Looking for John and Elizabeth Hall Caswell of Taunton who may have moved to Albany, New York about 1735. If not them, their son, Leuit. John Caswell and his wife Hannah Hoar. We have information that John Caswell died in Albany. The family eventually located in Herkimer Co., Ontario for several more generations. Any leads would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Marilyn Caswell

If you are researching CLIFFORD, you may be interested to know they had a castle in Hereford in the 12 century, called ---- wait for it------- CLIFFORD CASTLE! I have a reasonable tree of them in my BASKERVILLE database. Also poor Simon below, was buried in Careswell Priory in Ireland, Does anyone know where this was? Name:Simon De CLIFFORD Sex:M ID No:M554-2D Birth:Abt 1194 Place:of Clifford Cast,Clifford,H,England Chr: Place: Marr: Spouse: Marr: Spouse: Marr: Spouse: Death:Aft 1223 Place:Careswell Priory,,Ireland Burial: Place: Mike Caswell

I think Steve Caswell (sfc@tpghq.com) has all of this info. I haven't been in contact with him for a couple of years, though. Hope he's still at that e-mail address. He actually wrote a nice manuscript on Benjamin's family through now! Good one, too! Cheers, *kathy >------------------------------------------------------ >Name: Silas Wayne and Donnora Caswell >Email: <dcaswell@win.bright.net> > Wisconsin USA >Time: Friday, January 15, 1999 at 10:04:08 > >Comments: We are looking for information about a Benjamin Franklin Caswell >born in 1828 and married Charity Ann Jackson (born 1835). Benjamin >Franklin and Charity Ann Caswell are the parents of a George Washington >Caswell. George Washington Caswell married a Nancy Savannah Adams. George >Washington and Nancy Savannah Caswell are the prents of Homer WIlliams >Caswell. >Homer married Lona Jane Pirtle. Homer Williams and Lona Jane Caswell are >the parents >of my father-in-law Leonard Ray Caswell. We have found a Benjamin Franklin >Caswell but >the birth year is different than ours. To this date we really do not know >where we fit >in with all of the other Caswell's. Any information would be appreciated. >Thanks! >Donnora Caswell

You have a new entry in your guestbook: ------------------------------------------------------ Name: Silas Wayne and Donnora Caswell Email: <dcaswell@win.bright.net> Wisconsin USA Time: Friday, January 15, 1999 at 10:04:08 Comments: We are looking for information about a Benjamin Franklin Caswell born in 1828 and married Charity Ann Jackson (born 1835). Benjamin Franklin and Charity Ann Caswell are the parents of a George Washington Caswell. George Washington Caswell married a Nancy Savannah Adams. George Washington and Nancy Savannah Caswell are the prents of Homer WIlliams Caswell. Homer married Lona Jane Pirtle. Homer Williams and Lona Jane Caswell are the parents of my father-in-law Leonard Ray Caswell. We have found a Benjamin Franklin Caswell but the birth year is different than ours. To this date we really do not know where we fit in with all of the other Caswell's. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks! Donnora Caswell ------------------------------------------------------

You have a new entry in your guestbook: ------------------------------------------------------ Name: Amy Caswell Email: <a.caswell@worldnet.att.net> Location: Spartanburg, SC USA Time: Thursday, January 14, 1999 at 20:37:28 Comments: Searching for any information on Ezra Caswell.I believe he was born around 1805 in New York.He married a woman from New York named Elizabeth Smith (unsure of when and where the marriage took place). He may have traveled through Ontario (Alymer area?)before finally settling in St.Clair county in Michigan. He had four children-Ambrose,Maria,Henry,and Catherine. My direct line is through Henry.I am interested in any info on Ezra or his children. Will gladly share any info from my end. Thanks for the help!!! ------------------------------------------------------

Caswellians-can you help me fit these people into the "Big Picture?" John J. Caswell, b. ca 1814 in NY, in Porter co. IN by 1840; married Frances Stoddard, b. c. 1822 Canada, dau. of Sheldon and Olive Stoddard, in Porter co. IN May 4, 1842. John purchased Federal Lands in Porter co. IN in 1848. Children: Adelbert, Charlott, Eugene, Stoddard, Truman, Everett, Wilten, names follow patterns from the Stoddard family. Thanks, Mary Douglass

