Though I don't think I have any CASS ancestors, I did find something that
might be of interest.
In a genealogy dictionary published in 1871 that deals with the early
settlers of Québec (aka *The Tanguay), I found a CASSE (pronounced Cass)
family, listed just before a whole slough of CASSÉ (pronounced cah-SAY)
families. What caught my eye is that the husband and wife are both
"Anglais" (English), so after looking for and finding them in the more
indepth portion of the Tanguay I thought I would pass along their two
listings, just in case one of you CASS reseachers have a missing
Elizabeth CASS from the late 1600s/early1700s.
The first shows
Jacques [James] CASSE, "anglais de nation" (an englishman) and wife
Elizabeth CATELIN, no date or place of marriage. Their daughter
Elizabeth, baptized 1695, en "Angleterre" (England), married a man named
Jean DUMONTET on November 6, 1712, in Lapraire, Canada.
A Roman numeral I indicated that Jacques and Elizabeth were living in
Canada.
The second listing shows:
Jaques [James] CASSE "Anglais" (English) and Elisabeth CATELIN
'Anglais"
(English) and daughter Elizabeth, (yes, mom's name is spelled with an S
and daughter's name is spelled with a Z). Daughter Elizabeth was baptized
on July 14, 1705 in Montréal, Québec, and married twice.
First on November 6, 1712, to Jean DUMONTET dit Lagrandeur (this means
Jean was known as both Jean Dumontet AND Jean Lagrandeur; it's a
Canadian-French thing) in Laprairie. Her second marriage was on January
16, 1730 to Pierre MONET.
A footnote for Elizabeth says she was, "Née à Dearfield,
Nouvelle-Angleterre, en 1696; prise en guerre en 1704." (born in
Dearfield, New England, in 1696; captured in war in 1704)
So, filling in between the lines: when the French and English were
arguing over the same patch of dirt James and Elizabeth CASS and their
young daughter Elizabeth were in the wrong place and the wrong time and
were captured by the French. After a short bit, they were given their
freedom on the condition they forswear their previous religion and/or
allegence to England, so they had their daughter baptized in a Montréal,
Québec church and said they'd stay in Canada. Though it doesn't say if
*they* did, their daughter most certainly did.
She and DUMONTET had 7 kids, 4 of whom reached maturity (and had kids).
When DUMONTET died about 1730, she remarried and with MONET had 6 more
kids -- the last baptized in 1737, of which at least one reach maturity.
*The Tanguay is available at most family history centers on microfiche
(and online AND most recently, online for sale). The full title of this
7 volume set of books is; "DICTIONNAIRE GÉNÉALOGIQUE des FAMILLES
CANADIENNES depuis la fondation de la colonie jusqu'a nos jours" by
"L'Abbé Cyprien Tanguay", published in the "Province de Quebec, Eusèbe
Senécal, imprimeur - ëditeur -- 1871" It is written entirely in French
but if you remember that B is for baptized, M is for married, and S is
for buried, it's not that complicated and I'd be happy to offer help to
any who want it.
Lisa Peppan
Edmonds, WA USA
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