Peter and Marten Cassel (about 1540 to 1645)
My great-great-grandfather was Peter Cassel (1790-1857) who was known for
being the leader of the group which established the first Swedish farming
settlement in Iowa in 1845.
I just joined the DISBYT Swedish database at
http://www.dis.se/denindex.htm
and there I found a family tree for him going back to another Peter Cassel
who was born in Scotland in about 1540 but died in Sweden. He had two sons,
Onnert and Martin. Martin Persson Cassel was born in Scotland or possibly
England in 1592 and died in Sweden in 1645. In 1625, he married and they
had two sons, Jonas and Jakob. Jonas Martensson CASSEL is the 7th great
grandfather of Samuel Howard SLOAN.
I have found references to Peter Cassel and to his son Marten Persson
Cassel on several genealogy websites. However, I cannot find anything about
these people except for their genealogy. Are these people known to history?
Has anybody heard of them? I ask because I believe that family records were
not routinely kept that far back, so the fact that their names show up in
several places might mean that they are known for something.
Please note that there are other persons with similar names from a similar
time period from England, Germany and even America. What distinguishes this
Peter Cassel and his son from the others is that they were born in Scotland
and died in Sweden, which, I believe, was unusual at that time. I am also
wondering if they may have left wives and children behind in Scotland when
they went to Sweden.
Any ideas or information anybody has about this would be appreciated.
Sam Sloan