Everything come to he who waits (& posts to the moonrakers listserver!) So, now we know that the elusive RICHARDSON is near Winterbourn Bassett. And that the Baskervilles were of ancient Norman descent. And they WERE in Ireland! Now this IS important folks! The Baskervilles and Caswells were in Blackwater Ireland. Where the finest little piggies were produced and shipped, THROUGH CALNE- to London. Perhaps this very BASKERVILLE was the one who lived in Blackwater, alongside Samuel Caswell? If so, it would show that these two families were major players in the Wiltshire pork trades. Many thanks to Paul Vivash a Baskerville memorial tablet in Mildenhall church. Near rest the Remains of THOMAS BASKERVILLE Esq descended from an ancient Norman lineage In very early life he devoted himself to King and Country served in Germany under the Marquis of Granby and afterwards in Ireland and the West Indies always with distinguished honour He graduated in his Promotion from the Ensign to Lieut Colonel most creditably for himself and most respected and esteemed by Others He was for many years in the 50th Regt of Infantry and finally promoted to the 62nd Born at Rickardson Winterbourn Basset in this County He died at Poulton House in this Parish 4th May 1817 Aged 85 years leaving no Issue He married first ANNE only daughter of The Rev JAMES O'NEIL of Ballyshannon County of Donnegal in the Kingdom of Ireland who died in the year 1768 and secondly JANE the youngest Daughter of THOMAS BISHOP of Kinsale Gent

fames@pineknot.com Resent-Sender: MAYFLOWER-L-request@rootsweb.com Greetings: I have followed this list for a year plus and thought now would be a good time to post my lines. Here is my lineage: FRANCIS EATON RACHEL EATON m. JOSEPH RAMSDELL/RAMSDEN DANIEL RAMSDELL/RAMSDEN m. UNKNOWN WIFE MARY RAMSDELL/RAMSDEN m. THOMAS CASWELL DANIEL CASWELL m. MARY NATHAN CASWELL m. HANNAH SHAW DAVID CASWELL m. SALLY DANIEL CASWELL m. CYNTHIA BREWSTER (descendant of ELDER WILLIAM BREWSTER) EMELIUS CASWELL m. ROBINA ROUSE HERBERT CASWELL m. EMMA ST-AMANT (my grand-parents) Brewster lineage: ELDER WILLIAM BREWSTER m. MARY JONATHAN BREWSTER m. LUCRETIA OLDHAM BENJAMIN BREWSTER m. ANN ADDIS WILLIAM BREWSTER m. PATIENCE EBENEZER BREWSTER m. ELIZABETH DEWOLF CHARLES REWSTER m. KEZIAH OWEN CHARLES BREWSTER m. ANNA TURNER CYNTHIA BREWSTER m. DANIEL CASWELL (descendant of FRANCIS EATON) HIRAM CASWELL m. LUCINDA WILLIAMS EMILIUS CASWELL m. ROBINA ROUSE HERBERT CASWELL m. EMMA ST-AMANT (my grand-parents) ** NOTE for CYNTHIA BREWSTER m. DANIEL CASWELL** When I first started my research I was very confused to find that there are DAR records that list Cynthia Brewster's husband as Charles Caswell. Then I found corrected editions of "The Brewster Genealogy" by Emma Brewster Jones with corrections made by the author-- she crosses out Charles Caswell and writes in Daniel Caswell as Cynthia Brewster's husband, and Cynthia's headstone also states husband Daniel (have photos of the stone in the Brewster family plot in Maplewood Cemetery,Vermont). Does anyone connect to these lines? If so, I would love to hear from you. Janet

