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