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!