----- Original Message ----- From: D.G.Cork <dgcork@lab.takeda.co.jp> To: Mike Caswell <mike@caswellplating.com>; moonrakers <moonrakers@ultra.net.au> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 6:32 PM Subject: NG- Governor CASWELL-Moonraker Allegory? >Found on the GODWIN list-server > >Source: The North Carolina Historical Review, 1929 > >Article: Twelve North Carolina Counties in 1810-1811 by A. R. Newsome > >II. Edgecombe County by Jeremiah Battle > >"... Edgecomb retains one of the most ancient names of any of the counties in >the state; it formerly included the counties of Northampton, Halifax, Martin, >Nash, & several others. This county affords but little Historical >information. It may be worthy of remark, however, & is much to the credit of >the county that its inhabitants formerly were, & still are, docile, peaceable >& easily governed. This is evinced by adverting to the circumstances of the >late revolution. The mandates of a self created power, termed a committee, >which engrossed all the authority, both civil & military, were then as >implicitly obeyed as are now the laws of our Legislature. There was no >opposition to their orders, & none endevoured to evate them, except the >tories, (who were actuated perhaps, more from cowardice than principle.) a >part of these embodied themselves in the southwest part of the county; & also >a considerable number in the Northeast, for the purpose of resistence.[see >footnote 31 below.] But all were dispersed without bloodshed: In effecting >this Cols. Hill & Williams of Martin, were instrumental... > >[Footnote 31: In July, 1777, Henry Irwin of Tarboro wrote to Governor CASWELL >of a "most wicked conspiracy" on the part of "too many evil persons in this >and the neighboring counties . . . about 30 of them made an attempt on this >place but luckily I had about 25 men to oppose them. I disarmed the whole and >made many take the oath." William Brimage of Halifax was supposed to be a >leader of the conspiracy. He fled, was captured at New Inlet, and placed in >jail at Edenton. S . R., XI, 521, 539. 551, 552. > >Turner and Bridgers, op. cit., 93, 98, states that there were attempted Tory >uprisings early in 1776 and late in the winter of 1776, and that the courage >of the Tories was renewed by the appearance of the British in May, 1781. > > >

YES YES YES!!!! >Mike this is our line. I thought it was the Tauton Caswell's because of >Benjamin's name but maybe it isn't. Is John Caswell, Benjamin Franklin >Caswell's father from the Tauton Caswell's ? I'm a little confused about this >part. Please let us know. We are so excited to find where we do belong. This >is so cool! >Thanks! >Donnora Caswell

Here is the record from the LDS Ancestral File I have forwarded the GEDCOM by seperate mailing Benjamin Franklin CASWELL Born: 24 Feb 1819 Sex:M AFN:WO2G-O2 <Rochester, , Massachusetts> Father: John CASWELL Mother: Catherine DELANO Spouse: Catherine DELANO Born: 3 Nov 1791 Sex:F AFN:WO2F-T7 <Rochester, , Massachusetts> Father: Harper DELANO Mother: Catherine CLARK Spouse: John CASWELL John CASWELL Born: 27 Sep 1779 Sex:M AFN:WO2F-S2 Fall River, , Massachusetts Mar.: 22 Sep 18O8 Rochester, , Massachusetts Died: 26 Jun 1834 Rochester, , Massachusetts Father: Mother: Spouse: Catherine DELANO ----- Original Message ----- From: janie widemon <cjanew@webtv.net> To: <mike@caswellplating.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 12:38 PM Subject: Fwd: caswell roots >can you help me with this search as i have been unable to find any info >as to where benjaamin franklin caswell came from or how he is related to >other caswell lines. any help would be apreiciated. > jainie widemon > >

