1. William Wade died about 1850 in Caplin Bay, NF.
There are no surviving records that indicate William Wade's origin. In Newfoundland, the Wade surname is generally assumed to be of Irish origin, however the name could be English. William may have been born in Newfoundland since there were Wades in the Conception Bay area as early as the 1770s. It is also possible that he was born in the Ferryland area since there was a John Wade and James Wade employed by John Carney at Ferryland in 1799/1800.
Local oral tradition tends to subscribe to the story that the Wades were the first family to settle at Stone Island on the northeastern headland of Caplin Bay. The Wade property was located on the west side of Stone Island River, which flows into a small cove that still bears their family name. On Nov. 3 1830, in the Ferryland Supreme Court, William Slade (sic) was "charged with others in erecting a stage at Stone Island shooting place which interfered with other people’s nets which have been set there for 40 years". This name, in all likelihood, should have been William Wade, since there are no indications that a Slade family ever lived in the area. Why this name was recorded incorrectly is unknown and the court records do not show that William Wade was ever charged under his proper name. The charges appear to have been laid by Matthew Morry and Co. and Benjamin Sweetland and Co., fishing merchants of English origin, whose fishing operations were based a couple of miles west, at the head of Caplin Bay.
William Wade appears in the Voter's List for Caplin Bay in the 1840s, however his name does not appear after 1849 indicating that he probably died around this time.
He had the following children:
+ 2 M i John Wade