Clair Hadley wrote: > > Thaanks so much for info on Martins children. Im researching his son > William of Pitt,Craven, and Lenoir. The will of Elizabeth Harrison > Murphrey of Dobbs was made 25 Oct.1788. In it she leaves "the track of > woodlands at Sandy Bottom" to her daughter Nancy Caswell.That land was > the same land Wm. Caswell was living on in 1830 and 40,according to > Russell King a noted genealogist of Kinston (compiler of Lenoir Co > censuses.Also, in the Quarterly Review of E.Carolina Gen. Soc. Vol.4 > there are Murphrey notes listing the children of John and Elizabeth > Murphrey; Daughter Nan (called Ann in some records)m.Martin Caswell. I'm > quoting. So I'm sure that the mystery is now solved as to Martins wife. > There are also letters of Gale Murphrey,a sister of Nancy, which refer > to "sister caswell" and mention Dick (Gov) Caswell.Dated 1770. > Finally,we know who brothers Ben and Samuel married. Hope this is of > interest. Their son Wm was in Pitt by 1810-age 26-45;so had to be born > later than 1762.I have him born in 1780,very late in the marriage, but > no records to prove this.Anybody know abt. Wm-wife or children? Happy to > share-Clair Hadley clairhadley@erols.com > > ==== CASWELL Mailing List ====