To Suzanne and others wondering if there are other Cadys from which some
of us might be descended:
I got out my copy of Orrin Peer Allen's 1910 "Descendants of Nicholas
Cady of Watertown, Mass" and found there were, in fact, other Cadys.
First point: in your searches, you should know that "Cady" could also
be spelled Cade, Caddie,Caddy, Cadye, Kadye, --all spellings used
earlier, before "Cady" became the usual spelling. The name is derived
from Ca-dia, a Gaelic word which means "House of God". Also, "Cadie"
in
Scottish, is an errand boy, a messenger. Allen deduced that the Cady
name started in Scotland, then Cadys moved into England. Several Cadys
had coats of arms in various English counties. (Source: Introduction
to "Descendants of Nicholas Cady")
Quoting Allen again, p. 11 of his introduction,
"James Cade, who settled in Hingham, Mass., 1635, was bapt. May 16,
1611, the son of Christopher Cade, bapt. Apr. 10, 1583, son of James
Cade, bapt. June 29, 1552, all natives of Northam County Devon, Eng.
The younger, James Cade, married Aug. 21, 1633, Margaret Browne of
Bidford, near Northam. "
Continuing...James and Margaret Cade's oldest son, Phillip, was born in
Northam in 1635. Then some time in 1635, James and family migrated to
New England and "was the first one to draw his house lot in Hingham,
Mass., Sept. 18, 1635"---he was one of the first 29 settlers. (p. 11 of
Orrin Peer Allen's introduction. His source: Vide N.E. Gen. Reg.)
James and Margaret Cade later went to Boston (p. 12).
Several other Cadys are listed in this intro...if anyone is interested,
I'll send that info. Also, Thomas Cade of Sturgis, St. Joseph Co. ,
Michigan was born in Yorkshire, Engl. in 1786...so some Midwestern Cadys
may be descended from him. )Also Allen Peer Allen's intro.)
There are also several Lyman Cadys listed in index. I'll try to check
those later, but need to move on to other chores.
Hope this helps some of you!