John Watts Cady (June 28, 1790 – January 5, 1854) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
He was one of eight children born to Ann (née Shuler) Cady and David Cady, who served in the American Revolutionary War as a Commissioner (or Paymaster) for service and was present at the surrender of John Burgoyne.
[1] Cady attended school at the Old Stone Manse at Fort Hunter, and graduated from Union College in 1808, thereafter studying law.
[4] Maria was also the aunt of New York State Engineer and Surveyor Jonas Platt Goodsell.
[5] Together, they were the parents of:[2][6] Cady died on January 5, 1854, in Johnstown, Fulton County, New York.