NOTE:First Families is a collection of genealogical information taken from various sources that were periodically submitted to the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. The information has not been verified against any official records. Since the information in First Families is contributed, it is the responsibility of those who use the information to verify its accuracy.

CABLE: Jabez Cable of Fairfield, CT, s/o George Cable and Sarah Shaw: he m. Mary Denbo d/o Salathiel Denbo and Ruth Rumsey of Westport, CT: the family came to NB in 1783 as Loyalists and settled in Saint John:

Children mentioned: 1) Jared Cable b. 1756:2) Molly Cable b. c1757, d. 1776, m. Nathaniel Black:3) Ruth Cable b. 1758, d. 1774:4) Salathiel Cable b. 1760:5) Denbo Cable b. 1762:6) Hannah Cable b. 1764:7) Sarah Cable b. 1766.

Source: MC80/2902 Sharon Dubeaus New Brunswick Loyalists: a bicentennial tribute, 1 paragraph.

CABLE: John Cable of Glastonbury, CT, b. 1731, d. 1779, s/o George Cable and Sarah Shaw: John married Ann Laborie d/o Dr. James Laborie and Ann Blackleach: widow and children came to NB in 1783 as Loyalists and settled in Norton Parish, Kings County:

Children mentioned: 1) John Cable b. 1757, d. 13 Feb 1827: settled in Saint John:2) Jane Cable b. 1759:3) James Cable b. 1761, d. 27 Dec 1825: settled in Saint John:4) Peter Cable b. 1763, d. Sep 1848, m. and had issue: settled in Saint John:5) Anthony Cable b. 1764:6) Daniel Cable b. c1767, d. 1818:7) Marianna Cable b. c1770.

Source: MC80/2902 Sharon Dubeaus New Brunswick Loyalists: a bicentennial tribute, 1 paragraph.

CADMAN: John Cadman born 1798 in England: came to NB in 1819: one source says he came from north of Ireland to NB in 1826: settled at Cadman Corner in Botsford Parish, Westmorland County: he married Anne Robinson born 1814 in NB, d/o William Robinson of Murray Corner, NB:

Children are listed in an estimated order:1) Jane Cadman b. 1833:

2) Eliza Cadman b. 1835: 3) James Cadman b. 1837, m. Margaret - : settled at Cape Tormentine in Botsford Parish and had five children : 4) William Cadman b. 1837, d. 11 Feb 1928: 5) Jacob Cadman b. 1839: 6) Thomas Cadman b. 1841: 7) John Cadman: 8) Alfred Cadman: 9) Elizabeth Cadman m. William J. Crawford.

Source: MC80/5 W.M. Burns A history and story of Botsford, page 62: see also MC2852 Purdy-Carter genealogical collection, MS1A: on microfilm reel F20980; see sheet for John Cadman: see MC2852 Purdy-Carter genealogical collection, MS2: on microfilm F20986; see sheet for John Cadman: Johns mother Martha Cadman b. c1767 was living with the family in 1851.

CADWALLDER: William Cadwallder born c1801 of Welsh ancestry, d. 22 Oct 1872, m. Mary - b. 1807, died 6 Jul 1877: they came to NB in 1832 and settled in Fredericton, York County:

Children:1) Mary Cadwallder b. 1834 in NB, d. 14 Apr 1852: 2) Thomas Cadwallder born 1836: later went to Boston, MA: 3) Ann Cadwallder born 1842: 4) John Cadwallder b. 1844: settled in Fredericton: 5) Edward Cadwallder b. 1846, married (1st) Henrietta Howell born c1846, d. 8 Sep 1871: had one son: m. (2nd) Mary A. Fisher, eldest d/o C.A. Fisher of Marysville: had issue.

Sources: MC80/132 Lillian M.B. Maxwells The old grave-yard, page 20: see MC80/644 Isabel L. Hills The old burying ground Fredericton, NB, Vol. I, pages 131-134.

