
by trade and engaged in the manufacture of cotton cloth during the War
of 1812, in Greenwich, Rhode Island. He died in Providence. His first
wife, Nancy Waterman, bore him 12 children with a set of twins, and his
second wife, Catherine Lippit bore him 5 children.
Wesley Cady, the 6th child of David, was born February 21, 1800 in
Killingly. He married Alcy Hazard Brown. He died in Fairfax, Iowa on
November 14, 1889. He had 11 children.
John Wesley Cady, oldest son and first child of Wesley, was born in West
Greenwich, Rhode Island on December 22, 1821 and married Electa Shaylor
in 1845. She died in 1856 and he married Mary A, Granger in 1857. She
died on March 16, 1903. He died September 11, 1903 in Newport, Rhode
Island. He had six children by his first wife, Electa Shaylor, and two
sons, who were George Wesley and John Waldo. George Wesley had no
children and John Waldo had two sons.
John Waldo Cady was born in Havana, New York, July 4, 1851 and married
Emma Etta Susan Mason (born August 21, 1856). She was the daughter of
James Phillips and Sopaona Ellen Mason. Of their 13 children Bernice
Irene Cady was the youngest.
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Sent by Chris B Williamson Son of Gordon Cady Williamson
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