My line has been traced to John Caddy and Elizabeth Hardy, living in Broadwindsor and Burstock early in the eighteenth century. It seems to be the general opinion of those who have done this that John was first married to Mary Crabb, although one researcher maintains that the two women had different husbands.
My purpose in posting is to ask whether any of John's descendants (or of either John if they were indeed not the same man), other than those of his son Benjamin (1743¨C1829), have been traced to the present day.
John and Mary had a daughter Mary in 1709, and she had an illegitimate daughter Anna in 1740.
They had a son Thomas in 1710, but he probably died in infancy, as there followed another Thomas in 1711.
Elizabeth was baptised in 1716.
William, baptised in 1719, married Mary Bonner and they had a daughter Charity who married John Stickland, and they had children Mary, Sarah, John, Betty, Hanah and Hannah from 1772 to 1782.
Sarah was baptised in 1725. Susannah followed in 1727 and married John Morris in 1755; they had children John and Susanna, both baptised in 1761, and Susanna married Thomas Gale in 1784.
Elizabeth Hardy's children included John Caddy, baptised in 1731 and Betty, baptised in 1733; she married John Turner in 1764, and they had Prbert, William and Anna from 1765 to 1770.
Mary was baptised in 1737 and married Henry Sims in 1760; they had Sarah Symes in 1762 and Henry Sims in 1768.
Benjamin came next, in 1743. He was followed by Thomas in 1744 and William in 1748.
John Caddy had other children known to have died in infancy, but do you know of any descendants of his (or their) children who survived to adulthood? Even if they descended from his son Benjamin, I may not know of them yet (unless you and I have already been in contact).
Apart from that, I shall be pleased to hear from any other Dorset Caddy descendants, as I have gathered various details over the years.
Jeremy Wilkes
