>(a) Richard Caswell Sr firstborn - Elizabeth died 25 Nov 1725 - she lived >only 13 months. > >(b) William Caswell - traveled with his brother Richard Caswell, Jr from >Maryland to North Carolina at his father's bidding in 1745. Served as Clerk >of the Court in Johnston County, NC in 1746. No record has been found of a >wife or any children. He served as an Ensign in NC Militia during the >Revolutionary War. There was an entry in Richard Caswell's Bible that William >departed this life 10 Aug 177 on board ship of Captain Jacob Walters on his >passage from Barbados to Maryland. William was about 29 years old when he >died. > >(c) Richard Caswell, Jr achieved great success becoming Governor of North >Carolina two times. > >All the other information you stated on the rest of Richard Caswell Sr's >children is the same as I have. > >Richard Caswell, Sr and the rest of his family moved from Joppa Md in 1746. >Richard Caswell Sr was 70 years old when he died in 1755. > >One of Richard Caswell Sr's sons - Martin Caswell - was Sheriff of Johnston >County NC from 1754 to 1756. He became Justice of Johnston County in 1756 and >continued to serve as a Justice for Dobbs County when Dobbs County was formed >from eastern Johnston County in 1759. In 1763, Martin gave up the Office of >Justice to become Clerk of the Court for the newly formed Dobbs County. >Martin held the Office of Clerk of the Court for 26 years until his death in >the summer of 1789. He was a Colonel in the North Carolina Militia during the >Revolutionary War. Martin is probably buried in the Caswell Cemetery located >at "The Hill" where his mother and father are buried. Martin Caswell married >about 1754. The name of his wife is not verifyable since some historians have >recorded it as Mary Mackilwean, and another has recorded it as "Nancy" . >Charles R. Holloman (an author) of Raleigh NC states the names of six children >of Martin Caswell which have been proved from scattered record sources: >Martin Jr, James, Francis, William, Mary and Nancy. There is a deed of record >accomplished by William Caswell of Pitt County NC which was a life estate to >his mother, "Nancy" Caswell, the elder, on 6 Jan 1806. > >Martin Caswell and his wife had six children: > >(1) Mary Caswell (b. Abt 1755 - d. _________) Mary married Isaac Wingate >and move to Richmond County GA. Isaac Wingate died in 1802 according t an >item in the Augusta Chronicle Newspaper dated 11 Aug 1802 that Mary Wingate >was appointed as the administrator of Isaac Wingate's estate. Sarah Ann >Wingate, Mary Caswell Wingate's daughter married Alexander Irvine on 19 Jun >1806. > >(2) James Caswell (b. Abt 1756 - d. __________) James married the 1st time >to Eleanor Williams in North Carolina. He moved from North Carolina to >Effingham County Ga in 1790 or 1791. > >(3) Martin James Caswell (b. Abt 1758 - ________) Martin moved to Liberty >County Georgia in 1790 or 1791.. He married Elizabeth Martin in Liberty >County Georgia. > >(4) Francis Caswell (b. Abt 1760 - d _________) Moved to Georgia with his >brother James Caswell, but returned to NC and was living in Kinston, NC in >1804. > >(5) William Caswell (b. Abt 1762 - d. ________) Not much has been found >except that he moved to Pitt County in NC. There is some land transactions >that William accomplished after his father's death, one of which was a life >estate to his mother, Nancy Caswell, the elder, on 6 Jan 1806. His father, >Martin Caswell had formerly owned the land. > >(6) Nancy Caswell (b. Abt 1764 - d. ________) > >James Caswell, one of Martin Caswell's sons had two children by his first wife >Eleanor Williams: (1) Pearces(?) Caswell and (2) Nancy Caswell. > >James Caswell had six children by his second wife Chloe Colson (daughter of >Matthew Colson and his wife Chloe Colson of NC. Matthew Colson was a son of >Benjamin Colson of Lenoir County, NC.) > >(1) James Caswell, Jr (b. Abt 1795) > >(2) Matthew Madison Caswell (b. Abt 1797) > >(3) Christian Caswell (b. Abt 1800) > >(4) Eleanor Caswell (Abt 1802) > >(5) Francis Norman Caswell (Abt 1804) > >(6) Martin Caswell (b. Abt 1806) > >The number 2 child above, Matthew Madison Caswell, was my gg granddaddy. He >and his wife Elizabeth Ward married on 18 Sep 1822 and they had five children: > >(1) Eliza Ann Caswell (b. Abt 1823 d.______) >(2) John Winston Caswell (b. 19 Dec 1827 - d. 21 Dec 1907) >(3) James Russell Caswell (b. 8 May 1830 - d. 7 Dec 1884) >(4) William Carroll Caswell, Sr (b. Abt 1833 - d. Nov 1864 - (Killed in the >Battle of Griswoldville in Georgia during the Civil War) >(5) Thomas Jefferson Caswell (b. 3 Mar 1834 p d. 19 Apr 1909) > >The number 4 child above was my great granddaddy. I do have pretty good >records on his family. This message is a bit too long I suppose, but just >wanted to share it with you. > >Hope you find something in here that you need. If I can help in any other way >please let me know......take care and God Bless.....Mae Caswell Hooten. >