Cadwalader was born on April 1, 1805, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania into the prominent Cadwalader family.[1] He was the son of Mary (née Biddle) Cadwalader (1781–1850), of the Philadelphia Biddle family, and military leader Thomas Cadwalader (1779–1841).[2] Among his siblings was General George Cadwalader.[2]
He entered private practice in Philadelphia from 1825 to 1855.[1] He was Solicitor for the Second Bank of the United States in Philadelphia in 1830.[1]
He was Vice Provost of the Law Academy of Philadelphia from 1833 to 1853.[1] He was a captain in the Pennsylvania State Militia in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1844,[1] which was called out for the Philadelphia Nativist Riots.[3]
Mary Binney Cadwalader (1829–1861), who married William Henry Rawle.[9]
Elizabeth Binney Cadwalader (1831–1900), who married George Harrison Hare of the U.S. Navy.[9]
Following his first wife's death from complications of childbirth, he married Henrietta Maria Bancker (1806–1889) with whom he had six children, including:[10]
Charles Evert Cadwalader (1839–1907), who fought in the U.S. Civil War and later became a physician.[11]
Anne Cadwalader (1842–1927), who married Rev. Henry James Rowland, eldest son of William Rowland,[12] in 1878.[9]
John Cadwalader Jr. (1843–1925), who married Mary Helen Fisher, a daughter of J. Francis Fisher and Eliza Izard (née Middleton) Fisher.[13]
Cadwalader's grandson, John Cadwalader III (1874–1934), became trustee of the estate of his aunt Sophia Georgiana (née Fisher) Coxe (1841–1926) which funded the MMI Preparatory School.[16]
^"APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
^"Death of Judge Cadwalader: The Career of a Remarkable Jurist Ended" (PDF). The New York Times. Philadelphia (published January 27, 1879). January 26, 1879. p. 1. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
^ a bCharles Penrose Keith (1883). The provincial councillors of Pennsylvania, who held office between 1733–1776: and those earlier councillors who were some time chief magistrates of the province, and their descendants. W.S. Sharp Printing Company. pp. 260, 381–382. ISBN 9780788417658.
^ a b cBrowning, Charles Henry (1891). Americans of Royal Descent: A Collection of Genealogies of American Families Whose Lineage is Traced to the Legitimate Issue of Kings. Porter & Costes. p. 138. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
^"John Cadwalader Descent to Thomas F. Cadwalader II". Cadwalader Family Genealogy web site. Archived from the original on November 20, 2010. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
^"Dr. C.E. Cadwalader Dead.; Philadelphia Physician Dies of Heart Disease in London". The New York Times. London (published June 14, 1907). June 13, 1907. p. 7. Retrieved June 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Wainwright, Nicholas B. (1964). Colonial Grandeur in Philadelphia: The House and Furniture of General John Cadwalader. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-910732-05-5. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
^"John Cadwalader Ill.; Distinguished Philadelphia Lawyer Is 82 Years Old". The New York Times. York Harbor, Maine (published September 5, 1924). September 4, 1925. p. 17. Retrieved June 16, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
^Welling, Richard (September 26, 1935). "The Late Mrs. Cadwalader Jones". The New York Times. p. 22. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
^"Mrs Mary C. Jones, Social Leader, Dies; As Mrs. Cadwalader Jones She Was Long Member of Circle of Exclusive Aristocrats". The New York Times. September 23, 1935. p. 17. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
The Cadwalader Family Papers, documenting the Cadwalader family through four generations in America, are available for research use at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.