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James Caudy
Birth:About. 1707 in Holland
Death:9 Mar 1784 in Capon Valley, Hampshire Co., VA
Sex:M
Father:
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Spouses & Children
Mary Hutchinson (Wife) b. About. 1709 in Holland
Marriage: ABT. 1714 in Prince George County, VA
Children: 
  1. DescendantsSarah Caudy b. in Capon Valley, Hampshire Co., VA
  2. Sarah Caudy b. 1739 in Capon Valley, Hampshire Co., VA
 

Notes
Individual:
Indian fighter and pioneer

1748, listed of Orange Co, with Joseph Edwards, had surveys run on 400 and 358 acres on Great Cacapehon and Dillings Run
1753, 103 acres from warrant - on Isaac's Cr. which enters into Cacapon; from survey on N side McCoys Ridge on drains of Isaac's Creek, a branch of Back Creek.

Caudy's Castle, a magnificent rock formation in Hampshire County, WV, is named for this pioneer family.


James Caudy, grandfather of Margaret Henshaw, was an Indian fighter who helped pioneer western Frederick and
eastern Hampshire counties, where he owned hundreds of acres of land. At Caudy's Castle, a magnificent rock formation in
Hampshire County, WV, he singlehandedly fought a band of Indians, throwing them off one by one, 50 feet above a 450 foot
cliff overlooking the North Mountain and Capon Rivers. In 1748, with Joseph Edwards, he surveyed 400 acres and 358 acres
on Great Cacapehon and Dillings Run. He also owned other land on McCoy's Ridge and Timber Ridge. In 1755 he hosted
George Washington and his party as they returned from an expedition to Ohio. On September 22, 1756, Lord Fairfax granted
him 103 acres in Frederick County, which Caudy sold to James McGinnis in 1779 for 500 pounds. His 1783 will, witnessed
by his son-in-law John Henshaw (130), left all his remaining land to the widow of his son John Caudy. His daughter Sarah
Caudy was the grandmother of Samuel McGinnis.



1748, listed of Orange Co, with Joseph Edwards, had surveys run on
400 and 358 acres on Great Cacapehon and Dillings Run.
1753, 103 acres from warrant - on Isaac's Cr. which enters into Cacapon;
from
survey on N side McCoys Ridge on drains of Isaac's Creek, a branch of Back
Creek.
Caudy's Castle, a magnificent rock formation in Hampshire County, WV, is
named for this Indian fighter and pioneer.
!BIRTH: LDS Ancestral File or 1695 Prince George Co VA
Maud Pugh, Capon Valley: Its Pioneers and Their Descendants,
1698-1940 Vol. 2,
!DEATH: Irma McGinnis Dotson, Our McGinnis Family, 2nd edition, 1994
!MARRIAGE:LDS Ancestral File

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