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 ====