Hi Judy,
I descend from John and Hannah (West) Caswell but via their son Philip
who married Mary Chappell. I'd never heard anything about native Amierican
ties in that line specifically, but my maternal grandmother occasionally said
that we had it - she just never provided any specifics and I always chalked
it up to more fancy than fact. Her line from Philip Caswell goes to his
daughter Hannah Frances who married George Washington Crandall,Jr and from
their daughter, Mary Crandall who married Samuel Joseph Gardiner. Sam and
Mary were my grandmother's parents. I've managed to figure out most of those
lines and have not yet found any link to native Americans in there. Since you
descend a bit differerently, that might not mean much:)
Two of my other grandparents also claimed native American ties and so
far, I've found that maybe one did have them but no evidence for the other.
It seems to be a common theme among those of us with early colonial lines but
very difficult to prove.
Take care, Donna Potter in RI