Cassady History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

During the 19th century thousands of impoverished Irish families made the long journey to British North America and the United States. These people were leaving a land that had become beset with poverty, lack of opportunity, and hunger. In North America, they hoped to find land, work, and political and religious freedoms. Although the majority of the immigrants that survived the long sea passage did make these discoveries, it was not without much perseverance and hard work: by the mid-19th century land suitable for agriculture was short supply, especially in British North America, in the east; the work available was generally low paying and physically taxing construction or factory work; and the English stereotypes concerning the Irish, although less frequent and vehement, were, nevertheless, present in the land of freedom, liberty, and equality for all men. The largest influx of Irish settlers occurred with Great Potato Famine during the late 1840s. Research into passenger and immigration lists has brought forth evidence of the early members of the Cassady family in North America:

Cassady Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• Thomas Cassady, who landed in New York in 1801 4
• Patrick Cassady, who landed in America in 1806 4
• Robert Cassady, who arrived in America in 1807 4
• Hugh Cassady, who arrived in America in 1808 4
• James Cassady, who landed in America in 1812 4
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Cassady Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

• Mr. Daniel Cassady U.E. who settled in Home District, [Niagara], Lincoln County, Ontario c. 1783 5

Cassady Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

• Peggy Cassady, aged 26, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick aboard the ship "Robert Burns" in 1834

Cassady Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

• William Cassady, English convict from Lancaster, who was transported aboard the "Almorah" on April 1817, settling in New South Wales, Australia 6
• Miss Ann Cassady, (b. 1833), aged 18, English nurse girl who was convicted in Salford, Manchester, England for 7 years for felony, transported aboard the "Aurora" on 22nd April 1851, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land), she died in 1884 7
• Ann Cassady, aged 20, a dairy maid, who arrived in South Australia in 1853 aboard the ship "Magdalena" 8

• Carolyn Elizabeth Robinson Cassady (1923-2013), American writer
• Harry Delbert Cassady (1880-1969), American professional baseball player
• Captain Thomas Gantz Cassady (1896-1972), American fighter pilot, recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) Oak Leaf Cluster and Légion d'Honneur
• Neal Leon Cassady (1926-1968), American major figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s
• Howard Albert "Hopalong" Cassady (b. 1934), former college and professional American football running back