James Cade (bef. 1611 - bef. 1658)

Born before 11 May 1611 in Northam, Devon, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Browne) Baxter — married 21 Aug 1633 (to before 3 Apr 1658) in Bideford, Devon, England

Descendants

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James Cade migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 2, p. 1) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

NOTE: This profile is for the James Cade born in Northam, Devon; migrated living at Boston by 1638; wife Margaret; #1 in research notes (below).

Biography

James Cade was baptized at Northam, Devon, England on May 11, 1611; the child of Christopher Cade and his wife Mary.^[1]

James was a shipwright.^[2]

On December 28, 1624 James Cade was named in the will of his sister Phillippe Cade who mentions brothers, John Cade and William Cade; sister Thomzen Rowe; mother Mary Hoop; father Christopher Cade; grandfather James Cade.^[2]

He married Margrett Brown on August 21, 1633.^[1]

He and his wife Margaret migrated to Boston by 4 Dec. 1638. Margaret was admitted as a member of the Boston church on March 19, 1642. The couple had one daughter:

1. Mary who was born at Boston on October 4, 1640.^[2]She married John Bull.^[1]

On December 4, 1638 he and Margaret granted "a lien and enfeoffe" to George Strange to arrange to sell property in Northam. A dwelling house with adjoining buildings and lands or Tenement with the appurtenances that was in Biddeford were to be held during Margaret's lifetime. Evidently they did not complete the sale in Northam, as seen in the 1694 litigation between John Bull and Mary (Baxter) Swett.^[1] Collected from this transfer of land is the following relational information:^[2]

• father was Christopher Cade.
• mother was Mary Hopper.
• siblings were John Cade, Thomasin Roe wife of John Roe of Abbotsham, mariner.

Margaret married (2nd) to Nicholas Baxter. Nicolas Baxter deeded a parcel of land to John Bull, the husband of Mary, the daughter of Baxter's wife Margaret. Nicholas Baxter also had a daughter Mary who married (1st) a man named Buttolph and (2nd) a man named Swett.^[1]

Research Notes

• A Cade Genealogical Summary can be found at The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 171 (2017): 301. link for subscribers$.

• From GM:^[2]

"...1638, from which date we can trace two James Cades in New England"

1st James Cade is:

1. a James Cade from Northam, Devonshire - residing in Boston.
2. he (shipwright) along with his wife Margaret on Dec. 4, 1638 conveyed a dwelling house and fourteen acres in Northam to George Strange, gentleman. House presently or recently occupied by Mary Busvyne, widow.
3. Christopher Cade, father of James Cade. Mary Hopper, mother of James. John, brother of James. William, brother of James Cade. Sister of James Cade is Thomasin Roe, wife of John Roe of Abbotsham. Additional sister of James Cade is Phillippe Cade. Grandfather of James Cade is James Cade, according to will of Phillippe.
4. James Cade had a daughter, Mary, born at Boston October 4, 1640.
5. Wife of James Cade (Margaret) was admitted a member of Boston church on March 19, 1642/3.

2nd James Cade is:

1. from Yarmouth where he took his oath of fidelity in 1639.
2. He was propounded for freeman on December 1, 1640.

Since the records of these two James Cades overlap in New England, Anderson believes they are two different men.

3rd James Cade:

There was a 3rd James Cade who had land in Hingham. Either 1 or 2 may be the same as 3, but cannot tie either 1 or 2 to Hingham at this time.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. "The Register". Vol. Fall 2017. Joan Lince. "Margaret Browne, Wife of James Cade and Nicholas Baxter, Both of Boston, Massachusetts. " pp 300-306. link for subscribers$.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. p. 1. Sketch of James Cade.link for subscribers$.