CAFFREY: Michael Caffrey born 1808 in Dublin, Ireland, died 24 Jul 1885, m. Mary - b. 1808 in County Wicklow, Ireland: family came to NB in 1848: settled at St. Andrews, Charlotte County:

Children:1) Ann Caffrey b. 1835 in Ireland: 2) Esther Caffrey born in 1837: 3) Catherine Caffrey born 1839: 4) Eliza Caffrey b. 1841: 5) Philip Caffrey b. 1843: 6) Ellen Caffrey born 1846, died 20 Mar 1853: 7) Peter Caffrey b. 1847 in Ireland: 8) James Caffrey b. 1849 in NB: d. 7 Jun 1877.

Source: MC80/1813 Shirley Clarkes Church of St. Andrew: St. Andrews, NB: Cemetery & Interment Records.

CAHILL: John Richard Cahill b. 1777 in London, England, d. 30 Dec1851: came to NS, then to NB in 1798 and settled at Sackville, Westmorland County, married Margaret Delesdernier born c1781, d. 26 Feb 1853, d/o Moses John Frederick Delesdernier and Eleanor Bonner: they had eleven children:

Children mentioned:1) Charles Cahill b. c1802, died 8 May 1864, married 8 May 1828 Margaret McInnis b. 1807, d. 27 Mar 1867: settled at Upper Sackville: had six children: 2) Barnwell Cahill b. c1803, d. 30 Sep 1867, m. 3 Sep 1831 Rebecca Chase born c1816, died 30 May 1846: settled at Sackville, NB and had four children: 3) Richard Cahill b. c1807: 4) Joseph H. Cahill b. c1811, married 8 Oct 1835 Almira Cole b. c1814: they had at least five children: 5) Emily Cahill born 1817, d. unm. 31 Oct 1890: 6) Eleanor Cahill born c1821, married 22 Dec 1836 John Sears born c1814: 7) Moriah Cahill b. c1821: 8) John Edward Cahill born c1822, died 23 Jun 1894, m. Jerusha Anderson born c1817, d. 14 Feb 1896: settled at Westmorland Point, NB: 9) Tracey/Trisca Cahill b. - , died before 1840, married 2 Nov 1831 Absalom Steeves b. 1807, d. 1879.

Sources: MC80/1480 John C. Hatts A genealogical study of the Delesdernier family, page 20: see also MC80/31 W.C. Milners History of Sackville, New Brunswick, page 128: see also MC80/45 Howard Truemans The Chignecto Isthmus and its first settlers, page 228: see also MC80/1790 Ken Kanners Early families revisited, page 48.

CAIE: Robert Shand Caie b. at Nairn, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, d. 1860, m. Isabella Law born c1768 in Aberdeenshire, died 26 Apr 1861: came to NB in 1820: first settled at Napan, Glenelg Parish, Northumberland County, then at Mill Creek, Saint Mary Parish, Kent County where both parents died:

Children are listed in an approximate order:1) Elsie Caie b. c1800 at Nairn, Scotland, m. 5 Dec 1828 Ward MacDonald born 1792 in County Cork, Ireland, d. 1843: settled at Mill Creek, Saint Mary Parish, Kent County and had six children: 2) James Caie b. c1804, d. 3 Nov 1865, m. (1st) 1834 Barbara Ann Hawbolt d/o Leonard Hawbolt and Sophie Conrad: married (2nd) 1836 Mary Little Johnston d/o George Johnston of Chatham, Northumberland County: settled in Chatham and had at least ten children: 3) Jessie Caie born c1805, d. 1844, m. at Mill Creek, Joseph Schollick from Carlyle, Northern England: settled at Mill Creek, NB and had two children:4) Hugh Arthur Caie born c1806, d. 9 Jan 1865, married 27 Jan 1842 at New Bandon, NB, Mary Elizabeth Caldwell of New Carlisle, QC, b. - , died 1862, fourth d/o Robert Caldwell: first settled at Shippegan, NB, later at Janeville in New Bandon Parish, Gloucester County: 5) Robert Caie Jr.: settled at Chatham, NB by 1827: 6) George Caie born c1809, d. unm. 28 Jan 1858 or 7 Jan 1860 at Napan, NB: 7) Thomas Caie b. - , m. 1837 at Richibucto, NB, Sarah Graham: first settled at Mill Creek, NB and had issue: later moved to Tignish, PEI:

