Carnanton, Camden Park Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 5AE
Tel-01992 539592
Fax-01892 513406
22ad September
Mike Caswell
4336 Rte 31
Palmyra
NY
14522
Dear Mike,
A friend of ours extracted your address from
the intemet re the Caswell name.
Unfortunately we are not on the net so I thought I
would write instead.
Although Caswell does not appear to be one of
our family surnames, it has
been adopted as a family second name and we are most
interested in trying to find out
the reason as part of our investigation into our
family history.
Anyway, down to the facts:
o In 1868 my great great granddad,
Charles Jessup and his wife, Mary
Jessup nee Crabb, had a son whom they
called Henry Caswell Jessup.
9 In the census of 1871 they are listed
as living at 16 College Street,
Camberwell, Surrey (now London),
England.
o Sharing the accommodation was Sarah
Caswell (age 59) and Clement
Caswell (age 18), her son.
9 Sarah is shown as born in Stockland,
Somerset about 1811/12.
o Clement was born in Fiddington,
Somerset about 1851/52. In the 1881
Clement is listed as born in
Bridgwater, Somerset.
Mary Jessup nee Crabb also was born in
Somerset, England at
Beercrocumb.
Unfortunately that is as far as we have been
able to get so far as we have hit a
brick wall in trying to trace them any further back
and have no- idea of the connection
or the reason for Caswell becoming a family name.
As the acclaimed intemet expert on Caswell's I
thought you might be able to
cast some light on the matter. If you can I have
enclosed a one dollar bill to pay for
the return postage. If not, thanks anyway for taking
the time to read this letter.
Best Regards
Liz Walton (nee Jessup)