I find myself concerned with my Kassel/Cassel genealogical research because
of the conflicting stories about the lineage, family origination in Europe
and family members arrival in North America. I would be much obliged if
someone would accept the challenge and explain the real or my perceived
anomalies of these relationships. I'll briefly recap my findings, gleaned
from the WWW and personal EMail exchanges, and also my concerns.
I found a "Quaker" Johannes Cassel(1639-1691) who immigrated to PA. in 1686
aboard the ship "Jeffreys" with his children;Arnold,Peter,Elizabeth,Mary
and Sarah. I also found another Johannes Cassel who arrived in PA. with his
brother a "Mennonite Minister" Julius Cassel(~1680-1750), aboard the ship
"Friendship" in Oct 1727. Then, I found a "Mennonite Minister"
Heinrich
Cassel (1687-1726),who supposedly immigrated to Germantown, PA ca.1708 via
an unidentified ship, and is purportedly the older brother of the "Quaker"
Johannes Cassel. Also found was "The Weaver" Hupert Cassel(1687-1745), the
alleged brother of both"1727" Johannes and the "Mennonite
Minister"Julius
Cassel, who immigrated abt 1715-1720,but again no ship is named.
I can't reconcile or understand: (a) the different Johannes Cassel
immigrants,(b) why the Hupert and Heinrich arrivals are undocumented or
unknown and were there other arrivals in North America,(c)the relationship
of the four men to each other,(d) the names of their spouses except
Hupert's,(e)the issues,if any, of the "1727" Johannes and (f) the origins
of the four men in Europe to include location and consensus agreement of
their parents. I understand there was a Yelles Kasel,a Mennonite Minister,
(<1618 - ~1681) in Germany, as well as an Abraham, that are the alleged
progenitors of the Kassels/Cassels that migrated to North America, but
again I found no details or consensus confirmation or connection to the
four Kasel/Cassel immigrants.
In a personal vein,my Cassel descending lineage search "hit the wall" when
trying to determine the parents of my Greatgrandfather Rev. Jacob M.
Cassel;born in MD abt 1847, married Elizabeth Ann Miller in Williams
Co.,Ohio, 22 Sep 1868 and died in Findlay,Ohio, Aug 1890. I list his
parents as a Jacob Cassel(1794 PA-1881 OH) and Sophia Lambert (1805 MD-1870
OH) of Washington,Co.,MD.,but they are not confirmed. Does anyone have
knowledge of links to my Cassel line?
Trust that I have provoked some thoughts without obscuring the issue and
would love to receive comments or viewpoints from Cousins and other
concerned researchers. Thanks for your consideration. Cheers.
Jack Runnion
Brandon, Florida
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