8) Mary Isabella Caie b. - , m. 5 Dec 1837 at Nappan, NB, Archibald John Carruthers: settled at Napan, NB and had issue:6) William Shand Caie born 18 Aug 1814 at Nairn, Scotland, d. 8 Oct 1873, married in 1840 Isabella Trider of Halifax, NS, d/o John Trider: settled at Kouchibouguac, Carleton Parish, Kent County: had nine children.

Sources: MC1156 Graves Papers: William Shand Caie, 1 page: see MC80/40 Margaret Hunters Pioneer settlers of the Bay of Chaleur, page 15: see also MC80/2184 W.D. Hamiltons Dictionary of Miramichi Biography see also MC80/286 Donat Robichauds Le grand Chipagan: histoire de Shippagan, pages 357-359: see MC80/1397 Daniel F. Johnsons New Brunswick lineages, pages 104 to 105: see also MC2657 NBGS Generations Issue #48, June 1991: Deborah Hales The Caie family, pages 14-17; Issue #50, pages 17-26; Issue #51, pages 29-34: Joseph Schollick m. (2nd) Ruth McDougall: see MC2852 Purdy-Carter genealogical collection, MS2: on microfilm F20986; see sheet for Robert Shand Caie.

CAIL: Anthony Cail born Oct 1746 Great Musgrave in Westmorland County, England, d. 11 Apr 1834, s/o Richard Cail and Ann Waller: m. 25 Oct 1778 at Brough-Under-Stainmore, Westmorland, England, Elizabeth Nicholson b. Brough-Under-Stainmore, d. at Great Musgrave: came to NB in 1819: settled at Coal Branch in Harcourt Parish, Kent County:

Children born at Great Musgrave, England:1) Thomas William Cail b. May 1779, may have died in England: 2) Nancy Cail b. 25 Oct 1780, d. 1780 in England: 3) John Cail (twin) born 1781, d. in infancy: 4) Anthony Cail (twin) b. 1781, died in childhood: 5) Nancy Cail b. 1784, d. Long Martin, England, m. 1809 William Sowerby: 6) Mary Cail b. c1786, died at Targettville, Weldford Parish, Kent County, NB, married c1821 in Kent County, NB, William Morris: 7) John Cail b. c1788, probably died in England: 8) Jonathan Cail b. 17 Mar 1791, died 27 Dec 1871: m. 24 Oct 1811 Milburn, Westmorland County, England, Christabel Lewis born c1789 at Milburn, died 5 Feb 1873: settled at Mill Branch or Fords Mills, Kent County, NB: 9) Elizabeth Cail b. c1794, may have died in England: 10) Isabella Cail b. c1796, died after 1834 at Coal Branch, NB, m. Apr 1819 on sea voyage, William Agnew born in Scotland, d. after 1834 at Coal Branch: 11) Anthony Cail b. Mar 1800, d. 14 Oct 1886, m. Mary McDougall b. 1807, died 19 Feb 1874: settled in Kent County, NB.

Source: MC80/2354 Saint John Branch, NBGS: Arrivals 99: our first families in New Brunswick, page 39.

CAIL: Jonathan Cail bp. on 17 Mar 1791 at Great Musgrave in Westmorland England, d. 27 Dec 1871, s/o Anthony Cail and Elizabeth Nicholson: married on 24 Oct 1811 at Milburn, Westmorland County, England, Christabel Lewis b. c1789, bp. 14 Jan 1790 at Milburn, England, d. 5 Feb 1873, d/o John Lewis or Lowies and Christabel Brunskill: came to NB in 1819 and settled at Fords Mills or Mill Branch in Weldford Parish, Kent County:

Children: 1) John Cail born c1812 West