----- Original Message ----- From: <BDM2918@aol.com> To: <Mike@moonrakers.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 1:03 PM Subject: CASWELL from Martley, Worcs. >Mike here are the Martley, Worcs, ones. >15 Nov 1778 Sarah dau of John & Mary CASWELL bapt'd >7 May 1780 Ann dau of John & Mary CASWELL bapt'd >23 Jun 1782 Edward son of Edward & Sarah CASWELL bapt'd >16 Feb 1783 Mary dau of John & Mary CASWELL, bapt'd >30 May 1784 Samuel son of Edward & Sarah CASWELL bapt'd >8 Oct 1786 James son of Edward & Sarah CASSWELL bapt'd >7 Nov 1789 Edward son of Edward & Sarah CASWELL bapt'd >15 Apr 1792 Eliz. dau of Thomas & Mary CASWELL bapt'd >18 Jan 1795 Mary dau of Thomas & Mary CASSWELL bapt'd >24 Jan 1802 Mary Perkes CASWELL dau of Mary CASWELL, bapt'd >17 Jun 1810 John son of Henry & Ann CASWELL, bapt'd > >14 Sep 1746 Jeremy HILL = Mary CRESWEL >28 Mar 1816 John CRESWELL = Mary FORD >21 Nov 1790 John CRESSWELL illeg, bapt'd >29 Dec 1816 Sarah dau of John & Mary CRESWELL bapt'd >16 Sep 1781 Sarah CRESWELL buried >17 Jun 1817 John CRESSWELL aged 26 buried > >GREAT WITLEY, CRESWELL's. >30 Mar 1783 Mary dau of Joseph & Mary bapt'd >13 Sep 1785 James son of Josph & Mary bapt'd >3 Jan 1787 Joseph son of Joseph & Mary bapt'd >27 Jul 1788 Harriett dau of Joseph & Mary bapt'd >2 Apr 1790 William son of Josseph & Mary bapt'd > >27 Oct 1777 William WAINWRIGHT Gent of Little Witley = Sarah CRESSWELL by Lic. >31 May 1804 Joseph TAYLOR, Clerk of Snitterfield, Warks = Mary CRESSWELL by >Lic, Wit Laeatitia ARCHER & Joseph CRESSWELL >11 Feb 1790 Sarah CRESWLL of Little Witley buried >24 Feb 1811 John CRESSWELL aged 90 buried. > >Seems like Josph CRESSWELL was something to do with the church as his name >appears several times , similar to a Churchwarden I would think. > >There wwer no CRESWELL entires for Little WItley. >I will now keep my eye open for CRESSWELL's where ever I look. >Beryl >

I'm delighted that you've fathomed it out. Did the gedcom file from the LDS Ancestral FIle help you? This Taunton Ma. tree must be getting pretty big! Perhaps we should have a current copy displayed on the webpage! If anyone else wants a lookup in the IGI or LDS Ancestral File, please let me know. I have all 62 CDs here at home! >We found out where we belong! Read messages below.Yipppppeeeeee!!!!!! We are from the Tauton Caswell's . My father -in-law had his grandmother Adams name wrong. She >was Nancy Savannah Adams and she married George Washington Caswell. >George Washington Caswell's father was Benjamin Franklin Caswell. Now >we're getting somewhere! I am so excited! >Thanks! >Silas and Donnora Caswell

Hi Mike and gang, I'm rather weather-bound this week, so I will work on getting what I have onto my genealogy webpage for everyone to check out. I'm not too good at making them "clickable" yet, but I'm starting to figure out this html thing!! So keep checking. I started the page at: www.geocities.com/heartland/park/8518/caswell.html Nancy -----Original Message----- From: Mike Caswell <mike@caswellplating.com> To: CASWELL-L@rootsweb.com <CASWELL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 10:12 AM Subject: Re: [Fwd: [Fwd: [CASWELL-L] Taunton Caswell's]] >I'm delighted that you've fathomed it out. Did the gedcom file from the LDS >Ancestral FIle help you? > >This Taunton Ma. tree must be getting pretty big! Perhaps we should have a >current copy displayed on the webpage! > >If anyone else wants a lookup in the IGI or LDS Ancestral File, please let >me know. I have all 62 CDs here at home! > > >>We found out where we belong! Read messages below.Yipppppeeeeee!!!!!! > > We are from the Tauton Caswell's . My father -in-law had his grandmother >Adams name wrong. She >>was Nancy Savannah Adams and she married George Washington Caswell. >>George Washington Caswell's father was Benjamin Franklin Caswell. Now >>we're getting somewhere! I am so excited! >>Thanks! >>Silas and Donnora Caswell > > > >==== CASWELL Mailing List ==== >Visit the CASWELL family history research page at:- >ww.moonrakers.com/caswell > > > > >

