Doris, After a Quick look at your message, here's the short answer, maybe I'll have more later: I can follow Joshua Caswell Sr on back to Thomas Caswell of Taunton, MA. Joshua Caswell, who married his cousin Alice Reynolds, is the son of Jotham Caswell, (born bef. 1715 in Taunton, MA) and Mary Reynolds (born July 1, 1713 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA) Jotham and Mary probably both died in MA. Joshua Sr. is the Caswell in my line that moved to NY, his children that I have information on eventually moved to Ohio and Indiana. My missing information is on the Children and a couple of grandchildren of Joshua Sr. and his two wives Alice Reynolds and Lydia King. I will keep the information you sent and let you know if I come up with anything new. Kathy Doris Wheeler wrote: > > Kathy, I have found numerous Caswells in estern NYS. In Randolph (western > Cattaraugus Co.), in the 1880 census, there are Gillespie and family, > George S. and family, Simeon alone with child age 5, Thaddeus and family, > and David and family. This family may very well be descended from Samuel > Caswell, Rev. War soldier. In Ischua and Lyndon Town, there are Charles > and family, D.W. (Decimal) and family, and Renselaer and wife. These three > families are mine; they are sons of Anthony and Sally Lockwood. In > Allegany County, in the early 1800s, there is Zephaniah Z. Caswell (per > Cattaraugus County History, 1893). My Caswells were in Ischua as early as > 1824, with Anthony having come from Rhode Island. I have his father's > estate papers and numerous listings of Caswells in cemeteries in and near > Ischua. There is even a private Caswell Cemetery in Ischua. Someone else > also replied to my query on the web saying he had Caswells in Steuben > County. (Steuben is east of Allegany which is east of Cattaraugus.) > Have you any idea where your Joshua came from? My Anthony came > alone from Hopkinton, RI (by way of Connecticut, Charleston, SC and > Schenectady, NY where he worked on construction of the Erie Canal). I have > found his father, Allen, and grandfather, William in Hopkinton, also his > siblings. I wonder if your Joshua is related to Samuel (above) who was b. > 1757 at Mansfield, Mass. > Hope we can make a connection. Details of my family are in my > gedcom on the Moonrakers site. I have more census info on the "other" > Caswells, above, that I'll be glad to share. Doris > ----------