Hello Kelly,
I think this must be your family below. The information comes from the old files of Dan
Casselman (now retired from genealogy) who kept many family records in his files,
including this one showing John b. 1800 as the son of Martinus Casselman b. May 18, 1769
Stone Arabia, NY and Catherine Kinkfelter who m. February 16, 1798. None of this has been
verified by me, but I'm passing it along for your own research.
Here are some notes regarding John (b. 1800) Casselman's grandparents, Cephrenus
Casselman & Maria Specker:
LDS record and Dan Casselman's notes: ref from Mary Casler of Anchorage, AK and W. H.
Barker of Winston-Salem, NC.
E-mail from FRESPIRT2(a)aol.com (who also had dates/names/places listed for this line)
via DonM216(a)aol.com, LindaM216(a)aol.com: "The Ingleside Hickeys"
by A.E. Hickey.
"Interesting tales are handed down concerning my gggrandfather,William Empey
Sr., a younger son of Philip Empey and Laney Moreland. He was only in the American
Revolutionary War about a year with the King's Royal Regiment of New York under
Captain Daly when he was captured with three other British soldiers and sentenced to be
shot or hanged by the rebels. While in prison his young wife visited him, and their
son,Lt. Philip Empey (War 1812-1814), was born there. Her distress over the impending fate
of her husband was great, but he assured her by saying,"The Lord never made soil to
grow hemp to hang an Empey". He was quite right about this as he and the three other
British soldiers, one of whom was Sephrenus Casselman, whose daughter Margaret married
John Hickey Sr., escaped on the night they were to be shot or hanged, leaving behind them
a miniature gallows on which they had hung four dead mice. The means of escape were
furnished by friends ouside the prison, and the me!
n used yarn ravelled out of a woollen stocking to dip in the acid to cut the iron bars.
After their escape they hid in the water,breathing through hollow reeds or rushes, while
the rebels were searching for them. They escaped during the night. This was in the last
year of the war and he,William, his wife Eve and son Philip eventually came to Canada and
settled on Lot No.28,in the Second Concession of Osnabruck. He was discharged in
1786" -in a letter from Florence Mary Hickey Gormley 1943.
Margaret Casselman who m. John Hickey was an Aunt to John (b. 1800).
Regards,
Janice Mauldin Castleman
Descendants of John Casselman
1 John CASSELMAN b: May 17, 1800 d: March 16, 1886 in Canada
.. +Eleanor MORGAN m: 1834
.......... 2 Morgan CASSELMAN
.......... 2 Julia CASSELMAN
.......... 2 James CASSELMAN
.......... 2 Anne CASSELMAN
.......... 2 Katie CASSELMAN
.......... 2 George CASSELMAN
.......... 2 Cephrenus CASSELMAN
.......... 2 Martin CASSELMAN
.......... 2 John CASSELMAN
----- Original Message -----
From: Kelly62
To: CASTLEMAN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 7:07 AM
Subject: Canada>N.Y.
I AM looking for anyone with info on the Casselmans from Canada
,Willimsburg,dundas County,Ontario area. My 3rd greatgrandmother was
Katherine Casselman born April 16,1841 daughter of John &Eleanor
Morgan Casselman,
Kelly Jenne