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------FDA7D0F977BE7FA525752C45 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit We found out where we belong! Read messages below.Yipppppeeeeee!!!!!! --------------FDA7D0F977BE7FA525752C45 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: <369C00FC.8EA21F58@win.bright.net> Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 20:12:12 -0600 From: Silas and Donnora Caswell <dcaswell@win.bright.net> Reply-To: dcaswell@win.bright.net Organization: home X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Caswell <mike@caswellplating.com> Subject: [Fwd: [CASWELL-L] Taunton Caswell's] Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------9C1A3C8F9143F6CECF1C3B76" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------9C1A3C8F9143F6CECF1C3B76 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mike...we found out where we belong! Yippeeeee! We are from the Tauton Caswell's . My father -in-law had his grandmother Adams name wrong. She was Nancy Savannah Adams and she married George Washington Caswell. George Washington Caswell's father was Benjamin Franklin Caswell. Now we're getting somewhere! I am so excited! Thanks! Silas and Donnora Caswell --------------9C1A3C8F9143F6CECF1C3B76 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from mailsorter-105.bryant.webtv.net (mailsorter-105.iap.bryant.webtv.net [209.240.198.95]) by bucky.win.bright.net (8.9.0.Beta3/8.9.0.FNG_Build) with ESMTP id TAA25431 for <dcaswell@win.bright.net>; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 19:19:07 -0600 (CST) Received: from mailtod-142.iap.bryant.webtv.net (mailtod-142.iap.bryant.webtv.net [209.240.198.129]) by mailsorter-105.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8/ms.gso.08Dec97) with ESMTP id RAA21396; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 17:19:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (from production@localhost) by mailtod-142.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8/mt.gso.26Feb98) id RAA16523; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 17:19:07 -0800 (PST) X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAtAhRDnzK/HgVDc3sjcNY/gEzCVzsb/AIVAIST6ciYInYWMXYsR70EDr2E5msu From: cjanew@webtv.net (janie widemon) Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 19:19:07 -0600 (CST) To: dcaswell@win.bright.net Subject: Re: [CASWELL-L] Taunton Caswell's Message-ID: <10711-369BF48B-387@mailtod-142.iap.bryant.webtv.net> In-Reply-To: Silas and Donnora Caswell <dcaswell@win.bright.net>'s message of Tue, 12 Jan 1999 16:40:19 -0600 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) hi cousins!!!! lona & homer are my grandparents too. george washington,s parents are benjamin franklin caswell , born 1828 &charity ann jackson, born 1835. i have pictures of ben & charity. also george & (i have her name as nancy savannah adams) nancy. also lots of info on the pirtle,s too, & pictures. are you silas & margie bell,s son? i will need to contact you by mail. your cousin janie --------------9C1A3C8F9143F6CECF1C3B76-- --------------FDA7D0F977BE7FA525752C45--

----- Original Message ----- From: <mickeyd@cyberportal.net> To: <mike@moonrakers.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 1:24 PM Subject: Entry on Caswell Bulletin Board >You have a new entry in your guestbook: > >------------------------------------------------------ >Name: Michael H. Descoteau >Email: <mickeyd@cyberportal.net> >Location: Claremont, NH USA >Time: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 at 10:24:19 > >Comments: Iam looking for information on a Newell Caswell b.in Berwick Me. married a Mary Hodgdon from Moultonboro, NH their dau. Sarah married William Swain from Warren NH in 1855. Also I'd like any information on C.E. Caswell, Editor of the Warren News, Warren NH. Appreciate your help, thanks. >------------------------------------------------------ > > >

----- Original Message ----- From: <BDM2918@aol.com> To: <Mike@moonrakers.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 2:54 PM Subject: Some CASWELLS for you >Mike, I have just received copies of three parish registers for >Worcestershire, I see that there are some CASWELL's in them one is too long to >do whilst on line, so will do it off line, if you want them. >Here are the others. >St Michaels & All Angels, Great Witley >20 Aug 1765 Samuel CASWELL, servant to Rt Hon The Lord FOLEY, buried > >Chapelry of St Michael & All Angels, Little Witley >1 Dec 1804 William son of Edward & Ann CASSWELL baptised. >12 Jul 1806 Mary dau of Edward & Ann CASWELL, baptised > >Incidentally I see that Harry Thomas FOLEY was the Rector and Thomas FOLEY was >the Curate 1800-1810 then a John FOLEY A.M becomes Rector. >Am I right, you are not interested in CRESWELL, cos if you are then I have a >few of thoe as well. >Beryl >

Our Caswell's : began with George Washington Caswell. He came from England and he married Savanna Elizabeth Adams. We do not know where they settled when they came to the U.S. We have asked realtives but have not had much luck. George Washington Caswell's son Homer Williams Caswell (my husbands grandfather) married Lona Jane Pirtle and they lived in the Alabama and Tennessee area. If anyone knows of this branch of Caswells please let us know as we have not gotten very far. I sent in dates before but if you all would like me to do it again, I will. Thanks! Sincerely, Donnora Caswell (Mrs. Silas W. Caswell) Brian K Luginbill wrote: > Marilyn, > > I do not know if my Caswells were from the Taunton, MA line or the > Canada line, but I suspect they may be from the Taunton, MA clan. > Another Caswell researcher, Kathy Rinke, had Caswell family move into > Indiana about the same time that Joseph Caswell moved into La Grange > Co., IN. In fact, they were right next door in Steuben Co., IN. We > have been unable to tie the two families together, but if I remember > right, Kathy's Caswell line was believed to be out of Taunton. I have > found another group of Caswells in De Kalb Co., IN (which also borders > La Grange and Steuben counties) but I haven't found the connection > there either. > > I have ordered Caswell books on microfilm, (one was a Caswell > encyclopedia of names), searched marriage records, obits, census > records, county histories, etc., and found absolutely no information > regarding Joseph or Electa Jane Caswell, other than what I sent in > before. There is no probate, will or gravestone for Joseph in Bureau > Co., IL. No one seems to know what happended to him. Electa died on > 14 May 1890 in Avilla, Jasper Co., MO and is buried there. At this > point, I'm afraid her history is buried there also. > > Cheryl > timetraveler@apex2000.net > > ==== CASWELL Mailing List ==== > Make a GEDCOM file of your CASWELL line and submit it to the CASWELL webpage

Marilyn, I do not know if my Caswells were from the Taunton, MA line or the Canada line, but I suspect they may be from the Taunton, MA clan. Another Caswell researcher, Kathy Rinke, had Caswell family move into Indiana about the same time that Joseph Caswell moved into La Grange Co., IN. In fact, they were right next door in Steuben Co., IN. We have been unable to tie the two families together, but if I remember right, Kathy's Caswell line was believed to be out of Taunton. I have found another group of Caswells in De Kalb Co., IN (which also borders La Grange and Steuben counties) but I haven't found the connection there either. I have ordered Caswell books on microfilm, (one was a Caswell encyclopedia of names), searched marriage records, obits, census records, county histories, etc., and found absolutely no information regarding Joseph or Electa Jane Caswell, other than what I sent in before. There is no probate, will or gravestone for Joseph in Bureau Co., IL. No one seems to know what happended to him. Electa died on 14 May 1890 in Avilla, Jasper Co., MO and is buried there. At this point, I'm afraid her history is buried there also. Cheryl timetraveler@apex2000.net

Do you know if the family came from Taunton, MA. or was one of the Caswell's that had the Ontario, Canada connection? Brian K Luginbill wrote: > I, too, have Caswells in NY in the late1700s/early 1800s - but I'm not > sure where! I have hit the veritable "brick wall" after several years > of searching. Here's the short version of the story: > > My gg-grandmother, Electa Jane Caswell was born 11 Mar 1821, somewhere > in NY state. She married Justus Hall, Jr. in La Grange Co., IN on 8 > Apr 1838. I do not know for sure who her father was, but I suspect it > was a Joseph Caswell who was bought land, and settled in La Grange Co. > in the mid-1830s. Electa and Justus Jr. moved to Bureau Co., IL > before the 1840 census. There is a Joseph Caswell also listed on that > census, who is between the age of 40-50. In addition, he is listed as > an early settler of Bureau Co., and was elected Justice of the Peace > during the 1840s. After 1846, he drops from the record. > > I have searched the NY 1820 census records, and found only one Joseph > Caswell household with a male the right age to be the above mentioned > Joseph Caswell. It is in Jersey Twp., Steuben Co., NY. There is > another Joseph Caswell household in Exeter Twp., Otsego Co. Of course, > if Joseph IS Electa's father, he and his wife might still have been > living with his parents or his wife's parents when Electa was born in > 1820. But I do not know Joseph's father's name. > > Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! > > Thanks, > Cheryl F. Luginbill > timetraveler@apex2000.net > > ==== CASWELL Mailing List ====